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Mozilla's Pocket Read-It-Later App to Shut Down in May 2025
Key points
- Mozilla's Pocket app will shut down in May 2025.
- Users had until October 8, 2025, to export their data.
- Alternatives like Matter, Instapaper, and Raindrop.io are gaining users.
- Instapaper offered Pocket users a three-month free premium trial.
Pocket's Closure and User Migration
Mozilla announced that its read-it-later application, Pocket, will cease operations in May 2025. Mozilla had acquired Pocket in 2017. This decision has created a demand for alternative platforms where users can save and access online articles and other content for later reading.
Pocket users were given a deadline of October 8, 2025, to export their saved articles, lists, archives, favorites, notes, and highlights from the service before its complete shutdown.
Emergence of Alternatives
The discontinuation of Pocket has driven users to explore and adopt other read-it-later services. Several apps, including Matter, Instapaper, and Raindrop.io, have seen increased interest as users migrate from Pocket.
These alternatives offer various features for saving and managing web content, with some providing import functionalities to ease the transition for former Pocket users.
Matter: Features and AI Integration
Matter, a GV-backed company, provides an iOS app and browser extensions for Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. It allows users to listen to articles and transcribes podcasts. While the basic app is free, a $79.99 annual subscription unlocks advanced features such as improved transcriptions, reading speed adjustments, and integrations with other applications like notes apps, Gmail, and Kindle.
In March 2025, Matter introduced an AI-powered co-reader designed to answer user questions about articles they are reading.
Instapaper: A Long-Standing Option
Instapaper, founded in 2008 and acquired by Pinterest in 2016, is one of the older read-it-later apps available on both iOS and Android. It offers unlimited article and video saving without a fee. A premium subscription, priced at $59.99 per year, adds features such as note-taking, a permanent article archive, text-to-speech playlists, full-text search, and the ability to send articles to Kindle.
Instapaper facilitated the migration for Pocket users by allowing direct account imports and offered a three-month free trial of Instapaper Premium to those who imported their data.
Raindrop.io: Bookmark Management Focus
Raindrop.io primarily functions as an alternative bookmark manager for web browsers. Its mobile applications for iOS and Android enable users to read saved articles and PDFs. The free version of Raindrop.io includes unlimited bookmark saving and integrations.
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Mozilla announced the shutdown of its read-it-later app, Pocket, effective May 2025, prompting users to seek alternative services. This closure has led to increased adoption for other apps like Matter, Instapaper, and Raindrop.io, which offer similar functionalities for saving and organizing online content.