Byword vs Notes in folders – folino

I feel iOS version is better than Mac version. Would love to see a safety mechanism from deleting files or folders by accident. As of right now, all you have to do is swipe a file or folder to expose the delete button. One touch and file is gone. I accidentally deleted a file once from grazing the button by accident. There needs to be a pop up menu or something to prevent that. Thanks for listening

- OneCornerstone

Been using the Desktop version for several months now. Really enjoyed writing Rich text based documents on my computer with this app. When I finally bit the bullet and purchased the iOS Version, I unfortunately discovered after the purchase that the iOS version does not support Rich text. That detail was at the very bottom of the description and to be fair I made an assumption that the iOS version of the app would work the same as the desktop version. I can’t understand why rich text is not supported, and if I had known (I guess it’s my bad for not reading every single bit of description all the way to the very bottom) that I would be unable to sync those types of documents across devices, I would’ve gone with a different platform.

- clarkeleland

Byword is my go-to distraction free writing app on the Mac and I used it on iOS for a while— but unfortunately the slow Dropbox syncing led me to explore other solutions for iOS. It seems like updates this year might have fixed this so hopefully it’s better now. I had Byword configured for a Dropbox folder that I use for journal entries and it has a couple hundred markdown files in it plus two sub folders with some text, markdown and a couple of old rtf (rich text) files in them. When I opened up Byword it would hang on ‘Downloading items’ or ‘Syncing Items’ for minutes and it made me nervous to open recent files and create possible conflicts in my Dropbox. That was a big blocker when I just wanted to open the app and start writing. I recently reinstalled the app and also removed the rtf files from this Dropbox folder (just in case) and things seem to be better— fingers crossed.

- bikemike

Good: - Folder format is wonderful for organizing - The simplicity makes the app very useable Suggestions: - Add an option in a note file for checklist boxes or allow text notes to be added to a check list note file. It is helpful to be able to divide a checklist into sections. This can be achieved with a small change to note formatting options. Question - What file type is needed to import notes from other apps? I use Samsung Note and I don't know how to import my existing notes.

- Melissa Robb

Looks like this is the first review :-) After having experimented with many similar apps, it looks like this is going to be my notes app. Features include: folders and subfolders; synchronization with Google drive; simple appearance and features without any of the fancy stuff that I dislike. Nicely done!

- George Barbanis

FOLINO has all features you need in a notes application: * Folders and cascaded subfolders: you can create subfolders inside folders and subfolders at several levels. Many notes applications don't have subfolders or have subfolders on one level only. * Synchronization: many notes applications, only folders are synchronized. When you restore, all notes are dumped in the main folders. * Use of colors and icons to customize folders and subfolders. * One-time purchase of additional features. * Etc.

- Floris Pelete