What People Love About Pinterest
Before we get into where Start Page HQ goes further, credit where it's due.
- Unmatched visual search and discovery — billions of pins across recipes, decor, fashion, and inspiration of every kind.
- Free across every platform with a vast community of creators and curators.
- A polished mobile experience for browsing and saving on the go.
- Smart visual search that lets you find similar images by tapping any pin.
- Shopping and creator features that turn pins into a discovery-to-purchase flow.
Where Start Page HQ Goes Further
Specific differences, not vague claims.
Your Collections, Not a Discovery Algorithm
Pinterest is built to recommend things you didn't know you wanted — that's the product. Start Page HQ's Collection widget is private, ad-free, and only shows what you saved. No suggested pins, no shopping ads, no infinite scroll.
Visual Collections On Every New Tab
Pinterest is a destination — open the app, browse, close it. Start Page HQ puts your saved images and links right on your new tab page, alongside your weather, todos, and links.
Collections Plus 49+ Other Widgets
Pinterest is one tool. Start Page HQ is a dashboard with 50+ widgets — Collection, Links, RSS, weather, calendar, tasks, AI tools, dev utilities. Build a moodboard-and-doing dashboard, not just a board of pins.
No Ads, No Tracking
Pinterest is an ad-supported social network. Start Page HQ is a paid product with no ads, no third-party trackers, and no algorithmic feed mining your saves to sell you something.
Multi-Page Dashboards by Context
Build a Moodboard page with Collections of inspiration. A separate Work page with tasks and calendars. A Reading page with RSS and Substack. Switch with one click.
Hosted Web App and Browser Extensions
Use startpagehq.com on any browser, or install extensions for Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. Sync across every device is included on every paid plan.
Side-by-Side Comparison
An honest line-by-line look at how the two stack up.
| Feature | Start Page HQ | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free (ad-supported) | $25/yr or $49 lifetime |
| Free tier | Yes (full product) | Free demo only |
| Lives on every new tab | No | Yes |
| Chrome | Save extension | Yes |
| Firefox | Save extension | Yes |
| Safari | No | Yes |
| Edge | Save extension | Yes |
| Hosted web app | Yes | Yes |
| iOS / Android apps | Yes | No |
| Save URLs | Yes | Yes |
| Save images | Yes | Yes |
| Visual collections | Yes | Yes |
| Public sharing / social network | Yes | No |
| Discovery / recommendation feed | Yes | No |
| Reverse-image visual search | Yes | No |
| Ads in your saved boards | Yes | No |
| Multi-page dashboards | No | Yes |
| Other widgets (RSS, weather, tasks, etc.) | No | 50+ |
Widgets That Replace Pinterest
Drop these onto your dashboard and you've covered Pinterest's core features — plus a lot more.
Frequently Asked Questions
Not for discovery. Pinterest's strength is finding inspiration you didn't know existed — billions of pins, visual search, an algorithmic feed. Start Page HQ replaces the part where you save and revisit your own collections, without ads or algorithmic noise. If discovery is your main reason for using Pinterest, keep using it and use the Collection widget for your private boards.
Pinterest does not export image URLs in a clean format, so there is no automated importer. The Collection widget is designed for fast bulk paste — most users recreate their top boards in a few minutes by copying their pinned image URLs over.
No. Start Page HQ is intentionally not a social network. The Collection widget shows what you saved — nothing else. If you want recommendations, that's still what Pinterest is for.
There is a free public demo at startpagehq.com/demo where you can try every widget without signing up. Full access requires a paid plan: $25/year or $49 one-time. Both plans include all 50+ widgets, cross-device sync, and AI credits.
Yes. Sign in once and your collections, pages, links, and widgets sync across every browser and device automatically.
No. Start Page HQ is paid software with no ads, no third-party trackers, and no recommendation feed mining your saves. What you save is what you see.