Comments on: Four notable note apps for your iPhone [iPhone Applications]

By: Panda Marx

Panda Marx — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:30:32 +0000

In reply to Thomas. Thank you! This is exactly what I want MY brain to look like!

By: Thomas

Thomas — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:36:31 +0000

In reply to Panda Marx. I googled "brain" and chose from the first two pages. It is a sexy brain.

By: Panda Marx

Panda Marx — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:40:43 +0000

Where did you get that awesome blue glowy brain at the top of the page? It’s excellent!!

By: Thomas

Thomas — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:21:25 +0000

In reply to Ignobilitor. It went freemium in January. Free to use, but free users see one ad on top or pay $5 for a year's subscription. Older paid users never pay again.

By: Ignobilitor

Ignobilitor — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 04:02:34 +0000

I use Simplenote, but I had to pay for my copy. Since when is it free?

By: Shobizz3000

Shobizz3000 — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:06:32 +0000

Going to give Notemaster a try Josh. Didn't know it synced with google docs. I'm a google lover(not literally lol), and use a ton of their services. Think i'll give this one a look.

By: Damnskippy

Damnskippy — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:00:05 +0000

Another NoteMaster user here, it is one of my favorite apps, along with ReaddleDocs especially now that it works with Google Docs and Dropbox.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:26:53 +0000

Somewhat surprised Onenote (and iPhone app Mobilenoter) weren’t mentioned. A few years ago I replaced all notebooks/paper in my office w/ Microsoft’s Onenote. It’s by far the best thing Microsoft has done in many, many years. Mobilenoter is the app that provides two-way sync w/ Onenote, so I have all of my work/personal notes w/ me at all times. Text, screenshots, graphics, lists, shared notes w/ colleagues, the works. All in one place and it’s easy as heck to use.

If all one is interested in is text-only based note taking/syncing w/ the iPhone, than this is overkill. However, if you need more than that like me, Onenote/Mobilenoter is the way to go. Tried to switch over to Evernote when I got the iPhone…but there’s simply no comparison.

Downside is that Onenote is not free, but it is bundled w/ Office 2007.

By: sysrage

sysrage — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:04:01 +0000

I appreciate the quick rundown. This is one of those times I really really wish the App Store had a proper trial system. NoteMaster sound really good and close to what I want in a note taking app, but I'd hate to throw away $4 if it's not at all what I want. No, $4 isn't going to break the bank, but these days I'd rather not spend money on something I will end up never using.

I currently use and like Evernote for the reasons Patrick explained, however the slow startup and the amount of time it takes to actually start being able to write the note is a big downside to me. Also, it would be very nice to sync with Google Docs. I love having everything in a central location and I already use Gmail and Google Calendar all day every day.

So, Josh, how's the startup time on NoteMaster and once it loads is it very fast to start taking a note? Does it automatically start back in the note you were last in? If Evernote would do that, it wouldn't be half as bad. I end up using the SBSettings quicknote thing for my shopping lists and such because of that. (Ya, I should look into an app made for shopping lists, but why bother if I already have a bunch of places to jot down a list? ;))

By: Thomas

Thomas — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:51:25 +0000

In reply to Neil.

Hey Neil –

I tried WriteRoom, but I still like the Mac version more. I guess it was the default color scheme that threw me off (though I know you can change that).

By: Neil

Neil — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:45:49 +0000

I’ll plug WriteRoom for iPhone. It’s feature set is broadly identical to Simplenote, and it’s as simply designed as everything Jesse at Hog Bay Software does. Syncing is extremely easy from desktop to web to iPhone. My favourite note-taking application bar none.