Comparison

JotBox vs Yeliner

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

Head to head
About

JotBox

A fast, local-first scratchpad for quick notes, drafts, and lists. Offers rich text formatting, image attachments, and powerful search. Notes are private by default, with optional iCloud sync and backups.

Highlights
  • Rich text formatting
  • Image and camera capture
  • Full-text search and filters
  • Note locking and read-only mode
  • Export to multiple formats
  • Optional iCloud sync and backup
Features
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Your thoughts, minus the filing cabinet. JotBox is a fast, private scratchpad for the thoughts you need to catch before they disappear. Open the app and start typing. A blank page is always ready, notes live in one simple timeline, and structure appears only when it helps. WRITE AND FORMAT - Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, text color, and highlight - Headings (H1, H2, H3) with # shortcuts and a collapsible outline for jumping through long notes - Bullets, numbered lists, and checklists you can tick without raising the keyboard - Left, center, justified, and right alignment, plus indent and outdent - Links, and inline images from your photo library, camera, pasteboard, or the Share Sheet - Rearrange the formatting bar to put your favorite tools first PASTE AND COPY CLEANLY - Formatted paste keeps headings, emphasis, links, and lists while dropping foreign fonts and colors - Paste from Markdown turns Markdown into real formatting - Copy a whole note or a selection as Markdown FIND AND ORGANIZE - Full-text search with snippets and highlights - Pin notes, reorder them, or sort by most recent - Lock private notes with a password and optional Face ID - Mark reference notes read-only - Keep tags protect important notes from automatic Recycle Bin cleanup - Undo a delete, or restore notes from the Recycle Bin KEEP YOUR NOTES YOURS - No account required - Optional live sync through your private iCloud account - Separate iCloud Drive backups and a restorable backup file - Export as text, Markdown, or PDF - No ads and no analytics JotBox runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with keyboard shortcuts throughout. Try everything free for 7 days. JotBox Pro is a one-time $3.99 unlock for editing, creating and managing notes, and rich attachments. No subscription. Your existing notes always stay viewable, copyable, shareable, and exportable.

About

Yeliner

Features
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A native outliner for iPhone. Jot things down, move on, and use the outline to think them through. Plain text, minimal, focused. · Outlines: indent, fold, reorder · Tasks: mark any line to-do, add due dates and reminders, gathered in one Task center · iCloud sync, no account · Tabs, dark mode Free for 5 documents. Pro unlocks unlimited, and anything you've written stays usable. Subscription details · Yeliner Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly (shown in-app); cancel anytime in Settings. · Terms of Use: https://wasmir.github.io/yeliner/terms.html · Privacy Policy: https://wasmir.github.io/yeliner/privacy.html

Screenshots

JotBox4 screens
Yeliner3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: JotBox at 3 against Yeliner's 1. JotBox also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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. JotBox sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Yeliner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
JotBox versus Yeliner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJotBoxYeliner
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaniel Bragilevsky培炜 叶

In-app purchases

1 purchases

JotBox

One-time1
  • JotBox Pro$3.99
2 purchases

Yeliner

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$0.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$4.991 Year

Questions

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

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