Comparison

Funnel vs Ideas Down Quickly

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

Head to head
About

Funnel

Quickly capture thoughts, tasks, notes, photos, sketches, and songs to your favorite apps. Integrates with popular productivity tools and offers convenient widgets for instant access.

Highlights
  • Capture tasks to multiple to-do apps
  • Send notes and photos to PKM apps
  • Capture sketches and calendar events
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets
  • Shortcuts and Share Sheet support
  • Built-in document scanner
  • Song capture via Shazam integration
Features
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Funnel allows you to effortlessly capture your thoughts and moments to various apps and services. The inspiration to capture something quickly comes from ideas written by David Allen, in his book Getting Things Done. Features: ======= • Capture tasks to Reminders, Todoist, OmniFocus or Things with due dates in natural language. • Capture notes and photos to a variety of popular note taking and personal knowledge management apps. • Capture sketches and calendar events • Beautiful Home Screen and Lock Screen Widgets • Shortcuts Support • A built in document scanner. • Use Shazam to capture your songs directly to your apps. • iCloud Sync for your Destinations • A timeline showing your recent captures • A selection of delightful app icons to pick from. • A lock screen widget to easily access Funnel from your lock screen. • Drag and drop images or text from other apps into Funnel. • Once you capture something with Funnel, Funnel also provides you with a link to easily switch to the newly captured item. • Long press the Funnel icon for quick home screen actions. • Integration with the iOS Share Sheet (currently within the Funnel app only) • Dynamic Island/Live Activities Support • Control Center Widgets Creating Destinations: ================ To link Funnel to your note-taking or task management apps, navigate to the 'Destination' Tab, select 'Add New Destination', and choose an app from the provided list. After adding a Destination, you can click on it for further customization. You can also define templates that get appended or prepended along with your capture. Your Destinations and the order of your Destinations are all synced to your private iCloud account. Funnel offers 30 captures for free, and then requires a subscription or a lifetime purchase. All Yearly Subscriptions come with a 1-week free trial. Enjoy Funneling! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Ideas Down Quickly

Capture thoughts instantly with this frictionless note-taking app. Organize ideas into categories and find them quickly. Prioritizes privacy with offline functionality and on-device storage.

Highlights
  • Zero-friction capture
  • Simple organization
  • Easy browsing
  • Offline functionality
  • On-device storage
  • Open source
Features
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Ideas slipping away? Ideas Down Quickly is built for speed. Capture thoughts the moment they appear—no setup, no friction. Organize effortlessly, find ideas fast, and come back to them whenever inspiration strikes. Fast by Design - Zero-friction capture: Create or select a category and start recording instantly. - Simple organization: Keep ideas neatly categorized with minimal effort. - Easy browsing: Quickly scan and revisit past thoughts. Privacy First - Works offline: No internet required. - Optional iCloud backup and restore: Disabled by default. - On-device storage: Your ideas never leave your device. - Full data control: Backup and restore anytime from within the app. - Open source: Fully transparent—see exactly how everything works.

Screenshots

Funnel4 screens
Ideas Down Quickly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ideas Down Quickly at none against Funnel's 4. Ideas Down Quickly also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). Funnel's advantage is ratings volume (43 vs 2). 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. Funnel sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Ideas Down Quickly asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ideas Down Quickly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Funnel has 43 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Funnel's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ideas Down Quickly's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Funnel ships an update every 6 weeks, Ideas Down Quickly every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on July 11, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Funnel versus Ideas Down Quickly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFunnelIdeas Down Quickly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (43 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings43 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 11 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB23 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperNoteSight Labs ApSTravis Bumgarner

Customer experience

Funnel

All ratings43 ratings
Positive88.4%
Neutral2.3%
Negative9.3%
Written reviews25 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative16.0%

Ideas Down Quickly

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Funnel

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime: Early Discount$39.99
  • Lifetime$49.99
None

Ideas Down Quickly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Funnel free?
Funnel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ideas Down Quickly free?
Ideas Down Quickly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Funnel or Ideas Down Quickly?
Ideas Down Quickly is rated higher. Funnel averages 4.6 out of 5 from 43 ratings, while Ideas Down Quickly averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Funnel or Ideas Down Quickly have ads?
Neither Funnel nor Ideas Down Quickly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Funnel or Ideas Down Quickly?
Funnel ships an update every 6 weeks, and Ideas Down Quickly every 11 days. Most recently, Funnel was updated on July 11, 2026 and Ideas Down Quickly on September 26, 2026.

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