# Noteshelf 3: AI Digital Notes

> Note Taking & PDF Annotation

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6458735203](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6458735203)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id6458735203`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Fluid Touch Pte. Ltd.
- **Category:** Productivity
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (6,517 ratings)
- **Version:** 7.8
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-14
- **First published:** 2023-08-18
- **Size:** 467 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-15
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/noteshelf-3-ai-digital-notes/id6458735203)
- **Website:** [https://www.noteshelf.net](https://www.noteshelf.net/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.noteshelf.net/privacy.html](https://www.noteshelf.net/privacy.html)

## Description

Noteshelf 3: AI Digital Notes blends AI-powered handwriting with PDF annotation, audio recording, and multi-language handwriting-to-text. Create beautiful handwritten notes with realistic pens, import and annotate PDFs, and generate notes in 65 languages. The app offers 200+ exclusive templates for planners and journals, plus a customizable toolbar and cover options to match your style.

Keep everything organized with folders, subfolders, bookmarks, tags, and links between notebooks. Secure your notes with passwords or biometric unlock, and sync across iPad, iPhone, and Mac via iCloud. Auto-backup supports Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, and WebDAV. When presenting, use Presentation Mode and the laser pointer to share ideas. Noteshelf AI features include generating handwritten notes and translating or summarizing pages. Premium unlocks unlimited notebooks, handwriting recognition, and additional AI credits.

## Rankings

- #22,756 — Overall
- #36 — Great Apps Updated for iOS 27
- #36 — Powered by Apple Intelligence
- #27 — note
- #39 — notebook

## Review summary

User reviews repeatedly praise Noteshelf 3 for customization, templates, and a clean interface, plus its long-term usefulness. However, recurring concerns center on pricing and subscription costs, stability and data-loss issues, feature gaps behind paywalls, poor support, and compatibility/UIs changes on certain devices.

### Pros

- Strong customization options and built-in templates.
- Content transfers between devices/clients are easy.
- Clean, uncluttered pages and overall ease of use.
- Long-term usefulness/organization, replacing physical binders.
- One-time purchase option is valued by some users.

### Cons

- Pricing and subscription model is expensive or unclear; many complain about weekly $7.99 and desire a one-time purchase.
- Stability issues and data loss after updates or crashes (notes unloading, blank screens).
- Features are heavily gated behind paywalls or missing compared to competitors.
- Support is unresponsive or slow to respond.
- Compatibility issues on some devices and disruptive UI changes (zoom gestures).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6458735203)