Hi you guys! Welcome to Monerias' channel. I am Vivi
and in today's video I'll be comparing 2 very
popular note taking apps for the iPad
which are Goodnotes and Noteshelf
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Both apps, Goodnotes and
Noteshelf can be downloaded in the app store
and both are paid
but you just need to buy them once, and
both work in the iPad and in the phone
Noteshelf costs $ 6.500 CLP (7 USD)
I checked this morning. And Goodnotes
is a little bit cheaper
costs $5.500 CLP (6 USD). The good thing
is that independent of the one you buy you just need to buy them once
and then you can have all its functions forever
they don't have any subscription payment method
The first I'll do is to show you
all the functions that this apps have
the interface, the tools, how to use
them and we will be comparing between them so we can see
the difference between both apps
The first one that I am going to open is Goodnotes, since it is
the most popular note taking app. This is the interface
you can see the last open documents
and you can see, like in a shelf,
the different documents that you have
in the bottom have some options
documents, search, shared and favorites
This option is grate because it lets you
search a word inside all your documents
and recognizes your handwriting
so here I have al the document where this word is
written by hand, and here it show you in which notebook are those
notes. The first thing we'll se are the settings
It has different note taking templates
the app settings
And in settings we have all this options. You can sync your  notes
with iCloud, it has the stylus options
in my case I have the apple pencil connected
I have the sensibility in low, and you can chose
how you put your hand while writing. And this
one-finger scrolling
is that it don't recognize your finger as a pencil
so you can move the pages when you have your pencil activated. To add
a new notebook you have to click the plus button
and gives you these options: create a notepad.
A folder to organize your
notebooks or planners or whatever you
have in here by subjects. You can add an
image from photos, scan a document
take a picture or import a file
such as a digital planner
and a quick option that opens a sheet to do a note
So to create a new notepad. Here you can chose the cover,
chose if you want it horizontal or vertical
It has different cover styles, simple
these ones, these black and white
bright colors, holidays
this brownish and these with patterns
And also you can chose the size of your page
You can chose between godnotes standar, that I don't know the
exact size of that, A7 for phones
A6, A5, A4, A3, letter and tabloid
You can also chose the language of the
hand writing recognition. Se we are going to chose a cover
The type of paper, also horizontal
You can chose between white paper, black
or a yellowish one, the
size options, and it has different templates
which are blank, dot grid, square,
narrow and wide, it has some writing paper
planning papers,
And that's all that has this app to chose papers
So we're going to chose dot grid
a name, and create
It has all the noteboks or documents
also in a shelf, you can create
different categories by the topic of your notes
In the setting has appearance
that let you change the color of the upper bar
like this. It has the hand position
configuration, where you can chose how you
put your hand while writing. Hand writing recognition you
can chose different languages just as Goodnotes
The stylus setting, and pressure sensitivity
I use it deactivated and I'm going to show you why. I'll activate it
so you can see the difference in a while
Double tap action is when you tap your penciltwice
it changes to the eraser, and a double tap again
change back to the last tool. This is in Goodnotes too
In cloud and backup has the option of iCloud which is what I use
Automatic sharing is to back up in another platforms
such a dropbox, one drive and Google drive
This option is not available in Goodnotes. It has advance options
with the whiteboard mode
to use the app as an external whiteboard, this is available in Goodnotes too
disable hyperlinks when typing
I have that disable and I think
is better that way, I'll explain why later
You can add passwords to your notes
and here you can chose the time to autoblock of the notes
And lastly iPad autolog
that if it is selected
the iPad screen won't turn off while you are in the app
So to create a document, it also has a quick note
new notebook, audio notes
import a document such a planner from your
files, import photos and scan documents. The same
options that Goodnotes has. So we chose new notebook
and we can chose the cover, it has several
options, simple, leather, retro
transparent, ethnic (I love these), waves
wood and also it has the option
of noteshelf club, where you can register
by free, through google, facebook or
any email and here you can download different
papers and covers to customize
your notebooks even more. So it has several more options
than Goodnotes. And in here, in chose
the paper type, you have basic paper
could use portrait or landscape mode, the same as goodnotes
it has black paper, and a dark blue one
In digital diaries it has different types of
