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Nebo: Endless Notes & Notebook App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Has potential but Needs improvementThis app is amazing for note taking cause of the infinity page. It’s a good concept but also lots of flaws 1. Lag - i write 1 module of notes and it’s giving me issues already 2. Crashes - I use a duel screen and the app can’t take it. (I’m certain it’s not a device issue) 3. The snap grip for straight lines is annoying and sucks My main issue is the Lag; the other 2 is bare able Features to add: 1. better shape maker 2. More pens.Version: 5.9.0
✓ Sync Feature is Dangerous - BewareThis app is fabulous…except for one feature that is so bad it is worth detracting 3 stars. Why 2 stars? The sync feature is severely lacking for a 2022 sync feature. If you have more than one device (eg an iPad Pro and an iPad mini) you will very likely overwrite your notes unless you’re vigilant. Syncing isn’t automatic. It isn’t even immediate - meaning it doesn’t recognize there’s a diff to be synced immediately. What happens is you make a change. Nebo recognizes the Diff and then you tap a cloud icon with an up arrow denoting your intent to upload to the cloud (and overwrite what’s there). If it recognizes a diff on the cloud (for some god-forsaken reason, it takes hours for Nebo to recognize this diff exists), there’s a cloud with down arrow icon to tap to download it to your device (and overwrite what existed). Here’s the issue: Say you have a Notebook called My Notes on both devices. You add Note 1 to your iPad Pro. Later, you add Note 2 to your iPad Mini. Now, you sync both devices to the cloud. You’d expect a merge behavior, right? You will now have Note 1 and Note 2 on both devices…..right? Nope. You will have either Note 1 or Note 2, depending which device you synced last AND the order you synced. There are too many permutations to go through. Suffice it to say, unless you’re diligent, you’re going to lose notes. There are workarounds but they’re complicated to explain..Version: 3.5.5
✓ Not all that practicalIf you wish to convert all you write you will run into lots of annoying issues like / it does not like doing a / if you ever need to have numbers with letters that’s a nightmare MD5 will be difficult. For some reason when I write th it will often just delete it I don’t know why. It has a lot of good features and when people see you using it they are impressed with how it seems to work but as a user it can be annoying. For some reason it lost half of my work within documents which I didn’t notice till cramming for an exam so I was not pleased. It is great at math formulas kind of worth getting just for that..Version: 2.1.1
✓ BADMy app keeps distorting my notes when annotating PDFs. I’m an engineering student and rely on my notes, I’m in exam period at the moment and have found all my notes are distorted and are virtually unreadable now. I’m very annoyed at this ugh.Version: 3.3.9
✓ Bad for mathsUseless for maths, note taking is fine but please add a ruler for math diagrams and protractor like the notes app has. I thought I would be able to use this for all my classes. Also make it easier to draw graphs (circle,line,bar). Thanks.Version: 2.0.6
✓ Pen constant widthThere is no option for pen with constant width. This is an immediate app killer. What is the problem with adding such a basic function?.Version: 4.1.10
✓ Great app. but I can’t save direct to iCloud.This relates to v1.9.0. I just downloaded it and did some testing. I think the features work brilliantly. 10 stars....!!! I need to get used to it, but it’s great. My 2 star rating is because I have to give my notes and personal data to MyScript if I want to save them to my iCloud account... I’d be interested to know if it exposes my iCloud account to a security risk... Anyway, I’m annoyed because they don’t make it clear on iTunes that you have to give away your data. You only discover that after buying the app.. There’s a manual way to save (since iTunes for iOS 11), but it’s clunky and makes that side of the app The only other option is to export to a Word (.docx), text or HTML file. If you do that, it’s not available to Nebo for editing. If anything happens to corrupt your iPad file, your notes are gone. My notes are my IP and I don’t want to share that with MyScript..Version: 1.9.0
✓ Good but with caveatsWhile there is a lot to love, some bugs with the syncing system has made this go from 5 star to 3 star. I have two iPads of different sizes, and use the icloud sync feature, which used to work great, however recently that experience has been really bad. I have had documents that I spend days writing just delete when they sync. I had a 10 minute speech I wrote disappear a few hours before I was due to give it. So while it’s a great tool, be aware and make sure you back up..Version: 4.1.4
✓ Great, not yet fantastic...This is a really great app. I love writing (notes, lists etc) but have terrible writing. Being able to simply convert my aweful handwriting into readable text teased the potential for a whole new world of productivity. However... I am legally blind (probably explains the handwriting!) and have great difficulty reading both the preview text and the final converted product. It would be brilliant if the text size options for both preview and converted text could be set. For me, such accessibility features would make this app invaluable, and a five star app to boot..Version: 2.1.0
