Mozilla closed Pocket in July 2025 and deleted the saved data later that year. If you exported in time, you now need somewhere to put it. Here's an honest comparison of the free options — and which one fits which kind of saver.
| Zihin | Raindrop | Instapaper | Wallabag | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Import a Pocket export | Yes (JSON) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Search by meaning, not just keywords | Yes | AI add-on | No | No |
| Ask questions, get cited answers | Yes | AI assistant | No | No |
| Captures X + LinkedIn saves | Yes | Manual | No | No |
| Auto-organizes (no hand-filing) | Yes | Tags / folders | Folders | Tags |
| Resurfaces what you forgot | Yes (decay) | No | No | No |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes (limited) | Yes | Yes (self-host) |
Most read-it-later apps only take web pages you paste in. Zihin captures what you bookmark on X (Twitter) and LinkedIn too, then makes the whole library searchable by meaning and answerable by chat — every answer cited from your own saves. Saves are ranked by decay, so the ones going cold come back before you forget them. Imports your Pocket JSON so you don't start from empty. Free tier.
The default recommendation for a reason: clean apps on every platform, tags, folders, and a recently added AI assistant. If you mainly save articles and links and like organizing by hand, it's excellent. Less focused on pulling in your social saves automatically.
The classic read-it-later experience: strip the clutter, read, highlight. If Pocket was only ever a reading queue for you, Instapaper is the closest one-to-one replacement. No semantic search or chat.
Open-source and self-hostable. The most private option if you're comfortable running it yourself. Fewer smart features out of the box; you trade convenience for control.
Free forever tier · Import your Pocket export · Export anytime