A Pocket Alternative That Can Import Your Export
Pocket is no longer a product you can choose. If you kept an export, smry can import the saved URLs, preserve read and archive state, merge Pocket tags, and move those articles into a reader with modern AI, audio, and export tools.
smry vs Pocket at a glance
No scores or vague checkmarks. Each cell states what the product currently does so you can compare the actual workflow.
| Capability | smry | |
|---|---|---|
| Current availability | Active reader, library, feeds, API, and MCP | Shut down July 8, 2025; export and API window closed November 12, 2025 |
| Migration | Imports Pocket ZIP, CSV, and legacy HTML with tags and read/archive state | No remaining live service or export endpoint |
| Product shape | Choose smry first for the strongest overall reading package: grounded AI, an offline-ready library, OPML feeds, web monitors, exports, API, and MCP. | Mozilla shut Pocket down on July 8, 2025. Its export and API window closed on November 12, 2025. |
| Price | Free; Patron $6/mo or $36/yr; Pro $80/mo or $768/yr | Discontinued |
| Platforms | Web; Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera, and desktop Chromium extensions; Safari release in progress | Formerly web, Firefox, iOS, and Android |
Choose smry when the source is the work
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You have a Pocket ZIP, CSV, or legacy HTML export to import
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You want Pocket tags and read or archive state preserved
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You want cited chat, TTS, highlights, feeds, Kindle, API, and MCP after the move
Why Pocket is not a current option
- Pocket cannot be kept: Mozilla shut the service down in July 2025
- If native mobile offline queues are essential, evaluate that requirement separately before migrating
Try the workflow
Test smry on the article already in front of you
- 1. Paste a public URL or open a supported file.
- 2. Read, summarize, ask, listen, and highlight.
- 3. Save, export, send to Kindle, or continue through an agent.
The full smry feature set
The comparisons focus on the decision. This is the complete shipped product surface behind it; availability and limits vary by plan.
Bring in the source
Paste or prefix a public article URL; upload supported PDFs, EPUBs, documents, spreadsheets, presentations, text, Markdown, subtitles, images, or audio; or open a public YouTube transcript. Optional browser extensions, a bookmarklet, and an iOS Shortcut add one-step capture, while Clean with AI can restructure difficult public pages and imported files.
Read your way
Use adjustable type and measure, light, dark, high-legibility, and reader themes, focus mode, ADHD reading tools, word anchors, a one-word-at-a-time speed reader, translation, source-quality context, saved progress, mobile layouts, and right-to-left text. The interface is available in six interface languages.
Understand and study
Create source-grounded summaries with passage citations, ask the whole source, a selection, or a highlight, and generate mind maps, quizzes, and restartable flashcards. Remy can research the public web, open the evidence, cite what it read, and save useful sources. smry also includes a probabilistic AI-authorship check, article recommendations, and handoffs that open the source in other AI tools.
Listen and follow along
Turn articles and supported documents into progressive text-to-speech with playback-speed controls, up to 10 voices, word-level highlighting, and seeking directly from the text.
Keep and find the work
Save five-color highlights and passage notes; move sources through Inbox, Later, and Archive; use manual tags or plain-language auto-tagging; and use full-text search across titles, URLs, domains, article text, highlights, and notes. History, progress, preferences, conversations, and queued offline changes sync across signed-in browsers, and Cmd-K opens the main workflows quickly.
Follow what changes next
Use the RSS feed reader for RSS and Atom feeds, discover sources and YouTube channels, create durable news queries, and turn selected webpages into website monitors with change history. Collections, saved views, optional plain-language filters, OPML import and export, and personalized news by text keep updates manageable.
Export and share
Copy or download clean Markdown and structured JSON; export highlights and notes for Notion, Obsidian, Roam Research, Tana, Workflowy, Anki, and Zotero; share cited passages with rich previews; create shareable snapshots and quote images; and use one-off Send to Kindle for eligible documents.
Connect tools and agents
Import, export, or sync supported data with Readwise Reader, Matter, Instapaper, Raindrop.io, Notion, keep.md, GitHub Stars, and other established tools. Every signed-in account, including Free, gets a personal HTTP API and MCP server, API keys, OpenAPI, a CLI, Markdown responses, and a digest-pinned Agent Skill for articles, library objects, original files, history, feeds, and web monitors; Patron and Pro raise the key, feed, monitor, and request limits.
How this comparison was checked
Current product shape
We describe what each product is built to do instead of turning a feature count into a winner.
Direct statements
Pricing, status, platforms, and major capabilities use explicit text instead of scores or ambiguous checkmarks.
Primary sources
Claims use current first-party documentation where it exists. Any secondary status source is labeled by publisher.
Sources used for this page
- smry pricing and plan limits (smry)
- smry product reference (smry)
- smry feeds and OPML (smry)
- Mozilla's Pocket shutdown notice (Mozilla)
FAQ
When is smry the better Pocket alternative?
smry fits former Pocket users who kept an export and want to preserve saved URLs, tags, and reading state while adding article AI, TTS, feeds, Kindle, API, and MCP.
Is Pocket still a current option?
Pocket cannot be kept because Mozilla shut it down. If a native offline queue is the main requirement, compare that separately.
How do I try smry instead of Pocket?
Open smry Settings and import the Pocket ZIP, CSV, or legacy HTML file downloaded before Mozilla closed exports.