Comparison

Just Note vs Skratch

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

Head to head
About

Just Note

Features
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Just Note is a minimalist app designed to help you capture thoughts instantly — and organise them later. With a simple widget (voice or text), you can quickly save an idea, task, reminder, or random thought without interrupting your flow. After saving, you decide: organise it now, or snooze it for later. When the chosen time comes, Just Note gently reminds you to process it. This app is especially helpful for people who: get overwhelmed by complex note apps struggle with mental clutter live with ADHD or ADD and need a frictionless way to capture thoughts want to separate “capture” from “organising” No accounts. No ads. No subscriptions. Just capture now. Decide later. Features: • Ultra-fast capture (text or voice) • Simple snooze options (1 hour, tonight, tomorrow, custom time) • Minimal triage system (task, event, note, idea) • Optional integration with Calendar and Reminders • Clean, distraction-free design • Completely free Just Note helps you clear your mind - without adding complexity.

About

Skratch

Features
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Skratch is a calm, paper-inspired notebook for longform writing and fleeting thoughts. Five cream pages, a warm wax-seal palette, and a typeface that feels like ink on paper — nothing to set up, nothing to distract. • Five notebook pages, always a swipe away • Mark up your words with a hand-drawn pen feel: underline, strike through, circle • Moon-phase page dots that keep your place • Choose your paper: blank, dotted, ruled, or squared • Syncs privately through your own iCloud — across iPhone and Mac • No accounts, no ads, no tracking. Your words stay yours. Skratch keeps out of the way so you can just write.

Screenshots

Just Note4 screens
Skratch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Just Note at 17.0 against Skratch's 26.0. 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Just Note versus Skratch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJust NoteSkratch
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarcin JasinskiJustin Marshall

In-app purchases

None

Just Note

No in-app purchases

None

Skratch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Just Note free?
Just Note is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Skratch free?
Skratch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Just Note or Skratch have ads?
Neither Just Note nor Skratch shows ads.

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