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Glose

by Readwise, Inc

iPhone · iPad

Active Last checked 31 Jul 2026

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  • Free to download

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Ratings & reviews

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4.5 8033 ratings · App Store

  1. 5/5Better than Kindle

    Ive used the Kindle platform for years to read my e-books and learned about Glose earlier this year through Wall Street Journal. At first, I was skeptical —who needs another ebook platform? — but I actually find Glose to be a more “true” and easier reading experience. Its interface closely resembles a print book, which is the gold standard and its easier to bookmark and make notes where I want to. Sometimes, I find the Glose notifications reminding me to read a little exasperating, especially since I read daily — I just don’t read via Glose. I typically read several books at the same time, so I toggle back and forth between “dead tree” books, audiobooks, and e-books.

    Rborja · 31 Jul 2026

  2. 1/5Obnoxious, loses my place, lacks search in app version

    I read a lot and one favorite publisher requires Glose to read books purchased directly from them. I am rating iPad version. This is a poor version of Nook or Kindle: 1. It loses my place if I use another app or turn tablet off. 2. It skips chapters. I may finish chapter 1 and the swipe to a new page suddenly is chapter 5. This happens more with books I reread. 3. It hides pages, very difficult to get to a given place, similar to problem #2, I can get to the beginning of a chapter but it won’t open the pages in that chapter. 4. The iPad version lacks a book search to find a given title. I can sort by title or author but I cannot search for a title. Have to scroll through the 500+ titles to get to the one I want. Per the Glose help desk, there is a search button, but I find it only on the full web version, not the app. 5. If I add a book to a shelf, e.g., a shelf for my favorites, I cannot get it off that shelf. I mistakenly put a couple titles under the wrong author and could add to the correct author but not remove from wrong one. Disappointing and gets frustrating. Errors happen more often now than a year ago but I do not see any updates available. I like to buy directly from publishers when they have sales but I’m beginning to wonder whether saving a few bucks is worth the hassle.

    Kathy E1 · 31 Jul 2026

  3. 2/5Needs Work

    This reader is definitely a early version. I prefer the dark setting for reading. When using that setting the beginning of each chapter has a white bar across the top and a white space at the end of the chapter after the words end until the end of the page. I switch between my iPhone X and iPad but the app does not appear to synchronize my location between the devices. There appears to be a issue with the app sometimes where it jumps back a few pages when reopening the book. Support for the iPhone X is required. I have flip the page slowly to read one word at a time to read the first line on every page because the iPhone X notch blocks the words. I will say I do like the green bar showing the status of how far you are through the current chapter. Over all this app needs some upgrades to bring it to the basic level that other common reader apps are at.

    Lanwangeek · 31 Jul 2026

  4. 1/5Buggy and useless offline

    This is the app used by the Wall Street Journal for their complimentary books provided to subscribers. I have a stack of audiobooks saved to this app that I have never listened to, because it is essentially impossible to listen offline. Unlike other apps, this one gives you no controls on downloading a book. You just open it and downloading supposedly happens in the background. But if you disconnect from the internet and then try to open one of your downloaded audiobooks, an error pops up saying some features are not available, please try again later. This is completely unacceptable and the app is essentially useless to me if I can’t listen to audiobooks offline, like when I am running or in my car. The free app from my public library is better than this. I am glad I am not paying for this content, but the Wall Street Journal should find a better provider for its member benefits.

    Arnesfortuga · 31 Jul 2026

  5. 3/5Ok but not smooth

    Main complaints: As I’m scrolling down while reading in the iPhone app, the scroll down is slow and also tends to highlight sections. I’m not pushing down hard with my thumb, I’m merely scrolling down in a normal movement and yet the app acts like I want to highlight. The highlighting feature itself is horrible. I was trying to highlight a specific quote and the app defaulted to highlighting a specific passage only. When I try to highlight just the quote and finally get the slider, the slider is clunky and I finally gave up just highlighting a couple of sentences rather than a whole paragraph. Forget even trying to actually make a note for the quote, the pop up menu only has “show translation” or “copy” options. I finally just took a screenshot and used the edit tool to highlight what I wanted, and saved it to my phone. What a waste of time.

