Comparison

Vibers Log vs Jottle

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

Head to head
About

Vibers Log

Features
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Vibers Log is a build journal for people who make things: apps, websites, furniture, art, side projects of any kind. Write a line about what you did today. Vibers Log files it under the right project and lines it up on a timeline, so weeks from now you can see exactly how you got here. LOG IN SECONDS Open the app and start typing. Your current project is already picked, and the keyboard is up. One line a day is enough. ORGANIZED BY PROJECT, NOT BY DATE Every project gets its own timeline. See all your projects at a glance, then open one to read the whole story start to finish. SHARE YOUR PROGRESS Turn this week's entries into a clean image card or a text update, ready for X, Discord, a team chat, or your release notes. STORIES INSIDE PROJECTS Tag entries like "Onboarding" or "Launch" to follow one thread through a bigger build. A DAILY NUDGE An optional reminder asks "What did you build today?" and tapping it takes you straight to writing. REFLECT WITH ON-DEVICE AI (Pro) Get an honest recap of a project's journey, polish updates so they are ready to post, and see the obstacles you hit and how you got past them. It runs on your iPhone, so your journal stays private. MADE FOR IPHONE DUO Unfold to see your projects and a full timeline side by side. Fold it for quick one-handed logging on the outer screen. ALSO • iCloud sync across iPhone and iPad • Home Screen widgets for quick entries and recent progress • Calendar view of everything you've logged • Themes: Sunset, Ocean Deep, Forest, Starry Night, Rainbow and more (Pro) Free includes 3 projects. Upgrade once to Vibers Log Pro for unlimited projects, every theme, premium widgets, and AI features.

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Jottle

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Jottle is for the thought you need to get down before it's gone. Open it and there's a blank line, waiting. Type the thought, tap Add Note, and get on with your day. There's nothing to set up and nothing to file. A note is a piece of plain text with a date on it. The first line becomes the title. That's the whole model, and it's why capture takes a second instead of a minute. EACH DEVICE GETS ITS OWN SHAPE • iPhone: the list and the editor, and nothing between you and the blank line • iPad: your notes on the left and a full page for writing on the right • Apple Watch: a real app, not a mirror. Dictate or scribble from your wrist. It syncs straight from iCloud, so it works with your phone out of range • Mac: Jottle is there too, as a notepad that drops in over whatever you're doing with one keystroke Notes sync through your own iCloud account. There's no Jottle account, no sign-in, and no server of ours in the middle. WIDGETS AND COMPLICATIONS Pin the notes that matter and they show up in the Pinned Notes widget, small, medium or large, on the Home Screen, the Lock Screen or in Notification Center. On the watch, put New Note on your face to dictate with one tap, or Recent Notes to read your latest at a glance. LOCKED NOTES, ACTUALLY LOCKED Lock any note and its body is encrypted with AES-256-GCM under a passphrase only you know, derived with PBKDF2-SHA256 at 600,000 iterations. Only the ciphertext is stored and only the ciphertext syncs, so a locked note is unreadable everywhere except on a device where you've entered the passphrase. Face ID or Touch ID unlocks it after the first time, and an open locked note is hidden from the app switcher. There's no recovery and no backdoor. Forget the passphrase and the note is gone for good. That's not an oversight. It's the feature. PLAIN TEXT, NOT A TRAP Export one note or all of them as ordinary Markdown files, with the dates kept in the front matter. Import a folder of them back. They open in any editor and are already covered by whatever backup you run. You are never locked in. THE REST OF IT Pin a note to keep it at the top. Archive one to get it out of the way without deleting it. Search across everything, or find within the note you're editing. MAKE IT YOURS Eight accent colors, light or dark, on a Paper or Bright background, and a text size your eyes agree with. Your watch keeps a color of its own. FREE Jottle on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch is free, with every feature. The Mac app is a separate choice: a free 14-day trial, then a one-time purchase. WHAT IT DOESN'T DO No account. No subscription. No analytics, no advertising, no crash reporting, no third-party SDKs of any kind. Jottle makes no network requests of its own. The only thing it talks to is your iCloud, at your instruction. Nothing about you or your notes is collected, because there is nothing in it to collect them with. Requires iOS or iPadOS 26. The Apple Watch app requires watchOS 26. Syncing needs an Apple Account signed in with iCloud Drive on. Without one, Jottle runs perfectly well on a single device and tells you plainly that it isn't syncing.

Screenshots

Vibers Log4 screens
Jottle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Jottle at 4 against Vibers Log's 2. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Vibers Log sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Jottle sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vibers Log ships an update every 10 days, Jottle weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
Vibers Log versus Jottle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVibers LogJottle
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS26.026.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew HoffartMike Shear

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Vibers Log

One-time1
  • Pro$2.99
2 purchases

Jottle

One-time2
  • 14-Day TrialFree
  • Jottle for Mac$9.99

Questions

Is Vibers Log free?
Vibers Log is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jottle free?
Jottle is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Vibers Log or Jottle have ads?
Neither Vibers Log nor Jottle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vibers Log or Jottle?
Vibers Log ships an update every 10 days, and Jottle weekly. Most recently, Vibers Log was updated on October 25, 2026 and Jottle on October 29, 2026.

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