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Difficult to update from Things 2
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This new version of Things has an entirely different aesthetic from Things 2. Things 2 is much more minimalist; Things 3 seems to have a lot of UI bloat. Not quite sure where the design award came from.
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This new version of Things has an entirely different aesthetic from Things 2.
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Same word. Same problem
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A lot of people use word because its very standard. But I run into the same problem when I use it. Every update there’s a problem with the format. Everything that I had on page 2, is now partly on page 1. And what I had on part 3, is partly on page 2, and so forth, throughout all 200+pages of my document. Try to call for support and reach someone who barely speaks English. I tell them what happens, and they say “so is it because you changed something in your document”? Yes, when I closed my document yesterday, it was formatted correctly. Then after I updated the app today, and opened it up and it was wrong, it must have been when I did it in the middle of the night.I will be switching to Apples pages. Thanks for the people who work really hard to make this work, it really is a great effort for the most part. But it’s just not fun doing this when the issue happens on my MacBook and my iPad. What’s the point of setting something up to be exactly how you want it, if a simple update changes everything? It’s nonsense.
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I tell them what happens, and they say “so is it because you changed something in your document”?
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Incredible Planner for Students
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I was originally skeptical on paying $7 on a todo list app, but I’ve come to realize how great of an investment this was. I’m able to create many different headers in a project to categorize different classes I am taking! I no longer use a physical planner because this app takes care of that problem. The ease of use, simplicity, and great functionality is what led me to rating this app at 5 stars. Definitely worth the price!
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The ease of use, simplicity, and great functionality is what led me to rating this app at 5 stars.
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Recording and syncing
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This used to be my go to app for note taking. But for over a year now I have had problems with writing while using the recording feature. I even bought a brand new iPad Pro because I though it was the device space causing this issue it turns out I was wrong. They have issues with their iCloud syncing that they even a year later have not fixed. While writing and recording it will cause a syncing messages to come up while your using it making it unusable while it does that. You are missing what you want to record and unable to write turning that time. Even when it finishes syncing it will do it again a few minutes later once again interrupting you. I have tried everything recommended nothing worked. I even freshly installed my iPad with only this application and even on my new iPad Pro it did the same thing and it has 64gb of space and nothing else on it. I’m disappointed that even after a year they have not solved their problems do not waste your money on this app. Especially when the one feature that is supposed to make it more enticing then GoodNotes doesn’t even work.
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I’m disappointed that even after a year they have not solved their problems do not waste your money on this app.
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productivity
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Best note management platform
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I use it for years. It’s tagging capability is unique. It’s integration across all platforms is the same. It’s ability to annotate pdf files is very useful. Same for its integration with all browsers. It is a great product. I am a paying customers for years. I hope company does well and has resources to keep updating it.
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It’s tagging capability is unique.
| 5
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usability
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| 6
| 13
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productivity
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microsoft-word
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This app great!
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I’m currently enrolled in college and offers a free version for students. This free version also works with the PC and mobile versions. It’s a little difficult to navigate, but whatever you’re looking for can be found in the search bar.
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This free version also works with the PC and mobile versions.
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compatibility
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free version
| 6
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My External Brain
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I’ve used Evernote daily since 2013 to journal, organize work streams and plan effective projects. I often joke that it is my external brain because the way I have it categorically organized encompasses most facets of my life. The flexible hierarchy available thru notes, notebooks and tags works well for me. Syncing across devices was also a game changer for me. Truthfully, my biggest fear is that Evernote would ever go away! Please don’t. Yours could forever, Evernote. 💌
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The flexible hierarchy available thru notes, notebooks and tags works well for me.
| 5
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effectiveness
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What happened to Evernote?
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I’ve used Evernote for years and have found it an indispensable part of my work life. The ability to organize documents quickly was ahead of its time when the cloud was just a twinkle in Apple’s eye. I had “Pocket” for my junk drawer, but Evernote was the reliable filing cabinet I could always come back to. Recently, the ability to utilize these filing features have undergone a dramatic change. More steps are needed to name a document, and the easy tagging features seem to have disappeared. Don’t get me started on finding old documents, a feature that was said to have improved. I’ve taken to using the iCloud more often with these changes. Maybe it’s for the best. Shame that Evernote has now become the junk drawer for those documents I don’t really care as much about. Hopefully fixes are coming, but at this point, I wouldn’t recommend this app.
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Don’t get me started on finding old documents, a feature that was said to have improved.
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| 45
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productivity
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Bad Design Change
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I used to love Evernote, having used it for a couple of years. I am a Premium member, and used it for school work and personal life...I used it for everything. I used it on my iPhone, iPad mini, iPad Pro, and MacBook Pro.But, I am very disappointed with the recent updates. Besides performance issues, my main concern is about the horrible design change, primarily the removal of two functions that I used on a regular basis.First, I am sad about the loss of the Card View option. Anyone with common sense on design and visual efficiency would know how convenient and fast the card view is for users. I can't believe that Evernote is willing to give up one of its most valuable characteristics just to follow the bad design of another popular note app. Card View is so important to me, especially on my iPads. It was so easy and fast for me to visually grasp all my notes. Now, it takes forever to scroll through the single line of notes. Evernote, where is your common sense and sense of design and efficiency?Second, I am sad about the loss of Presentation mode. That was one of the functions that drew me into being a Premium member. I also used it to take screenshots of my notes. The formatting in the Presentation mode gives a perfect appearance to screenshots. Now...it is all gone.Please give me back these functions that I care about and value. I need them. This app is losing its soul... Please give me a response or send me the older version!
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Anyone with common sense on design and visual efficiency would know how convenient and fast the card view is for users.
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| 95
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Evernote Saves Planet & Extends Learning
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Go paperless and be more organized than ever before. Paper is a luxury, being better organized and able learn quicker is not. Evernote allows for both.
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Go paperless and be more organized than ever before.
| 5
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Removed Features and App performance Issues
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I was charged for a renewed subscription and want to cancel that renewal and be refunded. I’ve used the app for 8 years and lost core functionality when the latest face lift was done to the app. I’ve tried to wait out the promised feature of being able to do a short cut global search like I could with command + J on the Mac. I had that feature and Apple Watch support.EditI received a refund. I really miss how amazing this app was and hope that the two main changes I addressed in my review will be fixed.
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I’ve used the app for 8 years and lost core functionality when the latest face lift was done to the app.
| 4
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effectiveness
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| 45
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Very Unreliable, Does Not Save
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This app is an attempt to be what Word is on a computer. There is limited functionality, buggy interaction, and the save feature is terrible. I am a grad student who relies on Word for all my papers. Today, my second paper was erased by Microsoft Word and One Note. I had the auto save feature enabled and track changes enabled (because Word deleted my work before). I went to save my work manually (because I knew the auto save doesn’t work all the time), and it was grey. I could not turn auto save off, and it was not saving even though I had a stable internet connection in the library I always work from. So I saved a copy of the file to my device and it showed it save to my ipad. I restarted my application thinking all was fine, only to find none of my work saved, and that copy I made disappeared! I also found in trying to recover the files that there is no recover functionality and there hasn’t been since at least 2018 when another user reported the same problem. I lost almost 3 hours of work. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP! Stick to a computer until the developers get serious about the things we are serious about.
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I could not turn auto save off, and it was not saving even though I had a stable internet connection in the library I always work from.
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| 18
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productivity
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microsoft-word
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Best writing app ever, a small bug
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In the beginning, word was a bit confusing for me, all the tables and font and sizes and that, but after I learnt a few tips and tricks, I realized I never found any other better writing app than this. In school we are supposed to use a notebook, but I use this everysingle day and it’s the same quality if not better! But recently I had a big glitch that wasn’t really cool. I saved my word document, log back and some text is deleted? I write it back, save but the next day the text that was supposed to be deletes appears whilst still having the fixed text and it’s rlly annoying idk.
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I saved my word document, log back and some text is deleted?
| 5
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reliability
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text
| 45
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microsoft-word
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BUGS NEED TO BE FIXED
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I would not give this a 5 star because this app has too many features that are missing from the main PC program. I know some features might not be there, however I am still using my paid subscription so I expect many more features than what is included. With this alone, I would give 4 stars.The reason that 4 stars is cut in half is because the bugs in this app are too inconvenient to lose only one star. The app freezes too many times and even though I force close the app to try and refresh it does not help. Sometimes it does completely close it out, but then it takes forever to refresh. This needs to be fixed for those who use this app for school and work.
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I know some features might not be there, however I am still using my paid subscription so I expect many more features than what is included.
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| 75
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Best Productivity App
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I have been using Evernote for over 7 years now and I absolutely love this app. I use it for everything from school to work to my personal life as well. The updates they published have been such a refreshing change! Also, the new Evernote Home for my desktop is amazing and I love being able to customize the home page! Definitely use the this app if you don’t have it already. Keep up the great work!
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Also, the new Evernote Home for my desktop is amazing and I love being able to customize the home page!
| 5
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| 99
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positive
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productivity
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Can you answer the following and let us know if you are working on this to implement?
