RetroKeys vs Quick Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
RetroKeys
This app offers a custom keyboard experience for iOS, featuring vintage aesthetics with custom key shapes, retro color schemes, and shadow effects. It aims to provide a nostalgic typing experience reminiscent of old-school keyboards while integrating seamlessly with modern devices.
- Custom key shapes
- Retro color schemes
- Unique shadow effects
- Nostalgic typing experience
- Seamless iOS integration
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RetroKeys brings a nostalgic charm to your fingertips with a custom keyboard app for iOS. Designed for those who cherish the vintage aesthetics, this app offers a delightful typing experience complete with custom key shapes, retro color scheme, and unique shadow effects reminiscent of old-school keyboards. Each key is meticulously crafted to emulate the iconic style, while the app ensures a seamless integration with modern iOS devices. Dive into a bygone era of computing every time you type with RetroKeys—where every keystroke is a trip down memory lane. We're working hard on improving these features and adding new ones, feel free to reach out with any suggestions.
Quick Journal
This app offers a straightforward journaling experience with extensive customization options. Personalize themes, fonts, icons, and layouts to create your ideal digital notebook. Widgets and draft saving features enhance usability for daily reflection.
- Customizable themes and fonts
- App icon and layout personalization
- Home screen widgets
- Save entries as drafts
- Copy and share entries
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Quick Journal is the simplest way to keep a journal. You can customize your journal's theme, fonts, app icon, layout, and even where the composer button is placed. To help you write or keep track of your entries, the app features widgets you can put on your home screen. You can copy or share your entries. You can always come back to an entry later by saving it as a draft, just swipe down and the entry will be saved. Hope you enjoy! EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Quick Journal at Free against RetroKeys's $0.99. Quick Journal also leads on ratings volume (24 vs 3). RetroKeys's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 9 days) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 Journal is free to download; RetroKeys costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for RetroKeys against 4.7 for Quick Journal. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Journal has 24 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of RetroKeys's written reviews are positive against 86% of Quick Journal's.
RetroKeys ships an update daily, Quick Journal every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | RetroKeys | Quick Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 4.7 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 86.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ibrahim Chiha | Charlie Deets |
Customer experience
RetroKeys
Quick Journal
In-app purchases
RetroKeys
No in-app purchases
Quick Journal
No in-app purchases
