Jota vs Simple Quick Notepad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jota
Easily save and organize web links from your browser or directly within the app. Create custom tags to categorize your saved content for quick retrieval.
- Save links with one tap
- Add links from browser
- Create custom tag lists
- Categorize saved links
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Jota helps you get the most out of your links. Paste links within the app with one tap, or add them from your browser. Create lists and categorize your links with a custom tag.
Simple Quick Notepad
This free notepad app allows for quick text entry, saving links, and composing messages with spell-checking. It also offers features like text-to-speech, camera scanning, and translation, making it ideal for students and professionals.
- Quickly jot down ideas
- Save important links
- Compose and spell-check text
- Scan text from documents/books
- Convert text to speech
- Translate sentences
- Automatic text saving
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Your new go-to notepad for quickly jotting down anything. Completely free with no ads or in-app purchases. KEY FEATURES Jot down ideas Save important links Compose and spell-check a text Create calendar events Take notes in a meeting or lecture Look up a word in the dictionary Translate a sentence to any language Scan text from a document or book using your camera Convert text to speech - let your device read your notes aloud Quickly paste text from elsewhere or copy text to share Your text is automatically saved so you never lose it PERFECT FOR STUDENTS & PROFESSIONALS - Take notes in lectures and meetings ANYONE who wants to take notes as quickly as possible and know that they will be stored automatically.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Simple Quick Notepad at every 9 days against Jota's every 3 months. Jota's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Jota ships an update every 3 months, Simple Quick Notepad every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on June 2, 2026 and June 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jota | Simple Quick Notepad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shoreditch Design Studio Ltd | Jack Finnis |
Customer experience
Jota
Simple Quick Notepad
In-app purchases
Jota
No in-app purchases
Simple Quick Notepad
No in-app purchases
Questions
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