Comparison

BluLines vs Notepad

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

Notepad

Capture your thoughts and organize your life with this intuitive note-taking application. It offers secure storage with a passcode and iCloud synchronization, allowing you to manage daily tasks and personal diaries efficiently. Easily categorize, color-code, and add images to your notes for better arrangement and sharing.

Highlights
  • User-friendly design
  • iCloud sync
  • App passcode protection
  • Note categorization
  • Share notes (text/PDF)
  • Add images to notes
Features
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This is an easy-to-use note taking app that offer wide rage of features with iCloud sync and app passcode. It is easy to manage your daily stuff and your personal diary with date wise and name wise format. Key Features - Beautiful and user friendly design - Simple way of note taking - iCloud sync and app passcode - Category to note separation - Share note with text and pdf format - Support note color to easy arrangement - Auto delete note to delete notes - Add image with your notes Keep your words safe with passcode and save it with colourful notes. Download and have fun. Keep in touch to receive all new updates. Thank you!!

Screenshots

BluLines4 screens
Notepad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Notepad at 5.0 against BluLines's 3.7. BluLines's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 11 months) and ratings volume (315 vs 1). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notepad holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BluLines has 315 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BluLines ships an update every 9 days, Notepad every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BluLines versus Notepad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBluLinesNotepad
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (315 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews22.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings315 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 11 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRIEU LimitedPiyushkumar Bhut

Customer experience

BluLines

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

Notepad

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Notepad

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

BluLines

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$14.99
1 purchases

Notepad

One-time1
  • Notepad++ Premium$1.99

Questions

Is BluLines free?
BluLines is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notepad free?
Notepad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BluLines or Notepad?
Notepad is rated higher. BluLines averages 3.7 out of 5 from 315 ratings, while Notepad averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do BluLines or Notepad have ads?
Both BluLines and Notepad show ads.
Which is updated more often, BluLines or Notepad?
BluLines ships an update every 9 days, and Notepad every 11 months. Most recently, BluLines was updated on September 22, 2026 and Notepad on June 10, 2026.

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