✓ Could be so much betterI’ve had this app for about a year and a half and never use it, what it does it’s impressive but after showing off to friends is not very compelling to use simply because it’s missing some design love, just looks like a basic out of the box iOS app template The most obvious one, on the home screen there’s no way of enlarging the page thumbnails, how are you suppose to tell what’s on them? Again open a page and there’s no way of going to next or previous. If this had a Paper like interface where you can see what’s on your notebook without having to go through every single page individually this app would be so much better.Version: 2.0.6
✓ AverageThe features seem cool if only the program wouldn't keep crashing. No update so far to address this problem. Disappointing..Version: 1.4.0
✓ Good handwriting just wish there was more customizationI am a high school student and I take digital notes because my handwriting is so bad I can’t even read it, I mainly use notability but I read about the handwriting to txt function on this app and was intrigued I was amazed to find it could understand my writing! I can’t even understand my writing sometimes, it’s not perfect but it is miles better then even notiblity’s is. The only reason I am not going to use this app is because for one there is no different papers for the documents witch is what I would use for note taking, and I need graph paper sometimes for math. I also use a planner I made myself and I would like to be able to save that as a template. I would also like to not have to create a math section every time I want to use the math function although that is not a deal breaker. But the other big thing I would like is to be able to use different fonts for the text, the only font it has is pretty boring and I wish there were other options. If there is more customization available I will switch to this app in a heartbeat but until then I will probably continue to use notability..Version: 5.0.4
✓ Perfect if it could work more as a “normal” notetaking appI love how the handwriting recognition and the math equation detection works, and that’s a big reason I started using Nebo over other apps. The main issue about this app is that you can’t turn off the huge white bar (I know you can disable the text previews, but that doesn’t remove the bar) that goes on top of whatever you’re writing, and is very distracting for a more handwriting-preferred notetaker like me. I would ideally want the app to *supplement* my handwriting by letting me choose the specific parts of my handwriting that I want to use as typed text, but I don’t want every single line to be like this. If there could be an option to use this app more as a standalone notetaking app with the option to use the text conversion, that would make this my most used app for sure. If you need a notetaking app that “just works” for handwriting, you may have to look elsewhere as it will be very hard to get used to the constant appearance of a white bar and the changing line spacing..Version: 3.1.3
✓ Disappointed - Does not support keyboard typingI was looking for a note taking app which can accommodate both handwriting and typing where needed. Nebo app is advertised as one such app, and therefore I bought the full Nebo pack in the hope that I can compile all my notes under the same app regardless of whether I prefer handwriting or typing. I have been using the app for a while now and each time I start typing, the app crashes after I can type only about 3-4 letters, forces me to restart the app again and does not save what I typed. I tried troubleshooting via the suggested method and got in touch with the Nebo team about this error. They came back to me, saying that they are aware of this but there is no solution to the problem yet. So they suggested that I continue using the app only for taking handwritten notes. It has been more than 3 months since I notified this issue (and I am sure that they are receiving similar complaints from other users in the meanwhile) and the Nebo app still does not support typing. This is not what they advertise and had I known that I would not be able to use the app for typing, I would have downloaded another app probably for a cheaper price offering similar handwriting features. I hope they sort this out soon. This is truly disappointing..Version: 4.1.5
✓ Lots of promise, lacks finer detailsI’ve used Nebo for a few years now - and it’s magical how you can reformat written words like ascii text, as someone who forgets things it’s amazing to split a line - add an extra word and then join it back up again. But unfortunately there are many surprising cracks - you can’t move multiple pages between notebooks, you cant write interview questions and then put them next to a new page to record answers… and there are many more cool features I’d love to see - like recognising and showing me a list of all my written “todo” items in my notes etc (search kind of works for this, it’s just not a neat list you could refer to). It’s a shame as the potential is there… it’s just been stuck for a few years sadly. Update 06/2e - still ok but missing basic and the cool features. Shame.Version: 4.1.8
