FlowReader Pro
A library that works for you
Keep everything in the free reader, and add an assistant that answers with sources. Pro also sorts new items for you and keeps your library in sync on all your devices.
Ask, and see where the answer came from
Ask about one document, a collection or everything you’ve saved. Each answer cites the passages it used. Click a citation and the reader opens on that passage.
The assistant can also take on bigger jobs in the background, such as comparing articles or following a topic through a collection. You can also connect outside tools through MCP, an open standard for AI tools, and the assistant will use them.
- The assistant uses your own AI account, or a local model on your computer.
- You can keep a collection away from AI. Then chat, Tasks and connected apps can’t reach it.
- Tools from other apps stay off until you turn them on. Each one has its own switch.
Let it work while you’re away
Give the assistant a job and choose when it runs, and you have a Task. It can write you a short summary of what’s new every morning, with links to the sources. It can also suggest how to sort your new articles. You decide what changes.
A Monitor keeps an eye on a source for you, even when FlowReader is closed. Newsletters you subscribe to with your FlowReader address arrive in your library. The assistant comes with 23 built-in skills, such as a research brief, and you can add your own.
- Schedule
- Run
- Review
- Approve
Every morning, brief me on what arrived in my library.
A Task that writes you a report every day, with sources.
Watch Hacker News for posts about MCP.
A Monitor that collects matching posts, even while the app is closed.
Nothing changes until you say yes
When a Task wants to file, tag or rename something, it asks first. Each proposal says what would change and why. The proposal waits on the assistant’s home page until you approve or decline it.
If you prefer, let it make changes you can undo without asking.
A library that sorts itself by your rules
Smart Rules sort each new item as it arrives. A rule can look at where an item came from, its tags, how far you’ve read or what it’s about. It can then add or remove tags and collections, or mark items as read or unread. Try a rule on your own library and preview the result before you run it on everything.
See how your reading connects
The knowledge graph links your articles, highlights, tags, people and topics. It shows groups of related reading you never named. It also finds the articles that tie two different interests together. It can also turn a collection into an outline, with links to the sources.
It’s built on your device and works without AI.
The same library everywhere, and with others
Save an article on your laptop and read on from the same paragraph on your desktop. Sync carries your library, reading positions, highlights and settings between the browser extension and the desktop app.
Invite people to a collection, and it updates for them as you add to it. Or publish a single note on a link of its own.
Sharing needs Pro and a verified email address, and a note on the web also needs Online Sync. Sending a collection as a file is free, and the person you send it to needs no account.
Online Sync
Through your FlowReader account, almost in real time. It isn’t end-to-end encrypted.
Local folder
Through a folder you choose, in the desktop app and Chromium browsers. The file isn’t encrypted.
Dropbox
Through a Dropbox app you set up yourself, in the browser extension. The file isn’t encrypted.
Use Claude or ChatGPT?
Let Claude, ChatGPT or another AI client search your library, read from it and file what you save. You approve each permission, and you can remove a client at any time.
Is Pro worth it?
Yes, if you want more than reading. Pro gives you answers with sources, rules that sort for you and the same library on a second device.
€7.99 per month, with a 14-day trial where available
How does cancellation work?
Open the billing portal from inside the app and cancel there. Cancel before the renewal date to avoid the next charge. Pro stays active until the end of the period you’ve paid for.
What happens to my local content after cancelling?
It stays where it is. FlowReader keeps your data and doesn’t lock anything you saved. Only the Pro features pause until Pro is active again. That means sync, newsletters, Monitors, Smart Rules, the knowledge graph, AI and sharing.
Are local AI models supported?
Yes. The assistant can run on LM Studio and Ollama, entirely on your own computer. It also works with Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Hugging Face and OpenCode Go, and with any OpenAI-compatible service you add.
Start with the free reader and add Pro when you need it
Get the desktop app or the browser extension.