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  • Good but could be great

    This app is good in that there are multiple options for page types, color options for notebook covers, and works well with the Apple Pencil. However, it could be great with options like the ability to design your own notebook covers and the option for multiple page styles within a single notebook.
  • Inkspace cloud storage does not work

    I have several hundred pages of important notes and sketches on this app. I need to have them backed up and unharmed so I can reload them onto a new iPad. In the top right corner the app offers storage through Inkspace if you sign in. I sign in, it says I can return to the app, so I do and it appears to be backing up. Within 5 seconds it stops randomly and still shows a red “x” on the cloud icon. When I press the icon to redo it I’m completely signed out as if I never tried in the first place. I’ve tried over and over at least a dozen times and it’s the same thing.

    If I absolutely have to I’ll go through each notebook and download each of the ~700 pages individually to my photo gallery. It is frustrating to not have a functioning cloud service from a brand that has such a large presence in digital art and communication.
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  • Poor screen reactivity.

    I’m in a notes heavy anatomy class and after filling an entire notebook in two months I decided to start taking notes on my iPad. I use this with a Wacom stylus. Specifically the bamboo sketch which I love drawing. Using this app however is frustrating and time consuming. The middle inch of my iPad breaks up whatever I’m writing and turns it into these fragments of letters. At first I thought it was an issue with my screen and had done a bunch of testing but it’s on this app that causes the malfunction.
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  • Pretty decent, but glaring problems

    This app is pretty good, but it is missing a lot. Wrist recognition would be life-changing because I cannot rest my hand, swiping down for notifications breaks functionality until next app restart, is not full screen which means drawing near the bottom risks pulling up the dock and/or overview and drawing near the top risks pulling down the notification screen (see previous), the automatic “correction” of my movements ruins any kind of speed (should be scalable by user), and I do not appreciate parts of the app being paywalled when I paid money for one of your styluses in the first place.
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  • Excellent, just need a little more

    This is the most used app on my iPad besides maybe Safari. It is a great app, but I would like to see more updates more often with more function ability add-ons such as Archived folders, highlighter for note taking, dual notebook view, etc.... But overall I couldn’t say I’ve been more pleased.
  • Really needs a few features

    Handwriting experience is very nice, but the app needs, in particular, a lasso tool -- hopefully one that would allow the user to move, copy, cut, paste, change color, and change line style.

    The user gets the option of purchasing new notebook styles, but there are few differences among the styles.

    The app has improved over many generations, but the absence of the lasso tool is a deal breaker for me.
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  • Keeps crashing all of a sudden

    I LOVE LOVE LOVE this app! But lately, and it could be because I’m on the Apple iOS beta program, but today I tried to open it to view my knitting patterns notebook and it keeps crashing. I just used it a few days ago and it was fine and now nothing! I lost a star cuz of it. And stupid me never backed up my notebooks, so I even uninstalled and redownloaded and it’s still doing the sam thing. Is there anything I could do to fix? I don’t wanna have to hunt for a new app all over again! I’ve bought and downloaded so many and this was the winner!
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  • Great but could use more functionality for serious note-taking

    I love this app. The writing is generally responsive and looks natural. I also like the password feature to protect any possibly sensitive information. I take a lot of notes for work, about 7-9 pages per day. It’s a lot and I need to be able to search them relatively quickly. However, you can’t search notes or quickly flip through them. The page turning arrow is annoyingly slow when you have any type of volume. I’d also like to see more subcategories like tabs or groups of books. I have the Bamboo Fineline which is great when paired with the app as well.
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  • Can’t upload to Dropbox

    Up until recently I was very happy with this app. An issue has developed where I am unable to upload a workbook to Dropbox. I also cannot email it to myself as the app does not recognize Microsoft Outlook as a viable email app installed on my iPad.

    Otherwise I enjoy the app and use it often for documenting notes and photographs.
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  • Finally, an easy note taking App

    I just found this app at around 3am because I had some epiphanies and wanted to write them down, but not just on paper, I wanted to use my rarely used Apple Pencil. It got it’s work out after all I wrote this morning lol. This App is simple to utilize, make separate notebooks to stay organized, turn them into PDF’s and mail pages etc. Very user friendly compared to likewise Apps that claim they’re easy and make you pay for all the “extra’s,” whereas this one offers a couple of small add ones, they’re worth it just to make the experience of the app preference better...
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