Features
Discover Couch's features and learn how Couch compares to the original Pocket App from Mozilla.
| Couch 4.0 | Pocket 8.23 | |
|---|---|---|
| Supported iOS/iPadOS version | 18 and newer Couch 3 supports iOS/iPadOS 17 | 17 and newer |
| Supported macOS version | macOS Sequoia 15 and newer Couch 3 supports macOS Sonoma 14 | ━ iPad version runs on Apple Silicon Macs |
| Interface | ||
| Modern user interface | ✓ | ✓ |
| Optimized UI for iPad | ✓ | ━ |
| Multi-window support on iPad and Mac | ✓ Pro | ━ |
| Light & dark mode support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Customizable accent color | ✓ Pro | ━ |
| Customizable app icons | ✓ Pro | ✓ |
| Statistics | ✓ | ━ |
| Customizable library appearance | ✓ Pro | ━ |
| Organization | ||
| Add links | ✓ | ✓ |
| Manage your articles (favoriting, tagging, archiving, deleting) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Manually organize your articles with lists | ━ | ━ Possible in the web app |
| Automatically organize your articles with collections (smart lists) | ✓ | ━ |
| Random recommendations from your reading list | ✓ | ━ |
| Sorting library (newest/oldest first) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Filter library (article, videos, tweets/toots, images) | ✓ | ━ |
| Browse by tags | ✓ | ✓ |
| Browse by authors | ✓ | ━ |
| Browse by sites | ✓ Pro | ━ |
| Reading history | ✓ Pro | ━ |
| Customizable reminders | ✓ Pro | ━ |
| Search | ||
| Search in title and url | ✓ | ✓ |
| Search in excerpt and tags | ✓ | ━ |
| Search in full article text | ━ | ✓ Premium |
| Search suggestions (tags, sites, authors) | ✓ | ━ |
| Logical search (AND, OR) | ✓ | ━ |
| Synchronisation | ||
| Synchronizes via iCloud | ✓ | ━ |
| Synchronizes Pocket library (inbox, archive, trash, favorites, tags) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Synchronizes Couch collections | ✓ | ━ |
| Synchronizes Pocket highlights | ━ | ✓ |
| Synchronizes Couch reading history | ✓ | ━ |
| Synchronizes in background | ━ Currently only iCloud items | ✓ |
| Offline support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Reader View | ||
| Customization options (e.g. font, text size, light/dark mode) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Multiple font options | ✓ Pro | ✓ Premium |
| Sepia theme | ✓ Pro | ━ |
| Text highlights support | ━ | ✓ |
| Read aloud support | ✓ | ✓ |
| Supports tweets (Twitter) | ━ Not anymore thanks to Elon | ━ |
| Supports toots (Mastodon) | ✓ | ━ |
| Supports videos (YouTube) | ✓ | ━ |
| Image preview (zoom) | ✓ Pro | ━ |
| Export articles (PDF, HTML, Plain Text, Markdown) | ✓ Pro | ━ |
| Share Extension | ||
| Share extension to save articles from other apps (e.g. Safari) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Add tags in share extension | ✓ | ✓ |
| Favorite in share extension | ✓ | ━ |
| Archive in share extension | ✓ | ━ |
| Widgets | ||
| Read now (recently added) | ✓ | ✓ |
| Read now (fully configurable) | ✓ Pro | ━ |
| Random | ✓ Pro | ━ |
| Statistic | ✓ Pro | ━ |
| Recommendations (discover articles not in your list) | ━ | ✓ |
| Shortcuts | ||
| Add url | ✓ | ✓ |
| Retrieve items | ✓ | ✓ |
| Open view in app | ✓ | ━ |
| Open (newest, random, searched) item in app | ✓ | ━ |
| Social & Privacy | ||
| No advertising | ✓ | ✓ Premium |
| Others | ||
| 404 Error handling (loading from Internet Archive) | ✓ | ━ |
| Permanent library (copy of website saved in the cloud) | ━ | ✓ Premium |
| Control over cache | ✓ | ━ |
| Price | ||
| Free | Free | |
| Pro One-time-purchase $8,99 (USA) | 9,99€ (EU) | Premium Subscription (monthly/yearly) $4,99/month (USA) | 4,99€/month (EU) | |
Version 4.0, Free