✓ GETS WORSE WITH EVERY UPDATE!GLITCHY… To give context, I have been using Nebo for 5 years now professionally and personally, it is my go-to app for note taking and studying. That being said… I’m hoping this will get the developers attention because there is no other way of getting post-purchase support! The most recent update has made a fundamental change that has effected my work flow a lot, but I cannot find any way of contacting the developers for help. I like this app and use it more than any other on my iPad. I will reinstate the 5 star rating and remove this call for help when it happens. I’m waiting on you now MyScript!!!!! The so-called support page on their website contains lots of useful information, but there is absolutely NO WAY of contacting the developers! It seems that My Script like to take your money but hate to offer a service. VERY POOR PERFORMANCE!!! (This is my original review) I have been using Nebo in so many parts of my life at work and at home for a few years now and it just works fantastic! Note taking has become so easy. I recommend getting PaperLike screen protectors to go with this App, it increases the natural writing feel of the App. There are a few ways I think the app can get better, but any improvements at this point would only make a great app better. Like I said, don’t think about it, just get it. If you are a regular note taker, or like to write for fun. This App will not disappoint. (Until you need help from the developers!!!).Version: 5.9.0
✓ GOOD AT FIRST BUT GETS LAGGY AND WORK IS LOSTAt first this app is great, a little laggy at times but it was still good! I used it for my studies to take a LOT of notes down. But then suddenly, the app started to glitch and stopped working, my work is gone and the app seems to be frozen, I can’t even open a new note. I updated the app, restarted my ipad many times waited hours for the app to sort itself out and yet it is still unresponsive! I am worried that I have lost all my work. I give 2 stars because nebo was a great note taking app at first and now it is unresponsive and work is gone! If there is a way I can get my work back and get nebo to work fine without glitching, I am happy to give it 5 stars cause it was a good app. Overall, disappointing. Please help get my work back!.Version: 5.9.1
✓ AWFULTHIS APP IS SO BAD I LEFT FOR ONE SECOND TO TAKE A CALL AND BOOM ALL MY NOTES HAD BEEN DELETED THANKS TO NEBO! Complete waste of my time.Version: 5.6.0
✓ Very good note taking app, critical export and navigation feature lackingGenerally Nebo is great, handles handwriting very well. However only three stars as some simple features hamper usability. Export - must be able to export whole notebooks and multiple pages as .pdf - can only export one page at a time. The “backup” function does not suffice. I bought the .pdf import/export add-on but it does not allow export of multiple pages or whole notebooks as .pdf Navigation - cannot move to the “next” or “previous” page in a notebook while reading/writing a note. Having to exit and enter the notebook menu rather than reading the next page is inconvenient and makes reviewing a large number of notes in a notebook annoying. Ultimately, it’s a great *writing* tool, but notes feel trapped in the system which makes reviewing and reading more inconvenient than it should be and with no export system except a single page manual process..Version: 3.0.1
✓ Caution!I am writing this to caution others that while this app offers some solid features and a clean interface, it clearly needs some refinement and glitches out. I was using their “Notes” page feature, which is a larger open space layout, to take handwritten notes in addition to drawing diagrams, charts, and images, hoping to create a more comprehensive document to refer to as I study. It was going great until all my individual handwritten notes, diagrams, and graphic elements became all tangled into one large overlapped mess! This happened twice, first time was small an easy thing to fix, but this second time was watching days of notes getting mashed into one another as I simply zoomed out to move to a different area of the page. The undo arrow was greyed out and nothing but the highlighter tool was selected. I tried for a long time to salvage things — surgically selecting the individual elements and notes from one another, and moving them apart, but the selection tool can’t tell the difference its all mashed together. I was really enjoying this app, but now at a complete loss. Might be fine for some light journaling or quick notes, but if you’re using for school or something comprehensive — please tread carefully..Version: 5.8.5
✓ Works OK as a stand alone app, sync needs work thoughThe handwriting recognition works as well as any app I’ve tried on an iPad Pro. But the lack of iCloud sync is a big inconvenience. If you have your other Apple devices set up to use iCloud sync, then Nebo's separate “cloud sync”is a cumbersome set of extra steps, requiring additional user IDs/accounts, and external services that would all be seamless if the app just supported iCloud. Disappointing for an otherwise well-designed app. The other SERIOUS gap in this app’s capabilities is that it does not seem to be compatible with any Bluetooth keyboard. This prevents NEBO from being a single app for all note-taking needs. With the way I use my iPad Pro, I take notes BOTH with the Apple Pencil, and sometimes with the IOS on-screen keyboard and sometimes with a separate Bluetooth keyboard, depending on the setting I am in at the time. This app does not support anything other than handwriting input. So you will still need another vendor’s note-taking app (like Evernote, OneNote, or Apple’s IOS Notes to make your iPad a true notebook replacement. Too bad, because if NEBO simply added these other input options, it would be all many people would need for note taking (other than perhaps a dedicated sketching app if artistic drawing is a requirement).Version: 1.6.9
