# Inkdrop - Markdown Notes — user reviews

> 51 indexed App Store user reviews of Inkdrop by Takuya Matsuyama, rated 3.93/5 from 44 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/inkdrop-markdown-notes/id1211583988/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/inkdrop-markdown-notes/id1211583988.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 29 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 9

## Newest reviews (16 of 51)

### 4/5 — Awesome, but…

*2026-01-30, version 5.6.10*

Really good app. But that is one thing that need to be improved: enable the keyboard suggestions. It’s a app to write and doesn’t have an option to enable typing suggestions and doesn’t have spell check…this is unacceptable.

### 2/5 — オススメできません

*2025-01-24, version 5.4.0*

MarkdownでEvernoteのようにナレッジを蓄積できて、検索性が良く軽快に動作し、複数端末で同期できる点が気に入って、わりと早い頃から4年ほど利用しましたが、機能はそれほど良くならないのに価格が倍に値上がりしたのを期に解約しました。

開発者の方は情報発信にも熱心な方なのではじめは応援していたのですが、値上げの頃の発信を見ると以前のスタンスとは変わって見え、あまりユーザーの方を向いて開発していないのかな？という疑問が湧き将来性に疑問を持ちました。

現在はローカルにMarkdownファイルをそのまま保存できる無料かつ利用者も多い別のサービスに乗り換えましたが、コミュニティも活発で便利なプラグインも山のようにありナレッジ管理が以前よりも便利になりました。

### 4/5 — 途中で動かなくる

*2024-04-11, version 5.2.0*

機種変更をして、iOSを最新にアップデートしてから、途中で画面のタップ操作が効かなくなるようになりました。個人的に一番使いやすかったのでできたら直してほしいです。

### 3/5 — A rough gem that needs a little more polishing

*2023-02-23, version 4.2.4*

Inkdrop could be a contender for one of the better laid out pure Markdown editors. There’s just a couple of issues that are plaguing the iOS and iPadOS experience:

For starters, the back button doesn’t work. The back gesture does, but the button itself does not. This was a pretty weird thing to have happen on my first experience with the app. 

In general, I feel like the app here could benefit from reducing some of the visual noise. There is a lot going on on. Here are some oddities I’ll note:

- preferences being locked behind that drop down arrow is odd. Compared to every other app, this is the first I’ve seen do this

- 3 omnipresent buttons on the editing page. 
-the info button on the editing page are all things that could be consolidated to a more tidily laid out page.
-having to type font name is VERY weird. I don’t even know what fonts are available on iOS.

It feels as though this was a desktop app that was ported 1:1 to mobile/tablet, rather than mobile first. I think the editing experience is first class, it just needs a little love.

### 4/5 — 한글입력이… 😭

*2022-12-29, version 4.2.4*

앱 자체는 맘에 들긴 합니다만, 아이폰에서 한글입력하는 데 버그가 좀 있네요… 개발자분께서도 어느정도 인지하고 계신거 같으나 일본분이구 혼자서 개발하시는 앱이다보니 한글관련 문제를 금방 수정해주시는건 어려울 거 같습니다…
(다만 윈도우즈용 Inkdrop에선 이런 문제를 겪지 않았어요)

### 5/5 — Can never find a notes app worth using

*2022-11-29, version 4.2.4*

I’m a developer and like to have detailed docs on everything i do and also personal and daily notes. I have tried every app under the sun and can never last more than a month but this app is simplistic but feature rich and the community has amazing plugins that really put this app over obsidian for me especially with the Kanban style status column and the overall feel of the app is great. Also big fan of Takuya’s YouTube channel as well :)

### 5/5 — From vim and md to clean notes on my phone

*2022-11-06, version 4.2.4*

It’s great to see a developer doing 100% of the work, from the development to the marketing. Great minimalistic note taking app!
Can nerd on my computer using vim and markdown to take notes and then see the result synced to my portable devices!

### 5/5 — Good

*2022-09-25, version 4.2.4*

It’s good app for note or article. I use it each days on my iPhone and desktop. By the way author has youtube channel of how he make this app and more.

### 5/5 — This is it!

*2022-09-09, version 4.2.4*

I’m fence sitting between two operating systems and have been looking for a platform agnostic notes/personal knowledge management app for some time. This is the best one I’ve found so far. It combines the extensibility of platforms like Obsidian with the ease and user experience of apps like Bear. I especially love that that it allows for syncing of images between mobile and desktop instances without compromising on md syntax!. And all that coming from an individual developer! Just amazing!

