GoodLinks
GoodLinks saves articles for later reading and keeps them available offline on iOS and macOS.
What GoodLinks is
GoodLinks saves articles for later reading and keeps them available offline on iOS and macOS. Its reading view extracts article text while removing advertisements and other distractions. Readers can highlight passages, add notes, select highlight colors, and review saved highlights in a Notebook. Tags, starred articles, and search across titles, authors, descriptions, and content help organize a library. iCloud Sync synchronizes links, articles, highlights, tags, and reading position without another web-service account. GoodLinks says it does not track users or their information, and sharing occurs only when users choose it. Save extensions support Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Arc, Edge, Opera, and Brave. Imports are available from services including Pocket, Instapaper, Pinboard, Raindrop, Matter, Readwise, Abyss, AnyBox, Reeder, Omnivore, and browser bookmarks. A localhost API lets trusted same-machine applications modify links, tags, and highlights with token authentication. The listed GoodLinks purchase is $9.99 a month, billed “Buy once,” with one year of feature upgrades included; later upgrades cost $4.99 a year.
Good
- Offline article reading
- Distraction-reducing reading view
- Highlights, notes, and Notebook
- iCloud sync without another account
- Browser extensions across major browsers
Watch out
- No free plan
- Apple-platform requirements apply
- Later feature upgrades cost extra
- AI Custom Actions have listed requirements
Who it suits
GoodLinks suits readers who want offline articles, highlighting, searchable organization, and iCloud synchronization across Apple devices. It also fits users moving links from other reading services.
Verdict
GoodLinks combines offline reading, annotation, search, imports, and iCloud synchronization in a paid Apple-focused app. Its one-time purchase and separate annual upgrade option should be considered before buying.
Plans and prices
From GoodLinks's own pricing page, checked 1 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Annual Feature Upgrade | $4.99 a year | Unlocks new features introduced after the initial feature-upgrade year · unlocked features remain permanently available · annual in-app purchase |
| GoodLinks | $9.99, paid once | iOS, iPadOS, macOS · current features plus one year of feature upgrades · one-time App Store purchase |
The facts
Each one read from GoodLinks's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Automation API
- The local API lets trusted same-machine applications read and modify links, tags, and highlights over localhost with token authentication.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Full-text search
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Highlight export
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Highlighting
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Highlights
- Users can highlight passages, add notes, choose highlight colors, and review highlights in a Notebook.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- GoodLinks can import links from Pocket, Instapaper, Pinboard, Raindrop, Matter, Readwise, Abyss, AnyBox, Reeder, Omnivore, and browser bookmarks.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- AI Custom Actions require GoodLinks 4.0 or later, iOS 27 or macOS 27, and Private Cloud Compute or a configured fallback AI provider.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Offline access
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Organization
- Tags, starred articles, and search across title, author, description, and content help organize links.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- GoodLinks says it does not track users or their information, and nothing is shared online unless users choose to share it.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Privacy policy
- External-service authorization tokens are stored in the device keychain and are never transmitted to GoodLinks servers.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- GoodLinks saves and organizes articles to read later, including offline access.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Reading view
- It extracts article text and removes web advertisements and other distractions.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Support
- The press kit lists [email protected] as the support email.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Sync
- iCloud Sync synchronizes links, articles, highlights, tags, and reading position without another web-service account.checked 1 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser extension
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Browser extensions
- Save-to-GoodLinks extensions are available for Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Arc, Edge, Opera, and Brave.checked 1 Oct 2026
- Mobile apps
- Yeschecked 22 Sep 2026
- Platform requirements
- The FAQ lists minimum requirements of iOS 16, iPadOS 16, and macOS 13, while the current App Store listing requires iOS 17, iPadOS 17, macOS 14, or visionOS 1.checked 1 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Nochecked 22 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- The App Store lists Ngoc Luu as the developer and seller.checked 1 Oct 2026
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