When comparing Quoll Writer vs Turtl, the Slant community recommends Turtl for most people. In the question“What are the best apps for writers?” Turtl is ranked 1st while Quoll Writer is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose Turtl is:
Turtl has applications for all the major operating systems, as well as Android. In addition, there are extensions available for Firefox and Chrome that cooperate with the downloadable applications.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Automatic chapter save
Pro Open Source
Pro Frequent updates
Pro Image attachment
Pro Organizing-friendly
Pro Encryption
Any project can be encrypted with a password.
Pro Distraction-free mode
Pro Problem Finder
The Problem Finder helps you to identify issues with your writing.
Pro Import from Microsoft docx
Pro Export projects to docx, epub and html
Pro Achievements
Achievements are aimed at helping you get to know Quoll Writer and providing rewards for writing (after all no one else will be doing it).
Pro Cardboard
Pro Customizable
It's possible to change several aspects from displaying to character's datasheet.
Pro Statistics
Pro Multiple Platforms (Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, Firefox, Chrome)
Turtl has applications for all the major operating systems, as well as Android. In addition, there are extensions available for Firefox and Chrome that cooperate with the downloadable applications.
Pro Open source
The app is licensed under GPLv3 making it open source. This means that anyone can use the code and contribute. This also makes it easy to use on one's own server or for company solutions.
Pro Good security
After assigning a password to your account in Turtl, a key is created to encrypt the entire account. No data is stored on their servers meaning they have no access to unencrypted content. This is a huge leg up when comparing to other Evernote alternatives.
Cons
Con Windows only
Although it should be possible to make a multi platform version as Quoll is written in Java.
Con No mobile app
Con No cloud support
Unfortunatelly, there's no cloud support, which is very important nowadays.
Con No iOS app
While many other operating systems have a client, iOS does not have one yet (though it is planned).
Con No image embedding
Instead of image embeddings, there's a sort of poor man's substitute: image + description. If you add an image, you can create a description of any size and with all the formatting features. It can be used instead of image embedding but much more limited: only one image and only at the very top.
Con Internet dependent
Requires Internet connection to initiate offline mode, loses access to notes without Internet or server.