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Support for images in tasks really needs to be added to Things. This is a huge feature that is lacking – at the moment I link to an Evernote note, however this is not ideal, and I really wish the developers would listen to the users and add support for attachments to tasks. Whilst this would bring complications to Things Cloud (a brilliant and fast service), I think many users would be willing to pay a small yearly subscription for this feature.Windows/web support. Whilst I know that this will likely never happen, it’s worth a try as it’s quite a requested feature.Natural language input in the task line. This would make it a lot quicker to add tasks into Things.Better search. Whilst search works, well, in Things, it would be great if it was more powerful, allowing us to search for certain due dates.Filters. Being able to quickly bring up a customized view, like in Todoist, would be a amazing addition to Things. I often find myself wanting to see tasks that are due in the next 7 days with the school tag, however I cannot do this in Things.Better reminders. Currently, reminders disappear on the notification screen after a while, and do not stay there. In addition to this, location reminders would be a great addition.Markdown in task notes. Often, I want to include a little more information about a task. Things only allows you to add notes in plain text – the ability to use markdown would be great
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Things only allows you to add notes in plain text – the ability to use markdown would be great
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| true
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text
| 46
| 50
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This Upgrade is Just Too Cute and not very functional
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I have used Evernote for more than 4 years and I have recommended it to co-workers and subordinates. The most recent update is annoying. Everything takes more steps. Adding tags to notes, returning to recently opened notes, moving notes to a frequent notebook. Everything takes multiple steps and the functionality is now slower. Using one of my templates takes 2 steps instead of one. While the new interface is visually appealing, I prefer to go back to the last version if I can. thank you.
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Everything takes multiple steps and the functionality is now slower.
| 4
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effectiveness
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functionality
| 41
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productivity
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microsoft-word
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Slow
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It has very few of the features of the PC version, so it’s just a stripped down version. Also, it is very slow to start, difficult to navigate and doesn’t have the flexibility of Google Docs (though it certainly has more features). It takes a long time to load, and sometimes it will fail blaming your internet connection, when the issue is not your internet connection. You try to restart and second time around it works fine. Average, for iOS, but nowhere near the full version of Word.
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It takes a long time to load, and sometimes it will fail blaming your internet connection, when the issue is not your internet connection.
| 3
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reliability
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load
| 25
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productivity
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gmail-email-by-google
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ed57ab6e-b5dc-4acc-bd98-d262aeb8a574
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BRING BACK INBOX!!!!!!!!!!
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For the love of god BRING BACK INBOX!!! The gmail app is horrendous. Inbox was literally perfect, gmail is a terrible and at most times barely functional email app that makes even apples stock mail app that’s been plagued with problems from the start of iOS 13. BRING BACK THE LAST VERSION OF INBOX!!!When composing an email or viewing an email, the send, attachment and delete buttons really need to be moved to the bottom of the screen for ease of use. Phone screens are too big these days to be including the most important and frequently interacted items at the top of the screen.Super glitchy / jittery when scrolling. Unacceptable!In conversation view the previous messages show up above and below your original message it’s so confusing and clustered looking. Who designed this?!?!?!Give the option to remove contact photos. It’s a waste of space in an application such as emailIn emails that have package tracking info on the email preview screen give a preview of where the package/shipping status and scheduled delivery date.
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In conversation view the previous messages show up above and below your original message it’s so confusing and clustered looking.
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notability
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Trash Customer Service, Trash App (Will delete all of your notes!)
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As I was notating my PDF on notability by using the text box options, all (and I mean all the 2 hours of notes that I have been taking) were instantly deleted. Every single text box and notes that I created on the multiple pages of PDF have been deleted and this is EXTREMELY frustrating for a graduate medical student and this should not have happen. No history on Notability that any edits were made on the PDF that I am on. I have the most updated version of the app as well so please don’t tell me that this is the issue. Contacted customer support but they do not reach out back to you. Basically nonexistent. To everyone else, please do not waste your money on this app and go with the other note taking app!
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Contacted customer support but they do not reach out back to you.
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customer support
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notability
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Notebook GOAT
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I’m a PhD student in Computer Science and have used many note taking apps over the years. Hands down this is the best notebook app I’ve ever used because there are absolutely no pain points when using this app, and that takes a very clear vision for an app, and most companies miss the mark on that. The usability of moving things around a page is super intuitive and slick. I love the recording! OMG, finally you can just tap when to record and tap when to stop, and tap to resume etc, and the recording is tied to the state of your notes, so when you replay the recording you can see where you were. The recording feature on this is what sold me. A lot of other apps make u save a file each time you record, or pause... such a pain. There are a ton of other things i love about this app, but I gots to get back to it now, so I’ll leave it there. Thanks Notability !I love you guys. U make taking notes really fun for me, and that is really big for me right now cuz my life is pretty lame as a PhD student.
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The recording feature on this is what sold me.
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Please develop feature - insert blank space
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I suggest developing 2 features that I found would be very handy for note taking. One is a feature that would allow users to insert blank space in between notes. Sometime after writing down pages of notes, I find myself needing some extra blank space/blank lines somewhere in the written notes in order to add notes. Currently Notability allows adding a new page but that is not helpful for situation where the user wants to add space/lines in the middle of a page of written notes. Both Goodnotes and Onenote have similar features.Two is the ability to choose landscape page. It is extremely annoying that Notability doesn’t offer landscape page when wider page is needed.
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It is extremely annoying that Notability doesn’t offer landscape page when wider page is needed.
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notability
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Was already wonderful sketch app, now even better
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Wow, what an update!The ability to partially erase and “style” (ie change the line color) my shapes makes this an even more wonderful app for drawing and sketching...I have used and loved Notability for years—While I have the full suite of Adobe apps for composition and drawing, I usually end up going to Notability for ease of use and the ability to have many pages of sketches in one document (vs having to export each image individually with the Adobe apps.) Being able to generate perfect shapes and then easily modify them with the partial eraser is going to be such a time saver! To be able quickly create and then rotate and resize a perfect ellipse is amazing! The addition of dot paper is another wonderful feature—I can use it to build sketches and then turn off the dots when I’m finished.Even though there is only a PDF export option, I work around this by taking screen shots of my images and then finishing them up in Adobe. Also, if you have Acrobat pro, you can use “edit file” in tools to work with your text and images.A big, huge thanks to the developers for putting so much thought and heart into this release. I’m your customer for life.(My only feature request for “someday” would be the ability center/justify all the text within a text box...)
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(My only feature request for “someday” would be the ability center/justify all the text within a text box...)
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| 84
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gmail-email-by-google
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Mostly solid, need something easy in new update
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I’ve mostly enjoyed using the gmail app. Two things that drive me crazy:1) The search feature is highly unreliable. I don’t know exactly how this should be fixed, but it’s basically useless. Would like for it to have similar capabilities as a regular Google search, just within my email folders. 2) The latest update appears to have disabled the feature where you can tap at the top of the screen to return to the top of the page. Not the worst thing, but annoying to not have it.
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2) The latest update appears to have disabled the feature where you can tap at the top of the screen to return to the top of the page.
| 4
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For old software, it’s surprisingly immature
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I’ve used Evernote since it’s early days. Honestly I would have a hard time living without it. But it’s surprisingly quirky for such an old product. For example the iPhone, iPad, and PC versions seem like they came from different companies. I couldn’t tell you how to search via tag on my iPad but it’s simple on the PC. I started with Evernote on the Mac and recently switched to the PC. It was pretty different. Why?The editor is basic which is fine but it’s too basic. Creating tables is too hard. There should be more formatting options. And the dictionary is odd. Add something to the dictionary and the red underline doesn’t go away. And why doesnt the Windows version support touch screens?It’s a great concept. I love the web clipper. I’m glad to be able to access my notes on different devices. But I wish it worked more consistently across those devices. I wish I had more formatting options.
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I love the web clipper.
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Still terrible
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Honestly, I think Google's updates amount to little more than review fraud. They've continually hit the reset button on overwhelmingly 1 star reviews by "updating" the app, yet hardly any of the updates have addressed the complaints which are largely macro issues. As a whole, it's still bad, and the one star reviewers are simply giving up on having to resubmit their reviews after each update. And look at the 5 star reviews - largely substance-free generic praise. I doubt most of them. Don't believe the 3+ star average. This app is a visual assault. It's hard to get past the nausea inducing aesthetics. Fewer emails to see at a glance, pointless avatars, ugh, the red! The check box was MUCH more intuitive than the initials/avatar circle that have replaced it. It's simply harder to read and process at a glance. Why did you bury the reply button? Most often, what I want to reply to is at the top. I shouldn't have to scroll down to reply. In general things that were intuitive aren't. It's not my job to figure this stuff out. It's your job to design it so I don't have to. This update is terrible all around. A mess. No amount of tweaks will save this update. Revert to the previous version. Really. It's that awful. And again, I don't believe the majority of the 5 star reviews.
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Revert to the previous version.
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Updates
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Things seem to be running smoother since last update. Still wish there were seamless edges on the documents...does anyone understand what I’m saying? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills here! There didn’t used to be visible borders, I swear!
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Things seem to be running smoother since last update.
