Comparison

SavedThat vs Pocket

Pocket, Mozilla's read-it-later app, shut down in 2026. It was built for articles you meant to read later. SavedThat is a different thing on purpose: the videos you save on your phone, searchable to the exact spoken second. If your Pocket pile was really videos, this is where they go next.

Quick verdict

  • If your Pocket was mostly articles, SavedThat is not the drop-in replacement — it is video-only. A general read-later app fits your reading better, and we would rather tell you that than pretend otherwise.
  • If your Pocket was mostly videos you saved and could never find again, SavedThat is built for exactly that: save from your phone, then search inside everything you kept.

Side-by-side

FeatureSavedThatPocket
StatusActiveDiscontinued — shut down July 8, 2026
Primary jobBuild a searchable library of the videos you saveSave articles and web pages to read later
Content savedYouTube, Instagram Reels, TikTokArticles and web pages first; links of any kind
Primary save flowiPhone Share Sheet, Android Share — phone-firstBrowser extension and share sheet
Retrieval unitThe exact spoken second inside a saved videoThe saved item in a reading list, by title and tag
SearchHybrid semantic search across your whole video libraryTitle and tag search; full-text on the paid tier
LanguagesCross-lingual semantic search, 100+ languagesSearched the text you saved
Best forShort-form video you save on your phoneLong-form reading you meant to get back to
PricingFree while in beta.No longer available

What Pocket did that SavedThat does not

What SavedThat does that a reading list never did

Pick a general read-later app if…

  • Most of what you saved in Pocket was articles
  • You want a clean reader and offline reading
  • You want text-to-speech for long reads
  • You want a discovery feed of new things to read
  • Video was only a small part of your pile

Choose SavedThat if…

  • Most of what you lose is short-form video
  • You save on your phone, from the share sheet
  • You want to jump to the exact spoken second
  • You want cross-language search across your library
  • You want to save and forget, with no system to maintain

FAQ

Is SavedThat a replacement for Pocket?

For one part of it. Pocket was mainly a read-later app for articles and web pages; SavedThat is video-only. So if most of your Pocket list was articles, SavedThat is not the drop-in replacement and a general read-later app fits better. If what you actually piled up was Reels, TikToks, Shorts, and YouTube, SavedThat is built for exactly that — it saves them and lets you search inside them later.

When did Pocket shut down?

Mozilla announced it on May 22, 2026, the service ended on July 8, 2026, and export was available until October 8, 2026, after which accounts and data were deleted. If you still have an export, keep it; SavedThat does not import a Pocket export directly today.

Can I bring my Pocket saves into SavedThat?

Not through a Pocket importer — we do not have one, and Pocket's own export closed on October 8, 2026. What you can do is re-save the video links you want to keep: paste a link on the web, or share a video to SavedThat from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, or your browser. Only the videos come across; articles are outside what SavedThat does.

I mostly saved articles in Pocket. What should I use?

Honestly, not SavedThat on its own — it is deliberately video-only and will not hold your articles. A general read-later app is the closer fit for reading. SavedThat is for the people whose Pocket was really a pile of videos they could never find again.

What does SavedThat do that a reading list never did?

It searches inside the video. Pocket kept a list you scrolled; SavedThat indexes every spoken word, so a search returns the exact moment someone said the thing you half-remember and jumps straight to that second — across your whole library, in 100+ languages.

Try SavedThat free

Free while in beta. No card. Save the videos you used to lose in a reading list — and search inside every one of them.

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SavedThat vs Pocket — a video-first home after Pocket shut down