Mozilla's read-it-later app for saving articles, now shut down.
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Pocket has been discontinued. Mozilla shut Pocket down in 2025, retiring the web, mobile and macOS apps and the browser extensions.
About Pocket
Pocket was one of the best-known read-it-later services. It started life as Read It Later, was bought by Mozilla in 2017, and let people save articles, videos and web pages from a browser extension or share sheet, then read them later in a clean, ad-free view on the web, phones and Macs. It also tagged saved items, offered text-to-speech, and powered the recommended stories on Firefox's new tab page. A free tier covered most saving and reading, while Pocket Premium added a permanent library, full-text search and suggested tags. Mozilla has since phased Pocket out entirely, including the web, Android, iOS and macOS apps and the browser extensions, and now points people to Firefox's own tab groups and bookmarks instead. It is listed here because many former users are still choosing a replacement: Instapaper and Readwise Reader are the closest hosted matches, and wallabag or Readeck suit people who would rather keep their archive on their own server.
Best for: Former Pocket users looking for a replacement read-later app.
Pros and cons
What works
- Was simple to save from any browser or phone
- Clean reading view with tags and text-to-speech
- Most alternatives can import a Pocket export
Why people leave
- No longer available: all apps and extensions are shut down
- Saved libraries had to be exported before the closure
Top Pocket alternatives
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Instapaper66.5The closest like-for-like replacement: a long-running read-later service with a free tier and Premium extras.
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Readwise Reader62.6A richer reading app that also handles PDFs, newsletters and RSS, with strong highlighting.
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Matter59.6A polished iPhone, iPad and web reader with natural-sounding text-to-speech, much like Pocket's listen feature.
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wallabag57.2Open source and self-hostable, with a Pocket importer and an affordable hosted option.
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Raindrop.io55.3Good if you used Pocket mostly as a bookmark pile and want collections and tags with a generous free plan.
Why people left Pocket
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Pocket: common questions
Is Pocket free?
Pocket has a free plan and paid plans.
Is Pocket open source?
No, Pocket is not open source. Open-source alternatives include wallabag and Karakeep.
What platforms does Pocket run on?
Pocket is available for Web, iOS, Android, macOS and Browser extension.
What are the best alternatives to Pocket?
The highest-ranked Pocket alternatives right now are Instapaper, Readwise Reader and Matter. See the full ranked list for pricing, platforms and verified facts.