Short version: Mozilla shut Pocket down on 8 July 2025. If you exported your data before access ended, you have an HTML file of your saved links that most other apps can import. If you didn't, your old saves are likely gone, but that's not the disaster it feels like. The more useful question is where the links you save nextshould live. Pick that based on whether you mainly read, archive, or just save-and-lose things on your phone.
What happened to Pocket?
Mozilla announced in May 2025 that it was retiring Pocket, the read-it-later app it had owned since 2017. Users were given until autumn 2025 to export their data, and the service went offline in July 2025. Over 20 million people had saved more than two billion items, so the shutdown left a lot of people looking for a new home for their links.
Can I still get my old Pocket links back?
Only if you exported them. Pocket let you download an HTML file containing your saved articles, lists, and highlights before access ended. If you have that file, you're in good shape, Raindrop, Instapaper, Readwise Reader and Wallabag can all import it.
If you missed the export window, the saves are most likely gone. It stings, but here's the quiet truth most people discover: the vast majority of a "read later" pile is never read again. Treat it as a clean slate rather than a loss.
How do I choose what to use instead?
Match the tool to the job you actually do, not the job you imagine doing.
If Pocket was where you quickly sent links from your phone and then struggled to retrieve them: you want a capture-and-retrieval tool, not a reading app.
That last group is bigger than people admit. A lot of "Pocket users" were really just sending themselves links, into Pocket, into WhatsApp, into screenshots, and the part that actually broke was finding them later.
Where Orgo.me fits
Orgo.me is a mobile-first app built for that last group. You share a link or image from the app you're already in, and it lands in one searchable place that sorts itself, no folders to set up, no manual tagging. The focus is retrieval: getting the thing back when you need it.
To be clear about the boundaries: Orgo.me is working on import features and plans to release them soon. Today, the strongest fit is giving new saves one searchable home while import support catches up.
If a fresh, low-effort place for what you save next sounds right, follow the link and sign up.
A simple plan for this week
- Decide your real job: read, archive, or save-and-find.
- Pick one tool and only one. Splitting your saves across three apps is how you ended up here.
- Save the next ten things you find into that one place. Habits beat archives.
FAQ
Is there a direct replacement for Pocket? No exact one-to-one replacement exists. Instapaper is closest for reading; Raindrop is closest for a general library. The market fragmented after the shutdown, which is why choosing by use case matters.
What if I never exported my Pocket data? Then start fresh. Pick one new place and build the habit of saving there. Most of an old read-later list is never revisited anyway.