Comparison

Bookmark App vs Verboten

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

Head to head
About

Bookmark App

Effortlessly save and organize web links from any app into a searchable personal knowledge library. Access your saved content across devices with iCloud sync and enjoy a clutter-free reading experience.

Highlights
  • Save links from any app
  • Automatic title, description, and image extraction
  • Organize with tags and search
  • Read later in clean layout
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Siri shortcuts for hands-free saving
Features
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Keep the links you want to come back to. Save articles, recipes, tutorials, research and shared posts in one searchable bookmark library. SaveLinks helps you collect useful links, organize them with tags and find them again when you need them. SAVE FROM THE SHARE SHEET Send a link to SaveLinks from Safari or another app that shares web links. You can also paste a URL directly into the app or add links with Siri Shortcuts. RECOGNIZE WHAT YOU SAVED Page titles, descriptions, images and icons are fetched automatically when available, so your library is easier to browse. ORGANIZE YOUR WAY Add custom tags for work, travel, recipes or any topic. Filter by tag and switch between a visual grid and a compact list. FIND A LINK AGAIN Search saved titles, descriptions, websites and tags to return to the article, reference or idea you need. KEEP YOUR LIBRARY IN SYNC Use iCloud to sync bookmarks across your devices signed in to the same iCloud account. START SAVING 1. Find a web link you want to keep. 2. Share it to SaveLinks or paste it into the app. 3. Add tags and return to it later. FREE AND PLUS You can save unlimited bookmarks for free. Free access is limited to opening the first 15 bookmarks in the list. Upgrade to Plus for unlimited bookmark access. Plus is available through monthly or annual subscriptions, or a lifetime purchase. See current prices in the app. Build a home for the links worth keeping. Terms of Use: https://phanithny.com/apps/savelink/termcondition Privacy Policy: https://phanithny.com/apps/savelink/privacypolicy Support: phanith.ny@icloud.com

About

Verboten

This app helps you regain control over your digital habits by blocking selected applications. It uses iOS Screen Time functionality to enforce restrictions, allowing you to set specific times for blocking or grant temporary access. The app aims to reduce mindless scrolling without guilt or complex tracking.

Highlights
  • Block selected apps
  • Schedule blocking windows
  • Temporary app access
  • No account or tracking
  • Optional AI news bulletin
  • Inspirational quotes on block
Features
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Verboten blocks the apps you choose. You pick them once, and they stop opening. Not a timer you can dismiss. Not a nag screen. iOS itself holds the door, through the same Screen Time machinery Apple uses for parental controls, so a blocked app meets a shield instead of a feed, and there is nothing to swipe past. WHAT IT DOES Pick your apps. Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, whatever your evenings disappear into. One switch holds all of them. Block only when it matters. Add a window — evenings, work hours, overnight — and blocking applies then and not otherwise. A window can cover every app or a single one. With no window, it is simply always on. Two minutes, not the evening. Need an app right now? Take a couple of minutes. It shuts again by itself, and the setting returns to Never — so a moment of weakness never quietly becomes a permanent exception. Pause on your terms. Everything opens for as long as you chose, then blocking comes back on its own. No decision to remember. Something better to read. An optional bulletin of the day's AI news from real newsrooms — grouped so one story isn't repeated five times, and ten stories long. It ends, which is the whole point. Turn it off and the app fetches nothing at all. A line worth reading. Every block shows one: a fact, a thought, a reason to look away. WHAT IT DOESN'T DO No account. No sign-in. No analytics, no ads, no trackers. Nothing about you leaves your phone. Your blocked list, your schedules and your settings live on the device. On iOS the app cannot even read which apps you picked; Apple hands it opaque tokens, and that is all it ever sees. No guilt. Missing your own rules is not a failure state. There is no streak to break and no score to lose. Verboten is made by the ReadLoft team.

Screenshots

Bookmark App4 screens
Verboten4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Verboten at none against Bookmark App's 3. Verboten also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bookmark App sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Verboten asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bookmark App against 5.0 for Verboten. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bookmark App ships an update every 4 weeks, Verboten every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Bookmark App versus Verboten: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookmark AppVerboten
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS1716.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPhanith NyMadhura Basavaraju

Customer experience

Bookmark App

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Verboten

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Bookmark App

Subscriptions2
  • Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Plus Annual$11.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$39.99
None

Verboten

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bookmark App free?
Bookmark App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Verboten free?
Verboten is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bookmark App or Verboten?
Bookmark App and Verboten are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Bookmark App or Verboten have ads?
Neither Bookmark App nor Verboten shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bookmark App or Verboten?
Bookmark App ships an update every 4 weeks, and Verboten every 3 days. Most recently, Bookmark App was updated on October 30, 2026 and Verboten on October 31, 2026.

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