Comparison

TP vs Quick Capture

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

Head to head
About

TP

This companion app enhances your field recorder experience by transcribing audio directly to text. Connect your device and convert spoken words into editable text, with synchronized playback highlighting words as they are read. Export your transcriptions easily for further editing.

Highlights
  • Voice-to-text transcription
  • Bluetooth/USB connection
  • Synchronized playback with highlighting
  • Direct text export
  • Seamless audio conversion
Features
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this is the official TP–7 companion app. enhance your TP–7 field recorder experience with seamless voice-to-text transcription. connect via bluetooth or usb, hit transcribe in the app and instantly convert your audio into text*, no file transfer needed. hit play and watch the words highlight as it reads along, with navigation through the app or TP–7. export your text by sending it to your email, then edit in your program of choice. * made to be used exclusively with teenage engineering TP–7 field recorder.

About

Quick Capture

Effortlessly capture ideas, moments, and thoughts directly into your Obsidian vaults. This app streamlines note-taking by allowing you to create multiple destinations within a vault or connect to different vaults, ensuring your inspirations are saved without interruption.

Highlights
  • Capture notes in Obsidian
  • Multiple vault connections
  • Append to existing notes
  • Voice recording with transcription
  • Document scanning
  • File and photo sending
  • Sketching and drawing capture
Features
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Quick Capture - Vault notes for Obsidian app This Quick Capture app is designed for power users of Obsidian, helping you focus purely on capturing ideas, moments, and thoughts as they come—without primarily worrying about which vault or page to open. It removes distractions, letting you effortlessly capture drafts and inspirations in Obsidian app, keeping you in the creative flow. → You can create multiple destinations to one vault → You can also connect to multiple vaults where each destination is dedicated to one vault → You can create a new note in a vault. → You can append text to an existing note in a vault. → You can send voice recordings with transcription to your vault. → You can scan documents to your vault. → You can send files or photos to your vault. → You can sketch and send those drawings to your vault.

Screenshots

TP3 screens
Quick Capture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Quick Capture at 74% against TP's 17%. Quick Capture also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.4) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 8 months). TP's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Quick Capture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TP asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quick Capture holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Capture has 103 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 17% of TP's written reviews are positive against 74% of Quick Capture's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TP ships an update every 8 months, Quick Capture every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
TP versus Quick Capture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTPQuick Capture
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.4 (19 ratings)4.5 (103 ratings) — better
Positive reviews16.7% of reviews73.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings19103 — better
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size237 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTeenage EngineeringPradeep Burugu

Customer experience

TP

All ratings19 ratings
Positive21.1%
Neutral10.5%
Negative68.4%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive16.7%
Neutral22.2%
Negative61.1%

Quick Capture

All ratings103 ratings
Positive84.5%
Neutral7.8%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral12.3%
Negative14.0%

In-app purchases

None

TP

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Quick Capture

One-time1
  • Lifetime plan$5.99

Questions

Is TP free?
TP is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quick Capture free?
Quick Capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TP or Quick Capture?
Quick Capture is rated higher. TP averages 2.4 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Quick Capture averages 4.5 from 103 ratings.
Do TP or Quick Capture have ads?
Neither TP nor Quick Capture shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TP or Quick Capture?
TP ships an update every 8 months, and Quick Capture every 10 days. Most recently, TP was updated on October 12, 2026 and Quick Capture on October 7, 2026.

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