Comparison

BLISS Note vs notal

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — 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, PDFs, slides and sheets, open Word, PowerPoint and Google files as notes, and keep notes inside notes. An all-in-one notebook for iPad, iPhone and Mac, built for Apple Pencil. ā–  One pencil, every note • The same pens, highlighter and tools on text notes, PDFs, drawings and sheets — ballpoint, fountain pen and more • Write over your typed notes — ink stays on its page as you edit • Free canvas, or A4, Letter, B5, square and slide paper, with lasso select & move • Vector shapes and flowcharts with connectors, lock and group • Handwriting to text, handwritten titles, and a zoom-write strip for small text ā–  Bring in what you already have • Word as a page note that keeps its layout, Excel and CSV as a sheet note, PowerPoint as editable slides to write on • Google Docs, Sheets and Slides — from a link or your own Google Drive • Notion pages and exports, and Markdown files — with sub-pages, databases and media • Export to PDF, PPTX and Excel, or AirDrop a note as a .blissnote file ā–  Slides & spreadsheets • Slide paper with title and body layouts; present with pen and laser pointer • Sheet notes — formulas that recalculate, sort & filter, find & replace, a fill handle, and ink on top ā–  Write together, nearby • Share a note live with devices on the same Wi-Fi. Guests can view, write on their own layer, or edit together ā–  Planner, timetable & tasks • Tasks, planner notes synced with your iCloud calendar, and a note for every event • Project dashboard — progress, overdue tasks and next deadlines at a glance, with a period and status for each project • Class timetable — tap a period to open its notes • Recurring events, lunar anniversaries and D-day countdowns ā–  Exam prep & memorization • Question bank & wrong-answer notes — split an exam PDF into questions; missed ones return on a 1, 3, 7, 14 and 30-day schedule • Vocabulary flashcards and a memorization sheet (red sheet) ā–  Counseling notes • For school counseling and HR one-on-ones — records, statistics, group sessions, reminders, PDF reports and a Face ID lock, kept only on your devices and your own cloud ā–  Record, transcribe & translate • Turn meetings and lectures into text, and translate on-device, even offline (59 languages) • Tap ink you wrote while recording to play from that moment ā–  Find & connect • Search text and PDFs, plus your handwriting, recording transcripts and #tags • Embed PDFs, drawings, videos and other notes inside a note; link notes and see what links back • Shelves, six view modes, a page grid, split view and YouTube playlists • Headings, lists, tables, checklists, code blocks — and clean paste from AI answers ā–  PDFs & the web • Pen, highlighter and underline; note pages between PDF pages; Sepia, Dim and Night reading modes • Automatic paper citations in APA, MLA, IEEE & BibTeX • Annotate web pages with highlights, notes and pen — only your annotations are stored ā–  Make it your own • Covers and paper from your own images or Unsplash, stickers, washi tape you draw like a pen, and your drawing behind the Home screen ā–  Free & Pro • Free: every tool, for up to 7 notes and 5 PDFs • Bliss Note Pro (monthly or yearly subscription): unlimited notes and PDFs, plus cloud and calendar sync ā–  Privacy first • No sign-up to start — your notes live on your device • Pro sync goes only through your own iCloud or Google Drive • Available in 24 languages 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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notal

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notal helps you organize what's notable. It's not just another notes app — it's a calm project workspace where your tasks and notes live together, under the projects they belong to. Folders hold projects, projects hold documents, and every document keeps your to-dos and your notes side by side. PLAN YOUR TIME • Tasks with due dates, times, reminders, and repeats • A Today view for what needs you right now • Day and Week calendars to see the bigger picture • Overdue and completed tasks, neatly grouped WRITE, RICHLY • Rich text sections: bold, italic, underline, fonts, sizes, and colors • Bulleted lists and left / center / right alignment • Checklists for the things that aren't tasks — shopping, packing, steps • Add photos inline, sized and aligned • Link text to a web page — or to any section in any document, and jump straight to it FOCUS ON WHAT MATTERS • Flag a task, event, or section as a priority and it rises to the top • Pin the things you want to keep an eye on to your Pinned board • A Scratchpad that's always one tap away MADE TO FEEL RIGHT • iCloud keeps everything in sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac • Colorful, customizable blocks with automatic contrast so text stays readable • Full light and dark mode • Dates, times, and numbers always follow your device's regional settings • A clean, modern design that stays out of your way notal keeps your projects moving — what's notable, noted. — notal is free to try for one month. After that, keep it with a monthly or yearly subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage them anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nae-dev.com/notal/privacy-policy.html

Screenshots

BLISS Note4 screens
notal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BLISS Note at weekly against notal's every 2 weeks. BLISS Note also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. BLISS Note sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and notal sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BLISS Note ships an update weekly, notal every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
BLISS Note versus notal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLISS Notenotal
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.5 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size173 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBLISS AI Inc.Nejat Erdal

In-app purchases

2 purchases

BLISS Note

Subscriptions2
  • Bliss Note Pro (Monthly)$0.991 Month
  • Bliss Note Pro (Yearly)$3.991 Year
3 purchases

notal

Subscriptions2
  • notal Monthly$0.991 Month
  • notal Yearly$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • notal Lifetime$19.99

Questions

Is BLISS Note free?
BLISS Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is notal free?
notal is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BLISS Note or notal have ads?
Neither BLISS Note nor notal shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BLISS Note or notal?
BLISS Note ships an update weekly, and notal every 2 weeks. Most recently, BLISS Note was updated on October 17, 2026 and notal on October 18, 2026.

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