Genius - waiting for sync capabilities
This app will be five star as soon as it can sync. I have too many devices I need to work on in different settings to be limited to only one that isn't always accessible. It's an incredible app, and nearly perfect soon as it can sync. I have kept the app for over a year waiting on syncing. It's so good, truly. Best research organizer I have found.
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Great concept - No sync
I reviewed this app previously, and favorably. However, I can no longer use this app until sync is solved. When my iPad crashed, fortunately, I had exported my last set of research to evernote, but it is in rtf! Yuck! The extensive research data for a particular set of topics I am researching would have to be built from scratch from a huge set of ‘cards’ or tagged notes. I have moved back to a less brilliant app, but I do miss the unique, filtering/sorting that Ilaro provided.
Don’t let it stump you, you have a kernel of greatness here. I’ll revise to 5 stars once iCloud sync (or any sync) is solved.
Don’t let it stump you, you have a kernel of greatness here. I’ll revise to 5 stars once iCloud sync (or any sync) is solved.
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Good app!
Interface and improved functionality have made this application a great option for monographic binder.
Recommend!!!
Recommend!!!
A good research tool for researchers
I have been using this app for research papers for quite a while. The iOS 7 update is nice (and took a while to get here), but thankfully it had the option to change the appearance, so I was able to get back the wood look I like.
The new text search feature is nice, and so is the source lookup. Citation formatting works for basic styles like Chicago, APA, and MLA. It doesn’t include journal specific styles. Using the camera on my iPad to scan barcodes on books is really useful for quickly inserting new sources.
I guess I should also say that I use the app for big research projects with hundreds of notes (Graduate school) and this app is the right database for me. If you are only working with a small number of notes, you might not find yourself using the best parts of the app.
The new text search feature is nice, and so is the source lookup. Citation formatting works for basic styles like Chicago, APA, and MLA. It doesn’t include journal specific styles. Using the camera on my iPad to scan barcodes on books is really useful for quickly inserting new sources.
I guess I should also say that I use the app for big research projects with hundreds of notes (Graduate school) and this app is the right database for me. If you are only working with a small number of notes, you might not find yourself using the best parts of the app.
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Update
I was told there would be an update in December 2013, I have sent two emails this year asking when it would be updated and now they have my money they don't even reply.
Application de rêve pour un chercheur / A dream for a researcher/
J'ai enfin trouvé mon logiciel pour prendre des notes dans un cadre de recherche. Pas seulement pour me souvenir de quelques idées ou de choses à faire. Cette application est beaucoup plus puissante pour d'un usage académique. C'est vraiment une heureuse découverte!
I have found my application for taking notes for my researches. Note taking apps are mainly useful for remembering ideas or to-do lists. This App is much more powerful for an academic use. An happy finding!
I have found my application for taking notes for my researches. Note taking apps are mainly useful for remembering ideas or to-do lists. This App is much more powerful for an academic use. An happy finding!
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Amazing
Under its simple-to-use surface this is a more sophisticated app than might be obvious. That's how it should be. A great app makes life simpler whilst increasing the amount you get done. I'm bowled over by the sensible design.
There are other database apps for iOS, good in their way. But I found them a bit clunky and they were taking time from the job I was trying to do. For me they failed the test of survival in real-life use. Index Card is a great app but it doesn't do what Ilaro does.
Ilaro presents itself as a card index with searching by keywords. The beauty is that anyone making notes understands this. But as the blurb makes clear, it's quite a bit more cunning, and is so without being abstruse. For example, details of an author only need to be recorded or edited once for all the notes made on that author's works. Similarly, I misspelled the keyword 'History'. But I only needed to correct it in one place for it to appear correctly on all the cards to which it applied. Then of course you can select, rearrange, display, export an print your cards in a variety of useful ways and keep a diary of your thoughts. Unlike a real card index your data are backed up on iCloud (provided you've synced at some stage via iTunes & you're connected to iCloud).
Because it's purpose-made for one job you don't need to think about database design. That's good; very good. But the one job lends itself to more uses than research notes. Some cataloguing for example. Or writing.
Launched in November 2012, it's improved steadily and the amazingly responsive developer tells me that some improvements which sound seriously good to me are in the pipeline. Even without these I'll carry on using it enthusiastically.
Ilaro is a delight to use, neatly addresses a real task, and has solved a set of note-keeping problems for me. Brilliant.
There are other database apps for iOS, good in their way. But I found them a bit clunky and they were taking time from the job I was trying to do. For me they failed the test of survival in real-life use. Index Card is a great app but it doesn't do what Ilaro does.
Ilaro presents itself as a card index with searching by keywords. The beauty is that anyone making notes understands this. But as the blurb makes clear, it's quite a bit more cunning, and is so without being abstruse. For example, details of an author only need to be recorded or edited once for all the notes made on that author's works. Similarly, I misspelled the keyword 'History'. But I only needed to correct it in one place for it to appear correctly on all the cards to which it applied. Then of course you can select, rearrange, display, export an print your cards in a variety of useful ways and keep a diary of your thoughts. Unlike a real card index your data are backed up on iCloud (provided you've synced at some stage via iTunes & you're connected to iCloud).
Because it's purpose-made for one job you don't need to think about database design. That's good; very good. But the one job lends itself to more uses than research notes. Some cataloguing for example. Or writing.
Launched in November 2012, it's improved steadily and the amazingly responsive developer tells me that some improvements which sound seriously good to me are in the pipeline. Even without these I'll carry on using it enthusiastically.
Ilaro is a delight to use, neatly addresses a real task, and has solved a set of note-keeping problems for me. Brilliant.
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Could be great but....
Too many bugs. Keyboards don't show up when they should. After typing information into areas often it will just disappear. You have to drill down too far to get to things. So it's difficult to get to things quickly. User guide needs more images to follow what is being explained. Loves to crash. very unintuitive. This could be such an amazing app. But too many problems at the moment.
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Very Versatile!
I love how versatile this app is! I originally bought it for research projects in my classes and it's been wonderful for that. I've been able to carry around all of my notes and not worry about leaving any of them behind. I think the app has helped me be more efficient academically, especially because of how easy it is to see how my notes relate to each other, but I'm really excited about how I can use it for other things too. I just began to use it for a personal genealogy project to track my family tree/history. The timeline feature has been great for me to see the big points and events in my family line. I think this is a great app.
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The new update lets you organize the cards yourself. The text formatting is nice, but it would be great if we could use color in addition to the bold, italic, and underline options. One of the last updates added category colors to the subject cards. That was a useful addition. The app is pretty good. It is getting better. I am looking forward to future updates!
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The new update lets you organize the cards yourself. The text formatting is nice, but it would be great if we could use color in addition to the bold, italic, and underline options. One of the last updates added category colors to the subject cards. That was a useful addition. The app is pretty good. It is getting better. I am looking forward to future updates!
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llaro
This app is a great tool to manage, and categorize my research data. Hope there is one for iPad.