✓ Angry with SYNCSuch a beautiful App has such a confusing Sync. Just lost weeks of work using sync..Version: 4.0.6
✓ Kept CrashingI started my first semester of college last fall and this app was recommended because all of the different note features that are good for taking traditional notes or if you need to draw a figure or something. It worked wonderfully up until today. I had started taking notes for a class when it started freezing and then exiting the app. I tried several things like clearing cache and restarting the tablet, and I looked online for solutions but came up empty. So I backed it up on my OneDrive, thinking everything would still be there, and I deleted and reinstalled the app. After reinstalling, I found that all notes that I had taken for the class, over 30 packed slides that took hours to write, gone. And as soon as I started to rewrite things, it starts freezing and crashing again. Started out as a wonderful, very helpful app that I planned to use for college, but I can’t seem to fix it and I cannot afford the time and frustration it takes to keep opening and closing the app and risk losing everything again..Version: 4.0.4
✓ Great App on iPad - just needs to be able to sync/access on MacI’ve tried many note taking apps, trying to find the best one to take handwritten notes and convert to text. Nebo does this brilliantly even with my horrible handwriting. I can move to typing if needed, easily convert from handwriting to text and select and copy sections to add to a mail etc. However, I switch in my working life between Mac and iPad, and I can’t access Nebo notes from my Mac. This is the only thing missing from this otherwise brilliant app. I can’t even view my notes which are synced with iCloud on my mac. Please please work on this Nebo team, and then your app will be the perfect note taking suite!.Version: 2.4.3
✓ DoubtI have a PDF file with is 1536 pages long. How can I reach the page 455, for example, without scrolling up until get there? I will change my rate as early as someone tell me how to do it..Version: 3.1
✓ DisappointingBought this because I like taking notes longhand and often need to include graphs and diagrams in my notes. Overall rather disappointed and I don’t think I’ll be using it much: * If the handwriting recognition gets a word wrong then your only option is to erase it and re-write. If it gave you a menu of options or similar (you know, like predictive text systems do) that would be much better. * I am a biologist and work with a lot of species names. The only way to get these in is to switch to typing, there’s no way to do it if it’s not a word in the dictionary * The note editing options are either primitive, clunky or missing: no lasso tool, no easy text selection for copy/cut and paste, hard to move things around, can’t find a way to add a diagram to the right of text. Can’t make a diagram and then add a sketch to it. Can’t change font or size as far as I can see. Overall, not worth the money in my opinion. Would be great to see this handwriting recognition system working with a more mature note taking app but I don’t think that this is up to the job..Version: 2.4.0
✓ PAINThe new version of this app is a COMPLETE PAIN. Documents dont back as they should. I have lost many of my documents twice now due to the unreliable nature of this app. Typing with a keyboard is also now a pain. Before you could simply touch screen and start writing but now that isn’t the case. I have used NEBO since 2020 and I haven’t had problems till late last year. I am totally disappointed with the platform as it has caused me pain. I will discontinue use and WONT be recommending at all.Version: 4.0.12
✓ Password protection pleaseFirst Nebo is the best writing aplicación that is out there at the moment but but for some reason this upgrade doesn’t happen! I will like to see an upgrade with Password protect Nebo and Nebo folders with Face ID as this can’t be difficult to do and today most of the Apps on the App Store come with this feature and as I store important information it will be for me great to be secure even if the iPad is password protected. I have contacted the support a few times and this is my second time I write a review I feel frustrated that a so god note taking app doesn’t have protection! Please could you bring an upgrade ASAP and I will be very happy to pay for the upgrade as your Aplicación is apart from the password protection super great..Version: 4.0.9
✓ Read before installing!!This app is decent considering its free, I recommend only getting this app for an Apple Pencil. Stylus and finger doesn’t work efficiently. If you have an Apple Pencil, but do not want to spend money on a note taking app..this is the right choice! However, goodnotes, or something like that would work better. I think this app should let you draw with the highlighter wherever you want on the page, not just on top of writing. I like to seperate my notes, while making them cute. I think this app is a good choice, but I would definitely consider goodnotes before this..Version: 3.3.1
