Comparison

Quick Note vs ScribblePad

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

ScribblePad

A private, free note-taking and PDF annotation app for Apple devices. It offers natural handwriting, organization tools, and optional cloud backup to your own storage. Enjoy a distraction-free experience with no accounts or tracking.

Highlights
  • Natural handwriting with Apple Pencil
  • PDF annotation and markup
  • Organize notes with subjects and notebooks
  • On-device handwriting search (OCR)
  • Audio recording synced to notes
  • Optional Google Drive/iCloud backup
  • Offline functionality
Features
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The free, private note app for iPhone, iPad & Mac. No subscription, no account, no tracking — just fast handwriting, PDF markup, and backup to YOUR own cloud. Write naturally with Apple Pencil, organize notes into colorful subjects, and keep everything synced to your own Google Drive or iCloud. Nothing lives on our servers — your notes stay yours. WRITING & TOOLS • Smooth, low-latency ink (PencilKit) — pen, pencil, highlighter, eraser, lasso • Pinch to zoom, palm rejection, and ruler • Add text boxes, shapes, images, and stickers on top of your ink ORGANIZE • Subjects → notebooks → pages, drag to reorder • Templates: blank, ruled, grid, dotted + your own custom pages • Search your handwriting instantly with on-device OCR PDF & IMPORT/EXPORT • Import and annotate PDFs • Export as PDF, PNG, or the native .scribble format • Share notes with other ScribblePad users AUDIO • Record audio synced to your strokes — replay your notes in time PRIVATE BACKUP & SYNC (OPTIONAL) • Back up to your own Google Drive (the app only sees files it creates) or iCloud • Works fully offline — the cloud is yours, not ours No sign-up. No ads. No data collection. Just a beautiful place to think.

Screenshots

Quick Note3 screens
ScribblePad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ScribblePad at none against Quick Note's 1. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. ScribblePad 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 ScribblePad. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Quick Note versus ScribblePad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick NoteScribblePad
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS1817.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKauntey SuryawanshiSagar Seth

Customer experience

Quick Note

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

ScribblePad

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Quick Note

One-time1
  • Quick Note Pro$12.99
None

ScribblePad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quick Note free?
Quick Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ScribblePad free?
ScribblePad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Quick Note or ScribblePad?
Quick Note and ScribblePad are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Quick Note or ScribblePad have ads?
Neither Quick Note nor ScribblePad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Note or ScribblePad?
Quick Note ships an update every 4 days, and ScribblePad every 4 days. Most recently, Quick Note was updated on October 6, 2026 and ScribblePad on September 23, 2026.

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