Comparison

BLISS Note vs PaperFlow

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ€” with what reviewers say about each.

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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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PaperFlow

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FUVEST, ENEM and UNICAMP in ink: Brazil's entrance exams, with the past papers solved inside the app. You write the answer as you would on test day, at your own pace or as a timed practice test. What you miss goes into your error notebook on its own and comes back for review โ€” no spreadsheet, no copying questions over. Solving real papers and seeing your performance per topic is free. Plus adds each question's explanation, the AI schedule and sync across devices. START WITH THE EXAM Pick the exam and its date. Sign in with Apple, Google or e-mail in one tap, then answer three real questions in ink with the clock running. At the end, the summary: what you got right, what entered the error notebook and when it comes back. TODAY: THE COUNTDOWN AND YOUR STREAK One "Start" opens the day's session. The countdown to the exam, your question target and your Streak sit on the same screen. Two rest days every 30, milestones along the way and cards to share when you feel like it. GOT IT WRONG? IT COMES BACK TOMORROW The error notebook is a quiz: a question you missed comes back at growing intervals, and "Why did I miss it?" keeps the reason. Get it right three times and it leaves. Only your weak spots. PAST PAPERS, LIKE ON THE DAY The library keeps your place in every paper. Stop halfway, pick up where you left off. Build your own practice test from exams, subjects and topics โ€” a whole topic or a single lesson. Performance per topic shows where you slip most. THE SCHEDULE UP TO THE EXAM Save the exam and the study plan is already there. With Plus, the AI orders the steps into a schedule that spreads reviews over your days, with an outline, cards and a quiz per step. Missed a day? It reshuffles itself. AND THEN, THE NOTEBOOK The same handwriting you used on the paper serves the rest of the subject. Select a handwritten passage and PaperFlow proposes cards and questions, with the answer and an explanation; you approve or discard each one. Circle a word, tap, and it becomes a link to another note. Wrote "prescription" in an October lecture? Type it and find it โ€” search spans what you wrote by hand, typed and brought in as PDF, and your handwriting never turns into text unless you ask. YOUR PDF JOINS THE NOTEBOOK Import the handout, the syllabus, the paper. Write over it. Make cards and questions from a passage or the whole PDF; scanned pages are read too. Ask your notebook and the answer cites the page. PEN AND PAPER YOUR WAY The one that presses and thickens, the flex nib, the pencil that shades when you tilt, the fountain pen, the calligraphy pen, the highlighter. Ruled, grid, dotted and isometric paper. Covers you build. The stroke lands instantly and never pixelates when you zoom. YOUR FILES, ON YOUR DEVICE Everything stays as files on your device and works offline. The notebook is free forever. PaperFlow Plus has a 7-day free trial; cancel anytime in your store settings. PAPERFLOW PLUS Each question's explanation, the AI schedule, cards and quizzes generated from your handwriting and your PDFs, questions to your notebook, and sync across your devices with a cloud copy, with monthly limits published in the app. Monthly or annual subscription with a trial period, auto-renewed until you cancel in your device Settings. The price is shown in the app before you confirm. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://paperflow.dev/privacy/en Support: https://paperflow.dev/support

Screenshots

BLISS Note4 screens
PaperFlow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PaperFlow at every 3 days against BLISS Note's every 6 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 PaperFlow sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BLISS Note ships an update every 6 days, PaperFlow every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 5 level
BLISS Note versus PaperFlow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBLISS NotePaperFlow
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 3 days โ€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac โ€” betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.515.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size143 MB85 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBLISS AI Inc.Freedom It

In-app purchases

2 purchases

BLISS Note

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

PaperFlow

Subscriptions2
  • PaperFlow Plus (Monthly)7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • PaperFlow Plus (Annual)7 Days trial$59.991 Year
One-time1
  • Founder Plan (lifetime)$99.90

Questions

Is BLISS Note free?
BLISS Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PaperFlow free?
PaperFlow is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do BLISS Note or PaperFlow have ads?
Neither BLISS Note nor PaperFlow shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BLISS Note or PaperFlow?
BLISS Note ships an update every 6 days, and PaperFlow every 3 days. Most recently, BLISS Note was updated on October 1, 2026 and PaperFlow on September 30, 2026.

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