Comparison

Linkboard vs Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub

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

Head to head
About

Linkboard

Organize bookmarks into folders, archive old links, and save content from other apps. Subscribe to news feeds and read articles directly within the app. Collaborate with others on shared collections and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Custom bookmark folders and subfolders
  • Archive unused bookmarks
  • Drag and drop bookmark saving
  • Save bookmarks from other apps
  • Tag filtering for bookmarks
  • Subscribe to RSS feeds
  • Collaborate on shared bookmark collections
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Linkboard keeps every bookmark, article, and RSS feed you save in one organized place: searchable, taggable, and in sync across all your devices. • Organize links into folders and subfolders, and archive the ones you want to keep without cluttering your view • Add bookmarks in a second with drag and drop on every device, or save straight from Safari, Chrome, and any other app • Find anything fast with tags, favorites, and an "unread" status for links you haven't gotten to yet • Search your entire library straight from your home screen: every bookmark and feed article is indexed in Spotlight • Subscribe to RSS feeds from your favorite blogs and news sites, and read full articles in a clean, distraction-free Reader Mode • Follow podcasts and YouTube channels alongside your feeds, with a built-in player and lock screen controls • Get an AI summary or a live translation of any article in one tap, plus recommendations based on what you've read and liked • Share a collection and collaborate on it with teammates or friends • Switch over in minutes with one-tap import from Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, or Brave • Stay synced everywhere with iCloud, and enjoy a beautiful dark mode day or night Linkboard is designed, built, and supported by a single independent developer who reads every piece of feedback personally, and your suggestions genuinely shape what gets built next. Available for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and Mac. Download Linkboard and bring your bookmarks and news feeds into one place today.

About

Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub

Save, organize, and share bookmarks with visual previews and notes. Create private or public collections for collaboration and easily find inspiration with tags and search.

Highlights
  • Save bookmarks with visual previews
  • Add notes to saved content
  • Organize with tags
  • Filter and search content
  • Create private or public collections
  • Collaborate on collections
  • Share collections
Features
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Create more with what you share. Rubra is an interactive creator hub for turning ideas, research, recommendations and content into engaging experiences your audience can explore and interact with. Create interactive collections with links, images, notes, videos and more. Turn your research and recommendations into tier lists, rankings, top lists and other interactive content. Organize everything in one place and share it with your audience. Build your own creator hub to give your content more depth and your audience more ways to discover, explore, participate and engage. Share your collections anywhere and bring your audience back to a place you control. Rubra is also a powerful tool for research and content creation. Save bookmarks, articles, images and ideas, add notes and tags, search and filter your content and organize everything into private or public collections. Collaborate with others and turn your research into content you can share.

Screenshots

Linkboard4 screens
Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub at none against Linkboard's 3. Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). Linkboard's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Linkboard sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Linkboard against 4.8 for Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 5 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Linkboard's written reviews are positive against 100% of Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Linkboard ships an update fortnightly, Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Linkboard versus Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLinkboardRubra, Interactive Creator Hub
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (12 ratings)4.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better5
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision ProiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB50 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFrancesco Leonirubra ag

Customer experience

Linkboard

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral18.2%
Negative9.1%

Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Linkboard

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$39.99
None

Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Linkboard free?
Linkboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub free?
Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Linkboard or Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub?
Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub is rated higher. Linkboard averages 4.7 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub averages 4.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Linkboard or Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub have ads?
Neither Linkboard nor Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Linkboard or Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub?
Linkboard ships an update fortnightly, and Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub every 5 weeks. Most recently, Linkboard was updated on October 24, 2026 and Rubra, Interactive Creator Hub on October 24, 2026.

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