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Raycast
✓ verifiedFreemium
A fast, keyboard-driven Mac/Windows launcher with an extension store and built-in AI commands for power users who live in shortcuts.
1.1M visits/mo3.4K saves
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Readable
✓ verifiedPaid
Instant English-to-Japanese PDF translation preserving layout; useful focused tool.
87K visits/mo177 saves
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Audeus
✓ verifiedFreemium
Text-to-speech reader that turns PDFs, docs, and web pages into natural audio with highlighting, on web and mobile.
54K visits/mo21K saves
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Paperguide
✓ verifiedPaid
All-in-one research platform for reading, writing and managing papers; high traffic.
286K visits/mo4.1K saves
Pricing
Pro (with AI): $8/month
Free trial available
Pro Standard (Yearly): 800 /month
Pro Premium (Yearly): 4,000 /month
for Business: Contact for Pricing
Free: $0/mo (limited uploads and Pro voices)
Pro: $9.92/mo (billed annually)
No public pricing
Free: $0/month
Starter: $9/month
Advanced: $16/month
Core features
- ✦Extendable command-bar launcher for macOS and beta Windows support
- ✦Thousands of third-party extensions from a public store
- ✦Built-in AI chat and custom AI command automation
- ✦Clipboard history, window management, and calculator utilities
- ✦Text snippets and quicklinks for repetitive actions
- ✦Hotkeys and aliases for common apps and commands
- ✦Team plan for sharing snippets, quicklinks, and extensions
- ✦Instant PDF translation
- ✦Layout preservation
- ✦Side-by-side English and Japanese viewing
- ✦Chrome extension for one-click translation
- ✦Translation without DeepL subscription (optional)
- ✦Natural AI voices for reading aloud
- ✦Supports PDF, Word, EPUB, and web pages
- ✦Synchronized text highlighting
- ✦Highlighting and annotation tools
- ✦Adjustable playback speed up to 3.5x
- ✦Apps for web, iOS, Android, and Chrome
- ✦AI Chatbot powered by ChatGPT, GPT-4o & Gemini
- ✦Available on multiple platforms (Web, iPhone, Apple Watch, macOS, Android)
- ✦Humanlike responses
- ✦Homework assistance
- ✦Proofreading
- ✦AI Writing Assistant
- ✦AI Search
- ✦Literature Review
- ✦AI Writer
- ✦Reference Manager
- ✦Chat with PDF
Use cases
- →Launching apps and running quick commands without leaving the keyboard
- →Automating repetitive text and file tasks with snippets and quicklinks
- →Getting AI answers or writing help without switching apps
- →Sharing productivity tooling and extensions across a team
- →Translating English research papers into Japanese
- →Translating technical specifications from English to Japanese
- →Quickly understanding English documents in Japanese
- →Listen to study material and documents
- →Boost focus for auditory learners
- →Read web articles hands-free
- →Get through reading backlog while multitasking
- →Get help with homework, from essays and compositions to math questions.
- →Proofread written work to create professional-grade documents.
- →Get personalized help with any writing project, from essays to social media posts.
- →Act as a travel agent.
- →Finding relevant research papers and getting research-backed answers.
- →Analyzing papers faster with accurate data extraction.
- →Generating and polishing academic content using AI.
- →Streamlining citation and reference management.
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