Kioku vs Link Capture
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Kioku
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Kioku is a personal knowledge library for Mac. Save articles, PDFs, websites, and your own Markdown notes into organized vaults you can read, search, annotate, and keep with you offline. Use Kioku to turn scattered research into a calm, durable library. Paste a URL to archive a single page, save a PDF from your Mac, or crawl more of a site when you want a deeper reference vault. Kioku stores your content as Markdown with downloaded assets, so your library stays portable and readable outside the app. Write your own notes with a focused Markdown editor, add images, create internal links, and keep authored notes separate from saved web pages. While reading, select passages to save excerpts and notes so important ideas do not disappear after the first pass. Kioku also includes optional local AI features for summaries, retrieval, chat, and study cards. Supported models run on your Mac, keeping those experiences local to your device. Features: Save articles, PDFs, pages, and websites into Markdown vaults Read saved content offline in a native Mac interface Write and edit Markdown notes Organize saved pages into vaults Search your library Annotate passages and save excerpts Generate summaries with optional on-device AI Create study cards from saved pages and notes Store content in a local or iCloud Drive-backed folder Keep your library portable with Markdown files and assets Kioku is for readers, researchers, students, builders, and anyone who wants a quieter place to collect what matters.
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 ā 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 ā 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=ā¦, utm_ā¦) off every link ⢠Detect email addresses, file them in their own category, and pick which mail app opens them ⢠Edit a saved link anytime ā or add one to a "no-link" capture ⢠Back up your links and categories to iCloud ⢠Reclaim storage by deleting the source photo ā 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 ā 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 ā 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 ā 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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kioku at none against Link Capture's 4. Kioku also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). Link Capture's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price and device support 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
Both are free to download. Link Capture sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Kioku asks for nothing beyond the download.
Kioku ships an update every 2 days, Link Capture weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kioku | Link Capture |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days ā better | Weekly |
| Ads | No ā better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No ā better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad ā better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 18.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Kai Kang | EMiR EMRAH UCKAN |
In-app purchases
Kioku
No in-app purchases
Link Capture
- LinkCapture Pro$4.991 Month
- 10-Pack$0.99
- 50-Pack$3.99
- 100-Scan-Pack$6.99









