What you see is your note
Jotry’s editor shows formatting the moment you type it. A heading looks like a heading, a list like a list, and a checked item is struck through. Behind the scenes every note is saved in a plain, open format that other note and writing apps can read, so your notes are never locked in.
- The toolbar shows the formatting at the cursor: here, italic text in a numbered list.
- Saved turns to Edited while you type, and back once the note is saved.
- Word and character counts, with undo and redo beside them.
The formatting toolbar
The bar above the keyboard puts every format one tap away. Swipe it sideways to reach the rest.
| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| H | Turns the line into a heading. Tap again to step through the levels, and once more to turn it off. |
| B, I, | Bold, italic and strikethrough, for the selection or for what you type next. |
| Checklist | Starts a to-do item you can tick off. |
| Bullets and numbers | Bulleted and numbered lists. Press Enter and the next item starts for you. |
| Indent and outdent | Nest list items and checklist items under each other. |
| Quote and code | Quotes, inline code and code blocks. |
| Link | Links to a web page or to another note. |
With a hardware keyboard, the usual keyboard shortcuts work too.
Checklists that live in your notes
Add to-do items anywhere in a note, nest them, and tap the box to tick them off. You can tick items in the read view without opening the editor. A note’s card shows how many are done, such as 2/4 tasks, so you can see your progress at a glance.
Saved as you go
There’s no Save button. Jotry saves after a short pause, or once you’ve written a few words, and the stamp beside the title tells you where you are: Edited while there’s something new, and Saved once it’s safe. Every save also feeds the note’s history.
Copy and paste that keep their shape
- Paste from a web page, an email or a document and Jotry keeps what a note can hold: headings, lists, checklists, quotes, code, bold, italic, strikethrough and links. Colors, fonts and pictures are left behind, so pasted text always matches the rest of your note.
- Copy from Jotry into an email or a document and the formatting comes along. Paste into a plain-text app such as Messages and you get clean text, with bullets and checkboxes but no stray symbols.
- Copy note in a note’s menu copies the whole note in one go.