Reduce the page to its article
Use the Readability-powered reader view on public articles, research posts, essays, and Medium-like pages.
For independent researchers and analysts
FocusReader for research
Keep the evidence attached to the source.
Collect exact web passages with their titles, URLs, and saved dates. Review by domain or category, then export Markdown.
10 quotes free. $9.99 once for PRO, taxes included. No subscription.
The research problem
Loose snippets create expensive source checks later.
A copied line without its title, URL, domain, and capture date becomes hard to verify. FocusReader stores those details at the moment you save the selection, while the relationship between claim and source is still obvious.
The result is a compact local quote library you can review by domain or optional category, then export as Markdown.
A repeatable evidence loop
Read, capture, and move on without losing the trail.
Attach context at capture time
Save the selected wording together with title, URL, domain, timestamp, and an optional project category.
Export a portable record
Download clean Markdown for a local archive, note repository, or the next stage of your own research process.
Deliberately narrow
A source trail, not a citation manager.
FocusReader records the web context that helps you return to an exact passage. It does not generate bibliographies, synchronize a research team, or make claims about the credibility of a source.
- Exact selected textKeep the wording of the original passage.
- Page titleIdentify the source article in your notes.
- Original URLReopen the source to check its context.
- Source domainReview quotes from the same website.
- Saved timestampKnow when the passage was captured.
- Optional categoryGroup passages by topic or project.
Private working notes
Your working notes stay yours.
Quotes, categories, and reading preferences stay in Chrome local storage. Export your source-backed notes when you need them. The extension has no reading-activity or quote analytics.
The website measures aggregate site traffic, not your extension activity or saved quotes.