Comparison

One Task vs Quick Capture

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

Head to head
About

One Task

Focus on completing your daily to-dos with this minimalist task manager. Display a single task on your Home or Lock Screen and tap to mark it done. The next task automatically appears, promoting focused productivity without overwhelming features.

Highlights
  • Single task display on Home/Lock Screen
  • Tap to complete tasks
  • Automatic progression to next task
  • Customizable task order
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Minimalist design
Features
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Show a single task on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Add some tasks to the app and then add the widget. Simply tap the widget to mark the task as completed. The next task will then appear. You can change the order the tasks will be chosen in the widget configuration. The simplicity is a feature. The app will not have things like folders, tags, priority, notes, etc. The optimal workflow is to add only the tasks you are committed to completing today. The app is designed for task completion, not endless organization and neglect. Syncs seamlessly across your devices with iCloud. « You can achieve almost anything if you focus on one thing at a time » — Someone on the internet Known issue: If you long-press a task while the text field is focused, the keyboard will hide, but not the text field. This is an iOS bug. Instead, dissmiss the keyboard by scrolling first and then long-press a task. ■ Support You can contact me through the feedback button in the app.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

Screenshots

One Task4 screens
Quick Capture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Quick Capture at Free against One Task's $4.00. Quick Capture also leads on ratings volume (103 vs 20) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). One Task's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#138 vs unranked). On rating, review sentiment, update cadence 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

Quick Capture is free to download; One Task costs $4.00 up front. Quick Capture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. One Task asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for One Task against 4.5 for Quick Capture. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Capture has 103 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of One Task's written reviews are positive against 74% of Quick Capture's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

One Task ships an update every 3 weeks, Quick Capture every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
One Task versus Quick Capture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOne TaskQuick Capture
Price$4.00Free — better
Rating4.6 (20 ratings) — better4.5 (103 ratings)
Positive reviews80.8% of reviews — better73.7% of reviews
Number of ratings20103 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#138 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSindre SorhusPradeep Burugu

Customer experience

One Task

All ratings20 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive80.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.2%

Quick Capture

All ratings103 ratings
Positive84.5%
Neutral7.8%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral12.3%
Negative14.0%

In-app purchases

None

One Task

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Quick Capture

One-time1
  • Lifetime plan$4.99

Questions

Is One Task free?
One Task costs $4.00, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quick Capture free?
Quick Capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, One Task or Quick Capture?
One Task is rated higher. One Task averages 4.6 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Quick Capture averages 4.5 from 103 ratings.
Do One Task or Quick Capture have ads?
Neither One Task nor Quick Capture shows ads.
Which is updated more often, One Task or Quick Capture?
One Task ships an update every 3 weeks, and Quick Capture every 10 days. Most recently, One Task was updated on September 29, 2026 and Quick Capture on September 25, 2026.

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