BLISS Note vs DeskCalendar

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. ■ 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 ■ 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 ■ 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 ■ 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 ■ 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 ■ 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) ■ 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 ■ 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 ■ 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 ■ 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 ■ 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 ■ 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 ■ 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/

DeskCalendar is a simple handwritten desk calendar for iPad. Use it like a paper calendar: write notes and plans by hand, switch between month, week, and diary views, and keep your schedule in a way that feels natural to you. The app is built around a large, readable calendar screen, so you can open it and quickly check today, this week, or the current month. With Apple Pencil support, you can write small notes, reminders, plans, and daily records directly onto the calendar. DeskCalendar can also display events from the iOS Calendar and Reminders apps, letting you view your existing schedule while adding your own handwritten notes on top. Main features: - Month, week, and diary views - Handwritten notes with Apple Pencil - Pen, highlighter, and eraser tools - iOS Calendar event display - Reminder display - Multiple Books - Week start day setting - Timeline display hour settings - Calendar image sharing - iCloud sync display on iPhone - Backup and restore with Google Drive - Widget support The free version lets you try the calendar for last month, this month, and next month. With the Pro upgrade, you can use a wider date range and keep DeskCalendar as a long-term handwritten calendar. DeskCalendar is made for people who want a calendar that stays simple, readable, and flexible, with the freedom of handwriting.