Quick Journal vs Tucan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Customizable themes and fonts
- App icon and layout personalization
- Home screen widgets
- Save entries as drafts
- Copy and share entries
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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/
Tucan
This minimalist habit tracker uses a simple dot grid to visualize your progress. Mark habits as done with a single tap, with offline functionality and gentle reminders. A subscription unlocks full access after a 7-day free trial.
- Minimalist monochrome design
- Dot grid history visualization
- Binary habit tracking (done/not done)
- Offline-first functionality
- Gentle daily reminders
- 7-day free trial
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Tucan is a calm, monochrome habit tracker. No streaks to break, no noise — a quiet dot grid that fills in as you show up. Mark a habit done with one tap. Instant, works offline, keeps a clean record of every day you keep. WHY TUCAN • Binary habits: done or not. Nothing to overthink. • The dot grid is the hero. Your whole history at a glance. • Monochrome by design. The data is the focus. • Offline-first. Marking is instant; sync happens later. • Gentle reminders, on your schedule. TUCAN PRO 7-day free trial. Then Tucan Pro keeps tracking going. No feature gates — everything is included. • Annual — from $8.99/year • Monthly — from $1.99/month Prices vary by region and are shown before you buy. Charged to your Apple ID. Renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage in App Store → Account → Subscriptions. Privacy: https://carlosprnt.github.io/Tucan/privacy.html Terms: https://carlosprnt.github.io/Tucan/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quick Journal at none against Tucan's 2. Quick Journal also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Tucan's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Tucan sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Quick Journal asks for nothing beyond the download.
Quick Journal ships an update every 9 days, Tucan every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Journal | Tucan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (24 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 86.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Charlie Deets | Carlos Pariente |
Customer experience
Quick Journal
Tucan
In-app purchases
Quick Journal
No in-app purchases
Tucan
- Tucan Pro$1.991 Month
- Tucan Pro Annual$8.991 Year
