Booky vs Pinboard (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Booky grades higher than Pinboard: 3.2 against 2.2 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Booky grades higher on value for money and the free plan. They get the same grade on features, ease of use and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Booky
Online bookmark manager with collections and browser extensions
Pinboard
Paid bookmarking site with tags, privacy and page archiving
Which one is for you
Pick Booky if
- Fits if you want a free bookmark manager with collections
- Works for someone who saves from several browsers and devices
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want to share collections publicly for free: it needs the supporter membership
- Not for you if you want store apps: the iOS and Android versions are a web app
- Watch out: supporter pricing is in euros, from 2 euros a month, and payment goes through PayPal
- Watch out: the duplicate finder is supporter-only
Pick Pinboard if
- Fits if you want a text-based bookmark list with no ads or trackers, private by default if you like
- Works for people who want an API and an RSS feed for everything they save
Look elsewhere if
- Not for you if you want to try before paying, as there's no free plan or trial, only a seven-day refund
- Skip it if you want a native phone app, because it's a mobile website plus third-party apps
- Pricey if saved page copies are the point, as those and full-text search need the $39 account, not the $22 one
- Watch out: the archive crawler can't save paywalled pages, and the FAQ says YouTube and Twitter links aren't saved properly
- Watch out: the sign-up page says paying for several years is discounted but doesn't say by how much
How we grade them
| 3.2GPABookyVery good | 2.2GPAPinboardFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | AFree with unlimited bookmarks, categories and collections, no ads. The supporter membership starts at 2 euros a month, under the category's $2.91 cheapest quarter. | B$22 a year is $1.83 a month, inside the cheapest quarter for reading tools here, below the $2.42 line. The archival account, with a stored copy of every page and full-text search, is $39 a year. The sign-up page says paying for several years is steeply discounted, but won't say by how much. |
| Free plan and trial | AThe regular membership is free outright, with private collections and no cap a normal person would reach. | FNothing is free. There's no free plan and no free trial. You pay first, and the fee is refundable within seven days of signing up, which is a money-back window and not a trial. |
| Features | CCollections, search, notes, extensions and a bookmarklet, import and export. Public sharing and the duplicate finder are supporter-only. | CIt does one smaller job, bookmarking, and does the basics of it: tags, private bookmarks, read later, notes, tab sets and tag bundles. The gaps are in the listing: stored copies and full-text search need the $39 account, and even then the crawler skips paywalled pages, YouTube and Twitter. |
| Ease of use | BNo store rating on record. You sign up, add the extension and start saving. | BNo store rating on record, since there's no app of its own. The listing shows a site with nothing to set up: sign up, add the bookmarklet or a browser extension, and save links. It's plain text and a tag box, so there's not much to learn. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb, browser extension and Windows, with iOS and Android versions that are a web app, not store apps. No integrations are listed. | BA website with extensions for Safari, Chrome and Firefox, a full API modelled on Delicious and an RSS feed for every bookmark page, which third-party clients like Reeder use. No native mobile apps, though, so on a phone it's the mobile site or somebody else's app. |
| Best for | a bookmark manager that is free to use | plain, private bookmarks with no ads |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Booky and Pinboard. How we grade
Price against what you get
Booky starts at about $2.23 a month and scores 2.7 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Pinboard starts at $1.83 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.7.
They score the same, and Pinboard starts $0.40 a month lower. Of the other read-later and bookmark apps on the chart, none scores higher than Booky for less, and none scores higher than Pinboard for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Booky also covers web clipper.
- Pinboard also covers read later.
At a glance
| Booky | Pinboard | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Paid |
| Starts at | €2 per month, pay what you want above that | $22 per year |
| Free plan | The regular membership: unlimited bookmarks, categories and collections, private collections, a customizable design and no ads. | None |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Windows | ||
| iOS | ||
| Android | ||
| Browser extension | ||
| Made by | booky.io | Nine Fives Software |
| Price read from | booky.io | pinboard.in |
| Checked | Nov 13, 2026 | Oct 5, 2026 |
Worth knowing
Booky
- Public sharing and the duplicate finder need the paid supporter membership.
- Supporter pricing is in euros, starting at €2 a month, and payments go through PayPal.
- The Android and iOS versions are a web app, not store apps.
Pinboard
- There is no free plan and no free trial; a payment is refundable within seven days of signup.
- Stored page copies and full-text search require the $39 archival account.
- There are no native mobile apps: Pinboard offers a mobile website and relies on third-party apps.
- The archive crawler cannot save paywalled pages, and the FAQ says YouTube and Twitter links are not saved properly.
Key features
Booky
- Collections and categories
- Bookmarks are arranged in collections and categories, with drag and drop to reorder.
- Search and notes
- Search bookmarks and their multiline notes, or use booky as a browser search engine.
- Extensions and bookmarklet
- Chrome, Firefox and Edge extensions and a cross-browser bookmarklet; save all open tabs at once.
- Import and export
- Import or export all bookmarks at any time.
- Public sharing
- Collections are private by default; sharing them publicly is a supporter feature.
Pinboard
- Bookmarks, tags and privacy
- Each bookmark has a title, URL, a description of any length and optional tags. Any bookmark can be private, and an account can default to private.
- Read later
- A read-later bookmarklet adds a page to an unread list without asking for details. Unread bookmarks are visible only to you until marked as read.
- Archiving and full-text search
- Archival accounts get a crawled copy of every bookmarked page that stays viewable if the original goes offline, plus search across page text.
- Bookmarklets, extensions and email
- Save with a bookmarklet, with browser extensions for Safari, Chrome and Firefox, or by emailing a URL to a personal Pinboard address.
- API and RSS feeds
- A full API modeled on version 1 of the Delicious API supports third-party clients, and every bookmark page has a matching RSS feed.
- Notes, tab sets and tag bundles
- Notes save snippets of text as bookmarks, tab sets store all open browser tabs for later, and tag bundles group related tags on one page.
Plans
Booky
Regular membership$0
Free, with unlimited bookmarks, categories and collections, private collections and personal support.
Supporter membership€2
per month and up, you choose the amount
Everything in the regular membership plus public sharing of collections and the duplicate finder. Paid through PayPal and cancelable in account settings.
Pinboard
Regular account$22
per year
Bookmarks with tags, private bookmarks, read later, notes, tab sets, the API and RSS feeds. Refundable within seven days of signup.
Archival account$39
per year
Everything in a regular account, plus a stored copy of every bookmarked page, full-text search and dead-link checks.
Ways to pay less
Booky
No public discounts listed.
Pinboard
- Other savings
Discounts for paying for several years
The sign-up page says there are steep discounts for signing up for multiple years, chosen on the payment page. The amounts are not shown publicly.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Booky or Pinboard?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Pinboard is cheaper to start with: $1.83 a month when paid by the year, against about $2.23 a month for Booky. Booky starts at €2 per month, pay what you want above that, and Pinboard starts at $22 per year.
Which has a free plan, Booky or Pinboard?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Booky has a free plan. Pinboard does not.
Which platforms do Booky and Pinboard run on?
As of Nov 13, 2026, only Booky lists Windows, iOS and Android apps. Both list a web app and a browser extension. A platform missing from a listing is one its maker's pages did not mention.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.