Comparison

Jot That Down vs Chain

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

Head to head
About

Jot That Down

Quickly capture thoughts, ideas, and to-do lists. Organize your notes later with flexible categorization. This app offers a clean interface to manage your information without clutter.

Highlights
  • Quick note-taking
  • Idea capture
  • To-do list creation
  • Flexible organization
  • Categorization
  • Reminder integration
Features
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Capture the Chaos, Organize the Calm Introducing Jot That Down, your new go-to for jotting down thoughts in a flash. Whether it's a random idea, a to-do, or a quick note, get it down fast and sort it out later. Notes meet reminders in this fun, flexible app that lets you organize when you're ready. No more clutter—just clean, categorized brilliance at your fingertips!

About

Chain

Features
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Chain is the habit tracker that takes five seconds a day and makes your progress impossible to ignore. Tick a habit off, watch the ring fill, and keep the chain going. Every habit gets a year of squares stitched like a quilt: colour where you did it, a hole where you didn't. NEW IN 1.3 • A challenge every month: one habit, one month, four days in five wins the badge. This month's challenge is open to everyone • Milestone moments at 7, 30, 100 and 365 days, with an image to share • Insights: this month against last, the habits that lift each other, your best time of day and when each chain hits its next milestone • Log Next Habit in Control Center, on the Lock Screen and on the Action button • A Best Chain widget that looks great in StandBy, and a Lock Screen line under the clock • Ask Siri "How's my chain?" TICK IT OFF FROM ANYWHERE • Home Screen widgets you can tap: tick a habit off without opening the app • Lock Screen ring, line and inline count • "Log Read in Chain" with Siri, or the Log a habit shortcut • A reminder with a Done button that stays quiet on days you've already done it HABITS THAT FIT REAL LIFE • Every day, certain weekdays, or a number of times a week • Amounts and targets: 8 glasses, 20 pages, 10,000 steps, filled in tap by tap • Apple Health ticks off steps, exercise, mindful minutes and workouts for you • Quit habits: count the days clean, log a slip, keep your best on record • Morning, afternoon and evening groups, so the day reads top to bottom MISSED A DAY? THE CHAIN CAN SURVIVE IT • Freezes skip a sick day without breaking the chain • Pause a habit for a holiday and pick it straight back up • Streak Repair patches a missed day in gold when the freezes run out SEE YOUR YEAR • Week grid to log or fix any day • The year quilt for every habit, with totals, best chain and completion • Stats on your best and worst weekdays, perfect days and longest chains • Notes on any day, and a shareable image of your chain PLANS • Free: three habits, the month's challenge (it doesn't count toward the three), the Next Up and Best Chain widgets, the Lock Screen ring, a daily check-in reminder, the last 90 days of the quilt, one freeze a month, quit counters, notes, Siri and Control Center • Chain Unlimited, one payment, yours for good: unlimited habits, every widget, a reminder per habit, amounts and Apple Health, three freezes a month and pauses, the whole quilt, iCloud backup and CSV export • Chain Plus, monthly or yearly: everything in Unlimited, plus three Streak Repairs at the start of every month, five freezes a month, every theme and celebration, the whole challenge library any time, and Insights. Yearly starts with a 1-week free trial for new subscribers • Small extras: Streak Repair and Freeze Pack, five colour themes with matching app icons, and the celebration pack • Bought Chain before it went free? Unlimited is already yours Chain Plus is an auto-renewing subscription. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase (after the free trial, if you start one). It renews automatically at the same price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the period. Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you subscribe. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tensorust.com/apps/chain/privacy/ No account, no ads, no tracking. Your habits stay on your iPhone, and in your own iCloud if you turn backup on.

Screenshots

Jot That Down2 screens
Chain4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Jot That Down at none against Chain's 10. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Chain sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Jot That Down asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Jot That Down versus Chain: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJot That DownChain
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB3 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMPR Ventures LLCMatthew Busel

In-app purchases

None

Jot That Down

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Chain

Subscriptions2
  • Chain Plus, monthly$2.991 Month
  • Chain Plus, yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time8
  • Streak Repair$0.99
  • Bloom Theme$0.99
  • Gold Theme$0.99
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  • Tide Theme$0.99
  • Violet Theme$0.99
  • Celebration Pack$0.99
  • Freeze Pack$0.99
  • Chain Unlimited$4.99

Questions

Is Jot That Down free?
Jot That Down is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chain free?
Chain is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Jot That Down or Chain have ads?
Neither Jot That Down nor Chain shows ads.

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