Notes
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- Profile analysed
- Jun 12, 2026
- App updated
- Oct 26, 2026
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- App Store · Store data seen: Nov 11, 2026 · Recently checked
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What it actually doesApp for creating and organizing notes with attachment support, iCloud synchronization and collaborative editing, but suffers from serious stability issues, data loss and synchronization problems on mobile devices.
Actually does
- ✓Note taking90% of reviews
- ✓Rich-text editor15% of reviews
- ✓Task management10% of reviews
- ✓File sharing7% of reviews
- ✓OCR / Document scan7% of reviews
- ✓Data export(bonus)10% of reviews
- ✓Apple Pencil7% of reviews
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Sync across devices
- ⚠Voice notes
- ⚠Note linking
- ⚠watchOS support
- ⚠Теги для организации заметок
- ⚠Смарт-папки с автоматической фильтрацией
Common complaints
- ✗Massive note loss with no recovery option20% of mentions
«All my notes disappeared with no way to recover them… I had written so much there… it's really upsetting»
- ✗Notes don't sync across mobile devices33% of mentions
«Notes don't sync on the phone. It works in the browser, on MacBook, but just not on the phone»
- ✗App crashes, especially with a large number of notes20% of mentions
«The app started crashing: I open it and it crashes after 7 seconds. Syncing is behaving strangely: when 600 notes are synced, the app crashes»
- ✗App takes excessive disk space (30+ GB)13% of mentions
«I saved a video in the notes. Then I noticed that notes were taking up a lot of space - first 7GB, then 16GB, and then I reinstalled the app and it shows 30GB»
- ✗Slowdown with large volume of notes10% of mentions
«It lags when you have more than 50 pages. Only suitable for very small notes»
What people praise
- ★Convenient shared lists and shopping lists
«Cool and convenient built-in app, especially love the shared lists, very handy»
- ★Works great on Mac and in browser
«On laptops and computers everything is perfect, it flies smoothly»
- ★Simple and convenient to use overall
«Very convenient»
- ★Built-in standard iOS app
«The best app I have on my phone»
- ★Drawing and handwriting features
«I have a clear sense that I want notes to be like in Freeform. That is, I can write by hand, I can insert pictures»