Frigoligo vs Shlinkly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Frigoligo
Access and manage your saved articles offline. This client synchronizes with your wallabag instance, ensuring your content is always available and up-to-date. It offers a fast and user-friendly experience for reading saved links.
- Offline article access
- Wallabag synchronization
- Fast and easy to use
- Open source
- Ad-free experience
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Take your links anywhere and keep them fresh! Frigoligo is a wallabag client striving to be simple but also fast and easy to use. Just like wallabag, Frigoligo is free to use, ad-free and open source. You need a wallabag instance to use this application.
Shlinkly
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Shlinkly is a fast, native client for Shlink โ the self-hosted URL shortener โ built for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Connect your own Shlink server and manage every short link, campaign, and click from one app that feels right at home on Apple platforms. Whether you're tracking marketing campaigns or just tidying up long URLs, Shlinkly gives you the full picture without leaving the Apple ecosystem. Shlinkly is an unofficial, open-source client for the self-hosted Shlink URL shortener. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Shlink project. Shlinkly requires a self-hosted Shlink server. WHAT YOU CAN DO - See all your short links in one place โ search, tags, and sorting - Create links in seconds: custom slugs, tags, UTM forwarding, expiry dates, and visit limits - Track every click โ real-time visits, people vs. bots, countries, and traffic sources, per link - Shorten straight from the share sheet in any app - On Mac, generate a short link from your clipboard right in the menu bar YOUR KEYS, YOUR CHOICE Your API keys never leave your control. Keep them on-device only, or sync them across your devices with iCloud Keychain โ end-to-end encrypted by Apple. We never see them, and Shlinkly collects no data of its own. BUILT FOR APPLE Native on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with the touches you'd expect โ share extension, menu-bar quick actions, and a layout that adapts to each device. REQUIRES A SHLINK SERVER Shlinkly is a client for your own self-hosted Shlink instance (shlink.io). You'll need a running Shlink server and an API key to get started.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Frigoligo at 12.0 against Shlinkly's 17.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Frigoligo ships an update every 5 weeks, Shlinkly monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Frigoligo | Shlinkly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | โ |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Monthly โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | โ |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 โ better | 17.6 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martin Chaine | Anton Hodge |
In-app purchases
Frigoligo
No in-app purchases
Shlinkly
No in-app purchases









