Comparison

VisualNote AI vs Quat

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

Head to head
About

VisualNote AI

Transform lectures, textbooks, voice memos, and links into visual notes like sketchnotes and mind maps. Study smarter and remember more with over 30 AI-powered visual styles. Create engaging study aids and visual knowledge bases.

Highlights
  • Convert lectures, textbooks, voice memos, and links to visuals
  • Create sketchnotes, mind maps, and infographics
  • Over 30 AI visual styles
  • AI that understands content for coherent visuals
  • Personal visual knowledge base
  • High-resolution downloads
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Turn any lecture into study notes you'll actually remember, then get flashcards, a quiz, a mind map and a podcast from the same note. Snap your class notes, record the lecture, paste a link or type what you have. VisualNote AI writes clear study notes and draws them as a hand-drawn visual page. From that one note you get every tool you need before the exam. HOW IT WORKS โ€ข Add your materials: photos of your notebook or textbook, a voice recording (record live or upload one), a web link, or your own typed notes. Mix them in one note. โ€ข Pick what to make: notes come first, then choose a visual, flashcards, a mind map, a quiz or a podcast. โ€ข Study: flip cards, take the quiz, follow the map, or listen on the way to class. WHAT YOU GET FROM ONE NOTE โ€ข Study notes: clean, structured notes written from your materials. โ€ข Visual notes: a hand-drawn page in the style you like, from Teen Diary to Blueprint, Comic or Swiss Design. โ€ข Flashcards: made for you, flip and test yourself. โ€ข Mind map: see how the ideas connect, in a vertical or radial layout. โ€ข Quiz: five questions at a time. Every miss comes with the right answer and why. โ€ข Podcast: a solo host, two hosts talking it through, a quick-fire drill or a debate, made from your class. โ€ข Chat: ask about your notes, get an explanation, or change the notes and the visual. MADE FOR STUDENTS Built for high school and university: lectures, textbook chapters, revision before tests, and exam prep. Visual notes help you remember more than a wall of text, and active recall with flashcards and quizzes is what makes it stick. FREE AND PRO Start free with a set of visuals, flashcards, mind maps and podcast minutes. VisualNote Pro unlocks more of everything, all styles and no watermark. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage them in your Apple ID settings. AI-generated content can contain mistakes: check important facts against your course materials. Terms: https://salvatorecastellitti.github.io/visualnoteai/termOfService.html Privacy: https://salvatorecastellitti.github.io/visualnoteai/privacy.html

About

Quat

Features
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Most study apps start after the hard part. They assume the material is already typed in, already organised, already yours. Quat starts at the lecture. Record it, photograph it, paste a link, or pick a file. Quat reads what you captured and turns it into flashcards that test you on it. CAPTURE, FOUR WAYS Audio โ€” record a lecture, a seminar, or yourself talking through a topic. Quat transcribes it and pulls out what is worth remembering. Photo โ€” point your camera at a textbook page, a whiteboard, a handout, or your own handwriting. Quat reads the text off it. Link โ€” paste a URL. Quat fetches the page, reads it, and summarises what matters. It reads the actual page, so it cannot invent what is not there. File โ€” choose a PDF, Word, PowerPoint or Excel document. Quat reads it and turns it into a note and cards. EVERY CARD KNOWS WHERE IT CAME FROM Cards carry their origin โ€” MIC, JUL 28, CARDIO LECTURE. Weeks later, when a card surfaces and you cannot place it, you can go back to the thing it came from. REVIEW THAT ENDS Spaced repetition that schedules each card for the day you are about to forget it. When the day's cards are done, the session ends and tells you so. It does not invent more work to keep you in the app. Each rating button prints what pressing it will do โ€” now, 1d, 3d, 4d โ€” before you press it. No guessing what "Good" means. BUILT TO BE READ Every number is set in a monospaced face with tabular figures, so counts and intervals stay legible at a glance. It celebrates what you actually did โ€” a finished session, a level earned โ€” never the mere fact that you opened the app, and nothing is locked behind a streak. ALSO INSIDE - A tutor that answers from your own notes, and cites which one - Self-scored exam mode, separate from your review schedule - Matching, speed round, quiz and a study timer - Folders, tags and search - Send a folder to a classmate in one message โ€” they open it in Quat with one Paste - Card content in 21 languages - Works offline for everything except capture PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No account. No sign-up. Your notes and cards are stored on your device, not on a server. Nothing leaves your device unless you ask for it: a capture sends what you handed it, a tutor question sends the notes it answers from, and a shared deck is sealed on your device before it goes. No analytics, no tracking, no advertising. Quat is for anyone preparing for something โ€” a degree, a licence, a recertification, a driving theory test, a language. SUBSCRIPTION Everything on your device โ€” reviewing, exams, games, notes, cards โ€” is free without limit. A subscription raises the monthly ceilings on the parts that call a model: capture, the tutor, and card generation. Monthly or Annual, billed through your App Store account; it renews until cancelled, which you can do at any time in your account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://yuvibabbar-dev.github.io/quat/privacy/

Screenshots

VisualNote AI4 screens
Quat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Quat at every 5 days against VisualNote AI's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. VisualNote AI sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per 7 days and Quat sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

VisualNote AI ships an update monthly, Quat every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
VisualNote AI versus Quat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVisualNote AIQuat
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS16.415.1 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size94 MB44 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperSalvatore CastellittiYugwinderpal Singh

In-app purchases

5 purchases

VisualNote AI

Subscriptions3
  • VisualNoteAI Weekly Subscription$9.997 Days
  • VisualNoteAI Monthly Subscription$12.991 Month
  • VisualNoteAI Yearly Subscription$109.001 Year
One-time2
  • Basic Sketch Pack - 5 credits$2.99
  • Intermediate Sketch Pack 15 credits$6.99
2 purchases

Quat

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Annual7 Days trial$79.991 Year

Questions

Is VisualNote AI free?
VisualNote AI is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quat free?
Quat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do VisualNote AI or Quat have ads?
Neither VisualNote AI nor Quat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, VisualNote AI or Quat?
VisualNote AI ships an update monthly, and Quat every 5 days. Most recently, VisualNote AI was updated on October 13, 2026 and Quat on October 12, 2026.

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