Notes, Notepad & Memo - UpWord Reviews

by Themoye

NotesNotepadMemo makes absolutely no sense to me. All I wanted was a simple notepad to dictate spur of the moment thoughts to, on my apple series 3 watch.

There is theoretically a sync built into NotesNotepadMemo using Dropbox on your phone. Notes I wrote on the phone (which was not where I wanted to write them in the 1st place) usually did not appear on my watch ... until later. Maybe. Then they might show up duplicated or triplicated. You can’t delete a note from the watch. You can’t really do much of anything to a note on your watch ... except read the duplicated copies of it several times.

Conversely, notes you originally made on the watch might eventually show up on the IPhone, in some cases they were displayed as folders, in others they were just lines of text. Most of the time you got both.

I foolishly bought the premium features for NotesNotepadMemo because of the puzzlingly good reviews NotesNotepadMemo has received. Oh where oh where is the refund feature in NotesNotepadMemo Store for lousy, non-working apps?

I am hoping I can leave my zero star review of this so-called app, but if I give it one star it is only because I couldn’t give it less ... or get my money back.

by Luci_67

I absolutely hate NotesNotepadMemo. I had been writing letters to my boyfriend for 8 months about how much I love him and planned to give him all the letters on our wedding day. I constantly backed up my notes and when the “back up & sync” reminder popped up I ALWAYS pressed okay. My phone broke to the point where it wouldn’t come on and I got a new one but there’s no way of getting my old notes back so I don’t understand where I was backing up and syncing to if not to my iCloud? I wrote him hundreds of notes that I will never be able to get back and I’m so mad and hurt. If I would have known that “back up and sync” didn’t truly mean anything because they weren’t being back up or synced to anywhere, I wouldn’t have wasted my time with NotesNotepadMemo and I would have just used my regular notes all because all my notes from there are still saved and then I’d have all of those letters that I wrote.

by Steak And Chicken

This used to be my favorite app, I’ve been using it for several years now— it’s simple and easy to organize and exactly what I was looking for after I got an iPhone— unfortunately over the summer I had some issues with deleted notes reappearing again. Most likely a bug of some sort- I recently got a new iPhone so perhaps NotesNotepadMemo is no longer compatible— I have reached out to customer support several times now since then and I’ve received no response. Not really sure what to do. I guess all I can do is back up my notes to my computer and start using another app for my notes. It’s with a heavy heart that I say, I don’t recommend NotesNotepadMemo anymore. Look elsewhere.

by Fashion Literati

NotesNotepadMemo is pretty awesome except for a few things. In my opinion if you’re going to charge $5 for an app it needs to be jam packed because as a single mom my money is super tight. I need an amazing reliable nite taking app because I use notes for EVERYTHING! I will pay $5 IF you add a bunch more fonts, especially girl friendly, more colors for layouts. Personally I’m not a fan of blues and purples. It would be awesome to have a white background and be able to custom choose any color I wanted including silver, gold or rose gold? Backgrounds for the notepads would be awesome to. Like being able to upload your own! More colors for the tabs as I have like 100 notes with more than 25 categories. If these simple things were added if spend the extra money for sure. I do love that I can cross stuff out. That is what got my attention.

by MrsMack2019

Love NotesNotepadMemo! The swipe features to cross out/delete, to add bullet points or color text etc., are all fantastic.

4 stars because I use NotesNotepadMemo HEAVILY (instead of a calendar app, on which I struggle to keep up with all the segregated notes and prefer having the list-style interchangeable interface of Upword. But, with those looooong files, it gets difficult to navigate to different sections. So I am writing a review in hopes that they will add some kind of “tab” feature, which you could label within the note, and it would zip you down to the next section within that same file.

Seriously great app!! I highly recommend you try it.

by MsLizzy505

Upward is also the only note-taking app I use. My favorite thing about it is that you can group notes into folders by category or subject, etc. What I use it the most for is lists, like for shopping, to-do, etc. I like that you can line-through and cross things off the list as you complete them.
I've always had an issue using the swiping method to change formatting, but that's just kind of my own issue. I'm OK at it until I think about it before hand, lol! Thanks for your great work guys!

by Faelynne

This used to be my favorite note-taking app. I have used it since it first came out. I loved all of the features, especially the organizational features and flexibility of the text files to be used and viewed in various formats. I wish that NotesNotepadMemo would continue to be my favorite note-taking app.

However, I have begun to use Apple's Notes again because, most critically, I have access to Notes when I don't have cellular or wi-fi service. When I don't have cellular or wi-fi service, all of my Upward notes completely disappear.

