Roam Reviews

The speed of page loads is frustratingly slow regardless of the size or type of data pages contain. It consistently saps productivity.

Countless usability issues make authoring any form or length of writing cumbersome. Because of this, I now often first use a different application (such as Apple Notes, Google Docs, etc.) to perform the majority of my work; only after I create the bulk of the content I need to produce do I then transfer it into this app.

this app has significant potential but it's squandered due to a lack of human-centered design and not meeting table-stake performance expectations.

Not native experience I expect from iOS app. i was waiting for it long time, but it doesn’t work well as on mobile web and as mobile app. Sometimes can’t remove text input focus from a text field, loading times are high. Login with google goes through a web wrapper. Guys I’m with you with all my heart. I’m tech founder myself, I will change to 5 when you make better experience.

it was completely dope, and i had very few complaints. After the last update, now i just get logged out all the time, super annoying. "logging in with google" doesn't work - brings me back to login screen with nothing filled out.

this app in desktop is life changing. The mobile app is slow to load, cursor isn’t automatically activated, and the UI is uninspiring—looks too much like the desktop app. Does not have the native iOS feel to it.

That said, a few things are good: tagging entires is easier than what we had before with the quick capture. Searching seems to work well.

Got the latest update. The bottom tabs are all gone. I don’t know how to use this apps anymore. I’m a power user and looking forward to native mobile experience for so long.

Over past few months, failed loading on the main graph, failure, extensive delay syncing of quick note. Really disappointed. I’m done with mobile app. Will use apple note for quick note and transfer to this app when I’m with the laptop or pc.

this app is my second brain and I have no word to Roam experience. Honest feedback: clojuredart, SwiftUI, ReactNative, firebase are not important. It’s 2022, just get a mobile app working. The best tech disappear, especially true for tool for minds.

I appreciate the ability to add quick notes via my phone on Roam .

However, external keyboards do not seem to be supported on the iPad, where I intend to do a decent amount of work/entry. When I attempt to hit backspace, an internal app menu item is selected instead. Seems to be focused on use of virtual keyboard (i.e. iPhone).

At least there is an app. Nothing more than opening on a mobile web browser without having to sign in all the time.

Hey another external keyboard user. I’m also so happy to have a this app iOS app now but using this app and using my external keyboard are one in the same and now I can’t do this! Every delete command is met w exiting out of the typing state of Roam instead of simply deleting the prior letter etc. PLEASE please please fix this soon :)

Keyboard support via universal control seems pretty broken, no key-repeat. An offline mode is also pretty critical I think.

Mobile app is what I’ve really been waiting for to pay for a subscription, really hoping it continues to improve, because otherwise it’s a great tool!

this app Research is a fantastic tool, but doesn’t integrate to the iPad Pro very well. Unlike the browser version, I can not use the Apple Pencil to hand write notes, which is a bit of a drawback when working in offline environments and relying on Roam to track notes. Hopefully this is something that can be patched in eventually.

I’ve been on the edge of switching out of this app due to lack of mobile/offline tools. Then this got released! Unfortunately, it’s lack of keyboard support makes it really frustrating. Trying to hang on for a bit longer, but in the middle of several projects and iPad is my main tool. Hope to see an update soon!

Why is the mobile app restricted to what seems to be a quick capture now? I'm back to using the PWA, because I want all the features available from my phone.

If the reason is a memory issue for some people, let others toggle the current view.

I'd be glad to bump up my rating if this gets fixed. It's frustrating since the team feels out of touch with users after seeing this.

I was so excited to finally see a this app app! It seems to be a good first attempt.

I am, however, experiencing problems when using an external keyboard. When I press tab, I’m expecting it to indent the block I’m currently at. However, instead it cycles through to the bottom menu, which makes it impossible to indent normally with an external keyboard. Please fix this, and I would be happy to update my review with an improved rating.

Enjoying using this app. I’m hopeful it’s a great solution for me and my love for note taking but struggle to keep things organized.

I’d love it if I could have multiple windows of this app open on my iPad. Please add support for this!

External keyboard now works as expected; this is now a reasonable facsimile of the browser app and completely useable. A few more things of note: * it seems as though the editor uses Ctrl+↔️ to navigate to End- or Start-of-line - Mac convention is that Cmd+↔️ serves that function, so this is a little non-idiomatic * I couldn’t get Quick Capture to work on the iPad * On the i__Phone__, Quick Capture was frustrating since it would load a time-and-date-stamped note placeholder when you sent a note, but when you come back later to add a note, it still has the time you sent the last one as it’s timestamp with no clear way to fix it. * maybe this is just me? A feature request: * please add some shortcut integration points so we can write our own automations

I use this app primarily on my iPad Pro in Safari but I use Roam as my portable task list and notepad on my iphone i.e. when I’m mobile. Sure you lose some functionality but Roam is mostly a convenience tool in it’s present state, and it does a good job of that. It was very inconvenient to access and use the web version on an iphone.

this app is not a perfect solution, but it’s what you make of it — you are the designer of your own system. People seem to *love* complaining about this app, but you just need to find a way to make it work for you. this app hasn’t let me down yet.

I’m a big fan. This has changed my life so much and so much better than Notion or notes app.

The biggest gripe I have is selecting a graph and entering my password each time I have to open my graph.

If I have entered it once on my device, could it just take me to daily notes on my last used graph? It would make life so MUCH easier

this app Research is the best tool for note taking. Ive been using it since 2020 and its been rock solid for me. The initial hype at its launch has waned considerably, but I still find it faster, easier, and more effective than its competitors. If you’re new or haven’t tried it in a while, I highly encourage you to give it a shot. The mobile app in particular has come out ahead big time.

It's working beautifully. So happy to finally have the mobile app. Excited to see future updates! And themes that can support iOS specifically

This latest iteration of this app Mobile is a great user experience, and finally allows you to use this app in a native way on iOS.