Joplin User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience66.8% of reviews
Neutral9.4% of reviews
Negative experience23.8% of reviews

~ Based on 491 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Joplin Safe?

Joplin appears mostly safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Joplin is 82/100.

This assessment is based on 464 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.2/5.

Safety Analysis

78.3% of ratings point to a safe experience
6.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
15.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 428 App Store ratings for Joplin.

Is Joplin Legit?

Joplin appears legitimate, with a few gaps. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Joplin is 78/100.

Based on 78 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

All my notes gone

The app started freezing and I wasn't able to move the cursor within my notes. After trying many things, I deleted the app to reload and hopefully fix it. It has deleted all my notes - this is extremely problematic for me.

Don't use this app

Horrible app, looks and feels terrible

Outdated UI, the notes only show titles you need to click on them for summary and the extensions allowing this don't support ios. Every other note taking app I use including native shows some of your note below the title. This should be a customizable aspect.

Only people getting use out of this started elsewhere and just use the iphone app to supplement their use rather than having it be their main device.
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Smooth, works well

Works perfectly, currently using S3 sync with E2EE. Just wish more plugins were allowed on iOS besides only the recommended ones. Hope it stays updated and maintained. Might even be willing to buy it if it was a one time paid app to support development better.

Has become my “Go-To” app!

Joplin has become my “Go-To” writing, thought organizing, remembering, calculating, fact collecting, et cetera, app. With, at least, a couple of dozen plugins (the Tabs one doesn’t work only showing contents of the last tab) available expanding Joplin’s (Makes me remember Scott Joplin, but I have a music background) abilities. I keep discovering cool features and configurabilities. Drawing and Markdown coding even. Pinch/Zoom for font ‘Display’ size adjustment (but with configurable default Display font size), separate from text editing text size. :-) Write protection, but with block/copy, and an Edit button! YES! With only six plugins installed, the ‘total’ configurability is almost mind boggling, yet it is all logically arranged and simple navigation. And I just discovered it’s map feature, ‘Show on map’ with exact building location and street number addresses! And the app is SMALL! Not in Apple basic (snark) and 300 MB or bigger in size. It’s earned it’s place on my iPhone’s easy access bar. Over the decades I have collected four types of apps, almost fetishly; calculator apps, weather apps, music synthesizers apps and text/note editor/organizers apps. Joplin has gone to the top of it’s category. And it’s Free! No subscriptions/rental nonsense and NO ADS! So DONATE $ to support Joplin (Scott would like it.)
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Don’t Upgrade your Phone

I recently upgraded my iPhone 13 to the 17. Unlike all my other apps, Joplin did not save absolutely anything. I lost years of valuable notes that I cannot get back.

Nice

In desperate need of ui refreshment but all in all it’s good

Overcomplicated, brain damaging garbage!

DELETED!

IOS is not for Joplin

All of my Windows PCs and Notebooks and all my Android Smartphones can sync with my own WebDAV Server, just not Joplin on IOS.

Technically that can be very likely an Apple BS kind of thing restricting network traffic however they feel braking things that work in the rest of the world, but switching from always working OneNote to Joplin to escape Microsoft just is a big hassle.

Why the heck does IOS not let me connect to my WebDav server over Tailscale, or better, why could I make it work for a while, then entering info in new Joplin notes on the iPad just not being able to sync them anymore, on other words losing information.

Thank you Apple and Joplin devs!
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You are in full control of your data

I just love being in full control of my data, ability to create multiple profiles and offline mode - all of which this app delivers making it a true rarity

“Change log” 🧐

Please consider including and codifying change log and significant update notes directly in the App Store listing as opposed to sending users to a 3rd party web page.

Good but ….

Very good, syncs really well with my self hosted Nextcloud server.

It has a few missing features I think however.


1. Wish you could pin the sidebar on tablets, it would be a lot easier to navigate then.

2. Share integration that iOS/iPad OS supports.

3. Better support for Plug-ins.

So far so good

For starters, I self host a Joplin server on my home lab. This Notes app has been exactly what I was looking for and all the issues I’ve had with it have been resolved and entirely due to my own errors and learning journey. If I was to start my homelab journey from scratch, I would begin with Joplin notes.
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Good but ..

Wish it supported more plugins from the Joplin store (Journal and Home note) and an option to be able to keep the sidebar shown on tablets.

Cannot create new notebook on ipad

I had high hopes for this app to replace evernote but at least on an ipad it is restricted in what it can do.

The Best… But this UI? C’mon

Still the best if it’s kind, but the UI is dated and clunky with a fair amount learning curve.

I’d happily pay $$ one time to incent updating the interface.

Still, there is no substitute!

The best of its kind. Yes, it’s not as pretty and fancy as others, but features, usability, simplicity, equal online & app capabilities, and security is without peer. Developers… I’m happy to pay for updated interface, OCR and apple pen use. Thank you for existing!
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挺好的我喜欢

挺好

OneNote Alternative

I really enjoy the app. I desperately want to place tables at the same latitude and place images inside table cells without plug-ins.

Pc & Mac ver is amazing! iOS? Not so much…

My main issue is drop box not being compatible at all for IOS devices. Considering that the computer actually allow that.

Great until it isn’t

Things started off amazingly, but now I have over a gig in notes just with text alone. Switching phones and exporting importing and syncing has been very time and battery consuming. Wildly inefficient.

The Best

The best of its kind. Yes, it’s not as pretty and fancy as others, but features, usability, simplicity, equal online & app capabilities, and security is without peer. Developers… I’m happy to pay for updated interface, OCR and apple pen use. Thank you for existing!