Capacities Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience58.3% of reviews
Neutral22.2% of reviews
Negative experience19.4% of reviews

~ Based on 72 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say about Capacities

Is Capacities Safe?

Capacities – Notes & PKM appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Capacities is 83/100.

This assessment is based on 116 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.3/5.

Safety Analysis

77.6% of ratings point to a safe experience
11.2% of ratings suggest some concerns
11.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 116 App Store ratings for Capacities.

Is Capacities Legit?

Capacities – Notes & PKM appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Capacities is 83/100.

Based on 83 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

IOS version need improvement

I love the desktop version and have been using it for work related learning, journal, meeting notes to accumulate knowledge. The iPhone and iPad is just so buggy for some reason, none of notes can be created or open without the app bugging. Really wish if they can stabilize it first the mobile version.
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Almost

The mobile app is a great companion to the desktop app. I use both and am very happy so far.

However, some basic features seem to be available only on the desktop (and maybe web) app - not the iOS app. E.g., currently, I cannot create new object types on the iOS app. Especially in the beginning, where I'm evolving my model, it's annoying to postpone the introduction and migration to a new object type whenever I discover a value in such while reviewing things on my phone.
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Please Fix the iPad Window Resize Bug

The app works well overall, but the iPad window resizing experience needs attention. When using Stage Manager or resizing the app into different window sizes, the layout doesn’t adapt properly and parts of the interface become misaligned or difficult to use. This makes multitasking on iPad frustrating. Please optimize the app for resizable windows and different iPad layouts. It would greatly improve the overall user experience.
I appreciate your hard work.
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Lots of fun

This application is particularly interesting. I’ve tried many PKM, Notes and Files managers. Most of them are organized by folders and tags. This one is more full fledge objects oriented. In my case, it makes a big difference in the way I can manage information. It offers many options to connect Ai. On top, I can add my own objects too! Wow :)
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Genuinely the best

It’s like notion but not painfully slow and with the mindset and philosophy of Obsidian, perfect for me. If you could edit calendars properly in this, it would become my only app for productivity outside email.

Good, still needs improvements

The mobile app for the most part is really good. However, it does consistently have trouble with syncing, where mobile will fail to sync changes from desktop. I end up having to reboot the app to sync properly. Aside from that, I feel like the bottom navigation bar could be condensed to “home”, “new”, and “search. Where calendar & tasks are integrated onto home, similar to on desktop.
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Decent App - Awaiting future versions for iOS compatibility.

A decent app overall. There is room for improvement to make the application iOS efficient. Would like to see when a sentence/paragraph is indented that the Hierarchy aka Font doesn’t revert to standard, but remains as selected. Additionally, would like to be able add an image without it being saved to the gallery, not all images are intended for recall to that degree. Also, it would be great to have the ability to add footnotes.
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Idk?

The app summary seemed so promising I swear I was so excited!! but it’s so dull, right? No color, no instructions, like an ADD-er’s worst nightmare! I’m sorry, but what the heck am I missing here? Someone point me to somewhere helpful!!!

The impossible App 😂

Tried multiple times in iOS iPadOS, safari, chrome and for the life of me this thing won’t let create an account. Looks interesting but I give up 😩

Best PKM hands down

I’ve been writing since before cell phones were smart. I am constantly on the lookout for new, better ways to deal with my enormous writing volume. Whatever it is, Capacities has a place for it. Stop wasting time with POS like Notion. Or Obsidian. Capacious actually works for you either way making you spend thousands of hours or cash on apps that are subpar.
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Needs Notifications

I love everything about this app, except that the fact that there’s no system level notifications for things like tasks and due dates. I’m basically using a secondary testing app just to make up for this issue and would fully integrate myself into this if they fixed it.

Build in calendar and task. Perfect for non-coders and normal ppl.

Like many, I’ve tried a lot of the productivity apps. Many take too much set up. Capacities connect everything you do to the date. And all related items are automatically connected. So organize feels automatic. I find that most of the fancy productivity apps are made for and by ppl. that write code. This app is made for folks who want to think and not spend time organizing an app.
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I love Capacities

I’m a huge fan of capacities. I’ve been using it for over two years and it has transformed my personal notes game. The iPhone app is a great companion to the desktop app. Of course, it’s not as fully featured as it’s sibling, and might not be ideal for you if you are looking for a phone only notes app. But it you are using the desktop app, this is a great way to capture notes while on the go. I use it many times a day.
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Desktop is Lifechanging, iOS is Barely Functional

I feel a touch of guild in saying this, because the core functionality of Capacities is brilliant. I’m new to the platform, but I haven’t seen such promise in software in years. With that said, the mobile app (which, to be fair, is relatively new) has a ways to go. The text is tiny, UI elements behave inconsistently. I firmly believe in the team at Capacities to get there, having watched all their videos and read a number of blog posts. Just don’t expect much on your phone just yet.
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Best PKM Ever

I have tried them all. While Scrivener, Drafts, and Obsidian will always have a place in my memories, they are retired(except drafts which is still best for on the spot notes). Capacities does what they do but much better, even in its free version. This is next level.

No Right to Left language support

This note taking app has no support for RTL languages which are spoken by 400 million people worldwide!

Please fix it

Great App

I’ve decided to start using capacities as my primary note app for school and i think it’s great. If I were able to still use it while doing split screen it would be 5 stars. For whatever reason it doesn’t let me scroll to my content.

Give it time

On first use, I didn’t really care for it. It sat in my iPhone for months without use.

Then, I took the time to go through all of the guides, tutorials, and other materials.

Now, I can easily say that Capacities is the best app in my library. I use it every day, all day. It takes some getting used to, but it’s worth it.
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Cool app, but seems abandoned

It’s a really cool app but the most basic function (share from an app via sharesheet) has been broken for many months with users complaining online but no fix in sight. The app isn’t really functional without it.

Better than the rest

I’ve been a writer since before mobile phones had color screens. I’ve tried every writing app in the store. Capacities trampled everything else.