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I absolutely love this app!
I love this app so much! I really enjoy using it to study. I’m an engineering student and being able to access engineering paper on an iPad is amazing! I can’t wait to be able to upgrade to the full version so I can make multiple books and sort all my notes out. I appreciate that I can (as far as I can tell) have as many pages as I want, I can change individual pages for the individual need, and that I can place small graphs and stickers to help make my notes easily readable.
(Update) I love the app has added stickers and other things (wash tape) for free. It makes everything really nice to use. I’m still waiting to upgrade to the premium version (gotta wait until I afford it). The premium version is decently cheap, however, only running about $15 per year, or $50 for lifetime access (which I think is pretty cool).
Thank you so making such a good app! It would be kind of cool to be able to upload our own stickers or be able to access (maybe have people submit) relevant to different classes.Show lessDeedster22
Developer Response
Really great to hear this from a student, thank you for such a nice review. All the best with your studies.Almost there
I’ve been searching for a good planner app for weeks now, and this is the closest I have found so far. I love the one time payment option for premium as opposed to being forced to subscribe. The only thing I really wish the app had is more detailed page templates. They have a wide variety, but they are all blank and very general lay outs. A ready to use template for various specific uses would be very beneficial. They may be an option in the paid version, but there is no way for me to know without paying.Show lessKatykat6
MONEY
I love the app, it’s great, if your rich you should definitely download it! But like, I can only do 1 book and then it’s 14 dollars a year. Cancel anytime. I just want an app where I don’t have to pay money to WRITE A BOOK!
But other than that, the app is great! You can zoom in, zoom out, use different writing tools, but I’m not gonna pay money to write something down! So, if you have 14 dollars saved up, this is a perfect app for u!Show less9-year-old TeenageDream
Pretty nice but could be better
This app has almost everything I’ve been looking for in a planner. You can draw, add stickers, washi tape, and they have nice journal templates for whatever you may need. However, the app can get a little buggy when it comes to placing stickers I’ve noticed. It’ll just freeze in the middle of resizing them. Some things I wish to see is being able to resize drawings made with the Apple Pencil like you can do with stickers and also like an explanation for what’s in the paid version. I know there unlimited journals but what else? How do I know it’s worth it if I don’t know if I really need it you know? Otherwise I’m happy with the app and looking forward to using it more!Show lessKanesha M
Crashes and no tutorials to help with first time users
It sounds great! I’m an organized freak- have to be considering my husband doesn’t keep track of anything. I not only do a calendar on my fridge as well as use my phones calendar but I also do paper. I was hopeful this could help me organize and get my creativity going all in one app- it forces you to agree to a subscription to even get into the app. I had no clue how to navigate once in. It says you can add pages later but like how? And every time I got into a certain set of stickers it would completely crash and close out on me. I deleted the app and deactivated my trial.Show lessMrsGolding2021
I love and hate it
I fell in love with this app and so I decided I was going to pay for it as I use it for everything. It has amazing features, amazing templates etc. However, I just have one major problem
It always blocks or empties out pages
When I go on, sometimes the template disappears on some pages and it is completely random most of the time. Then when you are trying to organize your pages, your pages go completely blank all together, but still have the lines on them. They basically looked like new templates, until i tapped on them and could see my notes. I might have to use a different app in the meantime to take my notes as this gets pretty tedious, but im looking forward to hopefull coming back in the future and using it again if it gets fixed! :)Show lessHello kitty meb
Love it, have some feedback though
This app is wonderful - I use it for journaling, habit tracking, finances, personal inventory, and many other functions. I have some frustrations, though, so I’m hoping the app creators will see this review and consider the feedback.
1) I have specific color, pen, and sticker sets that I would like to use for each notebook, but every time I switch between notebooks I have to go through and make sure I get the right color and size for each thing. This actually was *easier* to deal with before the update that added more colors. I love having all the color options! But I wish I could have a colorscape set to each notebook.
2) It would be awesome to be able to just select a sticker that I’ve already placed and duplicate it without having to go back through the sticker library and fight with the one I want to *try* to get it to match the size of the others (I like to use stickers for to-do list boxes).
3) A smoothing/flow slider would be great. I frequently *want* to use the pen setting but the jiggle/unevenness drives me up the wall and I end up re-writing the same thing ten times before I’m happy with it.
Thanks for reading!
- a customer with OCD and like an 85% satisfaction ratingShow lesslonely515151
Developer Response
Thanks for the three great suggestions - these all make sense. Looking forward to improving the app for you.Not for iPhone…
Currently there are very few styluses available for iPhone. The kind that are available are the “puffy ones you can say” I feel like that is not precise enough to write on a tiny screen. To connect it to your iPad you need to get pro which is very expensive for teens. Maybe if you download this on your iPad this will be good. I would request if you can have accounts that you can log in from any device, then this app will be top notch.Show lessHarshiniA
Old school + tech = magic ✨
I use this daily for work because of the integration of my own calendar. The template options that come free are phenomenal. I’ve made my own lists and templates as well and then just uploaded them as jpgs to customize it more.
I would love to see a UI that allows reminders to be a part of the setup. I really appreciate the free options for the calendar, and it would be HUGE to have the reminders and calendar items all on one page.Show lessstudentmin1
I really wanted to like it
I have been looking for a good app that I can write and take notes in since these smart phones/devices came out & I thought I finally found it! It looks great from the ad on the app then I download and try it myself and it looks nothing like that & I have the newest biggest IPhone! I can’t see any of the tools on the side so I’m pushing things but can’t push the correct thing & it’s just really hard to use! I wanted so bad to use this app! It looks so awesome! I’m really bummedShow lessStacey_S1975
