Comparison

Quip vs Simplicated

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

Simplicated

Track any personal metric from health to finances with this privacy-focused app. Log data effortlessly, customize dashboards, and gain insights from your personal information, all stored securely on your device.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive metric tracking
  • Customizable dashboards
  • Effortless logging with NFC
  • On-device data storage
  • Actionable insights generation
  • Telemetry control
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Simplicated: Your All-in-One Personal Tracker for a Simpler, More Insightful Life Take control of your personal data with Simplicated, the ultimate tracking app designed for unparalleled privacy, effortless logging, and powerful insights. Track anything that matters to you—from health and fitness to nutrition, finances, productivity, mental well-being, and beyond—all within one intuitive and secure application. Key Features & Usage Flows: Comprehensive Metric Tracking: Create & Customize: Define and track any metric you desire, tailoring the app to your unique needs. Effortless Logging: Quickly log data with one-tap entries or streamline the process using NFC-triggered actions for instant data capture. Detailed Views: Access comprehensive lists of your metrics and dive into detailed views for each, reviewing historical logs and trends. Personalized Dashboards: Customizable Grid: Build and arrange dynamic dashboards with a variety of widgets to visualize your data exactly how you want. Seamless Navigation: Easily switch between multiple personalized dashboards to get different perspectives on your progress. Add & Edit Widgets: Tailor your dashboards by adding new widgets and editing existing ones to display key information at a glance. Gain Powerful Insights: Transform your raw data into actionable understanding. The dedicated Insights section helps you discover patterns, analyze trends, and make informed decisions to achieve your goals. Uncompromised Privacy & Control: On-Device Data Storage: All your personal data is stored exclusively on your device. No accounts, no cloud uploads, and absolutely no personally identifiable information (PII) is collected. Your data remains yours, always. Telemetry Control: You have full control over anonymous usage data and error reporting. Telemetry is opt-in by default and can be enabled or disabled at any time within the app's settings, ensuring complete transparency and privacy. Intuitive Settings: Manage app preferences, control data privacy settings, and organize individual profiles within the comprehensive settings section. Why Choose Simplicated? All-in-One Solution: Consolidate your tracking needs, replacing multiple apps with one powerful tool. Privacy-First Design: Experience true data ownership with local storage and no PII collection. Efficiency & Simplicity: Log data quickly and effortlessly, designed for your convenience. Actionable Insights: Turn your data into meaningful knowledge for personal growth. Download Simplicated today and embark on a journey to a more organized, insightful, and private life.

Screenshots

Quip4 screens
Simplicated4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Quip at 26K against Simplicated's 2. Quip also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). Simplicated's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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

Simplicated 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Quip versus Simplicated: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuipSimplicated
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (26K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings26K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQuipStudio 402, Inc.

Customer experience

Quip

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

Simplicated

All ratings2 ratings
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

Simplicated

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Quip

No in-app purchases

None

Simplicated

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quip free?
Quip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Simplicated free?
Simplicated is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Quip or Simplicated?
Simplicated is rated higher. Quip averages 4.7 out of 5 from 26K ratings, while Simplicated averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Quip or Simplicated have ads?
Neither Quip nor Simplicated shows ads.

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