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efficiency
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Loses notes
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The point of a notes app is that it store notes and be able to find them again. The search is generally worthless, you have to use tags religiously because that’s the only way you can find anything. I’ve had a note of list items for 5+ years that I referred to. Now I can’t find it via Search. Text I know is in it shows zero results. Worse, I scrolled through thousands of notes and can’t find it. It’s gone forever. And I paid money for this?!?Saving web pages is lousy. It throws 3 photos in the list view that rarely have anything to do with the page or are just some design graphic from the site. And don’t even try to edit that note, it will destroy everything. Searching for any content on it is a waste of time. Surely there’s a better notes app than this aging poorly-maintained junk.
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And I paid money for this?!?
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Left handed problem
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I love this app, and use it constantly. It is so useful, and having the ability to write or type is fantastic in a scholastic or general note taking environment. But I have a problem.I am left handed. If I write or draw going left to write, and my hand is touching the screen, the NOTE SWITCHER tap pops out, and leaves me without being able to see what I was doing on that side. If I am drawing a straight line and holding it down to make it perfect, this tab makes such a thing impossible. I have to click out, undo, and awkwardly hold my pencil so that I don’t reactivate the tab again to fix the line. This is the ultimate time waster, and super frustrating. I want to turn the NOTE SWITCHER off. It is an excessive attempt to streamline the app to make it easier to switch between notes. I am sure someone out there in the world appreciates this, but as a left handed individual with a hand that touches paper/the screen when they write, it is the ultimate time waster, and highly frustrating. I can activate the NOTE SWITCHER up to fifteen times in one minute. If the notes are time sensitive, it wastes vital time to undo and re-do. Losing out on important information. Or makes ultimately useless illegible notes that will not be understood in the future. I’m not saying to get rid of this feature, but to have the chance to turn it off if you don’t need it.
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If I am drawing a straight line and holding it down to make it perfect, this tab makes such a thing impossible.
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Reminders have disappeared
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I'm a premium user and love the ability to clip and save articles and notes in different notebooks, I use Evernote to save information for upcoming travel, local restaurants and lots of other stuff. I used to use the reminders feature, but that seems to have disappeared in a recent update. I can still create a note and attach a reminder, but this doesn't have the same reminders functionality, for instance when I go to a list of reminders, nothing is listed. I still love the app but have had to find other apps for easy to-do lists and reminders.
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I still love the app but have had to find other apps for easy to-do lists and reminders.
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Great app
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I love this app! I use it for all my classes and it saves me money on notebooks and it’s way easier for organization. However, I do wish there were a few other features. I wish I could make the eraser size smaller for when Im taking small notes on a class PowerPoint or drawing a diagram. It’s a pain in the rear when I’m trying to erase small arrows from my orgo notes and end up erasing a few bonds, too. Also, I’d like to be able to switch between the eraser that erases the whole line and an eraser that just erases what you touch. The former is great for notes but the latter would be great for diagrams. Another thing I wish the app had is a “switch to last color” option. I often switch between red and black in my notes and it would be nice if there was a one-click option to switch back and forth. I know I just listed a bunch of features I wished this app had, but the app is still well worth it without them. I highly recommend it.
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I use it for all my classes and it saves me money on notebooks and it’s way easier for organization.
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gmail-email-by-google
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The sorting is off
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I really loved the gmail app for such a long time, however, recently it has been messing up a bit. I liked the feature where it sorts emails into primary, social, and promotions categories because I wasn’t constantly getting notifications for every little email. Now, a lot of what would normally go into the promotions category is getting filed under my primary mail. I really wish this would get figured out so I’m not constantly getting notifications for unnecessary mail.
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Now, a lot of what would normally go into the promotions category is getting filed under my primary mail.
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things-3
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Just about perfect
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This app is exactly what you want from a task Managment tool. Well designed and the more I’ve used it the more nice touches I find. As an example I love having a link back to the original email In Apple mail using the Mac app or drag and drop on the iPad, but by some magic the app also includes a link back when I forward an email using the Things email service! Well done! Otherwise would love direct syncing to Alexa lists as well but just a fantastic product.
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Well designed and the more I’ve used it the more nice touches I find.
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usability
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design
| 6
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gmail-email-by-google
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Much better than the Mail app
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Love the Gmail app! I’ve been using it for about a year and it is way better than the Mail app. I love that I can simply delete an email in one step rather than 3. I like the look of it and the way it’s all laid out too. I also started using Gmail’s calendar app.
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I also started using Gmail’s calendar app.
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calendar
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Really pushing their premium service.
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I switched to Evernote because I liked the UI and I wanted to keep my recipe book all in one place with a really nice tagging system so I can easily index all of the recipes. Evernote does this the best out of any service I’ve used before. UI and design is really important to me, so that’s what drew me to the program, and I can even quickly and easily import new recipes. However, I’m on Basic, and as soon as I hit the image cap, the bright red ‘not syncing’ banner comes up on my recipes, and can’t be permanently dismissed. I can’t get rid of the red exclamation points in the corners of my notes, or prevent it from prompting me to update literally any time I open a note. This is incredibly annoying and ruins the entire purpose of switching for me. If they stop pushing their premium service so hard onto people who really only need Basic, this review will be changed to 5 stars.
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UI and design is really important to me, so that’s what drew me to the program, and I can even quickly and easily import new recipes.
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gmail-email-by-google
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Why will you not make a ‘delete all’ button?
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Gmail has been my email for over a decade now. I absolutely love it, but I have to go to Safari and do a multi delete function to empty my inboxes. Then it doesn’t bother to sync into the app which makes the app completely useless. I’ve done everything I can to do make them sync, but it’s impossible. If you made a delete feature that would actually delete more than one email at a time without clicking them all and doing it that way, it would make it better. Do that and my review would be five stars.
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I’ve done everything I can to do make them sync, but it’s impossible.
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sync
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microsoft-word
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This is a terribly constructed app
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First, so many standard features are only available on the paid version, and even then the app lacks normal functionality. Second, the app is riddled with bugs. I spent a couple of days using the app to type up some important notes, only to have it glitch and erase everything. I looked for a copy of the document but, to my horror, i discovered that it was not auto-saved even though that feature was turned on. It was impossible for me to recover my work and I was quite literally devastated. Live and learn. I will never use any these office apps again, especially Word. I suggest you upload the standard software on your laptop or desktop PC instead of trying to use these Microsoft apps on a Mac or an iPad. Certain documents are just too important to rely on questionable apps.
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First, so many standard features are only available on the paid version, and even then the app lacks normal functionality.
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New interface is great but it’s slow and glitchy
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As a long term Evernote user this major overhaul is a welcome improvement. I suppose it is to be expected because of the way the world of software works; this latest version of Evernote is not quite stable and it’s also too slow for my taste. I often open it to take a photo of a document and that is as likely to hang as not. Also, I am always sending items to Evernote from other applications, so when I open it, it’s in the process of importing those notes, and that means I need to wait for that to complete before I can effectively use it. As they smooth out those rough edges (I hope soon) I will be very happy to change my review back to 5 stars. Lastly, I miss the long-press menu where I could choose to create a new note, search, or scan a document before I even opened the app. I hope they are planning on bringing that back. Keep up the good work team Evernote. I am sure it took a herculean effort to bring out this major update to your app. After a few years of slow improvements and uncertainty, it looks like you are back on track. I hope you continue putting significant effort into the app so that I can continue to use it for many more years
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Lastly, I miss the long-press menu where I could choose to create a new note, search, or scan a document before I even opened the app.
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usability
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menu
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gmail-email-by-google
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Interface could use improvement
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I’ve been using the Gmail app for years now, both on my phone and my 9.7” iPad. It's mostly good, and I really like being able to tap directly into Gmail's powerful search capabilities. However, the UI changes I’ve seen on my iPad in recent updates has me reluctant to update my iPhone app.First, the handful of buttons on the left side of the iPad version wastes valuable horizontal screen space. You can see this clearly in the first screenshot currently shown on Gmail's App Store page. Below those buttons there's a strip of never-used white space that could otherwise be used for a wider messages list.My second UI complaint is with the messages list itself. Referring back to that same screenshot, I don't know how they got it to show all that information! Maybe it's the jumbo-sized iPad. On my 9.7" screen, I rarely see the full subject line (it disappears into a "..."), and the list of senders involved in a thread often disappears into a "..." as well. This makes it really frustrating to scan the list of emails for basic information. If those aforementioned side buttons were moved elsewhere, that strip of unused space on the left could be conscripted to make much of that more visible.Bottom line: I find the app really useful, but some UI optimizations could make it a much better place to manage email without resorting to the desktop app!
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First, the handful of buttons on the left side of the iPad version wastes valuable horizontal screen space.
| 4
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space
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gmail-email-by-google
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Better than outlook
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I cant believe an saying this but its better app than outlook. Doesn’t lag and i love that it segregates emails by promotions, primary and system updates. This was the thing i was looking in good email app and gmail does a better job than outlook in this. Bring in dark mode and the app will be perfect.
