Summary
Our users have written 22 comments and reviews about Pocket, and it has gotten 851 likes
- Developed by Read It Later, Inc.
- Proprietary and Freemium product.
- Subscription that costs between $0 and $5.
- Average rating of 3.6
- 126 alternatives listed
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- TimAustralia reviewed PocketTiNot reliable. I've had several devices completely stop working with Pocket. Can't save. Instapaper at least has backward compatibility, even if they make the whole app useless by making it impossible to go to the original URL.
- Maoholguin added Pocket as alternative(s) to Web Clipper
Been using it for maybe ten years, when it was called Read It Later.
It's simple, unobtrusive, multi platform. I can save and tag sites and read them anywhere. And with third party integrations can tag some pages to read later on, on my Kindle.
Initially it was just to read articles later on, but nowadays it's also a bit of a bookmark and archive tool.
They now have a subscription service that stores pages forever even if they cease to exist.
I don't use it for many bookmarks or anything. I have something else for that. Indeed, I never have thought of Pocket or its similar services as bookmark services, but rather curation services. And Pocket is the best! Owned by the formerly Open and Great Mozilla, it's awesome!
Instapaper vs Pocket
Instapaper Pros:
Pocket Pros :
Both apps have IFTTT integration.
Instapaper is wayy ahead of Pocket in terms of features! And it's Free!
Not reliable. I've had several devices completely stop working with Pocket. Can't save. Instapaper at least has backward compatibility, even if they make the whole app useless by making it impossible to go to the original URL.
use this since the 'read it later' days.
the Kobo integration is a killer feature
Works pretty good for any website and it has mobile app with offline mode. Unfortunately sometimes can't find an article on the website and offline mode does not work for images/code and other included content. Also, videos don't work offline.
simple and very effective