Comparison

Visual IQ vs Quick Notes (easy voice notes)

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

Head to head
About

Visual IQ

This app uses advanced visual intelligence to convert photos and screenshots into actionable data. It integrates seamlessly with iOS to add events to your calendar, contacts from business cards, tasks to reminders, and locations to maps. You can also extract text, identify objects, and get detailed descriptions of images.

Highlights
  • Capture events into Calendar
  • Import contacts from images
  • Create tasks from lists
  • Extract locations into Maps
  • Identify objects and species
  • Translate text in images
  • Get image descriptions and answers
Features
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Turn photos into actions. Visual IQ saves you time by converting pictures and screenshots into real results in seconds using cutting-edge visual intelligence. Front and center is the app's tight integration into iOS to help you get things done with incredible ease. Take a photo or screenshot and easily import its events into Calendar, people into Contacts, tasks into Reminders, or locations into Maps. You can also extract or translate text, identify items, get an answer to a question, or a detailed description of the image. Included are useful actions for Shortcuts, a share extension, and the app be opened using control widgets in Control Center or your Lock Screen as well as pressing the Camera Control button. Features: • Capture multiple events from schedules, calendars, event posters, and more into Calendar. • Import multiple people from business cards, posters, and more into Contacts. • Snap multiple tasks from grocery, to-do lists, etc. into Reminders. • Grab multiple locations from lists of addresses into Maps or Google Maps. • Identify anything in an image such as a dog's breed or a plant's species. • Lookup accurate translations of text in a picture to over 40 languages. • Get a detailed description or answer questions about any photo or screenshot. Visual IQ is free to use for up to 5 scans a day and 50 scans per month. There are optional upgrades to increase these rate limits, access more accurate models, and unlock access to scan history. Try out Visual IQ today and start saving time. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime in your Apple account settings. Privacy Policy: https://www.cromulentlabs.com/visualiq/privacy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Quick Notes (easy voice notes)

Record your thoughts using your voice and get instant transcriptions. This app is ideal for capturing quick ideas or memos when typing is inconvenient. All processing occurs on-device for enhanced privacy.

Highlights
  • Instant voice-to-text transcription
  • On-device AI processing
  • Share or copy transcriptions
  • Lifetime stats tracking
  • Brainstorm mode
  • Save audio files
Features
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Capture your thoughts with your voice. Tap to record, get instant transcriptions, then save or share. Perfect for quick ideas, voice memos, or anything you'd rather say than type. Multi-language support detects your device language automatically. Features - Instant voice-to-text transcription - Clean up text with Apple Intelligence - Share or copy transcriptions to any app - Lifetime stats tracking Premium Features - Brainstorm mode - Save audio files for playback - Cleanup notes with Gemini All transcription and AI processing happens on-device. Your recordings are never sent to external servers. Privacy Policy: https://birchtree.productions/apps/quick-notes/privacy.html Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Visual IQ4 screens
Quick Notes (easy voice notes)4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Quick Notes (easy voice notes) at none against Visual IQ's shown. Visual IQ's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 67%) and rating (4.6 vs 4.2). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Visual IQ sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Quick Notes (easy voice notes) sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Visual IQ holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 48 and 22 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Visual IQ's written reviews are positive against 67% of Quick Notes (easy voice notes)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Visual IQ ships an update fortnightly, Quick Notes (easy voice notes) every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Visual IQ versus Quick Notes (easy voice notes): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisual IQQuick Notes (easy voice notes)
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (48 ratings) — better4.2 (22 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings48 — better22
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCromulent LabsMatt Birchler

Customer experience

Visual IQ

All ratings48 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral2.1%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Quick Notes (easy voice notes)

All ratings22 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral9.1%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral16.7%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Visual IQ

Subscriptions4
  • Visual IQ Plus Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Visual IQ Premium Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Visual IQ Plus Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
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  • Visual IQ Premium Yearly$79.991 Year
3 purchases

Quick Notes (easy voice notes)

Subscriptions1
  • Brainstorm Mode$4.991 Month
One-time2
  • Cleanup with Gemini$2.99
  • Save Audio Notes$4.99

Questions

Is Visual IQ free?
Visual IQ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quick Notes (easy voice notes) free?
Quick Notes (easy voice notes) is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Visual IQ or Quick Notes (easy voice notes)?
Visual IQ is rated higher. Visual IQ averages 4.6 out of 5 from 48 ratings, while Quick Notes (easy voice notes) averages 4.2 from 22 ratings.
Do Visual IQ or Quick Notes (easy voice notes) have ads?
Visual IQ shows ads; Quick Notes (easy voice notes) does not.
Which is updated more often, Visual IQ or Quick Notes (easy voice notes)?
Visual IQ ships an update fortnightly, and Quick Notes (easy voice notes) every 2 weeks. Most recently, Visual IQ was updated on October 1, 2026 and Quick Notes (easy voice notes) on September 20, 2026.

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