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Bring in dark mode and the app will be perfect.
| 5
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dark mode
| 10
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microsoft-word
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WORD DOCUMENTS
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I like using “Word” to prepare documents.What I don’t like from my last experience:When editing a “text box” the zoom level goes in and out constantly when trying to correct the text.Then, in addition, when I click “mobile view” the alignment of the text box shows up differently. Also some of my text was aligned differently — above the picture — and it was supposed to be below the picture.I also have problems hiding the keyboard to screenshot as well as accessing the keyboard to type.This is on my iPhone X that this takes place.
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Then, in addition, when I click “mobile view” the alignment of the text box shows up differently.
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Please consider
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In the all notes section the date comes before the title which is annoying when scrolling for something specific. Also there is no way to tell from this screen which notes are in what notebook. Please include on the note snapshot. Also the sorter button for placing notes is at the top of the new note not at the bottom. If it was at the bottom I could place it when I was finished with the note and I wouldn’t have to scroll at the way to the beginning. Doing this causes the note to reopen, for example a list, at the top of the list by the title, instead of picking up at the bottom where I most likely left off. Does the job but not intuitively user friendly.
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Also there is no way to tell from this screen which notes are in what notebook.
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notebook
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forest-stay-focused
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Forest App Review
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This app is a great app for productivity, especially for students who are behind on classes and want to stop procrastinating. I think this app is definitely worth the money! There are only three changes I think could take place to make the app a 5⭐️ rating!I think Deep Focus mode is great, but I think they could ask you for a list of allowed apps that you can use during Deep Focus Mode. I also think that they could add more free trees considering you have to pay for the app, and I think that they could add more details to trees that take a while to earn, like the 120 minute version of a tree.Overall, I think this app is great for people who want to get off of their phone and enjoy the moment or be productive!
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I think this app is definitely worth the money!
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Finally an intuitive app to organize my work and life
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I’ve tried every highly rated app for list-making and planning. I basically gave up on them, going back to my paper “systems” — and I use that word loosely. This app is THE ONE for me and the team behind it is responsive and focused on serving the user. The tutorials are great. Clear and easy to grasp quickly. Love the way they let you learn a little at a time - that’s perfect for my busy life. Thanks “Things”. Brilliant!
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I basically gave up on them, going back to my paper “systems” — and I use that word loosely.
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gmail-email-by-google
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Not as good as Mail where it counts
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Gmail is nice with couple of huge inconveniences which make it hard to recommend over the default Mail app.First, it provides no way to open links directly in Safari. There is a default app option labeled Safari, but it’s a lie. Gmail’s “Safari” is really an in-app browser. Whenever I tap a link in an email which leads to a site that requires authentication I see a 404, even when I’m signed in the system Safari browser. A second tap is required to open the url in system Safari. The “Chrome” option opens it’s respective browser in one tap as you’d expect. Why the disparity? Likely so Google can track users more easily. I’m disappointed Apple hasn’t cracked down on this.Second, it messes with the font size. The font is either much larger or much smaller, making messages harder to read.
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Second, it messes with the font size.
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font size
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productivity
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microsoft-word
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Wish it was more like the program on a desk or laptop.
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#1. I hate having to pay every month for it. I don’t use it all the time and it’s a waste of money for me to pay for it a month and me not use it that month. #2. I like making my own flyers, hand outs, and pages for parties. It’s hard to do and have it perfectly symmetrical like you can on the desk top or laptop. I like separate things evenly so it makes them easy to cut. It’s hard to do that. I still get it done they are just not the same size.
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I don’t use it all the time and it’s a waste of money for me to pay for it a month and me not use it that month.
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evernote-notes-organizer
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*USED* to be a great app...
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I’ve been a user for 5+ years, and I loved this app. I used it for everything from shopping lists to subscription information to the chores my kids are supposed to do. And it *was* a really awesome app. ...and then, they added paid subscriptions; and those of us who opted not to pay for features we don’t value were effectively abandoned. Half my notes won’t load anymore, and the only “customer service” option you have is the user forum. Literally every single instruction on their help pages tell you to create a support ticket; but the chat feature is conveniently never available, and the email feature is only available to paid accounts. Extremely disappointed in the “screw you” attitude that Evernote seems to have adopted.
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I used it for everything from shopping lists to subscription information to the chores my kids are supposed to do.
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gmail-email-by-google
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Better than apple default Mail!
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I am very happy with my apple products but its close to impossible to sort through my apple mail app. I love that gmail automatically sorts different kinds of emails for you! I do NOT need social media alerts clouding my more important email list. I haven't found a more easy to use, legible, maneuverable, organized electronic mail app. THANK YOU GMAIL!
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I do NOT need social media alerts clouding my more important email list.
| 5
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alerts
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Great for keeping things organized
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As an everyday user, I love that it can talk to whatever system you have. If you have an iPhone, but windows computer, it works for both. With the new Apple files app, it only works with apple stuff as Evernote works for everything. You can get as detailed and organized as the GTG guys or just use it for simple note taking. It’s really just the standard for note taking a kind of document storing system.
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It’s really just the standard for note taking a kind of document storing system.
| 5
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general
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note taking
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Great for keeping things organized
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As an everyday user, I love that it can talk to whatever system you have. If you have an iPhone, but windows computer, it works for both. With the new Apple files app, it only works with apple stuff as Evernote works for everything. You can get as detailed and organized as the GTG guys or just use it for simple note taking. It’s really just the standard for note taking a kind of document storing system.
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It’s really just the standard for note taking a kind of document storing system.
| 5
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general
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document
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productivity
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gmail-email-by-google
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Unread email
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My gmail is loading “unread email” in the thousands. I go into my labtop select all unread, highlight, and select read and then I confirm the bulk notification. It takes no more than 3 seconds for the unread emails number to start increasing. Right now I’m sitting on 5k unread emails. I have been going through this since yesterday.
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Right now I’m sitting on 5k unread emails.
| 5
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unread email
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microsoft-word
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This is why I love this app so much.
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I ❤️ this app so so so much. It lets me type everything I want to. And it lets me do all my pictures and it also lets me print everything I want to.
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And it lets me do all my pictures and it also lets me print everything I want to.
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picture
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gmail-email-by-google
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Disgruntled Inbox User
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Google took no care in ensuring core workflows like snooze were as easy to use as Inbox. Now looking for a new mail client that understands my workflow.———Updated review to 2 stars because swipe actions were added for snooze. Snooze is still a second class citizen on the mail details screen where you need to tap into an overflow menu (...) to access it.Still many missing pieces. I loved how bundles worked in Inbox. My work email is missing bundles for calendar invites—was great to have accepts/declines all in 1 view next to each other. My personal email is missing travel bundles—I have 2 trips planned that now I have to figure out how to organize, because I previously relied on Inbox Bundles.
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My work email is missing bundles for calendar invites—was great to have accepts/declines all in 1 view next to each other.
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calendar
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productivity
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notability
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iPhone notability is useless, love the iPad version
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I swear by the notability app on my iPad Pro. I’ve been using it exclusively for notes for the last year in my graduate program and it’s lifesaving. Very user friendly and I love that I can import any PDF into the app. I also love the recording feature for my lectures and utilize it all the time.However, I also have the iPhone version because I thought it would be helpful to sync to my iPad and have my notes readily available when I’m in clinicals (anesthesia student). Yet anytime I open the app from my phone, the files ALL have to be reloaded from scratch. Which takes HOURS because I have over 200 files. They show up as “unfiled” notes until they have downloaded into their appropriate folder, and they download at random so I can’t even pick the one file I’m looking for to get it quickly. Therefore I find the iPhone app completely useless.I’d give the iPad version a solid 5 stars but overall chose to give the app 4 stars to account for the useless iPhone version
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I also love the recording feature for my lectures and utilize it all the time.
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usability
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recording
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positive
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productivity
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notability
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Freezing, losing recordings
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Overall, I have had a good experience with the app. The ability to record audio, and to have it match up with the notes taken is wonderful. But this also leads to my major frustration with the app. I use a 2018 iPad Pro 12.9”... with definitely enough “horse power” to usually avoid situations of freezing and app issues. Occasionally while taking notes on a PDF and recording audio during crucial lectures, the app will freeze and crash. Upon reopening the app, it will state that it is recovering the audio file... but never actually recovers it. The audio is lost. The ability to match up audio with handwritten notes is the best feature of the app, but if it can’t do this reliably, I will be forced to utilize other options. This has occurred even when Notability is the only app open. Does this happen every time? No. But the fact that this has occurred multiple times since my purchasing the app 6 months ago is too many times.
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Upon reopening the app, it will state that it is recovering the audio file... but never actually recovers it.
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reliability
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audio
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negative
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productivity
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things-3
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Things 3 means more productivity
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I’ve used this app for almost a week and so far I’m noticing that I’m more productive than ever. I like that it gives me my to-do list every morning. I can also set up specific reminders to make sure I get the essential things done. And I’ve been able to tackle mini projects through it. Even though it displays my calendar events, I wish it could also serve as a calendar such that I don’t need to go to my actual calendar to schedule appointments or events that aren’t projects or to-do’s. Also, it would be great if the projects were displayed on a timeline. The pie chart icon is nice but it’s not really the same in terms of showing where you are in the project.
