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I use both notes and Evernote. Notes has the advantage of being able to record videos. Evernote does not allow you to embed a note in the form of a video
I am also heartened by the fact that Notes is part of the Apple echo system and will continue to be improved with time.

Add a color customizing tool

The app itself is really great i love it! But can you guys please make a theme color customizing option that would be really great and bring more aesthetic to the app

If you guys are actually proud of this app, think again.

Quick n easy explanation:

• Undo button or backup.

This app is 100% stupid for not putting an undo button.
This app is a flop.

Okay, imagine yourself writing a very important paragraph worth 3 hours of your life just for it to be deleted within 2 seconds.

I was just trying to copy and paste my flippin text and guess what? It deleted it and well I couldn’t get it back because i wonder why?
Maybe a very stupid app company thought it was a good idea to make a note app but not add an undo or backup button. Hmm, i think this app company thing is super stupid for doing that and should fix your flop ahh app before you’re rated a 0 by the end of the year.

I would’ve rated this app a 0 if I could, thats how much of a silly mistake you’ve made.

You’ll be wishing to put an undo button sooner or later you total flop app.
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Would give zero stars if I could

This app is incredibly basic and doesn’t allow for much customization with your notes, however I had overlooked that for a long time rather than just finding a new notes app to test out.
The other day I opened my notes app and all my notes were gone, no deleted folder to even check if they were in there, and despite supposedly being synced to my iCloud, I cannot recover them that way either. I, as well as many others according to reviews, relied on the notes app a lot for keeping critical work, health and personal information sorted and accessible whenever needed and now I don’t think I will ever get them back. My notes ranged from information about prescriptions for myself and my kids and what reactions we’ve had to them or what their efficacy was like, budgets, documentation of an ongoing work harassment issue, etc and now I’m out all that information for seemingly no reason and with no solution.
This seems to be common as of late considering how many reviewers have reported the same issue with no update on the possibility of getting their notes back. Not sure what happened or how Apple plans to fix this. Use another app if you rely on digital notes for any vital information. I’ve seen others recommend Evernote & One Note and I’ll be trying both of those instead.
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Shocking Keyboard lag since iOS 17!! PLEASE FIX ASAP !!

I previously would have given this app 4 or 5 stars - I make so much use of it each day !! But since iOS 17 appeared ,this app has developed a shockingly long delay between one completing typing a sentence and the first words even starting to appear on the screen !! (The problem is intermittent - and not always so extreme - and isn't always there - but when it is I usually just have to abandon using it , it's so frustrating !! ). Perhaps this is a problem that you are ignoring because it's too hard to fix? Or maybe because it doesn't affect the latest phones?? (.....I am running a second generation SE - not the latest but hopefully still long way from being shoved off the apple iOS "no-upgrade available" cliff !!). I am now looking for something free - and free of bugs - to replace it with - (which will be difficult!). PLEASE FIX ASAP !! ❌UPDATE - two months on and still performing badly!! Quite how much of the problem is due to Apple - and how much due to The Notes App is difficult to say - I suspect Apple - because I am noticing - even as I type this review - that my cursor is randomly jumping to a different part of the text every line or so - it's incredibly frustrating!!! Updating all software - and rebooting my phone - especially when it's really acting up sometimes helps for a while. PLEASE FIX ASAP!!
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App glitches and freezes

I am doing schoolwork using the drawing functions, it has freezes, glitched, kicked me out over 10 times in a day, the stuff I put down are always disappearing after I refresh it, the keyboard also constantly glitches, as well as when I try to move images and text boxes. It is very frustrating, please fix it, thank you
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This notes app is the best

So this is a place where i can write down recipes secrets and i stash lots of other stuff on this this has lots of cool features and different ways there are these number things so whenever you press return it counts from 1 up overall i think this app is amazing you should download it and it is free
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Notes get random deleted

I am very upset that my notes seemly got random removed after updating my computer, they all disappeared regardless of being backed up on iCloud … do better.

I love this app.

I would give 5 stars. But I believe the drawing aspect of this app could be improved.I vigorously use my iPad and my Apple Pencil and this app to draw diagrams and blueprints for my job in construction. The only thing I wish there was more of, is Shape configuration. (The ability to mirror, translate and rotate an already drawn shape or copy of one.) also the ability to save not so common shapes to some sort of memory bank for repetitions, or to allow for the “snap-to-shape” feature to just straighten the lines you’ve already drawn. (Currently you can only “snap-to-shape” basic shapes and angles.) Other than that I love this app and will continue to use it. I’ve figured ways around my above problems, but would love to see some of these problems addressed in a future update.

Line manipulation would be nice too! Hard to make specific curves with the current setup. Always snaps to a different and usually not needed shape or curve.

Also, can we improve the mapping a bit? Shouldn’t see as much lag as I do. Even with as many notes as I have. I get this is a free app that comes with IOS. But we need to update this more than once a year. Updates at least quarterly would be nice.
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Need improvement to able to add contents into an existing note from the top

PRO: This app offers widely accessibility across all applications and Apple devices, standing out for its exceptional user-friendliness. It excels in quick information capture—whether sharing a delightful recipe discovered online by saving the link to Notes or preserving a screenshot to prevent it from being lost in the Photos app. A key strength lies in the app’s versatility to store various documents and files for effortless retrieval and access. This stands in contrast to the Files app, where content is often hidden, leaving users reliant on file names for identification. Additionally, organizing notes can be done with easy by creating personalized folders, spanning categories like personal, educational, professional, and financial, enhances the user’s ability to structure and manage content. Notably, the default notes folder is truly a brilliance feature; new notes appear in a designated folder by default, and users can maintain a clutter-free space by promptly relocating them to custom folders, leaving the yet-to-organize notes uncluttered.

CON: For enhanced practicality, the app could introduce an option allowing users to add new content to an existing note from the top. This adjustment would place the most recent contents at the beginning of notes, eliminating the need for users to scroll through older content to access and edit the latest information.
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