Pocket shut down. What should ADHD readers use for saved articles now?

What happened to Pocket?

Mozilla's help page says it made "the difficult decision to shut down Pocket on July 8, 2025." After that date Pocket ran in export-only mode on the web until 12 November 2025, and the page now says: "As of November 12, 2025, user data export has been disabled, and all user data has been queued for permanent deletion." (Mozilla)

If you exported a file before the deadline, keep it: most read-it-later apps can import a list of links. If you did not, there is no way to get those saves back from Pocket.

Why does read-it-later matter for ADHD?

Saving an article feels like reading it. That is the trap. A read-it-later app with no rules becomes a guilt archive: hundreds of saves you meant to read, and a small jolt of shame every time you open it. Done well, the same app is a calm reading room: no ads, no sidebar, no comments, and a voice that reads to you when your eyes are done.

Which replacements do we score?

The full comparison is Readwise Reader vs Matter, and the category hub is best read-it-later apps.

Three queue rules that keep it from becoming a guilt archive

1. A cap. Pick a number, such as twenty. When you save the twenty-first article, archive the oldest unread one without reading it. If it mattered, it will come back.
2. A weekly sweep. Once a week, five minutes: read one, listen to one, archive the rest of anything older than a month.
3. Audio by default for long pieces. If an article is over fifteen minutes, send it to text-to-speech and listen on a walk. Our text-to-speech guide covers the voices.

Still have your export file? Bring only what you will read

1. Open the export and skim the titles for five minutes. Mark the ones you would still click today.
2. Import only those, or paste them in by hand if there are fewer than twenty.
3. Archive the rest of the file somewhere you will not see it every day. It is a record, not a reading list.
4. Set the queue cap in the new app before you save anything else.

Importing everything feels thorough, and it rebuilds the guilt archive on day one. A fresh queue of ten articles you want is worth more than four hundred you meant to want.

Do you need a replacement at all?

Maybe not. If your saves were mostly articles you never opened, try a month without a read-it-later app and see what you miss. Your browser's reading list or bookmarks may be enough. The point of the tool is reading, and you can read without it.