Leaf Bookmarks vs LinkBuckets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Leaf Bookmarks
Organize and revisit saved links with rich details and AI-powered features. Transform your saved content into a usable library for research, inspiration, or personal knowledge.
- Save links from app or share sheet
- Organize with folders and tags
- Add summaries, thumbnails, and descriptions
- Quickly reopen saved links
- AI-powered summaries and suggestions
- Create a personal knowledge library
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Leaf Bookmarks is your personal space for links worth keeping. Every day you come across articles, videos, products, recipes and ideas you want to come back to. Saving them is easy. Finding them again, and remembering why they mattered, is the hard part. Leaf turns your saved links into a library that is easy to browse, search and actually use. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account and no sign-up. Open the app and start saving. • Your library is stored on your device and synced through your own private iCloud. • AI runs on your device. Your links are never sent to an AI service. SAVE AND ORGANIZE • Save links from the app or from the share sheet in any app. • Organize with folders, nested folders and tags. • Add notes and custom thumbnails. • Choose how your cards look. FIND IT AGAIN • Search by meaning, not only by the exact words. • Read Later queue for what you want to get to next. • Rediscover brings back links you saved and forgot. • Find your links from Spotlight. ON-DEVICE AI • Summaries of what you save. • Suggested tags and folders, chosen from the ones you already use. Summaries require a device with Apple Intelligence. On other devices Leaf still suggests tags and folders. BRING YOUR LINKS, TAKE THEM WITH YOU • Import bookmarks from Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Arc (HTML), or from a CSV file. • Export your whole library any time, as a bookmarks file or as JSON. • Save links with Shortcuts and Siri. ONE PRICE, NO SUBSCRIPTION Try everything free for 7 days. After that, a one-time purchase unlocks Leaf forever. There is no subscription and nothing renews automatically. If you decide not to buy, you can still export all your links. Leaf works on iPhone and iPad, and on Mac with Apple silicon. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Terms of Service: https://leafbookmarks.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://leafbookmarks.com/privacy
LinkBuckets
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LinkBuckets is the tidy, effortless alternative to a messy pile of bookmarks. Save any link in a tap, organize it your way, and actually find it again later — on every device. Whether it's recipes to try, articles to read, products to buy, or inspiration for your next project, LinkBuckets keeps it all sorted and beautiful instead of buried in browser tabs and scattered bookmark folders. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE • Share links straight from any app on your phone • Add the browser extension to save pages as you browse • Drop in a URL and we instantly fetch the title, description, and preview image ORGANIZE HOWEVER YOUR BRAIN WORKS • Group links into visual buckets with their own icon, emoji, or photo • Nest buckets in folders for bigger collections • Add tags to cross-reference across buckets • Pin what you use most for one-tap access FIND IT IN SECONDS • Fast search across every link, title, and note • Rich previews make links instantly recognizable • Add your own notes and details to any link SYNC EVERYWHERE Your buckets and links stay in sync across your iPhone and the web, so your collection is always with you. FREE TO START Use LinkBuckets free, and upgrade to Premium whenever you want more buckets, more links, and more AI power to keep everything organized. Start turning your messy bookmarks into something you'll actually use. Download LinkBuckets today. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: LinkBuckets at 16.0 against Leaf Bookmarks's 26.0. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Leaf Bookmarks sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and LinkBuckets sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Leaf Bookmarks ships an update every 8 days, LinkBuckets weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Leaf Bookmarks | LinkBuckets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tomas Frechou | Ruslan Stadnik |
In-app purchases
Leaf Bookmarks
- 7-day TrialFree
- Leaf Lifetime$4.99
LinkBuckets
- Premium$2.991 Month
- Premium$24.991 Year








