Jot vs Memopad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jot
Capture your thoughts instantly with this streamlined note-taking app. Organize ideas using custom tags and quickly find what you need with powerful search. Share your notes effortlessly with others.
- Instant note-taking
- Customizable tags
- Quick search functionality
- Easy note sharing
- Archive and delete notes
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When inspiration strikes, Jot is the simplest and fastest way to capture your ideas— it’s easier than sending a text message. Use custom tags or search to quickly find the note you’re looking for and easily share it with others. Key Features: • Effortless Note-Taking: The keyboard comes up as soon as you open the app, allowing you to start writing immediately. • Custom Tags: Organize your notes with customizable tags, making them easy to find and sort. • Share: Easily share your notes with others or move them to other apps. • Search: Find any note you're looking for in seconds. • Archive & Delete: Keep your notes tidy by archiving old ones or deleting those you no longer need.
Memopad
An old-fashioned, straightforward notepad app designed for simplicity and ease of use. It offers essential features like memo creation, search, and character counting, with a clean, readable design. Ideal for everyday notes, lists, and basic document drafting.
- Simple interface, no complex functions
- Easy to use for daily memos
- Readable gray-based design
- Character count feature
- Memo creation and search
- Suitable for lists and documents
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This is an old-fashioned plain and simple notepad application recommended as an alternative to the standard memo application. ● Features * Simple and no complicated functions * Easy to use, perfect for everyday memos * Easy-to-read gray-based design * Character count is also available. It is useful in such cases as the following * Shopping memo Daily household account book * Daily diary * Daily diary * Work todo list * Long documents such as reports, minutes, etc. Main functions * Memo creation * Memo search * Character count
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Jot at none against Memopad's shown. Jot also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and device support (3 vs 1). Memopad's advantage is ratings volume (14 vs 2). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Jot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Memopad sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Jot against 4.9 for Memopad. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Memopad has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jot | Memopad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.9 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sky Works, LLC | Yurisys LLC. |
Customer experience
Jot
Memopad
In-app purchases
Jot
- Unlimited Notes$4.99
Memopad
- PREMIUM (Monthly)$1.991 Month
