UltraNotes 4+

Great newcomer to the space

I’m always trying new note taking apps on the iPad looking for the ‘perfect one” but always struggling because I’m still not sure what that means. All of them do the basics pretty well but trying to figure out the nuance of what I need and don’t need seems hard. UltraNotes does everything I need and I find myself using more and more because it isn’t overly complicated nor does it try to do a bunch of stuff I don’t need. Maybe I’ll hit a limit, maybe not.

Great journal type app, some quirks

To me, this is a journaling application, not a notes app like Apple Notes, Bear or Obsdian. UltraNotes heavily relies on pen usage…It will sync your notebooks to iCloud, but you can’t use them in iCloud like other notes apps…If you want to draw or hand write, you have to click on draw, select your tool, such as highlighter, pen, fountain pen, etc…If you want to use text, you have to insert a text box then type. There is no resizing for the text box. You just have to select a larger font to adjust box size…if you are into writing journals, this is a great app, even has traditional journal covers. Don’t think it’s for me, but will keep an eye on it.

Developer Response ,

The note can be opened with editing mode in next update. I understand your pain as I also use keyboard input a lot. We're planning to bring markdown editor into app.

As if good notes and apple notes had a baby!

I’m an avid user of both good notes and apple notes. I’m also an artist and so when journaling sometimes I start sketching and rendering ideas. This app has the same tools as apple notes: pencil, watercolor etc.. but in the same workflow format as good notes: pages in a notebook, multiple notebooks etc.. Really love this app! For future updates I would love to see password protected notebook.