Omnivore vs mymind: Which is better? (2026)
The short answer
mymind wins by default — Omnivore shut down in November 2024 and its hosted service no longer exists. But they solve different problems: mymind is a private visual canvas, not a reading queue, so article-first Omnivore refugees should also weigh a dedicated read-it-later app.
Feature comparison
| Feature | Omnivore | mymind | Marqly |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI auto-tagging | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Semantic search (find by meaning) | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI summaries | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| YouTube AI (summary, chat, transcript) | — | — | ✓ |
| Chat with your saves | — | — | ✓ |
| Web highlighter | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Notes on highlights | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Save page as PDF | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full-text search | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Save all open tabs | — | — | ✓ |
| Public sharing (boards/collections) | — | — | ✓ |
| Pocket import | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Browser bookmarks import | — | — | ✓ |
| Offline reading | ✓ | — | — |
| iOS app | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Android app | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Browser extension | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Free tier | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Public API | ✓ | ✓ | — |
| Self-hostable | ✓ | — | — |
| Price | Free | Free · The Bookmarker $4.99/mo; Student of Life $7.99/mo or $79/yr; Mastermind $12.99/mo or $129/yr | Free · $48/year (≈$4/mo) or $8/month |
- Omnivore
- Free
- mymind
- Free · The Bookmarker $4.99/mo; Student of Life $7.99/mo or $79/yr; Mastermind $12.99/mo or $129/yr
- Marqly
- Free · $48/year (≈$4/mo) or $8/month
Pricing
- Omnivore: Omnivore has shut down and no longer accepts new users. Omnivore shut down in November 2024 after its team was acqui-hired by ElevenLabs. Users had until November 30, 2024 to export their data before it was deleted. The open-source code remains on GitHub, and community forks offer self-hosted deployments.
- mymind: mymind has a free tier; paid plans are The Bookmarker $4.99/mo; Student of Life $7.99/mo or $79/yr; Mastermind $12.99/mo or $129/yr. Every account starts on a free "guest plan" capped at 100 cards — free forever, not a timed trial. AI tagging starts on Student of Life; AI summaries, reading mode, article backup, and the PDF analyzer require Mastermind. The Bookmarker tier has no AI features.
- Marqly: Marqly has a free tier; paid plans are $48/year (≈$4/mo) or $8/month. 7-day free trial of Pro. Free tier needs no card; Pro unlocks chat with saves and video chat.
About Omnivore
Omnivore was an open-source read-it-later app that launched in 2022 and quickly became a favorite alternative to Pocket and Instapaper. It was completely free: saved articles, newsletters, PDFs, and RSS feeds landed in a clean library with labels, filters, and a notably powerful search syntax, backed by native iOS and Android apps, browser extensions for all major browsers, text-to-speech, and plugins that synced highlights to Obsidian and Logseq. In late October 2024, the team announced they had joined ElevenLabs to work on its Reader app, and the hosted service shut down the following month — users had until November 30, 2024 to export their data before it was permanently deleted. Because Omnivore was AGPL-licensed, the code remains on GitHub with well over a thousand forks, and community projects offer self-hosted deployments, though the stack (PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, multiple microservices) is demanding to run. No official successor exists.
About mymind
mymind is a private, visual saving tool that calls itself "the extension of your mind." Everything you save — bookmarks, images, quotes, notes, PDFs — lands as a card on one searchable visual canvas. There are no folders and no manual filing: AI tags each card automatically and recognizes objects, colors, brands, and text inside images, so you retrieve things by describing what you remember. The product is deliberately single-player: nothing is shareable, there are no social features or ads, and the company is funded only by memberships. Apps cover the web, Mac, iOS, and Android, with extensions for Chrome, Edge, and Safari. Every account starts on a free 100-card guest plan; paid plans run from $4.99 to $12.99 per month, with AI summaries, reading mode, and a PDF analyzer reserved for the top Mastermind tier. A read/write API entered beta in mid-2026. Bulk import is deliberately unsupported.
Which should you choose?
This comparison has a one-sided answer baked in: Omnivore’s hosted service closed in November 2024 after the team joined ElevenLabs, and unexported data was deleted at the end of that month. mymind, funded entirely by memberships, is alive and actively developed. Even when both were running, they were opposites — Omnivore was a free, open-source article reader with highlights, offline apps, and text-to-speech; mymind is a paid, deliberately single-player visual board where AI tags every card and recognizes objects, colors, and brands inside images.
Choose an Omnivore fork if:
- You are a committed self-hoster willing to run a demanding stack (PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, multiple microservices) maintained by volunteers.
- You want a genuinely free, open-source reading queue and accept the uncertainty that comes with community forks.
Choose mymind if:
- You save more images, screenshots, and inspiration than long articles, and want them searchable by what’s in them.
- You want zero filing — no folders, no manual tags, AI does the sorting.
- Privacy matters: no ads, no tracking, no social layer.
Two honest caveats before switching. First, mymind supports no bulk import by design, so the export ZIP you (hopefully) pulled from Omnivore before the deadline cannot be brought over — you start from zero, or script something against the API that entered beta in mid-2026. Second, mymind is weak at exactly what Omnivore did best: there are no highlights, no offline reading, and AI summaries plus reading mode sit behind the $12.99/month Mastermind tier. If your Omnivore habit was reading articles, a maintained read-it-later app is the truer successor; if it was collecting visual ideas, mymind is the upgrade Omnivore never was.
The option both sides overlook
If the real problem is finding things again, neither Omnivore nor mymind fully solves it. Marqly auto-tags and summarizes every save with AI and lets you retrieve any of them by describing what you remember — plus a highlighter, YouTube summaries with transcripts, and save-as-PDF. There's a free tier with no card required.
Omnivore vs mymind FAQ
Can I still use Omnivore instead of mymind?
Not the hosted service — it shut down in November 2024, and data that wasn't exported by November 30 was permanently deleted. The only way to run Omnivore today is self-hosting a community fork of its open-source code, which demands PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, and several microservices. For anyone unwilling to run servers, a maintained app is the practical path.
Can I import my Omnivore export into mymind?
No. mymind deliberately offers no bulk import from any source — not Pocket, not browser bookmarks, and not an Omnivore export ZIP. The company argues a fresh start beats migrating clutter. Its read/write API entered beta in mid-2026, so a scripted import is technically possible, but there is no official tool.
Is mymind a good replacement for Omnivore?
Only for visual savers. mymind excels at images and inspiration — AI recognizes objects, colors, brands, and text inside pictures — but it lacks Omnivore's highlights, offline reading, and text-to-speech, and its AI features start at $7.99/month where Omnivore was entirely free. Article-focused readers will feel the mismatch quickly.