Hookmark Pal— Companion for iPhone and iPad is like the name suggests an app that you can use with Hookmark for macOS.
As such be sure to turn on iCloud Sync on your Mac, and enable iCloud Sync in Hookmark’s preferences. See Using Hookmark on Multiple Devices Hookmark.
The Hookmark Pal app* enables you to:
- Bookmark anything that has a URL.
- Sync bookmarks with your Mac
- View bidirectional links (hooks) created on any device.
- Create hooks (bidirectional links).
- Tag and pin bookmarks, search by tag, see pinned items
Shortcuts to install on your iPhone or iPad
Install this shortcut to Open Apple Notes on your iPhone or iPad.
Bidirectional links (‘hooks’) to anything worth saving
Bookmark anything
Your key information is scattered in many apps: emails, web pages, information managers (like DEVONthink), writing tools (like Agenda, Bear, Craft or Obsidian), utilities such as Drafts, task managers (such as OmniFocus or Things), etc. Before Hookmark, searching on an iPhone or iPad was very cumbersome. Enter Hookmark, a dynamic repository for links to your key information resources. You can bookmark anything from any app that has a URL.
View bidirectional links
Suppose you’ve hooked together several items with Hookmark. That means you have bidirectionally linked them. Thanks to Hookmark Pal, you can navigate those bidirectional links on iPad and iPhone. Just “focus” on an item, and you’ll see everything you’ve hooked to it.
View pinned items
You’ve pinned your most important items with Hookmark. Now you can view them in Hookmark Pal. This is a great way to switch between projects on all your devices.
Sync bookmarks with your Mac
Hookmark for macOS automatically bookmarks what you link (“hook together”): emails, web pages, DEVONthink files, tasks, etc.
If you’ve added bookmarks on your Mac with Hookmark, you’ll want to see them on your iPad and iPhone. Turn on iCloud sync in Hookmark, and Hookmark Pal will sync bookmarks to and from your Mac.
Examples:
- You previously used Hookmark to bookmark a task (in OmniFocus, Things, Todoist, whatever). In Hookmark on iPhone or iPad, tap on the bookmark and it opens in that app.
- You previously used Hookmark to bookmark a document (in Craft, Obsidian, whatever app). In Hookmark on iPhone or iPad, tap on the bookmark and it opens in that app (Craft, Obsidian, whatever app).
- You’ve used Hookmark to bookmark a web page (in Safari, Chrome or any browser). In Hookmark on iPhone or iPad, tap on the bookmark and it opens in your default browser.
- You previously used Hookmark to bookmark an email on Mac. In Hookmark on iPhone or iPad, tap the bookmark to the email. Hookmark will invoke Mail to open it.
You get the idea! As long as the target app and data of the bookmark is available on your device, use Hookmark to launch the link to it. Think of Hookmark as a truly universal, bidirectional, private bookmarking app.
More help
See also Hookmark Pal Help.
*: Hookmark Pal requires a subscription which you can purchase on iPad or iPhone.