Instant Notary App 4+

I needed something notarized asap, so I decided to give this app a try. It took probably 15 minutes total. Here’s how it works: You have to create an account, upload your document into the app, scan your license, fill out your document, then you just click a button to call the notary. It took maybe a minute to get connected. It’s a video style chat within the app. She had me show the front & back of my license again, then asked a few questions. I then clicked a button to virtually sign my document. About 2 minutes later, my document was ready within the app. At that time I was prompted to pay the $10. I did that & my document was released to be downloaded/printed/emailed. It’s like $7 to get something notarized around her in person, so it’s definitely worth the extra $3 to be able to do it from my couch. Will definitely use again.

This app saves me so much time. I use it constantly. Just one request. When waiting for notary to initiate their end of the call and even while on the line with them. You have to keep touching the screen to keep it from turning screen off then have to unlock phone if you have Lock Screen. If other video streaming and game apps can take priority over screen turning off. Cant this one too? That would get rid of the only little thing wrong with the app. We’ll maybe saving credit card info too or allowing Apple Pay. Hate having to renter card info.

I decided to try this app after attempting to use its major competitor, Notarize, and having problems adding a second signer to a document via the Notarize app. I ended up wasting a whole evening with the Notarize app. This app isn’t quite as polished, but it is at least fully functional. I had to wait about 5 minutes to connect with a live notary with this app as opposed to less than a minute with Notarize. Once connected, the process was easy and straightforward. Considering that this app charges less than half of Notarize for a single document, it’s a much better value, too. My only UI critique would be to include better feedback while waiting to connect to a live notary so the user maintains confidence that it will actually connect and not give up.