Start.me vs CyberTOOLBELT
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.
CyberTOOLBELT
Access a vast database of over 12.5 billion data points for on-the-go investigations. Perform live reverse phone number searches and generate detailed reports on domains, IP addresses, and emails. Stay informed with news from over 15 sources.
- Search 12.5 billion+ data points
- Live reverse phone number searches
- Enriched data reports (domains, IPs, emails)
- Access news from 15+ sources
- On-the-go investigation
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Investigate on the go. The official app to CyberTOOLBELT. - Run searches on over 12.5 billion data points. - Do live reverse phone number searches - Generate enriched reports on key data points such as domains, IP addresses, and email addresses. - Access articles from over 15 news sources. More Information Terms of use: https://appstoreconnect.apple.com/apps/6462347121/distribution/ios/version/inflight
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Start.me at none against CyberTOOLBELT's 15. CyberTOOLBELT's advantage is review sentiment (63% vs 52%). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. CyberTOOLBELT sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Start.me asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Start.me against 3.9 for CyberTOOLBELT. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 7 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 52% of Start.me's written reviews are positive against 63% of CyberTOOLBELT's.
Start.me ships an update fortnightly, CyberTOOLBELT every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Start.me | CyberTOOLBELT |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (9 ratings) — better | 3.9 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 51.6% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | start.me | CyberTOOLBELT LLC |
Customer experience
Start.me
CyberTOOLBELT
In-app purchases
Start.me
No in-app purchases
CyberTOOLBELT
- Email Breach Monitor (1)$1.991 Month
- Email Breach Monitor (2)$3.991 Month
- Email Breach Monitor (5)$7.991 Month
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- Email Breach Monitor (10)$16.991 Month
- Email Breach Monitor (1)$19.991 Year
- Email Breach Monitor (2)$39.991 Year
- Email Breach Monitor (5)$79.991 Year
- Email Breach Monitor (10)$169.991 Year
- Email Breach Monitor (100)$999.991 Year
- 50 Search Credits$1.99
- 75 Search Credits$2.99
- 10 Premium Credits$3.49
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- 100 Search Credits$3.79
- 25 Premium Credits$6.99
- 50 Premium Credits$12.99
Questions
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