Comparison

Mental Note Lite ๛ vs Quick Share Brush

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

Head to head
About

Mental Note Lite ๛

This app transforms your device into a versatile digital notepad. Seamlessly combine text, drawings, photos, and voice recordings on a single page to capture ideas in rich detail. Organize, protect, and share your notes in various formats.

Highlights
  • Combine text, photos, audio, and drawings
  • Finger drawing with multiple colors
  • Organize notes with tags
  • Password protect private notes
  • Export notes to PDF, text, and more
  • Share notes via email and cloud services
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"...a true notepad experience that may help you make a clean break from the pencil-and-paper era." -New York Times. Users describe Mental Note as "the only notepad app... that's actually better than, and as simple as, a pen and paper." It's "the future of note taking", and "a big sketchpad... [to] free associate and put stuff down in any format". Turn your iPhone into a digital notepad. Combine photographs, voice recordings, drawings and text - all on the same page, in any order you choose. An idea... a flash - a moment of genius. When a thought hits, and you have to remember it, why limit how you record it? The more context and sensory details you can capture, the clearer the idea can be put down. Use photographs, audio, sketching and text together on the same page... a digital page that can be shared with anyone. Mental Note allows you to capture ideas as they happen: use photographs, dictate, add text, sketch on anything. Ideas clarified. Creativity captured. FEATURES - Draw with your finger using multiple colours and widths on top of photographs, text, or anywhere else on the page. Zoom in to sketch fine details. - Take a photo or choose one from your album and add it to the page. - Add audio to the page by recording with your microphone. Continue to edit your note while recording. - Organize your notes using tags. - Password protect your private notes and flag your important ones. - Attach Calendar events to your notes. - Undo, redo anything in the note by shaking the device. - Delete note sections using the toolbar button or by swiping any note section. - Move a note section by swiping and then dragging it to its new location. - Length of a note is limited only by device memory. - Export in a variety of formats including PDF, text, Mental Note format, and more. Send using email, iCloud, Dropbox, and more. * Send a note in Mental Note format so the note may be imported into another person's Mental Note app. * Using email, export a complete note directly from Mental Note as either a PDF document or a picture (each audio recording is attached to the email as a separate file). You can also email just the text from your note. - Export your notes and backups to your iCloud and/or Dropbox account. - Share a note with your friends using most installed apps. - Map the location a note was created at (if location services are enabled). - Change the size and font of the text in your notes. - Change the color and background of your notes. - Numerous other configuration options. The Mental Note Lite digital notepad comes with space for four notes. Upgrade to the full version of Mental Note to create an unlimited number of notes. Read more: www.zymbiotic.com X @zymbiotic facebook.com/zymbiotic

About

Quick Share Brush

Easily draw notes and sketches with adjustable tools and share them instantly via various messaging and social platforms. Supports multiple orientations and unlimited undo functionality for a seamless creative process.

Highlights
  • Draw notes by finger
  • Share via messaging and social apps
  • Portrait/Landscape orientation support
  • Split View support
  • Unlimited undos
  • Adjustable brush settings
  • Intuitive user interface
Features
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DRAW and SHARE! Quick Share Brush is a tool that allows you to draw notes by finger and share them easily and quickly. Your drawings can be sent or published via Message, Mail, Twitter, Facebook, Dropbox (if the app installed to device) or other third-party apps. * Portrait / Landscape orientation support. * Split View support. * Unlimited undos. * Adjustable brush size / stiffness / opacity. * Color palette. * Minimum, intuitive user interface.

Screenshots

Mental Note Lite ๛4 screens
Quick Share Brush2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Mental Note Lite ๛ at 4.5 against Quick Share Brush's 1.0. Quick Share Brush's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume 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. Mental Note Lite ๛ sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Quick Share Brush asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mental Note Lite ๛ holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mental Note Lite ๛ ships an update every 5 months, Quick Share Brush weekly. The most recent releases landed on August 26, 2026 and July 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Mental Note Lite ๛ versus Quick Share Brush: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMental Note Lite ๛Quick Share Brush
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews58.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZymbiotic TechnologiesSota Yokoe

Customer experience

Mental Note Lite ๛

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews176 reviews
Positive58.0%
Neutral17.0%
Negative25.0%

Quick Share Brush

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Mental Note Lite ๛

One-time8
  • Paper Customization feature$2.99
  • 100 sheet refill pack$3.99
  • Note Copying feature (includes free Note Linking feature)$3.99
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  • Export to another app feature$3.99
  • Password Protection feature$3.99
  • Straight Line Drawing feature$3.99
  • Dark Mode Override feature$3.99
  • 250 sheet refill pack$4.99
None

Quick Share Brush

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mental Note Lite ๛ free?
Mental Note Lite ๛ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quick Share Brush free?
Quick Share Brush is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mental Note Lite ๛ or Quick Share Brush?
Mental Note Lite ๛ is rated higher. Mental Note Lite ๛ averages 4.5 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Quick Share Brush averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Mental Note Lite ๛ or Quick Share Brush have ads?
Mental Note Lite ๛ shows ads; Quick Share Brush does not.
Which is updated more often, Mental Note Lite ๛ or Quick Share Brush?
Mental Note Lite ๛ ships an update every 5 months, and Quick Share Brush weekly. Most recently, Mental Note Lite ๛ was updated on August 26, 2026 and Quick Share Brush on July 7, 2026.

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