Slate Educational Scheduling vs Noteshelf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Slate Educational Scheduling
This app streamlines the process of managing classroom absences and substitute teacher assignments for school districts. It provides real-time staffing information and detailed reports.
- Enter absences quickly
- Accept substitute assignments
- Real-time staffing information
- Robust reporting
- Streamlined communication
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Slate Scheduling enables classroom teachers to enter absences and substitute teachers to accept teaching assignments quickly and easily. Slate offers school districts real-time information and robust reporting about staffing needs.
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.
- 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
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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
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Noteshelf at 4.6 against Slate Educational Scheduling's 2.0. Noteshelf also leads on ratings volume (7.1K vs 5) and review sentiment (57% vs 33%). Slate Educational Scheduling's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 17) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Noteshelf sells 17 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Slate Educational Scheduling asks for nothing beyond the download.
Noteshelf holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Noteshelf has 7.1K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Slate Educational Scheduling's written reviews are positive against 57% of Noteshelf's.
Slate Educational Scheduling ships an update weekly, Noteshelf every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Slate Educational Scheduling | Noteshelf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.0 (5 ratings) | 4.6 (7.1K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 57.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 7.1K — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 123 MB | 558 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Penmac | Fluid Touch Pte. Ltd. |
Customer experience
Slate Educational Scheduling
Noteshelf
Bugs and requests
Slate Educational Scheduling
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
Slate Educational Scheduling
No in-app purchases
Noteshelf
- 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
- Premium for Noteshelf 2 users$9.99
- Noteshelf 3 Premium - Lifetime$14.99
Questions
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