Comparison

GoodLinks vs Atode

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

Head to head
About

GoodLinks

Save articles and links for later reading, with a clean, ad-free experience. Organize, highlight, and take notes on your saved content across all your devices. Enjoy a private and customizable way to manage your reading list.

Highlights
  • Save links and articles
  • Ad-free reading experience
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Highlight and take notes
  • Organize with tags and stars
  • Customizable interface
  • Private and secure
Features
Currently charting
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Save links effortlessly. View them later, from anywhere, on all your devices. Sync, organize, and share your links—privately, without ever creating an account. GoodLinks is a powerful bookmarking app with a sleek reading experience. Save the content of the link while eliminating the ads and other clutter. Adding and viewing links is super simple and lightning fast. If you want to dig deeper, GoodLinks can be fully customized. No account. No ads. No creepy spying. GoodLinks just works. KEY FEATURES • Universal App :: GoodLinks is a single app that works on all of your iOS and macOS devices, so you can access your articles anywhere. • No Account :: Sync links, tags, and reading position without needing another web service account. iCloud Sync means all you have to do is install the app. • Simple :: Save articles from anywhere with a powerful Share Sheet extension. GoodLinks is so easy it feels like part of the operating system. • Readability :: Put the emphasis where it belongs—on the article you want to read. GoodLinks extracts the article text and removes web advertisements and other distractions to provide a wonderful reading experience. Pick the perfect font, spacing, and size. • Highlight & Note :: Highlight important information within articles and add notes to them, making it easier for you to remember key passages. • Organize :: Tame a large list with tags and starred articles, so you can always find what you need. You can also search based on title, author, and description. • Actions :: Actions help you manage and share links. You can add article to Starred, share to other apps, export to PDF, plain text or Markdown... Build your own actions to export and share your saved links. • Customize :: Adjust how your links and lists look, change swipe behavior, and more. Tailor GoodLinks to fit your style. • Themes :: Switch between beautiful themes: Light and Sepia for light mode, Dark and Night for dark mode. • Siri Shortcuts :: Deep support of iOS Shortcuts. Save a new link, query links, open a specific view, and more. • Log in to Sites :: Log in to paywalled sites to get full access to their content. • Widgets :: Get quick access to a list, or open a random unread link from your home screen. • Summarization :: Get a summary of any article with Apple Intelligence or external LLM services using your own API keys. • Archive :: The full rich text of each article gets saved in GoodLinks, and your reading history provides a natural archive if you need it. Save as many links as you want. • Private :: Your reading history and favorite articles should only be private by default. GoodLinks doesn’t track you or your information, and nothing is shared online unless you choose to share it. • VoiceOver :: GoodLinks is fully accessible via VoiceOver. GOODLINKS PREMIUM When you purchase GoodLinks today, you will get *permanent* access to all the current features, including any new ones released one year from your date of purchase. After your one year of feature upgrades is up, any new features introduced will require the GoodLinks Premium subscription to unlock. Once unlocked, those features are yours to keep *forever*, even if you choose to unsubscribe right after subscribing. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://goodlinks.app/privacy/

