IN PURSUIT of the PERFECT NOTES APP
For all iPhone users seeking the Notes App of their dreams... Below is a list of brief "emoji" ratings for all the Notes apps I have tried or checked out so far. This list may save you some time (and ) in the AppStore.
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My "Big Requirements" for a Notes App -- and the basis for the ratings -- are:
1. Clickable URLs.
2. Drag & Drop Manual Sorting.
3. Email-Out your notes from within the app.
Your Top Features may be totally different, of course. In that case, you can make your own list.
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Emoji Codes for below App Reviews:
= Yes!
= No!
= Clickable URLs/Hyperlinks?
= Drag/Drop Manual Sorting?
= Email Out?
= Font Style or Color/Good or Bad?
= Paragraphs? Enough Room to Type??
= Automatic Time/Date Stamping?
= Add Photo?
= Colors or Themes?
= Price Paid
= Honorable Mention
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Notebooks:
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= choices!
= choices!
= choices!
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= Only shows when last changes were made.
= $5.99
= A handsome app.
-----------------------------Notes (native iPhone app):
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= Horrible font!
= Horrible font!
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= Free
-----------------------------Fast Notes:
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= but Deletes -breaks!
= choices! BUT...
= Illegible subject line font (same font as native iPhone Notes app).
= choices!
= in List View BUT...
= not shown in note itself.
= Emoji key is missing from Keyboard while in this app!
= $0.99
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To Do's:
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= Free
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ToDo:
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= Free
ToDo Lite:
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= Free
= Free
-----------------------------Awesome Note:
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= you can sort folders BUT:
= you canNot sort the notes inside folders.
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= $3.99
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NoteMaster:
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= you can sort categories BUT:
= you canNot sort notes inside the categories.
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= $3.99
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Google MyTask:
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Fliq Notes:
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= you can sort categories BUT: = you canNot sort notes inside categories.
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= Free
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Taskmaster:
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= Free
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ThreeTags LT:
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= Free
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All-in-Notes:
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= $1.99
= Wins the "Best App for Your Presentations" Award, but app is still hindered by lack of manual sorting!! If you have an afterthought you want to include, you are skewed as you won't be able to go back & fit it in sequence where it belongs.
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All-in-Notes Lite:
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= 5 Note Limit
= Free
= Like it's big sister Paid Version above/good; but it will frustrate you with the 5 limit. I would buy 2-3-4-5 copies of the Paid Version if App Store would let me!!
-----------------------------RainbowNote:
= but: you have to tap Done, then tap the 2 arrows/"Expanded View" icon in top right task bar to make the link clickable. =
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= $3.99
= Wins the "ColorfulTropical App" Award.
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YouNote Lite:
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= Free
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Nubi Do Lite:
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= Free
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Task Pro Lite:
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= Limit Restriction
= Free
= The ***ONLY*** app I've found so far that has my Top 3 Requirements: (1) Clickable URLs *&* (2) Drag/Drop Manual Sorting *&* (3) Email-Out. Unfortunately, this is more of a Tasks app than a Notes app, so it has Task-type features I don't need or care about.
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Memos Lite:
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= Free
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Omni Note Basic:
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= Too Small, too light-grey.
= $1.99
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Notespark:
= BUT: requires a 2nd tap to view URLs as hyperlinked.
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= $4.99
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Listmaker Lite:
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= Free
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Note Pad:
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= Verdana good!
= BUT: illegible faded light grey color Bad!
= $0.99-----------------------------
Bunrui Memo:
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= Requires extra tapping.
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= Can't name your own categories, only Personal & Work.
= Free
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Memo Book:
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= It does date your note but the time/date is not included IN the note; you have to tap on "Info" to see the time/date; so for that reason it gets .
= $1.99
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uJournal:
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= You can type a long entry BUT...
= You canNOT see it all because the keyboard will NOT go away even after you press DONE!
= $0.99
-----------------------------4Notes:
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= but is planned for future, per dev.
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= $1.99
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Write-a-Note:
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= $1.99
-----------------------------Take-a-Note:
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= $4.99
-----------------------------Not included in "ratings totals" as I have deleted these:
EverNote:
= clickable in "saved" view. = didn't keep app long enough to find out, it erased the 2 notes I made before I could see if it had drag/drop.
= not that I noticed.
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= clutzy/clunky app, I didn't like it.
= Free
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Quick Memo Lite:
= Landscape mode only, so I didn't try it.
= Free
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OneNote:
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