Byword vs Notesnook – Private notes app

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

Totally helpful for storing ideas like stories. Too bad, I thought it has unlimited notebooks but other than that, I still like it for having folders. When I first dowloaded it, the application was really what I was looking for. It also has great privacy actions. Thank you notesnook! I hope you create more amazing features that will help us aspiring writers to write more.

- Suzette Aguilar Dajis

I really like it. It's surprisingly perfect for me and this is my first Notes app that I pay attention to. I don't like notes. Or writing in them. But because of how this app functions, it motivates me atleast. Simple yet pretty design, dark mode, has been suggested by YouTubers, no lag, and there are other features. Again - Perfect. Thanks. And I almost forgot, you can save Notes to your notifications.

- Bueno Perder

This is a good simple note-taking app. Comparing to Evernote, this loads the notes faster, better notebook grouping, and if I accidentally close a note, I'll do a swipe gesture to bring it back. It's also secure thanks to encryption. I noticed that there's some lag of few characters when typing. I hope it'll be improved. I also think it would be nice to have an option to keep certain features on or off for a personalized movement around the app.

- Angelique Rafael