✓ BuggyThis has been one of my favorite apps until recently- I love that I can keep a personal journal, one for podcast ideas, one for work purposes, etc. The integration with Google Drive and the ease of syncing all journals as well as saving and sharing specific pages is fantastic, and the conversion to text from writing is pretty accurate. However, in the past month I have struggled massively with extreme lagginess, app crashing or having to force restart the app, disconnection from google drive sync, and lack of responsiveness from customer service outreach which leaves me disappointed and seeking other apps. It’s taking upwards of 10 plus minutes to be able to finish writing a sentence or for the app to move to the next line, and whenever it does read the text it’s choppy and illegible most of the time. I’ve tried in multiple places with different WiFi connections, I’ve restarted the app, I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled, and even got a second Apple Pencil thinking that was the issue. I’ve tried other pencil-compatible apps and even did a hard reset on my iPad, all to no avail. I know it’s the app, and I really hope changes are made soon so I don’t have to switch everything over to another service. I’m hoping google comes out with something similar soon, or that there will be an update to fix all of this. Nebo started out really strongly for me and has been almost unusable the last several weeks..Version: 3.2.3
✓ DumbWhy would they make you pay for extra pages, it's a good app but when they do dumb like things like that. I got the app to take notes and i saw that every time i deleted a note or document it said 5 pages left, four pages left, 3 pages left ect. NOT SMART IDEA TO MAKE PEOPLE PAYY!!! (i deleted the app it’s horrible).Version: 5.10.1
✓ Loses Notes. Use at you own risk.In general, I really like the app functionality but it has a tendency to completely lose notes. I had this happen a few years ago so I switched to a different note taking app. Recently I decided to give Nebo another try hoping that things had been fixed. The app was working well but it updated today and the last note I had been working on, from a few days ago, has now disappeared and is seemingly irretrievable. Super frustrating! This is clearly a known issue as there is a support article on their website about losing notes after an app update. It suggested that the Nebo account may have just gotten signed out. Not my case, it was still signed into my Nebo account. Tried signing out then back in, no change. I also tried resyncing with the cloud (icloud) but again, there was no change. So I have lost those notes. There seems to be something fundamentally wrong with how the app is built that this happens. It’s great when it’s working but use at your own risk..Version: 5.0.0
✓ StopThis app was really good at first; I used it a lot last year for exam revision!! When I opened it recently I was excited to see that a lot of the things that were previously only accessible with an in-app purchase, were now free - however the system they’ve come up with is actually extremely disappointing. I’m not sure what Nebo was trying to achieve with the ‘5 page limit’ but it’s genuinely so annoying and sad that an app that has been so useful with note-taking has gone down this path. I wouldn’t be fussed about this update at all, and would’ve been happy to pay to unlock the full experience; however, that’s a whole $15!! Do you realize how ludicrous that is?? I’m genuinely floored that the creators of this app have the audacity to do this, and I sincerely hope that their revenue goes down and people are turned away from using the app. I hate you guys xx.Version: 4.1.4
✓ Would love Nebo more if it has a Mac appNebo is a fantastic app and my favourite to take notes. The lack of an app that works for all Macs not just M1s is a major let down. Pls fix this Nebo team..Version: 4.0.12
✓ Do the developer bother to update?I was happy and thankful to see it. The best positive side was it could read to some extend my handwriting! The problem is that apparently when your document becomes larger, it starts to have problem to edit it. For example in my 10 or more pages document, if I want to delete an empty line (space) with upper stock gesture, the application stops or hangs. I hope they can try to update it. Additionally applying AI to learn from my handwriting habits and make the change to text easier and more accurate in future, would be a good plus point. Regards.Version: 2.4.0
✓ Generally pretty good, occasionally frustrating experience formatting and recognitionOverall I really like this app, but some issues with the conversions not behaving how I expect causes some frustration. When note taking in English with the Apple Pencil, I usually have no problems. I write Japanese notes also, but the conversion isn’t always great and I end up spending too much time trying to get the correct characters to display. If there was an option to use the keyboard in addition for input, it would help so much in this scenario. Also sometimes the formatting recognition is a bit off, such as bullets, hyphens and using breaks and joins..Version: 1.9.2
✓ Underline featureGood app but the new underline feature on the grid paper is very annoying. I can’t write fractions normally because the line keeps glitching and moving..Version: 4.0.6
