Comparison

JotNotes vs Quick Notes

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Clutter-free interface
  • Organized notes
  • Color-coded boards
  • Easy to find notes
  • Capture ideas and goals
Features
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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.

About

Quick Notes

This app helps you quickly capture thoughts, lists, and reminders as they come to you. Easily organize and export your ideas to over 20 other applications, or use Siri Shortcuts for custom workflows. Sync your notes across devices with iCloud and set intuitive reminders.

Highlights
  • Quick note-taking
  • Export to 20+ apps
  • iCloud Sync
  • Intuitive reminders
  • Automatic date & URL recognition
  • Widgets
  • Siri & Shortcuts integration
Features
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Capture's intuitive interface and smart features turn your mobile device into a powerful thought organizer, letting you seize, sort, and execute your ideas with unprecedented ease. • Quick Notes: Immediacy is key, and with Capture, the moment inspiration hits, you're ready. Our quick note-taking feature is designed for those who think fast and want to write faster. Notes, lists, and reminders are captured in real-time, ensuring no idea ever slips through the cracks. Brain dump on the go and stay one step ahead of your inspiration. • Export to 20+ apps: Looking to migrate your captures to other platforms like Obsidian, Things 3, Todoist, iA Writer, Craft, Omnifocus 4, Fantastical, UpNote, NotePlan, Reminders or Apple Calendar? Capture's export functionality allows you to move your content with ease. It's all about getting your thoughts out there, wherever 'there' might be, from to-do to calendar apps. In addition, you can run any Siri Shortcut as an export option, enabling all kinds of workflows by using the capture as input. • iCloud Sync: Keep your ideas and tasks in harmony across all your devices with Capture's iCloud Sync. Every note, list, and preference is automatically updated, ensuring you have access to your latest thoughts wherever you go. • Intuitive reminders: With our badge system, subtle yet effective reminders keep you informed of your tasks. These intuitive nudges ensure that important notes don't get lost in the shuffle, keeping you alert and on track. • Automatic date & URL recognition: Organization has never been so effortless. Capture's data recognition identifies your dates and URLs so you don't need to manually insert them. They are also pre-filled with your favorite export option. • Widgets: Access your captures instantly with our widgets right from your home and lock screen. Capture prioritizes convenience, giving you a visual snapshot of your latest thoughts and to-dos without having to open the app. • Share Extension: Add content to Capture with ease using the Share extension — available from any app. • Siri & Shortcuts: Capture thoughts hands-free with Siri voice commands and enhance your workflow with Siri Shortcuts to create, open, and search captures effortlessly. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

JotNotes2 screens
Quick Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Quick Notes at 295 against JotNotes's 1. Quick Notes also leads on review sentiment (77% vs 67%) and device support (5 vs 2). JotNotes's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). 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. JotNotes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Quick Notes sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

JotNotes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quick Notes has 295 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of JotNotes's written reviews are positive against 77% of Quick Notes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

JotNotes ships an update every 3 days, Quick Notes every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
JotNotes versus Quick Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJotNotesQuick Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (295 ratings)
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews77.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1295 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 4 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS26.218.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB195 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIgor RusinovFurkan Simsir

Customer experience

JotNotes

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Quick Notes

All ratings295 ratings
Positive94.6%
Neutral2.4%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive77.0%
Neutral9.5%
Negative13.5%

Bugs and requests

JotNotes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Quick Notes

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • Data loss/notes vanishing
  • Sidebar sorting is buggy and breaks
  • Mac app does not work
  • App crashes frequently
  • Stickie notes do not work on MacOS 14 Sonoma
Show 3 more
  • MacOS App keeps crashing when hitting Enter key
  • App keeps crashing when making lists
  • Cannot share more than 1 note at a time

Requested features

19 requests
  • Batch operations (export/merge)
  • More keyboard shortcuts for macOS
  • Tags and coloring
  • An "all items" view with grouping and sorting
  • Calendar or timeline view
Show 14 more
  • View and live-edit notes expanded
  • Themes (black/white)
  • Ability to share to Supernotes and Tasks
  • Apple Watch app
  • New items to appear at the bottom of the feed
  • Ability to swipe left and right to move between lists
  • App icon customization
  • More widget presentation
  • Visual customization
  • Pin and archive lists
  • Support for images
  • WatchOS app with dictation
  • Better Markdown support
  • More keyboard shortcuts

In-app purchases

1 purchases

JotNotes

One-time1
  • Unlock Full App$0.99
3 purchases

Quick Notes

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is JotNotes free?
JotNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quick Notes free?
Quick Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, JotNotes or Quick Notes?
JotNotes is rated higher. JotNotes averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Quick Notes averages 4.8 from 295 ratings.
Do JotNotes or Quick Notes have ads?
Neither JotNotes nor Quick Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, JotNotes or Quick Notes?
JotNotes ships an update every 3 days, and Quick Notes every 4 days. Most recently, JotNotes was updated on September 24, 2026 and Quick Notes on October 1, 2026.

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