Highlight pages, add notes, and find everything again later in
your Library. Create APA and MLA citations for free. Pro adds
multi-source bibliographies, Ask on supported devices, and four
additional highlight colors. Your Library stays private to you.
In et al., you decide what each highlight color means. Use
colors, folders, and tags to make your own system for what you
read, then find the passages and notes you saved when you need
them.
A searchable Library
Everything you highlight is saved with its note, color, and source. Browse a newest-first timeline, search across your reading, and organize it with folders and tags.
Academic citations
Create APA and MLA citations for one source at a time for free. Pro adds Chicago, IEEE, and multi-source bibliography exports.
Private smart features
On supported devices, et al. can suggest searches, folder and tag names, and missing citation details for free. et al. Pro adds Ask, an on-device chatbot that answers questions across your Library and cites the saved passages it uses.
Yours, on your devices
Your Library stays on your device by default. Turn on free iCloud Sync and Apple stores a copy in iCloud to sync across your devices. You don’t need an et al. account.
Import from other apps
Move your highlights to et al. from a supported CSV, Markdown, or JSON export. Preview what et al. will add before anything changes. It skips duplicates automatically. See how to move your highlights to et al.
Free and Pro
Free covers the complete reading workflow.
Highlights, notes, folders, tags, search, iCloud Sync, Markdown,
Obsidian, and CSV exports, plus one-source APA and MLA citations
are free without plan limits. et al. Pro adds Chicago and IEEE
citations, multi-source bibliography exports, Ask on supported
devices, and four additional highlight colors. A $9.99 one-time
purchase works on Mac, iPhone, and iPad. There are no subscriptions.
Select text and use the small menu to choose a highlight color
and add a note. When you return, et al. tries to put your
highlight back on the page. If the page has changed, your saved
highlight and note are still in your Library.
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Find it again
Your Library keeps everything in one place.
Everything you save appears in a newest-first Library timeline.
Search highlights, notes, tags, and page titles in one place, or
group your reading by page. Organize with folders, tags, and
colors, then use bulk actions when you need to tidy up.
Export and cite
Take your highlights and notes with you.
When you want to use your highlights and notes in another app,
you can save them as Markdown, Obsidian, or CSV, print them, or
keep a local backup. For research
and writing, et al. keeps source details with saved pages, so you
can review them and create citations. APA and MLA citations are
free one source at a time, with optional highlights and notes.
Chicago and IEEE citations, BibTeX, RIS, and CSL-JSON exports,
and all multi-source bibliographies are included with et al. Pro.
Exported to MarkdownExported to CSV
Optional smart features
Suggestions and Ask run on your device.
On supported devices, et al. can suggest searches, folder and tag
names, and missing citation details for free. et al. Pro adds Ask
across your highlights and notes, with cited answers and short summaries.
These optional smart features use Apple’s on-device models.
Ask requires Apple Intelligence on a supported iPhone, iPad, or Mac
running iOS 26, iPadOS 26, or macOS 26 or later.
Ask about your highlights Pro
Ask a question about what you’ve saved and get a cited answer or short summary based on your own highlights and notes.
Suggested searches
Get a few search ideas based on what’s in your Library.
Folder and tag name ideas
When you make a folder or tag, et al. can suggest a name. Nothing is moved or renamed unless you choose to.
Citation details
When a saved source is missing details, et al. can suggest the title, author, date, and other fields. You review them before exporting.
Privacy
Your Library stays on-device by default.
No account to create. Nothing to sign up for and no password to remember. iCloud Sync uses the Apple Account you already have.
No tracking. I don’t collect anything about you, the sites you visit, or your notes.
iCloud is optional. Your highlights and notes, folders, tags, and saved source details stay on your device by default. If you turn on iCloud Sync, Apple stores a copy in iCloud for syncing across your devices.
Smart features stay on your device. They use Apple’s on-device models rather than sending your highlights and notes to an AI service.
Free forever. Highlighting, notes, organization, iCloud Sync, and one-source APA and MLA citations stay free. et al. Pro is an optional $9.99 one-time purchase. There are no subscriptions.
From et al Labs
Made by et al Labs in Baltimore.
et al. is independent software for Apple devices, made by et al
Labs in Baltimore. I built it because I wanted a simpler, more
private way to save and return to what I read and research online.
