Noto - Elegant Note Reviews

by Exbeezzz

It makes me extremely uncomfortable that if I were to not have my Apple device, I would not be able to access my notes because there is not desktop version of this app. Also, email linking is primal where syncing is concerned. I like that my notes sync back and forth between my iPad and iPhone. But what if I needed to access my notes from a friends phone? There’s no login feature which kind of makes Noto useless to me. I was so pleased with the interface that I jumped the gun paid the $10 yearly fee without researching thoroughly. Now I am regretting it big time. Tags are not crucial, but would be a nice additional add on to organize notes more thoroughly! Other than the three things I mentioned, this app rocks and is a major upgrade from Apple notes, especially UI wise!

by Quark Gluon Plasma

this app is essentially a WYSIWYG markdown editor. It appears to encapsulate image files along with text in a single file. It has little menus for tables and other things, so you are not entering markdown. To use it, you give up some of the big advantages of markdown:
1. Files are simple text files.
2. You control formatting in a simple and transparent way that is human-readable.

It seems nicely done, but why use it? It sits uncomfortably between some very good markdown editors and traditional word processing apps.

by FrenchToastGhost

This is currently my favorite app, period. It’s almost perfect, but there are two things that I wish would be addressed:

1. Make it easier to indent checklists by dragging the entry to the right or left, like Google Keep. I make a lot of lists and having to access the menu to indent every time I want to create a subcategory is tedious.

2. Moving notes into folders is very finicky and the folders constantly jump around. It’s frustrating to say the least.

by Enrique359r

I love using this app for all my school and work needs. It works seamlessly between all of my Apple devices which I love. The only issue not only I have, with Noto is that I can not use my Apple Pencil with it, which is a limitation to anyone using an iPad, now that all iPads are Apple Pencil compatible. There are many note taking apps out there but this one aesthetically I enjoy so I wanna stick with it, but if Apple Pencil compatibility doesn’t get added eventually imma have to move on to a different app.

by Pp071

The design is amazing, so useful and simple, I purchased the life time version after 10 minutes using Noto it’s just awesome! I love that it has iPad, iPhone and Mac versions! I looked for Noto like this forever. Soooo many features! Perfect for business and personal stuff! Thanks to the creators!!!

If these features could be added, Noto would be priceless:
- change color of the text, being able to apply highlight but keep the text black, more highlight colors..
- add more forlder colors, maybe custom colors, backgrounds...
- if i could import my table to excel (or excel file not just pdf) with one piece or copy info from excel and fill out the table in this app
- if I can see the table more far away on the iPad
- if I could view what folders I have inside my main folders on the home page instead of opening them all to get to the document
- if I could change the background of the page itself or when I look at my files so I know the categories without folders like in Google Notes
- create a project, reminder and a due date like in Asana

It’s a little baggy but it syncs everything so fast and perfectly so when it shots down I’m not worried

by Loolev

Very pretty. Simpler than Craft. And probably more mature. Unfortunately, it’s another one of these note apps that syncs to a SQLite db. It can’t even sensibly export a pdf, html or markdown file to the file system on MacOS. It does, of course, because a file has to be created. But it uses a relatively inaccessible cache. You must export to an app that immediately imports these file types. I realize there is a trendy category of apps that avoid the file system and use proprietary database schemas for syncing. Both Craft and this app are of this type as is Apple Notes. All are nice apps and if you hate or fear the file system you’ll appreciate any of these—different and all good work. Not for me.

by StarPlebian

Missing a few features I was used to with Evernote but it’s nice and intuitive. You can’t attach audio files and there’s no voice note feature at all. There’s also no Apple Watch app and no web version to view and edit your notes on a desktop.

Still, I love how fast and simple the actual note taking process is so the 4 stars is well deserved. Now I just gotta manually import all of my Evernote stuff... wish me luck. 😳

by Sarah4683

Tl;dr: Solid app, lots of fun and useful features, usable w/o the subscription, but it's cheap and worth it. Turn on "reduce animation", though, to avoid crashes.

