Ribbon vs Aven Tasks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Aven Tasks
Manage your tasks locally on your iPhone with end-to-end encrypted syncing. Organize work across projects, capture details, and access your data offline. Set up sync with Aven Cloud or your own server.
- Local-first task management
- End-to-end encrypted sync
- Custom sync server option
- Offline task access
- Task creation and editing
- Markdown support
- Image attachments
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Aven brings your local-first task workflow to iPhone. Sync it end-to-end encrypted with Aven on your computer, through Aven Cloud or a sync server you run yourself. YOUR QUEUE, ON THE GO - See work across projects, grouped by Needs action, Available, Focus, Soon, Triage, Blocked, Later, and Epics - Browse all tasks in a project or workspace, with sorting, filters, and search - Switch workspaces and browse projects - Search tasks stored on this iPhone CAPTURE AND UPDATE WORK - Create tasks with a title, project, status, priority, due date, labels, and description - Edit task fields, swipe to complete or snooze, and long-press to set due dates KEEP THE CONTEXT - Read Markdown descriptions, notes, and activity - Follow task relationships and epic membership - View synced image attachments LOCAL-FIRST BY DESIGN - After pairing and the initial sync, browse, search, create, and edit tasks offline - Changes stay on your iPhone and sync when you're back online - Review sync conflicts when edits meet PRIVATE SYNC Tasks are encrypted on your devices before upload, so neither Aven Cloud nor your own server can read them. SET UP BEFORE YOU START Set up sync in Aven on your computer, using Aven Cloud (free preview) or your own Aven sync server. Then scan or paste a pairing invitation on your iPhone. Aven has no subscriptions or in-app purchases.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Aven Tasks at Free against Ribbon's $2.99. Aven Tasks also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly). Ribbon's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, 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
Aven Tasks is free to download; Ribbon costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Ribbon against 5.0 for Aven Tasks. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ribbon has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Ribbon ships an update weekly, Aven Tasks daily. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ribbon | Aven Tasks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cory Dransfeldt | Zendit Oy |
Customer experience
Ribbon
Aven Tasks
In-app purchases
Ribbon
No in-app purchases
Aven Tasks
No in-app purchases
