GoodLinks App Reviews

Wishing for some features BUT very good product. I really like this product, its focus on syncing through iCloud, and its good keyboard shortcuts. There are a few small things that I would really like though: a shortcut to add a tag when an article is selected in the article view, a un/fold all button for the tags panel, being able to color tags (or at least give tags groups a uniform color), and pdf support (with highlighting and everything too).

Great read later app!. I love this app. It's super clean. If you're a fan of apps like Things3, Bear, or other super clean apps, you will like this app. I am excited about the forthcoming browser extension. The share button works well but the extension will be much faster, I suspect.

A Must have. One of the best purchases I've ever made!

Solid, minimalist article reader. If you just want to save articles to read offline, this is a good app. However, it is missing many features commonly provided by other services: highlighting, annotations, notes, making and sharing text screenshots, etc. The developer is aware of these limitations and said the features will be included in a future version. It's a good app, but please be aware of these limitations; it may not be ready for you yet.

Fantastic app, with one huge flaw. I love everything about GoodLinks with one exception ... I can't save a web page with an article that spans multiple pages with a single click. Unfortunately, that keeps me with Instapaper, for now, as my main read it later app. Everything else about this app is perfect.

Decent app, article parsing could improve. I like this app for collecting links. I do not use it to read the conent, just collect and categorize to read later in other apps. The parsing engine isn't great - it's not in the same ballpark of, say, Instapaper's. It's be good to have an option to view the original article instead of the parsed one and/or allow for hiding that entire column.

Cannot reccomend if using mutiple devices. I bought a new MacBook installed the app. All of my hundreds of articles will not download. Everything says This page is not available offline despite being downloaded on my previous MacBook and iPad. The whole point of purchasing this app was for offline use when traveling. Very dissapointing. Switching back to InstaPaper or maybe Pocket.

One of my favorite apps. I love this little thing, and I much appreciate the non-subscription model. I would love the ability to highlight and annotate, and I am sure others would as well.

Superb App. No subscription, no ads, and I love that it syncs via iCloud so no need to register for yet another account. Plus, it does exactly what it says it will do, with an intuitive and attractive UI. Highly recommended.

please. make for older macos..i can't upgrade from mojave.

If you value your privacy. You'll ditch Pocket & Instapaper, and use Goodlinks. Awesome product!

Great App, but.... ...there is no way to contact the developer from the App Support link. It's a HUGE oversight that one cannot paste text into the description field with share-sheet or in the app. I left a $5 tip anyway. If you've been juggling Pinboard apps for years and have been getting frustrated with recent issues iwth Pinboard (growth and the fact the guy that runs it is a jerk) this should work for you. I will evenutally drop Pinboard in favor of this app, FWIW.

Works great. This app has been a great read-it-later app for me. Looks great, easy to understand UI, and I have no issues with syncing.

Great app! 👏🏽. It's super straightforward and works just like it says. I always forget to check back on my saved articles in Safari. I'm also using Chrome and Brave a lot more often. I love having this on my desktop and my iPhone. I can check and read articles without having to open Safari. Plus, they update it often. I always look for this history to see if it's worth the investment. The developers care about their app and users enough to keep it running smoothly, even WITHOUT a subscription.

Best Offline reader for web pages. It does a great job of download and formatting web pages. Best of all, you can also download from sites behind a paywall if you're a subscriber of those sites.

A beautiful and simple way to store web stories. I've been using Goodlinks now for about a year and I can't stop saying good things about it. It has a nice, clean, user interface - and adding web stories/pages is super easy with the web extension. And the ability to tag your saved web pages makes it super easy to keep things organized. Overall, this is a great app, and keeps getting better!

Doesn’t Work for Intranet Links. I had hoped this Link Saver and Sign-in feature would allow users to store intranet links and be able to access them quickly without having to open a browser. Sadly, no such functionality exists. Not even a preview of the page displays. This was tested with Okta & Google Sites. Waste of money for my use cases.

Privacy FTW. I looked for an app like this one that does not come with a lot of trackers or requires an online subscription. This is just AWESOME! The elusive ONE star (to make it PERFECT) is the lack of Apple Pencil support (for the iPad) -- imagine being able to scribble on the document, it'd be PERFECT!

Artificial Intelligence. I know I know. Probably sick of hearing about A.I. But— will there be AI integration in the future? I absolutely love quick summaries like Reader and Instapaper has. It’s so fast and automatic and a good way to get a quick concise summary of the entire read if you’re short on time. Possible future update?

Delivers on its tagline, "save links, read later.". No muss, no fuss, link saving when I don't want to clutter my Evernote with short-term reading.

Great App. After years of subscribing to Instapaper, I ended my subscription and moved to GoodLinks. I haven't regretted it one bit. One feature request would be to have a link import feature for people moving from Instapaper or Pocket. But this is a great app. Worth every penny.

Missing Too Much :(. DON'T get me wrong! I love the UI and ease of use of this app, and I REALLY really wanted to love it, but at the moment it's unfortunately missing to much for me. The inability to highlight, make comments/notes, and to make folders instead of tags specifically messes with my workflow. I hope one day those features get added, as I'd consider repurchasing, but untill then, unfortunately this is not the app for me.

