Any article, without the noise
One click hides the ads, pop-ups, cookie banners, auto-playing videos and sidebars. What is left is the article itself, at a comfortable width with text you can actually read.
Safari extension for Mac & iPhone
AreaderZ: Clean Reader & Summary with AI
Summarize & translate the web.
AreaderZ turns any web page into a calm, customizable, and readable article. Too many articles? Articles too long? It can summarize it right inside Safari. Customize the theme, set summary lengths, read your way. Supports private AI on your device, with your own hosted LLM, or bring your own API key.
Current Release: 0.3.0 beta · Coming soon to the Mac App Store and the App Store for iPhone.
- Works offline with on-device AI
- No account required
- Optional subscription
- No tracking
At a glance
The same download/purchase works across Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Explore key feature
Open any feature to see the screenshot behind it. Everything below is a real screenshot.
Choose light or dark mode Change it with one tap
Uncluttered Reader Many browsers come with Reader mode; Our is further optimized for clean look and customizable
Save a clean PDF Want to save this article? Share with someone? Unsatisfied with your browser's built-in "Print as PDF"? AreaderZ saves the clenest PDF.
Themes and Customization Change theme, light or dark, text size to your liking. More themes will be added to Pro users over time.
Summarize with AI, with privacy in mind Choose Apple Intelligence and the summary is generated on-device and offline. Or choose other AI providers, point to your own local LLM host (e.g., LM Studio, Llama.cpp, oMLX).
Everything you need, right in the browser Although we provide a native app, it is not required for most features. Truly a browser extension first design.
Why choose AreaderZ?
We focus on six things, done extremely well — plus the small conveniences that make them usable every day. We are not trying to be your all-in-one AI companion; nor do we intend to sell you another AI subscrioption.
Get the essence fast
Too much to read? Just want to get to the point? Summarize based on how long you want it: a couple of sentences or a few paragraphs.
Whole pages, translated live
Maybe you are brought to a foreign site; maybe you want to share this article to someone who doesn't speak this language. Or maybe you want to read the summary in your native language. No problem!
Note: translation capability limited by the model you choose.
Reading themes plus light and dark modes
System, Sepia, Typewriter, Notation, Solarized, Charley and Terminal. Pick the one that suits your eyes — high-contrast, a monospaced, serif, sans-serif.
Ask this article anything
In the reader, a floating Ask button opens a chat panel. Ask follow-up questions about the article you are reading and get streaming, multi-turn answers grounded in that article. The conversation is kept, and you can clear it whenever you like. Ask uses the AI provider you have chosen — a local model or your own API key. Apple's on-device model does not support Ask. On Safari, Ask is a Pro feature.
Save it as clean Markdown
Save the article you are reading as clean Markdown — YAML frontmatter with the title, source and saved date — and it is free for everyone. The native app adds a Library tab that lists your Articles and Conversations, exports articles as .md files that are friendly to Obsidian, and lets you delete what you no longer want.
- Streaming output. Results appear as they are generated, not after a spinner finishes.
- Ask this article. A floating Ask button in the reader opens a chat panel for follow-up questions about the current article, with streaming, multi-turn answers grounded in that article.
- Save to Library as Markdown. Keep the current article as clean Markdown with its title, source and saved date — free for everyone — and export it as a .md file from the app's Library.
- Conversation history. Your Ask conversations are kept on your device and can be cleared, and Pro adds iCloud sync across your devices.
- Multiple models. Pro users can set up multiple AI providers. Switch at any time.
- Quick access button on sites you choose. Allow a site once and AreaderZ puts a small floating button for easy access to Reader and Summarize. Useful on iPhone. See how.
- Offline caching. Recent summaries and translations are kept on your device, so going back to a page is instant and doesn't waste tokens or battery. Clean cache with a click.
- Adjustable summary length. Short, medium or long — your call, every time.
- Keyboard shortcuts. Bring up the extension with keyboard using Safari's extension settings.
- Settings in the app. On macOS there is a separate Settings window (Cmd+,) with AI Setup, Reader and About tabs; on iPhone, a Settings tab.
A note on hardware requirements On-device Apple Intelligence requires a compatible device. Local models and bring-your-own-key models need a machine or a provider you can reach. Availability and any costs depend on the service you choose — we do not sell access to any model.
Supports a variety of AI providers
Most AI reading tools send every page you open to the company's own servers. AreaderZ prioritize local models so you have full control. Currently we support three AI sources.
1. On your device
With Apple Intelligence, AreaderZ uses Apple's model built into your compatible device. Summaries and translations work with no internet connection at all, and nothing you read leaves the device.
Best for: privacy and offline reading. No key, fastest setup, no additional cost.
2. On a computer you own
If you already run a model on your own machine, simply point AreaderZ at it.
Best for: advanced and pro users, larger models and complete control. Your machine does the work, private and self sufficient.
3. Bring your own API key
Bring an API key from any service providers that speaks the OpenAI-compatible API. You choose how big or expensive the model is.
Best for: the strongest models, asking advanced questions about a long web page.
No middleman Designed to be full featured without account or middleman server. When you use a third-party provider or a local server, the page content goes to that destination — the one you chose — and nowhere else. Your key is stored securely with Keychain and encrypted, and is never shared with us. See the privacy policy for the specifics.
