Quick Notes & Draft vs Thoughts & Ideas List
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quick Notes & Draft
Capture thoughts, links, and to-do lists effortlessly. Organize your notes with hashtags for easy retrieval and set reminders with a single click. Export your notes to Apple Files or other locations.
- Auto-paste copied text
- Hashtag organization
- Export notes to files
- Convert notes to reminders
- Contribute to app translation
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nanonote - Write freely and organize with #hashtags to filter your notes. People use Nanonote for saving links, creating to-do lists, daily journaling, tracking expenses, and more. Features: - Copy text from any app and just open the nanonote it will automatically paste it in the input box. So just copy from anywhere and enjoy the magic - While writing notes adds Hashtags to organise notes for future use. - Export Note: You can export all your note to a file, save them on Apple files or wherever you want. (Setting > Export Note) - Improved reminder: With one click you can convert your note to a reminder. In the current version, you can choose when to set an alert (Long press on any note to start Reminder) - Contribution to app translation: Currently we support Chinese & English, from now on anyone can contribute to app translation (Setting > App translation)
Thoughts & Ideas List
Capture, organize, and sync your thoughts and ideas across devices. Utilize tags, folders, and notes for detailed organization. Secure your ideas with biometric authentication and unlock advanced features with a Pro subscription.
- Capture and organize ideas
- Tagging for quick retrieval
- Folder organization
- Add detailed notes
- iCloud syncing
- Biometric authentication
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With IdeaLog, you can easily capture and organize all of your ideas in one place. Add tags to quickly find related ideas, create folders to keep things organized, and add notes to elaborate on your ideas. Plus, all of your ideas are synced through iCloud, so you can access them from anywhere. For added security, IdeaLog offers biometric authentication. Simply enable this feature and use your fingerprint or facial recognition to access your ideas. Upgrade to IdeaLog Pro for even more features, including unlimited tags, unlimited ideas, folders, and more. Prices start at just $2.99 per month, with a 3-day trial available. You can also choose an annual subscription for $17.99 or a lifetime subscription for $34.99. All prices noted above are in USD. Contact: https://innovativedigitaltechnologies.software/IdeaLog Privacy Policy: https://innovativedigitaltechnologies.software/IdeaLog/privacypolicy Terms & Conditions: https://innovativedigitaltechnologies.software/IdeaLog/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Thoughts & Ideas List at none against Quick Notes & Draft's shown. Thoughts & Ideas List also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Quick Notes & Draft's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (249 vs 7). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Quick Notes & Draft sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Thoughts & Ideas List sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Thoughts & Ideas List holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Notes & Draft has 249 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Quick Notes & Draft ships an update fortnightly, Thoughts & Ideas List every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Notes & Draft | Thoughts & Ideas List |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (249 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 55.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 249 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Santu Dey | INNOVATIVE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED |
Customer experience
Quick Notes & Draft
Thoughts & Ideas List
Bugs and requests
Quick Notes & Draft
Reported bugs
17 issues- Entry box doesn't work, especially after clicking tags or expanding notes
- App crashes frequently, especially when saving or deleting notes
- Notes disappear or are deleted unexpectedly
- Scan feature not working or its availability is unclear
- Hashtag functionality is broken (doesn't update, doesn't work with non-English)
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- Premium purchase button is hidden below the screen on iPhone SE
- Ads are still shown after purchasing premium
- App crashes upon opening or after adding the first note
- Welcome note cannot be deleted
- App crashes when trying to upgrade to premium
- Entry box shows paste function but no keyboard
- Scan function doesn't work
- App crashes when saving or deleting a note
- App crashes when opening
- Premium notifications continue after purchase
- Button for upgrade doesn't fit screen on iPhone SE
- Graphic displayed too big on iPhone SE 2016, making upgrade button untappable
Requested features
15 requests- Add passcode lock for security
- Add folders with passcodes
- Add widgets
- Add photo support
- More colorful interface options
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- Add a calculation feature (auto plus/minus)
- Support for multi-language hashtags
- Improve hashtag management system (view all tags)
- Apple Watch support
- Portuguese language support
- Add swipe gestures for actions
- Selection option for multiple notes (delete, share)
- Clearer description of Pro features
- Add keyboard shortcuts for saving
- Ability to delete the welcome note
Thoughts & Ideas List
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Quick Notes & Draft
- nanonote Premium$2.99
Thoughts & Ideas List
- IdeaLog Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- IdeaLog Yearly$17.991 Year
- IdeaLog Lifetime$34.99
Questions
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