Bright Notes 9+

I really love this app! It’s a great way to keep you on track, keep you encouraged and uplifted. Sometimes I forget about something I’ve wrote, and when that little notification comes through it completely changes my day. More than anything it’s a great release when your typing all the things you know you need to hear! The only recommendation I have is that hopefully they create a way to reuse previous notes or just keep them all in rotation until you delete them.

I’m reducing my previous 2-star review to 1 star. The reason being, in addition to the glaring omission of any way to make the notes recycle, there is NO way to turn off ALL notes the developer has put in there even when you’ve unchecked the box to get his notes. Although I’ve paid for this app and should not get any of his notes, he STILL sends nag notes when you don’t use the app what he considers often enough. Case in point, yesterday I had a startle when a note popped up that read: “Yo. I dare you. To open me. And add two Notes. For Future You.” I don’t need this crap on my phone, especially after I paid for this and have unchecked to receive the developer’s OTHER obnoxious notes (e.g. “You’re a unicorn baby!”). He’s also replied in a way that’s indicated he doesn’t feel any pressure to make recycling notes a high priority. Pass on this one!

Previous 2-star review:

Really nice looking app and friendly developer, but the app is missing a very basic function: The notes you enter do not renew/cycle. If you want to see them again, you have to do it manually. That’s a dealbreaker for me, and I wouldn’t have bought this app had I known this was missing.

It would’ve been perfect if not for the major problem that makes the app ineffective: inability to reuse notes. After typing out a bunch of notes full of my favorite quotes and reminders, they move to “inactive” after appearing and can’t be added back unless you manually retype every sentence. I think that completely defeats the purpose of the app, once you add desired notes you shouldn’t have to retype them every time you want to see them again. There should be a setting to automatically repeat notes and/or an option to select which ones you want to appear again.