Pocket AlternativesOnly apps categorised as Read It Later Tools

The best Read It Later alternative to Pocket is wallabag, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Pocket and many of them are Read It Later Tools so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Read It Later Tool alternatives to Pocket are Raindrop.io, Instapaper, Karakeep and Obsidian Web Clipper.

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  1. wallabag icon

    wallabag

     322 likes

    wallabag has many of the features that Pocket has and is a great and totally free alternative. The reading experience is clean and free from distractions. What makes it even more attractive is the fact that it’s open source and can be self-hosted, which makes it a good solution if you value privacy. If you need hosting, wallabag offers a competitive price for only €9 per year. With migration tools for Pocket, Instapaper, and more, existing users of those services can switch quickly to wallabag. There are apps and plugins for many operating systems, RSS readers, and browsers, but their quality is not always equal. There’s an API so developers can build their own apps or get involved in the open source project.

    140 wallabag alternatives

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    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Cloudron
    • Opera
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    • European Union flagEU
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  2. Raindrop.io icon

    Raindrop.io

     571 likes

    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.

    253 Raindrop.io alternatives

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    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    • 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
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  4. Instapaper icon

    Instapaper

     245 likes

    Instapaper has been around longer than most read-it-later services and bookmarking apps, and it is still a relevant and powerful Pocket alternative. In fact, the two apps share most features and both offer a free and premium plan. Instapaper's free plan offers saving unlimited blog posts, articles, videos, etc. and syncing them across the iOS app, Android app, and the web service. The Premium version costs $2.99 per month and lets you use full-text search, save unlimited notes, get an ad free experience, and more. If you use a Mac, then the lack of an Instapaper Mac app is a con compared to Pocket, which offers one via the Mac App Store.

    162 Instapaper alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Google Chrome
    • Kindle Fire
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • US flagUnited States
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  5. Karakeep icon

    Karakeep

     98 likes

    Self-hostable, open-source tool for organizing bookmarks, notes, and images with automatic AI tagging, full-text search, Chrome plugin, web dark mode, and iOS support planned. Fetches titles and descriptions, sorts by lists, and is designed for privacy-focused users.

    131 Karakeep alternatives

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Docker
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
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  6. Obsidian Web Clipper icon

    Obsidian Web Clipper

     48 likes

    Obsidian Web Clipper saves web content into your personal vault, ensuring offline access. Use customizable templates, smart triggers, and select page content to clip. Preserves data in Markdown, providing a secure, private, and durable format for organizing linked notes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • US flagUnited States
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  8. ArchiveBox icon

    ArchiveBox

     92 likes

    Self-hosted archiving platform storing web content as HTML, PDFs, screenshots, media, and WARC files; imports links from bookmarks, RSS, or files; supports browser history, complex sites, JSON indexing, Git repo archiving, regular scheduling, and offline browsing.

    72 ArchiveBox alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Homebrew
    • Docker
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    Linkwarden

     59 likes

    A fully self-hostable, open-source collaborative bookmark manager to collect, organize and archive webpages.

    88 Linkwarden alternatives

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    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Cloudron
    • Docker
    • Mozilla Firefox
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  10. Curio icon

    Curio

     34 likes

    Capture web links and newsletters, organize articles with tags, notes, and highlights, search a personal library, and read clean text online or offline in a focused Markdown viewer. Planned features include AI summaries, PDF extraction, and mobile apps.

    89 Curio alternatives

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    • Online
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    • Google Chrome
    • Docker
    • Mozilla Firefox
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    • iPhone
    • US flagUnited States
    Dashboard on mobile
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  11. Memex icon

    Memex

     115 likes

    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.

    102 Memex alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Vivaldi Browser
    • Google Chrome
    • Brave
    • Firefox
    • US flagUnited States
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  12. InfoFlow icon

    InfoFlow

     25 likes

    Privacy-focused read-it-later tool offering local-first data storage, offline full-text search, and seamless device syncing. Organize with folders, tags, and notes. Supports Omnivore data import, stores local copies to prevent 404 errors, and ensures privacy control.

    86 InfoFlow alternatives

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    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Microsoft Edge
    • Google Chrome
    • Safari
    • Mozilla Firefox
    • US flagUnited States
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  13. MarkMark icon

    MarkMark

     24 likes

    MarkMark is a brand new app designed to help you collect and organize articles, websites, and all kinds of web pages. It's not just a bookmarks app or a read-it-later app, but goes beyond these functionalities.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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  14. Readeck icon

    Readeck

     14 likes

    A simple web application that lets you save the precious readable content of web pages you like and want to keep forever.

    38 Readeck alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • Docker
    • Mozilla Firefox
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