Notes Reviews

Notes Reviews

Published by on 2024-09-16

🏷️ About: The Notes app is a powerful note-taking tool that allows users to jot down quick thoughts or save longer notes filled with checklists, images, web links, scanned documents, handwritten notes, or sketches. It offers a variety of features to help users organize and search their notes, collaborate with others, and take notes anywhere. The app is also synced across all devices through iCloud.


       


Overall Customer Experience 😎


👿🤬😠 Negative experience
70.7%

🙄💅🫥 Neutral
16.1%

😎👌🔥 Positive experience
13.2%

~ from Justuseapp.com NLP analysis of 371,790 combined software reviews.



Summary of Customer Reviews (Takeaways): 💎

- iCloud syncing feature is very useful for editing documents from any device.

- The app is generally great and helps with remembering things.

- The app has a lot of potential for adding more features.



Read 24 Customer Service Reviews 👿🤬😡😠💢😤

4.9 out of 5

Deletions

2022-05-22

The problem with Notes is that it is designed in a way that makes it almost inevitable that you will delete information. Recently while editing a note, I realized that I had recorded some data in the wrong note. I highlight the text so that I could cut or delete it but that option was not available. Among others I had the option of copying it but no simple delete was offered. So I had to manually starting from the end of the sentence hold down the backspace until the data was removed totally. But that is because it takes too long to hit it repeatedly and it proceeds much more quickly to hold it down. So it starts with one letter at a time and does this for several letters, then will delete words one at a time, but then very quickly if you continue holding it down it will delete your entire note. This all takes place within a span of a couple or three seconds. There is no time to react to it. Once the note is gone, there is no means to recover. I am told shaking the phone will undo your most recent action. But why not just place an option on the screen to undo? There is no security to protect the this app using save in which case changes could be discarded if you are not satisfied with them, or can continue in a state of edit. In short, not a single thing which could be done to protect your data is done to protect it. Notes is among the very worst.

Too slow! Cannot retrieve old locked notes if forgot password!

2022-06-23

Usually don't rate apps, but this definitely needs to be addressed. There is no way to contact anyone of problems for Notes.

this app has been very slow and sluggish for many years. People are complaining about this, but there is no solution. They have not fixed this problem with updates. Why? It has been very frustrating working with Notes when typing in app is very glitchy and very slow to type.

Not only this, but recently if you forgot your password for your locked old this app, then you no longer can retrieve old this app by changing one password. If you change password, then this new password applies to new this app, not old.

It used to be one password that can unlock all this app, but now it has been changed. When and why? What is the point of locking this app if you cannot change password if you forgot password of old this app???

Having visible "undo" function would be better instead of shaking phone which does not work all of the time.

Will change rating if the above recurring problem is fixed. In the meantime, need to find another this app app that is more reliable.

Updates made search function useless

2022-07-24

I have been putting off updating my iOS to 14/15 and finally updated my phone, but the this app app has changed. I use the this app app a LOT and have many this app that I want to search through using the search bar to find specific phrases, however after updating, this feature has changed for the worse. Now, when I use the search bar to type in a specific phrase I want to go to in any of my this app like “the birthday party” it shows the highlighted phrase in multiple separate this app, but when I click on the specific instance I want to be taken to, it does not go to that part of the note. It takes me to only the note with a given phrase but highlights every word in the phrase separately inside the note like “the” and “birthday” so I cannot go directly to where I need to be which is “the birthday party”. This is such an issue for me because I use the this app app a lot but now it is very annoying and basically useless for me as I want to be taken to the specific phrase not every single word of my search. Why did the update do this? This is convoluted and not user friendly.

This app ruined my life

2022-08-25

Don’t download, whatever you do! It is all public! Not a private or safe place at all. People do not care that thoughts are supposed to be private. It took me six years to get myself back together after the traumatic fallout of having deleted Notes and then seen and heard my writing plastered everywhere by everyone. As if I cared about their opinions! Otherwise, it is a vary bare-bones app taking experience . Simple and effective and clean-looking. Hashtags are new, and they make sorting individual this app better, but absolutely none of this is worth trading in for the absolutely criminal lack of metric data! You won’t know who is reading or how many or from where. No room for comments or likes or anything. You’re very lives are in the hands of just about everyone. What they collectively decide to do with you is anyone’s guess.

