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Web Highlights
Web Highlights is a browser extension designed to help users highlight and add notes to any webpage or PDF document.
Our verdict
Who it's for
Highlight and annotate any website or PDF with notes, tags, and cloud sync.
Who should look elsewhere
Cloud sync and web app require a paid plan
Pros
- +Most core features are completely free to use
- +Supports both web pages and various PDF types (online/local)
- +Integrates with popular 'second brain' apps for note management
- +Highlights and notes persist when revisiting pages
- +Simple and intuitive to use
Cons
- −Cloud sync and web app require a paid plan
- −Primarily a browser extension, may not suit all workflows
Key features
- ✓Highlight text on any website
- ✓Highlight text on online and local PDFs
- ✓Add notes to highlights
- ✓Create and assign tags to highlights
- ✓Use different highlight colors
- ✓Automatic saving of highlights and notes
- ✓Cloud synchronization (paid feature)
- ✓Web application access (paid feature)
Pricing
| Plan | Price | Billing | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | — | month | Create unlimited highlights; Create unlimited bookmarks; Create unlimited notes |
| Premium | — | month | Sync highlights to the cloud; Access highlights in our webapp |
| Ultimate | — | month | Sync highlights to the cloud; Access highlights in our webapp |