Comparison

JotItDownYo vs Recommend!

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

Head to head
About

JotItDownYo

A straightforward and customizable note-taking application designed for ease of use. It offers robust organization features, extensive font and theme customization, and secure authentication options. Easily attach images, share content, and manage deleted notes with its intuitive interface.

Highlights
  • Unlimited nested folder creation
  • Hundreds of customizable fonts and sizes
  • Passcode, Face ID, and fingerprint authentication
  • Customizable theme colors with dark mode support
  • Attach and edit images within notes
  • Undo and trash can functionality
  • Note and folder sharing
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"Jot It Down Yo!" is a simple and user-friendly notes app, tailored to provide a customized experience for each user. Developed with the goal of creating a 'notes app even my Dad can use'. * Completely Free: No ads, no in-app purchases! * Intuitive Interface: Easy to use with just 'taps' and 'long presses'. So intuitive that you won't be lost trying to find where a new note is saved. * Unlimited Folder Creation: Create additional folders within folders for hierarchical organization - perfect for those who love to keep things tidy! * Customizable Fonts: Choose from hundreds of pre-installed iOS fonts (including font styles), with font sizes ranging from 10pt to 50pt, making it easy to read even for people with presbyopia like me! * Security with Authentication: Protect your privacy with passcode, facial recognition, and fingerprint authentication (depending on the device). Of course, you can opt to use it without the cumbersome authentication. * Customizable Theme Colors: Select your unique theme using the color picker - fully supports dark mode! * Image Features: Attach images to notes, with thumbnail display, adjustable size, brightness, and contrast. Black and white or sepia filters can also be applied. * Undo Function: Equipped with an Undo feature for peace of mind in case of mistaken inputs (Note: Redo function is not included). * Trash Can Function: Deleted notes are moved to the trash, so you can restore them later if needed. * Sharing Function: Easily share the contents of notes and folders with just a tap. * Color Highlighting: Highlight notes and folders with colors, making important notes instantly recognizable. * Backup Function: Backup all notes in a file and load backup files if necessary. * Character Count and Word Count Display: Features for displaying character and word count (Note: Supports only languages where words are separated by spaces).

About

Recommend!

Organize your important contacts into customizable categories for easy access. Share trusted professionals like doctors or mechanics with friends in a single click. Receive notifications when a specialist is recommended.

Highlights
  • Customizable contact categories
  • Organize useful contacts
  • Share contacts with friends
  • Specialist recommendation notifications
  • Easy contact retrieval
Features
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A convenient list of useful contacts, nicely organized in self-explaining fully customizable categories. Does remembering all useful contacts give you a headache? Great news, now you can put them in order. Collect contacts of trusted doctors, auto mechanics, plumbers and other useful people in one place, sort it into categories so it’s always easy to find. Recommend specialists to your friends in one click. Notification of a specialist that he is recommended is supported.

Screenshots

JotItDownYo4 screens
Recommend!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: JotItDownYo at daily against Recommend!'s every 7 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

JotItDownYo ships an update daily, Recommend! every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
JotItDownYo versus Recommend!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJotItDownYoRecommend!
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.217.2
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasayoshi UedaVeniamin Gribkov

Customer experience

JotItDownYo

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Recommend!

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

JotItDownYo

No in-app purchases

None

Recommend!

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is JotItDownYo free?
JotItDownYo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Recommend! free?
Recommend! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do JotItDownYo or Recommend! have ads?
Neither JotItDownYo nor Recommend! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, JotItDownYo or Recommend!?
JotItDownYo ships an update daily, and Recommend! every 7 months. Most recently, JotItDownYo was updated on October 20, 2026 and Recommend! on October 8, 2026.

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