Three notebooks stacked up next to three separate piles of 1,300 index cards.

A comparison of A5 sized notebooks with 4 x 6 inch index cards on a cost per square foot basis

Notebooks

Product Sheet width
(inches)
Sheet height
(inches)
pages price Area
sq. ft.
$/sq. ft.
Hobonichi A5 Graph 5.8 8.3 288 $23.00 96.3 $0.24
Leuchtturm 1917 A5 5.8 8.3 251 $25.95 83.9 $0.31
Moleskine Hard Cover 5 8.25 192 $20.00 55.0 $0.36
Travelers Notebook 4.3 8.3 128 $11.90 31.7 $0.38

 

4 x 6 inch index cards

Product Sheet width
(inches)
Sheet height
(inches)
sheets price Area
sq. ft.
$/sq. ft.
Amazon Basics 4×6 Index Cards 4 6 500 $7.30 166.7 $0.04
Oxford 4×6 6 4 1000 $16.49 333.3 $0.05
Stockroom Plus 4×6 (grid) 6 4 300 $13.67 100.0 $0.14
Exacompta 4×6 6 4 100 $15.77 33.3 $0.47
Notsu 4×6 6 4 50 $14.99 16.7 $0.90

Generally, Exacompta cards are the closest in price per square foot to the nicer notebooks while most 4 x 6 inch index cards are comparatively much cheaper (even if you’re only writing on one side).

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Chris Aldrich

I'm a biomedical and electrical engineer with interests in information theory, complexity, evolution, genetics, signal processing, IndieWeb, theoretical mathematics, and big history. I'm also a talent manager-producer-publisher in the entertainment industry with expertise in representation, distribution, finance, production, content delivery, and new media.

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