BluLines vs Color Notepad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BluLines
Organize your thoughts with a versatile plain text notes app. Attach photos, documents, and voice recordings to your notes. Create smart folders, set reminders, and secure your data with a passcode.
- Note attachments (photos, docs, voice, video)
- Folder organization and groups
- To-do list functionality for folders
- Passcode lock for security
- Customizable themes and fonts
- Smart auto-folders with filters
- Note export to iCloud Drive
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Feature rich plain text notes app with folders organisation: + Note attachments: photos, documents, voice recordings, drawings, video links. + Folder Groups + Turn folder into a to-do list + Passcode lock + Themes + Reminders • Auto Folders: create smarter folders with filters to find your notes quicker with one tap. • Folder name highlighting: make your important folders stand out • Individual folder sort modes • Turn folders into todo lists • Note Locate, finds the first note starting with the first letter or phrase in a folder • Individual note font, choose from all the available iOS fonts. • Text highlighting including Bold, Italics, Underline, Strike text functions • Export a note to iCloud Drive with attachments and rich text format (RTF) with highlighting. • Set note as reminder and go back to the note from the reminder. + Note attachments: photos, documents, voice recordings, drawings, video links. + Folder Groups + Turn folder into a to-do list + Passcode lock + Themes + Reminders
Color Notepad
A clean and simple note-taking app that lets you personalize your experience with over 20 colorful themes. It offers a minimalist design for distraction-free writing, iCloud sync, and robust backup options.
- Minimalist design
- 20+ colorful themes
- Light & Dark Mode
- iCloud sync
- Sort notes
- Export notes
- Automatic local backups
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Color Notepad is a clean and simple note-taking app designed to match your personal style. Whether you’re jotting down quick thoughts, daily tasks, or important ideas, Color Notepad keeps things fast, easy, and customizable. Choose from 20+ colorful themes to match your mood — or let the app surprise you with a random one each time you open it. Key Feature: • Minimalist design for quick and distraction-free note-taking. • 20+ colorful themes to suit your mood. • Light & Dark Mode support for every theme. • iCloud sync to keep your notes up to date across devices. • Sort your notes by date or alphabetically. • Export individual notes or your entire archive for backup or sharing. • Automatic local backups with the ability to restore notes. Color Notepad is perfect for anyone looking for a lightweight, private, and beautifully customizable notes app — with no ads, no accounts, and no clutter.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Color Notepad at 4.5 against BluLines's 3.7. Color Notepad also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (47% vs 22%). BluLines's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 5 months). On price, ratings volume, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. BluLines sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Color Notepad sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Color Notepad holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 316 and 606 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of BluLines's written reviews are positive against 47% of Color Notepad's.
BluLines ships an update every 9 days, Color Notepad every 5 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | BluLines | Color Notepad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (316 ratings) | 4.5 (606 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 46.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 316 | 606 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RIEU Limited | Dmytro Vynokurov |
Customer experience
BluLines
Color Notepad
User reviews
BluLines
From 316 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Great app for organizing notes
- 📁 Useful folder and subfolder structure
- 💻 Syncs well across devices
- 🎨 Customizable themes and fonts
Room to improve
- 🔍 Difficult to search for specific notes
- 🔒 Password protection issues
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and data loss
- 💰 Expensive paid features
- 📢 Intrusive and unskippable ads
Color Notepad
From 606 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎨 Colorful customization options
- 💾 One-time purchase pricing model
- 📝 Simple and easy-to-use interface
- 🔤 Adjustable font size options
- ✅ Cross-device synchronization
Room to improve
- 🐛 Notes frequently disappear or fail to save
- 🐛 App crashes and won't open
- 🐛 Text scrolls out of view when keyboard appears
- 💰 Expensive pricing for unlimited storage
- ❌ Limited to 3 notes in free version
Bugs and requests
BluLines
Reported bugs
4 issues- Notes randomly disappearing after updates
- Inability to access or recover lost notes
- Sync issues between devices
- Passcode not working as expected
Requested features
4 requests- Add rich text formatting options
- Improve backup and restore functionality
- Implement better search and filtering
- Allow locking of individual notes
Color Notepad
Reported bugs
7 issues- Notes deleted unexpectedly after saving
- App crashes and fails to reopen
- Text disappears or becomes invisible
- Keyboard covers note content during editing
- Inconsistent save functionality (8 out of 10 times fails)
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- App unresponsive to input commands
- Notes lost after app closure
Requested features
6 requests- Password protection for notes
- Different colors for individual notes
- Checklist functionality with reset capability
- Note sharing capabilities
- Multiple font options
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- Apple Pencil support
In-app purchases
BluLines
- Remove Ads$14.99
Color Notepad
- Unlimited Storage$4.99
