QuickNote vs Pdf Tools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Pdf Tools
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PDF Tools gives you more than 30 powerful document and image utilities in one clean, easy-to-use app. Work privately and efficiently. Your PDFs, photos, scans, and signatures are processed directly on your device—your files are never uploaded to our servers. PDF tools: Merge multiple PDFs Split and extract pages Compress PDF file sizes Organize, duplicate, reverse, and rotate pages Add page numbers, headers, footers, and watermarks Protect PDFs with passwords Unlock PDFs using passwords you know Sign documents Edit or remove PDF metadata Convert PDFs to images Convert images and text into PDFs Extract embedded text from PDFs Create grayscale PDFs Image tools: Compress and resize images Convert JPG, PNG, and WebP Crop, rotate, and flip photos Stitch images and long screenshots Apply filters and adjustments Blur or pixelate sensitive information Add image watermarks Remove EXIF metadata Pick colors and create palette cards Extra utilities: Scan documents into PDFs Generate QR codes Scan QR codes and barcodes Create and extract ZIP archives PDF Tools works offline for document processing and is designed to keep your files private. Optional helpful reminders can be disabled at any time. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
QuickNote and Pdf Tools are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. QuickNote sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per year and Pdf Tools sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
QuickNote ships an update monthly, Pdf Tools every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 5, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuickNote | Pdf Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 111 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | KAZUHIRO KAKIMOTO | Percy Ng'uni |
In-app purchases
QuickNote
- Pro - Annual$2.991 Year
- Pro - Lifetime$9.99
Pdf Tools
- Remove Ads Forever$3.99









