# Jotter: Sticky Notes & Lists — Handwriting, voice & widgets

> Handwriting, voice & widgets (iPhone/iPad app by Jashandeep Singh.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jotter-sticky-notes-and-lists/id6813861722 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Jashandeep Singh](https://appshunter.io/developer/1858438700)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.0 · 18 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-22
- Data updated: 2026-10-24

## What is Jotter?

Jotter is the notes app that feels like your desk: sticky notes, checklists, handwriting and voice notes in one place.
Tick off groceries from the Home Screen widget, or ask Siri to "add milk to Groceries in Jotter."
No ads, no subscription, no account. Your notes stay on your devices and in your own iCloud.

WHY JOTTER
• Fast: one tap on New note, the widget or Control Center, 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, or every note as Markdown files

CHECKLISTS THAT TICK
Type [] and a space to start a checklist. Tick items off with a tap — groceries, packing lists, the ten things to do before Friday. Tap New, pick List, name it, and start adding items.

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 photos and scans is searchable, and voice notes are transcribed on your device.

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.

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. Or don't: everything is always in All Notes.

CAPTURE FROM ANYWHERE
• Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, including a list you can tick without opening Jotter
• A New note button in Control Center
• Siri: "Jot down in Jotter"
• The Share button in any app: save a link, photo or text into a new note or one you already have

SEVEN THEMES, EACH ITS OWN WORLD
Classic sticky notes, Lamplight's desk lamp, Herbarium's field book, Blueprint's drafting grid, Airmail's stamps, Washi tape, and Velvet's plum and gold. Each theme changes the colours, the type, the highlighter, the checkboxes and what happens when you finish a list, and can change your app icon to match.

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. No analytics, no ads, no tracking — Jotter has no server at all.

MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD
A calm paper-and-ink design with a little comic-book fun around the edges. Light and dark mode, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and keyboard shortcuts on iPad, where your folders, your notes and the open note sit side by side.

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

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tip — a coffee | $1.99 | one-time |
| Tip — a medium coffee | $4.99 | one-time |
| Tip — a large coffee | $9.99 | one-time |


## Is Jotter safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Jotter.

## Is Jotter legit?

Jotter: Sticky Notes & Lists appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Jotter is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.4 — 2026-10-21

Jotter 1.4 is our biggest update yet: seven themes, each with a personality of its own.

SEVEN THEMES
- Classic: sticky notes and a yellow highlighter. The original.
- Lamplight: writing by a desk lamp at 1 a.m.
- Herbarium: a field book of pressed ferns.
- Blueprint: the drafting table, grid and all.
- Airmail: stamps, postmarks and an airmail stripe.
- Washi: tape, stamps and rice paper.
- Velvet: plum, gold leaf and wax seals.
Each theme changes the colours, the type, the highlighter, the checkboxes, the sticky notes, the buttons and what happens when you finish a list. Choose one in Settings, and give your Home Screen icon the same look if you like.

LISTS, WHEREVER YOU ARE
- A new List widget: tick items off right on your Home Screen.
- "Add eggs to Groceries in Jotter": Siri puts it on the list, above the items you've ticked.
- A Last Note button for Control Center and the Action button, to pick up where you left off.

PLUS
- Five new typefaces for your notes: Georgia, Charter, Baskerville, Avenir and Palatino.
- Lots of small fixes and polish.

Enjoying Jotter? A quick rating on the App Store helps other people find it.

### 1.3 — 2026-10-02

Jotter 1.3 polishes everything, and adds the things you asked for.

NEW
- Export every note from Settings, as Markdown files with their pictures, in a folder per folder.
- Sharing a note as Markdown now brings its photos and drawings along.
- Clear ticked items, then change your mind with Undo.
- Add a link from the formatting panel, with a paste button.
- A floating player for voice notes, so you can keep reading while one plays.
- Widgets that look like Jotter: a sticky-note New Note, and list progress on Recent Notes.
- Save text and Markdown files from the Share button straight into a note.

A FRESH COAT
- Tips sit at the top of Settings as sticky notes, and Settings shows when you last synced.
- A cleaner Share sheet, voice recorder, folder editor and New sheet.
- A note in Recently Deleted can be restored from right inside it.
- Duplicating a note opens the copy.

FIXES
- Closing a drawing with unsaved strokes now asks first.
- Typing after a picture starts with a capital letter again.
- Backspace at the start of a checklist item behaves.
- Text joined onto a picture line is no longer lost.
- Undoing a delete or archive brings back the note's pin and reminder.
- Notes edited on another device update the widgets and Search.
- Right-to-left writing gets its quote bar on the correct side.
- Very large text sizes keep the note's top line and list bar to one row.
- Tags no longer run into the words beside them.

Enjoying Jotter? A quick rating on the App Store helps other people find it.

### 1.2 — 2026-09-28

Everything Jotter can make, one tap away — and notes that are a pleasure to read.

NEW
• Tap New to pick a note, list, handwriting, scan, photo or voice note — no more hidden long-press
• Finish a list and get a little burst of confetti
• Quotes are set as pull-quotes, code as a clean block, and #tags as pills
• Dividers are a hand-drawn squiggle
• Long notes show how many minutes they take to read

A FRESH COAT
• Buttons you can feel: they press down with a soft tap
• Folders are sticky notes in their own colours; smart lists and tags are one tap away
• Settings shows every typeface as itself
• New designs for reminders, note info, moving a note and the voice recorder
• A tidier ••• menu, with everything on screen

FIXES
• The last lines of a long note could hide behind the bar at the bottom
• Numbered lists all showed "1"
• Very large text sizes made note text far too big, and pushed buttons off screen
• Handwriting could be cut off on the right
• Deleting a note now cancels its reminder, and a locked note's reminder no longer shows its words
• A locked note no longer locks itself during a permission prompt
• Joining a line onto the title now keeps the title's style
• Quick ticks down a list are all counted, and items move out of the way only once you pause

### 1.1 — 2026-09-24

A fresh look, easier lists, and a lot of fixes.

A NEW LOOK
• Every note's title gets a yellow highlighter, and headings are blue, so a long note is easy to scan
• A rounded typeface and more room between lines make notes easier to read (switch faces in Settings)
• Pinned notes sit at the top as sticky notes, showing their first few items
• A redesigned formatting panel shows every style in its own type

LISTS
• Add item: one tap adds a new item, just above the ones you've ticked
• Ticked items are crossed off with a marker
• Sub-items now move with their item when you sink or clear ticked items

FIXES
• Cutting and pasting inside a note no longer loses its photos and drawings
• A note left open now picks up what Siri, the Share button or your other devices add to it
• Handwriting is easy to see in dark mode
• Undo after removing a photo from a note brings it back
• The same #tag made on two devices no longer shows up twice
• VoiceOver can tick and untick checklist items
• Locked notes can't be shared or duplicated from the list without Face ID

Also new: Share Jotter in Settings, and — if Jotter has earned it — you can buy the maker a coffee. It's optional and unlocks nothing.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-22

No release notes.

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