Comparison

Quip vs AWS Wickr

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

Head to head
About

Quip

This app combines chat, documents, slides, and spreadsheets into a single platform for seamless team collaboration. It streamlines workflows by reducing the need for emails and meetings, allowing teams to work faster and more efficiently across all their devices.

Highlights
  • Living documents
  • Integrated chat and messaging
  • Full-featured spreadsheets
  • Interactive slides
  • Cross-device access
  • Import/export from popular services
Features
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Quip is a place for teams to create living documents. It combines chat, docs, slides, and spreadsheets in one app — making collaboration fast and easy. Skip the endless emails, meetings, document versions by working simpler and faster with Quip—available for your Mac, iPad and iPhone. Watch your team and your work come alive. SHARE DOCUMENTS AND TASK LISTS Take notes, share grocery lists, organize task lists, edit docs with your office coworkers, collaborate with any group or team on projects. CHAT AND MESSAGING Real-time chat and messaging is integrated seamlessly for easy collaboration, so you never have to switch to email. SPREADSHEETS Embed beautiful, full featured spreadsheets with support for over 400 functions and a customized mobile keyboards that make editing a pleasure from any device. SLIDES Quip slides are designed to get everyone aligned with fewer, shorter meetings—or no meetings at all. Use interactive polls and prompts to ensure that real decisions get made. Create charts using live data from spreadsheets and Salesforce records. They’ll always stay up to date, and your team will too. ACCESS ON ANY DEVICE, ANY TIME All of your chats, docs, task lists, and spreadsheets are available on all of the devices you use — iPhone, iPad, and desktop. Easily review changes, comments, annotations to your docs and spreadsheets from your iPhone and iPad. IMPORT & EXPORT Import your documents from Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive, Box, Google Docs, and more. Export documents to PDF and Microsoft Office. Export spreadsheets to Microsoft Excel. Import your address book from Gmail, Hotmail, Microsoft Outlook, Google, or iCloud.

About

AWS Wickr

Securely collaborate with end-to-end encrypted messaging, voice, and video calls. Share files, screens, and automate workflows with bots. Control data retention and message ephemerality for enhanced communication security.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encrypted messaging
  • Voice and video calling
  • Screen sharing
  • File sharing with unlimited storage
  • Configurable message ephemerality
  • Workflow automation with bots
Features
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AWS Wickr - Strengthen communication security and data retention AWS Wickr is an end-to-end encrypted service that helps organizations collaborate securely through one-to-one and group messaging, voice and video calling, file sharing, screen sharing, and more. AWS Wickr also allows you to securely automate workflows using Wickr bots. Below is a breakdown of AWS Wickr collaboration offerings: 1:1 and group messaging:** Securely chat with your team in rooms with up to 500 members Audio and video calling:** Hold conference calls with up to 100 people Screen sharing and broadcasting:** Present with up to 500 participants File sharing and saving:** Transfer files up to 5GBs with unlimited storage Configurable ephemerality:** Control expiration and burn-on-read timers At AWS Wickr our mission is to provide a secure communication platform trusted by corporations and teams, across industries, sizes and scale, to manage their most valuable communications. With business email compromise on the rise and data retention on top of minds, Wickr has built a secure and private collaboration platform powered by the world’s most advanced multi-layered encryption and ephemerality trusted by millions of users worldwide. We hope you’ll give Wickr a try.

Screenshots

Quip4 screens
AWS Wickr4 screens

Verdict

The call

Quip and AWS Wickr both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 71% of Quip's written reviews are positive against 46% of AWS Wickr's. Quip also leads on ratings volume (26K vs 2.3K) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Quip against 4.7 for AWS Wickr. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quip has 26K ratings behind it against 2.3K, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of Quip's written reviews are positive against 46% of AWS Wickr's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quip ships an update every 6 weeks, AWS Wickr every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Quip versus AWS Wickr: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuipAWS Wickr
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (26K ratings)4.7 (2.3K ratings)
Positive reviews71.3% of reviews — better46.3% of reviews
Number of ratings26K — better2.3K
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB174 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperQuipWickr, LLC

Customer experience

Quip

All ratings25,684 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews1,175 reviews
Positive71.3%
Neutral7.0%
Negative21.7%

AWS Wickr

All ratings2,292 ratings
Positive91.8%
Neutral3.4%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews82 reviews
Positive46.3%
Neutral11.0%
Negative42.7%

User reviews

Quip

From 26K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Great for collaboration
  • 🚀 Seamless sync across devices
  • 💡 Helpful for organizing and managing tasks
  • 👍 Intuitive interface

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes
  • 🐛 Inconsistent performance on mobile devices
  • 🐛 Sync and connectivity issues
  • 🐛 Buggy text editing and formatting
  • 🐛 Unreliable search functionality

AWS Wickr

From 2.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🔒 Secure and private communication
  • 👍 User-friendly interface
  • 🚀 Fast and efficient file sharing
  • 💡 Innovative features like burn-on-read and message recall

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 🔒 Concerns about privacy and data security after acquisition by AWS
  • 👎 Poor cross-platform functionality and compatibility issues
  • 🚫 Inability to delete account or user data

Bugs and requests

Quip

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Frequent app crashes
  • Sync issues leading to data loss
  • Formatting problems when editing documents
  • Unreliable connectivity on mobile devices
  • Inconsistent performance across platforms

Requested features

6 requests
  • Improved mobile app experience
  • Enhanced search and filtering capabilities
  • Custom keyboard support
  • Expanded formatting options
  • Offline mode for document access
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  • Better integration with other productivity tools

AWS Wickr

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Sign-in issues, including inability to log in or stay signed in
  • Disappearing messages and channels
  • Unresponsive customer support

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to change username/display name
  • Improved notification system
  • Bulk media sharing option
  • Restore deleted message/conversation history

In-app purchases

None

Quip

No in-app purchases

None

AWS Wickr

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quip free?
Quip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AWS Wickr free?
AWS Wickr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Quip or AWS Wickr?
Quip and AWS Wickr are both rated 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store, from 26K and 2.3K ratings respectively.
Do Quip or AWS Wickr have ads?
Neither Quip nor AWS Wickr shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quip or AWS Wickr?
Quip ships an update every 6 weeks, and AWS Wickr every 4 weeks. Most recently, Quip was updated on September 24, 2026 and AWS Wickr on September 4, 2026.

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