Noteshelf 3: AI Digital Notes

• Free to download
• In-app purchases

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

• Free to download
• In-app purchases: $6.99 - $9.99 per item

Last verified 31 Aug 2026

4.6 5964 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Improved 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.

   Lifestyle Contractor · 31 Jul 2026

2. 5/5Room for Improvement!

   I have used Noteshelf for over 8 years and recommended it to everyone. I would always give it 5 stars and is my go-to app for almost everything. But, NS3 needs more work to get my 5 star rating again. I Easily transferred from NS1 to NS2. For me Transferring to NS3 has been a pain. First, not all of my custom templates transferred, many of which are related to my businesses. I had to transfer them one at a time. For the hyperlinks to work you need to be in read only mode...never had to do that before and seems read mode turns off all the time. Im not comfortable with the tool bars...technically 3. I would prefer the pen, highlight and erase bar be on same tool bar as colors. I would prefer having my favorite colors remain open like NS2. The erase/return is also separate from the others. This last update just created more issues...but once they get it all together, hopefully all will be good. I love that they added AI. Now I just wish they would let me add stickers from outside vendors that better relate to my business. They do have very good customer service, my reason for the 4th star. Hopefully soon, I'll be able to recommend them again as being the best. I

   Nwilsdeb · 31 Jul 2026

3. 1/5Lost Functionality After Migration

   Hello, I like the new interface and all the whiz-bangs that come with a new version of an app, but after migrating to version 3 none of my scanned pages from version 2 are searchable anymore. I open the notebooks in version 2 and I can search any word and it will give me the results of the pages where that word is found. Version 3 of these same notebooks gives me no results found. If I scan a new page, then that text is searchable in version 3, but I have lost all searching from my pages migrated from version 2. I cannot recommend this upgrade to anyone at this time. I’m sure new users are unaffected, and I would recommend this app to anyone who is not migrating, but this upgrade is a non-starter for me because I have lost this function that is vital to my using the app. If I have overlooked a step that would activate this function for me, then I would be very grateful to be shown how to regain it. I will increase the rating I have given if this function is once again available to me. Update: the new version that I was instructed to update into is still not working. Beware using this app if you are planning on scanning pages and have the text be searchable. It has not worked for me. The developers told me that they are working on it. I await their update to make the app fully functional.

   IndianM0j0 · 31 Jul 2026

4. 4/5Prefer 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.

   Andre0599 · 31 Jul 2026

5. 2/5Very hard to work with…

   On occasion when loading up the app, it takes ages to load or doesn’t load at all. You have to exit out or power off your device to get it to work again. The app constantly crashes and obviously does not let you access notes. On top of that, it freezes constantly. The notes in the app don’t load either. This app is supposed to work offline, but if you’re offline, the cloud symbol shows on some notes (other notes are unaffected for some reason, I guess depending on the app’s mood?) and will not let you in to the notes. This is a big issue given that I use this app for notes during lectures and it being so fidgety makes me miss out on key points. I really wanted this to work since I had a few issues with another note taking app deleting my files, and not allowing Google Drive backups, but I think I will just switch back to that app and save to cloud, since it never put me through this constant turmoil. The final nail in the coffin was that it too started to delete my files. Semester-worth of notes gone in an instant. Not sure if they deleted while the app froze and I misclicked trying to get it to work, but nonetheless none of that is my fault, given the faulty-ness of the app. Again, I really wanted this app to work and function like Noteshelf 2 did. I loved that app and was forced to use this one after switching from the other app that let me down as well.

   sodiumethylxanthine · 31 Jul 2026

4.4 14654 ratings · Google Play

1. 3/5

   need scribble to delete

   Ahmed Bassiouny · 1 Aug 2026

2. 4/5

   It is good.

   Blast shuvo · 1 Aug 2026

3. 5/5

   very good 😊

   ranjeet jaiswal · 1 Aug 2026

4. 2/5

   not happy.paid for premium and can't even open the app.my internet is perfectly fine and fast. scam

   Marjorie Woolf · 1 Aug 2026

5. 5/5

   please add hand writen to text feature for easy note transfer to other app or reminder

   paul lou · 1 Aug 2026

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