Quick Capture vs Quicknotes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Quicknotes
Capture your thoughts and ideas effortlessly with a focus on simplicity and fluidity. Organize notes into folders and sync them across devices. Unlock advanced features and unlimited notes with a Pro subscription.
- Create notes
- Create folders
- iCloud sync
- Unlimited notes (Pro)
- Advanced controls (Pro)
- Custom settings (Pro)
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Catch every thought before it gets away. Catch (formerly Flow Notes) is the fastest way to get something out of your head. Open, capture, done — no folders to file, no forms to fill. SPEAK IT. SAVE IT. Hold the mic button and talk. Your voice note is transcribed live, entirely on-device — nothing is uploaded anywhere. CATCH EVERYTHING • Text notes for quick thoughts and longer writing • Checklists for groceries, packing, and to-dos • Voice memos with instant transcription • Photos and links, saved in one tap STAY ORGANIZED WITHOUT TRYING Tags and collections keep everything findable. Pin what matters, search everything, and glance at a note right from your home screen widget. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your notes live on your device. No account, no sync servers, no tracking. CATCH PRO Go past 20 notes with Catch Pro — a simple yearly subscription with a 7-day free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings. Terms of Use & Privacy Policy: https://natetedesco.com/apps/catch/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Quicknotes at 100% against Quick Capture's 74%. Quicknotes also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.5). Quick Capture's advantage is ratings volume (103 vs 5) and iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). 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
Both are free to download. Quick Capture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Quicknotes sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Quicknotes 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 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Quick Capture's written reviews are positive against 100% of Quicknotes's.
Quick Capture ships an update every 10 days, Quicknotes every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quick Capture | Quicknotes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (103 ratings) | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 103 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pradeep Burugu | Nathaniel Tedesco |
Customer experience
Quick Capture
Quicknotes
In-app purchases
Quick Capture
- Lifetime plan$4.99
Quicknotes
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yearly$9.991 Year
- Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Lifetime$29.99
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