1/4 Baked. For a straight port from iOS, this thing lacks all sorts of polish. Save your money -- this isn't ready. It's clear that the developer doesn't use this on a Mac and is just cashing in. There is NO keyboard navigation to speak of. Absolute waste of money. Great idea with the iCloud syncing (privacy!), but holy crap -- tedious.

does the job for saving and tagging links!. I've been looking for a replacement for evernote for a while, ever since the price jumped through the roof. goodlinks is exactly what i was looking for, perfect functionality and very decent price. Love it!

Great app at good price. I love this read it later app. it doesn't cost monthly and does a great job. it also respects your privacy and doesn't collect data. well done!

View +/- missing and other bug. I wish the app would support the macOS page zoom function This allows the user to make elements of the UI larger or smaller. Please consider adding :) Also, being in Safari, right-clicking a webpage and clicking “Add to GoodLinks” doesn’t seem to work. On macOS 15.3.1.

Great app for saving and organizing links. I use this almost every day to save links to content I know I will need later or don't have time to read at the moment. The ability to simoply add tags from the share sheet makes this incredibly useful. Thanks!

One Missing Feature for Me. I haven't been using GoodLinks very long, but it is already becoming something I can see myself using long term. The being said, a big missing feature for me is not being able to sync via another method rather than iCloud. I was planning on using this at home and work, but I am unable to login to icloud at work, but I am able to use DropBox. If there were more sync options, specifically DropBox, this app might be a homerun for me. I would also like to raise my hand for apple pencil support, being able to write and markup links.

Sync and Sorting Issues. This is a great idea but sync barely works - there's no way i can tell to reset your icloud data to start fresh - also the sorting of items between devices doesn't sync.

Great app - One small improvement needed. This is a great application for those who gather information for later research. One suggestion for improvement is for tags to auto complete.

Great service, App is nearly there. Goodlinks MacOS is a powerful yet simple way to organize and store digital links that can clutter your day. From news articles to social media posts, Goodlinks helps you collect important references in one place. I recently began using Goodlinks for MacOS after a decade on Pocket and have been really impressed with its features and UI. First and foremost- Privacy. I also love that its native, and uses far less storage or ram than pocket by a mile. Furthermore, Goodlinks allowed me to seamlessly import every link I had saved over that 10 year period, eliminiating a lot of stress in orgazining alll my old articles and memories, and even let me add my favorite subscriptions to bypass paywalled articles! While the transition has been good so far, there are a few things that would really improve the expeirnce for us MacOS readers 1) Adding the ability to select a 3rd party browser for opening links without having to change the share extension settings; 2) Offering users a feature that allows them to export an article as PDF like they do on iOS; 3) Adding the ability to scan or identify broken/dead links when importing, and a way to bypass cookie notices/cookies pages in the article download. 4) Automatically tagging subscription linksto allow easier sorting; 5. When you finish dragging a link to a tab, the up/down slider of the tags menu resets to the top- when sorting through tons of links by tagging, this can get a little frustrating as you develop a large list. All in all, Goolinks has been a revalation for this former pocket luddite, and I highly reccomend that you check it out, especialy if you’ve been wonderina about finally getting through your doom pile of information ; )

Feature Request. I love the app overall. However, I would like 1 feature request which is to be able to filter articles by being able to select multiple tags. This will really help me look for articles in the future. Once that fature is added, I think it is 5 star app.

Love the app. It is one of the better bookmarking app in the apple ecosystem. The developer is honest and dedicated to his work. I also appreciate that the price is fair unlike other rip off apps. It works very well for me.

Work Great. Easy to add articles. Easy to read them. Works fine on Mac and ios!

Replaced Instapaper for Me. I enjoy using read later apps for research and leisure reading. Good Links is a beautiful native app, available across all Apple devices (setting aside the watch and the TV). Getting articles in is easy — the new Safari extension works great — and the reading experience is very good. I highly recommend the app. I'm hoping for the developer adds highlighting and the ability to organize highlights, etc. Keep up the great work!

Fantastic app. A joy to use. My favorite so far out of all the read-it-later apps I’ve tried. The only thing I wish I could do is filter links by selecting multiple tags on the sidebar.

Great!. Terrific app, incredibly useful to me. Has very nice dark mode also.

It works!. I have been loving this app for some time, however I just had a bit of an issue with saving Twitter threads. I reached out to the developer. He responded very quickly & helped me. Ultimately, the issue was on my end, but he was very patient & responsive.

Nearly perfect. Don't know how I never knew about GoodLinks. Glad I know about it now. I’ve had a rough combination of Raindrop plus Readwise plus native bookmarking for a while now. Overkill and expensive. This is everything I need.

Gimicky. Offers nothing that can't be done in browser favorites and built in functions of Mac OS.

Love the App; I wish there was an All view. I love this app and it has replaced Pocket and other RITL services yet I wish there was an all view.

Great replacement for Pocket. Goodlinks has a clean interface, a great safari extension, easy tagging, syncs to icloud, doesn't collect your data, and offers a cheap permanent license. Also I imported all of my pocket saves with no problem. Looked at more expensive (and less private) apps. No thanks. This one does everything I need.

Nice Concept, Way too many bugs!. Issues on syncing and app keeps crashing.

