Comparison

Punctio vs Jottle

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

Head to head
About

Punctio

Features
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Struggling to fit everything into your morning routine and leave on time? Our app takes the guesswork out of your day, ensuring you get everything done stress-free. How it works: Type your desired wake-up time and list your tasks that you have to do in the morning with estimated durations (e.g., shower 15 min, breakfast 25 min, laundry 5 min, packing lunch 10 min, writing a note for wife 7 min). The app calculates the best schedule for you automatically. Want to sleep longer? Switch the direction easily to adjust your wake-up time instead. Say goodbye to morning chaosβ€”no more thinking or rushing. The app is simple to use, easy to adjust, and keeps your day organized so you can focus on what matters. Make mornings easier and more productive. Email: punctio@coneno.com Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Jottle

Features
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Jottle is for the thought you need to get down before it's gone. Open it and there's a blank line, waiting. Type the thought, tap Add Note, and get on with your day. There's nothing to set up and nothing to file. A note is a piece of plain text with a date on it. The first line becomes the title. That's the whole model, and it's why capture takes a second instead of a minute. EACH DEVICE GETS ITS OWN SHAPE β€’ iPhone: the list and the editor, and nothing between you and the blank line β€’ iPad: your notes on the left and a full page for writing on the right β€’ Apple Watch: a real app, not a mirror. Dictate or scribble from your wrist. It syncs straight from iCloud, so it works with your phone out of range β€’ Mac: Jottle is there too, as a notepad that drops in over whatever you're doing with one keystroke Notes sync through your own iCloud account. There's no Jottle account, no sign-in, and no server of ours in the middle. WIDGETS AND COMPLICATIONS Pin the notes that matter and they show up in the Pinned Notes widget, small, medium or large, on the Home Screen, the Lock Screen or in Notification Center. On the watch, put New Note on your face to dictate with one tap, or Recent Notes to read your latest at a glance. LOCKED NOTES, ACTUALLY LOCKED Lock any note and its body is encrypted with AES-256-GCM under a passphrase only you know, derived with PBKDF2-SHA256 at 600,000 iterations. Only the ciphertext is stored and only the ciphertext syncs, so a locked note is unreadable everywhere except on a device where you've entered the passphrase. Face ID or Touch ID unlocks it after the first time, and an open locked note is hidden from the app switcher. There's no recovery and no backdoor. Forget the passphrase and the note is gone for good. That's not an oversight. It's the feature. PLAIN TEXT, NOT A TRAP Export one note or all of them as ordinary Markdown files, with the dates kept in the front matter. Import a folder of them back. They open in any editor and are already covered by whatever backup you run. You are never locked in. THE REST OF IT Pin a note to keep it at the top. Archive one to get it out of the way without deleting it. Search across everything, or find within the note you're editing. MAKE IT YOURS Eight accent colors, light or dark, on a Paper or Bright background, and a text size your eyes agree with. Your watch keeps a color of its own. FREE Jottle on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch is free, with every feature. The Mac app is a separate choice: a free 14-day trial, then a one-time purchase. WHAT IT DOESN'T DO No account. No subscription. No analytics, no advertising, no crash reporting, no third-party SDKs of any kind. Jottle makes no network requests of its own. The only thing it talks to is your iCloud, at your instruction. Nothing about you or your notes is collected, because there is nothing in it to collect them with. Requires iOS or iPadOS 26. The Apple Watch app requires watchOS 26. Syncing needs an Apple Account signed in with iCloud Drive on. Without one, Jottle runs perfectly well on a single device and tells you plainly that it isn't syncing.

Screenshots

Punctio2 screens
Jottle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Punctio at every 3 days against Jottle's every 11 days. Punctio also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Punctio ships an update every 3 days, Jottle every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
Punctio versus Jottle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPunctioJottle
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days β€” betterEvery 11 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch β€” better
Requires iOS12.0 β€” better26.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size25 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerconeno GmbHMike Shear

In-app purchases

None

Punctio

No in-app purchases

None

Jottle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Punctio free?
Punctio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jottle free?
Jottle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Punctio or Jottle have ads?
Neither Punctio nor Jottle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Punctio or Jottle?
Punctio ships an update every 3 days, and Jottle every 11 days. Most recently, Punctio was updated on September 15, 2026 and Jottle on October 1, 2026.

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