GoodLinks

Nice app I loved, but it definitely requires text highlighting support with export functionality

Amazing app to makes saving and reading articles a pleasure.
Already easily worth the price but some things I’d like to see added are:
- Highlights. Maybe even with the possibility of exporting them, but already being able to filter through highlighted articles would be amazing.
- Suggested tags. When saving an article, suggested tags based on the ones in the library
- Group by source. Group saved articles based on the site they are hosted on.

One of the best apps I've bought. I really like the simple and easy way to save URLs, but I wish there was a feature to highlight text.

Update from 21 July 2023: The app now has a read/watch timer included. Wow, I couldn't be more excited. Also, the video support has been adjusted in the past alraedy, so for me personally I don't see anything negative anymore. It's near perfect. Of course, there's always some minor improvements that would be nice, but that's just a preference anyway.
Previous review:
I initially reviewd this app over a year ago and in the meantime some (big) updates have come out, all pushing it forward.
It might not (yet) be a big name app, but if you ask me it fully deserves an Apple highlighted app at some point. I used to use Pocket, but got sick of the data collection, ads and premium pricing. GoodLinks does practically everything you know from other read later services/apps, but in a native iOS/macOS way.
The tags, the read/unread behaviour, the article downloading with support for logging into sites with a subscription (also works to get around the EU cookies wall, simply by accepting the cookies), the iCloud sync between devices and finally but definitely not least: the fantastic native behavour and speed. It's right up there with some of Apple's own best apps in terms of performance.
The only downsides at the moment is that I miss some info about how long an article is (either word count or estimated minutes to read) so I can better judge the sometimes 10-15 minutes I have in between meetings whether I can fully read an article. And the other is video behaviour with sites such as YouTube and Vimeo is not optimal. But apart from that, it's close to perfect.
I really try a lot of apps/services until I come across the right one and finally found the perfect read later app in GoodLinks. Honestly, you won't be disappointed with this. And the way the developer is bringing updates keeps me hopeful for future updates. It's not the weekly "bug fixes and improvements" but rather actual updates and they're of course not very often, but often enough, just check the update history. 5/5 stars. If I could use decimals it would be 4.8/5 due to those 2 minor missing features or QoL updates.

De beste app voor het later lezen van content. Beter dus dan Safari Reading List, Instapaper en Pocket.
Er is maar een echt minpunt: het werkt alleen in het Apple ecosysteem. Als je iets op een Windows computer wilt bewaren dan kan dat alleen met een workaround. Daarom 4 sterren.

It’s annoying you can’t see the grey buttons add or cancel whenever in low brightness. Please make these buttons red. Preferably the same red as the switches. It gives the app its unique identity

Great UI, seamless syncing. Would love to have the option while reading to highlight, annotate or make a simple short notes based on highlighted text. It’s really that good at it’s core that note taking would be for me a great addition

I initially reviewd this app over a year ago and in the meantime some (big) updates have come out, all pushing it forward.
It might not (yet) be a big name app, but if you ask me it fully deserves an Apple highlighted app at some point. I used to use Pocket, but got sick of the data collection, ads and premium pricing. GoodLinks does practically everything you know from other read later services/apps, but in a native iOS/macOS way.
The tags, the read/unread behaviour, the article downloading with support for logging into sites with a subscription (also works to get around the EU cookies wall, simply by accepting the cookies), the iCloud sync between devices and finally but definitely not least: the fantastic native behavour and speed. It's right up there with some of Apple's own best apps in terms of performance.
The only downsides at the moment is that I miss some info about how long an article is (either word count or estimated minutes to read) so I can better judge the sometimes 10-15 minutes I have in between meetings whether I can fully read an article. And the other is video behaviour with sites such as YouTube and Vimeo is not optimal. But apart from that, it's close to perfect.
I really try a lot of apps/services until I come across the right one and finally found the perfect read later app in GoodLinks. Honestly, you won't be disappointed with this. And the way the developer is bringing updates keeps me hopeful for future updates. It's not the weekly "bug fixes and improvements" but rather actual updates and they're of course not very often, but often enough, just check the update history. 5/5 stars. If I could use decimals it would be 4.8/5 due to those 2 minor missing features or QoL updates.

Alhoewel deze app nog relatief nieuw is, zitten er al veel goede dingen in. Bijvoorbeeld dat je een link snel kunt toevoegen en verder gaan of dat je bij de link meteen tags toevoegt. Alles werkt snel en soepel en er worden regelmatig nieuwe functies toegevoegd. Ook prima dat je met één aankoop zowel de iOS als de Mac versie hebt! Verder prettige iCloud synchronisatie, geen account nodig.

As the title says, it’s near perfect. The only thing missing in my opinion is a time indication for both articles and videos. And a way to re-download or refresh an article. Sometimes it doesn’t populate properly and as such a refresh might fix it, instead of having to remove and re-add it as is now the case.

Alhoewel deze app nog vrij nieuw is, zitten er al veel goede dingen in. Bijvoorbeeld dat je een link snel kunt toevoegen en verder gaan of dat je bij de link meteen tags toevoegt. Alles werkt snel en soepel.
Ook prima dat je met één aankoop zowel de iOS als de Mac versie hebt!
Verder prettige iCloud synchronisatie, geen account nodig.

In general this app is an sbolute great design with a very promising start. I initially thought I had to pay €5,49 for the iOS app and then again for the macOS app, but I then read in a review elsewhere that this app uses the new universal app architecture. So that made me purchase it straight away.
So what's good? Great design, very fluid interface, lightweight, iOS extension works perfectly, tags supported, reader view! It works with Shortcuts, which is absolutely fantastic!
What needs work? This used to be a longer list, but the developer updated the app recently and not only added some new features, but also fixed all of the bugs I experienced. Now the only one is one of which I don't know if it's a bug or missing feature, but here goes:
I've noticed the Unread badge doesn't seem to work on macOS, only on iOS.
Finally there are 2 options that I'd like to see: there's a "Get links in Read" option in the Shortcuts app, which is perfect for me to get all my read articles out of the way, but I can't find a way for Shortcuts to actually delete those links after I've processed them elsewhere.
And the last feature I'd like to have is a timer how long an article takes to read, because I use the time I have left to choose which article I want to read and can actually finish.
I'm hugely impressed with the initial state and the updates and actually only missing reading time and an unread badge on macOS can't hold me from giving a 5 star (it used to be a 4 star). Absolute game changer!