BluLines vs PrivateText
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
PrivateText
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This simple app allows you to write daily notes, either managing them like you could do it in a diary or in an organizer, and just for this it presents two different modes of use. It is a stand-alone app and does not rely on any network server. The written content is encrypted and stored locally. The access is protected by a login password. The daily notes are accessible by means of an ordinary calendar page that blocks the access to the days in the future when used as a diary. From the calendar page the user can acces the Settings page where a new password can be set. The app offers an enhanced (premium) level of use, as an in-app purchase product, that adds the possibility to export the whole content written by the user, as a unique text file, organized day by day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: PrivateText at none against BluLines's shown. PrivateText also leads on iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.0). BluLines's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 6 weeks). On price, in-app purchases 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. BluLines sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PrivateText sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BluLines ships an update every 9 days, PrivateText every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BluLines | PrivateText |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (315 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 315 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RIEU Limited | Apps Di Pizzocaro S. |
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
PrivateText
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
BluLines
- Remove Ads$14.99
PrivateText
- Premium level$0.49









