The timeline , plus task management is a perfect combo. On top of that silky native controls and markdown files for longevity (ask your parents!). Very happy with the new drawing capability.

ultimate purist style a la markdown yet phenomenally muscular capability i have been on board since the beginning makes work a pleasure

The app is nice and useful, but £90 for a year is too much. Other apps have lifetime subscription and even it is twice cheaper that this one year app subscription. It’s too expensive. Make it cheaper and more affordable. I’m upset and disappointed

I’m really impressed with this app. Having used many many notes and task apps over the years, I had been using iOS Notes to keep track of information but was getting very frustrated with lack of features (for instance ability to link between notes, ease of formatting, control how formatting is copied) and of course any tasks that emerged while note taking had to be copied and pasted to the top of each note and then reviewed periodically. NotePlan has all of the features I was missing and more, as it brings together notes, task management, and basic timeblocking into one coordinated and easy to use space. I’m also impressed with the introductory “how to” information — I highly recommend taking the time to engage with this early on as you may otherwise miss key features when getting set up. With respect to daily/weekly planning and time management, it isn’t as intuitive or calming to use as Sunsama (my previous task manager), but it does so many more things and is included in my Setapp subscription, so I’m very happy to have made the switch.

It was five stars all the way for years. I loved this program. Now suddenly, I can’t even figure out how to use it. Fortunately on my Mac, I have the old version, which is a delight to use, and which I own. I bought it, just like I bought the program on my iPhone. I seem to be able to use the program I paid for on my Mac, but it looks like I’m not allowed to use NotePlan on my phone anymore and I can’t sync up between my phone on my Mac. That was the whole delight of the app previously. It was on all of my machines. Now I am assaulted with a proposed “read-only mode“ or I have to pay £90 a year just to be able to read my notes. That is surreal. Bear is £15 a year and Drafts is similar. These are legendary programs. They are stunning. Does the developer of NotePlan think he’s created Parallels desktop or something? That is the same price for a subscription — an entire operating system and all the software with it, including Microsoft Office Suite. NotePlan is the same price as Parallels. It doesn’t seem to be connected to reality. And now, the new version of the app appears to have written over NotePlan 2 on my phone, which I owned outright — so now I can’t use it on my phone anymore, even though it was mine . He appears to have disabled ‘restore purchase’. I have never seen that before. And I don’t think that’s even legal. Please do not write a glib comment about helping me to find a workflow. Just please restore the previous app which belongs to me.

is an expensive monthly subscription

It sounds generic and not like but this is the best app for me on the App Store. I don’t normally subscribe to apps or write reviews but for the amount of functionality and usefulness this app provides I wanted to do a bit more. I use the app as a work based second brain, it records a log of actions and tasks I’ve completed during the day which I use as a reference. I use it as a crm, I @ all of the companies and individuals I work and converse with which thanks to the excellent and very fast linking system I again use as a reference. The notes files and folders section I use as a wiki, becoming a linked base of knowledge. I create meeting notes from calendar events and meeting requests, I tag in individuals and attach meeting notes. You may be able to do all of the above in one or more different apps however what really sets this app apart is that all of the above is linked together, making it easy to discover not only by search but more importantly by just following the links. I’ve glossed over the depth of the app above of which there is a surprising amount. The developer and company is very responsive and engages all the time with the community and implements ideas quickly and well. For me the litmus test of whether the developers were thinking of money or of their customers is that all of my notes are standard markdown notes, simple text files which they have made very accessible and easily downloaded, which leaves me knowing that my data is secure and accessible and not locked behind a propriety database or file system, locking me in.

Solid dependable app.

Overall a very interesting app, but it needs to also have support for monthly view of recently edited notes and the ability to set a time of day like Morning/Afternoon/Evening, instead of just always needing to write down an exact time… in some future update.

I have tried countless productivity apps and NotePlan is without a doubt the best I’ve used. It strikes the perfect balance between structure and modularity, allowing the user to build a workflow that suits their personality and preferred note-taking system. I recommend this app unreservedly.