Afterwhile: Read later offline

Nornworks

In-app purchases

About this app

Save it now. Read it when you said you would.

Afterwhile is a calm read-later app for everything you mean to get back to: articles, links, notes and screenshots. Share something from any app, pick when it should come back, and Afterwhile brings it to the top of your list at that time.

Share from any app
Tap Share in your browser, a news app, a chat or your gallery and choose Afterwhile. Or paste a link with the + button.

Pick when it comes back
Tonight, tomorrow morning, the weekend, your next flight, or any day and time you like. When it's time, a gentle notification brings the item back under "Due now".

A clean offline reader
Articles are saved as clean, readable pages the moment you share them, so they open on the plane, on the subway, or anywhere without signal. Pick the text size that suits you.

Screenshots become searchable
Share a screenshot and Afterwhile reads the text inside it, right on your phone. Search finds that recipe, quote or address later, even if it only ever existed as a picture.

Tag it your way
Add a tag or two as you save, or later from any item: cooking, long reads, travel, whatever fits. Tap a tag on your list to see just those saves. Rename or tidy up tags whenever you like.

Due now, on your home screen
Add the Afterwhile widget and see what's back without opening the app. Tap an item to read it, or tap + to set something new aside.

Feels good to use
A small lamp named Lumi keeps you company, warm illustrations brighten the quiet moments, and soft sounds mark a save, a Done and a reminder. Prefer silence? One switch in Settings turns the sounds off.

Nothing leaves your phone
Your saves live only on your device. No accounts, no sign-in, no ads, no tracking. The only time Afterwhile goes online is to fetch the page you asked it to save.

Backups that look after themselves
Turn on automatic backups and Afterwhile saves a fresh copy to a folder you pick, every day or every week, and keeps the three newest. You can still export a backup by hand any time.

Coming from Pocket?
Import your Pocket export (CSV or HTML) in a tap. Unread links go into your list, archived ones into Done, and your Pocket tags come along too.

- Share links, text and screenshots from any app
- Reminder presets plus any custom time
- Offline reader view with adjustable text size
- On-device text recognition for screenshots
- Fast full-text search across articles, notes and screenshots
- Tags, with a one-tap filter
- A Due now widget for your home screen
- Backup and restore to a file you choose, plus automatic backups to a folder you choose
- Pocket import
- Dark theme
- Soft sounds, with a switch
- No ads, no accounts, no subscription

Free for your first 30 saves. After that, one small one-time purchase, Afterwhile Forever, unlocks unlimited saves for good. No subscription, ever. Restores, imports and duplicate links never count towards the 30.

What’s new

Save anything from any app, pick when it comes back, and read it offline. Meet Lumi, a small reading lamp, with warm illustrations throughout, and soft sounds for a save, a Done and a reminder (one switch in Settings turns them off). Also in this version: tags you add as you save and filter with one tap, a Due now widget for your home screen, and automatic backups to a folder you pick. Coming from Pocket? Bring your archive, tags and all.