Comparison

Quietime vs Clip Inbox

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

Head to head
About

Quietime

Features
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Quietime shows your days as one calm timeline: the calendars on your iPhone and your own events, in order, with nothing else in the way. TIMELINE Scroll through your days, past and future. Tap the date at the top to get back to today. Search titles and notes to find any event. DAY VIEW Swipe right to see the whole day on one screen. Free time between events is marked with its length, so you see at once where there is room. Tap a free stretch to add an event at that time. MONTH Swipe left for the month. Colored dots show the busy days. Tap a day to go to it. YEAR IN PIXELS See a year of one calendar as a grid of days, each shaded by how many events it holds. Swipe between calendars and choose how many events give a day full color. YOUR CALENDARS Shows events from iCloud, Google, Outlook and any other calendar on your iPhone, grouped by account. You choose which ones appear. EVENTS AND REMINDERS Create events with a title, time, notes and one of five colors. Repeat them daily, weekly, monthly or yearly. Add as many reminders as you need, from a week before to the moment it starts. WIDGETS Your next five days on the Home Screen, or today in the small widget. Track a special date and see the countdown in the app and the widget. FIVE THEMES Dark, Light, Evening Glow, Night Stars and Meadow. PRIVATE No account and no subscription. Your own events stay on your iPhone.

About

Clip Inbox

Features
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Save it now. Organize it when you have time. Clip Inbox is a local-first organizer for links, images, screenshots, text, and notes you want to find again. Capture useful content from the iOS Share Sheet in Safari, Photos, and other apps. Everything can be organized with folders and tags, then found quickly with search. Capture without breaking your flow • Save links from Safari and other apps • Save images and screenshots from Photos or the Share Sheet • Capture selected text and personal notes • Save instantly without an extra confirmation screen • Switch to review mode to choose a folder and add a note before saving • Add links, text, photos, and notes directly inside the app Keep everything organized • Sort saved items into folders • Add multiple tags for more detailed organization • Search titles, URLs, tags, and notes • Process unsorted clips one at a time with Sort Later • Edit notes and tags whenever you need • Move clips between folders and mark important items • Restore deleted items from Trash or remove them permanently Preview links before opening them • See the page title and a representative image • Read a short summary based on publicly available page information • Review the main content before opening the original link • Open the original webpage directly from the detail screen • Refresh link information when needed Your clips stay on your device • No account or sign-in required • No server synchronization • Export your library as a JSON backup • Import a previous JSON backup • Delete all locally stored data from Settings • Protect the app with optional Face ID, Touch ID, or device passcode Clip Inbox lets you collect first and organize later, so saving useful information does not interrupt what you are doing. Available in English, Korean, and Japanese. Your clips stay on your device. Clip Inbox has no account requirement and no server sync. You can delete all local data from Settings at any time.

Screenshots

Quietime4 screens
Clip Inbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Clip Inbox at none against Quietime's 1. Clip Inbox also leads on price ($1.99 vs $7.99). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Quietime costs $7.99 and Clip Inbox $1.99 up front. Quietime sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Clip Inbox asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Quietime versus Clip Inbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuietimeClip Inbox
Price$7.99$1.99 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKenneth FagermoYumi Lee

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Quietime

One-time1
  • One time unlock$2.99
None

Clip Inbox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quietime free?
Quietime costs $7.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Clip Inbox free?
Clip Inbox costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Quietime or Clip Inbox have ads?
Neither Quietime nor Clip Inbox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quietime or Clip Inbox?
Quietime ships an update every 4 days, and Clip Inbox every 4 days. Most recently, Quietime was updated on October 28, 2026 and Clip Inbox on October 25, 2026.

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