Comparison

PPScreen vs JotDay

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

Head to head
About

PPScreen

This app helps you manage your digital well-being by tracking screen time, blocking distracting apps, and encouraging healthy habits through challenges. It integrates with Apple HealthKit for step tracking and offers a customizable dashboard for insights into your usage patterns.

Highlights
  • Screen time insights and tracking
  • Focus mode to block distracting apps
  • Healthy habit challenges (e.g., Step Challenge)
  • Customizable dashboard
  • Apple HealthKit integration for step tracking
  • Digital wellness coaching
Features
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[Features] Screen Time Insights Track daily screen usage, phone pickups, longest continuous usage, time-checking habits, most-used apps, and apps sending the most notifications (customizable dashboard). Focus Mode Block distracting apps during set hours to stay productive. Healthy Challenges Step Challenge: Walk 7,000 steps to unlock TikTok access. Shopping Detox: Avoid shopping apps for 21 days and build mindful habits. More features coming soon! Healthy Screen is your personal digital wellness coach. Designed to help you and your family achieve a balanced digital lifestyle through smart screen time management. Start your journey to a healthier, happier relationship with technology today. [HealthKit Integration] To enable the Step Challenge, we’ll access your motion data (step count) from Apple HealthKit. This data is used solely to track progress toward your daily step goal and will never be shared with third parties. [Subscription Details] Auto-Renewal: Your Apple ID will be charged upon purchase confirmation. Subscriptions auto-renew unless canceled 24 hours before the current period ends. Renewal charges are billed 24 hours before the period ends. Free Trial: If you purchase a subscription during a free trial, any unused trial time will be forfeited. Cancel Anytime: Open the Settings app → Tap your Apple ID → Subscriptions → Select and cancel. User Agreement:https://ppfactory.github.io/2023/08/14/PPScreenUserAgreement/ Privacy Policy:https://ppfactory.github.io/2023/09/06/PPScreenPrivacyPolicy1-0/ Auto-Renewal Membership Service Agreement:https://ppfactory.github.io/2023/03/31/autorenewagreement/ If you have any further questions regarding this service, please don't hesitate to contact us at: Email: ppfactory003@gmail.com

About

JotDay

Effortlessly track your time with automatic exercise and sleep data retrieval from Apple HealthKit. Monitor app usage, view your day in a clear timeline, and analyze time distribution with daily, weekly, and monthly views. Includes a minimalist focus timer with Live Activity support.

Highlights
  • Automatic sleep and workout tracking
  • App usage tracking via Shortcuts
  • Minimalist focus timer with Live Activity
  • Concise timeline view
  • Daily, weekly, and monthly time views
  • Data analysis for time distribution
Features
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JotDay is a time tracking app designed to simplify your recording experience and enhance efficiency. It can automatically retrieve your exercise and sleep time, track app usage through Shortcuts, eliminating the need for manual input. The concise timeline, time blocks, weekly view, and monthly view allow you to have a clearer understanding of your time allocation. Key Features: 1. Sleep and Workout Tracking: Automatically fetches sleep and exercise data from the Apple HealthKit health app for convenient daily life statistics. 2. App Tracking: Configure Shortcuts to track app usage. 3. Minimalist Focus Timer: Supports Live Activity, Dynamic Island, and flip timing, allowing you to start timing quickly at any time and check the timing progress. 4. Timeline: Presents your day in an intuitive timeline, allowing you to easily view activity records and add notes. 5. Time Views: Clean day, week, and month views for easy comparison of time 6. Data Analysis: Easily understand the distribution of different types of focused time. Monthly and Annual Membership Subscription Terms: 1. Upon confirmation of purchase and payment, your subscription will automatically renew through your iTunes account.。 2. Your Apple iTunes account will be charged within 24 hours prior to the end of the current subscription period, and the subscription period will be extended by one subscription period upon successful payment. 3. To cancel the renewal, please manually disable the auto-renewal feature in the iTunes/AppleID settings management at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. 4. During the trial period, if the iTunes account does not cancel the subscription, the subscription will be automatically activated and billed at the end of the trial period. Any unused trial time will be forfeited upon purchase of the subscription. 5. This service is optional for you to cancel. If you choose not to cancel, the renewal service for the next billing cycle will be activated for you. Privacy Policy: https://jotday.super.site/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PPScreen4 screens
JotDay4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: JotDay at 4.7 against PPScreen's 4.3. JotDay also leads on ratings volume (21 vs 6). PPScreen's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On price, update cadence, ads 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. PPScreen sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days and JotDay sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

JotDay holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 21 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of PPScreen's written reviews are positive against 86% of JotDay's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PPScreen ships an update every 3 weeks, JotDay monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
PPScreen versus JotDay: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPPScreenJotDay
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)4.7 (21 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better85.7% of reviews
Number of ratings621 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChengdu ppTribe Technology Co., Ltd.Remix Design Studio

Customer experience

PPScreen

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

JotDay

All ratings21 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral8.6%
Negative5.7%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

PPScreen

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • 1 month3 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • 12 months3 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time2
  • unlock card$0.99
  • Lifetime$79.99
4 purchases

JotDay

Subscriptions2
  • JotDay Pro Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • JotDay Pro Yearly7 Days trial$4.991 Year
One-time2
  • JotDay Pro Annual to Lifetime$5.99
  • JotDay Pro Lifetime$9.99

Questions

Is PPScreen free?
PPScreen is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JotDay free?
JotDay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PPScreen or JotDay?
JotDay is rated higher. PPScreen averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while JotDay averages 4.7 from 21 ratings.
Do PPScreen or JotDay have ads?
Neither PPScreen nor JotDay shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PPScreen or JotDay?
PPScreen ships an update every 3 weeks, and JotDay monthly. Most recently, PPScreen was updated on October 3, 2026 and JotDay on October 12, 2026.

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