Comparison

Paper Shopping List vs QuickNotes

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Paper Shopping List

Capture your handwritten shopping lists by taking a photo, then digitally mark off items with your finger. This app offers a simple yet powerful way to manage your grocery needs, with features like list merging and sharing.

Highlights
  • Photo capture of handwritten lists
  • Digital item marking with finger
  • Image cropping and perspective correction
  • Multiple shopping list management
  • List merging and sharing
  • Copy/paste text or pictures
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Take photo of your shopping list written on a paper and then cross out the items on your iPhone by finger. Simple and powerful! Features: - Designed to be used with one hand - Crop image & perspective correction¹ - Tap to zoom & push to scroll¹ - Take photo, import photo from Photos - Join several lists to one - Copy & paste a text or picture from e-mail or text message - Cross out the items by finger - Choose draw color¹ - Multiple shopping lists - Reuse an existing shopping list - Share list by message, e-mail, … - Shake to undelete the list - No sign-in, no cloud ¹ Full version feature Icons by icons8.com.

About

QuickNotes

Features
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You're on a call and need to jot something down. Sound familiar? Your default notes app takes ages to open - and lands on the last note you edited. Your reminders app only does reminders. And that powerful notebook app? You'll spend half a minute just deciding where the note should go. QuickNotes removes every step between a thought and a note. ONE SURFACE, ZERO DECISIONS Tasks, notes, ideas and reminders live together on a single board. No folders, no notebooks, no "where should I put this". Open the app, tap one icon, type, done - it takes seconds. BUILT FOR SPEED • Opens instantly, straight to your board • One tap to add a task, note, idea or reminder • Swipe right to complete, swipe left to delete • Tap any item to edit it • Undo & redo for every action - nothing is ever lost by accident TIDIES ITSELF UP Completed items stay greyed out on your board for 24 hours - so you can see what you got done today. Then they file themselves into the archive automatically. Deleted items go to the trash first, so nothing disappears for good until you say so. YOUR STYLE Three looks - Color, Mono and Glass - plus automatic light and dark mode following your system. PRIVATE & OFFLINE BY DESIGN • Works 100% offline - no internet connection needed, ever • All your data is stored only on your iPhone and never leaves it • No account, no sign-up, no cloud • No ads, no tracking, no analytics • Doesn't ask for a single permission AND THE SMALL THINGS THAT MATTER • Opens instantly - no splash screens to sit through • English and Czech, following your system language • Tiny download, minimal footprint QuickNotes is for busy people who just want to capture a thought before it's gone - without thinking about where it belongs. Open. Jot down. Done.

Screenshots

Paper Shopping List1 screens
QuickNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: QuickNotes at none against Paper Shopping List's 1. QuickNotes also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Paper Shopping List's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Paper Shopping List sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. QuickNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Paper Shopping List ships an update every 2 months, QuickNotes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Paper Shopping List versus QuickNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPaper Shopping ListQuickNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (17 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings17 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel PesekMatous Mutina

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Paper Shopping List

One-time1
  • Full version$1.99
None

QuickNotes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Paper Shopping List free?
Paper Shopping List is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is QuickNotes free?
QuickNotes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Paper Shopping List or QuickNotes have ads?
Neither Paper Shopping List nor QuickNotes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Paper Shopping List or QuickNotes?
Paper Shopping List ships an update every 2 months, and QuickNotes every 3 weeks. Most recently, Paper Shopping List was updated on November 2, 2026 and QuickNotes on October 25, 2026.

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