Jotter: Sticky Notes & Lists

Jotter: Sticky Notes & Lists

Handwriting, voice & widgets

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September 22, 2026
Updated
November 7, 2026

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Jotter is the notes app for the moment you think “I need to write this down.” Tap New and start typing: the first line becomes the title, and the note is saved before you finish the sentence. No sign-up, no folder to pick, no save button. WHY JOTTER • Fast: one tap on New, a widget, Control Center or the Action button, and you are typing • Free: no subscription, no ads, nothing locked • Private: no account and no Jotter server. Notes sync through your own iCloud • Yours: export any note as a PDF or text, every note as Markdown files, or back it all up to one file YOUR NOTES ON YOUR HOME SCREEN Put any note on your Home Screen, in any size, in its own colour, handwriting and all. It updates the moment you write. Add a small board of notes, a capture row for Note, List, Draw, Scan and Voice, or your next reminder. On the Lock Screen, see what is left on a list, tick the next item or add one. LISTS THAT TICK Tap New, then List, and start adding items: groceries, packing, the ten things to do before Friday. Tick things off and they are crossed off with a marker and sink out of the way, so what is left stays on top. Drag an item to a new spot. Set a list to repeat for the weekly shop. In the store, keep your list on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island and tick from there, or tick it on Apple Watch. Paste a list from a message and every line becomes an item. A BOARD OF STICKY NOTES Tap the grid button and your notes become a wall of sticky notes. Lists show their items, drawings and photos show themselves. Give any note its own paper colour, drag notes where you want them, and they stay there. HANDWRITING WITH APPLE PENCIL Write or draw on iPad with Apple Pencil, or with your finger on iPhone, on blank, lined, grid or dotted paper. The page grows as you go. Your handwriting is read on the device, so it turns up in search, and it converts to typed text with a tap. PHOTOS, SCANS AND VOICE NOTES Take photos, scan documents, record voice notes and add files right inside a note. The text in your pictures is searchable. Voice notes are transcribed on your device, and tapping a line plays that moment. SEARCH THAT FORGIVES Type a word or two, in any order, without worrying about capitals or accents. Jotter searches titles, text, tags, handwriting and the words inside your pictures, and shows you the sentence it found. BRING YOUR NOTES WITH YOU Import from other notes apps, Markdown and plain text. Lists stay lists, and one tap undoes the lot. Jotter also keeps earlier versions of every note on your device, so you can always go back. ORGANISE LATER, OR NEVER Pin what matters. Write a #tag and it becomes a filter. Make a folder when a set of notes wants a name. Keep one note for today, or start from a template. Or don’t: everything is always in All Notes. CAPTURE FROM ANYWHERE • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Control Center and the Action button: note, list, voice, scan or handwriting • Apple Watch: dictate a note • Siri: “Jot down in Jotter” • The Share button in any app FORGIVING, AND PRIVATE Deleted notes wait in Recently Deleted for 30 days. Lock a private note behind Face ID. Set a reminder on any note, once or repeating. No analytics, no ads, no tracking. Jotter has no server at all. MADE FOR IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC Seven themes, every one included. Light and dark mode, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver. On iPad and Mac your notes sit on a desk of their own, with two notes side by side, more than one window, drag and drop, a menu bar and keyboard shortcuts for everything. Jotter is free. If it earns a place on your Home Screen, you can buy the maker a coffee in Settings. It unlocks nothing, and it is entirely optional. Privacy: https://thebighead.ca/jotter/privacy Terms: https://thebighead.ca/jotter/terms
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What's New in Jotter

2.0

November 7, 2026

Jotter 2.0 is the biggest update yet. Your notes leave the app: onto your Home Screen, your Lock Screen and your wrist. And everything you wrote somewhere else can come with you. A NEW LOOK - Give any note its own paper colour. Pick none and it looks after itself. - The board, the note page, the formatting bar, + New, search and Settings are all redrawn. - Photos sit in a note like prints. Voice notes have a proper player with the words under it. - Drag notes around the board, and they stay where you put them. - Your first minute with Jotter is now one line of writing that lands on the board. WIDGETS - Sticky note: any note, any size, handwriting and all. It updates the moment you write. - Board: a small wall of notes, each opening its own note. - Capture row: Note, List, Draw, Scan and Voice, one tap each. - Lists on the Lock Screen: see what's left, tick the next one, or add an item. - Next reminder, on the Home Screen and the Lock Screen. - Extra large on iPad, ready for StandBy, tinted and clear looks. - Four more Control Center buttons, which also work on the Action button. WHILE YOU'RE OUT - Shopping list on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Tick from there. - Voice notes show a timer and a stop button there too, and start from the Lock Screen. - Apple Watch: tick a list and dictate a note. BRING EVERYTHING, LOSE NOTHING - Import from other notes apps, Markdown and plain text. Lists stay lists, and one tap undoes it. - Back up every note to one file, and restore it whenever you like. - Note history: Jotter keeps earlier versions on your device. Tap one to bring it back. EVERY DAY - A note for today, in one tap from + New. The same note all day. - Templates for meetings, packing, recipes and your week. - Drag a list item to a new spot. - Lists and reminders that repeat. - Tap a line of a transcript to hear that moment. - Notes that link here, in a note's Info. - Straighten handwriting that leans. IPAD AND MAC - More than one window, and two notes side by side. - Drag text, photos and PDFs in from other apps, and a note out to Files or Mail. - Ready for the folding iPhone: open it and you get your list and your note together. MORE LANGUAGES Jotter now speaks French, Spanish, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese and Simplified Chinese. Plus many small fixes. Enjoying Jotter? A quick rating on the App Store helps other people find it.

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