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The best just keeps getting better.
When I purchased my first generation iPad Notes Plus was one of the first Apps I installed. The possibility of using a device to create a handwritten digital notebook was fascinating.
Not only was the initial concept very exciting but as each update and new version was released I discovered something more, the heart within the app. The developer Viet Tran and his team constantly amaze me at their responsiveness to user feedback and implementing new ideas that make continue to move Notes Plus into the realm of excellence. Every time I open the app I feel a deep sense of connection to not only the notes and journaling I create but feel the team and community of users as well.
The 6.1 update is possibly the most anticipated yet as Notes Plus moves into a new unified notebook format. This will allow for more growth and efficiency going into the future.
Notes Plus continues to be the best iPad note taking application available and I look forward with much enthusiasm continuing to use it in all aspects whether the mundane all the way capturing life experiences and as a repository for my future hopes and dreams.
All the best to Viet and the team!Show lessSimeon A
Great notes tool.
I saw a colleague using his iPad and Apple Pencil a couple years ago at an event. When I lost a paper notebook recently, it was time to kit up and get an iPad, Apple Pencil and Notes Plus. I’m glad I did. This app has been great in keeping all of my notebooks in one easy-to-find location. And I’m loving how my writing is what I see in each of the notebooks.
Some questions for the developer -
1. I am a lefty and I have my settings as such in the app for use with the Apple Pencil. I prefer to scroll with one finger on my right hand and it usually works, but I have noticed that sometimes my 1-finger scroll doesn’t work... It comes back after a while, but why is that happening? Am I missing a setting / toggle somewhere?
2. Sometimes, as I’m writing with the pencil, the notebook preview screen pops up on the left and I’m not sure what I’m doing / what gesture is triggering that preview.
3. Often times I’ll be writing with the pencil. I’ll lift it up from the screen and go to write more, but the pencil has switched to erase mode. I may be double tapping the Apple Pencil to toggle between the write and erase when I lift up from the screen, but I’m not sure that is the root cause. I’ve also made sure the tip of the Apple Pencil is secure too. Are there other gestures that could toggle that I’m missing?
Thank you! It’s a great app and look forward to using it more!Show lessericbfitness
The best Notes app out there
I have been using NotePlus for about two months now for both business and personal use and its a game changer for me. I now use it for almost everything. There are several forms and checklists that I use for work that I just import as a pdf and can now fill them out on my iPad using the pencil. It has made my job much easier and is allowing me to achieve my goal of going totally paperless. Combine that with the ability to store notes in individual folders allows me to organize all my notes very efficiently. The glitches I have run into have been very minor in nature and when I email the tech support group, they always respond quickly and usually with a work around and usually an indication that a fix is on its way. I’d give it 10 stars if I could.Show lessNJ_John
ROLL BACK THE UPDATE
Edit: Even with the most recent update, the app is now saving my writing when I close out. I rely on this for school and these glitches are unacceptable. This app used to be the best available.
There are so many problems with response times and ease of use since the update that the company is aware of. when I raised these questions nearly two weeks ago I was assured that they would be resolved within a few days, and was specifically asked to give the app a 5 star rating to try to combat recent bad ratings. The developer should be putting far more effort into correcting these issues to actually help their clients who rely on this app for work and school rather than trying to manage their PR and numerical rating. Updates should not be released without proper testing, and this one needs to be removed so that users are able to function with the previous, not glitchy, version while V6 is repaired.Show lessabbyw3196
Little problems I had
I love this program, I use it every day for my school. Lately I had this issue where old written pages are showing completely blank which made me lose valuable notes I wrote not even 2 month ago. Another issue I faced was that randomly out of the blue scrolling up and down the pages, one page got deleted how I have no clue. I looked for it in the trash folder it wasn’t there looked every where I couldn’t find it. The law test issue I had was some how all of my benzene rings that are done by the shape function just disappeared again out of no where, and the pages are being cut making me scroll up and down for them to show up again.
I just wanted to know if I’m the only one having those problems and if there is something I need to do cause I enjoy this app a lot.Show lessHell.en
Please roll back to v. 5.6
I adore this app, heart and soul, and rely on it *heavily* for research, on a daily basis. Unfortunately, the recent updates to v. 6.0 and 6.0.1 have been catastrophic. The following problems occur, regardless of whether I’m using 6.0 (iPad Pro 12” with background backup to Dropbox) or 6.0.1 (iPad Pro 10” with no sync running):
• App opens to a file I haven’t used in quite some time—not the most recent.
• Once a notebook has been opened, the app resizes it to 0.00” x 0.00” in size. Resetting the page or notebook size doesn’t hold—it returns to 0.00 x 0.00, causing broad white margins on the right side of the screen.
• This is the scariest part: Even though I’ve been using it with sync turned off today, the app literally wiped out an hour’s worth of research notations written on one page.
• When scrolling up/down through a PDF with notations, the PDF image sometimes disappears, leaving a white page with only notations. This has a tendency to stop one’s heart.
