Comparison

BLISS Note vs Mena

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/

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Mena

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Private visual notes for iPad. Build mind maps on an infinite canvas, study with FSRS flashcards, and sync through your private iCloud storage โ€” no account required. Mena is an infinite canvas and visual second brain for iPad. Sketch ideas, build mind maps, embed media, and turn any board into spaced-repetition flashcards you actually review โ€” no account required. INFINITE CANVAS Pan, zoom, and draw with no page limits. Pastel sticky notes, shapes and connectors for mind maps and flowcharts, frames, tables, and 19 polygon shapes. Apple Pencil support with Draw to Shape โ€” sketch a rough shape and Mena snaps it perfect. EVERY KIND OF CONTENT Drop anything onto your board: sticky notes, rich text and Markdown, code blocks with syntax highlighting, images, PDFs with full page navigation, video, audio files, and live maps. Record voice memos directly on the canvas โ€” ink drawn during recording is seekable by playback time. Web embeds and URL preview cards keep sources right where you need them. PAPER TEMPLATES Note pages come in blank, lined, dotted, and grid. Change one page or every blank page at once, and choose auto, light, or dark paper independently of your system theme. The same page renders identically in the reader, sidebar, overview grid, library thumbnail, and exported PDF. STUDY WITH FSRS Turn any deck board into spaced-repetition flashcards. Mena uses FSRS โ€” the most accurate scheduling algorithm available โ€” to surface cards exactly when you need them. Again / Hard / Good / Easy grading with interval preview. Cloze deletion with one tap. Auto-generate flashcards from your notes on-device, no network needed. STUDY DASHBOARD Track your streak, retention rate, and 14-day due forecast. See today's review count at a glance. ANKI COMPATIBLE Import any .apkg file directly. Mena imports your cards, scheduling data, embedded images, and cloze deletions. Export any deck back as .apkg and study it in Anki on any device. SLIDES & PRESENTATION Draw a frame around anything and it becomes a slide. Open the filmstrip panel, jump to any slide, present full-screen, or export the whole deck as a crisp PDF. 6 BOARD TYPES Board โ€” infinite whiteboard. Note โ€” vertical scroll page. Journal โ€” one auto-created page per day. Atlas โ€” a spatial map of all your boards. Collection โ€” a live saved query across all boards. Deck โ€” FSRS study deck with review session. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS 4 widget types for home screen and lock screen: New Board (one-tap creation), Board Preview (live thumbnail of any board), Today's Study (due count, streak, retention), and Deck (per-deck stats). All fully configurable. SHARE FROM ANYWHERE A share extension catches text, links, images, PDFs, and videos from any other app โ€” tap Share โ†’ Mena, pick a board, done. PRIVATE iCLOUD SYNC Every board, element, and attachment syncs across your Apple devices through your private iCloud CloudKit database. No Mena account. No third-party cloud server stores your Mena content. Flashcard generation runs on-device. Optional web embeds and Unsplash search connect only when you choose to use them. Mena fits how your brain actually works โ€” capture, connect, and remember. FREE & PRO Free covers 3 boards, 3 notes, 3 documents and 5 decks; journals and system boards are never limited. Mena Pro lifts every limit โ€” Pro Monthly and Pro Yearly renew automatically, Pro Lifetime is a one-time purchase. Prices appear in the app before you buy, and you can restore purchases at any time. Privacy Policy: https://apps.cihat.dev/mena/privacy-policy/ Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

BLISS Note4 screens
Mena4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Mena at every 3 days against BLISS Note's every 6 days. BLISS Note's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.5 vs 18.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Mena sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BLISS Note ships an update every 6 days, Mena every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences ยท 3 level
BLISS Note versus Mena: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLISS NoteMena
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 โ€” better18.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size143 MB48 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBLISS AI Inc.Cihat Salik

In-app purchases

2 purchases

BLISS Note

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

Mena

Subscriptions2
  • Mena Pro - Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Mena Pro - Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Mena Pro - Lifetime$79.99

Questions

Is BLISS Note free?
BLISS Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mena free?
Mena is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BLISS Note or Mena have ads?
Neither BLISS Note nor Mena shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BLISS Note or Mena?
BLISS Note ships an update every 6 days, and Mena every 3 days. Most recently, BLISS Note was updated on October 1, 2026 and Mena on October 14, 2026.

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