QuickNotes X: Notes, AI & PDF

Alessandro Sassi

4.33star3,750 ratings

ProductivityNote-taking apps shelfNo in-app purchasesUpdated Jul 28, 2026

Biggest complaint · Performance

32.7%

32 of 98 negatives · store typical 16.9%

Recent reviews negative

62%

its 11 shelf rivals run 42% · 159 reviews held

Counted from real App Store reviews · 2026-08-24 · nothing estimated or modelled

Read those two together. Ratings are cumulative, reviews are recent — a 4.33star average beside 62% negative is the finding, not an error.

Ratings.

4.5out of 5

3,750 ratings · Apple’s own count, fetched daily

52,646

4444

3229

2129

1302

4 decisions.

Watch performance

elevated · 32.7% of this app’s 98 negative reviews, against 16.9% typical store-wide.

How it compares

this app: 32.7%; 32 of 98
its shelf: 26.1%; rivals only
store-wide: 16.9%; typical

Watch sync & data

high · 6.1% of this app’s 98 negative reviews, against 2.2% typical store-wide.

How it compares

this app: 6.1%; 6 of 98
its shelf: 15%; rivals only
store-wide: 2.2%; typical

Watch ux — recount before acting

elevated · 4.1% of this app’s 98 negative reviews, against 2.9% typical store-wide.

n = 4. Too thin to act on — we recount weekly.

How it compares

this app: 4.1%; 4 of 98
its shelf: 3.1%; rivals only
store-wide: 2.9%; typical

Protect ads, login & auth, support, billing, accuracy and limits & caps

Ads, Login & auth, Support, Billing, Accuracy, Limits & caps all run well below the store’s typical rate.

n = 36. Too thin to act on — we recount weekly.

How it compares

Ads1% of 98 · shelf 5.2% · store 10.7%
Login & auth2% of 98 · shelf 5.7% · store 13.2%
Support4.1% of 98 · shelf 8.6% · store 9.2%
Billing19.4% of 98 · shelf 27.2% · store 32.1%
Accuracy8.2% of 98 · shelf 7.4% · store 11.5%
Limits & caps2% of 98 · shelf 8.4% · store 2.8%

The shelf in numbers

All 12 panel members · 2026-08-24 snapshot.

App	Ratings	Performance
Notability: AI Notes & Planner	452,978	38.8%
QuickNotes X: Notes, AI & PDF	3,750	32.7%
CollaNote: Notes & PDF Markup	13,478	30.9%
Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF	443,545	28.9%
Notes+ : Notes for Pencil	3,071	28.6%
Notes	630,431	25%
Notegpt - Note Taking AI	786	23.5%
SuperNotes Note Taking App	614	22.2%
Penbook: Paper Planner & Notes	44,947	19.7%
Noteshelf 3: AI Digital Notes	6,226	17.1%
Noteful: Notes & PDF Markup	22,969	9.1%
Freenotes®: AI Notes Taking	57,748	3%

The whole shelf, counted

Every complaint across note-taking apps, frequency-ranked from real App Store reviews — the gaps nobody on this shelf has fixed.

Read the note-taking apps report

How this is counted

Every number is arithmetic over the reviews we hold, re-counted weekly — nothing modelled, nothing scored. Themes come from a frozen pattern classifier rather than a model reading reviews, so the same review always lands in the same bucket. Shares are of this app’s own recent negative reviews; the shelf figure is its rivals with this app excluded. The graded words have fixed cutoffs against the store’s typical rate: elevated from 1.15, high from 2, extreme from 3.5 times it. The page says what is broken and how it compares — never how to fix it, and never whether this app can win.