Quick Capture vs Story Circle
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.
Story Circle
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Story Circle is a simple tool to quickly turn an idea into a complete story. Tap any segment to write. Use hints when needed. Eight guided steps help shape a complete and balanced story. View a summary to read the full story as one connected text. Copy or export your story as a PDF. Story Circle is designed for moments when an idea appears and you want to capture it before it gets lost. Instead of writing freely and drifting into unnecessary details, the structure helps you stay focused on what you actually want to say. You don’t write linearly. You think in a circle. The story is built in eight segments that you fill in order. Each segment has a clear purpose and can be as short as needed. Step by step, a story with a beginning, middle, and end takes shape. The circle makes it easy to finish — to close the story instead of leaving it open. Story Circle is not a text editor. It doesn’t try to replace your writing software or distract you with formatting. It is a thinking tool, made to organize ideas, plan stories, and create a clear narrative guide for writing, speaking, or video planning. There is no theory to learn and no terminology to remember. Storytelling is understood by doing. You simply fill the circle and watch the story take shape. Story Circle is free to use. Upgrading is a choice, not a barrier. No subscriptions, no pressure — just a calm and focused way to think your story through..
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Story Circle at none against Quick Capture's 1. On price, ads, device support 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. Quick Capture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Story Circle asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Quick Capture | Story Circle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (103 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 73.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 103 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pradeep Burugu | Danuta Fulara |
In-app purchases
Quick Capture
- Lifetime plan$5.99
Story Circle
No in-app purchases
Questions
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