calendars, A4 size
but here it doesn't have with dots, letter the same
for mobiles, and personalize (I'll explain it later)
in free downloads, there was a white paper set
i'll download this, and here I have
my new set of papers that comes with different size options
I'll chose the small dot grid, I'll chose a title
and hit create
The next thing I'll show you is how to use the different tools
inside each app, and we're going to start with the pens
Goodnotes has 3 pen options, here you can also adjust the pen
options and palm recognition or disconnect the apple pencil
and as I was saying, you have 3 styles of
pens, and the first is the 
fountain pen
This option is the magnifying option that let's you write easily
Ant the fountain pen writes like this, when you
press harder makes a thicker line
In here you can chance the size, between
0,1 to 2 mm of thickness
This blue part here is the automatic advance option
that both apps have, that while you are writing
if you write in there the magnifying square moves
to the other part of the page
The next one is a classic pen, which I normally use
because I don't like how this looks like. My writing is
horrible with this fountain pen, so this one is smooth
Independent of how much you press
the pencil, this doesn't change its thickness, and you can also change its size
of the pen. The third one, that I don't like either
is the brush pen, that has the same problem of...
even worst, and to write I hate it
Because I just can't control the size of the strokes
to make them decent. Now if you want to make lettering
this may be a good option, but in Goodnotes the writing is always shaky
that's the reason why I have the pen sensibility at
low. So this are the pens. And here
you have the option of change the colors. You can see only 3
colors at a time ad 3 pen sizes at a time
that remains here, and you can't have more
if you want to change one
you need to do it manually and thats a little bit annoying
And the colors look like this,
you can edit and add more colors, and to do so
you can find one here or you need to know the
HEX code of the color
and that's the pen function then, and this is how
the pens and colors work in Goodnotes.
Now we'll see how is it in Noteshelf.
We're going to open this new notebook
and here we have the pens, and here
you can chose between 4 pen styles. I'am going
to use the magnifying option too, that have some options
that are a little more extensive than in Goodnotes
you can change the margin of the sheet
you can change the space between lines
this line over here which is amazing for when you are writing
in a blank paper, because
it's a guide that helps you write straight.
You can disable the automatic advance
such as in goodnotes, but I like it enable
so this first pen,
writes like this
The pressure
sensitivity option is activated
so when I press harder the pen writes a little more thick
Here we have the fountain pen, that has less rounded strokes
rather square strokes, as you can see
it has square edges. This one is the one I use normally
but that I don't like with the
pressure sensitivity option on
you're going to see the different when I change that option
This is fully personal
but I feel my writing is much better
in this app than in Goodnotes, I don't know why
but I feel I have more control of the stroke, and is less shaky
not as in procreate, but the writing is so much better
And finally it has this coloring pencil option
that is very good to
draw or paint something
I'm going to show you what happen when
you turn off the pressure sensitive option
and this pen that is my favorite,
maybe it's just me, but I feel way more comfortable writing
with a pen with a fixed thickness
If I want to do some lettering, I can
enable that option, do it and then I disable it again
because my handwriting is much more even, without that option. And the
automatic advance option works the same as in Goodnotes
This app has much more pen options
it has this predefine sizes, in goodnotes is a little more
finer, because you can change its size between
0,1 mm to 2 mm
and here you have only 8 different categories
But in here you can have several favorites
here I have some,
favorite pens of different sizes, and colors
to different planners depending of the page size
And the color option is what I like the most
I like it much more than the option in Goodnotes, because here in edit
you can chose your color in this type of palette
that have more options than goodnotes,
you can also add one with the HEX code
and it has the option of color palettes
So here you can find different color palettes and add them complete if you want
and it has a lot, lot lot of them
So I like this so much more than in Goodnotes
that don't have the color palette option, so thumb up for
Noteshelf. Then the eraser, in Goodnotes
it has the clean page option, which is also present in Noteshelf
and this option eliminates complete everything that's
on the page. It has the option
of erase the entire stroke
and when is on erase it completely, I just touch one side
and erase the entire figure
This is erase only highlighted
This is very useful because it lets you erase only the highlighter
and not what is on top of it.
