Comparison

IntentNote vs Bulletlist

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

Head to head
About

IntentNote

Features
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We help you reach what you set out to do. A workout streak, passing an exam, a promotion, your dream β€” write it down and Lumi helps you stay on track. IntentNote is not a place to let notes pile up. It helps you shape passing thoughts, unfinished tasks, and long-postponed goals into one step you can take today. If you have ever saved a note and then wondered what should happen next, IntentNote helps you find the thread again. Log Today's Workout in One Line When you start, pick the goal you care about most. Choose Exercise and your Workout Log is ready to go. Β· Exercise, sets and load in one line β€” set your usual workout once under Tracking Items and every new entry starts with it Β· Add your own fields, like time or distance Β· Save it, celebrate, and share today's workout right away (#workoutdone) Β· Add your photo in the app you share to Β· Lumi checks in at the time you set β€” you pick the tone and how often Β· Start right away, no sign-in needed Start With Questions A blank page should not be the thing that stops you. IntentNote gives each kind of thought a form to grow in. - General Notes: capture ideas before they disappear. - Deadline Tasks: keep dates, progress, and next actions in view. - Life Goals: turn a large direction into concrete steps. - Inspiration: gather the lines, ideas, and references you want to return to. Life Goals are designed around guided questions, so a vague ambition can become something you understand, refine, and begin. Organize With AI Lumi When you need help, Lumi helps you make sense of the note in front of you. - Summarize long notes into the essentials. - Suggest titles and keywords from your writing. - Break large goals into actionable steps. - Point out gaps and possible next actions. - Help you continue when a note has stalled. Lumi does not decide for you. It reads what you have written and helps make the shape clearer, while the final choice stays with you. From Notes To Action Good thoughts disappear easily. Big goals are easy to postpone. IntentNote turns notes from storage into a place where thinking settles, work starts moving, and goals keep their thread. Checkpoints and progress help you see where you are, what has changed, and what to do next. Pick Up Anywhere Start without an account β€” sign up later when you want your notes synced. Write on your phone and continue on another device. Keep writing offline; when you reconnect, your notes sync automatically. A Daily Line Of Inspiration Sometimes one short line can change the direction of a day. IntentNote brings you a daily moment of inspiration, with a home screen widget for today's line. Start a note that does more than collect your thoughts. Let it show the next step. IntentNote. Small notes. Real next steps. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://intentnote.com/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 β€” 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 β€” screens opened, and counts of bullets added, completed and moved β€” 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

IntentNote4 screens
Bulletlist4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bulletlist at none against IntentNote's 10. Bulletlist also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, device support 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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. IntentNote sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Bulletlist asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

IntentNote ships an update weekly, Bulletlist every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 3 level
IntentNote versus Bulletlist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIntentNoteBulletlist
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 2 days β€” better
AdsYesNo β€” better
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” better
Requires iOS16.015.0 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size39 MB10 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAlienPeoplesNozemans Software PTE LTD

In-app purchases

9 purchases

IntentNote

Subscriptions5
  • Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Max Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Basic Yearly$34.991 Year
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  • Pro Yearly$59.991 Year
  • Max Yearly$149.991 Year
One-time4
  • Tester Pack (100 AI Credits)2 variants$0.99
  • 50 AI Credits$3.99
  • 200 AI Credits$11.99
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  • AIγ‚―γƒ¬γ‚Έγƒƒγƒˆ500$24.99
None

Bulletlist

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is IntentNote free?
IntentNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bulletlist free?
Bulletlist is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do IntentNote or Bulletlist have ads?
IntentNote shows ads; Bulletlist does not.
Which is updated more often, IntentNote or Bulletlist?
IntentNote ships an update weekly, and Bulletlist every 2 days. Most recently, IntentNote was updated on November 9, 2026 and Bulletlist on November 13, 2026.

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