In addition, Notes has developed many of things that I enjoyed in Upward plus it has the ability for me to import photos, the ability for me to handwrite notes, and the ability for me to draw on photos and pdf files.

Furthermore, I have also had a serious issue with "ghost" repeating reminders that are un-deleteable. Messages to customer support have not been returned.

by Pinball Bob

Great App but need to FIX the Move Error bug that crashes the program. I love the ability to sub folder and I use consistently the ability to copy You Tube links into notes. Anther feature is the ability to tap a phone number to call in a note as well to tap an address to open a map and the ability to insert links to Web pages that also can be opened with a tap. I agree it would be better to be able to open and use the program off line but that’s not a serious issue. Overall great but please fix that darn bug.

by Mjord

Revising from 5 to 4 Stars because the only cloud sync option is via DropBox, which the author flags as deprecated and use with caution. NotesNotepadMemo has been with me for 6 generations of iPhones, and I keep using it, but now am seeking a replacement because of the sync issue. I formerly stated it has just enough features to be relevant and a great UI that makes it pleasant and interesting to use, which is still true. It also offers organizational opportunities which help make notes easy to find. I’ve enjoyed using NotesNotepadMemo and hope the author will take note of these comments and upgrade NotesNotepadMemo , even for a fee.

by Prison Preacher

When I first started using UpWord I had a UGH moment somehow or other all my notes got wiped out. I can’t remember specifics, but both NotesNotepadMemo and Dropbox were wiped clean. However, I like the folder feature, as I like to categorize my notes more then just one or two levels. The undo is nice especially when my being a lousy typist, even more so on my iPad where an inadvertent swipe can make a mess.

I wish it had the ability to bullet, indent, bold, italicization.

Bottom line not perfect but I’ve no plans to search for another one.

by Puzzlerzzzzzzx

I am extremely detail oriented and need to have control over everything to feel organized. From the font, to the size, to bolding/italicizing and bullet or number lists, color coding and folders, headings and so on... And I all but gave up finding an app that gave me all of that. No lie I have looked for years. This was the LAST one I was willing to try and in no exaggeration at all, it has changed my life. I've never written a review for an app because I've never cared so much or been so positive impacted by an app. This is my lifeline: in less than one week of having it I have added more 60 notes in 7 different categories (not to mention sub categories within) and just being able to choose colors, or font, or all of the above from before, it makes NotesNotepadMemo experience MINE. Linking to DropBox is a lifesaver too because my lists and notes are constantly uploading and saving remotely, so I don't have to worry about any freak accident and losing hours of organizational efforts.

Thank you to the creators of NotesNotepadMemo , this is the only app I've ever purchased (I'm cheap and use free ones haha) and because of NotesNotepadMemo I can cut down my paper usage or my scattered notebooks because it's finally all in one place and with me all of the time through NotesNotepadMemo on my phone.

by Nursesrus

I use NotesNotepadMemo everyday and it is great. I use it to make shopping lists at the different stores I shop at as well as for making packing lists for trips and “to do” lists. It is great to be able to mark through an item and then unmark it. One thing I have found “on accident” that I don’t like is that if you scroll to the top of your list too quickly it will “clean up” your list by deleting everything you marked off. I don’t like this feature because when I make a packing list for example, I mark off the things that I have packed and then usually, when I am getting ready to come home from my trip I go back into my list and make sure I pack everything back up to come home. If I have accidentally scrolled to the top of my list too fast it will delete all of the items that I have marked through and that leaves me at risk for forgetting something.

by New To "if"Phones

A lot of apps I’ve used have things that are supposed to work - but don’t. I tried the iOS notes app, but just never could like it. I searched NotesNotepadMemo Store and found this one. Based largely on its reviews, I DL’d it and after using it for a couple of years I paid the $5. I use it so much, the fee seemed minimal. Thanks to the developers for a smooth, user friendly app. One thing I wish it had is the ability to Airdrop it to my other devices. I really hate to lose files and that would be an easy way to back-up.

by KnightMare1

This is the best note app I've ever seen. I'm using it for school, to write notes, and works perfectly fine. Today, I opened it to study and a notification pops up saying I can get something free from NotesNotepadMemo . So I choose a font pack and hit redeem. Another notice pops ups saying it will ask for my Apple ID, and I'm fine with that, so I continue and it says transaction failed. I try multiple times and finally I have to cancel to write this review. Overall NotesNotepadMemo is great, I would just like some help with the free gift. Thank you!!

