Quick Diary vs TabPad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quick Diary
This free application combines quick notes, sticky notes, and diary entries into a single, convenient tool. Easily save, edit, delete, search, and share your written thoughts and daily life moments.
- Quick note taking
- Sticky note functionality
- Diary entries
- Instant saving
- Edit and delete notes
- Search by text or date
- Share notes
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Quick note, sticky note and diary - in one free application. Get the part of your daily life with you from now on.... You can save any writing instantly, edit later or delete, search by text or date and share any note whenever you wish. Please visit support URL for detail on how to use.
TabPad
Organize your notes with a colorful tabbed interface, similar to sticky notes. Pin important notes to the top and quickly find what you need with keyword search. Cloud synchronization is available for seamless access across devices.
- Colorful tabbed note organization
- Pin important notes
- Keyword search functionality
- Cloud synchronization
- Cross-device support
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Colorful tabs like stickies allow you to switch from one note to another -You can pin a specific note to the first tab. - Keyword search - Cloud Synchronization (charged)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TabPad at 4.0 against Quick Diary's 2.6. TabPad also leads on device support (4 vs 2). Quick Diary's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and TabPad sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
TabPad holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 62% of Quick Diary's written reviews are positive against 50% of TabPad's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Quick Diary ships an update every 5 weeks, TabPad every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Diary | TabPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (13 ratings) | 4.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.3% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TopOfStack Software Limited | Shigenori Kumagai |
Customer experience
Quick Diary
TabPad
Bugs and requests
Quick Diary
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when trying to open
- Entries not syncing correctly across devices
- Unable to access old data after updates
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to add photos and customize backgrounds
- Option to export/email entire diary
- Sync across devices via iCloud or other cloud services
TabPad
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Quick Diary
- Purchase Ad Free$4.99
TabPad
- Upgrade(macOS)$2.99
- Upgrade(iOS)$3.99
