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

FeatureKyurationsPocket
StatusLiveShut down 8 July 2025
PriceFreeWas free with a paid tier
Reading viewYes, articles and PDFs in the appYes
Ask across what you savedAsk Kyuri, with citations to your itemsNo
Read-later queueNo, deliberatelyYes, the core of it
Offline readingNoYes
Automatic tags and gistYesTags by hand
Non-article savesVideos, repos, products, notes, filesMostly articles
Publishing a collectionYes, one tapNo
ImportReads the Pocket CSV or HTML export you keptn/a
Agent accessAn MCP endpoint, so Claude and Cursor can read and curate itNo
ExportAny timeWindow 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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