Quantumult X vs Snap Timeline
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quantumult X
This powerful network utility allows web developers to debug HTTP traffic and modify requests/responses. It also enables users to customize proxy settings, supporting various protocols and advanced filtering for network requests.
- HTTP request/response debugging
- MitM HTTP decryption
- HTTP rewrite for traffic modification
- Customized DNS settings
- Shadowsocks proxy support
- WebSocket and TLS proxying
- Customizable network request policies
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Quantumult completely rebuilt from scratch, and includes a lots of awesome new features! Quantumult X is a powerful network tool for web developers and users who need to customize their proxies. For web develpers: - HTTP activity can record the whole HTTP request and response including body(HTTP debug should be enabled). - The MitM HTTP decryption can work for the traffics from TUN interface(MitM should be enabled). - HTTP rewrite with URL 302/307 redirect or request header/body modification or response header/body modification(Rewrite should be enabled). - Customized DNS settings for specific domains(IPv4 or IPv6), only can be edited in configuration profile. For users who need to customize their proxies: - Supports shadowsocks proxy protocol. - Supports shadowsocks with obfs-tls or obfs-http plugins. - Supports shadowsocks over websocket and tls(server side should be deployed by v2ray-core). - Supports UDP relay if the server supports it. - Supports different policies for network request by using customized filters(host, host suffix, host keyword...). Privacy Policy: https://quantumult.app/x/privacy/ Contact Us: support@quantumult.app
Snap Timeline
Capture and save content from your phone screen instantly with a simple tap or button press. Intelligently extracts information from posts and videos, with options for tagging and highlighting key details. Includes helpful video tutorials.
- Instant screen capture shortcut
- Intelligent content extraction
- Link preview generation
- Video title and thumbnail extraction
- Customizable tagging
- Home screen widgets
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Snap Timeline is an app that allows you to save the content on your phone screen at any time and in any situation without the need to launch it. 【Usage】 Simply tap the back of your iPhone or long-press the action button on your iPhone 15 Pro to execute a shortcut to save the content on the screen. It's that simple, nothing more. Currently optimized for the following collection scenarios: 【Post】 When browsing various information feed apps and come across valuable posts you want to save, you can immediately save them using Snap Timeline's shortcut. - Snap Timeline can intelligently extract the content from the first post. - For posts with links, Snap Timeline will automatically generate a preview of the link. 【Short Videos】 When browsing short videos and come across movies, TV shows, etc. that you want to save for later viewing, you can immediately save them using Snap Timeline's shortcut. - Snap Timeline can intelligently extract movie, TV show names, etc. - Snap Timeline can intelligently generate a thumbnail for the short video. 【Widgets】 Home screen widgets will display the latest few items collected by Snap Timeline. 【Tag】 Each saved content can be customized with tags for easy categorization, convenient for subsequent management and searching. 【Highlighting】 Snap Timeline will highlight key content such as movie names, tags, and links. 【Tutorials】 Snap Timeline includes built-in video tutorials that detail its functions and usage tips.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Snap Timeline at 100% against Quantumult X's 50%. Snap Timeline also leads on price (Free vs $9.99) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months). Quantumult X's advantage is rating (3.8 vs 3.0) and ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases 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
Snap Timeline is free to download; Quantumult X costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Quantumult X holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quantumult X has 1.6K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Quantumult X's written reviews are positive against 100% of Snap Timeline's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Quantumult X ships an update every 2 months, Snap Timeline weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quantumult X | Snap Timeline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.8 (1.6K ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Best chart rank | #24 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 78 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cross Utility Ltd | 志远 杨 |
Customer experience
Quantumult X
Snap Timeline
Bugs and requests
Quantumult X
Reported bugs
3 issues- Issues with iOS 18 certificate installation
- Incompatibility with system VPN
- Rewrite and MITM functions not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Support for new protocols like Hysteria2 and VLESS
- Remote access and node switching
- Widgets for quick access
- Batch speed testing for multiple nodes
Snap Timeline
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Quantumult X
No in-app purchases
Snap Timeline
No in-app purchases









