Quiet Write vs ShotSave
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
ShotSave
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
| Parameter | Quiet Write | ShotSave |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lizzian LLC | shalim rizwan |
In-app purchases
Quiet Write
- Quiet Write$9.99
ShotSave
- ShotSave Premium$4.99









