Start.me vs Bookmarks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Start.me
Organize your online life by saving and accessing bookmarks, news feeds, notes, and to-do lists. Customize your homepage with widgets and share it with others. This tool helps you save time and create a personalized hub for everything you need online.
- Bookmark saving and access
- Customizable homepage widgets
- RSS news feeds
- Note-taking
- To-do lists
- Broken link checker
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With start.me you can quickly save and access bookmarks to everything you love online. And with many other widgets or features to choose from, you can make your homepage a hub you’ll want to share with your friends, colleagues, or students. start.me goes beyond bookmarking, with features like: - News (RSS) feeds - Notes - To-do lists - Google Analytics & Charts - Broken link checker - Beautiful backgrounds and colors to choose from. start.me is easily the most versatile, complete, and reliable bookmark manager on the market. Creating a free account takes less than a minute. Saving time online has never been easier.
Bookmarks
This app provides a seamless way to save and organize website links. It offers deep iOS integration, iCloud synchronization, and extensive Siri Shortcuts for effortless management. The user interface is designed for a delightful and intuitive experience.
- URL bookmarking
- iCloud Sync
- Siri Shortcuts integration
- Stunning user interface
- Deep iOS integration
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Linkeeper is the best URL bookmarking app out there, featuring deep integration into iOS, iCloud Sync, extensive Siri Shortcuts actions, and a stunning user interface that makes it a joy to use and feels like home. It is also 100% free to use.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Bookmarks at 5.0 against Start.me's 4.0. Bookmarks also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 52%) and device support (5 vs 3). Start.me's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). On price, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Bookmarks sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Start.me asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bookmarks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of Start.me's written reviews are positive against 75% of Bookmarks's.
Start.me ships an update fortnightly, Bookmarks every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Start.me | Bookmarks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.6% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 12 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | start.me | Starlight Apps LLP |
Customer experience
Start.me
Bookmarks
In-app purchases
Start.me
No in-app purchases
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