Comparison

NotesXP vs StudyPDF

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

Head to head
About

NotesXP

Transform study materials into concise notes, mind maps, and flashcards with AI. Engage with your notes through chat, quizzes, and audio learning. Offers a fun, interactive approach to exam preparation.

Highlights
  • Instant AI Notes generation
  • Visual Mind Maps creation
  • Smart Flashcards
  • Gamified Quizzes
  • Audio Learning conversion
  • Chat with your notes
  • PDF Export
Features
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NotesXP takes whatever you're stuck with (a 50-page PDF, a blurry photo of the whiteboard, that lecture recording you swore you'd rewatch) and turns it into notes you'll actually read. Then it helps you learn them. No account. No setup. Open it and start. HOW IT FITS INTO YOUR WEEK The night before class Snap your textbook pages or drop in the PDF. You get clean, structured notes in seconds, so you walk in already knowing what the lecture is about. Right after the lecture Upload the recording or video. NotesXP transcribes it and pulls out what mattered, so your professor's ten-minute tangent doesn't end up in your notes. When something doesn't click Ask your notes. Chat with them like you'd text a friend who took the class last year. Still confusing? Turn on Gen-Z Mode and get the same idea explained the way you'd explain it. When you can't see the big picture Mind maps show how everything connects, which is usually the part textbooks forget to mention. On the bus, at the gym, on a walk Turn any set of notes into a short audio episode and listen with your phone in your pocket. The week before the exam Flashcards for the facts that keep slipping. Quick quizzes when you want a gut check. And Exam Mode when you want the real thing: a practice test built from your own notes that shows exactly where you're weak, so you stop rereading what you already know. THE SMALL STUFF - Works with photos, handwriting, PDFs, pasted text, audio and video - Your notes sync across your devices - Export to PDF and share with your study group - Study in your own language, even if your class isn't One honest thing: NotesXP won't study for you. It clears away everything that isn't studying, so the hours you put in actually count. Something broken, or an idea you want to see? Email us at team@notesxp.app. We read every message. Terms: https://notesxp.app/terms Privacy: https://notesxp.app/privacy

About

StudyPDF

Transform your study materials into interactive flashcards, quizzes, and personalized study plans. This AI-powered tool helps identify knowledge gaps and creates daily learning schedules leading up to exams. Get instant feedback, explanations, and share courses with friends.

Highlights
  • AI-powered study plan generation
  • Flashcards with spaced repetition
  • Timed mock exams with instant feedback
  • Summaries, reviewers, and Cornell notes
  • Image occlusion cards
  • Personalized daily study schedules
  • Shareable courses for collaborative study
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StudyPDF turns your own course material into a study plan and the material to work through it. Upload slides, PDFs, Word or PowerPoint files, scan your notes with the camera, add photos, or paste a YouTube or web link. You can also just type the topics of your course. Bo, your study buddy, reads all of it. Then you pick what you need: - Flashcards with spaced repetition - Quizzes with instant feedback and timed mock exams - Study guides, summaries, reviewers and Cornell notes - Cheat sheets, mind maps and labelled diagrams - Image occlusion cards from the diagrams in your files Start with a short placement check. It shows which topics you already know and where your gaps are. Bo then plans every day until your exam, with a topic and a material for each session. Your course start shows what to study today. Stuck somewhere? Ask Bo. Bo explains from your own notes and shows you the page the answer comes from. Study together: share a course with a link. Everyone who joins studies it with their own progress. Export your material as PDF, Word or an Anki deck. For iPhone and iPad, in light and dark mode, with a widget for today's session. Terms of Use: https://studypdf.net/tos Privacy Policy: https://studypdf.net/privacypolicy

Screenshots

NotesXP4 screens
StudyPDF4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: NotesXP at 4.8 against StudyPDF's 4.0. NotesXP also leads on ratings volume (56 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.8 vs 17.0). StudyPDF's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 86%). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. NotesXP sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and StudyPDF sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NotesXP holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NotesXP has 56 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of NotesXP's written reviews are positive against 100% of StudyPDF's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NotesXP ships an update every 10 days, StudyPDF every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
NotesXP versus StudyPDF: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotesXPStudyPDF
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (56 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews85.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings56 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.8 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVikram SinghLuis Henrich-Bandis

Customer experience

NotesXP

All ratings54 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral1.9%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

StudyPDF

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

NotesXP

Subscriptions2
  • Pro - Monthly$8.991 Month
  • Pro - Annual3 Days trial$49.991 Year
5 purchases

StudyPDF

Subscriptions5
  • Pro Weekly$5.997 Days
  • Pro Monthly$11.991 Month
  • Ultra Monthly$19.991 Month
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  • Pro Yearly$71.991 Year
  • Ultra Yearly$119.991 Year

Questions

Is NotesXP free?
NotesXP is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is StudyPDF free?
StudyPDF is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NotesXP or StudyPDF?
NotesXP is rated higher. NotesXP averages 4.8 out of 5 from 56 ratings, while StudyPDF averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do NotesXP or StudyPDF have ads?
Neither NotesXP nor StudyPDF shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NotesXP or StudyPDF?
NotesXP ships an update every 10 days, and StudyPDF every 5 days. Most recently, NotesXP was updated on November 8, 2026 and StudyPDF on November 7, 2026.

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