Review: Remarks by Readdle
Readdle recently updated its new note taking app Remarks.
I took a look at it for macgasm.net
Extensive comparison of iPhone notes applications
Should you be planning to buy a notes application for the iPhone (or iPad), but unsure which ones have any merit, I highly recommend reading the linked blog post.
It’s a comprehensive review of four better than average note taking applications on the App Store.
I personally own Simplenote, Elements and Plain Text, of which my favourite is Simplenote. I synchronise it via Simplenote’s service and Notational Velocity on my Mac.
Reading this review, brought a few features of Simplenote to my attention that I didn’t know about, but which will come in extremely handy.
A short take on Second Gear’s Elements
Late yesterday evening I found out about Second Gear’s latest software release on The Loop. The application is called Elements and is a text editor with Dropbox synchronisation.
Having been quite happy with the system I use for note taking right now,
— Simplenote (iPhone) + Simplenote cloud sync + Notational Velocity (Mac) —
I still liked the prospect of having one less service in my workflow, without sacrificing efficiency.
After having used Elements throughout the day, I have to say that I really like the app: It strats-up quickly, the interface looks nice and nicely customisable to fit my needs.
This 1.0 release it’s still a bit flaky — I’ve encountered a bug that crashes the app when you scroll to the bottom of the list— and for me (YMMV) it’s missing a few key functions to make it as useful as Simplenote:
- On-device-renaming — it’s coming in version 1.1
- (Full text) Search on the iPhone/iPad
- The ability to sort the file list by creation date or name. Though to be fair, Simplenote doesn’t have this ability either.
Nevertheless, Elements has already replaced Simplenote on my iPhone 4.
If you want to, you can check out the quick guide I wrote, explaining how to synchronise notes between Notational Velocity and Elements.
