Personal search for what you saved · Mac · local · $29
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A Mac app that finds saved articles, bookmarks, and screenshots by what you remember — not by title, folder, or exact words. No account. Local. $29 once.
Free: up to 30 saves. $29 once unlocks unlimited saves, no subscription ever.
Try it. Type how you'd actually ask.
See it in action
Watch the demo
Import your Pocket library, search by memory, get answers from your own saves. It's that fast.
Describe what you remember. Backpockets: Read It Later App finds it.
01
Save
⌥Space. Paste a URL, a thought, or a screenshot. That's the whole filing system.
02
Forget
No folders. No tags. No weekly review ritual.
03
Find
Ask the way you remember it. Get the original save back.
How it works
Find by meaning, not keywords
Semantic search
Forget title/folder search. Tell Backpockets: Read It Later App what you remember about the article, and it understands the meaning.
- ✓"How to stay focused as a founder" finds deep-work essays
- ✓"Startup hiring tips" finds recruiting threads
- ✓Works offline. Runs entirely on your Mac.
Your imperfect memory
"that article about
sleep and productivity
from HN"
Finds
Why Sleep Matters for
Cognitive Performance
Import once, use forever
Drag your Pocket export into Backpockets: Read It Later App. Your entire library is indexed in seconds.
- ✓One-time setup (60 seconds)
- ✓No monthly sync, no background uploads
- ✓Your Pocket library is now yours, fully indexed
Without Backpockets: Read It Later App
📁 "Did I save it under 'articles' or 'research'?"
📝 "What was the exact title?"
🔍 Search Pocket, get 50 unrelated hits
Ask with citations
Get answers from your own saved content. Every answer cites the source and links back.
- ✓"Summarize startup funding" grounds answer in your saves
- ✓Never feeds your data to OpenAI or Claude
- ✓Answer the question from your own knowledge pile
Q: How do founders handle stress?
Founders use exercise, peer support, and perspective-taking… (from 3 articles in your library)
Why Backpockets: Read It Later App
Every other bookmark app misses one thing.
Most tools store links. Few help you find them again the way your brain actually remembers. None do it locally, without an account, for one price.
| Tool | Search by memory | Local & offline | No account | Pay once |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Backpockets: Read It Later App | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ $29 |
| — | — | — | Shutting down | |
| Raindrop | — | — | — | $3/mo |
| mymind | ✓ | — | — | $12/mo |
| Readwise Reader | — | — | — | $10/mo |
Search by memory means: type how you'd describe it to a friend, get the article back. Not keyword match, not folders — meaning.
Fit
Who this is for — and who it isn’t
For you if
- You save links (or screenshots) and lose them when the title is gone
- You want Mac-local search with no account
- You have a Pocket export (or Raindrop/bookmarks) to rescue
- You prefer $29 once over another subscription
Not for you if
- You need Windows, Linux, or iPhone sync today
- You want a full reading OS (highlights, TTS, RSS)
- You want cloud sync and shared collections
- You want a visual moodboard as the product
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Privacy · Security
Your data never leaves your Mac
Backpockets: Read It Later App is built for privacy. Your bookmarks, embeddings, and searches live entirely on your device. No cloud. No accounts. No analytics. No tracking. Full policy: /privacy.
100% Local library
Search and embeddings run on your Mac. Your library is not synced to a Backpockets: Read It Later App cloud. Optional AI extraction uses only the provider key you paste.
No account needed
Unlike Raindrop or mymind, Backpockets: Read It Later App requires zero signup. Install, drag-drop your exports, search.
Sandboxed app
Code-signed and notarized by Apple. No permissions beyond what you explicitly grant.
Export anytime
Your data is yours. Export your library as JSON anytime, in seconds. Move on if you want.
What's next
Today: articles and screenshots. Next: more of what you save.
Same find-by-memory loop — already live for links and pasted screenshots. More sources coming.
Articles & web pages
Save any URL. Full text indexed for memory-search. Available today.
Screenshots & images
⌥Space → ⌘V a screenshot. On-device OCR makes the text searchable by memory.
YouTube videos
Save a video, search its transcript by what someone said in it.
PDFs & books
Long-form reading, indexed. Find the passage you half-remember.
Podcasts & audio
Transcribed on-device. Search the episode by what the host said.
Chrome extension
Save from any tab, one shortcut. Sync stays local.
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One price
$29
once. Yours.
Unlimited saves. Search by meaning. Local library. No account, no monthly rent, no source caps.
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