Cheatsheet vs Petey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cheatsheet
Quickly store and access important information like hotel room numbers or license plates via widgets, a custom keyboard, or your Apple Watch. This app simplifies recalling details without needing to unlock your phone.
- Quick recall memos
- Widget access
- Custom keyboard integration
- Apple Watch app
- Search functionality
- Organize with folders
- Format notes
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Cheatsheet is for the little things you never remember: hotel rooms, license plates, luggage combination, ID numbers. Write them down in Cheatsheet and then refer to them anytime in a Widget or paste them anywhere with the Custom Keyboard. No more fumbling to unlock your phone and find your notes app; Cheatsheet is as easy as looking at your lock screen, pulling up the keyboard, or glancing at your Apple Watch. App Features: • Simple UI for adding and managing your cheats. • Over 450 icons to help you recognize what you’re looking for. • Quickly copy a cheat by tapping-and-holding on a row. • Search for your cheats, both in the app and in Spotlight. • Use Shortcuts or Siri to “add notes to Cheatsheet” or “find notes in Cheatsheet”. • Organize your cheats with folders and titles. • Format your notes with bold, italics, lists, links, and more. • Protect your cheats with Passcode Lock (Pro feature). • Sync between all your iOS devices via iCloud (Pro feature). Widgets: • Multiple sizes, styles, and colors. • Tap a cheat to open it. Tap the “+” button to add a cheat in the app. • Cheatsheet also has a “Today widget” with options to copy or delete cheats. Apple Watch: • Add, edit, and delete cheats right from your wrist. • Complications show your top cheat (or several cheats) right on your watch face. • Syncs to your iPhone via iCloud (Pro feature). Keyboard Extension: • Shows up to 50 cheats, which you can insert anywhere you can use a custom keyboard. • Includes space, delete, and return keys to help with simple edits. Advanced Features: • Automate your workflows with Shortcuts. • Action extension: send text or URLs to Cheatsheet from any app via the share sheet. • Customize the Cheatsheet widget’s appearance and behavior to suit your needs. • Add or open notes from Control Center (iOS 18 required). • URL scheme for adding a cheat: cheatsheet://add?text=everything%20is%20awesome. Cheatsheet Pro: • Remove limits on the widget, keyboard, and Watch app. • Protect your cheats with Passcode Lock. • Organize your cheats with folders. • Sync your cheats between your devices with iCloud. • Cheatsheet Pro is a simple, annual subscription; there is a one-time purchase option for customers who want to avoid subscriptions. Cheatsheet for Mac is sold separately. • Purchases help support the ongoing development of Cheatsheet — this app is beloved by its users and has over 10 years of active development by a single indie developer, so your support is truly appreciated! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Petey
Interact with a powerful AI model directly from your Apple Watch or iPhone. Get quick answers, generate messages, create music playlists, and more. Access knowledge and communicate with an intelligent computer in real-time.
- Interact with GPT model on Apple Watch/iPhone
- Create Apple Music playlists
- View locations on Apple Maps
- Get URL previews
- Continue conversations with history
- Generate messages without typing
- Text to Speech for answers
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** Featured on TechCrunch, Daring Fireball, iMore, 9to5Mac, BGR, MacRumors & more! ** Ask Petey a question from your Apple Watch and read the answer on your wrist. No phone needed, no waiting for a screen to light up. Petey runs as its own Watch app, with a complication for your watch face so an answer is one tap away. Petey is also on iPhone and iPad, and your conversations stay in sync across all three. ON YOUR WATCH • Ask by voice or scribble, read the answer right there • Scroll long answers with the Digital Crown • Have the answer read out loud • Send an answer to your phone to use it in another app • Add Petey as a complication for one-tap access ON IPHONE AND IPAD • Full conversation history, synced with your Watch • Live Activity while Petey is thinking, so you can keep doing other things • Share a single answer or a whole conversation • Open any link Petey mentions with one tap • Create Apple Music playlists and view places in Apple Maps from a conversation • Shortcuts: open Petey or ask it a question from a shortcut, or from Siri USE YOUR OWN API KEY If you have an OpenAI API key, add it in settings and Petey uses it directly. You pay OpenAI, not us, and you can pick from the models your key allows. A ChatGPT Plus subscription is not an API key; keys come from platform.openai.com. FREE AND PREMIUM Petey is free to use with a monthly limit of messages. Petey Premium removes the limit and unlocks the more capable models. Bought Petey before it went free? Tap Restore Purchases and your original purchase carries over. PRIVACY Conversations are stored on your device and in your iCloud. Petey does not sell or share your data. Questions or feedback: support@petey.app FAQ: https://petey-assistant.com/faq.html Terms: https://petey-assistant.com/terms.html Privacy: https://petey-assistant.com/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Cheatsheet at 4.7 against Petey's 3.8. Cheatsheet also leads on review sentiment (81% vs 51%) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 352). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Cheatsheet sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Petey sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Cheatsheet holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Cheatsheet has 1.9K ratings behind it against 352, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Cheatsheet's written reviews are positive against 51% of Petey's.
Cheatsheet ships an update every 2 weeks, Petey every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cheatsheet | Petey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.9K ratings) — better | 3.8 (352 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.7% of reviews — better | 51.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.9K — better | 352 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 | 16.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 70 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Overdesigned, LLC | Pencil Research |
Customer experience
Cheatsheet
Petey
User reviews
Cheatsheet
From 1.9K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Quick access to information
- 💡 Useful for remembering important details
- 🤖 Seamless Apple Watch integration
- 💻 Syncs across devices
Room to improve
- 🐛 Sync issues
- 🔒 Lack of password protection
- 🔋 Apple Watch battery drain
- 💰 Paid upgrade required for full functionality
Petey
From 352 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Powerful AI assistant on your wrist
- 👍 Convenient and easy to use
- 🔒 Ability to use own API key
- 💡 Great implementation of ChatGPT on Apple Watch
Room to improve
- 🐛 Buggy or inconsistent performance
- 💰 Paid app with additional subscription
- 🔇 Text-to-speech issues or low volume
- 🤖 Robotic or unnatural voice output
Bugs and requests
Cheatsheet
Reported bugs
3 issues- Entries disappearing from widget
- Syncing problems between devices
- Crashes on older devices
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to sort/reorder entries
- Improve sync reliability
- Implement password protection
- Allow adding images/attachments to entries
- Expand customization options (colors, icons, etc.)
Petey
Reported bugs
3 issues- App not installing or disappearing from Apple Watch
- Inability to upgrade to GPT-4 or API key not working
- Slow or no responses from the AI assistant
Requested features
6 requests- Default to voice input instead of keyboard
- Ability to continue conversations and ask follow-up questions
- Option to change speech voice
- Integration with Notes or other apps for saving responses
- Support for Apple Watch Action button
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- Complication that displays last response
In-app purchases
Cheatsheet
- Cheatsheet Pro$0.991 Month
- Cheatsheet Pro$1.991 Month
- Cheatsheet Pro$4.991 Year
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- Cheatsheet Pro14 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Small Tip$2.99
- Medium Tip$5.99
- Big Tip$9.99
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- Legacy$19.99
- Cheatsheet Pro (Lifetime)$79.99
Petey
- Petey Premium7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Petey Legacy3 variants$6.991 Month
- Petey Premium Year7 Days trial$59.991 Year
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- Petey Legacy$59.991 Year