Amazing App. Well worth the price of admission. The only bookmark/readlater app that doesn't require a subscription and stores everything locally. Worth twice the price. The only thing missing: being able to import bookmarks from browsers and content from Pocket, etc.

Love where this is going. GoodLinks is fast, private and solid. I like where this is going. They've added nearly every missing feature that has been highly requested since the 1.0 and I'm excited for that to continue. Biggest missing feature so far is a good way to manage, edit, and organize tags & links in bulk. You can only select one link at a time and it's hard to tell what is downloaded and manage what link is downloaded. Similar with bulk editing of tags if they were drag & droppable, allowing for a hierarchy of tags and sub-tags, I think it would really help users with hundreds of links.

A Mac app too!. I didn't realize there was a Mac app for this too because I do most of my web exploring on an iPad. But today I wanted to save a link from my Mac and thought I'd check. Very happy to find it here, and I'm pleased about the extension. I'm also glad the developer has worked out a path to sustain maintenance and development.

Syncing Needs Work. Pretty good app! My only complaint is that if I save a link on one device, I have to quit and re-launch the app on a second device, in order to sync that link. How about a "pull down to refresh" in the iOS app and a refresh menu item or button on the desktop app? Edit: Changing my review to 5 stars. I emailed the developer about my syncing concern, he responded back and it's working great now!

Piece of crap. Really doesn't do anything at all. What a waste of money. DO NOT BUY THIS RIPOFF PRODUCT.

Love it, been using it for many years. An excellent replacement for online bookmarking apps

Excellent alternative to Pocket and Instapaper. Superb! GoodLinks, Pocket, and Instapaper must have different algorithms for different sites/sources, and none of these captures every site, but overall GoodLinks manages to capture better than most alternatives on most websites. None of these capture Apple News articles well (or at all). (Maybe I need to log in to my Apple ID account via GoodLinks?). The best Apple News capture tool I've encountered is the Notion-built share extension. Would love to see GoodLinks add a built-in text-to-voice reader like in Instapaper or Voice Dream Reader.

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Best read later app. Hopes future version support highlight annotation and full text search

Now with highlighting it’s the best. This app is beautifully designed and pleasure to use

Good app, but web clipper doesn’t work well. Goodlinks is a good, perhaps great app - but my one gripe - the web clipper doesn’t work well, or at all if you have your iCloud account secured with data protection enabled. I wish they’d release an update to the browser extensions to use a local / URL callback instead.

Excellent app. I have used many similar apps over the years but have never found one that has “stuck” . So far I am a huge fan of GoodLinks and it has already become an important part of my workflow. Having just started a University Degree I needed something to gather and manage the multitude of websites links I was rapidly acquiring in my research and studies. GoodLinks has proven to be the perfect app for this purpose. It’s fast, has a beautiful UI and very easy to use. It syncs perfectly between my Mac , iPhone and iPad which is important for all the apps I use. I use Tagging extensively in my workflows and GoodLinks supports this perfectly with its easy to use tagging system and helpful “tag picker” built into the UI. It integrates well with other apps, including Siri Shortcuts I believe, and is an area of the app I’m currently exploring. Definitely a 5 star app for me and throughly recommended.

Excellent read later app - just missing one thing. Thanks for the great app. I’ve used 1Writer for many years and immediately downloaded GoodLinks when I read about it on MacStories. It’s almost perfect but for one feature: Bionic Reading. Any chance you could incorporate BR as a text format option? Would definitely be a five star app then.

Better than Instapaper, Pocket!. The reading experience is better than Instapaper and Pocket. Please have a highlighting function soon. Love it.

Another hit out of the park for 1Writer developer. Given how solid and useful an app 1Writer has been for me for years, I jumped at the opportunity to support Ngoc Luu. So far I’m very impressed. The same attention to detail towards the most useful functionality, a clean minimal design and urlscheme actions for the adventurous has been applied here. Goodlinks also takes much of the best from Instapaper(reading experience) and Pocket (quick save with option to tag while saving) and brings it under the privacy and speed of your iCloud account only and as one of the only handful so far of universal iOS/iPad/Mac apps! A couple features that would push this to 5 stars for me would be: * Some links (all that come from Apple News) do not get scraped and require tapping a link to fully download * sync preferences through iCloud (except maybe text+layout size preferences) * swipe/tap pagination (few read-later apps incorporate this and I still prefer long form reading this way) * background downloading (the purpose is defeated quite a bit if articles aren’t already downloaded and offline by the time the app is opened next). Otherwise, a fine job thank you!

Awesome. Awesome

A great read later app that is built for privacy. Beyond it's good looks, this Read later application uses iCloud syncing to store your links. Keeping your reading private.

Best read later app yet. Have been searching for an app like this for ages. Lightning fast, very solid and doesn’t require a log in to use someone else’s web service. I have moved all my links from Instapaper and Safari - so good to have everything in one place and synchronised across my devices just using iCloud.

Best Read It Later App. This is a hidden gem, much better than the more well known alternatives

Perfect Read Later app. This is indeed the best read later app in the market.

They’re good links, Brent. Love this app and how well it’s integrated with Shortcuts. Being able to save credentials for logged in sites is also so handy.

