Pins for Pinboard 17+

Excellent

Update: many thanks to the developer for granting and extended trial. The app has really come along nicely and I’m thrilled that it also works on Mac (it is much better than the pinboard website). Happy to pay for the full version.

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Looks good but… I’ll update this review when I’ve had a chance to really evaluate the app, but that’s the problem: I’m struggling to do so because of the free mode limits. For example I bookmarked ONE item, attempted to edit that one’s metadata, and was told I couldn’t because I can save only once per 5 minutes. Save a thing and the making a note on it is the most basic thing I want to use the app for and try. Same when I try to add another bookmark… gotta wait a few minutes. I just think for folks to get a feel for the app and whether to upgrade, they have to be able to use it.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the feedback. Feel free to reach out to me directly via the Email Support function in the app — I can grant access to an extended trial so that you can better evaluate the app.

The free mode in the app is intended to showcase Pins' basic feature set: ability to load large number of bookmarks (100,000+), advanced filtering, share extension, etc. The limits are there to nudge people to upgrade, it's tricky to balance them.

Best Pinboard app around, and it's not even close

I have been a Pinboard user for over half a decade at this point. The weakness of the Pinboard ecosystem has always been its poor iPhone companion apps. No longer!

I have tried nearly every single iPhone app for Pinboard, including Pinner and Pushpin (the previous top apps, which haven't been properly updated in years), Pinswift, Simple Pin, and more, and Pins is by far the fastest, best designed, and most functional. The only other app that seems to be consistently updated is Pinstachio, but it's interface is nowhere near the quality level of Pins.

Extra points for charging a one time upgrade fee instead of a subscription. It was a no-brainer on day one. Thanks for this wonderful app!

Syncing Problem - Update

App was working fine for a while but now it does not sync properly. Bookmarks removed from Pinboard still show in the app even when the refresh button is pressed and the app is reopened. Please fix. UPDATE: developer contacted me and says it is an API limitation. However, you can press and hold the refresh button to redownload all bookmarks. That will work for me. However, it would be nice to have an option to change the refresh button behavior to redownload all bookmarks with one press. Can that be added to options? I am always adding bookmarks with other methods (Windows, Chrome, etc). Thank you.

Developer Response ,

Changes made elsewhere aren’t picked up by the app because of API limitations. You have to force a refresh by long pressing on the Refresh button and choose Re-download.