Comparison

Quip vs Kuro

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 allows for real-time editing, task management, and easy sharing of information across all your devices, streamlining workflows and reducing the need for multiple applications.

Highlights
  • Integrated chat and messaging
  • Real-time document editing
  • Embedded spreadsheets with 400+ functions
  • Interactive slides for presentations
  • Cross-device access (iPhone, iPad, desktop)
  • Import from cloud storage and export to PDF/Office formats
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

Kuro

A minimalist expense tracker designed for quick and easy recording of daily spending. It offers intuitive categorization, budget setting, and visual statistics, all while prioritizing user privacy and data security. The app focuses on essential features without unnecessary complexity.

Highlights
  • One-tap expense logging
  • Ten main categories with subcategories
  • Desktop widgets for quick access
  • Monthly budget setting with alerts
  • Monthly spending comparison
  • Visual statistics (pie charts, calendar view)
  • iCloud synchronization
  • Face ID lock for privacy
Features
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Kuro 是一款专注于消费记录的极简记账工具。 不需要复杂的资产管理、不需要逐项配置、不需要登录账号——打开就能记,关上就走。 — 主要功能 — · 一键记账 首页底部 + 按钮,三秒完成一笔。常用项目自动学习,下次更快。 · 十大分类 + 详细子分类 餐饮、交通、娱乐、购物、健康、账单、教育、旅行、礼物、其他——10 个主分类覆盖 90% 的日常消费,每类还有细分(饮品 / 外卖 / 打车 / 订阅 …)。 · 桌面小组件 4 个常用按钮放在桌面,不打开 App 也能一键记账,今日支出实时更新。 · 月度预算 设置月度上限,Kuro 自动算每日可用余额。接近超支时变色提醒。 · 月度对比 本月 vs 上月。哪个分类涨了,哪个分类降了,一目了然。 · 视觉化统计 环形图看分类占比,日历视图看每日趋势。 · iCloud 同步 你的数据在你自己的 iCloud 私有容器里,跨设备自动同步。换手机重装也能找回。 · Face ID 锁定 财务隐私,加一层保护。 · 数据可携 随时一键导出 CSV,账本永远属于你。 — Kuro 不做什么 — × 不收集任何个人数据 × 没有广告、没有内购、没有订阅 × 不要求注册账号 × 不向任何第三方服务器发送数据 × 不追踪用户行为 — 设计理念 — 记账软件不应该需要你「管理」。它应该像日记一样安静。 Kuro 砍掉了多账本、自定义分类、付款方式、附件、退款关联等"高级功能"——对大多数人来说,这些只是干扰。 留下的,是一个专注的工具。

Screenshots

Quip4 screens
Kuro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Quip at 26K against Kuro's 1. Quip also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). Kuro'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

Kuro 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Quip versus Kuro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuipKuro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (26K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings26K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQuip子阳 陈

Customer experience

Quip

All ratings25,721 ratings
Positive93.2%
Neutral2.4%
Negative4.4%
Written reviews1,175 reviews
Positive71.2%
Neutral7.0%
Negative21.8%

Kuro

All ratings1 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

Kuro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Quip

No in-app purchases

None

Kuro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quip free?
Quip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kuro free?
Kuro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Quip or Kuro?
Kuro is rated higher. Quip averages 4.7 out of 5 from 26K ratings, while Kuro averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Quip or Kuro have ads?
Neither Quip nor Kuro shows ads.

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