Comparison

DEVONthink To Go 4 vs Quick Notes (easy voice notes)

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

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About

DEVONthink To Go 4

Manage your entire knowledge library on your iPad and iPhone. Organize, edit, and annotate documents, notes, and more. Leverage generative AI for summaries, content creation, and advanced search. Syncs privately and securely across devices.

Highlights
  • Document organization and management
  • AI-powered summaries and content creation
  • PDF annotation and editing
  • On-device OCR for searchable documents
  • Cross-device secure synchronization
  • Custom metadata and tagging
  • Shortcuts automation
Features
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Your entire knowledge library. Always with you. Always private. DEVONthink To Go is your document repository when you're not at your Mac. Collect, organize, edit, and annotate. Use generative AI to work with your stored knowledge or create new documents. Automate with Shortcuts. Our time-tested technology keeps all your data in sync between your Mac, iPad, and iPhone, privately and securely. The professional document and information manager for iPad and iPhone. From DEVONtechnologies, driving innovation since 2002. - Students: Annotate research papers with AI-powered summaries - Teachers: Organize your materials, use AI to create handouts and tests - Researchers: Have your data with you in a robust, powerful knowledge manager - Lawyers: Keep all case files organized and encrypted Have your important documents with you at all times: - Never lose an important document again, keep everything organized - Store PDFs, notes, images, bookmarks, just about any type - File your documents in groups, even more than one group at a time - Use tags, mark documents with flags or as unread, give them a star rating - Versioning lets you return to a previous state of a document - Revision-proof databases prevent edits to documents with special requirements - Sync your data between Macs, iPads, and iPhones, securely and privately Work with your documents: - Edit texts, Markdown files, or rich text documents - Annotate and edit PDFs with common tools - Make scans, scanned PDFs, or images searchable with the built-in, on-device OCR - Add custom, searchable metadata fields to enrich your documents Use generative AI: - Work with your favorite provider and model - Chat with your documents, analyze or summarize them - Transform text or extract text from images and even handwritten notes - Create new images from your data - Find documents using natural language with the AI-powered search assistant - Let the AI make order from chaos, rename documents, add tags, or label or rate them DEVONthink To Go is well-integrated with other apps: - Link to your documents from other apps with universal links - Access all your documents also through the Files app - Clip data from almost any app with the Clip to DEVONthink extension - Use drag-and-drop, inside DEVONthink To Go or between apps - Automate repetitive tasks with Shortcuts actions DEVONthink To Go is great standalone but also works perfectly with DEVONthink for Mac and across multiple devices. Synchronize your databases securely and privately over the local network or through a cloud service of your choice. You decide what data is synced, when, and where. Strong encryption makes sure that your data belongs to you, not to your service provider or us. Privacy policy: https://www.devontechnologies.com/r/privacy End user license agreement: https://www.devontechnologies.com/r/eula

About

Quick Notes (easy voice notes)

Record your thoughts using your voice and get instant transcriptions. This app is ideal for capturing quick ideas or memos when typing is inconvenient. All processing occurs on-device for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • Instant voice-to-text transcription
  • On-device AI processing
  • Share or copy transcriptions
  • Lifetime stats tracking
  • Brainstorm mode
  • Save audio files
Features
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Capture your thoughts with your voice. Tap to record, get instant transcriptions, then save or share. Perfect for quick ideas, voice memos, or anything you'd rather say than type. Multi-language support detects your device language automatically. Features - Instant voice-to-text transcription - Clean up text with Apple Intelligence - Share or copy transcriptions to any app - Lifetime stats tracking Premium Features - Brainstorm mode - Save audio files for playback - Cleanup notes with Gemini All transcription and AI processing happens on-device. Your recordings are never sent to external servers. Privacy Policy: https://birchtree.productions/apps/quick-notes/privacy.html Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

DEVONthink To Go 44 screens
Quick Notes (easy voice notes)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DEVONthink To Go 4 at 4.7 against Quick Notes (easy voice notes)'s 4.2. DEVONthink To Go 4 also leads on ratings volume (242 vs 22). Quick Notes (easy voice notes)'s advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 45%). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. DEVONthink To Go 4 sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Quick Notes (easy voice notes) sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

DEVONthink To Go 4 holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DEVONthink To Go 4 has 242 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 45% of DEVONthink To Go 4's written reviews are positive against 67% of Quick Notes (easy voice notes)'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DEVONthink To Go 4 ships an update every 3 weeks, Quick Notes (easy voice notes) every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DEVONthink To Go 4 versus Quick Notes (easy voice notes): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDEVONthink To Go 4Quick Notes (easy voice notes)
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (242 ratings) — better4.2 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews44.8% of reviews66.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings242 — better22
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size193 MB14 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperDEVONtechnologies, LLCMatt Birchler

Customer experience

DEVONthink To Go 4

All ratings242 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive44.8%
Neutral20.7%
Negative34.5%

Quick Notes (easy voice notes)

All ratings22 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

DEVONthink To Go 4

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly1 Month trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly1 Month trial$19.991 Year
3 purchases

Quick Notes (easy voice notes)

Subscriptions1
  • Brainstorm Mode$4.991 Month
One-time2
  • Cleanup with Gemini$2.99
  • Save Audio Notes$4.99

Questions

Is DEVONthink To Go 4 free?
DEVONthink To Go 4 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quick Notes (easy voice notes) free?
Quick Notes (easy voice notes) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DEVONthink To Go 4 or Quick Notes (easy voice notes)?
DEVONthink To Go 4 is rated higher. DEVONthink To Go 4 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 242 ratings, while Quick Notes (easy voice notes) averages 4.2 from 22 ratings.
Do DEVONthink To Go 4 or Quick Notes (easy voice notes) have ads?
Neither DEVONthink To Go 4 nor Quick Notes (easy voice notes) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DEVONthink To Go 4 or Quick Notes (easy voice notes)?
DEVONthink To Go 4 ships an update every 3 weeks, and Quick Notes (easy voice notes) every 2 weeks. Most recently, DEVONthink To Go 4 was updated on October 16, 2026 and Quick Notes (easy voice notes) on October 7, 2026.

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