Comparison

LinkNote vs Shelf Life

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

Head to head
About

LinkNote

Features
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Ever know someone's name but not who they are? Business cards pile up. Your contacts list runs into the hundreds. Yet you can't recall who introduced you, or the name of their kid you asked about last time. The people keep growing. Your memory doesn't. That gap shows up at the next meeting. The moment you ask something they already told you, they feel it: "They don't remember me." In sales, beauty, coaching, freelancing — any work where people are the work — that one moment decides the next contract or the next visit. Your contacts app stores numbers. It doesn't store relationships. LinkNote draws the people you know and the connections between them as dots and lines. Instead of a list, you see the actual structure of your relationships. Open the map right before a meeting and in 10 seconds you know how everyone connects and what you last talked about. ā–  See distance at a glance People are colored by how close they are to you, so you spot who's near and who's drifting. ā–  Sort by group Split people into groups and tags — work, clients, hobbies — and show only the connections you need. ā–  Record on your own terms Create the fields you need for each person: preferences, family, who introduced them, anything. Notes have no length limit. ā–  Log who you met Attach people to a daily entry and keep track of who you met and when. LinkNote also shows who you haven't seen in a while. ā–  Check-in reminders Get a nudge at a time you choose about people you've lost touch with. ā–  Insights LinkNote reads your map and tells you where connections cluster and where they're thin. ā–  Straight from the home screen Long-press the app icon to add a person, write today's entry, or search. ā–  Stays on your device People, connections and entries are stored only on this device and never sent to a server. Save a backup file and bring everything to your new phone. ā–  Contacts never leave When you add from Contacts, only the people you pick are saved inside the app.

About

Shelf Life

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Shelf Life is a smarter home for the screenshots you actually want to come back to. Save screenshots from anywhere on your iPhone, then let Shelf Life organize them automatically. Share a screenshot into the app, open Shelf Life once, and AI will categorize it, title it, add useful notes, and find a relevant source link when one exists. Use Shelf Life to: • Save screenshots from the iOS share sheet • Automatically categorize screenshots into your own shelves • Choose starter categories like restaurants, recipes, workouts, clothing, products to buy, articles, funny posts, and places • Add custom categories with guidance so AI knows what belongs there • Find source links for products, articles, restaurants, places, and public posts when available • Know when a screenshot has no public link, like texts, emails, notes, or private content • Search and filter saved screenshots later • Set reminder dates and times for anything you want to revisit • Resurface older screenshots so good ideas do not disappear • Upload manually when you want to add something from inside the app Shelf Life is built for the screenshots that usually get lost: outfit ideas, product links, restaurants to try, articles to read, recipes, workouts, gift ideas, funny posts, and anything else you meant to remember. Your screenshots become an organized, searchable shelf of things worth revisiting.

Screenshots

LinkNote4 screens
Shelf Life2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shelf Life at none against LinkNote's 3. On price, update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. LinkNote sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Shelf Life asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LinkNote ships an update weekly, Shelf Life every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference Ā· 5 level
LinkNote versus Shelf Life: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLinkNoteShelf Life
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeongbin ParkAvital Mintz

In-app purchases

3 purchases

LinkNote

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$1.991 Month
  • LinkNote Pro (1-Year Plan)$15.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access$49.99
None

Shelf Life

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is LinkNote free?
LinkNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Shelf Life free?
Shelf Life is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do LinkNote or Shelf Life have ads?
Neither LinkNote nor Shelf Life shows ads.
Which is updated more often, LinkNote or Shelf Life?
LinkNote ships an update weekly, and Shelf Life every 5 days. Most recently, LinkNote was updated on October 30, 2026 and Shelf Life on October 31, 2026.

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