Comparison

Quick Notes vs OmniOutliner 6

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

Head to head
About

Quick Notes

This app helps you quickly capture thoughts, ideas, and tasks on your mobile device. It offers seamless organization, intuitive reminders, and easy export to over 20 other applications, keeping your inspiration flowing and your to-dos managed.

Highlights
  • Quick note-taking in real-time
  • Export to 20+ apps and Siri Shortcuts
  • Seamless iCloud synchronization across devices
  • Intuitive reminders with badge system
  • Automatic date and URL recognition
  • Home and lock screen widgets
  • Share extension for adding content from any app
  • Siri voice commands and Shortcuts integration
Features
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Capture's intuitive interface and smart features turn your mobile device into a powerful thought organizer, letting you seize, sort, and execute your ideas with unprecedented ease. • Quick Notes: Immediacy is key, and with Capture, the moment inspiration hits, you're ready. Our quick note-taking feature is designed for those who think fast and want to write faster. Notes, lists, and reminders are captured in real-time, ensuring no idea ever slips through the cracks. Brain dump on the go and stay one step ahead of your inspiration. • Export to 20+ apps: Looking to migrate your captures to other platforms like Obsidian, Things 3, Todoist, iA Writer, Craft, Omnifocus 4, Fantastical, UpNote, NotePlan, Reminders or Apple Calendar? Capture's export functionality allows you to move your content with ease. It's all about getting your thoughts out there, wherever 'there' might be, from to-do to calendar apps. In addition, you can run any Siri Shortcut as an export option, enabling all kinds of workflows by using the capture as input. • iCloud Sync: Keep your ideas and tasks in harmony across all your devices with Capture's iCloud Sync. Every note, list, and preference is automatically updated, ensuring you have access to your latest thoughts wherever you go. • Intuitive reminders: With our badge system, subtle yet effective reminders keep you informed of your tasks. These intuitive nudges ensure that important notes don't get lost in the shuffle, keeping you alert and on track. • Automatic date & URL recognition: Organization has never been so effortless. Capture's data recognition identifies your dates and URLs so you don't need to manually insert them. They are also pre-filled with your favorite export option. • Widgets: Access your captures instantly with our widgets right from your home and lock screen. Capture prioritizes convenience, giving you a visual snapshot of your latest thoughts and to-dos without having to open the app. • Share Extension: Add content to Capture with ease using the Share extension — available from any app. • Siri & Shortcuts: Capture thoughts hands-free with Siri voice commands and enhance your workflow with Siri Shortcuts to create, open, and search captures effortlessly. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

OmniOutliner 6

Organize and structure your thoughts effortlessly with a powerful outlining tool. Available across Apple devices, it offers smart themes, links, and integrations to bring clarity to your information.

Highlights
  • Liquid Glass design elements
  • Smart Dynamic Themes
  • Robust Omni Links
  • Apple Intelligence integration
  • Universal licensing
  • Improved feature parity
Features
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Introducing OmniOutliner 6 for Mac, iPad, iPhone, and Apple Vision Pro. Ready for the latest operating systems, OmniOutliner 6 features beautiful Liquid Glass design elements, smart Dynamic Themes, robust Omni Links, integration with Apple Intelligence, and more. With new universal licensing and improved feature parity across platforms, your outlines are always available on the device you have at hand. Free two-week trial! OmniOutliner is a powerful tool for organizing (and reorganizing) information, so you can see the full picture and structure your information effortlessly. OmniOutliner Essentials offers a streamlined, focused interface that helps get you straight to the task of outlining by offering a selection of the most useful styling and organizational options. Ready to level up your outlines? OmniOutliner Pro adds a full suite of styling, customization, and automation tools to create outlines perfectly suited for your exact workflow. Great things begin with outlines. Whether you’re a writer or a student, an attorney or a software developer, brand new to outlining or a long-time power user, OmniOutliner has the power you need to get the job done. OmniOutliner 6. Your thoughts, in order.

Screenshots

Quick Notes4 screens
OmniOutliner 64 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Quick Notes at every 4 days against OmniOutliner 6's monthly. Quick Notes also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 56%) and ratings volume (319 vs 16). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and OmniOutliner 6 sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Quick Notes against 4.8 for OmniOutliner 6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Notes has 319 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Quick Notes's written reviews are positive against 56% of OmniOutliner 6's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Notes ships an update every 4 days, OmniOutliner 6 monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Quick Notes versus OmniOutliner 6: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick NotesOmniOutliner 6
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (319 ratings) — better4.8 (16 ratings)
Positive reviews79.1% of reviews — better55.6% of reviews
Number of ratings319 — better16
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size196 MB106 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFurkan SimsirThe Omni Group

Customer experience

Quick Notes

All ratings315 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral1.9%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews86 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral9.3%
Negative11.6%

OmniOutliner 6

All ratings16 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral7.4%
Negative37.0%

Bugs and requests

Quick Notes

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Data loss/notes vanishing
  • Sidebar sorting is buggy and breaks
  • Mac app does not work
  • App crashes frequently
  • Stickie notes do not work on MacOS 14 Sonoma
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  • MacOS App keeps crashing when hitting Enter key
  • App keeps crashing when making lists
  • Cannot share more than 1 note at a time

Requested features

19 requests
  • Batch operations (export/merge)
  • More keyboard shortcuts for macOS
  • Tags and coloring
  • An "all items" view with grouping and sorting
  • Calendar or timeline view
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  • View and live-edit notes expanded
  • Themes (black/white)
  • Ability to share to Supernotes and Tasks
  • Apple Watch app
  • New items to appear at the bottom of the feed
  • Ability to swipe left and right to move between lists
  • App icon customization
  • More widget presentation
  • Visual customization
  • Pin and archive lists
  • Support for images
  • WatchOS app with dictation
  • Better Markdown support
  • More keyboard shortcuts

OmniOutliner 6

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Quick Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99
6 purchases

OmniOutliner 6

One-time6
  • Upgrade to v6 Essentials from v1-v5$12.49
  • OmniOutliner Essentials$24.99
  • Upgrade to v6 Pro from Essentials$37.49
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  • Upgrade to v6 Pro from v1-v5$49.99
  • Upgrade to v6 Pro from Essentials$74.99
  • OmniOutliner Pro$99.99

Questions

Is Quick Notes free?
Quick Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OmniOutliner 6 free?
OmniOutliner 6 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quick Notes or OmniOutliner 6?
Quick Notes is rated higher. Quick Notes averages 4.8 out of 5 from 319 ratings, while OmniOutliner 6 averages 4.8 from 16 ratings.
Do Quick Notes or OmniOutliner 6 have ads?
Neither Quick Notes nor OmniOutliner 6 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Notes or OmniOutliner 6?
Quick Notes ships an update every 4 days, and OmniOutliner 6 monthly. Most recently, Quick Notes was updated on November 7, 2026 and OmniOutliner 6 on November 8, 2026.

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