Comparison

Contadino vs JotBunker

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

Head to head
About

Contadino

This focus tracker helps you work with clarity and build better habits using the Pomodoro technique. It logs your focused sessions and breaks, allowing you to understand your productivity patterns and see your progress grow over time. Customize themes and session lengths to fit your workflow.

Highlights
  • Pomodoro technique timer
  • Automatic session logging
  • Distraction tracking
  • Productivity statistics
  • Customizable themes and timers
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Privacy-focused design
Features
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Contadino helps you turn intention into momentum. Built around the Pomodoro technique, Contadino is a beautifully designed focus tracker that helps you work with clarity, build better habits, and see your progress grow over time without turning your brain into a spreadsheet. Whether you are coding, writing, studying, or tackling the never-ending life admin pile, Contadino keeps you gently on track and quietly honest about where your time really goes. What Contadino does best: - Stay focused, one session at a time. Break your work into focused intervals and restorative breaks. Each session is logged automatically so you can build a rhythm that actually sticks. - See distractions, not just results. Track completed and interrupted sessions to understand where your focus drifts and where it thrives. - Understand your productivity. Explore clear, thoughtful stats across days, weeks, months, and years. Patterns emerge and habits become visible. - Make it yours. Choose from multiple beautifully crafted themes and adjust session and break lengths to fit how you actually work. - Works everywhere you do. Contadino syncs across iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro, so your focus follows you. - Private by design. Your data lives on your devices and in iCloud, never sold, never shared. Contadino does not try to make you a productivity superhero. It just helps you show up, again and again, with a little more intention than yesterday. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

JotBunker

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JotBunker is a note-taking app for your phone and your computer. You jot on your phone. You work and store in your Bunker, a secure computer on your home network. Sync happens over your local Wi-Fi when you choose. No cloud. No accounts. No data ever leaves your network. FOUR WORKSPACES • Jots: Six numbered slots for quick capture. Each slot holds text, drawings, photos, voice recordings, and file attachments. Fill the slots, sync them to your computer, and clear them for the next round. • Lists: Todos and checklists. Rename categories, reorder items, check things off on either device. Changes merge when you reconnect. • Locked Lists: Gate codes, lock combos, membership numbers, safe combinations. Protected behind biometrics and auto-locked the moment you navigate away. • Scratchpads: Six freeform text areas. Start a thought on your computer, pick it up on your phone. HOW SYNC WORKS Pair once by scanning a QR code. After that, tap Sync whenever you're on your home network. All network traffic is encrypted end-to-end with NaCl. Nothing goes through an external server. From your computer, download jots as plain files (.txt, .jpg, .m4a, .pdf) into folders you choose. Use them with anything: search tools, scripts, a PKM system, or just File Explorer. OPEN SOURCE JotBunker source code is publicly available under the GPL-3.0 license at github.com/johnbrantly/jotbunker. The companion desktop app is available at jotbunker.com.

Screenshots

Contadino3 screens
JotBunker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: JotBunker at none against Contadino's 3. JotBunker also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). Contadino's advantage is device support (5 vs 2). On price 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. Contadino sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.49 per month. JotBunker asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Contadino ships an update every 4 months, JotBunker every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Contadino versus JotBunker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterContadinoJotBunker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChristopher GoldingJohn Brantly

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Contadino

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$0.491 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Contadino+$2.99
None

JotBunker

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Contadino free?
Contadino is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JotBunker free?
JotBunker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Contadino or JotBunker have ads?
Neither Contadino nor JotBunker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Contadino or JotBunker?
Contadino ships an update every 4 months, and JotBunker every 3 days. Most recently, Contadino was updated on November 3, 2026 and JotBunker on November 5, 2026.

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