Comparison

alt Codes vs Shelf Me Pro

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

Head to head
About

alt Codes

Discover Windows keyboard shortcuts for typing special characters and symbols not on your keyboard. Quickly copy symbols to your iOS device's clipboard for easy pasting on your Mac via Universal Clipboard.

Highlights
  • Find Windows keyboard shortcuts
  • Type special characters and symbols
  • Copy symbols to iOS clipboard
  • Paste on Mac with Universal Clipboard
  • Quick symbol lookup
Features
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alt Codes enables you to quickly and easily find the keyboard combinations in Windows to type symbols and characters that are not found on traditional keyboards. In addition to discovering the keyboard code for a character or symbol, you can quickly copy the character or symbol to the clipboard of your iOS device. With Universal Clipboard, any character or symbol copied on your iOS device can be instantly pasted on your Mac.

About

Shelf Me Pro

Features
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Shelf Me makes it super easy to scan your marker highlights from books or notes, and get Markdown formatted text, allowing you to transfer your highlights from paper onto the digital notes app of your choice. You can take multiple pictures and export the text of all of them in one go. Shelf Me uses the latest AI models to accurately transcribe your text. Simply scan, repeat & export, and you're done! --- Terms and conditions: https://includable.com/eula-shelfme

Screenshots

alt Codes3 screens
Shelf Me Pro1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: alt Codes at none against Shelf Me Pro's 3. Shelf Me Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). 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. Shelf Me Pro sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. alt Codes asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
alt Codes versus Shelf Me Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameteralt CodesShelf Me Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (10 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings10 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size0 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJared LiptonThomas Schoffelen

In-app purchases

None

alt Codes

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Shelf Me Pro

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Annual$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$49.99

Questions

Is alt Codes free?
alt Codes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shelf Me Pro free?
Shelf Me Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do alt Codes or Shelf Me Pro have ads?
Neither alt Codes nor Shelf Me Pro shows ads.

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