Just wanna post my experience with these....
I'm in love with the jot stylish bought a week or two ago, been using it with notes plus.
I found notes plus to be very very good since I can magnify a portion of the page and write.. And the magnification would move as I wrote, if u don't know what I'm talking about u need to YouTube a video it's the ****.
For writing
Like everyone says, cursive is best, or if u write in a way that u can connect all the words without lifting the pen. My writing comes out legible, nice and doesn't look like chicken scratch...
The noise it makes isn't something that would deter me from buying this again, it clicks but it's not THAT loud and annoying, YMMV tho, had I wrote it in a pitch quiet room then maybe it's a little iffy but in a normal setting with indoor background noise this is fine.
I could sign stuff and make notes here and there fine, on notes plus I find that I have to get use to the tiny lag when I'm writing normally (obviously I can't write as fast as a pen and paper) but I feel as if I gave this more time I can learn to write quicker.
Writing in cursive, something I haven't done since grade school when the made u do it, I can write Alot faster and more efficiently, and the lag time is almost not noticeable
For drAwing:
This thing is a beast. I can do fine lines, detailing, hairline hi lights and all that., I love seeing where I draw cause of the disc...
This is totally better than the crappy crayon rubber/foam tipped styluses that I've tried before, u simply cannot beat the jot in accuracy with those, don't care what anyone else say this is just my opinion.
Scratches:
now, I have a grey answer for this....I read all the reviews about scratching and how it's the dirt that gets trap under ur pen that causes the scratches so I was super careful using this, and I used this hard on the screen whether it be to color stuff in, to stencil, to do polka dots, to shade in dots etc etc... And although I keep a conscious effort to make sure the disc surface is clean and the iPad screen is free of debris, other people, friends and the gf use my pen and screen when they play draw something, so I don't have a clear concrete answer as to what may have cause the hairline scratches on my screen which u could only see if u examine it super ****ing close with a spotlight overhead.
After 2 weeks of using this, my screen still looks "flawless", and I use quotations cause the couple of scratches r like a couple mm long, and very light. When I was reading reviews I was picturing like a knife slash scratch or key-to-car kinda deals, but like I state, I don't know if it's cause other ppl who used it didn't use it properly and with precautions or if it's really the pen... Maybe I should've gotten a screen protector who's knows point is the blemishes on my iPad can't be noticeable unless u go looking for it with the proper light and stuff, the scratches r too light to be felt by the finger, so meh.
I'm sure there are other pens out there that can do better, but for 20 bucks regular price this is a champ. Hope this helps those weary buyers