Elfinbook vs QuickPaste
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Elfinbook
Transform handwritten notes into digital text with this app. Scan, enhance, and organize your notes, then sync them to the cloud. It offers a paper-like writing experience with digital convenience.
- Mobile scanning with camera
- Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
- Digital pen and writing pad
- Note organization and search
- Cloud sync and auto-backup
- PDF and JPEG export
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Instantly transform your handwritten notes into clear-written images right in the power of your own hand! Here comes the ELFINBOOK app that goes hand in hand with your ELFINBOOK notebook. With notes written in your eco-friendly, reusable and waterproof notebook, automatically sync it in your choice of cloud services like Evernote, Google Drive, OneCloud and more. Whether you are a student, teacher, engineer, designer, writer or an artist, you’re going to need the ELFINBOOK to fully experience the power of your ELFINBOOK notebook. This user-friendly app makes accessing notes, capture thoughts and saving them much easier and more accessible. We bring you the pleasure of the paper and pen experience with the ease of technology much easier and more fun, we give you the ELFINBOOK App! ¬¬------ INTEGRATES THE USE OF CAMERA FOR MOBILE SCANNING -With the use of your smartphone’s camera, scan handwritten notes for a high-quality image. -You also have the choice of cropping and auto-enhancing to make the texts and graphics sharp and clear. RECOGNIZES TEXTS FROM IMAGES -The help of the new and improved Optical Character Recognition (OCR) feature extracts texts from sketches and illustrations that makes it easy to edit, revise and share. MARVEL IN THE PAPER AND PEN EXPERIENCE -You can add photos, capture handwritten notes, and type text through the app’s writing pad. -Bask in the variety of pens available for you to use! You have fountain pen, rollerball pen, and highlighter. -What’s more is that it has an auto-advancing zoom that you can use like how you write on paper. ORGANIZE, SEARCH AND SECURE NOTES -Organize your notes in an easy-tree diagram to aid you while studying. -Comes with a portal system that you can use to pin frequently-viewed documents and it automatically sends notes to the portal document section. -Easily search for your handwritten notes as the application uses OCR technology. -To ensure privacy on your mobile app, you can add a password to safeguard your notes. AUTO-BACKUP AND AUTOMATIC CLOUD SYNC -In order not to lose your notes, we added an automatic cloud sync and auto-backup so that you can access them in your devices and retrieve them while you study or while you work. -To view your saved notes, visit the ELFINBOOK website. SHARING YOUR IDEAS MADE EASY -You can easily download your notes as PDF or JPEG format and send them through Google Drive, Dropbox, Evernote, ICloud, OneNote, WeChat or Email. ------ CONTACT US Email: elfinbook@hzqihui.cn Website: www.elfinbook.com Follow us on Twitter @Elfinbook13 For more information about our reusable notebooks, please visit ELFINBOOK.com. If you have any concerns and feedback regarding our ELFINBOOK app, you can comment down below and we’ll do our best to improve the app for you.
QuickPaste
This app enhances your device's clipboard functionality by allowing you to easily copy and paste text snippets. Organize your notes with folders, combine multiple notes into one paste, and sync them across your devices. It also offers security features and convenient extensions for widgets and keyboards.
- Copy and paste text snippets
- Organize notes with folders
- Concatenate multiple notes for pasting
- Sync notes across devices via iCloud
- Widget and keyboard extensions
- Passcode and biometric security
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** Easy to copy Tapping a note, it copy to pasteboard. You can use the text for other apps. ** Organize notes with folders You can classify notes by folder for each purpose. ** Concatenation copy Selecting some notes, it concat them and copy. ** Sync notes across devices All folders and notes are syncing across your devices automatically using iCloud. ** Protect your data Passcode setting and authentication by Touch ID / Face ID are also possible. Security measures are also thorough.(Requires an additional add-on purchase) ** Widget extension Copy quickly from Widgets ** Keyboard extension Installing keyboard extension, you can use Snippets directly on other apps. ** Share extension You can save a note to QuickPaste from share panel everywhere. ** Add-on Folders: 2 -> Unlimited Ad banner: Show -> Hide Passcode
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Verdict
Elfinbook and QuickPaste both sit at 4.4 stars, but that hides the real split: 77% of QuickPaste's written reviews are positive against 38% of Elfinbook's. Elfinbook's advantage is ratings volume (353 vs 94). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Elfinbook sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and QuickPaste sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for Elfinbook against 4.5 for QuickPaste. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 353 and 94 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 38% of Elfinbook's written reviews are positive against 77% of QuickPaste's.
