JotNotes vs Thoughts & Ideas List
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JotNotes
Capture notes, ideas, and goals effortlessly with this streamlined application. Organize your thoughts using color-coded boards for easy retrieval in any aspect of your life.
- Clutter-free interface
- Organized notes
- Color-coded boards
- Easy to find notes
- Capture ideas and goals
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JotNotes is a simple, clutter-free app for capturing notes at work, school, or in everyday life. All your notes stay neatly organized and easy to find — thanks to a clean interface designed to stay out of your way. Create color-coded boards to group your notes by topic, project, or anything else that matters to you.
Thoughts & Ideas List
Capture, organize, and sync your thoughts and ideas across devices. Utilize tags, folders, and notes for detailed organization. Secure your ideas with biometric authentication and unlock advanced features with a Pro subscription.
- Capture and organize ideas
- Tagging for quick retrieval
- Folder organization
- Add detailed notes
- iCloud syncing
- Biometric authentication
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With IdeaLog, you can easily capture and organize all of your ideas in one place. Add tags to quickly find related ideas, create folders to keep things organized, and add notes to elaborate on your ideas. Plus, all of your ideas are synced through iCloud, so you can access them from anywhere. For added security, IdeaLog offers biometric authentication. Simply enable this feature and use your fingerprint or facial recognition to access your ideas. Upgrade to IdeaLog Pro for even more features, including unlimited tags, unlimited ideas, folders, and more. Prices start at just $2.99 per month, with a 3-day trial available. You can also choose an annual subscription for $17.99 or a lifetime subscription for $34.99. All prices noted above are in USD. Contact: https://innovativedigitaltechnologies.software/IdeaLog Privacy Policy: https://innovativedigitaltechnologies.software/IdeaLog/privacypolicy Terms & Conditions: https://innovativedigitaltechnologies.software/IdeaLog/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: JotNotes at every 3 days against Thoughts & Ideas List's every 2 months. Thoughts & Ideas List's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.2). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. JotNotes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Thoughts & Ideas List sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for JotNotes against 5.0 for Thoughts & Ideas List. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Thoughts & Ideas List has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
JotNotes ships an update every 3 days, Thoughts & Ideas List every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and August 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | JotNotes | Thoughts & Ideas List |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Igor Rusinov | INNOVATIVE DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED |
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JotNotes
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In-app purchases
JotNotes
- Unlock Full App$0.99
Thoughts & Ideas List
- IdeaLog Monthly3 Days trial$2.991 Month
- IdeaLog Yearly$17.991 Year
- IdeaLog Lifetime$34.99
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