Comparison

Jest Chat vs Noteit Widget

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

Head to head
About

Jest Chat

This app enhances text conversations with animated gestures and dynamic word styling. Express emotions and tone of voice through real-time visual cues, making your messages more engaging and expressive.

Highlights
  • Animate words with gestures
  • Modulate tone of voice
  • Style words with color, font, and size
  • Position words anywhere on screen
  • Real-time animated conversations
  • Create personal expressions with effects
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Jest is texting with emotion. Convey feelings, tone of voice, and meaning through timing and animated gestures. With friends, your conversation comes alive as you see each other’s words expressed in real time. Write with emotion Add emotion and voice to your text using time. Modulate tone of voice by changing a word’s visual form, varying the time a word is displayed, or by simply pausing for effect. Style with meaning You can position words anywhere on the screen, change its color, font, size, and orientation to add meaning to your words. Gesture with expression Directly animate words with expressive gestures using your fingers. Let them spin, bounce, grow, catch on fire, or collide with others. Combine various effects to create your own personal expressions. Jest Chat ™ Have fun texting messages back and forth, or join a channel together at the same time and see each other’s words animate as they are being expressed. Visit our support page for help and to connect to the community at https://www.glw808.com/support or click on App Support below.

About

Noteit Widget

Features
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Noteit is the simplest way to share a quick doodle with the one person who matters. Pick a friend, sketch something silly, hit send. Their home screen widget shows your drawing the second you tap Send. Open noteit at the same moment? Watch each other draw stroke-by-stroke, live. That's it. That's the whole app. WHY NOTEIT • One friend at a time. No groups, no feed, no followers. • Drawings live for 24 hours, then disappear forever. • A widget on their home screen — they don't even have to open noteit to see it. • Live mode when you're both online. Stroke-by-stroke, no delay. • Beautifully simple, deliberately small. HOW IT WORKS 1. Sign in with Apple. Pick a username. 2. Add one friend by their @noteit username. 3. Tap their card, draw, send. 4. They see it on their home screen. Magic. WHAT'S INSIDE • 8 colors and 3 brush sizes • Apple Pencil pressure sensitivity (iPad supported) • Undo, clear, redraw — until you're happy • Push notifications when a friend draws back • Small + medium home screen widgets • Light, fast, friendly to your battery WHO IT'S FOR Couples in a long-distance moment. Best friends mid-meeting. Siblings on different couches. Anyone who wants to say "hey, I'm thinking of you" without typing a word. PRIVACY FIRST Your drawings live for 24 hours, then they're gone — auto-deleted from our servers. We never sell your data, never sell ads to third parties about you, and never collect anything you didn't consent to. Apple Sign-In keeps your email private if you choose. Read our full policy in Settings → Privacy Policy. QUESTIONS? Settings → Contact. We read every message. Welcome to noteit. Now go draw something for someone.

Screenshots

Jest Chat4 screens
Noteit Widget3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Jest Chat at none against Noteit Widget's shown. Jest Chat also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jest Chat ships an update every 3 months, Noteit Widget every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Jest Chat versus Noteit Widget: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJest ChatNoteit Widget
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGestural Language Workshop IncPDF SCANNER LLC

In-app purchases

None

Jest Chat

No in-app purchases

None

Noteit Widget

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jest Chat free?
Jest Chat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Noteit Widget free?
Noteit Widget is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Jest Chat or Noteit Widget have ads?
Noteit Widget shows ads; Jest Chat does not.
Which is updated more often, Jest Chat or Noteit Widget?
Jest Chat ships an update every 3 months, and Noteit Widget every 6 months. Most recently, Jest Chat was updated on October 9, 2026 and Noteit Widget on October 12, 2026.

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