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Ikiru App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ DevastatedI’m having to abandon this app, as more often than not, it’s not saving the changes I’m making to my lists..Version: 1.2.2
✓ Paperless was betterI had the original list app Paperless from this developer and enjoyed it. He changed everything when he stopped Paperless and launched Ikiru. I got it to support his work but I’ve never liked it nearly as much as Paperless and rarely use it. I see that an update is supposed to be in the works. I hope some of the color and utility of the old app returns..Version: 1.2.2
✓ It has a big problem...I have used both Paperless and Ikiru for many years. Paperless never lost my data. Ikiru now has, twice. There are two scenarios where this happens. 1. Editing a long note. I use shake to undo at some point. This feature “undoes” back to a point far before my last mistake. I then choose “redo”. This restores to a different edit, not my most recent. I never get back my recent edits, which are often substantial. I have to write everything again for many hours. 2. Editing a long note. I leave the note and come back to the note frequently, making little edits each time. While the note is open for a long time, suddenly a paragraph will revert back to an earlier edit. I will “shake to undo” and this results in the app restoring the edit before the edit it reverted to (which is not my recent edit). Again, I lose all that writing and editing and have to begin again for hours. This always happens as I’m nearing completion of a note after many hours of writing and editing. I can no longer trust this app. Please find a solution for this bug. I love your apps but they really need a note timeline restore function like the iOS app “ia Writer” has. The method of iCloud back up Ikiru uses is useless in these scenarios because I can’t manually restore individual notes after an edit goes haywire. And this has happened with in-app iCloud backups on or off. In fact, it first happened with it off which led me to turn it on, only for the problem to happen again, only to discover the backup would not help at all. :(.Version: 1.1.2
✓ Colour please.Needs colour. Life is too dull.....Version: 1.1.2
✓ A lot of work to be as good as PaperlessIt feels and looks unfinished. The syncing needs to be done through iTunes as well. The appearance 2nd rate. I will continue to use Paperless in preference..Version: 1.0.4
✓ Ok for iPhoneGreat for iPhone but does NOT put lists on Apple Watch. That is a fail and should NOT be listed as compatible for Apple Watch..Version: 1.1.2
✓ Nice, but needs a few featuresI really enjoy using this app. After using it for some time, however, I feel a few features would be nice. Specifically, the ability to create sub-lists WITHIN other lists and SELECT/MOVE SELECTED items to the new (or other) lists. Overall a nice app. Hopefully these and at least a few of the other great suggestions will be forthcoming..Version: 1.2.2
✓ Disappointing after PaperlessPaperless (developer's original list app) was much more intuitive and the icons were colorful. So far this app is entirely fine light blue lettering and graphic icons on a white background - where did the colour go ? Not as intuitive, only advantage is that I can use iCloud instead of Dropbox for syncing. The first app was so great that I'm not sure why the developer considers this a step forward..Version: 1.0.4
✓ DisappointingGot this because paperless doesn't have an Apple Watch app and I wanted to be able to see grocery list on my watch, so disappointing that it only shows due items and not lists... I really miss being able to see what's in the lists from the main screen... Also paperless used to have automatic number badge for the Today list and this doesn't, due dates have to be added to each item.... I'll continue using paperless this is definitely not worth $8.Version: 1.0.2
✓ I miss some features from PaperlessI bought this app because I was excited about the list within list feature, due dates, photos, etc. All of these are great, but there are a few features from Paperless that, to my disapppintment, were taken out! :( No more checkboxes(replaced with a slide right on completed items)...i liked those. Also...where are the colors! I miss my pink background...blue and white is a little dull IMO. Finally, I’m not a fan of the amount of lines previewed for an item on a list...i preferred just the one line to be shown. I saw some other people comment on these same missing features...maybe they’ll come back? please!.Version: 1.1.1
✓ Not bad, missing key featuresI have been trying for years to replace a List app I use almost daily, because that app has been abandoned by the developer. Eventually it will go away and I need a solid replacement. Ikiru is the closest I've found, but it's missing key features and functionality that I would need to be able to switch. First, I could not find a way to attach notes, quantities to list items. Second, I need the ability to attached a location to an item. For example on a grocery list, I would like all of the grocery items to have a location name/GPS info I can attach. I shop at multiple stores and would like to be able to sort my Groceries list by location. I highly recommend that Crush Apps go download Ultralist Plus and look at how it works. Many of the features in that app are not needed and simply complicate things. But the way it handles locations, the way you can show/hide items in a list, the way it has multiple types of lists that it treats slightly differently, the ability to put notes, URLs and pictures on list items... these features are good and should be included in Ikiru..Version: 1.0.4
