Quick Note vs Voice Recorder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Instant note capture
- Rich text formatting
- Folder organization
- iCloud sync
- Menu bar integration
- Customizable settings
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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
Voice Recorder
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Remember what you said, but not what you named the recording? OnePress Rec helps you capture a thought and find it again. Record a voice memo, turn speech into text, then search for a word or phrase you remember saying. Search checks saved transcripts, recording names, markers and saved places. PRESS RECORD Capture ideas, personal notes, lectures, interviews and meeting notes with a simple record button. Pause when you need to, then stop and save with the same button. No account is required. LISTEN AND MARK THE MOMENT Open the player to see the waveform, scrub through a recording and skip forward or back 10 seconds. Add timestamp markers without interrupting playback, then name them later. Share an audio clip from a marker to the next marker or to the end without changing your original recording. TRY TRANSCRIPTION FOR FREE Free includes up to 10 saved recordings at a time and two successful manual transcriptions per rolling seven days. Each transcription allowance returns seven days after use. Failed transcriptions do not use an allowance. Saved transcripts remain searchable, editable and shareable after the allowance is used. MAKE THE WORDS YOUR OWN Choose the spoken language, read the transcript, fix punctuation and add headings or formatting in the built-in editor. The original transcript remains available to recall. New transcripts use punctuation and paragraph formatting where recognition supports it; the app does not automatically summarize or rewrite your words. Transcription must finish before spoken words become searchable. Pro removes the weekly allowance and adds automatic transcription of new recordings. KEEP YOUR LIBRARY ORGANIZED Open View All to search, filter and sort recordings by date, duration or name. Select multiple takes to lock, unlock, share or delete together. Deleted recordings stay in Recently Deleted for 10 days. Restore them, delete individual takes permanently, or empty the trash sooner. External shared and backup copies are unaffected. PROTECT YOUR RECORDINGS Free recording locks protect against accidental deletion. They do not prevent playback or sharing. Pro adds authentication before unlocking a recording and an optional App Lock to protect access when the app launches or returns from the background. Authentication uses Face ID, Touch ID or your device passcode. Exported and backed-up copies are outside App Lock. REMEMBER THE PLACE AND BACK UP With Pro, optionally save an estimated recording location and choose a backup folder in Files. Location is off by default. Recordings and transcripts stay on your device unless you share or back them up, or speech recognition uses online processing by Apple. ONE PURCHASE. NO SUBSCRIPTION. Optional lifetime Pro adds unlimited saved recordings, unlimited and automatic transcription, App Lock, secure recording unlock, optional recording locations and Files backup. Player, markers, clip sharing, editing saved transcripts and Recently Deleted are available without Pro. Transcription availability and accuracy depend on language, device and recording. Some languages require an internet connection. Danish online recognition is recommended, with an explicit choice and permission. No third-party AI transcription service is used. Works on iPhone and iPad with iOS/iPadOS 16 or later.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Quick Note at every 4 days against Voice Recorder's weekly. Voice Recorder's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Quick Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Voice Recorder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Quick Note ships an update every 4 days, Voice Recorder weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Note | Voice Recorder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kauntey Suryawanshi | Erkan Erdogan |
In-app purchases
Quick Note
- Quick Note Pro$12.99
Voice Recorder
- OnePress Rec Pro$9.99