About

Atode

Save articles from any app for distraction-free reading later. Organize your saved content with custom styles, notes, and highlights. Syncs across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Bookmark articles from any app
  • Offline reading with optimized format
  • Customizable reader with themes and fonts
  • Highlighting and note-taking
  • Organize with folders and tags
  • Export articles in various formats
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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Atode lets you bookmark and save articles for reading later. Save news, blog or other text based content directly from Safari, Firefox, Chrome or any other app. Read anything you saved later in an optimized format with custom styles for better readability and distraction-free reading. BOOKMARK Save articles with just a click from Safari or any other app by using the bookmark extension. Atode doesn't only save links to those pages you want to return to. It also downloads their content and converts it to a minimal format. Read anything you saved later with just the essential text and images, without any headers, ads or clutter to get in the way. All content is stored on your device, so it even works offline. READER The reader's design is carefully crafted for articles with custom styles for better readability and distraction-free reading. Choose your favorite theme font (Lato, Georgia, Lexend, OpenDyslexic, ...), reader mode (day, sepia, grey, black, ...), select a preset or custom font size, content layout (page, scroll), adjust margins and many more options. Take notes or highlight favorite sections while reading. Search to quickly find anything or copy, define, translate and lookup selected text. LIBRARY Organise your articles in an easy to use library. Mark articles as favorites, add tags or put them in folders. Sort articles by date, unread, title or recently read. Browse your collection by folder, tag or website and filter the library by tags or reading time. Export your articles with all information and annotations in text, markdown or json format or upload highlights to Readwise and other services. You can also save the article content as a PDF, plain text or markdown for use in other apps. CLOUD All your articles and annotations are stored securely in Apple's iCloud, there is no external account required. Keep all your articles safe and at hand on whatever device. Every time you add an article, annotation, folder or tag, it's synced to all your other devices. Always have the latest version, when you start reading on your iPad and continue on your iPhone on the go. Please note that you need to be signed in on your device with the same Apple ID on all platforms. WIDGETS See your bookmarked articles or highlighted quotes. Atode includes widgets to quickly view and open your bookmarked articles or highlighted quotes. Add a widget from the gallery and choose a list from the configuration options. Continue reading where you left off right from your home or lock screen. PREMIUM The basic edition is free to use, includes all features and lets you try out the unrestricted reader. However, there is a limit to the number of bookmarks you can save per month. Upgrade to a premium subscription for more or unlimited bookmarks. - Atode Plus: Increased bookmark limit - Atode Pro: Unlimited number of bookmarks Atode is an independent app, your purchase supports the further development. When you buy an in-app purchase, you are doing so through Apple's App Store and agree to their terms and conditions. Payments will be charged to the credit card of your Apple account. SERVICE Atode is available for iPhone, iPad and Mac. In contrast to other read it later apps, Atode does not collect or sell any personal information. And it keeps your data private. Terms of Service: https://www.atode-reader.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://www.atode-reader.com/privacy/ Support: https://www.atode-reader.com/support/

Screenshots

GoodLinks4 screens
Atode4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Atode at Free against GoodLinks's $9.99. GoodLinks's advantage is ratings volume (637 vs 17) and review sentiment (80% vs 60%). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Atode is free to download; GoodLinks costs $9.99 up front. GoodLinks sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per year and Atode sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for GoodLinks against 4.6 for Atode. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GoodLinks has 637 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of GoodLinks's written reviews are positive against 60% of Atode's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GoodLinks ships an update every 2 weeks, Atode monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
GoodLinks versus Atode: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGoodLinksAtode
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (637 ratings) — better4.6 (17 ratings)
Positive reviews79.5% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings637 — better17
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#2 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size223 MB59 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperNgoc LuuBeat Raess

Customer experience

GoodLinks

All ratings637 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews464 reviews
Positive79.5%
Neutral8.4%
Negative12.1%

Atode

All ratings17 ratings
Positive94.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.9%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%

Bugs and requests

GoodLinks

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Syncing problems between devices
  • Crashes and freezes reported
  • Inconsistent article rendering

Requested features

5 requests
  • Annotation and highlighting support
  • Folder-based organization
  • Improved search and filtering
  • PDF export and annotation
  • RSS feed integration

Atode

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

GoodLinks

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Feature Upgrade$4.991 Year
One-time5
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Nice Tip$2.99
  • Generous Tip$4.99
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  • Massive Tip$9.99
  • Amazing Tip$19.99
3 purchases

Atode

Subscriptions3
  • Atode Plus$0.991 Month
  • Atode Pro3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Atode Pro3 Days trial$24.991 Year

Questions

Is GoodLinks free?
GoodLinks costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Atode free?
Atode is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GoodLinks or Atode?
GoodLinks is rated higher. GoodLinks averages 4.7 out of 5 from 637 ratings, while Atode averages 4.6 from 17 ratings.
Do GoodLinks or Atode have ads?
Neither GoodLinks nor Atode shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GoodLinks or Atode?
GoodLinks ships an update every 2 weeks, and Atode monthly. Most recently, GoodLinks was updated on October 1, 2026 and Atode on September 28, 2026.

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