# BluLines

> Text Notes, Folders, Recording

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id480085812](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id480085812)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id480085812`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** RIEU Limited
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 3.70 / 5 (316 ratings)
- **Version:** 7.3.1
- **Last updated:** 2024-07-10
- **First published:** 2011-11-21
- **Size:** 11 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/blulines/id480085812)
- **Website:** [http://www.rieu.com](http://www.rieu.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://rieu.co.nz/privacy.html](http://rieu.co.nz/privacy.html)

## Description

BluLines is a feature-rich notes app for Chrome that helps you organize your thoughts with text notes, folders, and attachments, plus to-do lists, passcode lock, themes, and reminders.

It supports auto folders with filters, folder name highlighting, per-folder sort modes, note search, font customization, text formatting, and rich text exports to iCloud Drive. Notes can be quickly located and revisited from reminders, ensuring fast capture and retrieval.

## Rankings

- #95,725 — Overall
- #74 — folder

## Review summary

Users praise BluLines for folder-based organization and reliable backup/restore across devices, and view it as a long-standing note app. However, reviews overwhelmingly note intrusive ads that disrupt navigation, with some ads obstructing access. A major complaint is the shift from a one-time ad-free purchase to a subscription. Data loss and backup failures across device transfers or OS updates are frequently reported, along with general reliability issues when ads are present. Many users are migrating to alternative note apps.

### Pros

- Folder-based organization of notes.
- Backup and restore of notes across devices.
- Longstanding, trusted note-taking app with history.
- Historically offered an ad-free one-time purchase option.

### Cons

- Intrusive, pervasive ads that disrupt usage and can freeze the app.
- Ad-free option shifted to a paid subscription rather than a one-time purchase.
- Data loss or failed backups when transferring devices or after OS updates.
- Reliability issues including crashes and unresponsive UI during ads.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id480085812)