Nope

2022-09-26

I have a lot of this app. Some with important information. Since I have so many, I tend to use the search feature very often. I’ve noticed many times how I’ll search for a note I know I wrote but couldn’t find it. Before, I thought maybe I didn’t. Say I wrote down the password for my wifi. So I would proceed to the task at hand and reset the password for my wifi. Wrote the new one. Later, as I’m scrolling through this app I see the previously password. The one I did write but didn’t appear when I search it almost exactly. Afterwards, I went back to the search bar and searched it. This time it appeared. I thought maybe I missed something the first time. But after this happening numerous times I realize I didn’t. I even screen recorded me searching a note identically and then manually finding it and then researching the note for it to actually appear. I don’t get why having a search feature if the only time it displays results is when you have to manually find the note first.

🙃

2022-10-27

IMPORT: The idea of keeping folder structures worths 5 stars, but the rest worths -4 stars… Btw the imported this app font size is ridiculous. Nobody with any idea of what they are doing would ever design that tiny size as the default font size, right? So please fix the bug😑
DATES: What are those stupid "smart link" to thing like dates??? I know it can be useful sometimes for someone, bit why isn't there any quick & intuitively make sense way to turn them off?? They are soooo annoying (Especially when what I'm typing is not even a date. That's just...stupid.) and completely ruin the this app... UNDO: please have ways to undo/redo typing that can be done by two thumbs without shaking my phone. OTHER: this app jumping to other parts whenever I tap & try to fix the part I'm currently looking at... Thank you for demonstrating how rediculous a simple note app can be.

Promising but buggy

2022-11-28

I wish I can give Notes 5 stars, because I love using it with the Apple Pencil.
However, it is very difficult to see an app riddles with so bugs coming from the biggest company in the world, and bugs that have been around for years:
- switching away from Notes and back resets the ink, eraser and highlighter settings, without reflecting that in the UI. I have to change them back and forth every time I return to Notes
- switching back and forth also often selects the first pinned note instead of the last edited note. And I have to reopen the side panel, scroll through this app, and select the one I was working on
- if you chose not to hide the floating UI, Notes will still hide it after you start writing, and you have to reopen that UI again every time you need to switch tools. And in the latest version, it moves by itself from top to bottom and you need to bring it back up again.
On top of that, the floating UI violates a UX heuristic: it blocks the UI underneath it and part of the this app. Why not just integrate it with the top toolbar? There is plenty of space.

I like the ink in Notes more than any other app, but I’m gradually switching to OneNote due to its robustness and reliability.

Recent Update & Lagging

2022-12-29

The this app app has been a love hate relationship as an iPhone user. The sheer amount of words that it holds is incredible. Though with that comes lagging. Over the course of the past month I've used Notes for larger note taking such as random ideas to safe keep, places to go, bucket lists, etc. Yet even though it has a low amount of words the typing slows down and lags behind significantly. I've noticed this issue more as I've gone into the recent software update that gave the this app app more qualities.
This update also comes with flaws of its own. I attempt to scroll down my note when it flings me back to the top at random. Or even to the middle at any given time. It also freezes when a collaborator edits, leaving you with a stuck drop menu that's at the bottom and who edited it at the top. I hope these things can be fixed, whether adding a higher word limit to slow lag or to look into the new update for bugs.
I appreciate your time and hope the best for new downloaders! Don't be discouraged by this review, the this app app is highly recommended for reminders and ideas!

Crash

2023-01-30

This has always been my “go to” app for jotting down this app. Ive recently had issues when going back to view this app where the this app are no longer visible. If i exit the note I am trying to view it shows all of my this app however when i select a specific one there are no this app seen. I have to close Notes and restart it to see specific this app at that time. This has happened repeatedly over the past few months, maybe years. I came here to Notes store thinking that maybe Notes needed to be updated, but it appears there are no updates available. I wonder if anyone else has the same issue. Hopefully the developers are aware and working on a resolution. I have hundreds of this app recorded and although I would love to see more efficiency with Notes I don’t have the time to re-write all of my this app. Overall its still a good app. I just wish they would fix that specific issue

Love & Hate It

2023-03-03

I love this feature because it is a quick way to jot down this app and go back when needed. With that being said…I hate that there is not a quicker way to do so. If I type something in the search bar it shows me that it’s there but will not take me directly to it. Such a pain!!!! As I said I use this feature a lot which means I have a lot of this app that I need!