✓ Good, but with limitations and bugsFirst the handwriting recognition is first rate. I’m an author and like to write freehand, and it’s great to be able to copy the conversion into my text...It’s exactly what I needed in that way. But, there are a few frustrations...First, why does the app not allow paragraph indentations? I need to add them after exporting, and often when I think I’ve started a new paragraph Nebo assumes I’m actually continuing the paragraph on the next line. It would be so simple to add functionality for tabs, even if it involves using the keyboard. Second, and most frustrating of all, Nebo often will combine several words into one, even though my handwriting does have clear spaces between them. This happens to me several times each day, and I need to go back and rewrite the whole section. (Swiping to separate words usually doesn’t work.) This is a huge waste of time, and since I use Nebo to save time, this makes it almost not worth using. Incredibly frustrating..Version: 2.4.3
✓ Nesbo **Nesbo is an app with a lot of potential. I've been using it every day since I bought it in 2021, and I've noticed that there's still room for improvement. Firstly, the alphabetical ordering of 'pages' seems essential to me. I meet several people every day and take notes with Nesbo. It quickly becomes a mess to find people's names and the manual ordering... not in 2023. Secondly, the number of pages before the app indicates that the maximum length has been reached should be announced by a countdown. Thirdly, the transfer from Nesbo to Word (for backup or storage purpose). For example, when saving around 50 pages, the selection often gets lost and you have to start again. Fourthly, and this is probably the most complicated of all, that the software learns my handwriting. The same flyswatters could end up being understood instead of repeating the same mistakes over and over. Finally, it would be an absolute dream if the software could 'translate' handwritten texts in pdf format, into print. But that's really complicated..Version: 5.0.4
✓ Good but VERY ANNOYINGNebo as an app is a very good idea; converting hand-written notes into text, and messy lines into straight and clear ones, but the execution is frankly bad. If you try to write 2 straight lines next to each other, it, for some reason, combines the 2, forming a sort of arrow, and when you try to draw an arrow, it just randomly deletes your drawn line. It also, for some reason, randomly stops working (crashing, freezing etc.) It also randomly stops reading lines or words from my Apple Pencil, and, if you try to draw a straight line, it puts a gap in the middle (due to the fact that is stops reading where the Apple Pencil is), and you have to then erase those ‘2’ lines to draw 1 straight line.Version: 5.2.0
✓ Serious Security IssuesThis app, once signed in, will NOT let you sign out. Moreover, anyone can open the app: it requires neither passcode nor biometrics..Version: 1.6.4
✓ Great app with major issuesI've used Nebo for the last twelve months and I think I may need to change again. The handwriting recognition has always been very good. I do a lot of engineering notes and I use the math function and when it works it's amazing. I don't think I've ever had a function or problem I could get represented. However, it can take twenty minutes of furiously scribbling out and rewriting symbols, numbers, or Greek letters. For some reason the great system that they use for writing where you have a list of possible words if the interpretation is wrong doesn't have a counterpart in the math function. Complex formulas and repeatedly editing equations because of mistranslated inputs is a sure way to crash the program. Crashes happen several times an hour under heavy usage. If Nebo included a keyboard input including Greek letters and allowed easier editing or produced a standalone app that was for math notes I would love it. For the right use case it's a great app with great handwriting recognition. I really wish the developers would work their magic beyond handwriting but the app just isn't ready for my use yet..Version: 2.5.3
✓ Great app on its own. Once you start to go between devices though...I've used Nebo for quite a while (when it was a free app with all features available) on a Surface Pro and I've easily loved it for how easy it makes note-taking for me. Converting my pretty messy handwriting to text really helps me make sure I can fully read my notes. While it's a great app on its own, I've struggled while going between devices. I've paid for Sync features (I use Google Drive), but I find it frustrating that if I'm going between devices, I might have some notes on one device and other notes on another causing a sync error. It would be nice to be able to compare between the copies before choosing which one to keep - or even better, be able to merge the two copies together. Another issue I've encountered is taking notes on my M1 Mac - if I'm not using my iPad to take notes, I do it on my Mac, and it's quite obvious the application's not fully designed for Mac devices (ie I use a mouse and drag to highlight a word). Keyboard functionality is a good start, but if there's a way to make Nebo have keyboard-and-mouse only controls (and no stylus/drawing), I think that'd be neat. TL;DR: Nebo's a great app, I've used it for a while, but I'm quite frustrated when it comes to syncing notes between devices and using my M1 Mac to take notes as well..Version: 3.3.6
