Pocket shut down: Best read-it-later alternatives to consider

Mozilla announced in May 2025 that it was shutting down Pocket, the read-it-later app it acquired in 2017 for an undisclosed amount. Pocket users had until October 8, 2025, to export saved articles and other items, including lists, archives, favorites, notes, and highlights. Mozilla said the way people browse the web is changing, while TechCrunch notes the shutdown boosted adoption of alternatives including Matter, Instapaper, and Raindrop.io.

Matter offers an iOS app plus Chrome, Safari, and Firefox extensions, with features for listening to articles, podcast transcription, an AI-powered co-reader, and paid tools such as integrations with notes apps, Gmail, and Kindle. Instapaper, founded by Marco Arment in 2008, is available on iOS and Android and lets users save unlimited articles and videos for free, with a paid tier for notes, full-text search, text-to-speech playlists, Kindle sending, and a permanent archive. Raindrop.io is more of a bookmark manager, but its iOS and Android apps support reading saved articles and PDFs, while Plinky focuses on saving and categorizing links across Apple platforms using folders, tags, and reminders.

Readwise Reader supports RSS feeds, YouTube videos, Twitter threads, annotation features, offline text search, an AI assistant, and integrations with knowledge management apps including Obsidian, Notion, Roam Research, Evernote, and Logseq. Recall saves articles, PDFs, blog posts, podcasts, Wikipedia pages, YouTube videos, and recipes, then uses AI to summarize, categorize, and resurface related material. Omphalis is positioned as an AI-powered consume-it-later app for articles, documents, podcasts, and videos, adding summaries, top points, and chapter-like structure.

Wallabag is an open-source read-it-later app available on iOS, Android, and the web, with support for Kindle and Kobo, offline saving, highlights, tags, reader mode, imports from Pocket and Instapaper, and exports in formats including PDF, ePUB, .mobi, JSON, CSV, TXT, and HTML. Readeck is an open-source web app for organizing web content, highlighting text, exporting articles to e-book format, and saving video transcripts, with self-hosting available and a hosted version planned for 2025. Obsidian Web Clipper is free and open source for saving highlighted text, images, and blocks of content into Obsidian, while Karakeep is an open-source bookmarking app with AI tagging, lists, bulk actions, dark mode, and full-text search.

Start with what you saved most: long articles, videos, PDFs, social posts, recipes, or research material. Choose Instapaper, Matter, Folio, or Paperspan for familiar read-it-later workflows; choose Raindrop.io, Plinky, Dewey, or Karakeep if saving and organizing many link types matters more. Pick Readwise Reader, Recall, or Omphalis if AI summaries, annotation, or knowledge workflows are central, and consider Wallabag, Readeck, or Obsidian Web Clipper if open-source tools, exporting, or self-hosting are priorities.