Simple but effective. This app is an example where it has a very limited objective and it fulfils that in a very simple UI which doesn’t have any friction. Most of the apps have to try too hard to justify their purpose and so the UI. Became a homescreen citizen very quickly.

Why would use Pocket?. I wish I’d found this earlier! Good links is so much easier to use and a delight to the eye…

Effective and useful. I didn’t realise just how much I needed it until I started using it. I’m a convert.

Great iOS app let down by broken desktop experience. The iOS version of GoodLinks works well - however the desktop versions web clipper has been broken for a long time on all browsers due to its requirement to sign in with iCloud Drive not working. This unfortunately makes the experience of clipping and accessing content on mobile rather clunky. I contacted their support several times and the fix (replacing their web clipper) seems to be low priority.

Potential. Looks like a great app with an elegant, simple design. I love the speed and that it doesn't require syncing via the developers systems. Just a few concerns impacting my rating at the moment: Saving via the share extension on mobile works but doesn't show up until you load the app on the device you just saved on. So if you save using the share extension then open Goodlinks on another device(iOS/MacOS) it won't have the saved article. I need to go back to the device saved on, open the app and let it sync first. Syncing in general is imperfect. Yesterday I moved ~600 links out of Pocket and into Goodlinks via my work laptop. Work laptop now shows ~900 links however after restarting devices, etc my personal laptop and iOS devices still only show ~300 odd links. This is a concern because I've since added links on those other devices so I hope I don't lose the new links when the others finally sync through.

New improved version for MacOS. You can now use the share option to share a link to GoodLinks from your browser. This was the "missing link" (pun intended :-) ) for me to give GoodLinks 5 stars for MacOS. It's already 5 stars for me in iOS and iPadOS. I use it many times daily and it's now an important part of my workflow.

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Thank you!. I’ve been waiting for an app like this to replace Instapaper, Pocket, Reading List for ages! Thank you!

Love the UI !. Really like it ! But should be possible to highlight some text or edit the text when we downloaded it ! And also be able to create folder to categorize articles that we want to organize. It would be perfect then !

Yay!. You've implemented highlighting! Thank you 🥹

The Best Read-it-later App. I’ve tried Instapaper, Pocket, Safari’s Reading List, Reeder, and nothing is as easy to use and organize as GoodLinks. Importing was a breeze. Nested tags make it simple to find what you’ve saved. Everything is private and there’s no need to rely on a third-party service to sync. Highlighting and notes take it to the next level. Worth every penny

Finally, a replacement for Instapaper.. Instapaper, Pocket, etc. have felt like subpar tools for all kinds of reasons for years. This is a beautiful app, a private app, and a native app, across all platforms. I haven’t run in to any of the manliness in stripping of ads, etc. as I have with those tools either. This is incredible.

GoodLinks Great App. This is the simplest and easiest app for grabbing an article and saving it for later that I have ever tried! Stripping out adds was one of the biggest reasons I purchased it. Syncing across my devices makes my readings available anytime, anywhere on whichever device I have at the moment. Excellent!

Absolutely love this app. Finally a great solution to organizing information found on the internet, with a fair pricing structure. Thank you!

Mac App needs work.. App shows a lot of promise but it still needs some work to make it my go to read-later app, espeically on the Mac side. The whole Mac app is buggy from top to bottom and not really useable. Looking forward to updates.

Clean design, need more features. Liking is a lot. But I need autocomplete for tags and drag and drop into tags for quick marking (Bear style).

Simple and perfect!. I wish there were more apps like this. Simple, clean and perfect at what they do. Also, the dev team is on it adding new things for iOS 16 right on time!

Superb App. A must-have app that I will install on every possbile Apple device with a browser that I own. Many thanks to the developer, Mr Ngoc Luu.

Very good app ! But it lacks one essential feature. It allows you to save newspaper or magazine articles. Works very well. But it lacks one essential feature: being able to recover an article that you accidentally deleted. Also, it would be nice to have it in several languages, including French.

Awesome!. Smooth works really well.

Much prefer it to Instapaper. As a long time Instapaper user, it wasn’t long before Goodlinks won me over. I love the recent feature that saves Twitter threads

Excellent Bookmark App. Elegant design. Simple to use and syncs with Mac. Would love to see more organization options like folders or smart searches.

Incredible. Replaced Pocket for me. Got tired of using pocket due to the ads. This just works. Clean interface and great share/extension support that makes it easy to use.

Translation. Please add a translate feature. I would like to get my links automatically translated

GoodLinks is great.. Fast, simple and private in iCloud. Great app 👍

1 time purchase with ALL things I need!. It’s so rare these days to find actual value that we can OWN and this app provides it all. Every thing I wanted it to be able to do, it does. And then some. Tons of options on the iPhone app and chrome extension, it’s the best app I’ve found across the board in a long long time.

Excellent; goodbye to Instapaper!. All round very sleek, effectively and customizable. Only wish that it had an independent login service so that I can save articles on non-Apple devices.

