Comparison

Lucid vs Quirepad

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

Head to head
About

Lucid

Features
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Ever had a great idea, written it down, and never found it again? Notes apps just pile up. All-in-one tools get overwhelming. Lucid sits in between. โ–  Catch the 3 seconds it lives Tap the home screen widget and start typing. Don't pick a type or a place โ€” just get it down. โ–  Organize in 5 minutes a day Swipe through your thoughts and answer one thing: "Where does this go?" No jargon โ€” Projects, Areas, Resources, Archive. โ–  Today, only what matters Open the app and today's tasks come first. Each one done is a small win. โ–  Your second brain, in your hand No account, no login. Every thought stays safe on your iPhone. Stop losing your best ideas. Let Lucid remember them for you.

About

Quirepad

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Quirepad is a small, focused tool for anyone who copies text from the web more than once at a time, built specifically for how you actually read on iPhone and iPad. The problem it solves: you are reading a long article, a research paper, or documentation, and you need three or four separate pieces of text, not the whole page. Selecting with your finger cannot skip the lines in between. And copying one piece, pasting it, then scrolling back for the next one breaks your reading flow every single time, especially on a smaller screen. Quirepad fixes this. Turn it on, and every piece of text you select gets added to a small floating box right on the page. Keep reading. Switch tabs. Select more. When you are done, tap Copy All and everything you gathered is merged into your clipboard, ready to paste anywhere, grouped by the page it came from. HOW IT WORKS -Tap the Quirepad icon in Safari to arm it. A small badge confirms it is active. -Select any text on any page. A small + button appears, tap it, and the text is added to the box. -Switch tabs or pages freely. Quirepad keeps collecting across all of them, and groups snippets by source with a clear divider. -Made a mistake? Delete any single snippet, or copy just one, right from the box. Nothing is final until you say so. -Tap Copy All to merge everything into your clipboard as one clean block of text, ready to paste into your notes, your document, or an email. BUILT FOR HOW YOU ACTUALLY READ Quirepad works the same way on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac, so the habit carries over wherever you are reading. Most tools like this only exist on Chrome and only on desktop. Quirepad was built Safari first, with real support for how much harder it is to copy multiple pieces of text on a phone. Turn on Keep Formatting to preserve bold, italics, and links when you paste into a rich text document. Turn on Include Sources to automatically add the page title and link above each group of snippets, useful for citations and research notes. PRIVACY Everything Quirepad collects stays on your device. There is no account, no analytics, no tracking, and nothing is ever sent anywhere. Your reading and your notes are yours. Quirepad is a quiet, purpose-built tool. It does one thing, and it tries to do it well.

Screenshots

Lucid4 screens
Quirepad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Lucid at every 3 days against Quirepad's every 9 days. Quirepad's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lucid ships an update every 3 days, Quirepad every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Lucid versus Quirepad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLucidQuirepad
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days โ€” betterEvery 9 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS17.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGoo wong KwonSaurabh Mishra

In-app purchases

None

Lucid

No in-app purchases

None

Quirepad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Lucid free?
Lucid is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quirepad free?
Quirepad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Lucid or Quirepad have ads?
Neither Lucid nor Quirepad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lucid or Quirepad?
Lucid ships an update every 3 days, and Quirepad every 9 days. Most recently, Lucid was updated on October 31, 2026 and Quirepad on October 29, 2026.

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