# DS note — user reviews

> 398 indexed App Store user reviews of DS note by Synology Inc., rated 2.80/5 from 109 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ds-note/id918177542/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ds-note/id918177542.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 20 · 4★ 23 · 3★ 16 · 2★ 13 · 1★ 37

## What do users think of DS note?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 🔒 Data stored on personal NAS for privacy
- 🔄 Reliable synchronization across devices
- 💰 Free alternative to Evernote
- 📱 Available on multiple platforms (iOS, Android, Windows, Mac, Web)
- ✅ Simple and intuitive interface
- 🏠 Self-hosted solution without cloud dependency
- 📝 Basic note-taking features work well
- 🔐 Encrypted note support
- 👥 Note sharing capabilities
- 📋 Task/to-do list functionality

**Cons**

- 🐛 Notes disappear when app left open without saving
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and app instability
- 🐛 Copy-paste functionality unreliable
- 🐛 Keyboard arrow keys don't work on iPad
- 🐛 Apple Pencil causes app crashes
- 🐛 Sync failures and connection issues
- 🐛 Data loss and content corruption
- 🎨 Outdated and unattractive UI design
- ⏱️ Very slow performance and lag
- 🔄 Inconsistent syncing between devices
- ⌨️ Poor text editing experience
- 📱 iPad and iPhone versions have different features
- 🚫 No dark mode support
- 🚫 No offline mode available
- 🚫 No auto-save functionality
- 📦 Minimal updates in years
- 🔌 High battery consumption on iPad

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Notes content erased when leaving app open
- App crashes on startup
- App crashes when using Apple Pencil
- App crashes during text input with swipe-to-text
- App crashes when printing
- Keyboard disappears during note editing
- Cannot paste text from clipboard
- Arrow keys non-functional in note body
- Sync stuck at certain percentage
- Login failures with QuickConnect
- HTTPS connection not working on iOS
- Formatting changes after sync between devices
- Shared notes don't sync properly
- Copy-paste causes font changes
- Phantom bullets in lists after paste
- Cursor control issues in text editing
- Images not displaying or loading slowly
- Voice input crashes app
- Checklist items not syncing in shared notes
- iPad version text input issues
- Incompatibility with iOS 14 and 15
- DynDNS connection broken after updates
- Sync conflicts between devices
- Search returns irrelevant results
- Notification functionality unreliable
- iPad Pro resolution not interpreted correctly

**Most requested features**

- Dark mode for all platforms
- Apple Pencil support for iPad
- Arrow key support for Bluetooth keyboards
- Auto-save functionality
- Offline mode for note creation
- Markdown support
- Code block formatting
- Table creation and editing
- PDF import and annotation
- Export to PDF and other formats
- Nested notebooks/folders (sub-notes)
- Drag-and-drop file attachments
- Web clipper browser extension
- Recurring tasks/reminders
- Task assignment to other users
- Calendar integration
- Improved search functionality
- Import from Evernote (.enex files)
- Widgets for home screen
- Better formatting options
- Image editing and markup
- Handwriting recognition
- Split-screen support on iPad
- Collaborative editing
- Password-protected note sharing
- TLS 1.3 support

## Newest reviews (19 of 398)

### 2/5 — Needs improvement

*2026-08-22, version 1.12.4*

Cannot paste into the notes, cannot import photos from the photo albums, only real way to paste notes in is by creating them in Apple Notes first then copy or cut and paste but still very difficult for images as they do not paste.

### 4/5 — 복사한 내용 붙여넣을 때 프로그램이 멈춰버리네요.

*2026-06-26*

텍스트 복사 후 붙여넣기 하는 순간 멈춰버립니다. 그 이후로 껐다 켜면 이전 상태대로 남아있네요. 많이 사용하는 것이 붙여넣기일건데 업데이트 해 줄 것 같지는 않고... 그냥 웹에서 사용하는 것이 훨씬 안정적으로 쓸 수 있는 것 같습니다.

### 2/5 — Compatibilité TLS 1.3 ?

*2026-06-17*

Quand la compatibilité TLS 1.3 sera disponible dans l’appel iOS ?

