Comparison

Quirepad vs Aven Tasks

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

Head to head
About

Quirepad

Features
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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.

About

Aven Tasks

Manage your tasks locally on your iPhone with end-to-end encrypted syncing. Organize work across projects, capture details, and access your data offline. Set up sync with Aven Cloud or your own server.

Highlights
  • Local-first task management
  • End-to-end encrypted sync
  • Custom sync server option
  • Offline task access
  • Task creation and editing
  • Markdown support
  • Image attachments
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Aven brings your local-first task workflow to iPhone. Sync it end-to-end encrypted with Aven on your computer, through Aven Cloud or a sync server you run yourself. YOUR QUEUE, ON THE GO - See work across projects, grouped by Needs action, Available, Focus, Soon, Triage, Blocked, Later, and Epics - Browse all tasks in a project or workspace, with sorting, filters, and search - Switch workspaces and browse projects - Search tasks stored on this iPhone CAPTURE AND UPDATE WORK - Create tasks with a title, project, status, priority, due date, labels, and description - Edit task fields, swipe to complete or snooze, and long-press to set due dates KEEP THE CONTEXT - Read Markdown descriptions, notes, and activity - Follow task relationships and epic membership - View synced image attachments LOCAL-FIRST BY DESIGN - After pairing and the initial sync, browse, search, create, and edit tasks offline - Changes stay on your iPhone and sync when you're back online - Review sync conflicts when edits meet PRIVATE SYNC Tasks are encrypted on your devices before upload, so neither Aven Cloud nor your own server can read them. SET UP BEFORE YOU START Set up sync in Aven on your computer, using Aven Cloud (free preview) or your own Aven sync server. Then scan or paste a pairing invitation on your iPhone. Aven has no subscriptions or in-app purchases.

Screenshots

Quirepad4 screens
Aven Tasks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Aven Tasks at daily against Quirepad's every 9 days. Quirepad's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quirepad ships an update every 9 days, Aven Tasks daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Quirepad versus Aven Tasks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuirepadAven Tasks
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSaurabh MishraZendit Oy

In-app purchases

None

Quirepad

No in-app purchases

None

Aven Tasks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Quirepad free?
Quirepad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aven Tasks free?
Aven Tasks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Quirepad or Aven Tasks have ads?
Neither Quirepad nor Aven Tasks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quirepad or Aven Tasks?
Quirepad ships an update every 9 days, and Aven Tasks daily. Most recently, Quirepad was updated on October 31, 2026 and Aven Tasks on November 6, 2026.

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