BLISS Note vs notal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
BLISS Note
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One pencil across every note ā 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 ā ballpoint, fountain pen and more ⢠Write over your typed notes ā 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 ā from a link or your own Google Drive ⢠Notion pages and exports, and Markdown files ā 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 ā 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 ā progress, overdue tasks and next deadlines at a glance, with a period and status for each project ⢠Class timetable ā tap a period to open its notes ⢠Recurring events, lunar anniversaries and D-day countdowns ā Exam prep & memorization ⢠Question bank & wrong-answer notes ā 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 ā 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 ā 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 ā 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 ā 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/
notal
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notal helps you organize what's notable. It's not just another notes app ā 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 ā shopping, packing, steps ⢠Add photos inline, sized and aligned ⢠Link text to a web page ā 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 ā what's notable, noted. ā 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
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Verdict
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
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.
BLISS Note ships an update weekly, notal every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BLISS Note | notal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly ā better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac ā better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 ā better | 18.6 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 173 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BLISS AI Inc. | Nejat Erdal |
In-app purchases
BLISS Note
- Bliss Note Pro (Monthly)$0.991 Month
- Bliss Note Pro (Yearly)$3.991 Year
notal
- notal Monthly$0.991 Month
- notal Yearly$9.991 Year
- notal Lifetime$19.99









