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Instapaper Replaces Pocket - Read It Later Continues On Kobo eReaders

Kobo e-readers have officially switched to using Instapaper following Mozilla’s shutdown of Pocket. This change arrived as a free firmware update rolled out in August 2025 to all supported Kobo readers.

Instapaper vs pocket on kobo


Mozilla shut down pocket in July 2025, with all user data available for export until the October 8, 2025 deletion deadline. This left Kobo users in need of a replacement service.

What’s New for Kobo Users

The Instapaper integration provides the previous Pocket experience in which users can save articles to Instapaper and access them offline on their Kobo devices. Unlike some services, this integration doesn’t require purchasing Instapaper Premium it's fully available for free.

At present, the integration lacks support for handwriting annotations, a feature supported by Kobo devices with a stylus (like the Kobo Elipsa 2E).

Instapaper VS Pocket - Kobo Ereader

With Pocket gone and Instapaper stepping in, here's a breakdown of how they compare with each other -

UI

Instapaper is clean minimalist and distraction free. It offers more reading customization like changing font styles, spacing, indentation and background colors. Pocket was more colorful gradient like layouts.

Search feature

On Instapaper free users can not search you have to get premium to unlock full features. But On Pocket free users could use title and url search.

Highlights and Notes

Instapaper allows up to five highlights or notes per month for free; unlimited with Premium. Highlights appear in their own tab, but not within the article. In Pocket Free users can highlight up to three passages per article; no notes feature was there though.

Additional Features

On Instapaper it supports sending articles directly to Kindle and there is no recommendation engine. It focuses on user’s saved content. Premium version offers more advanced tools. Pocket has Built-in recommendation engine to show suggested articles. Strong API and integrations making it more generous free version, with paid tier enhancing backup, search, and personalization

For Kobo users, the shift to Instapaper is a timely and practical solution for maintaining users read-it-later workflow.

Here How You Can Set Up Instapaper On Kobo.

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