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et al. saves Safari highlights and notes in a searchable Library. Readers can create citations or export saved material as Markdown, Obsidian, or CSV.
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et al. — Highlight & Save is a Safari extension for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Highlight passages without leaving Safari, attach notes, and find both later in a private Library organized with folders, tags, and colors. Free is a permanent tier with highlights and notes without plan limits, Markdown, Obsidian, and CSV exports, optional iCloud Sync, and one-source APA and MLA citations. The optional $9.99 one-time Pro purchase adds Chicago and IEEE citations, multi-source bibliographies, BibTeX, RIS, CSL-JSON, Ask on supported devices, and four additional colors. One purchase works on Mac, iPhone, and iPad when you use the same Apple Account. There are no subscriptions. Ask requires Apple Intelligence on a supported iPhone, iPad, or Mac running iOS 26, iPadOS 26, or macOS 26 or later.
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et al. — Highlight & Save is a Safari extension for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Highlight passages in Safari, attach notes, and find both later in a Library organized with folders, tags, colors, and a newest-first timeline. Free is a permanent tier with highlights and notes without plan limits, optional iCloud Sync, Markdown, Obsidian, and CSV exports, print, local backup, and one-source APA 7 and MLA 9 citations. The optional $9.99 one-time Pro purchase adds Chicago 18 Author-Date and IEEE citations, multi-source bibliographies, BibTeX, RIS, CSL-JSON, Ask on supported devices, and four additional colors. One purchase works on Mac, iPhone, and iPad when you use the same Apple Account. There are no subscriptions. There is no et al. account, analytics, or telemetry. Content stays on the device by default. With iCloud Sync on, Apple stores a copy in iCloud using the reader’s Apple Account; et al Labs does not receive it. Ask runs on Apple’s on-device models and requires Apple Intelligence on a supported iPhone, iPad, or Mac running iOS 26, iPadOS 26, or macOS 26 or later.
What it does
A reading workflow built around Safari.
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Highlight and take notes
Save important passages without leaving the page. Notes stay attached to the highlight and source.
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Find and organize
Search highlights, notes, tags, and page titles, then organize the Library with folders, tags, and custom color labels.
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Cite sources
Create editable APA 7 and MLA 9 citations for one source at a time for free. Pro adds Chicago 18 Author-Date, IEEE, and multi-source bibliographies.
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Export your work
Take highlights and notes to Markdown, Obsidian, CSV, print, or a local backup. Pro adds BibTeX, RIS, and CSL-JSON.
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Keep the Library private
There is no et al. account, analytics, or telemetry. Content stays on the device by default. With iCloud Sync on, Apple stores a copy in iCloud using the reader’s Apple Account; et al Labs does not receive it.
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Ask on supported devices
Pro can answer questions and summarize saved highlights and notes with citations. Ask uses Apple’s on-device models and requires Apple Intelligence on a supported iPhone, iPad, or Mac running iOS 26, iPadOS 26, or macOS 26 or later.
Free
The complete highlighting workflow.
Highlights and notes without plan limits, Library organization and search, four colors, exports, backup and restore, optional iCloud Sync, and one-source APA and MLA citations.
et al. Pro · $9.99 one-time purchase
Advanced citations, Ask, and four additional colors.
Chicago 18 Author-Date and IEEE citations, bibliography exports for two or more sources, BibTeX, RIS, and CSL-JSON for any number of sources, Ask on supported devices, and four additional colors. One purchase works on Mac, iPhone, and iPad when using the same Apple Account. There are no subscriptions.
et al. is made by et al Labs, LLC, a small independent software studio run by Kirk Crawford in Baltimore. Kirk has a PhD in human-centered computing and more than ten years of experience in UX design, research, and product management.
et al. stores each reader’s Library on their device by default. With iCloud Sync on, Apple stores a copy in iCloud; et al Labs does not receive it. It is the studio’s first product.
