Quick Note vs Highlit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā 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 ā 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 ā 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 ā "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 ā no subscription, ever.
Highlit
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Your Kindle and Kobo highlights, finally in one clean place. Highlit turns the messy My Clippings.txt from your Kindle and the KoboReader.sqlite database from your Kobo into a tidy, searchable library you'll actually enjoy opening. WHAT YOU CAN DO ⢠Import in seconds: Kindle My Clippings.txt and Kobo KoboReader.sqlite. Duplicates are removed automatically. ⢠Browse by book: every highlight is grouped under the book it came from. ⢠Search everything: find that one quote across your whole library. ⢠Random highlight: rediscover passages you forgot you saved. ⢠Favorites: keep your best lines one tap away, and review only those at random. ⢠Make it yours: add or edit highlights by hand and pick a color for each one. ⢠Share as an image: choose the size and background color, then send it anywhere. FREE. NO ADS. NO ACCOUNT. Highlit is free, with no sign-up, no subscription and no ads. Your highlights stay on your device and the app works fully offline. They only leave your device when you choose to share them. WHO IT'S FOR Avid readers, students who take notes from books, and anyone who highlights on a Kindle or Kobo e-reader and wants to read those passages again. HOW TO IMPORT Connect your Kindle to a computer and copy "documents/My Clippings.txt", or copy "KoboReader.sqlite" from the ".kobo" folder on your Kobo. Then open the file in Highlit. Highlit is an independent app and is not affiliated with Amazon or Rakuten Kobo. Kindle is a trademark of Amazon.com, Inc. Kobo is a trademark of Rakuten Kobo Inc. --- By using Highlit, you agree to: - Privacy Policy: https://tomoi.app/highlit/privacy-policy - Terms of Service: https://tomoi.app/highlit/terms-of-service - EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Highlit at none against Quick Note's 1. Highlit also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Quick Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Highlit asks for nothing beyond the download.
Quick Note ships an update every 2 weeks, Highlit every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Note | Highlit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Every 2 days ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No ā better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better |
| Requires iOS | 17.2 | 15.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mustafa Onus | Quoc Truong Phu |
In-app purchases
Quick Note
- Premium$0.99
Highlit
No in-app purchases









