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Digital Trends
01-07-2025
- Digital Trends
Pocket is about to close. Use this read-it-later app instead
Read-it-later app Pocket is closing down in just a week's time, so if you're still using it, now's the time to switch to a similar app. As an avid user of Pocket pretty much since it launched in 2007 as Read It Later, I felt a little sad to receive a message in May informing me that it would be shutting down on July 8. Recommended Videos I used to get end-of-year emails from the startup congratulating me for being in the 'top 5%' of Pocket readers over the previous 12 months. Truth be told, I was in the top 5% of savers, not readers, as I would save endless articles on a daily basis but only ever get around to reading a handful of them. The good thing, though, was that every time I opened the app, I knew there would be something interesting waiting for me. But having received the news that the Pocket app will stop working on my phone from next week, I recently did a quick search for a read-it-later alternative. It turns out that there are plenty of options out there, among them Raindrop, Matter, PaperSpan, Plinky (Apple devices only), DoubleMemory (Apple devices only), Recall, and Wallabag. However, I've switched to one that launched in 2008, just a year after Pocket's arrival: Instapaper. As with Pocket, Instapaper lets you save articles in a single tap or click, allowing you to read them later (or never read) at a time of your choosing, online or offline. Having used it for a few weeks now (it's already bursting with unread articles!), I can recommend Instapaper as an excellent replacement for Pocket. It's similar to Pocket in many ways, which flattens the learning curve, and functions just as smoothly, too. You can even import all of your Pocket articles to Instapaper, though I won't be doing that as 1- it'll probably take days, and 2- I'll never read them. It kind of feels good to start afresh with Instapaper, and my phone will get a massive chunk of storage back, too. Available for both iOS and Android, Instapaper is easy to set up and sync across all of your devices, including your phone and PC. The free version will suit a lot of you, no doubt, but a paid version ($5.99 per month or $59.99 per year) offers full text search, a permanent archive, unlimited notes, and text-to-speech playlists for easy listening.
Android Authority
09-06-2025
- Android Authority
I saved my Pocket library before it's too late, and you should too
Andy Walker / Android Authority When I heard that Mozilla is shutting down read-it-later app Pocket, I was livid. Like many users of the service, I adored the reading experience on the platform, which served me distraction-free content that I curated over the years. This includes a stash of long-form articles that I add to daily. For the most part, Pocket worked when I needed it to, so I never felt that I needed an alternative. But as the end draws near, I'll have to begin the search for a Pocket alternative. Before I can find a new service, I must save my library from ruin. If you're a similarly scorned Pocket user, you're likely wondering how to do just that. After going through the procedure myself, here's what you need to know. How do you feel about Mozilla shutting down Pocket? 0 votes I'm upset. I used the service daily. NaN % I'm annoyed, but I'll find a replacement eventually. NaN % It's fine. I barely used Pocket in any case. NaN % I don't care. It was more pointless for me than useful. NaN % How to export your Pocket library Andy Walker / Android Authority Pocket's data export facility will allow users to save a list of the articles they have saved and annotations before the service terminates later this year. The feature isn't accessible via the Android app, so you'll need a web browser to complete the process. First, visit Pocket's export web page. If you haven't yet, you'll need to log in to your Mozilla account. Click the Export CSV file link. This will take you to a page headlined 'Your export is on the way!' It's also a good idea to verify that you still have access to your original email address used for your account. You can do that by clicking the 'here' hyperlink as seen below. Andy Walker / Android Authority Importantly, depending on how much content you have tucked away, you may have to wait up to seven days before your exported content is ready. Personally, mine took a little over ten minutes to prepare. Andy Walker / Android Authority You will receive an email with a link to your content download. Click the click to download hyperlink. It'll take you to a download link of a .zip file that includes your saves. Note that this link is only available 48 hours after the email is delivered, but the exported data is available for three days. If you miss the original email, you can re-request a download link. What's included in my Pocket export? The .zip file has a folder called 'annotations' and consists of a .json file. This includes all the markups and notes you've made on articles you've read. Your actual reading list is saved as a .csv file. If you were expecting individual .html files for each of your saved articles, you'll be sorely disappointed. Nevertheless, that .csv file can be read by several read-it-later apps. Notably, Readwise, Karakeep, and Instapaper all support data import through the file type. While Pocket's website, apps, and APIs will shutter on July 8, 2025, the final date to export your Pocket data is October 8, 2025. I suggest you do it sooner rather than later.