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I like that it gives me my to-do list every morning.
| 4
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effectiveness
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list
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positive
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productivity
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forest-stay-focused
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237b9e70-55f2-4c18-9e15-e8091299e439
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0f828b8b-cc15-403c-95d3-581ece0f2ce1
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Great app
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I love this app I am a huge procrastinator so I Highly recommend this app. This keeps me on task and I think that it is worth the money. However I wish you could organize the trees instead of them being placed randomly. At first this app seemed like a waste of time and I thought I could find loopholes through this. But when you kill a tree it just leaves you devastated for some reason and it encourages you to work harder. 10/10 recommend this app to everybody
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This keeps me on task and I think that it is worth the money.
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cost
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money
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productivity
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things-3
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Improving on the To-Do experience
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Things 3 is just like any other to-do list app out there, with settings reminders and importance, settings things aside for later or today. However, all the little features it adds to get those settings for the reminders and the way it presents everything are what make it stand apart from the rest. It also has powerful gesture controls and Siri shortcuts. Would definitely recommend to a friend even though I know they’ll say “you paid $10 for an app?!?”
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Things 3 is just like any other to-do list app out there, with settings reminders and importance, settings things aside for later or today.
| 5
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general
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reminder
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negative
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productivity
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gmail-email-by-google
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7485ba60-8731-4153-b515-d65de0eb8ff1
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0fe0be1f-0408-49b2-b88e-59ecff303285
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Gmail mobile
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As a Gmail user obviously I love Gmail mobile, however, I would like to see an improvement when moving emails to files. Once selecting ‘Move To’ it would be most helpful to have a search option to avoid scrolling through the entire list. Thanks!
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Once selecting ‘Move To’ it would be most helpful to have a search option to avoid scrolling through the entire list.
| 4
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usability
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search
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productivity
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microsoft-word
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87f1008e-3fa0-406a-8856-6297ca620a0b
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0fe8a66a-4caf-40bb-abd2-7a47ec8f0fa1
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What are we paying for?
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I appreciate being able to use Word in app form. However with the subscription, paying monthly for less features than was previously available in word is frustrating to say the least. Basic tool functions like center/left &right align aren’t easily accessible. You have to search for them. A lot of the features that make using word easier are difficult to find. Copying and paste make the app freeze and lose any edits that were just made. If there is payment involved the basic features should be made easily available.
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However with the subscription, paying monthly for less features than was previously available in word is frustrating to say the least.
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cost
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subscription
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negative
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productivity
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gmail-email-by-google
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cf96e9eb-0927-410b-82bd-1d4db45c9d6a
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106eddce-bdc0-4255-be37-52ab37bd50db
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Notifications aren’t working
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Gmail notifications do not work I do not understand why you lied about sending notifications when you get mail. I want a feature where you can change the color of your widget that you created in the last update.
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I want a feature where you can change the color of your widget that you created in the last update.
| 4
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effectiveness
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color
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negative
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productivity
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evernote-notes-organizer
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3f172789-12a3-4fac-9074-480aa47257d0
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107af4e3-ecd7-4417-9180-5a974d7309c3
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Fantastic update
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The is the first major update I can remember that makes me feel good about the direction Evernote is taking. It’s fast and pleasing to use and the formatting options are way easier to use. And yes, you can finally indent a list item without digging through menus!!
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And yes, you can finally indent a list item without digging through menus!
| 5
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usability
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list
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positive
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productivity
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evernote-notes-organizer
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9ff44550-2332-41d4-9453-351d1cfb4118
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112b7409-b784-4aa4-a7e1-119550543aac
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Latest November Update is Terrible. WHY did you move & hide things?
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Everything is moved around and certain text options are now hidden, which makes it harder to get to. The new design took away the ability to QUICKLY and seamlessly type and format text. Now you have to dig to locate the things like the Indent button. I hate that I updated, but my stupid app kept crashing, now I have a bigger problem. Also, what’s with the RETURN button function? When I press “Return” (attempting to go to the next line), it does a “shift return” function instead of giving me a new paragraph line. It’s so annoying and inconvenient, especially when using bullet lists.Sadly, I’ll use something else until they revert back to the previous version, or change things around to make it simple again. Don’t try to fix things that weren’t broken. Smh. And where’s the option to make it dark without having to turn my whole iPad to dark mode? The new look is just so complicated. Disappointing update.
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It’s so annoying and inconvenient, especially when using bullet lists.
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usability
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list
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productivity
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gmail-email-by-google
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a54bd7dc-3292-4293-a312-59a6bdb8804c
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No dark mode, APIs, or anything new at all
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This “a/b suuuuuuper slow update speed for all apps” thing gets really old. I’m not interested in wasting time using an app that doesn’t get updated quickly to support new features and enhancements. I opened the app, dark mode didn’t toggle, and then I deleted the app. 2.5 weeks later and still no toggle even. Unacceptable tbh.I don’t have the patience for this a/b testing or snail paced feature updating anymore. All it really does it just circumnavigate App Store rules and policies technically. maybe I’ll come back next year and try again and see where the app is at then. But for now? Sticking with stock mail app. Should’ve known better.This app certainly DOES NOT have all the new features — so don’t expect it. All you can expect is that it has your gmail account and that you receive your email perfectly fine as far as I can tell. That’s literally it, though. Nothing extra, nothing special. Worth about 2 stars I think.
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I opened the app, dark mode didn’t toggle, and then I deleted the app.
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dark mode
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productivity
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notability
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e9bb27f6-5437-4fee-8b92-5dc5cd58cd7c
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1187193c-ce72-453d-9c77-7cf6c7a6160a
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Missing some helpful features
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Hi Notability Team! This is definitely my preferred app for note-taking! I love the UI. Just a few suggestions - A) please allow for rotation of inserted imagesB) please allow to link related notes so that we can flip from one file to another with backing out and reopening. This would be especially helpful when notes are ordered chronologically by Last Edited Date, instead of Date Created. C) please allow for adjustment of page margins and increase white space between pages. When using the grid paper, it’s difficult to distinguish between the grid lines and the page break marker.D) Please add Stickies to the root menu, like up next to the pens, etc., or allow them to be multi-select. I have a project where I have to add a ton of Stickies, and having to go through several layers of Stickies and select one-by-one was painful. Also, I love the last size and shape of Sticky is maintained in the next selection, but could you do the same for color too. It was also painful to have to change 50 sticky note colors one-by-one. (Color coded notecards for a memorization “game”) - works amazingly except for the time it took to create them!E) Allow for the cursor to be placed manually on the page. When selecting the text option, the cursor automatically appears on the left margin (in the margin actually), and without a keyboard to Tab over, it cannot be moved. Thank you!
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When using the grid paper, it’s difficult to distinguish between the grid lines and the page break marker.
| 4
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usability
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page
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negative
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productivity
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microsoft-word
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Awesome
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Way better than google docs. There are more things you can do to better your work, and there are no significant bugs
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Way better than google docs.
| 5
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productivity
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microsoft-word
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Want to add an image? You’re SOL!
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You might think you’re adding a perfectly normal image to the document. Sure, it’s a little glitchy and hard to move images around, and god forbid you want to move an image to another page, but it functions. Sort of. You’ll find, though, that once you save your document and view it through anywhere but the Word app, half of the images are suddenly sideways, a few are upside down, and two of them have managed to migrate above the title of your document. The first two of those issues are likely due to the fact that the rotate image feature isn’t functional, but the second one? No idea. Besides all that, the app is incredibly glitchy and likes to do strange things when you accidentally tap the screen. The layout is weird and the UI is broken. I guess it functions fine for just text and basic formatting, but Google Docs is superior in just about every way. Just make all your documents there and convert them to Word format afterwards. It’ll save you a lot of headaches.
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The layout is weird and the UI is broken.
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layout
| 5
| 11
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productivity
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evernote-notes-organizer
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f89f4169-83c5-4eb9-a100-146a5af3f442
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1283f9c3-56fe-479b-86cf-e63a474f925a
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Mobile web clipper broke with last update
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The mobile web clipper has stopped working. When I tap the share arrow and choose Evernote, the Evernote pop up appears but the drop down that normally lists my notebooks is empty, cannot be edited, and will not allow me to save the page.
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The mobile web clipper has stopped working.
| 5
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reliability
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web clipper
| 12
| 23
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negative
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productivity
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evernote-notes-organizer
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19f7d3d8-b367-428c-8212-e63ab010f8ea
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12b5a7a4-be11-495d-9da3-988b8f318f85
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Great app, slight improvements
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I use Evernote . It’s a great app. I just wish that when you make lists, it’s easier to make subindentations from ordered lists to bullet points.Another issue is that when I make an ordered list and hit enter, I want spaces in between the numbers. Not the immediate line after.Also if I could color individual Words instead of the whole line.
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I just wish that when you make lists, it’s easier to make subindentations from ordered lists to bullet points.
| 5
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bullet point
| 97
| 109
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negative
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productivity
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evernote-notes-organizer
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2164651d-bcbc-42e1-8e3f-fd853537f564
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12c238f0-1d1f-4692-a793-ca441ba8c0b3
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Mobile phone
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I love Evernote. Only complaint is web clipper allows different options for clipping notes. Why is this option not able when clipping using mobile devices? I use simplied clipping to avoid extra information in notes and I hate that I have to go back to re-clip notes so they appear the way I want. Is there a way to default mobile clipping to simplied...similar to pc clippings? Is this possible??
