Comparison

Jotaid vs Diktator!

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

Head to head
About

Jotaid

This app transforms your notes into interconnected concepts, visualizing relationships between ideas. It uses AI to help you discover hidden connections and structure your thoughts, offering a unique approach to knowledge management.

Highlights
  • Concept nodes for fine-grained idea mapping
  • Live knowledge graph visualization
  • AI-powered relation discovery
  • Co-occurrence matrix for idea clustering
  • Markdown editor with syntax highlighting
  • Global hotkey and share sheet capture
Read full description

The more you capture, the harder it gets to see what you know. Jotaid turns notes into connected concepts. A node is one idea, not a whole note โ€” so links run between ideas, not documents. The note-taking methods you already use work out of the box, no plugins needed: Zettelkasten, PARA for organizing by project, and design-thinking card clustering are all built in. WHAT YOU CAN SEE โ€ข Concept Nodes โ€” The thread through your notes. One idea, one page. โ€ข Trend โ€” When each concept node appeared, grew, and went quiet. โ€ข Graph & Matrix โ€” Which concepts go together, and how strongly. โ€ข Node Types โ€” Core, Bridge, and Emerging, read from your network. โ€ข Link Predictions โ€” Pairs that probably belong together but never met. โ€ข Canvas โ€” Arrange cards and let themes form. AI THINKS WITH YOU, NEVER FOR YOU (PRO) AI does the groundwork. The judgment stays yours. โ€ข Smart Node & Smart Theme โ€” Propose concepts & groupings. Nothing applies until you tick it. โ€ข Theme Summary โ€” Key findings from every note in a theme. โ€ข Typed Relations โ€” How co-occurring concepts relate, with the passage behind it. โ€ข AI Reading โ€” Your graph and matrix, explained. โ€ข MCP Server (Mac) โ€” Ask your AI agent what your notes add up to. Read-only. After unlocking Pro, connect your own AI provider (BYOK). Jotaid runs no AI service. MARKDOWN & APPLE NATIVE Everything you expect from a notes app, and more. โ€ข Edit & preview modes, with live syntax highlighting, tables, math, and code โ€ข Fast capture: Quick Note, Raycast, PopClip, and the iOS share sheet โ€ข Built-in browser for AI chats, side by side with your notes on Mac (no password-manager extensions) โ€ข On-device semantic search โ€ข Import Markdown files or a whole vault โ€ข Markdown export, encrypted backups โ€ข Native on Mac and iPhone, with iCloud sync FREE & PRO โ€ข Free: the Inbox, no note limit. Editor, backlinks, graph, matrix, Trends, canvas, and iCloud sync included. โ€ข Pro: more projects, cross-filtering, and all AI features. Monthly, yearly, or buy once. All data stored locally. iCloud sync optional. No account required. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://jotaid.com/privacy

About

Diktator!

Features
Read full description

Turn your voice into notes, messages and emails with the Diktator! keyboard on iPhone and iPad. Tap Listen, speak, and return to your text. DICTATE AND TRANSLATE Choose the language for your translated text and use a Diktator model or Apple Translation. Save up to three favorite translation languages and switch between them by holding the translation button on the keyboard. Try your language pair with different models and choose the result you prefer. LOCAL MODELS, YOUR CHOICE Diktator speech models process audio on your device. Download a model once and use it for offline dictation. Choose from Base, Small, Medium, Large, Turbo Compact and Turbo to suit your device and pace. Base and Small are free; the other four are available with Pro or its trial. A MULTILINGUAL KEYBOARD The interface and keyboard support 13 languages: English, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Arabic and Turkish. Download the language packs you use for typing suggestions, phrase input and text tools. MADE FOR YOUR WORKFLOW Find languages, translation, models and proofreading in dedicated Settings sections. With Pro, run a proofreading pass after dictation and review the original and revised text. FREE AND PRO โ€” NO SUBSCRIPTION Start with Base or Small, or choose the optional 21-day Pro trial. Pro is a one-time universal purchase for iPhone, iPad and the Mac App Store version. The trial does not renew or charge automatically. Requires iOS/iPadOS 26 or later. Guided setup helps you download a speech model and enable the keyboard with Full Access for dictation and translation. Apple Translation uses separate language packs. No Diktator account is required.

Screenshots

Jotaid4 screens
Diktator!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Jotaid at 17.0 against Diktator!'s 26.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Jotaid sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Diktator! sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jotaid ships an update every 2 weeks, Diktator! every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 7 level
Jotaid versus Diktator!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJotaidDiktator!
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews50.0% of reviewsโ€”
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 8 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreeโ€”
DevicesiPhone, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac โ€” better
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better26.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size153 MB8 MB
Age rating17+4+
Developer็ซ‹่ฃ ๅผ Mikhail Goncharov

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Jotaid

Subscriptions2
  • Jotaid Pro (Monthly)$3.991 Month
  • Jotaid Pro (Yearly)1 Year trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Jotaid Pro (Lifetime)$119.99
2 purchases

Diktator!

One-time2
  • 21-day TrialFree
  • Diktator Pro$14.99

Questions

Is Jotaid free?
Jotaid is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Diktator! free?
Diktator! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Jotaid or Diktator! have ads?
Neither Jotaid nor Diktator! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Jotaid or Diktator!?
Jotaid ships an update every 2 weeks, and Diktator! every 8 days. Most recently, Jotaid was updated on October 8, 2026 and Diktator! on October 4, 2026.

Other comparisons