Comparison

Quest vs Notes

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

Head to head
About

Quest

This app gamifies habit tracking to help users stay motivated and achieve their goals. It offers a fun and engaging way to build positive routines and monitor progress.

Highlights
  • Gamified habit tracking
  • Motivation tools
  • Progress monitoring
  • Goal achievement support
Features
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Turn your habits into quests and your progress into an adventure. Quest is a simple, gamified habit tracker designed to make consistency more rewarding. Create daily, weekly, and monthly quests, complete them to earn XP, build streaks, and level up as you work toward your goals. Whether you're building a new routine, staying consistent with fitness, studying, reading more, or just trying to get a little better every day, Quest gives your progress a sense of momentum. BUILD YOUR QUESTS Create habits that fit your life with Daily, Weekly, and Monthly Quests. Use daily quests for the things you want to do consistently, weekly quests for bigger recurring goals, and monthly quests for challenges that take a little more effort. EARN XP & LEVEL UP Every completed quest earns XP. • Daily Quest — 20 XP • Weekly Quest — 50 XP • Monthly Quest — 100 XP Earn enough XP to level up, increase your rank, and watch your adventurer profile grow alongside your real-world progress. BUILD YOUR STREAK Consistency matters. Complete at least one daily quest each day to keep your streak alive and see how long you can keep your momentum going. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Your profile keeps your journey in one place. Track your: • Current level • Total lifetime XP • Current streak • Longest streak • Completed quests • Current rank STREAK CALENDAR See your consistency over time with a visual calendar that makes it easy to look back at your progress and the days you stayed on track. SIMPLE BY DESIGN Quest keeps habit tracking focused. No complicated productivity system. No overwhelming dashboards. Just your quests, your progress, and the next level ahead. CREATE THE QUEST. COMPLETE THE QUEST. LEVEL UP. Your next level starts today.

About

Notes

Features
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Your notes. Your aesthetic. Aesthetic Notes is not an ordinary notes app. Here every note gets its own paper, its own type and its own colour – and, if you like, a strip of tape, a wax seal or punch holes along the edge. What comes out doesn't look like a form. It looks like something off your desk. THE SAME NOTES EVERYWHERE – AND THE SAME DESIGN iCloud keeps your notes on iPhone, iPad and Mac at once. Not just the text: paper, type, colour, trimmings and image crop travel with them. A note you design in the evening looks exactly the same on your other device in the morning. Nothing gets reformatted, nothing goes missing. Everything stays private in your own iCloud. FOUR KINDS OF NOTES • Text note with weight, alignment and bullets • To-do list to tick off, with a reminder for each item • Table for plans, weeks and overviews • Picture note with a clean crop DESIGN IT UNTIL IT FEELS RIGHT Ten paper colours from cream to sage. Blank, lined or grid. Seventeen typefaces from plain to handwriting. Plus around thirty trimmings: tape, wax seals, pins, paper clips, punch holes, torn edges, decorative frames and bows. Found a combination you love? Save it in the Style Studio as your own style and apply it to any other note with a single tap. ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Any note can go on your Home Screen as a widget – in three sizes and in its own design. Your shopping list ends up where you're already looking. FOR YOUR EYES ONLY Individual notes can be locked with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode. A locked note stays milky – lovely to look at, impossible to read. DRAWING Pen, marker, pencil and eraser. On iPad with Apple Pencil too. ON MAC AS WELL Aesthetic Notes is also available for macOS. There your notes sit right on the desktop, free to place anywhere, and they can turn transparent. FREE AND PRO Aesthetic Notes is free. Pro unlocks custom colours with an eyedropper, your own images as note backgrounds, the Design Collection and more typefaces. Try it free for seven days. Privacy Policy: https://notes-privacy-museandmethod.sofia-schuster02.chatgpt.site/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Quest4 screens
Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quest at none against Notes's 3. Quest also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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. Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Quest asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Quest versus Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuestNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB88 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKeaton FisherSofia Schuster

In-app purchases

None

Quest

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Notes Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Notes Pro Yearly7 Days trial$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Notes Pro Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is Quest free?
Quest is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notes free?
Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quest or Notes have ads?
Neither Quest nor Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quest or Notes?
Quest ships an update every 3 weeks, and Notes every 3 weeks. Most recently, Quest was updated on October 10, 2026 and Notes on October 18, 2026.

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