A Sniply alternative that shows your message before the link opens.
LinkAds makes short links that show a message first: an image, a video, a quick poll or a mini game with a reward. Then your visitor carries on to the page.
Start free with 5 links and 1,000 views a year. Basic is £20 a year, priced in pounds.
Visitors see your message for the few seconds you choose, up to 15, then carry on. You decide whether they can skip, and every message shows where the link is going.
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Polls, games and rewards
Images, GIFs, videos, comment boxes, quick polls and mini games, with game codes kept hidden until someone has played.
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Links never stop working
If your views run out, your links keep working and people go straight to the page until your views start again.
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Proof for your sponsor
Basic adds a results page to send to the business paying for the message, with devices, countries and where visitors came from.
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£20 a year
Basic has 25 links and 25,000 views a year, with no Super Basic mark. Super has no cap on links and tests two messages against each other.
SIDE BY SIDE
LinkAds, Sniply and Bitly side by side.
LinkAds
Sniply
Bitly
Free plan
Yes, 5 links and 1,000 views a year
No, 14-day trial
Yes, 5 links a month
Your own message on the link
Before the page opens
Over the page, as a call to action
No
Polls, mini games and reward codes
Yes
Not listed
No
Cheapest paid plan
£20 a year
$9 a month, or $90 a year (Basic)
$10 a month, billed yearly (Core)
Links on that plan
25
250 a month
100 a month
Clicks or views on that plan
25,000 views a year, then links still work
No cap on clicks
No cap on clicks and scans
Sniply's and Bitly's prices are in US dollars. Super Basic isn't VAT registered, so our prices are the full price. Rival details checked on 8 November 2026 from each provider's own UK pages, listed at the bottom of this page. Prices change, so check before you choose.
ALTERNATIVES
Looking for an alternative to Sniply, Bitly or Replug?
Sniply shortens a link and lays your own message over the page it opens. There's no free plan, just a 14-day trial. Basic is $9 a month or $90 a year for 250 links a month, and Pro is $29 a month or $290 a year.
LinkAds shows your message before the page opens instead, with polls, mini games and reward codes as well as images and video. Basic is £20 a year.
A free plan with 5 links, not a 14-day trial
Polls, mini games and one-time reward codes
A results page to send to your sponsor
£20 a year, against $90 a year for Sniply Basic
WHEN SNIPLY SUITS BETTERYou want your message laid over the page itself, on lots of links a month.
Bitly makes short links and QR codes. Its free plan has 5 links a month and is marked "With Ads". Core is $10 a month billed yearly, $120 in all, for 100 links a month. Bitly doesn't show your own message before the page.
LinkAds turns each short link into a moment to show a sponsor, an offer or a poll, for £20 a year on Basic.
Your own message, not someone else's ads
Polls and mini games with live results
£20 a year, against $120 a year for Bitly Core
WHEN BITLY SUITS BETTERYou just need short links that open the page straight away. QR8.to does that too, with editable QR codes.
Replug's free plan has 100 short links, 1,000 clicks a month and one call-to-action campaign. Essentials is £114 a year, or £19 billed monthly, for 1,000 links, 10,000 clicks a month and 5 campaigns.
LinkAds shows your message before the page opens, with polls, mini games and one-time reward codes as well as images and video. Basic is £20 a year.
Polls, mini games and one-time reward codes
A results page to send to your sponsor
£20 a year, against £114 a year for Replug Essentials
WHEN REPLUG SUITS BETTERYou need hundreds of short links, or retargeting pixels.
You're a shop, creator or club that shares links every week
You have a sponsor, or would like one
You want to run a poll or a game with a reward
You'd like a flat yearly price in pounds
LOOK ELSEWHERE IF
You want links that open the page straight away
You need more than 25,000 views a year on Basic
QUESTIONS
Switching questions
Is LinkAds free?
Yes. Free has 5 short links and 1,000 views a year, with images, videos, polls and mini games. Basic is £20 a year and Super is £10 a month.
What happens when my views run out?
Your links keep working. For the rest of the year people go straight to the page without seeing the message, and views start again on 1 January.
Do visitors have to wait?
Only for the few seconds you choose, 15 at most, and you decide whether they can skip. Every message shows where the link is going.
What counts as a view?
Each time your message is shown to a person before a link opens. Link previews in chat apps and visits from search engines and other robots don't count.
Where the rival details come from
Checked on 8 November 2026. Names belong to their owners, and we're not linked to any of them. Tell us at hello@thesuperbasic.com if anything here is out of date and we'll fix it.
LinkAds.to is one of eight small apps with one login. Put a LinkAds link behind a QR8.to code on a poster, or add it as a button on your OneSite.to page.