Comparison

News, radios and more vs notes and bugs

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

Head to head
About

News, radios and more

Organize your favorite news websites into a personalized library. Access and categorize content by topic and region, or create your own custom shelves. Get all your news in one place without visiting individual sites.

Highlights
  • Organize favorite websites
  • Categorize by topic and region
  • Create custom categories
  • Access news from one place
  • No need for individual website access
Features
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Newspapers by Shelfy allows you to organize a library with your favorites websites. With this app you will access and organize at your way all the websites. The media are categorized by topics and region in different shelfs. You can also create new categories and reorder your library with other webs that you want. You will find all the information in one place without the need to access to each website individually and without installing other apps. The logos of each newspaper or magazine are the exclusive property of the same. Shelfy only use them in order to be recognized by readers who use the application, to access the information they want. The app logo is the exclusive property of Shelfy developers.

About

notes and bugs

A digital canvas for creative minds to organize ideas, plans, and doodles. Decorate pages with text, drawings, photos, and unique bug companions. Offers a cozy space for planning, scrapbooking, or journaling.

Highlights
  • Freeform note creation
  • PDF import and annotation
  • Customizable canvas with decorations
  • Add multimedia content
  • Drawing tools with various brushes
  • Interactive bug companions
  • Export as image or PDF
Features
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Welcome to notes and bugs, your cozy little space for ideas, plans, doodles, and tiny bug companions. Create notes your way on a fully customizable canvas. Write, decorate, draw, rearrange, and make every page feel like your own small world. Features: • Create freeform notes, calendars, and document pages. • Import PDFs and decorate, highlight, draw, and write over every page. • Zoom into calendars and documents to plan or decorate with precision. • Add text, to-dos, photos, links, music, videos, GIFs, and documents. • Draw directly on your canvas with different brushes, colors, and sizes. • Decorate with washi tape, stickers, stamps, doodles, and tiny houses. • Add adorable bug companions or create your very own custom bug. • Move, resize, rotate, layer, and lock your creations freely. • Personalize each canvas with colors, textures, and backgrounds. • Keep a daily mood with your little bug profile and ask the magical bug yes-or-no questions. • Save and export your creations as images or PDFs. • Keep your notes stored locally and privately on your device. Whether you are planning your week, building a scrapbook, studying from a PDF, collecting inspiration, or creating a comforting corner for your thoughts, notes and bugs makes it feel a little more magical. Create a space that feels uniquely yours. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

News, radios and more4 screens
notes and bugs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: News, radios and more at none against notes and bugs's 2. News, radios and more also leads on ratings volume (55 vs 1). notes and bugs's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 6 months). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. notes and bugs sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. News, radios and more asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for News, radios and more against 5.0 for notes and bugs. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: News, radios and more has 55 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

News, radios and more ships an update every 6 months, notes and bugs every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
News, radios and more versus notes and bugs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNews, radios and morenotes and bugs
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (55 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings55 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size91 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMUNBEN SAZulmy Linda Loo Cordova

Customer experience

News, radios and more

All ratings54 ratings
Positive98.1%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.9%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

notes and bugs

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

News, radios and more

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

notes and bugs

Subscriptions1
  • notes and bugs - monthly$0.991 Month
One-time1
  • notes and bugs premium$6.99

Questions

Is News, radios and more free?
News, radios and more is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is notes and bugs free?
notes and bugs is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, News, radios and more or notes and bugs?
notes and bugs is rated higher. News, radios and more averages 4.9 out of 5 from 55 ratings, while notes and bugs averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do News, radios and more or notes and bugs have ads?
News, radios and more shows ads; notes and bugs does not.
Which is updated more often, News, radios and more or notes and bugs?
News, radios and more ships an update every 6 months, and notes and bugs every 2 days. Most recently, News, radios and more was updated on November 7, 2026 and notes and bugs on November 5, 2026.

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