Livescribe‪+‬ 4+

Although the pen is easy to use and provides a pleasant writing experience, the syncing process with the app is problematic. The connection to the app often fails, and when it does connect, it takes an excessive amount of time to connect. Additionally, the pen now records every movement on the page when I'm not writing, scribbling out my notes, rendering the captured notes useless.
The notebooks available are very limited. Unfortunately, I have received some very nice notebooks as gifts, but they are incompatible with this pen.
These issues detract from the overall quality of the system.
I persist in using the app and pen, though ultimately, I wished I hadn't bought it.

The overall concept of the Livescribe pen is brilliant; I have long been a fan of digitally archiving my notes and the link with Evernote is first class. The ability to record audio on the pen is also good and sets it apart from other products. However, all of this is compromised by the Livescribe+ app; it's so unstable it crashes and reboots itself more times per day than I care to mention. Speed is also an issue when first opening the app; the three notebooks that I'm currently using take an age to display and uploading 4 or 5 pages of stored text can take upwards of 10 minutes- surely that can't be right?
The whole concept of using Livescribe is to make me more efficient; the performance of the app is now impacting on this goal. Please, before introducing any new functionality get this app stable and performing at the level you would expect from a premium product.

I started with the Symphony then moved to the Echo 2 to get in-pen audio recording. The pens are poor quality in that both models had cracks appear in the pen caps, and you can’t buy new ones.
The app is a pain in the rear to connect to. I can only connect with my iPhone. It won’t connect to the app via my iPad or my iMac and I’m running the latest versions on everything. I sent an email to Livescribe for assistance and a week later I still haven’t had so much as a “well look into it” from them, complete radio silence.
Tried looking up on line but all the videos I’ve found skip the trouble shooting element.
If I hadn’t invested £120 on the thing I’d bin it completely. Don’t waste your money.