Fast Idea Book vs Year Progress
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fast Idea Book
Quickly capture fleeting thoughts via text, voice, or photo with a single tap. Access your ideas through widgets, the Share Sheet, or Siri. Organize and review them later, with advanced features unlocked via subscription.
- One-tap text, voice, and photo capture
- Home Screen capture widget
- Share Sheet integration
- On-device voice transcription
- Tags and quick review
- Siri integration
- iCloud sync
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A frictionless capture pad for the ideas you would otherwise lose. If you have ever woken at 3 AM with a great idea and nothing to write it on, or watched a brilliant phrase evaporate while you opened a heavier app, Fast Idea Book is for you. It is a calm, on-device idea book built around one job — capture the thought before it fades — and one principle: never make you wait or sign in. Open the app and you are already typing. Quick notes save with a single keystroke. Brainstorm freely without folder rituals, then tag entries afterward when your brain wants structure. Voice memo capture for hands-free moments, brain-dump templates for foggy mornings, and a search that surfaces the half-remembered note in seconds. Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets keep the latest idea visible, and the interface ships in 39 languages with full accessibility. Built for writers, founders, students, designers and anyone whose best ideas arrive at the worst possible moment.
Year Progress
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Time passes quickly. Year Progress helps you stay aware of it in a simple, glanceable way. See your progress at a glance with Home and Lock Screen widgets, plus a clean in-app view for more detail: - Live year completion percentage - Day counter (Day X of 365/366) - Home Screen widgets (small, medium, large) - Lock Screen widgets (circular, rectangular, inline) - Large widget day map for the full year - Optional reminders (Daily, Weekly, Monthly) Built to be minimal and useful. No accounts. No analytics. No tracking. No data collection.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Year Progress at every 2 days against Fast Idea Book's monthly. Fast Idea Book's advantage is iOS requirement (18.5 vs 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fast Idea Book ships an update monthly, Year Progress every 2 days. Both last shipped on September 29, 2026.
| Parameter | Fast Idea Book | Year Progress |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bahattin Duran | Arjit Jaiswal |
In-app purchases
Fast Idea Book
No in-app purchases
Year Progress
No in-app purchases
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