indxCards vs Qards
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
indxCards
Capture thoughts and ideas on virtual index cards with a beautiful, lightweight interface. Organize notes with customizable fonts and paper styles, and share them as rich text or PDF. Features on-device AI for dictation and document summarization with complete privacy.
- Virtual index card note-taking
- Customizable fonts and paper styles
- Visual thumbnail navigation
- Share notes as rich text or PDF
- iCloud sync and backup
- On-device AI for dictation
- On-device AI for document summarization
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The beautiful, lightweight, and easy-to-use notes app for iPhone and iPad — now completely rewritten from the ground up. Inspired by the simplicity of real index cards, indxCards helps you capture thoughts quickly and organize them beautifully. Whether it’s a flash of inspiration, a favorite quote, a recipe, or a to-do list, it’s all just a tap away. Highlights: • Jot down ideas effortlessly on virtual index cards • Choose from a variety of elegant fonts • Select your paper style — lined, squared, or blank • View all notes as visual thumbnails for quick navigation • Share your note or export as a rich text file or as a PDF • Automatically syncs and backs up your notes to iCloud What’s New: • Built-in AI features, all running fully on-device for total privacy • Dictate notes hands-free using your voice • Scan documents directly with your camera and summarize the text instantly with on-device intelligence • Privacy first — no data ever leaves your device. All AI processing happens locally. Rediscover the joy of writing, organizing, and thinking on your iPhone or iPad — all with indxCards.
Qards
Organize your thoughts and prepare for presentations with digital note cards. Create, edit, and arrange cards within decks, then swipe through them in full-screen. Your notes sync automatically across all your devices.
- Create and edit decks of note cards
- Arrange note cards within decks
- Full-screen card swiping
- Automatic cross-device syncing
- Organize everyday thoughts
- Prepare for speeches and presentations
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Create Note Cards for your everyday thoughts, or write down keywords and cues for your next speech. Structure your Note Cards in decks and swipe through them in full-screen. Qards is the perfect tool when you want to make notes for your next speech or presentation! With Qards you can: - Create and edit decks of Note Cards. - Edit and order a deck's Note Cards as you please. - Swipe through a deck of Note Cards in full-screen. And all your Note Cards are of course automatically synced and made available across your devices!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Qards at 100% against indxCards's 0%. Qards also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 69 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Qards holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Qards has 18 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of indxCards's written reviews are positive against 100% of Qards's.
indxCards ships an update every 69 months, Qards every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | indxCards | Qards |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 4.6 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 69 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | phi & co. | Thomas Asheim Smedmann |
Customer experience
indxCards
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In-app purchases
indxCards
No in-app purchases
Qards
No in-app purchases







