Linkwarden vs Ribbon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Linkwarden
Collect, organize, and preserve important links for offline access. Save content directly from your device's share sheet and enjoy a reader view for a focused reading experience.
- Organize links
- Save from share sheet
- Offline reading
- Cache data
- Reader view
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The official Linkwarden companion mobile app. Collect, read, and fully preserve what matters! Here are the current features so far: - Create and organize links - Save links from share sheet - Full offline support - Highlights & annotations - Customizable reader view - And more! Please note that we’re adding new features with every new release! Note: Linkwarden requires either a Linkwarden Cloud subscription or a connection to your own self-hosted Linkwarden server. Terms of Use: https://linkwarden.app/tos Privacy Policy: https://linkwarden.app/privacy-policy
Ribbon
This app provides a native mobile interface for managing your self-hosted bookmarks. It allows you to browse, search, and save links with features like automatic prefill and a share extension. Organize your saved content with tags and bundles, and perform bulk actions for efficient management.
- Browse bookmarks with filter pills
- Search active and archived bookmarks
- Add bookmarks with automatic prefill
- Share extension for saving links
- Organize with tags and bundles
- Swipe actions for editing and archiving
- Bulk bookmark actions
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Ribbon is a native iPhone and iPad app for Linkding, the fast, self-hosted bookmark manager. Browse, search, and save your bookmarks from anywhere — your data stays on your server, always. Features - Browse your bookmarks with filter pills: All, Unread, Untagged, and Archived - Search across active and archived bookmarks simultaneously - Add bookmarks with automatic title and description prefill - Save from Safari or any app with the share extension - Clipboard detection — Ribbon offers to use a URL you already copied - Organize with tags and smart Bundles - Archive, edit, and delete with swipe actions or press-and-hold menus - Bulk actions — archive, delete, tag, or mark multiple bookmarks at once - Secure credential storage in the iOS Keychain Requirements Ribbon requires a running Linkding instance. Linkding is a free, open-source bookmark manager you self-host on your own server or NAS. Visit linkding.link to get started. Your Linkding API token can be found under Settings → API Access in your Linkding instance.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Linkwarden at Free against Ribbon's $2.99. Ribbon's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 56%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.1). On ratings volume, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Linkwarden is free to download; Ribbon costs $2.99 up front. Linkwarden sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.00 per month. Ribbon asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ribbon holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Linkwarden's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ribbon's.
Linkwarden ships an update every 3 weeks, Ribbon weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Linkwarden | Ribbon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.1 (15 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Linkwarden | Cory Dransfeldt |
Customer experience
Linkwarden
Ribbon
In-app purchases
Linkwarden
- Linkwarden Cloud - Monthly14 Days trial$4.001 Month
- Linkwarden Cloud - Yearly14 Days trial$36.001 Year
Ribbon
No in-app purchases








