Post-it‪®‬ 4+

I thought this app would be kind of useless... but it’s been kind of life-changing. I have a color-coded board of 250+ post-its I’m using to organize everything my team is doing at work. I have calendars and lists and reminders, but especially for nebulous ideas, conversation-planning, brain-storming, long-term ideas that I can’t just check off on a list... I love being able to see everything visually (even if it’s kind of giving me heartburn to see 250+ things I have to do). I can even share with my team when I want to.

The app is great for note-taking, too. I can organize notes on different research topics or ideas according to subject matter, so I can synthesize from different sources without flipping through a thousand pages in a notebook. The best part is having everything in my phone. Nothing to lose, nothing to flip through, nothing to carry around.

There are plenty of color options, but I would love a few more. And I’d like an option to just duplicate a post-it. Sometimes I just need the same idea in more than one place! Or even an option to move a group of post-its to its own board when an idea gets bigger than you thought.

I have probably done less than 5 product reviews in my life and I’m in my 40s and use lots of products. Stopping to give this one the credit it deserves because it is really, really good. I not only love using it, but I also love the “release and learn” strategy of the 3M company here (at least what it seems to be,) i.e. to release this app for free with simple but impactful features that provide the flexibility that everyone really needs, tie in the purchase of the physical product, build as they go etc. I even picked this up in the ‘tone’ of the FAQ…it sounded like “here we will efficiently answer all the questions that folks who fail to remember that this is a free app have” and be done with it. Furthermore, we will also copy and paste the same response to the folks who unlike me stop to give their 2 cents reviews about how things can be better for just their needs. I love it. Seems like a smart approach that will hopefully be translated into smart choices for the app in the future. Good job 3M

Not only does it handle really well. It supports an assortment of exporting tools. Files types like pdf, csv or even full blown app exports for powerpoint and even Trello for you kanban users out there.

I like it a lot actually. Now if you guys created a printer that could be loaded with sticky notes and have the thing print all my cards onto physical cards....we’d be in the best of both worlds. Because now I can still purchase and support physical cards on the fly and be able to just generate a board instantly and I would still be comfortable working on my digital or physical platform.

An even better idea would be to have a company that already houses your product, like office depot, offer this ability as a feature for the public. That way we can come in store, win for them and print our boards or cards out as needed with a specialized printer. Numerous wins here.

The camera feature already has the other end showed up in case we want to convert to digital from physical. But the reverse is needed to close the loop and make this app fully functional in a more practical setting. Please add to roadmap. I think this would boost revenue on all fronts and could even become the next trend of how notes and boards are made.

Post it boards can even be developed with specialized fields in place just for this app. The ability to mass print cards in the stores would be awesome.