✓ DisappointedI love Paperless. So I was excited to hear it has improved. Only - it hasn't. The icons are really hard to use, they are monochrome (blue/white) and apart from the "lists within lists" and reminder features, I can't see anything other than an app that has been re-vamped for the Apple Watch. Where are the checklists?? The customisable themes?? I'm so disappointed - and I feel I've wasted my $7.50 well and truly. I wanted to support the creator of Paperless - which is awesome - but instead I have regretted my decision. My advice: don't buy it..Version: 1.0.2
✓ Was good until today 17 November 17It looks like my IOS 9.3.5 isn't comparable with the latest upgrade. Have posted to developers to find out why. Can't even get Paperless to download, very cross..Version: 1.1
✓ Ikiru broken under iOS 13After updating to iOS 13 the app crashes whenever I click the back button in an item to go back to the list. Makes it pretty much unusable. I am posting this here because I couldn’t find any way to contact the developer on their website..Version: 1.1.2
✓ Won’t sync between devicesThis app won’t sync between devices. You update one device and then when you look at another device the information isn’t updated.Version: 1.2.2
✓ SharingI have the issue of my writings disappearing! I write in my notes and go back to find my update GONE! I’ve lost a lot of time and notes. I have emailed twice for help but never receive a reply! Loved the app until this started happening....Version: 1.2.2
✓ 50/50I like the changes but I feel you've taken some of the things that worked well from Paperless and removed them. Like: - Colour! Bring back some colour! Blue on blue is boring! - Keep the icon search as the related icons aren't always the best match and I don't fancy scrolling through ALL icons to find one that suits - Bring back the check off circles. I know we can just swipe right for checked off items but I want the option:).Version: 1.0.2
✓ Promising but needs workNot cheap but may become worth it. Currently as far as I could see you can't chose the name of a list item. You get the first 3 lines of text in it even if you leave blank lines to just get a simple name Also you can nest lists inside another list but you can't have a list within an item.Version: 1.0.1
✓ CRASHES ALL THE TIMEI happily used this app for a long time. But in the last 6 months it crashes while updating. When I reopen it works. I’ve reached out to the developer several times with no response. I thought maybe he had abandoned the app..Version: 1.2.2
✓ Great app - that’s sadly stopped synching, and zero response from supportI’ve loved and used this app now for years. Suddenly, it’s stopped synching across devices. I’ve removed and reinstalled it several times, ensured I’m on all current OS versions, quadruple checked that all synch settings are on, and written the support email four times asking for guidance, each time ignored. It’ll be a shame to delete the app, which is now useless, as is their help line..Version: 1.2.2
✓ Not compatible with iOS 13. Keeps crashing.Crashing every time it tries to cloud sync after the update. This app is not compatible with iOS 13.Version: 1.1.2
✓ Could have been a great appCould have been a great app, but unfortunately not a lot of development and enhancements happened in the last few years I have had it. You still can’t tag, you can’t even view parent of your note which is very limiting in searching something that has unlimited layering. Most annoying bugs have not been fixed. On my iPad pro, once you turn on faceID the app never opens on the first try! You have to close it and reopen it. Not only that but once you turn on faceID lock you can’t go back and disable it. When you try to do that from the interface the UI just blinks and takes you nowhere. Also constant issues with losing synch between devices..Version: 1.2.2
✓ Ikiru loosing functionalityLove the program, love its structure, e.g. the ability to have a heading with subheadings and subheadings to the subheadings, To Do’s listed in chronological order, etc. However, some Ikiru features no longer function, such as automatic data sync upon closing, return to the the last view when reopening, etc. I can only attribute this to the fact that there have been several changes to Apple’s operating system and Ikiru has not kept up; there have been no updates for too long. For this reason, I’m now hesitant to entrust important information to Ikiru in case the next major Apple operating system update leaves Ikiru inoperable.Version: 1.2.2
✓ Location?This is potentially a very good list app but the one most significant function missing is the ability to have a reminder related to 'location'. This is particularly important for grocery or shopping lists. I contacted the developer asking if this was something that the next or future updates might include, but so far I have not had the courtesy of a reply..Version: 1.0.4
