In Your Note vs Jiff Journal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
In Your Note
This simple note-taking application allows users to create and view all their memos at a glance. It offers features like collapsing lengthy notes, text alignment, and dark mode support for a streamlined experience.
- Create new notes easily
- Collapse/expand lengthy notes
- Left, right, and center text alignment
- Dark Mode support
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In Your Note is the simple note app that shows all of your short and lengthy memos in one easy glance. Features: • Create a new note with a tap of a button. • Quickly collapse or expand each of your lengthy notes. • Tap to open links right inside your notes. • Pin the notes you want to keep on top. • Drafts keep your unfinished thoughts safe until you come back. • Align your text to the left, right, or center. • Quick actions on each note for share, copy, and more. • Supports Dark Mode. • Polished for iOS 26. Go ad-free anytime from Settings with a Premium subscription. In Your Note Premium is an auto-renewable subscription. It unlocks an ad-free experience, iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac, and beautiful accent themes. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Jiff Journal
This app helps you understand yourself better by journaling your life experiences and goals. Easily store and recall memories using text, feelings, or calendar search. Your entries are private, stored only on your devices and iCloud.
- Memory storage and recall
- Search by text, feelings, calendar
- Private, device-only storage
- iCloud sync across devices
- Visualize memories by feeling
- iCloud backup
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Do you want to know yourself better? Do you want to be clear about your life goals? Do you want to revere every notable experience in your life? Let Jiff Journal help you. Conserve your memories anytime, anywhere. It's an optimized journal where you can easily store tiny to large entries. And it has never been easier to recall your memories. You can search using text, feelings and calendar. Just mark your life journey and cherish it forever. Privacy matters: your entries are stored only on your devices and in your iCloud account, nobody else can access them. This app is free. With in-app purchases, you can buy Premium subscription. Being a Premium member, you can: - Visualize your memories based on the feeling you wrote them with. - Sync your entries across iPhone, iPad and Mac. Make sure you are signed in with the same iCloud account on each device, and that iCloud Drive is turned on. - Backup your data in your iCloud account. Make sure your iCloud Drive is turned on. Since backup is on your iCloud Account, only you can see your memories. Privacy Policy: https://indianmoody.github.io/jiff_journal_info/privacy_policy Terms and Conditions: https://indianmoody.github.io/jiff_journal_info/terms_and_conditions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Jiff Journal at 5.0 against In Your Note's 4.2. Jiff Journal also leads on ads (none vs shown). In Your Note's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. In Your Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Jiff Journal sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Jiff Journal holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: In Your Note has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | In Your Note | Jiff Journal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (12 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 90.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 12 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Stephen Jang | Gaurav Bishnoi |
Customer experience
In Your Note
Jiff Journal
In-app purchases
In Your Note
- Ad Free$0.99
Jiff Journal
- Jiff All Access$0.991 Month
- Jiff All Access$5.991 Year
