Comparison

links for later vs Links Manager

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

Head to head
About

links for later

Effortlessly save, organize, and quickly find web links with rich previews. Syncs seamlessly across your iOS and macOS devices, offering a streamlined alternative to browser bookmarking.

Highlights
  • Save links quickly
  • Organize with tags
  • Filter saved links
  • Search by URL or title
  • Rich link previews
  • Cross-device sync
Features
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Links for Later gives you a fast and easy way to save, organize, and find links! Links include rich previews and automatically sync across all your iOS and macOS devices. Who is this good for? Links for Later is perfect for people who: - Save a lot of things for later (recipes, articles, tweets, shopping wish lists) - Can't stand having a lot of tabs open - Like organizing saved links - Think their browser's bookmarking solution involves too many steps What can it do? - Give you a great overview of all your saved links in the home feed - Save links fast - Tag links - Filter links - Find links by their URL or title - Display rich previews to help you identify saved links faster - Hide and unhide saved links Enable the Share Extension for fast saving: (iOS 14 users please note you may have to restart your device after installing the app for it to appear in your share extensions list) 1. Open Safari on your device 2. Tap the Share button 3. Swipe to the end of the row with app icons 4. Tap Edit 5. Find Links for Later, add it to your favourites, and drag it to the front of the list 6. Use the newly enabled extension to save links as fast as you can find them!

About

Links Manager

Save and organize all your favorite or frequently used links in one place for easy retrieval. Add notes, mark as read, categorize, and search your saved links efficiently. This app helps declutter your browser and free up phone memory.

Highlights
  • Save links from browser
  • Organize links by categories
  • Add notes to links
  • Mark links as read/favorite
  • Search saved links
  • Customizable categories
  • Delete categories and links
Features
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Clean your browser, save important sources, free your phone memory The main idea of Links Manager is to save all your favourite or frequently used links in one place, where you can easily find the required link. Easy approach to organise the links help you sort and browse. Links Manager is the best way save important information for you and not to loose it. Use Links Manager to: if you like a link you like, choose “Share” with your browser when appear share menu select Links app and press post button on popup view so now you’ve added this link to app and saved it you can browse your links in details you can open your links you can add your notes to links you can mark them as read and favourite you can organise them per categories you can easily find required link in search you can create the you own custom categories, anyway app provides you with some default categories. you can easily delete categories and link. We have a lot of ideas of improving our app, so you will be satisfied with the way saving the important information for you. Happy and Easy Links saving! *** About Pro plan billing: Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hour prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. Subscriptions may be managed by the user and out-renewal may be turned off by going to the user’s Account Settings after purchase. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. *** Links Manager Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/linksmanager/home/privacy-policy Links Manager Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/linksmanager/home/terms-and-conditions

Screenshots

links for later4 screens
Links Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: links for later at 4.7 against Links Manager's 2.0. links for later also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (27 vs 1). Links Manager's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. links for later sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Links Manager sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

links for later holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: links for later has 27 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
links for later versus Links Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterlinks for laterLinks Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (27 ratings) — better2.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB33 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperDev ShahaniAlla Zabielina

Customer experience

links for later

All ratings26 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative6.3%

Links Manager

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

links for later

One-time1
  • Pro$2.99
2 purchases

Links Manager

Subscriptions1
  • Annual Ads Free$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Ads Free$9.99

Questions

Is links for later free?
links for later is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Links Manager free?
Links Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, links for later or Links Manager?
links for later is rated higher. links for later averages 4.7 out of 5 from 27 ratings, while Links Manager averages 2.0 from 1 ratings.
Do links for later or Links Manager have ads?
Links Manager shows ads; links for later does not.
Which is updated more often, links for later or Links Manager?
links for later ships an update weekly, and Links Manager weekly. Most recently, links for later was updated on October 24, 2026 and Links Manager on October 7, 2026.

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