WebReader transforms web pages into easy-to-read, zoomable plain text with wrapped lines optimized for small screens. It supports Chrome sharing, text-to-speech, and seamless text sharing or saving to other apps. With 50,000+ total and 140 in the last 30 days, it holds a solid 3.75 rating from 698 users and is not ranked in any top lists.
Pros & Cons
Zoom-friendly reading with wrapped text designed for small screens
Chrome Share integration enables quick viewing without switching apps
Text-to-speech, sharing, and saving capabilities reduce the need for copy-paste
Free to use with a lightweight set of tools in the TOOLS category
Limited in-app browser functionality; relies on Chrome Share for viewing pages
Feature scope centers on content extraction; competitors may offer translation, PDFs, or broader reading modes
Language options for TTS are not specified in the provided data
About WebReader
WebReader was a tools app developed by Qi Tech. It was removed from Google Play Feb 28, 2024 and is no longer available for download.
Download Statistics
WebReader had been downloaded 98 thousand times before it became unavailable.
User Ratings
WebReader was rated 3.75 out of 5 stars, based on 700 ratings.
App Information
WebReader was free to download. The APK download size was 3.35 MB. The last available version was 1.0.33. The last update was on June 11, 2020.
Technical Requirements
WebReader required Android 5.1+ or higher. The app had a content rating of Everyone. The app had been available on Google Play December 2017.
Description
It is difficult to read some web pages on your phone because its font is too small or you have to scroll the screen left and right. There are a lot of websites that are not mobile friendly. WebReader is created for users to read web content easily. It extracts a web page's main content and shows the content as plain text with wrapped lines fitting a small screen. The character size can be zoomed to any scale by pinching the screen. If your favorite browser is Chrome, you can switch a web page's view to WebReader by tapping Share command of Chrome's menu. WebReader can also read a page's text aloud for you if your hands are doing something or your eyes are tired. If you want to send a page's text to other apps such as Gmail or WeChat, WebReader can intelligently extract the text without select, copy and paste operations.
Extension of Google Chrome. When you use Chrome to read a web page with small font or you have to scroll screen left and right to read text lines, you can switch the view to WebReader by tapping Share command on Chrome's menu. WebReader will extract the web page's main content and show the content as plain text with wrapped lines fitting a small screen.
Send text of article to other App. If you want to send a web page's long text to other Apps such as Gmail or WeChat, you don't need to do Select, Copy and Paste. Tapping Share command of menu will intelligently extract a web page's article and send the text to the destination App.
Read article of web page aloud. When you are driving car or doing something, WebReader can read an article aloud to free your eyes. You can also listen it on your Bluetooth speaker. If the language of text is different from device's default language, you need to tap Settings command of menu and choose a proper language of text to speech.
Save text of web page to file. If you want to save a web page's text to a file, tapping Save command of menu will extract a web page's main content and save the text to a file on your device.
Show links of web page. Some web pages show a bunch of page links in multiple columns. WebReader can intelligently extract the page's primary links and show the them only on screen.
Show web page item's text. Some web pages show text of very small size in tables. You can select any text in a page and WebReader will show SHOW ITEM TEXT command in its context menu. Tapping the command will show the item's text in a plain text view.
Read aloud from any position. If you want to hear WebReader's reading not starting from article's beginning, you can select the text at start position and tap READ ALOUD command in the context menu. WebReader will start read aloud from the specified position.
Recent changes: Fixed a bug that keeps showing a page if its URL is copied from other app.
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★★★★★
I share a page URL with this app, and it reads the page with the system voice. I can pinch zoom and the text increases in size and word wraps to fit my hand phone screen.
★★★★★
I really love this app. You can open web pages, and it will read straight from the website. You don't have to try and figure out how to take a picture and paste it to the app. I only have one eye and my eye gets tired if I read a lot. This app has solved that problem for me. I would like it if there was a pause button. That way I don't have to start from scratch every time.
★★☆☆☆
Was having a wonderful time with this app, it even used my custom voices but when I upgraded my phone now it won't read if the screen turns itself off. I use this to listen to articles and fan fiction while working so having my screen on while in my pocket is a no-go. So as long as you can have your screen on this is the app for you.
★★☆☆☆
Is there a way to change the voice to a man's voice. Not to sound sexist, but its almost ear-piercing to me. Sometimes I need a calming warm toned voice. Not one aggressively reading my text on my internet browser. I could've had my wife read it if I wanted that lol 😆 (if you're a married man you know what I'm talking about). If there's a way to change it, please let me know. Otherwise, it's a no download in my opinion and I will delete.
Technologies used by WebReader
WebReader is requesting 4 permissions and is using 27 libraries.
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Trust & Safety: Permissions required: ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE, INTERNET, READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE. These are standard network and storage permissions; no unusual or sensitive permissions are indicated.
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