Pocket alternative

A simpler home for the links you mean to return to.

Compare Sleevy with Pocket's former save-for-later workflow, including iPhone and Chrome capture, web access, API automation, and offline reading limitations.

Pocket and Sleevy compared

Pocket's feature rows describe the service before it closed. Sleevy is a synced link queue, not a full article reader.

WorkflowPocketSleevy today
AvailabilityClosed July 8, 2025Available
Save from iPhoneShare extensioniOS Share Sheet
Save from ChromeBrowser extensionChrome extension
Web libraryAvailableAvailable
Save and search from RaycastNot built into PocketDedicated Raycast extension
AutomationAPI discontinued with the servicePersonal REST API
Full offline article readingSupportedNot supported
Pocket data migrationExport window closedNo direct Pocket import

Replacing a habit, not just an app

Pocket was rarely the destination. It was the small pause between finding something interesting and deciding whether it deserved your attention. The link left a crowded browser, landed somewhere dependable, and stopped asking for an immediate decision.

That is the habit worth preserving. The right replacement is less about matching a feature checklist and more about making it frictionless to capture a thought without breaking the moment you are in.

Start with how you actually discover things

Some people mostly find articles on their phone. Others collect documentation, repositories, and half-read tabs while working at a computer. A replacement that asks you to change those habits is likely to become another abandoned inbox.

It is worth asking two plain questions: can I save a link where I naturally find it, and can I find it again from where I naturally return to it? Those answers matter more than a long comparison table.

If everything stays inside one browser ecosystem, its native Reading List may already be enough. Sleevy is useful when the same queue needs to cross iPhone, Chrome, Raycast, the web, and your own automations.

Where Sleevy fits

Sleevy is deliberately focused on that handoff. A link can arrive from the iPhone Share sheet, the Chrome extension, Raycast, or a small script. It becomes part of the same personal queue rather than a separate pile for each device.

When you come back, the point is not to manufacture a reading ritual. It is simply to search the queue, filter what matters, and open the original page when you are ready to give it attention.

Choose the shape of the tool, not the loudest replacement

Sleevy makes sense when your saved links need to move with you: from a phone to a browser, from a browser to the keyboard, or from a quick automation back to a single queue. It is a useful fit for people who want their reading list to feel like a lightweight memory rather than another project to maintain.

If your workflow depends on a dedicated offline article reader or extensive annotation tools, choose a service that treats those as first-class concerns. A calm link queue is valuable, but it should not pretend to be every kind of reading tool.

Keep the good links. Lose the open tabs.

Save something when you find it, then come back to one calm, searchable queue when you have the time.