Comparison

Joplin vs Promptropolis

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

Head to head
About

Joplin

A privacy-focused note-taking and to-do application that allows you to capture multimedia notes, organize them with notebooks and tags, and sync across devices. It offers end-to-end encryption and an offline-first approach for secure and accessible information management.

Highlights
  • Capture multimedia notes (speech, photos, videos, PDFs)
  • Organize notes with notebooks and tags
  • Create to-dos and set reminders
  • End-to-end encryption for privacy
  • Cross-device synchronization (Joplin Cloud, Dropbox, OneDrive)
  • Offline-first access
  • OCR search for text within images and PDFs
Features
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Privacy-first app Capture your thoughts freely and without distractions, tracking, or ads. With Joplin’s end-to-end encryption and open-source code, you can concentrate on your ideas and tasks without worrying about your privacy. Capture multimedia notes Capture multimedia notes effortlessly. In Joplin you can : • create manuscript notes, • transcribe speech to note, • add multimedia: photos, videos, PDFs, and images, • insert documents as attachments, • create math expressions, add tables, write code and insert diagrams, • create to-dos and add reminders. Organise your ideas Organise your notes into notebooks. Connect your notes with tags by subject or priority. Use colours and rich text editor to format your notes with ease. Make task lists, create to-dos and add reminders. Effortlessly find your notes, even within PDFs and images, thanks to the powerful search feature enhanced by Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. Use Joplin to store your bills, lecture notes, photos or receipts. Reliable synchronisation Access your notes from computer, phone or tablet by synchronising with various services including Joplin Cloud, Dropbox and OneDrive. Seamlessly move from one device to another. Offline-first You can access your notes anytime and anywhere, even without Internet. If you’re using Joplin on multiple devices, they will synchronise and update once you regained the connection. Enhance your productivity across devices Extend your note-taking experience by using Joplin on additional devices such as a desktop computer or tablet. Make the most of each device by using its specific features. On the desktop app, use a web clipper extension, wide-range of community plugins and a Markdown editor. Experience flawless handwriting and drawing on your tablet. Join active community Connect with Joplin’s vibrant community on Joplin Forum. It’s a place where users can share ideas, ask questions, exchange information and give feedback. Joplin’s dynamic community also develops powerful plugins, so you can customise your app to suit your needs.

About

Promptropolis

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Promptropolis is your personal city of prompts — a beautifully designed library for the AI prompts you actually use. Stop scrolling through chat history looking for that one perfect prompt. Stop pasting prompts into Notes that you'll never find again. Save them here, organize them your way, and copy them with a single tap. KEY FEATURES • ONE-TAP COPY — Hit copy, paste into ChatGPT, Claude, or anywhere else. You're back to work in two seconds. • TEMPLATE VARIABLES — Wrap any word in {curly braces} and Promptropolis turns your prompt into a fill-in-the-blank tool. Type your code review prompt once, reuse it forever. • SMART CATEGORIES — Pre-loaded categories for Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, and General. Add your own custom categories for clients, projects, or workflows. • TAGS, RATINGS, AND PINS — Star your favourites, tag for fast search, pin the ones you use daily to the top. • VERSION HISTORY — Edit a prompt and the previous version is saved automatically. Up to 10 versions per prompt, restored with one tap. • POWERFUL SEARCH — Search across titles, prompt text, descriptions, and tags. Real-time, no waiting. • MULTIPLE SORTS — Newest, oldest, alphabetical, top-rated, or most-used. Each sort groups your prompts intelligently (Today, Yesterday, This Week, etc.). • IMPORT FROM ANYWHERE — Import from Apple Notes via clipboard, batch import from text or markdown files, or restore from a JSON backup. • EXPORT EVERYTHING — Backup your entire library as JSON or readable text. Your data, on your device, always. • LIGHT AND DARK THEMES — Switch between a deep purple dark mode and a clean light mode in Settings. • BUILT FOR PRIVACY — No accounts, no sign-up, no servers. Every prompt lives on your device. Delete the app and your data is gone — no traces left behind. WHY PROMPTROPOLIS Other note apps weren't built for prompts. They don't understand template variables. They don't have prompt-specific categories. They don't show you which prompts you copy most. Promptropolis is built for one thing: making your AI workflow faster. Save the prompt once. Use it forever. Copy it in seconds. PRICING Promptropolis is free with bottom banner ads. One-time $2.99 purchase removes ads forever — no subscriptions, no recurring fees. PRIVACY We don't collect your prompts. We never see them. They're stored on your device using iOS encrypted storage. The free version shows ads via Google AdMob, which is the only third party that receives any data — and only standard ad-related identifiers. Full privacy policy: https://promptropolis-privacy.netlify.app

Screenshots

Joplin4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Joplin at none against Promptropolis's 1. Joplin also leads on device support. On price 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. Promptropolis sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Joplin asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Joplin versus Promptropolis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJoplinPromptropolis
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (480 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings480 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLaurent CozicMatthew Edwards

Bugs and requests

Joplin

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Sync issues with WebDAV and Dropbox
  • Crashes when creating new notes
  • Keyboard issues, text getting obscured
  • Rendering problems in dark mode
  • Compatibility issues with older iOS versions

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add web clipper functionality on iOS
  • Implement nested notebooks on iOS
  • Allow password/biometric protection for notes
  • Improve text editing experience on mobile
  • Add more font and formatting options
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  • Implement a trash/recycle bin for deleted notes

Promptropolis

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Joplin

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Promptropolis

One-time1
  • Promptropolis Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Joplin free?
Joplin is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Promptropolis free?
Promptropolis is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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