✓ Yuck. Avoid This $5 Ripoff.I've used Paperless for years and love it. When I read that Ikiru was the developer's "next generation" list app, I readily paid the $5. I wish I hadn't: the app is a step backward. The icons are monochromatic, small, and hard to distinguish. If this is a try for sophistication, it's a fail. The app's text is small and hard to read. The screens offer no organization for the eye, making it hard to tell items apart from one another. And the checkboxes, which were a great visual clue to interpreting lists, have been removed entirely and replaced with a swipe function. It's a textbook example of how a minimalistic approach can be overdone. The only improvement on Paperless I can see is the ability to make lists within lists. That's nice--but the app as a whole is such a dud in terms of usability, I'll stick with Paperless. All this raises the question, Why didn't the developer simply add lists-within-lists to Paperless? An obvious choice, right? The answer, no doubt, was that the new name and UI meant the developer could then charge $5, something he'd never get for an upgrade. Clever. It worked with me and I was conned out of my $5. And yes, I want my money back..Version: 1.0.2
✓ Why change dark mode?I prefer light appearance for general settings, but dark mode in Ikiru. I can’t do it now with this latest update. Why would you specifically change this feature? Otherwise, excellent app I’ve been using forever..Version: 1.2.2
✓ Good start- free apps have some added componentsI like the ability to use the lists and share them, but for a paid app, there should never be a free app that can offer substantive improvements. Wish I could see the tasks on a monthly, weekly, and daily calendar. Of course I always home for calendar syncing abilities, especially with Outlook and Google Calendar..Version: 1.2.1
✓ Wish I could get my money back.After Paperless I was expecting more functionality in this app not less. Many issues with this App: hard to read, frustrations with functionality (never could make anything complete). Don’t waste your money. I’ll be deleting it and going back to Paperless..Version: 1.1.2
✓ IOS 13.1.2 - App quit workingThis has been my go to list app for a long time. N the last few days it has quit working. When I tap on the Icon to open the app it opens momentarily then goes back to my home screen. This just started in the last few days after updating to IOS 13.1.1 and continues with IOS 13.1.2☹️ ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: I have removed and reinstalled app serval times. iCloud sync seems to be the problem. If I don’t turn on sync I can create and use a list. But without sync working I have can’t use my already existing lists. Please fix the iCloud sync issue!.Version: 1.1.2
✓ New features are nice but aesthetically needs workThe predecessor to this app "Paperless" by the same developer was one of very few apps that made it to (and stayed on) the homepage of my iPhone. It has been there for years as the ultimate quick list app. When I noticed the developer brought out a new app I got excited and hoped it would be like paperless but with more features. Unfortunately the main draw of paperless was its UI and this has been lost with Ikiru. Whilst there are hundreds more icons for lists, they're all the same colour and smaller, there's no way I can see to have checkboxes next to list icons and you have to swipe to mark things as done. There's not even a way to have a bullet point or icon at the start of a new list item so looking at a list it's hard to see where one item ends and another begins. To the developer - please don't take this criticism to heart, you've done an amazing job creating Paperless and Ikiru and I'm sure Ikiru meets your needs perfectly, but there are some Paperless users out there who want to support you but some tweaks are needed..Version: 1.0.2
✓ Ikiru vs PaperlessThere is really no comparison. Visually Ikiru sucks. Black and white and EXTREMELY limited choice of icons. Everything looks the same. If I had known what it looked like when I purchased it I would have stuck with Paperless. Unless colour and icon choice improves I will not be uding it! Extremely dissapointed! Waste of money..Version: 1.0.2
✓ Support Sucks!!Pretty good app, but support for problems does NOT exist. I’m not talking about “how to” or feature request, but report of a genuine problem that is causing data to be lost. Totally unacceptable. I guess some developers think it’s enough to take your money, and the hell with you if you have a problem. I’m surprised Apple doesn’t have a better policy for app developer supporting their app. If I could give this zero stars I would..Version: 1.2.2
✓ Paperless +Similar but different to 'Paperless'. Quite expensive. Has some nice features, just depends if you need lists within lists. I prefer the look, icons and text within Paperless, but this could grow on me..Version: 1.0.0
✓ Not an upgrade from paperless.Don’t waste your money. It’s not as fast and easy to use as paperless. I gave it a month trial, using every day to give it a chance. There’s a bit of lag, it’s a bit slow and can’t tap to complete - time consuming swipe that doesn’t always respond to first swipe..Version: 1.1.2
✓ SyncingKeeps turning off icloud sync. It’s ridiculous that it has to be reenabled every time I open the app..Version: 1.2.1
