Quick Notes vs Year Progress
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quick Notes
Effortlessly capture and organize your thoughts with a streamlined interface. This app turns your device into a powerful organizer, allowing you to quickly note ideas, set reminders, and sync across devices. Seamlessly export your content to over 20 other applications to manage your workflow.
- Quick note-taking for real-time capture
- Export to over 20 popular apps
- Seamless iCloud synchronization
- Intuitive reminders with badge system
- Automatic date and URL recognition
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Siri 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. • CarPlay: Talk to the Capture assistant while you drive, and save thoughts, to-dos and reminders hands-free. • Capture Keyboard: Save selected text as a capture, or insert a capture into any text field, right from the keyboard in any app. • Voice Notes: Talk instead of type. Say many thoughts in one breath, and Capture splits them up and sorts them into your lists. Recording keeps going in the background, with a Live Activity on your Lock Screen. • Export to 70+ apps: Looking to migrate your captures to other platforms like Obsidian, Things 3, Todoist, Notion, Bear, Slack, 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 Screen, Lock Screen and Control Center. 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: Ask Siri to find, create and edit your captures, even outside the app. 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/
Year Progress
Visualize your year's progress with aesthetic widgets and lock screen backgrounds. Track remaining days and stay motivated with customizable themes and symbols. Share your progress visually to inspire others.
- Lock Screen background wallpaper generator
- Elegant Lock Screen widgets
- Home Screen widgets
- Apple Watch app & complications
- Deep customization options
- Visual day grid calendar
- Shareable progress cards
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Time is your most valuable asset. See it. Feel it. Stay motivated. Year Progress turns the passage of time into a beautiful visual experience. Track how much of the year has passed, how many days remain, and keep your goals in focus every single day. Whether you care about productivity, mindfulness, or simply a clean aesthetic setup, Year Progress makes your iPhone feel intentional — not cluttered. Lock Screen Background & Widgets The feature users love most: you can now set your Year Progress as a Lock Screen background wallpaper. Place the year progress directly behind your lock screen clock and watch time move forward every day. It’s not just a widget anymore — your lock screen itself becomes a living calendar. • Lock Screen background wallpaper generator • Elegant Lock Screen widgets • Multiple styles that match iOS themes • Works perfectly with tinted and clear wallpapers Home Screen Widgets Transform your Home Screen with elegant progress widgets showing exactly how much of the year has passed. Choose different sizes and layouts to fit your setup perfectly — minimalist, aesthetic, or productivity-focused. Apple Watch App & Complications Track the year right from your wrist. Check the percentage completed and remaining days instantly without unlocking your phone. Custom complications keep your progress visible all day. Deep Customization Make it truly yours. • Theme presets with curated color palettes • Fully custom colors (Light & Dark mode) • Unique symbols: stars, diamonds, yin-yang, roses, bees, donuts and more • Different day indicators and grid styles. Detailed Progress Tracking Understand time in a clear, motivating way: • Exact percentage of the year completed • Remaining days countdown • Visual day grid calendar Share Your Progress Create beautiful shareable cards for social media and inspire friends to use their time better. Why People Love Year Progress A year progress bar is a simple but powerful psychological motivator. Seeing time visually helps you stay consistent, avoid procrastination, and focus on what truly matters. Students, professionals, creators, and goal-setters all use Year Progress as a daily reminder: time is moving — use it intentionally. Download Year Progress and make every day count!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Quick Notes at 321 against Year Progress's 3. Quick Notes also leads on device support (5 vs 3). Year Progress's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Quick Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Year Progress sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Year Progress holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Notes has 321 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Quick Notes ships an update every 4 days, Year Progress weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Notes | Year Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (321 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 321 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 222 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Furkan Simsir | Samet Pilav |
Customer experience
Quick Notes
Year Progress
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
Year Progress
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
Year Progress
- Year Progress Yearly Premium7 Days trial$1.991 Year
- Year Progress Unlimited$0.99









