Hookmark Pal vs Pins for Pinboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hookmark Pal
This app allows you to bookmark and link various types of data from your favorite applications, including web pages, tasks, and documents. It enables bidirectional linking between bookmarks and syncs your data across devices via iCloud. Get more value from your existing apps and data.
- Universal bookmarking across apps
- Bidirectional linking between bookmarks
- Syncs data via iCloud
- Cross-device compatibility
- Linkable items include tasks, emails, and documents
- Recent items and pinned bookmarks
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Hookmark: bookmark and retrieve important data across apps and devices. The first truly universal bidirectional bookmarking app for iPhone and iPad. Hookmark enables you to bookmark and link data from your favorite apps. Not just web pages, tasks (OmniFocus, Things,etc.), Books e-books, emails, DEVONthink items, Document in Drafts, … or anything else. As long as it's linkable (has a URL), Hookmark can bookmark it. And you can "hook" bookmarks together (create and use two-way links between them). With a Premium Service in-app purchase, Hookmark syncs your data to iCloud Drive. This makes them available across your iPad and iPhones. It can also sync bookmarks to & from Hook for macOS, another CogSci Apps® invention (sold separately). Start working on one device, resume on another! See Recent items and Pin your bookmarks across apps too. Get more out of your favorite apps and data with Hookmark. Using Hookmark requires agreeing to the Licensed Application End User License Agreement (EULA) : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Pins for Pinboard
Access and manage your Pinboard.in bookmarks on iOS devices. Organize links with smart collections, revisit past saves, and easily share new content. Offers a modern interface with adaptive layouts for various Apple devices.
- Browse bookmarks, tags, and sites
- Create Smart Collections for filtering
- Revisit bookmarks saved on this day historically
- Save links via share extension and Shortcuts
- Home Screen widget for link rediscovery
- Spotlight search for bookmarks
- Drag and drop, keyboard shortcuts, Handoff support
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Pins brings your Pinboard.in bookmarks to iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo. • Browse your bookmarks, tags, and sites in one place. • Create Smart Collections to filter bookmarks by title, description, tags, or URL. • Revisit bookmarks you saved on this day in previous years. • Save links from browsers and other apps with the share extension or Shortcuts. • Rediscover saved links with a Home Screen widget. • Find bookmarks through Spotlight. • Use drag and drop, keyboard shortcuts, and Handoff. • Choose separate accent colours for light and dark appearances. Built for iOS 27 and later, with Liquid Glass controls and layouts that adapt to iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo displays. A Pinboard.in account is required. Additional features are available through in-app purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pins for Pinboard at 80% against Hookmark Pal's 0%. Pins for Pinboard also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (327 vs 6). Hookmark Pal's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 27.0). 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
Both are free to download. Hookmark Pal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Pins for Pinboard sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pins for Pinboard holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pins for Pinboard has 327 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Hookmark Pal's written reviews are positive against 80% of Pins for Pinboard's.
Hookmark Pal ships an update every 3 weeks, Pins for Pinboard every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Hookmark Pal | Pins for Pinboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (6 ratings) | 4.8 (327 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 327 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | CogSci Apps Corp. | Quang Anh Do |
Customer experience
Hookmark Pal
Pins for Pinboard
Bugs and requests
Hookmark Pal
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Pins for Pinboard
Reported bugs
4 issues- Search not working
- App crashing when selecting channels
- Tags not refreshing accurately
- Odd URLs being queried on launch
Requested features
4 requests- Tag autocomplete on Mac
- Reader mode for articles
- Advanced search and filtering options
- Custom lists or collections
In-app purchases
Hookmark Pal
- Hookmark Pal3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Hookmark Pal7 Days trial$29.991 Year
Pins for Pinboard
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
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