Comparison

Quick Note vs Daily Focus

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

Head to head
About

Quick Note

Capture ideas instantly with a fast, focused notepad that syncs across your devices. Enjoy rich text formatting, organized folders, and quick search. A Pro version offers unlimited notes and customization.

Highlights
  • Instant note capture
  • Rich text formatting
  • Folder organization
  • iCloud sync
  • Menu bar integration
  • Customizable settings
Features
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Your notes in your pocket, and on your Mac. Jot something down on your iPhone and it's waiting on your Mac before you sit down. Quick Note is a fast, focused notepad with rich text, folders, and instant search. iCloud sync keeps every note current across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. ■ QUICK TO CAPTURE Open the app and start typing. No launch screen. No login. Just your note. ■ RICH TEXT ABOVE THE KEYBOARD A formatting bar sits right on top of the keyboard, so styling never interrupts your typing. • Headings, Bold, Italics, Strikethrough • Highlight and named links • Bullet, Dashed, Numbered, and Checklists ■ ORGANIZE YOUR WAY • Folders — group related notes together • Favorites — keep your most-used notes at the top • Note colors — tell topics apart at a glance • Search — find any note by title or content in an instant • Trash — deleted notes stay recoverable ■ SYNCS WITH YOUR MAC On the Mac, Quick Note lives in the menu bar and floats above your work. Everything you write on iPhone shows up there, and everything you write there shows up here — automatically, over iCloud. ■ SET UP THE WAY YOU LIKE • Pick a default note color, or let it be random • Sort your notes the way you think • Spell checking as you type • Adjustable text size Quick Note Pro unlocks unlimited notes, folders, and every note color. It's a one-time purchase — never a subscription — and it covers iPhone, iPad, and Mac together. Questions or feedback? k.suryawanshi@gmail.com

About

Daily Focus

Train your focus with daily short stories. The app challenges you to read without interruption, rewarding longer streaks with progressively longer texts. Build a simple habit for a stronger attention span.

Highlights
  • Daily new stories
  • Speed reading blockers
  • Focus streak tracking
  • Progressive story lengths
  • All-time stats
  • Daily completion summaries
  • Reminder notifications
Features
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Trouble staying focused? Luckily, just like any other skill, focus can be trained! Daily Focus is a focus trainer that challenges you to sit still, slow down, and truly absorb a short story — without losing focus. Each day you're given a new story. Read it carefully. Let it sink in. Don't rush. Exit the app, and you fail. Lose focus, and your streak is gone. Come back tomorrow and try again. That's the training. As your streak grows, so does your ability to focus. Stories get longer. Your attention span gets stronger. It's the simplest habit you can build — one story, one day, one focused session at a time. Features: A new story every day Speed reading blockers to keep you present Focus streak tracking Progressive story lengths as you improve All-time stats and daily completion summaries Notifications to bring you back

Screenshots

Quick Note3 screens
Daily Focus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Daily Focus at none against Quick Note's 1. Daily Focus also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18). Quick Note's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, 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

Both are free to download. Quick Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Daily Focus asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Quick Note against 5.0 for Daily Focus. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Note ships an update every 4 days, Daily Focus daily. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Quick Note versus Daily Focus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick NoteDaily Focus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1815.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKauntey SuryawanshiHENRY ANDREW GREENE

Customer experience

Quick Note

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive85.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative5.0%

Daily Focus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Quick Note

One-time1
  • Quick Note Pro$12.99
None

Daily Focus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quick Note free?
Quick Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Daily Focus free?
Daily Focus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Quick Note or Daily Focus?
Quick Note and Daily Focus are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Quick Note or Daily Focus have ads?
Neither Quick Note nor Daily Focus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Note or Daily Focus?
Quick Note ships an update every 4 days, and Daily Focus daily. Most recently, Quick Note was updated on October 6, 2026 and Daily Focus on October 2, 2026.

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