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# Best Pocket alternatives

Mozilla shut Pocket down on July 8, 2025. If you used it to save articles, tweets, and videos for later, you need a new home. The right replacement depends on how you actually used Pocket: as a read-later queue, as a bookmark archive, or as a workflow that fed other tools.

## Pocket no longer exists

Pocket has shut down, so anyone still using it needs a new home. The tools below handle the workflows Pocket covered, with pros and cons worth knowing before you pick.

### What Pocket did well

-   Simple, polished reading experience
-   Strong native apps across iOS, Android, and web
-   Defined the read-later category for over a decade
-   Clean text extraction for most articles

### Where it fell short

-   Pocket was shut down by Mozilla on July 8, 2025
-   Limited search and organization without Premium
-   No structured export for AI tools or LLM workflows
-   Proprietary lock-in; RSS and bulk sync workflows are limited

## The best alternatives to Pocket

These 7 tools match Pocket closely on read-later use cases. The numbered list is ordered by best match: category overlap, shared features, and direct competitive positioning. Keep is our own product, so we list it as our pick above the ranked list.

Our pick

### Keep

Save anything as Markdown your AI agents can search, including articles, posts, videos, feeds, files, and notes.

Free, paid from $5/mo

-   Everything you save becomes clean Markdown
-   MCP and CLI search across notes and saved sources
-   Auto-sync from RSS, YouTube, GitHub, email, and optional X bookmarks

Keep is ours, so it sits outside the ranked list. It turns saved pages, posts, videos, feeds, files, and notes into Markdown your agents can search. Start free. Personal is $10/month. X bookmark sync is a $5 add-on.

### 1\. Readwise Reader

A read-later app for articles, PDFs, emails, tweets, and YouTube, with deep highlights and AI features.

Free, paid from $9.99/mo

-   Fastest, most polished app in the read-later category
-   Rich highlighting with Readwise sync to note apps
-   Handles articles, PDFs, newsletters, tweets, YouTube in one inbox

### 2\. Instapaper

A classic read-later app with clean text extraction and distraction-free reading.

Free, paid from $5.99/mo

-   One of the cleanest text extractions in the category
-   Long track record and stable apps
-   Email-in works out of the box for forwarding articles and newsletters

### 3\. Raindrop

All-in-one bookmark manager with collections, tags, and a polished UI across every platform.

Free, paid from $3/mo

-   Best-in-class UI for organising a large library of saves
-   Nested collections and tags for serious curators
-   Native apps on every major platform including browsers

### 4\. Dewey

Save and search X, LinkedIn, Bluesky, TikTok, Threads, Reddit, and Mastodon bookmarks in one place.

Free, paid from $10/mo

-   One of the only tools that syncs X bookmarks natively
-   Supports LinkedIn, Bluesky, Threads, TikTok, Reddit, Mastodon, Substack bookmarks too
-   AI auto-tagging for fast organization of thousands of saves

### 5\. Inoreader

A powerful RSS reader for power users, researchers, and journalists.

Free, paid from $4.99/mo

-   Inoreader Intelligence AI summarises, answers questions, and runs custom prompts
-   Advanced rules and filters for keyword-level feed control
-   Supports RSS, newsletters, podcasts, YouTube, Bluesky, Mastodon, Reddit

### 6\. Feedly

The RSS reader for professionals, with AI summaries and team boards.

Free, paid from $6.99/mo

-   Largest feed catalog and discovery directory
-   Leo AI for summarisation and trigger alerts
-   Team boards for collaborative research

## Feature comparison

Here's how Pocket lines up against the top alternatives across the capabilities that usually decide a switch. Keep is included as a column so you can see where a markdown-for-agents approach fits.

