Linkstacks vs Later
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Linkstacks
An open-source bookmarking tool offering a clean, ad-free, and minimalist interface for organizing and sharing your favorite links. It prioritizes user privacy and a straightforward experience.
- Open-source bookmarking
- Ad-free interface
- Minimalistic design
- Link organization
- Link sharing
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Bookmarking that is open by design and provides a clean, ad-free, minimalistic interface.
Later
Save articles, videos, and shopping items from across the web to read later on your own terms. This private, ad-free tool offers seamless saving across devices and organizes your content with tags and notes. Enjoy offline access and robust import/export options.
- Private link saving
- Ad-free experience
- Save from any app
- Organize with tags and notes
- Offline reading
- Import/export from other services
- Reminders for links
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Too many open tabs and links you sent yourself? Later is one calm place for everything you want to read: articles, videos, recipes, anything with a link. Save it in a tap and read it when you're ready, on iPhone, iPad and Mac. No account. No ads. No tracking. Your links live on your devices and in your iCloud, never on our servers. Downloaded over 500,000 times and named one of the Best Read Later Apps by Apple. SAVE FROM ANY APP • Tap Share in any app and choose Later • Save with Siri, Shortcuts or the Action Button • On the Mac, save in one click with the Safari, Chrome and Firefox extensions READ WITHOUT DISTRACTIONS • Reader mode shows just the article: no ads, no pop-ups, no clutter • Keep offline copies for flights, trains and spotty connections • Offline copies sync to all your devices ORGANIZE YOUR WAY • Colorful tags, flags and smart folders • Add a note to remember why you saved something • Set a reminder to read it at the right time • Archive what you've read to keep your Inbox clear • Find any link with search, even from Spotlight PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Trackers are stripped from your links as you save them • Lock Later with Face ID or Touch ID • Daily backups to iCloud Drive BRING YOUR LIBRARY • Import from Pocket, Instapaper, Raindrop or GoodLinks • Export everything anytime. You're never locked in. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://xavimoll.com/legal/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Linkstacks at none against Later's 3. Linkstacks also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). Later's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (173 vs 3). On price, ads and device support 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. Later sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Linkstacks asks for nothing beyond the download.
Linkstacks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Later has 173 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Linkstacks's written reviews are positive against 79% of Later's.
Linkstacks ships an update every 5 weeks, Later every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Linkstacks | Later |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.5 (173 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 79.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 173 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Poul Nielsen | Xavi Moll |
Customer experience
Linkstacks
Later
Bugs and requests
Linkstacks
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Later
Reported bugs
10 issues- macOS app crashes on scroll and when adding links from share menu
- Subscription restoration button doesn't work for paid members
- Images not loading for bookmark previews
- App gets stuck on subscription page preventing further saves
- Long press sneak preview feature not functioning
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- Duplicate link removal option not detecting duplicates
- Data loss after phone update/migration
- Tag order changes unexpectedly after updates
- Loading times increased significantly in recent version
- iOS 17 requirement breaks updates for older devices
Requested features
15 requests- Custom folders with icons for better organization
- Ability to create and search tags from share menu
- Bulk editing and multi-tag selection
- Offline article content saving
- Integrated reader view with distraction-free reading
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- Image preview thumbnails in list view
- Ability to mark articles as read/unread
- Advanced filtering by location (Inbox/Archive) and read status
- Support for multiple browser selection (Firefox, etc.)
- Shared link collections with other users
- Pinboard and other import format support
- Annotation and highlighting within articles
- Selective offline saving by tag
- Grid view with thumbnails
- Notes feature for links
In-app purchases
Linkstacks
No in-app purchases
Later
- Later Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Later Pro (Yearly)7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Later Pro (Forever)$49.99
