Jotaid vs OV Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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 ā 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 ⢠Concept Nodes ā The thread through your notes. One idea, one page. ⢠Trend ā When each concept node appeared, grew, and went quiet. ⢠Graph & Matrix ā Which concepts go together, and how strongly. ⢠Node Types ā Core, Bridge, and Emerging, read from your network. ⢠Link Predictions ā Pairs that probably belong together but never met. ⢠Canvas ā Arrange cards and let themes form. AI THINKS WITH YOU, NEVER FOR YOU (PRO) AI does the groundwork. The judgment stays yours. ⢠Smart Node & Smart Theme ā Propose concepts & groupings. Nothing applies until you tick it. ⢠Theme Summary ā Key findings from every note in a theme. ⢠Typed Relations ā How co-occurring concepts relate, with the passage behind it. ⢠AI Reading ā Your graph and matrix, explained. ⢠MCP Server (Mac) ā 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. ⢠Edit & preview modes, with live syntax highlighting, tables, math, and code ⢠Fast capture: Quick Note, Raycast, PopClip, and the iOS share sheet ⢠Built-in browser for AI chats, side by side with your notes on Mac (no password-manager extensions) ⢠On-device semantic search ⢠Import Markdown files or a whole vault ⢠Markdown export, encrypted backups ⢠Native on Mac and iPhone, with iCloud sync FREE & PRO ⢠Free: the Inbox, no note limit. Editor, backlinks, graph, matrix, Trends, canvas, and iCloud sync included. ⢠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
OV Notes
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A calm, minimal place to write in plain Markdown, plan your days, and let a private AI Copilot do the busywork on the notes you already wrote. OV Notes keeps everything simple and yours. No account, no sign-up, no ads. Just open it and write, on your iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Write in Markdown ⢠Plain Markdown that stays simple, readable files you actually own ⢠A clean, focused editor that stays out of your way ⢠Light and Dark themes that follow your system automatically Calendar and to-dos ⢠A monthly calendar greets you on the home screen ⢠Add to-dos to any date and check them off ⢠See today's tasks at a glance AI Copilot for your own notes ⢠Summarize a long note in seconds ⢠Draft a meeting-note outline to start from ⢠Organize today's to-dos so nothing slips ⢠Ask "what's on my schedule this week?" and get a clear answer ⢠It only ever works on your own notes, never anyone else's Stay organized ⢠Folders and a nested file-tree vault keep everything in its place ⢠An "All notes" list puts every note one tap away, even as it grows Widgets that keep up ⢠Home-screen and Lock-screen widgets show your to-dos without opening the app Sync across your devices ⢠iCloud sync keeps notes current on iPhone, iPad, and the OV Mac app ⢠It uses your own iCloud, so your notes stay private to you Private by design ⢠Local-first: your notes live on your device and in your own iCloud ⢠No account or sign-up needed ⢠No ads, no tracking, and nothing collected by us Free to use, and fully bilingual in Korean and English. Write a little, plan a little, and keep it all in one quiet place that's truly yours.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OV Notes at none against Jotaid's 3. OV Notes also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Jotaid sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. OV Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Jotaid | OV Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | ā |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | ā |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No ā better |
| Monetization | Free | ā |
| Devices | iPhone, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 166 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ē«č£ å¼ | HAKYUNG CHOI |
In-app purchases
Jotaid
- Jotaid Pro (Monthly)$2.491 Month
- Jotaid Pro (Yearly)$19.991 Year
- Jotaid Pro (Lifetime)$79.99
OV Notes
No in-app purchases









