Comparison

BluLines vs Nested Folder Notes

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Nested Folder Notes

Organize your thoughts and ideas with unlimited folders and subfolders. Create text notes, checklists, or add images. This ad-free app offers flexible date management and a powerful search function for easy retrieval.

Highlights
  • Unlimited subfolders
  • Text notes
  • Checklists
  • Image attachments
  • Customizable folder icons and colors
  • Full-text search
  • Offline access
Features
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Folino brings order to your notes: folders and subfolders as deep as you like, plus checklists and voice notes. No ads, no account, made in Germany. Notebook, journal, to-do list or shopping list: in Folino, every topic gets its own folder and every folder as many subfolders as you need. So you can find everything again, even years later. UNLIMITED FOLDERS • As many folders and subfolders as you like, nested as deep as you like • Pinning, favorites and “Recent notes” for quick access • Sort each folder by title, date modified, date created or by hand • List or tile view • Copy, move and duplicate, including entire folders with their contents NOTES, CHECKLISTS, VOICE NOTES • Formatting: bold, italic, headings, bullet lists, quotes, colors • Checklists to tick off, turn a note into a checklist and back • Record voice notes • Section overview for long notes • Reading view, so nothing gets changed by accident • Insert date and time with one tap, handy for journaling FIND IT FAST • Full-text search across titles and content, best matches first • Recycle bin: restore what you deleted PRIVATE AND SECURE • Lock the whole app or individual notes and folders, with PIN, Face ID or Touch ID • No account needed, no ads • Your notes stay on your device and work offline • Backup as a file, export as text, print and share SWITCHING MADE EASY • Import from Google Keep, including checklists, images, colors and voice notes. Labels become folders • Import TXT, Markdown and CSV files MADE FOR YOU • Themes: Light, Dark, Black and more • 7 text sizes, red-green color blindness mode, VoiceOver • For iPhone and iPad, in 28 languages FOLINO PREMIUM Buy once, no subscription. Try it free for 7 days. • Sync via your Google Drive between iPhone, iPad and Android • Images in notes, placed freely and resizable • Voice recordings with no time limit • Links between notes and folders, like a personal wiki • Shortcuts: one note in several folders • Icons and colors for folders, colors for notes • Export as PDF Questions or ideas for Folino? I’d love to hear from you by email.

Screenshots

BluLines4 screens
Nested Folder Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Nested Folder Notes at 91% against BluLines's 22%. Nested Folder Notes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.8) and ads (none vs shown). BluLines's advantage is ratings volume (317 vs 13) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. BluLines sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Nested Folder Notes sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nested Folder Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BluLines has 317 ratings behind it against 13, 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 91% of Nested Folder Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BluLines ships an update every 9 days, Nested Folder Notes fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
BluLines versus Nested Folder Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBluLinesNested Folder Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (317 ratings)5.0 (13 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews90.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings317 — better13
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRIEU LimitedTobias Schiek

Customer experience

BluLines

All ratings315 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral7.0%
Negative26.3%
Written reviews297 reviews
Positive22.2%
Neutral10.1%
Negative67.7%

Nested Folder Notes

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

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

1 purchases

BluLines

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$14.99
7 purchases

Nested Folder Notes

One-time7
  • Style AddOn$0.99
  • Donation$0.99
  • Images AddOn$1.99
Show 4 more
  • Donation$1.99
  • Donation$2.99
  • Donation$3.99
  • Premium$6.99

Questions

Is BluLines free?
BluLines is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Nested Folder Notes free?
Nested Folder Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BluLines or Nested Folder Notes?
Nested Folder Notes is rated higher. BluLines averages 3.8 out of 5 from 317 ratings, while Nested Folder Notes averages 5.0 from 13 ratings.
Do BluLines or Nested Folder Notes have ads?
BluLines shows ads; Nested Folder Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, BluLines or Nested Folder Notes?
BluLines ships an update every 9 days, and Nested Folder Notes fortnightly. Most recently, BluLines was updated on November 10, 2026 and Nested Folder Notes on November 3, 2026.

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