For Kindle readers, not Kindle subscribers
Highlight Vault
Every highlight you've ever made on Kindle — pulled into one searchable, private library that lives on your own computer. Not a subscription. Not the cloud. Just yours.
- 100% local — nothing uploaded
- Windows 10/11
- 30-day money-back guarantee
Your Kindle highlights are scattered across a page you never visit again — or locked behind a subscription you didn't ask for.
Amazon's own highlights page is barely searchable. Readwise wants $8–10 a month, forever, just to read your own notes. Highlight Vault is a one-time purchase that does the job and stops there.
What it does
Everything you'd want from your highlights, nothing you have to pay for twice.
Syncs automatically
First sync signs you in, every sync after runs silently in the background. Turn on scheduling and it stays current on its own.
Search everything
Titles, authors, highlight text, and your own margin notes — all in one box.
Genre classification
Automatic, using your Goodreads shelves and book pages. Didn't get one right? Set it by hand in one click.
Connect Goodreads
Bring in your star ratings and date finished — sort your whole library by rating, date read, or highlight count.
Stats dashboard
Most-highlighted books, genre breakdown, highlight-colour distribution, and books finished by month or year.
Tags & collections
Organize books your own way, independent of genre, with a filterable Collections view.
Revisit
A handful of old highlights resurfaced each day, so favorites don't just sit forgotten in an export file.
Export anywhere
Word (.docx), CSV, JSON, an Obsidian vault, a Notion database, or Google Docs — your data, your format.
Hide books, pick your theme
Hide anything cluttering your library without deleting it. Light, Dark, or System — your call.
Pay once. Not every month.
A subscription tool for the exact same job costs more in its first year than Highlight Vault ever will.
| Highlight Vault | Subscription highlight tools | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $24 once | ~$96–120 / year |
| Where your highlights live | Your computer | Their servers |
| Works if you stop paying | Forever | No |
| Export formats | 6 formats | Varies, often paywalled |
Everything stays on your machine
Your highlights never leave your computer unless you choose to export or sync them somewhere. The only outside services Highlight Vault talks to are the ones you connect — Amazon, Goodreads, Google, Notion — plus Gumroad, just to validate your license.
No account creation. No analytics phoning home. No highlights sitting on someone else's server waiting for a data breach headline.
Questions before you buy
What do I need to run it?
Windows 10 or 11. No Python or technical setup — download, unzip, and run HighlightVault.exe.
Windows says "Windows protected your PC" — is that normal?
Yes. This is Microsoft SmartScreen flagging any app from a small, independent developer — not a sign anything's wrong. Click More info → Run anyway to continue. This only happens once per version.
How does activation work?
After purchase you'll get a license key on this page and by email. First launch asks you to activate it — then you're straight into syncing your highlights.
What if it's not for me?
Every purchase is covered by Gumroad's 30-day money-back guarantee, no questions needed.
Do updates cost extra?
No — your purchase includes free updates. Re-download any time from your Gumroad Library.
Your highlights are worth more than a subscription page.
One purchase. Every highlight you've ever made, finally somewhere you can actually use it.
Get Highlight Vault — $24One-time purchase · Free updates · 30-day money-back guarantee