• Exporting a document as WebArchive no longer functions (nothing exports).
As said in the first line, I adore this app, and rely on it more than any other. Today, however, resulted in lots of lost research while on the road, hundreds of miles from home. Viet Tran, I do hope you’ll consider rolling it back (someone else suggested calling it 6.0.2, which I’d be happy with). We need the security of knowing our work is secure, rather than fearing its disappearance at any moment.Show lessPaper_Queen
Fell short of expectations
I have never written a review but, with this app most likely being used for educational purposes, I felt the need give my input. I was very hopeful about this app when I first purchased it despite it being ranked lower than some of its competitors. I have been using it for about 3 months now hoping that some of the minor glitches would be corrected but, the amount of glitches and the frequency of them have increased since first downloading the app. I have now lost at LEAST 4 whole notebooks worth of graduate course notes both on the app as well as my iCloud Drive. I also unintentionally set a password to protect my notebooks/folders and 1) there is not an easily accessible way to reset your password, which is very frustrating and 2) when I contacted their support team, I received an initial email to help me solve the issue but when the steps they gave me did not work and I tried contacting them again, I got no response. I understand there probably isn’t a completely perfect app but I relied on this app heavily in order to be as successful in an already stressful graduate program, and the added stress of losing my notes is very frustrating!Show lessJada42
Developer Response
Hi Jada! We're truly appreciated that you selected Notes Plus as a note-taking app and we're so sorry to hear Notes Plus doesn't live up well to your expectation. We checked our support helpdesk and noticed Duy answered the email request about resetting password but he didn't seem to follow-up with you to resolve the question completely. Have you got it resolved now? For the data loss issue, we believe it's something with our iCloud syncing and we'd suggest to disable it until a new update is released which should fix this concern.My goto digital note pad
I have tried many pretenders to digital note taking, this one is the real thing. Currently this app allows me to be the most productive over a wide range of tasks that I traditionally used a notebook for. There is a bit of a learning curve, but, there are a lot of help online and once I became comfortable with this app, I will not be returning to my small stockpile of note books. This is an app that lives up to what the developers say they intend it for. I am not expecting a full multi-media app, but, with the creativity of the developers who knows what the future will bring. Good job guys and looking forward to more improvements. Just don’t loose track of the basic function of this app in favor of more fringe features.Show lessbrowntsunami
Summary: Which app will be the future of notetaking, Notes Plus or Notability?
Pluses: An intuitive tool that allows notes to be taken easily and fluently for both academic and work purposes. Very straightforward and easy to use. The number of tools or well-designed and allows for a smooth note writing experience.
Major Minus: Notability has caught up with Notes Plus, copying many of its features. A few years ago Notes Plus was clearly the better option, that is no longer the case. Notes Plus would clearly be the better application except that Notability now has an incredibly advanced search function, not only can handwritten notes be searched but now PDFs can be searched. Meaning that PDFs can be uploaded, a general search can be completed and it will show which PDFs contain the word, then where in each PDF the word is, this is done by highlighting it. This is a huge advantage because PDFs can simply be uploaded and dropped into this app, terms can then be searched and notes apply to them when need be. In notes plus, PDFs are not searchable and written text is not highlighted when it is searched.
Question: Will Notes Plus be adding more advanced search functions in the near future?Show lessThe_Best_Review!
Not at all effective . . .
It’s really sad that this app isn’t currently operating at its true potential. Things will just frantically erase on another part of the page while I’m mid writing and then the complete opposite will happen. Something like a dot at the top of an “i” or a period even a small line will permanently stay there on the page and disappears when I click on the eraser, not allowing the mark to be erased. Both of these inconveniences are particularly rather annoying to say the least. I like how the pen on this app writes and that’s probably about it.
I’d like to say that this app is just too complex for simplistic note taking, but that would give it undeserving praise. The amount of buttons needed to be pushed in order to produce just a straight line, a simple shape or anything else seemingly uncomplicated is made so bothersome!!! Consequently I could, without a doubt, never use this app during an actual lecture. I’d be too afraid that my important class notes would be erased or that I’d get too behind in note taking from trying to do something so simple as underline a word. THIS IS NOT THE APP TO BE USED IN CLASS!!!
Some major changes need to be made before this app can even reach 3 stars let alone deserve a full 5. Once GoodNotes makes some minor changes there won’t be any use of other note taking apps, if Notes Plus could even be considered as a note taking app.Show lessbmorris337
Developer Response
We're so sorry about this inconvenience. We've fixed the issue with disappearing stroke caused by a long-press event recognize and we'll be rolling out another update pretty soon to recticy this bug (I know it's been a while since our latest update - we're trying to speed things up here)! We provide the shape insert button and you're just one tap away to access it in scrollable quick tool, then you can easily add straight line, rectangle, square, oval quickly. We'll provide auto drawing mode to ease this process. Also, there is a bug with iCloud syncing could cause data corruption and our team is looking at it. A new update is on its way to go live. You can contact our team at support@notesplusapp.com for quick support! Let's know if there is anything we can help you!
