QuoteBook vs Flint
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
QuoteBook
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QuoteBook is a small, carefully built app with one job: to remind you of something useful, from someone worth listening to. Not a quote-of-the-day app. Not a motivation feed. A personal library of words you can actually turn to when you need them β to reset, refocus, or just be reminded that someone wise has already thought through whatever you're dealing with. 491 quotes. 138 authors. Every one verified. Every quote in QuoteBook traces back to a real source β a book, a letter, a speech, a recording. No misattributions. No internet noise. If it's in here, it's real. Browse, search, and save what lands. Explore by author or category β creativity, resilience, perspective, self-knowledge, and more. Search when you know what you're looking for. Save favourites so the quotes that mean something to you are always close. Reminders that actually help. Set reminders on your own schedule β not just a generic daily ping. Morning. Before a hard conversation. After a rough week. Whatever works for you. The goal is a useful nudge at a useful time, not another notification to dismiss. Free. No accounts. No ads. No catch. QuoteBook is completely free. No in-app purchases, no premium tier, no sign-up required. The quotes are there because they're good, not because they drive engagement. If the app means something to you, there's a link in Settings to buy the developer a coffee. That's it.
Flint
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A quote widget for your home screen, from the people you admire. Real words, really said. Every quote is hand-picked, attributed to a real person, and traced to its source. No fabrications, no misattributed clichΓ©s. Just words worth sitting with. Pick your voices. Follow figures across music, film, design, writing, photography, art, sport, science, business, and beyond. Choose the ones whose words you want with you, and Flint keeps them close. Stoic thinkers sit beside modern voices: Seneca, Marcus Aurelius and Epictetus next to the musicians and athletes you follow. A widget worth keeping. Small, medium, and large home-screen widgets, made with a level of typography and restraint you don't expect from a quote app. Glance down, catch a spark, carry on. Browse the whole feed. Open Flint anytime and swipe through a curated feed from the figures you follow. No clutter, no noise. Yours, your way. Set how often your widget refreshes, switch who you follow whenever you like, and choose light or dark to match your home screen. What you get β’ A hand-picked, ever-growing library of sourced quotes β’ Voices across music, film, design, sport, science, and more β’ Home-screen widgets in three sizes β’ A curated in-app feed to swipe through anytime β’ Refreshes on the schedule you set β’ Thoughtful, premium design in light and dark Flint Pro subscription β’ Annual, with a 7-day free trial β’ Monthly Prices are shown in the app in your local currency. Subscriptions renew automatically until canceled. Cancel anytime in your App Store subscription settings. Terms of Use: https://flint.day/terms Privacy Policy: https://flint.day/privacy Flint is an independent, unofficial app. Quotations are attributed to their authors for reference and educational purposes. Flint is not affiliated with, authorized by, endorsed by, or sponsored by any person quoted or their estates. All quotations remain the words of their respective authors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: QuoteBook at none against Flint's 2. QuoteBook also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). Flint's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 29 months). On price and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Flint sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. QuoteBook asks for nothing beyond the download.
QuoteBook ships an update every 29 months, Flint every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | QuoteBook | Flint |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 29 months | Every 3 days β better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ANDREW JAMES PATRICK | Dmitry Leshchenko |
In-app purchases
QuoteBook
No in-app purchases
Flint
- Monthly$4.991 Month
- Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year









