Comparison

BLISS Note vs Better Notes

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

Head to head
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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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Better Notes

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Better Notes is a focused idea studio for handwriting, sketching, typed notes and PDF annotation. It combines the freedom of paper with the organisation and editing tools of a modern native app. WRITE NATURALLY Capture smooth, pressure-aware ink with fountain pen, ballpoint, fineliner, pencil, calligraphy, brush, reed pen, marker and highlighter tools. Adjust colour, width and stabilisation, then erase by stroke or precisely through ink. BUILD PAGES YOUR WAY Choose blank, ruled, dotted, grid, Cornell and margin paper. Mix A4, A5, Letter and Legal pages in portrait or landscapeβ€”even inside the same notebook. Add, duplicate, bookmark and reorder your thinking page by page. MORE THAN HANDWRITING Add editable styled text, shapes and images. Move, rotate, recolour and organise content across independent layers with visibility, locking and opacity controls. ANNOTATE PDFs Import a PDF, write directly over it and keep its links intact. Export finished work as PDF, PNG, JPEG, Markdown or plain text whenever you need to share or continue elsewhere. RECORD THE MOMENT Attach audio to a page during a lecture, meeting or brainstorming session. Rename recordings and jump back to the page where each recording began. FIND AND ORGANISE IDEAS Create spaces and nested folders, add tags, mark favourites, revisit recent notes and recover items from Trash. Search notebook titles, tags and typed page content from one fast local library. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Better Notes works locally and offline. Your notebooks and recordings stay on your device unless you choose to export or share them. There is no required account, advertising or behavioural tracking. BUILT FOR APPLE DEVICES Enjoy a responsive light interface designed for touch, Apple Pencil, pointer and keyboard. Better Notes supports keyboard shortcuts, accessibility labels and Reduce Motion. Make space for your next thoughtβ€”and keep every stroke editable.

Screenshots

BLISS Note4 screens
Better Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Better Notes at none against BLISS Note's 2. BLISS Note's advantage is iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.0). On price, ads and device support 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. BLISS Note sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Better Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 4 level
BLISS Note versus Better Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLISS NoteBetter Notes
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo β€” better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac β€” betteriPhone, iPad, Vision Pro
Requires iOS15.5 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size143 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBLISS AI Inc.Luke Mclaughlin

In-app purchases

2 purchases

BLISS Note

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

Better Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BLISS Note free?
BLISS Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Better Notes free?
Better Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BLISS Note or Better Notes have ads?
Neither BLISS Note nor Better Notes shows ads.

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