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WIRED
08-06-2025
- WIRED
The Best Read-It-Later Apps for Curating Your Longreads
Jun 8, 2025 8:00 AM With the popular app Pocket going away, you'll need a new way to catch up on those articles you've been meaning to read. Here are the best options. All products featured on WIRED are independently selected by our editors. However, we may receive compensation from retailers and/or from purchases of products through these links. It's not easy keeping up with everything that's written on the web, especially not if you've got a dozen open browser tabs vying for your attention. This is where read-it-later apps come in. These apps let you siphon off articles you want to get back to later, at a more leisurely pace, when the work of the day is done. You can catch up on your reading in bed, on the subway, over breakfast, or whenever you like. Sadly, we just lost one of the more capable read-it-later apps: Mozilla is shutting down Pocket as it focuses its efforts on its Firefox browser, and Pocket data will be permanently deleted on October 8. If you're looking for a new home for your archive of articles, or you're keen to see what read-it-later apps are capable of doing for the first time, you'll find our pick for the best options below. Instapaper Instapaper offers a clean, calm interface. Courtesy of David Nield Instapaper is one of the oldest and most comprehensive read-it-later apps out there, and it does a fine job of turning chaotic webpages into calm, orderly blocks of text that look like they're displayed on an e-reader. Articles can be added straight from your browser, pasted in manually, or added via email, and there are apps for reading saved articles in the web browser and on your mobile devices. There are lots of neat little features hidden away in Instapaper, like the ability to organize articles with folders and tags. If you decide you like Instapaper enough, there's a paid tier too: For $6 a month it adds features including the option to have articles read out to you, a ''speed read'' mode that displays one word at a time, and the ability to send articles to an Amazon Kindle. Instapaper (freemium) for web, Android, iOS Feedly Use Feedly to track your favorite sites on the web. Courtesy of David Nield Feedly can help you keep up with everything being published on your favorite sites, and curate a read-it-later list of articles you want to get back to when you have the time. You get a host of features for sorting the incoming deluge of posts, from filters and keyword searches to folders for organization and a choice of list layouts across your devices. Articles can be saved or shared with a click or a tap, and as your read-it-later section is built up, it appears in the main navigation pane. You can either read simplified articles in Feedly, or click out to the originals on the web. A Feedly Pro subscription ($7 a month) lets you monitor more feeds and access more advanced features like integrations with apps like OneNote, Evernote, and LinkedIn. Feedly (freemium) for web, Android, iOS Matter Matter supports multiple content types. Courtesy of David Nield Matter is fully aware that Pocket is shutting down, and is offering Pocket users half-price on a premium plan (the normal price is $15 a month). There is a free tier, but if you pay, you get access to features such as text-to-speech for articles, and options for annotating saved posts. Matter can also import all your saved Pocket articles, so switching over is pretty seamless. The idea is you can pull in all kinds of content, including web articles, PDFs, newsletters, and social media threads. Everything is presented through a polished, elegant interface, with options for sharing links and tagging articles to keep them organized. Another nice touch are the reading recommendations that pop up in various places around the app. Android users take note, Matter is for iPhones and iPads only. Matter (freemium) for web, iOS Use to track everything you want to read. Courtesy of David Nield describes itself as a bookmarks manager, but that's really just a read-it-later service under another name. It runs across the web and mobile, accepts article submissions via any browser, and comes with a whole host of integrations across apps like Evernote (for adding bookmarks to notes) and Google Drive (for backing up bookmarks). As well as saving articles, you can store video and audio links in too, and everything is accessible through a clean, intuitive interface that's easy to get around and organize. Sign up for a Pro account, which will set you back $3 a month, and you get access to extras including article annotations, reminders, and full-text