ShapeNote vs Quick Notes (easy voice notes)
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ShapeNote
Easily search and sort songs from various hymnals by title, number, popularity, and more. Test your knowledge with an integrated quiz feature to reinforce learning.
- Search songs by title, number, lyric, popularity, date, mode, and form
- Sort songs by multiple criteria
- Access songs from Denson, Cooper, and other books
- Integrated Shapenote Quiz
- Filter by specific musical characteristics
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Search and sort all songs in Denson, Cooper and other books, by title, number, lyric, popularity, date, mode and form. (For example: "Oldest Popular Major Plaintunes in 3"). Test your knowledge with the Shapenote Quiz.
Quick Notes (easy voice notes)
Record your thoughts using your voice and get instant transcriptions. This app is ideal for capturing quick ideas or memos when typing is inconvenient. All processing occurs on-device for enhanced privacy.
- Instant voice-to-text transcription
- On-device AI processing
- Share or copy transcriptions
- Lifetime stats tracking
- Brainstorm mode
- Save audio files
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Capture your thoughts with your voice. Tap to record, get instant transcriptions, then save or share. Perfect for quick ideas, voice memos, or anything you'd rather say than type. Multi-language support detects your device language automatically. Features - Instant voice-to-text transcription - Clean up text with Apple Intelligence - Share or copy transcriptions to any app - Lifetime stats tracking Premium Features - Brainstorm mode - Save audio files for playback - Cleanup notes with Gemini All transcription and AI processing happens on-device. Your recordings are never sent to external servers. Privacy Policy: https://birchtree.productions/apps/quick-notes/privacy.html Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Quick Notes (easy voice notes) at 67% against ShapeNote's 0%. Quick Notes (easy voice notes) also leads on rating (4.2 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (22 vs 1). ShapeNote's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Quick Notes (easy voice notes) sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. ShapeNote asks for nothing beyond the download.
Quick Notes (easy voice notes) holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Notes (easy voice notes) has 22 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of ShapeNote's written reviews are positive against 67% of Quick Notes (easy voice notes)'s.
ShapeNote ships an update every 3 weeks, Quick Notes (easy voice notes) every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.
| Parameter | ShapeNote | Quick Notes (easy voice notes) |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.2 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 22 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Charlie Williams | Matt Birchler |
Customer experience
ShapeNote
Quick Notes (easy voice notes)
In-app purchases
ShapeNote
No in-app purchases
Quick Notes (easy voice notes)
- Brainstorm Mode$4.991 Month
- Cleanup with Gemini$2.99
- Save Audio Notes$4.99
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