### 5/5 — Note app for developers

*2022-04-24, version 4.2.4*

This is really a life saver for developer. It took me a long time to find a simple way to write down code or terminal in the note. I found most of the note app doesn’t have good support on markdown or code snippet styles including Notion. This app also has a variety of plugin support for user to investigate how they want to use their markdown apps. I am very impressed by this product. No regrets if you have regular habit to keep record of your code in note app. Recommend!

### 4/5 — Bug

*2021-12-14, version 4.2.0*

iPhoneでキーボードを開けることができない

### 5/5 — markdownでプログラミングノートを取るならベストな選択肢

*2021-07-29, version 4.1.0*

プログラミングノート(スニペットなど)を記録するアプリを探していました。

仕事柄、Linux/MacOS/Windows全てで使いたい上、個人のiOS/iPadOSでも使いたかったので、クロスプラットフォーム対応は必須でした。
Web版だと書き心地がイマイチなものが多かったのでネイティブにこだわりました。

結果、Inkdropが優勝しました。
デザインもかっこよく、Pluginも本当に素晴らしい。

捗ってます。ありがとうございます。

### 5/5 — Excellent Markdown Note Taking App 💯

*2021-07-09, version 4.1.0*

I’ve been using Inkdrop on macOS and iOS for about a year.

After trying just about all of the competition, this is the one I’ve settled on.  All the others try to do too much or not enough.

Inkdrop gets it just right.  It’s the Cinderella of note taking apps!

### 3/5 — iPadOS13 日本語フローティングでプレビューすると入力出来なくなる

*2020-02-20, version 3.5.1*

いまお試し中ですが、便利に使わせていただいてます。Mwebから乗り換えようと考えています。こちらの方が同期の確実性が高いと感じています。
ひとつ直していただきたい現象があるのですが、日本語キーボードでフローティングで入力しようとすると入力画面が正しく描画されなくなるようです。分割で入力しようとした場合、ツールバーが表示されなくなりますが、入力はできます。フローティングで入力しようとすると、あるとき入力を受け付けなくなり、アプリの再起動を余儀なくされます。フローティング利用時にプレビューしようとすると100%発生します。とりあえずフリック入力したい時は分割で利用する事でしのいでいますが、普段はフローティングで利用しているので、できれば修正していただけるとありがたいです。

### 5/5 — 惚れ込んで使ってます。ひとつだけ、

*2020-02-16, version 3.5.1*

複数プラットフォーム（Windows, OSX, Linux, iOS）で気軽にメモを取れる Markdown editor を片っ端から試していて、StackEdit から移行して Inkdrop に落ちつきました。試してみたどれよりも、Inkdrop は直感的にわかりやすく、素早く操作できて、安定しています。メモ書きから、ビジネス文書まで、およそ文書作成のほぼ全てを Inkdrop で担っています。素晴らしいアプリを作っていただいて感謝しています。
　ひとつだけ。iOS で、入力中に急にカーソル位置が飛ぶことがあります。箇条書きの時に、次の行末に飛んでしまうようですが、きちんと再現できておらず、どういう状況で起こるのか、まだ明確ではありません。こんなので対応できましたらお願いしたいです。

　応援しています！

### 4/5 — Notes across devices

*2020-01-12, version 3.4.1*

It is really wonderful to have an app that has a native implementation across multiples OSes and devices. I can move freely from iOS to either of my macOS apps and be assured that all of my notes are in sync. Knowing that my notes are encrypted while in the cloud gives me a sense of security. 

In the modern Apple OS ecosystem it is nice to have an app that gives you the control over your content. You can download all of your documents as simple markdown files. 

There are definitely some spots in the app that could benefit from a little polish - but overall this app works well and suits my needs.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Data loss device

*2023-05-15, version 5.0.0*

Do not use if you care about your data! Password recovery is impossible. Even worse, I am suddenly logged out of my device and cannot log back in due to a bug. I really liked the UX of this app but it’s too dangerous to use!

### 1/5 — Forced Monthly External Payment

*2020-05-21*

This could be great but you have to sign-up on their website, app doesn't tell you this, you have to find that information in the store description for the app, not a great first impression.

Then when you get to their website, you have to agree to the 30 day trial of this app, but you have to do this via their website and payment partner, not via Apple.

Not a chance, make on boarding a much better experience and use Apple's payment methods.

### 1/5 — A pagamento ma esterno

*2020-04-26, version 3.6.0*

App completamente a pagamento fuori apple, assolutamente scorretto.

