Comparison

Notate PDF vs Store Commerce

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Notate PDF

Edit, annotate, and collaborate on PDF and Microsoft Office files online or offline. This app integrates with cloud storage and email for seamless business workflows, offering digital signatures and OCR scanning.

Highlights
  • Edit PDFs and Office documents
  • Sign and approve documents digitally
  • Collaborate with threaded comments
  • OCR scanning for searchable PDFs
  • Handwrite, type, or draw notes
  • Integrates with cloud storage
Features
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IMPORTANT: NOTATE REQUIRES a Microsoft 365, Hotmail, or Outlook.com email account. It has been specially designed to operate with Microsoft Office 365. Perfect for small & midsize businesses. Stay productive while you work from home! NOTATE PDF - THE OFFICE WORKSPACE FOR BUSINESS WHY NOTATE PDF? Edit and Annotate - Online or Offline Work with PDFs and Microsoft Office files using advanced editing, annotation, and collaboration tools. Built for Business Workflows Seamlessly access, edit, and organize files from Email, OneDrive, Dropbox, Box, WebDav, and more. KEY FEATURES • Edit PDFs and Office Documents Modify text, add comments, split or merge pages, and redact sensitive data. Create new documents or annotate existing ones in one unified experience. • Sign and Approve Documents Add legally binding digital signatures to contracts, forms, and compliance documents. • Collaborate in Context Share annotated documents and use threaded comments for feedback. Eliminate the back-and-forth of scattered reviews. • Scan, Search, and Capture Digitize paper documents with OCR scanning. Convert to searchable PDFs and attach to secure repositories or email. • Take Notes Your Way Handwrite, type, or draw with full Apple Pencil support. Organize content with rich formatting, embedded media, and folders. • Deploy with Confidence EXPERIENCE THE FUTURE OF MOBILE PRODUCTIVITY Download Notate PDF and empower yourself to edit with confidence — no matter where you work.

About

Store Commerce

This point-of-sale application for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce allows users to manage store operations from a mobile device. It supports sales transactions, assisted selling, order fulfillment, inventory management, and cash management.

Highlights
  • Point-of-sale transactions
  • Assisted selling and clienteling
  • Order processing and fulfillment
  • Inventory management
  • Shift and cash management
  • Role-based reporting
Features
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Store Commerce is the point-of-sale application for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce. It supports a wide range of capabilities beyond retail sale transactions that enable cashiers, managers and sales associates to manage store operations from a mobile device. In addition to flexible and performant sales transaction workflows, the Store Commerce app facilitates assisted selling and clienteling, order processing and fulfillment, inventory management, shift and cash management, role-based reporting, and more. The Store Commerce app connects to payment terminals, receipt printers, bar code scanners and cash drawers, and is highly customizable to meet the needs of a wide range of business requirements. Prerequisites: Deploy a Commerce Scale Unit using the Dynamics Lifecycle Service portal before using the Store Commerce app. The app needs the CPOS URL to activate a register. Store workers and Devices need to be configured in Dynamics 365 Commerce back office. Detailed information and documentation can be found at the Microsoft Learn site (http://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/commerce/dev-itpro/store-commerce-mobile)

Screenshots

Notate PDF4 screens
Store Commerce4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Store Commerce at none against Notate PDF's 9. Store Commerce also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Notate PDF's advantage is ratings volume (33 vs 6). On price, rating, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Notate PDF sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $3.49 per month. Store Commerce asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Notate PDF against 4.2 for Store Commerce. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notate PDF has 33 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notate PDF ships an update every 3 months, Store Commerce weekly. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Notate PDF versus Store Commerce: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotate PDFStore Commerce
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (33 ratings) — better4.2 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews25.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings33 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size224 MB360 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperShafer Systems LLCMicrosoft Corporation

Customer experience

Notate PDF

All ratings33 ratings
Positive84.8%
Neutral6.1%
Negative9.1%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive25.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative50.0%

Store Commerce

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Notate PDF

Subscriptions8
  • Monthly Subscription1 Month trial$3.491 Month
  • Monthly subscription(promo)1 Year trial$3.491 Month
  • Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$3.491 Month
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  • Monthly Premium Subscription$3.491 Month
  • Annual subscription1 Month trial$29.991 Year
  • Annual subscription (promo)1 Year trial$29.991 Year
  • Annual Subscription14 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Annual Premium Subscription$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • 14 day premium trialFree
None

Store Commerce

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Notate PDF free?
Notate PDF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Store Commerce free?
Store Commerce is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Notate PDF or Store Commerce?
Notate PDF is rated higher. Notate PDF averages 4.3 out of 5 from 33 ratings, while Store Commerce averages 4.2 from 6 ratings.
Do Notate PDF or Store Commerce have ads?
Neither Notate PDF nor Store Commerce shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notate PDF or Store Commerce?
Notate PDF ships an update every 3 months, and Store Commerce weekly. Most recently, Notate PDF was updated on November 7, 2026 and Store Commerce on November 7, 2026.

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