Binder vs Quick Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Binder
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Binder is your personal journal, diary, and life organiser ā now on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Everything syncs seamlessly via iCloud. Capture every kind of moment in one place: notes, to-do lists, voice memos, links, events, recommendations, locations, photos, files, and daily mood entries. No other journal app gives you this much flexibility. YOUR PRIVATE DIARY Write freely in a beautiful, distraction-free editor. Binder is your space - private, personal, and always available. Use it as a daily diary, a gratitude journal, or a place to think out loud. TO-DO LISTS & DAILY PLANNER Create to-do lists with color-coded labels to prioritise at a glance. Set reminders on any entry so nothing slips through the cracks. Plan your day, track your habits, and organise your life ā all in one app. FIND ANYTHING INSTANTLY Search across all your entries ā notes, voice memo transcriptions, lists, links, and more. On iPhone, pull down to search. On Mac, use the dedicated Search tab with smart type suggestions. Even items inside Collections are searchable. ORGANISE WITH COLLECTIONS Group related entries into Collections ā trip plans, project notes, reading lists, recipes, whatever you need. A beautiful card grid view keeps everything visual and easy to browse. CAPTURE MORE THAN TEXT - Voice memos - Photo galleries with cover images - Links that unfurl with rich previews - Locations with map thumbnails - Events with dates and details - Recommendations with star ratings - Daily mood tracking - File attachments ON EVERY DEVICE Your journal lives on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. iCloud sync was rebuilt from the ground up ā changes propagate instantly and conflicts resolve gracefully. Browse from the Mac menu bar or save links straight from Safari with the Share Extension. SET REMINDERS, STAY ON TRACK Attach reminders to any entry. Reminder notifications sync across all your devices so you never miss what matters. Binder is free. No subscriptions, no ads, no tracking. Your data stays on your devices and in your private iCloud account ā we never see it. Just your life, beautifully organised.
Quick Notes
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Bramble is a quiet inbox for the thoughts you would otherwise lose. Open it and the cursor is already in the editor, so the idea is on the page before it slips away. Everything you jot lands in one place, and anything you never come back to tidies itself away after thirty days. Most notes apps ask you to organize first and write second. Bramble flips that: capture now, decide later. Pin what matters, tag by color, search the rest, and let the archive quietly absorb whatever stopped being useful. Your inbox stays light without you lifting a finger. WHAT YOU GET ⢠Never lose a passing thought: the editor is focused the instant the app opens ⢠An inbox that cleans itself: unpinned notes drift to the Archive after a window you set ⢠Keep the important things forever: pinned notes never expire ⢠Find anything in seconds: full-text search across Inbox and Archive ⢠Group by project, person or theme with color tags and one-tap filters ⢠Nothing vanishes by surprise: a local reminder the day before a note auto-archives PERFECT FOR ⢠Writers and makers who need a scratchpad that never nags ⢠Busy people who jot reminders, then forget which app they used ⢠Anyone whose notes app has become a graveyard of dead lists ⢠Minimalists who want capture without folders, notebooks or setup WHY NOT JUST USE THE BUILT-IN NOTES APP? Built-in notes keep everything forever, so the pile only grows and the important line gets buried under a hundred stale ones. Bramble treats notes like an inbox rather than a filing cabinet: recent thoughts stay in view, pinned ones stay put, and the rest retires on its own. Sort by newest, oldest or longest, see live word and character counts, share a note with a tap, and restore anything from the Archive whenever you change your mind. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Every note stays on this iPhone. No account, no sign-in, no cloud sync, no analytics tied to your writing. The archive reminders are scheduled on the device and never leave it. FULL ACCESS Bramble is a paid app. A subscription unlocks the full experience: unlimited notes, tags and pins, full-text search, custom auto-archive timing and archive reminders. Choose a weekly plan, a yearly plan or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and are charged to your Apple ID account. Manage or cancel anytime in your App Store account settings. The exact price for your region is shown in the app before you confirm. Download Bramble, write the first thing on your mind, and let the inbox take care of the rest. Terms of Service: https://pnkl26.web.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://pnkl26.web.app/privacy-policy Support: pnkhanhlinh0206@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Quick Notes at 17.0 against Binder's 26.2. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Binder ships an update every 2 months, Quick Notes every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Binder | Quick Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months ā better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 17.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tomi Tiihonen | Linh Phan Nhat Khanh |
In-app purchases
Binder
No in-app purchases
Quick Notes
No in-app purchases









