Comparison

Quiet Write vs ShotSave

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

Head to head
About

Quiet Write

A distraction-free writing application for journals, drafts, and notes. It offers a Markdown-friendly editor with focus and typewriter modes, along with organizational tools like archiving and version snapshots. Your writing is stored locally with optional iCloud sync.

Highlights
  • Markdown-friendly editor with preview
  • Focus mode and typewriter mode
  • Outline view for longer writing
  • Archive, restore, and recently deleted drafts
  • Version snapshots for writing changes
  • Optional iCloud sync
  • Import and export Markdown files
Features
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Quiet Write is a calm, local-first Markdown writing app for journals, drafts, essays, newsletters, and quiet daily notes. Create and edit drafts in a focused writing space with Markdown-friendly tools, preview, outline, focus mode, and typewriter mode. Keep your writing organized with archive, recently deleted, search, and version snapshots. Quiet Write is intentionally small: no custom account, no subscription, no publishing platform, and no AI writing pipeline. Your writing is stored locally first, with optional iCloud sync for continuity across your Apple devices. Features: • Write drafts, journals, essays, newsletters, and notes • Markdown-friendly editor with preview • Focus mode and typewriter mode • Outline view for longer writing • Archive, restore, and recently deleted • Version snapshots for writing changes • Search active and archived drafts • Import .md and .txt files • Export one draft as Markdown • Export all writing as Markdown or JSON backup • Optional iCloud sync • One-time lifetime unlock Quiet Write is designed for people who want a slower, clearer writing space without accounts, feeds, pressure, or noise.

About

ShotSave

Features
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Every time you take a screenshot — a movie name, a bill, a song you liked, design inspiration, something your girlfriend sent — it gets lost in your camera roll forever. ShotSave fixes that. Drop your screenshot the moment you take it. Create folders for anything, organize instantly, and find everything in seconds. ORGANIZE ANYTHING: • Movie & show names you want to watch • Bills and receipts • Songs and artists • Design inspiration & references • Chats and important messages • Anything you screenshot FEATURES: • Create unlimited custom folders • Store screenshots, photos, PDFs, audio & video • Lock folders with fingerprint / Face ID • ZIP export your files • 100% local — no cloud, no account needed • No login required Stop losing screenshots in your camera roll. Give every screenshot a home. Download ShotSave free.

Screenshots

Quiet Write3 screens
ShotSave4 screens

Verdict

The call

Quiet Write and ShotSave are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Quiet Write sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and ShotSave sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Quiet Write versus ShotSave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuiet WriteShotSave
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLizzian LLCshalim rizwan

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Quiet Write

One-time1
  • Quiet Write$9.99
1 purchases

ShotSave

One-time1
  • ShotSave Premium$4.99

Questions

Is Quiet Write free?
Quiet Write is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ShotSave free?
ShotSave is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quiet Write or ShotSave have ads?
Neither Quiet Write nor ShotSave shows ads.

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