Hand vs BLISS Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Hand
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γHand-drawnγHand-drawn is a high-performance, local-first digital drawing and gallery application built for creative work on your device. **Professional Drawing Tools** Access a full set of brushes, pens, and erasers designed for precise control. Adjust stroke weight, opacity, and color to suit your workflow. **Layer Management** Organize your artwork with a flexible layer system. Create, reorder, merge, and adjust layer visibility and opacity for detailed compositions. **Built-in Gallery** Browse and manage all your creations in one place. The gallery keeps your drawings organized and easy to access without relying on external apps. **Local-First Architecture** All data is stored on your device. The app operates without requiring a network connection, ensuring your work remains accessible at all times. **Privacy by Design** No account registration is required, and no personal data is collected or transmitted. Your drawings and creative process stay entirely on your device. Hand-drawn provides a focused, distraction-free environment for digital drawing with the tools and performance needed for both casual sketches and detailed illustrations. Premium Account Pricing and Terms $ 4.99/week* $ 39.99/year* *Prices shown are in U.S. dollars; actual charges may be converted to your local currency. Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, and the renewal cost will be provided. Subscriptions can be managed by the user. Turning off auto-renewal may be done by going to your account settings after purchase. Cancellation of the current subscription is not allowed during the active subscription period. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://suhanhui.xyz/shouhua/privacy.html
BLISS Note
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One pencil across every note. Ink on text notes, annotate PDFs, and keep notes inside notes β an all-in-one notebook for iPad, iPhone and Mac, built for Apple Pencil. β One pencil, every note β’ The same pen, highlighter and tools on text notes, PDFs and drawings β ballpoint, fountain pen and more β’ Handwriting and annotation right over your typed notes β page breaks keep ink on its page as you edit β’ Free-form canvas and A4 landscape, Letter, Square and B5 pages, lasso select & move, vector shapes β’ Convert handwriting to text, and write note titles in your own hand β’ Write small text comfortably in a magnified zoom-write strip β Planner & tasks β’ Task management β keep your to-dos in one place β’ Planner notes β add your schedule to a handwritten diary, sync with your iCloud calendar, and link a note to every event β’ Recurring events & lunar anniversaries β repeat daily to yearly or by the lunar calendar, and edit or delete this one, the following, or all β Exam prep & memorization β’ Question bank & wrong-answer notes β split an exam PDF into individual questions to drill; the ones you miss collect automatically and return on a 1, 3, 7, 14 and 30-day review schedule β’ Vocabulary flashcards and a memorization sheet (red sheet) β hide highlights and tap to reveal β’ D-day countdown β the days left until an exam or deadline, on the Home screen and inside notes β Record, transcribe & translate β’ Record meetings & lectures and turn them into text β organize & summarize with your AI β’ Live translation β transcripts and notes translated on-device, so it works offline (59 languages) β’ Play a recording from the note header, and save a transcript with its translation as a new note β’ Recording-handwriting sync β tap ink you wrote while recording to play from that moment, in a floating mini-player β Search anything β’ Full-text search across text and PDFs β plus your handwriting and recordings (transcripts) β’ In-note search β find text right inside the open note β Notes inside notes β’ Embed PDFs, drawings and other notes inside a text note β’ Organize a list of notes within one note using Shelves β’ List, Thumbnail, Bookshelf, Tabs, Tiles and Pinned view modes β’ Page grid view β all pages of PDF & drawing notes as thumbnails β’ YouTube playlist embed β play a playlist inside a note and track your watch progress β’ Split view β two notes side by side, to copy across and compare β Papers & documents in PDF β’ Import PDFs and mark up with pen, highlighter, underline β’ Reading mode β Sepia, Dim and Night soften the glare of white pages, while ink and annotations keep their colors β’ Automatic paper citations β title, authors, year & journal detected, with APA, MLA, IEEE & BibTeX ready to copy; use the detected title as the note title β’ Export original or with annotations (text stays selectable) β Annotate the web β’ Open a web page in the app, highlight it, add notes, and write on top with your pen β’ The original page is never stored β only your own annotations, kept on your device β Make it your own β’ Add a cover page to the front of a note and draw or write on it β’ Use your own images as note covers, or as the paper (background) for drawing notes β’ Turn any image into a sticker or washi tape to decorate your notes β’ Place your own drawing behind the Home screen β position, size and opacity β A powerful editor β’ Headings, lists, tables, checklists, code blocks β’ Clean paste from anywhere β AI answers and web pages keep their Markdown & HTML formatting β Privacy first β’ No sign-up to start β your notes live on your device β’ No note servers of ours β optional cloud sync goes only through your own iCloud or Google Drive β’ Available in 24 languages Study notes, research, lecture notes, planning, quick sketches β all in Bliss Note. Terms of Service: https://blissnote.app/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://blissnote.app/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: BLISS Note at 4 against Hand's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Hand sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and BLISS Note sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Hand | BLISS Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | β | Every 6 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac β better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.5 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 143 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | HONG KONG GANGSHENG TRADING CO. LIMITED | BLISS AI Inc. |
In-app purchases
Hand
- Weekly Prime3 Days trial$4.997 Days
- Yearly Prime$39.991 Year
BLISS Note
- Bliss Note Pro (Monthly)$0.991 Month
- Bliss Note Pro (Yearly)$3.991 Year









