Comparison

JotDay vs BujoFlow

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

Head to head
About

JotDay

Effortlessly track your time with automatic sleep and exercise logging from HealthKit. Monitor app usage, visualize your day on a timeline, and analyze time distribution with clean 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
  • Intuitive 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/

About

BujoFlow

This app serves as a versatile digital notebook, combining task lists, diaries, planners, and note-taking capabilities. It helps users organize their thoughts, track habits, and plan for the future by consolidating scattered notes into one accessible location.

Highlights
  • Daily, Monthly, and Future Logs
  • Habit Tracker
  • Collections & Tags
  • iCloud Sync
  • PDF Export
  • Image and @ Mentions
Features
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It is a task list, diary, planner, notepad, and can also be a notebook that encompasses all these features. It allows us to quickly record tasks, events, and notes, as well as set goals, consolidating scattered notes. It aims to help us track the past, manage the present, and plan for the future. The main features of Bujo include the following: - Daily Log - Monthly Log - Future Log - Habit tracker - Migrate - Collections & Tags - iCloud Sync - Images & @ - PDF Export - And more.……. Feedback: - Leave a message in the App Store - Contact us via email feedback within the App - Email: railwayanti@gmail.com Premium Membership Purchase Instructions: Subscriptions and Buyouts: - Certain features of BujoFlow require unlocked premium membership to be available, and you can choose to unlock them on a monthly, annual, or buyout basis. - If you choose monthly or yearly subscriptions, the subscription will automatically renew at the end of each subscription period unless you explicitly cancel the automatic renewal yourself. - Buyout is a one-time unlocked payment, when you choose to buyout, you can use the premium paid features for an unlimited period of time, and no need to pay again, it is valid forever. Fees: - We offer standard service prices of $1.99 per month, $14.99 per year, and $29.99 buyout, which are subject to change during promotional periods. - Subscription prices are subject to adjustment, and when the price is adjusted, the new fee will be incurred on Yo's next subscription cycle. Terms of Use: https://ads-flow-rwd.craft.me/w0QavqPPsFXGgP Privacy Polcy: https://ads-flow-rwd.craft.me/buhR2yOL74VZJ0

Screenshots

JotDay4 screens
BujoFlow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: JotDay at 4.7 against BujoFlow's 4.1. JotDay also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 60%). BujoFlow's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume, 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. JotDay sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and BujoFlow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 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 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of JotDay's written reviews are positive against 60% of BujoFlow's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

JotDay ships an update monthly, BujoFlow every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
JotDay versus BujoFlow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJotDayBujoFlow
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (21 ratings) — better4.1 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews86.5% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings21 — better14
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRemix Design Studio耀威 刘

Customer experience

JotDay

All ratings21 ratings
Positive95.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive86.5%
Neutral8.1%
Negative5.4%

BujoFlow

All ratings14 ratings
Positive78.6%
Neutral7.1%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral13.3%
Negative26.7%

In-app purchases

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
3 purchases

BujoFlow

Subscriptions2
  • Per month$1.991 Month
  • Per year$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Member$29.99

Questions

Is JotDay free?
JotDay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BujoFlow free?
BujoFlow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, JotDay or BujoFlow?
JotDay is rated higher. JotDay averages 4.7 out of 5 from 21 ratings, while BujoFlow averages 4.1 from 14 ratings.
Do JotDay or BujoFlow have ads?
Neither JotDay nor BujoFlow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, JotDay or BujoFlow?
JotDay ships an update monthly, and BujoFlow every 6 days. Most recently, JotDay was updated on November 12, 2026 and BujoFlow on November 8, 2026.

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