Good morning PH, excited to be here :) I’m Ben and my co-founder is @peperomioides . We started Matter because reading online is still a frustrating experience! While our other tools have improved over time–with more powerful functionality, social features, and seamless interfaces–reading is largely the same as it’s been for the past few decades. Matter is a read-it-later app built for today’s internet. It treats creators, newsletters, and alternative media as first-class citizens. It’s social. And it uses modern technology – from parsing to speech synthesis – to deliver a more magical reading experience. We just launched Matter to public beta after a year and a half of development (iOS only for now), and we’re delighted to share it with the Product Hunt community. We’d love to hear your feedback! Feel free to drop a comment below or email me anytime at ben@getmatter.app.

Matter is undoubtedly the best thing the Internet has birthed for reading. Skilled curation, surfacing new gems from other readers, ingesting newsletters, and an ambitious whole-of+content vision. Not reading for utility. Not reading to perform for others. Reading for curiosity, joy, and discovery.

Sounds very cool! Please bring it to Android as well in the near future!

Everyone check this out, it's so much more than a better Pocket or Instapaper (which it is as well)! Just imagine all the best articles your friends ever found, newsletters without having to go to your inbox, no ads or paywalls, and recommendations from Twitter - all in one calm environment just for reading. Plus awesome UX, built-in highlighting & text-to-speech for free! I'm super excited to see what they build next.

the best reader app out there been using it since their closed beta

I’ve said it before elsewhere, but worth restating: Matter is the Reader’s Reader. Anyone serious about expanding the scope of their reading on a daily basis should give it a try. The ability to share articles, follow authors, and capture meaningful chunks of text is really unparalleled. It gives you not only a sense of control over the fire-hose of things to read on the internet, but also a quiet place to enjoy that reading when you are ready. I’ve been a dedicated user since beta (after years of struggling with Pocket). Finally, the timeliness and relevance of each new feature makes updating Matter a pleasure—how many other apps can you say the same? Run, don’t walk.

I've been using Matter (in beta) for almost a year now. It's become an indispensable tool for me, and a big part of my coffee time every morning!

I use this product on a daily basis, it's absolutely excellent and only getting excellent-er :) Highly recommend.

I've been Matter for the last few month and have to say it's the best read-it-later app I've ever used. I especially enjoy the article recommendation and the audio features! I with Ben and his team great success (I'd look forward for a potential RemNote integration 👀)!

I've been using Matter for most of the year and it's easily the most delightful app I've used in years. The team has a relentless focus on improving the reading experience while keeping in touch with the ways our social graphs and people based curation can improve digital reading even more.

Great way to read and discover written content without being overwhelmed by the firehose of information

I've been using Matter for 1 month and it has already substantially changed my reading habits. I read more, and more consistently. The distraction-free & mobile-first reading experience has been amazing so far!! Congrats team

Matter is a delight. In a short time it’s increased the quality and quantity of my reading dramatically. Every little thing has been thought through, from highlights to quality recommendations to dealing with your email newsletters. Favorite new app of 2021 and excited for whats to come. Bravo team Matter!

Congratulations on the public launch! The app looks really beautiful!

Congrats on the launch! Saw @hunterclarke was involved and had to check it out. Looking forward to trying this.

i've been using matter from the earliest beta and it's been a delight to my eyes and mind i'm curious to see where they're going with this with every new release

Hands down the best Read it Later / long-form reading app on the market these days. I beta tested while under development and am so excited that it’s now out for everyone. Go get it.

This is one of the best reading apps.

As an Instapaper and pocket user for years I longed for something smoother and easier to use and absolutely love how smooth and distraction free it makes my reading experience

This will change your reading life. I do not make that comment lightly. Strongly recommend.