A ChatGPT Projects alternative
ChatGPT Projects group chats, files and instructions inside ChatGPT. Each project keeps its own instructions, which apply to every chat in that project. They come with your ChatGPT plan (checked on help.openai.com on October 19, 2026).
Side by side
| ChatGPT Projects | Prompt Petal | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it works | Inside ChatGPT | Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, iPad and Android, with Apple Watch and Wear OS |
| How you use a prompt | Start a chat in the project, and its instructions apply | Click a petal on a small flower in any app, or tap it on the phone keyboard |
| Price | Part of your ChatGPT plan | Five prompts on Free. Pro adds unlimited prompts and sync |
Where Prompt Petal is different
- Every device you type on. Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, iPad and Android, with Apple Watch and Wear OS, all from one account.
- Any app. Select text, pick a petal, and the prompt lands with your selection in it, in a chat, a document or an email.
- Buttons that do things. A petal can open a link, open an app, run a Shortcut, or ask AI with your own key.
- MCP too. Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code and Codex can use, save and change your prompts.
When ChatGPT Projects is the better fit
If all your AI work happens in ChatGPT and you want files and instructions kept together by topic, Projects do that well. Prompt Petal works beside them, since a petal can type into a project chat too.