Today I've discovered the last two "must have" apps to allow me to replace my old Android tablet with a Windows tablet: Flipboard and Latermark. I've been reliant on Pocket for a couple of years, and kept waiting for a Win8 version. I'm so pleased to find Latermark, which does all that I need from Pocket, including (most importantly) offline reading. Thank you!
Update - the latest version really smoothed out the interface, especially updating articles. I no longer feel any need for the official Pocket app on WinRT at all. Nice job!
20 August 2014
Works great. Two hints. 1) There are settings for margins, color, downloading articles, and more in the settings charm. Took me a while to find it (which is Microsoft's fault, not the developer's). 2) There's an overly-discrete arrow for showing/hiding your article list. Again, it took me a while to find it, but I was much happier once I did.
12 August 2014
I didn't use this app so often because the UI wasn't really up to par in my opinion. The brand new version is so much better! This app really feels great and has the looks to match its functionality. I paid for the ad-free option and even gave a little extra to the dev for such good work. Keep it coming!
9 March 2014
I have been impatiently waiting for Pocket to produce a Windows 8.1 app for my Surface 2. Pocket is one of my most often used apps on my iPad. This Latermark app does not have the full refined qualities of the Pocket for iOS 5.1 app, but it works nicely and I am very glad to have found it. I am giving it 5 stars, not because it is perfect, but to show my gratitude for the work that has been done. I hope that the developer continues to polish Latermark, since it may be a very long wait for Pocket to come aboard with its own Windows modern app.
25 December 2013
Works across all my devices.
21 December 2013
Simply the best.
10 December 2013
I like the fact that it works with share charm.
7 December 2013
Really great app with all the core functionality you need to make the most of pocket on your win8 device. Loving it and so happy i found it.
4 November 2013
Downloads for offline reading, but not automatically. It would be nice if it did that. Great free app.
8 August 2013
My favorite App! Sync perfectly with Pocket so I can view all my Pocket content offline. Five Stars!
27 July 2013
Thanks for writing this app. It works perfectly! I can now access all of my Pocket websites and save new ones in Windows 8. Nice job!
22 March 2013
Syncs perfectly with Pocket. Lacks tagging and automatic downloads for offline use, but it's nice for a free app.
19 March 2013
This is the best Pocket app I've used on my Windows Tablet. Five stars all the way. This app does everything I could ask for!
21 December 2012
I really like the dark theme and slick integration with the Share Charm Bar. Would love to see a gallery view of unread articles similar to the Pocket website. Thanks for developing this Pocket client (please also make a Windows Phone version).
13 December 2012
Does exactly what it needs to do for me, which is the ability to save articles to Pocket from wherever I am via the share charm. Article view is useful and well laid out, but I prefer the Pocket web site for reading. Thank you for the good work.
7 December 2012
Simple and useful. Good work.
5 December 2012
I've been waiting for a good pocket app, and with Latermark, finally have one!
** One thing I would like would be the ability to change the app's 'background' color. Not a big fan of pink. **
15 August 2015
Needs some touch ups but it's promising overall. Plenty of theme options for free unlike Poki.
15 February 2015
This was one of the first apps I downloaded when I got my surface and I'm very happy with it. It allows me to go through my bookmarks in a nice list view and tagging is easy. I haven't yet saved anything to Pocket from my surface, so no comment there. Only key feature that would be useful that is either missing or I can't figure out is searching by tags. I have to scroll through the list myself and look at the tags I'm looking for, which takes a bit since I have over 50 bookmarks at the moment. Looking forward to seeing the app developed further.
15 October 2014
Works perfectly...Only 2 small areas where it could be improved. First, included a way to sort by length of articles and include word count for each. Second, add a design for when articles don't produce an image...a black circle just makes it too easy to skip over. Maybe a random colored circle or some other unique design. Thanks for your work!
12 May 2014
Definitely a welcomed application and good Pocket client. However, Latermark currently fails to remove articles read on other devices (in my case Nexus 7 using the official Pocket application).
12 March 2014
Says connecting to a service then hangs on there
if I try to Login it says server error
Except of that I knew pocket was an awesome app, I used on my android
23 January 2014
The design is great, I would definitely pay if I knew the program didn't have any key bugs. Here they are: no options to download/save articles automatically an view online, sometimes doesn't load any articles. Most of the issues probably lie in their syncing practices... fixing this will convince me to buy!
12 January 2014
It looks nice and seems to operate well. My only issue I've encountered is for some reason there is a black bar of unused space on the right side in both portrait mode and landscape. Reading the twitter feed, seems it is the ad space.
5 November 2013
App covers most of the Pocket features you are likely to want. However the app is just cumbersome. For example, for offline use I have to tell it to download the files manually. This means I have to share, then I have to go to the app and instruct it to download for offline reading. When I do I'm not able to continue my work as downloading happens in the foreground.
The user interface feels like something from the "old world" of computing. It is functional but ugly.
1 November 2013
really awesome.. I was having issues with windows b/c of no native pocket app.. hope this continues to improve
22 October 2013
It may not be the prettiest but it gets the job done. In the absence of an official Pocket app, this is the next best thing. Definitely recommend.
24 September 2013
I love this app. I'm always saving things to be read later. So far no glitches on my surface rt
23 April 2013
The only thing I think it should do is make it a little bit easier to open in the browser when it doesn't support it (like make the notification bar clickable so I don't have to swipe and then click on the whole other side of the screen that I am looking at and on.
Otherwise it's amazing and way better than any other Pocket app for Windows 8 in the store. Good job.
27 April 2015
The App Works very well.
