QuickGist vs SingleFile for Safari
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QuickGist
This app allows users to create, edit, and manage GitHub Gists with ease. It offers a themed editor with syntax highlighting and Markdown rendering for a better coding experience. Additional features are planned for future updates.
- Create and edit Gists
- Delete entire Gists
- Add or remove files
- Themed and configurable editor
- Syntax highlighting
- Markdown rendering
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An easy to use Github Gist client that allows you to create and edit gists. Including support for deleting an entire Gists and adding or removing files. The Gist editor is themed and configurable. It features syntax highlighting and rendering Markdown content. More features to come!
SingleFile for Safari
This extension saves entire webpages as a single HTML file, preserving layout, images, and links. It allows for offline access to web content, functioning like a digital snapshot. The process is initiated by clicking an extension button in the toolbar.
- Saves entire webpages as single HTML files
- Preserves images, styling, frames, and fonts
- Maintains original layout and links
- Enables offline access to web content
- One-click saving via extension toolbar
- Option to cancel saving process
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SingleFile is a Safari extension that helps you to save an entire webpage including images, styling, frames, fonts etc. as a single HTML file. Unlike screenshots or PDFs, SingleFile can preserve the original layout, links, etc. It's like having a digital snapshot that you can easily access offline. Getting started Wait until the page is fully loaded. Click on the SingleFile button in the extension toolbar to process and save the page. You can click again on the button to cancel the action when processing a page.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SingleFile for Safari at 4.6 against QuickGist's 3.3. SingleFile for Safari also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). QuickGist's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SingleFile for Safari holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SingleFile for Safari has 64 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of QuickGist's written reviews are positive against 72% of SingleFile for Safari's.
QuickGist ships an update every 2 weeks, SingleFile for Safari every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | QuickGist | SingleFile for Safari |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.3 (6 ratings) | 4.6 (64 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 72.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 64 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bradley Barrows | Gildas Lormeau |
Customer experience
QuickGist
SingleFile for Safari
Bugs and requests
QuickGist
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SingleFile for Safari
Reported bugs
7 issues- Downloads disappear on iPhone after a few weeks
- Files not showing up in Files app on iPhone after iOS update
- Safari freezes and causes system freezes
- Unable to break through "project covet"
- Error: Requested link does not exist
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- Not working (Arabic review)
- Requires turning on in settings with no explanation
Requested features
3 requests- Support changing save location (e.g., iCloud)
- Improve application icon (dark mode, rounded rectangle)
- Nicier screen selection options
In-app purchases
QuickGist
No in-app purchases
SingleFile for Safari
No in-app purchases
Questions
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