Comparison

Napkin vs Quick Journal

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Napkin

Capture, organize, and develop your creative ideas and projects from inception to realization. This tool offers offline access, seamless syncing across Apple devices, and intuitive project visualization to bring structure to your creative process.

Highlights
  • Offline Access
  • iCloud Syncing
  • Idea Tracking
  • Project Visualization
  • Collaborative Feedback
  • Privacy Focused
Features
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Transform your flashes of creativity into fully fleshed-out projects with Napkin, the ultimate idea management tool designed for innovators, creators, and thinkers like you. Whether you're sketching out a novel concept, planning a startup, or developing a personal project, Napkin helps you capture, organize, and develop your ideas from inception to realization. Key Features: - Offline Access: Enjoy the freedom to work on your projects anywhere, anytime without the need for an internet connection. - iCloud Syncing: Seamlessly sync your ideas across all your Apple devices, ensuring your thoughts are always accessible and up-to-date. - Idea Tracking: Start with a simple idea and track its evolution through stages like 'Napkin', 'Up Next' and 'In Progress'. - Project Visualization: Use our intuitive interface to map out the journey of each idea. - Collaborative Feedback: Although primarily offline, Napkin offers the option to receive and incorporate feedback from trusted peers to refine your projects. - Privacy First: With no reliance on constant internet connectivity, your ideas stay private and secure within your device until you choose to sync them. Ideal for: Entrepreneurs, creative professionals, writers, project managers, and anyone looking to bring structure to their creative chaos. Download Napkin today and start transforming your ideas into reality!

About

Quick Journal

This app offers a straightforward journaling experience with extensive customization options. Personalize themes, fonts, icons, and layouts to create your ideal digital notebook. Widgets and draft saving features enhance usability for daily reflection.

Highlights
  • Customizable themes and fonts
  • App icon and layout personalization
  • Home screen widgets
  • Save entries as drafts
  • Copy and share entries
Features
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Quick Journal is the simplest way to keep a journal. You can customize your journal's theme, fonts, app icon, layout, and even where the composer button is placed. To help you write or keep track of your entries, the app features widgets you can put on your home screen. You can copy or share your entries. You can always come back to an entry later by saving it as a draft, just swipe down and the entry will be saved. Hope you enjoy! EULA https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Napkin4 screens
Quick Journal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Quick Journal at 4.7 against Napkin's 1.0. Quick Journal also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (24 vs 1). On price, ads, 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. Napkin sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Quick Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quick Journal holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Journal has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Napkin versus Quick Journal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNapkinQuick Journal
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.7 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—86.4% of reviews
Number of ratings124 — better
Update frequency—Every 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.4
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBen DouglasCharlie Deets

Customer experience

Napkin

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Quick Journal

All ratings24 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive86.4%
Neutral4.5%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Napkin

One-time1
  • Napkin Premium$7.99
None

Quick Journal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Napkin free?
Napkin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quick Journal free?
Quick Journal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Napkin or Quick Journal?
Quick Journal is rated higher. Napkin averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Quick Journal averages 4.7 from 24 ratings.
Do Napkin or Quick Journal have ads?
Neither Napkin nor Quick Journal shows ads.

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