Comparison

CustomPod vs Quick Capture

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

Head to head
About

CustomPod

Create custom audio briefings from various online sources like work teams, websites, and news topics. Listen to your personalized updates in any podcast app and access detailed articles or messages for more information.

Highlights
  • Customizable audio briefings
  • Integrates with Slack, websites, and news
  • Podcast app compatibility
  • Detailed article/message access
  • On-the-go updates
Features
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CustomPod puts you in control of the content you listen to, allowing you to get updates from everywhere on the internet including your work teams, and favorite websites/apps in a podcast-style briefing of what's going on that day. Get on-the-go updates consisting of what's going on in your slack teams at work, interesting web searches that you want to stay up to date on, as well as what's going on in important topics in the news. Hear them all in a single briefing that you can listen to in your favorite podcast app (most podcast apps are supported) Want more info about any of the details in the briefing? See all of the articles and messages that went into it to learn more about any given update.

About

Quick Capture

Effortlessly capture ideas, moments, and thoughts directly into your Obsidian vaults. This app streamlines note-taking by allowing you to create multiple destinations within a vault or connect to different vaults, ensuring your inspirations are saved without interruption.

Highlights
  • Capture notes in Obsidian
  • Multiple vault connections
  • Append to existing notes
  • Voice recording with transcription
  • Document scanning
  • File and photo sending
  • Sketching and drawing capture
Features
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Quick Capture - Vault notes for Obsidian app This Quick Capture app is designed for power users of Obsidian, helping you focus purely on capturing ideas, moments, and thoughts as they come—without primarily worrying about which vault or page to open. It removes distractions, letting you effortlessly capture drafts and inspirations in Obsidian app, keeping you in the creative flow. → You can create multiple destinations to one vault → You can also connect to multiple vaults where each destination is dedicated to one vault → You can create a new note in a vault. → You can append text to an existing note in a vault. → You can send voice recordings with transcription to your vault. → You can scan documents to your vault. → You can send files or photos to your vault. → You can sketch and send those drawings to your vault.

Screenshots

CustomPod4 screens
Quick Capture4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: CustomPod at 100% against Quick Capture's 74%. CustomPod also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Quick Capture's advantage is ratings volume (103 vs 9). 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. CustomPod sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month and Quick Capture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CustomPod holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Capture has 103 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of CustomPod's written reviews are positive against 74% of Quick Capture's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CustomPod ships an update every 2 weeks, Quick Capture every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
CustomPod versus Quick Capture: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCustomPodQuick Capture
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (9 ratings) — better4.5 (103 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better73.7% of reviews
Number of ratings9103 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB43 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperNapsty, LLCPradeep Burugu

Customer experience

CustomPod

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Quick Capture

All ratings103 ratings
Positive84.5%
Neutral7.8%
Negative7.8%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral12.3%
Negative14.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CustomPod

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
1 purchases

Quick Capture

One-time1
  • Lifetime plan$5.99

Questions

Is CustomPod free?
CustomPod is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quick Capture free?
Quick Capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, CustomPod or Quick Capture?
CustomPod is rated higher. CustomPod averages 4.8 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Quick Capture averages 4.5 from 103 ratings.
Do CustomPod or Quick Capture have ads?
Neither CustomPod nor Quick Capture shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CustomPod or Quick Capture?
CustomPod ships an update every 2 weeks, and Quick Capture every 10 days. Most recently, CustomPod was updated on September 28, 2026 and Quick Capture on October 7, 2026.

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