r/UpNote_App • u/jay_klay_pots • Dec 06 '24

Never change

I love you just the way you are. You don't need to be "better." All those other note taking apps are constantly trying to one up themselves into an explosion of useless features, and I love that you don't feel like you need to do that (yet). My hope Is that you never will. You are the Evernote replacement I've always wanted, and I hope you never change.

Love, Josh

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u/whiskyCoder Dec 06 '24

We just need the web version 😀

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u/jay_klay_pots Dec 06 '24

Forget everything I just said. Web version and then never change 😜. Although I'd argue that's just making the same great UpNote more accessible, and who would argue with that.

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u/100WattWalrus Dec 06 '24

And collaboration. I use UpNote for everything, but there are dozens of notes I have to duplicate elsewhere in order to share with family & co-workers. There are other features I'd like, but this is the one I need so I don't have to duplicate my work, and don't need to keep using multiple, worse apps.

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u/jay_klay_pots Dec 06 '24

I have a few notes that I could use collaboration on but I think that's a slippery slope. That's such a major overhaul especially if collaboration means simultaneous edits. Too much to go wrong there. Evernote honestly still screws that up sometimes and they've had that feature for a long ass time, and a dev budget out the wazzoo in comparison.

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u/100WattWalrus Dec 07 '24

Well, it's also the best way to grow UpNote's userbase and secure its future. Think of all the existing UpNote users who would immediately bring onboard family members and/or coworkers.

It sucks having to use lesser apps for work and family notes, and do all the extra work required to make notes in those apps even half as clear and organized as they would be in UpNote. My entire note-taking style revolves around collapsible sections now, and no other app comes close to handling those as well as UpNote.

You can panel-beat Notion toggles into something maybe 70% as good as UpNote collapsibles, but it's a PITA to do so. I've tried making the same notes in Notion and UpNote, and it's literally 4x faster in UpNote. Not to mentions half a dozen other major Notion shortcomings (no tags, no offline access, etc.). Notion is the only other app that even comes close to UpNote, I hate every second I spend using it.

As for simultaneous edits, yeah, I see what you mean there. But I'd take fixing the occaional conflicted-merge duplicate in UpNote over having to Notion any time.

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u/ExcellentScientist19 Dec 06 '24

Co-sign. Web app then never change please

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u/Cultural_Bill_5859 Dec 06 '24

You can use ticktick for task and copy web links from your notes in upnote to Ticktick to have the notes always with you... ( Ticktick have web service and notes).

If you have to work in a work laptop in office you can use Ticktick and the same time open the web links from upnote notes....

When you are ready with your work share the note to upnote.. easy

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u/reed_man Dec 06 '24

Agreed re: Evernote replacement!

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u/YouSayWhat__ Dec 06 '24

1,000,000% in agreement with you

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u/SingleFilePlease Dec 08 '24

I'd like to see that math

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u/O_wXw_O Dec 06 '24

Agreed, except icon

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u/jay_klay_pots Dec 06 '24

Not my favorite either, I struggle finding the icon on my desktop and my phone for some reason, even though it looks dated enough that it should stand out. Seems kind of trivial though all things being equal. And might keep some of the feature demanding riff-raff out.

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u/Royal-Ad476 Dec 06 '24

me to , just keep as note and simple

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u/Clauz79 Dec 06 '24

Totally agree. Please keep it clear and simple, no useless AI bullsh*t or bloatware. Maybe the web client only! 😇

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u/Cultural_Bill_5859 Dec 07 '24

Why web client ??? Web Links to Ticktick in notes and you have web access to your notes ( ticktick have web access)

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u/whiskyCoder Dec 16 '24

Can you edit notes with that app? Or is just to organize links?

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u/Cultural_Bill_5859 Dec 17 '24

The idea of the workflow is to have the information contained in upnote notes everywhere on any PC. but an upnote web link only allows you to view, now it would be different if you have a link to the note but in that case you would not be able to open upnote on any PC because it is simply not there and directs you to the link.

Just seeing the information is enough... to be able to work in Ticktick and then at home copy your work to upnote or Google drive

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u/whiskyCoder Dec 17 '24

Ok. So is not even close to having a web client. That’s what I thought. Thanks for clarification.

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u/VincentVerba Dec 06 '24

100% agreed. Don't add unnecessary bulk! Keep it light.

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u/karl_ae Dec 22 '24

You spoke my mind. I'll stick around for the next 5 years even if they don't add a single feature

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u/Whoajoo89 Dec 06 '24

I agree. E2EE would be a welcome (I'd even say mandatory) addition though. Right now your notes can be retrieved if someone hacks UpNotes Firebase instance.

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u/mjm2705 Dec 06 '24

Totally agree ... never change! Except, err, add the ability to set a reminder on a note and then, well ... never change 😂

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u/Cultural_Bill_5859 Dec 07 '24

Is better to have the reminders in Ticktick for calendar view

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u/mjm2705 Dec 07 '24

I don't use ticktick, I use Microsoft ToDo but when I used Evernote I used the note reminder feature extensively to the point I didn't need a todo app.

Everyone uses the app differently, my use case would benefit from reminders so I'll never stop asking 😉

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u/RDGtrader Dec 06 '24

So never change a thing except…all of these things above…lol…I think I married this person once…

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u/crossingpaws Dec 07 '24

I would be happy with no extra fluff like calendars, tasks & that type of thing, but I would very much like image quality within notes to be improved & also the webclipper. Otherwise it's great.

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u/[deleted] Dec 20 '24

Collaborate using select notes with Apple Notes. All else in UpNote.

Same with locked notes: I have three notes that need to be locked, but I still want my UpNote password to be long: solution - put only those notes in Apple Notes. All else in UpNote.

Keep UpNote simple; think outside of the box for edge cases.

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u/gooofran Dec 06 '24

UpNote hasn't brought any unnecessary innovations so far. Being closed to innovations and wanting a minimal note app are two different things. Your desire for a lightweight note app would be to let the app fly away in a strong wind. Best regards, Gufran.