First the pros. There are multiple fonts and sizes! You can create folders within folders! And pick the colors. There are also quote blocks, horizontal rules, tables. You can insert pictures *and scale them*. You can even add a pic as a bullet point. Plus several other cool features.

The cons. I had a ton of crashes until I turned on reduce animation. It was also hard to figure out how to get it to stop italicizing things when I used asterisks or underscores, though I eventually did. When you highlight a word there's no "look up" options. Whatever the reason for this is, it needs to be fixed! Did I spell that word right, my predictive text seemed pretty confused? Did I just make it up? Idk cause I can't look it up from Noto . Also, the most recent update seems to have changed the bullet points from whatever color the folder is to a boring white (presumably black in light mode). That was one of my favorite "little touches". I won't die, but still.

Sort of a con is that many of those features require a subscription. Which it's certainly worth paying for, just the whole subscription thing is kind of annoying to me. But. The price is not at all bad, and it's a one-year sub, so I can live with it.

by Elleoneiram

Very cute! Aesthetically, it looks nice and is easy to type in. I have been using this app for a while now. My initial review complained about frequent crashing, and I’m happy to say I haven’t had that problem in a long time now!

Unfortunately, this new update isn’t quite my cup of tea. I use a lot of lists, and the automatic double spacing between paragraphs unnecessarily elongates the lists. I’m also not a huge fan of viewing the markdowns in preview mode.

I don’t like the change, but otherwise I would recommend Noto over many others of its kind.

by Fosisticated

I prefer this to PenCake, Bear, and Evernote. Noto is much more sleek and modern. I just bought the premium version which has more features and I like it so far. Evernote costs more and is very clunky. The sync between my MacBook and phone is smooth. I just need a few things: font colors, ability to change fonts within the notes, ability to change the size of the notes (I want to be able to drag the corners and size them myself), and Face ID! These features would propel Noto to the top of all notes apps.

by Bklyn Writers Co

this app has quickly become the repository for everything I manage day-to-day. I use it for both business and personal and it’s truly a gem. The only glitch has been that my desktop doesn’t always match what I create on mobile. For some reason, some folders on the desktop are titled ‘New Folder’ when on the mobile device they have an actual name assigned to them. Other than that one glitch and the inability to do single spacing instead of double spacing when I write in it I absolutely love this app!

by Crgnewcomb

Great App & Design. Many bugs and issues were fixed with the 2.0 release and there have been steady updates since then. UI design and core features are really good. It’s a really solid productivity app. Saying it’s a “notes app” is an understatement since there’s so many features.

By the way, the math equation tool uses KaTeX to display the math equations. Look up the documentation on KaTeX and you can unlock a lot of really amazing things with Noto on that alone.

by Nornwen

Noto is amazing, it would be the perfect app for me if only it had a web or windows version I could use on my laptop. I can't fault them for it too much because I know development takes time and Noto seems pretty new, but please do consider making this for web or windows. Having an app I could use that is both so decently simple and so decently complex and gets hierachal structure right would be life changing for me (not exaggerating), and I would pay good money to use it.

by 落雪。

This is definitely the best notes app on phone (cause I haven't tried this app on my iPad yet). Loooove the simple and clean UI and the motion anime. My favorite is the smooth moving sentences around and the highliThe only thing I can ask for would be enabling on the checklist drop for completed items. Pleeeese make an update on this feature and I can say goodbye to my default Notes XD

by JavaneOraneBrown

I have been looking for a Note taking app that would suffice for my everyday note taking and markdown needs, luckily I came across this one. Thus far, Noto has exceeded in every criteria I feel like other note apps are slacking in. Feature packed app that is easy to use and easy to understand.

I particularly love the option to add and export codes with an array of programming languages available to choose from. Noto really separates itself from other note taking apps with it’s simplicity and wonderful UI. Noto is super affordable plus you get your money’s worth. I highly recommend Noto.