One of my most used apps. I use this app everyday across an iPad/iPhone and Mac. It’s bulletproof and requires no subscription to a third party website. My only gripe is there if there is one, is the lack of highlighting to export to third party note apps. There’s a work around, but I’d prefer a native feature. Still gets 5 stars for the cost, features and brilliantly responsive developer.

the dawg. works great

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Fantastic. GoodLinks is a snappy, Read-It-Later app. It’s fast and search is extraordinary on iOS or iPadOS. Tagging is awesome. With the latest update, GoodLinks on macOS has the ability to share links via the standard macOS Sharesheet option. For those who want to drag and drop a Safari link into on macOS, that works beautifully too, including dropping a link directly on a specific tag in Goodlinks. Also, once you have a good link entry, you can drag and drop it onto any tag to add additional tags. It would be nice (on macOS) to have some sort of tag entry auto-complete similar to iOS and iPadOS. Sometimes iCloud sync between OS’es can take a moment.... Not a big deal. I am sure this can get sorted. I have other apps that utilize iCloud sync just fine. Regardless, the latest GoodLinks updates are welcome and helpful improvements, especially to macOS. Simply loving GoodLinks overall.

The best read later tool. I’ve tried a lot of read later apps/services, and GoodLinks wins for me. Its combination of features, versatility, and iOS/iPadOS plus Mac support meet my needs exactly. The ability to bulk edit tags, for example, has come in handy multiple times. It’s a carefully and beautifully crafted app that I enjoy very much.

Almost there, but some serious setbacks. Overall a huge fan of the app. Interface is gorgeous, capture works well (though is sometimes unsuccessful), and there’s plenty of customization options. I love the widgets, too! The problem is, syncing just doesn’t seem to be working. The number of unread articles on my iPad, iPhone, and Mac all vary by about 30 in one direction or the other. Sometimes, the link doesn’t even get saved. I’d love to keep using GoodLinks, but I need to be sure the things I’m saving actually get saved.

Surprisingly Necessary. It’s amazing how much I count on this very simple seeming app. This is used more on my apple tech then any other application. It’s more useful then it seems at first glance. Also I love love love having so much of the information I need, want and should probably ignore ( but then what fun would that be?) all in one place but easily pre sorted

Excellent Pocket Replacement. I was very nervous about what to do when I heard Pocket was shutting down. I read a bunch of articles and the usual suspects like Instapaper, Matter, and Raindrop were mentioned. I either looked into those, or have used them in the past and wasn’t very impressed for a variety of reasons (cost, UI, etc.)Then one suggested GoodLinks. Now we’re talking! Pleasing aesthetics, nice features, and a decent price. When I had problems importing my Pocket data, I emailed GoodLinks, and the developer responded with the solution in less than a day! I’m sold! Long live GoodLinks!

Great App. I rated this app 4 out of 5 because, while it’s fantastic overall, there’s always room for improvement and a few features I think could be added. That said, it’s a great app for the price! I’m not a fan of subscriptions, so I really appreciate that this is a one-time purchase. I even think it would be cool if there were a donate or tip option, as I wouldn’t mind throwing in some spare change occasionally to support the developers. I took a break to try Anybox, but I came back to this app because the ability to read directly in the app and highlight content is such a key feature for me. Overall, I’d recommend this app and will continue to enjoy using it!

Almost. I’ve used safari reading list for years now and wanted something that allowed me to save articles and organize them a little more. This app does that but getting pages to load correctly has been hit and miss. And the big one for me is anything with images seems to be hit and miss as to whether they will load and how they will load.

Must have. This is one of those old fashioned app that don’t costs a ton and yet provides unprecedented quality of what’s doing. I’ve tried almost all of this kind of apps in AppStore, many of them made well in terms of sorting and storing the saved data, a lot of them has an option to download whole article to you device. Almost none of them doing that reliably enough, this one does. This was the main reason to stick with this one long ago, but then this thing got evolved to a literally absolutely perfect read later app beating all of its competitors effortlessly. I mean the nested tags, the notes, dozen options to export all of it. It’s a bless.

Fantastic for reading, there are a few features I miss though. I’ve tried a bunch of read it later type apps. Pocket is pretty good but overkill for what I want. Mostly I use Instapaper since it works everywhere, allows highlighting, and syncs with Readwise. However, the capture and rendering in GoodLinks is far more reliable than either Instapaper or Pocket. It does a better job of actually grabbing all of the text and images while stripping away all of the extra stuff and leaving the text still looking great. If GoodLinks added highlighting and either integration with Readwise or csv export of highlights it would be perfect. I’d even be willing to pay a bit for those, if that makes the difference.

Better alternative to online bookmark sites. I have been saving bookmarks to Pocket for years. The biggest problem with that site is the bookmarks are useless when the website doesn’t exist anymore. This app will download the page to avoid this problem. Not only that but it imported all of my Pocket bookmarks! That was a pleasant surprise. I was afraid I would have to import them one by one. It works with many other similar site too. I haven’t used the app much yet, but very happy so far.

Good app. I will make it quick , one of the best app to bookmark links and get to them later. I’m torn between GoodLinks and AnyBox. I know they serve little different audience but they do have overlapping features. If GoodLinks had Folders it will be huge win for me. Tags are useful but you you always have to remember them vs folder always there for you to keep it more organized. Developers please add folders.

