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Not worth using
I was a HUGE notion fan until recently. I got fed up with the slow speeds and wondering if notion will be working fast enough today... like its a good product but it the app is SO slow on both iOS and IPadOS.
I’ve recently decided to move away from notion due to it lacking an offline mode and also due to slow speed and outages. Because, i can’t use something like this for notes and regular use because the slowness is ridiculous. It doesn’t deserve all the hype it had since it’s gone ridiculously downhill... also they haven't mentioned an offline mode and even in a recent statement about why they’ve had outages they didn’t mention offline mode...
I’ve stopped paying for notion and move over to a different service. Save yourself the hassle and don’t give it a go if you need somewhere to store data that you could need to access at anytime or immediatelyShow lessbookswithben
Very good with minor annoyances
Solid document collaboration tool. Some annoying things to fix: slow app launch not as snappy as notes app, cursor positioning using the spacebar does not work always.mountainman112
S-L-O-W
I love Notion's features! It is a true game changer. It is also supposed to be a productivity app, and it fails miserably, at that. I'm using a 2018 iPad Pro, 2018 Macbook Pro, and iPhone 12 Pro Max. On each of these devices, the typing lag is unbearable. For instance, I type a 10-15 word sentence, and then sit back for 10-20 seconds and wait for my text to appear on screen. Or, I try to scroll the sidebar, only for it to seemingly say to me, "Huh? I don't understand what you want from me?" So, I try scrolling again. It eventually works, but I have wasted more time waiting on this app than is acceptable, especially something made for being productive. I've uninstalled, reinstalled, shut down, rebooted, and even rebuilt my iPad and iPhone as new. No improvement. I do not experience this lag on videos, other apps, or on the internet, in general. I'm a paying customer, as I'm not using the free, individual plan, and I feel like I've been had.Show lessCepcer
As simple or as powerful as you’d like
Notion is a block-based all-in-one workspace application that offers note-taking, table, todo-list, calendar, kanban board, etc. I downloaded the app and became a user since its early years. This app is for people comfortable with doing things digital, are interested in optimizing their productive life, and are open to trying new things. It is probably not for people who prefers analog ways of organizing life or those who has a (valid) need for offline support. It’s desirable because of its (1) pixel-perfect style and UI, (2) module-based interaction paradigm that is ahead of its time and different from every alternative app (evernote, excel) when it started, and (3) collaborative ability as an essential component from the get-goShow lessDavide D Zhang
Amazing app, potential to be the best.
I’ve tried many apps to find a place where I can create a to-do list, create a master list of my assignments, have a schedule of classes and assignments on a calendar, while keeping everything categorized and separate. Although a lot of apps do some of this things better, none of them so far have done all of these things. Enter notion.
This app has been by far the best combination of everything I’ve been looking for. The setting up process is not as user friendly as most, but the end product is great after learning the setup. There are many interface changes i’d like to see in order to make the app more user-friendly, therefore am looking forward to the updates.
I can see this app being the core of a lot more users’ daily organization, tracking, and productivity very soon.Show lessptshots
Insanely Slow & No ISO Dates
Get ready to wait 10 seconds for a short page of text to load.
There’s no support for ISO formatted dates.
App URLs aren’t detected either.
So much pain.🏎
Needs better instructions
I gave this app a try last year and it didn’t work out very well. I couldn’t understand it, but it recently popped up on my radar again, so I decided to give it a second chance in hopes that it improved. It hasn’t. After looking through documentation, it seems to still be a good concept, but the fact that it’s so hard to understand is its downfall. If it had a better and easier to find walkthrough then maybe it’d be more popular. It’s definitely not something that should be on mobile either. While they may have made Notion fit a mobile screen, the optimization for mobile seems to be minimal in terms of practicality for actually using the app past viewing what you already have. It lags a good amount, and I haven’t even added anything yet. I’d be willing to skip out on a lot of the features Notion claims to have in exchange for being able to understand how to use at least some of them.Show lessCC123girl
Amazing productivity app
I’ve been using this app for a while now and at first it seems like your basic note taking app but the wide variety of features you can add to your notes are insane. Tables, Toggle Lists, Emojis, Videos, even coding. You can even invite 5 of your friends to work on the same note. What’s not to love? Well the only downside I could find is their copy and paste system. You can only copy and paste single lines and not paragraphs or the entire note. It’s the largest flaw this app has. Overall this has become my main productivity app and if they fix the copy and paste issue it would be the perfect app.Show lessLettuce cup
Couldn’t be angrier
Work that was very meaningful to me and represented a lot of time has been deleted from my Workspace, I believe because I let my Pro account expire and was over the block limit. I am appalled that work was just removed from my workspace without so much as a warning. I could have and would have deleted basically anything else in the workspace and been okay, but the one single thing that I was important to me is the thing that was removed.
Thankfully, my phone for whatever reason hasn't synced with the web version (which under normal circumstances would be horrible, but in this circumstance has saved me a ton of trouble). I can't do anything except hand-type the data into a new spreadsheet since I can't mass copy cells on my phone, which if infuriating, but at least my data is saved. It is going to take literal hours to hand type, however.
Notion's decision to destroy my data without notification has definitely lost me as a customer, and I will not be recommending to anyone else. I was so gung-ho about this product at first, too, but destruction of data is absolutely over the line.Show lessdeffinbro
Start on desktop version first. Mobile app is kind of unwieldy, but fully functional!
I LOVE NOTION! After a few days of using the mobile app, it seems that mostly all the functionalities available on the Mac desktop version have been implemented in the app well. I appreciate that you can still edit pages and formulas exactly as you would on desktop! As a mobile app it can be slightly unwieldy, and not always optimized for your screen or super aesthetic. Notion has a semi-steep learning curve and if it's your first time using it, I'd recommend setting everything up/formatting your pages on desktop first and getting the hang of it that way. After you do that it's a pretty smooth ride! Love this app, it's helped me organize my entire life – some things I didn't even know needed organising until I found Notion! Highly recommend.Show lessbirdy10192
