Comparison

Bear vs Wojo

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Bear

A beautiful and simple Markdown app for capturing, writing, and organizing your thoughts and ideas. It offers a distraction-free writing environment, flexible formatting, and powerful organizational tools like tags and tasks. Ideal for anyone looking to streamline their note-taking and creative processes.

Highlights
  • Distraction-free writing environment
  • Flexible Markdown formatting
  • Tag-based organization
  • Task management
  • Note linking (WikiLinks)
  • Web clipping extension
  • Apple Pencil sketching
Features
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Bear is a beautiful, powerfully simple Markdown app to capture, write, and organize your life. ​ Take notes, plan your day, journal thoughts, organize tables, create lists and tasks, sketch ideas, link notes together, write a book, and much more. Bear is used by writers, lawyers, chefs, CEOs, teachers, doctors, engineers, students, parents.. you get the picture. Getting started couldn’t be faster—no signup and no account. Just open a note and write naturally. ​ "My journaling app of choice is Bear" - Kit Eaton, New York Times ​ * 2017 Apple Design Award * 2016 App Store App of the Year * Editors' choice for 7 consecutive years * Most of our parents love it ​ ## BEAUTIFUL. SIMPLE. POWERFUL. PRIVATE - Tools stay out of your way so you can just write - Sketch ideas on iPad with an extendable canvas and Apple Pencil (and other styli) - Clip web pages and other content with Bear’s app extension - The redesigned Info Panel now with Table of Contents and Backlinks - Use Apple Watch to dictate and append to recent notes - Support for all the scripts including RTL languages like Arabic, Hebrew, and Persian - Easily create notes with Siri and Shortcuts - Your notes, not ours - Bear is private at its core: We cannot see your notes, tags, or anything else ​ ## FLEXIBLE MARKDOWN ​ - Work in plain text - easy to move between apps - Still use formatting like bold, italics, strikethrough, links, tables, and more with Markdown - Combine text styles like bold and underline, even in headings - Markdown hides for a clean reading experience - Use WikiLinks to connect notes and build a personal wiki or knowledge management tool ​ ## GET ORGANIZED with #tags, tasks, and more ​ - Add #tags, #multi-word tags# and even #multiple/nested/tags anywhere in a note for quick organization - Pin important tags to the top of the Sidebar - Make important tags stand out in the Sidebar with TagCons - Add tasks to notes and easily view all notes that include tasks - Fold sections to get them out of the way ​ ## SHARING MADE EASY ​ - Export notes to plain text, Markdown, TextBundle, Bear note, and rich text - Export notes to HTML, DocX, PDF, JPG, and ePub (Bear Pro required) - Easily share your notes to any third-party app with the Share Sheet ​ ## SEARCH FAR AND WIDE ​ - Use Spotlight to search your notes from anywhere - Search for text inside photos and PDFs (Bear Pro required) - Focus on specific types of notes with powerful Special Searches like @todo, @images, and @yesterday ​ ## CREATE YOUR COZY SPACE ​ * Pick from nearly 30 themes for the perfect writing space in both Light and Dark Mode (Bear Pro required) * Choose an app icon that speaks to your personality (Bear Pro required) * Set your own fonts for plain text, headings, and code * Set line height and width, paragraph spacing, and more ​ ## GET MORE WITH BEAR PRO ​ One subscription enables a variety of features on all your devices and keeps the Bear hugs coming. ​ - Sync notes between your iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud - Encrypt individual notes with a password that is entirely private to you - Lock Bear with Face/Touch ID - Export to more formats including HTML, DocX, PDF, JPG, and ePub - Search for text inside images and PDFs in Bear notes - Over 30 beautiful app themes & app icons ​ $2.99 monthly $29.99 yearly 14-day free trial ​ ----- Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your App Store account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel the subscription once activated. After purchase, manage your subscriptions in App Store Account Settings. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription. ----- ​ bear@shinyfrog.net Twitter: BearNotesApp Reddit: reddit.com/r/BearApp Facebook: BearNotes Instagram: BearNotesApp Privacy Policy: http://www.bear.app/privacy/ Terms of Service: http://www.bear.app/terms/

About

Wojo

Easily find and book flexible workspaces like coworking areas, private offices, or meeting rooms by the hour or day. Enjoy comfortable environments with secure Wi-Fi and on-site amenities. The app uses geolocation to show nearby options and allows for seamless online payment.

Highlights
  • Book coworking spaces
  • Reserve private offices
  • Find meeting rooms
  • Geolocation for nearby spaces
  • Flexible booking durations
  • Online payment
Features
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With Wojo, book a workspace (coworking, private office, meeting room) for an hour, half a day, a day, and more if you like! Create your account and enter the experience. Our network of workspaces allows you to work in optimal conditions, wherever you are, and for as long as you need. At each of our locations, you'll find : - an inspiring and warm design as well as ergonomic furniture for your comfort, - a high-performance and secure wifi connection to protect your data, - a bar/restaurant service for breaks, - and attentive teams to meet your needs! It's very simple to take advantage of it: - thanks to geolocation, the Wojo app shows you the available workspaces around you, - coworking, private office or meeting room: choose the space that suits you, - choose a duration, - specify the number of people, - pay online, - present your confirmation email when you arrive: our teams are waiting for you, Work well, we'll take care of the rest! For more information, visit wojo.com.

Screenshots

Bear4 screens
Wojo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wojo at none against Bear's 2. Wojo also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Bear's advantage is review sentiment (77% vs 50%) and ratings volume (6.9K vs 6). On price, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Bear sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Wojo asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wojo holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bear has 6.9K ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 77% of Bear's written reviews are positive against 50% of Wojo's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bear ships an update every 9 days, Wojo monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and August 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Bear versus Wojo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBearWojo
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (6.9K ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews76.9% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6.9K — better6
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size230 MB101 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShiny Frog Ltd.NEXTDOOR

Customer experience

Bear

All ratings6,858 ratings
Positive91.6%
Neutral2.6%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews1,752 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral9.5%
Negative13.6%

Wojo

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral8.3%
Negative41.7%

Bugs and requests

Bear

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Sync issues causing note conflicts and data loss
  • Cursor jumping and input issues on iPad
  • Inconsistent behavior when importing/exporting content

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add password protection for individual notes
  • Improve search capabilities to find text within notes
  • Implement table support for more robust note-taking
  • Develop a web-based version for broader accessibility
  • Allow manual sorting and organization of notes

Wojo

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Bear

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Pro subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro subscription7 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Wojo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bear free?
Bear is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Wojo free?
Wojo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bear or Wojo?
Wojo is rated higher. Bear averages 4.7 out of 5 from 6.9K ratings, while Wojo averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Bear or Wojo have ads?
Neither Bear nor Wojo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bear or Wojo?
Bear ships an update every 9 days, and Wojo monthly. Most recently, Bear was updated on September 24, 2026 and Wojo on August 8, 2026.

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