Comparison

bProgress vs Quick Notes & Draft

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

Head to head
About

bProgress

This app helps you manage daily tasks and plan your schedule by quantifying goals with progress bars and supporting archiving. It features a working calendar for to-do items with priority management and unique life and annual progress trackers. Enjoy a comfortable experience with haptic feedback and secure iCloud data backup.

Highlights
  • Quantifiable goal creation with progress bars
  • Working calendar for daily to-do items
  • Four-quadrant priority management for tasks
  • Life and annual progress tracking
  • Haptic Touch feedback
  • iCloud data backup and synchronization
Features
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bProgress is a productivity tool that combines progress management with schedule planning, bringing comfortable experience for users ※ Introduction - Create your goals, quantify them in numbers, percentages, and progress bars, and support archiving (recovery) your goals - Working calendar, can set your daily ToDo items or plans, with a four-quadrant model (see below for details) which can be provided for priority management of ToDo items(plans), and can be associated with the progress of the goal. When the task is completed, the goal can be updated - Special feature: life progress, set your birth date, know how your life has gone - Special feature: annual progress, you can see how much the year has passed, you can click on the annual progress area to enter the "working calendar" Does feature - Haptic Touch Touch experience, all gestures will trigger the phone's own vibration feedback. After countless tests, by adjusting the vibration feedback strength for making the feedback more comfortable - Support iCloud data backup, through the data synchronization of multiple devices, make real-time synchronization easier, no longer need to worry about losing data. (Setup steps: 1. [Settings] 2. [Apple ID] 3. [iCloud] 4. Enable [iCloud cloud disk] & [bProgress]. Make sure the network is turned on and iCloud has enough space left) ※ Suitable for people - love lightweight management tools, fear of complex tools, and don't want to spend too much time fiddling with fancy features, then it's for you! - freelancer, I'm a freelancer, every day I will be in my calendar on the wall to record their daily work plan, in order to bring the work flow, so "time schedule" is developed as a daily work plan management tools, convenient own at the same time, also hope to bring the same need user help. I want to develop good habits and self-monitoring. Quantifying my goals is a very straightforward way. There are no extra steps. Other Introduction -four quadrant work rules The four-quadrant rule is a time management theory put forward by Stephen covey, a famous management scientist. Stephen covey has divided work into two different degrees of importance and urgency, basically into four quadrants: [urgent and important], [important but not urgent], [urgent but not important], [neither urgent nor important]. In order of processing: first urgent and important, then important but not urgent, then urgent but not important, and finally neither urgent nor important. The core of the traditional time management method is "urgency" The core of efficient time management: first priority, then priority (from baidu) ※ FAQs - how do I start iCloud backup First, make sure your app's network access is open, then turn it on 1. [Settings] 2. [Apple ID] 3. [iCloud] 4 - how do I open a work calendar Work calendars can be accessed by clicking on the calendar button in the left sidebar, or by clicking on annual progress - how do I add a daily to-do list After opening the work calendar, click the corresponding date (you can drag to select the corresponding date), enter the "four quadrant" panel, and add items according to the priority of the to-do items [double click]. After the addition is completed, 1. You can [click] items for editing; 2. You can [swipe right] in the list to switch the status of items (ongoing and completed); 3 - How to change the languages In the left sidebar, click the "menu" button, select "Settings", find the "Language" option in Settings, and click to go to Settings - Notification Temporary does not support - Length of life (currently 30,000 days) Not support yet - Theme Not support yet Thanks for your support. Have a nice day Bee, 2020-01-17 Service Support WeChat Official account: FreelancerX E-mail: bsn.huang@gmail.com

About

Quick Notes & Draft

Capture thoughts, links, and to-do lists effortlessly. Organize your notes with hashtags for easy retrieval and set reminders with a single click. Export your notes to Apple Files or other locations.