    Scottieanne · 31 Jul 2026

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Versions

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  • 3.8.10

    In this update: - You can now listen to Audiobooks! - Access your detailed reading statistics in the new dedicated tab. In previous updates: - New widgets for your iOS 14 Home Screen, resume reading and reading goal! - You can now bookmarks any pages in the reader. - We fixed a bug that could prevent the progress to be synchronised correctly when reading on multiple devices. - A new Signin and Signup experience. - You can now tap to turn page in the reader. - We added Apple sign in.

  • 3.8.11

    In this update: - You can now listen to Audiobooks! - Access your detailed reading statistics in the new dedicated tab. In previous updates: - New widgets for your iOS 14 Home Screen, resume reading and reading goal! - You can now bookmarks any pages in the reader. - We fixed a bug that could prevent the progress to be synchronised correctly when reading on multiple devices. - A new Signin and Signup experience. - You can now tap to turn page in the reader. - We added Apple sign in.

  • 3.8.13

    In this update: - You can now listen to Audiobooks! - Access your detailed reading statistics in the new dedicated tab. In previous updates: - New widgets for your iOS 14 Home Screen, resume reading and reading goal! - You can now bookmarks any pages in the reader. - We fixed a bug that could prevent the progress to be synchronised correctly when reading on multiple devices. - A new Signin and Signup experience. - You can now tap to turn page in the reader. - We added Apple sign in.

  • 3.8.14

    In this update: - You can now listen to Audiobooks! - Access your detailed reading statistics in the new dedicated tab. In previous updates: - New widgets for your iOS 14 Home Screen, resume reading and reading goal! - You can now bookmarks any pages in the reader. - We fixed a bug that could prevent the progress to be synchronised correctly when reading on multiple devices. - A new Signin and Signup experience. - You can now tap to turn page in the reader. - We added Apple sign in.

  • 3.8.15

    In this update: - You can now listen to Audiobooks! - Access your detailed reading statistics in the new dedicated tab. In previous updates: - New widgets for your iOS 14 Home Screen, resume reading and reading goal! - You can now bookmarks any pages in the reader. - We fixed a bug that could prevent the progress to be synchronised correctly when reading on multiple devices. - A new Signin and Signup experience. - You can now tap to turn page in the reader. - We added Apple sign in.

  • 3.8.16

    In this update: - You can now listen to Audiobooks! - Access your detailed reading statistics in the new dedicated tab. In previous updates: - New widgets for your iOS 14 Home Screen, resume reading and reading goal! - You can now bookmarks any pages in the reader. - We fixed a bug that could prevent the progress to be synchronised correctly when reading on multiple devices. - A new Signin and Signup experience. - You can now tap to turn page in the reader. - We added Apple sign in.

  • 3.8.17

    In this update: - You can now listen to Audiobooks! - Access your detailed reading statistics in the new dedicated tab. In previous updates: - New widgets for your iOS 14 Home Screen, resume reading and reading goal! - You can now bookmarks any pages in the reader. - We fixed a bug that could prevent the progress to be synchronised correctly when reading on multiple devices. - A new Signin and Signup experience. - You can now tap to turn page in the reader. - We added Apple sign in.

  • 3.8.18

    In this update: - You can now listen to Audiobooks! - Access your detailed reading statistics in the new dedicated tab. In previous updates: - New widgets for your iOS 14 Home Screen, resume reading and reading goal! - You can now bookmarks any pages in the reader. - We fixed a bug that could prevent the progress to be synchronised correctly when reading on multiple devices. - A new Signin and Signup experience. - You can now tap to turn page in the reader. - We added Apple sign in.

  • 3.8.19

    In this update: - You can now listen to Audiobooks! - Access your detailed reading statistics in the new dedicated tab. In previous updates: - New widgets for your iOS 14 Home Screen, resume reading and reading goal! - You can now bookmarks any pages in the reader. - We fixed a bug that could prevent the progress to be synchronised correctly when reading on multiple devices. - A new Signin and Signup experience. - You can now tap to turn page in the reader. - We added Apple sign in.

