Comparison

Meeting Notes & Work Planner vs J

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

Head to head
About

Meeting Notes & Work Planner

Capture your thoughts and ideas with a versatile note-taking app. Easily create handwritten notes, add images, and convert speech to text. Organize your content with folders and sync across devices.

Highlights
  • Handwritten note creation
  • Image integration
  • Speech-to-text conversion
  • Drawing and doodling tools
  • Folder organization
  • Cloud synchronization
Features
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Don’t work hard, work smarter! Document all your classes or meetings with the awesome tools SketchNotes brings to you. CREATE EASY NOTES AND ADD IMAGES • Create customizable notes, and write anything you want in an easy, yet really helpful note that will make almost impossible to forget homeworks and projects QUICK SPEECH TO TEXT TOOL • If your teacher or partners are talking fast, use the Speech to text tool and save all the highlights lessons. You won’t even have to write anything. PERSONALIZE AND SHARE • Set your creativity free. Use our pencils, sharpies and shapes to draw doodles, funnels or anything that comes to your mind. ORGANIZE AND SYNC • Create folders and subfolders to make sure you will find the information you need whenever you want • Sync your notes on the cloud Price of subscription: - 3 day free trial then $9.99 per month Terms of use: https://giantbrainsllc.wordpress.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policies: https://giantbrainsllc.wordpress.com/privacy-policy/

About

J

This app helps you organize thoughts, sketch ideas, and manage tasks with a beautiful, intuitive interface. It offers rich text editing, smart organization, and flexible views for a personalized experience. Keep your data private with local storage and no cloud sync.

Highlights
  • Text and drawing notes
  • Rich text editing
  • Smart organization (pinning, color-coding)
  • Trash and recovery system
  • Flexible display views
  • Calendar and map integration
  • Reminders and instant search
Features
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Notes that stay on your iPhone. Write them, sketch them, lock them behind Face ID, and put them on your Home Screen. No account, no cloud, no ads, no in-app purchases and nothing to subscribe to. WRITE IT, OR DRAW IT Type a note, or sketch one with pen, marker and pencil — Apple Pencil or your finger, with adjustable width and color. Start a drawing over a photo from your library or straight from the camera. Undo and redo sit under the keyboard while you write. Check items off inside the text: a checklist line is part of the note rather than a separate list, and the box responds wherever you tap it. EVERYTHING WHERE YOU LEFT IT • Pin the notes that matter to the top • Color-code them, tag them, and filter by a tag in one tap • Search titles, bodies and tags at once • Compact, standard or detailed rows, remembered between launches • Deleted notes wait 30 days in the trash, and can be opened before you decide • On iPad the list and the note sit side by side, through rotation and Split View alike REMINDERS THAT ARRIVE Set a date and time on any note and it comes back as a notification — as a banner even when the app is already open, and tapping it opens that note rather than the list. If iOS will not schedule it, the app says so instead of losing it quietly. Notes with reminders also line up in a calendar view, by the day they are due. NOTES THAT REMEMBER WHERE THEY WERE A note keeps the place it was written, and the map shows them all — notes made in the same spot share a pin. Useful for a trip, a viewing, a walk around a site, or anywhere the location is half of what you wrote down. LOCKED IS LOCKED • Lock any note behind Face ID or Touch ID • The notes file is unreadable while the device is locked • An unlocked note is covered before iOS takes its app-switcher snapshot • A locked note's reminder reaches the Lock Screen without its title or its text • Search does not look inside a locked note ON YOUR HOME SCREEN AND LOCK SCREEN Small, medium and large Home Screen widgets show your most recent notes, pinned first — and tapping one opens that note, not the list. All three Lock Screen shapes are there too: the newest note as a line, as a title with a line of text, or just how many notes there are. A locked note shows its padlock and nothing else, in every size. Ask Siri to create a note, or put it in a Shortcut. BUILT FOR EVERYONE Every icon-only control is labeled for VoiceOver, and a note's row is announced as one thing rather than as the seven pieces it is drawn from. A checklist line says whether it is checked. Text follows your Dynamic Type size, including the checkbox and the area you tap to check it. The unlock button shows the method your device actually offers. YOURS, AND ONLY YOURS • No ads • No in-app purchases, no subscription • No account, no sign-in, no cloud, no data collected • Works completely offline • Back up and restore everything as a single file • English and Czech • iPhone and iPad Just your notes. Nothing else.

Screenshots

Meeting Notes & Work Planner4 screens
J4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: J at 5.0 against Meeting Notes & Work Planner's 4.1. J also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Meeting Notes & Work Planner's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. Meeting Notes & Work Planner sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. J asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

J holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meeting Notes & Work Planner has 1.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Meeting Notes & Work Planner's written reviews are positive against 100% of J's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meeting Notes & Work Planner ships an update every 3 weeks, J fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Meeting Notes & Work Planner versus J: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeeting Notes & Work PlannerJ
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (1.9K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews71.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.9K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGiant BrainsRobert Libsansky

Customer experience

Meeting Notes & Work Planner

All ratings1,928 ratings
Positive75.1%
Neutral7.9%
Negative17.0%
Written reviews557 reviews
Positive71.5%
Neutral8.1%
Negative20.5%

J

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Meeting Notes & Work Planner

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes getting deleted unexpectedly
  • Inability to edit or move images
  • Syncing issues across devices
  • Freezing and performance problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add more customization options
  • Improve stability and reliability
  • Provide better support and documentation
  • Allow more flexibility in note-taking

J

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Meeting Notes & Work Planner

Subscriptions5
  • Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$1.997 Days
  • New Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
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  • Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$49.991 Year
None

J

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meeting Notes & Work Planner free?
Meeting Notes & Work Planner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is J free?
J is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Meeting Notes & Work Planner or J?
J is rated higher. Meeting Notes & Work Planner averages 4.1 out of 5 from 1.9K ratings, while J averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Meeting Notes & Work Planner or J have ads?
Neither Meeting Notes & Work Planner nor J shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meeting Notes & Work Planner or J?
Meeting Notes & Work Planner ships an update every 3 weeks, and J fortnightly. Most recently, Meeting Notes & Work Planner was updated on November 6, 2026 and J on November 3, 2026.

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