Features

Discover Couch's features and learn how Couch compares to the original Pocket App from Mozilla.

Couch 4.0Pocket 8.23
Supported iOS/iPadOS version18 and newer
Couch 3 supports iOS/iPadOS 17
17 and newer
Supported macOS versionmacOS 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 MacPro
Light & dark mode support
Customizable accent colorPro
Customizable app iconsPro
Statistics
Customizable library appearancePro
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 sitesPro
Reading historyPro
Customizable remindersPro
Search
Search in title and url
Search in excerpt and tags
Search in full article textPremium
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 optionsProPremium
Sepia themePro
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
RandomPro
StatisticPro
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 advertisingPremium
Others
404 Error handling (loading from Internet Archive)
Permanent library (copy of website saved in the cloud)Premium
Control over cache
Price
FreeFree
Pro
One-time-purchase
$8,99 (USA) | 9,99€ (EU)
Premium
Subscription (monthly/yearly)
$4,99/month (USA) | 4,99€/month (EU)
Download on the App Store

Version 4.0, Free