Paranotes vs JotScreen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paranotes
Organize your projects and resources by life area with a minimalist approach to productivity. Create and manage lists and notes in one streamlined app to enhance focus and efficiency.
- Organize by life area
- Create lists and notes
- Minimalist design
- Streamlined interface
- Focus enhancement
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Paranotes brings minimalism to productivity by organizing your projects and resources by area of life. Easily create and manage lists and notes, keeping everything you need in one simple, streamlined app to stay focused and productive. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
JotScreen
Transform your screen into a dynamic wall of colorful sticky notes for jotting down thoughts, sketching ideas, or tracking tasks. Organize notes with boards, pin important items, and enjoy instant search. Built for privacy with all data stored locally.
- Digital sticky notes
- Freehand drawing with Apple Pencil
- Checklist task tracking
- Home Screen widgets
- Markdown support for text notes
- Organize notes into boards
- Privacy-focused, local storage
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JotScreen turns your screen into a wall of colorful sticky notes. Jot down thoughts, sketch ideas with Apple Pencil, or track tasks with checklists all in a beautiful, tactile interface that feels like real paper. Your ideas, beautifully organized Create notes in 12 vibrant colors and organize them into boards. Pin your most important stickies to the top, mark favorites, and find anything instantly with Spotlight search. Three ways to capture - Plain text with markdown support - Freehand drawings with Apple Pencil or finger - Checklists with progress tracking Home Screen widgets Pin a sticky to your Home Screen, see recent notes at a glance, or add new notes with a single tap — without even opening the app. Built for privacy Everything stays on your device. No accounts, no cloud, no tracking. Your notes are yours alone. Premium unlocks everything The free tier gives you 10 notes, 4 colors, and 1 board. Upgrade to Premium for unlimited notes, all 12 colors, drawings, checklists, unlimited boards, and premium widgets. Terms of Use: https://jotscreen.sabio.studio/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://jotscreen.sabio.studio/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Paranotes at every 3 days against JotScreen's every 6 weeks. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Paranotes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and JotScreen sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Paranotes against 5.0 for JotScreen. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Paranotes ships an update every 3 days, JotScreen every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paranotes | JotScreen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Talal El Zeini | SABIO LLC |
Customer experience
Paranotes
JotScreen
In-app purchases
Paranotes
- Paranotes Pro$1.991 Month
- Paranotes Pro$9.991 Year
JotScreen
- JotScreen Premium (Monthly)$2.991 Month
- JotScreen Premium (Yearly)$19.991 Year
- JotScreen Premium Purchase$39.99
