Read-it-later app Pocket shut down — here are the best alternatives
Pocket users have until October 8, 2025, to export their saved articles and other items, including lists, archives, favorites, notes, and highlights.
In May 2025, Mozilla announced the shutdown of its read-it-later app Pocket, acquired in 2017. This led to a demand for alternative apps to save longer articles for later reading. Following Pocket's exit, apps like Matter, Instapaper, Raindrop.io, Plinky, Paperspan, Readwise, and DoubleMemory have seen increased adoption. Users had until October 8, 2025, to export their saved articles and other items from Pocket.
Matter, a GV-backed company, provides an iOS app and browser extensions, allowing users to listen to articles and transcribing podcasts. Instapaper, founded by Marco Arment in 2008, is free to use but offers premium features for $79.99 per year. Raindrop.io functions as a bookmark manager but also lets users read saved articles and PDFs.
Plinky, created by a former Twitter engineer, enables categorization and reminders for saved links across Apple platforms. Paperspan is a simple reading list app with text-to-speech functionality, available for free with advanced features locked behind a subscription. Readwise, launched in 2021, offers note-taking and annotation features, with a free trial and paid subscription for full access.
DoubleMemory, a newer app focused on the Apple ecosystem, allows users to save links and content by pressing Cmd + C twice, with sync across devices and a free in-app purchase option. Lastly, Recall, a browser extension and mobile app, uses AI to summarize and categorize web content, offering spaced repetition scheduling for reviews.
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