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WellThot Jots — Support

WellThot Jots is a finger-first app for quick handwritten notes and sketches — draw on a page with your finger, organize pages into notebooks, and sync everything to your own iCloud. Made by WellThot LLC.

Contact

Need help, found a bug, or have a feature request? Email support (at) wellthot.com and we'll get back to you. Including your app version (shown at the bottom of the notebooks list) helps us help you faster.

Guides

Short, step-by-step. Most common first.

Write your first page

  1. Open Jots and tap a notebook (there's one ready on first launch), then tap + to create a page.
  2. Draw with your finger — or an Apple Pencil on iPad. The pen tools float at the bottom: pick a pen, a color, or the eraser.
  3. That's it. Everything saves automatically as you write.

Add, browse, and rename pages

  1. In a notebook you'll see all pages as a grid of thumbnails. Pinch to make them bigger or smaller.
  2. While writing, tap the compose button (bottom right) for a new page; the arrows move between pages in the same order the grid shows.
  3. Pages sort by date (newest first) or by name — the Sort menu in the notebook switches between them. A new page appears where the sort places it.
  4. To rename: touch and hold a page in the grid → Rename. Or, while writing, open the page's ••• menu → Page Info and edit the title. A renamed page moves to where it now sorts.

Undo, redo, and erase

  1. Undo and redo live at the top left while writing — tap them as often as you like.
  2. The eraser is with the pen tools; it removes whole strokes, so a stray line comes off cleanly.

Share a page or a notebook

  1. A page: while writing, tap the share button (bottom left) to send the page as an image — Messages, Mail, AirDrop, anywhere.
  2. A notebook: in the notebooks list, swipe the notebook's row → Share. That exports the whole notebook as a file another Jots can import.
  3. To receive one: notebooks list → ••• → Import Notebook…

Sync across your devices

  1. Sign in to iCloud with the same Apple Account on each device — that's the whole setup.
  2. Jots syncs through your private iCloud automatically; changes appear on your other devices moments later.
  3. Your notes stay in your iCloud — we never see them. See the Privacy Policy.

Back up and restore everything

  1. Notebooks list → ••• → Back Up All Data… exports one backup file — save it to Files, a drive, anywhere.
  2. Restore All Data… (same menu) brings a backup back. Restoring replaces what's in the app, so it asks first.

Trash and recovery

  1. Deleted pages go to the Trash notebook, not into thin air.
  2. Open Trash and touch and hold a page to Restore it — or Delete Permanently.
  3. Empty Trash clears it all; that one can't be undone.

Landscape pages

  1. Each page has its own orientation. A new page adopts the way you're holding the device.
  2. To switch a page, tap the orientation button at the top while writing.
  3. Turn your device to view a landscape page full size, like a photo.

Move pages and use tags (Pro)

  1. Touch and hold a page → Move to Notebook… to refile it. Select several pages first to move them together.
  2. Tags add a second way to organize: touch and hold a page → Tags…. Each tag appears as a smart notebook that gathers its pages from everywhere.

Page backgrounds and paper colors (Pro)

  1. While writing, open the page's ••• menu → background options.
  2. Pick a template (lines, grid, dots…), tint its paper color, or use a photo from your library.
  3. Backgrounds are per page — one page can be graph paper while the next stays blank.

Lock pages and Auto-Lock (Pro)

  1. Tap the padlock at the top while writing to make a page read-only — no more stray marks from a pocket or a toddler. Tap again to unlock.
  2. Auto-Lock Pages (notebooks list → •••) locks each inked page automatically when you leave it.
  3. To lock or unlock several pages at once, select them in the grid and use Lock.

Jots Pro — what it is, buying, restoring

  1. Jots is free with one notebook — unlimited pages, every drawing tool, sync, backup, and Trash included. Creating a second notebook is where Pro begins. See the full comparison.
  2. Jots Pro is a one-time purchase — no subscription — that unlocks unlimited notebooks, tags & smart notebooks, page backgrounds, and read-only page locks — including Auto-Lock.
  3. Tap any Pro feature and the Jots Pro screen appears with the price; buying takes one tap through the App Store.
  4. New phone, reinstall, or family device on the same Apple Account? Open the Jots Pro screen and tap Restore Purchase.

Frequently asked

Is my data private?

Yes. WellThot Jots collects no data and has no accounts, ads, or tracking. Your notes live on your device and in your own iCloud only. See our Privacy Policy.

Does Jots work with Apple Pencil?

Yes — Jots is finger-first, so it never requires a Pencil, but on an iPad a Pencil works beautifully.

— WellThot LLC