Comparison

Quire vs Rock

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

Head to head
About

Quire

This app helps individuals and teams manage projects and boost productivity. It allows users to capture ideas, break down goals into actionable steps, and visualize workflows. Real-time collaboration features enable seamless teamwork and task management across devices.

Highlights
  • Capture ideas instantly
  • Break down goals into steps
  • Visualize projects with Kanban board
  • Real-time team collaboration
  • Assign tasks and add comments
  • 24/7 sync across devices
Features
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Quire is a new-generation task management and collaboration tool. Whether it's for developing a cool app, launching a new product, or making a masterpiece film, Quire is there to help boost productivity for you and your team. Capture Your Ideas in Seconds Whenever something inspires you, or the lightbulb goes off in your head, you can snap it as words or photos at the right moment and place. Turn Your Plan into Step-by-Step Actions No matter how big or challenging your goal is, you can break it down into as many and as small a step as you need to complete them without losing the big picture. Streamline Your Workflow Visualize your project with Kanban board to stay focused on selected crucial tasks and track the progress. Now you can view your short-term work at a glance and keep everyone from your team on the same page. Collaborate with Your Team in Real Time Share your projects, assign tasks to colleagues or partners, add comments in the app and more, while getting notified of any changes made instantly. Manage Your Tasks, Anytime and Anywhere Add, complete, move or schedule your tasks with a 24/7 sync across all of your devices so you'll never lose track of what's important to you.

About

Rock

This app combines messaging, tasks, notes, file storage, and meetings into a single platform for remote and hybrid teams. It facilitates seamless collaboration with anyone, anywhere, streamlining communication and boosting productivity.

Highlights
  • Unified messaging and task management
  • Unlimited messages and tasks
  • Kanban boards and to-do lists
  • Note-taking functionality
  • File storage and meetings
  • Integrations with popular tools
  • Import from other collaboration apps
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Messaging + tasks combined at last. Rock allows you to work together with anyone with messages, tasks, notes, file storage and meetings in one place. All-in-one communication built for remote and hybrid teams. Rock.so allows you to collaborate with anyone, anywhere. Whether you work in a startup, marketing, software engineering, consulting, design, education or anything else, Rock.so can easily get your team together to get some work done. Collaborate and message with freelancers, agencies, volunteers and other partners in one place. Maximize your productivity while streamlining team communication and collaboration with: - Full-fledged messaging app with unlimited messages. - Unlimited tasks, project boards, to-do lists, filters, deadlines, and more! - Kanban boards, assignees, checklists sprints, task deadlines, and more all in the Tasks mini-app. - Note-taking functionality to document important information with your team. - Seamless integrations with Google Drive, Zoom, GitHub, Zapier, Figma, Notion, Google Docs, Google Meet, Dropbox, and more! - Import all your messages and tasks from Slack, WhatsApp, Trello, Asana, ClickUp, Jira, and more. Purpose built for remote teams, discuss and get work done without switching between tools. Try Rock today and collaborate and discuss with as many people as you want, all for free!

Screenshots

Quire4 screens
Rock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Rock at 4.9 against Quire's 4.6. Rock also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). Quire's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Rock holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 104 and 123 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Quire's written reviews are positive against 86% of Rock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quire ships an update weekly, Rock monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Quire versus Rock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuireRock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (104 ratings)4.9 (123 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.3% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings104123 — better
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size88 MB189 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperPotixShiny Inc

Customer experience

Quire

All ratings104 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral1.9%
Negative8.7%
Written reviews51 reviews
Positive84.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.7%

Rock

All ratings117 ratings
Positive95.7%
Neutral4.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

Bugs and requests

Quire

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Nothing loads, 'oops' page
  • Lags when scrolling
  • Recent update doesn't work, app won't open
  • Smart Lists not available from menu
  • Subtasks not clearly hierarchical on Kanban board

Requested features

19 requests
  • AI task breakdown feature
  • Unlimited projects
  • Dark mode
  • Better analytics
  • Integration with GitHub
Show 14 more
  • Change notification tone
  • Time-counter for tasks
  • Checkboxes for quick completion
  • Color code entire Kanban cards
  • Show subtasks hierarchy on Kanban
  • Option to show/hide comments/description on Kanban
  • Text effects buttons in comment box
  • Time tracking
  • Reorganize while in filtered/sorted mode
  • Batch move tasks to tomorrow quickly
  • Organize projects into folders
  • Select multiple tasks to move at once (mobile)
  • Create bunch of subtasks underneath higher level task directly
  • Inherit tags from parent task to child tasks

Rock

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Quire

No in-app purchases

None

Rock

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quire free?
Quire is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rock free?
Rock is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Quire or Rock?
Rock is rated higher. Quire averages 4.6 out of 5 from 104 ratings, while Rock averages 4.9 from 123 ratings.
Do Quire or Rock have ads?
Neither Quire nor Rock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quire or Rock?
Quire ships an update weekly, and Rock monthly. Most recently, Quire was updated on September 23, 2026 and Rock on September 22, 2026.

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