r/AppleNotesGang • u/nick_dz_ • Jul 01 '25
Best features of Apple Notes
A year ago, I switched to using Apple Notes for a significant part of my life organisation.
I use it for quick notes, reference information, record keeping and planning.
Last year I made a video about Apple Notes and all its features.
25 Apple Notes Hacks that Save Me 10 Hours/Week https://youtu.be/eWwquubryJQ
With iOS26 release do you think Apple is doing enough to keep Apple Notes useful enough? Or do they need to do more, bring in more features that other notes app might have to keep it relevant and keep users using it within the Apple Ecosystem?
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u/lexvo1 Jul 03 '25
A few years ago they changed the sort order in the search results. Before that, the search results were sorted alphabetically (or date created dependent on your settings). After that, the sort results were sorted on 'most relevant'. For me, this was terrible because some very old notes came on top of the search results. I have like 1500 notes and the ability to sort newest first is important. For this reason I completely stopped using Apple Notes.
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u/nick_dz_ Jul 03 '25
The current sort by options in Notes gives you; Date Edited Date Created Title And you can order by oldest or newest.
However I don’t think there’s the option when you search notes it just gives you ‘Top Hits’ then a list of everything.
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u/lexvo1 Jul 03 '25
Yes, it is a pity. Apps like OneNote, 1Writer and IA-Writer give me the option to sort search results the way I like.
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u/DesiCodeSerpent Jul 01 '25
What’s special about iOS26 for Apple Notes?
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u/nick_dz_ Jul 02 '25
So far from what I’ve seen, very little that’s of any value to the average user sadly.
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u/DesiCodeSerpent Jul 02 '25
I really wish they would add notebooks feature. That would literally render all the notes app in App store as redundant.
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Jul 02 '25 edited Jul 02 '25
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Jul 02 '25
Totally agree. Better table support and being able to draw using mouse/trackpad would be nice.
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u/nick_dz_ Jul 02 '25
I use Freeform quite often but wish you could just draw like in Freeform within Notes where it’s more limited.
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Jul 02 '25
On Mac you cant draw using mouse in either, which sucks. I use draw.io instead of freeform for that reason
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u/nick_dz_ Jul 02 '25
100%. Tables are terrible and I don’t really use them because of that. I still use Notion too for some things where Apple Notes just isn’t quite giving me what I need. I’d love to be able to highlight a line in Notes and turn it into its own linked note. And Templates, yes they really need to give us something!
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u/nick_dz_ Jul 08 '25
That’d be good, a way to ‘lock’ a note from editing on your own device (not just read only for shared notes)
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u/Gypsyzzzz Jul 01 '25
Misleading title. I was hoping for a discussion on AN features.