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Raindrop.io

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Capture and organize bookmarks and associated content like articles, photos, and more with Raindrop.io. Enjoy real-time collaboration, privacy focus, web clipper, and sync across devices without ads.

Raindrop.io interface with dark theme selected

License model

  • FreemiumOpen Source

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • Online
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Android Tablet
  • iPad
  • Microsoft Edge
  • Vivaldi
  • Google Chrome
  • Safari
  • Yandex Browser
  • Software as a Service (SaaS)
  • Opera
  • Mozilla Firefox
4.2 / 5 Avg rating (39)
443 likes
22comments
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Features

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Properties

  1.  Privacy focused
  2.  Customizable

Features

  1.  Visual bookmarks
  2.  Tag based
  3.  Saving bookmarks
  4.  Bookmarks
  5.  Cross-Platform
  6.  Bookmarking
  7.  Dark Mode
  8.  Full-Text Search
  9.  Advanced searching
  10.  Cloud Sync
  11.  Ad-free
  12.  Online collaboration
  13.  Web Clipper
  14.  Social Bookmarking
  15.  Highlighter
  16.  Category Filters
  17.  Website annotation
  18.  File Archiving
  19.  No Tracking
  20.  Real time collaboration
  21.  Sync with Google Drive
  22. IFTTT icon  IFTTT Integration
  23.  Sorting by folder
  24. Dropbox icon  Sync with Dropbox
  25.  Visual Pinboard
  26.  File Tagging
  27.  Two-factor Authentication
  28.  Integrated into iOS

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Raindrop.io information

  • Developed by

    Rustem Mussabekov
  • Licensing

    Open Source (MIT) and Freemium product.
  • Pricing

    Subscription that costs up to $3 per month + free version with limited functionality.
  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.2 (39 ratings)
  • Alternatives

    165 alternatives listed
  • Supported Languages

    • English
    • Dutch
    • Finnish
    • French
    • German
    • Hindi
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Korean
    • Polish
    • Portuguese
    • Russian
    • Chinese
    • Spanish
    • Swedish
    • Turkish

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  •  1,027 Stars
  •  106 Forks
  •  32 Open Issues
  •   Updated Feb 18, 2025 
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Our users have written 22 comments and reviews about Raindrop.io, and it has gotten 443 likes

Raindrop.io was added to AlternativeTo by dorianissmo on Jun 3, 2014 and this page was last updated Oct 22, 2024. Raindrop.io is sometimes referred to as Raindrop.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Comment summary: Raindrop.io is appreciated for its user-friendly interface, high customization, and cross-platform functionality. Positive feedback highlights features like duplicate and dead link checks, export/import options, and read-it-later capabilities. However, users express concerns about privacy due to its Russian origins and indicate frustrations with clunky interface elements and lack of essential functionalities like 2FA. While its potential is recognized, some users prefer not to rely solely on it due to reliability issues.
ScenicMarathon
  
Top positive commentFeb 23, 2019

It can be used either as a read-it-later service or to save and organise bookmark. Differently from its main competitors, bookmarks can be organised using both folder and tags simultaneously.

Development was put into hiatus, but now it seems active again.

2 replies
Fred Kachi

Like others here I got the impression the site was not being maintained. I used it for a bit but never got any support emails returned. I moved on to Bookmark OS and have not looked back https://bookmarkos.com

Reply written Jul 22, 2019

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Shoji

but bookmark os is not free at all, it is commercial tool

Reply written Feb 13, 2020

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Geoff Jackson
  
Top negative commentApr 10, 2020
• Edited Jul 28, 2021

After a while seeking a bookmark manager to replace the default browser functionality, I decided to subscribe to Raindrop.io after checking a few different ones out...

I was unfortunately left very disappointed. Not only was the interface (browser sidebar and extension clunky and slow to load), the UI left me feeling incredibly frustrated, for example:

You can quickly bookmark the current page using the browser extension, no problem with that but it adds it to an 'Unsorted' folder (so gives you no option to change where you want to save the bookmark to) - if you then use the sidebar integration (Opera) to then move a bookmark from 'Unsorted', there is literally no way at all to do so. So you have to somehow launch the full app (I don't even know how you to do this other than going to the website and clicking the 'App' button from there) just to get the entire interface up full screen so that you click and drag the unsorted bookmarks to the right folders. It makes the 'one click' bookmark save completely pointless as you have to take about 50 additional clicks just to organise anything.

In multiple places, the interface lacks basic and what I would consider, priority functionality that you would expect with a bookmark manager. In the two days of trying to work with this app, I wasted about an hour of my time and only tried to save a handful of URLs before giving up.

Absolutely would not recommend this app. And the main reason I paid to upgrade was so that I can nest collections (create sub-folders for bookmarks) - well the app makes it so difficult for you to actually get to them, it makes it completely pointless even upgrading and paying so save your money!

That being said, masses of potential but until it can compete with the default browser way of bookmarking pages, then it offers nothing any better than what you already have.

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João Lourenço

would you share which alternative did you land on?

Reply written Aug 9, 2024

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Nick M
  
Positive commentNov 14, 2024

What's wrong with you all? This app is just fine. But I prefer to use Linkman Pro!

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Nick M
  • UPD

Pros: It would be good for developing your applications. It has some interesting features. It has a pretty UI, and the app is smooth and nice. You can fetch articles and tweets. You can use it on the web/desktop. Works on the phone.

Cons: The list of links is too large! Works online!

Reply written Nov 14, 2024

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Pepexl
  
Negative commentNov 1, 2024

This is not a real read-it-later tool because it won't store any bookmarks offline.

There is a feature request of the community which says that they would like to see this feature. That feature request is from 2016(!!) and is still "under review". Sorry to say that, but to me it looks a little bit like there is no active development at all.

German translation is hilarious in some cases. I wasted 28€ for that.

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fred-leonard4
  
Negative commentOct 25, 2024

Online only. No way to keep my data private and local. They want your data, like most companies. I need one that can keep my data on my computers, and optionally my iCloud. Everyone just gives it all away to everyone. It's not just Microsoft and Google.

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Ovolya
  
Negative commentSep 24, 2024

The interface is user-friendly, with good features for adding bookmarks. This was my impression while the app was working. However, one day I launched the app on Windows 10 and saw the following message: "Nothing found. Return to home."

After that, I tried to locate the file with my bookmarks and searched the internet for ways to recover the data. Found nothing. I contacted the developer, and it's now been 19 months without a response. As a result, all my data was lost. Therefore, I do not recommend using this app as the sole place to store your bookmarks.

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Pepexl

I can agree to that. This application looks like noz being under active development anymore. I feel like being scammed for paying a yearly subscription.

Reply written Nov 1, 2024

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Nick M

Could you share which alternative you chose?

Reply written Nov 14, 2024

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Dawid Ferenczy
  
Positive commentJul 30, 2024

One of the best bookmark services!

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What is Raindrop.io?

Raindrop.io saves not just bookmarks but associated content depending on page type.

Supports articles, photos, videos, presentations, website screenshots and more. Supports all your favorite sites

If it's an article, it will be cut and saved with the bookmark. The same applies to video, photo and presentations. So you can organize thematic collections with different content.

Available from a web interface, browser extension & mobile apps.