My Star Jar vs CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Star Jar
This app helps families build positive habits and routines by turning tasks into rewards. Users can set custom tasks and rewards, track progress, and celebrate achievements together. It also offers a solo mode for personal habit building.
- Customizable tasks and rewards
- Family and solo modes
- Progress tracking with visual feedback
- Offline functionality
- Multiple themes
- Recurring task scheduling
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Star Jar turns everyday tasks into something the whole family can cheer about. Tap a task, earn a star, watch the jar fill, and unlock real rewards your kids or family members actually care about. Works beautifully for kids, teens, parents, roommates, or anyone building better routines together. BUILT FOR THE WAY YOUR FAMILY WORKS - Add kids or family members in seconds, each with their own profile, avatar, and jar - Custom tasks: chores, homework, kindness, screen-time goals, anything that matters - Custom rewards: ice cream trips, movie nights, game hours - set the price in stars - Progress bars fill in real time. Cheer the wins. Celebrate together. NEW IN v2.0 - ONE JAR FOR THE FAMILY. ONE JUST FOR YOU. Solo mode gives you your own jar for habits, streaks, and goals, perfect for adults, teens, or anyone building personal routines. - NOW ON iPAD. The whole family hub, sized up for the bigger screen. Tasks and rewards sit side by side. - DRAG TO REORDER. Reshuffle tasks and rewards with a simple drag, so kids see what is next at a glance. - THREE BEAUTIFUL THEMES. Golden Stars, Rainbow Meadow, or Space Explorer, each with its own animated background. - RECURRING TASKS. Daily, weekly, or custom schedules, so tasks auto-renew on time. DESIGNED FOR FAMILY LIFE - Private by design: every star, task, and reward stays on your device - No account. No internet required. No tracking. Ever. - Works offline, on the plane, in the car, anywhere - Big tap targets, friendly type, kid-readable everywhere - Gentle animations and a soft strikethrough for completed tasks BUILT FOR LITTLE WINS Star Jar is not about perfect days. It is about catching the small ones. The thank-you note. The unprompted teeth-brushing. The bike ride before screens. Star Jar gives those moments a little ceremony, then turns them into rewards your kids will remember. Tap. Earn. Cheer. Repeat. PERFECT FOR - Chore tracking - Homework habits - Kindness building - Screen-time alternatives - Daily routines and morning checklists - Personal habit tracking (Solo mode) - Goal setting at any age WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT No ads. No subscriptions to unlock real features. No upsells in front of your kids. No account creation. No share-with-friends prompts. Just a quiet little app that helps your family build the habits you care about. NO ACCOUNT. NO ADS. NO TRACKING. Star Jar respects your family's privacy. Everything saves on-device with local storage. We never send your data anywhere, because we never have your data. Built with love for families. Star Jar grows with your kids, and now, with you too.
CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker
Save articles, PDFs, images, and notes instantly. AI automatically categorizes, tags, and summarizes your content, eliminating manual sorting and cluttered read-it-later lists. Access your notes across devices with real-time sync and ask AI questions about your saved information.
- One-tap saving of articles, PDFs, and images
- AI-powered auto-organization with folders and tags
- Content summarization by AI
- Real-time PC and mobile sync (Pro)
- Ask AI questions about your saved notes (Pro)
- Export to Markdown, Notion, Obsidian, Office, or email
- Re-discovery reminders for saved items
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Save it in a tap. The AI files it. And brings it back right when you would forget. Every notes app is a graveyard of saved things. CatchNote is the one that resurfaces them. A second brain that does not ask you to maintain it. More CatchNote is an AI note taker, notepad and bookmark manager for people who save more than they read. Made for savers who forget You bookmark articles. You forward yourself links. You screenshot recipes. Most of it disappears into the drawer. CatchNote is the app for what happens after you save. It is a second brain, note taker and notepad in one, for people who liked the idea of Obsidian but not the maintenance. Key features AI note taker. From any app, share a link, a tweet, an article or a screenshot to CatchNote. The AI reads it, summarizes it, and tags it. Save with a share. Recall with a word. Notepad and notebook in one. Type a quick note, save a link, capture an idea. Everything lands in the same searchable notebook. No plugin to install. No folder tree to maintain. Bookmark manager reimagined. Traditional bookmarks let you save. CatchNote lets you save and then find it again. Full-text search across every note. Tag folders by topic. Filter by source (X, LinkedIn, Safari, YouTube). Resurfacing (the point of the whole app). When something you saved becomes relevant, the AI brings it back on its own. A weekly digest surfaces three cards from what you saved this week. A forgotten cards feed pulls back items you have not opened in a while. Serendipity connections show up when a new save relates to an old one. Second brain, without the maintenance. No plugins. No folder trees to build by hand. No links to draw. The AI does the filing. Only what you chose to keep. CatchNote does not watch your screen. It does not read your messages. It only knows the things you decided were worth saving. Yours to take out. Markdown export with YAML frontmatter. Your knowledge is not locked in. Made for Solo learners drowning in playlists, saved reels and unread bookmarks. Students overwhelmed by course materials. Professionals who want the knowledge to stick, not just be captured. People who tried Obsidian and gave up on the upkeep. People who tried Apple Notes and lost track. How it works 1. From any app, share to CatchNote. The share sheet is the whole interface. 2. The AI reads what you shared. It summarizes. It picks a category. 3. When you would have forgotten it, CatchNote resurfaces the card. In the weekly digest, in the forgotten cards feed, or when a new save connects to an old one. Privacy Your saved items live in an on-device database on your phone. The AI classification runs through anonymous cloud calls that do not carry your account. Your knowledge is yours. Export to Markdown at any time. Pricing CatchNote is free with a hundred saves and gentle ads. CatchNote Pro at $4.99 a month or $39.99 a year removes ads and lifts the save limit. No lock in. Cancel anytime through the App Store.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: My Star Jar at none against CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker's 2. My Star Jar also leads on ads (none vs shown). CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. My Star Jar asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for My Star Jar against 5.0 for CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
My Star Jar ships an update every 3 months, CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Star Jar | CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Gruha Lakshmi VEERA | Yun Lee |
Customer experience
My Star Jar
CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker
In-app purchases
My Star Jar
No in-app purchases
CatchNote AI Notes Note Taker
- CatchNote Pro$4.991 Month
- CatchNote Pro annual$47.901 Year
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