by Isillynugget613

The first time I took a note on NotesNotepadMemo was on my other iPad that was originally my mom’s. Then for last year’s Christmas, my parents got me the iPad that I wrote this review with. On this iPad,
I eventually got NotesNotepadMemo again . I haven’t gotten the premium features yet, so I only have 2 folders, but I have been taking many notes on NotesNotepadMemo, mostly about the silly stuff I do. I’ve had NotesNotepadMemo for a while now, and it is still a very good app to this day. This is the first review I’ve ever given on an app because I’m 9 years old. Thank you for the awesome app that you have made for everyone.

by Trishka2000

Update: still using this for everything!
One disturbing problem: A glitch occurred quite a while ago that inserted the letter “d” all over my list. Sometimes it replaced a letter, sometimes it was randomly inserted.
This happened at least 3 times per data entry.
I do word searches and this word corruption prevents the searches from being accurate.
I’m manually correcting the file but it’s quite large.
Anyone else having this problem?

Nov 2017; I've tried lots of note apps and they always felt short of what I needed.
The more I use UpWord, the more excited I am with its capabilities.
I've moved all my lists over to UpWord!
The ability to have timed reminders is extremely helpful to me.
The search feature in the premium version I use daily. Mostly used for my list of authors and books I have read. I can search by book or author and combine all books in a series, etc., to avoid buying books I've already read.
I'm sure there are fabulous features that I haven't even discovered yet.

by Tawny N

NotesNotepadMemo has what I was looking for--colored folders, and the feature of crossing off lines that makes shopping lists way easier. It's easy to organize, a great replacement for the notes app. I just wish the colored folders were more than just a little bit of color next to the words. The color-coding is really helpful to me so it would be nice if the whole heading or even the entire folder was in the color that the folder is. It's a relatively small preference because it is the only app I've found that has improved the aspects of the Notes app that weren't working for me.

by Ironmandave64

NotesNotepadMemo is great! At first I just wanted something to write a list of diet info such as carbs and calories. It is perfect for that. Months ago I decided to write a book. I’m a 64 year old retired trucker and a very low tech kind of guy. I have a hard time understanding apps like Microsoft word and Bear and others. So I have written it on UpWord. It is very easy to understand and use. I believe it has everything I’ve needed to write my book except one thing. It would be be even better if I could cut and paste from photos to it. Regardless I highly recommend NotesNotepadMemo to everyone. This is the only review I’ve ever written about anything.

by Drunk Pangoro

When I need to write out longer types of notes and make lists, UpWord allows me to do just that while also offering an easy and fast way to remove items off of lists. UpWord offers an easy to use interface that's overall aesthetically pleasing, easy to use and learn, and convenient in terms of its usefulness and its simpleness. Dropbox compatibility is also a great feature that allows me to edit notes on the computer, if I happen to need it for such. Overall, it's a great app, and if you're the kind of person who makes lists, takes notes, or even just writes short stories, UpWord is a great way to do all of these things. 5/5

by Bobbigirlny71

I am extremely impressed by the well thought out, extremely organized way NotesNotepadMemo is set up, most especially after learning it was developed and is run by a team of 2...great job guys!
Love it! I'm a ”lister” and I can't tell you how much paper I go through because of that. Even worse than waiting paper on notes is all the waisted paper notes I have lost that never made it out the door with me so NotesNotepadMemo is a blessing to me.
Now I know there's been plenty of apps for notes over the years but I hadn't found anything worth remembering until this all. It works for me so well I bought full version!
Thanks to this team, I 100% recommend NotesNotepadMemo!

by Bdogg82

Switched over from the Note’d app after the developer thought it was a good idea to saturate that app with incessant intrusive ads. Thankfully, NotesNotepadMemo does not have this problem. I love the ability to drag and drop the order of the notes and folders, and the bullet/strike through feature is very cool.

Sometimes however you can accidentally drag one note into another one, and there is no undo function to correct this eventuality, so you need to be careful when dragging notes and folders.

Dark mode is poorly implemented in NotesNotepadMemo and there is only one font setting that somewhat resembles a dark mode. Until you actually open a note it hurts to look at this thing it is so bright. The font color needs to be able to be black on the lighter backgrounds, the default white can be pretty much impossible to see on most of the lighter backgrounds.

I would really like to be able to see all of the notes open when I open a folder and not just the titles, so I can scroll through them and be able to compare the information without constantly having to open and close them.

Right now I’m just happy not to have to deal with the ads, but for a five dollar app there is a lot of room for improvement here before this can be a five star app in my opinion.