Comparison

SpellBook vs PPNote

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

Head to head
About

SpellBook

This app offers a private space for self-reflection and personal growth, repurposing social media tools for inner exploration. It helps users debug their thinking, emotions, and passions through a personalized news feed powered by offline AI.

Highlights
  • Journaling and emotional debugging
  • Offline AI-powered content feed
  • Private and secure self-exploration
  • Task identification and idea incubation
  • Markdown support
  • Customizable AI algorithms
Features
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SpellBook is a reverse social media app - it's like Facebook or Twitter, but it's not about others, it's about yourself! Many see SpellBook like a journaling app, yet it's so much more than that. In a world of fake news, provoking opinions, and selfish agendas, SpellBook creates a sacred space for us to write down and DEBUG our thinking, our emotions, and our passions. What is most important for you in your life? What are your dreams and passions? What is blocking you from pursuing those dreams? Why do you think like that, or have this opinion? How do you feel about xyz? Did something happen in the past which caused this? The answer to these questions was many times more trivial for people before the internet. In modern days however, social media tends to subconsciously answer these questions for us through FOMO and exploitative algorithms. Add to this the selfish nature of politicians, opinions and ideology and fearful hidden agendas, and you get a global mental health epidemic. To offset this, SpellBook aims to provide a "News Feed About Yourself" - take the best tools which social media uses, and repurpose it for self-knowledge and deep inner exploration. Then going back into the world you take with you the seed of un-infected self-knowledge. Using offline AI algorithms, you can expect a daily new feed with your most engaging content to ignite your inner fire, allowing you to engage with your unique being and expression of life, on this planet. The more you fill your SpellBook up with your personal content over time, the more of a goldmine for inspiration and rejuvenation it will become. It's a mirror for your internal reality so that you can learn who you are, what your patterns are, what you really think, and eventually allowing you to focus on what you truly want, and change the world around you accordingly! Features: - Journal, Task Identifier, Idea Incubator and Emotional debugger - all in one - 100% Offline and Private - Dark & Light Mode - Markdown Support - Next-generation categorization of thinking using the four elements - Customize your news feed with different AI-algorithms - Like your best content, and comment on it over time. See your opinion evolve, and learn about yourself! Enjoy the journey!

About

PPNote

Organize your thoughts and web links efficiently. Collect information from other apps, create custom notes with categories and subcategories, and easily manage your content with favorite and hidden options. Streamline your workflow with quick actions for moving and tagging notes.

Highlights
  • Collect notes and links from other apps
  • Automatic categorization by URL
  • Manual note creation with categories/subcategories
  • Favorite and hide notes
  • Quick actions for moving and tagging
  • Organize with categories, subcategories, and tags
Features
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PPNote helps you better manage your notes. 1. Collect from other apps. - You can collect information from other apps(like Safari, Chrome, etc) to PPNote through Share button. - When it's a web page, the note will be automatically categorized by URL. 2. Create note in PPNote. - You can manually create note either in category or in sub category. If there is no category yet. Please create one. 3. Favorite a Note. - You can favorite a note from context menu. - Favorite notes always show on the top. Easier for you to View. - You can view all the favorite notes in [Notes] tab. 4. Hide a Note. - You can hide a note from context menu. - Hidden notes are not shown by default. You can view them by tapping the [Show hidden notes] button. - You can view all the hidden notes in [More] tab. 5. Quick Action in Context Menu. - Quickly move note to other category/sub category. - Quickly add or remove tag for a note. - More actions. 6. Organize Notes. - Use category, sub category and tag to organize notes better.

Screenshots

SpellBook4 screens
PPNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SpellBook at 100% against PPNote's 40%. SpellBook also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. PPNote sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SpellBook asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SpellBook holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of SpellBook's written reviews are positive against 40% of PPNote's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpellBook ships an update every 8 months, PPNote every 7 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SpellBook versus PPNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpellBookPPNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (8 ratings) — better3.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 8 monthsEvery 7 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.4 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size44 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam Blazejczak金鹏 王

Customer experience

SpellBook

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

PPNote

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

SpellBook

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

PPNote

One-time1
  • [More Features]$1.99

Questions

Is SpellBook free?
SpellBook is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PPNote free?
PPNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SpellBook or PPNote?
SpellBook is rated higher. SpellBook averages 4.9 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while PPNote averages 3.5 from 2 ratings.
Do SpellBook or PPNote have ads?
Neither SpellBook nor PPNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpellBook or PPNote?
SpellBook ships an update every 8 months, and PPNote every 7 months. Most recently, SpellBook was updated on October 24, 2026 and PPNote on October 24, 2026.

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