Comparison

AskNote vs blarblar

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

Head to head
About

AskNote

Features
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AskNote brings your notes, meeting minutes, and ideas together in one place—and lets you ask AI about them directly. On-device AI enables you to use AI offline. ■ Organize your way - Sort notes into folder-like hierarchies using tags - A block-based editor that freely mixes text and photos - Markdown rendering with syntax-highlighted code blocks - Star favorites, or flag notes as "Ask Later" questions to revisit ■ Ask AI about your notes - Ask questions grounded in your own notes, with the full conversation saved alongside each note - Agentic AI tools that can search, create, tag, and organize notes on your behalf - Automatic related-note suggestions, summaries, and tag recommendations - A personalized daily AI news briefing ■ Privacy first, your choice always - On-device AI options that work without an internet connection: Apple Intelligence, Google LiteRT-LM (with built-in model downloads), and Ollama - Or connect your own cloud AI—OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity, and more - You always decide which AI powers your notes ■ Meetings, handled - Record a meeting and let AI transcribe it and draft the minutes automatically - Action items are extracted ■ Everywhere you work - A universal app for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro - Available in Korean, English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, German, Swedish, Danish, Hindi, and Vietnamese Unlock more AI capabilities with an AskNote Premium subscription. This app follows Apple’s Standard End User License Agreement (EULA). https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

blarblar

This app provides a simple widget for jotting down single-line notes directly on your home screen. Quickly capture ideas, to-do items, or shopping lists without opening a separate application. Notes are displayed as small pills and can be easily managed with simple gestures.

Highlights
  • Single-line note widget
  • Enter key to save notes
  • Long-press to delete notes
  • Touch to edit notes
  • Notes appear on home screen
  • Multiple widget sizes
  • Undo delete functionality
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Wait — what was I about to write? And when am I ever going to clear out all these notes? “Type it, hit enter. Hold to delete. That’s the whole thing.” blarblar is a widget that keeps one-line notes. A grocery list, an idea that showed up uninvited, the call you have to make this afternoon. Write it the way you thought it, press enter, and a small pill lands on your home screen. [A memo widget, and nothing more] ・ No button to hunt for. Enter is the whole interface. ・ Pour out one thought after another without stopping. ・ Colors pick themselves. Nothing to choose. ・ Want to change one? Just tap the pill. [Right there on your home screen] Your notes are visible without opening the app. Wake the screen and what you have to do, what you have to buy — it’s already there. Small, medium and large widgets are all supported. [Clearing them out is just as easy] Press and hold a note and it slowly fades away. No more tapping DELETE over and over. Deleted the wrong one? The undo button brings it right back. [You’ll probably like this if] ・ You’ve forgotten a thought while waiting for a notes app to open ・ You rebuild the same grocery list every week ・ Folders and tags wore you out ・ Your notes pile up faster than you can clear them ・ A to-do app feels like too much for “buy milk” ・ You’d rather glance at a widget than open an app [Unlock unlimited] Five notes are free. Want to hold more thoughts? One payment, one time. Not a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy Policy: https://iamheaming.notion.site/Privacy-Policy-3c857bfee36c80d3b133dd2e8424a9ef

Screenshots

AskNote4 screens
blarblar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: AskNote at daily against blarblar's every 2 weeks. AskNote also leads on device support (3 vs 1). blarblar's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AskNote ships an update daily, blarblar every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
AskNote versus blarblar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAskNoteblarblar
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonggyou KimZIPPERS

In-app purchases

None

AskNote

No in-app purchases

None

blarblar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AskNote free?
AskNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is blarblar free?
blarblar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AskNote or blarblar have ads?
Neither AskNote nor blarblar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AskNote or blarblar?
AskNote ships an update daily, and blarblar every 2 weeks. Most recently, AskNote was updated on October 3, 2026 and blarblar on October 12, 2026.

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