2020-07-28
Better than Instapaper, Pocket!
The reading experience is better than Instapaper and Pocket. Please have a highlighting function soon. Love it.
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#14 in Top Paid Apps > News
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#11 in Top Paid iPad Apps > News
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Description
Save links effortlessly. View them later, from anywhere, on all your devices. Sync, organize, and share your links—privately, without ever creating an account.
GoodLinks is a powerful bookmarking app with a sleek reading experience. Save the content of the link while eliminating the ads and other clutter.
Adding and viewing links is super simple and lightning fast. If you want to dig deeper, GoodLinks can be fully customized. Create custom sharing actions, adjust the appearance and preferences —and more.
No account. No ads. No creepy spying. GoodLinks just works.
## Features ##
• Simple :: Save articles from anywhere with a powerful Share Sheet extension. GoodLinks is so easy it feels like part of the operating system.
• No account :: Sync links, tags, and reading position without needing another web service account. iCloud Sync means all you have to do is install the app.
• Readability :: Put the emphasis where it belongs—on the article you want to read. GoodLinks extracts the article text and removes web advertisements and other distractions to provide a wonderful reading experience. Pick the perfect font, spacing, and size.
• Themes :: Switch between beautiful alternate themes: Sepia for light mode and Night for dark mode.
• Dark Mode :: Separate light and dark themes. Swap manually or automatically (based on screen brightness or the system setting).
• Custom actions :: Build your own actions to export and share your saved links. You can even run a Shortcut or trigger a URL scheme.
• Siri Shortcuts :: Deep support of iOS Shortcuts, including the ability to run shortcuts with Siri. Save a new link, query links, open a specific view, and more.
• Customize :: Adjust how your links and lists look, change swipe behavior, and more. Tailor GoodLinks to fit your style.
• Organize :: Tame a large list with tags and starred articles, so you can always find what you need. You can also search based on title, author, and description.
• Personalize :: Change the app color scheme and pick a different app icon.
• Archive :: The full rich text of each article gets saved in GoodLinks, and your reading history provides a natural archive if you need it. Save as many links as you want.
• Private :: Your reading history and favorite articles should only be private by default. GoodLinks doesn’t track you or your information, and nothing is shared online unless you choose to share it.
• Universal App :: GoodLinks is a single app that works on all of your iOS and macOS devices, so you can access your articles anywhere.
What's New in Version 1.1.1
• Added ability to import links from Pocket, Instapaper and Pinboard.
• Added support for Tweet URLs.
• Links saved via share extension will now be synced immediately without having to open the app.
• The icons in Article view settings screen are now tappable.
• Added support for Edge browser.
• Improvements to Article view.
• Fixed an issue that caused Article view to reload when returning to the app from the background.
• Fixed an issue where the app would flash a white screen when opening in dark mode.
• Fixed sync issues.
• Various other improvements and bug fixes.
If you enjoy the app, please consider leaving a nice review or rating on the App Store. It helps a lot!
Information
Developer
Categories
Version
1.1.1
Size
23.8 MB
Game Center
No
VPP Device Licensing
Yes
Rating
Rated: 4+
Compatibility
iOS 13.0 or later
Devices
iPhone 5s, iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, iPhone SE, iPhone 7, iPhone 7 Plus, iPhone 8, iPhone 8 Plus, iPhone X, iPhone XR, iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro, iPhone 11 Pro Max, iPhone SE (2nd generation), iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad (6th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro, iPad Pro (Cellular), iPad Pro (9.7-inch), iPad Pro (9.7-inch) (Cellular), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (10.5-inch), iPad Pro (10.5-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro (11-inch), iPad Pro (11-inch) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Air, iPad Air (Cellular), iPad Air 2, iPad Air 2 (Cellular), iPad Air (3rd generation), iPad Air (3rd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad mini Retina, iPad mini Retina (Cellular), iPad mini 3, iPad mini 3 (Cellular), iPad mini 4, iPad mini 4 (Cellular), iPad mini (5th Generation), iPad mini (5th Generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad (7th generation) Wi-Fi, iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation), iPad Pro 11-inch (2nd generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation), iPad Pro 12.9-inch (4th generation) Wi-Fi + Cellular, iPod touch (6th Generation), iPod touch (7th generation)
Languages
English, Chinese, German, Japanese
App Store: Customer Ratings
Ratings & Reviews
4.5 of 5 (11 Ratings)
App Store: Customer Reviews
2020-07-08
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.
2020-07-03
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.
2020-07-02
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.
2020-07-02
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.
2020-06-25
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!
2020-06-11
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.