By Matter and not24get.me start with the same gesture. You find something on the web and you save it. The real trade-off is what happens next: Matter is a reading app built around articles and highlights, while not24get.me is a bookmark manager built for reference and action.
That difference sounds small. It is not. A reading queue wants flow: save, read, highlight, move on. A reference library wants recall: save anything, find it months later, hand it to a teammate without explanation. Pick the tool that matches the job you actually have.
The 60-second version
Matter is a modern read-later app for iPhone, iPad, and the web. It saves articles, threads, PDFs, and newsletters into one clean queue. The reading view is excellent. Highlighting is nearly frictionless, text-to-speech sounds close to human, and Premium adds full-text search and integrations with notes tools. For people whose saved links are almost always things to read, it is a very solid product. If your main job is reading and discussing articles, Matter is a very good fit.
not24get.me is a bookmark manager for any link, not only articles. You save from a browser extension with a note and tags, file links into folders, and search your own words later. Paid plans search the full text of archived pages. Shared folders and workspaces give a team one structure instead of pasted URLs in chat. If your main job is keeping links findable and useful, alone or with a team, not24get.me is the broader choice.
Where they differ
Capturing what you find
Matter earns real credit here. Its parser strips clutter and produces one of the cleanest reading views in this category. Newsletters can go straight to Matter through Gmail or a unique Matter email address, which gets them out of the inbox. You can follow writers and feeds, so the queue fills itself. Saving is built for one content type, and it does that type well.
not24get.me captures a wider range. An article, a dashboard, a vendor docs page, a pricing page, a repo: all of them save the same way from the extension for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, or Safari. While the page is open you add a short note and a tag or two, then drop the link into a folder. There is no reading view and no newsletter routing. The unit of work is the link itself, whatever it points at.
Finding it again later
Matter searches the full text of your library on Premium, even offline, and tags plus a reorderable queue keep current reading tidy. The model is recall for reading: find the piece, finish it, archive it. For a queue that turns over every week, that is enough.
not24get.me is tuned for recall months later. Search matches the notes and tags you wrote when you saved, the words you actually remember. Paid plans extend search across the full text of archived pages, so a vague memory still lands on the right link. You can preview a page inside the hub before opening it, and link checks flag broken URLs before you rely on them.
Working with others
Matter shares well in one direction. Highlights become clean quoteshots, articles send to a colleague in a tap, and sync integrations push highlights into notes tools where a team might already work. For discussing what you read, this is genuinely appealing. What it does not offer is a shared team library with a common structure.
not24get.me treats sharing as a workspace problem. A shared folder carries the links, the notes, and the tags together, so recipients do not reconstruct your structure from scratch. Team workspaces hold 2 to 7 seats with everything in Pro. The result is less about discussing one article and more about keeping a team's references in one place.
Keeping it long-term
Matter is designed for throughput. Read, highlight, archive, move on. That is a strength for reading habits, and the archive stays searchable. It is simply not built to be a permanent reference shelf for links you might need in two years, and it only saves content it can parse as reading material.
not24get.me is built for the long haul. Notes and tags age well because they carry your context, not the page's title. Archived page text keeps search working even when a site changes. Link checks warn you when a saved URL dies. You can also import browser bookmarks into a folder, so the library you already have comes along.
If you are moving from Matter
The move is simple for links and partial for highlights. Plan for both.
- Create a free not24get.me account.
- Install the browser extension for your browser.
- In Matter, open your archive and pick the links you still need as references.
- Re-save those links into not24get.me with a one-line note and a tag each.
- Export or sync your Matter highlights to your notes tool before you cancel, so that copy survives.
Set one honest expectation: highlights do not transfer into not24get.me. It stores notes about links, not in-text annotations. Keep your highlights in Matter or in the notes tool you synced them to. Many people run both: Matter for reading, not24get.me for the links work depends on.
Pricing
| Plan | Matter | not24get.me |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Unlimited library, basic read-later, tags | 0 EUR. Unlimited bookmarks, 2 workspaces, API 1,000 calls/day |
| Paid | Premium: $8/month or $60/year on the web. HD text-to-speech, highlighting and notes, integrations, full-text search | Pro: 1 EUR/month (9 EUR/yr billed annually). Full-text search across archived pages, share links, 10 workspaces |
| Team | No team plan; sharing is per article or highlight | Team: 3 EUR per seat/month, 2-7 seats (30 EUR/seat/yr billed annually). Everything in Pro, team workspaces |
Matter prices checked on getmatter.app on 4 Sep 2026. App Store pricing can differ from web pricing. Full not24get.me plan details are on the pricing page.
FAQ
What is the Matter app?
Matter is a read-later app for iPhone, iPad, and the web. It saves articles, threads, PDFs, and newsletters into one reading queue, with highlighting, notes, tags, and text-to-speech.
Is Matter free?
Yes, the core app is free with an unlimited library. Matter Premium costs $8 per month or $60 per year on the web and adds HD text-to-speech, fluid highlighting and note-taking, integrations, and full-text search.
What is the best Matter alternative?
It depends on the job. For reading articles, other read-later apps compete directly with Matter. For managing links, references, and resources for work, alone or with a team, not24get.me is the broader choice. See how it compares with Diigo and Karakeep as well.
Does not24get.me support highlighting?
No. not24get.me saves the link with your note and tags, and paid plans archive the page text so you can search it later. For in-text highlighting, Matter or a notes tool is the better fit.
Can I move my highlights from Matter to not24get.me?
Not directly. The links move: you re-save the pages you still need. Highlights stay in Matter or in the notes tool you sync them to, because not24get.me stores notes about links, not in-text highlights.
If reading is the job, keep Matter. If keeping links findable is the job, start a free not24get.me account and see the difference in a week. You can also compare with browser bookmarks, Diigo, or Karakeep, or check the pricing page for plan details.