Comparison

FastRemind vs Quick Capture

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

Head to head
About

FastRemind

Effortlessly create reminders using natural language input. This app integrates directly with your existing Apple Reminders, syncing across all your devices. A Mac version is also available for quick access from the menu bar.

Highlights
  • Natural language reminder creation
  • Integration with Apple Reminders
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Menu bar access on Mac
  • Quick reminder setup
Features
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FastRemind is an easy way to create reminders in seconds. Just open the app and type what and when you want to be reminded in natural language. FastRemind will understand at what time you want to set the reminder and adds it to your existing Apple Reminders, which syncs to all your other devices. Type for example "Do laundry tomorrow 10 am" and it will create a reminder "Do laundry" for tomorrow at 10 am. You can also type things like "Call mom in 10 min" or "Buy water in 5 days". FastRemind is also available for the Mac, where it is directly accessible from the menu bar. Making it even faster to create new reminders. The Mac version is free, if you've already purchased the iOS version.

About

Quick Capture

Effortlessly capture ideas, moments, and thoughts directly into your Obsidian vaults. This app streamlines note-taking by allowing you to create multiple destinations within a vault or connect to different vaults, ensuring your inspirations are saved without interruption.

Highlights
  • Capture notes in Obsidian
  • Multiple vault connections
  • Append to existing notes
  • Voice recording with transcription
  • Document scanning
  • File and photo sending
  • Sketching and drawing capture
Features
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Quick Capture - Vault notes for Obsidian app This Quick Capture app is designed for power users of Obsidian, helping you focus purely on capturing ideas, moments, and thoughts as they come—without primarily worrying about which vault or page to open. It removes distractions, letting you effortlessly capture drafts and inspirations in Obsidian app, keeping you in the creative flow. → You can create multiple destinations to one vault → You can also connect to multiple vaults where each destination is dedicated to one vault → You can create a new note in a vault. → You can append text to an existing note in a vault. → You can send voice recordings with transcription to your vault. → You can scan documents to your vault. → You can send files or photos to your vault. → You can sketch and send those drawings to your vault.

Screenshots

FastRemind4 screens
Quick Capture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Quick Capture at Free against FastRemind's $0.99. Quick Capture also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 8 months) and ratings volume (107 vs 1). FastRemind's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads 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 Capture is free to download; FastRemind costs $0.99 up front. Quick Capture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. FastRemind asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FastRemind holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Capture has 107 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of FastRemind's written reviews are positive against 74% of Quick Capture's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

FastRemind ships an update every 8 months, Quick Capture every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
FastRemind versus Quick Capture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFastRemindQuick Capture
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (107 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better73.7% of reviews
Number of ratings1107 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander EichhornPradeep Burugu

Customer experience

FastRemind

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Quick Capture

All ratings103 ratings
Positive84.5%
Neutral7.8%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral12.3%
Negative14.0%

In-app purchases

None

FastRemind

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Quick Capture

One-time1
  • Lifetime plan$5.99

Questions

Is FastRemind free?
FastRemind costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quick Capture free?
Quick Capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, FastRemind or Quick Capture?
FastRemind is rated higher. FastRemind averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Quick Capture averages 4.5 from 107 ratings.
Do FastRemind or Quick Capture have ads?
Neither FastRemind nor Quick Capture shows ads.
Which is updated more often, FastRemind or Quick Capture?
FastRemind ships an update every 8 months, and Quick Capture every 10 days. Most recently, FastRemind was updated on November 3, 2026 and Quick Capture on November 4, 2026.

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