Shared notes, still private.
Most encrypted notes apps assume you keep everything to yourself. Jotura lets you share a folder or a single note with the people you choose, so your partner can add to the shopping list and a colleague can fix the project plan, and every word stays end-to-end encrypted.
Sharing needs Jotura Sync on both sides, yours and theirs. £4 a month each.
A folder, or a single note.
Share your whole recipes folder with your partner, or one project note with a colleague. Everyone you invite sees it in their own vault, on desktop and phone, and anyone you invite as an editor can change it. Invite someone as a viewer and they can read it without changing a word.
- The family recipes. One shared folder that both of you add to, beside the notes you keep to yourself.
- One project plan. A single note shared with a colleague, while the rest of the project folder stays yours.
- Updates for a client. A view-only share they can read on any device.
Everything inside Recipes syncs to them.
Only this note syncs to them.
You can edit.
View only.
Edits merge on their own.
Two of you can type into the packing list for the same trip at the same moment. Changes reach everyone within seconds, and Jotura merges them as they arrive, so nobody's words get silently lost.
- A packing list for two. You add the adapters while your partner adds sun cream, and both lines stay.
- A shared itinerary. Each of you fills in a different day from your own vault.
Encrypted to exactly those people.
Shared notes stay end-to-end encrypted, to you and the people you invited and nobody else. Each share has its own key, sealed to each member, and the server relaying your edits cannot read a word. Every person has a short key code you can compare with them, and Jotura stops and asks if a key ever changes.
The crypto is documented on the security page.
Who changed what, for three years.
Every shared note keeps a version history with names attached, so when a paragraph goes missing you can see who changed it and bring it back with one click.
History comes with Jotura Sync. £4 a month.
Bins go out on Sunday night.
Last one up locks the back door.
Spare key
In the blue pot by the shed.
Wi-Fi password is on the fridge.
Dinner is at seven on school nights.
Sharing and end-to-end encryption rarely mix.
Local-first note apps usually sync only your own devices, while collaborative apps tend to hand your words to a server that can read them. In Jotura, the people in a share exchange keys with each other, and the server that relays your edits only ever sees ciphertext.
Common questions.
- How do I share encrypted notes with someone?
- Right-click a folder or note in Jotura, share it, and invite them by email. They accept the invite and the notes appear in their own vault. Both sides need Jotura Sync.
- Can we edit the same note at the same time?
- Yes. Changes sync within seconds and simultaneous edits merge automatically. Jotura is designed for a handful of people working in shared notes, and a fifty-person live document is outside what it was built for.
- Can the people I share with see my other notes?
- No. They see only what you shared, and everything outside the shared folder stays encrypted to you alone.
- Can I share a note read-only?
- Yes. Invite someone as a viewer and they can read but not edit.
- What happens when I stop sharing?
- Removed members stop receiving anything new from that moment. As with any sharing system, someone who could read a note may have kept a copy of what they already saw.
Share with people you trust.
Only the people you invite can read what you share with them.
Also see why the encryption matters.