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.
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Would love to migrate, but I'm giving up.
I had a longer explanation but accidentally tapped away and lost the text before I sent it. 🤬
Short story. I have used NS since my first iPad in 2012. I had no trouble migrating NS1 to NS2 (although I didn't like losing abilities on converted pages, it was still useful.)
I have been testing the latest NS3 every few months to see if I can migrate to it with my daily work notebook now at 1413 pages. I send to NS3 from NS2 and I get a writeable notebook, but the most important features do not work.
I really would like the new tag and organizational features, but they are simply non-functional. In prior tests, tags would show the right number of pages, but the images were blank placeholders. In my latest test today, it's worse. NS3 recognizes the tags of my imported notebook, but tapping a tag only shows the message "No tagged items" and a truncated message that I should tag pages to "easily orga ..."
I have submitted multiple tickets, have interacted with support, and sent videos of past behaviors. I'm disappointed that the new features can't ever seem to work with my existing notebook.
I may test again in the future, but it's looking less likely. I'll keep using NS2 for a while, it seems. I'm not in "waiting" mode anymore, hence my review. I can't use it; I wish I could.
Short story. I have used NS since my first iPad in 2012. I had no trouble migrating NS1 to NS2 (although I didn't like losing abilities on converted pages, it was still useful.)
I have been testing the latest NS3 every few months to see if I can migrate to it with my daily work notebook now at 1413 pages. I send to NS3 from NS2 and I get a writeable notebook, but the most important features do not work.
I really would like the new tag and organizational features, but they are simply non-functional. In prior tests, tags would show the right number of pages, but the images were blank placeholders. In my latest test today, it's worse. NS3 recognizes the tags of my imported notebook, but tapping a tag only shows the message "No tagged items" and a truncated message that I should tag pages to "easily orga ..."
I have submitted multiple tickets, have interacted with support, and sent videos of past behaviors. I'm disappointed that the new features can't ever seem to work with my existing notebook.
I may test again in the future, but it's looking less likely. I'll keep using NS2 for a while, it seems. I'm not in "waiting" mode anymore, hence my review. I can't use it; I wish I could.
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Great release, missing some things
I have been using Noteshelf for years and am using the Dash planner with it. There are some flaws that need to be fixed and are forcing me to use Notability. The pens in Notability are no match to Noteshelf. I would have rated this higher as I believe you are on the right track, but the issues below have forced me to use Noteability until these are fixed.
1. If you copy a page using the thumbnails and want to paste the page after selecting a page using the pdf links, the thumbnails don’t update their position so you can paste the copied page.
2. What happened to all the great templates from version 2 like pastel papers?
3. When are you going to add a history button so you can go back to a previous linked page? This is a huge problem when using linked pages where there are several hundred.
4. If you copy a template page on Dash planner, or amply planner I have tried, and paste the page at a different location, the pasted page becomes the new template link. This is not the case with any other products I have tested. There is a workaround, but it isn’t easy or good.
5. How do you snap objects and lines for alignment?
6. Can you add a ruler?
1. If you copy a page using the thumbnails and want to paste the page after selecting a page using the pdf links, the thumbnails don’t update their position so you can paste the copied page.
2. What happened to all the great templates from version 2 like pastel papers?
3. When are you going to add a history button so you can go back to a previous linked page? This is a huge problem when using linked pages where there are several hundred.
4. If you copy a template page on Dash planner, or amply planner I have tried, and paste the page at a different location, the pasted page becomes the new template link. This is not the case with any other products I have tested. There is a workaround, but it isn’t easy or good.
5. How do you snap objects and lines for alignment?
6. Can you add a ruler?
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