✓ Almost thereOriginal review below ... really disappointed. It has become so laggy and unresponsive that I almost can’t use it. Unless you don’t need to write and edit in a hurry or with any amount of time frame and have a lot of patience I wouldn’t recommend. Needs major fixes. Not good for uni note taking. :( I so wanted this to be amazing it looked so good in the ads. I think that the concept is awesome I just wish it actually worked. It is full of bugs and the short commands don’t always work first, second, third or even the fourth time you try. It also sometimes changes the formatting when you leave the app so when you come back all of your dot points are alighted at the edge of the page. Lucky I used different colours so I know which ones are heading and which ones are sub bullets. If they can fix the bugs it would be 5 star. If the developer would like more feedback I am more than happy to chat if they leave their email. It’s so close to being amazing!.Version: 1.9.4
✓ Generally good recognitionI’m using Nebo because I’ve found it to be the most natural handwritten input app, and also available on both iOS and Windows. I do have some disappointments though. After an update the handwriting recognition actually got worse for me and hasn’t been the same since. Only having one level of notebooks (and no tags) is frustrating also. I wish the MyScript keyboard was still available for use in other apps also but it isn’t..Version: 2.1.1
✓ Not ideal for writing mathematicsFirst of all, the app crashes fairly regularly when I use the ‘math box’ to write my notes and then takes a long time to reopen which is not ideal for when I need to write notes quickly. And secondly, all the nifty features for making your work neater seem to prove rather counter productive when trying to write maths as things get moved around and I don’t necessarily want all my writing to be converted to text when I export it but seems that with the exception of exporting in html which comes with its own issues, this is the only option. I’m sure this app would be great for taking regular notes but as for notes involving maths, it’s not ideal.Version: 2.0.4
✓ Stay clear!This app is by far the most counterintuitive app you will EVER use. I like to think of myself as reasonably advanced in adopting new technologies and am currently trying a range of note taking apps. When you first start off, the tutorial is great and reasonably logical, however once you get into actually trying to replicate what you have learnt in the tutorial, it quite genuinely is near impossible, to be frank, it’s actually impossible. I tried to draw a simple logic flow diagram and then convert it, this was an absolute nightmare, if the app didn’t crash and I lost my original draft, then I was stuck converting each box, triangle, and circle. As for converting handwriting to text and anything else you learnt in the tutorial, I still have absolutely no idea how to do it in practice. Would be nice if the developers could reach out to either 1. offer a refund or 2. give me what may be a 6 week training course to use what you would should be reasonably simple..Version: 1.9.0
✓ Don’t get itIt used to be ok before but now it’s super glitchy. The eraser doesn’t work properly it takes forever to erase anything. The back button takes a good 4 seconds to undo what you did. It just not seamless at all. The Freeform option doesn’t let you adjust the space properly. It takes forever to catch up. And the other option for the note keeps rearranging your notes and adding spaces in between things. It used it be like a 3 stars before but Honestly the note app on your iPad will be much much better than this.Version: 4.0.7
✓ Good notes taking app but with limitationsIt’s a very good notes taking app with some great features such as converting handwritten text into typed text just by double tapping the text. Also I really like that you can use the pen to scratch any word or sentence which acts as a rubber but without the need to switch the pencil function into rubber. What the app lacks is the ability to import photos that then can be edited, no option to work/edit Word documents is a big limitation too. Also, the app developers should make a greater effort to catch up with the competition which have introduced such features as scanning documents and then being able to make notes on them, or voice recording..Version: 4.0.6
✓ Lost valuable work filesSo angry. No warning whatsoever after update to 2.2 I believe was the version of this app and lost a few days of valuable work notes. I don’t use windows to back up the notes nor do I back up my notes in my iOS and neither was I aware of this feature as I backup to cloud but it refused to sync.... Still after exchanges with help desk of the developer no way forward. I disagree with their decision to not reimburse me so I asked my credit card company to refund me with the reasons presented. Very annoyed. This cost me 8 hours plus recreating work over two days not to mention my time which is invaluable. Arghhhh just use the built in app. Forget to translate your handwriting to text. Not worth the hassle as this was main timesaver function I bought this app for. Yet I’m out of pocket..Version: 2.2.2
