Better Notes

Name: Better Notes
Rating: 5.0 (1 reviews)

Simple notes app that ties notes together with #hashtags

5.0•1 review•

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Simple notes app that ties notes together with #hashtags

5.0•1 review•

12 followers

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Why is this free??? This is rad. But i will definitely want a MacOS version to go with it to sync with. Charge money so you can afford to build a Mac App too 👏👍👍👍👍

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10yr ago

Humans Not Invited

@misterparker Totally agreed!

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10yr ago

I really like it and am really hoping that the dev continues developing. I could see using this a lot of he made tags easily accessible and included iCloud sync.

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10yr ago

Better Notes

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@mbjones Better Notes should already be syncing your notes between devices, as long as you're signed in to iCloud. It's kind of a soft launch now—once there's a Mac/Web version, that sync will be a lot more important.

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10yr ago

@chrisladd awesome! i submitted several bug reports yesterday but didn't know how to submit a screen shot of the issue. if you are interested I can send you the screens to go with them (and if you ever need beta testers let me know :) )

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10yr ago

@chrisladd and i'd be interested in beta for desktop too :)

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10yr ago

Better Notes

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@mbjones I DO need beta testers, constantly! You're not running the iOS 10 beta by any chance, are you? ;)

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10yr ago

@chrisladd I'm planning to install the next public beta. If I *have* too I might install earlier but I was planning to wait one rev :)

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10yr ago

I really like the simplicity of the app. I used evernote, the stock app, keep, paper, and better notes seems promising. However, with any third party app, there's the question of privacy. Are the notes stored only on iCloud or on a separate server? If they're only stored on device/iCloud, you might wanna mention that in the App Store description.

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10yr ago

Better Notes

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@yusuferisen That's a great point. I actually rewrote the sync database behind Better Notes multiple times while developing the app—I've been working on Better Notes in private beta since 2014 before launching last month. I evaluated several options: running my own servers, using Parse (back when there was Parse), Firebase, and others. In no small part because of the privacy concerns you raise, I decided to use only your private iCloud account to synchronize notes between devices. **Your notes never leave your absolute control**. They are stored locally on your device, and synchronized ONLY through your private iCloud account, via CloudKit. Your notes are your notes. At no time are they ever transmitted to any other servers. I could not read your notes if I wanted to. (Non nerds, stop reading. Nerds, a few other interesting points below:) As I look towards the future, towards Mac, web, iPad, and (potentially) Android versions, I wonder how well this model will hold up, particularly on shared devices like Macs and iPads. Because you don't "sign in" to iCloud. It's just on your device. Which is great if you have everything set up properly. But what if somethings messed up with your account? What if you're using someone else's Mac or what if you share your iPad with your significant other? For this reason, in my head, you'll likely have to sign in to CloudKit on those devices, rather than using the iCloud account that happens to be running on your mac. And that likely means I might actually have that code running in Javscript? Maybe? We'll see. The app is pretty well modularized, so we can swap out how sync works pretty easily. But, yeah. TL;DR—it's your own personal iCloud, and your own personal device.

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10yr ago

Actually grabbed this the other day. Really like it, too. Between this and Bear and Buno, there's been a plethora of cool writing apps recently!

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10yr ago

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@andym_dc Maker of Buno here ! I guess everyone realised the need for a better writing app recently, and with Evernote's change in policy, it reinforces this kind of application to be made :)

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10yr ago

I really like this. Makes notes easy and quick. I was actually in the process of making an app very similar to this. Not sure what's on your road map, but having notes automatically organized by hashtag into folders would be dope.

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10yr ago

Better Notes

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@yeddiejones try searching! hashtags appear first, and you can tap on them to see all the notes with that tag.

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10yr ago

@chrisladd I like that feature, but it would be cool to have them put into folders, so I don't have to do the searching!

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10yr ago

It is amazing to read the buzz about the hash tag feature of this app. It seems like the community have never used any app before that let you tag your notes, seriously? I am using letterspace for almost year with similar feature.

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10yr ago

One Stop Map

Great work, heavy user of Evernote here. I see a huge benefit for quick notes. Especially the integration with the reminders app. Found a bug. On iOS 10 public beta the reminder integration does nothing. It looks like it's working but no reminder is created in the reminders app and thus no reminder shows up. Also interested in testing the desktop version.

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10yr ago

Better Notes

Maker

@koen_adams that is so interesting! In an earlier beta, Reminders added to your Reminders app—there was a "Better Notes" reminder list. But users found it confusing—you'd get the "Reminders" reminder on your lock screen, and then swipe into it to find yourself in the reminders app. Reminders now send you notifications from the Better Notes app. And swiping into them, you go to the note itself. Just getting started iterating on designs for what the reminders UI will look like on iOS 10. Will add you to the beta list!

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10yr ago

@chrisladd do you have plan on creating android app version? TY

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10yr ago

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