Nextcloud Notes Ratings and Reviews

App is missing core functionality such as: multi-step undo. No support for multiple accounts/profile-switching such as work/home. There is a strong focus on markdown instead of getting robust plain-text support to work first. Updates are not well tested in seem to introduce regressions as much as fix exising problems. Older versions which had fewer features, ran smoothly. As of 4.0.4, interaction is slow and clunk-clunk-clunky. Adding text to a note adds ~100ms delay per letter typed (with Notes v4.0.4 and NC 23.0.7)

Overall the app is of middling utility, especially considering its age. Best to wait a for quality to mature

I recommend using Koder app with nextcloud webdav instead.

This app used to work pretty well as a bare bones app for nextcloud notes up to nextCloud v25 but for server v26 it’s pretty broken. The app constantly disconnects when you switch to another app and refuses to reconnect to the note you were just editing, which leaves you to completely reboot the app every edit. Instead of natively editing the note through the app it brings up the web interface for note editing which is slow and does not properly fit the phone screen. The app constantly goes out of sync with the notes on the server and presents you with an unreadable interface to select which version of the note is up to date. You no longer can switch between markdown and preview mode when editing a document even though it’s saving everything in markdown. All in all just needs way more polished to be used with a v26 nextcloud server.

Like a lot of Nextcloud’s offerings, it is pretty sub par. While they’re focusing on AI buzz words their core, and actually useful features languish. This app has a lot of potential. It’s a shame their leadership is chasing sparkly shiny things and not making their existing product good. I had a bear of a time just signing into my server

Thanks to the developer(s) for the several recent improvements to this app. With the addition of better Markdown support, file-names/management improvements, and editor improvements in general, using this app is a much better experience.

Better Markdown-entry support and improved check-off list handling would be welcome improvements.

When service is intermittent you will lose note data. For example traveling through an area with poor reception.

This software is entirely reliant on a connection which is a major design flaw. Notes should be saved locally with a unique tag (such as QOwnNotes does) and then sync and remove tag when available.

Instead this software periodically syncs your note to the cloud which is pointless. In a browser this makes sense. On an application, it makes no sense.

I encourage the developer to better the synchronization to allow note taking without connection to the server. For now a massive ring will prevent notes until some net connection is established.

This is totally unreliable and the same as using the phone's browser to connect online.

edit: Just add a Safari shortcut to your home screen from your notes website. Works just as well.

I appreciate the developer’s efforts to provide a replacement to Apple’s Notes as it lines up with Nextcloud’s philosophy, but this app doesn’t seem to function. Upon setup it was connected to both my personal and work accounts. I created several personal notes in my personal account. They never appeared on the server. When I switched to my work account, my personal notes were still showing. It’s not a good feeling when you don’t know where your notes are uploading to.

Been using this off and on for over a year now. When I first starting using it, it was a bit dated but it has really come along well with the push of updates. 👍👍

I had to create an app specific password and log in.

Seems to work as long as I don’t toggle offline mode. I though I could leave that on and then manually sync, but that doesn't work.

Otherwise seems to work OK

I have about 5k notes in my Nextcloud. App has problem downloading them upon a first try. Most of the time download does not complete. And list of notes on the app is empty. I can add new notes though through the app and new notes sync with server.

One out of a few times upon re-entering the credentials app will download all the notes. However subsequent note refresh (sync) operations fail too often.

I bought this app over a year ago and have never been able to install the app on my OwnCloud server (self-hosted or otherwise) therefore can’t connect to it on my iPhone. That’s extremely disappointing after paying even this small amount for an app.

Now, I can’t install OwnNotes on OwnCloud at all because it’s deprecated and considered a security risk.

Find something else. Don’t bother with this app.