Comparison

Mesh Notes vs petal

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

Head to head
About

Mesh Notes

Collaborate on notes in real-time with friends, even without an internet connection. Simply be nearby to edit shared notes and see changes instantly. Access notes on your Apple Watch and send them via iMessage.

Highlights
  • Real-time collaboration
  • Offline editing
  • Nearby device communication
  • Apple Watch integration
  • iMessage app support
  • Spotlight Search accessibility
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Collaborate on notes in real-time. Anytime. Anywhere. No internet needed. • Join forces with your friends to edit the same note without the use of internet connection. Just be near your friends. • Watch your notes change in real-time as your friends contribute to your notes. • Read saved notes on your Apple Watch and see edits live on your wrist! • Use the iMessage app to send and collaborate on notes in conversations (in addition to fellow collaborators nearby). • Notes are easily accessible in Spotlight Search! Mesh Notes requires WiFi and Bluetooth to communicate to nearby devices. Up to 8 nearby devices can contribute to one note at a time. Mesh Notes collaborative editing framework "Objective-C WithOut Operational Transform" is freely available under MIT License. (https://github.com/ansonl/objc-woot)

About

petal

This app provides a private space to capture and organize your thoughts without immediate categorization. It offers smart sorting, rich text editing, document scanning, and offline functionality, ensuring your ideas are saved and easily retrievable.

Highlights
  • Capture first, file later
  • Smart sorting learns your preferences
  • Document scanning to searchable PDFs
  • Rich text editing with formatting options
  • Dictation for voice-to-text notes
  • Offline functionality
  • Recently deleted notes recovery
Features
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Petal is a forget-me-not for your mind - a quiet, private place to put every thought you don't want to lose. Most note apps ask you to decide where something belongs before you've finished thinking it. Petal doesn't. You open it, you write, and it handles the filing. CAPTURE FIRST, FILE LATER Start typing the moment the app opens. Your words are saved as you go, so a half-finished thought survives a phone call, a locked screen or a closed app. Nothing is categorized until you say so. SMART SORT When you're ready to save, Smart Sort reads the note and puts it in the right category for you. It learns from your corrections, so it gets better the more you use it. Prefer to file it yourself? Choose a category and Petal won't second-guess you. PHOTOS, FILES AND DOCUMENT SCANNING • Attach photos straight from your library, or take a new one with the camera. • Scan paper with the camera and Petal turns it into a searchable PDF, right inside the note. • Add files you already have, rename them, and preview them without leaving the note. A PROPER EDITOR Bold, italic and underline. Bulleted lists, numbered lists and checklists — with the option to drop ticked items to the bottom. Adjustable text size. Paste that keeps your structure and leaves someone else's formatting behind. Links recognized automatically. DICTATION Speak a note instead of typing it, punctuation and all. FIND ANYTHING Search across every note, browse by category, and create, rename, color and reorder categories to match the way you think. NOTHING LOST BY ACCIDENT Deleted notes wait in Recently Deleted for 15 days. Restore one and it goes back where it came from. WORKS OFFLINE Write on a plane, in a lift or in a basement. Changes are kept on your device and sync as soon as you're back online. LIGHT AND DARK Petal follows your system appearance automatically, or you can pin it to light or dark in Settings. YOURS ALONE Your notes belong to you. Sign in with an email and password, read the privacy policy any time from Settings, and permanently delete your account - and everything in it - whenever you choose. Plant your thoughts. Petal will remember them for you.

Screenshots

Mesh Notes4 screens
petal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: petal at 2 against Mesh Notes's —. Mesh Notes's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Mesh Notes against 5.0 for petal. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Mesh Notes versus petal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMesh Notespetal
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings33
Update frequency—Every 9 days
Ads—No
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Devices—iPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAnson LiuAaditya Sharma

In-app purchases

None

Mesh Notes

No in-app purchases

None

petal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mesh Notes free?
Mesh Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is petal free?
petal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mesh Notes or petal?
Mesh Notes and petal are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 3 ratings respectively.

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