(beat) for iOS vs Quick Capture
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
(beat) for iOS
Write screenplays with a distraction-free interface that handles formatting automatically. Supports Fountain markup for portability and includes features like index cards and automatic scene numbering. Export to PDF and import/export Final Draft files.
- Distraction-free UI
- Fountain markup support
- Automatic scene numbering
- PDF export
- Final Draft import/export
- Index cards
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An elegant Fountain screenwriting app, created by a screenwriter for screenwriters. The perfect companion for full macOS version of Beat. Beat lets you write in a flow: Just start typing and let Beat take care of the formatting. There are as little distractions as possible to let you concentrate on writing. The app uses Fountain markup to store your documents, so everything you write is portable and future-proof. Your files are stored only on your own accounts and devices, and they are kept completely private. • Distraction-free UI • Index cards • Automatic scene numbering • Auto complete for scene headings and character names • PDF export • Final Draft import and export • Revision/edit tracking • Novel mode • Collection of templates for a quick start
Quick Capture
Effortlessly capture ideas, moments, and thoughts directly into your Obsidian vaults. This app streamlines note-taking by allowing you to create multiple destinations within a vault or connect to different vaults, ensuring your inspirations are saved without interruption.
- Capture notes in Obsidian
- Multiple vault connections
- Append to existing notes
- Voice recording with transcription
- Document scanning
- File and photo sending
- Sketching and drawing capture
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Quick Capture - Vault notes for Obsidian app This Quick Capture app is designed for power users of Obsidian, helping you focus purely on capturing ideas, moments, and thoughts as they come—without primarily worrying about which vault or page to open. It removes distractions, letting you effortlessly capture drafts and inspirations in Obsidian app, keeping you in the creative flow. → You can create multiple destinations to one vault → You can also connect to multiple vaults where each destination is dedicated to one vault → You can create a new note in a vault. → You can append text to an existing note in a vault. → You can send voice recordings with transcription to your vault. → You can scan documents to your vault. → You can send files or photos to your vault. → You can sketch and send those drawings to your vault.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Quick Capture at Free against (beat) for iOS's $11.99. (beat) for iOS's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume 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
Quick Capture is free to download; (beat) for iOS costs $11.99 up front. Quick Capture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. (beat) for iOS asks for nothing beyond the download.
Quick Capture holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 44 and 107 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of (beat) for iOS's written reviews are positive against 74% of Quick Capture's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
(beat) for iOS ships an update every 3 days, Quick Capture every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | (beat) for iOS | Quick Capture |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $11.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (44 ratings) | 4.5 (107 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.4% of reviews — better | 73.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 44 | 107 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 10 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #80 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lauri-Matti Parppei | Pradeep Burugu |
Customer experience
(beat) for iOS
Quick Capture
In-app purchases
(beat) for iOS
No in-app purchases
Quick Capture
- Lifetime plan$5.99
Questions
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