Comparison

Auer Jot vs Notelit

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

Notelit

A fast and beautiful notebook app for handwriting, typing, sketching, and organizing notes. Offers various drawing tools, text formatting, and organizational features. Syncs across devices and supports multiple languages.

Highlights
  • Handwriting with Apple Pencil support
  • Nine drawing tools with custom colors and widths
  • Text formatting with Markdown preview
  • Customizable page styles and sizes
  • Organize notes into colorful files
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Apple Watch companion app
Features
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Notelit is your notebook on the Mac — the same notebooks, pages and handwriting as on your iPhone and iPad, now on a big screen with a keyboard. YOUR FILES, ALWAYS TO HAND • Every subject in a sidebar, with the open file right beside it • Quick Notes and Recordings at the top, then My Files with its own search • Pin your favourite files and notes to the top • One search finds files, notes, and the words written on your pages CLICK AND TYPE • Click anywhere on a page and start typing right there • Fonts, sizes, colours, bold, italic and underline for your words • Blank, ruled or grid paper, page by page • Add shapes, stickers and pictures, then move, resize and turn them YOUR HANDWRITING, ON THE MAC • Pages written with Apple Pencil on iPad or iPhone open just as they were • Every note keeps its own paper, so its layout is the same on every device • Circle ink or words with the lasso to move, resize or delete them SYNCED EVERYWHERE • Sign in with Apple and your notes stay in step on Mac, iPad and iPhone — changes arrive moments after you make them • Share a note with a friend who uses Notelit, recordings and all • Share pages to Messages, Mail and other apps, or save them as PDF RECORDINGS • Every recording from your notes in one place • Play them, rename them, and move one into any note MADE FOR LATE NIGHTS • Light and dark mode, with dark pages that export as real paper • Available in 14 languages, including Arabic PLANS Notelit is free to start, with no account needed. • Lite adds all fonts, every sticker pack, the Notelit widgets and Save to iCloud • Pro adds everything in Lite, plus page templates, whole-file PDF export, custom app icons and up to six pins Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them any time in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Auer Jot1 screens
Notelit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Notelit at 5.0 against Auer Jot's 4.3. Notelit also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 weeks) and device support (4 vs 2). Auer Jot's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, review sentiment 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. Notelit sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Auer Jot asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notelit holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Auer Jot has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Auer Jot ships an update every 5 weeks, Notelit every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Auer Jot versus Notelit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAuer JotNotelit
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.418.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUri FridmanAli Alraeesi

Customer experience

Auer Jot

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

Notelit

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Auer Jot

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Notelit

Subscriptions4
  • Notelit Lite Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Notelit Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Notelit Lite Yearly$9.991 Year
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  • Notelit Pro Yearly$14.991 Year

Questions

Is Auer Jot free?
Auer Jot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notelit free?
Notelit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Auer Jot or Notelit?
Notelit is rated higher. Auer Jot averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Notelit averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Auer Jot or Notelit have ads?
Neither Auer Jot nor Notelit shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Auer Jot or Notelit?
Auer Jot ships an update every 5 weeks, and Notelit every 8 days. Most recently, Auer Jot was updated on November 3, 2026 and Notelit on November 6, 2026.

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