Jot vs Simple Text Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Jot
A minimalist and private inbox for capturing and sorting thoughts without distraction. Easily export your notes to your preferred long-term storage. Your data remains on your device, ensuring privacy and security.
- Minimalist design
- Private inbox
- Capture thoughts
- Sort notes
- Export anywhere
- On-device data storage
- Extensive customization
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Jot is a minimal notes app designed for speed, customization and privacy. Your notes stay on your device unless you export them or turn on iCloud Backup. No account, no servers, no tracking. It's the perfect inbox for your thoughts, ideas and notes: capture them quickly, then export them anywhere you want. Sort as you write, not later. Type a category's name and it jumps to the front, ready to tap. Staying organized takes no extra effort. Use privacy screen, attachments, stash your notes for later, quickly bring back a note you saved, and accurate voice dictation using Apple's APIs. Capture from anywhere with widgets, Control Center, Siri, the share sheet or your voice. Make Jot your own with fonts, colors and backgrounds, and share your designs with friends using a theme code. Export your jots whenever you want, as plain text or Markdown, with plenty of options to get the formatting just right. Jot is free. An optional subscription supports the solo developer and adds Workspaces and the Live Activity. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Simple Text Notes
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Tired of note apps that make you jump through hoops just to write something down? Simple Text Notes strips everything back to what matters: a title, your words, and the save button. Write a quick idea. Paste in a recipe. Draft a message. Save a code snippet. Whatever's on your mind — Simple Text Notes captures it instantly and syncs it to all your devices via iCloud, so you never lose a thought. What makes it simple: - Open the app → create a note → done - Powerful search across all your notes - Automatic iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad & Mac - One-tap copy/paste from the clipboard - Your data, stored privately and securely on your devices and iCloud Simple by design. Powerful where it counts.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Simple Text Notes at every 2 weeks against Jot's monthly. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Jot ships an update monthly, Simple Text Notes every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Jot | Simple Text Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 27.0 | 26.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | matteo galli | Futural UG (Haftungsbeschraenkt) |
In-app purchases
Jot
No in-app purchases
Simple Text Notes
No in-app purchases









