Later | Save Links, Read Later

The app works really well. I used a different bookmark manager in the past, but it import type wasn’t supported. I tried to convert my export to Pocket or Instapaper format, but no luck. I reached out to Xavi, the developer, to see if he could give me an example import file to copy from. He replied quickly and asked for a sample file, and within a few hours, he added support for a new format!

Update: Back to five stars. After the dev responded to my review, I emailed them, as I still couldn’t figure out the updated delete feature. Their quick reply walked me through it (a long press on an individual item or after selecting multiple items) and it’s smoother and easier than ever. Previous review: Yesterday I would’ve given Abyss 5 stars, even with the UI glitchiness when selecting and deleting links, but today’s update removed (or hid?) the ability to delete. I often toss articles into Abyss throughout the day, to read distraction-free later, but many of them aren’t things I want to keep cluttering up my archive once I’ve read them.

I really like Abyss a lot. however the MacOS app will not stop crashing. As soon as I try to scroll down it instantly closes with no warning. It also closes most of the time when I add a new site from the share menu. I really hope this can be fixed as I spent 2 days sorting 600 links, then moving and re-tagging almost 300 of them from Wallabag before realizing this bug that completely prevents me from using the app. The iOS app seems to be perfectly fine. Assuming the crashing stops, Abyss would easily be 4 stars as it is. However there are a few features & improvments that would just absolutely knock it out of the park. 1. The ability to select multiple tags at a time. With only 300 links, its already a little cumbersome to find what im looking for. Thankfully the tags are brightly colored which helps. 2. The ability to add new tags from the share menu, and the ability to find exisiting tags by typing instead of having to scroll through the whole list. 3. The ability to create groups of links. Such as if your collecting links for a specific project. Instead of creating yet another tag, you could create a group or a folder to keep them all together. 4. When right clicking a link, the "remove tags" menu should only show the tags that are actually on the link you selected instead of just showing them all. I really hope to see this app get better and better as I have tried all the others and this seems to be the only one that was made by someone who actually cares.