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Alternatives to Pocket
21 browser extensions tools sit alongside Pocket in this directory. Below is what separates each from Pocket on the figures we hold, price, model, tier count and rating, and a direct comparison for every one.
- Alternatives listed
- 21
- With a free tier
- 21
- Cheaper to start
- 7
- Pocket starts at
- Free, then $4.99/month
Why people look past Pocket
Nothing on the record flags a reason to move. Pocket has a free tier, and starts at $4.99/month against a category median of $6.67/month. People still switch over fit and workflow, and those are not things a catalogue entry can measure, which is what the comparisons below are for.
What each alternative does differently
Ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry. Differences are drawn from price, pricing model, tier count and rating, the fields the category listing carries. For a feature-level difference, follow the head-to-head link on each card: those pages read both full records.
Save anything for reading later
Priced and rated the same as Pocket on the figures we hold. The difference, if there is one, is in the feature records.
All-in-one bookmark manager
- Starts $33.01 a year dearer, at $38/year.
Clear clutter from articles instantly
- Starts $4.99 a month cheaper, at Free.
- 1 tier to Pocket's 2.
Open-source userscript manager for Safari on Mac and iOS
- 1 tier to Pocket's 2.
Safari userscript manager that runs Tampermonkey scripts
- Starts $0.009999999999999787 a one-time dearer, at $5/one-time.
The original userscript manager, for Firefox
- 1 tier to Pocket's 2.
Every Pocket alternative at a glance
A dash means the catalogue entry carries no figure, not that the answer is nothing.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Tiers | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pocket (this page) | Free, then $4.99/month | - | 2 | |
| InstapaperDirect read-it-later competitor with offline reading, but offers note-taking and better search features | Free | - | - | vs Pocket |
| Raindrop.ioBookmarking and content curation service similar to Pocket's saving functionality | Free, then $38/year | - | 2 | vs Pocket |
| Mercury ReaderBrowser extension for article formatting and reading, similar to Pocket's reading experience | Free | Free | 1 | vs Pocket |
| Userscripts | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Pocket |
| Stay | Free, then $5/one-time | One-time | 2 | vs Pocket |
| Greasemonkey | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Pocket |
| FireMonkey | Free | Open-source | 1 | vs Pocket |
| Arc | Free | Free | 1 | vs Pocket |
| LanguageTool | Free | Freemium | 3 | vs Pocket |
| Ghostery | Free | - | - | vs Pocket |
| Momentum | Free | - | 2 | vs Pocket |
| Night Eye | Free | - | 4 | vs Pocket |
| Awesome Screenshot | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Pocket |
| ColorZilla | Free | Free | 1 | vs Pocket |
| Hemingway Editor | Free, then $8.33/month | - | 4 | vs Pocket |
| Keeper | Free, then $1.79/month | - | 3 | vs Pocket |
| Fireshot | Free | Freemium | 1 | vs Pocket |
| Capital One Shopping | Free | - | - | vs Pocket |
| Honey | Free | - | - | vs Pocket |
| Dark Reader | Free | - | - | vs Pocket |
| HTTPS Everywhere | Free | Free | 1 | vs Pocket |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry; Softwr hosts no reviews of these products. How each figure is used is set out on the Pocket badges page.
Cheaper ways to solve the same problem
Free to start (21)
These publish a tier that costs nothing, so they can be evaluated before any money changes hands.
- Instapaper , Free
- Raindrop.io , Free, then $38/year
- Mercury Reader , Free
- Userscripts , Free
- Stay , Free, then $5/one-time
- Greasemonkey , Free
- FireMonkey , Free
- Arc , Free
Cheaper than Pocket (7)
Entry price under Pocket's $4.99/month. The record does not say what unit that price is charged in, so confirm per-seat versus flat rate before comparing budgets.
- Mercury Reader , Free
- Night Eye , Free
- Awesome Screenshot , Free
- ColorZilla , Free
- Keeper , Free, then $1.79/month
- Fireshot , Free
- HTTPS Everywhere , Free
What you would be giving up
Pocket is most often brought in for saving articles from across the web to read later on any device, discovering curated articles and stories through algorithmic recommendations, managing personal reading lists and organizing saved content by topics. Anything replacing it has to cover the ones you actually depend on, and a cheaper tool that misses one of them is not cheaper.
Two things this page cannot settle. It compares on price, model, tier count and rating, because those are the fields the category listing carries, feature-level differences need both full records, which is what the head-to-head pages load. And the ratings are third-party aggregates imported with each entry rather than reviews written here, so a 0.2 difference between two tools is noise rather than a finding.
If Pocket is broadly right and the question is cost, the Pocket pricing breakdown covers every tier and what each one adds. If you want the whole field rather than a shortlist, the Browser Extensions category lists everything the directory holds, and best browser extensions tools ranks them.
Pocket runs on web, ios, android, chrome, firefox, safari. Platform coverage is not carried on the category listing for the alternatives, so it is one more thing to check on each head-to-head page rather than here.
Questions about Pocket alternatives
- What are the main alternatives to Pocket?
- 21 other browser extensions tools are listed in this directory, led by Instapaper, Raindrop.io, Mercury Reader, Userscripts. They are ordered by the aggregated rating on each catalogue entry, not by any Softwr ranking.
- What is the best free alternative to Pocket?
- 21 of the alternatives listed here can be used without paying: Instapaper, Raindrop.io, Mercury Reader, Userscripts, Stay.
- Is there a cheaper alternative to Pocket?
- Yes. 7 of the alternatives below start under Pocket's $4.99/month: Mercury Reader at Free, Night Eye at Free, Awesome Screenshot at Free, ColorZilla at Free.
- Is there a reason to switch away from Pocket?
- Nothing in the data flags one. Pocket has a free tier, and starts at $4.99/month against a category median of $6.67/month. Fit and workflow are the usual reasons to move, and those are not things this record can measure.
- What would I give up by switching from Pocket?
- Pocket is most often brought in for saving articles from across the web to read later on any device, discovering curated articles and stories through algorithmic recommendations, managing personal reading lists and organizing saved content by topics. Anything you replace it with has to cover the ones you actually rely on, the side-by-side comparisons linked from each alternative below put the two feature records against each other.
- Is there an open-source alternative to Pocket?
- Userscripts, Greasemonkey, FireMonkey are recorded with an open-source licence model.
- How were these Pocket alternatives chosen?
- They are the tools filed in the same category, Browser Extensions, ordered by the aggregated rating on each entry. There is no editorial shortlist, and nothing on this page is paid: no sponsored placement runs on alternatives pages and the order cannot be bought. Softwr has not used these products.
- Where can I compare Pocket against one of these directly?
- Every alternative below has a side-by-side page against Pocket covering price, platforms, features and what each one is used for. Those pages read the full record for both products rather than the summary shown here.
- Does this list cover every browser extensions tool?
- No. It covers what this directory holds in the Browser Extensions category, 21 tools beside Pocket. The category page lists the rest of the catalogue as it grows.