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Only complaint is web clipper allows different options for clipping notes.
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usability
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web clipper
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productivity
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notability
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9376171b-ef83-4561-bba4-c73a2a60a271
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1381cd3f-0d4d-44b1-aa93-ae5f119c95f2
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frustrating bugs galore
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I am shocked to encounter so many frustrating bugs in a piece of software that is so lauded?! The textbox functionality is just a wreck: suddenly the textbox will not allow me to type anymore, just clicks with no response; the bounding box will resize on its own after each revision; I can only select one word no matter how many times I click and hold and select, with handles disappearing; when clicking to start a textbox it starts wherever it likes, cutting and pasting can also be random; and how about that extra space added at the beginning of the textbox content no matter what. I am having to spend so much time trying to do the most basic word-processing, it becomes unusable. Besides the textbox issues, the display/app is slow to refresh repeatedly--I delete a page using the sidebar, but it won't reflect it until I've closed/opened it again; I add a page but swiping left won't reveal it. Surely disappointed as I was looking forward to the audio functionality.
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Surely disappointed as I was looking forward to the audio functionality.
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effectiveness
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audio
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productivity
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microsoft-word
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907ff067-ed1d-4b79-8934-0bbb819400c7
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14473ccc-359b-4b71-a58b-e1572d8522f2
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Latest version has become a slow, crashing resource hog
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Further Update: Wow, over a month without fixes to these show-stopper bugs!Update: Three weeks and still not a single fix for all the bugs introduced in this version. This app has become unusable.Original: While I was excited to finally get appropriate keyboard and mouse support in Word, the latest version is often unusable, probably due to a memory issue. The app often has to re-open when returning from another app and often crashes, even on the resource-rich 2020 iPad Pro (this never happened before this version). Also, text entry slows to a crawl during long writing sessions. A big disappointment.
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Also, text entry slows to a crawl during long writing sessions.
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efficiency
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text
| 7
| 11
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productivity
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things-3
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Don’t upgrade from Things 2
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It’s not that Things 3 is a poor app, it’s just not worth the price if you have Things 2. It doesn’t offer enough functionality over Things 2. It’s mainly a UI revamp, which is fine. Once I started using Things 3, Things Cloud no longer worked with Things 2. This forced me to buy both the iPhone and the iPad versions, and theoretically, the Mac version- now It’s either write off $30 or throw in another $50. This feels like a money grab.UPDATE: I got my $30 refunded and switched back to Things 2. By making the new version a separate purchase, the developers must think it’s good enough to get existing customers to buy it again. It isn’t good enough for that.
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It doesn’t offer enough functionality over Things 2.
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effectiveness
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functionality
| 25
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productivity
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things-3
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6095df7a-ce13-4acb-ad47-4d6922fbe5e1
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14930dc2-f423-48d5-b672-be234b88cabb
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I Love Things
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A pleasure to use. Just feels quick and right. Makes task management enjoyable. Creating, sorting and moving tasks: so tactile and responsive. Arranging chunks of things on phone is easy. A web app would be a welcome companion, but I’m having a great experience using it just on iOS as a Windows user. It’s just that good. Helping me stave off anxiety and missed tasks during a challenging time. Subtly calm and humane experience that cuts through the noise.
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Makes task management enjoyable.
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usability
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task management
| 7
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productivity
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microsoft-word
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88697bd1-9b7a-48e1-adf2-8d3240a09cb8
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14a7a4f0-339c-4e4a-ae43-3debb97def79
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Word- office 365 for IOS
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SonnypleaseWorks great. It syncs with Word on my Mac immediately. I’m an Apple person and Pages, my first preference, will also sync with OneDrive. However, I think Word, Photos and all the rest of the Office 365 family syncs with OneDrive faster. Also, you get 1 TB of storage for free. I have files in OneDrive since 2014. Just create a Microsoft account. No commitment and no in app purchases. FREE. You can use OneDrive as your Time Machine. This is absolutely free. Apple gives you only 5 GB of iCloud for free. Once setup, there were no problems. I hope Apple is listening. 1 TB of cloud storage through OneDrive for free. Write in word on your iPhone, then continue the same file on your Mac. WORD is fantastic though I always loved PAGES. Microsoft has an excellent deal. Most colleges require it and give it for free through their IT department. For personal use, you can use Word and all the rest on 6 devices. If you want, there is sharing and so much more. Suddenly, I am preferring Word.
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However, I think Word, Photos and all the rest of the Office 365 family syncs with OneDrive faster.
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compatibility
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sync
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productivity
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forest-stay-focused
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45905976-e1ff-4e33-ad21-2ac391bab726
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14a7ffaf-62aa-43f4-9015-2a0f93d0e8ca
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Wow. This app is gooooooooooddd
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I sometimes have trouble focusing on my boring homework. My mom bought me this app and I love it. I helps me focus and get my work done. I love how you can see your little virtual forest, and how you can get different plants, and how there is relaxing sounds. I really love that they REWARD you for focusing on your stuff. I can’t list everything, or this review would be like a book. To summarize, I love the app. It’s awesome.
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I can’t list everything, or this review would be like a book.
| 5
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things-3
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Good from far, far from good
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My life and that of my family runs on a series of Google Calendars, six separate calendars to be exact. I purchased this app for just under $10 in the hope that it would give me one place where I could integrate all my calendars, create "to-do" lists and keep it all organized and running in real time. Well I'm disappointed.1) While this app has a nice clean format, it's not intuitive when it comes to adding or removing calendars. WHY do I have to go into Settings to add or remove a calendar? AND why is Settings inconveniently located at the very bottom of my screen so Im scrolling for days?2) It has difficulty pulling in multiple Google Calendars from my phone. I have 6 calendars and this app will allow me to view 2.3) SLOW to refresh and reflect changes made in my Google calendar. If I have an appointment that I've deleted or rescheduled on my Google calendar now I expect to be able to make the change and hit a refresh button of some kind so the changes are updated in "Things". Nope. No refresh button ansnI will not see that change reflected in "Things" until the following day. Bottom line: needs more work.
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WHY do I have to go into Settings to add or remove a calendar?
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calendar
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productivity
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notability
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73270ffd-2c94-486f-9e98-711f61494614
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14fbd44f-2c29-4765-bba6-feb0daa3ec75
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Greatest note taking app
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The app is phenomenal when it comes to note taking. It lets you keep your notes organized and categorized based on what you’re doing. The app is also great when it comes to ignoring palm detection, to the point i no longer use paper and pencil unless it deals with drawing, all my notes are now done on my iPad. The cool thing about the app too, is that even using the iPad mini, if you turn it horizontally the app feels almost similar to a notebook (if you edit your paper right). The only complain I have is the lack of integration with other devices that aren’t in the apple eco system. Sure you can sync your notes to your google drive, but it’s complicated and a big headache to deal with. It would be nice if they offered an online version to check and sync all your notes, so you can pull them up when your iPad isn’t around. Other then that, the app is amazing! Compared to any other note apps I’ve used, I can live with that small inconvenience for now.
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The app is phenomenal when it comes to note taking.
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note taking
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productivity
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forest-stay-focused
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Amazing!
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I’ve always had trouble with being mindful and remaining on task for periods of time. As a PhD student who constantly reads academic articles and 100+ textbook pages, this app has done wonders for my productivity. Did a bit of research on the company that plants actual trees and they seem legitimate in my opinion! Being able to plant trees in real life with the in-app currency you earn is a huge motivator as well.
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As a PhD student who constantly reads academic articles and 100+ textbook pages, this app has done wonders for my productivity.
| 5
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forest-stay-focused
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Very Encouraging
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I made a mistake when I first got on the app, trying to navigate how it works, and ended up killing a tree. Ever since, I refuse to ever let a tree die again, it make me so upset 😂It’s a very cute app that helps you focus with the motivators of both not wanting your tree to die and to get more coins so that you can earn more trees for your forest. Also, for me personally, I loving seeing charts and graphs, so to see the stats of my progresses feels really good!
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Also, for me personally, I loving seeing charts and graphs, so to see the stats of my progresses feels really good!
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usability
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graph
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productivity
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microsoft-word
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d54a4e2f-a7ba-4db3-99b5-f09d6b230f66
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Glad I signed up for Office 365
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I’m reviewing this as a paid app and not a free one because, for my use case, the features I need require an Office 365 subscription (which is fair - I don’t expect developers to provide pro-level functionality for free). If I were reviewing this as a free app, I would rate it 5 stars. Maybe more, actually. It’s a really good app.I'm an attorney and I mark up documents for a living, and I rely on a lot of advanced “Reviewing” features of Microsoft Word on the desktop. Many of these features are reproduced perfectly in this app. I store my iMac's files on OneDrive, which this app can access natively. It works very, very well.Some features do remain missing, however. Styles support does not appear to be complete, or at least there does not seem to be a way to edit Styles on the iPad (although if I edit a Style on the iMac the Style will immediately update on the iPad, so there’s that). Sometimes I rely on Remote Desktop just to make changes to Styles and certain other formatting items - obviously this is a clunky workaround. There also is no functionality for “comparing” one file with another.I’m giving this 4 stars because I’m pleased with it and Microsoft Word remains critical to my daily workflow. There’s definitely room for improvement, though, especially for a “pro” app that I’m paying annually for.
