BLISS Note vs Daypen
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 10 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/
Daypen
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Take notes. Daypen gets you ready for the exam. Take notes with Apple Pencil or your finger on iPad and iPhone. Daypen Learn turns them into a summary, flashcards and a quiz, and your planner keeps lectures, deadlines and revision in one week. One purchase covers your iPhone, your iPad and your Mac. HANDWRITTEN NOTEBOOKS ⢠Apple Pencil or finger, with fountain pen, ballpoint, pencil, highlighter and crayon ⢠380 templates: Cornell notes, lined and grid paper, 2026ā2027 calendars and exam planners ⢠137 covers, stickers and labels ⢠Handwriting to text, and search inside your handwriting ⢠Your notebooks in sync on iPhone and iPad, and shared notebooks you write in together, live ⢠Record audio while you write, then tap your writing to hear that moment ⢠Bring in a PDF, or add one to any notebook, and write on it: slides, past papers, worksheets ⢠Write a formula by hand and Daypen solves it step by step ⢠Shapes that complete themselves, a laser pointer, and a lasso that turns writing into a task or a calendar entry Your first launch opens with a ready Anatomy notebook and a Daypen Guide, so you can try everything at once. DAYPEN LEARN Pick a page, a notebook or everything you wrote. Daypen Learn makes a summary, key terms, flashcards and a quiz from your own notes. Cards you miss come back sooner, the ones you know wait longer. Take a timed practice exam from your sets and see the three topics to study next. Set a daily goal, keep a streak, follow your scores, and share a quiz as an image with your study group. STUDY ROOMS Study with friends wherever they are: one shared timer, what everyone is working on, and who is focusing or on a break. A PLANNER FOR YOUR WEEK Block out lectures, study sessions and deadlines. Drag a block to move it, tap the circle to finish it, and let it repeat. Get a reminder on time or when you arrive somewhere. Any plan can have its own notebook page. SUMMARISE Record a lecture, open an audio file, a PDF or a Word document, or share a link. Daypen gives you the summary, the key points, the to-dos and the dates, and every line drops into your plan with one tap. HABITS Reading, revision, sleep, the gym. Tap a ring to complete it, watch the streak grow, and see the week, month and year in charts. AN ASSISTANT THAT KNOWS YOUR PLANS Ask what is due, how the week went, or what a plan still needs. It reads only your own plans, habits and notes. THE VAULT Expiry dates with reminders, passwords and IBANs, opened with Face ID or a code of its own. Passwords and IBANs stay in your device's keychain. TOGETHER One book with your flatmates, partner or family: a shared list, habits you keep as a group, and a spending log you can fill from a photo of the receipt. ALSO ⢠Widgets for the home and lock screen, and Siri ⢠A record button in Control Center ⢠Your Apple Calendar events beside your own plans ⢠28 languages FREE AND PRO Free for good: three notebooks with the basic papers and every pen, the planner, the list, notes, five habits, one shared book, the widgets, and your first five questions to the assistant. After the tour you get a free sample quiz. Daypen Pro adds unlimited notebooks, the full template library and every cover, handwriting to text and handwriting search, Daypen Learn, PDF and audio in notebooks, Summarise, the vault, the unlimited assistant, unlimited habits, and backup across devices. One purchase covers every iPhone, iPad and Mac on the same Apple Account: ⢠A monthly or yearly subscription ⢠Or a one-time lifetime purchase, which also covers every feature added to Pro from here on Payment is charged to your Apple Account. A subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends; manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Lifetime is a single payment and does not renew. Terms of Use: https://gepgo.com/daypen/en/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://gepgo.com/daypen/en/privacy/
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Verdict
BLISS Note and Daypen are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters ā price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them ā neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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 $1.99 per month and Daypen sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
BLISS Note ships an update every 6 days, Daypen every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BLISS Note | Daypen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 3 days ā better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.5 | 15.1 ā better |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 177 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BLISS AI Inc. | Ali Can |
In-app purchases
BLISS Note
- Bliss Note Pro (Monthly)$1.991 Month
- Bliss Note Pro (Yearly)$5.991 Year
Daypen
- Daypen Pro$4.991 Month
- Daypen Pro Year$29.991 Year
- Daypen Pro Lifetime$99.99









