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Get Quirkos 3 for Desktop, whether you're on Windows, Mac or Linux.

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Get Quirkos 3 for Desktop


Work offline with your qualitative projects using Quirkos 3! To get started with a free offline trial, download the appropriate installer for your operating system below.

Quirkos 3 is exclusively available offline. It will not work past the trial if you have a Quirkos Cloud account and no offline licence. Click here to download Quirkos 2, our legacy version, which can connect to Quirkos Cloud.

If you would prefer, you can work on projects online in your browser and in Quirkos 2 using a Quirkos Cloud account. Sign up for an account and try 14 days of unlimited cloud storage and collaboration with Quirkos for free! You can work directly in your browser and automatically transcribe audio/video with Quirkos Web.

No registration is required for the offline trial, just click 'Continue Trial' after installing and opening Quirkos 3.

By downloading you agree to the privacy policy and software licence.


Download Quirkos 3 for Desktop here:

Please do not save your project files directly to OneDrive, it will corrupt your files!

Quirkos on a laptop

Two trial options are available:


Quirkos Cloud

Quirkos Cloud Trial

Quirkos Cloud gives you access to Quirkos on any computer, in the browser with Quirkos Web. Projects are stored in our secure servers.

Free for 14 days, then a quarterly or annual subscription.

With Quirkos Cloud, you can also use our legacy desktop version, Quirkos 2, on any computer (download Quirkos 2 below). Just enter your email and password in the log-in fields after opening the program.

Register for your free trial

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Offline Trial

Try Quirkos offline for 3 weeks, with projects stored locally on one computer.

To keep using Quirkos after your trial, buy a permanent licence and unlock the offline version of Quirkos forever!

To use the offline trial, choose 'Continue Trial' in Quirkos after downloading above. No registration is required!

Buy a permanent offline licence

Legacy versions and installation support


Quirkos 3 and Quirkos Web are identical across Windows, Mac and Linux.

You can have both an offline and a Cloud account, and work on the same project in both apps.

After your trial expires, you will need a licence to keep editing your data, but projects are not locked or deleted!

You can find installation instructions for all platforms here.

Quirkos v2

Looking for the older version (version 2.5.3)?

Download for Windows, Mac or Linux.

Here you can find installation instructions for Quirkos 2.

Want to upgrade your licence to Quirkos 3? Drop us an email at support@quirkos.com and we'll sort you out.

Quirkos v1

Looking for Quirkos 1 (version 1.6)?

Download for Windows, Mac or Linux.

Want to upgrade your licence to Quirkos 3? Drop us an email at support@quirkos.com and we'll sort you out.