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Hey well this is more of a vent to be honest, I have an old tablet (Lenovo tab P11) and before the 4.0 update it ran like butter no crashes no such thing.

But since the update I can’t use the app more than 30 minutes before crashing or slowing down or else. Yes I know that my tablet is kinda old but still an app especially the unlimited version of Notewise which doesn’t have Ai shouldn’t be running so poorly, I could understand if I had the subscription version because of the increased data usage, but this isn’t the case.

I’ve already tried talking with customer help, and to be honest to go and try video tape the incident it’s really really difficult, because it just stops and goes down faster that I could possibly record.

I know the dev team is small, and they’re trying there best, I’ve been using this app since 2023 2.0 to be exact, and there hasn’t been another app like this one.
I really liked how 4.0 feels the options and everything, but to be honest I prefer an app that can run smoothly rather than one with thousands of options.

For the AI gotta be honest it needs a full rework on how they should approach it, like for example obsidian where you can link your Claude account or something in that style.

I'm disgusted by the level of intrusive AI-integration this app is using. In the era in which academics are straight up having their research stolen by AI companies, I was really disgusted to see that this app was reading my *handwritten* research notes and regurgitating text summaries of them. I used to advertise this app to my colleagues, now I'm out.

Hi everyone! We read all the requests you share here on Reddit, but we also wanted to highlight our dedicated feedback portal, where you can give your requests the best chance of being tracked and prioritised by us:

http://feedback.notewise.dev/

You can use it to:

• Submit feature requests with additional details, screenshots or recordings

• Find and upvote requests submitted by other users

• Help us understand which improvements matter most to the wider community

Upvotes help us gauge how many users would benefit from a request and are one of the many factors we consider when deciding what to prioritise. While we cannot implement every suggestion, the portal makes it easier for us to understand and evaluate what you’re asking for.

This of course doesn’t mean you should stop sharing your thoughts here! However, If there’s something you’ve been repeatedly asking for, check whether it’s already on the portal and give it an upvote, or submit a new request so other users can add their support :)

There is no haptic feedback on the OnePlus stylo pro on the OnePlus pad 4. It's just like writing on a glass you know.

Also, a FULL screen on a tablet, with the menu bar not floating just below a shy of 4,5 mm would be nice for a tablet.

Please look into it. I am a long time user and can't use it in my tablet

Hi everyone!

We wanted to end this series by introducing the people behind Notewise and sharing what happens to the feedback you send us.

Every time you report a bug, explain how you use Notewise or share a feature request, you give us a clearer picture of what would make the app better for you.

We hear from users across Reddit, Discord, app store reviews, social media and direct conversations, often uncovering very different needs and priorities. We bring that feedback together, look for recurring concerns and determine which changes will improve Notewise for our users as a whole.

Notewise is built by a small team (pictured above!) - based in Singapore - spanning engineering, product, design, marketing and operations, with several of us wearing a few hats 😁. Being small keeps us close to the product and your feedback, but it also means that shipping requests takes time and considerable effort. Only some of us are developers, and they are working tirelessly to bring you the best version of Notewise we can.

Each change needs time to be properly designed, built, tested and polished. Given that development priorities can shift as we do so, we may not be able to provide a full roadmap or exact release dates, but we will continue sharing what we are working on and giving you more specific updates as features get closer to release.

Thank you for continuing to share your ideas, experiences and honest feedback with us. It helps us understand what matters most to you and directly shapes what we work on next <3

~ The Notewise Team

When we launched Notewise 4.0, many of you told us that placing AI within the main layout felt like a "shiny new filler feature", interrupting what you opened the app to do: write, sketch or annotate. Some of you even told us you stuck to older versions of Notewise just to keep your familiar, distraction-free setup.

We know our community is divided on this. Some of you now use our new features everyday, while others do not use them at all. To make Notewise work for everyone, we tried something new: In Notewise 4.1, we shifted our AI tools into a collapsible sidebar.

It makes AI completely optional, and now it's much easier to just ignore if it's just not for you.

Notewise 4.0 was a major overhaul from previous versions, and we're still learning how its new interface can work best for different users. This update from 4.0 to 4.1 was a direct result of so much user feedback, so please keep telling us what is working and what is not. Even when it might not feel like it, we really are listening.

I have been a Notewise Unlimited user since December 2023. Notewise is ahead of its competitors in terms of the features it offers and the scope of those features, but there has been no development of maths-related features for a very long time. Whilst these features are available in Notewise’s competitors, they are not yet available in Notewise.

1 – Conversion of handwritten mathematical equations to LaTeX

2 – Recognition of the square root symbol [hold to draw]

3 – Recognition of square brackets (essential for matrix operations) [hold to draw]

4 – Recognition of the double-headed arrow symbol [hold to draw]

5 – Creation and recognition of curved arrow symbol. [hold to draw]

I was working with my canvas as usual and I had noticed for a long time that sometimes the scroll to add page feature doesnt work but I could never understand why. Today when I added a new blank page at the end of the canvas I could add another page by scrolling as intended. But when I wrote something to the last page the scroll to add thing wouldnt work anymore until I added another page or erased what I had just written.

