Comparison

Quick Memo+ToDo vs AskNote

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

Head to head
About

Quick Memo+ToDo

Capture ideas, tasks, and thoughts quickly and organize them using a card-based system. Access your notes and create new ones easily with home and lock screen widgets. Features include hashtags, search, and calendar integration for efficient management.

Highlights
  • Quick capture for memos and tasks
  • Card-based organization
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Hashtag classification and search
  • Calendar event export
  • iCloud sync across devices
Features
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PinDeck is built around Quick Capture. Record ideas, tasks, and thoughts before they slip away, then organize them neatly by card. PinDeck is a simple productivity app that helps you manage notes, tasks, checklists, and ideas in a card-based format. With intuitive gestures, Home Screen widgets, Lock Screen widgets, search, hashtags, and calendar integration, you can capture what matters faster and find it again more easily. [ Key Features of PinDeck ] Quick Capture and Intuitive Gestures β€’ Pull to create: Pull down on the list to instantly open a new memo composer. β€’ Swipe right: Mark a task as complete with a quick right swipe. β€’ Swipe left: Open hidden actions to delete a memo or move an important memo to the top of the list. Faster Access and Capture with Widgets β€’ View frequently used cards and memos directly from Home Screen widgets. β€’ Add a new memo directly from a card, even when you have many notes. β€’ Check important memos faster with Lock Screen widgets. Card-Based Memo Organization β€’ Organize projects, tasks, ideas, and checklists by card. β€’ Use commas (,) and vertical bars (|) to create simple, readable list-style memos. β€’ Customize your memo space with various background color themes. Classification and Search β€’ Use hashtags (#) to organize memos by topic. β€’ Quickly find what you need with search. Calendar Integration β€’ Export written memos as calendar events and use them for schedule management. iCloud Sync β€’ Continue using your cards and memos across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud. PinDeck does not collect or track user data. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nicechann.github.io/pindeck-privacy.html

About

AskNote

Features
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AskNote brings your notes, meeting minutes, and ideas together in one placeβ€”and lets you ask AI about them directly. On-device AI enables you to use AI offline. β–  Organize your way - Sort notes into folder-like hierarchies using tags - A block-based editor that freely mixes text and photos - Markdown rendering with syntax-highlighted code blocks - Star favorites, or flag notes as "Ask Later" questions to revisit β–  Ask AI about your notes - Ask questions grounded in your own notes, with the full conversation saved alongside each note - Agentic AI tools that can search, create, tag, and organize notes on your behalf - Automatic related-note suggestions, summaries, and tag recommendations - A personalized daily AI news briefing β–  Privacy first, your choice always - On-device AI options that work without an internet connection: Apple Intelligence, Google LiteRT-LM (with built-in model downloads), and Ollama - Or connect your own cloud AIβ€”OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity, and more - You always decide which AI powers your notes β–  Meetings, handled - Record a meeting and let AI transcribe it and draft the minutes automatically - Action items are extracted β–  Everywhere you work - A universal app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro - Available in Korean, English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, German, Swedish, Danish, Hindi, and Vietnamese Unlock more AI capabilities with an AskNote Premium subscription. This app follows Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement (EULA). https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Quick Memo+ToDo4 screens
AskNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: AskNote at none against Quick Memo+ToDo's shown. AskNote also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 8 days). Quick Memo+ToDo's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Memo+ToDo ships an update every 8 days, AskNote daily. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
Quick Memo+ToDo versus AskNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick Memo+ToDoAskNote
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysDaily β€” better
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesβ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size13 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChanGyu KangJonggyou Kim

In-app purchases

None

Quick Memo+ToDo

No in-app purchases

None

AskNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quick Memo+ToDo free?
Quick Memo+ToDo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AskNote free?
AskNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Quick Memo+ToDo or AskNote have ads?
Quick Memo+ToDo shows ads; AskNote does not.
Which is updated more often, Quick Memo+ToDo or AskNote?
Quick Memo+ToDo ships an update every 8 days, and AskNote daily. Most recently, Quick Memo+ToDo was updated on September 22, 2026 and AskNote on September 16, 2026.

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