Comparison

Vimlike vs QuickDocs

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

Head to head
About

Vimlike

Enhance web browsing with keyboard shortcuts, mimicking a Vim-like editor experience. Navigate pages, manage tabs, and interact with links using customizable key bindings. Offers features like dark mode and reader view for a streamlined workflow.

Highlights
  • Keyboard shortcuts for navigation
  • Customizable key mappings
  • Link interaction (open, new tab)
  • Tab management (new, close, switch)
  • Insert and normal modes
  • Reader view and dark mode
Features
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Vimlike puts vim's keys on every page in Safari. j and k scroll, f labels every link, o opens one bar for tabs, history, search and the AI. Version 2.0 adds an assistant that works the page, shortcuts and clean-ups the AI makes for each site, signed site packs and a keyboard editor. Free. No in-app purchases, no account, no tracking. iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro. KEYBOARD h j k l, gg, G, d, u. Link hints turn every link on screen into a one- or two-letter jump: f labels them, type the label to open, ⇧F opens in a background tab. t new tab, x close, q and w previous and next, ⇧Z reopen, g1…g9 by number. ⇧H back, ⇧L forward, gu up one URL level, yy copy the URL. Normal mode to navigate, Insert to type; Esc returns, and ` or § can stand in for it on iPad keyboards. Video full screen and picture in picture, zoom, and ? for the cheat sheet. SEARCH BAR Press o and type. The bar searches your open tabs, your local history, your top sites and the web in one list. ↩ opens the highlighted row; ⌘↩ sends the text to the AI instead. ↑ on an empty bar walks back through what you ran, like a shell. : opens your saved commands; / finds a link on the page by name. AI ASSISTANT Ask about the page, or have it do the work. It clicks, types, picks from menus, pulls tables out, opens tabs and reads your other tabs, with 28 tools. It asks before anything it cannot undo. Saved commands like :sum, :table, :translate and :links, plus your own. Five kinds of tool, each Allow, Ask or Deny, and a step limit per run. A long answer opens as a page you can copy as Markdown or print. Pick Apple Intelligence as the provider and it runs free on Apple's Private Cloud Compute, nothing to sign up for, nothing kept (iOS 27, iPadOS 27 or macOS 27 with Apple Intelligence on). Or use your own key for Claude, OpenAI, Gemini or DeepSeek; the key goes in the Keychain. Or Open in browser mode, which opens ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity or DeepSeek in a new tab with your prompt and the page's text already typed in. SHORTCUTS AND CLEAN-UPS FOR EACH SITE Suggest shortcuts reads the page's places and proposes keys: gj JavaScript, gl Learn, gb the blog. The keys work while you try them; Save keeps them, Esc discards. A key is a click or an address, never a script. Clean up this page hides ads, banners, the sidebar or comments with styles you can remove later; the main text can never be hidden. By hand, gk on any page: click an element, press a key, name it. KEYBOARD EDITOR Settings › Keyboard lists every command. Pick a command, record a key, exclude it on sites where it gets in the way. Conflicts are flagged as you go. Script mode keeps the settings script for anyone who prefers to write it. SITE PACKS One signed file for one website: keys for its places, a few AI commands, CSS, and the Vimlike keys it hands back so the site's own shortcuts still work. YouTube, Gmail, Google Search and News, Reddit, Wikipedia, GitHub, Hacker News, Netflix and more. Verified on your device each time it runs, no JavaScript. Updates keep your switches and re-keyed keys. VISUAL AND CARET MODE v starts a selection, ⇧V selects by line, c places a caret you move first. Then vim's motions: hjkl, w b e, 0 $, f and t to a character, aw a word, as a sentence. y copies, / finds text, : asks the AI about the selection. PRIVACY No account and no server. Nothing about your browsing is collected. The bar's history is stored on the device and can be deleted in Settings. API keys live in the Keychain, never given to the page. Settings sync through your own iCloud, or stay on one device. With an AI provider, your prompt and the page's text go to the provider you chose and nowhere else. Languages: English, Korean, Japanese, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Cantonese, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese. Requires iOS and iPadOS 16.6 or later, or macOS 13 or later. Vimlike needs access to websites to take over the keyboard shortcuts; you choose which sites in Safari.

