Saturday, May 28, 2011

The best college note taking app on iPad: Noteshelf

Sine the first iPad was released a year ago, I have used it mostly for my classes. I replaced my laptop with the iPad when attending classes because of its portability. While I have tried over 30 paid iPad apps, I have come across one app that truly fits my need. That is the Noteshelf App. This app is designed for those that prefer to handwrite their notes. I have always been faster at writing my notes with a pen and paper versus using the iPad touch screen. This is where the Noteshelf is superior in writing versus other popular apps such as Penultimate.

Smooth Ink Technology

The ink on this app mimics the actual ink of a real pen. If I speed up the motion of strokes, the ink thins automatically, and if I write slow the ink thickness increases. The ink does a great job in keeping up with your pen strokes even when you are writing really fast.


                                               Video Review of Noteshelf




Add photos to Notes

With the new iPad 2 that has a camera, adding photos inside your notebook becomes a plus. During my first year with the iPad in school, I used my 4th gen iPod Touch to snap photos and send it to my iPad. I would then add these photos into my note notebook, and still have the ability to mark these photos. So how does this help?

In one of my classes, my professor love handing out worksheet that had keywords and concepts. Instead of keeping them, I would snap photos of these apps then upload it to the iPad. Then these worksheets were in my notebook and I am able to write notes on it. Therefore keeping both virtual notes and scanned copies of the document in the iPad. I was able to throw away the original copy, and if I needed another one, it has the option to print it.

Exporting Options

Should you wish to export your notes, Noteshelf gives you a great options. Not only can you print and email your notes, Noteshelf supports the popular cloud services of Dropbox, and Evernote. Don't forget the basic iTunes exporting options.

Organize Notes into Notebooks

Noteshelf offers users the option to organize their notes into different notebooks. One notebook for one class. Not only can you organize your notes, but it has multiple page templates to choose from. Overall this is by far the superior writing app. Though it lacks options to record lectures, or type, these are minor compared to the ability to write with it. Please feel free to share with me some of the best note taking apps you use. If you want me to do an iPad app review for you just leave a comment below. Don't forget to follow my blog, it helps. Thanks.


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6 comments:

  1. I think I need to get myself an iPad...thanks for sharing bro. Other articles I read recommended penultimate and after reading this, I agree with you.

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  2. I have penultimate. It's a great app, I think I will do a comparison. thanks for stopping by bro.

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  3. Hey its Dani...That is an amazing program for the iPad! I wish they had that technology when I was in school. I love that you can take pics of stuff and then write your notes next to it. Totally Epic in my opinion.
    Dani Walker

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  4. Hey Dani. Thanks for stopping by. Yeah this app rocks. anyway hope all is well. take it easy.

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  5. Sole do you have a link to the stylus that you use currently for your ipad?

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  6. Though it lacks options to record lectures, or type, these are minor compared to the ability to write with it. Please feel free to share with me some of the best note taking apps you use. If you want me to do an iPad app review for you just leave a comment below. Don't forget to follow my blog, it helps.
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