Comparison

Anchor vs jottie

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

Head to head
About

Anchor

Organize your day with focus blocks, capturing tasks and projects. Syncs with your calendar and is accessible across devices. Designed for efficient planning and task management.

Highlights
  • Focus block scheduling
  • Task and project organization
  • Smart date capture
  • Calendar and reminders sync
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Offline functionality
Features
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A place for your tasks, projects, and daily plan. Anchor organizes your day around focus blocks. Group tasks into a block, give it some time in your calendar, and work through them at your own pace. When plans change, move things around. CAPTURE YOUR TASKS Type a task as it comes to mind. Use Smart Dates to add a date as you type, or hold New To Do and talk through several things at once. Anchor turns what you say into tasks, with projects, dates, and urgency levels, privately with Apple Intelligence.* KEEP PROJECTS ORGANIZED Keep related tasks in projects. Add dividers to separate sections, notes to hold the details, and urgency levels to show what needs attention. Drag tasks into the order that works for you. PLAN WITH FOCUS BLOCKS Bring tasks into a block alongside your calendar events. Set up repeating blocks for the regular parts of your week. Focus on one block at a time, and move unfinished tasks forward when you need to. PICK UP ON ANOTHER DEVICE Your tasks, projects, and focus blocks sync through your private iCloud. Anchor is also available on Mac, so you can continue there. CONNECTED TO YOUR DAY • Apple Calendar and Reminders sync • Widgets and Live Activity • Siri shortcuts • Repeating blocks and custom icons • Works offline • No separate Anchor account required Available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, and Brazilian Portuguese. MADE INDEPENDENTLY Anchor is designed and built by an independent developer. No ads, no venture capital. Just an app that keeps getting better with feedback from the people who use it. *Voice capture requires Super Anchor and a compatible iPhone with Apple Intelligence enabled, using a supported language. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

jottie

This note-taking app uses on-device AI to automatically tag, organize, and connect your notes privately. It offers features like semantic search, voice note transcription, and OCR for image attachments, with optional cloud sync for cross-device access.

Highlights
  • On-device AI for private note processing
  • Automatic smart tagging and organization
  • Semantic search by meaning
  • Voice notes with instant transcription
  • OCR for text extraction from images
  • Deep Apple ecosystem integration
  • Optional cloud sync
Features
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jottie is the note-taking app that learns and organizes as you write - all powered by on-device ai that processes your notes locally, not in the cloud. finally, a notes app that's both intelligent and private. jottie uses apple's built-in machine learning to automatically tag, organize, and connect your notes without sending them to external servers for analysis. why jottie? private by design unlike other ai note apps, jottie processes everything locally. your notes are encrypted with aes-256 and ai analysis happens entirely on your iphone - no third-party servers analyzing your writing. ai that actually helps - automatic smart tags extracted from your writing - semantic search finds notes by meaning, not just keywords - recognizes people, places, dates, and events automatically - classifies notes as meetings, tasks, ideas, journals, and more - suggests connections between related notes voice notes with instant transcription speak your thoughts and jottie transcribes them automatically using on-device speech recognition. perfect for capturing ideas on the go, meeting notes, or voice memos that become searchable text. smart image attachments attach photos and jottie extracts text using ocr. snap a whiteboard, receipt, or document - the text becomes searchable instantly. deep apple ecosystem integration - calendar: auto-link notes to meetings, get reminders before events - contacts: connect notes to people with automatic name recognition - reminders: turn notes into action items in your reminders app - spotlight: find notes from anywhere on your iphone - share extension: save content from any app directly to jottie location-aware notes jottie recognizes places mentioned in your notes and can show them on a map. perfect for travel journals, meeting locations, or remembering where ideas struck. powerful search find any note instantly with semantic search that understands context. search by tags, people, dates, note types, or just describe what you're looking for in natural language. optional cloud sync use jottie completely offline, or subscribe to sync across devices. even with sync enabled, ai processing stays on-device. perfect for - meeting notes: auto-link to calendar events, tag attendees - daily journaling: private, encrypted, searchable entries - voice memos: capture and transcribe thoughts hands-free - research: organize ideas with smart tags and connections - task management: extract action items to reminders - travel notes: location-tagged memories and plans jottie pro unlock sync and jottie web: - cloud backup: your notes are safely stored in the cloud - sync across devices: access your notes on any device plus full access to jottie web: - unlimited notes - 1,000 chat messages per month with ottie ai - voice notes with 30 min/month transcription - faster processing with priority queue - 7 visualizations including streaks, calendars, and analytics free users enjoy full note-taking with smart organization on-device. upgrade to sync across devices and access jottie on the web. your notes. your device. your privacy. download jottie and experience note-taking that's intelligent, organized, and completely private. terms of use: https://jottie.io/terms privacy policy: https://jottie.io/privacy

Screenshots

Anchor4 screens
jottie3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Anchor at 46 against jottie's 3. jottie's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 days). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Anchor sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and jottie sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Anchor against 5.0 for jottie. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anchor has 46 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 93% of Anchor's written reviews are positive against 100% of jottie's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Anchor ships an update every 3 days, jottie daily. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Anchor versus jottie: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAnchorjottie
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (46 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews92.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings46 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, MaciPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size97 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlessandro PludaVijay Pemmaraju

Customer experience

Anchor

All ratings36 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews14 reviews
Positive92.9%
Neutral7.1%
Negative0.0%

jottie

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Anchor

One-time2
  • Super Anchor Lifetime$29.99
  • Super Anchor Lifetime$49.99
2 purchases

jottie

Subscriptions2
  • jottie pro - monthly$2.991 Month
  • jottie pro - yearly$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Anchor free?
Anchor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is jottie free?
jottie is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Anchor or jottie?
jottie is rated higher. Anchor averages 4.9 out of 5 from 46 ratings, while jottie averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Anchor or jottie have ads?
Neither Anchor nor jottie shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Anchor or jottie?
Anchor ships an update every 3 days, and jottie daily. Most recently, Anchor was updated on November 14, 2026 and jottie on November 13, 2026.

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