### 3/5 — Just old not updated

*2026-03-03, version 1.12.4*

This app has potential but think it’s just been buried. No dark mode. No ability to collaborate at the same time with another user. No password protected note sharing. Sync issues which can lead to conflicts with notes. Pls Synology bring notes some decent updates like that of Synology Office

### 3/5 — Необходимо обновление

*2026-01-07, version 1.12.4*

Обновите уже наконец приложение : добавьте markdown и отображение связей!

### 3/5 — Please update app

*2025-12-29, version 1.12.4*

Synology team, please update your application

### 2/5 — Anybody at THE Syology Central tried to use it?

*2025-12-13, version 1.12.4*

Just try to add new note and edit the content, keyboard is missing at start, bottom panel is showing randomly, can’t find the rule. Hopless, please developers focus s little bit on this necessary app UI and UX, it asks for attention.

### 4/5 — 자꾸 멈춰버리네요

*2025-12-12, version 1.12.4*

Note Station을 주력으로 쓰고 있는데, 앱으로 하면 자꾸 멈춰버립니다. 차라리 사파리로 들어가서 사용하는게 훨씬 안정적이에요. 어떤 부분이 문제인지는 모르지만, 해결이 필요해보입니다.

### 4/5 — Améliorer la version MacOS

*2025-12-06, version 1.12.4*

J’adore cette application, par contre, il y a quelques bugs avec la version MacOS Tahoe.

### 3/5 — Bonne application mais en attente de mise à jour

*2025-11-25*

Cet application remplace facilement Apple Note iCloud manque un peu de mise en forme car aspect vieillot.
De plus manque de vraies notifications (en mode verrouillées, centre de notifications, sons…)pour les taches

### 2/5 — Could be so much better

*2025-11-24, version 1.12.4*

Formatting text in iOS app is inconsistent at best. It’s sad that the NAS product which is great doesn’t have the support for its applications.

### 2/5 — 很久沒更新了

*2025-11-07, version 1.12.4*

建議要盡快更新，不然會掉粉了，也不會有太多新用戶，沒辦法幫推

### 2/5 — Funcional pero anticuada

*2025-10-20, version 1.12.4*

Tras años como usuario de Synology, y tras haber pasado por infinidad de herramientas como Evernote o OneNote, finalmente decidí explotar la opcion de Synology. Es muy funcional, pero desconozco si es por falta de interés o de soporte, la experiencia de usuario es horrible y anticuada. Por favor una puesta a punto de un aplicación que es muy util para todo usuario de Synology

### 2/5 — Keep hoping

*2025-07-24, version 1.12.4*

I keep hoping you guys do something with this. Awful lot of bugs.. been very few fixes. And no real feature updates. I will keep hoping you will start to support this app.

### 3/5 — No dark mode

*2025-07-23, version 1.12.4*

Please integrate dark mode

### 3/5 — An sich nicht schlecht - aber!

*2025-07-20*

Die App an sich ist recht hilfreich - vor allem, weil man seine Notizen sicher if dem eigenen NAS sichern und freigeben kann. Aber! Warum kann man keine Dateien wie z.B. PDF’s verknüpfen oder importieren. Leider ist der Import für Bilder und Sprachnachrichten beschränkt. 😳 Bitte entwickelt die App entsprechend weiter, dann könnte es die Nummer eins Notiz App bei mir werden.

### 1/5 — No funciona y lleva 2 años sin actualizar

*2025-06-17, version 1.12.4*

La app no conecta a mi Synology NAS, en cambio desde la app de escritorio puedo conectarme. Pero desde iOS no hay forma. Lleva 2 años sin actualizar!!

### 2/5 — IOS18.4.1無法同步 DS note

*2025-05-20, version 1.12.4*

iPhone 11/IOS18.4.1 無法同步 DS note

### 3/5 — Brak ciemnego motywu

*2025-05-18, version 1.12.4*

Brak ciemnego motywu zniechęca do używania

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Lost Note Contents

*2026-08-26, version 1.12.4*

Opened an important note, checked info on another app, moved back to the Synology note and all the note data was wiped clean!!!
This has happened before. Grrr!! Not reliable.

### 1/5 — ABANDONWARE

*2026-07-07, version 1.12.4*

Synology hasn’t updated this in over 3 years. It’s rife with bugs and will work just long enough to really sting. STEER CLEAR!

