Congress vs LinkThing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Congress
Navigate the 39th Chaos Communication Congress with this app. It offers a detailed schedule, session filtering, offline access, and live streaming capabilities. Stay organized with reminders and collaborate on session lists.
- Session schedule overview
- Filter by language, room, track, skill
- Offline data access
- Live stream and video playback
- Downloadable videos
- Session reminders and alerts
- Collaborative session lists
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Your guide to the 39th Chaos Communication Congress from 27th to 30th December in the Congress Center Hamburg. Features: - In Englisch and German - For iPad and iPhone - Calendar or list style overview of all sessions - Filter sessions by language, room, track or skill level - Offline data: Find what you are looking for even if the WiFi is down - Watch live streams and video recordings right from inside the app - Download videos for offline watching - Favorites - Collaborate on lists of sessions - Reminders: Never miss a session - iCloud sync for favorites, list and reminders - Search for sessions and speakers - Get alerts when your favourite sessions get rescheduled or cancelled - Keyboard support for iPad - Support for Shortcuts - Also check out the tvOS and macOS App More info about the event at https://events.ccc.de/
LinkThing
This app provides a mobile interface for a self-hosted bookmark manager. It allows users to view, search, and edit their saved links. A linkding instance and API token are required for setup.
- View saved bookmarks
- Search bookmarks
- Edit bookmarks
- Connect to self-hosted instance
- API token authentication
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A client app for linkding, a self-hosted bookmark manager. View, search, and edit your saved bookmarks. NOTE: You must have access to a linkding instance to use this app. You will need to know your instance URL and have your API access token to set up the app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Congress at every 9 days against LinkThing's every 2 months. Congress also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 89%) and device support (5 vs 3). LinkThing's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Congress against 4.7 for LinkThing. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 26 and 10 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Congress's written reviews are positive against 89% of LinkThing's.
Congress ships an update every 9 days, LinkThing every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Congress | LinkThing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (26 ratings) — better | 4.7 (10 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 88.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thomas Kollbach | Andrew Moscardino |
Customer experience
Congress
LinkThing
In-app purchases
Congress
No in-app purchases
LinkThing
No in-app purchases