About

QuickDocs

Features
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Here's everything you need to fill in: Promotional Text: Scan any document instantly with AI. Auto-classify receipts, invoices, IDs & contracts. Extract text with OCR, e-sign, annotate, and export as PDF, Word or Excel. 7 scan modes. 100% on-device. Description: QuickDocs is the AI-powered document scanner that turns your iPhone into a professional scanning studio. Scan, organise, sign, and share documents in seconds — all processed on your device for complete privacy. SCAN ANYTHING Point your camera at any document and QuickDocs instantly detects edges, corrects perspective, and enhances quality. Choose from 7 specialised scan modes: Document, ID/Passport, Receipt, Book, Whiteboard, Business Card, and Maths. AI THAT WORKS FOR YOU QuickDocs automatically identifies what you scanned — receipt, invoice, contract, ID — and files it into the right smart folder. AI suggests meaningful filenames like "Tesco_Receipt_Mar2026" instead of "Scan_001". Key data is extracted automatically: totals from receipts, dates from invoices, details from IDs. POWERFUL OCR Extract editable text from any scan using Apple Vision. Search across all your documents by content, not just filename. Copy, paste, and export extracted text instantly. Multi-language support included. E-SIGNATURES Draw, type, or upload your signature. Place it anywhere on any document with drag-and-drop precision. Save up to 10 signatures for quick reuse across all your documents. PROFESSIONAL PDF TOOLS Merge multiple documents into one. Split multi-page PDFs apart. Compress files to reduce size. Password protect sensitive documents. Reorder, add, or delete pages within any document. ANNOTATIONS & STAMPS Highlight text, draw freehand, add text boxes, and place stamps like APPROVED, CONFIDENTIAL, or DRAFT. Create custom stamps. Add text or image watermarks. Redact sensitive information permanently. EXPORT ANYWHERE Export as searchable PDF, Word, Excel, or plain text. Share via AirDrop, WhatsApp, email, or any app on your phone. Print directly to any AirPrint printer. SMART ORGANISATION Documents auto-sort into smart folders by type. Create custom colour-coded folders. Search across all documents and OCR text. Favourites, recycle bin with 30-day recovery, and bulk operations. BUILT FOR PRIVACY All scanning and AI processing happens entirely on your device. No documents are uploaded to any server. No accounts required. Face ID/Touch ID app lock, per-document passwords, and a hidden secure folder keep everything private. FREE TO START Scan unlimited documents for free. Upgrade to Premium for unlimited OCR, all export formats, e-signatures, annotations, PDF tools, and more. PREMIUM PLANS Unlock unlimited OCR, AI features, all export formats, e-signatures, and the full PDF toolkit with a Quick Docs Premium subscription. Weekly, monthly, annual, and lifetime options available. Start with a free plan. Terms of Service: https://quickdocs.tech/terms Privacy Policy: https://quickdocs.tech/privacy

Screenshots

Vimlike4 screens
QuickDocs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: QuickDocs at daily against Vimlike's every 2 months. Vimlike's advantage is iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vimlike ships an update every 2 months, QuickDocs daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Vimlike versus QuickDocs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVimlikeQuickDocs
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (30 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings30 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size37 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJasmine StudiosJake Sandhu

Bugs and requests

Vimlike

Reported bugs

14 issues
  • Default mode setting does not work
  • Scrolling bug on iPadOS
  • Cannot use 'f' to press buttons on webpage
  • Hitting F again does not cancel navigation
  • Extension not working after a while, requires reinstallation
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  • Scrolling no longer works on iPadOS
  • Memory leak after Ventura update
  • Issues with custom bindings in Gmail
  • Scrolling animation feels choppy
  • Scrolling stuttery on iPad Pro with ProMotion
  • Cannot get out of YouTube fullscreen with control+u
  • Reconfigs don't work
  • Safari no longer inserts username/passwords
  • Extension not working on Google Domains

Requested features

15 requests
  • Open search result in current tab
  • Customized new tab URL
  • Support for opening bookmarks/favorites
  • Visual mode for highlighting text
  • Custom search URL support
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  • Ability to move tabs left/right
  • Option to disable scrolling animation
  • More subtle color scheme for link selection
  • Website specific settings to exclude key bindings
  • Simulate 'o' and 'O' from other Vim plugins
  • Command focus the URL of the page
  • Specify keys for ACTIVATE_LINK command with 'Ignore keyboard layout'
  • Command for changing tab order
  • Easy in-app config for exclusion list
  • Dark mode option

QuickDocs

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Vimlike

No in-app purchases

None

QuickDocs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Vimlike free?
Vimlike is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is QuickDocs free?
QuickDocs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Vimlike or QuickDocs have ads?
Neither Vimlike nor QuickDocs shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vimlike or QuickDocs?
Vimlike ships an update every 2 months, and QuickDocs daily. Most recently, Vimlike was updated on October 24, 2026 and QuickDocs on October 5, 2026.

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