Comparison

Better Keep Notes vs Link Capture

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

Head to head
About

Better Keep Notes

Features
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Better Keep (https://betterkeep.app/welcome) is a powerful and open source (https://github.com/foxbiz/better-keep) note-taking app designed for privacy, organization, and productivity. With rich text editing, end-to-end encryption, and full offline support, your notes stay secure and accessible on all your devices. RICH TEXT EDITOR Write notes with headings, bullet lists, numbered lists, checklists, text formatting (bold, italic, underline), text color, and background highlights. Create beautiful, organized notes that go beyond plain text. PRIVACY AND SECURITY - Lock individual notes with a PIN — content is encrypted before saving - End-to-end encryption (E2EE) for cloud sync — your data is encrypted on your device before leaving - Zero-knowledge architecture — the server never sees your plaintext notes or attachments CHECKLISTS AND TASKS Create interactive checklists and to-do lists inside your notes. Track your progress with visual completion indicators. Perfect for shopping lists, project tasks, and daily routines. SKETCHES AND DRAWINGS Draw freehand sketches, annotate images, and add hand-drawn illustrations to your notes. Use different pen sizes, colors, and eraser tools. Import photos to draw over them. VOICE NOTES AND TRANSCRIPTION Record audio notes with automatic speech-to-text transcription. Your spoken words are converted to text and added directly to your notes for easy searching. IMAGE ATTACHMENTS Attach photos from your camera or gallery. View images in full-screen with zoom and pan. All image attachments are encrypted before syncing. REMINDERS AND ALARMS Set one-time or repeating reminders for any note. Get notified at the right time with customizable alarms. Supports daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly repeats. LABELS AND ORGANIZATION Organize notes with labels for quick filtering. Pin important notes to the top. Archive completed notes to keep your workspace clean. Search instantly across all notes. CROSS-DEVICE SYNC Sync notes, images, audio recordings, and sketches across all your devices in real-time. Changes appear within seconds. Works on iOS and macOS. OFFLINE FIRST Full functionality without internet. Create, edit, and organize notes offline. Changes sync automatically when you're back online. Your notes are stored locally using SQLite. BEAUTIFUL DESIGN Card-based masonry layout keeps your notes visually organized. Color-code notes for quick identification. Dark theme for comfortable viewing at night. WHAT'S INCLUDED - Rich text notes with formatting - PIN-locked encrypted notes - End-to-end encrypted sync - Checklists and to-do lists - Freehand sketches with image annotation - Voice recordings with transcription - Photo and file attachments - Reminders with repeating alarms - Labels and quick filtering - Instant search - Archive and trash management - Real-time multi-device sync - Full offline support - Dark theme Better Keep is the note-taking app that respects your privacy while delivering powerful features. Whether you're journaling, planning projects, making lists, or capturing ideas — Better Keep has you covered. Download now and experience note-taking the way it should be: private, powerful, and always available.

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Link Capture

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Stop retyping links you see in screenshots. LinkCapture reads the URLs right out of your images and saves them as tidy, searchable bookmarks — all on your device, no account required. Point it at a screenshot, a photo, or something on your clipboard, and LinkCapture uses Apple's on-device text recognition to pull out every link it finds. One image with three links becomes three bookmarks. Emails are detected too. Then it offers something no camera roll does: once your link is safe, delete the source image and reclaim the storage. **WHAT YOU CAN DO** • Extract links from screenshots, photos, the camera, or the clipboard • Get every URL in an image at once — save one bookmark per link • See every link with its site's favicon, in a list or a grid • Organize with colorful, icon-tagged categories • Search and filter your whole collection instantly • Browse a Recents timeline grouped by date • Open links in an in-app browser, or copy and share them • Automatically strip tracking clutter (?fbclid=…, utm_…) off every link • Detect email addresses, file them in their own category, and pick which mail app opens them • Edit a saved link anytime — or add one to a "no-link" capture • Back up your links and categories to iCloud • Reclaim storage by deleting the source photo — now or later **SHARE SHEET BUILT IN** Send an image to LinkCapture straight from Photos, Safari, or any app via the Share sheet. It extracts the links and saves them without leaving what you were doing. **PRIVATE BY DESIGN** Extraction and storage happen entirely on your iPhone or iPad — no servers, no account, and your bookmarks and images never leave your device. Favicons are fetched directly from each site, not a third-party icon service. LinkCapture is free to use with ads; subscribe to Pro to remove them. _(with ads)_ **PRO — GO DEEPER** Some links wrap across multiple lines in a screenshot. LinkCapture Pro reconstructs those full, deep links automatically, removes ads, and adds 100 extractions to your balance every month. $4.99/month — cancel anytime. Start with 30 free extractions. Grab a pack whenever you need more. LinkCapture Pro is an auto-renewable subscription: $4.99 (USD) per month, billed to your Apple Account. It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.hiddenmine.com/apps/linkcapture/privacy

Screenshots

Better Keep Notes4 screens
Link Capture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Better Keep Notes at none against Link Capture's shown. Better Keep Notes also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Better Keep Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Link Capture sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Better Keep Notes ships an update every 4 days, Link Capture weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Ā· 3 level
Better Keep Notes versus Link Capture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBetter Keep NotesLink Capture
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterWeekly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB5 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperFoxbiz Software Private LimitedEMiR EMRAH UCKAN

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Better Keep Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Better Keep Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Better Keep Pro Yearly$20.991 Year
4 purchases

Link Capture

Subscriptions1
  • LinkCapture Pro$4.991 Month
One-time3
  • 10-Pack$0.99
  • 50-Pack$3.99
  • 100-Scan-Pack$6.99

Questions

Is Better Keep Notes free?
Better Keep Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Link Capture free?
Link Capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Better Keep Notes or Link Capture have ads?
Link Capture shows ads; Better Keep Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, Better Keep Notes or Link Capture?
Better Keep Notes ships an update every 4 days, and Link Capture weekly. Most recently, Better Keep Notes was updated on September 17, 2026 and Link Capture on September 13, 2026.

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