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Reading & learning

GoodLinks

By Ngoc Luu

An Apple-device article library with clean reading, tagging and annotation tools.

View on the App Store Official website
Our take

Keep an Apple-native article library

Choose it for saved web articles, tags, highlights and Shortcuts-based workflows across Apple devices.

Keep in mind: Feature entitlement matters. It is not a guarantee that every interactive or paywalled webpage can be archived.

What you can do

  • Article reading view
  • Tags and stars
  • Highlights and notes
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Configurable actions and exports

Good for

  • An Apple-only article reading queue
  • Readers who want their own tags and a manageable archive

Consider alternatives for

  • A guaranteed copy of arbitrary interactive webpages
  • A complete academic citation-management workflow

Limitations & considerations

  • Purchase includes current features and a year of feature upgrades; the optional upgrade subscription is not a requirement to retain already unlocked features.
  • Interactive or paywalled pages may not save as complete articles. Confirm the saved copy before depending on it offline.

Use it for

Organize reading highlights Read without distractions Save articles for later

Guides & comparisons

GoodLinks vs Readwise Reader: an article library or a research workflow? Save an article with GoodLinks and check offline access Read-Later Apps Without a Subscription: Options for iPhone and Mac
Sources & review notes Updated Oct 18, 2026

Reviewed by iApp4Me Editorial Team. Recommendations use the linked documentation and attributed accounts; device observations are identified separately.

  1. GoodLinks features

    Developer description; not an independent capture-quality or privacy test.

  2. GoodLinks Premium terms

    Explains permanent access to unlocked features and optional later feature upgrades.

  3. GoodLinks App Store listing

    Developer-published capabilities, Article Sync history and US purchase listing; checkout not tested.

Beyond the product page

What reviewers and users say

Our summaries of linked accounts—not our own experience or a vote-based ranking. Older versions and different platforms are labeled. Sources reviewed October 18, 2026.

GoodLinksEditorial review

MacStories · John Voorhees

GoodLinks 2.0 · older version-specific review

Voorhees values the combination of highlighting, notes and flexible Shortcuts exports, not just the reading view.

Read in context: His occasional sync delays involved developer-beta operating systems. They are not established current-release defects.

GoodLinksFirst-person workflow

James Foley

Feb 2, 2026 · GoodLinks to Kindle

Foley describes using GoodLinks and Shortcuts to build a Kindle reading digest.

Read in context: This is a custom automation workflow, not a built-in one-tap Kindle sync promise.

How to read disagreement

Different opinions can reflect different jobs, versions, devices or paid plans. We do not call a few comments “the consensus.” A consequential factual conflict that remains after checking those differences is a candidate for a focused hands-on test. A preference for one interface over another usually is not.

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