Kyurations vs Pocket
Updated 5 August 2026
The short answer
Pocket no longer exists. Mozilla closed it on 8 July 2025 and deleted user data after 8 October 2025, so this is a comparison with a memory rather than a product. Pocket did two jobs: a read-later queue and a pile of things you liked. Kyurations takes the second job seriously and does the reading without the queue, so an article opens in the app but no unread count is kept and there is no offline mode. If the number going down is what you miss, take Instapaper or Readwise Reader instead.
Pick Kyurations when
- The saves were never really a queue, they were a collection
- You want covers, authors and tags without typing them
- You want to publish the good parts rather than let them sit unread
Pick Pocket when
- You wanted the unread count and the sense of a backlog draining, which Kyurations deliberately has no version of
- You read on a phone, on a plane, without a connection
Side by side
| Feature | Kyurations | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Live | Shut down 8 July 2025 |
| Price | Free | Was free with a paid tier |
| Reading view | Yes, articles and PDFs in the app | Yes |
| Ask across what you saved | Ask Kyuri, with citations to your items | No |
| Read-later queue | No, deliberately | Yes, the core of it |
| Offline reading | No | Yes |
| Automatic tags and gist | Yes | Tags by hand |
| Non-article saves | Videos, repos, products, notes, files | Mostly articles |
| Publishing a collection | Yes, one tap | No |
| Import | Reads the Pocket CSV or HTML export you kept | n/a |
| Agent access | An MCP endpoint, so Claude and Cursor can read and curate it | No |
| Export | Any time | Window closed 8 October 2025 |
Facts about Pocket checked on 5 August 2026. Tell us if something has changed.
Questions people ask
- Can Kyurations import my Pocket export?
- Yes. Pocket exported both a CSV and an HTML file and Settings reads either one, keeping the titles and tags it carries. Every link is saved straight away and its cover and summary arrive afterwards. Pulling out only what you still care about is still the better instinct for a read-later archive, but that is now your call rather than our limitation.
- Does Kyurations have a read-later queue?
- No, and that is a decision rather than a gap. Articles and PDFs do read in the app, and it keeps your place in them, but nothing counts what you have not got to yet. A second pile that nags you would compete with the collection for attention. If the queue is what you want, Instapaper and Readwise Reader are the honest recommendations.
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