Comparison

AppLink vs Locals.com

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

AppLink

Organize and share your web links securely. Upload URLs, set privacy, and categorize them into custom folders with colors and icons. Discover public links shared by others and get notified when your content is liked.

Highlights
  • Secure URL uploads with content moderation
  • Adjustable link privacy (public/private)
  • Customizable folders with colors and glyphs
  • Share links publicly or privately
  • Tagging for easy link discovery
  • Search and save liked links
  • Notifications for likes and engagement
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Either if you are a blogger or have a business website, if you manage profiles on socials or use to browse the internet for your interests, this new app is available for passionate people like you! • Upload your links to get more audience in a secure way: URLs are monitored by Moderate Content to prevent adult-only websites to be uploaded. • You might change the privacy to show or hide your links to the public: if you set it private, only you have access to it. • Arrange your stuff into custom coloured folders: choose among a rainbow colour palette and a nice collection of glyphs. • You can group together links according to your criteria and create many folders. Make it easy for you to manage your data. • Free Plan: you will access the default Uploads folder and have an upload limit of 3 links/month. Purchase the Premium Plan to unlock these features When you upload a new link, by default the privacy is set to Public because people want to know what you are interested in. All the public links appear in the Timeline view of the app: that’s where everyone can see what other users have uploaded. You can share your favorite receipts, songs, videos, blogs, social profiles, public campaigns, apps, beta test links, articles, products or any other link you want other people will visit. Tags make your links easy to find: other users will see them searching by keywords (Tags). This app can find tags within the metadata of the HTML source and in the images, but you should add many other keywords in order to ensure high accuracy in the search. You can set Tags when uploading a new link and edit them whenever you want. There is NO need to add any hashtag (#) symbol before the words when you are typing in. • To find something you are interested in, just search it! From the main view, tap the magnifier to show the search bar • Type the keywords that better match with your expectation and look for the links people have shared. When you find a link you want to see again, tap the Heart to save it into your Likes folder (links in folders are arranged by decreasing modification date) • When a user likes one of your public links, you will be notified: that’s why it is prompted the authorization request • You can check how many people liked you content and get your stuff very popular. Access the notifications from the main view of the app by tapping the bell 
Remember to allow iOS to deliver you notifications. You can change your preference any time in the Settings app.

About

Locals.com

Connect directly with creators and communities you admire. This platform prioritizes user control and creator ownership, offering features like live streaming, community feeds, and content libraries. Support creators independently without algorithmic interference.

Highlights
  • Direct creator support
  • Algorithm-free content feeds
  • Creator data ownership
  • Live streaming with chat
  • Community feeds and posts
  • Content libraries (video/audio)
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Directly support the creators you love. Control your content and avoid the algorithms. Built from the ground up to champion the needs of creators, Locals does not sell your data and creators have unprecedented ownership over theirs. With features like live-streaming with chat, community feeds and posts, and content libraries for video and audio, the Locals app is an all-in-one solution to interact with the content you love, while directly supporting the independence of the communities and creators you care about. Power to the people. Not the platform. On Locals. https://locals.com/terms

Screenshots

AppLink4 screens
Locals.com4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: AppLink at 100% against Locals.com's 53%. Locals.com's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (42K vs 19). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. AppLink sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Locals.com sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Locals.com holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Locals.com has 42K ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of AppLink's written reviews are positive against 53% of Locals.com's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
AppLink versus Locals.com: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAppLinkLocals.com
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (19 ratings)4.7 (42K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better53.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1942K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 4 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#120 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB53 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperAlessandro OlivaLocals Technology Inc

Customer experience

AppLink

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative10.5%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Locals.com

All ratings41,588 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews364 reviews
Positive53.0%
Neutral14.6%
Negative32.4%

Bugs and requests

AppLink

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Locals.com

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Frequent crashes and freezes
  • Disappearing notifications
  • Orientation issues on iPad
  • Inconsistent audio/video sync
  • Unreliable live stream playback

Requested features

5 requests
  • Download option for offline viewing
  • Better nested comments and community management
  • Improved integration with Rumble platform
  • Customizable notification settings
  • Picture-in-picture mode for video playback

In-app purchases

1 purchases

AppLink

One-time1
  • Premium Plan$1.99
12 purchases

Locals.com

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly: 50 coins + 20 bonus$7.991 Month
One-time11
  • 20 Coins$1.99
  • 50 Coins$4.99
  • 50$7.99
Show 8 more
  • 100 Coins$9.99
  • 100$14.99
  • 150 Coins$14.99
  • 200$19.99
  • 210 Coins$20.99
  • 300 Coins$29.99
  • 360 Coins$35.99
  • 500 Coins$49.99

Questions

Is AppLink free?
AppLink is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Locals.com free?
Locals.com is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, AppLink or Locals.com?
Locals.com is rated higher. AppLink averages 4.2 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Locals.com averages 4.7 from 42K ratings.
Do AppLink or Locals.com have ads?
Neither AppLink nor Locals.com shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AppLink or Locals.com?
AppLink ships an update every 4 weeks, and Locals.com every 4 weeks. Most recently, AppLink was updated on October 4, 2026 and Locals.com on October 13, 2026.

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