Clipper with forms, highlights, and CSS selectors
Free + $3.75/mo
- Extension
Use case - Highlights
Best Highlighting & Annotation Tools (2026)
Highlighting is where saving turns into thinking. These tools let you mark up a page or a PDF, attach a note, and keep the marked passage rather than the whole article. Web Highlights persists highlights on the live page and exports to Markdown. Readwise Reader builds its entire workflow around highlights and syncs them into Notion, Obsidian and Evernote. Matter does the same for a mobile-first reading queue, GoodLinks keeps highlights inside its Apple-native library, and Save to Notion and Copy To Notion send standalone excerpts straight into a Notion database.
How they compare
| Tool | Price | Free tier | Type | Saves to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copy To Notion | Free + $3.75/mo | Yes | Extension | Notion |
| GoodLinks | $9.99 one-time | No | App, Extension | Its own library |
| Matter | Free + $8/mo | Yes | Extension, App | Its own library · Notion · Obsidian |
| Readwise Reader | $9.99/mo (annual) | No | Extension, App | Its own library · Notion · Obsidian · Evernote |
| Save to Notion | Free + $5.99/mo | Yes | Extension | Notion |
| Web Highlights | Free + Premium | Yes | Extension, App | Its own library · Notion · Obsidian · Local files |
All 6 tools
Native Apple read-later app, one-time purchase
$9.99 one-time
- App
- Extension
Polished iOS reader with high-quality text-to-speech
Free + $8/mo
- Extension
- App
Power-user reader with highlights, RSS, and newsletters
$9.99/mo (annual)
- Extension
- App
Clip articles, tweets, and emails into Notion databases
Free + $5.99/mo
- Extension
Highlight and annotate web pages and PDFs
Free + Premium
- Extension
- App
FAQ
Can I highlight a web page and keep the highlights?
Yes. Web Highlights stores your marks again-t the URL, so they reappear when you revisit the page, and exports them as Markdown. Readwise Reader and Matter keep highlights inside their own reader instead, which is better for review but means reading in their app.
Which tool syncs highlights into Notion or Obsidian?
Readwise Reader has the most complete sync - Notion, Obsidian, Roam, Evernote and Logseq. Web Highlights exports to Notion, Obsidian and Capacities, and Matter pushes highlights into Obsidian and Notion.