Journella vs FlatNote

Journella is a personal journal and planning assistant designed to help you think clearly, stay organized and take action with less friction. It brings together notes, tasks, calendar planning and an AI layer in one calm iPhone experience, so your daily life feels less scattered and more manageable. Whether you are capturing a quick thought, planning your day or turning an idea into something actionable, Journella helps you move from reflection to follow-through. With Journella, you can: • Capture notes and edit them in a rich text workflow • Keep tasks visible and easy to finish • View upcoming calendar events by day and month • Organize rough thoughts into notes, tasks or events • Use AI to support planning and bring structure to your ideas Journella is built for people who want more than a basic notes app or to-do list. It is a daily space for reflection, clarity and momentum. Our mission is simple: help you reflect, plan and follow through with less friction. Our vision is a journal that understands context and turns intent into action. If you want one calm place for journaling, planning and organizing your day, Journella is ready when you are.

FlatNote is a markdown notes app for people who want their writing to stay plain, portable, and theirs. It runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and your notes sync across all of them through your own iCloud, or stay in a folder you choose. Type markdown and watch it format as you go. Headings, bold, italic, strikethrough, links, quotes, bullet lists, and tappable checkboxes all render while you write. The raw symbols stay out of your way and reappear only on the line you are editing, so you always know exactly what you typed. WHAT YOU GET - Live formatting. See the result as you type, with a one minute reference note included. - Photos in your notes. Paste an image or attach one; it is saved next to the note as an ordinary file, not in a database. - Folders, pins, and sorting. Organize notes into real directories and keep the ones you use on top. - Real checkboxes. Tap to check things off, right in the note. - Find in a note. Search the open note and jump between highlighted matches. - Quick formatting. A formatting bar above the keyboard on iPhone and iPad, and standard shortcuts on Mac. - Find your notes fast. Search the whole library by title or content. YOUR WORDS BELONG TO YOU - Every note is a plain .md file. No proprietary format, no lock-in, readable in any app, on any device, years from now. - Your notes live in your iCloud and sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac automatically, signed in with your Apple ID. No separate account to make. - Export carries everything. Share any note as markdown, with its pictures included, or export your whole library as one zip of ordinary files. The files are also right there in the Files app on iOS and Finder on Mac. - Delete is honest. Deleted notes go to Trash, where they can be recovered. QUIET BY DESIGN - No ads. No tracking. No analytics. Nothing about you leaves your devices and your iCloud. - Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, in light and dark. FlatNote keeps the format simple so you can keep your thinking clear.