Blink Notes vs burner notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Blink Notes
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Transform your note-taking with Blink Notes - where every note has an active 24-hour timer that keeps you focused and productive. Reset a note's timer before it expires to keep it active. Once sent to the trash bin, it can no longer be read or edited. Want to bring a trashed note back to life? Simply pay 99 cents to restore it, or let it vanish forever after a few days. Features • Clean, distraction-free interface for deep focus • Time-pressure turns procrastination into productivity • Perfect for daily tasks, quick thoughts, and project notes • Automatic deletion keeps your workspace clutter-free • Recover essential notes from trash for 99 cents Blink Notes isn’t just another app—it’s a philosophy. Stay focused. Let go of what’s unnecessary. Build better habits. Join creators, thinkers, and doers who've discovered that temporary notes lead to lasting productivity.
burner notes
This app creates notes that automatically delete themselves after a set time. It offers various visual and haptic destruction effects for a unique experience. Notes can also be sent securely to nearby devices.
- Self-destructing notes with timers
- Multiple visual and haptic destruction effects
- Device-to-device note sharing (Whisper)
- Live activity countdown on lock screen and Dynamic Island
- Home screen widget for soonest-expiring note
- Customizable themes, sounds, and vibrations
- Photo attachment to notes
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stop deleting notes you write a quick thought in notes. a password. a flight number. a grocery list. a vent. then it sits there forever because you never go back to delete it. burner notes fixes that. write it, set a timer, and it's gone when you're done with it every note has a self-destruct countdown. when time runs out, it's permanently deleted from your device. no cloud. no account. no way to get it back. that's the point how it works write a note. pick a timer: 1 minute, 5 minutes, 15 minutes, 1 hour, 4 hours, 1 day, or set a custom duration down to the minute. a live countdown appears on your lock screen and dynamic island. when the timer hits zero, it's gone. or burn it early no drafts. no archive. no undo destruction rituals when a note burns, it doesn't just disappear. it's destroyed with a full visual and haptic experience. each ritual is designed for a different feeling • classic burn - fire rises from below, words char to glowing embers, ash scatters • shredder - words split into strips and fall like paper scraps • deep sea - letters fade to ocean blue and drift upward as bubbles • black hole - text shrinks into a singularity. the void doesn't give things back • dissolve - acid eats through your words, letters corrode and drip away • avalanche - boulders fall. text crushes flat. dust settles whisper: device-to-device notes send a self-destructing note to someone nearby. no server. no cloud. no login. just encrypted peer-to-peer over bluetooth and wi-fi. they read it, it burns live everywhere • live activity countdown on your lock screen and dynamic island • home screen widget shows your soonest-expiring note make it yours • 5 extra destruction rituals with unique animations • 5 burn sounds: none, fire, whoosh, crumple, glitch • 4 vibration styles: standard, strong, double tap, pulse • 6 color themes: orange, white, red, cyan, green, purple • attach photos that burn with the note • recurring notes that auto-recreate on the same timer • scheduled notes with a future start time privacy is the architecture • zero data leaves your phone. ever • no account. no email. no sign-up • no analytics. no tracking. no telemetry • notes are permanently deleted when burned • app switcher shows a privacy screen • lock screen content is redacted when locked burner pro $2.99/month or $14.99 once forever unlocks 5 premium destruction rituals, premium sounds, vibration styles, 6 color themes, whisper, photo notes, recurring notes, scheduled notes, custom timers, and export the free version includes unlimited notes, classic burn ritual, fire sound, standard vibration, all preset timers, live activities, widgets, and full privacy requires iphone with ios 17 or later Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://gist.githubusercontent.com/ardenkg/517883cd1e4f814ce926d0d61f7bacb8/raw/gistfile1.txt
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Blink Notes at 3 against burner notes's 1. Blink Notes also leads on iOS requirement (14.0.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Blink Notes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and burner notes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Blink Notes | burner notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 78 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MAIN AND 38TH LLC | Arden Knablein-Greene |
In-app purchases
Blink Notes
- Note Restoration$0.99
burner notes
- Burner Pro$2.991 Month
- Burner Pro$14.99





