Comparison

QuikNotes vs Etched

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

Head to head
About

QuikNotes

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QuikNotes is your app for notes, notebooks, journaling, and quick ideas. Capture thoughts instantly, stay organized, and design your notebooks with your own style. With QuikNotes you can: create quick notes organize notebooks manage pages within notebooks upload custom cover images record voice notes keep ideas, thoughts, lists, and reminders in one place store everything locally on your device QuikNotes is perfect for: daily organization journaling and diaries creative ideas personal thoughts school, university, and work If you're looking for a notes app that is fast, clean, and visual, QuikNotes is the right choice. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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Etched

Features
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Stop losing your own notes. Etched finds what you wrote by meaning โ€” not just by keyword. Ask for "the note about slowing down to think" and it surfaces, even if those exact words were never written. Everything runs on your device. Write in plain markdown and watch it render as you type โ€” no symbols, no preview pane, no modes. What you see is the file. Your notes stay portable .md, yours forever. FREE, and complete: โ€ข On-device semantic search โ€” find notes by meaning โ€ข Live WYSIWYG markdown โ€” bold, headings, lists, quotes, code โ€ข Tables, callouts, code blocks, footnotes, highlights, links โ€ข iCloud sync across your devices โ€ข Export to .md (raw or with rendered images), PDF, plain text ETCHED PRO โ€” one-time purchase, yours forever: โ€ข Flashcards + spaced repetition โ€” turn notes into memory โ€ข Diagrams from plain text (flowcharts, sequences, mind maps) โ€ข Typeset math and chemistry (LaTeX) โ€ข Charts from a few rows of data โ€ข Sheet music from ABC notation โ€ข Handwriting / sketches โ€ข Present mode โ€” turn a note into full-screen slides โ€ข Per-note themes Reading every format is always free โ€” Pro unlocks creating them. No subscription, ever. Pay once and keep it. Coming from Apple Notes, Obsidian, or Bear? Your markdown imports as plain .md, and you finally get search that finds notes by meaning โ€” privately, with no account. Private by design: your notes never leave your devices except through your own iCloud. No account, no tracking, no ads. Your notes, etched in memory. โ€” Made by Hyojin Mo. Support: support@vibeland.app

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Etched at 3 against QuikNotes's โ€”. QuikNotes's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price and in-app purchases 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. QuikNotes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Etched sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
QuikNotes versus Etched: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuikNotesEtched
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 2 days
Adsโ€”No
In-app purchasesYesYes
Devicesโ€”iPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS13.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size22 MB87 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDenis MolkaSoyeon Noh

In-app purchases

2 purchases

QuikNotes

Subscriptions2
  • QuikNotes Monthly$1.991 Month
  • QuikNotes Yearly$12.991 Year
1 purchases

Etched

One-time1
  • Etched Pro$14.99

Questions

Is QuikNotes free?
QuikNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Etched free?
Etched is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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