Notability: Примечания, PDF
★ 4.5What it actually doesApp for creating and editing handwritten and text notes with support for PDF annotations, audio recordings, and cloud synchronization, but with serious data loss issues after updates.
Actually does
- ✓Note taking80% of reviews
- ✓PDF editor40% of reviews
- ✓Audio recorder30% of reviews
- ✓AI assistant15% of reviews
- ✓File manager20% of reviews
- ✓Rich-text editor15% of reviews
- ✓Data export5% of reviews
- ✓File sharing10% of reviews
- ✓Subscription40% of reviews
- ✓Free tier5% of reviews
- ✓PDF viewer
Claimed, but not confirmed by reviews
- ⚠Cloud sync
- ⚠Sync across devices
- ⚠Speech-to-text
- ⚠Live Collaboration (совместное редактирование)
Common complaints
- ✗Massive note loss during updates and iCloud sync failure65% of mentions
«Today all notes disappeared... stopped syncing properly with iCloud and noticeably lagging... Now all notes are gone»
- ✗Constant crashes, hangs and app freezes55% of mentions
«After the latest update the app lags terribly, stutters and crashes... After 5-10 seconds of pen recording the app freezes»
- ✗Broken features after updates (audio transcription, cursor, interface)30% of mentions
«Audio transcriptions stopped working... After the update it became simply impossible to use. When drawing notes on an image, lines appear by themselves»
- ✗Tablet overheating, battery draining quickly, text display delays25% of mentions
«After the latest update the iPad started getting very hot... text display is delayed and flickering»
- ✗Poor support, ignoring support requests15% of mentions
«I wrote to support but they forgot about my response... support requests sent through the app don't get delivered»
What people praise
- ★Convenient handwriting and drawing
«Very cool app, convenient and lots of features!... everything is great, I keep calendars and notes here — the functionality is excellent»
- ★Ability to annotate PDF and import documents
«The main task as notes was fulfilled, pleased with auto-shapes (circles, lines, arrows)»
- ★Rich functionality (audio recording, AI, templates)
«I've been using it for several years now, everything is great... the functionality is excellent»
- ★Access to notes on multiple devices (when it works)
«I've been using the app for just under a year, it's very cool!!»
- ★Pleasing interface details (animated goose)
«Thank you for adding the animated goose😭💘... thank you so much!!!»