Also, I noticed since the new IOS update my this app literally disappear from the screen. It has happened to me twice within the last week and the first time freaked me out! I spent hours trying to find ways to get my this app back…scared to do anymore damage until I realized they were there…however the screen just went blank. My only fix was to restart my phone and when I went back to my this app screen everything was there.

Hopefully you guys will fix these issues soon

it’s a good app, but i have some issues

2023-04-01

(I’ve never done reviews so forgive me if this quite childish-sounding) I’ve used Notes for more than a year now, i use it to list down things, make checklists and just to spill my feelings once in a while. It’s an overall good app as you can set up sections in one note, make lists into checklists and whatnot. but ive been having security problems: whenever i make a big mistake, like deleting a whole section of a list, i can’t quite seem to get it back. One thing i reeeeeeeeally wished Notes has is an undo button. that’s all im asking for really, it could save up a lot of my time worrying. i also wish there could be like a ‘backup’ note, just a copy of it after i’ve saved something. I hope these features could be added, just to make Notes a little more secure, not just for me, but for other users who depend on Notes too.

Useful, but no longer works on my iPhone 8

2023-05-03

I’m not sure exactly what I did, but for whatever reason, I can no longer access synced this app via iCloud on my iPhone 8. This basically means I no longer have access to any this app I’ve made without going through iCloud on my PC browser or my iPad Air 2. I’m not sure how this happened, as it was working perfectly fine until last week. I’m very confused and cannot find a fix that works. It’s frustrating because I use Notes all the time to write things down and it now constantly tells me I need to “upgrade” the this app app. What does that even mean?! It doesn’t explain it and there’s no update. Google doesn’t seem to have a clue either. I guess I’m just supposed to accept that the this app are gone? I’m worried I should switch to a more reliable app, and I just might.

i love this app so much, but i have a few suggestions

2023-06-03

hi!! i am writing this review to let you know how much i love the this app app. i am a songwriter and i always use the this app app for my songwriting. it is SO useful and easy to use. but i have a few suggestions. i was wondering if you could maybe make “favorites” for this app so that you could favorite certain this app just like you can do in photos. it would be very helpful. i was also wondering if you could be able to put this app in multiple folders, not just one. this would help organize everything better. thank you so much and i love Notes!!! ❤️❤️

Issue with the password

2023-07-05

this app is an amazing app and I would totally recommend using it a lot more. But my main issue is with the passwords. I set a password a long time ago and I put a ridiculous hint that I just cannot figure out. You may be wondering, how did I forget my password? Don't I use it when opening my locked this app? No. I use Face ID and suddenly it's making me manually type it in. I'm starting to worry because the locked note that I'm trying to get into right now has literally ALL of my passwords. I think that this app should have a "Forgot Password?" button. Please add this, or at least help me fix my problem. Thank you!

♥️ Great App, A Few Suggestions….

2023-08-05

I personally love Notes, and I use it constantly. I really like the feature that you can lock a note. I would love it if you could lock a folder though. Please add this as a feature!!! I also think it’s pretty annoying that I can’t delete the standard “this app” folder. It’s pretty annoying, as I said before, but not enough to make me leave a three star review. I also think you should be able to have different text colors and fonts. Maybe a feature where you can highlight words in multiple colors too! I’m leaving the four star review because I tried to copy and paste a note, but I wasn’t able to. This is an issue because I didn’t want my sister to see what I was going to continue writing, but I wanted her to see what was already written. I wasn’t going to retype the note because it took HOURS to write! Again, I still use Notes so often, and it’s really helpful. Thank you so much for taking the time to listen to my Ted Talk! - Jo

I love this app.

2023-09-06

I would give 5 stars. But I believe the drawing aspect of Notes could be improved.I vigorously use my iPad and my Apple Pencil and Notes to draw diagrams and blueprints for my job in construction. The only thing I wish there was more of, is Shape configuration. (The ability to mirror, translate and rotate an already drawn shape or copy of one.) also the ability to save not so common shapes to some sort of memory bank for repetitions, or to allow for the “snap-to-shape” feature to just straighten the lines you’ve already drawn. (Currently you can only “snap-to-shape” basic shapes and angles.)

Other than that I love Notes and will continue to use it. I’ve figured ways around my above problems, but would love to see some of these problems addressed in a future update.

