Linkpack vs Lysten
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Linkpack
Save, organize, and share web links with ease. Read articles offline with a clean view, and even have content narrated. Syncs with Dropbox for desktop access and generates shareable web pages for your link collections.
- Save links for later
- Organize links into collections
- Read articles with Readability view
- Content narration for on-the-go listening
- Dropbox sync for desktop access
- Generate shareable web pages for link collections
Read full descriptionHide full description
With Linkpack, you can save your links for later, read them, organize them into Linkpacks and share those with the world. Your links are always in sync between the app and your Dropbox account, meaning you can use your Mac or PC to organize them as files and folders. You can also add links using the iOS or the Chrome extensions. Read your links using Readability view and let Linkpack track your progress, so that you can continue from where you left off. You can even enable narration and have the content read back to you while you are on the move. Finally, if you want to share a Linkpack with the world, the app will generate a unique URL that displays all the links in a beautiful page!
Lysten
Easily discover and listen to podcasts with a privacy-focused player. Enjoy features like offline listening, interactive widgets, and seamless sharing with friends. Syncs via iCloud for a personal experience.
- Privacy-focused design
- iCloud sync for progress
- Offline episode downloads
- Interactive widgets
- Sleep timer
- Adjustable playback speed
- Spotlight search indexing
Read full descriptionHide full description
Start listening in seconds — search for any show, follow it, and get a clean list of episodes ready to play. Share episodes and shows with anyone, whether or not they have the app. iPhone and iPad users get an App Clip that drops them straight into playback. Tap the share button to invite your friends and loved ones. Lysten is a lightweight podcast player. Sign in with your email to keep your followed shows, episodes, and listening progress in sync across all your devices — iPhone, iPad, and CarPlay. Features: - Sync your library and listening progress across devices with a simple email sign-in - Interactive widgets showing your feed and unfinished episodes — catch up where you left off with a tap - Sidebar on iPad with cover art and grouped sections - CarPlay support, including a Continue Listening carousel - Download episodes to listen offline — long press an episode and select Download - Sleep timer, set, enjoy & sleep - Adjustable playback speed - Podcasts and episodes indexed in Spotlight - SharePlay support — listen to episodes with friends and family - Extremely lightweight If you run into any trouble or have any questions, please reach out: - E-mail: support@ambi.se - X (Twitter): @ambiApps - Mastodon: @ambiApps@mastodon.social Privacy policy: https://ambi.se/privacy Terms of use: https://ambi.se/terms
Screenshots
Verdict
Linkpack and Lysten both sit at 4.3 stars, but that hides the real split: 80% of Lysten's written reviews are positive against 61% of Linkpack's. Linkpack's advantage is ratings volume (33 vs 10) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 17.0). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Linkpack sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Lysten sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Linkpack against 4.4 for Lysten. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 33 and 10 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of Linkpack's written reviews are positive against 80% of Lysten's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Linkpack | Lysten |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (33 ratings) | 4.4 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.1% of reviews | 80.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 — better | 10 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 44 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PZ Mobile Limited | Ambi Studio AB |
Customer experience
Linkpack
Lysten
In-app purchases
Linkpack
- Linkpack PRO$1.99
Lysten
- Lysten+3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Lysten+ Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year









