Comparison

Quip vs Our Kirkland

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

Our Kirkland

Access City Hall services and information from your mobile device. Report non-emergency issues like potholes or graffiti, view city news and events, and register for recreation programs.

Highlights
  • Report non-emergency service requests
  • Access city news and events
  • Register for recreation programs
  • View job opportunities
  • Connect to city social media
Features
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Our Kirkland – your one stop access to City Hall from your mobile device. • Request a non-emergency service or notify the City of a concern – choose from a variety of topics such as reporting potholes, street lights out, graffiti, tree removal/pruning, contact City Council, code compliance/property maintenance, and more! • Access information on events and City news. • Connect to the City’s website, Explore Kirkland website and social media sites. • View the current Recreation Activity Guide and register for programs. • Request a Public Record. • View current City job opportunities. Our Kirkland app is an easy and efficient way to communicate and resolve concerns in our community.

Screenshots

Quip4 screens
Our Kirkland4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Quip at 71% against Our Kirkland's 0%. Quip also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (26K vs 7). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Quip holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quip has 26K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Quip's written reviews are positive against 0% of Our Kirkland's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quip ships an update every 6 weeks, Our Kirkland every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Quip versus Our Kirkland: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuipOur Kirkland
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (26K ratings) — better4.4 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews71.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings26K — better7
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 16 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQuipCity of Kirkland

Customer experience

Quip

All ratings25,684 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.3%
Written reviews1,175 reviews
Positive71.2%
Neutral7.0%
Negative21.8%

Our Kirkland

All ratings7 ratings
Positive71.4%
Neutral28.6%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Our Kirkland

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Quip

No in-app purchases

None

Our Kirkland

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quip free?
Quip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Our Kirkland free?
Our Kirkland is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Quip or Our Kirkland?
Quip is rated higher. Quip averages 4.7 out of 5 from 26K ratings, while Our Kirkland averages 4.4 from 7 ratings.
Do Quip or Our Kirkland have ads?
Neither Quip nor Our Kirkland shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quip or Our Kirkland?
Quip ships an update every 6 weeks, and Our Kirkland every 16 months. Most recently, Quip was updated on October 22, 2026 and Our Kirkland on September 15, 2026.

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