Love it so far, but a couple improvements would be welcome. I’m loving this app so far. It presents a clean and consistent reader view, isn’t bloated with unnecessary features or tracking, and is easy to get things into. My review really deserves another half star, because the only two things I would like to add aren’t critical. But I would like to see persistent tags that hang around even of all articles tagged with that tag have been deleted: I don’t keep articles forever but I do tend to save the same topics. Secondly, if there’s room for Apple News support I’d love it, as the articles I’ve saved from there still require me to open in Apple news. Maybe that’s a limitation of which I’m not aware. Overall, solid app and I love using it.

GoodLinks is easy to use. I really like how it makes it simple to just throw your link in there! No trying to goad you into choosing a bunch of qualifying days. They know you’re in a hurry and just want to safeguard the link. There are more customizable methods should you want to go back when time permits, and give them tags, for better searching. This is all I’ve used on this app so far, but I think it is my most helpful bookmark app so far! Going to get into the unused features as soon as I get time! I’d advise it is a no-brained thought for its streamlined and concise entry system and overall stability . ****UPDATE: Mar 14, 2025: if I could give more than 5 stars, I would! I’ve been using this app now, for several years, and I STILL believe it is my most helpful bookmark app!!! I’ve added 438 links over the years with JUST one press of the “share extension,” BUT JUST NOW, checked out the “Settings” in this truly helpful app! I noticed that there are many customizable actions- to tailor your experience in the “settings” of the GoodLinks app, by adding tags, notes, & now, highlights! I also learned that as a premium user, I can import and export data and lists, and use widgets, and change the color of the highlighters , making it effectively a notebook app as well! (all in “settings” of the GoodLinks app) In summary, this app is a RUBY in a mountain of rocks! Keep up the good work Dev.’s

So simple and reliable. I’ve tried lots of document-savers. They all frustrate me mostly because they don’t do a good job of importing, they have too many steps and they also want to be a note taker or something else. GoodLinks is so easy to use, captures almost every kind of document—at least the ones I use. And it makes it so easy to find documents, tag them, etc. it’s the best I’ve found for IOS and Mac.

Best one out there. This is the app I’ve been searching for. After trying almost every other app available, I decided to give this one a try. The main reason I chose this app over others is its simplicity. Most of the other apps I tried were subscription-based and quite expensive, which I’m not a fan of. Apart from the price, the app is top-notch and offers a range of great features that perfectly cater to my needs. Here are some of the features I like about the app: - Nested tags: These are fantastic for keeping my content organized. - Highlights and exporting to my notes app: These are incredibly useful features. - Widgets: These are excellent for keeping my screen clutter-free. - Minimalist UI and fast response: The app has a clean and user-friendly interface, and it responds quickly to my actions. Overall, I’m very impressed with the app and would highly recommend it. It’s a great value for the price, and it offers a ton of features.

A must have app!. I like to read a lot of content and go on sites that sell cool stuff. This app makes it incredibly easy to save anything your interested in and return easily when your ready to go back to the stuff you’ve saved. Once incorporated into your web browser it’s a piece of cake to use. Easy instructions to set up. What are you waiting for. Download this app now!!

Works very well except when it doesn’t.. LOVE that it always saves my place and takes me back to the last article I was reading by default. This is something Instapaper and Pocket can’t seem to get down for some reason even though it seems like the very least a read it later app should do. I am disappointed that some articles don’t render correctly or at all, mostly NYTimes and New Yorker. Instapaper doesn’t seem to have a problem with this, so I guess I’ll be keeping both apps for now. Hopefully this will be addressed in the future.

Great Support!. Had some issues with saving links using the Chrome extension. Sent in a trouble report and the tech had it solved in just minutes! Turned out I had been trying to use the wrong iCloud account. He figured it out and left me as a very satisfied customer!

Great App, One Opportunity. This app is great. It exceeded my expectations and they were high after researching its ease of use, tagging and shortcut support. The premium model is also very logical. I very much appreciate not having to continue another subscription. The one opportunity I see that could take this app to the next level… RSS with feed tagging. I’d totally abandon other RSS solutions in favor of GoodLinks if they ever rolled that out!

Great but could be amazing. I was looking for a clean and light read-later app. This one is great but missing a couple of key enhancements. 1) does not show word count or reading time for an article. If you’re like me, you want to pick your next article to read based on how much free time you have right now. Hard to justify when all competitors have this feature. 2) Twitter threads do not display all tweets. I am forced to load in the browser instead. Not a huge deal but it is inconvenient. Everything else this app offers is excellent. I still recommend it if you are looking for a read-later app.

5 Star. For some reason I can't get the review to let me select 5 stars. I've been using GoodLinks for more than a year. I rarely leave reviews, but this app warrants one. Simple and intuitive, I love everything about this app. Seamlessly integrates with iCloud so it's the same on all my devices. I have a scorching case of ADHD and this allows me finish articles without going down the rabbit hole of another link on a website. GoodLinks has made a dramatic improvement to my comprehension and effectiveness. Thank you for creating the app. A suggestion, not complaint. Have you considered allowing tags to be capitalized and be more than one word? Please consider tipping the developer (s) so they can continue to support and improve the app. And, I am not affiliated with the developer in any way.

