Pause any article. Read it when you're ready.
Pocket shut down in 2025. If you still have a Pocket export file (HTML) from before Mozilla closed export, you can import it into PauseRead and keep reading. No file? You can still save new articles in a clean reader — hosted, free to start, export anytime.
Have an HTML file from Pocket? Upload it and bring your saved links into PauseRead in minutes.
No nav, no ads, no clutter; just the article and your place in it.
Export everything to JSON or Markdown anytime. No lock-in.
Sign in with a magic link, no password to remember.
Upload a Pocket export file if you have one, or paste any article URL to start a new library.
Open the clean reader on the web and keep your queue in sync.
A calm, hosted read-it-later app — built for people who want to save, read, and move on without setting up infrastructure.
If you downloaded a Pocket HTML export before Mozilla closed export in November 2025, upload that file to PauseRead. We read your saved links from the file and build a clean reader copy for each article. Check your Downloads folder or email — the file may still be there.
No. Mozilla shut down Pocket and deleted user data after the export window closed in November 2025. PauseRead cannot pull articles from Pocket's servers — nobody can. If you don't have an export file, start fresh by saving new links in PauseRead.
Yes. The free plan covers 100 saves and 30 days of history with title search — enough to move off Pocket and start reading. Pro (~$4–5/mo) adds unlimited saves, full-text search, and priority import. PauseRead is a genuinely free Pocket alternative to get started with.
Instapaper is another read-later app and a reasonable option. PauseRead is built for people leaving Pocket: import a saved Pocket export file if you have one, a distraction-free reader, and full data export with no lock-in.
PauseRead is a getpocket alternative focused on the essentials: save, read, import, export. If you liked Pocket's reader and save-for-later flow, you'll feel at home — without setting up a server.
Always. Download everything as JSON or Markdown whenever you want. Importing from one tool shouldn't trap you in the next one.
For paywalled pages we save what we can extract plus a link to the original, so you keep a reference even when the full text isn't available.
Upload your saved HTML export and keep reading. No file? Sign in and save your next article instead.