Best Pocket Alternatives - Get Off Pocket
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Find the perfect Pocket alternative that works for Apple devices. Compare features, pricing, and hosting options.

I previously posted this at https://lemmy.world/post/30816595

I really appreciate all the feedback from the community! I haven’t had time to address everything yet, but I thought I’d share the redesign as I continue to make this a useful tool for everyone who needs to find a new home for their articles. For anyone who saw the old version, I think you’ll agree it has come a long way!

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    2·
    6 hours ago

    Very attractive page. I’ll check it out more when I have some free time. Fwiw, I went from Pocket to Wallabag. Still too new to comment on how the two compare. Import to Wallabag appears to have been a completely smooth transition (once I regained access to my Pocket account). This was when exporting from Pocket and importing to Wallabag. Trying to do it with the Pocket APIs failed every time.

  • bluelander@lemmy.mlEnglish
    7·
    10 hours ago

    For those unaware: RSS is still a thing and still works. You don’t need fancy platforms and algorithms to follow sites that post stuff you care about. Just an RSS catcher.

    On F-Droid, Capy Reader does a great job and supports full article downloads to circumvent the sites that only put previews on RSS.

    • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      5·
      6 hours ago

      This isn’t analogous to RSS. I’ve been using RSS for more than twenty years. I’ve been using Pocket to save web pages for eleven years (migrated to Wallabag). RSS is great for catching new info. Read-it-later services are great for storing information.

      • benjaminoakes@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        2·
        4 hours ago

        Certainly RSS adjacent! Definitely different purposes, as you’ve described. Wallabag and FreshRSS are a nice combination.

  • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    111·
    19 hours ago

    Great, you stole my domain. Now I have to come up with a whole new brand for my new line of travel sized fleshlights.

  • LWD@lemm.eeEnglish
    112·
    20 hours ago

    Sponsored, using affiliate links and accepting donations? Somebody better fork this guide before the GitHub gets yanked

    Edit: Okay, after looking around at this, something seems… off. Linking to getoffpocket.com?by=lemmy was odd already, but then I noticed that every single service here appears to have a referral link. Even the OneNote link has a referral code stapled onto it:

    https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/onenote/digital-note-taking-app?rby=getoffpocket.com%2Fproprietary%2Fmicrosoft-onenote%2F

    For some reason, those same UTM links are used for everything, including links to GitHub?
    How about no extra query parameters at all?

    I’m also surprised there’s not even a passing mention to Obsidian and Evernote.

    I think I’ll stick to searching out my own recs on AlternativeTo

    • BackgrndNoize@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      5 hours ago

      Yeah I’m sketched out that it shows only paid monthly subscription options even for open source self hosted options that you probably don’t need to pay a penny for

    • benjaminoakes@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      32·
      23 hours ago

      It takes a lot of effort to make something like this. I appreciate any support people are willing to provide so I can continue improving it.

  • Blisterexe@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    19 hours ago

    Good look! Might I suggest it would look better with the pocket logo being next to the “Get off pocket” text instead of below.

  • d00phy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    21 hours ago

    I thought Omnivore was sold.

    Also, isn’t pocket being renamed to something? Odd having it listed as an “alternative” to itself!

    • benjaminoakes@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      21 hours ago

      Thanks for the feedback!

      Omnivore is still around as an open source project. There’s no official hosting. That may need to be represented better.

      As far as I know Pocket is completely shutting down. It would be big news if it isn’t. I heard some things about someone buying it, but the Pocket website hasn’t been updated in a couple weeks since I heard that first.

      It’s a good point about Pocket being listed. There are some plans to make it easier to compare alternatives to Pocket and that’s why it’s there. A bit of a partially finished thought right now, given that I pulled that out of what was released. I’ll look at hiding it.