Comparison

blarblar vs Marked

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

Head to head
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
Features
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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

About

Marked

Features
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Marked helps you save the words worth remembering, and brings them back into your life through daily reminders and home screen widgets. Save quotes, highlights, and passages from the books and things you read. Instead of letting them disappear into screenshots, notes, or forgotten highlights, Marked gives them a place to come back to. REDISCOVER WHAT YOU’VE READ Your favorite quotes shouldn’t disappear after you save them. Marked resurfaces your saved highlights so you can revisit ideas, sentences, and passages you once found meaningful. SAVE QUOTES AS YOU READ Found something worth keeping? Capture quotes from physical books with your camera, or import highlights from your favorite e-readers and reading apps, including Kindle, Apple Books, Kobo, Readmoo, WeRead, and HyRead. DAILY QUOTE REMINDERS Receive a daily reminder with something you’ve saved before. A small moment to revisit an idea, remember a book, or rediscover a sentence you had almost forgotten. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS Keep your favorite highlights where you’ll actually see them. Add Marked widgets to your Home Screen and let saved quotes naturally reappear throughout your day. ADD YOUR OWN THOUGHTS Reading the same sentence months later can mean something completely different. Add notes and reflections to your saved highlights and keep track of what they mean to you over time. MADE FOR READERS WHO HIGHLIGHT EVERYTHING Marked is for anyone who saves passages from books, articles, essays, and other things they read, but rarely goes back to them. Instead of building another archive you never open, Marked helps the ideas you care about find their way back to you. Save what matters. Rediscover it later. Remember more of what you read. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://clementineflow.github.io/marked/privacy/

Screenshots

blarblar4 screens
Marked4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Marked at 5.0 against blarblar's 4.0. On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. blarblar sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Marked sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Marked holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

blarblar ships an update every 6 days, Marked every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
blarblar versus Marked: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterblarblarMarked
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZIPPERSTingan Cho

In-app purchases

1 purchases

blarblar

One-time1
  • Unlimited Notes$1.99
3 purchases

Marked

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Premium Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is blarblar free?
blarblar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Marked free?
Marked is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, blarblar or Marked?
Marked is rated higher. blarblar averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Marked averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do blarblar or Marked have ads?
Neither blarblar nor Marked shows ads.
Which is updated more often, blarblar or Marked?
blarblar ships an update every 6 days, and Marked every 4 days. Most recently, blarblar was updated on October 29, 2026 and Marked on October 31, 2026.

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