Comparison

Quick Notes vs PDFPivot

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, lists, and reminders as they come to you. Easily organize and export your ideas to over 20 other applications, or use Siri Shortcuts for custom workflows. Sync your notes across devices with iCloud and set intuitive reminders.

Highlights
  • Quick note-taking
  • Export to 20+ apps
  • iCloud Sync
  • Intuitive reminders
  • Automatic date & URL recognition
  • Widgets
  • Siri & 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

PDFPivot

Features
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Open a PDF and actually change it — no subscription wall in the way. EDIT Tap a line of text and retype it. Add or swap images, draw, highlight, underline, strike through, stamp, and drop notes anywhere on the page. SIGN & FILL Type or draw a signature, save it, and reuse it. Fill interactive form fields and flatten them when you're done. SCAN Use the camera to make a clean, cropped PDF from paper. Run OCR so the text is selectable and searchable. ORGANIZE Insert, delete, rotate, reorder, extract, merge, split, and crop pages in a thumbnail grid. CONVERT PDF to Word, Excel, PowerPoint, text, HTML, EPUB, or images — and back again. MORE Watermarks, page numbers, headers and footers, compression, redaction, password protection, side-by-side compare, and a reflowable reader for ebooks. Files stay on your device. Every tool is free for five days — then keep editing for good with a one-time purchase. Privacy Policy: https://thenexuspivot.com/privacy/pdfpivot/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Quick Notes4 screens
PDFPivot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Quick Notes at 5 against PDFPivot's 2. PDFPivot's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). 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

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 PDFPivot sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Quick Notes versus PDFPivot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick NotesPDFPivot
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (299 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings299 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size195 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFurkan SimsirPrakrin Kumar

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

PDFPivot

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
2 purchases

PDFPivot

Subscriptions1
  • Remove Ads (1 Year)$3.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Ads (Lifetime)$9.99

Questions

Is Quick Notes free?
Quick Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PDFPivot free?
PDFPivot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quick Notes or PDFPivot have ads?
Neither Quick Notes nor PDFPivot shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Notes or PDFPivot?
Quick Notes ships an update every 4 days, and PDFPivot every 4 days. Most recently, Quick Notes was updated on October 13, 2026 and PDFPivot on September 27, 2026.

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