Developers, please to add more Themes to the MAC OS app version. Thank you!

by Pet5248

Like most of us I’ve been searching for a note/organizer that is perfect for me. After using this app for a few weeks I believe I have found it. Version two with the ability to move notes is excellent. I’m sure this developer will continue to add features. The only thing missing is the ability to set a date reminder and/or alarm. Keep up the good work.

by Hnidhmn

Noto is made by great developer, I have been using Noto since early releases on my iPad Pro 11 inch, and as far as I can tell, I’ve never been so satisfied like this before, Noto is well designed and developed, I can barely find bugs, and most of all, and I do appreciate the recent 2 major updates, especially the last one for supporting RTL typing.

Noto is highly recommended to take notes using professional type formats.
Thanks you so much and please, keep up the great work 👌

by Elliegambia

Pros
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• Many features
• Easy to use and understand
• Many ways to customize it, including Noto icon

Cons
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None yet

Suggestions
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• Maybe add a way to lock notes, since I have a password hints note

Details
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I’ve only had Noto for one day, so I can’t give a whole ton of information. But it is very useful.

The controls are very easy to understand, without complicated things in the way. There is a “tutorial note” for beginners and just in case you need a reminder of some things.

I love the grid design, let’s you view all notes and folders and is easy to move through.

You don’t need the Pro to use this effectively, unlike most apps that have Pro. You can just as easily add attachments (although limited) and do the basic things a note app needs. Plus, the Pro is affordable.

Overall great note app. Would recommend to anyone!

by Sha Alm

I love it a lot. It has sooooo many options & I can organize it the way i want with so much flexibility! I love how there so many colors & I love how the scanner works perfectly! Whoever did Noto I must thank you for it. Noto reminds me of goodnote. I like the new update so i can keep my secret notes to myself. I would like to see more things such as: more fonts, more variety of color spectrum, more options of saving videos, more options for the math tools such as me writing a formula & it automatically creates whatever I want. Thank you so much. Im glad I have it.

by TaylorPlayer

UPDATE 2022
Very nice note app. I can attach images and videos. I’ve replaced Evernote with this app and use it every day.

Trying this note app out and so far I am liking it. It has some nice editing features that the others I have used don’t have so I am enjoying that. Things like being able to reorder a list by drag and drop are surprisingly helpful. Making folders by simply dragging one or more notes on top of each other is a great idea. So far so good.

by Iznanka Infinite

Stunning UX and animations.
But it doesn’t have the system spell checker and Look Up features. How’s that? I don’t need a custom sleek menu if it comes to the system-wise features. Please put it back.

Another thing, I’m a little suspicious when it comes to the Privacy. Website says not much about what kind of data is used and how exactly. All those standard phrases don’t add a lot.

by Ashton G0

You can’t add photos or videos without Pro?! And neither can you export as a PDF without Pro. I mean seriously? Those are like the two things that you need to take good notes! i would rather use Google Docs or notability. Also, when you scroll, its kinda’ annoying when the text does the springs action. I wish that it would just scroll normally instead of acting like jello...

by Pollo_Loco_69

This is currently my favorite app, period. It’s almost perfect, but there are two things that I wish would be addressed:

1. Make it easier to indent checklists by dragging the entry to the right or left, like Google Keep. I make a lot of lists and having to access the menu to indent every time I want to create a subcategory is tedious.

2. Moving notes into folders is very finicky and the folders constantly jump around. It’s frustrating to say the least.

by FistOf Strength

Nice clean writing app with great iCloud sync. Please please add more features and I'll be happy to pay the annual subscription: 1) variable line width and margin width. This is important for larger iPads. 2) variable line spacing please. This is important for smaller iphone. Single spacing means more text on the screen. 3) force sync button for when I'm going to a place with no internet and I want to be sure it's in the cloud before I leave. 4) compact list view of notes. I just want to see title, not snippets of the note. This way the list can be longer and I don't have to scroll so much.
Thank you for a great app. Please update. I want to commit to Noto and pay my share, please!!

by Ra The Sun God

this app will be replacing Evernote and Apple Notes. this app provides everything I need for not and file management. And it’s gorgeous. Plus, incredible value!! Really impressive solution considering it’s new.

by A Town Calls It

Love the idea and the detail of Noto, it does enough for all sorts of ideas, projects, and reminders for your goals, daily life and it’s very easy on the eyes. Lastly it’s cross platform for all of your iPhone devices.