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[Overview](https://www.softwareadvice.com/graphic-design/quarkxpress-profile/) Reviews [Alternatives](https://www.softwareadvice.com/graphic-design/quarkxpress-profile/alternatives/) # QuarkXPress User Reviews ## Reviews summary - Overall rating: 4.4/5 - Total reviews: 201 ### Secondary ratings - Ease of use: 4.3/5 - Customer support: 4.0/5 - Value for money: 3.9/5 - Functionality: 4.3/5 ### Rating distribution - 5 stars: 116 reviews (58%) - 4 stars: 61 reviews (30%) - 3 stars: 19 reviews (9%) - 2 stars: 3 reviews (1%) - 1 star: 2 reviews (1%) ### Most mentioned pros - I'm easily able to create anything from large projects such as annual reports, magazines, museum exhibits and packaging to small items such as flyers, business cards and social media ads. - The technology has always kept up with the best of the best tools to create amazing documents, posters, books and an array of marketing materials. - It lets me work with legacy fonts more easily than some other programs and ability to quickly and easily format text and move images to fit spaces is easy to do. ### Most mentioned cons - That said, Quark has itself become bloated and has rearranged the menus and such - causing us to have to constantly re-learn how to do things that were once more straightforward. Despite the ways of the roving herds — I don't want to sit and give myself carpal tunnel click-clicking drop down menus when the old-style command-shift-F (e.g.) and a few tab keys to enter a value works with half the effort. - However, using the software today, I need to often work around dozens of features that I don't need (and quite frankly don't understand) to complete my page layouts for print. - I have experienced payment and billing errors, including an annual subscription not being renewed automatically, which created unnecessary disruptions. ## QuarkXPress customer reviews Showing reviews 1-25 of 201 (page 1). ### My favourite app for desktop publishing - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Peter C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Graphic Design - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: May 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It's still my favourite app to use for desktop publishing and any work that requires typography. It's my first choice. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros It's the most logical app for professional desktop publishing. It's very clear and easy to use. I feel I have total control over typography. #### Cons I don't like the tiny buttons in the measurements panel. I preferred it when there were quick keys for almost everything. --- ### Great software for all your design needs - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: gordon bruce C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Graphic Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, the usability is quite smooth, very rarely crashes and produces great results. I've been using quark for over 30 years and the current version is the best. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I'm easily able to create anything from large projects such as annual reports, magazines, museum exhibits and packaging to small items such as flyers, business cards and social media ads. #### Cons I would rather buy the software and not rent it yearly. Adobe does the same thing so you're not alone with this criticism. #### Reasons for switching to QuarkXPress I switched from Adobe Pagemaker in 1990. Quark had more precise controls than Pagemaker #### Vendor response Thanks for your review Gordon! Replied December 2025 --- ### Good but have sono doubts - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Roberto S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Dairy - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Good but there are some limits with the Perpetual version. That After 2 years look as Simply dont run #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Non expensive , full Activity, product very smart and pratical.it help tonworks for book very well. For edit book also illustrated #### Cons The full versione witout the service Is very low. Need Always a internet connection. There are sono bugs #### Vendor response Thanks Roberto for your review, appreciate your feedback! Replied March 2026 --- ### Rating QuarkXPress - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Julia d. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Graphic Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, I like working in QuarkXPress. II've been using it for about 20 years now. Tt works well with bringing in images and creating magazine layouts. My only issue has always been with using font programs that never seem to work smoothly with QuarkXPress. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros I've used QuarkXPress for years and am comfortable with it, especially when there are upgrades. I've been creating magazine layouts for over twenty years and find this program to be well suited for that. #### Cons Working in QuarkXPress I've always found there to be issues with font programs and QuarkXpress. There seems to be a lack of compatibility . #### Reasons for choosing QuarkXPress Because I've been using it for years and didn't have time to learn a new program. #### Vendor response Thanks for your review Julia! Replied January 2026 --- ### User friendly - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Patsy D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Media Production - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. A positive experience and we as a business have chosen to stay with Quark when offered the option to use InDesign instead. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The staff enjoy how easy it is to use. Every upgrade has been worthwhile and we're pleased with the program. #### Cons Clipping paths and background transparency could be more advanced. Every man and his dog can drop out a background now and it would be good to integrate that into image placement. #### Reasons for choosing QuarkXPress Price and staying with what the staff already know how to use #### Vendor response Thank you for your kind words Patsy! Replied December 2025 --- ### Quark all day every day!!! - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jason M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Printing - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Excellent - could live without it. I have a full Adobe package but spend 90% of my design time using Quark. Have done for nearly 30 years. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Ease of use, flexibility and precision when laying out certain forms etc. Also a very stable package - rarely gives any trouble. #### Cons Would like to be able to edit EPS files, shapes etc. Make more curved lines and shapes available and editable. #### Reasons for choosing QuarkXPress Ease of use and the level of consistency it provides. Produce a lot of business ruled forms and Quark is brilliant on these too. #### Vendor response Thank you Jason! Replied December 2025 --- ### Another satisfied customer - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: William M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Marketing and Advertising - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Clearly, I am a satisfied customer. I have dabbled with other products over the years, but I have never found anything that works as well. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I love the creative freedom it gives me. I have been using Quark since the 90s and it rarely disappoints. #### Cons Updates over the years have left me scrambling to find tools that have either been relocated or eliminated. #### Reasons for switching to QuarkXPress I felt limited in terms of tools and options. A publisher friend suggested I try it. #### Vendor response Thanks for your review William! Replied January 2026 --- ### Great Support - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Nick A. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Printing - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Great! Support Staff - Exceptional! The updates can become a little annoying sometimes. Its usually my go to app every day. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros The Customer Support is fantastic. I also like the value for money. As I use it most days. Very easy to use. #### Cons The only thing i do not like about QuarkXpress is the Data Merge process. I also you Adobe indesign, everything seems simpler on there. #### Reasons for choosing QuarkXPress I use both as some of the features are easier in one than the other #### Vendor response Thanks for the review Nick! Replied December 2025 --- ### Labor-saving features get better and better - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Nancy E. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Media Production - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. The photo-editing features, pagination and layout choices are exceptionally convenient. I do a weekly organizational newsletter than, thanks to its intuitive nature, I can complete -- photos, layout, text and all -- in an hour or two vs. most of a whole day. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Quark Xpress has been my go-to DTP program since the original version, and it just keeps getting better and better. #### Cons No beefs! Quark features eliminate the annoyance of other options, including refinements to standard layout templates and style sheets. #### Reasons for choosing QuarkXPress More features and straightforward instructions #### Vendor response We appreciate your feedback, thanks Nancy! Replied December 2025 --- ### Quark is bittersweet but can’t compete with Indesign - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Russell K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Banking - Company size: 1001-5000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2018 - Review source details: This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered I’ve used quarkxpress for over ten years, longer than any other single piece of software. I converted to indesign kicking and screaming because of how different the workflow was because I was so picky. If you’re just starting out, I’d suggest you look at indesign. If you’re picking up someone else’s work, you can almost everything indesign can do quark can do too. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 2/5 - Functionality: 3/5 #### Pros After Apple’s Pages application, it is the easiest and simplest major print design software out there that you can use fairly intuitively if you’ve used a computer graphics program before. Just watching some tutorials online you can easily edit other people’s work fairly easily without much training. The second best feature of quark is the powerful xtentions that exist out there on the market. Other programs had this too but quark was the first to do this. Xtentions really streamlined and automated a lot of repetitive design tasks like updating prices and phone numbers (xcatalog). #### Cons It lacks full transparency gradients and doesn’t have adequate photo layering capabilities like opacities and layer modes. It also lacks a wysiwyg font menu so you can’t see they style of the font you’re using until you select it and enter some type. Quark is also a bit unstable at times. Prone to crashes. --- ### Quark -- the complete tool! - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Dwight P. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Construction - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I like the fact that Quark is a complete software package that each version builds upon the existing base, unlike its competitor that just drops difficult features. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros No product has a more complete feature set and years of quality. No junk software included with the installer. Continued features. #### Cons I'm not a big fan of the subscription model. It can be complicated, and I don't like the formatting changes that require a new file format. #### Reasons for choosing QuarkXPress I hate Adobe's method of forcing me to buy all of their software and pay monthly #### Reasons for switching to QuarkXPress Publisher is dying and the features havent upgraded #### Vendor response Thanks for your feedback Dwight! Replied January 2026 --- ### The most powerful and reliable tool for layout. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Luke D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Graphic Design - Company size: 501-1000 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. With powerful, intuitive, and easy-to-use publishing features, QuarkXPress is the most reliable and solid layout tool to compose publications efficiently, while freeing me up to focus on creativity and design. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros QuarkXPress is a highly refined and comprehensive layout and design tool that has all the features I need to compose magazines, posters, books and other publications. It has a full suite of advanced typography tools, a smart approach to page layout, powerful style sheets, graphics management and much more. #### Cons The licensing details between perpetual and subscription models can be a little confusing, and the upgrade cycle is frequent. #### Reasons for choosing QuarkXPress I found QuarkXPress to be infinitely more powerful and well-developed. There was no comparison in terms of features and functionality. #### Vendor response Hi Luke, thanks for your review we appreciate your positive feedback. Replied February 2025 --- ### Quark, an excellent tool for almost 30 years - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Pauline C. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I have used Quark for almost 30 years and Quark is essential to my work, from correspondence (word documents) to graphic designs. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros It is an intiutive program, easy to manipulate type and edit images according to the designs I envision #### Cons Sometimes I can't save a document - the alert says I do not have permission, so I just change the name of the document. Quark support has helped me anytime I had an issue #### Vendor response Thank you for sharing your feedback Pauline! Replied December 2025 --- ### For the type of work I do... it's ideal - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Steve D. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Chemicals - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. For packaging label layouts and related technical literature, I find the reletive simplicity and lack of overt creative functionality beneficial. I have been using it continuously for over two decades, and generally I continue to love it! #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros For the type of work I do (agrochemical labelling/technical literature) the reletive simplicity and straightforwardness of QuarkXpress is perfect. I have been using it continuously for over two decades! #### Cons An annoying glitch (the loss of the specific sizing function) that require a software restart. I thought it maybe be memory related but the problem has continued with my brand new Mac Studio #### Vendor response Thank you for sharing your feedback Steve! Replied December 2025 --- ### Quark Express - QED - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Ian G. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Entertainment - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I have always found Quark Express intuitive to work with plus great "personal" customer service available if needed. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Quark Express has always been the standard design software in my view and always has been, it really works well for designers that want to think for themselves rather than being lead by increasing AI tech. #### Cons The save button being to close to the don't save button as with one slight misjudgement all can go wrong embarrassingly quickly! #### Vendor response Thanks for your feedback Ian! Replied January 2026 --- ### Worth the price. Great support. - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Barbara Jean M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Very good. I've been using Quark since the first edition. It was tough to learn in the beginning but it makes sense after you figure it out. It's much more professional than any other program. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Easy to use once you learn it. The updates typically make sense, especially if you've been using it since the first edition (decades ago!). #### Cons Some of the stuff they used to have, like certificate borders, are gone. Those were very handy. There are some things they took out that shouldn't have been taken out but i can work around those. #### Vendor response Thanks for the positive review Barbara! Replied December 2025 --- ### The power of QuarkXpress - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Caroline K. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: September 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Offers a high level of control and precision, especially in typography and page layout. Its interface is customizable, letting you arrange tools and palettes to fit my workflow. It helps me produce professional, print-ready output with reliable color management. The software also supports both print and digital design, giving flexibility for projects ranging from magazines and books to interactive content. Overall, it combines power and flexibility, making it a strong tool for me as I value detail and creative control. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros QuarkXPress features a clean, customizable interface that streamlines creative workflows. Its intuitive palettes and precise layout tools balance power with ease of use, giving designers flexibility and efficiency. #### Cons While offering powerful control and precision, feels more traditional and less streamlined than newer design software. Its learning curve can be steeper for those used to Adobe tools, and the limited integration with widely used platforms makes collaboration and file sharing less smooth. #### Vendor response Thanks Caroline for your feedback. We appreciate it! Replied September 2025 --- ### Graphic Designer - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Judy S. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Printing - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Overall, it is outstanding with no discernible issues. I would strongly endorse its use. We utilize it consistently as a substitute for InDesign. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I have been utilizing it since its initial release several years ago. It is remarkably user-friendly and not complicated at all. #### Cons I wished it still had the borders to select from. Also if It would facilitate print separations when generating a PDF document. #### Vendor response Thanks for your review Judy! Replied January 2026 --- ### Quark 2026 Review - Overall rating: 4/5 - Reviewer: Gerardo L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Printing - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: January 2026 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I have been with Quark Express since I guess it was version 4 or 5. I like the software. It is easy to manage. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 4/5 #### Pros Graphic Creation. Ease of saving as a PDF or JPEG/PNG files. Simplicity of the features. Nothing that complicated to learn. #### Cons It keeps "Not responding." Especially when selecting fonts. Then it takes a long time if you wait. I have to close Quark and reopen again to make sure it resets. #### Vendor response Thanks for your review Gerardo! Replied January 2026 --- ### Happy with quark xpress - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Sandra B. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. As a cork express user of over 30 years, it is an easy to use program. As a quark express user of over 30 years, it is an easy to use program. I enjoy all the updates. