Comparison

HamsterBase Tasks vs Clean Links

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

Head to head
About

HamsterBase Tasks

This app helps you plan projects effectively by organizing them into areas and breaking down large goals into smaller, manageable tasks. It allows you to set future start dates for tasks, keeping your workspace clutter-free until they are relevant. Core features are free, with an optional paid cloud sync.

Highlights
  • Organize projects by areas
  • Break down projects into collapsible sections
  • Set future start dates for tasks
  • Automatic hiding of completed projects
  • Core features are free
Features
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We believe less is more. Instead of cramming in trendy features like habit tracking or Pomodoro timers, we focus on what really matters: helping you plan projects effectively. Why You'll Love It: - Organize by Areas Group projects into categories like Work, Life, or Personal—so everything stays neatly sorted. - Projects > Checklists Break big goals into smaller tasks with collapsible sections. Finished projects? They automatically hide to keep your space clean. - Start Dates Matter Set a future start time for tasks, and they'll stay out of sight until they're actually relevant. No distractions! Best part? All core features are 100% free—only cloud sync is paid. No upsells, no bloat.

About

Clean Links

This utility app removes tracking parameters from URLs, reveals the true destination of QR codes before opening, and allows you to send cleaned links between your devices. It prioritizes user privacy with no accounts, subscriptions, or ads.

Highlights
  • Strips tracking parameters from URLs
  • Reveals QR code destinations before opening
  • Sends cleaned links between Apple devices
  • Unshortens shortened URLs
  • Generates QR codes
  • Safari extension for one-tap cleaning
  • Shortcuts and widget integration
Features
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That link a friend just sent you probably has a dozen tracking parameters glued to the end of it. Clean Links strips them off. It also opens up QR codes so you can read where they actually go before you commit to tapping. The app does a handful of things, and does them without an account, a subscription, or an ad: QR reader that shows you the destination URL first. Quishing scams work because nobody can read a QR code with their eyes, so you scan and hope. This one puts the real address on screen and waits. Link cleaner. Paste anything, get back the same link minus the utm tags, click IDs, and referral junk. Works on links from hundreds of shopping sites, social networks and search engines. Send to Device. Push a cleaned link from your iPhone into your Mac's browser, or over to another iPhone or iPad. If the device is asleep or offline the link waits for it. Unshorten. Feed it a bit.ly or t.co address and it follows the chain to whatever sits at the end. Useful when a shortened link turns up from someone you don't know, which is how most phishing starts. Tracker blocker covering 71+ services, running as a parameter remover across everything you paste. QR generator for making your own codes out of links you trust. Safari extension that cleans every link on a page in one tap. Shortcuts, a Control Center widget, and a share sheet action, if you want the whole thing automated. Nothing leaves your device. There's no analytics SDK in here, no crash reporter phoning home, no account to create. Privacy isn't a feature we bolted on; there was never any data to collect. ■ Send Links Between Your Devices Share a cleaned link from any iPhone, iPad or Mac and it opens where you send it: in your Mac's browser, or from a notification on iPhone and iPad. Links queue up if the device is offline. You can run Shortcuts on your other devices this way too. You'll need Clean Links on each device, iCloud turned on, and the same Apple account. ■ Coming from Hyperduck? Clean Links does the same handoff, adds tracker stripping on the way out, handles more than one Mac, and costs nothing. ■ Link Sharing FAQ ‣ Why not AirDrop? AirDrop needs both devices awake and nearby. This doesn't, and it drops the link straight into a background tab. ‣ Why not iCloud Tabs? Because iCloud Tabs only works in Safari, and the tabs are easy to lose. These open in whatever browser you actually use. ‣ Why not Reading List? Reading List is where links go to be forgotten. Yours open immediately. ‣ Why not Handoff? Handoff wants the devices in the same room. Clean Links supports Handoff anyway, for when they are. ‣ More than one device? Send to several at once. Any iPhone, iPad or Mac signed into the same Apple account with the app installed can receive. ‣ Want to leave a device out? Turn off receiving in that device's settings. ■ Spotted a tracker we don't catch yet? There's a link in Settings to tell us. We'll add them.

Screenshots

HamsterBase Tasks4 screens
Clean Links4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Clean Links at none against HamsterBase Tasks's 1. Clean Links also leads on ratings volume (85 vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). HamsterBase Tasks's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads 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. HamsterBase Tasks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Clean Links 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 HamsterBase Tasks against 4.9 for Clean Links. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Clean Links has 85 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HamsterBase Tasks ships an update every 6 weeks, Clean Links every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
HamsterBase Tasks versus Clean Links: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHamsterBase TasksClean Links
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.9 (85 ratings)
Positive reviews—92.5% of reviews
Number of ratings185 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB90 MB
Age rating12++4
Developer纯洁 林Numen Technologies Limited

In-app purchases

1 purchases

HamsterBase Tasks

One-time1
  • HamsterBase Cloud Pro 1 Year$19.99
None

Clean Links

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HamsterBase Tasks free?
HamsterBase Tasks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Clean Links free?
Clean Links is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, HamsterBase Tasks or Clean Links?
HamsterBase Tasks is rated higher. HamsterBase Tasks averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Clean Links averages 4.9 from 85 ratings.
Do HamsterBase Tasks or Clean Links have ads?
Neither HamsterBase Tasks nor Clean Links shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HamsterBase Tasks or Clean Links?
HamsterBase Tasks ships an update every 6 weeks, and Clean Links every 2 weeks. Most recently, HamsterBase Tasks was updated on October 30, 2026 and Clean Links on October 30, 2026.

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