Inside Papera: Every Feature Available Today — and What's Coming Next
An honest guide to what Papera does today: 22 block types, 7 paper types, AI layout generation, and real pricing — plus what's genuinely in beta and on the roadmap.
Papera is an AI-powered digital notebook. You describe what you need in plain language — a weekly planner, a habit journal, a project tracker — and the AI generates a complete structured page for you, ready to edit. No template browsing, no blank-page anxiety.
This is an honest tour of what works today, what's in beta, and what's genuinely on the roadmap.
AI Layout Generation — One Prompt, One Page
Type a prompt — ADHD focus journal with habit tracker, weekly meal planner with grocery list, sprint retrospective — and Papera generates a complete notebook page: paper type selected, blocks placed, content pre-filled where it makes sense.
Each page layout costs 1 Ink. Ink is Papera's AI credit — it's what you spend to generate. You earn Ink on a monthly schedule based on your plan, top up anytime with one-time Ink Packs, and unused Ink rolls over (on paid plans) up to your plan's cap. AI cover images cost 4 Ink each.
Ink Packs (one-time top-ups, never expire):
Ink Drop — 25 Ink · $2.99 | Ink Bottle — 75 · $6.99 | Ink Well — 200 · $14.99 | Ink Barrel — 500 · $29.99 (web only)
22 Block Types
Papera has 22 block types. The AI places the right ones for your prompt. You can add, remove, or reorder any block manually after generation. Here's the full list:
- Text — free-form writing
- Heading — section titles
- Grid — structured table; on Grid paper, formulas compute live
- Checkbox — task list
- Callout — highlighted note card
- Quote — pull quote or daily mantra
- Divider — visual section break
- Mood Tracker — emotional state log across the week
- Priority Matrix — Eisenhower urgent/important quadrant
- Index — table of contents with page links
- Music Staff — treble/bass clef with placeable notes (whole, half, quarter, eighth)
- Calendar — month view with per-day events
- Weekly View — seven-column time-blocked planner
- Habit Tracker — daily habit log, tap to mark complete
- Goal Section — milestone tracking
- Time Block — hour-by-hour daily schedule
- Daily Section — single-day structured log
- Progress Bar — formula-driven bar for goals, budgets, word counts
- Rating — star or dot scale
- Water Tracker — hydration log
- Section Nav — jump links between notebook sections
- Kanban — drag-and-drop columns
Free plan includes 15 of the 22 block types. Starter, Pro, and Creator unlock all 22.
7 Paper Types
Every page runs on one of 7 paper types, rendered live in CSS — not a static PDF background:
- Writing (Lined) — ruled lines, optional red margin, legal pad mode, row shading, font-family selection
- Grid — graph paper with live math engine; formulas in Grid blocks compute automatically
- Dotted — bullet-journal dot grid
- Music — treble/bass staff paper; Music Staff blocks only work on this type
- Isometric — triangular iso grid for 3D sketches and spatial layouts
- Hex — hexagonal grid for maps and pattern work
- Blank — plain white canvas
Free plan includes 5 paper types. All paid plans unlock all 7. Note: Music, Isometric, and Hex are rolling out progressively — availability depends on your account.
Pricing: Four Plans, No Feature Paywalls Within a Tier
| Plan | Monthly Ink | Rollover cap | Notebooks | Block types | Price |
|---|
| Free | 10 | — | 1 | 15 of 22 | $0 |
| Starter | 50 | 25 | 5 | All 22 | $4.99/mo · $44/yr |
| Pro | 100 | 50 | Unlimited | All 22 | $9.99/mo · $89/yr |
| Creator | 250 | 125 | Unlimited | All 22 | $19.99/mo · $179/yr |
Annual plans include 2 months free and a 30-day money-back guarantee. Creator adds template publishing to the Papera marketplace (70% revenue share), branded PDF export, and priority AI queue.
What's Coming Next
iOS App with Apple Pencil — TestFlight Beta
The iOS app is in TestFlight beta. It wraps the full Papera experience in a native shell with pressure-sensitive Apple Pencil ink — so you can handwrite directly on your AI-generated spreads. The web app works on iPad Safari today. Join the waitlist from the landing page for early access and 25 bonus Ink on launch day.
AI v2 — Smarter Layout Generation (Beta)
A next-generation layout engine is in private beta. It uses reference retrieval to match your prompt to curated planner archetypes before generating, producing more structured and varied results. It's being tested separately from the standard generator and will roll out more broadly once quality thresholds are consistently met.
Paper-to-Digital Scan — Q3 2026
Point your camera at a physical notebook page and Papera will import it as a structured digital spread — layout inferred, text OCR'd, blocks made editable. On the Q3 2026 roadmap.
Start Free
No credit card. No setup. Type a prompt — Papera draws the page. Free plan: 10 Ink per month, 15 block types, 5 paper types, 1 notebook, forever.
Open Papera to put this guide into practice — describe what you need and AI generates the notebook spread. See all thinking guides or pricing.