Simple Quick Notepad vs Acupuncture Tools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Quick Notepad
This free notepad app allows for quick text entry, saving links, and composing messages with spell-checking. It also offers features like text-to-speech, camera scanning, and translation, making it ideal for students and professionals.
- Quickly jot down ideas
- Save important links
- Compose and spell-check text
- Scan text from documents/books
- Convert text to speech
- Translate sentences
- Automatic text saving
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Your new go-to notepad for quickly jotting down anything. Completely free with no ads or in-app purchases. KEY FEATURES Jot down ideas Save important links Compose and spell-check a text Create calendar events Take notes in a meeting or lecture Look up a word in the dictionary Translate a sentence to any language Scan text from a document or book using your camera Convert text to speech - let your device read your notes aloud Quickly paste text from elsewhere or copy text to share Your text is automatically saved so you never lose it PERFECT FOR STUDENTS & PROFESSIONALS - Take notes in lectures and meetings ANYONE who wants to take notes as quickly as possible and know that they will be stored automatically.
Acupuncture Tools
This app provides acupuncturists with a comprehensive suite of tools for TCM, Five Element, and Dr. Tan's Balance Method. It includes AI pattern determination, symptom and condition indexes, and substance searches. Offline functionality ensures accessibility for practitioners.
- AI pattern determination
- Symptom and condition indexes
- Five Element theory tools
- Dr. Tan's Balance Method calculations
- Substance search (salts, homeopathy, Ayurveda, TCM foods)
- Offline functionality
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This App has tools that are useful to acupuncturists, both from a TCM, "Five Element" (5E), Japanese and Dr Tan background. a) For TCM there is a simple list of point categories like Yuan Source, Xi Cleft, Shu Points. It also has an AI Chat service which helps determine involved patterns. It also has a BaGua AI service, though this is in Beta. There are pages for: * Sign and Symptoms. * Pathology Diagrams * Extraordinary Channels * Conditions Points (a large index) b) For Five Elements it has tools for the following theories: * Transfer of Qi, * Four Needles, * Aggressive Energy, * Possession, * Husband-Wife, * Entry-Exit blocks. c) Dr. Richard Tan's acupuncture system, often referred to as "Balance Method" or "Dr. Tan's Balance Method," is a unique approach to acupuncture that focuses on achieving quick and effective results. Dr. Tan's Balance Method is known for its systematic approach to diagnosis and treatment, often resulting in quick pain relief and improvement in various conditions. It combines traditional Chinese medicine principles with modern insights into the body's energy systems. This app calculates global balance, seasonal balance and meridian conversion. Once installed, no internet connection is necessary. The app is created in the spirit of generosity of Dr Tan. d) Substances - salts, homeopathy, Ayurveda and TCM foods. There is a search engine that searches across all these categories. The substances are not harmful. TCM foods and Ayrveda substances can be bought in supermarkets. Do let me know if there are other calculations that might benefit acupuncturists.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Simple Quick Notepad at every 9 days against Acupuncture Tools's every 3 months. Acupuncture Tools's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Simple Quick Notepad ships an update every 9 days, Acupuncture Tools every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Quick Notepad | Acupuncture Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Jack Finnis | Jon Loken |
Customer experience
Simple Quick Notepad
Acupuncture Tools
In-app purchases
Simple Quick Notepad
No in-app purchases
Acupuncture Tools
No in-app purchases
Questions
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