Matter: 1% Smarter Every Day

Matter isn't just a convenient way to save articles and podcasts, but it's a really effective research tool. It transcribes everything you add to your queue, podcasts and youtube videos as well. And for articles it will read them too. I use Matter as a replacement to a podcast app, I put things in my queue, put my airpods in and go for a walk and it read my queue of content to me. If I hear something I want to save I can save the text to Readwise from the transcript. It also has a Roam Research extension if you don't use Readwise. Overall, a really polished product built by a team that's committed to continuous iteration and building quality opinionated software.

And updating regularly

This app is the shiny new thing for internet nerds, but I can’t see a good reason to pay the absurdly large subscription fee. Moreover, why does this app need to collect your contacts?

Great app because reader are leader

I’d like to subscribe at $4.99/month and selected that option but matter remained inaccessible.

Really elegant!

Disappointed that they say you can either have a free subscription or a premium subscription. It is supposed free for 7 days before you are charged a monthly service. Sorry. Not for me. Either have a free subscription or be open and honest upfront that it is free for 7 days but then you will be charged. I could have not wasted my time.

This app helps me with a few things. Being able to get all of my favorite authors in one spot, read and grow, and hit upon screen time needs that are slowly dwindling. While other apps completely block you from apps, it’s nice to be able to gain knowledge while pulling back from time draining social media platforms. Thank you for this.

I connected my Gmail, followed the newsletters I wanted from it, and yet there are many missing articles for many of those newsletters. I see them in my Gmail but they’re nonexistent in Matter. Whatever approach they’re using isn’t working.

I’ve been using this app for around two weeks and it’s a game changer if you really want to learn and increase your knowledge. I wish I came across this earlier. I particularly love the transcription feature and the ability to note take and highlight while watching.