Comparison

Jottr vs Milestone

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

Head to head
About

Jottr

Capture and organize fleeting thoughts in a fast, timeline-style feed. Add structure with folders and templates, or bookmark important ideas. Record voice memos on the go for easy retrieval.

Highlights
  • Timeline-style feed for ideas
  • Folders for light structure
  • Reusable templates
  • Bookmark important notes
  • Voice memo capture
  • Fast search functionality
  • Private, on-device storage
Features
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The thought that mattered arrived while you were walking. By the time a notes app opened, it was gone. Jottr is one box, always open, always ready. Say it or type it. It's down in seconds. Then get on with your day. ONE RUNNING STREAM Every thought lands in order — a record of what was actually on your mind, as you thought it. Nothing to name. Nothing to set up. You scroll back through your thinking the way you scroll back through photos. And nothing you type is lost. Jottr writes every keystroke to disk as you go, so a thought survives even if the app dies mid-sentence. SAY IT OR TYPE IT Write when you want to think something through. Talk when you just need to get it out. Jottr records your voice and turns it into text — on your device by default, so even the thought you only had time to mumble is searchable later. WHEN A THOUGHT CONTINUES Reply to any thought and the two become a thread. This one continues that one. Follow-ups, the way thinking actually goes. ONE OLD THOUGHT A DAY Each day Jottr puts one older thought back at the top of your timeline. And when there's one from this day a year ago, that's the one. Reply, and you pick it back up. Anything you'd rather never see again, you can retire from the loop for good. TAGS THAT NEVER INTERRUPT Type # anywhere and the word becomes a tag. Tap it to pull up everything under it. Jottr suggests tags on your device — nothing is ever added without your tap. Structure when you want it. Never a decision when you don't. SEE YOUR THOUGHTS CONNECT Thought Map draws the tags and words that keep coming back across your journal as a constellation. Tap a theme to read every thought behind it. Slide through months and years and watch it take shape. It is all grouped on your device, and nothing is written into your journal. SEARCH FINDS EVERYTHING One box. Every thought, every reply, every tag, every word you spoke out loud. PRIVATE, AND YOURS TO TAKE Your journal syncs through your own iCloud. No account, no sign-in, nothing on our servers — and Jottr tells you plainly when a thought isn't backed up yet. Lock the app behind Face ID. Export every thought and thread as plain Markdown whenever you want it somewhere else. No ads. No analytics. No tracking. Nothing sold. Open it, jot, done. Made by Spruzzo Labs — a creative lab. Questions or ideas? hello@spruzzolabs.com

About

Milestone

Features
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Progress is easy to forget. Milestone makes it easy to remember. Capture what you're working on with photos, voice notes, and text. Everything is organized on a timeline, so months of slow progress become something you can actually see. CAPTURE IN THE MOMENT Open the app and the camera is ready. Take a photo while the work is in front of you, record a voice note while the details are fresh, or type a note instead. Each entry keeps the moment, the context, and the date together. The whole flow takes seconds, so documenting progress never gets in the way of making it. SEE YOUR PROGRESS Everything lands on a chronological timeline, counting up from the day your project started. Scroll from your first entry to today to see where you started, what changed, and how it all came together. Progress that's hard to notice day to day becomes obvious when you can see it in order. Keep as many projects as you have going. Each one has its own timeline and day count. PLAN WHAT'S NEXT Keep tasks alongside each project so the work ahead stays connected to the progress you've already made. Reorder tasks, check them off when they're done, and add due dates only when you need them. Tasks can include photos, voice notes, and text too, so they're more than just a checklist. Completed tasks stay organized by when you finished them and can be cleared whenever you no longer need them. UNDERSTAND MORE WITH ON-DEVICE AI Milestone uses on-device AI to transcribe voice notes and analyze photos for readable text and visual subjects. Search for what you said, what was written, or what appeared in a photo—all without uploading your private moments to a Milestone server. FIND IT AGAIN Search your notes to find the moment you can't quite place. Voice-note transcripts and photo text or visual labels are included, so search can find what was said and what appeared in a photo, not just what you typed. Flag important entries so they're easy to return to later. KEEP EVERYTHING TOGETHER Project photos get buried in your camera roll. Details disappear into messages or stay in your head. Milestone keeps the photo, the context, and the moment together in one place. FOR ANYTHING WORTH DOCUMENTING Personal goals. Creative work. Home improvements. School projects. Travel. Restorations. Anything that takes long enough that you'll want to look back on it. YOUR DATA, YOUR DEVICES There is no Milestone account and no Milestone server. Your entries stay on your device and sync across iPhone and iPad through your own iCloud. Turn iCloud off and Milestone still works on one device.

Screenshots

Jottr4 screens
Milestone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Milestone at every 3 weeks against Jottr's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

Jottr ships an update every 2 months, Milestone every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Jottr versus Milestone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJottrMilestone
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.618.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSpruzzo Labs Inc.Eric Fan

In-app purchases

None

Jottr

No in-app purchases

None

Milestone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jottr free?
Jottr is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Milestone free?
Milestone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Jottr or Milestone have ads?
Neither Jottr nor Milestone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Jottr or Milestone?
Jottr ships an update every 2 months, and Milestone every 3 weeks. Most recently, Jottr was updated on October 9, 2026 and Milestone on October 6, 2026.

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