Elfinbook ships an update every 2 weeks, QuickPaste fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Elfinbook | QuickPaste |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (353 ratings) | 4.5 (94 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 37.7% of reviews | 77.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 353 — better | 94 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 12.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 215 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hangzhou Qihui Technology Co., Ltd | Toshitaka Agata |
Customer experience
Elfinbook
QuickPaste
Bugs and requests
Elfinbook
Reported bugs
87 issues- App crashes immediately upon opening
- App crashes during launch
- Cannot export to PDF
- Batch scan is too slow
- OCR text recognition does not work
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- App crashes when trying to take pictures
- Premium membership disappears after reinstallation
- App crashes when moving pictures
- App crashes when trying to write something
- Slow upload to cloud
- Cannot log in or sign up
- Camera not working
- App crashes when capturing a new page
- App crashes when moving picture order
- Lost notes after upgrade
- Failed to upgrade data
- App crashes when trying to scan
- App crashes after update
- OCR cannot recognize Russian
- OCR only works with English
- OCR produces gibberish for German
- OCR scan takes too long
- App does not recognize text
- Flash control icon missing
- App does not sync documents
- OCR not working properly
- App stretches documents to A4 size
- Cannot turn flash on or off
- App signs out every time it's closed
- App does not remember login details
- Cannot set phone and email under account
- OCR is not great, requires editing
- No return/enter to start a new line when editing notes
- Cannot register as a user
- App stops and cannot go back
- Email error code during registration
- Unable to connect during registration
- No registered message when trying to log in
- Camera never works
- App won't start after reinstallation
- Paid app is unusable
- Lost data in the cloud
- Cannot link with Evernote
- Password for Evernote is incorrect
- Corrupted documents in the app
- Documents become unrecoverable
- Recognition button thinks text is in different languages
- Writing reappears after heating
- App crashes when scanning
- Lifetime membership not staying connected
- App lags
- Does not keep user signed in to premium account
- Often will not log in at all
- OCR unreadable even with best penmanship
- Password lost and cannot reset
- No help from support
- App is confusing and difficult to use
- iPhone XS Max unusable after update
- Cannot bind phone number to app
- Cannot type or use options for phone number binding
- OCR function not found
- App written in Chinese, no translation
- Imported document never arrived
- Writing fades away when touched too much
- App is a cheap knockoff
- App is an insult
- Pages are soft and indent, cannot be reused
- Sync issues
- OCR is bad
- App not intuitive
- Customer service is terrible
- Cannot change phone number easily
- Notebook pages stain easily
- App is unstable
- Lost all work notes
- App doesn't detect margins of pages
- App doesn't work on certain pages
- Software is atrocious
- Software is a letdown
- Picture editing is basic
- App doesn't support Traditional Chinese OCR
- App doesn't support Russian OCR
- App crashes during installation
- App doesn't work after last update
- App cannot be opened after update
- App doesn't work after update
- Cannot register with phone number
Requested features
18 requests- Improved OCR accuracy
- Faster batch scanning
- Better language support for OCR
- More intuitive UI
- Smoother syncing
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- Google Drive integration
- iCloud sync for iOS
- Ability to set destination folders for scans
- Improved camera detection of borders
- Dark mode
- Ability to hear environmental information and read documents via camera (for visually impaired)
- Automatic scanning when over the document
- Spanish language support
- Option to scan with or without black frame
- Better customer service response
- Ability to change phone number/email easily
- More advanced picture editing options
- Improved pen holder placement on notebook
QuickPaste
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Elfinbook
- Monthly Premium$1.991 Month
- Annually Premium3 Days trial$10.491 Year
- Elfinbook Premium One Month$0.99
- 1GB Cloud Space$1.99
- 1 Month$2.99
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- Elfinbook Premium One Year$7.99
- 12 Months$14.99
QuickPaste
- Hide ads, Unlimited folders$4.99









