Comparison

Bookmark Pro vs Vault Reader

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

Head to head
About

Bookmark Pro

Features
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Bookmark Pro is your powerful, privacy-friendly link manager designed to help you save, organize, and rediscover everything that matters. Whether it’s an inspiring article, a helpful tutorial, or a tool you’ll need later β€” Bookmark Pro makes it easy to capture and organize all your web content. Key Features: - Smart Tagging: Add custom tags to any link to make them easy to find later. - Fast Search: Quickly search by title, tag, or URL. - Offline Support: Access your saved links even without an internet connection. - Expiration Dates: Set reminders for time-sensitive links you want to revisit. - Access History: Track how often and recently each link was opened. - iCloud Sync: Keep your bookmarks in sync across all your devices. - Privacy First: No accounts, no tracking β€” your data stays yours. Say goodbye to endless browser tabs and scattered bookmarks. Start building your personal knowledge library today with Bookmark Pro.

About

Vault Reader

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A calm place to read the GitHub notes you already have. Vault Reader connects to any GitHub repository of markdown files, public or private, and renders it on iPhone as a focused, offline-ready reader. Built for the Obsidian vaults, dev notes, and journals that already live in GitHub. THE READER β€’ Sign in with GitHub. Connect one repository on the free tier; every public or private repo you have access to with Vault Reader Pro. β€’ Sync once, read offline. Every page caches on your iPhone and opens without a signal. β€’ Smart incremental sync. SHA-based diffing only re-downloads files that actually changed, keeping API usage low. β€’ Native SwiftUI rendering for headings, lists, tables, code blocks with syntax highlighting, task lists, blockquotes, and images. β€’ Book-quiet typography: Iowan Old Style for body, Fraunces for display headings. β€’ Full-text search across every cached file in your vault. FOR OBSIDIAN USERS Pairs with the Obsidian Git plugin. Point Vault Reader at the same repository and it picks up: β€’ [[Wikilinks]], resolved locally. Tap to follow; unresolved links stay visible but disabled so nothing is silently broken. β€’ YAML frontmatter, hidden from the rendered page. Tags surface as small chips above the title. β€’ > TLDR: callouts, highlighted as cards so the gist of a note stands out. ON-DEVICE AI (VAULT READER PRO) A floating action button on every page opens a chat powered by Apple Foundation Models, running entirely on your iPhone. No API keys. No cloud inference. Nothing leaves the device. β€’ Summarize the page you're on. β€’ Ask it to explain a passage in simpler terms. β€’ Ask free-form questions across your whole vault. Answers link back to source pages. READING, YOUR WAY β€’ Two themes on the free tier: Plum Codex (light) and Midnight Vault (dark). β€’ Six themes total with Pro: Plum Codex, Sepia Library, Forest Journal, Terracotta Press, Midnight Vault, and Obsidian Codex. β€’ Four body-text sizes and three line-spacing presets with Pro. Dynamic Type respected throughout. PRIVACY BY CONSTRUCTION β€’ Your GitHub token lives in the iOS Keychain. Minner Labs runs no backend and never sees it. β€’ AI runs on-device via Apple Foundation Models. Prompts and answers never leave your iPhone. β€’ Read-only. Vault Reader cannot create, edit, or delete anything in your repositories. β€’ Your Pro subscription restores automatically across devices and reinstalls. PRICING β€’ Free to download and read. One connected repository, two themes, and the core reader are always free. β€’ Vault Reader Pro unlocks on-device AI, unlimited repositories, and the complete theme and typography library. Available as a monthly or annual subscription (with a 7-day free trial on the annual plan), or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://vaultreader.minnerlabs.com/privacy

Screenshots

Bookmark Pro4 screens
Vault Reader4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bookmark Pro at none against Vault Reader's 3. Bookmark Pro also leads on iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Vault Reader sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Bookmark Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Bookmark Pro versus Vault Reader: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookmark ProVault Reader
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size4 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperThach Nguyen TrongMinner Labs LLC

In-app purchases

None

Bookmark Pro

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Vault Reader

Subscriptions2
  • Vault Reader Pro - Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Vault Reader Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Vault Reader Pro - Lifetime$39.99

Questions

Is Bookmark Pro free?
Bookmark Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vault Reader free?
Vault Reader is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Bookmark Pro or Vault Reader have ads?
Neither Bookmark Pro nor Vault Reader shows ads.

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