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There also is no functionality for “comparing” one file with another.
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effectiveness
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functionality
| 18
| 31
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negative
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productivity
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notability
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9ea915e7-b193-4824-afb8-0113991c33d4
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1567190a-023a-450d-a22e-b32d4c5d6c5f
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Constant Crashing
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In the beginning, Notability was great for my anatomy class. I used it to make files with pictures of different structures. But now the app randomly crashes when I’m working so I lose my progress. And when I have been going over the structure lists, it changes the pictures I put by duplicating other ones. It’s very frustrating because I go back to fix it and when I check it over again, it changes back to all the mistakes. There has to be an option to save progress because I easily lose things because the app is crashing. Please fix this. Because I’m frustrated I paid so much for an app that messes my files and crashes for no reason. My iPad is updated to the latest software and Notability has the most recent updates too.
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And when I have been going over the structure lists, it changes the pictures I put by duplicating other ones.
| 1
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usability
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picture
| 69
| 76
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negative
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productivity
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gmail-email-by-google
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b06eadff-0b8c-402f-bf98-cdad0293cb65
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158c7559-a48f-4025-a0d9-2aae2f4232fc
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Mostly Great 👍🏼
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This app is mostly helpful, because it allows me to check my email in a separate app and not Apple Mail. I like the google meet setting inside the Gmail app. I have a few problems, though. Firstly, the app doesn’t send notifications to my iPhone. I have turned on notifications from the Gmail app on settings and in the Gmail app. still, I do not get notifications when I receive an email.Second, when using Gmail on a chrome book or on a computer, the Hangouts feature is enabled from your Inbox page. On the Gmail app, however, you have to have the Hangouts app installed separately. I wish the hangouts feature was able to be accessed from the Gmail app. Finally, when sent links in an email, my phone gives me a choice as to what search engine app to open the link with. If you click the Safari option, it automatically signs in to your google account on Safari. I wish that this wouldn’t happen, because once your google account is signed in on Safari, all settings on your google account are automatically on Safari. Thanks for reading this, if you’re still here. I really like the Gmail app, even though I have some problems with it. 👍🏼 thanks again!
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Second, when using Gmail on a chrome book or on a computer, the Hangouts feature is enabled from your Inbox page.
| 4
| true
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compatibility
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hangouts
| 62
| 70
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positive
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productivity
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things-3
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60fc7bbc-bc96-4aa6-9a39-565850ad2ddd
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15fa3ac7-64b2-415b-9414-2f913c3ab830
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Pretty Good
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Update: love that the notifications don’t disappear even when phone turns off. Thumbs up for that. Because if I miss notification or something happens. It stays until I proceed do some sort of action. Even if I open app notifications don’t disappear like other apps. Very happy just wish scheduling a reminder was a bit easier. Great App. Think it’s a bit confusing on how to make reminders especially when doing it for a year from now. But it seems reliable only wish it wud have an option for those that would like a nag reminder bcuz we all can not here the reminders go off f we are busy. Would like to see the option to change reminder alert & snooze options like Sorted 3. I do think it should have a better pop calendar view for easier choosing but I recommend the app highly
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Very happy just wish scheduling a reminder was a bit easier.
| 4
| true
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usability
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reminder
| 35
| 43
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negative
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productivity
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microsoft-word
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62101fe7-7a69-4ae9-83f7-ea658bfd807c
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161559cb-993b-48f5-ac6d-20d61e7bd167
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Use with Caution-Random Crashes Cause Data Lisa
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I have been using Microsoft word on pc, mac, and iPad for several years and mostly had a good experience. Until recently with the iPad app, which I use almost everyday. The app will randomly crash and delete hours worth of progress I had made on a document. It freezes, sits, and then force closes and when I reopen, my hard work is gone. I auto save to Dropbox, and after experiencing this crash issue multiple times, I periodically go in and out of documents to make sure they are saving, as well as check the menu bar to see that it says “changes are automatically saved to Dropbox.” Which it always does, even during that hour of work that didn’t save after the crash! Why is it telling me it’s saving when it’s really not? I don’t believe this a Dropbox issue, because word itself is crashing. Last time it crashed when I was exiting the document (doing my insane self-checking because I’m so paranoid about this problem). Just froze, and I knew that it was too late. There’s nothing more devastating. I’ve troubleshooted this problem, but no progress yet. I’m considering another word processor app at this point, but that would be inconvenient because no one else has Dropbox integration. Fix your app, please. This is ridiculous.
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The app will randomly crash and delete hours worth of progress I had made on a document.
| 2
| true
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reliability
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document
| 80
| 88
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negative
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productivity
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microsoft-word
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66b222a5-30ad-4e62-8ac2-e8fefa356337
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16772b08-9339-466a-adc7-86eae1ebaeae
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The. Worst. Production. App. EVER!
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Every time I use this app, I hate it more and more. I do not understand why Microsoft and Apple will not agree on an iPad version that is actually functional for more than just typing words. I just spent the last two weeks designing a form in the full laptop version using tools from the Developer menu. 98% of the fields I entered DO NOT WORK. The ONLY field that works is the text entry field. The drop down menu field? Nope. The image box field? Nope. The text entry field over a solid line? Nope. Text entry field in a table? Nope. Just a text entry field in regular old Normal mode. Completely USELESS! Now, I get to carry my full-sized work laptop in every room of a building for requirements gathering. Thank you, Microsoft and Apple, for NOTHING! I’ll just use Adobe....
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The text entry field over a solid line?
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| true
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general
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text
| 5
| 9
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negative
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productivity
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notability
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ce5f92f0-79e8-4a60-95d1-214bd9f0fc6f
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16805c0e-298d-4937-94f0-8b27055764c6
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A few suggestions
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I really like this note taking app. Here are some of my suggestions to make it even better.1. handwriting recognition is awesome, but I totally didn’t expect that Notability doesn’t support recognition of text in photos. All of my classes are taking online nowadays and the majority of my notes are screenshots of class materials coupled with my handwritten annotations. There are tons of important information in the photos I uploaded and it’s really annoying to me that I cannot find these materials through the search function.2. The magnification function is cool. Even though I don’t use it a lot, I can see why it might be handy for other customers. However, the position of the magnification button is quite annoying. It’s at the bottom right corner and it’s not subject to customized change. Even with palm rejection, I still find myself accidentally touch it quite often. This can be really annoying and break the flow of smooth note taking experience.
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I really like this note taking app.
| 4
| true
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general
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note taking
| 20
| 31
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positive
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productivity
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notability
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f16d5642-ec6c-4430-a71d-3851611d901f
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16952aa1-3b4c-423e-8966-6fcdcd8ccae2
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One of the Better Note Apps
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Notability has been a definite upgrade to managing note taking regarding the amount of paper is saved. Since my use, I have contributed input and suggestions to making it the ultimate solution. From my experience, the convert to text is okay but if you do not write legibly it can make mistakes which takes away from your note taking. I wish the app would stick to a hierarchical filing system instead of useless (to me) divider system. And most of all, the recording feature is great but the playback and scrolling suuuuuucks. There should also be a skip forward button and the skip time settings should be customizable. Lastly, I wish the suggestion and input forum should have feed back from the developers from the most asked features. Recent updates with new features didn’t really answer to the user requests. Drawing shapes are cool but perhaps better bullet pointing features are more preferred.
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And most of all, the recording feature is great but the playback and scrolling suuuuuucks.
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| true
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usability
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recording
| 22
| 31
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positive
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productivity
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notability
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5d0c5244-79d5-40b4-b628-2a432656f280
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16be07cb-d934-4589-9144-7bb916982fc4
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Wonderful Notetaking App. Been using it for 7 years.
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Hello! Wanted to take the time to write a review for an app I use every day of my life as a medical student. I love every amenity of this app. With my experience, I would like to give the developers a few ideas about how to further improve it. - A quicker color picker would be lovely. For example, being able to place 2-3 Favorite Colors at the top of the screen on the ribbon (1 tap is all we need)! Similar (but better) than having a physical pen with 4 different colored inks. - Another option would be to long-press with our finger/Apple pencil on a color on the screen to switch to that color. Both methods of integration would be awesome. The concept of Longpressing would need a time threshold before it accepts the input as such, so a slider in milliseconds would be ideal. I recommend this for the “Shapes Detection” option also (because we hesitate sometimes..). - Gestures would be nice too! One that immediately comes to mind is double tapping = undo. - On my MacBook and iPad, the Text Box is a little wonky. It assumes I want the box to be a certain width and doesn’t automatically format my text within it. Some tweaks (or advice?) on that may be necessary..These are just quality of life adjustments I have noticed would really make the app absolutely perfect. It already is, but I’m all about human centered design. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.
