Comparison

Bookmarks vs Buchen

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

Head to head
About

Bookmarks

Save, organize, and manage your favorite websites and links in one central location. Utilize custom collections and tags for efficient organization and quick retrieval. Seamlessly import and export your bookmarks, with automatic syncing across your devices.

Highlights
  • Organize with custom collections
  • Filter bookmarks using tags
  • Share URLs from other apps
  • Import and export bookmarks
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Intelligent search
Features
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Collect and manage your favorite websites with Bookmarks! Save URLs and links in a central place, organize them in collections and keep track of your digital bookmarks. • Organize your bookmarks with custom collections Custom collections help you organize your bookmarks efficiently. Create collections for specific topics and assign bookmarks to them. (In-App-Purchase required) • Filter bookmarks using Tags Create as many tags as you need and assign them to your bookmarks. This helps you to quickly filter and find bookmarks. • Share URLs in other apps Use the sharing feature in other apps to save URLs and links directly in Bookmarks. You can also simply drag and drop a website onto Bookmarks to store it (only on iPad). • Import and export your bookmarks Using a desktop browser like Safari or Chrome, you can create a file containing saved URLs to import into Bookmarks. Likewise, you can create such a file with Bookmarks to import it in a desktop browser. Importing bookmarks from Safari for iOS is currently not possible due to technical limitations. (In-App-Purchase required) • iCloud-Sync Your bookmarks are always up to date on all your devices, automatically synced via iCloud. Bookmarks does not collect any tracking or analysis data, and any information is only stored securely on Apple's iCloud servers. • …and much more: Intelligent search. Favorites. Individual notes per bookmark. Dark mode. Multi-windowing (only on iPad). Drag and Drop (only on iPad).

About

Buchen

Manage your web links with this bookmark organizer. Tag, sort into folders, and add notes to your saved sites. Import/export bookmarks and access them via widgets or share sheets.

Highlights
  • Tagging and folder organization
  • Bookmark pinning
  • Add notes to bookmarks
  • Import/export bookmarks (JSON, HTML)
  • Share sheet integration
  • QR code generation
  • App styling and widgets
  • Biometric app lock
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Buchen (pronounced like bookin’) is a simple bookmark manger that allows you to manage your bookmarks for multiple browsers, tags, and folders. Some of the feature of the app include: - Tag your bookmarks with an interface that allows you to easily add new tags and suggest existing ones. - Organise your bookmarks in folders. Folders can have as many sub-folders as you need to organise your bookmarks. - Pin your bookmarks, tags or folders. - Remove common trackers from URLs with one click when adding / editing a bookmark. - Add notes to your bookmarks. - Import / Export bookmarks as JSON or HTML. When the optional fields added date, tags, or notes are available in either import format, Buchen will use those too. - Shortcuts for adding bookmarks or searching bookmarks. - An “Add Bookmark” action for the Share Sheet. This allows you to add bookmarks directly from Safari and other apps. - A variety of keyboard shortcuts for iPad users. - Create QR Codes in a variety of colours for your bookmarks. You can view or share the QR Code from the bookmark detail view or with a left swipe / long-press on a bookmark. - Choose between different bookmark styles. You can choose different styles in the Bookmarks and Tags sections. - When you choose a bookmark style that shows its tags, you can navigate to that tag from any bookmark. - Choose from multiple colors to style the app and widgets. - Select which browser will open your bookmark. Note: Browsers other than Safari are only an option if they’re installed on the device. Read the help for the list of compatible browsers. - Lock Buchen with Face ID / Touch ID / Passcode. Either fully lock it down or enjoy some convenience and allow widgets and shortcuts to show your data. - Search your bookmarks against their name, URL, notes, browser, tags or even creation date (YY-MM-DD format). Buchen also comes with Widgets in all 4 sizes. Medium, Large and Extra Large widgets let you open links from the Widget. Add lock screen widgets for easy access to bookmarks, tags, and folders. Importing bookmarks can use the Buchen JSON format, Firefox JSON backup files or standard bookmark HTML files. Exporting bookmarks can use the Buchen JSON format or the standard bookmark HTML format. Notes from HTML imports require using the Delicious / Pinboard HTML format.

Screenshots

Bookmarks4 screens
Buchen4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Buchen at none against Bookmarks's 4. Buchen also leads on review sentiment (64% vs 48%). Bookmarks's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and rating (4.4 vs 4.1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bookmarks sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Buchen asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bookmarks holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bookmarks has 211 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 48% of Bookmarks's written reviews are positive against 64% of Buchen's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bookmarks ships an update every 4 days, Buchen every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Bookmarks versus Buchen: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookmarksBuchen
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (211 ratings) — better4.1 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews48.4% of reviews64.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings211 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB11 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperBenjamin BoeckerWilliam Baer

Customer experience

Bookmarks

All ratings190 ratings
Positive85.3%
Neutral2.6%
Negative12.1%
Written reviews95 reviews
Positive48.4%
Neutral16.8%
Negative34.7%

Buchen

All ratings16 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral18.8%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive64.3%
Neutral21.4%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Bookmarks

One-time4
  • Import and Export$1.99
  • Multiple Tag Selection$2.99
  • Collection Management$3.99
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  • Unlock everything$9.99
None

Buchen

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bookmarks free?
Bookmarks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Buchen free?
Buchen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bookmarks or Buchen?
Bookmarks is rated higher. Bookmarks averages 4.4 out of 5 from 211 ratings, while Buchen averages 4.1 from 16 ratings.
Do Bookmarks or Buchen have ads?
Neither Bookmarks nor Buchen shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bookmarks or Buchen?
Bookmarks ships an update every 4 days, and Buchen every 2 months. Most recently, Bookmarks was updated on October 23, 2026 and Buchen on October 25, 2026.

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