Readwise vs Carpeta
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Readwise
This app helps you retain more of what you read by centralizing and revisiting your highlights from various reading platforms. It uses spaced repetition and active recall techniques to improve memory and offers features like tagging, note-taking, and OCR for physical books.
- Synchronize highlights from multiple platforms
- Daily review habit via app and email
- Spaced repetition and active recall
- Tag, note, and search highlights
- OCR for paper book highlights
- Convert highlights to flashcards
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Readwise helps you get the most out of what you read by making it fun & easy to revisit your highlights from all your favorite reading platforms in one place. Quickly synchronize your highlights from Kindle, Apple Books, Instapaper, Pocket, Medium, Goodreads, and even paper books. Then start building a daily review habit using the app and daily email. By reviewing your highlights every day, you'll retain dramatically more and you'll finally stop forgetting all the details from books you just finished! --- “Readwise is my favorite new service this year. Save highlights from Kindle, Instapaper, and now tweets... one of the best long-term personal learning tools I’ve come across.” — Caleb Hicks “Besides my Kindle, Readwise has been the most influential tech for improving my reading process.” — Blake Reichmann “If you use Kindle or Instapaper or just enjoy keeping and reading highlights, please sign up to Readwise. It will become one of your cherished services.” — Christopher Galtenberg --- ACTUALLY USE YOUR HIGHLIGHTS Highlighting is great, but why bother if you're never going to see any of your highlights again? Readwise makes it easy to quickly liberate all your highlights into one place, ensuring that you'll actually see and use them, including highlights from: • Amazon Kindle • Apple iBooks • Instapaper • Pocket • Medium • Goodreads • Twitter • Physical Books (using OCR) • Manual Input • CSV Upload STOP FORGETTING WHAT YOU READ How often do you finish a book, only to forget the key ideas two weeks later? We don't remember things by just reading them once. Readwise solves this problem using scientifically proven learning techniques called Spaced Repetition and Active Recall. Readwise resurfaces the right highlights at the right times using a daily email and an app. Readwise even makes it possible to convert your best highlights into flashcards for added retention. TAG, NOTE, SEARCH, AND ORGANIZE With your highlights all in one place, Readwise enables you to organize and connect these ideas in new ways. Use search to find a highlight instantly; use tag to organize highlights within your library; use notes to add your own annotations. HIGHLIGHT PAPER BOOKS Readwise also makes it possible to take highlights from your physical books and papers using your phone’s camera. Just snap a pic, highlight with your finger, and have your favorite highlights saved forever. --- If you are not already a Readwise subscriber, you can get started immediately with a 30-day free trial with no credit card upfront. At the end of the trial, you will not be charged unless you choose to subscribe to Readwise Full or Readwise Lite. Price may vary by location. Manage your subscription from your dashboard. --- Support: Check out readwise.io/faq or email us at hello@readwise.io Privacy Policy: https://readwise.io/tos Terms of Service: https://readwise.io/privacy
Carpeta
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Carpeta — Your Academic OS Carpeta brings your notes, assignments, deadlines, studying and academic planning together in one place — built around how students actually work. Create a binder for each class. Take handwritten notes with Apple Pencil. Keep track of assignments, tests and exams. Break homework into manageable steps. Know what to work on next. Then use the material you already have to study. EVERY ASSIGNMENT. ONE STEP AT A TIME. An assignment on a task list tells you what’s due. Carpeta helps you work out how to get it done. Assignment workflows break schoolwork into clear, manageable steps. Plan and develop an essay one point at a time. Work through textbook questions individually. Organize a lab report. Plan and build a presentation. Follow structured workflows for reading, book reports, projects and more. Complete one step and move on to the next. For supported writing assignments, bring your work together and export it as a .docx document for Microsoft Word and other compatible editors. KNOW WHAT’S NEXT When several classes and deadlines compete for your attention, deciding what to work on can become a task of its own. What’s Next brings the next actionable steps from your assignments together so you can quickly answer: “What should I work on next?” YOUR CLASSES. ORGANIZED. Create binders for your classes and organize your work into units and notes. Your notes, assignments, tests and deadlines stay connected to the classes they belong to instead of being scattered across separate note-taking, calendar, task and study apps. NOTES BUILT FOR STUDENTS Write naturally with Apple Pencil. Create handwritten notes, drawings, diagrams and other class material directly inside your binders. Everything stays organized by class and unit, ready when you need it. STUDY FROM THE MATERIAL YOU ALREADY HAVE Carpeta AI+ turns your own class material into useful study tools. • Summarize your notes • Generate flash cards • Create practice quizzes • Get explanations of difficult concepts • Study using your class material as context Instead of starting with a generic chatbot, Carpeta AI+ works with the material you’re actually learning. The assignment workflow itself does not require AI. It provides the structure; you do the work. YOUR NOTES ARE STILL YOUR NOTES AI doesn’t replace your original work. Your notes remain intact when Carpeta creates summaries, study material or explanations. AI is there to help you understand and study — not take over your notebook. PRIVACY BY DESIGN Carpeta does not require a student account or profile. You aren’t asked for your name, email address or school just to use the app. AI processing occurs only when you choose to use an AI-powered feature. Content submitted for AI processing is processed securely and is not retained by Carpeta after the request is completed. ONE APP. YOUR SCHOOL LIFE. From the first note of the semester to the assignment due tomorrow to final exam preparation, Carpeta gives your schoolwork a place to live. Take notes. Plan your assignments. Work through them one step at a time. Know what’s next. Study from the material you already have. Carpeta is your Academic OS. Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Readwise at 15.5 against Carpeta's 17.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Readwise sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Carpeta sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Readwise | Carpeta |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 72.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Readwise, Inc | Jeffrey Scott |
Bugs and requests
Readwise
Reported bugs
3 issues- Frequent app crashes
- Sync failures with certain accounts
- Unreliable highlight capture
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for more reading apps
- Improve sync and import capabilities
- Introduce more customization options
- Enhance search and organization tools
- Develop a more intuitive mobile interface
Carpeta
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Readwise
- Readwise Lite Monthly$4.991 Month
- Readwise Lite Monthly$6.991 Month
- Readwise Full Monthly Plan$8.991 Month
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- Readwise Full Monthly$12.991 Month
- Readwise Lite Yearly$52.991 Year
- Readwise Lite Yearly$66.991 Year
- Readwise Full Yearly$94.991 Year
- Readwise Full Yearly$119.991 Year
Carpeta
- AI+ Monthly$7.991 Month
- BinderOS Pro$19.99







