Comparison

Quotes vs QuoteBook

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

Head to head
About

Quotes

Receive a daily dose of motivation, inspiration, or humor directly on your phone. Save your favorites, browse past quotes, and share them easily with friends. Get a new quote every day for free.

Highlights
  • Daily quote notifications
  • Save favorite quotes
  • Browse quote history
  • Share quotes on Instagram
  • Inspirational and motivational content
Features
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Start each day with words worth keeping. Discover a new motivational, inspirational, thoughtful, or funny quote, with a reminder at the time you choose. Take a brief pause for perspective, find encouragement when you need it, or discover a quote to share with someone else. Quotes — Every Day makes daily inspiration simple and personal. FIND WORDS FOR EVERY MOMENT • Receive one new quote each day with a customizable reminder • Follow 10-day themed quote collections about love, wisdom, friendship, courage, happiness, and more • Build a daily inspiration habit and watch your streak grow • Search previous quotes and save your favorites for later • Keep today’s quote on your Home Screen with the widget • Personalize the app with themes and backgrounds • Share meaningful quotes with friends and family Whether you are looking for morning motivation, a thoughtful saying, timeless wisdom, or a lighter moment, you will find new words to reflect on every day. If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact us at hello@daru.co.nz. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

QuoteBook

Features
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QuoteBook is a small, carefully built app with one job: to remind you of something useful, from someone worth listening to. Not a quote-of-the-day app. Not a motivation feed. A personal library of words you can actually turn to when you need them — to reset, refocus, or just be reminded that someone wise has already thought through whatever you're dealing with. 491 quotes. 138 authors. Every one verified. Every quote in QuoteBook traces back to a real source — a book, a letter, a speech, a recording. No misattributions. No internet noise. If it's in here, it's real. Browse, search, and save what lands. Explore by author or category — creativity, resilience, perspective, self-knowledge, and more. Search when you know what you're looking for. Save favourites so the quotes that mean something to you are always close. Reminders that actually help. Set reminders on your own schedule — not just a generic daily ping. Morning. Before a hard conversation. After a rough week. Whatever works for you. The goal is a useful nudge at a useful time, not another notification to dismiss. Free. No accounts. No ads. No catch. QuoteBook is completely free. No in-app purchases, no premium tier, no sign-up required. The quotes are there because they're good, not because they drive engagement. If the app means something to you, there's a link in Settings to buy the developer a coffee. That's it.

Screenshots

Quotes4 screens
QuoteBook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: QuoteBook at none against Quotes's 5. QuoteBook also leads on ads (none vs shown). Quotes's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 29 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Quotes sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. QuoteBook asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quotes ships an update every 2 weeks, QuoteBook every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Quotes versus QuoteBook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuotesQuoteBook
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (27 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews79.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings27 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 29 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaru LimitedANDREW JAMES PATRICK

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Quotes

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time4
  • Remove Ads$3.99
  • Unlock All Quotes$8.99
  • Premium$9.99
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  • Premium$24.99
None

QuoteBook

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quotes free?
Quotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is QuoteBook free?
QuoteBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Quotes or QuoteBook have ads?
Quotes shows ads; QuoteBook does not.
Which is updated more often, Quotes or QuoteBook?
Quotes ships an update every 2 weeks, and QuoteBook every 29 months. Most recently, Quotes was updated on October 23, 2026 and QuoteBook on October 24, 2026.

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