Comparison

LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes vs Bullet

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes

This app combines journaling, planning, and note-taking into a single, organized platform. Track your mood, plan your days with time blocking, manage to-do lists, and monitor habits and goals. Capture ideas, organize collections, and utilize a Pomodoro timer for enhanced productivity.

Highlights
  • Daily journaling with mood tracking
  • Day planner with time blocking and calendar sync
  • To-do lists with customizable stages
  • Habit and goal tracking
  • Notes and collections organization
  • Built-in Pomodoro timer
  • Cross-device syncing and offline access
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Your journal. Your planner. Your notes. Finally, one app that does it all. WHAT YOU CAN DO • Daily journal with rich timeline, mood tracking, and reflections • Day planner with time blocking, Apple Calendar & Reminders sync • Weekly and monthly views for planning ahead • To-do lists with 5 stages: idea, to do, active, pending, finalized • Habit tracker for building routines • Goal tracker for fitness, health, and personal growth • Notes and outlines for capturing ideas • Collections for movies, books, recipes, and more • Built-in Pomodoro timer • Home screen widgets • Works on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and web • Syncs across all your devices • End-to-end encryption • Works offline • No ads. Ever. GETTING STARTED • Watch the quick start videos in the app • Pick one thing: journal, planner, or tasks • Explore more when you're ready TRY RISK-FREE 60-day money back guarantee. Not for you? Full refund, no questions asked. ABOUT THE DEVELOPER Hi, I'm Hai, the solo developer behind LiveIt. Since 2017, over a million people have used the app to organize their lives. I read every review and email — your feedback shapes what I build next. CONNECT • Support: hai@doit.me • Reddit: r/liveitapp • YouTube: youtube.com/@liveitapp • Guide: liveit.me/guide TERMS & PRIVACY • Terms of Use (EULA): https://liveit.me/terms • Privacy Policy: https://liveit.me/terms

About

Bullet

Capture tasks, notes, events, and habits in one unified timeline. This app streamlines your planning with a minimalist interface, making it easy to organize your thoughts and actions. It replaces multiple productivity tools with a single, efficient solution.

Highlights
  • Unified task, note, event, and habit tracking
  • Daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly planning logs
  • Rapid logging and quick capture
  • Collections and tagging for organization
  • Offline functionality
  • Cross-device synchronization
  • ADHD-friendly minimalist design
Features
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The journaling method you know from paper, built for your phone. Tasks, notes, events, and habits - captured in one place so nothing falls through the cracks. Stop juggling five different apps. Start with Bullet. "I've tried close to 20 productivity apps. This is the one I've been looking for." - rcghaseler HOW IT WORKS Open Bullet, tap +, and capture whatever's on your mind. A task for later, a note to remember, an event coming up, a habit to build. Everything lives on one timeline - organized by day, week, month, or year. Schedule entries, set reminders, add sub-tasks, group things into collections, and tag across projects. It's as simple or structured as you need it to be. DAILY LOG, FUTURE LOG, MIGRATION Rapid logging. A Daily Log for today, Weekly and Monthly Logs for planning ahead, and a Future Log for someday. Migration. Collections. If you keep this system in a paper notebook, you'll feel at home in minutes. If you don't, you'll pick it up just as fast - it's simply a quick way to capture and organize your thoughts. Everything the paper system does, without the limitations. Search your entries. Sync across devices. Set reminders. Work offline. "This may be the 1st app to replace my daily notebook planning!" - DiogoSnows REPLACES YOUR APP STACK To-do list, notes app, calendar, habit tracker - Bullet handles all of it. No more switching between tools or wondering where you put something. "It replaces four separate apps that I use." - Pajica ADHD-FRIENDLY BY DESIGN Minimal interface, zero visual clutter, and fast capture. Built for brains that need to get the thought out before it disappears. Multiple users with ADHD have told us this is the first productivity app that actually works for them. "I finally feel like I can declutter my head and have actionable plans." - IMP MD WHAT'S FREE Creating tasks, notes, and events. 3 habits. Calendar sync. Home screen widgets. Collections. Search. Data export. Prompts. Drag and drop. No ads, no tracking. WHAT'S PREMIUM Unlimited habits, recurring entries, sub-tasks, tags, filters, templates, image attachments, and biometric lock. Start with a free trial. BUILT BY ONE PERSON Bullet is indie-developed. No investors, no growth team, no corporate roadmap. Just one developer building the app he wanted to use. Every feature request gets read. "You can tell a lot of thought and care has been put into this." - Samuel Conley Works offline. Syncs across all your devices.

