BLNOTE vs Split Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BLNOTE
This note-taking app allows extensive customization of themes, fonts, and ruled lines. It offers robust organization features like sorting and auto-save, with keyword search and undo/redo functionality for efficient note management.
- Customizable themes and fonts
- Display ruled lines
- Sort notes by date or alphabet
- Keyword search
- Undo/Redo functionality
- Auto-save and scroll position memory
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BLNOTE is a simple note application program as which the theme and the font can be chosen. The ruled line can be displayed. This can manage the note by a favorite background, the font, and the size. Features: 1. The theme can be selected. 2. The font and the fontsize can be specified. 3. Suport custom font. ( It's necessary to install ttf or otf font. ) 4. Ruled Line (There is a limitation in the font designation when multi byte character is used with iOS 4. ) 5. Sort Order(Sort Key: Creation Date、Modification Date、Last Open Date、Alphabetical. Ascending or descending) 6. The scroll position is memorized. 7. Key word search. 8. Undo & Redo. 9. Rotation mode ( Auto, Portrait, Landscape) 10. Auto save mode.
Split Notes
A versatile text editor that allows for split-screen viewing in both vertical and horizontal orientations, along with tabbed interfaces. It offers automatic saving, folder management, and advanced search capabilities. Users can also synchronize scrolling between panes and export notes to CSV.
- Split-screen editing (vertical/horizontal)
- Tabbed interface
- Synchronized scrolling
- Automatic saving
- Folder management
- Character and regex search
- Export to CSV
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This is a simple notepad which can switch between vertical and horizontal screen division, tab use screen. You can synchronize the scrolling of each text view by enabling the magnet button. Notes is saved automatically. Others - Folder management. - Character search, regular expression search. - Undo/Redo - Character count display. - Change font size. - Export to CSV file. - Backup/Restore with iCloud.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Split Notes at 4.9 against BLNOTE's 3.8. Split Notes also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 50%). BLNOTE's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Split Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. BLNOTE asks for nothing beyond the download.
Split Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of BLNOTE's written reviews are positive against 83% of Split Notes's.
BLNOTE ships an update every 3 months, Split Notes every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on August 22, 2026 and September 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BLNOTE | Split Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.8 (6 ratings) | 4.9 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | isle inc. | KAZUTERU YOKOI |
Customer experience
BLNOTE
Split Notes
In-app purchases
BLNOTE
No in-app purchases
Split Notes
- Remove ads$1.99
