Comparison

Bookmarks vs Control

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

Head to head
About

Bookmarks

Save and organize links from any app. Easily add URLs, manage them with folders and tags, and quickly find what you need with powerful search. Keep your digital content organized and accessible.

Highlights
  • Save URLs from any app
  • Organize with folders and tags
  • Pin favorite bookmarks
  • Search by title, URL, or tag
  • Automatic link previews
  • Optional iCloud sync
Features
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Manage bookmarks. Read them later—on your schedule. Bookmarks is a bookmark manager for iPhone and iPad. Save links from any app, organize with folders and tags, and set reminders so saved pages come back when you need them. Optional iCloud sync keeps everything across your devices. **Save from anywhere** • Share sheet from Safari and other apps • Quick Save Action for silent unfiled saves • Paste a URL, or text that contains a link • Automatic titles, favicons, and thumbnails **Manage your library** • Nested folders and tags • Pinned bookmarks and favorite folders from Library • Search by title, URL, note, folder, or tag • Sort by date added, last viewed, title, host, or pin **Auto Filing** • Matching sites can prefill a folder, tags, or both • Free includes 1 rule; Pro unlimited **Saved Filters** • Name a live list of personal bookmarks in Library • Free includes 1 list; Pro unlimited **Filter** • Narrow any list by folder, tag, site, status, or date added **iPad** • Same bookmarks on iPhone and iPad • Tighter split view: sidebar, list, and detail • Drag a bookmark or folder into a folder **Spotlight and Shortcuts** • Find personal bookmarks from Spotlight on this device • Save a link, find bookmarks, or open a folder, tag, or filter from Shortcuts **Hidden folders** • Hide a personal folder from Folders, Library, search, and most widgets • Open Hidden from the Folders menu; Face ID or passcode to view **Home Screen widgets** • Add a Bookmarks widget for pins, recents, a folder, or a tag • Extra Large size on iPad • Tap a row to open that list and bookmark **Read later, with reminders** • Set a date and time on a bookmark or folder • Repeat: once, daily, weekdays, weekly, or monthly • Library Reminders opens History and Scheduled • Fired reminders land in History. Unread lives there, on this device • Schedules still sync with iCloud • Free plan includes 1 scheduled reminder; Pro unlocks unlimited **Open links your way** • Open With: Detail View or Browser • Browser: In-App (stays in Bookmarks) or System **Sync and share** • On-device by default—no account required to start • Optional iCloud sync • Share a folder you already use. Stop sharing anytime • Open With and list appearance sync over iCloud **Import, export, and go further (Pro)** • Import or export Netscape HTML from Chrome, Safari, or Firefox • Preview a browser export and choose what to import • Customize bookmark list appearance: hide fields and set line limits • Unlimited reminders and shared-folder ownership per Pro plans • Auto Filing and Saved Filters: 1 of each on Free; unlimited with Pro **Private and yours** • Your data stays on your device unless you enable iCloud Terms of Use: https://bookmarks.mihu.io/terms/

About

Control

Consolidate your daily trackers, planners, and reminders into a single, elegant app. Monitor habits, budgets, fitness, and more directly from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, or Live Activities. Enjoy a private experience with all data stored locally and synced via iCloud.

Highlights
  • 20+ customizable iOS widgets
  • Track habits, budget, fitness, and more
  • Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Live Activities support
  • Private data storage on device
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • No sign-ups or dark patterns
Features
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Your Home Screen, redesigned. Control is a library of 20+ beautifully crafted iOS widgets - every tracker, planner, and reminder you actually use, gathered in one app. Habits, budget, fitness, medication, birthdays, travel, and much more, all glanceable from your Home Screen, Lock Screen, and Live Activities. No more juggling ten single-purpose apps. No sign-ups, no dark patterns. - TRACK EVERYTHING - • Habits - daily routines, streaks, goals • Budget - spending, savings, monthly limits • Subscriptions - see exactly what's recurring and when • Portfolio - track your investments • Debt - loans and credit cards, payoff progress • Currency - live exchange rates between any two currencies • Fitness - steps, workouts, calories burned via Apple Health • Calories - daily intake, weight goals • Period - cycle tracking with predictions • Medication - dose reminders for every prescription • Birthdays - pulled from Contacts, never forget another one • Books - what you're reading, with auto-fetched covers • Movies - your watchlist with poster art • Pets - feeding, walks, vet visits • Vehicle - mileage, services, fuel logs • Hotel & Travel - live check-out countdowns and trip dashboards • Past Trips - a souvenir of where you've been • Food Expiration - what's in your fridge and when it spoils • Game Tracker - leaderboards plus a multi-touch player picker • Speedometer - live drive sessions • Clipboard - quick-paste from history • To-do - checklists that sync across devices • Quit Tracker - sober days, money saved, life regained - PRIVATE BY DEFAULT - Everything is stored on your device and synced privately through your own iCloud account. No external servers. No tracking. No analytics SDKs. Your habits, finances, and reminders are yours. Control is built for people who want their Home Screen to do something useful. - Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Bookmarks4 screens
Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Control at 4.5 against Bookmarks's 3.7. Control also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Bookmarks sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Control sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Control holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bookmarks ships an update every 2 weeks, Control every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bookmarks versus Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBookmarksControl
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.0 — better26.2
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHoi Mau HungAlex Patrick Palacean

Customer experience

Bookmarks

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

Control

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Bookmarks

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$29.99
1 purchases

Control

One-time1
  • Control Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is Bookmarks free?
Bookmarks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Control free?
Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bookmarks or Control?
Control is rated higher. Bookmarks averages 3.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Control averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Bookmarks or Control have ads?
Neither Bookmarks nor Control shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bookmarks or Control?
Bookmarks ships an update every 2 weeks, and Control every 6 days. Most recently, Bookmarks was updated on November 5, 2026 and Control on October 31, 2026.

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