Screenshots

LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes4 screens
Bullet4 screens

Verdict

The call

LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes and Bullet are too close to call on the numbers: across 10 compared parameters — price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Bullet sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes against 4.7 for Bullet. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 247 and 320 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes's written reviews are positive against 86% of Bullet's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes versus Bullet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLiveIt Journal, Planner, NotesBullet
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (247 ratings)4.7 (320 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.0% of reviews85.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings247320 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size619 MB103 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDoit Apps OUMui Studio Ltd

Customer experience

LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes

All ratings240 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral3.8%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews119 reviews
Positive79.0%
Neutral9.2%
Negative11.8%

Bullet

All ratings320 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral4.1%
Negative3.1%
Written reviews181 reviews
Positive85.6%
Neutral7.7%
Negative6.6%

User reviews

LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes

From 247 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎯 Comprehensive all-in-one life organization tool
  • 💪 Incredibly robust and feature-rich functionality
  • 🎨 Highly customizable to fit individual needs
  • 💰 Generous free version with premium features locked appropriately
  • 🧠 Flexible system that grows with user's needs

Room to improve

  • 📚 Steep learning curve for new users
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and sync issues
  • 📱 Technical problems on browser and iPad versions
  • 🔔 Notification system unreliable or missing
  • 📸 Photo upload causes crashes

Bullet

From 320 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Clean, simple, and intuitive design
  • 🚀 Efficient and minimalist approach
  • 💡 Integrates well with the Bullet Journal method
  • 🔍 Helpful for organizing tasks, events, and notes
  • 📆 Flexible scheduling (daily, weekly, monthly, yearly)

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional app crashes or freezes
  • 🔍 Lack of advanced filtering and sorting options
  • 🔒 Requires internet connection to use
  • 💰 Subscription model may be too expensive for some
  • 🌐 Limited language support (mostly English)

Bugs and requests

LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App crashes on photo upload
  • Black screen errors
  • Login authentication failures
  • Sync failures between devices
  • Update loop preventing app access
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  • Data disappearing from calendar view despite existing in database
  • App closes unexpectedly during entry composition
  • iPad version won't open or update
  • Set Color option crashes app
  • Apple Pencil input not working
  • Security lock feature not persisting
  • Notification system not triggering for tasks

Requested features

13 requests
  • Voice note recording capability
  • Financial/budgeting template
  • Habit categorization/organization
  • Advanced recurring task scheduling (e.g., third Thursday of month)
  • Apple Watch app
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  • iCloud and local calendar sync support
  • Drag-and-drop task rescheduling
  • Text font and size customization in trackers
  • Achievement/reward system for goals
  • Link and sketch embedding capability
  • Portuguese language support
  • More granular notification controls per block
  • Ability to schedule repeating tasks by specific dates

Bullet

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Widget not always showing the correct day's tasks
  • Inconsistent behavior when marking tasks as complete

Requested features

5 requests
  • Sync with native calendar app
  • Option to start the week on Sunday
  • Ability to export data (e.g., CSV, PDF)
  • Support for handwriting/sketching
  • Multiple journal/notebook support

In-app purchases

5 purchases

LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly subscription14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription14 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time2
  • Lifetime$59.99
  • Lifetime$99.99
9 purchases

Bullet

Subscriptions7
  • Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
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  • Yearly2 variants$14.991 Year
  • Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Yearly$35.991 Year
  • Yearly7 Days trial$35.991 Year
One-time2
  • Habits Lifetime$29.99
  • Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes free?
LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bullet free?
Bullet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes or Bullet?
Bullet is rated higher. LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 247 ratings, while Bullet averages 4.7 from 320 ratings.
Do LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes or Bullet have ads?
Neither LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes nor Bullet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes or Bullet?
LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes ships an update weekly, and Bullet weekly. Most recently, LiveIt Journal, Planner, Notes was updated on November 3, 2026 and Bullet on November 7, 2026.

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