BluLines vs Nested Folder Notes
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
Nested Folder Notes
This app allows users to create deeply nested folders for organizing notes, ideal for managing large amounts of information for work, study, or creative projects. It offers features like drag-and-drop reordering, color-coding, and search functionality to streamline note management.
- Nested folders for structured organization
- Drag & drop and auto sorting
- Color-coded notes
- Search and trash folder
- Photo attachments
- Checklists
- Note history and recovery
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CrumbNote is a powerful note app that lets you create folders inside folders. Organize large amounts of notes with a clear, structured layout that’s perfect for work, study, and creative projects. Reorder notes easily with drag and drop, or let the app sort them automatically. Select multiple notes or folders at once to move, duplicate, or delete in seconds. Color-coded notes make it easy to find what you need at a glance, even in long lists. Ideal for: • Work notes, meeting minutes, and task lists • Study notes, classes, and exam preparation • Journals, daily logs, and idea capture • Writing, blogging, and creative planning • Recipes, shopping lists, and hobbies Key features: • Nested folders for structured organization • Drag & drop and auto sorting • Search and trash folder • Photo attachments (up to 10 per note) • Checklists and character count • Note history and recovery • Passcode lock and backups # LICENSE Icons by Icons8
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nested Folder Notes at 74% against BluLines's 22%. Nested Folder Notes also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.7). BluLines's advantage is ratings volume (315 vs 9) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, 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 Nested Folder Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nested Folder Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BluLines has 315 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of BluLines's written reviews are positive against 74% of Nested Folder Notes's.
BluLines ships an update every 9 days, Nested Folder Notes every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BluLines | Nested Folder Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (315 ratings) | 4.8 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 73.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 315 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| 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 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RIEU Limited | Shibapp LLC |
Customer experience
BluLines
Nested Folder Notes
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
Nested Folder Notes
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BluLines
- Remove Ads$14.99
Nested Folder Notes
- CrumbNote PRO$7.99
Questions
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