Read-It-Later App Pocket Shutting Down: Top Alternatives for Saving Articles

Pocket, the popular read-it-later application acquired by Mozilla in 2017, is slated to shut down in May 2025. Mozilla cited changing web browsing habits as the reason for discontinuing the service. Users have until October 8, 2025, to export their saved articles, lists, archives, favorites, notes, and highlights. With Pocket’s closure, users need to find alternative apps to save and manage their reading lists. Here’s a curated list of alternatives to consider:

Matter: Backed by Google Ventures, Matter offers an iOS app and browser extensions for Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. It allows users to listen to articles and transcribe podcasts. While the app is free, a $79.99 annual subscription unlocks enhanced features such as improved podcast and YouTube video transcriptions, reading speed adjustments, and integrations with note-taking apps, Gmail, and Kindle. Matter also introduced an AI-powered co-reader in March 2025. Pocket users can contact Ben Springwater at ben@getmatter.com for a personal discount link.

Instapaper: Founded in 2008 by Marco Arment and acquired by Pinterest in 2016, Instapaper is a long-standing read-it-later app available on iOS and Android. It allows users to save unlimited articles and videos for free. A $59.99 annual subscription provides additional features like adding notes to saved articles, permanent article archives, text-to-speech playlists, full-text search, and Kindle integration. Instapaper offers Pocket users an import option at instapaper.com/user, along with a three-month free trial of Instapaper Premium.

Raindrop.io: Primarily a bookmark manager, Raindrop.io offers mobile apps for iOS and Android to read saved articles and PDFs. The free version includes unlimited bookmark saving and integrations with Zapier and IFTTT. The premium version, priced at $33 per year, adds AI-powered organization suggestions, full-text search, bookmark reminders, broken link detection, and a 10GB monthly file upload limit.

Plinky: Created by former Twitter engineer Joe Fabisevich, Plinky lets users save and categorize various links, including articles, videos, and memes. Available across Apple platforms with browser extensions, Plinky allows categorization using folders and tags, with reminders for reading. The free version is limited to 50 links, three folders, and five tags. Upgrading to Pro costs $3.99 per month or $39.99 per year for unlimited links, folders, tags, and reminders. Plinky is offering a 50% discount on the Pro tier through the end of May 2025 and will soon add a dedicated Reader Mode.

Paperspan: This simple app provides a reading list across devices, note-taking capabilities, and text-to-speech functionality. The app is free, with an $8.99 monthly subscription unlocking advanced search, playlist creation, reading stats, and Kindle integration. Available on iOS and Android, Paperspan hasn’t received updates recently.

Readwise Reader: Launched in 2021 by Readwise, this app allows users to import RSS feeds, YouTube videos, and Twitter threads. It offers annotation features, offline text search, and an AI assistant. Integration with knowledge management apps like Obsidian, Notion, Roam Research, Evernote, and Logseq is available. A 30-day free trial is available, followed by a $9.99 per month Readwise subscription. Readwise enables Pocket users to import their entire Pocket archive, supporting features like PDFs, ePubs, X posts, AI, and filtering.

DoubleMemory: Focused on the Apple ecosystem, DoubleMemory offers native apps for Mac and iOS. Users can save links or content by pressing Cmd + C twice on Mac, displaying content in a Pinterest-style format. Features include offline reading and search through text, notes, and tags. Syncing across devices is facilitated through iCloud. DoubleMemory is free with in-app purchases, offering a $3.99 monthly or $17.99 annual subscription.

Recall: As a browser extension and mobile app, Recall saves content from the web, including articles, PDFs, podcasts, Wikipedia pages, and YouTube videos. Using AI, it summarizes and categorizes content, resurfacing it when relevant. It offers 10 free, AI-generated summaries. The upgrade to a $7 per month plan provides unlimited AI summaries and additional features.

Wallabag: This open-source read-it-later app is also available as a hosted subscription for €11 per year. It works across browsers and mobile devices, offering a reader mode and supports importing from services like Pocket and Instapaper.

Readeck: The open-source web app Readeck helps organize web content like articles, videos, and photos. Features include highlighting text, exporting articles to e-book format, and saving video transcripts. It works as a browser extension, with a hosted version and mobile app in development.

Obsidian Web Clipper: This open-source app lets you highlight and capture web pages with a browser extension, saving them into the Obsidian note-taking app. Customizable templates allow specific web pages to be saved.

Karakeep: Karakeep’s bookmarking app saves links, notes, and images, using AI for automatic tagging. It supports lists, bulk actions, dark mode, and full-text search. It is an open source app available on iOS and Android as a browser extension for Chrome and Firefox.

Dewey: This app saves and organizes web links, videos, and images, including social media posts. It offers organizational tools like folders and tags, AI bulk tagging, keyboard shortcuts, Notion syncing, and a personalized RSS feed. Plans start at $7.50 per month.