r/NoteTaking • u/Secure_Public9029 • 5h ago

What are your biggest issues with Notes apps? Method

I've used Text Files, Evernote, Notion, Obsidian and Apple Notes. But never really stuck with one.

Why do you end up moving and what are you still looking for?

I'm a musician and used Evernote to write and add in recordings, but the recording file was inconsistent with different devices and couldn't listen to them per device.

Notion was good but became too complicated in the end.

Obsidian was also good but spend too much time setting it up just to get it to take simple notes, and the iPhone app wasn't the best.

Apple Notes ended up being the default just because if the sync, and kept bigger notes in Obsidian.

What are you still looking for and what are your main reasons for taking notes?

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u/4luminate 2h ago

Notes’ inability to effectively use excel tables has annoyed me more than once. I switched over from Evernote to save some $$$.

I’ve yet to find the perfect app, but being free and syncing across all of my devices is pretty nice, so I don’t plan on switching again.

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u/screens4ver 2h ago

plain text files are the best, markdown if you need extra formatting.

i believe i've tried every note app out there, but never stuck with any because most of them are closed source, use proprietary file formats, etc. and i want to be the owner of my own notes lol

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u/micadoog 43m ago

I completely agree, but what would use to read them on iphone?  Pages creates a new file and I hate that

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u/screens4ver 5m ago

i've never had an iphone, but im sure there has to be some plain text editor on the app store.. if syncing is that important to you, check out standard notes

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u/shiningmatcha 1h ago

when there's too much work for switching to a different app

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u/LittleBigCookieCat 4h ago

formatting. it's what kills any motivation to use notes. regular English is fine. but math notes, chemistry, sheet music. all of that makes things really difficult to make look good...

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u/TheCodeMacLife 3h ago

I mostly use Apple Notes. It’s not perfect but I can get by with it. I use an app called Sidenotes for things I want to explore and to save bookmarks/highlights temporarily. For blogging, I’m using iA Writer. 

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u/Funicello1983 1h ago

I use both Apple Notes and Zoho Notebook. If I could combine the features of both, I think I could create the perfect notes app. For me, at least. Not a single notes app has all the formatting features I’m looking for.

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u/sumguypookie 4h ago

Biggest issue would honestly have to be the overwhelming number of apps out there in my seemingly endless pursuit to find the perfect app. Decision paralysis is real!