CheckeredTail
Walking the driveway
Personal experience as someone who has lived in apartments for 10 years:
Our parrotlets could be noisy sometimes, but we kept a pretty quiet home so he was mostly very quiet and we never got any complaints. Curtis LOVED to interact while we sat at the computer, but parrotlets have like, no chill at all, so he would be running all over our fingers, preening our fingernails, trying to tear keys off the computer, pooping on stuff, and sometimes just being a jerk and biting. It's not super common to have a bird that will just sit still for hours, they're pretty curious and often distracting (in a good way, they're pretty cute and silly but they did need to be kept an eye on most of the time).
I've heard great stuff about doves and such for the quieter/calmer type bird. I've also heard Bourke's and Linnies are good for that too? But I have very little experience with those personally. The key thing to remember is that they will poop on some of your things and often have times where they want to play rather than be held or petted. That doesn't mean they can't be delightful friends, my parrots have been some of the closest relationships I have, but they're willful creatures that will sometimes scream or run around or make a mess, no matter what you do, even if you train them well. I think it would probably help you out a lot to see if anyone in person has one of the ones you're interested in so you can see a bit more what it's like and what to expect. Even if all birds are a bit different, that does really help.
Our parrotlets could be noisy sometimes, but we kept a pretty quiet home so he was mostly very quiet and we never got any complaints. Curtis LOVED to interact while we sat at the computer, but parrotlets have like, no chill at all, so he would be running all over our fingers, preening our fingernails, trying to tear keys off the computer, pooping on stuff, and sometimes just being a jerk and biting. It's not super common to have a bird that will just sit still for hours, they're pretty curious and often distracting (in a good way, they're pretty cute and silly but they did need to be kept an eye on most of the time).
I've heard great stuff about doves and such for the quieter/calmer type bird. I've also heard Bourke's and Linnies are good for that too? But I have very little experience with those personally. The key thing to remember is that they will poop on some of your things and often have times where they want to play rather than be held or petted. That doesn't mean they can't be delightful friends, my parrots have been some of the closest relationships I have, but they're willful creatures that will sometimes scream or run around or make a mess, no matter what you do, even if you train them well. I think it would probably help you out a lot to see if anyone in person has one of the ones you're interested in so you can see a bit more what it's like and what to expect. Even if all birds are a bit different, that does really help.