Quick Notes vs Today
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Today
This productivity app focuses on daily tasks, prompting users to define what they are doing today and deferring other items to 'Later'. It allows for easy sharing of tasks and lists via links, with real-time synchronization for collaborators. The app also supports recurring tasks, detailed notes, and efficient searching.
- Focus on daily tasks
- Share tasks and lists via links
- Real-time synchronization
- Recurring tasks
- Detailed notes with formatting
- Tagging and search functionality
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Today is a simple to-do app built around one question: what are you doing today? Add what you’re doing today to Today, and everything else to Later. Every morning starts fresh. Share anything with a link. No groups, no invites. Send it, they tap it, and you’re both on the same list. FEATURES • Share: tasks, lists and notes stay in sync, ticks and edits included • Repeat: tasks, lists and notes on the days you choose • Lists: shopping, packing, anything with checkboxes • Notes: with headings, checklists and quotes • Tags & search: pull down to find anything • Web: use it on your computer at web.tdy.do
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Quick Notes at 4.8 against Today's 3.5. Quick Notes also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 50%) and ratings volume (316 vs 2). Today's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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
Both are free to download. Quick Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Today asks for nothing beyond the download.
Quick Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Notes has 316 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Quick Notes's written reviews are positive against 50% of Today's.
Quick Notes ships an update every 4 days, Today every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Notes | Today |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (316 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.1% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 316 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 196 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Furkan Simsir | TDY AS |
Customer experience
Quick Notes
Today
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
Today
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Quick Notes
- Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$19.99
Today
No in-app purchases









