Comparison

Speak Me vs BLISS Note

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

Head to head
About

Speak Me

This app allows users to communicate by writing on a screen, which is then spoken aloud. It's useful for individuals with speech difficulties or those learning English or Japanese, offering handwriting recognition, text typing, and a dictionary.

Highlights
  • Handwriting recognition to speech
  • Text typing input
  • Dictionary with definitions
  • Save words and phrases
  • Passcode lock for settings
  • Buzzer for attention
  • Favourites for quick phrases
Features
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Speak Me helps you communicate when speaking or typing is difficult. Write a word, phrase, or sentence with your finger or a stylus. Speak Me recognises your handwriting and reads it aloud with a tap. Use it to communicate with family, friends, carers, teachers, and healthcare professionals. Keep useful phrases close at hand, type when that is easier, and get someone’s attention with the built-in call button. KEY FEATURES • Handwrite text and hear it spoken aloud • Type with the keyboard when preferred • Save frequently used words and phrases for quick access • Choose English or Japanese handwriting recognition • Use the call button to attract attention • Keep a history of spoken phrases • Work without a network connection • Optional controls to prevent accidental changes Speak Me is designed for people who need a simple, direct way to make themselves heard.

About

BLISS Note

Features
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One pencil across every note — 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. ■ One pencil, every note • The same pens, highlighter and tools on text notes, PDFs, drawings and sheets — ballpoint, fountain pen and more • Write over your typed notes — 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 ■ 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 — from a link or your own Google Drive • Notion pages and exports, and Markdown files — with sub-pages, databases and media • Export to PDF, PPTX and Excel, or AirDrop a note as a .blissnote file ■ Slides & spreadsheets • Slide paper with title and body layouts; present with pen and laser pointer • Sheet notes — formulas that recalculate, sort & filter, find & replace, a fill handle, and ink on top ■ 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 ■ Planner, timetable & tasks • Tasks, planner notes synced with your iCloud calendar, and a note for every event • Project dashboard — progress, overdue tasks and next deadlines at a glance, with a period and status for each project • Class timetable — tap a period to open its notes • Recurring events, lunar anniversaries and D-day countdowns ■ Exam prep & memorization • Question bank & wrong-answer notes — 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) ■ Counseling notes • For school counseling and HR one-on-ones — records, statistics, group sessions, reminders, PDF reports and a Face ID lock, kept only on your devices and your own cloud ■ 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 ■ 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 — and clean paste from AI answers ■ 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 — only your annotations are stored ■ 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 ■ 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 ■ Privacy first • No sign-up to start — your notes live on your device • Pro sync goes only through your own iCloud, Google Drive or OneDrive • 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/

Screenshots

Speak Me3 screens
BLISS Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BLISS Note at Free against Speak Me's $7.99. BLISS Note also leads on update cadence (every 6 days vs every 8 months). Speak Me's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.5). On ads and device support 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

BLISS Note is free to download; Speak Me costs $7.99 up front. BLISS Note sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Speak Me asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Speak Me ships an update every 8 months, BLISS Note every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Speak Me versus BLISS Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpeak MeBLISS Note
Price$7.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 6 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB180 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCatalystwoBLISS AI Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Speak Me

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

BLISS Note

Subscriptions2
  • Bliss Note Pro (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • Bliss Note Pro (Yearly)$5.991 Year

Questions

Is Speak Me free?
Speak Me costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BLISS Note free?
BLISS Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Speak Me or BLISS Note have ads?
Neither Speak Me nor BLISS Note shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Speak Me or BLISS Note?
Speak Me ships an update every 8 months, and BLISS Note every 6 days. Most recently, Speak Me was updated on November 1, 2026 and BLISS Note on November 5, 2026.

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