Bits vs JokeBook Go
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bits
This app helps comedians organize their writing process, build sets, and manage performances. It allows for quick capture of ideas, detailed note-taking, and easy setlist arrangement with drag-and-drop functionality. Features include on-stage mode, labeling, and time estimation for jokes.
- Quickly capture joke ideas
- Organize bits with notes
- Build and reorder performance sets
- On-stage mode for live shows
- Categorize jokes with labels
- Track joke status and estimated time
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Bits is an app for professional stand-up comedians. It’s designed to keep your writing process fast and organized so you can focus on your comedy instead of the tools. Here's what it offers: *WRITE BITS* Whenever a funny thought pops into your brain, you can quickly add it to your infinite bits list. Just open the app, hit that plus button, and start writing. All your bits are saved securely*, instantly, and automatically so you won’t have to worry about that. *ADD NOTES* Writing the perfect bit comes with lots of experimentation and small details to remember. To help you with the ongoing process of adjustments, each bit has its section of notes. Bits and notes always come together so you won’t be able to lose important notes you’ve written to yourself. *BUILD SETS* We all wish for the perfect set. The set will catch the crowd on its first bit and finish with resounding laughter. This glory set is the easiest to build and manage. You can add bits to existing sets or create a new set and add bits to it. Simply drag & drop to reorder the bits and have them ready one by one. Move jokes up and down, remove and add until you find that perfect balance of laughs. *ON STAGE MODE* The old days of paper pages on a stool are over! When you’re up there on stage, you can switch to the on-stage mode and have your set ready for your performance. The screen will remain turned on and all black. While you perform, you can swipe right or left to indicate if the joke did well or not so you can come back to it later and reshape it the way you think best. *ORGANIZE WITH LABELS* Planning a Christmas set? And how about those airport bits? Or where did you put all of your funny bits about your dad? Oh, they’re all labeled! Label each bit with any label(s) you want. Either apply labels from the bit screen or add bits to an existing label from the labels screen. Access by bit the themes you think are most suitable for your next set. *SET STATUSES* Writing a bit is a process. It starts with a thought and moves up the ladder until it’s done. Draft, done, or gold - these are predefined statuses for your bits which will help you plan ahead and easily see which bits need more work, which can be performed and get laughs, and which are so good that you can close and get max cheers from your crowd. *TIME YOUR BITS* You got only 5 minutes, 5:10 at most. Which bits can be squeezed in to fit that time limitation? Oh, that’s easy. Each bit is generated with an approximate time it’ll take you to perform it, but you can always tweak it and make sure you can plan every bit to fit perfectly into its time slot. ---- --- *Please note that material backup, bit feedback, and custom icons are available to paid subscribers only. ---- --- I’d love to answer your questions or just hear what you think about Bits. Find me online at: amitay@thebits.club Twitter: @standUpBitsApp ---- --- Privacy Policy: https://www.thebits.club/privacy-policy Terms & Conditions: https://www.thebits.club/termsnconditions
JokeBook Go
This app helps comedians organize their joke ideas, create setlists, and track performance dates. It allows users to record their sets while viewing their setlist and listen back to recordings.
- Organize joke ideas
- Create setlists
- Calendar for setlist tracking
- Record live sets
- Listen to recordings
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JokeBook! Because you are always losing yours.... Made by a stand up comic, for stand up comics. Key Features: * Organize your bits (new joke ideas) * Create set lists from your bits. * Use the calendar to keep up with when you used that set list * Record your set while looking at your set. * Listen to your recordings.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: JokeBook Go at none against Bits's 10. JokeBook Go also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Bits's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (229 vs 2). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Bits sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. JokeBook Go asks for nothing beyond the download.
JokeBook Go holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Bits has 229 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 78% of Bits's written reviews are positive against 100% of JokeBook Go's.
Bits ships an update fortnightly, JokeBook Go every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bits | JokeBook Go |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (229 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 77.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 229 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 268 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Amitay Tweeto | Akil Bjorn |
Customer experience
Bits
JokeBook Go
Bugs and requests
Bits
Reported bugs
11 issues- App fails to save edits and loses material
- Cross-platform synchronization not working properly
- Entire joke libraries deleted without warning
- Writing streak counter resets unexpectedly
- Bits randomly dropped from sets
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- Text formatting jumps to bottom of page when adding line breaks
- Sets page pops up repeatedly when trying to navigate back
- Gags stuck scrolled to top when editing
- Keyboard stays on screen blocking text visibility
- Showtime swipe function has unintuitive directional logic
- Data loss on app updates or device transfers
Requested features
17 requests- Font size adjustment for visually impaired users
- Better web version functionality
- iPad-optimized version
- Dark mode option
- Ability to record and playback jokes
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- Keyword search functionality for set building
- Performance tracking with worked/didn't work indicators
- Gag title feature for better organization
- Bullet points and checkbox formatting within gags
- Drag-and-drop custom gag organization
- Social component to connect with other comedians
- Timer with toggle visibility during showtime
- Better text formatting and color highlighting
- Improved showtime display with larger text
- Filter and sort gags by status (drafts, completed, etc.)
- Ability to edit gags while in a set
- Auto-correct and spell-check functionality
JokeBook Go
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Bits
- Monthly Written Back Up7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Monthly Written Back Up7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Monthly Written Back Up7 Days trial$7.991 Month
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- Yearly Written Back Up1 Month trial$9.991 Year
- Monthly Written Back Up7 Days trial2 variants$9.991 Month
- Yearly Written Back Up1 Month trial$29.991 Year
- Yearly Written Back Up1 Month trial2 variants$39.991 Year
- Yearly Written Back Up1 Month trial$49.991 Year
JokeBook Go
No in-app purchases






