Comparison

Gladys vs Quick Capture

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

Head to head
About

Gladys

This app acts as a drag-and-drop shelf to temporarily store various types of information, like links, text, and images, from any app. It allows for quick saving without switching contexts and offers features like search, annotation, and iCloud syncing. It also supports collaboration and advanced data manipulation for technical users.

Highlights
  • Drag-and-drop item saving
  • Search and Spotlight integration
  • Home screen/Today widget access
  • Item annotation and tagging
  • iCloud syncing
  • Collaborative editing
  • Hex viewer for technical users
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Gladys is a drag-and-drop shelf that holds things you want to set aside, such as links, text snippets, map locations, contacts, images, photos, emails, messages and much more (even if the application that the information came from is removed) It works with any app that supports drag-and-drop, and helps keep you focused by letting you quickly set something aside, without having to consider where it needs to be dropped, or having to constantly switch between apps. • Works with any app that supports drag-and-drop, but also provides an extension for apps that don't yet support it, as well as the ability to paste items to & from the clipboard. • Quickly search for items inside the app or via Spotlight. Access your top items from the home screen / Today widget, your Apple Watch, and even iMessage. • Annotate items with notes, custom titles, and tag items with labels that allow you to easily categorise, browse, and sort your collection. • Take your collection with you on your iPhone, and keep it updated by turning on automatic iCloud syncing. • Invite friends to keep items from your own collection in their own collections, and, if you give permission, even collaboratively annotate and edit them. • Import/export/merge collection archives simply by dragging. • Ideal for bookmarking between apps: For example you can quickly return to dropped email items by selecting 'Open' in their info view, quickly share links between different browsers, or use Siri shortcuts to copy often-used items to and from your clipboard. • Experienced users can get details on dropped items and extract or modify specific data components (e.g. extract the URL of an image link, instead of the whole item, add a new image, or edit the title). • Technical users can inspect binary data using the in-built hex viewer, download items pointed to by web links, and even archive web pages. • Contains no analytics, ratings prompts, or noise.

About

Quick Capture

Effortlessly capture ideas, moments, and thoughts directly into your Obsidian vaults. This app streamlines note-taking by allowing you to create multiple destinations within a vault or connect to different vaults, ensuring your inspirations are saved without interruption.

Highlights
  • Capture notes in Obsidian
  • Multiple vault connections
  • Append to existing notes
  • Voice recording with transcription
  • Document scanning
  • File and photo sending
  • Sketching and drawing capture
Features
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Quick Capture - Vault notes for Obsidian app This Quick Capture app is designed for power users of Obsidian, helping you focus purely on capturing ideas, moments, and thoughts as they come—without primarily worrying about which vault or page to open. It removes distractions, letting you effortlessly capture drafts and inspirations in Obsidian app, keeping you in the creative flow. → You can create multiple destinations to one vault → You can also connect to multiple vaults where each destination is dedicated to one vault → You can create a new note in a vault. → You can append text to an existing note in a vault. → You can send voice recordings with transcription to your vault. → You can scan documents to your vault. → You can send files or photos to your vault. → You can sketch and send those drawings to your vault.

Screenshots

Gladys4 screens
Quick Capture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Quick Capture at every 10 days against Gladys's every 2 months. Gladys's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (84% vs 74%). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Gladys sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Quick Capture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Gladys holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 149 and 102 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Gladys's written reviews are positive against 74% of Quick Capture's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gladys ships an update every 2 months, Quick Capture every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on July 27, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Gladys versus Quick Capture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGladysQuick Capture
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (149 ratings) — better4.5 (102 ratings)
Positive reviews83.5% of reviews — better73.7% of reviews
Number of ratings149 — better102
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPavlos TsochantarisPradeep Burugu

Customer experience

Gladys

All ratings149 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral5.4%
Negative3.4%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive83.5%
Neutral6.3%
Negative10.1%

Quick Capture

All ratings102 ratings
Positive84.3%
Neutral7.8%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral12.3%
Negative14.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Gladys

One-time5
  • Smile Tip$0.99
  • Blush Tip$1.99
  • Hug Tip$4.99
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  • Gasp Tip$9.99
  • Scream Tip$19.99
1 purchases

Quick Capture

One-time1
  • Lifetime plan$4.99

Questions

Is Gladys free?
Gladys is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quick Capture free?
Quick Capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gladys or Quick Capture?
Gladys is rated higher. Gladys averages 4.7 out of 5 from 149 ratings, while Quick Capture averages 4.5 from 102 ratings.
Do Gladys or Quick Capture have ads?
Neither Gladys nor Quick Capture shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gladys or Quick Capture?
Gladys ships an update every 2 months, and Quick Capture every 10 days. Most recently, Gladys was updated on July 27, 2026 and Quick Capture on September 20, 2026.

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