BLISS Note: Notes PDF Planner

A handwriting note-taking app and PDF annotator for Android phones and tablets — write with an S Pen, any stylus or your finger. Ink on text notes, PDFs, slides and sheets, open Word, PowerPoint and Google files as notes, and keep notes inside notes.

■ One pen, 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

• S Pen: hold the side button to erase, or click it while hovering to open the pen palette

■ 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

• Scan paper with the camera into a PDF you can write on

• Export to PDF, PPTX and Excel, or send a note as a .blissnote file with Quick Share or any app

■ 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 device calendar, and a note for every event

• 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 fingerprint, face or screen lock, kept only on your devices and your own cloud

■ Record & replay

• Record lectures and meetings — the recording keeps going with the screen off

• Tap ink you wrote while recording to play from that moment

■ Find & connect

• Search text and PDFs, plus your handwriting

• 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 on tablets 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 own drawing behind the app's Home

■ 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 Google Drive and calendar sync

■ Privacy first

• No sign-up to start — your notes live on your device

• Sync with Pro goes only through your own Google Drive

• Available in 24 languages

■ What people use it for

• Lecture and class notes, study planners and exam revision

• Annotating textbooks, research papers and handouts

• Meeting notes, journaling and reading notes

• Drilling vocabulary and past exam questions