Brace.to vs Bookmarks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Brace.to
Save and organize links privately across all your devices. This manager encrypts your saved content, ensuring only you can access it. It offers multiple ways to save links and presents them with titles and images for easy recall.
- Encrypted link saving
- Cross-device synchronization
- Link beautification (title/image)
- Web3 technology integration
- Browser extensions
- Mobile apps
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Your bookmark manager with privacy at heart. Brace.to helps you save links to everything and visit them later easily, anytime, on any of your devices. Powered by Stacks technology, all your saved links are encrypted, and only you can decrypt them and see the content inside. There are several ways to save a link for your convenience. You can save a link: • At our website (https://brace.to) • In the web browser address bar by typing "brace.to" and "/" before any link • With our web browser extensions on your desktop • Via our mobile apps on your phone Then, you can visit your saved links anytime on any of your devices. Every link you save will be beautified with its representative image and title so you can easily find and recognize it. Powered by Web3 technology from Stacks: • Your account is cryptographically generated; only you, with your Secret Key, can control it. Your account cannot be locked, banned, or deleted by anyone, as your Secret Key is required to access and modify your account. • Everything is encrypted; only you, with your Secret Key, can see the content inside. No one can see the content inside your data, so it cannot be used to create targeted ads. If your data is stolen, no information is leaked. • Your data lives in a data server of your choice; only you, with your Secret Key, can change it. You can manage your data and set permissions directly, as you can host your own data server or choose any data server provider. Bring back control of your account and data one link at a time with Brace.to, powered by Web3 technology from Stacks, to ensure your privacy cannot be compromised. Not only that Brace.to doesn't be evil; Brace.to can't be. Brace.to offers one simple no-tricks subscription plan to support us and unlock all extra features: - Tags - Lock lists - Change title & image - Dark appearance - Pin to the top It's our intention to never show advertisements, and we don't rent, sell, or share your information with other companies. Our optional paid subscription is the only way we make money. Please support us and unlock all extra features. Terms of Service: https://brace.to/#terms Privacy Policy: https://brace.to/#privacy Support: https://brace.to/#support
Bookmarks
Organize your web links with this powerful bookmark manager. Save URLs, categorize them with folders and tags, and customize their appearance. Seamlessly sync across Apple devices and choose your preferred app for opening links.
- Save and import bookmarks
- Organize with folders and tags
- Customize bookmark appearance
- Open links with third-party apps
- iCloud sync across Apple devices
- Nested folders and hashtags (Pro)
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Bookmarks is a simple url manager app. Create and manage bookmarks the way you like - Save unlimited links Copy a url and tap + and easily save to the app. I you use safari’s bookmarks, you can long press and tap “Copy Content” to move multiple bookmarks. On browsers with support for exporting bookmarks, this app has support for importing using HTML. - Organize with folders Create folders using preset or your own colors, and match with icons Purchase Bookmarks Pro to add nested folders - Tags Easily filter bookmarks from multiple folders using tags. Tags can be added by long pressing a bookmark and tapping “edit” -Customize appearance Open settings and tap customize. This will allow you to pick gradients or icons for bookmarks that do not contain any images. By settings “Use for all bookmarks” will apply this to all. - Open With Select which third party app to open your links with. Bookmarks supports, major browsers, twitter, reddit, mastodon, and etc. - iCloud Sync Sync data between iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision - AI Use Apple Intelligence to get suggestions for title, folder and hashtag. When creating a folder get icon suggestion. - Bookmarks Pro Unlock nested folders, hashtags, pinning, and custom icons. Purchase by a one time purchase, and share the purchase within family sharing. -And more! Search, widgets, customizing Home Screen icons, and more -Like the app? Support the app by tipping in the settings screen Give @BookmarkApp_ or follow the developer @yidev0 on Twitter Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Brace.to at 100% against Bookmarks's 59%. Brace.to also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). Bookmarks's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (63 vs 5). 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. Brace.to sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year and Bookmarks sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 2 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Bookmarks holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bookmarks has 63 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Brace.to's written reviews are positive against 59% of Bookmarks's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Brace.to ships an update monthly, Bookmarks every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Brace.to | Bookmarks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) | 4.5 (63 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 58.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 63 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 4 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 47 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | STX APPS COMPANY LIMITED | Yuto Iwakami |
Customer experience
Brace.to
Bookmarks
In-app purchases
Brace.to
- Supporter14 Days trial$4.991 Year
Bookmarks
- Supporter$1.992 Months
- Small Tip$0.99
- Medium Tip$2.99
- Bookmarks Pro$4.99
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- Large Tip$5.99








