Raindrop.io
Ranked 5 of 8 bookmark managers by recommenders
People recommend it for its strong bookmarking features, including tagging, search and a decent mobile app, and say it works better than other bookmark tools. Some find it takes too much work to get value from it.
People recommend it for its strong bookmarking features, including tagging, search and a decent mobile app, and say it works better than other bookmark tools. Some find it takes too much work to get value from it.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 78%
Recommended in 6 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 6 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Strong bookmarking features
“the same bookmarking features I love so much with Raindrop.io (big fan)”
Comment from 13 Jul 2026 in “Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (July 2026)” “dedicated black holes with better viewing features such as Raindrop.io”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “WinUI 3 Performance: A Leap Forward” “Has tagging, search, and a decent mobile app.”
Comment from 4 Feb 2026 in “Ask HN: Does a good "read it later" app exist?” Better than other bookmark tools
“dedicated black holes with better viewing features such as Raindrop.io”
Comment from 15 May 2026 in “WinUI 3 Performance: A Leap Forward” “I've found Raindrop to be a better stand in”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “Hang on to Your Firefox”
Other bookmark managers people recommend
The four most recommended other bookmark managers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karakeep | 23 | 1 | 96% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Linkding | 13 | 0 | 100% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Pinboard | 10 | 3 | 77% | 7 | — | Approved |
| ClipNotebook | 8 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| Raindrop.ioThis page | 7 | 2 | 78% | 6 | — | — |
What people said
All 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I've found Raindrop to be a better stand in”
“it just took a bit too much work to get good signal out of it”
“the same bookmarking features I love so much with Raindrop.io (big fan)”
“dedicated black holes with better viewing features such as Raindrop.io”
“Raindrop creates archives of every entry”
“it's pretty incredible how much data-shifting I can do now”
“I use it everyday it's it's been a pleasure to use.”
“Has tagging, search, and a decent mobile app.”
“accessing raindrop makes me spend more time with it instead of using back my phone and opening social media”
“take money from people and stores their bookmarks”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.