JotScreen vs Decoy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
JotScreen
Transform your screen into a dynamic wall of colorful sticky notes for jotting down thoughts, sketching ideas, or tracking tasks. Organize notes with boards, pin important items, and enjoy instant search. Built for privacy with all data stored locally.
- Digital sticky notes
- Freehand drawing with Apple Pencil
- Checklist task tracking
- Home Screen widgets
- Markdown support for text notes
- Organize notes into boards
- Privacy-focused, local storage
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JotScreen turns your screen into a wall of colorful sticky notes. Jot down thoughts, sketch ideas with Apple Pencil, or track tasks with checklists all in a beautiful, tactile interface that feels like real paper. Your ideas, beautifully organized Create notes in 12 vibrant colors and organize them into boards. Pin your most important stickies to the top, mark favorites, and find anything instantly with Spotlight search. Three ways to capture - Plain text with markdown support - Freehand drawings with Apple Pencil or finger - Checklists with progress tracking Home Screen widgets Pin a sticky to your Home Screen, see recent notes at a glance, or add new notes with a single tap — without even opening the app. Built for privacy Everything stays on your device. No accounts, no cloud, no tracking. Your notes are yours alone. Premium unlocks everything The free tier gives you 10 notes, 4 colors, and 1 board. Upgrade to Premium for unlimited notes, all 12 colors, drawings, checklists, unlimited boards, and premium widgets. Terms of Use: https://jotscreen.sabio.studio/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://jotscreen.sabio.studio/privacy.html
Decoy
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The iPhone's own Notes app can't live on your Lock Screen. Decoy can, and nobody else can read it. Appointments, medication, errands you'd rather not explain. The Lock Screen is the surface you glance at most, and it's also the one other people see most. So some things never made it there. While your phone is locked, Decoy looks like a blank card, or whatever text you chose in advance. The moment Face ID passes, your real notes appear. ■ Made for ・Writing things down and then never looking at them again ・Living or working around people who glance at your screen ・Appointments and errands you'd rather keep to yourself ■ What it does ・Works as a to-do list, or as plain notes ・Reminders at the time you set ・Repeats daily, on weekdays, weekly, monthly ・Separate lists for separate parts of your life (Pro) ■ How it's built ・No ads ・Everything stays on your device by default. iCloud sync is there if you want it ・No accounts, no sign-in A note on what this is not: once Face ID or your passcode has been entered, anyone holding your phone can read your notes. Decoy hides things from the people around you, not from someone with your unlocked phone. Keep passwords and PINs in a dedicated password manager. Decoy Pro is a one-time purchase. It removes the note limit and adds per-note reminders, separate lists, and control over how things look while locked. Terms of Use: https://suzukimari.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://suzukimari.com/privacy-policy.html
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Verdict
JotScreen and Decoy are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. JotScreen sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Decoy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | JotScreen | Decoy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SABIO LLC | Mari Suzuki |
In-app purchases
JotScreen
- JotScreen Premium (Monthly)$2.991 Month
- JotScreen Premium (Yearly)$19.991 Year
- JotScreen Premium Purchase$39.99
Decoy
- Decoy Pro$4.99