The best read-it-later app in the Apple ecosystem. This type of app has been around for years and virtually every example is either low quality or has an expensive subscription. That’s why I’m so surprised to find GoodLinks in 2024 and conclude it’s the best app of its type, maybe on any platform. This app has an excellent design, integrates with your browser, and just works. I’d love to be able to ingest PDFs and other documents, but that’s a nice-to-have. The pricing model is fair too. I hope this app stays around for years. When people talk about wanting to use iOS for ecosystem, apps like this are what they mean.

Its a Godsend!. Safari Links were getting way to overcrowded and hard to manage both time-wise & placement-wise. This app makes all the difference. Easy to use, and some ways of better organizing the links kind of “evolve” as you go along. Thanks, and a very, very good deal budgetwise!

Amazing app at the right price. I gave GoodLinks a try because pocket is shutting down and I needed a good alternative. I’m so glad I gave this app a try. The UI/UX is intuitive and thoughtful. It works great on my iPhone and iPad mini. Getting downloads and highlighting without needing to pay a monthly subscription (like competitors) is amazing. I’m very happy to support a developer doing a pricing model that is both sustainable for the dev and doesn’t feel like yet another monthly payment to the user. So glad I found this app!

Hidden gem. Forget about ReadWise and Matter, this app takes the cake, the UI is the best of the three, clearly made by someone who deeply cares, pricing is reasonable and it focuses on reading, not shoving random content in your face. If I could have one wish, it’d be the ability to change font weight, I strongly prefer reading lighter fonts. Oh, and also the ability to hide ios status bar at the top, that can be quite distracting when reading at night.

So glad to see it rated highly. This app helps keep me offline! When I see an interesting article from a friend or in an email, I save it to GoodLinks… and never have to return to the web to read! Saves my focus and my sanity. And the new highlighting feature is epic!!

Great Read-It-Later App. I have tried a number of read-it-later apps, Instapaper, Pocket, Matter, Safari Reading List, even tried using the read-it-later feature in Reeder. They all have their pluses and minuses. But for me, GoodLinks has the best balance of ease of use, options, speed, and just plain delight. Thank you for a great app and keep up the terrific work.

Just what we needed!. This is a wonderful app that allows you to save websitesYou visit right on your iPhone. Without needing a subscriptionYou can also have it on your MacBook and other devices that use the iCloud and it will automatically share access to those sites that you pick. Even has ability for you to set up categories which makes it easy to go back in classify hundreds of entries.

Solid app, a few additional features would make it perfect. I greatly appreciate GoodLinks’ payment model and privacy focused structure. The app is solid — simple and highly functional. I love the tagging shortcut from the share sheet prompt. Syncing between devices is a little slow, but I guess that’s why it’s called a “read-it-later” service. The only features I would like to see added are highlights, annotation, and maybe a PDF generator. Overall, this is the most elegant read it later solution I have seen to date.

Perfect. Everything I wanted in a Read-It-Later app: clean, minimalist design; ability to just use Safari View Controller rather than some proprietary in-app browser; extensive Shortcuts support; no spam or curated "suggested reads" to distract from the content I saved myself; great support across iPhone, iPad and Mac; and full reliance on CloudKit without the need for another account to maintain.

App is great on multiple devices. I like that I’m able to save articles and pages on my iPad and I’m able to open the same saved items on my phone. The only thing I’m wish was that there was an option to save the articles fully for offline. You automatically save the text, but I would like to have the option to save the photos. All the photos appear beautifully in the app, and it’s a shame to not have an option for fully offline.

Not good with images. I tried to love this app, simple and beautiful UI, however, I save a ton of articles that include images which for some do not get saved correctly consistently on this app. Some will be saved with images but most don’t. I’m not sure why Instapaper works for this every time while Goodlinks doesn’t, but I’m back with Instapaper until this feature is more consistent ir simply works.

This is the way to go. GoodLinks delivers a promising idea in a gorgeously designed native experience. I hope it'll be continuously maintained for years to come because I want to use it forever. PS. I can see myself easily paying $10 or $15 for this app, so perhaps consider adding a tip jar for users to purchase some cosmetic perks such as themes or alternative icons? Many indie devs do this so I assume it's working out for them.

Best read-it-later app — with a missing feature. The title is self-explanatory. This app does everything exactly right, from article organization to tagging to archiving to app integration. What it does not do, however, is allow its users to highlight the articles. I would use the application a lot more often if I were able to do that and perhaps add annotations. Goodlinks would kill apps like Pocket and Instapaper, if implemented.

Great cross-platform application for managing reading lists. Overall a great application which delivers on being a great read later / reading list. It’s out of the application’s lane, but I kind of wish it was part RSS reader, but the fact I want just a little bit more out of the app is a signal to me the author scoped it well. Keep up the great work and thank you for your time and effort.

I love this app. Knowing that the data is mine (by way of being housed in my iCloud account) is great. Rather than sitting on someone else’s server. It has all the features I need and then some. The developer is very active with this app, and keeps it current with capabilities of the current iOS.

GoodLinks is what you want. I needed something a little better than my reading list in Safari. So I did about a years worth of research and tried out a bunch of apps. I finally landed on GoodLinks. It’s very polished. Options in the settings. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed. I’m not. Give it a try. You’ll like it.

