Comparison

Quickness vs Named entity recognition

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

Head to head
About

Quickness

Effortlessly add new contacts using voice commands with Siri or through customizable shortcuts. Streamline your contact management by creating entries hands-free, integrating with other apps, and organizing them into groups.

Highlights
  • Hands-free contact creation with Siri
  • Customizable shortcuts for streamlined input
  • Integrates with Reminders and Messages
  • Add contacts to existing or new groups
  • Quickly delete contacts
  • Create custom 'Add Contact' pages
Features
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Quickness uses the power of Siri and the Shortcuts app to let you create new contacts, quickly and efficiently!  CREATE CONTACT HANDS-FREE WITH SIRI • add new contact information by talking to Siri! No need to type anything! • use a custom phrase to trigger shortcut with 'Hey Siri', and speak out the information when prompted • Siri will prompt you with questions about what data you want to add • works great with iPhones, iPads, AirPods and even HomePod. CREATE CONTACT WITH THE SHORTCUTS APP • use Apple’s Shortcuts app to customize input to Quickness shortcuts, and streamline your process • different shortcuts for different "Create Contact" styles • use output from Quickness shortcuts to integrate with other apps • great for automation! INTEGRATE WITH OTHER APPS: • Create contact, and then add a reminder to call the contact in the Reminders app • Create contact, and send a message to contact with your phone number • Create contact with current location as the contact's address NO SETUP REQUIRED: • Works with the Shortcuts app as soon as app is installed See our help website for links to complete shortcuts that you can import into your app. LIST OF SHORTCUTS: • [SHORT] Create Contact with name only • [BASIC] Create Contact with name, and one information (email/phone/address/website) • [DETAILED] Create Contact with name, and add email, phone, address, and/or website • [USE CURRENT LOCATION]: Create Contact with name, and 'current location' passed in from the Shortcuts app (not available for voice-only mode) OTHER QUICKNESS FEATURES: • Create a customizable “Add Contact” page, and include the fields you frequently use • Add new contact to an existing group, or create a new group • Quickly delete contacts from your Contacts list PRIVACY • We don't have any access to your contacts data, or your interactions with Siri.

About

Named entity recognition

Features
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Identifying people, places, and organizations by using a linguistic tagger to perform named entity recognition(NER) on a string. ※Named entity recognition(NER)

Screenshots

Quickness4 screens
Named entity recognition1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Named entity recognition at Free against Quickness's $1.99. Named entity recognition also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (15.8.3 vs 17.6). Quickness's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On 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

Named entity recognition is free to download; Quickness costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quickness ships an update every 8 months, Named entity recognition fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Quickness versus Named entity recognition: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuicknessNamed entity recognition
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating4.6 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.615.8.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerzaal LLCHideaki Uchikoshi

In-app purchases

None

Quickness

No in-app purchases

None

Named entity recognition

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quickness free?
Quickness costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Named entity recognition free?
Named entity recognition is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Quickness or Named entity recognition have ads?
Named entity recognition shows ads; Quickness does not.
Which is updated more often, Quickness or Named entity recognition?
Quickness ships an update every 8 months, and Named entity recognition fortnightly. Most recently, Quickness was updated on October 20, 2026 and Named entity recognition on October 14, 2026.

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