Comparison

Studio Notes vs JIGPU

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

Head to head
About

Studio Notes

Organize your music career with this app, managing songs, recordings, releases, collaborators, and files. It provides a central system for your music catalog, including notes, lyrics, and chords, with a built-in audio player and playback queue functionality.

Highlights
  • Manage songs, recordings, and releases
  • Attach audio files and documents
  • Built-in audio player with playback queues
  • Track collaborators and splits
  • Rich note-taking with Markdown
  • Filter catalog by genre and keywords
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StudioNotes is a professional organization app for songwriters, artists, producers, and engineers. It helps you manage everything around your music—songs, recordings, releases, collaborators, splits, rights, files, and workflows—so your catalog stays clear, accurate, and ready for the real world. StudioNotes isn’t a DAW, cloud drive, or collaboration platform. It’s your system of record for your music career. StudioNotes keeps not just the details behind your music — but the files, recordings, notes, collaborators, and workflow around them — connected to your projects in one organized system. With StudioNotes, you can: • Track songs, recordings, and releases • Attach audio files, agreements, artwork, and documents directly to your projects • Play mixes and ideas with a built-in audio player • Create playback queues from releases, collections, and recordings • Loop sections while refining lyrics or melody • Jump to song markers exported from your DAW • Filter your catalog by genres and keywords (including include/exclude searches) • Manage collaborators, splits, and ownership details • Keep rich long-form notes using customizable note types and Markdown formatting • Keep lyrics and chords together with performance-ready views • Build a long-term, searchable record of your work • Keep rich long-form notes using customizable note types and Markdown formatting StudioNotes is free to start. Create up to 10 songs, recordings, or releases to explore the full feature set. When your catalog grows, StudioNotes Pro unlocks unlimited creation and editing for serious, long-term work. Built exclusively for Apple platforms, StudioNotes is fast, offline-friendly, and designed with privacy in mind. StudioNotes syncs securely across your Apple devices using iCloud, keeping your catalog and files available on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Your data is private, owned by you, and never shared — no ads, no social feeds, and no third-party access. Automatic Renewal • The payment will be charged to your Apple ID Account at confirmation of purchase. • The subscription renews automatically unless the auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. • Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of your selected subscription. • Your subscription can be managed and auto-renewal can be turned off by going to your App Store Account Settings. • The Terms of Service and End User License Agreement are the same as Apple’s standard end user license agreement (EULA), available here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

JIGPU

This platform offers musicians and agencies a new way to share and monetize their music. It provides creator memberships for free music usage and a unique release and settlement system with low fees.

Highlights
  • Free music activities for musicians
  • Creator membership for music usage
  • New release and settlement system
  • Low fees through efficient system
  • Copyright paradigm
Features
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A new paradigm of copyright, KEISER's music contents platform, JIGPU (직퍼) - A new concept music company that guarantees free music activities of musicians and agencies - The “Creator membership” right to freely use the music the creator wants - New types of system: Release and settlement system - Achieving the lowest fees through the extremely efficient one-point, one-route system

Screenshots

Studio Notes4 screens
JIGPU4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: JIGPU at none against Studio Notes's 2. JIGPU also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Studio Notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. JIGPU asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Studio Notes against 5.0 for JIGPU. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Studio Notes ships an update every 3 weeks, JIGPU every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 10, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Studio Notes versus JIGPU: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStudio NotesJIGPU
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB114 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTeeShot SoftwareKEISER

Customer experience

Studio Notes

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

JIGPU

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Studio Notes

Subscriptions2
  • StudioNotes Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • StudioNotes Pro (Annual)$39.991 Year
None

JIGPU

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Studio Notes free?
Studio Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JIGPU free?
JIGPU is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Studio Notes or JIGPU?
Studio Notes and JIGPU are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Studio Notes or JIGPU have ads?
Neither Studio Notes nor JIGPU shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Studio Notes or JIGPU?
Studio Notes ships an update every 3 weeks, and JIGPU every 2 weeks. Most recently, Studio Notes was updated on August 10, 2026 and JIGPU on September 19, 2026.

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