Love this app. I’ve been looking for a bookmarking/reading app for awhile, and I haven’t been able to find one I really enjoy. Not to mention they are usually expensive subscriptions. GoodLinks is everything I want an app to be - private and secure, slick native experience on multiple platforms (iOS, iPad and Mac), very stable and reliable. This pricing structure is what every app should have. No subscription, but a fair model with a one-time cost and optional paid upgrades.

iCloud Advanced Data Protection Issue. I am loving this app except for one thing. I’m tied to using Firefox on Windows for my work computer. I added the extension and it wouldn’t work. When I went to the website for help I saw this: “If Advanced Data Protection is enabled on your iCloud account, please note that the Chrome and Firefox extensions may stop working. In such cases, we recommend using the Safari extension or the Share extension.” Unfortunately that doesn’t help my situation and I won’t be able to save links using my work computer after all. I mean, I could try to get the link from my computer to my iPhone and add it from there, but that’s not entirely convenient.

GoodLinks is the best! Highly recommended!. This is easily one of my favorite and most used apps. I personally love GoodLinks for the ability to save and organize articles offline in order to read later or use as references. I also like that it is basically a pay once, use forever type deal rather than a subscription model. I would rate the app a 10/10 and would not hesitate to recommend it. However, I do hope features like the ability to search for keywords within a saved article, to edit the thumbnail of articles, to edit the text of saved articles, and to underline text instead of highlighting it are added someday. The lack of these features is not really a big deal, but it would be a good improvement if they were added eventually. Also please give us the ability to capitalize letters used in hashtags.

Finally, the ultimate reading app. There have been so many apps doing this for so long — it’s like a definitive category in the history of the App Store — and yet none of them ever got it right until GoodLinks. Finally, a reading app with standard interface and typography that feels like part of the system. Finally, a reading app that is entirely backed by iCloud, requiring no third-party services. Finally, a reading app that saves and syncs your reading position *every time*, instead of 1/3 of the time. I hope this app is around forever, because I’ll be using it that long.

Blows the other read later apps away. Years ago, I used some of the competitors, and recently tried them all again, along with other newcomers. GoodLinks was the best by far, from design to rendering. And since I use this type of app only sporadically, a straight-up purchase was key for me. Loving this.

Great app, getting better all the time. This is a really nice app - has totally replaced my previous one. The privacy orientation was what interested me, the great link adding system means I couldn’t imagine going back. And the developer just keeps iterating, adding features and making things better at a really rapid cadence. I am a big fan of this app and am confident I’ll only like it more over time.

Simple, Fast, POWERFUL. GoodLinks is the best read-later/bookmarking app I've come across. It's incredibly fast and native, and i love the nested tagging system (similar to Bear notes). The markdown export & general shortcut support makes it great for power users, but all its features stay out of the way until you need them. The newest version with highlighting and notes makes it now a perfect 10/10 for me. Great job, kudos to the devs on this app!

I use this app for everything. This app is well worth the price. It’s easy to customize and works extremely well. The developer was very responsive with the ONE issue i had with it after over a year of hard use. It works so well with other apps (share extension, URL scheme) and it’s easy to import your links from other apps. I stopped using reading lists and browser bookmarks altogether and use this app for everything. It’s worth much more than the asking price, and a big thank you to the developer. peace

Best Read it Later App out There!. I’ve used a lot of link saving and read-it-later type apps, including ones that are quite expensive. None have been as good as GoodLinks. The best thing about this app is that it can parse just about any article out there. Including things other subscription-based RIL apps could not. The design of GoodLinks is also beautiful, and it’s very easy to use on iOS and macOS. It is intuitive and easy to navigate and has just the right level of customization Finally, exporting highlights is very easy, with a variety of ways to manually copy highlights or use shortcuts.

This app has potential. Please consider adding the ability to find any text within any article from the search bar on the main page. This would make sifting through looking for something that was saved much easier. Search is a little pointless currently. Could also use the option to mark all articles as read, without having to scroll down to do so before saving. Just a time saver. And lastly, this could use a folder option, if you like to keep certain tags grouped together. On another note, picture previews when going through a tags links are only showing black boxes currently.

Improving :). With the latest update, GoodLinks has the ability to share links via the standard macOS Sharesheet option. Works like a charm. And for those who prefer drag and drop a link into GoodLinks, that works beautifully too, including dropping a link directly on a tag. Once you have a good link entry you can then drop it on any tag to add additional tags. In addition it would be nice to be able to 1. Globally edit tags. Right now you can just delete a tag. 2. Have some sort of tag entry auto-complete similar to iOS and iPadOS. Sometimes sync can take a moment. I am sure this can get sorted. (Recommend talking to Drafts App developer to check-in about how he manages to get iCloud sync to work between devices with ease. Regardless, this update is a welcome and helpful improvement to macOS GoodLinks that is thoroughly appreciated.

Easy to use! Just one thing…. I love the idea of being able to save articles that I accessed on Safari onto the app with just one click. The saved articles are very easy to read with no distracting ads. I do have a suggestion that would have the potential of being the top reader app: The ability to automatically download an article when it is saved. Such features would keep me coming back!

Fantastic, useful app. This is one of the most useful apps I’ve downloaded recently: does its job and mostly does it well. My only disappointment is with the iCloud syncing: that doesn’t work at all, so my bookmarks on my phone and laptop are completely different. I hope the dev fixes that soon, but the app is very good even as it is.