Comparison

Auer Jot vs Active Notes

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

Head to head
About

Auer Jot

This minimalist note-taking app helps you capture thoughts quickly and search them easily. It offers a fast interface for jotting down ideas and backing them up automatically with iCloud. Free your mental space with this simple tool.

Highlights
  • Minimalist interface
  • Fast note-taking
  • Effortless search
  • Email notes
  • Copy notes to other apps
  • Automatic iCloud backup
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Auer Jot is the minimalist note-taking companion designed for speed and clarity. Capture your thoughts instantly, search them effortlessly, and keep your focus where it matters most. Free your mental space. Featuring a minimal and fast interface, Auer Jot lets you: - Quickly write down your ideas and thoughts as they come - Email them, or copy them to another app when you are ready - Automatically backup your jots with iCloud That's it. Simple.

About

Active Notes

This app uses AI to transform visual information like screenshots and emails into actionable notes, reminders, and calendar events. It helps reduce digital clutter and syncs seamlessly with your calendars and devices.

Highlights
  • AI-assisted visual capture from screenshots, emails, and URLs
  • Unified calendar sync with Apple and Google Calendars
  • Self-cleaning workspace that removes past events/tasks
  • Elegant delivery tracking for packages
  • Shared circles for effortless note sharing
  • Family sharing included with subscription
Features
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Stop being the only one who remembers. You know it's early release Thursday. You know the party RSVP is due Friday, practice moved to 4:30, and nobody has thought about dinner. Nobody else knows, because it lives in your camera roll and your head. Active Notes takes it from there. Screenshot the school email, the party invite or the sign-up flyer. The date goes on your calendar with a reminder, the to-do is written for you, and the note clears itself once the day has passed. Nothing to type, nothing to set up. Free to use, no account needed. NOTHING FALLS THROUGH THE CRACKS Early release. The birthday party RSVP. Practice moved to 4:30. Screenshot it and the date lands on Apple Calendar, or Google Calendar with a free account, with a reminder before it starts. When a flyer asks something of you, like "RSVP by Friday" or "sign up by Wednesday", the note offers it as a to-do. Screenshot the dress or the deal and it's in To Buy with the price and the link. Say yes to the calendar once and every event after lands on its own. Each morning a short digest tells you what today holds. All free. YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS With Premium, share a list with your household and it's on their phone the moment you add something. Screenshot an invite into Family Events and it lands on everyone's calendar. Add milk from the couch and it's on their list before they reach the aisle; a tick on their phone is a tick on yours. Nobody asks "what time is the party?" again. Joining is free for them. DINNER, DECIDED Share a recipe from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or any website and it arrives ready to cook from: the ingredients to tick, the step you're on lit, every "simmer 20 minutes" a timer. Plan tonight's dinner from the recipes you saved. All free. With Premium, plan the whole week together, fill the empty nights in a tap, and send every ingredient to one grocery list with the amounts added up. FREE • Screenshots you share, read and filed • Events on Apple Calendar, with reminders • Suggested to-dos from flyers and emails • A morning and evening digest of your day • Recipes ready to cook from, and tonight's dinner planned • Lists and To Buy, on your Apple Watch too A free account (Apple or Google) adds Google Calendar, notes kept forever, and joining your household. PREMIUM: THE WHOLE HOUSEHOLD, HANDLED • Your household on the same page: shared lists, Family Events on everyone's calendar, one cookbook on both phones • The week's dinners planned, with one grocery list • Every new screenshot read the moment you take it, no tap needed, and cleared from your camera roll • Your notes on iPhone, iPad and Mac, backed up • Apple Family Sharing: everyone in your family gets Premium Also included: live package tracking, your digest read in a natural voice, a weekly recap, pin to top and priority support. $4.99 a month, or $39.99 a year with a 7-day free trial. Cancel anytime. One purchase covers iPhone, iPad and Mac. IT CLEANS UP AFTER ITSELF Once the party is over, the note removes itself. We call it the Visual Offload System™, and the feeling is Permission to Safely Forget™. Keep the notes you want. Recipes never clear themselves. IT READS THE SCREENSHOT. ONLY THE SCREENSHOT. You never ask it anything, and it never reads your email or messages, sends anything or spends your money. Smart Extraction sends the image to a cloud AI provider to pull out the details, never to train models, and can be turned off. Shared lists sync to your household. No ads, no trackers, nothing sold. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled 24 hours before the period ends; manage them in your App Store settings. Terms: https://www.getactivenotes.com/termsofservice.html Privacy: https://www.getactivenotes.com/privacypolicy.html

Screenshots

Auer Jot1 screens
Active Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Active Notes at 5.0 against Auer Jot's 4.3. Active Notes also leads on device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (18.1 vs 26.4). Auer Jot's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). On price and ads 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. Active Notes sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Auer Jot asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Active Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Auer Jot ships an update every 5 weeks, Active Notes every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Auer Jot versus Active Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAuer JotActive Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.418.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUri FridmanGriffin Optics LLC

Customer experience

Auer Jot

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Active Notes

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Auer Jot

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Active Notes

Subscriptions4
  • Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Active Notes Premium Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
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  • Active Notes Premium Yearly7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Active Notes Premium Lifetime$299.00

Questions

Is Auer Jot free?
Auer Jot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Active Notes free?
Active Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Auer Jot or Active Notes?
Active Notes is rated higher. Auer Jot averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Active Notes averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Auer Jot or Active Notes have ads?
Neither Auer Jot nor Active Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Auer Jot or Active Notes?
Auer Jot ships an update every 5 weeks, and Active Notes every 3 months. Most recently, Auer Jot was updated on November 3, 2026 and Active Notes on November 13, 2026.

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