Comparison

QuickNote vs Simple Note

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

Head to head
About

QuickNote

This app allows you to quickly capture notes, memos, to-do lists, and diary entries. It supports speech recognition, text file saving, and extensive character encoding for global languages. Organize notes with folders and calendars, and manage files locally or via cloud storage.

Highlights
  • Speech-to-text note creation
  • Save notes as text files
  • Support for 60+ character encodings
  • Folder and calendar note organization
  • Local and remote file management
  • Wi-Fi and cloud storage integration
  • Customizable design themes
Features
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QuickNote is a powerful, AI-driven note-taking and personal knowledge management (PKM) app for iOS and macOS. Whether you use Markdown, Rich Text (.qnote), or Plain Text with YAML frontmatter, QuickNote adapts perfectly to your workflow. AI AGENT & ASSISTANT: • AI Agent & Memory • Empower your workflow with an autonomous AI agent that reads, edits, and organizes notes with an interactive task board and persistent memory. • Smart AI Assistant • Instantly fix grammar, rewrite, summarize, expand, and translate your text. • Auto-Organization • Let AI automatically suggest tags and titles for your notes. • Context-Aware AI Chat • Engage in multi-turn conversations with an AI that understands the context of your notes and mounted external knowledge bases. EDITING & WRITING: • Markdown & Rich Text • Enjoy a Markdown editor with live preview and table of contents, or use WYSIWYG rich text with formatting, checklists, and code blocks. • Speech & Audio • Capture ideas hands-free with voice-to-text input, and listen to your notes using the built-in Text-to-Speech (Read Aloud) feature. • Focus Mode • Experience distraction-free plain text editing with word wrap. • Find & Replace • Execute powerful search and replace operations across your entire workspace. ORGANIZATION & KNOWLEDGE GRAPH: • Bidirectional Links • Build your personal wiki using [[Note Title]] wiki-links and backlinks. • Interactive Graph View • Visualize your thoughts, connections, and note clusters with a dynamic knowledge graph. • Multiple Views • Manage projects visually with Board/Kanban and sortable Table views, or browse chronologically via the Calendar view. • Command Palette & Filters • Jump anywhere instantly (Cmd+K) and use audit filters to find notes missing tags, links, or folders. CLOUD, REMOTE & AUTOMATION: • Network & Cloud Storage • Sync seamlessly via Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, and SMB/NAS network drives. • Automation & Deep Links • Open any note via custom URL schemes—perfect for Apple Shortcuts and custom workflows. • Workspace Management • Effortlessly handle multiple workspaces for different projects. MEDIA & VERSION CONTROL: • Rich Media Embeds • Insert images, audio, and video, or import directly from your camera and photo library. • Auto-Snapshots • Never lose your work with auto-saves every 10 minutes (up to 30 snapshots per note) and a full undo/redo stack. CUSTOMIZATION & EXPORT: • Themes & Layouts • Personalize your workspace with 20+ theme colors, dark/light modes, and Vivid & Chic tone options. • Fully Responsive • A fluid experience optimized for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. • Export Options • Export your documents to HTML, PDF, and DOCX, or share via the system share sheet. QuickNote Pro unlocks: • Ad-free experience • Full access to all features • Priority support Terms of Use: https://kakitiro.com/quickapps/quicknote/terms/

About

Simple Note

Features
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Simple notes - Notepad notes is a best the application for note editor, easy to edit text and to list do things. Here is a Free notebooks app and Notepad helps you create notes quickly anywhere, anytime. #Note Text - Super note: - Easily changes background color, text format, font size - Save notes automatically, avoid losing note - Fast notepad quickly - Free notepad notes and notebook #To do list: - Create many checklists, tick every item note after done work - Set an alarm to remind you of what to do - Move note item easily #Note Editor: - Pin note to menu screen - Simple notes and notebook/notepad - Add Tags (category) - Archive and share note to sms, networks social - Add images - Search note - Digital Notebook - Auto backup data to your phone to avoid losing notes. - Import/Export backup note If you have any feedback for Free simple note - notepad notes. Please contact us via email onesoftwareapp@gmail.com. We will research and build a "note notebook app" that is the best application for note editor and to do list. Thanks,

Screenshots

QuickNote4 screens
Simple Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Simple Note at none against QuickNote's 2. Simple Note also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (daily vs monthly). On price, device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. QuickNote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year. Simple Note asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

QuickNote ships an update monthly, Simple Note daily. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
QuickNote versus Simple Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuickNoteSimple Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size111 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKAZUHIRO KAKIMOTOKIET NGUYEN TAN

In-app purchases

2 purchases

QuickNote

Subscriptions1
  • Pro - Annual$2.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro - Lifetime$9.99
None

Simple Note

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is QuickNote free?
QuickNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Simple Note free?
Simple Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do QuickNote or Simple Note have ads?
QuickNote shows ads; Simple Note does not.
Which is updated more often, QuickNote or Simple Note?
QuickNote ships an update monthly, and Simple Note daily. Most recently, QuickNote was updated on September 5, 2026 and Simple Note on September 19, 2026.

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