Comparison

NOTE'd vs PocketJot

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

Head to head
About

NOTE'd

This app provides a simple and beautiful way to create and organize notes. It allows users to attach photos, voice memos, and map locations to their entries, and offers various design styles for notepads. Notes can be categorized, bookmarked, and protected with a password.

Highlights
  • Customizable notepad designs
  • Attach photos, maps, and voice memos
  • Categorize and bookmark notes
  • Password protection for notes
  • Dropbox backup and restore
  • Lock screen notes
Features
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Simple, Easy and Beautiful! Now, make your own handy and well-favored notepad with NOTE'd NOTE'd sort notepads for use you want and save every minute of you whenever. The idea flashed into your head, the beautiful scenery before your eyes, the music ringing in your ears and here at your feet. Do note'd the everything. * Try NOTE'd like this - Write brief memo, diary - Wishlist when go supermarket - travel notes for the memory of your trip - Voice memo when can't type - Both location of famous restaurants and pictures of delicious foods, guidebook for famous restaurants - Photo album with pictures and stories * NOTE'd provides many useful features. - Notepad design of various style - Attach photo, map and voice memo - Make notepads into categories - Easy and handy bookmark - Unity view for every memos, bookmarked memos - Labeling for the lastest memo - Watch, Listen now memos and attachments - Support proverb, famous saying (Please make a blank memo) - Notes for Lock Screen - Sharing to Twitter, Facebook - Send E-mail and Text Message - Password protection (start-up screen and for each notepad) - Backup/Restore with Dropbox - Sort Notepads with Drag&Drop Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: http://suxxexx.net/noted/privacy.html

About

PocketJot

Transform your iPhone or iPad into a portable notebook for quick, fun note-taking. Draw with your finger or Apple Pencil, organize notes into sections, and set reminders. Share and sync notes across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Handwritten note-taking
  • Apple Pencil support
  • Note organization by sections
  • Drag and drop note reordering
  • Programmable alarms
  • iCloud synchronization
  • PDF export and email sharing
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Draw your notes on your iPhone/iPad with PocketJot! PocketJot turns your iPhone/iPad into your portable notebook. PocketJot is fast, easy to use, fun and always with you. >> USE IT AS A SMALL PAPER NOTEBOOK Have fun flipping through your notes as if they were on a small notebook. Always with you. >> EASY TO USE PocketJot is designed for everyday use, quick and fun. Just trace with your finger, at full screen on your device. Or, if you like, type a note using the keyboard. >> APPLE PENCIL On devices that support it you can use to draw, if you want, even the pencil. >> SECTIONS You can, if you want, organize your notes in various sections. You can assign a name to each section and organize the order to show the sections. >> DRAG AND DROP You can change the order of the notes within the sections. Just keep your finger pressed on a note and drag it where you want, inside the section or in another. All very easy. >> COMPLETED NOTES If a section contains various notes with things to do, as you complete them you can mark each note as 'completed'. The completed notes are displayed with a check mark. Do you have to shop? Make a 'Supermarket' section with things to take. When you go shopping, as you take them, check them out. Once finished you can hide the check for all things to be taken for the next time. >> PROGRAMMABLE ALARMS Take your notes and, if you need, mark the time when the phone or tablet will warn you: a meeting, a phone call, something to do. PocketJot will remind you to remember it! >> SHARING NOTES BETWEEN YOUR DEVICES Synchronize your notes and keep them automatically updated among all your devices. It is very simple: it does everything for itself. All you need to do is to enable synchronization in app Settings. PocketJot uses your iCloud account. >> COLOR AND DIMENSION OF PENCIL TO CHOOSE When you draw you can choose the color and the size of the stroke. PocketJot remembers for each note the last pencil you used and reuse it when you reopen the drawing if you want to change it. >> PHOTO You can import a photo of your device into the note so you can draw on it. In addition, you can save your note, with what you have drawn, among the photos of your device. >> PDF AND EMAIL If you want to send your notes you can not only export the note saved from the photos, but directly within the app, create an email with an attached pdf file of the note. >> SPLIT VIEW AND SLIDE OVER PocketJot now supports multitasking modes on devices that allow for that >> UNLIMITED NUMBER OF NOTES Do not restrain your creativity! The Premium version of the app allows for an unlimited number of notes. The trial version of the app, which can be downloaded for free, allows for a limited number of notes. Within the trial version you can purchase the Premium version to unlock the limitation. ----------------------------- Have fun with PocketJot! -----------------------------

Screenshots

NOTE'd4 screens
PocketJot4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PocketJot at 4.4 against NOTE'd's 3.3. PocketJot also leads on ads (none vs shown). NOTE'd's advantage is ratings volume (354 vs 50) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. NOTE'd sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and PocketJot sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PocketJot holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NOTE'd has 354 ratings behind it against 50, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 43% and 42% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NOTE'd ships an update every 6 weeks, PocketJot every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
NOTE'd versus PocketJot: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNOTE'dPocketJot
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (354 ratings)4.4 (50 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.0% of reviews — better42.1% of reviews
Number of ratings354 — better50
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDong Wook KimiStArtApp

Customer experience

NOTE'd

All ratings354 ratings
Positive51.7%
Neutral12.7%
Negative35.6%
Written reviews293 reviews
Positive43.0%
Neutral18.4%
Negative38.6%

PocketJot

All ratings50 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive42.1%
Neutral5.3%
Negative52.6%

Bugs and requests

NOTE'd

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when trying to open notes
  • Backup and restore functionality not working
  • Inconsistent behavior when editing notes

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to customize notebook covers
  • Landscape mode support
  • Syncing across devices
  • More text formatting options
  • Sorting and searching notes

PocketJot

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

NOTE'd

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly1 Month trial$19.991 Year
1 purchases

PocketJot

One-time1
  • PocketJot version upgrade$5.99

Questions

Is NOTE'd free?
NOTE'd is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PocketJot free?
PocketJot is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NOTE'd or PocketJot?
PocketJot is rated higher. NOTE'd averages 3.3 out of 5 from 354 ratings, while PocketJot averages 4.4 from 50 ratings.
Do NOTE'd or PocketJot have ads?
NOTE'd shows ads; PocketJot does not.
Which is updated more often, NOTE'd or PocketJot?
NOTE'd ships an update every 6 weeks, and PocketJot every 2 months. Most recently, NOTE'd was updated on October 14, 2026 and PocketJot on October 5, 2026.

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