(beat) for iOS vs Blekk | Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
(beat) for iOS
This screenwriting app offers a distraction-free environment for writers to focus on their craft. It supports Fountain markup for portable and future-proof documents, with features like automatic scene numbering and auto-completion for efficient writing.
- Distraction-free UI
- Fountain markup support
- Automatic scene numbering
- Auto-complete for scene headings and character names
- PDF export
- Final Draft import/export
- Novel mode
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An elegant Fountain screenwriting app, created by a screenwriter for screenwriters. The perfect companion for full macOS version of Beat. Beat lets you write in a flow: Just start typing and let Beat take care of the formatting. There are as little distractions as possible to let you concentrate on writing. The app uses Fountain markup to store your documents, so everything you write is portable and future-proof. Your files are stored only on your own accounts and devices, and they are kept completely private. • Distraction-free UI • Index cards • Automatic scene numbering • Auto complete for scene headings and character names • PDF export • Final Draft import and export • Revision/edit tracking • Novel mode • Collection of templates for a quick start
Blekk | Notes
This app offers a simple, elegant notebook, task tracker, and journal. It provides a fresh page for each day on a single scroll, with easy search and offline functionality. Multiple notebooks, PIN locking, and sharing options are available.
- Daily fresh pages on a single scroll
- Task tracking with checkboxes
- Searchable notes and tags
- Multiple notebooks with custom pens
- PIN-locked notebooks
- Offline functionality
- Shareable notebooks
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Blekk is your notebook, task tracker, journal, and scratchpad - simple, elegant, and focused. One fresh page for each day, all on a single scroll. Not every note needs a formal notetaking app. Blekk is for the things you jot down but don't always know where to stash. There is nothing to set up and nothing to organise. Open it and today is waiting for you. Write, and it saves as you type. Late nights stay on one page: the day turns over at 5 AM, not midnight. Type a task and it becomes one, with a checkbox. Yesterday fades behind today, every past day stays in the scroll, and anything you've ever written is a search away - your words, your tags, the themes rising in your writing. The past stays reachable, without pulling focus from today. Blekk is a quiet place to write anything and everything. Welcome. Also: • Keep more than one notebook, each with its own pen and ink - one for work, one for the garden, one for the book you keep meaning to write • Lock any notebook with a PIN • Choose warm cream or stone paper; night ink comes on after dark • Share a notebook with your team, then return to a personal space that stays separate • Works fully offline; sign in and your words follow you everywhere, encrypted at rest • Export everything as plain markdown, any time - your notes are yours, and reading them is never paywalled • No AI. No feeds. No streaks. No distractions. Free for 30 days with everything on. After that, the basic plan keeps one writing device, with reads and export everywhere, forever. Blekk Plus adds unlimited notebooks and writing from every device. Teams bring shared notebooks with per-seat billing. Blekk Plus and Teams are auto-renewable subscriptions, billed through your Apple ID. Payment is charged at confirmation of purchase; the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed or cancelled in your Apple ID account settings. Privacy policy: https://blekk.app/privacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Blekk | Notes at Free against (beat) for iOS's $11.99. Blekk | Notes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). (beat) for iOS's advantage is ratings volume (44 vs 1) and chart position (#39 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, 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
Blekk | Notes is free to download; (beat) for iOS costs $11.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Blekk | Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: (beat) for iOS has 44 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
(beat) for iOS ships an update every 3 days, Blekk | Notes every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | (beat) for iOS | Blekk | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $11.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.3 (44 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 44 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #39 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lauri-Matti Parppei | Jamie Druitt |
Customer experience
(beat) for iOS
Blekk | Notes
In-app purchases
(beat) for iOS
No in-app purchases
Blekk | Notes
No in-app purchases









