Comparison

LinkBox vs Bookmax

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

Head to head
About

LinkBox

Features
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Too many bookmarks, saved pages, and links you never find again? LinkBox is a bookmark and link manager for iPhone that helps you save web pages first, then organize them later with tags, search, read later, and simple local rules. Save links from Safari, Chrome, and other apps through the share sheet. You can also copy a web link and manually add it from the clipboard inside LinkBox. When you find an article, document, tool, forum post, or search result, you do not have to file it right away. Save it first, then come back when you are ready. Already have a lot of bookmarks in your browser? Import a Safari or Chrome bookmarks HTML file and move your saved pages into LinkBox. Browser folders can become tags, and duplicate links are merged automatically. Key features: - Save web links quickly - Add copied links from the clipboard - Import Safari and Chrome bookmarks HTML - Organize links with tags and notes - Search titles, domains, tags, and notes - Add links to Read Later and open them when you are ready - Select multiple links and add tags or move them to Read Later - Create local auto rules by domain, URL, or title - Automatically tag new links, add them to Read Later, or mark sensitive items - View frequently opened links, Read Later, recent saves, and links that still need organizing - Review broken links, duplicate saves, and cleanup items - Open saved links with your preferred browser Great for saving: - articles and research - search results - tools and product pages - documentation - forum and community posts - web pages you want to read later or keep long term Your links, tags, notes, and organizing data are stored on your device by default. LinkBox is built for people who save a lot of web pages and want a cleaner way to find and manage them later.

About

Bookmax

Features
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Bookmax has been an online bookmark manager since 2003. Your bookmarks live in your account, not in one browser, and this app brings them to your phone. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE Tap Share in Safari, Chrome or any other app and choose "Add to Bookmax". Pick the folder, save, done. The page is in your collection on every device. YOUR COLLECTION - Nested folders and tags, as deep as you like - Search across titles, addresses, descriptions and tags - Last added, last used and most used at a glance - Favicons and thumbnails for every entry - Public folders you can share as a page MORE THAN BOOKMARKS The same account holds lists (text, number, date and check fields), contacts, memos, documents and an RSS/Atom feed reader. Teams can share folders with four levels of rights. YOUR DATA, YOUR RULES - Import and export as a standard HTML bookmark file at any time - Servers in the EU, no advertising, no tracking - Coming from Pocket, Delicious or Google Bookmarks? Import your old export YOUR ACCOUNT Free account with generous limits: 1000 bookmarks in 100 folders, without time limit. Existing Premium accounts work in the app as well. Bookmax is made in Austria and has been running since 2003, longer than any other hosted bookmark service still online.

Screenshots

LinkBox4 screens
Bookmax4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bookmax at none against LinkBox's 1. LinkBox's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. LinkBox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bookmax asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LinkBox ships an update weekly, Bookmax fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
LinkBox versus Bookmax: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLinkBoxBookmax
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly โ€” betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad โ€” better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size9 MB1 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developerๅฎ‰ๅบท ้ƒDr. Peter Mayer

In-app purchases

1 purchases

LinkBox

One-time1
  • LinkBox Pro$7.99
None

Bookmax

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LinkBox free?
LinkBox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bookmax free?
Bookmax is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LinkBox or Bookmax have ads?
Neither LinkBox nor Bookmax shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LinkBox or Bookmax?
LinkBox ships an update weekly, and Bookmax fortnightly. Most recently, LinkBox was updated on October 5, 2026 and Bookmax on October 8, 2026.

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