Quill Journal vs Quick Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quill Journal
A straightforward and user-friendly journaling application designed for all users. Secure your entries by signing out or switching accounts. Personalize your experience by changing the app's theme to reflect your current mood.
- Intuitive journaling interface
- Secure account sign-in/out
- Mood-based theme customization
- Cross-device support (iPhone, iPad, iPod)
- Easy account switching
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Quill Journal is a simple, intuitive journaling app, built for everyone! Log in with Apple, or with your Google account and start journaling today! Sign out or change accounts to keep entries secure, and tap your account photo to change the app theme based on your mood!
Quick Journal
This app offers a straightforward journaling experience with extensive customization options. Personalize themes, fonts, icons, and layouts to create your ideal digital notebook. Widgets and draft saving features enhance usability for daily reflection.
- Customizable themes and fonts
- App icon and layout personalization
- Home screen widgets
- Save entries as drafts
- Copy and share entries
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Quick Journal is the simplest way to keep a journal. You can customize your journal's theme, fonts, app icon, layout, and even where the composer button is placed. To help you write or keep track of your entries, the app features widgets you can put on your home screen. You can copy or share your entries. You can always come back to an entry later by saving it as a draft, just swipe down and the entry will be saved. Hope you enjoy! EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Quill Journal at 5.0 against Quick Journal's 4.7. Quill Journal also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 86%) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.4). Quick Journal's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (24 vs 3). 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.
Quill Journal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Journal has 24 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Quill Journal's written reviews are positive against 86% of Quick Journal's.
Quill Journal ships an update every 5 weeks, Quick Journal every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quill Journal | Quick Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.7 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 86.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jordan Gamache | Charlie Deets |
Customer experience
Quill Journal
Quick Journal
In-app purchases
Quill Journal
No in-app purchases
Quick Journal
No in-app purchases