25 October 2014
Today I've discovered the last two "must have" apps to allow me to replace my old Android tablet with a Windows tablet: Flipboard and Latermark. I've been reliant on Pocket for a couple of years, and kept waiting for a Win8 version. I'm so pleased to find Latermark, which does all that I need from Pocket, including (most importantly) offline reading. Thank you! Update - the latest version really smoothed out the interface, especially updating articles. I no longer feel any need for the official Pocket app on WinRT at all. Nice job!
20 August 2014
Works great. Two hints. 1) There are settings for margins, color, downloading articles, and more in the settings charm. Took me a while to find it (which is Microsoft's fault, not the developer's). 2) There's an overly-discrete arrow for showing/hiding your article list. Again, it took me a while to find it, but I was much happier once I did.
12 August 2014
I didn't use this app so often because the UI wasn't really up to par in my opinion. The brand new version is so much better! This app really feels great and has the looks to match its functionality. I paid for the ad-free option and even gave a little extra to the dev for such good work. Keep it coming!
9 March 2014
I have been impatiently waiting for Pocket to produce a Windows 8.1 app for my Surface 2. Pocket is one of my most often used apps on my iPad. This Latermark app does not have the full refined qualities of the Pocket for iOS 5.1 app, but it works nicely and I am very glad to have found it. I am giving it 5 stars, not because it is perfect, but to show my gratitude for the work that has been done. I hope that the developer continues to polish Latermark, since it may be a very long wait for Pocket to come aboard with its own Windows modern app.
25 December 2013
Works across all my devices.
21 December 2013
Simply the best.
10 December 2013
I like the fact that it works with share charm.
7 December 2013
Really great app with all the core functionality you need to make the most of pocket on your win8 device. Loving it and so happy i found it.
4 November 2013
Downloads for offline reading, but not automatically. It would be nice if it did that. Great free app.
8 August 2013
My favorite App! Sync perfectly with Pocket so I can view all my Pocket content offline. Five Stars!
27 July 2013
Thanks for writing this app. It works perfectly! I can now access all of my Pocket websites and save new ones in Windows 8. Nice job!
22 March 2013
Syncs perfectly with Pocket. Lacks tagging and automatic downloads for offline use, but it's nice for a free app.
19 March 2013
This is the best Pocket app I've used on my Windows Tablet. Five stars all the way. This app does everything I could ask for!
21 December 2012
I really like the dark theme and slick integration with the Share Charm Bar. Would love to see a gallery view of unread articles similar to the Pocket website. Thanks for developing this Pocket client (please also make a Windows Phone version).
13 December 2012
Does exactly what it needs to do for me, which is the ability to save articles to Pocket from wherever I am via the share charm. Article view is useful and well laid out, but I prefer the Pocket web site for reading. Thank you for the good work.
7 December 2012
Simple and useful. Good work.
5 December 2012
I've been waiting for a good pocket app, and with Latermark, finally have one! ** One thing I would like would be the ability to change the app's 'background' color. Not a big fan of pink. **
15 August 2015
Needs some touch ups but it's promising overall. Plenty of theme options for free unlike Poki.
15 February 2015
This was one of the first apps I downloaded when I got my surface and I'm very happy with it. It allows me to go through my bookmarks in a nice list view and tagging is easy. I haven't yet saved anything to Pocket from my surface, so no comment there. Only key feature that would be useful that is either missing or I can't figure out is searching by tags. I have to scroll through the list myself and look at the tags I'm looking for, which takes a bit since I have over 50 bookmarks at the moment. Looking forward to seeing the app developed further.
15 October 2014
Works perfectly...Only 2 small areas where it could be improved. First, included a way to sort by length of articles and include word count for each. Second, add a design for when articles don't produce an image...a black circle just makes it too easy to skip over. Maybe a random colored circle or some other unique design. Thanks for your work!
12 May 2014
Definitely a welcomed application and good Pocket client. However, Latermark currently fails to remove articles read on other devices (in my case Nexus 7 using the official Pocket application).
12 March 2014
Says connecting to a service then hangs on there if I try to Login it says server error Except of that I knew pocket was an awesome app, I used on my android
23 January 2014
The design is great, I would definitely pay if I knew the program didn't have any key bugs. Here they are: no options to download/save articles automatically an view online, sometimes doesn't load any articles. Most of the issues probably lie in their syncing practices... fixing this will convince me to buy!
12 January 2014
It looks nice and seems to operate well. My only issue I've encountered is for some reason there is a black bar of unused space on the right side in both portrait mode and landscape. Reading the twitter feed, seems it is the ad space.
5 November 2013
App covers most of the Pocket features you are likely to want. However the app is just cumbersome. For example, for offline use I have to tell it to download the files manually. This means I have to share, then I have to go to the app and instruct it to download for offline reading. When I do I'm not able to continue my work as downloading happens in the foreground. The user interface feels like something from the "old world" of computing. It is functional but ugly.
1 November 2013
really awesome.. I was having issues with windows b/c of no native pocket app.. hope this continues to improve
22 October 2013
It may not be the prettiest but it gets the job done. In the absence of an official Pocket app, this is the next best thing. Definitely recommend.
24 September 2013
I love this app. I'm always saving things to be read later. So far no glitches on my surface rt
23 April 2013
The only thing I think it should do is make it a little bit easier to open in the browser when it doesn't support it (like make the notification bar clickable so I don't have to swipe and then click on the whole other side of the screen that I am looking at and on. Otherwise it's amazing and way better than any other Pocket app for Windows 8 in the store. Good job.