Comparison

Plain Text Editor vs Quick Notes

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

Head to head
About

Plain Text Editor

A minimalist text editor focused on pure writing without any formatting options. It allows editing of standard plain text files and includes features like word count and a unique 'brain dump' mode for focused writing.

Highlights
  • No formatting, just text
  • Edit .txt, .csv, .md files
  • Optimal line spacing
  • Word count
  • Brain dump mode
Features
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Simple distraction-free text editor without any rich text nonsense. The simplicity is a feature. ■ Highlights - No formatting. Just text. - Edit any plain text file like .txt, .csv, .md, etc - Optimal line spacing and length - Word count - Brain dump mode ■ Known issues The app does not have the ability to print because of iOS limitations. Brain dump mode does not work properly with some Asian languages. ■ Brain dump mode Lets you only write, but not delete or edit. This helps you focus on the actual writing instead of getting distracted with editing and nitpicking. ■ FAQ ‣ Can you add a typewriter mode (centered text)? I don't plan to add that. ‣ Does it handle huge files? No. The app is optimized for writing. Use a proper code editor for such files. ■ Support You can contact me through the feedback button in the app.

About

Quick Notes

Instantly capture thoughts, notes, and ideas, sending them seamlessly to your favorite note-taking apps, email, or task managers. Supports text, photos, and voice recordings, with convenient widgets and a built-in scanner.

Highlights
  • Quickly capture notes, ideas, thoughts
  • Send to popular note-taking apps
  • Include photos in notes
  • Record and attach voice notes
  • 1-tap home and lock screen widgets
  • Built-in document scanner
  • Store notes on iCloud
Features
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Quickly capture your thoughts, notes or ideas in your second brain apps without context switching between apps. Supasend is your go to "note-to-self" app to quickly capture & send your notes, ideas or thoughts to your second brain apps seamlessly. Problem Our brain's purpose is to learn, improve, and make progress. We consume a lot of content, but our thoughts often get fuzzy and we forget them. Our brain isn't meant to store every detail. Today, we use many tools to organize our lives, like note-taking apps and voice recording. But switching between them is a mindf*ck chore just to capture a simple idea. Solution Imagine capturing it instantly and sending it seamlessly, thats where SupaSend app comes in. With over a dozen apps in second brain to choose from, you can use SupaSend as a note-to-self app to quickly capture and send anywhere you want in just two taps. It is that easy. 1. Quickly Capture ideas, thoughts, notes to a variety of popular note taking apps, email accounts and personal knowledge management apps. 2. Quickly Capture photos and include them in your notes. 3. Record voice and send it as an attachment with the note to your personal email or app. 4. 1-tap Homescreen and lockscreen widgets 5. On device built-in document scanner for you to scan and digitize invoices, receipts, personal and confidential documents. 6. All your notes stored on your iCloud account. 7. Supports share sheet so you can quickly open and capture your notes anywhere on the iOS. Quick capture - SupaSend supports more than dozen favorite email clients & apps of yours. - Notion (like Fast Notion) - Obsidian - Drafts - Typefully - Reflect - Evernote - DayOne - Mem - Supernotes - Capacities - Logseq - Obsidian - Any email - Any webhook - Apple Reminders - Todoist - TickTick - Trello many more coming soon...

Screenshots

Plain Text Editor3 screens
Quick Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Quick Notes at Free against Plain Text Editor's $5.00. Quick Notes also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 months) and rating (4.7 vs 4.4). Plain Text Editor's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and device support (3 vs 1). On review sentiment and 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 Notes is free to download; Plain Text Editor costs $5.00 up front. Quick Notes sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Plain Text Editor asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quick Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Plain Text Editor's written reviews are positive against 100% of Quick Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Plain Text Editor ships an update every 2 months, Quick Notes every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Plain Text Editor versus Quick Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPlain Text EditorQuick Notes
Price$5.00Free — better
Rating4.4 (9 ratings)4.7 (30 ratings) — better
Positive reviews93.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings930 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB103 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperSindre SorhusPradeep Burugu

Customer experience

Plain Text Editor

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews87 reviews
Positive93.1%
Neutral1.1%
Negative5.7%

Quick Notes

All ratings30 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Plain Text Editor

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Quick Notes

One-time2
  • Discount plan$8.99
  • Lifetime Plan$10.99

Questions

Is Plain Text Editor free?
Plain Text Editor costs $5.00, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quick Notes free?
Quick Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Plain Text Editor or Quick Notes?
Quick Notes is rated higher. Plain Text Editor averages 4.4 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Quick Notes averages 4.7 from 30 ratings.
Do Plain Text Editor or Quick Notes have ads?
Neither Plain Text Editor nor Quick Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Plain Text Editor or Quick Notes?
Plain Text Editor ships an update every 2 months, and Quick Notes every 4 days. Most recently, Plain Text Editor was updated on September 25, 2026 and Quick Notes on September 12, 2026.

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