Comparison

Quadriva vs Recto Notes

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

Head to head
About

Quadriva

Features
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Quadriva — Focus on what truly matters Stop drowning in endless to-do lists. Quadriva helps you sort tasks by urgency and importance, so you can instantly see what needs action now, what deserves long-term focus, and what can wait. Built around the Eisenhower Matrix and organized by life spheres, Quadriva turns chaos into clarity. Work, home, health, study, finance, personal goals — everything stays structured, visible, and under control in one elegant space. Why Quadriva feels different Quadriva is not overloaded with noise, ads, or unnecessary complexity. It is designed for calm planning, clear priorities, and confident daily decisions. What you can do with Quadriva • Organize tasks using the Eisenhower Matrix • Split plans into life spheres and categories • Create, edit, complete, archive, and manage tasks easily • Track progress with visual summaries and sphere statistics • Filter tasks by status and priority quadrant • Search quickly across your task list • Use the app comfortably in light or dark mode • Work offline with local storage • Sync across Apple devices with iCloud when available • Export and import backups in JSON and Excel formats Designed for the Apple ecosystem Quadriva is built for iPhone, iPad, and Mac with a smooth native experience and adaptive navigation across devices. Private by design Your tasks stay under your control. Quadriva does not require a separate account, does not show ads, and does not sell your data. Who Quadriva is for Quadriva is perfect for people who want more than a simple checklist: • professionals managing multiple responsibilities • students balancing study and personal goals • creators and entrepreneurs planning projects • anyone who wants a clearer, calmer system for life and work Plan with more clarity. Act with more intention. Choose Quadriva and turn priorities into progress.

About

Recto Notes

Features
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For years I kept separate apps: one for writing, one for reminders and to-do's. They never talked to each other. The idea lived in the notes app, the deadline in the to-do app, and I lived somewhere in between. So I built Recto. All on the same page. You just write a note and if you give a task a date with '@', that task automatically becomes part of your neatly organised Task Center. You work inside a note, focused on a single project. As ideas turn into things that need doing, you capture them right there and give them a date, without breaking your train of thought. The plan grows out of the writing instead of living apart from it. Recto - Inline tasks with dates, captured without leaving the note - Task Center: overdue, today, tomorrow, this week, next week - Native iOS, fast and quiet Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internetservices/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Quadriva3 screens
Recto Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Quadriva at 17.0 against Recto Notes's 27.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

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

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

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Quadriva versus Recto Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuadrivaRecto Notes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Every 6 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better27.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB6 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperEwgeniy IsurovThijs Kremers

In-app purchases

None

Quadriva

No in-app purchases

None

Recto Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quadriva free?
Quadriva is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Recto Notes free?
Recto Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Quadriva or Recto Notes have ads?
Neither Quadriva nor Recto Notes shows ads.

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