LINKcat Mobile vs Jigsaw Puzzle Tracker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LINKcat Mobile
Manage your library account on the go. Search the catalog, place holds, renew borrowed items, and check your account status directly from your mobile device.
- Search library catalog
- Place holds on items
- Access library account
- Renew borrowed items
- Manage account status
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Access LINKcat from your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch. Search LINKcat, place holds, access your library account, renew items, and more.
Jigsaw Puzzle Tracker
Organize your jigsaw puzzle collection, track your progress, and manage wishlists. Scan barcodes to avoid duplicates and save memories of completed puzzles. Discover new puzzles based on your preferences.
- Jigsaw puzzle collection logging
- Barcode scanning for duplicates
- Progress tracking with timer
- Wishlist management
- Puzzle completion photos and notes
- Personalized puzzle discovery
- Monthly progress recaps
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Twenty boxes in the closet, and you still can't remember which ones you've done. Trinket is a little home for your jigsaw puzzles. Every box you own, every one you've finished, and the ones you're still dreaming about, kept together on one shelf. Every jigsaw puzzle, on one shelf. Sort your collection by piece count, brand or your own labels, so the right box is easy to find. Already own this puzzle? Scan the barcode on a box and Trinket tells you if it's already yours. No more coming home from the store with a puzzle you already own. Keep that last-piece feeling. When the last piece goes in, save a photo, give it some stars, and write down what you want to remember. The puzzle goes back in its box. The memory stays on your shelf. Drop a hint before your birthday. Found a puzzle on a store's website? Share the page to Trinket to save it to your wishlist, then send the whole list to whoever's shopping for you. How long did that 1,000-piece take? Start the timer when you sit down, pause it when the coffee's ready. It stays on your Lock Screen, so you can check it without opening the app. There's no race here. Your hours simply add up, puzzle by puzzle. Find puzzles worth the table space. Pick the themes you love, like flowers, cozy scenes or the ocean, and browse puzzles other puzzlers have added. For You picks from your themes, your shelf, and the sizes and brands you like. Save the ones you want to your wishlist. Your puzzle year, month by month. See how many puzzles you've finished, pieces you've placed and hours you've spent. Each month, Trinket gathers what you finished into a recap and a collage of polaroids, to share or to keep for yourself. Good to know • Your notes and finished-puzzle photos stay private. • Export your data or delete your account anytime. • No ads. Privacy Policy: https://app.notion.com/p/Trinket-Privacy-Policy-3ec8995c6d8280e1b347e48d9755c0d0 Terms (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Jigsaw Puzzle Tracker at 100% against LINKcat Mobile's 13%. Jigsaw Puzzle Tracker also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.8) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). LINKcat Mobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (41 vs 2). On price 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
Both are free to download. Jigsaw Puzzle Tracker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year. LINKcat Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.
Jigsaw Puzzle Tracker holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LINKcat Mobile has 41 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of LINKcat Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of Jigsaw Puzzle Tracker's.
LINKcat Mobile ships an update every 2 months, Jigsaw Puzzle Tracker every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LINKcat Mobile | Jigsaw Puzzle Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (41 ratings) | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | South Central Library System | Kornel Varga |
Customer experience
LINKcat Mobile
Jigsaw Puzzle Tracker
Bugs and requests
LINKcat Mobile
Reported bugs
224 issues- Won't stay logged in
- Randomly boots out
- Freezes
- Unable to load data
- Cannot automatically pull up saved passwords
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- Adding books to wishlist freezes the app
- Search options are shaved down
- No way to contact developer
- Keeps you logged in sometimes, or randomly boots you off
- Constant log in issues
- Super glitchy
- App keeps you logged in sometimes, or randomly boots you off
- Works sometimes, but not always
- Update has some improvements, but still doesn't stay logged in
- Logging in requires more steps
- Unusable
- Error message or nothing happens
- Doesn't work 99% of the time
- Can't place items on hold
- Update does not work
- Cannot use Place Hold button
- Recent update breaks it for iPhone 14
- Rarely shows checkouts
- Actions like renewals result in glitches and crashes
- Constantly log in & out to be able to search
- Not recognizing login at all
- Always full of bugs
- More of a pain to use than anything
- Slowest app ever used
- Takes forever to load
- Makes you resign in almost every time
- Claims username or password are incorrect every other time
- User lists missing
- UI feels like it was developed a decade ago
- Weird and unintuitive transition when opening activity
- Takes too many taps to see holds
- Renew button visible but item cannot be renewed
- Keep signed in checkbox only intermittently effective
- Linked accounts make life easier
- App is still a little on the slow side
- Lots of issues logging in
- Keeps kicking me out
- Unsaved all my saved books
- Login broken after update
- Useless after update
- Can't login since latest update
- Uncertainty is not a good feature
- Unable to show checkouts or holds
- Timeout error message
- Same issue with search function
- Horrible
- Can't renew
- Trouble logging in or won't stay logged in
- Terrible search feature
- Stopped working
- Puts you into a log into my account loop
- Still unreliable
- Never works
- Worthless
- Truly terrible
- Never seems to work
- Frustrating
- Libraries not open, need app for curbside pickup
- Reserving books online is the only option
- Please update!