| Feature | Pocket | Keep | Readwise Reader | Instapaper | Raindrop | Dewey | Inoreader | Feedly |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Capture and save |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Browser extension | ✓ | ✓Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Brave | ✓Chrome, Firefox, Safari | ✓Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge | ✓Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge | ✓Chrome | ✓ | ✓Chrome, Firefox |
| Mobile apps | ✓iOS, Android | × | ✓iOS, Android | ✓iOS, Android | ✓iOS, Android | × | ✓iOS, Android | ✓iOS, Android |
| Save from email | −Send-to-Pocket address | ✓Forward to in.keep.md | ✓Per-user Reader address | ✓Unique save-by-email address | × | × | × | × |
| Save tweets | × | ✓ | ✓Threads compiled as articles | × | −Partial | ✓Native X bookmarks sync | × | × |
| Save YouTube videos | ✓URL only | ✓With transcripts | ✓With transcript highlighting | −URL only | −Partial | × | −Via channel feed | −Via channel feed |
| Save GitHub stars | × | ✓ | × | × | × | × | × | × |
| Save PDFs | × | ✓Converted to markdown | ✓ | ✓Premium | ✓Full-text search Pro only | × | × | × |
| Save files (docs, spreadsheets) | × | ✓Word, Excel, CSV, HTML, OpenDocument | −PDFs, EPUBs, HTML | × | ✓PDF, EPUB, images, video | × | × | × |
| Save audio files | × | ✓With Whisper transcription | × | × | ✓mp3, wav, aiff, flac | × | × | × |
| Save via API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Auto-sync sources |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| RSS auto-sync | × | ✓ | ✓ | × | −Via IFTTT applet | −Outputs RSS of your bookmarks | ✓ | ✓ |
| YouTube channel sync | × | ✓ | −Via RSS | × | × | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| X bookmarks sync | × | ✓Automatic sync is a $5/month add-on. Manual CSV or JSON import on every plan. | × | × | × | ✓Auto sync on Pro | × | × |
| GitHub stars sync | × | ✓ | × | × | × | × | × | × |
| Newsletter inbox sync | × | ✓ | ✓ | −Forward-to-save, not a dedicated inbox | × | × | ✓Pro | ✓Pro |
| Library and reading |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Reader view | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Offline reading | ✓ | −Partial | ✓ | ✓ | × | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full-text search | −Premium | ✓ | ✓ | −Premium | −Pro | ✓ | −Supporter+ | −Pro |
| Semantic / AI search | × | ✓ | −Ghostreader Q&A | × | −Pro (Stella) | × | −Pro (AI Q&A via Inoreader Intelligence) | ✓Pro+ (Leo) |
| Highlights | −Premium | ✓Highlight from the extension or from inside the reader, with optional notes; renders inline | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Notes | −Partial | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tags | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓Boards |
| Collections | × | ✓ | ✓Folders | ✓Folders | ✓Nested | ✓Nested folders | ✓Folders | ✓Boards |
| Public sharing | −Partial | −Partial | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓Public folders (Pro) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full-text RSS extraction | × | ✓ | −Partial | × | × | × | −Pro | −Pro |
| AI and agents |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Markdown export for AI agents | × | ✓Per-item .md URL | × | × | × | × | × | × |
| Bulk markdown export | × | ✓ | × | × | × | × | × | × |
| MCP server | × | ✓ | × | × | ✓Official server | × | × | × |
| CLI tool | × | ✓keep npm package | × | × | × | × | × | − |
| Claude Code skill | × | ✓ | × | × | × | × | × | × |
| AI summaries | × | ✓AI summary and AI tagging on every saved article | ✓Ghostreader | × | ✓Pro (Stella) | −AI auto-tagging | ✓Pro (Inoreader Intelligence) | ✓Pro+ (Leo) |
| Public API | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Import and export |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| OPML import / export | × | ✓Import from and export to any OPML-compatible reader | ✓ | × | × | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Pocket import | × | ✓ZIP, CSV, and legacy HTML exports | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Instapaper import | ✓ | ✓CSV export with folders, archive, and starred state | ✓ | × | ✓ | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| CSV / JSON export | ✓ | ✓Export to CSV or JSON. Import plain CSV/TSV plus Omnivore, Raindrop.io, Pinboard, and Wallabag export files. | ✓Via API | ✓HTML + CSV | −HTML, CSV, TXT only | ✓CSV, PDF, Google Sheets | ✓ | −Partial |
| Send to Kindle | × | ✓EPUB delivered to your Kindle email | ✓ | ✓Premium | × | × | −Pro | × |
| Import Kindle highlights | × | ✓From My Clippings.txt, no Amazon login required | ✓Via Readwise Kindle sync (Amazon account login) | × | × | × | × | × |

## Import a Pocket export into Keep

Mozilla stopped new Pocket exports on November 12, 2025. If you still have the ZIP, CSV, or HTML file, Keep can import it.

