Comparison

Quartzy vs WAIT

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

Head to head
About

Quartzy

Manage your lab's inventory with this mobile tool. Track stock, submit requests, and scan items to ensure supplies are always available, preventing experimental delays. Generate unique barcodes directly from your account.

Highlights
  • Track inventory in real-time
  • Submit supply requests
  • Scan and receive items
  • Print unique barcodes
  • Up-to-date stock view
Features
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Quartzy Mobile App allows everyone in the lab to track inventory, creating a more up-to-date view of what is available in your lab, so supplies can be ordered in time and no experiment is delayed. Track and update inventory Submit supply requests Scan and receive items into inventory Print unique barcodes right from your Quartzy account

About

WAIT

Features
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One line a day. Five years on one page. WAIT is a five-year journal. Every day you write a short entry — and from the second year on, that same page shows you what you wrote on this exact date last year, and the year before, and the year before that. Five years of the same day, stacked together. It's the quietest way to notice how much has actually changed. Journaling apps usually ask for more than you have. WAIT asks for a few lines. That's the whole idea: small enough to keep up with, long enough to matter. WRITE IN UNDER A MINUTE One entry per day — no blank page, no streak guilt Add a mood to any entry and watch the year take shape Tag entries to find threads later Voice entries: speak instead of type, transcribed on your device SEE THE SAME DAY ACROSS THE YEARS Today's date, every year at once, on one screen On This Day reminders bring past entries back to you A year-in-mood view that shows the shape of your year PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your entries are encrypted — we can't read them A PIN (with Face ID or Touch ID) unlocks the journal on your device Passwordless sign-in: no password to leak, just a link to your email No ads, no trackers, no selling your data. Ever. YOURS, EVERYWHERE Syncs across your iPhone and iPad A Home Screen widget for today's entry Apple Watch support for quick capture Full-text search across everything you've written Export your entire journal whenever you want — it's your writing SHARED JOURNALS Keep a co-journal with a partner, your family, or a travel group Shared entries live alongside your private journal — separate, never merged WAIT PREMIUM Free includes daily journaling, mood, tags, search, sync, and export. Premium unlocks: All five years on the page — not just the current one Photo entries — attach an image to any day Voice entries with on-device transcription Premium typography themes (Handwritten, Midnight) A longer window between sign-ins WAIT Premium is an auto-renewable subscription billed monthly at the price shown in the app. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically each month unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Built by one person, with no ads and no trackers. Your subscription is what keeps it that way. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ahd-journal-meewj.ondigitalocean.app/privacy

Screenshots

Quartzy4 screens
WAIT4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quartzy at none against WAIT's 1. Quartzy also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). WAIT's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price 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. WAIT sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Quartzy asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Quartzy versus WAIT: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuartzyWAIT
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (16 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings16 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQuartzy, Inc.Austin Harman

In-app purchases

None

Quartzy

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

WAIT

Subscriptions1
  • English$1.991 Month

Questions

Is Quartzy free?
Quartzy is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is WAIT free?
WAIT is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quartzy or WAIT have ads?
Quartzy shows ads; WAIT does not.

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