Comparison

Jot vs Then

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

Head to head
About

Jot

This app offers a unique approach to task management and note-taking, focusing on daily clarity and task resolution. It uses a physics-based simulation for unfinished tasks and a markdown editor for notes, with a history feature to review past work.

Highlights
  • Swipe to complete or shelve tasks
  • Physics simulation for daily task pile
  • Full-screen markdown note editor
  • Task history and filtering
  • Daily task expiration philosophy
  • Export tasks as markdown
Features
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Jot. Swipe down to add tasks or notes. No menus, no nested folders, no project-management overhead. Just today's plan, focused and clear. — EVERY TASK HAS A FATE — Jot. doesn't believe in infinite backlogs. Swipe to complete a task. Hold to shelve it for another day. Rescue it from yesterday's pile if it still matters. Active, completed, shelved, rescued. Every task finds its resolution. — A PHYSICS PILE, EVERY MORNING — Unfinished tasks don't vanish quietly at midnight. They tumble into a letter-pile physics simulation overnight. Drag the pile to send letters flying. Pick up what still matters. Let the rest go. — DAILY NOTES — Pull down on the note page to open a full-screen markdown editor with a floating toolbar. Bold headers, bullet lists, numbered lists, code blocks — your thoughts, formatted the way you mean them. — HISTORY — Every resolved task is saved by date. Browse by week, month, year, or all time. Filter by completed, shelved, or uncompleted. Search by task name. Export any day's work as a clean markdown file. — THE PHILOSOPHY — Jot. is built on one idea: your to-do list should expire every morning. Yesterday's priorities are not today's. A fresh start, every day. Do more. Think less. Just Jot.

About

Then

Features
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"Then" keeps a short list - today, and only today. Finish a task, and add the next step. Your tasks quietly link into a path. The path keeps going until the work is done. When you're ready to think bigger, the paths climb toward your peaks — the long things you care about. - Today. Inbox. Peaks. - Tasks that connect. - One step at a time.

Screenshots

Jot4 screens
Then4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Then at 17.0 against Jot's 27.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jot ships an update every 4 months, Then every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Jot versus Then: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJotThen
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Mac — better
Requires iOS27.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJustin CabralOleg Gordieiev

In-app purchases

None

Jot

No in-app purchases

None

Then

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jot free?
Jot is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Then free?
Then is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Jot or Then have ads?
Neither Jot nor Then shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Jot or Then?
Jot ships an update every 4 months, and Then every 3 months. Most recently, Jot was updated on October 24, 2026 and Then on October 28, 2026.

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