Comparison

Copy & Paste vs Jotter

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

Head to head
About

Copy & Paste

This app allows for quick copying and sharing of text, such as hashtags and passwords, with a single tap. It offers features like multiple selections, auto-saving from the clipboard, and organization by folders. Users can also perform word counts and string replacements.

Highlights
  • One tap copy & share
  • Multiple selection
  • Auto save from clipboard
  • Word count
  • Categorize by folder
  • Dark mode
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It's a copy & paste app. Copy hashtags and passwords with one tap. All features are completely free to use. - One tap to copy & share - Multiple selection & concatenated copy - Sort & bulk delete copies - Auto save from clipboard - Word count and string replacement - Add all at once by dividing by line breaks - Categorize by folder and color - Easy to find with word search - dark mode URL scheme: copypaste://

About

Jotter

Features
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Jotter is the notes app that feels like your desk: sticky notes, checklists, handwriting and voice notes in one place. Tick off groceries from the Home Screen widget, or ask Siri to "add milk to Groceries in Jotter." No ads, no subscription, no account. Your notes stay on your devices and in your own iCloud. WHY JOTTER • Fast: one tap on New note, the widget or Control Center, and you are typing • Free: no subscription, no ads, nothing locked • Private: no account and no Jotter server. Notes sync through your own iCloud • Yours: export any note as a PDF or text, or every note as Markdown files CHECKLISTS THAT TICK Type [] and a space to start a checklist. Tick items off with a tap — groceries, packing lists, the ten things to do before Friday. Tap New, pick List, name it, and start adding items. HANDWRITING WITH APPLE PENCIL Write or draw on iPad with Apple Pencil, or with your finger on iPhone, on blank, lined, grid or dotted paper. The page grows as you go. Your handwriting is read on the device, so it turns up in search, and it converts to typed text with a tap. PHOTOS, SCANS AND VOICE NOTES Take photos, scan documents, record voice notes and add files right inside a note. The text in your photos and scans is searchable, and voice notes are transcribed on your device. SEARCH THAT FORGIVES Type a word or two, in any order, without worrying about capitals or accents. Jotter searches titles, text, tags, handwriting and the words inside your pictures, and shows you the sentence it found. ORGANISE LATER, OR NEVER Pin what matters. Write a #tag and it becomes a filter. Make a folder when a set of notes wants a name. Or don't: everything is always in All Notes. CAPTURE FROM ANYWHERE • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, including a list you can tick without opening Jotter • A New note button in Control Center • Siri: "Jot down in Jotter" • The Share button in any app: save a link, photo or text into a new note or one you already have SEVEN THEMES, EACH ITS OWN WORLD Classic sticky notes, Lamplight's desk lamp, Herbarium's field book, Blueprint's drafting grid, Airmail's stamps, Washi tape, and Velvet's plum and gold. Each theme changes the colours, the type, the highlighter, the checkboxes and what happens when you finish a list, and can change your app icon to match. FORGIVING, AND PRIVATE Deleted notes wait in Recently Deleted for 30 days. Lock a private note behind Face ID. Set a reminder on any note. No analytics, no ads, no tracking — Jotter has no server at all. MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD A calm paper-and-ink design with a little comic-book fun around the edges. Light and dark mode, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and keyboard shortcuts on iPad, where your folders, your notes and the open note sit side by side. Jotter is free. If it earns a place on your Home Screen, you can buy the maker a coffee in Settings. It unlocks nothing, and it is entirely optional. Privacy: https://thebighead.ca/jotter/privacy Terms: https://thebighead.ca/jotter/terms

Screenshots

Copy & Paste4 screens
Jotter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Copy & Paste at none against Jotter's 3. Jotter's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 4 months). On price and device support 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. Jotter sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Copy & Paste asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Copy & Paste ships an update every 4 months, Jotter every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Copy & Paste versus Jotter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCopy & PasteJotter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.1 (14 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings14 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.018.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFugaPiyo Inc.Jashandeep Singh

In-app purchases

None

Copy & Paste

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Jotter

One-time3
  • Tip — a coffee$1.99
  • Tip — a medium coffee$4.99
  • Tip — a large coffee$9.99

Questions

Is Copy & Paste free?
Copy & Paste is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jotter free?
Jotter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Copy & Paste or Jotter have ads?
Copy & Paste shows ads; Jotter does not.
Which is updated more often, Copy & Paste or Jotter?
Copy & Paste ships an update every 4 months, and Jotter every 4 days. Most recently, Copy & Paste was updated on October 24, 2026 and Jotter on October 26, 2026.

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