Pudding Notebook vs PetaNote
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pudding Notebook
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Pudding Journal is a simple and beautiful journaling app for capturing your everyday moments. Whether it's your daily mood, travel memories, or life highlights — open the app and start creating your own personalized pages instantly. Layout Templates Choose from a curated collection of templates. Align photos and text with one tap, and create magazine-style pages effortlessly. Sticker Decoration Browse a growing library of stickers. Drag, drop, and arrange them freely to make every page uniquely yours. Photo & Text Collage Combine photos, text, and backgrounds freely. What you see is what you get — create your own life scrapbook. Calendar & Habit Tracker Built-in calendar view with habit tracking. Record every day of progress and growth. Made for iPhone & iPad Seamlessly switch between your phone and tablet. Enjoy a richer creative experience on the big screen. Three simple steps to start your first journal: Pick a template Add photos and text Save and share
PetaNote
Transform your notes and photos into beautifully designed digital scrapbooks. AI generates unique journal pages for any memory, with various artistic styles. Organize and share your creations easily.
- Create scrapbook pages from text and photos
- AI-generated designs with multiple art styles
- Organize entries by list, gallery, or calendar
- Save and share creations to social media
- Collect creative milestone achievements
- Watermark-free exports for members
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Turn your everyday notes and photos into a digital scrapbook with PetaNote. Write a few words, add one or more photos, and choose an art style. AI creates a designed journal page for food memories, travel, outfits, study moments, and everyday life. With PetaNote you can: • Create scrapbook images from text and photos • Explore Japanese-inspired collages, stickers, retro tickets, doodles, watercolor styles, and more • Revisit your entries in list, gallery, monthly calendar, and weekly views • Save pages to Photos or share them on your favorite social platforms • Collect achievements that mark your creative milestones FREE EXPERIENCE AND POINTS Get 10 points on first use, valid for 30 days, with no extra monthly grant that month. Starting the following calendar month, get 5 points each month. Monthly points expire at month end and do not roll over. Non-members use 1 point per basic-style generation or 3 points per VIP-style generation. Point packs are available separately. Purchased points do not expire and do not activate membership. Existing points keep their original expiration dates; monthly points already granted will not be reduced. Achievements do not award points. Weekly challenge and journaling streak point rewards are no longer offered. MEMBERSHIP Basic, Plus, and Pro plans provide 100, 200, and 300 generations per calendar month respectively. All styles use 1 quota unit per generation. Unused quota expires at month end and does not roll over. After quota runs out, members may buy a point pack; each generation then uses 1 purchased point. Members save and share without watermarks. Non-member exports include watermarks, including when using purchased points. Failed generations refund the amount used. Choosing to stop receiving a generation does not refund it. Prices are shown on the in-app App Store purchase page. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current subscription period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID subscription settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Pudding Notebook at every 5 days against PetaNote's every 5 months. Pudding Notebook also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Pudding Notebook sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and PetaNote sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Pudding Notebook ships an update every 5 days, PetaNote every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pudding Notebook | PetaNote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 志灵 陈 | 培强 郝 |
In-app purchases
Pudding Notebook
- Special Offer$0.29
- Starter Pack$0.99
- Basic Pack$1.99
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- Advanced Pack$3.99
- Premium Pack$9.99
- Lifetime VIP$19.99
- Deluxe Pack$19.99
PetaNote
- Monthly Basic Plan$3.991 Month
- Monthly Intermediate Plan$4.991 Month
- Monthly Premium Membership$7.991 Month
- 50 points$5.99
- 100 Points$8.99
- 150 Points$12.99









