Plinky: Easily Save Links

Plinky is great, it has a nice "throw in and forget" approach that works well for me. I just send a like (usually from my RSS reader of read later list), if I'm motivated I'll add some tags and put it in a folder, otherwise I'll just do it later.

Works great

IOSPad version crashing problem was fixed. Fixed quickly and thouroughly. The developer responded to my emails and solved the problem quickly.

Part of what stops me from really taking care to manage my bookmarks is the laborious process of going through folders and nesting said folders inside of folders. Plinky completely changes my approach to this by doing two things: making the UX of saving links extremely fast and leveraging both tags and folders. Bonus points that the UI is just so unlike stock iOS which is such a huge plus. I’m personally into apps that stray from the norm of making the UI a little whacky and their own Love this app and am working on migrating everything into it.

Unfortunately the app and extension does not work. I tried using it on different websites to save the link and it just won’t do it with Plinky :(

It appears to work as advertised, but it doesn’t do anything new. It saves links via Apple share sheets, which you can label and put in folders once you’ve saved them. You can’t set tags and folder from the share sheet, which is faster initially, but you now have a new inbox to keep up with. There are a number of other apps, some one-time purchases, which have better features. There’s no magic either. For example, in Apple Mail you can’t use share sheets for an email, but you can for selected text within an email. Plinky can’t do anything with email. I don’t think it uses iCloud, which would put your links in the hands of a third party if you want to sync it across multiple devices. Finally, there’s the annual subscription cost: in my opinion, it’s high for what the app does.

Does exactly what’s needed in an elegantly designed way that’s fun to use.

Plinky is a fantastic app for saving, organizing, and sharing links. Its generous free tier makes it easy to try it and judge whether Plinky will fit into your workflow. I recommend it.

I have been incredibly impressed by Plinky and have found it both useful, and fun to use. I love how easy it is to add links through the share sheet and the focus on one handed use. The developer is also incredibly responsive to feedback and support requests. I’m looking forward to seeing the future of Plinky!

I started using this app when it was in beta and it’s easily become a go-to app that I use every day. Whenever I see a TikTok video that I want to share with a friend, I save it to Plinky. When I come across an article I want to read later, I save it to Plinky. When I see a recipe I want to try, I save it to Plinky. I love how easy it is to use the share extension on any site so I can come back later and easily view all of my saved links.