Acorny is a lightweight Readwise alternative for readers who want to keep using the highlights they have already saved.
Many people save highlights from books, articles, newsletters, and reading apps, but those highlights often become passive archives. They are saved once, forgotten quickly, and rarely reviewed again. Acorny is built around a simple idea: highlights should not just be stored — they should be reviewed, remembered, and reused.
With Acorny, users can import highlights from Readwise, Instapaper, Cubox, Diigo, Moon+ Reader, Kindle, and other sources. They can also capture highlights directly from webpages using Acorny’s browser extensions. After importing or capturing highlights, users can turn them into active recall cards and review them with spaced repetition.
The goal is not to replace every note-taking app or knowledge management system. Acorny focuses on one specific workflow: bring your scattered highlights into one place, make them reviewable, and help you remember the ideas that are actually worth keeping.
For readers who already have years of highlights in different apps, Acorny reduces the friction of starting over. Instead of rebuilding a library manually, users can import their existing highlights and continue from there. This is especially useful for people moving from Readwise, users who save articles in Instapaper or Cubox, and readers who annotate books in Moon+ Reader or Kindle.
Acorny is also designed for people who want a lighter review experience. Traditional note-taking systems often require users to manually organize everything before they can get value from their notes. Acorny takes a more direct approach: save or import highlights, convert important ideas into recall cards, and review them regularly. This makes it suitable for students, researchers, writers, product builders, and anyone who reads to learn.
Core features include:
- Import highlights from Readwise, Instapaper, Cubox, Diigo, Moon+ Reader, Kindle, and other sources.
- Capture highlights from webpages with browser extensions.
- Turn saved highlights into active recall cards.
- Review important ideas with spaced repetition.
- Keep highlights portable instead of locked inside one app.
- Use a focused workflow built specifically for highlight review.
Acorny is currently in public beta. The product is still evolving, but the core direction is clear: make saved highlights useful again. Instead of letting highlights fade in old archives, Acorny helps users revisit them, test their memory, and build a lightweight review habit.
This makes Acorny useful for individual readers who want to remember more from what they read, and for knowledge workers who need a practical way to revisit important ideas from books, articles, and research materials. It is not trying to be a complex workspace or a second brain. It is a focused tool for importing, reviewing, and remembering highlights.
In short, Acorny helps users read less passively and remember more actively.
