Quick Note vs Sbooky
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quick Note
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Quick Note is a calm, fast notepad for everything you need to remember. Open it, capture the thought, get on with your day. No sign-up. No email. No password. Your notes are yours the second the app opens. CAPTURE IN ONE TAP The compose button opens straight into whatever you need: a blank note, a checklist, a reminder, a voice memo or a photo. Nothing to configure first. • Rich text with a simple formatting bar — bold, italic, headings, quotes, code and tables • Checklists you tick off with a tap, right on the card • Photos from your library, attached in seconds • Document scanner that turns paper into a clean, cropped page • Voice notes with live waveform and one-tap playback • Freehand drawing and handwriting with Apple Pencil or your finger • Any file, kept alongside the note it belongs to SEARCH THAT ACTUALLY FINDS IT Text recognition reads the words inside your photos and scans, so a receipt, a whiteboard or a business card turns up in search like any other note. Search covers titles, body text, tags and recognised text at once. ORGANISE HOWEVER YOU THINK • Folders for the big buckets • Tags for everything that crosses them • Eight colours to make a note findable at a glance • Pin the ones that matter to the top • Smart folders that save a search you keep repeating • Archive to clear the list without losing anything • Trash that holds deleted notes for 30 days • Grid or list, sorted by newest, oldest, title or last edited KEEP THE PRIVATE ONES PRIVATE Mark any note as locked and it disappears behind a passcode, hidden from your list and from search until you unlock it. Face ID and Touch ID work too. REMINDERS THAT SHOW UP Attach a date and time to a note and a notification arrives when it matters. No separate reminders app to keep in sync. BACKED UP, QUIETLY Notes back themselves up in the background so a lost phone does not mean lost notes. Sign-in is anonymous — there is no account to create and no personal details to hand over. You can delete everything, on the device and on the server, from Settings whenever you like. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN • Home screen widgets in three sizes, showing what is still open • Lock screen widgets for a glance without unlocking • Siri Shortcuts — "Add a note", or ask how many notes are still open BUILT TO STAY OUT OF THE WAY • Full dark mode, or follow your system setting • Ten languages: English, Turkish, German, French, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Italian • Works offline; everything syncs when you are back • Designed for iPhone and iPad Quick Note is free and supported by ads. One small, one-time purchase removes them for good — no subscription, ever.
Sbooky
Capture and save memorable sentences from books without marking them. Easily highlight, underline, or add pencil strokes to digital copies of pages. Organize your saved quotes into a personal digital library.
- Digitally highlight, underline, or pencil book sentences
- Straighten and crop page photos
- Organize saved sentences into a digital library
- Copy sentences as text for external use
- Daily greeting with a saved sentence
- Share highlights to social media or save to photos
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Highlight book passages in photos and collect them in your own Library. Snap a page, then tap the first and last letter of a passage. Add a textured highlight, save it by book, and copy the words or share the page to Instagram Stories. For library books, borrowed books, and books you'd rather keep unmarked. Keep the words that stay with you, without leaving a mark on the page. ◆ Highlight with two taps · Tap the first and last letter to select a passage. · Choose a highlighter, underline, or pencil, each with its own texture. · Make it yours with five soft colors. · Straighten tilted page photos and crop to the part you want. ◆ Build a Library from your reading · Keep your saved passages organized by book. · Watch each book's spine grow thicker as you collect more passages. · Fill your shelf with colorful spines and subtle paper textures. · Rename books or move passages between them. · Add page numbers so you can find your way back. ◆ Rediscover a favorite · A saved passage greets you on the app's home screen each day. · Tap to revisit the original page photo. · Remember the words—and what made you stop to keep them. ◆ Copy and share · Copy highlighted passages as text into Notes, Notion, or your reading journal. · Share directly to Instagram Stories, with the feel of the printed page intact. · Save to Photos to use wherever you like. · Prefer to keep it private? Saving to your Library is enough. ◆ A quiet place for your words · No account, no login, no ads. · Your passages and photos are stored on your device. Only anonymous usage statistics are collected. · Start free with up to 3 books in your Library. · Unlock unlimited books with a one-time purchase. No subscription. Return the book. Keep the words. Start with one passage you love.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Quick Note at 17.2 against Sbooky's 26.2. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Quick Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Sbooky sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Quick Note ships an update every 2 weeks, Sbooky weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Note | Sbooky |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 — better | 26.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mustafa Onus | Logogram LC. |
In-app purchases
Quick Note
- Premium$0.99
Sbooky
- Sbooky Premium$0.99









