Lectis is one library across three places: iPhone, the desktop browser extension, and the web app. Save once; read anywhere. The sections below cover the three save paths, what each surface looks like, and what to do when something doesn't behave.
How to save articles
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Three save paths, one library. Use whichever fits where you are when you find something worth reading.
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From iPhone or iPad
In Safari (or any iOS app that supports sharing), tap the Share button at the bottom of the screen, scroll through the share sheet, and pick Lectis. The article is saved to your library; you'll see a brief confirmation and can dismiss the sheet.
If Lectis isn't in the share sheet yet, tap the More action (the three dots at the end of the row of app icons), then Edit, and turn on Lectis. iOS keeps your choice from then on.
Requires the Lectis iOS app — see Lectis on iOS.
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From a desktop browser
Install the Save to Lectis extension once, and you'll have three ways to save the page you're reading:
- Click the L icon in your browser toolbar.
- Right-click anywhere on the page and pick Save to Lectis.
- Press Cmd+Shift+L on macOS, or Ctrl+Shift+L on Windows / Linux.
Install per browser:
- Chrome — Chrome Web Store (search "Save to Lectis"). Coming soon.
- Firefox — Firefox Add-ons (search "Save to Lectis"). Coming soon.
- Safari — Mac App Store (search "Lectis for Safari"), then enable the extension under Safari → Settings → Extensions. Coming soon.
More detail in Browser extension.
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From the web app
Open app.lectis.ai, sign in, and go to Saved Articles. Paste a URL into the Add article field at the top of the list and press Return. Lectis fetches the page, extracts a clean reading copy, and adds it to your library.
Use this when you have a link in your clipboard from somewhere outside the browser — Slack, email, a notes app, an SMS — and don't want to bounce through a tab to save it.
Lectis on iOS
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The Lectis iOS app is your reader on the move. It also registers as a system share-sheet target so any app can hand off a URL to Lectis.
Where to download
Search "Lectis" in the App Store on iPhone or iPad and tap Get. Requires iOS 17 or later.
The tabs
- Saved — your library, newest first, with the time each piece will take to read.
- Reader — opens whatever you tap from Saved, in a clean reading view.
- Profile — sign-in status, typography preferences, and a sign-out button.
Share-sheet target
Once installed, Lectis appears as a share destination wherever iOS shows a share sheet — Safari, Mail, Messages, News, RSS apps, browsers that respect the system share API. See Saving articles for the exact tap path.
Browser extension
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Save to Lectis is the desktop counterpart to the iOS share sheet. One install per browser, one sign-in, and saving an article is one click from anywhere on the web.
Install
Toolbar button
Click the L icon. A small popup shows the title and URL of the page you're on, plus a Save button. After saving, the icon flips to green so you know that page is already in your library.
Right-click menu
Right-click anywhere on the page and pick Save to Lectis. Useful when you don't want to leave the article's keyboard focus.
Keyboard shortcut
Press Cmd+Shift+L (macOS) or Ctrl+Shift+L (Windows / Linux) to save the active tab without lifting your hands from the keyboard.
Side panel (Chrome)
Right-click the L toolbar icon and pick Open Lectis side panel to keep your saved list pinned to the side of the browser. Click any item to read inline without leaving your current tab.
The reader
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Every saved article opens in the same clean reading view across iOS, the web app, and the Chrome side panel. The original page chrome, ads, modals, and navigation are stripped out; what's left is the article body, set in a serif designed for long-form reading.
Typography controls
Adjust font size, line height, and column width from the reader's settings menu. Your preferences sync across devices.
Dark mode
Lectis follows your operating system's light / dark preference by default. Override it in Profile → Theme if you want one or the other regardless of the time of day.
Reading progress
Lectis remembers where you stopped. Open the same article on a different device and it scrolls to roughly where you left off, with a small indicator at the side of the page showing how far through you are.
Open the original
The reader keeps a link to the source page at the top — useful when an extraction misses an image, a code block, or an embedded video.
Tags & folders
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Coming. Lectis today sorts your library by time-saved and by estimated reading time. Tags and folders for grouping by topic, project, or "for later" are in active development — this section will fill in once they ship.
In the meantime: the Saved Articles list is searchable by title and by source domain, and you can bulk-delete pieces you no longer want to keep.
Account & sign-in
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Google sign-in
Lectis uses Google OAuth today. Tap Sign in with Google in any of the apps; Google shows its standard consent screen; you're returned to Lectis signed in. We store your Google profile email, display name, and picture — we never see your Google password, and we have no access to Gmail, Drive, Calendar, or anything else in your Google account.
Sign in with Apple
Coming. Sign in with Apple is in progress so you can use Lectis without a Google account on iOS. Track issue #380 for status.
Email and password
Coming. Email-and-password accounts will land alongside Sign in with Apple, for people who prefer not to use a federated identity provider.
Signing out
Open Profile on iOS or the user menu on the web and pick Sign out. Your saved library stays on Lectis's servers; signing in again on the same Google account restores everything.
Deleting your account
Email privacy@lectis.ai from the address you signed in with. We delete the account and all of its saved content within 7 days.
Privacy & data
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The plain-language summary: Lectis collects the URLs and content of articles you explicitly save, plus the email, name, and picture from your Google sign-in. We never collect your browsing history, the contents of pages you didn't save, your other tabs, or anything you do outside Lectis. We don't sell your data. There are no third-party analytics or ad SDKs in any of the apps.
The browser extension is restricted by its manifest to a single API host — the browser itself enforces that it cannot make requests anywhere else.
Full disclosures, permission-by-permission rationale, and deletion procedures are in the privacy policy.
Getting help
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If something isn't behaving — an article won't save, an extraction looks broken, the extension's icon won't turn green — start with the support page. It covers the common cases (sign-in problems, missing images, non-savable URLs, bulk delete) with step-by-step fixes.
For anything not on that page, email contact@lectis.ai. We read everything and usually reply within a business day. Topic-specific addresses (privacy, DMCA, security) are listed on the contact page.
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