Comparison

Squadle Workflows vs Noteshelf

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

Head to head
About

Squadle Workflows

This app helps QSR, grocery, and convenience stores simplify operations and improve food safety. It offers digital checklists, shift management, and accurate Bluetooth temperature logging to save time and ensure compliance.

Highlights
  • Digital checklists
  • Shift management
  • Bluetooth temperature logging
  • Corrective action alerts
  • Streamlined shift transitions
  • Task completion
Features
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Squadle’s Workflows application delivers a flexible, user-friendly platform which enables QSR’s, grocery, and convenience stores to simplify complex operations and streamline food safety. Squadle users have logged more than 40 million bluetooth temperatures, and Squadle Workflows users have stored more than one billion records and completed tasks. Squadle’s digital checklist and shift management app helps customers achieve the following: Complete tasks and save time (up to one hour per day) Ensure accuracy with bluetooth temperature logging Fix compliance issues with guided “corrective action” alerts Streamline transitions between shift managers

About

Noteshelf

Capture, organize, and enhance your notes with natural handwriting, AI summarization, and PDF annotation. Ideal for students and professionals, it offers a seamless writing experience with extensive customization and secure cloud syncing.

Highlights
  • Natural handwriting with lifelike pens
  • AI summarization and explanation
  • PDF and document annotation
  • Audio recording alongside notes
  • 200+ digital planner templates
  • Handwriting to text conversion
  • Secure cloud sync and backup
Features
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Write. Plan. Study. Work. Create. Noteshelf 3 brings natural handwriting, powerful AI, PDF annotation, audio recording and planning together in one beautiful app for iPad, iPhone and Mac. Free to start. FOR STUDENTS • Take lecture and class notes with lifelike pens, pencils and highlighters • Annotate textbooks, worksheets, slides and PDFs • Record audio while you write, so you never miss a word • Use Noteshelf AI to summarize and explain what you've learned FOR PROFESSIONALS • Capture meeting notes and record important discussions • Mark up contracts, reports and presentations • Present your notes on an external display with a laser pointer • Export and share notes as PDFs or images in one tap FOR PLANNERS & JOURNALERS • 200+ templates for digital planners, journals, diaries and trackers • Plan your days, track goals and keep a personal journal • Decorate pages with stickers, photos and custom covers WRITE NATURALLY • A smooth, natural handwriting experience built for Apple Pencil • Write, type, draw and sketch on the same page • Turn handwriting into text and search your notes in 65 languages • Choose lined, dotted or grid paper in any color WORK WITH PDFs & DOCUMENTS • Import and annotate PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint files and images • Highlight, mark up, write and draw directly on your documents • Scan paper documents with the built-in scanner NOTESHELF AI • Summarize handwritten pages in seconds • Explain difficult terms and concepts • Translate text into other languages • Generate notes on any topic RECORD & REMEMBER • Record lectures, meetings and ideas alongside your handwritten notes STAY ORGANIZED & SECURE • Folders, subfolders, tags, bookmarks and a table of contents • Link notebooks together to connect ideas • Lock notes with a password, Face ID or Touch ID • Sync across iPad, iPhone and Mac with iCloud • Automatic backup to Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox or WebDAV YOUR NOTES, YOUR WAY • Custom notebook covers and a toolbar you can rearrange • Presentation mode, dark mode and flexible page layouts FREE TO START Create up to 3 notebooks with core pens and paper for free. Upgrade to Noteshelf Premium for unlimited notebooks, all templates, handwriting recognition, auto-backup and 100 monthly AI credits. Write beautifully. Work smarter. Stay organized. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula

Screenshots

Noteshelf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Squadle Workflows at 100% against Noteshelf's 58%. Squadle Workflows also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 17) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). Noteshelf's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price and ads 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. Noteshelf sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Squadle Workflows asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Noteshelf holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Noteshelf has 7.2K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Squadle Workflows's written reviews are positive against 58% of Noteshelf's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Squadle Workflows ships an update every 2 months, Noteshelf every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Squadle Workflows versus Noteshelf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSquadle WorkflowsNoteshelf
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.5 (7.2K ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better57.5% of reviews
Number of ratings47.2K — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB549 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSquadle, Inc.Fluid Touch Pte. Ltd.

Customer experience

Squadle Workflows

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Noteshelf

All ratings7,187 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral3.3%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews1,104 reviews
Positive57.5%
Neutral10.3%
Negative32.2%

Bugs and requests

Squadle Workflows

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Noteshelf

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Notebooks failing to open or sync correctly
  • Handwriting recognition not working as expected
  • Imported PDFs losing formatting or functionality
  • Unexpected loss of data or notes
  • Compatibility issues with older devices or operating systems

Requested features

6 requests
  • Add ability to create folders within notebooks
  • Improve page organization and navigation
  • Implement a more intuitive color picker and pen customization
  • Introduce a history/undo feature for linked pages
  • Add support for custom stickers and templates
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  • Optimize performance and reduce loading times

In-app purchases

None

Squadle Workflows

No in-app purchases

17 purchases

Noteshelf

Subscriptions15
  • Noteshelf 3 Weekly Premium$4.997 Days
  • Noteshelf 3 Weekly Premium3 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • Noteshelf 3 Weekly Premium$7.997 Days
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  • Noteshelf3 Weekly Premium3 Days trial$7.997 Days
  • Noteshelf3 Monthly Premium$9.991 Month
  • Noteshelf3 Monthly Premium$19.991 Month
  • Noteshelf 3 Yearly Premium3 Days trial$19.991 Year
  • Noteshelf3 Yearly Premium3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Noteshelf3 Yearly Premium$39.991 Year
  • Noteshelf 3 Yearly Premium3 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Noteshelf Premium Yearly$49.991 Year
  • Noteshelf3 Yearly Premium3 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Noteshelf 3 Yearly Premium1 Month trial$69.991 Year
  • Noteshelf3 Yearly Premium$79.991 Year
  • Premium3 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time2
  • Premium for Noteshelf 2 users$9.99
  • Noteshelf 3 Premium - Lifetime$14.99

Questions

Is Squadle Workflows free?
Squadle Workflows is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Noteshelf free?
Noteshelf is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Squadle Workflows or Noteshelf?
Noteshelf is rated higher. Squadle Workflows averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Noteshelf averages 4.5 from 7.2K ratings.
Do Squadle Workflows or Noteshelf have ads?
Neither Squadle Workflows nor Noteshelf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Squadle Workflows or Noteshelf?
Squadle Workflows ships an update every 2 months, and Noteshelf every 3 days. Most recently, Squadle Workflows was updated on October 29, 2026 and Noteshelf on November 2, 2026.

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