Comparison

FSNotes 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

FSNotes

A fast, modern notes manager for macOS and iOS that uses plain text Markdown files. It's designed for speed and keyboard shortcuts, allowing for seamless iCloud syncing and support for images, code blocks, and math.

Highlights
  • Plain text Markdown notes
  • Fast launch and operation
  • Keyboard shortcuts
  • iCloud syncing
  • Markdown preview
  • Image and code block support
Currently charting
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FSNotes is a fast, modern notes manager for macOS and iOS. Write and organize your notes in pure Markdown with full control over your files. All notes are stored as plain text on disk, so your data stays open, portable, and future-proof. FSNotes is built for speed. It launches instantly, stays lightweight, and works smoothly even with tens of thousands of notes. Designed for keyboard lovers, it lets you capture ideas and find information in seconds using powerful shortcuts. Sync seamlessly via iCloud Drive, preview Markdown, work with images, code blocks, diagrams, and math — all in a clean, distraction-free interface. Fast. Open. Keyboard-driven.

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

FSNotes4 screens
Quick Capture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Quick Capture at Free against FSNotes's $4.99. Quick Capture also leads on review sentiment (74% vs 66%). FSNotes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and rating (4.7 vs 4.5). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Quick Capture is free to download; FSNotes costs $4.99 up front. Quick Capture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FSNotes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FSNotes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 86 and 103 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 66% of FSNotes's written reviews are positive against 74% of Quick Capture's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FSNotes ships an update every 3 weeks, Quick Capture every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
FSNotes versus Quick Capture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFSNotesQuick Capture
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (86 ratings) — better4.5 (103 ratings)
Positive reviews65.5% of reviews73.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings86103 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#76 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOleksandr HlushchenkoPradeep Burugu

Customer experience

FSNotes

All ratings86 ratings
Positive93.0%
Neutral1.2%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews58 reviews
Positive65.5%
Neutral8.6%
Negative25.9%

Quick Capture

All ratings103 ratings
Positive84.5%
Neutral7.8%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral12.3%
Negative14.0%

In-app purchases

None

FSNotes

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Quick Capture

One-time1
  • Lifetime plan$5.99

Questions

Is FSNotes free?
FSNotes costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quick Capture free?
Quick Capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FSNotes or Quick Capture?
FSNotes is rated higher. FSNotes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 86 ratings, while Quick Capture averages 4.5 from 103 ratings.
Do FSNotes or Quick Capture have ads?
Neither FSNotes nor Quick Capture shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FSNotes or Quick Capture?
FSNotes ships an update every 3 weeks, and Quick Capture every 10 days. Most recently, FSNotes was updated on October 9, 2026 and Quick Capture on October 7, 2026.

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