READR – Clean page, one click

Tracking since Apr 1, 2026.

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• May 31, 2026
  description

  READR strips any webpage down to just the words. 
  One click on any article and everything disappears 
  — cookie banners, autoplay videos, sidebar ads, 
  subscribe popups — leaving only clean, comfortable 
  reading.
  
  Built on Mozilla's Readability engine — the same 
  technology powering Firefox Reader View — so it 
  works reliably on virtually every website. News 
  sites, Medium, Substack, Wikipedia, research 
  papers, blogs. Any site. Any article.
  
  ──
  
  FREE FEATURES
  
  ✦ Reader mode on any website
  ✦ Dark and light theme
  ✦ Font size control — small, medium, large
  ✦ Line width control — narrow, medium, wide
  ✦ Settings saved across sessions
  ✦ ESC to close instantly
  
  ──
  
  PRO FEATURES — $19.99 one-time, no subscription
  
  ✦ PDF export — save any article as a perfectly 
    formatted PDF in your reading style
  ✦ Cross-device reading sync — close an article 
    at 67% on your work laptop, open it at home 
    and READR picks up exactly where you stopped. 
    No account. No backend. Chrome's own 
    infrastructure doing the work invisibly.
  ✦ Auto-open on saved domains — reader mode 
    opens automatically on your favourite sites
  ✦ Recent reads history — your last 10 articles 
    with reading progress, accessible from any device
  
  ──
  
  CROSS-DEVICE SYNC — HOW IT WORKS
  
  When you close the READR overlay, your reading 
  position is silently saved by paragraph — not 
  pixels, so it works perfectly across different 
  screen sizes and devices.
  
  Open the same article anywhere and a small prompt 
  appears: "Continue reading from 67% →"
  
  One click. Exact paragraph. Any device.
  No account required. No login. No server.
  
  ──
  
  PRIVACY FIRST
  
  No telemetry. No data collection. No backend 
  server. Everything runs locally in your browser.
  
  Only 4 permissions requested:
  activeTab, scripting, storage, tabs.
  
  Nothing more than what is needed.
  Nothing stored beyond your own device and 
  Chrome's own secure sync infrastructure.
  
  Privacy policy: wushu75.github.io/readr/readr-privacy.html
  
  ──
  
  TRUSTED BY READERS IN 10 COUNTRIES
  
  Organically recommended by Chrome through 
  multiple discovery channels — no paid 
  acquisition, no ad spend.
  
  95% retention rate. Users keep it because 
  they use it every time they read online.
  
  Version 1.1.3 — fully tested and stable.
  
  ──
  
  Free to install. Try it on any article today.

  READR strips any webpage down to just the words. 
  One click on any article and everything disappears 
  — cookie banners, autoplay videos, sidebar ads, 
  subscribe popups — leaving only clean, comfortable 
  reading.
  
  Built on Mozilla's Readability engine — the same 
  technology powering Firefox Reader View — so it 
  works reliably on virtually every website. News 
  sites, Medium, Substack, Wikipedia, research 
  papers, blogs. Any site. Any article.
  
  ──
  
  FREE FEATURES
  
  ✦ Reader mode on any website
  ✦ Dark and light theme
  ✦ Font size control — small, medium, large
  ✦ Line width control — narrow, medium, wide
  ✦ Settings saved across sessions
  ✦ ESC to close instantly
  
  ──
  
  PRO FEATURES — $19.99 one-time, no subscription
  
  ✦ PDF export — save any article as a perfectly 
    formatted PDF in your reading style
  ✦ Cross-device reading sync — close an article 
    at 67% on your work laptop, open it at home 
    and READR picks up exactly where you stopped. 
    No account. No backend. Chrome's own 
    infrastructure doing the work invisibly.
  ✦ Auto-open on saved domains — reader mode 
    opens automatically on your favourite sites
  ✦ Recent reads history — your last 10 articles 
    with reading progress, accessible from any device
  
  ──
  
  CROSS-DEVICE SYNC — HOW IT WORKS
  
  When you close the READR overlay, your reading 
  position is silently saved by paragraph — not 
  pixels, so it works perfectly across different 
  screen sizes and devices.
  
  Open the same article anywhere and a small prompt 
  appears: "Continue reading from 67% →"
  
  One click. Exact paragraph. Any device.
  No account required. No login. No server.
  
  ──
  
  PRIVACY FIRST
  
  No telemetry. No data collection. No backend 
  server. Everything runs locally in your browser.
  
  Only 4 permissions requested:
  activeTab, scripting, storage, tabs.
  
  Nothing more than what is needed.
  Nothing stored beyond your own device and 
  Chrome's own secure sync infrastructure.
  
  Privacy policy: wushu75.github.io/readr/readr-privacy.html
  
  ──
  
  TRUSTED BY READERS IN 10 COUNTRIES
  
  Organically recommended by Chrome through 
  multiple discovery channels — no paid 
  acquisition, no ad spend.
  
  95% retention rate. Users keep it because 
  they use it every time they read online.
  
  Version 1.1.3 — fully tested and stable.
  
  ──
  
  Free to install. Try it on any article today.
  
  ----
  
  Version 1.1.4 — fully tested and stable.
  
  ──
  
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• Apr 1, 2026
  description

  READR turns any article into a clean, beautiful reading experience — in one click.
  Ads, sidebars, cookie banners, auto-playing videos, pop-ups. The web is loud. READR makes it quiet.
  Click the READR icon on any article page and the noise disappears. What's left is just the words, in a clean reading view that you control.
  
