What to use instead

Every guide here names a tool that beats Kyurations at something, because a comparison that wins on every axis is a sales page in disguise. Pick by what you actually do with the things you save.

• Pocket alternatives, one year after the shutdown

  Pocket closed on 8 July 2025 and Mozilla deleted the data on 8 October. Here is where its readers went, and which tool fits which reader.

  5 August 2026

• Raindrop.io alternatives, and when to actually switch

  Raindrop.io is good software. Here are the cases where something else fits better, and which tool to move to for each one.

  5 August 2026

• Notion Web Clipper alternatives for saving links

  The Notion clipper saves a row in a database. Here are the tools that save a link properly, and when to leave Notion for one.

  27 July 2026

• Instapaper alternatives when reading is not the whole job

  Instapaper is the cleanest reader there is. Here is what to use when your saves are videos, repos and products rather than articles.

  5 August 2026

• Bookmark manager alternatives to the browser bar

  Browser bookmarks fail at around two hundred links. Here are the tools that take over, and which one matches how you actually save.

  5 August 2026

• Readwise Reader alternatives, including the free ones

  Readwise Reader is excellent and costs around $10 a month. Here is what to use instead, depending on which part you wanted.

  3 August 2026

• Omnivore alternatives after the ElevenLabs shutdown

  ElevenLabs hired the Omnivore team and closed the service in November 2024. Here is where its users went, self-hosted options included.

  3 August 2026

• Evernote Web Clipper alternatives for saving links

  Evernote's clipper still works and the price kept climbing. Here is what to move your saved articles to, and what each one costs.

  5 August 2026

• Pinboard alternatives when you want more than a URL

  Pinboard is deliberately plain and run by one person. Here is what to move to when you want previews, or want a maintained team behind it.

  3 August 2026

• mymind alternatives that cost less than $12 a month

  mymind is beautiful and priced like it. Here is what gives you the visual save-anything experience for free, and what you give up.

  3 August 2026

• Are.na alternatives for visual collecting

  Are.na is the reference standard for public visual collecting. Here is what to use when the block limit or the interface gets in the way.

  27 July 2026

• Chrome bookmarks alternatives once the bar runs out

  Chrome's bookmark manager has not changed in a decade. Here is what to use once folders and a search box stop being enough.

  5 August 2026