Comparison

LinkBay vs ThinkCapture

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

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About

LinkBay

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LinkBay - Save Anything. Find It Later. LinkBay is the easiest way to save the links you find online and come back to them later. Articles you want to read tonight, tutorials to work through this weekend, recipes for Sunday, products to think about, ideas worth keeping. One place. Always with you. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Tap the Share button in Safari, YouTube, Facebook, or any app on your iPhone or iPad, pick LinkBay, and it's saved. Two taps. Or open LinkBay and tap + to paste a link yourself. ORGANIZE THE WAY YOU THINK Group links into folders, attach tags, and add personal notes. New saves are tagged automatically by source, so YouTube videos, Facebook posts, GitHub repos, and TikTok links sort themselves. You can also add your own tags, rename them, and browse any tag like a folder. FIND ANYTHING FAST Search across titles, source domains, tags, and notes. Results appear instantly as you type, even with thousands of saved links. Filter by folder, tag, content type, or date when you need to narrow things down. SYNCED ACROSS YOUR DEVICES Your collection syncs through your personal iCloud account. Save on iPhone, find it on iPad. Automatic, private, no sign-up required. BACK UP AND RESTORE Export your entire collection to a single file you can save to Files, iCloud Drive, or send via Mail, Messages, or AirDrop. Import the same file on any device to restore everything exactly as it was. YOUR DATA IS YOURS No accounts. No tracking. No ads. Your links live in your personal iCloud private database. Only you can see them. The developer has no access to your content. DESIGNED FOR iOS Beautiful on iPhone and iPad. Smooth, fast, and feels right at home. VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, High Contrast, and Reduce Motion are all supported. PERFECT FOR - Saving articles, tutorials, and documentation to read later - Bookmarking recipes, products, and travel ideas - Organizing research by topic with folders and tags - Keeping work resources separate from personal links - Building a personal library of everything worth coming back to Download LinkBay and take control of your bookmarks. No subscriptions. No ads. No tracking. Just your links, beautifully organized.

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ThinkCapture

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A link to read later. A task you can't forget. An idea that just popped into your head. Do you keep each of these in a different app? ThinkCapture is one place to drop all three. You don't pick where things go: whether it's a link, a task, or a passing thought, the AI on your device reads it and files it. You never classify. You never tag. You just write. β–  Three apps, in one - Links to read later β€” send a URL from the share sheet; it's saved with a headline and thumbnail. - Things to do β€” write "reply to Sam" or "buy milk" and the AI treats it as a task; add a due time and it reminds you. - Ideas and notes β€” thoughts, things you've learned, and what happened today all go in the same field, and they stay. β–  Why keep them together Storing things separately means deciding, every time, which app this belongs in β€” enough friction that you often don't write it down at all. Put it all in one place and it becomes impossible to find. Make sorting the AI's job and both problems disappear β€” and since the sorting never leaves your device, you can pile up anything without worrying. β–  What you can do - Instant capture β€” write in a single field; saving finishes at once, without waiting for the AI. One tap from Siri, Shortcuts, widgets, or Control Center. - On-device sorting β€” each note becomes a task, idea, knowledge, reference, journal, waiting, or someday item. Override any result; when it isn't sure it says "unclassified" instead of guessing. - Full-text search β€” find anything by keyword or tag name, completed items too. - Today β€” no cluttered inbox. Just today's tasks and your recurring habits. - Calendar β€” see the days you wrote on, and overlay events from your device's calendar (iCloud, Google, and more). Events are displayed, never changed. - Tags and priority β€” add your own tags on top of the AI's categories, and set high, medium, or low priority. - Due dates and reminders β€” set one in a tap; add a time and you get a notification. Recurring reminders too. - Photo attachments, plus a grid layout like paper in a notebook. - Home Screen widget β€” check today's tasks and capture without opening the app. - Backup and restore β€” export everything as JSON or Markdown anytime and import it back; restoring merges, never deletes. - iCloud sync (optional, off by default) β€” only about where data is stored; sorting still runs on device. β–  Pricing Writing, sorting, searching and exporting are free, with no limit on how much you capture. Everything above stays free and unlimited. ThinkCapture Pro is an optional subscription for how the app looks and where it lives: color themes (green, blue, purple), a board view that flips through your Inbox column by column, and a Lock Screen card for checking off today's tasks. In Japan it is Β₯2,500 per year (about Β₯208 a month, roughly 48% less than monthly) or Β₯400 per month; your region's price is shown in the app. The yearly plan starts with a 14-day free trial for people new to the subscription. Both plans renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can cancel anytime under Settings > your Apple Account > Subscriptions. Without Pro, nothing is locked away and nothing stops you from writing more. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://docs.google.com/document/d/172RyaTDqcAQElhyr3hXf6zCRFwCoLHf895k01GYDFvI/ β–  About privacy ThinkCapture's AI sorting uses Apple's on-device AI (Apple Intelligence / Foundation Models). What you write is never sent to an outside server to be classified, and no account is required. Saving a link fetches only that page's public headline and thumbnail. β–  Requirements Automatic sorting requires iOS 26 or later on an Apple Intelligence–capable device. On other devices you tap the classification badge to pick a category by hand β€” it still works as an ordinary notes and tasks app. Don't classify. Don't organize. Just write.

Screenshots

LinkBay4 screens
ThinkCapture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: LinkBay at none against ThinkCapture's 2. ThinkCapture's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. ThinkCapture sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. LinkBay asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LinkBay ships an update every 7 months, ThinkCapture weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
LinkBay versus ThinkCapture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLinkBayThinkCapture
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsWeekly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.618.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size7 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJunaed Muhammad ChowdhuryTakashi Kishida

In-app purchases

None

LinkBay

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

ThinkCapture

Subscriptions2
  • ThinkCapture ProοΌˆζœˆι‘οΌ‰$1.991 Month
  • ThinkCapture ProοΌˆεΉ΄ι‘οΌ‰14 Days trial$14.991 Year

Questions

Is LinkBay free?
LinkBay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ThinkCapture free?
ThinkCapture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do LinkBay or ThinkCapture have ads?
Neither LinkBay nor ThinkCapture shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LinkBay or ThinkCapture?
LinkBay ships an update every 7 months, and ThinkCapture weekly. Most recently, LinkBay was updated on September 9, 2026 and ThinkCapture on September 16, 2026.

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