Comparison

LinkVault vs smalltype

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

Head to head
About

LinkVault

Features
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Stop losing track of what you meant to read, watch, or listen to later. LinkVault lets you save any link โ€” from Safari, Instagram, WhatsApp, YouTube, or anywhere else with a Share button โ€” and automatically sorts it into a category: Articles, Videos, Images, or Sounds. No more digging through your camera roll, Notes app, or a dozen half-remembered browser tabs. HOW IT WORKS Tap the Share button in any app, choose LinkVault, and you're done. LinkVault detects what kind of content you're saving โ€” a YouTube video, a Spotify track, an Instagram photo, a news article โ€” and files it under the right category automatically, complete with the site's icon and a preview image when available. You can always move something to a different category later with a simple long-press. KEY FEATURES - One-tap saving from the iOS Share Sheet โ€” works from Safari, Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, YouTube, and any other app that can share a link - Automatic categorization into Articles, Videos, Images, and Sounds - Automatic favicon and preview image fetching for a richer, easier-to-scan list - Fast search across everything you've saved - Swipe to favorite, delete, or re-share any saved item - Save actual shared files too (like a photo or voice note), not just web links - iCloud sync โ€” your saved links are backed up automatically and available again even if you delete and reinstall the app or switch to a new iPhone - Clean, color-coded interface that makes it easy to scan your saved items at a glance - Available in 12 languages, including German, French, Japanese, Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, Turkish, Portuguese, Korean, Hindi, Russian, and Italian - No account or sign-up required WHY LINKVAULT Most "save for later" happens through screenshots, forwarded messages to yourself, or browser tabs you're afraid to close. LinkVault gives all of that a single, organized home โ€” so when you actually have time to read that article or watch that video, you can find it in seconds instead of scrolling back through your entire message history. LinkVault is free to use, supported by ads. Your saved links themselves sync through your own personal iCloud account โ€” LinkVault's developer never sees or stores the content you save.

About

smalltype

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Short notes, many times a day, saved as plain .md files in real folders. Open the same folder on your Mac in VS Code, Vim, or any editor. Calm, minimal, and ready for iPhone Duo. smalltype is for your notes. The small ones, the quick ones, the big ones, the unpolished ones. It's a fast, quiet place to type. ## Start No tutorial, no setup screen. Tap New Note and start typing. Leave one empty and it quietly disappears, so you never end up with a pile of blank untitled notes. That's the whole app. ## Yours Every note is a real .md file, sitting right there in the Files app. You can open it, copy it, or back it up yourself, anytime. Delete one and it still goes to Recently Deleted, same as any other file: nothing's gone for good. ## Sync or Don't Keep notes in iCloud Drive to have them on every device. Or keep them On My iPhone, fully local, never leaving your device. Either way, you can switch anytime. ## Visible Markdown Markdown markers stay gently visible as you type. What you see is exactly what's in the file. A bar above the keyboard types the markers for you, with undo and redo a tap away. ## Organize Folders, search, and quick note-making, all from one screen. Nothing to set up first. Put "daily" in a folder's name and new notes inside it get today's date as their name. ## No Catch No ads. No subscription. No tracking. No account, ever. Markdown notes. Yours to keep.

Screenshots

LinkVault3 screens
smalltype4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: smalltype at none against LinkVault's shown. smalltype also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 weeks). LinkVault's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LinkVault ships an update every 4 weeks, smalltype every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
LinkVault versus smalltype: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLinkVaultsmalltype
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 5 days โ€” better
AdsYesNo โ€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size9 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWAEL KILZIEHHerman Haidin

In-app purchases

None

LinkVault

No in-app purchases

None

smalltype

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LinkVault free?
LinkVault is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is smalltype free?
smalltype is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LinkVault or smalltype have ads?
LinkVault shows ads; smalltype does not.
Which is updated more often, LinkVault or smalltype?
LinkVault ships an update every 4 weeks, and smalltype every 5 days. Most recently, LinkVault was updated on October 3, 2026 and smalltype on October 8, 2026.

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