Pearltrees vs Book Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pearltrees
Organize all your digital content, from web pages to files, into visually appealing collections. Enhance your content with AI and discover new resources on topics you love. Access your organized information anytime, anywhere, and collaborate with others.
- Organize all content types
- AI content transformation
- Discover and share resources
- Access collections anywhere
- Collaborate on topics
- Visual content collections
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Pearltrees lets you organize everything effortlessly. Add your content, transform it with Pearltrees AI, and organize it into beautiful collections. Discover and share millions of resources on your favorite topics. With Pearltrees, access all your interests anytime, anywhere! Dedicated versions of Pearltrees also exist for schools and enterprises. What people are saying about Pearltrees: "The most elegant and visual way of collecting and sharing online content" The Next Web "Pearltrees puts a library in your pocket" Digital Trends "This app makes a wonderful experience navigating the collections" Forbes Features: • Have everything you like with you all the time • Access all your collections from anywhere: computers, iPads and iPhones • Keep everything you like: web pages, files, photos and more... • Transform your content and go further with Pearltrees AI • Browse your favorite things blazingly fast • Discover interesting stuff in your areas of interests • Collaborate on your favorite topics • Share all of this Pearltrees is free to download and use. Pearltrees premium adds additional features and is available through an auto-renewing subscription. Pearltrees Premium offers several subscription options: • Personal monthly for $2.99 • Personal annually for $29.99 • Advanced monthly for $4.99 • Advanced annually for $49.99 • Professional monthly for $9.99 • Professional annually for $99.99 Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will not be able to cancel a subscription during the active period. Manage your subscriptions in the Account Settings after purchase. Our Terms of Use: http://www.pearltrees.com/info/terms Our Privacy Policy: http://www.pearltrees.com/info/privacy
Book Note
Easily track your reading progress and thoughts. Add books by searching or taking photos, and create detailed notes with bookmarks. Keep a digital journal of your literary journey.
- Add books via search
- Add books with photos
- Create reading notes
- Add bookmarks to notes
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Join the simple reading notes app ‘Reading Note’. - Add books by searching for them. - You can also add books with photos. - Add bookmarks to your reading notes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Book Note at none against Pearltrees's 10. Book Note also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 86%). Pearltrees's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (197 vs 6). On price, rating, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Pearltrees sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Book Note asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Pearltrees against 4.3 for Book Note. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pearltrees has 197 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 86% of Pearltrees's written reviews are positive against 100% of Book Note's.
Pearltrees ships an update every 3 months, Book Note every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pearltrees | Book Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (197 ratings) | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 197 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.3 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 96 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Broceliand SAS | 2026 Gnosis |
Customer experience
Pearltrees
Book Note
Bugs and requests
Pearltrees
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login and sign-up process can be confusing
- Syncing issues between devices
- Compatibility problems with older devices and operating systems
Requested features
4 requests- Add ability to take notes, annotate, and add context to 'pearls'
- Improve search and organization tools for large collections
- Provide more privacy controls and options for private content
- Integrate with more third-party services and apps
Book Note
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pearltrees
- the Pearltrees Premium Personal plan$1.991 Month
- the Pearltrees Premium Personal plan$2.991 Month
- the Pearltrees Premium Advanced plan$3.991 Month
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- the Pearltrees Premium Advanced plan$4.991 Month
- the Pearltrees Premium Professional plan$9.991 Month
- the Pearltrees Premium Personal plan$19.991 Year
- the Pearltrees Premium Personal plan$29.991 Year
- the Pearltrees Premium Advanced plan$39.991 Year
- the Pearltrees Premium Advanced plan$49.991 Year
- month$1.99
Book Note
No in-app purchases
