Walling 4+

Simplifying the complicated

I use many tools to help structure my thinking from checklists, to note taking apps, to mind maps, and digital whiteboards.

Walling is my go to app to get all thoughts out of my mind in an uncluttered and visually appealing way. It’s the easiest way for me to iterate on complex subject matter across all device types and form factors.

I never stop thinking and Walling’s ubiquity allows me to capture stream of consciousness thoughts at any time on my iPhone, iPad, Mac, and PC. I find the Chrome web clipper extremely valuable as well.

Once you’re ready and if appropriate for your workflow, Walling allows you to easily copy/move your content into other apps such as Google Docs for longer form presentation and narrative development.

Lastly, Walling’s founder, Elmasry, listens to his end-user community, engages with them, and empathizes when prioritizing feature requests. Highly recommended founder and app.

Formatting isn’t consistent between desktop and mobile

I just started using the app and I love it. I can easily create a compelling visual workspace for my design work. One thing I noticed is that the text formatting doesn’t translate perfectly between mobile and desktop. Why is there no H2 option on mobile? It’s a great feature on the desktop version that makes the visual hierarchy easier to read. When I look at the same wall on my phone, all headings are the same size and it no longer looks neatly organized. Also, line breaks don’t seem to show up on my phone, I used a line break in a paragraph I made in one of my blocks on my laptop, but on my phone the text is just crunched together on one line. Really like the app and hope to see further improvements.

EDIT

Having used the app more extensively between mobile and desktop, there are some features I’d like to see implemented:

General
- Colored text
- Convert text line to bulleted or numbered list
- Link text instead of embed
- Export block content, preference for PDF
- Export section content, preference for PDF
- Lock bricks and sections
- Hide bricks and sections

Mobile
- Support for quote blocks
- Text formatting (this is a big one)
- Line break
- Duplicate bricks
- Copy brick content

Developer Response ,

Thank you so much for your feedback and reporting these issues! I have forwarded them to the team to fix them as soon as possible. Improving the overall experience of the phone app is our top priority this year.

Great for scattered brains

Things happen all the time in my life and i'm not great at reminding myself about them. This app feels like it was made by someone like me who faces the same problem. I only have minor complaints about how the notes are setup:

There is no indication that any particular day has a note written on it. This is lame because it requires me to actually go back at each day to re-organize my motes, instead of being able to know which days i need to check and return to, which is an inefficient process. However, I expect this app to continue to develop over time and as long as the dev team actually uses their product, they'll know that this is an issue.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for your feedback! This feature is available on Walling for web/desktop https://walling.app/web, and it's planned soon for the phone app :)