Comparison

Jotdown vs AI Noritsugi

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

Head to head
About

Jotdown

Features
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Jotdown is an extremely simple place to write down ideas, thoughts, and anything else on your mind. Most notes apps have become too cluttered. Folders, formatting, tags, toolbars, templates, and endless options can get in the way when all you want to do is write something down. Jotdown solves that by staying intentionally minimal. No folders. No clutter. No complicated system to manage. Just open the app and start typing. Every note is saved automatically and shown in a clean timeline, so you can write things down quickly without organizing, naming, sorting, or setting anything up. With Jotdown, you can: • Write instantly with no setup • Keep your notes in a simple timeline • See an automatic timestamp for every note • Edit everything inline • Copy or delete notes with a quick swipe action The experience is intentionally stripped down. It works well for quick thoughts, reminders, social media drafts, caption ideas, or anything you simply want to get out of your head. Private by default: • What you write in Jotdown is private to you • Jotdown does not read or collect your notes • By default, your notes stay on your device Unlock the full version with a one-time purchase to get: • iCloud sync across devices • Face ID protection • Export all your notes No subscriptions or recurring fees. Ever. Jotdown is built for people who do not want another complicated notes app. Just a calm, lightweight, and minimal place to write things down. Made with love in Tokyo. Privacy Policy: https://jotdown.framer.website/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

AI Noritsugi

Features
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When you switch between several AI assistants, you end up explaining the same background over and over. AI Noritsugi does not replace your AI chats. It holds the handoff notes you create in one assistant and passes them to the next. What it carries is not the conversation — it is the context. ā–  What it does Save from the share sheet From ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Safari, or anywhere else, just pick AI Noritsugi in the share menu. The title is generated from the first line of the text. Insert with the keyboard Switch to the included keyboard and drop your saved text straight into any app's input field. No jumping between apps to copy and paste. Hand off to AI Choose the assistant you want, and the text is copied and that app opens. Whether you paste it is up to you. Organise and find Tags, favourites, and search. Favourites stay at the top and everything else is ordered by when it was last updated, so you can still find what you need once things pile up. Export and import Your data can be exported as a JSON file, which is how you move it to a new device. Importing is never limited by the number of items (up to 10 MB per file). ā–  Everything stays on your device Saved text is stored only on your device. Nothing is sent to our servers. The app has no chat feature and never calls the ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini APIs, so there is no API key to register. "Hand off to AI" simply copies the text to your clipboard and opens the app you chose. The keyboard extension never communicates with external servers either. Japanese input learning data is kept on your device and cannot be read even by the main app. ā–  Japanese input The keyboard supports kana, QWERTY, and symbol layouts. You can show the text you are converting directly in the input field, use one-handed mode, move the cursor by holding space, and delete a word at a time by swiping left on the delete key. Haptic feedback becomes available once you turn on Allow Full Access for the keyboard. Every keyboard feature is free. ā–  Free - Save up to 5 contexts - Up to 3 favourites - All keyboard features - Unlimited handoffs - List and search - Export and import, with no limit on the number of items ā–  AI Noritsugi Pro - Save unlimited contexts - Unlimited favourites - Organise with tags - Add your own AI services - Colour themes ā–  Pricing - Monthly: JPY 300 per month - Yearly: JPY 3,000 per year (JPY 250 per month — two months cheaper than monthly) Both are auto-renewing subscriptions. They renew automatically and are charged at the same price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. You can cancel at any time in Settings > your name > Subscriptions on your iPhone. After cancelling you keep access until the end of the period you have paid for. Partial refunds are not issued. Prices shown are for the Japanese App Store. In other countries and regions the price is shown in local currency. Terms of Use (Apple standard EULA) https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy https://tempuraapps.github.io/ai-noritsugi/en/privacy.html Support https://tempuraapps.github.io/ai-noritsugi/en/support.html

Screenshots

Jotdown4 screens
AI Noritsugi4 screens

Verdict

The call

Jotdown and AI Noritsugi 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 Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Jotdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and AI Noritsugi sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Jotdown versus AI Noritsugi: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJotdownAI Noritsugi
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS1818.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYugi MottaKOHEI MITSUI

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Jotdown

One-time1
  • Jotdown Full Version$3.99
2 purchases

AI Noritsugi

Subscriptions2
  • Pro (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Pro (Yearly)$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Jotdown free?
Jotdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AI Noritsugi free?
AI Noritsugi is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Jotdown or AI Noritsugi have ads?
Neither Jotdown nor AI Noritsugi shows ads.

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