Comparison

Intent Note vs Bulletlist

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

Head to head
About

Intent Note

Capture thoughts and intentions quickly with a focus on what matters. This app helps you avoid distractions by setting intentions before device use and offers instant note-taking with smart tagging and review features. It provides a calm, private experience designed to help you remember why you're using your device.

Highlights
  • Set intentions before device usage
  • Instant, keyboard-free note-taking
  • Smart tagging and search operators
  • Calendar-aware agenda and natural language creation
  • Review sessions with a reels-like interface
  • Lock screen widgets for intentions and notes
  • Daily streak building for intentions
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- Set an intention, capture notes fast, and gently review what matters. - Intent Note is perfect for those who want to retain meaningful information fast without  being overwhelmed by unnecessary info cluttered in most note-taking and to-do apps. Set an intention before you scroll—capture notes fast and review them when it matters. Intent Note pairs one‑tap digital and off-screen intentions with focus‑friendly widgets and a calendar‑aware agenda so you remember why you picked up your phone—and put it down sooner. Features & Benefits - Set an intention before device usage. Wanted to just check your email?  Take a moment to declare that and avoid autopilot behavior afterwards. - Intentions can also be goals that are obtainable but also slightly challenging. Afterwards, log what you noticed and use it as motivation during the next intention. - Instant notes: Launch to autofocus; press Return to save—no keyboard flicker. - Smart tagging & search: Inline #tags, auto date; operators #tag, @date, ! star. - Filters that fit your day: All, Today, Starred, and sort by Tags! - Review Session: Scroll through favorited notes in a reels-like fashion! - Calendar‑aware agenda: “In 2h” and “tomorrow 9a” labels; natural‑language create. - Helpful summaries: Choose when to receive a summary of the day ahead and what to look forward to tomorrow! - Widgets: Lock Screen widgets for Intentions and one note of your choosing! - Delightfully calm: Liquid‑glass cards on device running iOS 26, soft haptics, subtle animations on note review completion - Streaks: Build a daily streak for Intentions with a 1×/week skip grace. - Controls that respect you: Summary time, streak grace, review cadence, optional iCloud sync, toggle. Trust & Privacy - Private by design: No ads. - Minimal analytics: Opt‑in only; collects a small set of non‑identifying events to improve experience to capitalize on user-favorite features. Requirements & Permissions - Requires iOS 17 or later. - Optional: Calendar access for agenda and event creation; notifications for summaries and reminders. Download Intent Note, set your first Intention, and capture your next thought in seconds! Terms of Use: https://quixoteapps.github.io/intentnote-site/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://quixoteapps.github.io/intentnote-site/privacy/

About

Bulletlist

Features
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Bulletlist is an outliner. One list, nested as deep as your thinking goes, and nothing else in the way. Every line is a bullet. Press Return for the next one, Tab to move it under the one above, and keep going. Zoom into any bullet to make it the whole screen, then walk back out through the trail at the top — so a long outline is read a room at a time instead of all at once. Built for keyboards Bulletlist takes the shortcuts you already know from the outliners you have used before, without inventing new ones. Move a bullet with Shift-Command-Up. Complete it with Command-Return. Jump to any bullet by name with Command-K. Press Command-/ for the whole list, in the app, grouped by what it applies to. Built for thumbs too Swipe a row to indent it. Long-press to pick it up and drop it anywhere, at any level. The editing bar rides the top of the keyboard instead of hiding under it, and the back gesture goes back through the bullets you zoomed into. Yours, and readable without us Your outline lives in your own storage under your own account. Google Analytics measures how the app is used — screens opened, and counts of bullets added, completed and moved — and never receives a bullet, a note or a search. There is no advertising identifier, nothing sold, and no third party watching you type. Export the whole thing as an OPML file whenever you like, and it opens in any outliner. Works offline The app is on your device, not in a browser tab. Write on a plane and it syncs when you land. Edits made on two devices are merged rather than one overwriting the other. Nine colour schemes Light and dark are separate from which colours those two words mean. Paper is ours; the other eight are Solarized, Gruvbox, Everforest, Stone, Dracula, Catppuccin, Nord and GitHub, each with both of its halves, for people who already know which one they want. Sign in with your email address and a code. There is no password to invent and none to lose.

Screenshots

Intent Note4 screens
Bulletlist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bulletlist at none against Intent Note's 2. Bulletlist also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 2 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. Intent Note sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Bulletlist asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Intent Note ships an update every 2 weeks, Bulletlist every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Intent Note versus Bulletlist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIntent NoteBulletlist
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDominick GonzalezNozemans Software PTE LTD

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Intent Note

Subscriptions1
  • Intent Note Pro$4.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Unlock$49.99
None

Bulletlist

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Intent Note free?
Intent Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bulletlist free?
Bulletlist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Intent Note or Bulletlist have ads?
Neither Intent Note nor Bulletlist shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Intent Note or Bulletlist?
Intent Note ships an update every 2 weeks, and Bulletlist every 2 days. Most recently, Intent Note was updated on November 5, 2026 and Bulletlist on October 31, 2026.

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