Comparison

Bullet Note vs LYS

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

Head to head
About

Bullet Note

This app offers a minimalist and distraction-free way to quickly capture thoughts, tasks, and ideas using a structured bullet-point format. It's designed for efficient daily organization and planning, helping users stay focused and productive.

Highlights
  • Fast bullet-style note taking
  • Minimalist and distraction-free design
  • Organize tasks, ideas, and daily notes
  • Clean structured writing format
  • Simple productivity and planning tool
  • Lightweight and easy to use
Features
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Bullet Note is a clean and minimalist note-taking app built for fast bullet-style notes, tasks, ideas, and daily organization. Capture thoughts quickly in a simple structured format without distractions. Whether you’re creating a to-do list, organizing ideas, journaling, planning your day, or writing quick notes, Bullet Note helps you stay focused and organized. Features: • Fast bullet-style note taking • Minimal and distraction-free design • Organize tasks, ideas, and daily notes • Clean structured writing format • Simple productivity and planning tool • Lightweight and easy to use Bullet Note is designed for people who value clarity, focus, and simplicity in their notes.

About

LYS

This app helps you create a future you'll love by organizing your to-dos, habits, notes, and goals. It's designed to make you excited about waking up each day and building the life you envision. The focus is on self-love and personal growth.

Highlights
  • To-do list management
  • Habit tracking
  • Note-taking
  • Goal setting
  • Personal growth focus
Features
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LYS is an all-in-one planner: a calendar and to-dos, the dates you're waiting for, goals, notes, and a journal, together in one private app. Plan your day in the order you'll actually live it, from school drop-off to practice at five. Count down to birthdays and trips, watch your goals add up, and end each night with five questions about your day. Everything you write is end-to-end encrypted, so it stays yours alone. SCHEDULE Your to-dos and your events, together in one day and numbered in the order you'll do them. Drag them where you want them, and tap a number to complete it. Set a reminder on any to-do, and LYS can send you your plan each morning. Make a to-do repeat on the days you choose, and your routine keeps its order from one day to the next. Your events sync automatically with Apple Calendar, Google Calendar, and Outlook. IMPORTANT DATES The days you're waiting for, on a timeline from today: a trip, a school play, an anniversary. A date can come back every year. Bring in birthdays from your contacts, see how old everyone is turning, and see each one coming a week ahead. LYS can remind you a month, a week, and a day ahead, and on the day itself. GOALS A goal is a number: dollars saved, books read, a balance paid down. Tell LYS where you are and where you want to get to, add a step each time you move, and watch the bar fill. A to-do can count toward a goal, so checking it off moves the number for you. Quitting something? Count the days without it. If you slip, start over, and write down what will help next time. Write down why you're quitting, so the reason is there when you need it. NOTES Every list and idea in one place, sorted from A to Z, in folders inside folders. Checklists, a grocery list that remembers your usuals, and a search only you can run. Lock the private ones with Face ID. JOURNAL Before you go to bed, record your day by answering five questions. Then rewind to any day to see what was on your mind. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Everything you write is end-to-end encrypted with a key only you hold. Our servers store your words as ciphertext we can't read. If you use LYS without an account, your planner never leaves your iPhone or iPad. EVERYWHERE YOU ARE iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets that stay up to date, and Siri to add a to-do. Choose from 54 Paper Colors, and the whole app, even the icon, changes to match. YOURS TO KEEP Your planner works without a connection. Once you create an account, it syncs and backs up quietly, and you can export everything as Markdown or PDF anytime. FREE TO START Try LYS for free! If you love it, upgrade to LYS Unlimited. A NOTE FROM JOHN hi :) my name is John, and i'm the founder of LYS. i created this app because i wanted to love my life. i wanted to be excited about life! excited to wake up each day, and excited for the future. everyone has their own future that, if they can create, they'll love their life. my goal is to make it easier for everyone to create that future. LYS, which stands for Love Yourself, is the first app i've built. i hope you love it, and i hope you love yourself. John Leonard Colorado, USA Terms of Use: https://lysplanner.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://lysplanner.com/privacy

Screenshots

Bullet Note4 screens
LYS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: LYS at daily against Bullet Note's every 6 days. LYS also leads on ratings volume (14 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. Bullet Note sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and LYS sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $10.00 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Bullet Note against 5.0 for LYS. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: LYS has 14 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bullet Note ships an update every 6 days, LYS daily. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Bullet Note versus LYS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBullet NoteLYS
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings114 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB140 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperRonnie KissosLove Your Life, LLC

Customer experience

Bullet Note

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

LYS

All ratings14 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Bullet Note

One-time3
  • Bullet Note Pro Monthly$3.99
  • Bullet Note Pro Annual$29.99
  • Bullet Note Pro Lifetime$39.99
4 purchases

LYS

Subscriptions2
  • LYS Unlimited Monthly$10.001 Month
  • LYS Unlimited Yearly$60.001 Year
One-time2
  • One Month of LYS$10.00
  • One Year of LYS$60.00

Questions

Is Bullet Note free?
Bullet Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is LYS free?
LYS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Bullet Note or LYS?
Bullet Note and LYS are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 14 ratings respectively.
Do Bullet Note or LYS have ads?
Neither Bullet Note nor LYS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bullet Note or LYS?
Bullet Note ships an update every 6 days, and LYS daily. Most recently, Bullet Note was updated on October 7, 2026 and LYS on October 25, 2026.

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