Highlights
  • Auto-paste copied text
  • Hashtag organization
  • Export notes to files
  • Convert notes to reminders
  • Contribute to app translation
Features
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nanonote - Write freely and organize with #hashtags to filter your notes. People use Nanonote for saving links, creating to-do lists, daily journaling, tracking expenses, and more. Features: - Copy text from any app and just open the nanonote it will automatically paste it in the input box. So just copy from anywhere and enjoy the magic - While writing notes adds Hashtags to organise notes for future use. - Export Note: You can export all your note to a file, save them on Apple files or wherever you want. (Setting > Export Note) - Improved reminder: With one click you can convert your note to a reminder. In the current version, you can choose when to set an alert (Long press on any note to start Reminder) - Contribution to app translation: Currently we support Chinese & English, from now on anyone can contribute to app translation (Setting > App translation)

Screenshots

bProgress4 screens
Quick Notes & Draft4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Quick Notes & Draft at Free against bProgress's $0.99. Quick Notes & Draft also leads on ratings volume (247 vs 30). bProgress's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On rating, update cadence, device support and iOS requirement 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

Quick Notes & Draft is free to download; bProgress costs $0.99 up front. Quick Notes & Draft sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. bProgress asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for bProgress against 4.6 for Quick Notes & Draft. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Notes & Draft has 247 ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of bProgress's written reviews are positive against 56% of Quick Notes & Draft's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
bProgress versus Quick Notes & Draft: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterbProgressQuick Notes & Draft
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (30 ratings)4.6 (247 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.6% of reviews — better55.6% of reviews
Number of ratings30247 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.114.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHuizhou Walden Information Technology Co., Ltd.Santu Dey

Customer experience

bProgress

All ratings30 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive80.6%
Neutral8.1%
Negative11.3%

Quick Notes & Draft

All ratings247 ratings
Positive90.3%
Neutral3.2%
Negative6.5%
Written reviews54 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral13.0%
Negative31.5%

Bugs and requests

bProgress

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Quick Notes & Draft

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • Entry box doesn't work, especially after clicking tags or expanding notes
  • App crashes frequently, especially when saving or deleting notes
  • Notes disappear or are deleted unexpectedly
  • Scan feature not working or its availability is unclear
  • Hashtag functionality is broken (doesn't update, doesn't work with non-English)
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  • Premium purchase button is hidden below the screen on iPhone SE
  • Ads are still shown after purchasing premium
  • App crashes upon opening or after adding the first note
  • Welcome note cannot be deleted
  • App crashes when trying to upgrade to premium
  • Entry box shows paste function but no keyboard
  • Scan function doesn't work
  • App crashes when saving or deleting a note
  • App crashes when opening
  • Premium notifications continue after purchase
  • Button for upgrade doesn't fit screen on iPhone SE
  • Graphic displayed too big on iPhone SE 2016, making upgrade button untappable

Requested features

15 requests
  • Add passcode lock for security
  • Add folders with passcodes
  • Add widgets
  • Add photo support
  • More colorful interface options
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  • Add a calculation feature (auto plus/minus)
  • Support for multi-language hashtags
  • Improve hashtag management system (view all tags)
  • Apple Watch support
  • Portuguese language support
  • Add swipe gestures for actions
  • Selection option for multiple notes (delete, share)
  • Clearer description of Pro features
  • Add keyboard shortcuts for saving
  • Ability to delete the welcome note

In-app purchases

None

bProgress

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Quick Notes & Draft

One-time1
  • nanonote Premium$2.99

Questions

Is bProgress free?
bProgress costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quick Notes & Draft free?
Quick Notes & Draft is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, bProgress or Quick Notes & Draft?
Quick Notes & Draft is rated higher. bProgress averages 4.5 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Quick Notes & Draft averages 4.6 from 247 ratings.
Do bProgress or Quick Notes & Draft have ads?
Quick Notes & Draft shows ads; bProgress does not.
Which is updated more often, bProgress or Quick Notes & Draft?
bProgress ships an update fortnightly, and Quick Notes & Draft fortnightly. Most recently, bProgress was updated on October 14, 2026 and Quick Notes & Draft on October 13, 2026.

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