Save Any Link vs Backmark
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Save Any Link
Save articles from any app with a single tap. This app offers AI-powered summaries for quick comprehension and prioritizes your privacy by storing all data locally on your device. An optional Pro plan unlocks premium themes and removes ads.
- One-tap saving from any app
- AI-powered article summaries
- Local device storage for privacy
- Customizable reading themes (Pro)
- No account or login required
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Save with one tap, summarize automatically with Apple Intelligence. A simple bookmarking app to save and manage articles you want to read later. No sign-up, no login. Everything stays on your device. ■ Key Features ・One-Tap Save Save instantly from Safari, X, news apps, and anywhere else through the standard Share menu. ・AI-Powered Summaries Powered by Apple Intelligence, your saved articles are summarized right on your device. Quickly grasp the key points when you come back to read. ・Privacy First Articles and summaries are all stored on your device. Nothing is uploaded to any server. Your personal reading list stays right where it belongs — with you. ■ Who It's For ・People who find more interesting articles on X or news apps than they can read in the moment ・Anyone who wants to catch up on saved articles during a commute or before bed ・Anyone looking for a simple "place to keep articles" without extra logins or sync setup ・Anyone who wants to unify bookmarks scattered across different apps into one place ■ Pro Plan (Subscription) All core features remain available for free. Upgrading to Pro unlocks: ・Premium themes to customize your reading view (Dark, Sepia, Paper White, and more) ・Removal of in-app ads ■ Requirements ・The AI summary feature requires an Apple Intelligence-compatible device (On unsupported devices, the app still works as a simple read-later article manager) ■ Terms of Use & Privacy Policy ・Terms of Use (EULA): https://hiyoko.app/en/apps/simple-read-later/terms ・Privacy Policy: https://hiyoko.app/en/apps/simple-read-later/privacy Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple ID. You can cancel anytime via "Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions" on iOS. For feedback or bug reports, please reach out via "Settings > Contact Us" inside the app.
Backmark
Save links, screenshots, files, and places from any app to organize and find them instantly. Transform your saved items into trip plans and checklists with on-device intelligence. Your data remains private and accessible only on your iPhone.
- Save links, screenshots, files, and places
- Searchable Memories with source links
- Organize content into custom Boards
- Generate trip plans and checklists
- On-device AI for summaries and captions
- Private by design, no account needed
- Export and restore all data
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Save links, screenshots, files and places from any app, find them in seconds, and turn them into trip plans and checklists. Private, on your iPhone. SAVE WHAT MATTERS Deliberately share links, text, screenshots, files and map links to Backmark from other apps. Each becomes a searchable Memory that keeps its original source link, alongside useful text and previews. Import bookmarks exported from Safari, Chrome, Firefox or Edge, sorted by folder or by topic on your iPhone. FIND IT AGAIN Browse by where each save came from, by topic, or with your own tiles, and search everything at once. Make tiles for trips, recipes or gifts, and add or remove any save by hand. Mark favorites, and open, edit, share or delete your saved content whenever you choose. BUILD WITH IT Group saves into manually maintained Boards and drag them into the order you want. Add places from map links you share and see a planned walking or driving route between a Board's places. Share a Board as a set of images with every original link, or save the images to Photos. BOARD STUDIO AND ON-DEVICE INTELLIGENCE On compatible iPhones with Apple Intelligence available, Board studio answers questions about a Board using only its saves, and writes a caption, trip plan, checklist or summary you can edit, copy or share as images. Create a Board cover from its places and topics with Image Playground. Backmark also summarises Memories, sorts imported bookmarks and makes tile icons on the iPhone. Normal saving, text recognition and search remain available without generative AI. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your Memories and Boards stay on your iPhone. Backmark requires no account and has no backend, analytics, advertising or silent cloud AI fallback. Place search and routes use Apple Maps with only what they need. Export everything as one zip you can open anywhere, restore it later, or delete all local Backmark data from Profile. Works with larger text sizes and VoiceOver. A one-time purchase, with no subscription or in-app paywall. Save your first link today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Save Any Link at Free against Backmark's $4.99. Backmark's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ads (none vs shown). On review sentiment, update cadence and device support 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
Save Any Link is free to download; Backmark costs $4.99 up front. Save Any Link sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Backmark asks for nothing beyond the download.
Save Any Link ships an update weekly, Backmark fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Save Any Link | Backmark |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 29 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | hitoshi yokomizo | Mohamed Saliha Abdul Azeem |
Customer experience
Save Any Link
Backmark
In-app purchases
Save Any Link
- Monthly Plan$0.991 Month
- Yearly Plan$9.991 Year
Backmark
No in-app purchases
Questions
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