search for your bookmarks. (freemium) for web, Android, iOS Readwise Reader Readwise Reader is packed with read-it-later features. Courtesy of David Nield Readwise Reader packs in just about every feature you could want from a read-it-later service, including not just the ability to save articles, but also support for videos, social media posts, PDFs, and emails. There's text-to-speech here, article annotations, Kindle support, and comprehensive search and sorting tools to help manage your archive. This doesn't come cheap though: Readwise Reader will set you back $13 a month, which also gets you everything in Readwise, a full featured note-taking app. You can however test the service out for free for 30 days to see if you like it before paying, and there is an import option for Pocket, so you can bring all of your existing articles along with you. Readwise Reader ($13 a month) for web, Android, iOS
Fast Company
03-06-2025
- Business
- Fast Company
5 read-it-later alternatives now that Pocket is shutting down
It's official: Mozilla has announced that its extremely handy read-it-later app Pocket will be shutting down on July 8, 2025, with user data exports available until October 8, 2025. If this leaves you looking for a new home for your saved articles, videos, and web pages, the good news is you've still got plenty of excellent options. Here are five solid alternatives to Pocket that offer a variety of features and pricing structures to suit your needs. Matter Matter is a premium read-it-later solution that goes beyond simply saving articles. For one thing, it also lets you read email newsletters in an environment that's superior to dealing with them in your inbox. Available in iOS and web versions, it also offers powerful highlighting and annotation tools that allow you to capture your thoughts directly on the text. The anpp integrates with popular third-party services and curates a daily digest of interesting articles from your saved sources, adding a discovery element. There's a free version available with an uncapped read-later library, mobile and web extensions, and sharing features. Matter Premium starts at $8 a month and includes text-to-speech, newsletter sync, unlimited highlighting and note-taking, Kindle export, and other goodies. Readwise Reader If you're already familiar with Readwise for its highlight export features, then Readwise Reader is a natural extension. It boasts a clean interface, strong highlighting and note-taking capabilities, text-to-speech, AI features, and the ability to import various content types (web articles, PDFs, newsletters, YouTube transcripts, and more). Readwise Reader is included with a Readwise subscription, which offers a free 30-day trial and then runs $10 per month. Raindrop If you're a highly visual person or deal with a wide variety of content formats, this one's for you. While many read-it-later apps focus primarily on text, Raindrop shines as a universal bookmark manager that's both visually appealing and versatile. You can save articles, images, videos, PDFs, and even entire collections of links while leveraging organization features like tags, nested collections, and a powerful search engine. Raindrop offers a pretty generous free plan with unlimited bookmarks, collections, and devices. The Pro plan runs $28 per year and adds AI suggestions for organization, full-text search, a permanent library (copies of saved pages), more upload space, cloud backup, and other enhancements. Recall It then uses AI to summarize the interesting bits from your saved content. You can ask it questions about the content, create notes, and organize it all in one central place. Recall offers a free plan which includes 10 free content summaries, unlimited read-it-later storage, and unlimited personal notes. The 'Plus' plan starts at $10 per month and offers unlimited content summaries, automatic categorization, unlimited AI questions, and more. Instapaper For those of us of a certain… well, vintage, Instapaper is something of a household name. A pioneer in the read-it-later space that's now almost old enough to vote, it saves and presents articles in a clean, minimalist format that's ideal for focused reading. It's straightforward to use as well, offering offline reading capabilities, adjustable fonts, and simple highlighting. If your primary goal is distraction-free reading of saved articles, Instapaper is worth a look. Instapaper offers a free version with unlimited article saving, syncing, folders, and integration with third-party apps. Instapaper Premium starts at $6 per month and includes full-text search, a permanent archive of articles, unlimited notes, text-to-speech, speed reading, and an ad-free website.
