Comparison

Quip vs MySantaClara

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

MySantaClara

Report community issues like graffiti and access city services. Submit service requests with photos, track their progress, and receive completion notifications. Participate in local government by connecting with city staff.

Highlights
  • Report community issues
  • Submit service requests with photos
  • Track request progress
  • Receive completion notifications
  • Access City services
  • Connect with local government
Features
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MySantaClara is a great way to connect with your Santa Clara government to report problems in the community and access many different City services. If you see something that needs attention – such as graffiti – you can submit a service request and even attach a photo. MySantaClara routes the issue to the right City staff person; you will be notified through your phone when the work is complete. You can also monitor requests and provide comments. Local government functions at its best when everyone participates. Download the app to get started today!

Screenshots

Quip4 screens
MySantaClara4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Quip at 71% against MySantaClara's 0%. Quip also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.9) and ads (none vs shown). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quip has 26K ratings behind it against 9, 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 MySantaClara's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quip ships an update every 6 weeks, MySantaClara every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Quip versus MySantaClara: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuipMySantaClara
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (26K ratings) — better2.9 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews71.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings26K — better9
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size65 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperQuipCity of Santa Clara

Customer experience

Quip

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

MySantaClara

All ratings9 ratings
Positive44.4%
Neutral0.0%
Negative55.6%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

MySantaClara

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Quip

No in-app purchases

None

MySantaClara

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quip free?
Quip is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MySantaClara free?
MySantaClara is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Quip or MySantaClara?
Quip is rated higher. Quip averages 4.7 out of 5 from 26K ratings, while MySantaClara averages 2.9 from 9 ratings.
Do Quip or MySantaClara have ads?
MySantaClara shows ads; Quip does not.
Which is updated more often, Quip or MySantaClara?
Quip ships an update every 6 weeks, and MySantaClara every 4 months. Most recently, Quip was updated on October 20, 2026 and MySantaClara on October 1, 2026.

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