Mozilla shut down Pocket on July 8, 2025. If you're reading this because you just got the email, here's the short version: export immediately, pick a replacement, and consider whether a passive save-and-forget app is what you actually need.

Step 1: Export your Pocket data

Go to getpocket.com/export while the service is still accessible. You'll get a ZIP with HTML files for your saved articles, archives, and favorites. Keep this. Most alternatives accept Pocket's export format.

Step 2: Pick a replacement

The honest breakdown:

Burn 451 — free, 24-hour timer forces you to actually read, AI summaries, MCP server. Best if Pocket's passive pile was the real problem.
Readwise Reader — $8/month, best highlights and knowledge pipeline. Best if you actually used Pocket's highlighting and wanted more.
Raindrop.io — free/$3 Pro, visual bookmark organizer. Best if you mostly used Pocket as a visual link library, not a reading tool.
Omnivore — free, open source. Closest to Pocket's reading experience, now community-maintained after ElevenLabs acquisition.

Why Pocket died

Pocket had 30 million users. It still died. The reason is structural: passive save-and-forget apps don't build habits. Users opened Pocket to add articles, not to read them. Without active engagement, there's no retained value, no premium conversion, no reason to pay. Burn 451 was built around the opposite premise — force the decision on every save, or the app fails its job.

See also: Best Pocket Alternative 2026 — full comparison of the top replacements.