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Should I Use Notebookcheck?

notebookcheck.net·Analyzed 2 hours ago·Based on 10 sources

Worth it

Worth it

Use it: a free, measurement-heavy laptop and smartphone review publication that Reddit's laptop communities largely trust.

Free, deeply detailed laptop/phone reviews enthusiasts trust — trust its measurements, ignore its scores.

Confidence: Medium

$0 raised

Funding

Bootstrapped media company

3.5/5

SmartCustomer rating

4 reviews

256

LinkedIn followers

Notebookcheck Publishing GmbH

Free

Price to read

Ad-funded publication

Value for money5

Free to read, ad-funded publication

Ease of use3

Users call its rating system useless

Feature depth5

In-depth, measurement-driven reviews of laptops and phones

Security posture4

Automated scans found no issues on the domain

Pros

  • In-depth, technical laptop and smartphone reviews¹
  • Reddit laptop communities largely trust its reviews
  • Called the best ThinkPad review source by owners³
  • Long review archive spanning years of hardware
  • Security scanners rate the site as safe⁸

Cons

  • Users say its overall rating system is useless⁴
  • Game benchmark data accuracy questioned by users⁵
  • Trustpilot reviewers dispute its testing methodology⁶
  • Only 3.5/5 across 4 SmartCustomer reviews⁷

Gotchas

  • mediumHeadline scores are widely criticized; read the measurements, not the rating⁴
  • mediumSome users report its game benchmarks disagree with real-world testing⁵
  • lowIts paid Unibook comparison database costs extra

Best for

  • Laptop shoppers wanting measured benchmarks
  • Gaming-laptop and ThinkPad buyers
  • Smartphone buyers comparing hardware
  • Enthusiasts who read full test methodology

Not for

  • Casual buyers wanting a quick pick list
  • Anyone trusting its overall rating scores — users call them useless
  • Game benchmark decision-makers — accuracy is disputed
  • Teams seeking software — this is editorial content, not a tool

Pricing

Website

Free

  • In-depth reviews and news
  • Ad-supported

Security

No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.

What users say

Reddit's laptop communities largely trust Notebookcheck's rigorous reviews, while criticizing its rating system and game benchmark accuracy.

“Notebookcheck laptop reviews are simply the b”
— Reddit, r/GamingLaptops
“Best website for thinkpad reviews so far: Notebookcheck.net”
— Reddit, r/thinkpad
“NotebookCheck Needs to Fix Their Useless Rating System”
— Reddit, r/GamingLaptops

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RTINGS

Lab-tested laptops with published methodology and scoring

Full analysis

Based on ~20 public sources: Reddit threads, review aggregators, safety scanners, and company data.

Sources

  1. Notebookcheck homepagenotebookcheck.net
    official
  2. Reddit: Is notebookcheck any good?reddit.com
    review
  3. Reddit: Best ThinkPad review sitereddit.com
    review
  4. Reddit: Useless rating system threadreddit.com
    review
  5. Reddit: Game benchmark accuracy threadreddit.com
    review
  6. Trustpilot reviews of Notebookchecktrustpilot.com
    review
  7. SmartCustomer reviewssmartcustomer.com
    review
  8. MalwareTips domain safety scantools.malwaretips.com
    security
  9. Gridinsoft trust scoregridinsoft.com
    security
  10. Notebookcheck Publishing revenue profileprospeo.io
    news

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