Comparison

Quick Note vs Gather Personal Dashboard

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

Head to head
About

Quick Note

Features
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Capture any thought in 2 taps. The fastest notepad on iPhone. From a grocery item you'll forget by the time you reach the car, to a 3 AM idea you can't lose, this is the friction-free way to jot, save, and find every note — with a Home Screen widget, a Share Extension that captures from anywhere, and folder organization that scales from 5 notes to 5,000. Loved by students, writers, parents, planners, and anyone tired of opening five apps just to write down one sentence. Free to use, no account required. — KEY FEATURES — INSTANT QUICK CAPTURE • Home Screen widget jumps straight into a new note • Share Extension lets you save text from Safari, Mail, Messages, or any app • Auto-save as you type — never lose a thought to a closed app • Tap to open, type, swipe to save. That's the entire flow. NOTEPAD BUILT FOR SPEED • Clean, distraction-free editor • Inter font, optimized for fast reading on any screen size • No formatting menus to fight — type and go • Long notes, short notes, single-line scratchpad — all in one place WIDGETS FOR EVERY USE • Small, medium, and large Home Screen widgets • Preview your latest notes at a glance • One-tap shortcut to create a new note • Live Activity support for in-progress capture FOLDER ORGANIZATION • Group notes by project, class, trip, or any system you like • Drag, rename, and reorder folders in seconds • Nested folders for power users • Smart "All Notes" view that ignores folder structure when you just want to search SHARE EXTENSION • Save a link, a quote, a screenshot caption, or any selected text from any app • Pre-fills into a new note so you can refine before saving • Works system-wide — no copy-paste dance OFFLINE-FIRST • Every note lives on your device first • No login wall, no cloud account required to use • Open and write even on airplane mode PRIVACY BUILT IN • Notes are stored locally • No tracking of note content • No mandatory sign-up to capture your first note — PERFECT FOR — • Students jotting lecture takeaways between classes • Writers catching first-draft ideas before they evaporate • Parents tracking grocery runs, school pickups, and birthday gift ideas • Planners managing rolling to-do lists across the week • Founders and PMs dumping product ideas the moment they strike • Travelers logging itinerary changes, gate numbers, and hotel codes • Anyone who wants a notepad that opens faster than Apple Notes — LOVED BY USERS — "Finally a notes app that opens before my idea is gone." — Sarah M. "The widget is the killer feature. I haven't opened the main app in a week — and that's the point." — Michael T. "Folder support without the bloat. Replaced three other note apps." — Priya R. — PREMIUM — Upgrade to Premium for unlimited folders, ad-free browsing, advanced widget styles, custom themes, and priority support. Subscription options: • Weekly subscription with 3-day free trial • Annual subscription with 7-day free trial • Lifetime unlock as a one-time purchase Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel any time in your Apple ID settings. — PRIVACY FIRST — Your notes are stored securely on your device. We never sell or share your personal data. — SUPPORT — Questions, feedback, or a feature request? Email pnkhanhlinh0206@gmail.com and we read every message. Privacy Policy: https://pnkl26.web.app/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://pnkl26.web.app/terms-of-service Download free, capture your first note in seconds, and never lose another idea.

About

Gather Personal Dashboard

Features
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Gather started because we were tired. Tired of apps that wanted everything from us: our data, our attention, our money. So we built something different: a digital home. A quiet space that's entirely yours. A personal dashboard should feel like opening a leather journal, not logging into a service. It should reflect you, your tastes, your pace, your way of living. No one watching. No one optimizing. Gather keeps your data local because we trust you with your own life. No accounts to manage, no cloud syncing to worry about, no surprise changes. This is a tool built with care. For you. About you. Entirely you. Local-first, always yours The rejection of the cloud is not a technical limitation. It is a design pillar. Think of opening a notebook on your computer. Nothing syncs behind your back; any alignment between devices is a manual, intentional act by you. Your data moves only when you choose to move it. No accounts, no cloud Your thoughts, tasks, and interests belong to you. Not a server. Not a company. You. No logins, no profiles, no external services. Your data lives in a single JSON file on your machine, so it's technically difficult to track, share, or leak. The “yours” promise Gather is a digital object you own, not a service you rent. It works completely offline, forever. You decide how it looks, which features to use, and whether reminders exist at all. Every setting exists to make Gather a tool you actually want to open. Private by Design Gather collects zero data. No analytics, no tracking, no ads. Everything you enter lives on your device and nowhere else. Gather is perfect for anyone who wants one calm, beautiful place to hold their day without the noise of big productivity apps. Permission declaration: Permission: Read/write access to photo library Reason: Used only when the user chooses to add a cover image to an item in Currently Enjoying. Photos are never uploaded, shared, or stored outside the device.

Screenshots

Quick Note4 screens
Gather Personal Dashboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gather Personal Dashboard at none against Quick Note's 1. Quick Note's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 8 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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 Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gather Personal Dashboard asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Note ships an update every 4 days, Gather Personal Dashboard every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
Quick Note versus Gather Personal Dashboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick NoteGather Personal Dashboard
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 8 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB89 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLinh Phan Nhat KhanhKerri Brillinger

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Quick Note

One-time1
  • Pro Features Unlock$4.99
None

Gather Personal Dashboard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quick Note free?
Quick Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Gather Personal Dashboard free?
Gather Personal Dashboard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Quick Note or Gather Personal Dashboard have ads?
Neither Quick Note nor Gather Personal Dashboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quick Note or Gather Personal Dashboard?
Quick Note ships an update every 4 days, and Gather Personal Dashboard every 8 days. Most recently, Quick Note was updated on October 15, 2026 and Gather Personal Dashboard on October 14, 2026.

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