Noted - Record, Transcribe 4+

Good but not perfect

This app is good and has some great features but it also has a few niggles.
There is no option to resize an imported image, whether from the camera roll, camera or files app. This is very annoying as it takes up too much space on a phone screen.
Also, I found when recording using the Apple Watch feature it can be a bit buggy.
For example; I made one short recording to test the feature (approx 10 seconds long) and while it did transfer to my phone ok, there was 3 identical versions of the recording?
Then, after deleting all Apple Watch test recordings I’d made from both my watch & phone, when I reopened the app on my phone a few hours later, there was 2 identical recordings back?

It is a great app, it’s just with recordings you really want something which is 100% stable to give you the confidence you won’t lose any data.

Developer Response ,

Hi there,

We truly value your feedback and appreciate you sharing your thoughts on the app. It's fantastic to hear that you're enjoying our features, but we're genuinely sorry to hear about the hiccups you've run into.

We completely understand your frustration with the image resizing feature, and please rest assured that we'll take this into account for our future updates. Regarding the Apple Watch recording glitch, this isn't what we'd expect either. Our team is actively working on improving stability to ensure a seamless experience.

If you have more insights to share or come across any other quirks, please don't hesitate to get in touch. Your feedback plays a vital role in helping us improve the app, and we're here to assist with any questions or concerns you may have. Thank you for your support 💕

NEED READ-ONLY MODE ASAP

The app reacts extremely sensitive to the scrolling action (on iPad in my case). Even if you are just trying to read the note and listen to the audio playback, the app will assume that you want to edit by misunderstanding the scrolling action as tapping to edit action. As a result, the keyboard will constantly pop out and occupy HALF of the screen, and it is hard to dismiss the keyboard because as you scroll, the app will keep assuming that you want to tap to edit. I have compared other note-taking apps such as Apple’s note, Bear/Notion/Craft/Evernote, all these apps can recognise the scrolling action better and they do not trigger the edit mode easily. I’m a new subscriber, but I will definitely not resubscribe next year if read-only mode is not available by the end of the year. At least improve the app’s recognition on scrolling and tapping.

The Best Note App I’ve Ever Used

As a university student, notes are extremely important. And as a university student in the 21st century it is even more important to cut down on wasting paper that’ll only get typed up after a lecture and thrown in the bin.

This is where Noted comes in, I’ve been a lifetime user for around a year now (I think) and honestly, it’s one of the best things I’ve ever used.

No longer do I need to worry about listening to an entire lecture recording to find the specific notes I wrote about, because there is a time stamp next to it on Noted that I can tap and hear exactly when that part was spoken. I can also write down slide changes to keep track of where in a lecture I am and at what time.

So far, I haven’t encountered a single issue, even as new features are implemented.

The only thing I have noticed, is that during times when speech is quiet, Intelligent Playback can sometimes mistake this quiet or soft speech for silence and can skip straight past it, which isn’t helpful with some of the more quiet or distant lecturers (if you sit at the back you know what I mean).

Other than this, this truly is a fabulous app and it would be great (I’m not sure if this is already a thing) if universities could be able to sign up to the app to get access for an entire cohort, it would really change the game.

Keep it up guys!

Developer Response ,

Thank you for your feedback, have passed on your feedback to the team!