Comparison

Link App vs Bookmax

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

Head to head
About

Link App

Save and organize web links, articles, and videos in a private digital library. Collaborate on link collections with others and access your saved content across devices. Features smart organization, powerful search, and privacy controls.

Highlights
  • Save articles, videos, and products
  • Organize links into custom folders
  • Read saved content later
  • Collaborative folders for sharing
  • Browser extension for one-click saving
  • Privacy lock for sensitive folders
  • Cross-device synchronization
Features
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The Smartest Way to Save, Organize, and Share Your Links. Stop emailing links to yourself or losing them in messy chats. Link App is your private corner of the internet—a powerful bookmark manager designed to help you save content, organize it into folders, and read it later. WHAT’S NEW: Collaborative Folders: Invite friends or colleagues to a folder and build link collections together. Perfect for project research, travel planning, or wishlists. Chrome Extension: Save any website directly from your browser with one click. KEY FEATURES: Save Anything: Articles, videos, recipes, or shopping products. If it has a URL, we can save it. Smart Organization: Create custom folders with unique icons and colors. Read It Later: Keep your "To Read" list separate from your permanent library. Powerful Search: Find any saved link instantly with our advanced search. Privacy First: Lock sensitive folders with FaceID or passcode. Cross-Device Sync: Access your bookmarks on iPhone, iPad, and Mac seamlessly. WHY USERS LOVE LINK APP: "Finally, a bookmark manager that is clean, fast, and actually looks good." Download Link App today and turn your digital chaos into an organized library. Terms of use https://sites.google.com/view/link-app-privacy-policies/home EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Bookmax

Features
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Bookmax has been an online bookmark manager since 2003. Your bookmarks live in your account, not in one browser, and this app brings them to your phone. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Tap Share in Safari, Chrome or any other app and choose "Add to Bookmax". Pick the folder, save, done. The page is in your collection on every device. YOUR COLLECTION - Nested folders and tags, as deep as you like - Search across titles, addresses, descriptions and tags - Last added, last used and most used at a glance - Favicons and thumbnails for every entry - Public folders you can share as a page MORE THAN BOOKMARKS The same account holds lists (text, number, date and check fields), contacts, memos, documents and an RSS/Atom feed reader. Teams can share folders with four levels of rights. YOUR DATA, YOUR RULES - Import and export as a standard HTML bookmark file at any time - Servers in the EU, no advertising, no tracking - Coming from Pocket, Delicious or Google Bookmarks? Import your old export YOUR ACCOUNT Free account with generous limits: 1000 bookmarks in 100 folders, without time limit. Existing Premium accounts work in the app as well. Bookmax is made in Austria and has been running since 2003, longer than any other hosted bookmark service still online.

Screenshots

Link App4 screens
Bookmax4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bookmax at none against Link App's 3. Bookmax also leads on ads (none vs shown). Link App's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Link App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Bookmax asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Link App ships an update every 3 weeks, Bookmax fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Link App versus Bookmax: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLink AppBookmax
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB1 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperUmar Mukhtar KhanDr. Peter Mayer

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Link App

Subscriptions2
  • Full access$1.991 Month
  • Yearly$13.991 Year
One-time1
  • Gold$250.00
None

Bookmax

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Link App free?
Link App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bookmax free?
Bookmax is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Link App or Bookmax have ads?
Link App shows ads; Bookmax does not.
Which is updated more often, Link App or Bookmax?
Link App ships an update every 3 weeks, and Bookmax fortnightly. Most recently, Link App was updated on October 24, 2026 and Bookmax on October 28, 2026.

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