Comparison

Vesper vs JotPlanner

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

Head to head
About

Vesper

Features
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How did today feel? That's the only question Vesper ever asks. No streaks to protect. No scores to chase. No guilt for the days you miss. Vesper doesn’t gamify your feelings or compete for your attention, it asks once each evening, then gets out of your way. What’s left, over time, is an honest, quiet record of your life worth actually looking back on. WHAT VESPER DOES Every evening, Vesper asks how today felt: Good, Meh or Hard. Add a line if you want to remember why. Your answer becomes one colored dot on a simple monthly grid. Miss a day and nothing happens, no penalty, no broken chain to mourn. Vesper never judges your day. It just holds it. Tap any past day to see what you wrote. Once you’ve kept it up for six months, your memory trail unlocks: every note you’ve ever written, in one place, in your own words. VESPER PLUS For anyone who wants to see the bigger picture, Vesper Plus reveals patterns that only show up over time: β€’ Side by Side, comparing recent months at a glance β€’ Shape of Your Weeks, seeing which days tend to feel harder β€’ Quietest & Fullest, the months that stood apart β€’ Yearly Portrait, one full year, at a glance β€’ On This Day, a quiet echo of what today looked like a month or a year ago Plus also includes: β€’ iCloud sync, so your record follows you across every device β€’ An Apple Watch app, for checking in from your wrist β€’ A home screen widget, a glance at your month without opening the app β€’ Curated themes: Chalk, Marigold, and Ink β€’ Anytime check-in, if evenings aren't when your day actually ends Vesper Plus is available as a monthly or annual subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS With Vesper Plus, your record syncs privately through your own iCloud account. Nothing is shared, sold, or used to train anything. Some days are good. Some are hard. Most are somewhere in between. Vesper is a quiet place to keep track of all of them. For details on subscriptions and purchases, see Apple's Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

JotPlanner

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Write your day the way you'd say it. JotPlanner is a daily planner built around one line of text. Type "study for exam fri 7pm" and it picks out the day and the time for you β€” no forms, no fields, no setup. Just a to-do list that understands what you wrote. ONE LINE IS THE WHOLE INTERFACE Type a task the way you'd say it out loud. JotPlanner reads the date and time straight out of your words and schedules it: β€’ "email prof at 2" β€’ "finish essay tomorrow 9pm" β€’ "pay tuition sep 1" β€’ "call mom sunday" REMINDERS SO YOU DON'T FORGET Every task with a time gets an alert before it starts β€” ten minutes ahead by default, or whatever you choose. Tasks without a time get one quiet nudge in the morning. The problem was never writing things down. It was remembering them. YOUR LIST NEVER FORGETS Didn't finish something? It moves to today's checklist automatically, marked so you can see where it came from. Nothing falls off the end of a busy week. A DAILY CHECKLIST AND A CALENDAR Swipe between days on the week strip, or open the month view and jump to any date, any month, any year. Check tasks off as you go and watch the day fill up. BUILT TO STAY OUT OF YOUR WAY β€’ Dark and light themes β€’ Undo any deletion β€’ Set or clear a time on any task in two taps β€’ Everything stored on your device β€” no account, no sign-up Made for students, and anyone whose week is fuller than their memory. β€” JotPlanner Pro Full access requires a subscription: β€’ $12.99 per month β€’ $39.99 per year, with a 3-day free trial Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms: https://jot-planner.github.io/Legal/terms.html Privacy: https://jot-planner.github.io/Legal/privacy.html

Screenshots

Vesper4 screens
JotPlanner4 screens

Verdict

The call

Vesper and JotPlanner are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Vesper sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and JotPlanner sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Vesper ships an update every 6 weeks, JotPlanner monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Vesper versus JotPlanner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVesperJotPlanner
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size9 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCalvin NgAustin Chen

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Vesper

Subscriptions2
  • Vesper Plus Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Vesper Plus Annual$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Vesper Plus Lifetime$49.99
2 purchases

JotPlanner

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$12.991 Month
  • Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Vesper free?
Vesper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JotPlanner free?
JotPlanner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Vesper or JotPlanner have ads?
Neither Vesper nor JotPlanner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Vesper or JotPlanner?
Vesper ships an update every 6 weeks, and JotPlanner monthly. Most recently, Vesper was updated on October 31, 2026 and JotPlanner on October 24, 2026.

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