Comparison

JotBee vs Tuno

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

Head to head
About

JotBee

This app allows for quick and private daily journaling with options for text, photos, and voice notes. It offers robust search and organization features, including multiple notebooks and tagging. Users can customize themes and fonts, and sync data across devices via iCloud.

Highlights
  • Quick text, photo, and voice entries
  • Full-text search and tag filtering
  • Multiple notebooks with reordering
  • Syncs across iPhone, iPad, and Mac via iCloud
  • Customizable themes and fonts
  • Optional AI reflections and summaries
Features
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JotBee is a quick, private journal for everyday moments. Open it, write a line or add a photo, and you're done. Your journal stays yours. WRITE IN SECONDS · One line or one photo is a complete entry · Light formatting like headings and lists, and full keyboard shortcuts on Mac · Optionally add the weather, the address and your mood VOICE AND PHOTOS · Record voice clips in an entry, as many as you like, with playback on iPhone, iPad and Mac · Tap a photo to see it full screen: pinch or double-tap to zoom, swipe between photos · Save a photo to your library or share it (touch and hold on iPhone, "Save Image…" on Mac) · Photos are laid out in a tidy grid and processed in the background FIND IT LATER · Full-text search across entries and tags · Tag filters you can combine, plus one-tap common tags · A date timeline shows at a glance which days you wrote EVERY DAY COUNTS · Write for past days, and change the date and time of any entry. Handy when you wrote two on the same day and they need to be in the right order · Move an entry to another notebook from its menu, or drag it onto a notebook in the Mac sidebar YOUR SPACE · Multiple notebooks you can reorder by dragging and merge anytime · 8 color themes, 5 text sizes, and your own choice of font for entry text (this device only) 9 LANGUAGES English, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 日本語, 한국어, Español, Deutsch, Français and Português (Brasil). Choose the interface language in Settings — it applies immediately — or follow the system. Dates and weather descriptions follow the interface language. PRIVATE BY DESIGN · Your data stays on your devices and in your own iCloud, unless you turn on weather or set up an AI service. The developer collects nothing · Syncs across iPhone, iPad and Mac via iCloud · Export to PDF or Markdown anytime OPTIONAL AI REFLECTIONS · After you write, get a response to your entry, or a summary of recent entries · Pick a style: Warm Friend, Practical Review, Safe Space, Growth Witness, Future Me or Witty Buddy. Or write your own prompt · Replies come in the language of your entry · Uses an AI service you set up yourself (a local model also works on Mac). Until you set one up, your entries are not sent to any AI service

About

Tuno

Features
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Tuno is a private journal for quick thoughts, moods, voice notes, images, and files. It keeps writing close to a chat: start a journal, add entries as messages, record a mood quickly, and revisit your history as a timeline. AI is optional. If you add your own API key or enable a local text model, Tuno can help summarize recent context, answer questions about a journal, and organize tags. If you do not configure AI, Tuno works as a simple local journal. Highlights: - Message-style journals for everyday thoughts - Mood check-ins with customizable icons - Voice notes with saved audio and transcription - Images, files, and structured ZIP import/export - Web access on the same Wi-Fi for desktop writing - Optional AI providers and local text models - Data stays on your device unless you choose to export, sync, or call an AI provider

Screenshots

JotBee4 screens
Tuno4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Tuno at 13.0 against JotBee's 17.0. 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 · 9 level
JotBee versus Tuno: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJotBeeTuno
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer志宏 唐Kitta Co.

In-app purchases

None

JotBee

No in-app purchases

None

Tuno

No in-app purchases

Questions

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

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