Comparison

Bullet Note vs FlatNote

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

FlatNote

This app allows you to create and organize notes using markdown formatting. It offers live formatting, image support, and robust organization features. Your notes are stored as plain files and sync via iCloud across your Apple devices.

Highlights
  • Live markdown formatting
  • Image embedding in notes
  • Folder organization and pinning
  • Real checkboxes
  • In-note search
  • Cross-device iCloud sync
  • Plain .md file export
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FlatNote is a markdown notes app for people who want their writing to stay plain, portable, and theirs. It runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and your notes sync across all of them through your own iCloud, or stay in a folder you choose. Type markdown and watch it format as you go. Headings, bold, italic, strikethrough, links, quotes, bullet lists, and tappable checkboxes all render while you write. The raw symbols stay out of your way and reappear only on the line you are editing, so you always know exactly what you typed. WHAT YOU GET - Live formatting. See the result as you type, with a one minute reference note included. - Photos in your notes. Paste an image or attach one; it is saved next to the note as an ordinary file, not in a database. - Folders, pins, and sorting. Organize notes into real directories and keep the ones you use on top. - Real checkboxes. Tap to check things off, right in the note. - Find in a note. Search the open note and jump between highlighted matches. - Quick formatting. A formatting bar above the keyboard on iPhone and iPad, and standard shortcuts on Mac. - Find your notes fast. Search the whole library by title or content. YOUR WORDS BELONG TO YOU - Every note is a plain .md file. No proprietary format, no lock-in, readable in any app, on any device, years from now. - Your notes live in your iCloud and sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac automatically, signed in with your Apple ID. No separate account to make. - Export carries everything. Share any note as markdown, with its pictures included, or export your whole library as one zip of ordinary files. The files are also right there in the Files app on iOS and Finder on Mac. - Delete is honest. Deleted notes go to Trash, where they can be recovered. QUIET BY DESIGN - No ads. No tracking. No analytics. Nothing about you leaves your devices and your iCloud. - Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, in light and dark. FlatNote keeps the format simple so you can keep your thinking clear.

Screenshots

Bullet Note4 screens
FlatNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FlatNote at none against Bullet Note's 3. Bullet Note's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 3 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. FlatNote asks for nothing beyond the download.

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 FlatNote. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bullet Note ships an update every 6 days, FlatNote every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Bullet Note versus FlatNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBullet NoteFlatNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRonnie KissosKate Benediktsson

Customer experience

Bullet Note

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

FlatNote

All ratings1 ratings
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
None

FlatNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bullet Note free?
Bullet Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is FlatNote free?
FlatNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Bullet Note or FlatNote?
Bullet Note and FlatNote are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Bullet Note or FlatNote have ads?
Neither Bullet Note nor FlatNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bullet Note or FlatNote?
Bullet Note ships an update every 6 days, and FlatNote every 3 months. Most recently, Bullet Note was updated on September 20, 2026 and FlatNote on September 28, 2026.

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