### 1/5 — "Log into account"??

*2019-12-29, version 3.4.1*

I downloaded this, the launched it, and the first thing I see is a screen that tlls me to log into my account.

Excuse me?  I don't have an account.  There isn't an option to create a new account except by going to the dev web site and getting lost.  You also run into a subscription that costs $5/month.

Deleted without trying because I couldn't try it out, am not signing up for a sub.

### 1/5 — Warning !

*2019-12-01, version 3.3.2*

Ce que je déteste le plus, c'est des applications qui se disent gratuit, qui n'ont pas d'inapp purchase et pourtant qui sont payantes jusqu'à le moelle ! Malheureusement, c'est le cas ici !!

### 1/5 — ios에서 한글 자모가 분리됩니다.

*2019-11-27, version 3.3.2*

정상적으로 사용할 수가 없네요. 그나마 에버노트의 대안을 찾았다고 생각했는데 실망스럽습니다.

### 1/5 — 本文表示されず

*2019-03-03, version 2.4.3*

アプリ再起動、本体（6s）再起動しても治らず。早急の対応を望みます。

### 1/5 — 本文が表示されない。

*2019-01-28, version 2.4.3*

他の方のレビューにもあるが、タイトルのみ表示され、本文が表示されないときがある。再起動すると直る。

### 1/5 — 勝手にスクロールしてしまう

*2018-11-05, version 2.3.0*

昨日まで最高だったのに、今のバージョンから？入力中に勝手に1番上までスクロールしてしまうようになって、使い物にならなくなってしまった。本当に悲しい。直らなければ解約するしかない。

### 1/5 — No iPad support

*2018-04-04, version 1.3.0*

Not having iPad support after being on the App Store for this long is inexcusable and pathetic.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Inkdrop is an excellent note-taking app

*2025-12-26, version 5.6.10*

It’s fast, reliable, and perfectly suited for structured notes and long-term knowledge management.
The Markdown workflow feels natural, syncing works flawlessly, and the app stays out of the way so I can focus on thinking and writing.
Especially great for developers or anyone who values clarity and organization.
Easily one of the most practical tools I use every day

### 5/5 — Thank you

*2025-09-29, version 5.6.7*

It’s what I needed!

### 5/5 — Phenomenal

*2025-05-30, version 5.6.5*

I use markdown note-taking apps a lot as a part of my everyday life. Inkdrop combines an intuitive, beautiful and easy-to-use user interface with great functionality, easily extendable with hundreds of plugins. The syncing between devices works great and it is a deal breaker for me, since I can have my notes anywhere at any time.

### 5/5 — Best note-taking app for software engineers

*2025-02-10, version 5.5.0*

If you are looking for a note-taking app and you enjoy writing in markdown, customize the colors of the app, fonts, etc look no further! Inkdrop has been my go-to for more than a year and never looked back. Thanks for the amazing app and experience!

### 5/5 — Excellent

*2024-12-05, version 5.4.0*

Excellent markdown app, looks amazing and the developer is quite an entertainer. Happy to support you.

### 5/5 — The best Markdown note taking app ever!

*2023-11-09, version 5.1.0*

I’ve been using this app for year and half. Me as a Software Engineer, I have to write tons of documentations and readMe docs, Inkdrop helps me a lot and also easy to use. I love using this app so, I’m giving ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ to this app.

### 5/5 — Perfect note app i have ever used!!!

*2023-10-15, version 5.1.0*

Better than all other apps

### 5/5 — Versatile markdown note

*2023-08-12, version 5.1.0*

I’ve been searching for a versatile note app that supports markdown for version control and daily job organization, and Inkdrop is a great fit! I mainly create and edit my notes on a computer and check the notes on the phone.  Inkdrop has a friendly UI and layout minimalist aesthetics with abundant plugins plus great maintenance (the vim keybinding is a gem!). It is such an enjoyment every time I open Inkdrop. This app/software has undoubtedly improved my work. 

Congrats on the great work, and please keep the ball rolling!

### 5/5 — An amazing application

*2023-04-02*

I am in love with Inkdrop, I love utilising it and watching the weekly updates! Keep up the amazing work :)

### 5/5 — Simple and Clean for markdown notes

*2023-03-22, version 4.2.4*

I have used plenty applications for writing in markdown. As a programmer and developer myself I have to say this app is definitely the best one for markdown due to it’s simplistic form and clean UI design. I’d recommend this to all software students and professionals.

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