Comparison

Bebop 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

Bebop

This app prioritizes speed and simplicity for capturing ideas as plain text. It offers seamless cloud syncing and integration with other apps, allowing for a clutter-free, capture-first mobile editing experience. Advanced features and customization are available through a one-time upgrade.

Highlights
  • Lightning-fast plain text capture
  • Clutter-free interface
  • iCloud Drive/Dropbox sync
  • Open plain-text formats (.txt, .md)
  • Customizable headers, footers, filenames
  • Flashback recent notes
  • Share extension for saving content
Features
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Bebop helps you get down your ideas, fast. It assumes that review and organization are better done on larger screens—that a mobile text editor should be lightning-fast, clutter-free, and capture-first. • No ads, no logins, no tracking: Files are synced natively to your chosen iCloud Drive or Dropbox folder • BYOMA (Bring Your Own MacOS App): Open plain-text formats like .txt and .md/markdown plug neatly into Obsidian • Custom headers, footers, and filename formats: To work with your workflow • Flashback notes: Cycle through recent notes with a single tap • Share extension: Quickly save links and text from other iOS apps • Widgets and shortcut: Launch Bebop in any number of ways • Unlimited notes (even for free users) For a one-time Pro upgrade (no subscriptions!) you’ll also get color themes, custom templating, power-user settings, and help support future development. --- Bebop is made by Jack Cheng, an author and solo developer in Detroit, Michigan. More info and privacy policy: https://www.jackcheng.com/bebop/ * Dropbox sync requires you to have the Dropbox iOS app installed.

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

Bebop4 screens
Quick Capture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Bebop at 4.9 against Quick Capture's 4.5. Bebop also leads on review sentiment (95% vs 74%). On price, ratings volume, 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

Both are free to download. Bebop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Quick Capture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bebop holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 43 and 102 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of Bebop's written reviews are positive against 74% of Quick Capture's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bebop ships an update every 3 weeks, Quick Capture every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bebop versus Quick Capture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBebopQuick Capture
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (43 ratings) — better4.5 (102 ratings)
Positive reviews95.5% of reviews — better73.7% of reviews
Number of ratings43102 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJack Cheng LLCPradeep Burugu

Customer experience

Bebop

All ratings35 ratings
Positive97.1%
Neutral2.9%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive95.5%
Neutral4.5%
Negative0.0%

Quick Capture

All ratings102 ratings
Positive84.3%
Neutral7.8%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral12.3%
Negative14.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Bebop

One-time1
  • Pro Upgrade$4.99
1 purchases

Quick Capture

One-time1
  • Lifetime plan$4.99

Questions

Is Bebop free?
Bebop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quick Capture free?
Quick Capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bebop or Quick Capture?
Bebop is rated higher. Bebop averages 4.9 out of 5 from 43 ratings, while Quick Capture averages 4.5 from 102 ratings.
Do Bebop or Quick Capture have ads?
Neither Bebop nor Quick Capture shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bebop or Quick Capture?
Bebop ships an update every 3 weeks, and Quick Capture every 10 days. Most recently, Bebop was updated on September 23, 2026 and Quick Capture on September 20, 2026.

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