### 1/5 — Synology ты это читаешь???

*2026-02-28, version 1.12.4*

Приложение очень неудобное, все записные книги в один ряд, это удобно если тебе это приложение нужно что бы поиграться, для работы это непригодно. Я думаю Synology просто наплевали на обычных пользователей. Скажите, сколько вам нужно заплатить что бы вы обновили приложение, добавили дерево вложений??? Или лучше искать ему замену в Docker???

### 1/5 — バグ？

*2026-02-21, version 1.12.4*

メモを描いてる途中にスマホをロックすると、書いた内容は全て消えてしまいます。ロックする前に保存しないとダメな仕様のようです。でも、意図せずロックされることもあるわけで、そういうことを想定してないならば、設計段階から残っているバグと考えるべきでしょう。
簡単に直せるバグとおもいますが、メンテもされてないアプリなので期待薄ですね。

### 1/5 — Can’t even connect to the NAS

*2026-02-03, version 1.12.4*

Promising as a concept but never worked

### 1/5 — Synology, nein Danke

*2025-12-01, version 1.12.4*

Letztes Update vor 2 Jahren, sagt schon alles zu der Firma. Eigentlich nutze ich es täglich, nun klappt plötzlich kein Sync mehr, also Verbindung trennen und neu verbinden. Das klappt nicht 🙈. Grottenschlechte Firma. Nun ist es Zeit, sich was besseres zu suchen und die NAS lieber zu verkaufen. Bessere Alternativen gibt es z. B. von Ugreen.

### 1/5 — App currently broken

*2025-10-08, version 1.12.4*

Since couple of months now the app doesn’t connect to quickconnect or directly to server. A pop up with an error abou IP address or quickconnect name appears and connection fails, even though quickconnect is properly enabled in the NAS

### 1/5 — 会闪退

*2025-08-28, version 1.12.4*

连接服务器后就闪退

### 1/5 — 一部編集したら全文消える

*2025-08-16, version 1.12.4*

パソコンで編集したノートは普通に表示されてたけど、そのノートをiPhoneで一部編集したら次起動した時に全部消えて空白のようなノートになった。Synologyに責任とって欲しい。

### 1/5 — Abandoned

*2025-06-26, version 1.12.4*

Has not been updated in over 4 years.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Super für Notizen!

*2025-05-23, version 1.12.4*

Diese Software erfüllt meine Anforderungen vollkommen.

### 5/5 — So great to have this option

*2025-05-11, version 1.12.4*

There are some quirks and I wish it had a few more features but its existence is one of the reasons I bought another Synology.

### 5/5 — Хорошие заметки

*2024-10-27, version 1.12.4*

Не хватает блока кода с подсветкой и экспорта в md-формат (или сделать открытый формат для миграции). 

В остальном - отличное приложение для заметок. 

Плюсы: Синхронизация, общие заметки, вэб интерфейс.

### 5/5 — Good experience

*2024-05-07, version 1.12.4*

Simple to set it up. Get everything basic that I needed for syncing notes with my family without going through big clouds servers.

### 5/5 — 아이패드에서 배터리 광탈현상

*2023-11-18*

아이패드 프로 3세대 12.9 인데요
구글 드라이브 워드는 실행 중 배터리 소모가 적은데,
DS Note는 배터리 소모가 너무 심하네요. ㅠㅠ

### 5/5 — Отличная замена стандартным заметкам

*2023-09-19, version 1.12.4*

Пользуюсь уже более 2х лет, проблем нет, работает как часы. Все сделано удобно. Вы лучшие.

### 5/5 — Waiting for dark mode

*2023-08-27, version 1.12.4*

Asking many times for it but nothing. No update since 2021, please just add dark mode !!

### 5/5 — It Just Works

*2023-08-16, version 1.12.4*

This app has nailed the philosophy of ‘less is more’, and every feature built in the app simply works without issues, especially the syncing part.

UI could use some polish, but I’ll take this simplicity over any bloated note apps that floods the market.

### 5/5 — 앱개발은 안하나요?

*2023-02-26, version 1.12.3*

앱 개발은 더이상 안하나요?

### 5/5 — Really simple to use!

*2023-01-14, version 1.12.3*

I really like this app. I find most note apps to be far too over complicated, however DS Note just does what it needs to do. My family use it to make our weekly shopping lists. We can all be shared on one list together and tick boxes can be added to a note to make it easier to tick off while we shop!

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*Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-02.*