✓ Poor UIUsed to love paperless and to show contributed support downloaded this it's successor . Unfortunately one of the best features has been lost, placing icons next to lists made it easy to see at a glance what list you needed quick access too. The new icons in this are small and bland and a lot less choice. As a list / organiser app it's not easy on the eye. Hard to focus on what you need especially if you have loads of lists it just looks like an unorganised mess.Version: 1.0.2
✓ I used to love thisI used to love this and it has been very helpful in the past and I have lists and lists that I have written and used without problem in the past. Unfortunately it keeps losing the recent updates that I make. Yes, it’s supposed to sync to the cloud, but if it forgets the last page of notes that I’d painstakingly tapped out (and refined over the last hour and a half) and then syncs, there’s no way of getting my data back. I don’t know why it lost my data - maybe I closed it before it had a chance to sync or accidentally shook it and it decided to do the Shake to Undo thing (is there a way to switch that off) without me noticing and somehow acknowledged it, or maybe it broke when I walked to an area with no phone or Wi-Fi signal. Whatever happened, it doesn’t matter, my updates are gone and so it my confidence in this app. If as well as the cloud sync option, I had a manual save or even an Update Now option and a way to choose which file to load then this would not be a problem. But at the moment while, I really want to recommend it but I would struggle to do so..Version: 1.2.2
✓ Crashing in iOS 13This app has been alright. I’ve never liked it as much as its predecessor, but it’s done the job - until now. Now, in iOS 13, it crashes at launch and cannot be used. Time to say goodbye to all my long-established lists and find myself another list app..Version: 1.1.2
✓ I'm revising my review below from one to three starsI'm changing my review as I have resolved some of the issues I was having and have increased my rating from one to three stars. I LOVED this app and have been using it for years but it started to crash constantly. When my iPhone 7+ started playing up recently I increased my iCloud memory to 1Tb to ensure I had backup. I had so many problems backing up to my support phone that I had virtually given up on this App. After much help from Apple and the purchase of a new iPhone 14 I have overcome most of the issues and I can again access the App and still use it as I have SO much data on there but it just shuts after a few minutes. It's VERY frustrating. The App seems to be unsupported but I would gladly pay a small annual subscription as it is so comprehensive. Maybe the developer has been seriously ill or heaven forbid has died. I have dozens of lists here in fact I use it as a pictorial inventory for hobby collections like numismatics (google it). I have lists within lists for everything from storage lockers to shopping lists and recipes. It's simply amazing. I'm just FRUSTRATED to hell that I have to keep reopening it every couple of minutes! Original review - Best avoided, unsupported for years. I used to use this app extensively and had many VERY detailed lists. It WAS an AWESOME app but was never well supported. Recently it stopped syncing and when I changed my phone I could not transfer my lists. As far as I can tell all the good reviews are years old and the app is redundant. I’m surprised Apple still list it..Version: 1.2.2
✓ Great until the latest ios update 😕Was really pleased with this app but it now keeps freezing. Looking for another option.Version: 1.0.7
✓ Was good, now notWas perfect and simple app, last week or so notes haven’t been saving. Don’t risk it, Ive deleted it.Version: 1.2.1
✓ DisappointedI Love Paperless. I have used it for years! I decided to try Ikiru. I love the lists within lists, however, I’m going to stick with paperless until Ikiru has checklists and color!.Version: 1.1.1
✓ Moving tasks between listsNot pleased with this functionality in Ikiru. Paperless allows easy movement of tasks from one list to another. In Ikiru it takes 3 or 4 clicks. Am I missing something?.Version: 1.0.4
✓ I’m so disappointedI’ve used Paperless for years so was optimistic about the same developer releasing Ikiru. However, I got round to downloading it today and I’m sorry to say I’m just so disappointed. In terms of GUI and functionality, for me paperless runs rings around Ikiru. I like having a checklist where I can see at a glance which items are still outstanding. I like having icons I can see at a glance, coloured and bold. Other reviewers are right – Ikiru is a hard App to use in dim light with its blueprint style. I regret spending £4.99 on this app which I expected to be better than Paperless but isn’t even a match for it..Version: 1.1.2
✓ DisappointedI’ve used Paperless since my iPhone 4 and it’s a favorite. I made the assumption that Ikiru would be Paperless but much more but unfortunately I found it a bit confusing and not very useful for my simple purposes. Wish it had offered a lite version as Paperless did to try it out beforehand so I wouldn’t have wasted my dollars as I have uninstalled it..Version: 1.1.2
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