TechCrunch
27-05-2025
- Business
- TechCrunch
Read-it-later app Pocket is shutting down. Here are the best alternatives.
In May 2025, Mozilla announced that it was shutting down the popular read-it-later app Pocket, which it had acquired back in 2017 for an undisclosed amount. While Pocket helped users save and discover millions of articles, Mozilla said the way people are browsing the web is changing, and it plans to focus its resources on other projects. Pocket users have until October 8, 2025, to export their saved articles and other items, including lists, archives, favorites, notes, and highlights. This essentially means you will have to find a new home to build a reading list through another save-it-later app. To help users with this transition, we've rounded up a number of apps you might want to consider: Matter is a Google Ventures-backed company that makes an eponymous iOS app along with browser extensions for Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. The app lets you listen to articles and also transcribes your favorite podcasts. Though the app itself is free to use, you can pay $79.99 per year to unlock features like improved transcriptions for podcasts and YouTube videos, tools to adjust reading speed, and additional integrations with other apps like notes apps, Gmail, and Kindle. Screenshot Image Credits:Matter In March 2025, the company also added an AI-powered co-reader to answer questions about different topics users might have while reading an article. Matter co-founder Ben Springwater says Pocket users can email him at ben@ for a personal discount link. The company will soon offer the discount within its app and will launch a migration process for Pocket users. Techcrunch event Join us at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot for our leading AI industry event with speakers from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cohere. For a limited time, tickets are just $292 for an entire day of expert talks, workshops, and potent networking. Exhibit at TechCrunch Sessions: AI Secure your spot at TC Sessions: AI and show 1,200+ decision-makers what you've built — without the big spend. Available through May 9 or while tables last. Berkeley, CA | REGISTER NOW Instapaper, which was founded by developer Marco Arment in 2008, is one of the oldest read-it-later apps. It's available on both iOS and Android, and lets you save unlimited articles and videos without paying any fees. It was acquired by Pinterest in 2016. Image Credits:Instapaper However, for $59.99 per year, you can add notes to saved articles, have a permanent archive of articles in your accounts, create a text-to-speech playlist to listen to stories, enable full text search for all saved items, and get the ability to send articles to your Kindle. The company says Pocket users can import their account into Instapaper at Users who import this way will also receive an email offering a three-month free trial to Instapaper Premium. Raindrop works primarily as an alternative bookmark manager for web browsers. However, its accompanying mobile apps for iOS and Android allow you to read your saved articles or PDFs at any time. The free version gives you unlimited bookmark saving along with integrations like Zapier and IFTTT. If you decide to pay $33 per year, you will get AI-powered suggestions for organizing your content better, full text-search, reminders for your bookmarks, a duplicate and broken links finder, and a file upload limit of 10GB per month. Image Credits: / Former Twitter engineer Joe Fabisevich created Plinky to allow users to save and categorize any kind of link, including articles, videos, recipes, and memes. The app is available across all Apple platforms, along with browser extensions to save links. Once signed up, Plinky lets you use folders and tags to categorize your links, and even set reminders to read them at a specific time. Image Credits:Plinky You can save 50 links, create three folders, and use five tags with the free version. To remove these restrictions, you can pay $3.99 per month, $39.99 a year, or a one-time fee of $159.99. Pro users are able to save unlimited links, create an unlimited number of folders, use an unlimited number of tags, and set an unlimited number of reminders. With Pocket's shutdown on the horizon, Fabisevich says a dedicated Reader Mode will be added to Plinky's app soon. The app is also offering a 50% discount on the Pro tier through the end of May 2025. Paperspan is a very simple app that offers a reading list across devices; allows you to add notes; and has text-to-speech functionality. The app is free, but it offers an $8.99 per month subscription to unlock advanced search, as well as the ability to create playlists, show reading stats, and send your articles to Kindle. Though the app works, PaperSpan hasn't been updated for some