  • 3.8.20

    In this update: - You can now listen to Audiobooks! - Access your detailed reading statistics in the new dedicated tab. In previous updates: - New widgets for your iOS 14 Home Screen, resume reading and reading goal! - You can now bookmarks any pages in the reader. - We fixed a bug that could prevent the progress to be synchronised correctly when reading on multiple devices. - A new Signin and Signup experience. - You can now tap to turn page in the reader. - We added Apple sign in.

  • 3.8.21

    In this update: - You can now listen to Audiobooks! - Access your detailed reading statistics in the new dedicated tab. In previous updates: - New widgets for your iOS 14 Home Screen, resume reading and reading goal! - You can now bookmarks any pages in the reader. - We fixed a bug that could prevent the progress to be synchronised correctly when reading on multiple devices. - A new Signin and Signup experience. - You can now tap to turn page in the reader. - We added Apple sign in.

  • 3.8.22

    In this update: - You can now listen to Audiobooks! - Access your detailed reading statistics in the new dedicated tab. In previous updates: - New widgets for your iOS 14 Home Screen, resume reading and reading goal! - You can now bookmarks any pages in the reader. - We fixed a bug that could prevent the progress to be synchronised correctly when reading on multiple devices. - A new Signin and Signup experience. - You can now tap to turn page in the reader. - We added Apple sign in.

  • 3.8.23

    In this update: - You can now listen to Audiobooks! - Access your detailed reading statistics in the new dedicated tab. In previous updates: - New widgets for your iOS 14 Home Screen, resume reading and reading goal! - You can now bookmarks any pages in the reader. - We fixed a bug that could prevent the progress to be synchronised correctly when reading on multiple devices. - A new Signin and Signup experience. - You can now tap to turn page in the reader. - We added Apple sign in.

  • 3.8.24

    In this update: - You can now listen to Audiobooks! - Access your detailed reading statistics in the new dedicated tab. In previous updates: - New widgets for your iOS 14 Home Screen, resume reading and reading goal! - You can now bookmarks any pages in the reader. - We fixed a bug that could prevent the progress to be synchronised correctly when reading on multiple devices. - A new Signin and Signup experience. - You can now tap to turn page in the reader. - We added Apple sign in.

  • 3.8.25

    In this update: - You can now listen to Audiobooks! - Access your detailed reading statistics in the new dedicated tab. In previous updates: - New widgets for your iOS 14 Home Screen, resume reading and reading goal! - You can now bookmarks any pages in the reader. - We fixed a bug that could prevent the progress to be synchronised correctly when reading on multiple devices. - A new Signin and Signup experience. - You can now tap to turn page in the reader. - We added Apple sign in.

  • 3.8.26

    In this update: - You can now listen to Audiobooks! - Access your detailed reading statistics in the new dedicated tab. In previous updates: - New widgets for your iOS 14 Home Screen, resume reading and reading goal! - You can now bookmarks any pages in the reader. - We fixed a bug that could prevent the progress to be synchronised correctly when reading on multiple devices. - A new Signin and Signup experience. - You can now tap to turn page in the reader. - We added Apple sign in.

  • 3.8.28

    In this update: - You can now listen to Audiobooks! - Access your detailed reading statistics in the new dedicated tab. In previous updates: - New widgets for your iOS 14 Home Screen, resume reading and reading goal! - You can now bookmarks any pages in the reader. - We fixed a bug that could prevent the progress to be synchronised correctly when reading on multiple devices. - A new Signin and Signup experience. - You can now tap to turn page in the reader. - We added Apple sign in.

  • 3.8.29

    - Bug fixes and performance improvements.

  • 3.8.30

    - Bug fixes and performance improvements.

  • 3.8.31

    - Bug fixes and performance improvements.

  • 3.8.32

    - Bug fixes and performance improvements.

  • 3.8.33

    Bug fixes and performance improvements.

  • 3.8.34

    Bug fixes and improvements.

  • 3.8.35

    Urgent bug fix to authentication.

  • 3.8.36 · 16 Jun 2026

    Bug fixes!

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