Comparison

Quip vs Visual IQ

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

Head to head
About

Quip

This app provides intelligent clipboard management across your devices, syncing copied content via iCloud. Access your clipboard history from any app with a custom keyboard, organize items with collections, and create shortcuts for frequently used text.

Highlights
  • Cross-device clipboard sync
  • Unlimited clipboard history
  • Custom keyboard for pasting
  • Organize with collections
  • Create reusable shortcuts
  • Visual previews of content
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**Quip - Intelligent clipboard across devices** Quip brings desktop-class clipboard management to your iPhone and iPad. With the Quip Keyboard, access your clipboard history from any app, while powerful organization tools keep everything you copy exactly where you need it. **YOUR CLIPBOARD, EVERYWHERE** Never lose important content again. Everything you copy syncs instantly across your Mac, iPhone, and iPad via secure iCloud storage. • Unlimited clipboard history across all devices • Lightning-fast search finds anything instantly • Beautiful visual previews for all content types • Secure iCloud sync keeps everything in reach **QUIP KEYBOARD - PASTE FROM ANYWHERE** Access your entire clipboard history from any iOS app with the Quip Keyboard. No more switching apps to find that link or code snippet. • System-wide access through custom keyboard • Paste any item with a simple tap • Auto-save automatically captures your latest copies • Works seamlessly with standard iOS clipboard **SMART ORGANIZATION** Collections let you organize content your way. Create project folders, client groups, or let Smart Collections automatically sort items using custom rules. • Flexible collections system beats rigid folders • Smart Collections auto-organize with custom filters • Advanced filtering by app, type, date, and content • Pin important items for instant access **SUPER SHORTCUTS FOR QUICK ACCESS** Create shortcuts for frequently used content. Your email, signature, addresses, and more - all available with a single tap in Quip Keyboard. • Turn any item into a reusable shortcut • Access shortcuts instantly from Quip Keyboard • Perfect for emails, addresses, and boilerplate text • Sync shortcuts across all your devices **CONTINUITY & HANDOFF** Seamlessly work between your devices. Copy on iPhone, paste on Mac. Use Continuity Camera to scan documents directly into your clipboard. • Perfect sync between Mac, iPhone, and iPad • Continuity Camera for document scanning • Works alongside Universal Clipboard • Privacy-first with local data encryption **SUBSCRIPTION TERMS** Advanced features require subscription: • Monthly: $2.99/month • Annual: $14.99/year (Save 69%) • 2-week free trial included Subscription includes full-featured Mac app. Auto-renewal managed in Settings. Payment charged to App Store account. **SUPPORT & CONTACT** Website: bzgapps.com Support: support@bzgapps.com Privacy Policy: https://www.bzgapps.com/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Visual IQ

This app uses advanced visual intelligence to convert photos and screenshots into actionable data. It integrates seamlessly with iOS to add events to your calendar, contacts from business cards, tasks to reminders, and locations to maps. You can also extract text, identify objects, and get detailed descriptions of images.

Highlights
  • Capture events into Calendar
  • Import contacts from images
  • Create tasks from lists
  • Extract locations into Maps
  • Identify objects and species
  • Translate text in images
  • Get image descriptions and answers
Features
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Turn photos into actions. Visual IQ saves you time by converting pictures and screenshots into real results in seconds using cutting-edge visual intelligence. Front and center is the app's tight integration into iOS to help you get things done with incredible ease. Take a photo or screenshot and easily import its events into Calendar, people into Contacts, tasks into Reminders, or locations into Maps. You can also extract or translate text, identify items, get an answer to a question, or a detailed description of the image. Included are useful actions for Shortcuts, a share extension, and the app be opened using control widgets in Control Center or your Lock Screen as well as pressing the Camera Control button. Features: • Capture multiple events from schedules, calendars, event posters, and more into Calendar. • Import multiple people from business cards, posters, and more into Contacts. • Snap multiple tasks from grocery, to-do lists, etc. into Reminders. • Grab multiple locations from lists of addresses into Maps or Google Maps. • Identify anything in an image such as a dog's breed or a plant's species. • Lookup accurate translations of text in a picture to over 40 languages. • Get a detailed description or answer questions about any photo or screenshot. Visual IQ is free to use for up to 5 scans a day and 50 scans per month. There are optional upgrades to increase these rate limits, access more accurate models, and unlock access to scan history. Try out Visual IQ today and start saving time. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime in your Apple account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.cromulentlabs.com/visualiq/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Quip4 screens
Visual IQ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Visual IQ at 100% against Quip's 35%. Visual IQ also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.0) and monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription). Quip's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Quip sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Visual IQ sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Visual IQ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 54 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Quip's written reviews are positive against 100% of Visual IQ's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Quip versus Visual IQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuipVisual IQ
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (11 ratings)4.7 (54 ratings) — better
Positive reviews35.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1154 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationSubscriptionFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.117.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBZG Inc.Cromulent Labs

Customer experience

Quip

All ratings11 ratings
Positive45.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative54.5%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive35.3%
Neutral5.9%
Negative58.8%

Visual IQ

All ratings53 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral1.9%
Negative5.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Quip

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Quip quip window issue
  • Inability to delete multiple items
  • Lack of accessibility and navigation support
  • Incompatibility with input fields and dropdowns

Requested features

2 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Ability to delete multiple items

Visual IQ

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Quip

Subscriptions2
  • Quip Monthly14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Quip Yearly14 Days trial$14.991 Year
4 purchases

Visual IQ

Subscriptions4
  • Visual IQ Plus Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Visual IQ Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Visual IQ Plus Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Visual IQ Premium Yearly$79.991 Year

Questions

Is Quip free?
Quip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Visual IQ free?
Visual IQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quip or Visual IQ?
Visual IQ is rated higher. Quip averages 3.0 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Visual IQ averages 4.7 from 54 ratings.
Do Quip or Visual IQ have ads?
Visual IQ shows ads; Quip does not.
Which is updated more often, Quip or Visual IQ?
Quip ships an update fortnightly, and Visual IQ fortnightly. Most recently, Quip was updated on October 30, 2026 and Visual IQ on November 5, 2026.

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