  ✦ What READR does
  Reader mode for any site
  Powered by Mozilla's Readability engine — the same technology behind Firefox Reader View — READR extracts the article content from virtually any web page: news sites, blogs, research papers, newsletters, and more.
  Your reading preferences
  Choose light or dark theme. Adjust font size from small to large. Set the line width from narrow (focused) to wide (comfortable). Your settings sync across devices automatically.
  ESC to exit
  Open reader view with one click. Close it instantly with the ESC key or the ✕ button. Zero friction.
  
  ✦ Pro features — $19.99 one-time
  PDF export
  Save any article as a perfectly formatted PDF — your font size, your margins, your layout. Not the website's chaotic print layout.
  Auto-open domains
  Add your favourite sites (medium.com, substack.com, your news source) and READR automatically opens reader mode when you land on them.
  One payment. Lifetime access. No subscription. Ever.
  
  ✦ Privacy first
  READR is built to see as little of your data as possible:
  
  Your articles are never sent anywhere — all extraction happens locally in your browser
  We don't track what you read, when you read it, or how long for
  Settings are stored in Chrome's local storage — controlled by your Google account, not us
  No analytics. No advertising. No data selling.
  
  Full privacy policy: wushu75.github.io/readr/readr-privacy.html
  
  ✦ How it works
  
  Install READR from the Chrome Web Store
  Navigate to any article or blog post
  Click the READR icon in your toolbar (or set it to auto-open on your favourite sites)
  Adjust the theme, font, and width to your liking — settings are remembered
  Press ESC or ✕ to return to the original page
  
  
  ✦ Perfect for
  
  Designers and researchers who read a lot online
  Students saving articles for offline study
  Anyone tired of intrusive web layouts
  People who prefer reading in dark mode
  Writers and journalists doing background research
  
  ✦ Launch offer
  50% off Pro — use code READRPRO50 at checkout. $9.99 instead of $19.99. Lifetime access.
  
  
  ---
  V1.0.1
  - Added a review prompt that appears after a few uses  
    helps us improve READR and reach more readers
  - Minor stability improvements
  
  ---
  v1.1.0
  - Cross-device reading sync (Pro) — READR now 
    remembers where you stopped reading on any 
    article. Open the same article on any device 
    and jump straight back to your exact position.
  - Recent Reads in popup — Pro users can see 
    their last 10 articles with reading progress
  - Minor improvements
  
  ---
  
  Bug fixing 
  
  -  popup.html — support email is  obfuscated by Cloudflare:
     "/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#... which broke the link 
     
  - popup.html — file appears truncated
     "<script da" at the end — 
    the script tag is cut off
  
  -  ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND — likely the content_scripts in manifest are injecting on ALL pages including ones where it fails
  
  Fixed
  
  --
  v1.1.2
  - Popup issue fixed 
  elements v1.1.0
  - Cross-device reading sync (Pro) — READR now 
    remembers where you stopped reading on any 
    article. Open the same article on any device 
    and jump straight back to your exact position.
  - Recent Reads in popup — Pro users can see 
    their last 10 articles with reading progress
  - Minor improvements
  
  --
  v1.1.3 — Bug fixes
  - Fixed privacy and support links
  - Fixed upgrade page on some devices
  - Minor stability improvements

  READR strips any webpage down to just the words. 
  One click on any article and everything disappears 
  — cookie banners, autoplay videos, sidebar ads, 
  subscribe popups — leaving only clean, comfortable 
  reading.
  
  Built on Mozilla's Readability engine — the same 
  technology powering Firefox Reader View — so it 
  works reliably on virtually every website. News 
  sites, Medium, Substack, Wikipedia, research 
  papers, blogs. Any site. Any article.
  
  ──
  
  FREE FEATURES
  
  ✦ Reader mode on any website
  ✦ Dark and light theme
  ✦ Font size control — small, medium, large
  ✦ Line width control — narrow, medium, wide
  ✦ Settings saved across sessions
  ✦ ESC to close instantly
  
  ──
  
  PRO FEATURES — $19.99 one-time, no subscription
  
  ✦ PDF export — save any article as a perfectly 
    formatted PDF in your reading style
  ✦ Cross-device reading sync — close an article 
    at 67% on your work laptop, open it at home 
    and READR picks up exactly where you stopped. 
    No account. No backend. Chrome's own 
    infrastructure doing the work invisibly.
  ✦ Auto-open on saved domains — reader mode 
    opens automatically on your favourite sites
  ✦ Recent reads history — your last 10 articles 
    with reading progress, accessible from any device
  
  ──
  
  CROSS-DEVICE SYNC — HOW IT WORKS
  
  When you close the READR overlay, your reading 
  position is silently saved by paragraph — not 
  pixels, so it works perfectly across different 
  screen sizes and devices.
  
  Open the same article anywhere and a small prompt 
  appears: "Continue reading from 67% →"
  
  One click. Exact paragraph. Any device.
  No account required. No login. No server.
  
  ──
  
  PRIVACY FIRST
  
  No telemetry. No data collection. No backend 
  server. Everything runs locally in your browser.
  
  Only 4 permissions requested:
  activeTab, scripting, storage, tabs.
  
  Nothing more than what is needed.
  Nothing stored beyond your own device and 
  Chrome's own secure sync infrastructure.
  
  Privacy policy: wushu75.github.io/readr/readr-privacy.html
  
  ──
  
  TRUSTED BY READERS IN 10 COUNTRIES
  
  Organically recommended by Chrome through 
  multiple discovery channels — no paid 
  acquisition, no ad spend.
  
  95% retention rate. Users keep it because 
  they use it every time they read online.
  
  Version 1.1.3 — fully tested and stable.
  
  ──
  
  Free to install. Try it on any article today.

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