LinkThing vs Thoughts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LinkThing
This app provides a mobile interface for a self-hosted bookmark manager. It allows users to view, search, and edit their saved links. A linkding instance and API token are required for setup.
- View saved bookmarks
- Search bookmarks
- Edit bookmarks
- Connect to self-hosted instance
- API token authentication
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A client app for linkding, a self-hosted bookmark manager. View, search, and edit your saved bookmarks. NOTE: You must have access to a linkding instance to use this app. You will need to know your instance URL and have your API access token to set up the app.
Thoughts
A personal inspiration manager to save, organize, and review quotes, thoughts, and more. Discover curated content, create artwork from your inspirations, and access everything across devices with iCloud sync. Features text recognition and Siri support for quick additions.
- Save and organize inspirations
- Personalized feed for review
- Curated stories in Discover tab
- Home Screen widgets
- iCloud sync across devices
- Text recognition for quick input
- Create artwork from inspirations
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Save, organize, and rediscover what inspires you with Thoughts: a home for the inspirations you want to remind yourself of. Collect quotes, book highlights, your own thoughts, and more. Rediscover them through widgets, daily reminder notifications, and during in-app review. Add your own notes to build a log of reflections. Organize your library with powerful management features. Access your library on all your devices with iCloud sync. Add new inspirations quickly with text recognition, Siri and Shortcuts support. Create beautiful artworks from your Inspirations and share them with friends and family, or save them to your photo library. Elevate yourself, be inspired, and grow with Thoughts. Get it now, free to download! Certain features are not available on all iOS versions and devices. Privacy Policy: https://privacy.thoughts-app.com Terms of Use (EULA): http://terms.thoughts-app.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LinkThing at none against Thoughts's 3. LinkThing also leads on iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). Thoughts's advantage is ratings volume (274 vs 10). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Thoughts sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. LinkThing asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for LinkThing against 4.7 for Thoughts. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thoughts has 274 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of LinkThing's written reviews are positive against 85% of Thoughts's.
LinkThing ships an update every 2 months, Thoughts every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 1, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LinkThing | Thoughts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (10 ratings) | 4.7 (274 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better | 85.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 274 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andrew Moscardino | Henri Bredt |
Customer experience
LinkThing
Thoughts
Bugs and requests
LinkThing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Thoughts
Reported bugs
2 issues- Issues with the randomization of quotes in the widget
- Inconsistent behavior when swiping away images in the documentation
Requested features
5 requests- Add more metadata fields for quotes (e.g., source, page number)
- Implement a comprehensive search feature
- Develop a macOS version of the app
- Allow more customization options for widgets and UI
- Add password protection or locking for private notes
In-app purchases
LinkThing
No in-app purchases
Thoughts
- Pro monthly$2.991 Month
- Pro yearly1 Month trial$14.991 Year
- Pro lifetime$34.99
Questions
Is LinkThing free?
Is Thoughts free?
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