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Pocket is gone: the best read-it-later apps in 2026
Short answer
Pocket is gone: Mozilla shut it down on July 8, 2025 and permanently deleted saved data after October 8, 2025. For a reading app, pick Instapaper, Readwise Reader or Matter; if you save from Instagram, TikTok and YouTube as well as the web, pick SavedIt.
Updated October 27, 2026 4 min read
How to pick a Pocket replacement
Four questions, in this order.
Did you export from Pocket in time?
If you downloaded your Pocket file before October 8, 2025, keep it: Readwise Reader says it takes that file. If you didn't, the saves are gone, so start from your browser bookmarks instead.
Do you mostly read long articles?
Then you want a reading app. Instapaper is the closest to old Pocket and runs on web, iPhone and Android. Readwise Reader is for people who highlight everything. Matter is for reading and listening on Apple devices.
Is it a handful of pages for this week?
Tap Share, then Add to Reading List.
Your browser already does that. Safari's Reading List can keep every article for offline reading, and Chrome adds a page from the tab's right-click menu.
Do you save more than articles?
If the thing you meant to read next week is a Reel, a TikTok or a YouTube video as often as an essay, a reading app won't hold it. That's what SavedIt is for.
What changed when Pocket closed
- Pocket shut on July 8, 2025
- Mozilla announced it on May 22, 2025 and stopped new downloads and Premium sign-ups that day. Annual Premium subscribers got automatic refunds.Source: Mozilla
- The saves were deleted
- Exports stayed open until October 8, 2025. After that, Mozilla permanently deleted the data, so there is nothing left to download.Source: Mozilla
- Instapaper: search is Premium
- Instapaper is free on web, iPhone and Android. Searching the full text of what you saved, the permanent archive, text-to-speech and Kindle sending are Premium.Source: Instapaper Premium
- Reader: 30-day trial, then paid
- Readwise Reader has no free plan after the trial. It reads articles, PDFs, EPUBs, newsletters, RSS feeds and YouTube videos, and works offline.Source: Readwise Reader
- Matter: Apple devices only
- Matter runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac. Its free tier has an uncapped library, full-text search and unlimited tags.Source: Matter on the App Store
The apps, side by side
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| App | Best for | Where it shines | Where it falls short |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instapaper | A plain reading queue, the nearest thing to old Pocket. | Free on web, iPhone and Android with a clean article view. Premium adds full-text search, a permanent archive, a PDF reader, text-to-speech and Kindle sending. | Searching your saved articles is Premium. The free plan caps notes at 5 a month. |
| Readwise Reader | Heavy readers who highlight articles, PDFs, books and newsletters. | Apps for iPhone, Android, Mac and Windows, plus Chrome, Firefox and Safari extensions. Works offline. Takes a Pocket export file and imports from Instapaper. | Paid after a 30-day free trial. It's built for reading text, not for keeping Reels or TikToks. |
| Matter | Reading and listening on iPhone, iPad and Mac. | Free tier with an uncapped library, full-text search and unlimited tags. Premium adds HD text-to-speech, newsletter and RSS syncing and Send to Kindle. | No Android app. Unlimited highlights and notes are Premium. |
| Raindrop.io | Links and articles you want to keep for years, sorted into collections. | Free plan with unlimited bookmarks and collections, on phones, computers and four browsers. Pro adds full-text search and saved copies of pages. | A bookmark manager more than a reader. Search inside pages and saved copies need Pro. |
| Safari and Chrome reading lists | A few articles for this week, in the browser you already use. | Free and built in. Safari can save every Reading List article for offline reading. Chrome adds a page from the tab's right-click menu. | One list per browser. Chrome's entries are a title and a link, with no folders, tags or notes. |
| SavedIt | Articles plus the Reels, TikToks, YouTube videos and links you save on your phone. | Share from Safari, Chrome, Instagram, TikTok or YouTube on iPhone or Android. Reader makes a clean reading copy of articles and PDFs, free, with highlights. Search by any word, or by meaning. Imports browser bookmarks and Raindrop and Readwise exports. | Reader is a reading copy, not an offline archive, so you read with a connection. Free covers saving, searching your own words and 20 searches by meaning a month. Plus is US$7.99 a month or US$39.99 a year, with 14 days free, and makes search by meaning unlimited. |
Read it in SavedIt, next to everything else you saved
The article you meant to read sits in the same library as the Reel and the TikTok you saved that week, and Reader turns the article into clean text.
Save the article from your browser
Tap Share, then SavedIt.
In Safari or Chrome on your phone, tap Share, then SavedIt. You stay on the page, and you can add a note about why you want it.
SavedIt sits in the same share sheet as Add to Reading List. Open it in Reader
Tap Open the save, then Read.
Tap Read, next to the blue open button. Reader shows a clean reading copy of the article or PDF, and you can highlight the lines worth keeping. It's free on every account.
Bring your browser bookmarks with you
Tap +, then Import saves, then Chrome or Safari, then Choose export file.
Tap your browser under From and SavedIt shows how to export. Choose the file, check the plan, then tap Import. Raindrop and Readwise exports come in the same way.
Done: every bookmark in your library, with Undo kept in History for 24 hours. Find it by what it was about
Search a word from the title, your note or a highlight. Remember only the idea? One tap searches by meaning, so "that essay about sleep and memory" still finds it.
Questions people ask
What happened to Pocket?
Mozilla shut Pocket down on July 8, 2025. Exports stayed open until October 8, 2025, then the saved data was permanently deleted.
Can I still get my Pocket saves back?
Not from Mozilla: the export window closed on October 8, 2025. If you downloaded your file before then, Readwise Reader takes it.
What is the best free read-it-later app?
On iPhone and Mac, Matter's free tier has an uncapped library and full-text search. On Android, Instapaper is free, with search on Premium. Safari's Reading List is free and can keep articles offline.
Does SavedIt keep articles for offline reading?
No. Reader makes a clean reading copy you open with a connection. If you read on planes, Readwise Reader or Safari's Reading List with offline saving on are built for it.
More guides
Free on iPhone and Android
Articles, Reels and links in one library
Share from your browser or any app, then find it by what you remember.
