Comparison

Quick Notes vs choclift

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

choclift

Control your Mac from your iPhone with custom shortcuts, app launches, website access, and emoji input. Streamline your workflow with intuitive gestures and drag-and-drop functionality. Unlock advanced features with an optional subscription or one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • iPhone control for Mac
  • Customizable app and website shortcuts
  • Emoji input bar
  • Apple Shortcuts integration
  • Finger gestures for window control
  • Drag and drop file transfer
  • App Time Travel for recent apps
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Access apps, Apple Shortcuts, websites and emojis on your Mac using your iPhone or iPad. choclift is the third input device you didn't know you needed in your Mac setup. It turns an iPhone or iPad into a touch (chocolate) bar that makes working with your Mac more intuitive, productive, accessible and, most of all, more fun. That last part is important, so it features a beautiful design, a satisfying user experience and plenty of chocolate references. Customize up to eight pages in your choclift bar with your favorite apps, Apple Shortcuts or website bookmarks you'd like to have just one tap away. See how tapping an app not only feels great, but also lets you perform actions like drag and drop faster and switch between apps in an instant. With "App Time Travel," you even get a new smart dock that shows you your recently opened apps, so it always adapts to your current workflow. Deliciously easy: Install choclift on both your iPhone/iPad and Mac, make sure both devices are on the same Wi-Fi network, and connect once. That’s it. With choclift’s incredibly sweet recipe, you can even connect multiple devices at the same time. Your taste, your layout: Choose the Mac apps, Shortcuts and websites your workflow can’t get enough of and arrange them in a layout that fits your needs. With the optional “Added Sugar” subscription or one-time purchase, you can unlock additional pages for your setup. Introducing Emoji Bar: Add emojis to any text on your Mac with a simple tap on your iPhone/iPad, and customize up to eight slides with your favorite emojis. Apple Shortcuts Support: Create simple to advanced Shortcuts with the Apple Shortcuts app, add them to your choclift bar, and top them with custom emojis. Add Website Bookmarks: Your favorite URLs are just one tap away. Finger Gestures: Minimize and maximize windows with two fingers or trigger actions like copy and paste in a fast and intuitive way. Gestures are executed locally through the Mac app. App Time Travel: Scroll through a timeline of your recently opened Mac apps and pin your favorites to quickly jump between workflows. Available with the optional “Added Sugar” upgrade. Pricing is shown in-app. Drag & Drop, sweetly upgraded: Use your mouse to drag files on your Mac and use choclift to quickly access the target app, no matter which desktop it’s on. Portrait or landscape: Use choclift the way you like. Rotate your iPhone/iPad and place it wherever it fits best into your setup. Every workflow is different, so we hope many people will discover new ways to lift their productivity to new heights with our little tasty treat. Important: choclift requires the companion Mac app to function. All actions are executed locally on your Mac. To unlock the full choclift experience, choclift offers an optional auto-renewing subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Added Sugar (choclift Premium) It includes: • Multiple pages for your choclift Bar (up to 8) • App Time Travel • 8 customizable slides in your Emoji Bar to pick from up to 64 emojis • Future premium features as they are released Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your App Store account settings. The lifetime purchase is a one-time payment that unlocks Premium permanently and does not renew. Privacy Policy: https://www.choclift.com/privacy-policy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Quick Notes4 screens
choclift4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Quick Notes at 4.8 against choclift's 4.2. Quick Notes also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks) and ratings volume (316 vs 10). 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

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 choclift sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quick Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Notes has 316 ratings behind it against 10, 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 64% of choclift's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Notes ships an update every 4 days, choclift every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Quick Notes versus choclift: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick Noteschoclift
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (316 ratings) — better4.2 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews79.1% of reviews — better64.0% of reviews
Number of ratings316 — better10
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
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 iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size196 MB132 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFurkan SimsirTrautmann & Dorre GbR Shaped Agency

Customer experience

Quick Notes

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

choclift

All ratings10 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative32.0%

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

choclift

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

choclift

Subscriptions2
  • Flexible$0.997 Days
  • Added Sugar7 Days trial$2.991 Month
One-time4
  • lifetime-subscription-v3$24.99
  • Lifetime$29.99
  • Lifetime$39.99
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  • Lifetime Fullprice$79.99

Questions

Is Quick Notes free?
Quick Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is choclift free?
choclift is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quick Notes or choclift?
Quick Notes is rated higher. Quick Notes averages 4.8 out of 5 from 316 ratings, while choclift averages 4.2 from 10 ratings.
Do Quick Notes or choclift have ads?
Neither Quick Notes nor choclift shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Notes or choclift?
Quick Notes ships an update every 4 days, and choclift every 3 weeks. Most recently, Quick Notes was updated on November 3, 2026 and choclift on October 31, 2026.

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