Comparison

Lock Screen Memo vs Jotter

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

Head to head
About

Lock Screen Memo

Display a personalized note directly on your Lock Screen with customizable text, colors, fonts, and even photos. Keep important reminders, affirmations, or checklists visible at a glance without opening any apps. Your data remains private on your device.

Highlights
  • Lock Screen widget for notes
  • Customizable text, color, and font
  • Add photos to memos
  • 70+ designs and fonts
  • Private and device-based storage
  • Apple Shortcut integration
Features
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Put the note you need where you see it most: your Lock Screen. LockScreenMemo lets you create a personal memo and show it in a Lock Screen widget. Keep a reminder, daily focus, study phrase, affirmation, or short checklist in view without opening another app. β–  Create a memo that fits you Type a memo and adjust its color, font, size, weight, and layout. Build a memo card that fits your Lock Screen. β–  70 designs and varied fonts Choose from 70 memo designs and a multilingual font collection. Keep it clean or make it expressive. β–  Add a photo Add a photo to your memo card and make it more personal. Use it as a photo sticker for a trip, a pet, a mood, or anything you want to see every day. β–  Check it every day See your custom memo at a glance in the Lock Screen widget. Refresh it from the app or with the included Apple Shortcut action whenever you need. β–  Private on your device No account is required. Memo text, photos, and design settings stay on your device and are shared only with the app's widget extension. Make quick reminders, daily intentions, study prompts, short checklists, affirmations, and the one thing you do not want to forget feel like yours. Terms of Use: https://gist.github.com/boogios/68752aa1deafbff75019be1e40cbc362

About

Jotter

Features
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Jotter is the notes app for the moment you think β€œI need to write this down.” Tap New note and start typing: the first line becomes the title, and the note is saved before you finish the sentence. No sign-up, no folder to pick, no save button. WHY JOTTER β€’ Fast: one tap on New note, the widget or Control Center, and you are typing β€’ Free: no subscription, no ads, nothing locked β€’ Private: no account and no Jotter server. Notes sync through your own iCloud β€’ Yours: export any note as a PDF or text, or every note as Markdown files LISTS THAT TICK Tap New list, name it, press return, and start adding items β€” groceries, packing, the ten things to do before Friday. Add item puts a new one on the list with a single tap. Tick things off and they are crossed off with a marker and sink out of the way, so what is left stays on top. After the shop, untick everything to reuse the list, or clear what you bought. Paste a list from a message and every line becomes an item. The screen stays on while you shop. HANDWRITING WITH APPLE PENCIL Write or draw on iPad with Apple Pencil, or with your finger on iPhone, on blank, lined, grid or dotted paper. The page grows as you go. Your handwriting is read on the device, so it turns up in search, and it converts to typed text with a tap. PHOTOS, SCANS AND VOICE NOTES Take photos, scan documents, record voice notes and add files right inside a note. The text in your photos and scans is searchable, and voice notes are transcribed on your device. SEARCH THAT FORGIVES Type a word or two, in any order, without worrying about capitals or accents. Jotter searches titles, text, tags, handwriting and the words inside your pictures, and shows you the sentence it found. A BOARD OF STICKY NOTES Tap the grid button and your notes become a wall of sticky notes: lists show their items, drawings and photos show themselves, and every note wears its folder's colour. One glance takes in a dozen notes. Tap the list button to go back to rows. ORGANISE LATER, OR NEVER Pin what matters. Write a #tag and it becomes a filter. Make a folder when a set of notes wants a name. Or don’t: everything is always in All Notes. CAPTURE FROM ANYWHERE β€’ Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets β€’ A New note button in Control Center β€’ Siri: β€œJot down in Jotter” β€’ The Share button in any app: save a link, photo or text into a new note or one you already have FORGIVING, AND PRIVATE Deleted notes wait in Recently Deleted for 30 days. Lock a private note behind Face ID. Set a reminder on any note. No analytics, no ads, no tracking β€” Jotter has no server at all. MADE FOR IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC A bright, friendly design that is easy to read: every note's title marked with a yellow highlighter, headings in blue, pinned notes kept as sticky notes at the top, and big round buttons. Light and dark mode, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver. On iPad and Mac your folders, your notes and the open note sit side by side, the note on a page of its own, with a menu bar and keyboard shortcuts for everything. Fold the list away to write full width. Jotter is free. If it earns a place on your Home Screen, you can buy the maker a coffee in Settings. It unlocks nothing, and it is entirely optional. Privacy: https://thebighead.ca/jotter/privacy Terms: https://thebighead.ca/jotter/terms

Screenshots

Lock Screen Memo3 screens
Jotter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Jotter at every 4 days against Lock Screen Memo's monthly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Lock Screen Memo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.69 per month and Jotter sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Lock Screen Memo ships an update monthly, Jotter every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Β· 7 level
Lock Screen Memo versus Jotter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLock Screen MemoJotter
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews50.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 4 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumβ€”
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size343 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBOOGIOS_STUDIOJashandeep Singh

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Lock Screen Memo

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$3.691 Month
  • Pro Yearly$31.491 Year
3 purchases

Jotter

One-time3
  • Tip β€” a coffee$1.99
  • Tip β€” a medium coffee$4.99
  • Tip β€” a large coffee$9.99

Questions

Is Lock Screen Memo free?
Lock Screen Memo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Jotter free?
Jotter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Lock Screen Memo or Jotter have ads?
Neither Lock Screen Memo nor Jotter shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Lock Screen Memo or Jotter?
Lock Screen Memo ships an update monthly, and Jotter every 4 days. Most recently, Lock Screen Memo was updated on October 31, 2026 and Jotter on November 6, 2026.

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