- Many deficiencies
- SO slow
- Keep getting notified it won't work after iOS update
- A nightmare
- Slow, terrible, barely functioning
- Doesn't work anymore
- Non functional
- Terrible app
- Basically nonfunctional
- An all around terrible app
- Does almost nothing you want it to do
- Slower than a turtle with a hangover
- It works, sort of
- Clunky and very slow
- Doesn't maintain login
- Searching is painful
- Unusable
- Stuck with last search results
- Can't get to checked out items to renew
- Please fix
- Terrible after update
- Can't search or place holds
- Terrible App
- Useless
- Doesn't load
- Search function glitches
- Can't easily renew books
- Fix it please
- Upgraded only to ruin it
- Frustratingly glitch-prone
- Search results not accurate
- Keyboard commands return incorrect characters
- Forced re-authentication
- A real mess
- Holds aren’t working anymore
- Placing a hold via the app doesn't work
- Worst app I have
- Useful concept but barely works
- Shocking that this is the best the library can come up with
- Clumsy, awkward, unreliable
- Half the time it won't load search page
- Fails to bring up item
- Keyboard doesn't have a space bar
- Delete button added random letters
- Recent update made it unusable
- Almost impossible to see checked out items
- Have to log out and try to log back in
- Logging back in takes several tries
- Constantly redirects back to home page
- Won't work
- Need an updated version
- Miss being able to manage library account from phone
- Unusable
- Made an update in Dec 2019 and now it doesn't work
- Wish this app worked
- Some days it does, most of the time it doesn't
- Won't log in
- Errors most of the time
- It had issues, now it is unusable
- Can't even get into account
- Holds don't show up on account
- Horrible
- Super super slow
- Won't load checked out/hold items
- Searches come up blank since update
- Time to Update
- 5 years since last update
- Many improvements necessary
- Really needs updating
- Desperately needs to be updated
- What WHY HOW
- Can't perform basic functions
- Awful
- Slow
- Need to keep logging back on
- Can't find what you need
- Hard to figure out how to renew
- Outdated and poorly constructed
- Polarized
- Does not work right even after reinstall
- Used to work okay, now broken
- App won't load checkout/hold lists
- Half the time page won't load
- Error pops up
- Have to scroll all the way down to local library
- Come on.
- Incredibly slow
- Functionality not quicker
- Every function takes about 30 seconds
- Log in - 30 seconds
- Type search - wait 30 seconds
- Hit hold button - wait 30 seconds
- Finalize hold - 30 more seconds
- Incredibly unreliable
- HATE it
- Slow as dial-up
- Runs as slowly as dial-up
- Terrible
- Constantly freezing up
- Extremely slow
- Doesn't work. Please fix!
- Works less than half the time
- Shows old cached list
- Throws an error
- Unreliable
- Okay when it works, but no telling when
- Very slow and glitchy
- Different types of errors
- Loads but only loads back to home screen
- Rarely updates checked out/on hold
- Broken
- App worked great until past week
- All I get is an error message
- Tried deleting and re-downloading, didn't help
- Need to go through web browser
- Very frustrating
- Broken!
- App has been broken for about a month
- All I can get are error messages
- Try refresh page messages
- Really poor
- As bad of an app as I have seen
- Terrible interface
- Search is all but useless
- Worked great for about 2 weeks, then stopped working completely
- Unknown error
- Tried re-downloading with no success
- Running terrible
- Times out constantly
- Need a Passbook interface
- Technology doesn't always win
- Difficult to navigate
- Hard to find results
- Uninspiring, poor UI/UX
- Simple wrapper app around mobile website
- Mobile website is poorly designed
- Not pretty, but it works.
- Works fine on iPad 3 iOS 6.01
- Not a "beautiful" app
- Ok folks, who can do better?!
- Wish this app worked reliably
- Rarely works
- Fails to come up with response to search
- Says to try again later
- Finding results unrelated to search terms
- Missing an important feature
- Prioritizing a sort for checked out items
- Show up in random order
- Good start I suppose
- Nice to have
- Convenient to have mobile access
- Navigation isn't the best
- Takes more tapping around than it should
- Downloads from Overdrive don't seem to be working
- Couldn't get barcode scan to work
- Disappointing Functionality!
- Renewing items requires lots of scrolling
- Much easier to use full LinkCat site on iPhone
- Need same functionality of full site in mobile app
Requested features
11 requests- Add user lists
- Improve UI/UX
- Implement tab bar navigation
- Add dark mode
- Allow searching by language
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- Provide a way to contact developers
- Improve search filters
- Add Passbook interface for membership card
- Sort checked out list by due date
- Make search results more accurate
- Improve keyboard for searches with spaces
Jigsaw Puzzle Tracker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
LINKcat Mobile
No in-app purchases
Jigsaw Puzzle Tracker
- Trinket Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Trinket Pro Lifetime$79.99
Questions
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