petal-notes
Plant your thoughts
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Petal: the forget-me-not for everything you meant to remember. Notes, photos and scanned PDFs, sorted into the right category the moment you save them.
Petal is a forget-me-not for your mind - a quiet, private place to put every thought you don't want to lose.
Most note apps ask you to decide where something belongs before you've finished thinking it. Petal doesn't. You open it, you write, and it handles the filing.
CAPTURE FIRST, FILE LATER
Start typing the moment the app opens. Your words are saved as you go, so a half-finished thought survives a phone call, a locked screen or a closed app. Nothing is categorized until you say so.
SMART SORT
When you're ready to save, Smart Sort reads the note and puts it in the right category for you. It learns from your corrections, so it gets better the more you use it. Prefer to file it yourself? Choose a category and Petal won't second-guess you.
PHOTOS, FILES AND DOCUMENT SCANNING
• Attach photos straight from your library, or take a new one with the camera.
• Scan paper with the camera and Petal turns it into a searchable PDF, right inside the note.
• Add files you already have, rename them, and preview them without leaving the note.
A PROPER EDITOR
Bold, italic and underline. Bulleted lists, numbered lists and checklists — with the option to drop ticked items to the bottom. Adjustable text size. Paste that keeps your structure and leaves someone else's formatting behind. Links recognized automatically.
DICTATION
Speak a note instead of typing it, punctuation and all.
FIND ANYTHING
Search across every note, browse by category, and create, rename, color and reorder categories to match the way you think.
NOTHING LOST BY ACCIDENT
Deleted notes wait in Recently Deleted for 15 days. Restore one and it goes back where it came from.
WORKS OFFLINE
Write on a plane, in a lift or in a basement. Changes are kept on your device and sync as soon as you're back online.
LIGHT AND DARK
Petal follows your system appearance automatically, or you can pin it to light or dark in Settings.
YOURS ALONE
Your notes belong to you. Sign in with an email and password, read the privacy policy any time from Settings, and permanently delete your account - and everything in it - whenever you choose.
Plant your thoughts. Petal will remember them for you.
Ticking a checklist item no longer brings up the keyboard, so you can check off a long list without the keyboard popping up after every tap.
The developer, Aaditya Sharma, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- User Content
- Identifiers
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Aaditya Sharma
- Size
- 7.2 MB
- Category
- Productivity
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Aaditya Sharma