HighlitYour highlights, still yours.
Highlit pulls your Kindle and Kobo highlights into one place on your phone. Your highlights stay on your device. No account, no ads, no AI, and only minimal anonymous analytics.
FreeNo ads, no subscription.
Highlit does one thing: it gathers the passages you highlighted on your Kindle or Kobo and keeps them in one tidy place on your phone. Your highlights stay on your device: no account, no cloud, no ads, no AI. The app collects only a minimal amount of fully anonymous usage and crash data, so we can keep improving it. Just your highlights, organized.
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A look inside
Features
What it does well
- Import from Kindle (My Clippings.txt) and Kobo (KoboReader.sqlite). Duplicates are merged for you.
- Open a random highlight when you want to revisit an old book, and mark the ones you love.
- Share a highlight as a clean image.
- Back up and restore with a plain JSON file. No cloud needed.
Privacy
Privacy, built in
Highlit has no account, and everything you put in stays on your device. The app collects only a minimal amount of fully anonymous usage and crash data, so we can understand how it is used and improve it. Nothing that identifies you, and never your content. There are no ads, and nothing is sold or shared. The details are in the privacy policy.
- No account. Nothing to sign up for.
- Your data stays on your device.
- Anonymous usage data only. Nothing that identifies you.
- No ads, nothing sold or shared.
FAQ
Questions
Does Highlit need an account?
No. There is no sign-up and no sign-in. Open the app and import your highlights.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Importing, reading and backing up your highlights all happen on your device, with no account and no cloud.
Does Highlit collect any data?
Only a minimal amount of fully anonymous usage and crash data, so we can understand how the app is used and fix what breaks. It never includes your books, highlights or notes. The privacy policy lists exactly what is used.
Is Highlit free?
Yes, Highlit is free right now. A one-time Premium purchase is planned. There is no subscription.
Where are my highlights stored?
Only on your device. If you want a copy, export a JSON backup and keep it wherever you like.
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