Comparison

Quick Capture vs Litho

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

Head to head
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.

About

Litho

This app streamlines the process of converting screenshots into editable Markdown notes for Obsidian. It extracts text on-device and allows for quick saving to your chosen folders, with options for advanced editing before finalization.

Highlights
  • On-device text extraction
  • Save directly to chosen folders
  • No account required
  • Capture history
  • Open notes in preferred Markdown app
  • Advanced capture controls
Features
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Litho helps you get useful screenshots out of Photos and into Obsidian fast. Share a screenshot, extract the text on-device, and save a clean Markdown note to your chosen folder in seconds. Use Quick Save for fast capture, or take control before saving with tags, added context, image options, cropping, and rerun text extraction. Why Litho fits Obsidian and other file-first workflows: • On-device text extraction with Apple Vision • Save directly to your chosen folder • No account required • Capture History included • Open saved notes in your preferred Markdown app Free and Pro: • Free tier includes note saving and stays useful forever • 5 Pro Preview Saves included to test advanced capture controls • One-time Pro purchase unlocks unlimited advanced controls Great for tweets and Reddit threads you want to keep, article highlights, lecture slides, code snippets, software design patterns, product feedback, and other screenshots you want as usable notes instead of lost images in your camera roll.

Screenshots

Quick Capture4 screens
Litho4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Litho at 5.0 against Quick Capture's 4.5. Litho also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 10 days). Quick Capture's advantage is ratings volume (107 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Quick Capture sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Litho 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

Litho holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Capture has 107 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Capture ships an update every 10 days, Litho every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Quick Capture versus Litho: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick CaptureLitho
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (107 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings107 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPradeep BuruguDorde Krecar

Customer experience

Quick Capture

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

Litho

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Quick Capture

One-time1
  • Lifetime plan$5.99
1 purchases

Litho

One-time1
  • Litho App Pro$9.99

Questions

Is Quick Capture free?
Quick Capture is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Litho free?
Litho is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quick Capture or Litho?
Litho is rated higher. Quick Capture averages 4.5 out of 5 from 107 ratings, while Litho averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Quick Capture or Litho have ads?
Neither Quick Capture nor Litho shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Capture or Litho?
Quick Capture ships an update every 10 days, and Litho every 3 days. Most recently, Quick Capture was updated on November 4, 2026 and Litho on October 31, 2026.

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