PDF Notes S vs Meeting Notes & Work Planner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PDF Notes S
This app offers a dual-page PDF viewer with smooth scrolling and fast page turns. It also provides document management, quick previews of various file types, and annotation tools. An upgrade removes ads and unlocks full functionality.
- Dual-page PDF viewer
- Horizontal/vertical scroll and page turns
- Document browser for file organization
- Quick Look for various file types
- ZIP file preview without unzipping
- 8 handwriting tools
- Cache manager for fast page turns
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PDF Notes S gives you a 2 pages viewer with horizontal/vertical scroll, and cache for fast page turns, and thumbnails scrollbar. PDF Notes S gives you ZIP Preview, Quick Look of documents, images, music, videos, and etc. PDF Notes S gives you Document Browser so that you can organize all your files very easily. PDF Viewer - 1 page or 2 pages, horizontal or vertical fast page turns - Scroll or page turns by tap on sides - 8 handwriting tools that you can adjust color and line width - Horizontal or vertical thumbnails scrollbar - PDF outlines, bookmarks, and annotations list - PDF search - Cache manager supports 3 modes, permanent cache, automatic cache, and no cache Quick Look, ZIP Preview - PDF, RTF, TEXT - iWork documents, Office documents - Images, Music, PiP Videos - Without Unzip, preview ZIP contents (password may be requested if locked) Advertisements before upgrade - Banner ads can be shown at the bottom - Interstitial ads can be shown per 30 minutes Information about the auto-renewable nature of the subscription - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. A link to privacy policy and terms of use - http://blog.musebook.com/2017/03/privacy-policy.html The length of the subscription - Monthly or Yearly NOTE: All content contained herein is subject to change without notice.
Meeting Notes & Work Planner
Capture your thoughts and ideas with a versatile note-taking app. Easily create handwritten notes, add images, and convert speech to text. Organize your content with folders and sync across devices.
- Handwritten note creation
- Image integration
- Speech-to-text conversion
- Drawing and doodling tools
- Folder organization
- Cloud synchronization
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Don’t work hard, work smarter! Document all your classes or meetings with the awesome tools SketchNotes brings to you. CREATE EASY NOTES AND ADD IMAGES • Create customizable notes, and write anything you want in an easy, yet really helpful note that will make almost impossible to forget homeworks and projects QUICK SPEECH TO TEXT TOOL • If your teacher or partners are talking fast, use the Speech to text tool and save all the highlights lessons. You won’t even have to write anything. PERSONALIZE AND SHARE • Set your creativity free. Use our pencils, sharpies and shapes to draw doodles, funnels or anything that comes to your mind. ORGANIZE AND SYNC • Create folders and subfolders to make sure you will find the information you need whenever you want • Sync your notes on the cloud Price of subscription: - 3 day free trial then $9.99 per month Terms of use: https://giantbrainsllc.wordpress.com/terms-of-use/ Privacy Policies: https://giantbrainsllc.wordpress.com/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: PDF Notes S at free with in-app purchases against Meeting Notes & Work Planner's subscription. Meeting Notes & Work Planner's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 5). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. PDF Notes S sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Meeting Notes & Work Planner sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for PDF Notes S against 4.1 for Meeting Notes & Work Planner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Meeting Notes & Work Planner has 1.9K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 53% of PDF Notes S's written reviews are positive against 71% of Meeting Notes & Work Planner's.
PDF Notes S ships an update every 6 weeks, Meeting Notes & Work Planner every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PDF Notes S | Meeting Notes & Work Planner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (5 ratings) — better | 4.1 (1.9K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 52.9% of reviews | 71.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | AMuseTec Co., Ltd. | Giant Brains |
Customer experience
PDF Notes S
Meeting Notes & Work Planner
Bugs and requests
PDF Notes S
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Meeting Notes & Work Planner
Reported bugs
4 issues- Notes getting deleted unexpectedly
- Inability to edit or move images
- Syncing issues across devices
- Freezing and performance problems
Requested features
4 requests- Add more customization options
- Improve stability and reliability
- Provide better support and documentation
- Allow more flexibility in note-taking
In-app purchases
PDF Notes S
- Monthly Plan$0.991 Month
- Yearly Plan$9.991 Year
Meeting Notes & Work Planner
- Weekly Subscription3 Days trial$1.997 Days
- New Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription$9.991 Month
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- Yearly3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Yearly Subscription3 Days trial$49.991 Year
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