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Updates

Updates from the Moodmarks team: new features, launches and behind the scenes.

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Instapaper alternative: how to choose one that fits how you actually save

Instapaper is still a fine reading app. The question is whether reading was ever what you needed.

Productivity

Methods and routines to organize your inspiration and work with more clarity every day.

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The best PKM app for iPhone is the one you'll actually feed

What personal knowledge management actually requires on a phone, and how to tell a real PKM app from a note app wearing a PKM label.

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How to build a second brain without buying five apps

A second brain needs three habits, not a stack of tools. Here's the version that fits in your pocket.

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Why your reading list never gets read

It isn't a discipline problem. A reading list is the wrong shape for most of what people save.

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The best mood board apps for iPhone (and how to actually use one)

Milanote, Morpholio, Canva, Pinterest and Moodmarks, compared by what happens after the board is made

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How to organize research sources without losing them

Sources, notes and drafts are three different things. A method that works for a thesis, a university essay or anything you study.

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How to save recipes from Instagram and TikTok so you can find them again

Saving is not the problem. Finding the recipe at the supermarket is. A method that fixes the second part.

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The bookmark manager for designers

How to organize design inspiration so you can find it again when a project needs it

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How to close 47 tabs without losing anything

A ten minute method to close your tabs, organize what matters, and lose nothing

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Pocket is gone: how to choose the right alternative

How to pick a Pocket alternative that fits how you actually save, not just how you read

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The Raindrop alternative for people who work in projects

How a bookmark manager built around projects compares to Raindrop's collections

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How to build a second brain on your iPhone

A simple second brain method for iPhone: one board per project, no course or template needed

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The best bookmark managers in 2026

And how to choose the right one for you

Collections

Curated selections of resources and references, ready to inspire your next project.

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Tutorials

Step-by-step guides to get the most out of Moodmarks in your creative workflow.

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Web clipper for iPhone: how to save anything from Safari in one tap

iOS has no browser extensions, but it has something better for saving on the go: the share sheet. Here's how to actually use it.

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How to organize Safari bookmarks on iPhone (and when to stop using them)

Folders, Favorites, Reading List and Tab Groups explained, plus the honest limit of all four

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How to save a link on iPhone: the five places, compared

Notes, Messages to yourself, Reading List, the Home Screen and a bookmark manager, judged by one question: will you find it again?

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