Comparison

Jotio vs Tertiary Markdown

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

Head to head
About

Jotio

This app offers a streamlined way to capture fleeting thoughts and ideas. It prioritizes speed and simplicity, allowing you to quickly jot down notes and automatically archive what's not essential. Important items can be easily moved to other applications for long-term storage.

Highlights
  • Fast note capture
  • Automatic archiving
  • On-device intelligence
  • Cross-device sync
  • Lock Screen widgets
  • System-wide helper app
Features
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No subscription. No account. No complexity. Jotio is a self-cleaning inbox for your ideas. Notes are archived automatically after a set time, so your inbox stays fresh and focused—built for temporary notes you don’t need to keep. Capture in seconds, review what matters, and move important notes into your long-term apps. Everything else is archived automatically. Plain text only. No formatting options. No Markdown. No checklists. No attachments. No complex system. Just a simple place for temporary notes—intentionally kept simple. Jotio is designed for quick thoughts and ideas, short-lived notes, and things you don’t want to organize. When something becomes important, move it where it belongs. Everything else fades away. No folders or tags to manage. Colors and favorites help you focus on what matters now. Automatic archiving keeps your inbox clear. A built-in review flow makes going through your notes effortless. Capture on every device: iPhone & iPad: Capture from your Lock Screen with widgets. Long-press the app icon for instant note creation, review, or search. Automate with Shortcuts. Find anything instantly with Spotlight. Apple Watch: Quick capture whenever an idea strikes—right from your wrist. Mac: A system-wide capture window opens instantly from anywhere—on every Space and even over full-screen apps—so you can jot an idea the moment it strikes, without losing your place. Open notes in a floating window that stays on top. And drag any note straight out of Jotio to wherever it belongs—drop it into Finder as a text file, or into another editor, email, or app. Private, on-device intelligence: Turn notes into emails, summaries, or action lists—processed entirely on your device. Your thoughts are never sent to an AI service. Seamless sync: All your notes sync automatically across iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and Mac. Ready to think clearly?

About

Tertiary Markdown

Features
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Tertiary Markdown is a fast, native Markdown notes app for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. It manages your files and folders the way Obsidian does — open any local folder as a vault and your notes stay as plain .md files you fully own. KEY FEATURES • Open any folder as a vault — fully compatible with your existing Obsidian vault. Your notes are plain Markdown files, never locked into a proprietary format. • File & folder management — browse, create, rename, and delete notes and folders from a clean sidebar. • Live preview editor — switch instantly between Edit, Split, and Preview. Your work autosaves as you type. • Images, Bear-style — embed pictures with standard Markdown ![](image.png) or Obsidian ![[image.png]] embeds, rendered inline. • Tables, Notion-style — GitHub-flavoured tables render as clean, bordered grids. • Everyday Markdown — headings, bold and italic, links, checklists, bullet and numbered lists, block quotes, and code blocks. • One app, every device — a true native experience on macOS, iPadOS, and iOS. Your notes never leave your device. Everything is stored as simple text files on your Mac, iPad, or iPhone, so you stay in control and your library is future-proof. Whether you keep a personal knowledge base, take meeting notes, or write long-form drafts, Tertiary Markdown gives you a distraction-free, Markdown-first workspace that travels with you.

Screenshots

Jotio4 screens
Tertiary Markdown2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tertiary Markdown at Free against Jotio's $3.99. Tertiary Markdown also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). Jotio's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On ads and in-app purchases 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

Tertiary Markdown is free to download; Jotio costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Jotio versus Tertiary Markdown: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJotioTertiary Markdown
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHeiko WitteAlfred Ang

In-app purchases

None

Jotio

No in-app purchases

None

Tertiary Markdown

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jotio free?
Jotio costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tertiary Markdown free?
Tertiary Markdown is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Jotio or Tertiary Markdown have ads?
Neither Jotio nor Tertiary Markdown shows ads.

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