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Similar (but better) than having a physical pen with 4 different colored inks.
| 4
| true
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usability
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color
| 66
| 71
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positive
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productivity
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evernote-notes-organizer
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f6a8767c-55f7-4bc7-b89e-8c0d80f9f321
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16c95848-7888-435a-9939-4c785d54e863
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You finally managed to break it. Wow. Congrats!
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The list of broken features, both in iOS and Mac version, is a long one. You people think that by rounding the buttons and changing the way things look, you are allowed to break everything? 1) camera is faster in iOS than it used to be, but caveat!, it takes garbage pictures. 2) impossible to force a synch and much slower to do so by itself now 3) can’t edit certain shared folders now. And on and on. 4) not able to upload pictures from Apple photos into Evernote anymore. Either this is fixed very soon, or this is the last year I pay for a subscription. Next time you feel like changing the way things look, but you don’t have anything interesting to add or improve in terms of functionality, just don’t do anything.
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Either this is fixed very soon, or this is the last year I pay for a subscription.
| 1
| true
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general
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subscription
| 70
| 82
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negative
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productivity
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microsoft-word
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a1818743-8700-4c04-9027-d0608bcbfe0f
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17651b2d-f4b5-4b05-a250-587e137cee60
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Update made AutoSave not work
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The app was updated in April 2019 and now autosave does not work like it used to. It is not automatically saving every time you make a change. I did not realize this, and I lost half my notes for class when I closed the app. The text options are also faded when typing at times, you have to tap the page multiple times to get it to work. When I type “command+b” or i or u to bold, italicize, and underline, it doesn’t work. Like I said, these functions worked fine before the app update. Please fix this. Thank you.
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The text options are also faded when typing at times, you have to tap the page multiple times to get it to work.
| 2
| true
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usability
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text
| 5
| 9
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negative
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productivity
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microsoft-word
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36c3890b-2f49-4328-bd66-085a8830badd
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1789d61c-823c-459e-8672-80787e08d01b
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Word is Awesome
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Whether for writing and saving letters, recipes, emails or for making my daily list os things I’m grateful for…. Word is my “go to” place for easy organization. Try it!!
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Whether for writing and saving letters, recipes, emails or for making my daily list os things I’m grateful for….
| 5
| true
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usability
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list
| 80
| 84
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positive
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productivity
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microsoft-word
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90f911da-0fd1-4b9d-b77e-bf88c7b162a8
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17b59a7d-52c6-41e1-8561-3c83081542b6
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Good App
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Update: suddenly in the last several weeks Word keeps wanting to pin my documents all on its own. Even when I unpin, it will repin. This is very frustrating as it reorganizes my documents. I don’t even understand the purpose of pinning. After having several issues in the past, through all the updates it has been working well. Thank you! The only thing I can't figure out is why after opening the app and closing it, frequently when I open my iPad again at a later time this app is open. I don't believe it's my iPad since this is the only app it happens with.
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After having several issues in the past, through all the updates it has been working well.
| 4
| true
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reliability
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update
| 58
| 64
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positive
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productivity
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evernote-notes-organizer
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771de33f-ea68-4a60-b767-9b5910a73635
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180fd53d-6072-4361-9e7c-37ad06e67a13
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Better!
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I was frustrated by the recent updates because my audio notes weren't being saved. It seems that Evernote has fixed the issue (although I do still a bit anxious while recording), so I am following up with a much happier review. The only thing missing is the ability to lock notes for editing. Add that feature and it'll be five stars.
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I was frustrated by the recent updates because my audio notes weren't being saved.
| 4
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reliability
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audio
| 51
| 56
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negative
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productivity
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gmail-email-by-google
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0253c9c2-6549-4ceb-a6e2-4fe92aa96286
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181d95ab-6c52-4d8e-ae44-18ce4b45c633
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I’m hating my GMail Account, but feel stuck
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Ok, now I’m really upset. My main email address will no longer show me my emails on my main work device, my iPad. I have left questions through the website, have tried calling, have emailed them, and nothing. Seems a multi-million (billion?) dollar company could certainly afford a switchboard operator and some techies on staff? I do too many things I don’t want to lose in my emails, and I’m afraid Google is not longer reliable. And...once again, I don’t expect a reply. Absolutely hate the update since “All Inboxes” arrived. Since then, Google Mail has decided that my two alternative accounts are the only ones I need to see. My default (for about 12 years now) email account is only visible to me on my phone, and no longer on my iPad. I have sent emails, chatted, attempted to find a phone number 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😅😂😂🤣😅, and all to no avail. I do business on the email account, and now it has to be done on my phone. I have emails I’m missing that will ultimately cost me business. I need a mail server that is reliable. Anyone have any suggestions? Because Google is not reliable.
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Absolutely hate the update since “All Inboxes” arrived.
| 1
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general
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update
| 21
| 27
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negative
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productivity
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microsoft-word
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7e38352f-307c-4034-8e17-aea06eafc69f
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18d216c8-ddea-4c4d-97a8-6b8493198bb1
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New version not as good as the previous one
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Verdict: if you want to/need to use Office across your devices, get this. If not, use Pages or Google Docs. They will both allow you to open & edit Word docs & Save docs as Word. Though it’s really handy to have Office products on my phone so I can edit files without having to go to my laptop, I’m not keen on the latest version of Word for iOS. It’s just clunkier to use. It took me quite a bit of poking around just to find the editing control menus. And when I copy & paste text into a new document, it only pastes the text, not any original formatting. I don’t see any paste options such as there are in Word for windows. Example: I have an email with text formatted as a table. Previously, if I copied & pasted into a new doc, it pasted as a table. Now, it just pastes the text with generic font & no formatting except paragraph breaks. I completely lose the table. It seems this app has gotten more bare-bones rather than feature-full. It’s good enough, but if I have an Office subscription, I expect a little more.
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And when I copy & paste text into a new document, it only pastes the text, not any original formatting.
| 4
| true
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effectiveness
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document
| 41
| 49
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negative
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productivity
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evernote-notes-organizer
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d2a17e64-e854-44d8-bd8c-45f0fb92c8a8
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18ef60e3-273c-4ef6-b9f7-0c2e2cd0b0e3
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Latest update renders product close to useless
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Updated 10/03. Got the latest update today. Still loads slooow. I think it created more multiple copies of notes but it’s hard to tell. Need to spend some time on the Windows Desktop version, the one that hasn’t been “upgraded” yet, to see if I can fix this mess. I’ve been an Evernote user since 2014. This last update to the iPad version is awful. I wish I never downloaded it. Everything about it is sloooooow. You need to tap a note at least three times before it even attempts to load it, and the notebook is local even. When it does decide to load, twiddle you’re thumbs for a bit because.....slooooooowWhen you use the nearly useless web thing, won’t call it clipper that works well, it tells you next time you sync. Guess what it never seems to do with those pages? Oh, and if it does......sloooooooow Try sending it pictures. They note shows up from the email but the pictures. Its nearly to the point where I may have to use either Apple Notes or, god forbid, One Note. Can you re-release the old version as an upgrade to whatever you want to call this?
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They note shows up from the email but the pictures.
| 1
| true
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usability
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picture
| 43
| 50
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negative
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productivity
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microsoft-word
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f0eab13d-3e0f-400a-8513-6af28f4397ca
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19557cfe-36be-479f-8dad-980f19e0ae52
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Excellent iPhone implementation of good old Word
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This implementation has a rich feature set. I wish MS had gotten creative and found a whole new way to leverage touch screens, voice, and small devices. This is a very good translation of the historic Word design.
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This is a very good translation of the historic Word design.
| 5
| true
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usability
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design
| 54
| 60
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positive
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productivity
|
things-3
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1a1413e1-2b9d-4989-8cf4-7fc3da73a4cc
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19684bfb-c1c1-41da-aafc-df8584ed7482
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Fantastic app, needs some work
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I use Things every day and with all my reminders, but imo the lack of a calendar view can hurt the experience. Right now the only way to see future reminders is in upcoming view, which is fine, but going back and forth between today's view and upcoming view can be a real nuisance and take up much time since you can’t drag a reminder from today and just drop it in another date. for that, you need to change the date on the reminder’s setting which can be frustrating when there are a lot of them.With a proper calendar view though, this would be a non-issue. And aside from that, it would make seeing future reminders so much easier.
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I use Things every day and with all my reminders, but imo the lack of a calendar view can hurt the experience.
| 4
| true
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usability
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reminder
| 40
| 48
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positive
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productivity
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things-3
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1a1413e1-2b9d-4989-8cf4-7fc3da73a4cc
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19684bfb-c1c1-41da-aafc-df8584ed7482
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Fantastic app, needs some work
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I use Things every day and with all my reminders, but imo the lack of a calendar view can hurt the experience. Right now the only way to see future reminders is in upcoming view, which is fine, but going back and forth between today's view and upcoming view can be a real nuisance and take up much time since you can’t drag a reminder from today and just drop it in another date. for that, you need to change the date on the reminder’s setting which can be frustrating when there are a lot of them.With a proper calendar view though, this would be a non-issue. And aside from that, it would make seeing future reminders so much easier.
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I use Things every day and with all my reminders, but imo the lack of a calendar view can hurt the experience.
| 4
| true
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usability
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calendar view
| 73
| 86
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