And it has the option of deselect automatically
that when I erase something, automatically comes back to the last
tool that you were using, and you can keep writing
so it is a useful option too. In noteshelf, the eraser is pretty
similar, it has 3 sizes, I have it in automatic.
You can erase the page too
You can also erase the entire stroke
so I touch one letter and erase it automatically
Whitout this option, it is erasing as I touch it
The same as Goodnotes, erase only the highlighter
The difference here is that in here we have
more highlighter options.
You have one with beveled tip
like straight, and one with round tip
that looks like that. It has the option of
several colors and also edit them
and add different color palettes
And also you can add different highlighters
to favorites. Whereas in Goodnotes
it only has... it has nothing
it has color options, only 3 sizes
that you can regulate
but it only allows you to have 3 sizes at a time
the colors works the same as with the pens
and it only has the tip with a round
shape, it doesn't have a
beveled tio highlighter. So again,
Noteshelf has more options and variety of options than Goodnotes
Now the option of create figures
With this option you just draw
a figure, and the app fixes it and so it is less ugly
you can do rectangles, squares...
Triangles... in Goodnotes this function
works very well, these are a little crooked
there are some figures that are harder to draw
This same option is here in...
This option, in Goodnotes, is only available
for the pen and not for the highlighter. Whereas in Noteshelf
you activate this tool here, and you
can do this figures using a pen
or the highlighter. So again,
has more options in this respect. Following with
the tools, I'll let the lasso tool
for the end, because I think is one of the most important tools
Goodnotes has this option to add pictures to your page
you just click it and your photos appear in here
If you touch the screen, this box pops up and you can enter your gallery
So you touch a photo and is added toy the page
and you can resize it
You can cut it. And Goodnotes
it has 2 cutting options: a free hand
like this
or the option of square or proportional cutting
where do you leave what you want to stay
An option that Goodnotes has, but that
it is not in Noteshelf is this. You can resize the image evenly
maintaining the proportions of the image, or you can deform
the image if you need it more elongated
toward the side or upwards. This option is not present in
Noteshelf. To add an image in Noteshelf
We click the + button, and then photo
it opens your photos, and you add it
and also you can resize it.
You can turn it
and in edit
we have several tools. The cutting option, that is the same as Goodnotes
We have this
eraser
which is the best and is to erase the background
This isn't in Goodnotes. If you have some stickers
with white background, with this you can
erase the background and let it perfect. And has this option
that it is like the lasso tool
of Goodnotes. So the cutting options
is, again, more complete in
Noteshelf. Then we have the text tool.
so you can write with fonts, change the size
bold, cursive or underlined
and here you can chose
if you want it centered, or in one of each side, the font size
type of font, background color, the edges
and letter spacing. In Noteshelf
the text function is similar
You can also chose between different fonts
different sizes, different colors and
when you have a style, a size, a font
and a color that you like, you can add those to favs
and you can see them in the previsualization
so they are really easy to select
I am going to change this font, and there it is
Again, Goodnotes doesn't have the option of saving this
as favs, so each time that you do a text box
need to configure everything again
so again, thumbs up to Noteshelf!
Now the lasso tool, that I thing is one of the
essentials, and to show you I'm going to import a sticker
The option of drag from one folder to the other app
it works much better in Goodnotes
drag and drop option
So here it is, and I can resize it
and move using this tool
and can also use the lasso tool to move it
but this image option it has to be enable
so you can move the image; if it is disable
you won't be able to move it, and just move the text
that is on top of the image
One thing that I like a lot about Goodnotes
and that Noteshelf doesn't have, is
I'm going to write something
And I want to save it to my files
here I have a folder with my handwriting
that I want to use again,
So in Goodnotes I just have to select it with the lasso tool
tap on it
and drag and drop into my folder
Now I'll do the same in Noteshelf, so you can see the difference.
