Minute Notes vs Jotline
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Minute Notes
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Capture a thought before it disappears. Minute Notes is a focused notepad for writing, finding, and exporting plain-text notes without an account. Open the app, create a note with one tap, and keep typing. FAST FROM THE FIRST NOTE • Create a note with one tap • Search across titles and note text • Pin important notes to the top • Export any note as portable plain text with the system share sheet • Use a native split layout built for both iPhone and iPad PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your notes are stored on this device. Minute Notes has no account, no ads, no analytics SDK, and no cloud or upload service. You choose where an exported note goes. Minute Notes is deliberately small: a clear place to capture an idea, find it again, and move it somewhere else when you are ready.
Jotline
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Jotline is the fastest way to write down a thought with the time attached. Tap the icon and you're already in the editor—cursor blinking, keyboard up. No login screen, no folders, no setup. Just type. Every time you come back, Jotline drops in the current time, so your day reads like a timeline of moments. WHY JOTLINE • One tap to typing. No sign-up, no friction. • Automatic timestamps. Each entry is marked with the time, hands-free. • One page per day. Your notes organize themselves by date. • Synced and backed up. Notes save to the cloud instantly and appear on your other devices. • Works offline. Write on a plane; it syncs when you're back online. • Search everything. Find any note across every day, instantly. • Export anytime. Take a full backup of your notes whenever you want. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Jotline starts you off anonymously—your notes save to the cloud with zero setup and aren't tied to any personal info. Want them on your other devices? Connect a Google or Apple account in one tap. No ads. No tracking. No analytics. Whether it's a daily log, a work journal, quick meeting notes, or a place to think out loud, Jotline gets out of your way so you can just write.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Jotline at every 3 days against Minute Notes's every 40 months. Jotline also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Minute Notes ships an update every 40 months, Jotline every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Minute Notes | Jotline |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 40 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dmitriy Motorin | Hakjae Jung |
In-app purchases
Minute Notes
No in-app purchases
Jotline
No in-app purchases









