BLISS Note vs Mena
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
BLISS Note
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One pencil across every note โ 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. โ One pencil, every note โข The same pens, highlighter and tools on text notes, PDFs, drawings and sheets โ ballpoint, fountain pen and more โข Write over your typed notes โ ink stays on its page as you edit โข Free canvas, or A4, Letter, B5, square and slide paper, with lasso select & move โข Vector shapes and flowcharts with connectors, lock and group โข Handwriting to text, handwritten titles, and a zoom-write strip for small text โ Bring in what you already have โข Word as a page note that keeps its layout, Excel and CSV as a sheet note, PowerPoint as editable slides to write on โข Google Docs, Sheets and Slides โ from a link or your own Google Drive โข Notion pages and exports, and Markdown files โ with sub-pages, databases and media โข Export to PDF, PPTX and Excel, or AirDrop a note as a .blissnote file โ Slides & spreadsheets โข Slide paper with title and body layouts; present with pen and laser pointer โข Sheet notes โ formulas that recalculate, sort & filter, find & replace, a fill handle, and ink on top โ Write together, nearby โข Share a note live with devices on the same Wi-Fi. Guests can view, write on their own layer, or edit together โ Planner, timetable & tasks โข Tasks, planner notes synced with your iCloud calendar, and a note for every event โข Project dashboard โ progress, overdue tasks and next deadlines at a glance, with a period and status for each project โข Class timetable โ tap a period to open its notes โข Recurring events, lunar anniversaries and D-day countdowns โ Exam prep & memorization โข Question bank & wrong-answer notes โ split an exam PDF into questions; missed ones return on a 1, 3, 7, 14 and 30-day schedule โข Vocabulary flashcards and a memorization sheet (red sheet) โ Counseling notes โข For school counseling and HR one-on-ones โ records, statistics, group sessions, reminders, PDF reports and a Face ID lock, kept only on your devices and your own cloud โ Record, transcribe & translate โข Turn meetings and lectures into text, and translate on-device, even offline (59 languages) โข Tap ink you wrote while recording to play from that moment โ Find & connect โข Search text and PDFs, plus your handwriting, recording transcripts and #tags โข Embed PDFs, drawings, videos and other notes inside a note; link notes and see what links back โข Shelves, six view modes, a page grid, split view and YouTube playlists โข Headings, lists, tables, checklists, code blocks โ and clean paste from AI answers โ PDFs & the web โข Pen, highlighter and underline; note pages between PDF pages; Sepia, Dim and Night reading modes โข Automatic paper citations in APA, MLA, IEEE & BibTeX โข Annotate web pages with highlights, notes and pen โ only your annotations are stored โ Make it your own โข Covers and paper from your own images or Unsplash, stickers, washi tape you draw like a pen, and your drawing behind the Home screen โ Free & Pro โข Free: every tool, for up to 10 notes and 5 PDFs โข Bliss Note Pro (monthly or yearly subscription): unlimited notes and PDFs, plus cloud and calendar sync โ Privacy first โข No sign-up to start โ your notes live on your device โข Pro sync goes only through your own iCloud, Google Drive or OneDrive โข 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/
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. Import and export decks Import any .apkg file directly. Mena imports your cards, scheduling data, embedded images, and cloze deletions. Export any deck back as .apkg. 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. Document โ PDFs, scans and images read page by page and marked up with Apple Pencil. Deck โ FSRS study deck with review session. Home screen widgets 4 widget types for home screen and lock screen: Quick Capture (today's note in one tap), 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. iCloud sync is free on every plan. Pro Monthly and Pro Yearly start with a 1-week free trial for eligible new subscribers; the subscription is charged to your Apple Account when the trial ends unless you cancel at least 24 hours before. 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/
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. BLISS Note sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Mena sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BLISS Note ships an update every 6 days, Mena every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BLISS Note | Mena |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 3 days โ better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac โ better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 โ better | 18.6 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 180 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BLISS AI Inc. | Cihat Salik |
In-app purchases
BLISS Note
- Bliss Note Pro (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Bliss Note Pro (Yearly)$5.991 Year
Mena
- Pro Monthly: Flowchart Notes$2.991 Month
- Pro Yearly: Diagram & Quiz7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Pro Forever: Concept Mapping$49.99









