When comparing Tagpacker vs Sprucemarks, the Slant community recommends Tagpacker for most people. In the question“What is the best app to find broken links and automatically categorize bookmarks?” Tagpacker is ranked 5th while Sprucemarks is ranked 7th. The most important reason people chose Tagpacker is:
The company earns (enough) money with affiliate links, therefore there is no need for a purchasable pro membership.
Specs
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Pros
Pro 100% free (at the moment)
The company earns (enough) money with affiliate links, therefore there is no need for a purchasable pro membership.
Pro Auto tagging
It makes tag suggestions based on your tags already used
Pro Follows strict privacy rules
Because it is located in Germany, the company has to follow very strict rules regarding privacy.
Pro Automate tasks with Zapier
Automating tasks with Zapier.
Pro API
Programatically access links and tags.
Pro Clean, efficient UI
Pro Date
It saves the date when the bookmark is added
Pro It's free again!
Developer made the extension free again.
Pro Effective
Easily sorts all bookmarks in Chrome.
Pro Auto-sort supported
Automatically sorts without your interaction.
Pro Selective sorting
Able to choose which folder to sort.
Cons
Con Uses affiliate links, which can be seen as an invasion of privacy
Affiliate links are usually not only a way to earn money with advertisement. They also include generating user profiles, which could be seen as a big privacy issue.
Con Only list view available
Con No longer free
The developer decided to enable this extension only for Patreon users who donate, free users no longer able to enable this extension.
