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Got it for the syncing feature, realized it was behind a paywall
It seems absolutely great EXCEPT… I downloaded this app to keep my notes on. I actually transferred all my notes, one by one(YES I KNOW THERE’S AN IMPORT PLUGIN. it doesn’t work for my iPad.) into this app hoping I could access them anywhere with the sync feature. Which I then realized was behind a paywall. Only after I added all my notes, and THEN moved them from an iCloud vault into a normal vault one by one AGAIN. Sorry y’all, I’d be more willing to pay if I had known beforehand. Now I just don’t have the patience to put money into this. Is it worth it? Probably. But I have had enough.
TLDR: please let people know that that feature is paywalled more often! I wouldn’t be as frustrated if I had known, especially since so much of the marketing hinges on that specific feature… “on the go”?Show lessAVERY2109
Slowwww on this xR
All I want is a text-only note-taking app that is entirely offline, no tracking, quick to open, and the text or markdown files (if be happy with text) can be easily exported in one go (perhaps zipped, if there are multiple files) to my Linux OS via KDE Connect or a cable. What I like about Obsidian is the exportability, how easy it is to make and title a new file, and that no data is claimed to be collected.
What I really don't like is waiting seconds (seconds! How spoiled I am :) for the app to open, and that the full-text search option is buried. I don't use any other features except for a mutual link between my tbr library list and my already-borrowed list, to move entries from the former to the latter, and I can live without that. I appreciate that you made and shared this work, hence the three stars, but it falls short of the truly performant and simple app I'm looking for, so now I'm questioning my rating at all- what use is it if I want something different but for users who want exactly what Obsidian is it's perfect? Revised to four stars, for grade-inflation.Show lessHenryPBrock
It's fine. Slow, doesn't keep place on list switch
Slow to load, not great for quick notes. I keep two library lists: one to add to library wishlist, and one for books I've added. Search the library for a book from the middle of the former, and returning to the to-be-added list DOES preserve location in the list, but cutting qnd pasting into the "added" list and returning, hoping to continue from where I cut, only to find I'm back at the top and must scroll all the way down is frustrating. I do appreciate that the text files can be exported and easily read in other programs that can read text. If that wasn't the case I wouldn't even bother with Obsidian, the least-clunky of the clunky choices to make exportable text notes on an iPhone that I've found (Signal is easier to make notes, but much harder to get those notes off Signal). I have used Obsidian on Linux, but scrapped it because of load time and because I'm happy using simple text files and keyword search.Show less