SlideJot vs Nib
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.
Nib
A private writing application for iPhone and iPad, offering distraction-free note-taking and long-form writing. It supports rich formatting, internal linking, and version history, with all data stored locally unless synced.
- Distraction-free writing environment
- Rich text formatting and internal linking
- Manuscript creation from folders
- Version history and trash recovery
- Import and export options
- Local-only data storage
- Customizable themes and text styles
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Nib is a quiet place to write, on your iPhone and iPad. No account, no ads, no tracking: your writing stays on your device. WRITE • Notes for catching a thought, and pages for real writing, with headings, an outline to jump through, images and tables. • Write a book: gather a folder's pages into a manuscript and drag the chapters into order. • Format from the bar above the keyboard: checklists, lists, bold, italic, underline and highlight. • Link notes as you write: type [[ and pick one. • Leave notes to self on a passage, and write TK for anything still to come. • Hear your writing read aloud, sentence by sentence. • Set a daily word goal and keep a streak. • Turn on the style check, and Nib counts filler, passive voice, clichés and long sentences. KEEP IT IN ORDER • Your notes and pages as cards in your library. Pin what matters. • Folders, and categories in a colour: three of each are free. • 30 days of version history: compare any version with now, and bring back what you need. • Restore anything you trash. CATCH A THOUGHT • Send text or a link to Nib from the share sheet, add a note with Shortcuts, or start one from a widget. • Set a reminder on any note. • Paste a screenshot, and its words come in as text you can edit (iOS and iPadOS 26 and later). BRING IT IN, TAKE IT OUT • Import from Simplenote, Bear, Evernote, Notesnook, Markdown or a Word document. • Export any page as Markdown, or save a backup of your whole library, free forever. • Share a draft by link, read-only, for a week. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Everything you write stays on your device unless you share a draft or turn on sync. • No accounts, no ads and no tracking. • Lock Nib with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode. STAMPS • A free pack of stamps every day, and coins for coming back. Collect all 300 in the Stampbook, and spend coins on more packs. • In December, each day's pack opens a door of a Christmas calendar. MAKE IT YOURS • Light, dark or one of seven more themes. • Choose the size, width, spacing and typeface of your text in Settings → Customize. NIB PLUS • Your library on your iPhone, iPad and Mac, with encrypted sync and a sync code only you hold. The server stores copies it cannot read. • An encrypted backup off your device, restorable with your sync code. • Shared drafts for up to 90 days, with a password if you like, and more than one at a time. Readers can leave notes that only you see. • Export to Word, PDF and HTML. • A folder's pages compiled into one book: Word, PDF or EPUB. • A second document open beside the one you're writing, on iPad. • All your version history, not just the last 30 days. • A goal and deadline for any document, timed sprints, and a calendar of what you wrote. • The style check's suggestions, underlined in your text. • A vault for chosen notes, with a passcode of its own. • Three more themes: Purple Green, Alien Pink and drcl. • As many folders and categories as you like. One subscription covers Nib on your iPhone, iPad and Mac when you use the same Apple Account. Nib Plus is an auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly, with a free trial for new subscribers. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase or at the end of the trial. The subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nibprivacy.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SlideJot at none against Nib's 2. Nib's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 months) and device support (4 vs 2). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. Nib sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. SlideJot asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for SlideJot against 5.0 for Nib. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
SlideJot ships an update every 3 months, Nib every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.
| Parameter | SlideJot | Nib |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hawstein Studio LLC | Andrew Neitsch |
Customer experience
SlideJot
Nib
In-app purchases
SlideJot
No in-app purchases
Nib
- Nib Plus Monthly14 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Nib Plus Yearly14 Days trial$29.991 Year









