Pocket AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Social Bookmarking Tools

The best Social Bookmarking alternative to Pocket is Raindrop.io, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Pocket and six of them are Social Bookmarking Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Social Bookmarking Tool alternatives to Pocket are Diigo, Memex, Pinboard and Tagpacker.

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Save articles to read offline, with browser and app integration across multiple platforms. Enjoy ad-free, dark mode, and text-to-speech features.

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Pocket alternatives page was last updated May 23, 2025
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  1. Raindrop.io icon
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    Raindrop.io is a solution that is very similar to Pocket when it comes to features, ease of use, and organization. The user interface is modern, clean, and customizable with themes. Unlike Pocket, you can collaborate with your friends or coworkers to edit and read the same content saved from the web. There is a free version that has all the basic features most people need, but the Pro plan offers a lot of additional pro features like full-text search, Dropbox backup, permanent library, priority support, and a duplicate links finder tool. It has clients for most browsers, iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, and a web version. Unfortunately, like Pocket and most alternatives to it, there is no Linux version.

    169 Raindrop.io alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • KZ flagKazakhstan

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Vivaldi
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Yandex Browser
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Visual bookmarks
    2.  Tag based
    3.  Saving bookmarks
    4.  Bookmarks
    5.  Cross-Platform
    6.  Bookmarking
    7.  Dark Mode
    8.  Full-Text Search
    9.  Advanced searching
    10.  Ad-free
    11.  Cloud Sync
    12.  Web Clipper

    Raindrop.io VS Pocket

     
    Comments about Raindrop.io as an Alternative to Pocket
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    Aug 28, 2017
    7

    You can edit the titles and description. This is a feature that Pocket seems reluctant/unwilling to add, and their suggested workaround is in a word, DUMB..

    Top Negative Comment
    orangePlane
    Nov 25, 2021
    2

    This is bookmark manager. You can't read and highlight the articles inside the app.

    Most Recent Comment
    AzulmArinO
    Negative May 23, 2025
    -1

    does not save full text of paywalled article

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    • Most users think Raindrop.io is a great Pocket alternative.

    • Raindrop.io is the most popular Mac & SaaS alternative to Pocket.

    • Raindrop.io is Freemium and Open SourcePocket is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Diigo icon
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    Save web resources, annotate pages and PDFs, highlight and add sticky notes, organize collections with Outliner, sync across devices, filter by tags and folders, share with groups, and access advanced search and flexible privacy for individual or collaborative research projects.

    124 Diigo alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Mozilla Firefox

    Top Diigo Features

    1.  Bookmark Organization
    2.  Highlighter
    3.  Text Highlighting
    4.  Save web page for offline use
    5.  PDF annotation
    6.  Annotate Screenshot
    7.  Real time collaboration
    8.  File Tagging
    9.  Web Clipper
    10. IFTTT icon  IFTTT Integration
    11.  Bookmarks
    12.  Document Annotations

    Diigo VS Pocket

     
  3. Memex icon
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    If privacy and open source are your priorities, then Memex is a powerful bookmarking service that could replace Pocket for you if you don’t need all its features. The free plan has powerful features that lets you save links, find them later, organize them with tags and collections and share them with the world. The paid version is €3 per month and offers syncing between mobile and desktop and backups to cloud services. Existing users of Pocket, Raindrop.io, etc. can easily import existing bookmarks and links.

    77 Memex alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Vivaldi Browser
    • Google Chrome
    • Brave
    • Firefox

    Top Memex Features

    1.  Website annotation
    2.  Bookmark Organization
    3.  Full-Text Search
    4.  Dark Mode
    5.  PDF annotation
    6.  Web Clipper
    7.  Cloud Sync
    8.  Shared Folders
    9.  Hierarchical Structure
    10.  Works Offline
    11.  Real time collaboration
    12.  Unlimited storage

    Memex VS Pocket

     
  4. Pinboard icon
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    Pinboard is a bookmarking website intended for people who want to reliably keep track of large numbers of links. Its goals are to be useful, fight bloat, keep things fast, and stay small. Social bookmarking for introverts. m.pinboard.

    123 Pinboard alternatives

    License model

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Online

    Pinboard Features

    1.  Visual Pinboard
    2.  Full-Text Search
    3. IFTTT icon  IFTTT Integration
    4.  Bookmark Archiving
    5.  Tag based
    6.  Bookmarking
    7.  Bookmarks
    8.  Dead Link checking

    Pinboard VS Pocket

     
    • Almost everyone thinks Pinboard is a great Pocket alternative.

    • Pinboard is the most popular commercial alternative to Pocket.

    • Pinboard is Paid and ProprietaryPocket is Freemium and Proprietary
  5. Tagpacker icon
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    Tagpacker is more of a bookmarking platform than a fully-featured solution to save and consume content on the web. If you prefer to save links and read them in their original format on the website it was first published, then Tagpacker could be a good and free alternative to Pocket. The lack of apps for Android and other systems is a con for some, but the features for collecting, organizing, and searching for your content is considered extensive.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Google Chrome
    • Firefox

    Top Tagpacker Features

    1.  Automatic Tagging
    2.  Tag groups
    3.  Tag based
    4.  Sorting by tags
    5.  Batch Rename Files
    6. IFTTT icon  IFTTT Integration
    7.  Import & expot bookmarks
    8.  Bookmarks
    9.  Bookmarking
    10.  Visual bookmarks
    11.  Share Bookmarks

    Tagpacker VS Pocket

     
    Comments about Tagpacker as an Alternative to Pocket
    Most Recent Comment
    alcalde
    Positive Jul 28, 2021
    0

    Tagpacker is much faster to search through large collections of bookmarks; Pocket choked on a 26K bookmark collection and would often time out or fail to find all matching bookmarks when searched. It allows descriptions to be entered with bookmarks. You can filter by multiple tags whereas Pocket free only lets you filter by one. Similarly, Tagpacker lets you search within tags while Pocket free cannot do this.

    entrepreneur
    Positive Nov 8, 2016
    0

    The best social bookmarking tool I've been using for a long time!

    justAguy
    Positive Jul 4, 2016
    1

    Highly recommend Tagpacker! It's simple and has a clean design!

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    • Almost everyone thinks Tagpacker is a great Pocket alternative.

    • Tagpacker is Free and ProprietaryPocket is Freemium and Proprietary
  6. PostPocket icon
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    Save articles and posts with PostPocket’s share extension. Organize with custom categories and tags, access your content offline, and maintain privacy. Ideal for anyone who wants to easily manage digital collections, improve productivity, and read on their schedule.

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • iPhone

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Works Offline
    5.  Tagging
    6.  Offline Reading
    7.  Categories

    PostPocket VS Pocket

     
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