Comparison

Quip vs Carbon Voice

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

Carbon Voice

This app allows teams to communicate asynchronously through voice messages. It automatically transcribes, summarizes, and makes conversations searchable. Users can extract action items and integrate with over 8,000 tools.

Highlights
  • Asynchronous voice messaging
  • Automatic transcription
  • AI-powered summaries
  • Action item extraction
  • Integration with 8,000+ tools
  • Cross-language auto-translation
  • Searchable conversation history
Features
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Carbon Voice is built for teams who work on the move. Execs, real-estate agents, home builders, field sales teams—anyone doing real work in planes, trains, cars, and everywhere in between. Talk without calling. Skip the phone tag, scheduling, and missed connections. Just tap, talk, and keep working. Conversations happen asynchronously—fast, natural, and effortless. Voice messaging, finally done right. Every message is automatically transcribed, searchable, and AI-summarized so nothing gets lost. “Carbon Voice is a voice productivity powerhouse.” — Ari Meisel Turn conversations into action. Use AI to ask questions about any discussion, generate summaries, track action items, and push follow-ups into 8,000+ tools via Zapier. Your conversations become insight, action, and knowledge. ----- Key Features TAP TO TALK Share instantly and replace calls with asynchronous voice collaboration. Communicate across languages with auto-translation. READ & SEARCH Every message is transcribed. Search, label, organize, and follow up with ease. AI ORGANIZES FOR YOU AI summaries, action items, document generation, and the ability to ask AI anything about your conversations. ----- Voice Memos Capture your own ideas quickly. Keep them organized—or share them with teammates via link, email, or text. ----- Built for Business. Designed for People. Workspaces, SSO, retention policies, access controls, and enterprise-grade security keep your organization aligned and compliant—whether you’re a small team or a global company. ----- Quick Access to Your Voice Ideas - Home widgets for one-tap recording and conversation access - iMessage Extension for instant link sharing - Share Extension for saving audio and files into Carbon Voice - Access your voice memos on the web - Slack integration for notifications and quick access - Google Workspace integration for using Carbon Voice inside Gmail, Docs, and more Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://getcarbon.app/privacy Extended Terms of Service: https://getcarbon.app/tos

Screenshots

Quip4 screens
Carbon Voice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quip at none against Carbon Voice's 12. Quip also leads on ratings volume (26K vs 15) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Carbon Voice's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). On price, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Carbon Voice sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Quip asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Carbon Voice holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quip has 26K ratings behind it against 15, 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 100% of Carbon Voice's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quip ships an update every 6 weeks, Carbon Voice every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Quip versus Carbon Voice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuipCarbon Voice
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (26K ratings)5.0 (15 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26K — better15
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB206 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQuipPhonon X Inc

Customer experience

Quip

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

Carbon Voice

All ratings15 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
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

Carbon Voice

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Quip

No in-app purchases

12 purchases

Carbon Voice

Subscriptions12
  • Starter + Global Voice7 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • Lite7 Days trial$10.991 Month
  • Lite + Global Voice7 Days trial$16.991 Month
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  • Standard7 Days trial$17.991 Month
  • Standard + Global Voice7 Days trial$23.991 Month
  • Pro7 Days trial$26.991 Month
  • Starter + Global Voice14 Days trial$69.991 Year
  • Lite14 Days trial$84.991 Year
  • Lite + Global Voice14 Days trial$149.991 Year
  • Standard14 Days trial$155.991 Year
  • Standard + Global Voice14 Days trial$219.991 Year
  • Pro14 Days trial$259.991 Year

Questions

Is Quip free?
Quip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Carbon Voice free?
Carbon Voice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quip or Carbon Voice?
Carbon Voice is rated higher. Quip averages 4.7 out of 5 from 26K ratings, while Carbon Voice averages 5.0 from 15 ratings.
Do Quip or Carbon Voice have ads?
Neither Quip nor Carbon Voice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quip or Carbon Voice?
Quip ships an update every 6 weeks, and Carbon Voice every 5 days. Most recently, Quip was updated on September 24, 2026 and Carbon Voice on September 10, 2026.

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