Data
Your library, in your iCloud, on your terms.Where your library lives
In your iCloud, not on a server of ours.No accountOpen the app and start saving. No email, no password.
Local-firstYour library lives on your device first and keeps working without any server of ours.
Works offlineSave and browse in a tunnel. Sync catches up later.
Syncs through iCloudMac, iPhone and iPad share one library through your iCloud. Nothing to set up.
The web appSigns in with your Apple Account and talks straight to your iCloud to add, read and archive from any browser.
Import and export
Bring a library in from another app. Take it out whenever you like.SafariImport bookmarks and your Reading List from Settings in the Mac app.
Pocket, Readwise, Omnivore, mymindConverters that run in your browser turn each export into DoubleMemory’s JSON format. Nothing is uploaded.
Any other formatMap it to the documented JSON format, or ask any LLM to write a script you run locally. Then import it from Settings.
ExportYour whole library as JSON, any time.
Delete everything
There is no account to close. The data is in your iCloud.Deleting the app does not remove your library from iCloud. To remove it too:
- Open System Settings on your iPhone, iPad or Mac, not DoubleMemory’s own settings.
- Tap your name, then iCloud.
- Tap Manage.
- Find DoubleMemory and choose Delete from iCloud.
Pricing
A free core, a yearly plan and a lifetime option.October 15, 2026New prices start. Plus goes from $17.99 to $29.99 a year for new subscribers, and Kindred Spirit (lifetime) from $59.99 to $79.99. Current subscribers keep $17.99 a year.
Plans
What each one covers, and what it costs before and after October 15.PlanWhat it coversPrice nowFrom October 15, 2026
FreeFor everyone
Unlimited items and iCloud sync, with up to 3 saved searches. Now and then it asks if you would like to subscribe.FreeFreeThe core stays free.
PlusYearly subscription
Everything in Free, with unlimited saved searches and no requests to subscribe.$17.99 a year$29.99 a yearFor new subscribers. Current subscribers keep $17.99.
Kindred SpiritLifetime, one-time purchase
Everything in Plus, paid once instead of yearly. Kindred Spirits get a timestamp of the moment they joined.$59.99$79.99
Prices in US dollars. Since version 2.0.4, local prices in other countries use purchasing power parity.
Why apps like this keep shutting down
A hosted read-it-later or bookmark service is a VC value trap: every new user brings more to store and more to process, so costs grow with the user base instead of shrinking.A hosted serviceCosts grow with every user
StorageEvery saved page, image and highlight sits on its servers, and the pile only grows.
AISummaries, tags and search run on its GPUs, billed per item, per user, forever.
SoIt needs VC money, ads or data deals to keep up, then a pivot, a sale or a shutdown.
DoubleMemoryCosts stay flat
StorageYour library lives on your devices and in your own iCloud. There is no server of ours to fill.
AIAuto Tags, Listen and Ask Memory run on your device with Apple Intelligence.
SoA new user costs close to nothing, so the core can stay free and the app stays alive.
Delicious, Omnivore, UpNext, Readability and Pocket all closed, and Instapaper changed hands several times. DoubleMemory skips those costs by design, so it is default-alive: it keeps working as long as iCloud does. Why local-first is the only sensible architecture
Why a subscription
From the maker’s essay on the value model.1
The core stays free.Local-first keeps the cost of capture and browsing near zero, so they stay free for everyone.
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You pay for what helps you remember.The subscription funds features that turn saving into recall, like AI retrieval and organization or listening instead of reading.
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Our incentive matches yours.A one-time sale rewards chasing new buyers. A modest recurring fee only lasts while the app stays useful to you.
Discounts
For students, educators, creators and press.Students and educatorsReach out for an educational discount.
Creators, press and news outletsAsk for a customized promo or referral code for your audience.