Comparison

Hookmark Pal 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

Hookmark Pal

This app allows you to bookmark and link various types of data from your favorite applications, including web pages, tasks, and documents. It enables bidirectional linking between bookmarks and syncs your data across devices via iCloud. Get more value from your existing apps and data.

Highlights
  • Universal bookmarking across apps
  • Bidirectional linking between bookmarks
  • Syncs data via iCloud
  • Cross-device compatibility
  • Linkable items include tasks, emails, and documents
  • Recent items and pinned bookmarks
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Hookmark: bookmark and retrieve important data across apps and devices. The first truly universal bidirectional bookmarking app for iPhone and iPad. Hookmark enables you to bookmark and link data from your favorite apps. Not just web pages, tasks (OmniFocus, Things,etc.), Books e-books, emails, DEVONthink items, Document in Drafts, … or anything else. As long as it's linkable (has a URL), Hookmark can bookmark it. And you can "hook" bookmarks together (create and use two-way links between them). With a Premium Service in-app purchase, Hookmark syncs your data to iCloud Drive. This makes them available across your iPad and iPhones. It can also sync bookmarks to & from Hook for macOS, another CogSci Apps® invention (sold separately). Start working on one device, resume on another! See Recent items and Pin your bookmarks across apps too. Get more out of your favorite apps and data with Hookmark. Using Hookmark requires agreeing to the Licensed Application End User License Agreement (EULA) : https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

Hookmark Pal2 screens
Quick Capture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Quick Capture at 74% against Hookmark Pal's 0%. Quick Capture also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.3) and ratings volume (103 vs 6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Hookmark Pal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Quick Capture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quick Capture holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Capture has 103 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Hookmark Pal's written reviews are positive against 74% of Quick Capture's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hookmark Pal ships an update every 3 weeks, Quick Capture every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Hookmark Pal versus Quick Capture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHookmark PalQuick Capture
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.3 (6 ratings)4.5 (103 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews73.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6103 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCogSci Apps Corp.Pradeep Burugu

Customer experience

Hookmark Pal

All ratings6 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral11.1%
Negative88.9%

Quick Capture

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Hookmark Pal

Subscriptions2
  • Hookmark Pal3 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Hookmark Pal7 Days trial$29.991 Year
1 purchases

Quick Capture

One-time1
  • Lifetime plan$4.99

Questions

Is Hookmark Pal free?
Hookmark Pal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quick Capture free?
Quick Capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Hookmark Pal or Quick Capture?
Quick Capture is rated higher. Hookmark Pal averages 2.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Quick Capture averages 4.5 from 103 ratings.
Do Hookmark Pal or Quick Capture have ads?
Neither Hookmark Pal nor Quick Capture shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hookmark Pal or Quick Capture?
Hookmark Pal ships an update every 3 weeks, and Quick Capture every 10 days. Most recently, Hookmark Pal was updated on September 15, 2026 and Quick Capture on September 25, 2026.

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