Crastinate vs Ideas Down Quickly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Crastinate
This task manager offers a simple and kind approach to managing your to-do list. It focuses on getting things done without rigid schedules or due dates, making productivity feel effortless.
- Task management without rigid calendars
- Procrastination made useful
- Forgets due dates
- Clean and simple interface
- No signups or data collection
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Crastinate is a task manager that works like you do. It does away with rigid calendars, makes procrastination useful and forgets due dates ever existed. It's clean, simple and most of all kind. No signups, in-app purchases, data collection, or AI required. Please procrastinate!
Ideas Down Quickly
Capture thoughts instantly with this frictionless note-taking app. Organize ideas into categories and find them quickly. Prioritizes privacy with offline functionality and on-device storage.
- Zero-friction capture
- Simple organization
- Easy browsing
- Offline functionality
- On-device storage
- Open source
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Ideas slipping away? Ideas Down Quickly is built for speed. Capture thoughts the moment they appear—no setup, no friction. Organize effortlessly, find ideas fast, and come back to them whenever inspiration strikes. Fast by Design - Zero-friction capture: Create or select a category and start recording instantly. - Simple organization: Keep ideas neatly categorized with minimal effort. - Easy browsing: Quickly scan and revisit past thoughts. Privacy First - Works offline: No internet required. - Optional iCloud backup and restore: Disabled by default. - On-device storage: Your ideas never leave your device. - Full data control: Backup and restore anytime from within the app. - Open source: Fully transparent—see exactly how everything works.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Ideas Down Quickly at Free against Crastinate's $0.99. Ideas Down Quickly also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs monthly) and device support (3 vs 1). Crastinate's advantage is ratings volume (11 vs 2). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Ideas Down Quickly is free to download; Crastinate costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Crastinate against 5.0 for Ideas Down Quickly. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Crastinate has 11 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Crastinate ships an update monthly, Ideas Down Quickly every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Crastinate | Ideas Down Quickly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lucas Forsman Boothe | Travis Bumgarner |
Customer experience
Crastinate
Ideas Down Quickly
In-app purchases
Crastinate
No in-app purchases
Ideas Down Quickly
No in-app purchases
