You read on your phone. Your knowledge base lives in Obsidian. Petrify bridges the gap — one tap turns any link into a structured atomic note in your vault.
Get Petrify — $5 One-time purchase. No subscription. Yours forever.Stop saving links you'll never revisit. Petrify reads them for you and deposits structured knowledge.
Share any URL from Safari, Chrome, X, or any app. Petrify does the rest.
Every title is a substantive assertion you can build on — not a generic label like "AI News".
YAML frontmatter, tags, summary, key ideas, quotes, and connection suggestions. Every time.
Extracts tweets, threads, and linked articles — even X's long-form posts.
English by default. One config field to get notes in Spanish, French, German, or any language.
Bring your own Anthropic API key. No middleman, no markup. ~$0.01 per note.
Share an article while scrolling on your phone. 15 seconds later, this lands in your vault.
Pay once. Build your knowledge base forever.
iPhone with iOS 16+, Obsidian with iCloud Sync, and an Anthropic API key (free to create at console.anthropic.com, pay-per-use).
About $0.01-0.03 via Claude's API. You pay Anthropic directly. A heavy user (10 notes/day) spends ~$5-10/month. Most people spend less than $2.
Petrify saves to iCloud Drive. If your vault uses Obsidian's paid Sync, you'll need to move files manually or switch to iCloud Sync.
Yes. The shortcut works on any Apple device with Shortcuts. On Mac it appears in the Share menu.
Your key stays on your device and is sent directly to Anthropic. We never see or store it.
Claude Sonnet 4.6 — the best balance of quality and cost for structured note generation.