time, which may not be a good signal about its long-term future. The app is available on both iOS and Android. Readwise, a tool to add notes and highlights to articles, launched its Reader app in 2021. The app allows you to import RSS feeds, YouTube videos, Twitter threads, and more to read at your convenience. Because of its integration with Readwise, the Reader app offers great annotation features. It also features offline text search and an AI assistant. Image Credits:Readwise Reader Plus, you can integrate Reader with knowledge management apps such as Obsidian, Notion, Roam Research, Evernote, and Logseq. The app is free to try for 30 days, and then you have to pay a $9.99 per month Readwise subscription to access it. Readwise is letting Pocket users save their entire Pocket archive into Reader and notes that its app supports a number of features — like PDFs, ePubs, X posts, AI, and filtering — which Pocket never did. DoubleMemory is a new indie app focused on the Apple ecosystem, and it has native apps for both Mac and iOS. On Mac, you can easily save any link or content by pressing ' Cmd + C' twice. The saved content will then appear in a Pinterest-style tile format. The app also allows you to read offline and search through text, notes, and tags. You don't need an account to start using DoubleMemory. And if you have multiple apps, it uses your iCloud account to sync content across them. Image Credits:DoubleMemory DoubleMemory is free with in-app purchases. It offers a $3.99 monthly subscription or an annual subscription of $17.99. Recall works as a browser extension and a mobile app that allows users to save content from the web, including articles, PDFs, blog posts, podcasts, Wikipedia pages, YouTube videos, and recipes. However, unlike traditional read-it-later apps, Recall uses AI to automatically summarize content, categorize it, and then resurface it when it's related to something new you're looking to learn about. Image Credits:Recall Designed to enhance your ability to remember information, you can review your summaries from your personal knowledge base on a saved spaced repetition schedule. Recall is free to try with support for up to 10 free, AI-generated summaries. After that, you can continue to use Recall as a read-it-later tool, or you can upgrade to a $7 per month plan for unlimited AI summaries and other features. Wallabag is an open source read-it-later app that's also available as a €11 per year hosted subscription, if you prefer. The app itself works across browsers and mobile devices, offers a reader mode for more comfortable reading, and supports importing data from other services like Pocket, Instapaper, and others. Image Credits:Wallabag Open source web app Readeck is designed to help you organize any web content you want to revisit later, whether that's articles, videos, photos, or anything else. You can also use the service to highlight text, export articles to ebook format, save video transcripts, and more. Image Credits:Readeck Readeck works as a browser extension so you can save your bookmarks as you surf the web. Users can host Readeck themselves, but the company says it will offer a hosted version in 2025. It's also developing a mobile app. Obsidian's web clipping service lets you highlight and capture web pages you want to save with just a click on its browser extension. You can also use templates that customize how certain types of web pages are saved. For instance, articles are saved with their citations and footnotes, while recipes will include ingredients, steps, and nutrition. You can even set up custom templates to save from your favorite websites. Image Credits:Obsidian As an open source app, Web Clipper is free to use, allowing you to highlight text, images, and blocks of content for saving into the Obsidian note-taking app. Karakeep's bookmarking app lets you save links, notes, and images, and then uses AI to automatically tag items and make retrieving them faster. The app includes other features like support for lists, bulk actions, dark mode, full-text search, and more. Image Credits:Karakeep The open source app is available on iOS and Android as a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox. You can support its developer here. Dewey is another 'save everything'-style app that lets you save and organize web links, videos, and images, including posts from social media sites like X, TikTok, Bluesky, Threads, Reddit, Instagram, LinkedIn, and others. Image Credits:Dewey The service offers built-in organizational tools like folders and tags, AI bulk tagging, keyboard shortcuts, automatic syncing to Notion, export, a personalized RSS feed, and more. Dewey offers multiple plans, starting at $7.50 per month, which you can choose to pay annually for $30 off. This is not an exhaustive list, and we will keep adding more tools as we discover them.
