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Faria vs Readwise
Updated October 18, 2026
Readwise is for remembering what you’ve highlighted across Kindle, Apple Books, articles and paper books, with a daily review. Faria is for reading paper books every day: you read a line aloud to save it, ask questions as you read, and keep a daily goal and streak. Readwise suits heavy highlighters across many sources; Faria suits people who mostly read physical books.
What Readwise is good at
- Importing highlights from Kindle, Apple Books and other reading apps.
- A daily review that resurfaces highlights with spaced repetition.
- Capturing highlights from paper books with your phone’s camera.
- Exporting to note apps such as Notion and Obsidian.
What Faria does differently
- Save a line by reading it aloud during a session: no camera, no typing.
- Saved lines come back on your lock screen and share as image cards.
- Spoken answers to questions about words and the story, without spoilers.
- A daily reading goal, reading alarm, streaks and optional app blocking.
- iPhone, for paper books. a 7-day free trial, then $79.99 a year or $12.99 a month in the US.
Which should you use?
If your highlights live across ebooks and articles and you want them in one place, Readwise. If you read paper books and want to read more of them, Faria.
Questions
Can I save quotes from physical books without typing?
Yes. In Faria, read the line aloud during a reading session and it’s saved. Readwise can capture a line from a page photo with your camera.