1.  1Keep the original Pocket ZIP intact and import a copy.
2.  2Open Settings, Data, then Import.
3.  3Choose Bookmarks from another app.
4.  4Select the Pocket ZIP, CSV, or HTML file.
5.  5Check titles, tags, starred items, and old archived entries before importing the rest.

[Pocket import details](https://keep.md/docs/import)

## About Pocket

Pocket launched in 2007 as Read It Later, pioneered the modern read-later category, and was acquired by Mozilla in 2017. For nearly two decades it was the default way to save web articles and read them later on any device, with a clean reader view and optional offline access. Mozilla shut Pocket down on July 8, 2025. All user data was permanently deleted on November 12, 2025. The apps and extensions no longer work, and any integrations built against the Pocket API have stopped. If you still have an export file from before that date, most modern alternatives (Instapaper, Readwise Reader, Raindrop, Matter, Keep) can import it.

## Frequently asked questions

Mozilla announced the shutdown in May 2025. The apps and extensions stopped working on July 8, 2025, and all user data was deleted on November 12, 2025.

Only if you exported before November 12, 2025. Pocket offered HTML and CSV exports from your account settings, and most alternatives (Instapaper, Raindrop, Readwise Reader, Matter, Keep) accept those files directly.

Raindrop has a genuinely usable free tier with unlimited saves, tags, and highlights. Instapaper's free tier is also solid and covers the core save-and-read workflow. Inoreader is free up to 150 feeds but isn't designed for ad-hoc saving.

Instapaper. Same simple save-for-later model, similar clean reader view, stable apps across iOS, Android, and web. It's the most direct replacement in experience.

Readwise Reader and Raindrop both have strong iOS and Android apps. Instapaper is the classic choice for pure mobile read-later. Matter is iOS-first with good iPad support.

Raindrop Pro at $3/month is the cheapest paid option. Instapaper Premium at $5.99/month covers more read-later features. Matter Premium is $8/month, and Readwise Reader is $9.99-$12.99/month.

Readwise Reader has Ghostreader (summaries, Q&A, translations). Matter Premium has an AI Co-Reader. Raindrop Pro includes the Stella AI assistant. Keep gives you a markdown URL per item that Claude Code, Cursor, and other MCP clients can read directly.

Yes. Instapaper Premium, Readwise Reader, Matter Premium, and Keep all support Kindle delivery. Keep includes Send to Kindle in its current plan. This is one of the features Pocket never had.

Readwise Reader, Raindrop, Instapaper, and Keep all publish REST APIs. Raindrop and Keep also have official MCP servers for AI tool integration.

Readwise Reader has native RSS subscription. Matter Premium adds RSS. Raindrop can import via IFTTT. Instapaper does not handle RSS. Keep syncs RSS as one of several sources.

## Move from Pocket into Keep

Keep turns a Pocket export into searchable Markdown beside posts, videos, feeds, files, and notes. Claude Code, Cursor, and other clients can use the same library over MCP or CLI.

[Start for free](https://app.keep.md/signup?utm_source=keep.md&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=alternatives-pocket-alternatives)

[Compare tools](https://keep.md/compare)

## Keep exploring

### Compare Pocket with each tool

-   [Pocket vs Keep](https://keep.md/compare/keep-vs-pocket)
-   [Pocket vs Readwise Reader](https://keep.md/compare/pocket-vs-readwise-reader)
-   [Pocket vs Instapaper](https://keep.md/compare/instapaper-vs-pocket)
-   [Pocket vs Raindrop](https://keep.md/compare/raindrop-vs-pocket)

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