Yes Session vs QuickNotes X Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yes Session
This app provides a supportive environment for brainstorming by offering random phrases of encouragement during your idea generation sessions. It records your audio ideas and allows you to share them via email. You can also customize the encouraging phrases to personalize your experience.
- Positive feedback simulation
- Audio recording of ideas
- Email audio file sharing
- Customizable encouraging phrases
- Supports iPhone and iPad
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Did you ever have a meeting where your ideas get shot down? Did you ever have a meeting WITH YOURSELF where ideas get shot down? "Yes Session" is a positive feedback app to encourage you to brainstorm ideas. It simulates having a meeting with an interested party. When you pause to let the idea sink in, "Yes Session" speaks up with random phrases of encouragement! Yes Session records your ideas while you do this, and you can mail the resulting audio file to yourself or an interested party! You can customize it by adding your own encouraging phrases using the iTunes document interface. Yes Session : encouraging you since 2011!
QuickNotes X Pro
Organize your thoughts with a versatile note-taking app. Create and manage notebooks with custom templates, import and annotate PDFs, and leverage professional tools for precise writing and drawing. Secure private notebooks with password or biometric locks.
- Organize notes into notebooks and folders
- Import and annotate PDF documents
- Accurate drawing engine with professional tools
- Multimedia note creation with drag & drop
- Password and biometric protection for notebooks
- Export notes as PNG or PDF
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- ORGANIZE YOUR NOTES - Create notebooks to organize your notes. Choose between a selection of paper templates and covers, and choose between vertical or horizontal layout to fit your note-taking needs. You can also rearrange your notebooks and create folders for them for maximum flexibility. - IMPORT & EDIT YOUR PDFs - With QuickNotes X you can import your PDF documents inside an existing notebook or in a new one, and you can edit them using all the tools QuickNotes X offers. Markup, annotate, highlight, insert images and text and more. You can also export these pages as a new PDF to share you edits. - ACCURATE NOTE-TAKING - QuickNotes X has a new accurate drawing engine that never loses detail, even after zooming or moving around the page. It also has the tools necessary to take perfect professional notes, all in one place. - DRAG & DROP SUPPORT - With QuickNotes X, you can easily create multi-media notes: use an image as a background, or import images from your library or from the web with an in-app tool or by using drag & drop from another window. In addition, these images are always resizable and movable, so that you can edit them whenever you want - PROFESSIONAL TOOLS - To create perfect notes, you need the right tools. This is why QuickNotes X has everything you need, from Pen and Highlighter to the Eraser, so that no mistakes are irreversible. Select the perfect line width and opacity to further customize your style, and choose the color you need from a hand-picked selection or by using the new HSV picker. You can even import a color from an image using the unique RealityPicker! - LOCK YOUR PRIVATE NOTEBOOKS - Want to restrict access to a specific notebook? Just set up a password when you create it or long press on its cover to lock it. And when you need to add some pages to it, just enter the password again or use Touch ID or Face ID to unlock it. - TYPE INSTEAD OF WRITING - With the new Text Tool you can add Text Boxes to your notes to type instead of writing. Want a different text style? Choose the font, size and color you like, underline or set to bold important things: now typing and writing notes is easier with QuickNotes X. - EXPORT TO EDIT ON OTHER DEVICES - You can export individual notes or entire notebooks as a QuickNotes X Document, which can be imported on another device to continue editing your notes. If you export your notebooks they will retain all properties, such as background and aspect ratio, so that if you reimport them they will look exactly as you expect. - SEAMLESS SHARING - Export your note as a PNG image or PDF, with the option to export the whole notebook in a single PDF document. Then, open it in your favorite app or share it with Mail, all with a few taps. - USE YOUR STYLUS - Have a Bluetooth stylus? No problem! QuickNotes X support a variety of styluses, from the Apple Pencil (1st & 2nd Generation)* to Adonit Jot, so that you can take notes while resting your palm on the screen, just like on paper. - OPTIMIZED FOR iOS 13 & 14 - With iOS 13 and 14, QuickNotes X is better than ever! A new, more modern look and support for Dark Mode makes taking notes with QuickNotes X a new experience. - BUT THERE IS MORE! - ⊱ Quickly change page by double-tapping on the edge of the screen ⊱ See all your notebook pages at a glance while taking notes with the new "Notes List" feature ⊱ Create a new page while writing with the dedicated button or by double-tapping on the edge of the screen ⊱ Unlimited undo-redo while writing (before leaving the page) ⊱ Clear your page with a single tap ⊱ Change your notebook template while writing thanks to the dedicated button ⊱ Rapidly delete notes and notebooks with just a long press ⊱ Option to reset all content (Notebooks and Notes) and preferences ⊱ Lightweight: all the features of a professional drawing app with less than 20MB of space ⊱ Localized in English, Italian and French. QuickNotes X Pro: note-taking, made easy. *Only on selected iPad models
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: QuickNotes X Pro at monthly against Yes Session's every 36 months. QuickNotes X Pro also leads on ratings volume (38 vs 1) and review sentiment (63% vs 50%). Yes Session's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and price ($0.99 vs $5.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Yes Session costs $0.99 and QuickNotes X Pro $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Yes Session holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: QuickNotes X Pro has 38 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Yes Session's written reviews are positive against 63% of QuickNotes X Pro's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Yes Session ships an update every 36 months, QuickNotes X Pro monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yes Session | QuickNotes X Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.6 (38 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 38 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 36 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Henry Lowengard | Alessandro Sassi |
Customer experience
Yes Session
QuickNotes X Pro
In-app purchases
Yes Session
No in-app purchases
QuickNotes X Pro
No in-app purchases