I'm going to select it with the lasso tool
and you can't do the same, you can't drag
and drop into my folder. What I can do is tap it, then copy
and then touch in a blank space, select paste, and here it is
This is so much faster to do in goodnotes
And I must confeses,
spoiler alert!
but that is one of the reasons why I keep having Goodnotes in the iPad
because it allows me to
save my stickers as pngs
that I need for my Etsy store
in a very easy and fast way, and with Noteshelf I would need to
copy and paste, copy and paste, and that takes a long time
so thumbs up for Goodnotes. Another thing
that I want to say related with the lasso tool
is related with this problem that
you can move your handwritings or
or the images, or everything
because you can't block the images
so you can write on top of it
and don't move them later. I'll show you a planner that I have
So I used this planner with weekly hourly inserts
this resizing thing is
o much easier to do in Goodnotes
than in Noteshelf
so here it's the insert that I add
so now I can use it and write on it
But if your are like me, you will want to use stickers
and for instance, want to use stickers
of the days of the week... Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, and I want
resize them all at once so they
have the same size. So I select the lasso tool
with images enable, because I want to move them
I select them, and what happens when I move them
the page under it, moves too
So to avoid this, you need to
select the pictures tool
and touch each sticker
and I have to resize them
individually
so I don't move the background
so I have the problem that they are not going to be the same size
and the OCD is terrible!
So in this app you need to be careful enough
that if you add a sticker or a
decorative element
if I write something here, and then I want to move it
I have to worry that this is not enable, so I won't move the
background, so it's a hassle
honestly, you can't resize everything
at the same time, you can't lock this layer
I think is a basic, fundamental function
for whom use this planners like this, and that love to use sitckers
and like to use layer after layer after layer of stickers
now, if you just want to write in here and not adding anything, this is perfect
but when you use inserts, this is a hassle
In Noteshelf, I am going to use exactly the same planner
I am going to add the exact same insert
I'm going to resize it
To do this in Noteshelf, as I said this function isn't as good as in
Goodnotes, I prefer to use the lasso tool
and this works a little bit more
but is like it is stuck
but I already did it. I tap this layer
and appears this menu, and it says lock
and that's it!! This is not going to move anymore
regardless of what I put on top
so now, I can use all the stickers that I want
without worrying about this base layer moving
so again I'll import Monday...
So, I'll select them and resize them all together
an so, they are going to be all of the same size
and this is very very useful
when your adding numbers
that doing so, resize them
one but one, and let them all in just one size is impossible
but with this app this is so much easier to do
an resize them all together
so they'll be the same size
and if you have OCD, like me
you're going to be really happy
with this function
Other thing that I really like about Noteshelf, and that it isn't in Goodnotes
is the option of change the position of the layer
I'm going to show you in Goodnotes first, what is the problem
Let's use some washi tapes
and also want to use a picture...
I want that this one is on top of everything. If I tap on it
with the lasso tool, it gives me some options...
I'm sorry I can't do this because I have this layer underneath
so with the lasso tool I don't do anything.
If I touch it with this picture option on, I only get the options of sharing and cut.
