Comparison

BLISS Note vs Tertiary NotePad

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

Head to head
About

BLISS Note

Features
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One pencil across every note. Ink on text notes, annotate PDFs, and keep notes inside notes โ€” an all-in-one notebook for iPad, iPhone and Mac, built for Apple Pencil. โ–  One pencil, every note โ€ข The same pen, highlighter and tools on text notes, PDFs and drawings โ€” ballpoint, fountain pen and more โ€ข Handwriting and annotation right over your typed notes โ€” page breaks keep ink on its page as you edit โ€ข Free-form canvas and A4 landscape, Letter, Square and B5 pages, lasso select & move, vector shapes โ€ข Convert handwriting to text, and write note titles in your own hand โ€ข Write small text comfortably in a magnified zoom-write strip โ–  Planner & tasks โ€ข Task management โ€” keep your to-dos in one place โ€ข Planner notes โ€” add your schedule to a handwritten diary, sync with your iCloud calendar, and link a note to every event โ€ข Recurring events & lunar anniversaries โ€” repeat daily to yearly or by the lunar calendar, and edit or delete this one, the following, or all โ–  Exam prep & memorization โ€ข Question bank & wrong-answer notes โ€” 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 โ€ข Vocabulary flashcards and a memorization sheet (red sheet) โ€” hide highlights and tap to reveal โ€ข D-day countdown โ€” the days left until an exam or deadline, on the Home screen and inside notes โ–  Record, transcribe & translate โ€ข Record meetings & lectures and turn them into text โ€” organize & summarize with your AI โ€ข Live translation โ€” transcripts and notes translated on-device, so it works offline (59 languages) โ€ข Play a recording from the note header, and save a transcript with its translation as a new note โ€ข Recording-handwriting sync โ€” tap ink you wrote while recording to play from that moment, in a floating mini-player โ–  Search anything โ€ข Full-text search across text and PDFs โ€” plus your handwriting and recordings (transcripts) โ€ข In-note search โ€” find text right inside the open note โ–  Notes inside notes โ€ข Embed PDFs, drawings and other notes inside a text note โ€ข Organize a list of notes within one note using Shelves โ€ข List, Thumbnail, Bookshelf, Tabs, Tiles and Pinned view modes โ€ข Page grid view โ€” all pages of PDF & drawing notes as thumbnails โ€ข YouTube playlist embed โ€” play a playlist inside a note and track your watch progress โ€ข Split view โ€” two notes side by side, to copy across and compare โ–  Papers & documents in PDF โ€ข Import PDFs and mark up with pen, highlighter, underline โ€ข Reading mode โ€” Sepia, Dim and Night soften the glare of white pages, while ink and annotations keep their colors โ€ข Automatic paper citations โ€” title, authors, year & journal detected, with APA, MLA, IEEE & BibTeX ready to copy; use the detected title as the note title โ€ข Export original or with annotations (text stays selectable) โ–  Annotate the web โ€ข Open a web page in the app, highlight it, add notes, and write on top with your pen โ€ข The original page is never stored โ€” only your own annotations, kept on your device โ–  Make it your own โ€ข Add a cover page to the front of a note and draw or write on it โ€ข Use your own images as note covers, or as the paper (background) for drawing notes โ€ข Turn any image into a sticker or washi tape to decorate your notes โ€ข Place your own drawing behind the Home screen โ€” position, size and opacity โ–  A powerful editor โ€ข Headings, lists, tables, checklists, code blocks โ€ข Clean paste from anywhere โ€” AI answers and web pages keep their Markdown & HTML formatting โ–  Privacy first โ€ข No sign-up to start โ€” your notes live on your device โ€ข No note servers of ours โ€” optional cloud sync goes only through your own iCloud or Google Drive โ€ข Available in 24 languages Study notes, research, lecture notes, planning, quick sketches โ€” 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/

About

Tertiary NotePad

Features
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NotePad is a clean, native iPad note-taking app built for Apple Pencil. It feels like a paper notebook with the power of digital ink. - Handwriting with pressure and tilt, low latency, and palm rejection - the Pencil draws while a finger scrolls and two fingers zoom. - GoodNotes-style tool bar: pen, highlighter, erasers, color dropdown and widths. - White paper or blackboard templates, applied across the whole notebook. - Shapes and flowcharts (process, decision, start/end, connectors) with editable vector overlays; connectors re-route when you move a node. - Type directly into sticky notes and flowchart nodes (multi-line, with background colors). - Lasso to move, delete or copy multiple strokes; recolor and edit shapes. - Import PDFs and annotate them; export pages or whole notebooks to PDF/PNG/JPG. - Organize with nested notebooks and tags, and search inside your handwriting. - Record voice memos per notebook. - Everything syncs across your devices with iCloud. Powered by Tertiary Infotech Academy Pte Ltd.

Screenshots

BLISS Note4 screens
Tertiary NotePad2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tertiary NotePad at none against BLISS Note's 2. Tertiary NotePad also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 6 days). BLISS Note's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. BLISS Note sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Tertiary NotePad asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BLISS Note ships an update every 6 days, Tertiary NotePad daily. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences ยท 2 level
BLISS Note versus Tertiary NotePad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLISS NoteTertiary NotePad
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysDaily โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo โ€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 โ€” better18.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size143 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBLISS AI Inc.Alfred Ang

In-app purchases

2 purchases

BLISS Note

Subscriptions2
  • Bliss Note Pro (Monthly)$0.991 Month
  • Bliss Note Pro (Yearly)$3.991 Year
None

Tertiary NotePad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BLISS Note free?
BLISS Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tertiary NotePad free?
Tertiary NotePad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BLISS Note or Tertiary NotePad have ads?
Neither BLISS Note nor Tertiary NotePad shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BLISS Note or Tertiary NotePad?
BLISS Note ships an update every 6 days, and Tertiary NotePad daily. Most recently, BLISS Note was updated on October 1, 2026 and Tertiary NotePad on October 6, 2026.

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