Comparison

RE Planner vs Noteshelf

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

Head to head
About

RE Planner

Plan your real estate business for the upcoming year by reviewing past performance and setting future goals. Track closed deals and monitor progress towards your objectives. Easily share and update your plan annually.

Highlights
  • Yearly business planning
  • Goal setting
  • Deal tracking
  • Progress monitoring
  • Plan sharing
  • Annual plan updates
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This real estate business planning app provides an easy way to review your prior year and set forth goals for the upcoming year. The plan will be available to review throughout the year. Enter your deals as they close. The app provides a table for reviewing the details of your closed transactions, and most importantly, to help you see your progress towards your future goals. Share your plan via email/text/file and easily update your plan for the new year.

About

Noteshelf

Create handwritten notes, annotate PDFs, and record audio with this app. It offers extensive customization for notebooks, a variety of writing tools, and AI-powered features for summarization and translation. Organize your thoughts and documents seamlessly.

Highlights
  • Handwritten note creation
  • PDF annotation and markup
  • Audio recording with notes
  • AI-powered summarization and translation
  • Customizable notebooks and templates
  • Handwriting to text conversion
  • Document scanning and import
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

RE Planner4 screens
Noteshelf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: RE Planner at 100% against Noteshelf's 57%. RE Planner also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 17) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Noteshelf's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 12 months) and ratings volume (7K vs 23). On price, 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. Noteshelf sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. RE Planner asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

RE Planner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Noteshelf has 7K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of RE Planner's written reviews are positive against 57% of Noteshelf's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RE Planner ships an update every 12 months, Noteshelf weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
RE Planner versus Noteshelf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRE PlannerNoteshelf
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (23 ratings) — better4.6 (7K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better57.1% of reviews
Number of ratings237K — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB558 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperAimee ArostFluid Touch Pte. Ltd.

Customer experience

RE Planner

All ratings23 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Noteshelf

All ratings7,039 ratings
Positive88.8%
Neutral3.2%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews1,034 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral10.5%
Negative32.4%

Bugs and requests

RE Planner

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

RE Planner

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 RE Planner free?
RE Planner 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, RE Planner or Noteshelf?
RE Planner is rated higher. RE Planner averages 5.0 out of 5 from 23 ratings, while Noteshelf averages 4.6 from 7K ratings.
Do RE Planner or Noteshelf have ads?
Neither RE Planner nor Noteshelf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RE Planner or Noteshelf?
RE Planner ships an update every 12 months, and Noteshelf weekly. Most recently, RE Planner was updated on October 10, 2026 and Noteshelf on October 19, 2026.

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