Comparison

Brushes XP vs Bookmark Manager

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

Head to head
About

Brushes XP

This freehand drawing app offers powerful tools for artists, including custom brushes, layers, and image import/export. It can record your entire drawing process as a movie file, making it ideal for sharing your creative journey. As a successor to a legendary project, it includes enhanced features for a smoother artistic workflow.

Highlights
  • Freehand drawing
  • Custom brushes
  • Layer support
  • Image import/export
  • Drawing process recording
  • Copy/paste layers with transparency
Features
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"Brushes XP" is a powerful and easy-to-use freehand drawing application which can save the process of your drawing as a movie file. "Brushes XP" features painting with colors and custom brushes, using layers, images import and export, and it can save the replay of your drawing process as a movie file (see the demo movie). "Brushes XP" is a direct successor of the legendary "Brushes 3" project. "Brushes XP" offers features which are missing in original "Brushes 3": it can record the replay of drawing process as a movie, it allows to copy/paste layers with transparency and has other enhancements. Screenshots are demonstrating artwork of artist Maria Grazzia (Kq) Calderón.

About

Bookmark Manager

This app transforms your saved links into actionable tasks and visualizes your interests with a knowledge graph. It helps you organize content, discover connections, and finish reading lists by turning articles into to-dos.

Highlights
  • Visual Knowledge Graph
  • Links to To-Dos
  • Private & Local-First
  • Smart Favicons
  • Flexible Tags
  • Distraction-Free Design
Features
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Markfully is the local-first bookmark manager that turns your endless reading list into actionable to-dos and visualizes your interests in a stunning Knowledge Graph. Most bookmarks are saved and never opened again. Markfully changes that. We combine the utility of a read-later app with the power of a personal knowledge base. VISUAL KNOWLEDGE GRAPH Don’t just list your links—see them. Markfully automatically clusters your content based on tags and topics. Discover hidden connections between your saved articles, spot your reading habits, and navigate your library visually. It’s like a map for your internet brain. TURN LINKS INTO TO-DOS Treat every article, video, or website like a task. Markfully adds checkboxes to your bookmarks. Read it? Check it off. This simple psychological trick helps you finish what you start and keeps your list clean. PRIVATE & LOCAL-FIRST Your data belongs to you. Markfully works 100% offline. No cloud account required, no tracking, no vendor lock-in. Your bookmarks and your reading habits stay on your device. SMART ORGANIZATION Smart Favicons: Instantly recognize sources like YouTube, Medium, or news sites with automatic icons. Flexible Tags: Organize by context (e.g., #Work, #Dev, #Inspiration). WHY MARKFULLY? Clean, distraction-free design (Light & Dark Mode) Visual discovery mode (Graph View) Action-oriented workflow Complete data sovereignty Stop letting your bookmarks gather dust. Download Markfully today—save links, connect ideas, and get things done.

Screenshots

Brushes XP4 screens
Bookmark Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Bookmark Manager at Free against Brushes XP's $4.99. Bookmark Manager also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.8) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 13 months). Brushes XP's advantage is iOS requirement (12.1 vs 15.6). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Bookmark Manager is free to download; Brushes XP costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bookmark Manager holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Brushes XP ships an update every 13 months, Bookmark Manager fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Brushes XP versus Bookmark Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBrushes XPBookmark Manager
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (4 ratings)4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNikolay DenislamovJan Muller

In-app purchases

None

Brushes XP

No in-app purchases

None

Bookmark Manager

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Brushes XP free?
Brushes XP costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Bookmark Manager free?
Bookmark Manager is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Brushes XP or Bookmark Manager?
Bookmark Manager is rated higher. Brushes XP averages 3.8 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Bookmark Manager averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Brushes XP or Bookmark Manager have ads?
Neither Brushes XP nor Bookmark Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Brushes XP or Bookmark Manager?
Brushes XP ships an update every 13 months, and Bookmark Manager fortnightly. Most recently, Brushes XP was updated on October 21, 2026 and Bookmark Manager on October 25, 2026.

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