Comparison

Quick Notes vs Satchel

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
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. • 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/

About

Satchel

Save web pages and links as clean, portable Markdown files. Keep your saved content in your private iCloud, accessible across devices. Search and organize your library with tags and full-text search.

Highlights
  • Save links and web pages as Markdown
  • Store content in private iCloud
  • Export as .md files with frontmatter
  • Search titles, tags, and full text
  • Organize with tags and filters
  • Ad-free and private by design
Features
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Satchel saves links and whole web pages as clean, readable Markdown, and keeps them in your own iCloud, not on someone else's server. SAVE FROM ANYWHERE • Safari: tap the page menu, then Satchel, to save the link or the whole page. • Any app: share a link to Satchel from Notes, Messages, Mail, and more. Satchel fills in its title, site, and preview image. • Add tags and a note as you save, or just tap once. READABLE, PORTABLE PAGES • Pages are converted to clean Markdown with headings, lists, code, tables, and footnotes, without the ads and clutter. • Export any item as a .md file with frontmatter, or copy its Markdown, to use in your favorite Markdown editor. YOUR LIBRARY • Search titles, tags, and the full text of saved pages. • Filter by pages, links, or tag. • Read saved pages in a clean view; links open in Safari. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Everything lives in your private iCloud database, and it counts toward your iCloud storage. • No sign-up, no analytics, no ads, no tracking. • Images from websites load only if you choose to. • Saving works offline, and items sync when you're back online.

Screenshots

Quick Notes4 screens
Satchel3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Satchel at none against Quick Notes's 3. Satchel also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Quick Notes's advantage is ratings volume (321 vs 1) and device support (5 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Quick Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Satchel asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Satchel 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Quick Notes versus Satchel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick NotesSatchel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (321 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings321 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size222 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFurkan SimsirCedarLogic,LLC

Customer experience

Quick Notes

All ratings321 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral1.9%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews88 reviews
Positive79.5%
Neutral9.1%
Negative11.4%

Satchel

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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
Show 3 more
  • 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
Show 14 more
  • 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

Satchel

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
None

Satchel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quick Notes free?
Quick Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Satchel free?
Satchel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Quick Notes or Satchel?
Satchel is rated higher. Quick Notes averages 4.8 out of 5 from 321 ratings, while Satchel averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Quick Notes or Satchel have ads?
Neither Quick Notes nor Satchel shows ads.

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