Comparison

Keepyear vs JotBox

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

Head to head
About

Keepyear

This app helps you manage your schedule, create reminders, and organize tasks with an intuitive interface. It offers features like drag-and-drop scheduling, seamless meeting coordination, and customizable notifications. Sync tasks and events across devices for effortless daily planning.

Highlights
  • Drag-and-drop scheduling
  • Meeting coordination with iCal invitations
  • Customizable notifications with repeat intervals
  • Real-time task syncing across devices
  • Notes and checklists for tasks
  • Light and dark theme options
Features
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Keepyear: Your All-in-One Calendar Keepyear is a powerful calendar app with hybrid features designed to streamline your schedule, create reminders, and manage your tasks effortlessly. Stay organized and on top of your daily plans with Keepyear’s intuitive and user-friendly interface. Calendar Functions • Efficient Event Management: Easily create, update, or delete calendar events. • Drag-and-Drop Scheduling: Update your schedule effortlessly with a simple drag and drop. • Seamless Meeting Coordination: Add participants to meetings and send iCal invitations via email. • Location Integration: Include physical addresses in your events. • Automatic Synchronization: Sync your events with the Calendar application seamlessly. Hybrid Notifications • Custom Notifications: Create personalized notifications with repeat intervals and custom audio alerts. • Reminder Integration: Set reminders for your notification events to never miss a task. Task Management • Real-Time Syncing: Sync tasks across all devices with the same iCloud account. • Secure Backup: Back up your private notifications to iCloud. • Calendar Sync: Integrate your tasks with the Calendar application in real-time. • Effortless Task Management: Swipe to delete tasks quickly and easily. Reminders & Events • Flexible Scheduling: Schedule reminders and manage events with ease. • Customizable Calendar View: Show or hide any calendar from the Calendar application. • Notes & Checklists: Create detailed notes and checklists for each task. Layout Features • Orientation Flexibility: Switch between portrait and landscape modes effortlessly. • Theme Options: Choose between light or dark themes to suit your preference. • Primary List View: Navigate through your primary list with ease. How to Schedule a Task 1. Create a New Task: Press the plus button on the bottom right to create a new task. 2. Select Notification or Calendar Event: Choose “Keepyear Notifications” for notification events or any calendar from the selection list for calendar events. 3. Add Task Details: Enter a title, schedule notification time, and due date (optional). 4. Create Notes & Checklists: Use the “+” button to add notes or checklists. 5. Organize Your Tasks: Reorder tasks with a simple touch and swipe to complete, activate, or delete tasks. Experience a new way of daily planning. Visit our website at www.keepyear.com for more information. Subscription Details • Auto-Renewable Subscription: Enjoy Keepyear for just $1.99 per year. • Subscription Management: Your subscription will be charged to your iTunes account and will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage your subscription and auto-renewal settings in your iTunes Account Settings. For detailed terms of use, visit Terms of Use. Read our Privacy Policy to learn how we protect your information. This revised description aims to be engaging, clear, and comprehensive, highlighting the key features and benefits of the Keepyear app while ensuring potential users understand how to use it and manage their subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: http://keepyear.com/privacy-policy/

About

JotBox

A fast, local-first scratchpad for quick notes, drafts, and lists. Offers rich text formatting, image attachments, and powerful search. Notes are private by default, with optional iCloud sync and backups.

Highlights
  • Rich text formatting
  • Image and camera capture
  • Full-text search and filters
  • Note locking and read-only mode
  • Export to multiple formats
  • Optional iCloud sync and backup
Features
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JotBox is a fast, local-first scratchpad for the notes that don't need a whole filing cabinet. Open the app and start writing. JotBox keeps a blank page ready, stores notes in a simple timeline, and adds just enough structure when you need it. Use JotBox to: - capture quick notes, measurements, reminders, drafts, and lists - format text with bold, italic, underline, colors, highlights, links, bullets, numbered lists, checkboxes, and indentation - add images from your photo library or pasteboard, with camera capture on iPhone and iPad - save text and links from the Share Sheet where supported - pin, reorder, and find notes with full-text search, snippets, filters, and highlights - lock individual notes locally with a JotBox privacy password and optional biometric unlock where available - mark reference notes read-only so they stay viewable without accidental edits - recover deleted notes from the Recycle Bin - export notes as text, Markdown, PDF, or a restorable backup file - optionally sync through your private iCloud account - optionally create iCloud Drive backup snapshots No account is required. Notes stay on your device unless you turn on Apple's private iCloud sync or iCloud Drive backup. JotBox includes a 7-day app-managed trial. After the trial, JotBox Pro is a one-time $3.99 unlock for editing, creating and managing notes, and rich attachments. Existing notes remain viewable, copyable, shareable, and exportable.

Screenshots

Keepyear4 screens
JotBox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Keepyear at 14.0 against JotBox's 17.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Keepyear sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per year and JotBox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Keepyear ships an update every 6 weeks, JotBox every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Keepyear versus JotBox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeepyearJotBox
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVladimir KrejcirDaniel Bragilevsky

Customer experience

Keepyear

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

JotBox

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Keepyear

Subscriptions1
  • Basic Annual Plan1 Month trial$1.991 Year
1 purchases

JotBox

One-time1
  • JotBox Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Keepyear free?
Keepyear is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JotBox free?
JotBox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Keepyear or JotBox have ads?
Neither Keepyear nor JotBox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Keepyear or JotBox?
Keepyear ships an update every 6 weeks, and JotBox every 5 weeks. Most recently, Keepyear was updated on September 15, 2026 and JotBox on September 8, 2026.

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