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How to move from Pocket to Instapaper and why do it
How to move from Pocket to Instapaper and why do it
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Recently, the popular lazy reading service Instapaper has canceled its premium features and is now completely free. It's time to forget about its main competitor Pocket and start using Instapaper right now.

How to move from Pocket to Instapaper and why do it
How to move from Pocket to Instapaper and why do it

Instapaper Benefits

1. Full-text search

This feature is especially useful for those users who are going to use Instapaper as a kind of bookmarking service. No matter how large your collection of materials is, you can always easily find an article in the text of which contains the necessary information.

2. Unlimited notes and comments

If you are selecting materials for a report, scientific work or abstract, then you will need to carefully study them. The best way to do this is to highlight important places in the text with a highlighter and take notes right in the text.

3. Convert list of articles to playlists

A very useful function for those people who wish to listen to stored material in the car or while jogging. In just two seconds, you can create a special playlist that will play all articles in turn using the standard text-to-speech engine.

4. Speed reading

A special mode in which the text is displayed word-by-word at a high speed. It is necessary when you need to get acquainted with a large amount of information in a very short time.

Instapaper: Speed Reading
Instapaper: Speed Reading

5. Submitting Articles to Kindle

True readers do not need to explain all the advantages of e-ink readers. Especially if it's a Kindle. With Instapaper, you can easily transfer materials to this electronic device and read them without worrying about your eyesight.

How to Move from Pocket to Instapaper

If the above bonuses impressed you, we recommend that you start using Instapaper instead of Pocket. This is not at all difficult to do.

Log into your Pocket account. Click on the avatar and select "Settings" from the drop-down menu

Pocket: settings
Pocket: settings

In the left pane, click on "Export"

On the next page, click on the "Export to HTML file" link. A file containing a complete list of the articles you have saved will be downloaded to your computer

Pocket: export
Pocket: export
  1. Now you need to go to your Instapaper account.
  2. Here, too, go to the settings and scroll to the very bottom. In the Import section, you need to click on the Import from Pocket link.
Instapaper: import
Instapaper: import

After that, a message will appear on the main page of Instapaper to start importing your list. The import time depends on the number of articles and can take from several minutes to several hours

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