Jotter: Sticky Notes & Lists

Jotter is the notes app for the moment you think “I need to write this down.” Tap New 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
• Fast: one tap on New, a widget, Control Center or the Action button, and you are typing
• Free: no subscription, no ads, nothing locked
• Private: no account and no Jotter server. Notes sync through your own iCloud
• Yours: export any note as a PDF or text, every note as Markdown files, or back it all up to one file

YOUR NOTES ON YOUR HOME SCREEN
Put any note on your Home Screen, in any size, in its own colour, handwriting and all. It updates the moment you write. Add a small board of notes, a capture row for Note, List, Draw, Scan and Voice, or your next reminder. On the Lock Screen, see what is left on a list, tick the next item or add one.

LISTS THAT TICK
Tap New, then List, and start adding items: groceries, packing, the ten things to do before Friday. Tick things off and they are crossed off with a marker and sink out of the way, so what is left stays on top. Drag an item to a new spot. Set a list to repeat for the weekly shop. In the store, keep your list on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island and tick from there, or tick it on Apple Watch. Paste a list from a message and every line becomes an item.

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. Give any note its own paper colour, drag notes where you want them, and they stay there.

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 pictures is searchable. Voice notes are transcribed on your device, and tapping a line plays that moment.

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.

BRING YOUR NOTES WITH YOU
Import from other notes apps, Markdown and plain text. Lists stay lists, and one tap undoes the lot. Jotter also keeps earlier versions of every note on your device, so you can always go back.

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. Keep one note for today, or start from a template. Or don’t: everything is always in All Notes.

CAPTURE FROM ANYWHERE
• Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
• Control Center and the Action button: note, list, voice, scan or handwriting
• Apple Watch: dictate a note
• Siri: “Jot down in Jotter”
• The Share button in any app

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, once or repeating. No analytics, no ads, no tracking. Jotter has no server at all.

MADE FOR IPHONE, IPAD AND MAC
Seven themes, every one included. Light and dark mode, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver. On iPad and Mac your notes sit on a desk of their own, with two notes side by side, more than one window, drag and drop, a menu bar and keyboard shortcuts for everything.

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