Comparison

PPNote vs Bookmarks

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

Head to head
About

PPNote

Organize your thoughts and web links efficiently. Collect information from other apps, create custom notes with categories and subcategories, and easily manage your content with favorite and hidden options. Streamline your workflow with quick actions for moving and tagging notes.

Highlights
  • Collect notes and links from other apps
  • Automatic categorization by URL
  • Manual note creation with categories/subcategories
  • Favorite and hide notes
  • Quick actions for moving and tagging
  • Organize with categories, subcategories, and tags
Features
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PPNote helps you better manage your notes. 1. Collect from other apps. - You can collect information from other apps(like Safari, Chrome, etc) to PPNote through Share button. - When it's a web page, the note will be automatically categorized by URL. 2. Create note in PPNote. - You can manually create note either in category or in sub category. If there is no category yet. Please create one. 3. Favorite a Note. - You can favorite a note from context menu. - Favorite notes always show on the top. Easier for you to View. - You can view all the favorite notes in [Notes] tab. 4. Hide a Note. - You can hide a note from context menu. - Hidden notes are not shown by default. You can view them by tapping the [Show hidden notes] button. - You can view all the hidden notes in [More] tab. 5. Quick Action in Context Menu. - Quickly move note to other category/sub category. - Quickly add or remove tag for a note. - More actions. 6. Organize Notes. - Use category, sub category and tag to organize notes better.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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)
Features
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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/

Screenshots

PPNote4 screens
Bookmarks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bookmarks at 4.5 against PPNote's 3.5. Bookmarks also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 7 months) and ratings volume (65 vs 2). PPNote's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads, 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. PPNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bookmarks holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bookmarks has 65 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 40% of PPNote's written reviews are positive against 59% of Bookmarks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PPNote ships an update every 7 months, Bookmarks every 4 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
PPNote versus Bookmarks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPPNoteBookmarks
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (2 ratings)4.5 (65 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.0% of reviews58.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings265 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer金鹏 王Yuto Iwakami

Customer experience

PPNote

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

Bookmarks

All ratings63 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral3.2%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews63 reviews
Positive58.7%
Neutral15.9%
Negative25.4%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

PPNote

One-time1
  • [More Features]$1.99
5 purchases

Bookmarks

Subscriptions1
  • Supporter$1.992 Months
One-time4
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Bookmarks Pro$4.99
Show 1 more
  • Large Tip$5.99

Questions

Is PPNote free?
PPNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bookmarks free?
Bookmarks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PPNote or Bookmarks?
Bookmarks is rated higher. PPNote averages 3.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Bookmarks averages 4.5 from 65 ratings.
Do PPNote or Bookmarks have ads?
Neither PPNote nor Bookmarks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PPNote or Bookmarks?
PPNote ships an update every 7 months, and Bookmarks every 4 weeks. Most recently, PPNote was updated on October 24, 2026 and Bookmarks on October 24, 2026.

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