Comparison

Quick Reviews vs Coax

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

Head to head
About

Quick Reviews

Create visually appealing, shareable review images for movies, TV shows, games, books, and music. Customize your reviews with various design options and smart features for seamless social media sharing.

Highlights
  • Create visual reviews for media
  • Customize colors, fonts, and layouts
  • Magic Mode for auto data import
  • Letterboxd integration
  • Supports movies, TV, games, books, music
  • Automated backups
Features
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Quick Reviews turns your media opinions into stunning visual reviews! Create beautiful, shareable review images for movies, TV shows, games, apps, books, and music that stand out on social media. Beautiful Customization - Three looks for every review: Standard, Showcase, and the new poster-forward Cinema layout - Customize colors, scoring systems, fonts, and layouts - Select alternate posters and cover art (Premium) - Generate stunning review images perfect for social sharing Smart Features - Magic Mode: Live search fills in titles, posters, and details as you type (Premium) - Letterboxd Integration: Import existing reviews and sync new ones (Premium) - Multi-Media Support: Movies, TV, games, apps, books, music, and more - 4-point scoring system with customizable labels Seamless Experience - iCloud sync keeps your reviews up to date on all your devices - Unlimited review history to track everything you've consumed - Daily automated backups with easy restore - Copy review text for alt-text accessibility - Modern SwiftUI interface optimized for iOS Premium Features Upgrade to unlock Magic Mode search and auto-completion, alternate poster selection, and Letterboxd integration. Privacy First We don't collect your personal data. Your reviews stay yours - we're not in the data collection business. --- Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy: https://quickreviews.app/privacy.html

About

Coax

Experience your Plex media library like a traditional cable TV experience. This app automatically generates channels from your existing content, allowing you to randomly discover movies and shows without the pressure of choosing.

Highlights
  • On-device Plex library channel surfing
  • Zero-setup integration
  • Automatic channel guide generation
  • Customizable channel categories (genre, decade, actor, etc.)
  • Create channels from Plex Collections
  • Unify TV and movie libraries
  • Adjustable number of channels
Features
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Demolish the tyranny of too much choice, say "NO" to BigAlgo, and just Relax with Coax. Within seconds, you'll be flipping through a schedule made entirely of your own home media server content. Jump right in with the on-screen cable guide and watch whatever's on, just like the old days. You can't pause, you can't skip forward, you can't rewind - all you can do is change the channel. Experience the joy of randomly happening upon a great scene in a movie you forgot you had, or a TV show marathon for an old favorite. Coax requires no setup at all - it uses the metadata your media library already has. If you want, you can create your own custom Lineups, with all sorts of simple yet powerful scheduling rules - create a Saturday Morning Cartoons Lineup for your inner (or actual) child, or a Late Night Thrillers Lineup for date night. Important: This app requires a Plex account and access to a Plex Media Server (or Jellyfin, or Emby). Coax does not provide or distribute any media; it only connects to content you already own. How to configure your Lineups: • Coax scans your home media libraries and generates a channel guide based on your content’s metadata. • Select which channel categories you want: Genre, Decade, Recent Additions, Actor, Studio, Director, and Collections. • Create 100% custom channels using Collections. • Unify your libraries to mix TV and movie channels. • Adjust the number of channels you want to generate. •  Customize the time between your programs with Gap Content - play Trailers, or content from another Library if you want! Coax is your personal “cable box” for your own content — no extra accounts, no third-party streaming, just your Plex library organized in a fun, nostalgic way. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Quick Reviews4 screens
Coax4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Quick Reviews at 4.7 against Coax's 4.2. Coax's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and device support (5 vs 2). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and update cadence 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 Reviews sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per year and Coax sells 3 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

Quick Reviews holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 41 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 71% of Quick Reviews's written reviews are positive against 77% of Coax's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Quick Reviews versus Coax: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick ReviewsCoax
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (19 ratings) — better4.2 (41 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews76.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1941 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB58 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMatt BirchlerOut to Lunch Productions, LLC

Customer experience

Quick Reviews

All ratings19 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

Coax

All ratings41 ratings
Positive80.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative19.5%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral3.8%
Negative19.2%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Quick Reviews

Subscriptions1
  • Quick Reviews Premium$9.991 Year
3 purchases

Coax

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly - 1st Week Free7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Annual - 1st Week Free7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$74.99

Questions

Is Quick Reviews free?
Quick Reviews is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Coax free?
Coax is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quick Reviews or Coax?
Quick Reviews is rated higher. Quick Reviews averages 4.7 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while Coax averages 4.2 from 41 ratings.
Do Quick Reviews or Coax have ads?
Neither Quick Reviews nor Coax shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Reviews or Coax?
Quick Reviews ships an update weekly, and Coax weekly. Most recently, Quick Reviews was updated on October 24, 2026 and Coax on October 24, 2026.

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