SlideJot vs Skan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SlideJot
Quickly capture fleeting thoughts, ideas, and links without the hassle of organizing. This app saves everything automatically and allows for easy searching later. It supports text, images, and code blocks, with optional iCloud sync for seamless cross-device access.
- One-tap jot creation
- Automatic saving
- Full-text search
- Image and code block support
- Optional iCloud sync
- Ad-free and private design
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SlideJot is a tiny jot pad for the thoughts you'd otherwise lose — the idea in line at the coffee shop, the sentence you'll want later, the link you don't know where to file yet. A jot is lighter than a note and more durable than the clipboard. Open the app, type, done. No folders to choose, no titles to invent, no formatting decisions. Organize later — or never. CAPTURE FIRST, ORGANIZE LATER • Start a new jot in one tap and just write • Everything autosaves as you type • Pin the jots you keep coming back to • Deleted jots go to Trash, so nothing is lost by accident FIND WHAT YOU PARKED • Fast full-text search across your current jots • The messy fragment you saved becomes useful again when you can actually find it MORE THAN PLAIN TEXT • Choose images with Apple's system Photos picker or take one with the camera • Add code blocks and section blocks from the keyboard toolbar • Undo and redo, right where you type • Adjustable editor font size, plus light, dark, or system appearance BUILT FOR IPHONE AND IPAD • On iPad, a two-column layout keeps your list and editor side by side • Keyboard shortcuts for common actions when a hardware keyboard is attached OPTIONAL ICLOUD SYNC • Flip one switch to sync jots and images across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Sync uses your own iCloud account — we never see your data • Local editing works offline; pending changes sync after a connection is available PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up, no email required • No ads, no analytics, no trackers, no third-party SDKs • Your jots live on your device, and in your own iCloud only if you enable sync FREE, WITH NOTHING TO UNLOCK SlideJot for iOS is completely free: no in-app purchases, no subscriptions, no paywall. SlideJot for Mac — a slide-out jot panel that lives at the edge of your screen — is available separately and syncs with the iOS app through iCloud. Stay draft. Stay messy. Keep the line worth keeping.
Skan
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Pay once. No ads. Nothing leaves your iPhone. Skan turns paper into sharp, searchable PDFs – with no account and no subscription. POINT, SCAN, DONE • Skan finds the edges and takes the photo when the page is steady • Scan many pages in a row, reorder them and rotate them into place • Filters that make text crisp: Document, Grey, Colour or Original TEXT YOU CAN SEARCH • Text recognition in English and Danish, plus Japanese, German, French, Spanish or Korean when that's your iPhone's language – right on your phone • Search all your scans for a word, a name or an amount • PDFs include a text layer, so you can search and copy text anywhere • Skan names your documents for you, e.g. “Invoice – Harbour Power – 2026-09” RECEIPTS AND BOOKKEEPING • Skan finds the total, VAT and date on receipts and invoices • Export all receipts as CSV for Excel, Numbers or your accounting app • Export tables from a scan as CSV SIGN AND SHARE • Draw your signature once and place it on any page • Share as PDF – or with a password • Siri and Shortcuts: “Scan with Skan” YOUR PAPER IS YOURS Everything – images, text recognition and PDFs – happens on your iPhone. There is no server, no account and no tracking. PAY ONCE. THAT'S IT. Skan costs a small one-time price: every feature and every future update, with no ads and no subscription. The extra app icons and a silly little game are included for everyone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SlideJot at Free against Skan's $1.99. Skan's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
SlideJot is free to download; Skan costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SlideJot ships an update every 3 months, Skan every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SlideJot | Skan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hawstein Studio LLC | Commanigy |
In-app purchases
SlideJot
No in-app purchases
Skan
No in-app purchases









