Comparison

Quollect vs Ember

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

Head to head
About

Quollect

Easily capture and organize memorable book quotes by snapping photos, highlighting text, and adding personal notes. Quotes are automatically grouped by book for quick retrieval, enhancing your reading experience.

Highlights
  • Snap and save quotes from books
  • Highlight specific text sections
  • Add personal notes and page numbers
  • Organize quotes by book title
  • Search saved quotes easily
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Quollect helps you easily and quickly save memorable quotes you come across while reading. Since everything is saved as text, it's super easy to find them later! 1. Snap, Drag, and Save! While reading, simply snap a photo of the quote you want, drag to highlight the part you need, and save it instantly! Quollect is designed to capture quotes without interrupting your reading flow. 2. Add your own notes You can add page numbers or jot down your thoughts alongside each quote you save. 3. Quotes Organized by book Every quote you collect is neatly grouped under its book. Pick a book, scroll through your saved quotes, and quickly revisit the highlights whenever you want! Taking notes should be easy if you want your reading to go deeper. Quollect is built for the easiest quote collection possible. Start your deeper reading journey with Quollect today! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://metal-room-91b.notion.site/19e60957d3a680109b9adcbe2716933c

About

Ember

Features
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Ember is a local-first app for collecting, reviewing, and annotating the highlights from everything you read. Spaced repetition brings the right quote back at the right moment, so the books you finish keep working long after you close them. Your library lives on your device. Sync with iCloud if you want it. No account, no servers, no tracking. DAILY REVIEW THAT FEELS GOOD A swipe-driven card stack surfaces the highlights worth revisiting today. The review schedule balances new material with old, so a thousand-highlight library stays useful instead of overwhelming. - Swipe right to mark reviewed, left to skip, up to star - Haptic feedback on every gesture - Intervals grow as you remember, shrink when you forget - Streaks and a weekly progress view keep you coming back CAPTURE FROM ANYWHERE - Snap a page with your camera and pull the text out, perfect for physical books - Import Kindle clippings in one step, with duplicate detection - Add a highlight by hand in a few taps - Lock Screen widgets for one-tap capture without unlocking ORGANIZE THE WAY YOU THINK - Group highlights by source: books, articles, podcasts, anything - Tag and color-code by topic - Add notes to any highlight or source, with timestamps - Star the ones you want to find again SHARE WITH STYLE Export any highlight as a themed quote card, with elegant typography and a palette that matches the app. Send it to a friend, post it, or save it for yourself. AT HOME ON EVERY APPLE DEVICE Designed for iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Keyboard shortcuts on iPad and Mac for fast navigation. Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets on iPhone. Everything stays in sync through iCloud, on your terms. YOUR DATA, YOUR RULES Ember does not require an account. Your highlights live on your device and sync only through your private iCloud. Export everything anytime as a plain file you can read in any text editor. Delete the app and your data goes with it. Ember is for readers who want their highlights to stay theirs, and to keep working for them. Make revisiting knowledge a joy rather than a chore. Terms of Use: https://anneto.notion.site/ember-terms Privacy Policy: https://anneto.notion.site/ember-privacy

Screenshots

Quollect4 screens
Ember4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Quollect at 16.0 against Ember's 26.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Quollect sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Ember sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Quollect versus Ember: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuollectEmber
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size121 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKyongwook JoAlexander Ivanov

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Quollect

Subscriptions2
  • Quollect PRO Monthly Plan$3.991 Month
  • Quollect PRO Annual Plan$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Quollect PRO Lifetime Plan$49.99
2 purchases

Ember

Subscriptions2
  • Ember Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Ember Pro Yearly$44.991 Year

Questions

Is Quollect free?
Quollect is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ember free?
Ember is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quollect or Ember have ads?
Neither Quollect nor Ember shows ads.

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