Comparison

Ariv vs Linkeeper

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

Head to head
About

Ariv

Features
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Ariv is a local-first second brain for notes, tasks, journaling, study, projects, and personal knowledge management. Capture ideas, organize work, search your vault, ask questions about your notes, and keep your thinking connected without building a complicated plugin setup. Everything is built in: - Markdown notes and daily writing - Smart dashboard for active work - Tasks and Kanban - Quick capture - Voice memos with transcription - Ask Brain, an AI assistant for your notes - Calendar-aware planning and meeting context - Graph view and visual maps - Templates and presentation mode - Unified search across files, tags, and content Ariv is designed around a simple idea: your notes have a life. New thoughts land in your inbox. Active notes stay visible while you are working on them. Older notes move out of the way but stay searchable, linkable, and ready to resurface when you need them. No manual filing system required. No weekend spent setting up plugins. Open the app and start thinking. Your files stay yours: - Notes are stored as plain Markdown - Works with existing Markdown folders and vaults - No proprietary format - No account required to use the local app - Optional end-to-end encrypted sync is available AI is optional and on your terms. Use your own API key, run supported local models, or use Ariv's managed AI add-on. Ask Brain can answer questions from your vault and point back to the notes it used. Whether you are a student, writer, researcher, developer, founder, or lifelong learner, Ariv gives you one place to capture, connect, and use what you know. Think freely. No setup required.

About

Linkeeper

Features
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Linkeeper keeps the links you save — articles, videos, recipes, posts — in one tidy library where you can find them again. SAVE FROM ANY APP • Tap Share in Safari, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads or any other app and pick Linkeeper — or paste a link inside the app. • The title, preview image and creator are filled in for you, and each link is tagged by platform and hashtag automatically. READ LATER, YOUR WAY • A Read Later list for everything you haven't opened yet, with a daily reminder you can move or turn off. • Reader view with light, sepia and dark themes, adjustable text size and a serif font. • Listen: have an article read aloud. • Highlight passages, add a note to each, and find them all in one Highlights list. • Rediscover today: one link you saved and never read comes back each day. ORGANIZE • Collections, tags, favorites and archive — swipe to sort. • Search titles, notes, tags and the text of saved articles. • A Home Screen widget. BRING YOUR SAVES WITH YOU • Import from TikTok (liked videos), Instagram (saved posts and collections), a Pocket export and browser bookmark files. Files are read on your device, not uploaded. Preview first, duplicates are skipped, folders become tags — and you can undo. • Back up and restore your library as a JSON file. PRIVATE WHEN YOU NEED IT • A hidden vault for private links, locked with a passcode and Face ID. • Your library is stored on your device and works offline. An account is optional — it is only needed to sync between devices. LINKEEPER UNLIMITED Saving links is always unlimited, with tags, search, the reader and Rediscover included. Linkeeper Unlimited is a one-time purchase, not a subscription: unlimited imports, collections and hidden-vault links, plus sync across your devices. When you reach a free limit you can also choose to watch a short ad to unlock a little more. There are no other ads, and Unlimited has none.

Screenshots

Ariv4 screens
Linkeeper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ariv at none against Linkeeper's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Ariv versus Linkeeper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArivLinkeeper
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Daily
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size86 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAriv StudiosDao Van Thuong

In-app purchases

None

Ariv

No in-app purchases

None

Linkeeper

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ariv free?
Ariv is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Linkeeper free?
Linkeeper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ariv or Linkeeper have ads?
Linkeeper shows ads; Ariv does not.

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