Comparison

Forfeit vs Jotter

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

Head to head
About

Forfeit

This app helps you build habits by creating accountability contracts. Set tasks, deadlines, and consequences for failure, with various verification methods to prove completion. Achieve your goals with a high success rate.

Highlights
  • Set habit contracts with deadlines
  • Define consequences for missed habits
  • Multiple verification methods (photo, timelapse, GPS, health data)
  • AI and human verification options
  • Track habits by day or specific days of the week
  • Appeal failed forfeits
Features
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Forfeit is an app that adds accountability to your habits. We're based on the scientifically backed concept of Habit Contracts - popularised by Atomic Habits - that adding accountability to completing habits is massively effective. Our 20k+ users have achieved a 94% success rate on over 75k forfeits. HOW IT WORKS 1. Set your forfeit Set the task/habit that you want to complete, when you want to complete it by, and how you'll be held accountable if you don't complete it. This can be sending an accountability buddy a text or email! 2. Submit your evidence Verify that you completed your habit using any of the methods defined below. This can be in the form of a photo, timelapse, self-verify, friend verify, GPS check-in, a web tracking limit, an Apple Health activity, a Strava run, a Whoop activity, a MyFitnessPal meal or anything else. 3. Or you fail If you don't send evidence in time, your accountability method is triggered. This rarely happens - only 6% of forfeits fail. If you do fail, you can appeal the failed forfeit - we only want you to fail if it's a willpower issue, not if life gets in the way! VERIFICATION METHODS • Photo Take a photo of the task that you completed, and an AI will verify if your photo matches your description. Examples: At the gym, inbox zero, Duolingo completed, homework submitted, taking medication. • Timelapse Record a timelapse of you completing the tasks that you completed, and a human will verify if your timelapse matches your description. Examples: Meditating, nighttime routine, stretching, working for 1hr. • Self-Verify Simply verify if you completed this task. No need for evidence! Examples: No smoking, no drinking, no vaping, absolutely anything! • Friend-Verify Have an accountability buddy testify to whether you did or didn't complete a task. Examples: No drinking, no phone in the house, no eating junk food. • Apple Health Set a threshold that you must cross in Apple Health (eg, 10,000 steps). Thousands of apps sync to this. Examples: 10,000 steps, 20 mins meditation, 30 min bike ride, less than 2000 calories consumed. • GPS Check-in Set a GPS location that you must be within 100m of by the deadline. Examples: Check into the gym, work on time, home by a certain time. • Location Reminders Get a reminder when you arrive at or leave a place you've saved, even when Forfeit is closed. Background location is optional. Examples: "You're home - time to walk the dog", "At the gym - log your workout". • GPS Avoid Set a location that you won't be within a certain radius of at the deadline. Examples: Not being at a bar on the weekends, leaving the house at a certain time. • RescueTime integration We sync with RescueTime, a web time-tracking app. You can use this to set thresholds on websites/desktop apps. Examples: Max 30 mins on reddit.com, minimum 2hrs on VSCode, max 30 mins on gmail.com • Pomodoro timer This is a timer that if you click off, you fail. Examples: Working for 30 mins, meditating for 20 mins, studying for 45 mins. OTHER FEATURES • X days/week: Set forfeits to be due a certain number of times per week (eg, work out 3x/week) • Certain days/week: Set forfeits only to be due on certain days (eg, weekdays, or Mo/We/Fr) • Appeal anything: If you have to skip a submission, simply send in an appeal, and it'll be reviewed in a few hours by a human. • Varying leniency modes: Depending on your leniency mode (lenient, normal, hard), you may or may not be required to justify your appeal with evidence. Hard mode doesn't allow appeals. • Screen Time integration: If you go over your limit, you're held accountable. Terms & Conditions: https://www.forfeit.app/terms-and-conditions Privacy Policy: https://www.forfeit.app/privacy-policy

About

Jotter

Features
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Did you know we forgot up to 90% of what we learn within the week of learning it? Jotter helps you save useful ideas, lessons, quotes and knowledge, then brings them back so they don't disappear into a forgotten notes folder. Capture ideas from books, podcasts, articles, study, work and everyday life as simple Jots. Add tags and sources to keep everything organised. Jotter resurfaces your saved knowledge through Loop, widgets and notifications, helping important ideas stay fresh in your mind. Keep your notes, insights, highlights and ideas in one place and revisit them whenever you need them. Jotter is useful for book notes, podcast insights, reading notes, study notes, quotes, ideas and anything else you want to remember. Your notes shouldn't just sit in a folder. Remember them with Jotter.

Screenshots

Forfeit4 screens
Jotter4 screens

Verdict

The call

Forfeit and Jotter are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Forfeit sells 12 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and Jotter sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Forfeit versus Jotter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterForfeitJotter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (360 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings360 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 9 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.416.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size256 MB80 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperForfeit, IncHarrison Digby

Bugs and requests

Forfeit

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Screen blocking feature not working on iOS
  • Inconsistent verification and approval process
  • Occasional app crashes or freezes

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to donate forfeited funds to charity
  • Integration with more third-party apps and services
  • Customizable notification and reminder system
  • Improved user interface and design

Jotter

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

12 purchases

Forfeit

Subscriptions9
  • Premium Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Pro Weekly$5.997 Days
  • Forfeit Premium$7.991 Month
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  • Forfeit Pro$12.991 Month
  • 1 Month Overlord Subscription$12.991 Month
  • Forfeit Premium Yearly$59.991 Year
  • 6 Month Overlord Subscription$59.996 Months
  • Forfeit Pro Yearly$99.991 Year
  • 1 Year Overlord Subscription$99.991 Year
One-time3
  • 500 Forfeit Points$4.99
  • 1000 Forfeit Points$9.99
  • 2000 Forfeit Points$19.99
2 purchases

Jotter

Subscriptions2
  • Jotter Plus Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Jotter Plus Annual$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Forfeit free?
Forfeit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jotter free?
Jotter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Forfeit or Jotter have ads?
Both Forfeit and Jotter show ads.
Which is updated more often, Forfeit or Jotter?
Forfeit ships an update every 9 days, and Jotter every 9 days. Most recently, Forfeit was updated on October 13, 2026 and Jotter on October 2, 2026.

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