so I need to delete it,
import it again
resize, and now it is on top
So the the order of the layers
is the same as the order in which you are putting them
and if you make a mistake you'll need to delete it and do it again, or
select cut... sorry not cut
share, then copy,
then paste, and now is on top
and you can use it as you want
In Noteshelf it works as follows. I'll do the same
I'm going to select it with the lasso tool, and appears
this option of sending to the back or front
so I'll tap in send to front
and that's is. My sticker is on top
and I didn't to insert it again, or copy it again
And I took me so much less time. The lasso tool
of Noteshelf is so much better, because
you have the chance to change the position of the layers,
at front or at back
you have the option of block any layers
so for instance If I use some stickers here
or in the side bar I can also lock them
and I can write on top of it and then move my writing
without any problem and I don't need to change the settings
of the lasso tool. Other amazing thing in
Noteshelf, and that isn't in Goodnotes
is the hyperlink option. As you may know, digital planners come with
this clickable tabs
so if you tap on it it takes you to other month
and here, this is automatic. I have my pen selected
and I can activate the
hyperlink, even though I have the writing tool selected
In Goodnotes this isn't like that. In Goodnotes if I have the pen
selected and touch the link
I'm just going to paint it. Here you need to do an extra step
which is disable the pencil
to activate the only see mode, and then
lag... you can activate the link
so thumbs up, full thumbs up for Noteshelf
because you don't need to be changing
your tools continually, select the pen
and if I want to go back I have to disable it again
and so on. I don't know
if you notice the lag, look how much it takes
This slowness
or this lag that happens in Goodnotes, when you open some page
that it's full of stickers, for instance if you have stickers
notebooks in here, and they are of a good quality
The stickers I made are of a big size and of
better quality, so they they weigh a little more than
the common ones for Goodnotes
So when I open a page, I have to wait for it to load
and If I change the page, in general you'll have a lag
to load your page with stickers.
And this starts to happen a lot, when I was saving my stickers
in Goodnotes, and I had sticker books
but each time I needed one, I opened a sticker book
and had to wait for it to load
and that doesn't happen in Noteshelf, an as you can see
it loads much more faster even if you have a lot of stickes
so I think this works better in this sense
Finally, I'll talk about
the manage of pages in both apps
In Goodnotes you have this icon over here, that allows you to
see all the pages in your notebook, in order
Let's say I want to copy this sheet
and paste it after this one. So select the page
copy, and now I have to go to
the page, and select +. You can chose actual template
and will add a new page without the
tags that I
the names of the tabs
or coming in here an select paste page
and there you have your page
In Noteshelf, this works in a similar way
I'll show you this planner
If a want to put this page
at the beginning of September.
Here I can share this page, selecting actual page
noteshelf format, you can change
the file's name
hen share, and then share
as a template, save it as a template
No I go to my September spread
and I want to add the page after my monthly calendar
Select +, new page
from template, then
personalized, and here I have several templates for several planners
I chose the one I want to add
and is going to be added after the page I chose
and maintains the hyperlink function
So this is very useful, to have pages
as templates, since after, when Octobers beggins
I can do exactly the same, without having to
copy the page, come in this month again
and paste it. This template is save
and is easier to add wherever you want
so again, thumbs up for Noteshelf
I think you already have an idea
of the main characteristics of both apps
and their differences.
It is very clear what my preferences are. To me
1000% is better Noteshelf, is a little more expensive
but I think it has a lot of functions
that aren't in Goodnotes, and that are essential to me
such locking layers,
changing the position of the layers
to the back or front, the option of save
certain pages as templates
that is an awesome feature in Noteshelf, the option of
multiple favorite pens
several favorite highlighters and
multiple colors, and the color palette option
The only thing I don't like about noteshelf is the function
resize, and drag and drop function
that don't let you
drag some objets from the app
to my folders, and that's the
only reason why I keep having Goodnotes
on my iPad, because I needed to create
the png files for my stickers
So my opinion is that Noteshelf
works much better and have more options
so I think you'll get more out of it, so I recommend this
if you want to use it this way. If you only
want to write, or take notes
Goodnotes could be a good option
because is a little bit cheaper, but in writing
terms, my writing is much better in
Noteshelf. I was getting use to write in Goodnotes
when I change to Noteshelf and disable this
pressure sensitivity option
I like much better how my writing is in this app
and the writing feeling is much more natural on
Noteshelf. So guys this is everything for today's video
I hope you like it and that it was useful
in case you're thinking in buying one of these 2
apps. I hope this was helpful
to see how they work and the differences
between them, and so you can buy
the one that you think is going to be better
depending on how you want to use it
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