Comparison

Teak vs JotBox

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

Head to head
About

Teak

Features
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Teak is a calm place to keep everything that inspires you. Save it in a tap, and find it again the moment you need it. SAVE ANYTHING • Notes, links, images, videos, voice memos, documents, color palettes and quotes • Share from any app straight into Teak, without opening it • Save the page you're reading with the Safari extension • Record a voice memo or snap a photo right from the Add tab • Ask Siri or Shortcuts to "Save to Teak", or start a note from Control Center or the Action button TEAK DOES THE TIDYING • Every card gets tags and a short summary, so you don't have to file anything • Links come with their preview image and title • Pull out a palette and copy any color in one tap FIND IT IN SECONDS • Search everything you've saved • Type "image", "favorites" or "last week" and Teak turns it into a filter • Filter by type, favorites or tag from the menu • Find any card from Spotlight, or search Teak from Shortcuts and file the results into a folder MADE FOR IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC • A masonry grid that shows your ideas the way you saved them • More columns and a details panel on iPad and Mac • On Mac, save from the menu bar, Quick Capture (⌃⌥⌘T) or the Services menu • Light and dark mode, plus haptics on iPhone YOURS, AND PRIVATE • Your library is private to your account • No ads, and your saves are never sold or shared • Deleted cards wait in Trash for 30 days • Delete your account any time from Settings Your library stays in sync with Teak on the web, so your ideas are with you wherever you work. Teak is for designers collecting references, creators keeping ideas in one place, and anyone who wants to remember what caught their eye.

About

JotBox

A fast, local-first scratchpad for quick notes, drafts, and lists. Offers rich text formatting, image attachments, and powerful search. Notes are private by default, with optional iCloud sync and backups.

Highlights
  • Rich text formatting
  • Image and camera capture
  • Full-text search and filters
  • Note locking and read-only mode
  • Export to multiple formats
  • Optional iCloud sync and backup
Features
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Your thoughts, minus the filing cabinet. JotBox is a fast, private scratchpad for the thoughts you need to catch before they disappear. Open the app and start typing. A blank page is always ready, notes live in one simple timeline, and structure appears only when it helps. WRITE AND FORMAT - Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, text color, and highlight - Headings (H1, H2, H3) with # shortcuts and a collapsible outline for jumping through long notes - Bullets, numbered lists, and checklists you can tick without raising the keyboard - Left, center, justified, and right alignment, plus indent and outdent - Links, and inline images from your photo library, camera, pasteboard, or the Share Sheet - Rearrange the formatting bar to put your favorite tools first PASTE AND COPY CLEANLY - Formatted paste keeps headings, emphasis, links, and lists while dropping foreign fonts and colors - Paste from Markdown turns Markdown into real formatting - Copy a whole note or a selection as Markdown FIND AND ORGANIZE - Full-text search with snippets and highlights - Pin notes, reorder them, or sort by most recent - Lock private notes with a password and optional Face ID - Mark reference notes read-only - Keep tags protect important notes from automatic Recycle Bin cleanup - Undo a delete, or restore notes from the Recycle Bin KEEP YOUR NOTES YOURS - No account required - Optional live sync through your private iCloud account - Separate iCloud Drive backups and a restorable backup file - Export as text, Markdown, or PDF - No ads and no analytics JotBox runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with keyboard shortcuts throughout. Try everything free for 7 days. JotBox Pro is a one-time $3.99 unlock for editing, creating and managing notes, and rich attachments. No subscription. Your existing notes always stay viewable, copyable, shareable, and exportable.

Screenshots

Teak4 screens
JotBox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Teak at none against JotBox's 1. Teak also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 5 weeks). JotBox's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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. JotBox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Teak asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Teak ships an update every 5 days, JotBox every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Teak versus JotBox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTeakJotBox
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB9 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuge PraveenDaniel Bragilevsky

In-app purchases

None

Teak

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

JotBox

One-time1
  • JotBox Pro$3.99

Questions

Is Teak free?
Teak is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is JotBox free?
JotBox is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Teak or JotBox have ads?
Neither Teak nor JotBox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Teak or JotBox?
Teak ships an update every 5 days, and JotBox every 5 weeks. Most recently, Teak was updated on October 28, 2026 and JotBox on October 24, 2026.

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