Laytr’s new app lets you save anything you find online, not just articles to read

Laytr 新应用：不仅能保存文章，还能保存你在网上发现的一切

After Mozilla’s read-it-later app Pocket shut down in August, a number of alternatives popped up to take its place. But one newcomer, Laytr, is taking things further than offering a way to save things to read. The app lets you save anything on the web for later consumption, whether that’s an article, recipe, screenshot, video, PDF, bookmark, or tab. The app also automatically sorts those different file types and lets you organize them into collections it calls “cases.” It can also remind you about a saved item on a date you choose, which could help you remember local events or places you want to visit on certain days, for instance. (Or perhaps as a way to force you to get through your reading list!)

在 Mozilla 的“稍后阅读”应用 Pocket 于 8 月关闭后，许多替代品应运而生。但新秀 Laytr 的功能远不止于保存文章。这款应用允许你保存网页上的任何内容以供日后查看，无论是文章、食谱、截图、视频、PDF、书签还是标签页。该应用还会自动对这些不同类型的文件进行分类，并允许你将它们整理成名为“案例”（cases）的合集。它还能在你选择的日期提醒你查看已保存的项目，例如，这可以帮助你记住当地的活动或计划在特定日期前往的地点。（或者，这也可以作为一种强迫你完成阅读清单的方法！）

What’s interesting about how the app works is that everything you save becomes a private archive that’s only accessible on your own device. That means you don’t have to create an account to use Laytr, and the developer can’t see anything you’ve saved either. Still, you can access your content across multiple Apple devices, including iPhone, iPad, and Mac, because the content syncs over iCloud.

这款应用有趣的地方在于，你保存的所有内容都会成为一个仅能在你设备上访问的私人档案。这意味着你无需创建账户即可使用 Laytr，开发者也无法查看你保存的任何内容。尽管如此，你仍然可以在多台 Apple 设备（包括 iPhone、iPad 和 Mac）上访问你的内容，因为这些内容会通过 iCloud 进行同步。

The idea for Laytr comes from Ontario-area indie developer Mostafa Talaat, and is published under his company’s name, Waitery Inc. Talaat told TechCrunch he was inspired to build his own read-it-later app after hearing about Pocket’s shutdown. Creating an app without a server was a privacy choice on his part. “What you save says a lot about you, and I didn’t want to be holding it. Everything stays on your device and in your own iCloud,” Talaat explained. “When you save something, Laytr asks when you want it back and reminds you on that day. It also imports your old Pocket export, so nobody has to start over,” he added.

Laytr 的创意来自安大略地区的独立开发者 Mostafa Talaat，并以其公司 Waitery Inc. 的名义发布。Talaat 告诉 TechCrunch，在听说 Pocket 关闭的消息后，他萌生了开发自己的“稍后阅读”应用的想法。开发一款无需服务器的应用是他出于隐私考虑的选择。“你保存的内容反映了你的很多信息，我不想掌握这些数据。一切都保留在你的设备和你的 iCloud 中，”Talaat 解释道。“当你保存某样东西时，Laytr 会询问你何时想再次查看，并在那天提醒你。它还可以导入你旧的 Pocket 导出文件，这样用户就不必从零开始了，”他补充道。

Because the app is privacy-focused, there are things it won’t do, including personalizing a feed or using AI to summarize or automatically tag items.

由于该应用专注于隐私保护，因此它不会提供某些功能，包括个性化信息流，或使用 AI 对项目进行总结或自动打标签。

The app is free to try, but limits you to 30 saved items. For full access, the app’s Premium tier costs either $1.99 a month, $14.99 a year, or a one-time $39.99 for a lifetime plan. (The lifetime offering is on sale for $24.99 until the end of December.) Talaat said the app will focus on adding more languages over time. If your subscription lapses, you also won’t lose your saves — you just won’t be able to add more until you rejoin a plan or get your archive back under the 30-item limit for free plans. You can also leave Laytr at any time, as the entire archive can be exported as a ZIP file, with readable Markdown and HTML for every item, note, tag, date, and collection (aka “case”).

该应用可免费试用，但限制保存 30 个项目。若要获得完全访问权限，其高级版费用为每月 1.99 美元、每年 14.99 美元，或一次性支付 39.99 美元购买终身计划。（终身计划在 12 月底前优惠价为 24.99 美元。）Talaat 表示，该应用未来将专注于增加更多语言支持。如果你的订阅过期，你也不会丢失已保存的内容——只是在重新加入计划或将档案数量恢复到免费计划的 30 个限制以内之前，你将无法添加新内容。你也可以随时离开 Laytr，因为整个档案都可以导出为 ZIP 文件，其中包含每个项目、笔记、标签、日期和合集（即“案例”）的可读 Markdown 和 HTML 文件。