Hookmark Pal vs Bare
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/
Bare
This app helps you create and manage grocery lists with automatic categorization by store section. It offers quick item addition, easy checking off, and sharing capabilities. The focus is on a simple, efficient shopping experience without extra features.
- Automatic store section sorting
- Quick item addition and check-off
- Share lists with family
- Widget support for checking off items
- Suggestions as you type
- Multiple lists
- iCloud sync across devices
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A shopping list that is fast to add to and fast to check off. Type an item and press return. It goes into the right store section automatically, like Produce, Dairy, or Household, so your list follows the way you walk through the store. Tap an item to check it off. The app is intentionally simple. No accounts, settings, ads, recipes, meal plans, or prices. Nothing to set up. It does one thing well: your shopping list. It supports English and Norwegian. ■ Highlights ‣ Sorted by store section automatically, with Apple Intelligence ‣ Share a list with your family and see their changes right away ‣ Check off items from a widget, without opening the app ■ More features ‣ Suggestions as you type, from your earlier items and common groceries ‣ Type “2 milk” to set the quantity ‣ Multiple lists, for example, one for each store ‣ The screen stays on while you shop ‣ Send a list as text to someone without an iPhone ‣ Syncs across your devices with iCloud ‣ Paste a copied list to add one item per line ‣ Lock Screen widgets, a Control Center control, and the Action button ‣ Siri and Shortcuts: “Add to Bare” ‣ Apple Watch app that works on its own Store sections need Apple Intelligence. Without it, common groceries are still sorted, and other items go in Other.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Hookmark Pal at Free against Bare's $3.00. Hookmark Pal also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 27.0). Bare's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 2.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads 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
Hookmark Pal is free to download; Bare costs $3.00 up front. Hookmark Pal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Bare asks for nothing beyond the download.
Bare holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Hookmark Pal has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | Hookmark Pal | Bare |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $3.00 |
| Rating | 2.3 (6 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #177 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CogSci Apps Corp. | Sindre Sorhus |
In-app purchases
Hookmark Pal
- Hookmark Pal3 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Hookmark Pal7 Days trial$29.991 Year
Bare
No in-app purchases









