Joplin

The whole thing is good. But! But I lost all my recent data because I synced with the wrong database. All gone, no warnings, no conflict resolution, no recourse. It's insane.

This is very much a beta version. It should not have been released in this state.

There is a lot that could be said here, so I'll keep it to the most important: The app has not been consistent in its functionality on iOS, namely in regards to its ability to sync with a remote source. I would not have started using Joplin if I knew this would happen. Your mileage may vary.

I have been using this app for journaling and keeping track of notes. Just this morning it deleted all of my notebooks and notes. I would not recommend using this for anything important. I have yet to find out how to restore my notes (if it is possible). Very disappointing.

Please consider including and codifying change log and significant update notes directly in the App Store listing as opposed to sending users to a 3rd party web page.

I used this and the basic Joplin Cloud for much better security, and it came with no problems. It simply works, including for being transferred (remember to give it time to sync) or printing from a computer, and it's formatted nicely on at least mobile devices. Though it does its job perfectly, I reassessed the options and switched back to apple notes, which I feel encrypts my data more reliably and cheaply with my settings.

I was about to pay over another $100 for Evernote but went looking for another note taking app. Joplin has easily taken that role and I'm happy with how it's replaced this role.

the mobile/mac sync works great. I use a free dropbox account to sync storage. ONLY shortcoming compared to evernote is no "email note to joplin feature".

The app mostly works, but has a cumbersome UI and is full of annoying bugs which demonstrate a lack of ability or willingness on the part of the developer to properly test the app. Examples include inserting multiple new lines when you hit enter once, deleting the wrong character, messing up indentation and capitalization, graphical glitches, inserting images into the wrong place, etc. You can’t tap the end of a line without it selecting the last word on the line for no reason. If you select a block of text and perform some operation on that selection, like turning into a bullet list, the app will change what you have selected and perform that operation on what you didn’t even have selected. There is no way to undo, so hopefully it didn’t ruin your document. Sometimes the controls will simply disappear for no apparent reason and you’ll need to restart the app to get them back. The date format is day/month/year regardless of the device’s date locale settings. Also, the export function just fails silently. Most of these bugs can be reproduced every single time, so the only possible explanations are that the developer never bothered testing the app or simply doesn't care enough to fix them

I will start by saying that I am a longtime Joplin user and huge fan. Unfortunately, one of the recent updates broke the app for iPhone 13 Pro (at least my phone) Sharing to Joplin now puts the webpage address in the title when it used to leave it blank, so now an extra step is needed to first delete the title and then paste or type the correct one. Worse yet, the app consistently freezes often. I find that I have to force close the app after 3 or four article shares. I think (but can’t remember exactly) that this issue developed before the latest update.