PetaNote vs Head
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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/
Head
Organize your creative inspirations by saving links, files, and ideas. This app acts as a digital inventory for creators, allowing you to store various media and notes in a browsable format. It also offers tools for journaling, planning, and music playback.
- Save links and files as cards
- Organize content on shelves
- Voice-to-text saving
- Integrated music playback
- Searchable inventory
- Shareable shelves
- Built-in productivity tools
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Head-Light is an inventory for creators: what moves you, and the words it inspires. ■ Turn links and files into cards on a shelf ・Save links to videos, social posts, music, books, and websites as cards with covers. ・Keep your own photos, PDFs, text, Word, and audio files on the same shelves. ・Browse in a grid, or flip through your collection one card at a time. ■ Just talk to save an idea When an idea hits, tap the big microphone on the home screen, talk, and say "send it" at the end to save. You can type, too. ・Your saved words, photos, and completed activities line up in your Journal, day by day. ・Say a plan with a date and time, and Head-Light offers to add it to your calendar. ■ Enjoy music like a record collection Bring music links from Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, and other services together on the same shelf. Line up their covers, browse your collection, and pick what fits your mood. ・With supported Apple Music albums, flip them over and play from Side A or Side B. Meet a familiar album again, starting from Side B. ・Shuffle the supported Apple Music and music-library tracks saved on a shelf. ・Playback for other services depends on the linked service and content. Your music service's library stays untouched. ・Apple Music playback requires an active subscription and permission. ■ Find what you saved, and put it to use ・Search across all your shelves, including text inside supported PDFs and images. ・Copy or move saved cards to another shelf for your next project. ・Find your saved cards through Siri and Spotlight, too. ■ Share a whole shelf with one link No matter how many videos it holds, you send just one link. Anyone with the link can view the shared shelf in a browser—no app needed. ・Only the shelf name and link-card information are shared, never your personal notes or photos. ・Playback depends on the linked service and content. ■ 20+ everyday tools, free ・Routines, timers (Pomodoro, workouts, meditation), and a to-do list ・Mood, sleep, and medication logs ・An idea jar and a venting jar ・Pick the tools you need and keep them on your home screen. ■ Ask any AI Copy your saved words in one go and paste them into ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini. ■ Choose how to add more Basic capture, the Journal, tools, and up to three shelves are free. ・High Beam (optional subscription): AI sorting, conversation, and summaries. After the free trial, you can create as many shelves as you like while subscribed. ・One-time purchase: add shelves 10 at a time. Subscriptions renew automatically. You can cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. ■ Your records are yours No ads. No tracking. Your records stay on your device and can be protected with Face ID. Only when you use a cloud AI feature—and after a screen explains what is sent and who receives it, and you agree—are those words and photos sent to Anthropic for processing. You can decline and keep using Head-Light, and withdraw consent anytime in Settings. When you share a shelf, its name and link-card information are published through a shareable link. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://head-light.app/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Head at every 5 days against PetaNote's every 5 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. PetaNote sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Head sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PetaNote ships an update every 5 months, Head every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PetaNote | Head |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 培强 郝 | KAI SONODA |
Customer experience
PetaNote
Head
In-app purchases
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
Head
- High Beam Monthly$5.991 Month
- High Beam Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year
- More shelves$5.99