No account. No tracking.
- No account. There is nothing to sign up for. Install the app, enable the extension, select Apple Intelligence, and read.
- No monthly quota. There is no monthly limit on how much you may read or summarize. AreaderZ Pro is a one-time purchase with no trial, and AreaderZ Supporter is an entirely optional auto-renewing subscription — monthly with a 7-day free introductory trial for new subscribers, or yearly with no trial. Neither is required to use the app.
- No tracking. No analytics on what you read. We do not collect your browsing history, the articles you open, the text of your summaries, or your API keys.
- No data sold or shared. There is no data to sell, because it is not collected in the first place.
- Credentials kept locally. Keys are stored in the Apple Keychain on Safari and never synced to us.
Preview the themes
Each theme has a light and a dark version.
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SystemSystem
Follows your Mac or iPhone setting.
System sans · light & dark -
SepiaSepia
Warm paper, easy on the eyes.
System sans · light & dark -
TypewriterTypewriter
Even monospaced lines, wide spacing.
Monospace · light & dark -
NotationNotation
Quiet and book-like, indented paragraphs.
Serif · light & dark -
SolarizedSolarized
The low-contrast classic.
Serif · light & dark -
CharleyCharley
Very high contrast, black on white.
Serif · light & dark -
TerminalTerminal
Monospaced, dark, glowing green.
Monospace · dark variant shown
Prefer the real thing? The screenshots above show Sepia on a Mac and Terminal on an iPhone, and step 10 of the guide walks through switching them.
Works on the devices you own
| Device | Requires | Extension |
|---|---|---|
| Mac | macOS 15 or later | Safari Web Extension |
| iPhone | iOS 18.6 or later | Safari Web Extension |
On-device AI additionally requires a device that supports Apple Intelligence, with Apple Intelligence enabled in Settings. Everything else works on the devices above.
Free, Pro and Supporter
There are three tiers. Free needs no account and no payment: the reader view works on every article, you get the System and Sepia themes with font size in light or dark, medium-length AI summaries, one AI provider setup, Markdown save and export, and a Collection of up to 50 saved articles.
AreaderZ Pro is a one-time $5.99 purchase with no trial, and one purchase covers both iPhone and Mac. It adds all seven reader themes and font sizes, short/medium/long summaries with custom instructions, live page translation into 20+ languages, several saved AI provider setups, iCloud preference sync, two-style PDF export, removal of the “Created by AreaderZ” line, and a Collection of up to 100 articles.
If you would like to support continued development, AreaderZ Supporter is an entirely optional auto-renewing subscription: $3.99 per month with a 7-day free introductory trial for new subscribers, or $24.99 per year with no free trial. It includes everything in Pro, plus unlimited Collection saves, the two Supporter-exclusive themes (Midnight and Grove), early access to new features, and a Supporter badge. Apple handles the payment through the App Store, and no tier needs an AreaderZ account.
| Free | Pro | Supporter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Distraction-free reader view | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Reading themes, font size, light or dark | System and Sepia themes, font sizes, light and dark | All seven themes and every font size, light and dark | Everything in Pro, plus the exclusive Midnight and Grove themes |
| AI summaries | Medium length | Short, medium or long, plus your own custom instructions | Everything in Pro |
| Ask this article | No | Yes — follow-up chat about the current article, with streaming multi-turn answers | Yes |
| Live translation of whole pages | No | Yes — into more than 20 languages | Yes |
| AI provider setups you can save | One — on-device Apple Intelligence, a local server, or your own API key | Several — keep multiple setups and switch between them without re-entering anything | Several |
| iCloud preference sync between your devices | No | Yes — settings, saved articles and Ask conversations sync through your private iCloud; API keys never leave the device | Yes |
| Save article as Markdown and export .md | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PDF export | No, but you can use your browser's built-in print to PDF | Yes, with two styles | Yes, with two styles |
| “Created by AreaderZ” in output | Shown | Can be removed | Can be removed |
| Saved articles in your Collection | Up to 50 | Up to 100 | Unlimited |
| Supporter-exclusive themes (Midnight & Grove) | No | No | Yes |
| Early access to new features | No | No | Yes |
| Supporter badge | No | No | Yes — shown in the reader and in exported output |
| Account required | No | No | No |
| Cost | Free | $5.99 one-time (no trial) — one purchase unlocks iPhone and Mac | $3.99/month with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers, or $24.99/year with no trial |
Coming soon to Supporter
- Save your own customized themes.
- Apple Intelligence Private Cloud Compute.
- A Supporter app icon.
On the roadmap: pay-as-you-go credits
Today AreaderZ runs wherever you point it — Apple's on-device model, a server you own, or your own API key. The next paid option we are working on is credits: an optional way to use AI capacity we host, so you can summarize and translate without running anything yourself or pasting a key. You would buy credits as one-off top-ups, separate from the optional Supporter subscription, and they would not renew on their own.
To be clear about what exists now: there is no credit system, no account and no metering in the versions you can install today, and the Free version stays free. Credits would be opt-in, and the privacy policy already spells out the limited information such a feature would need (billing and usage counts — never your page content, browsing history or API keys), with a new effective date published before it ships.
We reserve the rights to change the features of the app without prior notification.