Comparison

Quotemarks vs QuotesBook +

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

Head to head
About

Quotemarks

Build a personal library of quotes from books, movies, and more. Organize them with tags, schedule daily inspirational messages, and easily share your favorites. Export your collection for safekeeping or import existing quotes.

Highlights
  • Collect quotations
  • Organize with tags
  • Schedule daily quotes
  • Export/Import collections
  • Share favorite quotes
  • Searchable quotes
Features
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Curate your personal library of found quotations. Collect, organize, and share your library and select a quotation for each new day. Quotemarks is deeply integrated with iOS so quotations can be searched, added, shared, and presented inside and outside of the app. • Collect. Start your own collection as you discover sayings from influential people, phrases from movies, and lines of poetry. • Organize. Tag your quotations and group by tag. Sort by your favorite authors or by date added to show a passage of time. • Today. Schedule personalized quotations for every day to uplift yourself during hard times and stay motivated in pursuit of your goals. Opt-in for reminder notifications, use the today widget, or add a widget to your home screen (iOS 14). • Archive. Your collection is yours to keep and not locked away. Export to a convenient CSV-formatted package for safekeeping or as a keepsake. Import from this package format, the legacy Quotebook formatted CSV, and other CSV formats. • Share. Quickly save quotations found in other apps, and share select quotations from your collection. • Search. Saved quotations will start appearing in your device search results.

About

QuotesBook +

Organize and access your favorite quotes from various sources. Save lines by author, character, or source, and customize their appearance. Features include text scanning, tag suggestions, and daily quotes.

Highlights
  • Save quotes with author, character, source, tags, and notes
  • Extract text from any app via share sheet
  • Scan quotes from printed pages with camera
  • Suggest tags using Apple Intelligence
  • Browse by author, character, title, source, or tag
  • Home Screen widgets for daily or random quotes
  • Customizable backgrounds, accent colors, and typography
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QuotesBook is a personal library for the quotes you love — from books, films, poems, speeches, songs, and everyday life. Who wrote a line and who said it aren't always the same person, so QuotesBook keeps them apart. Save a line by William Shakespeare, spoken by Jaques, from As You Like It — then browse your library by any of them. COLLECT IT YOUR WAY • Author, Character, Title, Source, Tags, and Notes on every quote — only the quote itself is required • Multiple authors on a single quote • Save selected text from any app straight from the share sheet (iPhone and iPad) • Scan a quote from a printed page with the camera (on supported iPhones and iPads) • Suggest tags in one tap, using Apple Intelligence on your device BROWSE IT YOUR WAY • Collections grouped by author, character, title, source, or tag • Search, filter, and sort A–Z, Z–A, or by author, character, or title • Featured: a Quote of the Day, plus a random quote whenever you want a new one SEE THEM EVERY DAY • Home Screen widgets: Quote of the Day, Random Quote, or both together • Share any quote as an image — Square, Story, Portrait, or Landscape MAKE IT YOURS • Five backgrounds (Light, Dust, Warm, Stone, and Dark), six accent colors, and Classical or Modern type • Runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Optional iCloud sync keeps your library on all your devices • Import and export your quotes as CSV PRIVATE BY DESIGN No accounts, no ads, and no tracking. Your quotes stay on your device and, if you choose, in your own iCloud. FREE, AND STAYS FREE QuotesBook was made as a free app and will always be one — no paywalls, no subscriptions, and no limit on how many quotes you can save. If you enjoy it, there's an optional Tip Jar in Settings that helps cover the cost of keeping the app up to date on the App Store. Requires iOS 26, iPadOS 26, or macOS 26 or later (Mac with Apple silicon). Tag suggestions require Apple Intelligence.

Screenshots

Quotemarks4 screens
QuotesBook +4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: QuotesBook + at 5.0 against Quotemarks's 4.5. QuotesBook + also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Quotemarks's advantage is ratings volume (53 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Quotemarks sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and QuotesBook + sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

QuotesBook + holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quotemarks has 53 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Quotemarks versus QuotesBook +: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuotemarksQuotesBook +
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (53 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings53 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristopher HaleJAEL BAEZ

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Quotemarks

One-time3
  • Small Gesture$0.99
  • Token of Gratitude$2.99
  • Generous Thank You$4.99
3 purchases

QuotesBook +

One-time3
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Nice Tip$2.99
  • Generous Tip$4.99

Questions

Is Quotemarks free?
Quotemarks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is QuotesBook + free?
QuotesBook + is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quotemarks or QuotesBook +?
QuotesBook + is rated higher. Quotemarks averages 4.5 out of 5 from 53 ratings, while QuotesBook + averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Quotemarks or QuotesBook + have ads?
Neither Quotemarks nor QuotesBook + shows ads.

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