Comparison

Jotdown vs Bulletlist

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” 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: โ€ข Write instantly with no setup โ€ข Keep your notes in a simple timeline โ€ข See an automatic timestamp for every note โ€ข Edit everything inline โ€ข 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: โ€ข What you write in Jotdown is private to you โ€ข Jotdown does not read or collect your notes โ€ข By default, your notes stay on your device Unlock the full version with a one-time purchase to get: โ€ข iCloud sync across devices โ€ข Face ID protection โ€ข 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

Bulletlist

Features
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Bulletlist is an outliner. One list, nested as deep as your thinking goes, and nothing else in the way. Every line is a bullet. Press Return for the next one, Tab to move it under the one above, and keep going. Zoom into any bullet to make it the whole screen, then walk back out through the trail at the top โ€” so a long outline is read a room at a time instead of all at once. Built for keyboards Bulletlist takes the shortcuts you already know from the outliners you have used before, without inventing new ones. Move a bullet with Shift-Command-Up. Complete it with Command-Return. Jump to any bullet by name with Command-K. Press Command-/ for the whole list, in the app, grouped by what it applies to. Built for thumbs too Swipe a row to indent it. Long-press to pick it up and drop it anywhere, at any level. The editing bar rides the top of the keyboard instead of hiding under it, and the back gesture goes back through the bullets you zoomed into. Yours, and readable without us Your outline lives in your own storage under your own account. Google Analytics measures how the app is used โ€” screens opened, and counts of bullets added, completed and moved โ€” and never receives a bullet, a note or a search. There is no advertising identifier, nothing sold, and no third party watching you type. Export the whole thing as an OPML file whenever you like, and it opens in any outliner. Works offline The app is on your device, not in a browser tab. Write on a plane and it syncs when you land. Edits made on two devices are merged rather than one overwriting the other. Nine colour schemes Light and dark are separate from which colours those two words mean. Paper is ours; the other eight are Solarized, Gruvbox, Everforest, Stone, Dracula, Catppuccin, Nord and GitHub, each with both of its halves, for people who already know which one they want. Sign in with your email address and a code. There is no password to invent and none to lose.

Screenshots

Jotdown4 screens
Bulletlist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bulletlist at none against Jotdown's 1. Bulletlist also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Jotdown sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Bulletlist asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Jotdown ships an update monthly, Bulletlist every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
Jotdown versus Bulletlist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJotdownBulletlist
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” better
Requires iOS1815.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size17 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYugi MottaNozemans Software PTE LTD

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Jotdown

One-time1
  • Jotdown Full Version$3.99
None

Bulletlist

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jotdown free?
Jotdown is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bulletlist free?
Bulletlist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Jotdown or Bulletlist have ads?
Neither Jotdown nor Bulletlist shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Jotdown or Bulletlist?
Jotdown ships an update monthly, and Bulletlist every 2 days. Most recently, Jotdown was updated on November 7, 2026 and Bulletlist on November 10, 2026.

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