QuickBid vs VisualRecord
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
QuickBid
Streamline your work schedule by quickly sorting through hundreds of available lines. Get notified of new bid packets, apply over 50 sort rules, and easily submit your bids. Advanced filtering helps you find specific trips and analyze vacation impacts.
- Sort hundreds of available lines
- Over 50 different sort rules
- Filter lines and trips
- Analyze vacation options
- Drag and drop interface
- Offline iPad functionality
- Bid packet notifications
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An iPad native app that lets you quickly sort through hundreds of available lines to get the work schedule you want. Get notified when new bid packets are released, sort through the lines using over 50 different sort rules, and easily submit your bids when you're done. That was quick! Advanced bidders can filter lines and trips to find the trips they want. See how different vacation options affect each line. Drag and drop into the perfect position! As a native app, you can now use QuickBid on your iPad even when away from the internet. Thanks for downloading!
VisualRecord
This app offers a visual database for recording information about objects, including photos. It allows for powerful searching using SQL or a simpler fetch interface. Ideal for cataloging valuables for insurance or personal inventory.
- Visual record keeping
- Attach multiple photos per record
- Store textual descriptions
- SQLite database storage
- SQL query language support
- Intuitive 'fetch' interface for filtering
- Use iPad camera or Photo Library
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VisualRecord for iPad provides an easy to use, visual record keeping database. With its intuitive interface, VisualRecord allows you to record information about a particular object, including one or more pictures of the object itself. The information you supply about the object, including photos, is stored in the form of a record in a SQLite database table. This allows you to use the powerful SQL query language to search over the records you've created and filter the data to suit your needs. In addition, VisualRecord provides a "fetch" interface which requires no prior knowledge of SQL that also allows you to filter your data based on simple criteria. When you add a new record for a particular object to your database table, VisualRecord makes it easy to insert a picture of the object into the record itself using your iPad's Photo Library or Camera. The records in your database table can include textual fields of arbitrary length. This allows you to include descriptive text in the record associated with the object in question. VisualRecord is ideal for record keeping of your valuables for insurance purposes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: QuickBid at monthly against VisualRecord's every 10 months. QuickBid also leads on ratings volume (26 vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). VisualRecord's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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. QuickBid sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and VisualRecord sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
VisualRecord holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: QuickBid has 26 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
QuickBid ships an update monthly, VisualRecord every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuickBid | VisualRecord |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (26 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | QuickBid, LLC | Kal-El Software |
Customer experience
QuickBid
VisualRecord
In-app purchases
QuickBid
- 1 Bid Month Activation$4.99
- 3 Bid Month Activations$13.99
- 6 Bid Month Activations$26.99
VisualRecord
- Remove App Restrictions$2.99





