Noteshelf 3: Digital Notes 4+

A Great Notebook App!

I’ve used the Noteshelf apps for years and they are my absolute fave as a professional writer. It’s easy to set up new notebooks, categorize them by use or need, switch pens and highlighters (a must for anyone who loves color coding), and create brilliant notes that can be accessed with an internet connection. It’s also my absolutely favorite way to read PDFs or review text, making highlighting and note-taking straightforward, simple, and searchable. I’m lucky enough to have neat enough handwriting that I can find almost anything between the bookmark and search features.

The only feature I miss from previous versions is the ability to shrink the pens/highlighter menu to a dot, so it wouldn’t get in the way of writing, but it’s a small thing compared to a vastly improved lasso that makes turning my handwritten notes into a typed draft so easy that my job barely feels like work (when I’m not torturing myself over a blank page, lol). When anyone I know gets an iPad, this is the first app I recommend. Absolutely awesome, and the best app for my work and life.

Developer Response ,

We're thrilled to hear that Noteshelf 3 has been such a valuable tool for your professional writing needs. Your detailed feedback truly highlights the app's versatility and efficiency. We appreciate your loyalty and recommendation to others & thank you for being a part of the Noteshelf community. Noted your request internally for reducing the floating mini toolbar to a dot! We will consider this for future!

Prefer Noteshelf 2

I’ve been using Noteshelf 3 for about 2 weeks now. I use it primarily for work. I had no migration issues from Noteshelf 2 as opposed to other users and the instructions were relatively easy. I even had a question regarding a feature and customer service responded within a few days therefore, my experiences are much better than several other reviewers. I simply prefer Noteshelf 2 to Noteshelf 3 for a couple of simple things that I’m sure they can fix. 1) I can no longer name my bookmarks. I use Noteshelf like a regular book and I do a lot of reading along with note taking. When I use bookmarks, I name them so I can easily look them up. Noteshelf got me through two Master’s degree’s with this feature. 2) Selecting pages: I used to be able to move/re-arrange multiple pages simultaneously. I am no longer able to do that which takes up much more time. 3) I’m unable to touch the 4 squares in the corner, view multiple pages simultaneously (more than 3 or 4), and quickly find the page I am looking for, as I can in Noteshelf 2. Noteshelf 3 added some features like AI, but at a cost of taking away some very simple and useful features. I’ve been using Noteshelf since the original and will now have to consider alternatives as one day I’m sure Noteshelf 2 will all-of-a-sudden stop working with a future update. It was good while it lasted. I’ll keep using if these features are added.

Improved but needs a little more

The app is a little better than the Noteshelf 2, however it could go a little further. I have been with Noteshelf since the first version and I see the change. One of my pet peeve is not having the ability to draw lines or rotate items on the 0, 15, 30 90 degree angle "easily". I think it should have a free and a set option. Rotating something 90 degrees should be easier, not fighting with the 1 degree off. It should have a flip / mirror option. Those are just two things I fight with on the regular. It has other things that could use adjusting but over all it is a good app. I have tried others and they have features that this one doesn’t, but I find myself using Noteshelf the most. Hopefully a rep from NS will read this…..when you upgrade and import the books, does it convert the old book to a new one? Or does it modify the old book. Do I now have 2 copies of the book? If so can I sadly delete the old book? My books are large and contain lots of pictures and audio thus it takes up a lot of space. Definitely need to know this info before I run out of space and find out the hard way.
It you have made it this far in my review…… the app is worth it. I would buy it again.

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your detailed review and feedback! We appreciate your loyalty as a long-time user of Noteshelf. We will definitely take your suggestions into consideration for future updates and improvements. As for your questions about migrating books, pls take note that it'll create a new copy itself. The old copy inside NS2 will not be modified. You can safely delete the old books in NS2 once you have confirmed that the new version has successfully imported the books. Feel free to send us an in-app email via the 3-dot icon on the main Shelf→Settings→Noteshelf Help→Compose icon→Send Email option if you have any further questions, so we can suggest accordingly.