Search bar feature could be better

2023-10-08

I really love Notes and I appreciate all the added features it has. I love that I was finally able to scan a document without having to use a third-party app. I especially love the search bar. It really helped me find certain this app I created immediately. One thing I would like to be added though is that when using the search bar when clicking a note that contains that certain word/words it should immediately jump to where that note is. If I remember correctly, it should have had this feature in the past but I don’t know why it’s gone. I know that the purpose of Notes is to jot down this app but I like to use Notes as a way to keep track of the books that I’ve read. I have a really long list and the convenience of having that function would be very helpful.

Migrated to Notes

2023-11-08

I have tried almost every tool out there to take this app over the years. Sadly, startups come and go, Google products come and go, priorities come and go, and I have been left with a trail of dead documents over the years.

I decided to give this app another chance, and the iCloud syncing made all the difference: now I have a place where I can edit my documents from any of my devices, this was the feature that kept pushing me to third parties (almost all of them now abandoned, or slow, or inconvenient on a mobile device).

I am sure more features could be added, but I am generally very happy with it.

Quick Notes on The iPad

2023-12-10

It’s unacceptable that there is no option to disable quick this app from activating when swiping up from the bottom right corner on the iPad. The only option right now is disabling the feature from being swiped up using an apple pencil. There is still no option to disable opening quick this app with your hand though. It’s unbelievably obnoxious trying to pull up the dock and then having a quick note pull up dampening the premium experience you would expect from an iPad. this app had to be uninstalled for now due to this aggravating issue. It’s honestly a shame that a generally great app is completely bogged down and ruins the rest of the OS by unintentionally pulling up a quick note every few minutes on accident.

Edit- The quick note issue has been resolved with the latest iOS update moving back to a 5 star rating.

Its good but

2024-01-10

I like Notes i use it a lot and it helps me remember stuff ,but for a suggestion i think you guys should add like where it tells you the last time u wrote something and the exact date and time you did it so if i ever wanna know when i wrote it i know because once u accidentally type something the new date pops up and you cant see when you typed the other thing( do i make sense?i dont know but i hope u understand) basically to sum it up i feel like it should be like google docs where u can see when the last edits were made

Disappointing

2024-12-16

Notes lacks in some essential features and tweaks that would take it from being just another stock app to something amazing and functional. For example:

- Allow Notes ’s pop-up window to be resized manually to WHATEVER size desired. When I need to take a quick note, sometimes I need half a screen worth of writing space, but other times I only need a 1/6th worth of writing space on the screen so I can see the other stuff!

- Allow the pop-up window to have a “transparency” slider where you can see what’s behind Notes . Sometimes I need to trace over a diagram or a figure right there an then as I see it on the web. Having the option to make the Note window semi-transparent to do that would be very functional!

Mediocre

2024-12-16

It’s good for writing down a thought quickly. It’s not good for keeping this app long term though. Notion is much better, it has waaay more features that allow it to be an app that can do it all. Tables, toggles, subpages, embedding links, Notion has it. Apple, you need to make your this app app more like Notion.

Keeps crashing

2024-12-16

App was working fine until new downloads. Now keeps crashing

lol

2024-12-16

Notes chill, i write my dreams in this app when i get them 😭

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Is Notes Safe? 🤗🙏


No. Notes does not seem very safe to us. This is based on our NLP (Natural language processing) analysis of over 371,790 User Reviews sourced from the Appstore and the appstore cumulative rating of 4.9/5 . Justuseapp Safety Score for Notes Is 15.7/100.


Is Notes Legit? 💯


No. Notes does not seem legit based on our analysis. This conclusion was arrived at by running over 371,790 Notes User Reviews through our NLP machine learning process to determine if users believe the app is legitimate or not. Based on this, Justuseapp Legitimacy Score for Notes Is 34.9/100..


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Features

- Add attachments such as photos, maps, web links, documents, and more

- Scan paper documents with the built-in document scanner

- Secure sensitive or personal data in a locked note

- Create checklists and mark off items as you go

- Apply different text styles, bulleted lists, and tables to organize information

- Sketch right in your note with your finger or Apple Pencil on a compatible iPad

- Organize notes in folders and subfolders, and sort them in the order you prefer

- Use tags to categorize and organize notes, and view them in a Tag Browser

- Automatically organize notes in a Smart Folder based on filters

- Collaborate on shared folders or specific notes, mention friends, and view edit times and dates

- Take Quick Notes outside the app with an Apple Pencil or finger swipe, or create Quick Notes on iPhone from the share menu in an app

- Add deep links from an app or website to a Quick Note to mark your place.

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