Comparison

SideNotes Mobile 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

SideNotes Mobile

Capture thoughts and to-dos on the go with this mobile note-taking app. It offers iCloud sync, Markdown formatting, and customizable themes for a personalized experience. Easily access notes from other applications.

Highlights
  • iCloud Synchronization
  • Markdown Formatting
  • Task Management
  • Customizable Themes
  • Note and Folder URLs
  • Note Colors
Features
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SideNotes Mobile is a fast notes app for iPhone and iPad. Capture notes, tasks, links, and snippets in seconds, then access them across devices with iCloud sync. Version 1.2 brings a major upgrade: - A new editor with hidden Markdown markup - the same as in SideNotes for macOS - Refreshed iOS 26-style interface (Liquid Glass look) - Note folding - Note & Folder pinning - Simple drag-and-drop reordering - New contextual menu - New formatting options - Add Note action for the iPhone Action Button - New translations: Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, and Spanish - UI polish, bug fixes, and quality improvements Core features: - iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac - Themes and note colors for personalization - Tasks and checklists for daily work - Folder organization and quick search - Note and folder URLs for fast access from other apps - Text settings for comfortable writing and reading - One-time purchase (paid per major version). No subscription. Note: SideNotes Mobile is a companion app to SideNotes for macOS. SideNotes for macOS is sold separately.

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

SideNotes Mobile4 screens
Quick Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Quick Notes at Free against SideNotes Mobile's $9.99. Quick Notes also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). SideNotes Mobile's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ratings volume, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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; SideNotes Mobile costs $9.99 up front. Quick Notes sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. SideNotes Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quick Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 30 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of SideNotes Mobile's written reviews are positive against 100% of Quick Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SideNotes Mobile ships an update monthly, Quick Notes every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SideNotes Mobile versus Quick Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSideNotes MobileQuick Notes
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (28 ratings)4.7 (30 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings2830 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS1717.0
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB95 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperApptoriumPradeep Burugu

Customer experience

SideNotes Mobile

All ratings28 ratings
Positive82.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative17.9%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive88.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.6%

Quick Notes

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

In-app purchases

None

SideNotes Mobile

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Quick Notes

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

Questions

Is SideNotes Mobile free?
SideNotes Mobile costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quick Notes free?
Quick Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SideNotes Mobile or Quick Notes?
Quick Notes is rated higher. SideNotes Mobile averages 4.2 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while Quick Notes averages 4.7 from 30 ratings.
Do SideNotes Mobile or Quick Notes have ads?
Neither SideNotes Mobile nor Quick Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SideNotes Mobile or Quick Notes?
SideNotes Mobile ships an update monthly, and Quick Notes every 3 days. Most recently, SideNotes Mobile was updated on October 12, 2026 and Quick Notes on October 1, 2026.

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