Kolide vs MarkWell
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kolide
This app allows you to register your mobile device with Kolide, granting access to company resources and SaaS applications. Registration is simple, using QR codes or one-time codes, and the app prioritizes your privacy by only accessing device identification details.
- Register device with Kolide
- Access Kolide-protected resources
- Access SaaS services
- QR code registration
- One-time code registration
- Privacy-focused device identification
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The Kolide mobile app is used to register your device with Kolide. This allows you to access resources and SaaS apps that are protected by Kolide and your identity provider. Registration is performed by scanning a QR code using your device's camera, or by manually typing a provided one-time code. Kolide values your privacy. The Kolide app does not have access to your personal documents, photos, or other personal information on your device. Only details used to identify the device such as its name and model information will be communicated to Kolide, in order to ensure that only authorized devices can access your company's resources. Before installing, confirm with your IT admin that your organization supports the use of Kolide for mobile devices. App Features • Register your device with Kolide • Access Kolide-protected resources and SaaS services via your mobile device
MarkWell
A native bookmark manager for Mac, iPhone, and iPad that syncs bookmarks across devices using iCloud. Organize links with tags and save them from any app via the system share sheet. Prioritizes user privacy with no account or analytics.
- Save links from any app
- Organize with tags, not folders
- End-to-end iCloud sync
- Privacy-first design
- Fetch title and favicon automatically
- Offline functionality
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MarkWell is a native bookmark manager for Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Save links from anywhere, organize them with tags, and find them again later — across all your devices, with no separate account to manage. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Share any URL from Safari, Mail, Messages, or any other app, straight into MarkWell using the system share sheet. The app fetches the page's title and favicon for you, so the bookmark looks right the moment it lands. TAGS, NOT FOLDERS Tag a link with as many ideas as it has. Filter the sidebar by tag to find things by mood, topic, or project — whatever sticks in your head. No nested folders to maintain, no rigid structure to fight against. SYNCED THROUGH YOUR OWN ICLOUD Bookmarks sync end-to-end through your own iCloud account using Apple's CloudKit framework. There is no MarkWell account, no MarkWell server, and no analytics. Your data stays under your Apple ID, and the same bookmark you save on your iPhone shows up on your Mac a few seconds later. PRIVACY-FIRST MarkWell collects nothing. The only network call the app makes on its own is to read the title and favicon of a URL when you save it. There are no third-party SDKs, no advertising, no telemetry. The privacy policy at bendansby.com/apps/markwell/privacy.html spells it out in detail. REQUIREMENTS - Mac running macOS 14 Sonoma or later - iPhone or iPad running iOS / iPadOS 17 or later - Optional: iCloud account for cross-device sync (works fully offline without one) Feedback welcome — ben.dansby@gmail.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MarkWell at 100% against Kolide's 0%. MarkWell also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 weeks). Kolide's advantage is price (Free vs $4.99) and ratings volume (13 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Kolide is free to download; MarkWell costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
MarkWell holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kolide has 13 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Kolide's written reviews are positive against 100% of MarkWell's.
Kolide ships an update every 5 weeks, MarkWell every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kolide | MarkWell |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (13 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kolide | Benjamin Dansby |
Customer experience
Kolide
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In-app purchases
Kolide
No in-app purchases
MarkWell
No in-app purchases









