Pocket is shutting down. Best read-it-later alternatives?
Mozilla recently announced that they're shutting down Pocket. I used to use Pocket a lot back in the day, but I don't find myself regularly saving articles that much now.
For those that are still using Pocket, what are you planning to switch over to?
For others, what are your best recommendations for read-later-products?
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My vote goes to Reader, by Readwise.
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@ellenli That seems to be the main alternative I see people recommend. Is there a particular standout feature you enjoy?
Ugh, I literally just saved 20 articles last night. Guess I need to move them somewhere else fast. What’s the next best thing.
Collabwriting
@stephane_thrasher There are quite a few alternatives out there, but it really depends on how you mostly used Pocket - was it more for read-it-later, link saving, organizing collections, collaborating, or something else? 😀
I actually wrote a blog about a collaborative alternative. Here’s the link if you want to check it out.
Oh wow. The end of an era. I briefly competed against Pocket over a decade ago. I was even in touch with Mozilla when they were actively looking to have "read it later" solution in their browser.
I was definitely a tough business to be in, very hard to monetise, hence why we ended up pivoting.
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@dg_ Oh wow, that's interesting! And yeah, definitely the end of an era. When I was first getting into tech in 2015, I had a small blog and Pocket was the first app I wrote about. Weird to see it going away now.
I can definitely see it being a tough business to thrive in though.
In the past year, I have gradually shifted to Omnivore. It features a clear UI and is open-source and free. Additionally, maintaining organization is made incredibly simple by the tagging system.
MoneyVision
Pocket has been my favorite read-it-later app for saving articles, stories, and videos to read later. I’m really going to miss how easy and dependable it has been.
I have shared the best 5 pocket alternatives here
I’ve tried Instapaper and Raindrop, Instapaper feels familiar, while Raindrop helps me organize better.
If you’ve found an app that works well for you or have tips for switching, I’d love to hear from you.
I'm honestly kind of panicking… I have so much stuff saved. Is there any app that let you import from Pocket?
@vipin_singh22 You can export it to HTML and easily import it to instapaper or others
Dialog AI
It's sad to see pocket go even though I don't use it now. But Pocket was my favourite app back in the time.
Sad to see Pocket go! Raindrop.io, Omnivore, and Instapaper are solid alternatives—worth checking out depending on your workflow.
I jumped ship earlier in the year and landed on GoodLinks! Feels very native to the Apple platform and comes with a great Safari extension. Payment model is also great (no forced subscription!): https://goodlinks.app
Instapaper is still alive and well. Clean reading mode, and highlights are easy to export.
I started using Matter.
I needed an app to collect links into one view and get necessary metadata like publication date and duration to filter and sort by those properties. Raindrop comes in as a close second, but it has no functionality for getting that metadata, and Instapaper is just not as good at it, though it has more integrations.
I was pretty sad to read that Pocket was shutting down too, but I have to admit I was not using it for a while.
Instead... well, I just leave Chrome windows opened on my smartphone, during weeks or more sometimes. Messy but cross-device.
That's why I'm not replacing it.