Amplenote Explained 3: What is the difference between a jot and a note?

Amplenote “jots mode” isn’t a special, separate kind of content—it’s a filtered view of ordinary notes. That’s why a note created via “link to note” can show up inside jots mode and even appear tagged with “daily jots”: jots mode is essentially a list that surfaces notes based on tags and creation time, with one convenience rule for today.

The transcript breaks the behavior into two testable claims. First, jots are ordinary notes. When a newly created jot appears under the daily jot list, opening it individually shows the same controls as any other note—options to delete, publish, archive, and more—indicating there’s no hidden “jot-only” feature set. In other words, a jot’s identity is behavioral (how it’s displayed and organized), not structural (how it’s stored).

Second, jots mode is described as a recency-sorted list. Notes tagged with “daily jots” appear in decreasing order of creation date, so the most recently created items sit at the top. A simple experiment supports this: create a new note, give it a non-jot title like “definitely not a jot,” tag it with “daily jots,” then return to jots mode and find it listed below the daily jot. The ordering matches creation time, not the note title.

There’s one important exception: Amplenote always looks for a jot matching today’s date and pins it at the top for quick access, even if other notes were created more recently. That’s the reason the “daily jot” for the current date leads the list.

The transcript also clarifies that the “daily jots” tag is not a hard limit. Entering jots mode applies a default filter, but switching the filter off by clicking the jots button again removes the “daily jots” constraint. What remains is a global list of all notes, still sorted by most recent first. From there, selecting a different tag (such as “projects”) changes the list to notes tagged with that category.

Finally, Amplenote supports multiple “daily jot” streams by using tags. Create a new tag like “work jots,” star it, and the interface lets users maintain separate daily-note threads—personal notes under “daily jots” and work-related notes under “work jots.” The practical takeaway: jots are date-associated notes presented through tag-based, recency-sorted views, and the default “daily jots” tag is just the recommended starting point rather than the only option.