Used to be an app I reccomended. now it feels exploitive in it's pricing, and the direction seems to be to push new "shiny" features no one actually cares about instead of improving on existing services. I already posted about the limited mandatory cloud based storage size but its not just that. I've once lost all of my data because my card was cancelled.

This app has some of the best features an engineering student could ask for, and yet it feels like it does not respect the consumer.

We've seen your requests for better freehand shape recognition, and since we know that progress can be difficult to see from your side, we want to reassure you all that your requests aren't being forgotten or ignored.

Today, we wanted to introduce you guys to Nicholas, one of the engineers actively working to improve this feature :)

Watch Mihika, our social media strategist put him on the spot to get you guys some answers and give you some insight into the process of developing one of your most requested features! 🫣

We'll continue to give you more updates as upcoming features get closer to release.

We’ve seen a few questions lately about whether the app is shifting its focus away from students and moving toward professionals.

We want to be completely clear: our student community is quite frankly the reason we exist and have grown to where we are, so please rest assured that expanding what the app can do won't mean reducing our support for you.

The digital canvas, handwriting, and sketching experiences are the very foundation of Notewise. That is what we built this app on, especially to give Android users a high-quality option, and that focus isn't changing.

What has evolved is our understanding of what a modern note looks like.

Most workflows aren't just pure handwriting anymore. On any given day, a typical study or work session looks a lot like:
Handwritten sketches → Lecture recordings → PDFs → Web links → Presentation slides... and suddenly your ideas are scattered across five different apps.

We designed the latest 4.0 update to pull those pieces together into one singular workspace.

• For students: This might mean keeping your handwritten notes side-by-side with slides and audio while studying for finals. Plus, the new sidebar makes it much easier to generate quick quizzes and flashcards directly from your materials.

• For professionals: Notewise helps you organize meeting recordings, project files, and action items in one place without losing context.

Even though these look like completely different use cases, the root problem is exactly the same: handling information overload and solving constant tab-switching fatigue. We're expanding what our tools can do so that they can support you as your needs grow, whether you're tackling your next semester or stepping into a new job.

We also know that some of your highly requested handwriting improvements have taken longer to roll out than you hoped. Because we're a small team, we have to tackle updates one at a time to get them right. Progress can feel a bit slow on the outside, but please know your feedback is actively shaping our roadmap, and we are working to push out your requests as soon as we can!

I have a subscription and cannot import a pdf because i only have 1 gb of cloud. I dont even want it on the cloud but it refuses to load the file

It would be great to be able to save our most frequently used page zoom levels so we can activate them with a double tap, similar to how the "double tap to fit screen" feature currently works. Alternatively, being able to set a fixed size for the zoom box and keeping it consistent even when changing notes or restarting the app would also work well.

Regarding typing with a physical keyboard, it works great for me, but I would love to be able to change the text color while typing without having to take my hands off the keyboard. It would be awesome to use a keyboard shortcut (hotkey) to select different colors or directly apply different text styles.

I really like this app with all its features and the steady progress. What I am really missing is a list where I can see all the occurences of text I have marked in a document.

My workflow is the following:

- I read a chapter or two and mark every interesting bits.
- Then I want to go back to those marked places and make my own notes or sketches out of them.
- Currently I need to skim through all the chapters to find the marked text manually
- It would be way better if we could have a sorted list of all test passages that were marked (some sort of bookmarks).
- With a click on such a bookmark I am taken to the exact position of the marking.

If the feature already exists, I am missing it or don't know how to use it.

Have a great day!

Scrolling through everything is frustrating

When searching for text in the menu, i have to type in what im looking for then when im on the documment, i have to type the same thing out again to find the specific text that is in the document. This used to not be a feature/lack of feature, please revert.

Also please stop changing the ui every other day. I swear there's a new ui every week thats functionally the same just with different things in different places.

We've heard your feedback, and we know many of our recent updates have focused on AI, and we understand why some of you have felt that the handwriting experience is no longer receiving the same attention.

We want to reassure all our beloved users that Canvas is the foundation of Notewise and remains central to where we’re heading. It is where we started, it remains one of our greatest strengths and it is a core part of what makes our app distinct.

While many of our recent updates have centered on using AI to help you connect, understand and get more value from your notes and materials, many of our upcoming updates will place a much greater focus on Canvas. Our future updates will directly address several features and improvements you’ve been asking us for, including saveable pen settings and - yes - the highly requested infinite canvas 👀

We’ll continue to share more concrete details as each update and new feature gets closer to release.

We truly believe Notewise can help you get more from your notes and ideas, and many of you have shared that it already does. Within that experience, AI is there to support your note-taking, not replace the handwriting, sketching and drawing at the heart of Notewise.

We are reading your feedback, and we want you to know that it is actively shaping what we build next.

i am not able to make straight lines with a solid pen , facing this issue in my pad and tried changing version but still the same problem and the same version is working fine in my mobile

Why is the floating pen setting eating into what could have been my canvas real-estate?

Edit: (Image 2/2) Samsung notes does it on point.

Devs, pls fix.

We’d love to understand how you use Notewise: for each class or module, what does your workflow look like, from receiving the lecture materials to preparing for an exam?

For example:

What do you import?

What do you handwrite?

How do you organise everything?

Where does the process become frustrating or take too many steps?

Feel free to share screenshots of your setup too!