Comparison

Notes vs Jotter

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

Head to head
About

Notes

A fast and simple note-taking application for jotting down ideas, managing daily tasks, and organizing information. It allows for quick note creation, color-coding, and easy searching to keep important details accessible. Customize your notes with formatting options and share them in various formats.

Highlights
  • Quick note creation
  • Color-coded notes
  • Notebook organization
  • Search functionality
  • Formatting options
  • Note sharing
  • Reminders
Features
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Looking for a simple and fast notes app to write down ideas, manage daily notes, and stay organized anytime? Note pad app helps save ideas quickly and keep everything in one place. It works as a smart notepad and notebook for personal, work, and study use. Create quick notes, use color notes, and keep important ideas easy to find. Daily planning and important notes stay simple and clear with an app designed for fast note-taking. Why Choose Notepad App? Quick Notes > With note taking app, create notes instantly with a single tap > Notebooks app gives a clear and focused writing experience. > Write short reminders or long notes. > Notesapp automatically saves all your notes. > Easily find any note by using the search. Organize Notes Easily > Easy notes app lets you create notebooks for better organization. > Sort notes by date, title, or color in the note pad app. > Use tags and labels with write notes app to filter notes. > Pin important notes at the top using the color notes app. > Archive old notes safely. Colorful Notes & Notebooks > Add colors to your notes with daily notes app. > Use color notes to separate work, personal, and daily notes. > Customize backgrounds and text colors. > Visual organization becomes easier with note book app. > Quickly recognize notes by color using the sticky notes app. Daily Notes & Reminders > Create daily notes easily. > Set reminders so you never forget important tasks > Plan your day better using the Notepad. > Track goals and to-do lists with the notebooks app > Stay productive every day using the color note app Customize Your Notes > Format notes with bold, italic, and underline in the daily notes app > Create bullet points and numbered lists. > Highlight important text using the sticky notes app > Add emojis and symbols to your notes > Edit, copy, and paste content smoothly in the note pad app Share Your Notes > Export notes as text, PDF, or image in the color note app. > Share notes via email, messaging, or social media. > Copy notes to the clipboard quickly using the Notepad app. > Easily share notes with friends or teammates. > Backup notes securely with the notebook app We value feedback! Suggestions help make the app better. Share thoughts and reviews to improve it. Thanks for the support! Privacy Policy: https://extramartllc.blogspot.com/2026/01/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://extramartllc.blogspot.com/2026/01/terms-of-use.html

About

Jotter

Features
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Jotter is the notes app that feels like your desk: sticky notes, checklists, handwriting and voice notes in one place. Tick off groceries from the Home Screen widget, or ask Siri to "add milk to Groceries in Jotter." No ads, no subscription, no account. Your notes stay on your devices and in your own iCloud. WHY JOTTER • Fast: one tap on New note, the widget or Control Center, and you are typing • Free: no subscription, no ads, nothing locked • Private: no account and no Jotter server. Notes sync through your own iCloud • Yours: export any note as a PDF or text, or every note as Markdown files CHECKLISTS THAT TICK Type [] and a space to start a checklist. Tick items off with a tap — groceries, packing lists, the ten things to do before Friday. Tap New, pick List, name it, and start adding items. HANDWRITING WITH APPLE PENCIL Write or draw on iPad with Apple Pencil, or with your finger on iPhone, on blank, lined, grid or dotted paper. The page grows as you go. Your handwriting is read on the device, so it turns up in search, and it converts to typed text with a tap. PHOTOS, SCANS AND VOICE NOTES Take photos, scan documents, record voice notes and add files right inside a note. The text in your photos and scans is searchable, and voice notes are transcribed on your device. SEARCH THAT FORGIVES Type a word or two, in any order, without worrying about capitals or accents. Jotter searches titles, text, tags, handwriting and the words inside your pictures, and shows you the sentence it found. ORGANISE LATER, OR NEVER Pin what matters. Write a #tag and it becomes a filter. Make a folder when a set of notes wants a name. Or don't: everything is always in All Notes. CAPTURE FROM ANYWHERE • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, including a list you can tick without opening Jotter • A New note button in Control Center • Siri: "Jot down in Jotter" • The Share button in any app: save a link, photo or text into a new note or one you already have SEVEN THEMES, EACH ITS OWN WORLD Classic sticky notes, Lamplight's desk lamp, Herbarium's field book, Blueprint's drafting grid, Airmail's stamps, Washi tape, and Velvet's plum and gold. Each theme changes the colours, the type, the highlighter, the checkboxes and what happens when you finish a list, and can change your app icon to match. FORGIVING, AND PRIVATE Deleted notes wait in Recently Deleted for 30 days. Lock a private note behind Face ID. Set a reminder on any note. No analytics, no ads, no tracking — Jotter has no server at all. MADE FOR IPHONE AND IPAD A calm paper-and-ink design with a little comic-book fun around the edges. Light and dark mode, Dynamic Type, VoiceOver, and keyboard shortcuts on iPad, where your folders, your notes and the open note sit side by side. Jotter is free. If it earns a place on your Home Screen, you can buy the maker a coffee in Settings. It unlocks nothing, and it is entirely optional. Privacy: https://thebighead.ca/jotter/privacy Terms: https://thebighead.ca/jotter/terms

Screenshots

Notes4 screens
Jotter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Jotter at every 4 days against Notes's every 5 weeks. Notes's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). 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. Notes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $39.99 per year and Jotter sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notes ships an update every 5 weeks, Jotter every 4 days. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Notes versus Jotter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotesJotter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size93 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEXTRA MART LLCJashandeep Singh

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Yearly Premium Access3 Days trial$39.991 Year
3 purchases

Jotter

One-time3
  • Tip — a coffee$1.99
  • Tip — a medium coffee$4.99
  • Tip — a large coffee$9.99

Questions

Is Notes free?
Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jotter free?
Jotter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Notes or Jotter have ads?
Neither Notes nor Jotter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notes or Jotter?
Notes ships an update every 5 weeks, and Jotter every 4 days. Most recently, Notes was updated on October 26, 2026 and Jotter on October 26, 2026.

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