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 3/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I enjoy its Ease of use, I have been a quark xpress user for long time, over 30 years. Like that it works with current iOS #### Cons I work at home and have two computers, one that I travel with. I wish that I could use them both without having to sign out of the other one before I do. So that is what I would say I like lease about quark xpress. #### Vendor response Your support means a lot - thank you for sharing your experience Sandra!” Replied December 2025 --- ### Bravo, Quark XPress - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Jean L. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Graphic Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used weekly for less than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. Quark XPress software is easy to use, intuitive, and versatile. It has been my go-to program for decades. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Quark XPress offers everything I want in a design program at a reasonable cost. It has excellent and sophisticated typographic and design capabilities. #### Cons I cannot think of anything I don't like about QuarkXPress. It does everything I need to create effective and compelling layouts. #### Vendor response Thanks for your review Jean! Replied January 2026 --- ### QuarkXPress Review - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Laura T. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Computer Software - Company size: 2-10 employees - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: December 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I have been using QuarkXPress as part of my job for over 20 years, and it is very easy to use and pretty much self explanatory. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 4/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I like to be able to create any flyer I would like. With the fonts it is easy using QuarkXPress is easy. #### Cons There is nothing that I can currently think of to write that is my least favorite feature in QuarkXPress. #### Vendor response Thanks for your review Laura! Replied January 2026 --- ### Long, comfortable experience with good tool - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Cecelia W. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Higher Education - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used monthly for more than 2 years - Reviewed: March 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. We have been Quark users, probably since there was Quark. We started out with an Apple C? computer, using Quickdraw, and the narrowest line possible was 1 pt. We had to buy a book on postscript and go into the program to produce thin lines. Not sure when we moved to Quark, but I do remember purchasing a Mac Quadra, and the combo of that and quark made it possible to complete a job quoted at 40 hrs down to 5 hours. At the time, did hospital flowsheets (new concept at the time), and needed to use all the tools available at the time to create clear and logical clinical information flow, largest possible entry spaces coupled with unscrunched clear text, attractive headings, and so on, while meeting common hospital forms requirements. Business always in the black, which I think had 3 main drivers: my personal knowledge/experience, Mac computers, and Quark. As life moved on, used Quark for a variety of academic purposes: word processing (several major papers), study guides personal and sold (great for logical flow, useful graphics), dimensional drawings, and, as always for forms to track information. Currently, have campground info (pertinent to us), chest freezer inventory, backpack content checklist (by compartment)...all of which can be done using other programs, but it is nice to fine tune for convenience. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 4/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 5/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros versatility, from professional to personal needs stays up to date, very important with continuing leaps and bounds in technology #### Cons steep learning curve, but necessary to retain maximum user flexibility I think I was happy to see ongoing improvements in word processing, minimizing need for other programs #### Vendor response Thanks Cecelia, we appreciate your feedback. Replied April 2025 --- ### My preferred design tool for many years - Overall rating: 3/5 - Reviewer: Clifford H. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Graphic Design - Company size: Self-Employed - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. It’s helped me have a career in design for many years, which is great, but see my notes above re: cost. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 2/5 - Customer support: 3/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros I’ve been using it since it first came out circa 1990. I greatly prefer its layout and functions compared to its competitors, which I find ‘clunky’ by comparison. It lets me design things quickly and easily. #### Cons Two things; it would be great to be able to ‘switch off’ all the unwanted functions; I’m a book cover designer and 85 percent of the functions aren’t needed for what I do. The other gripe is the price; years ago you could go for several years without needing to upgrade but now it’s an annual subscription, which is costly. Or, as I’ve used Quark for so long, it would be nice to get sizeable discounts in the future. #### Vendor response Hi Clifford, thanks for your review we appreciate your feedback. Replied February 2025 --- ### Easy to Use - Overall rating: 5/5 - Reviewer: Katheryn M. - Verified reviewer: Yes - Industry: Non-Profit Organization Management - Company size: 11-50 employees - Product usage: Used daily for more than 2 years - Reviewed: February 2025 - Review source details: This reviewer was invited by the software vendor to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you. I've used Quark Express for over 20 years. Lots of great upgrades and very easy to use. #### Ratings breakdown - Ease of use: 5/5 - Value for money: 5/5 - Customer support: 4/5 - Functionality: 5/5 #### Pros Easy to use and extremely user friendly. Lots of great features and it only continues to get better! #### Cons You already fixed what I didn't like about it. Where it would automatically grab the latest graphic/photo file and place it in the layout. #### Vendor response Thanks for the positive feedback Katheryn, we appreciate that you have been a QuarkXPress user for a long time. Replied February 2025 ## More reviews [Next reviews](https://www.softwareadvice.com/graphic-design/quarkxpress-profile/reviews/?page=2) --- QuarkXPress Reviews, Pros and Cons - 2026 Software Advice