✓ It’s good but...😐It’s OK like I like Cal it’s named Nebo because I play a game where my account is named Bebo and it’s really close to the name so I just like it and I use this every day for a lot of things mainly for writing stories having a chore list all that kind of stuff and it’s mainly like it’s a good app but I don’t really think that there should be any payments in it and I’m just like man why do you need to have payments and everything like I just don’t know even why but I know you have to make money with it but like just an app where you write stuff in the Apple notes doesn’t take any money like geez why do you have to have it all like just why why do you need to get that make a different app that has money that will actually light work a little better than some little note app like why why would you need to do that I just really feel that you should just take paying off of the games and I would give it a five star review if you didn’t have to pay anything.Version: 3.1
✓ Glitches and crashesI have had this App for more than a year now. I have using it to keep a garden journal. It is magical to write notes with my Apple Pencil and have converted to text. I can also insert photos and make drawings. It is just what I need for my journal. However, there are a lot of little glitches and it has now crashed for the second time in a big way so that several of my notebooks and pages in my notebooks are not accessible. It happened last year and I was able with tech help to recover most of my data. I am waiting to hear from them to see if I can recover it again. I may have lost a lot of data. What I learned last time is that it really doesn’t handle large files so if I insert many photos it makes the files difficult and slow to open. Also, often when I write “th” it interprets that as delete and it disappears. It’s interpretation of bullets is capricious and inconsistent. I gave it a second try but I think I will have to abandon Nebo and find something else. Just hope I haven’t lost my garden journal for this year as well as several other note sets. If I were a student I would definitely not rely on this App for class notes..Version: 1.9.2
✓ PDF annotation is not free, so don’t waste your timeThat is all..Version: 4.0.3
✓ Needs workI purchased the app and it is doing a reasonable job. However, Nebo customer service does not respond well to providing additional needed capabilities. I opened a ticket on the topic, and some newbie tech did not even understand the request nor properly forward it to the development team. Among other things, Nebo dose not provide a good mechanism to insert characters. There is the what I will call the “down line gesture” by which you can insert a single space, or a carriage return. However, what if I want to insert several characters or words. I spend an inordinate amount of time editing because of the lack of this function. A needed function is an insert function. It could be on the bar along with the pen selection and eraser. This would save a lot of time. Think about it. Every single text editor on earth has an insert function. If Nebo decide not to take user feedback into account, this product that is a great start, will not make it. I suggest they are more responsive to their customers.Version: 2.0.2
✓ Do not useI paid for the full version of this and I used it for my project designs and note taking. It was all good until the app suddenly broke and I could not open it again. Tried restarting my iPad and opening the app many times over span of days and nothing.at that point I re installed the app just to find that all of my hard work is gone. Extremely unreliable and unstable app. Use at your own risk..Version: 5.9.2
✓ Almost useful.A superb technology demonstration, but the import/export capability is woeful, so it can’t really be used to write up any useful document. I paid for it when they announced that it had math recognition - which it does very well - but manually exporting each formula as a separate fragment to paste into a some other editor in order to recreate a basic school report is a deal breaker. Clearly it can recognise and export the math, and can recognise and export text with document structure, but instead of a basic markdown import/export it uses MS-Word with math converted to images that can’t be edited or a PDF that in practise is equally non-editable; or plain text without the math at all..Version: 3.1.1
✓ Frustrating app, wish to get a refundThis app has been a disappointing experience overall, as you can’t work fluidly on it. It bugs on different levels. - Whenever I inserted images into the document, the helpful text version of the handwriting disappears. So you cannot follow up with how the app is transcribing your handwriting. - Also, once a paragraph is transformed from handwriting into text, the app doesn’t let me correct the points where the system did not transcribe my handwriting correctly. For example: Let’s say I wrote “publier le contenu” (I work in French) without being able to see how the app would transcribe my handwriting because obviously as I said in the first bullet point, the images that I inserted into the text somehow block the helpful text function. Then I transformed the handwriting into text and found that it transcribed “publier 7 contenu “. The app doesn’t let me correct this. It makes me remove the unwanted “7” but I cannot reinsert the “le”. And so on so forth....Version: 1.9.5
✓ A little restrictiveNice ... but being locked into the one app is somewhat restrictive and made just a tad more frustrating when a colleague demonstrated MyScript stylus keyboard ‘in every app’ !! I know this is no longer available but that product is what I wanted when I ended up buying this ... perhaps make it available to those who invested in Nebo... or even an IAP ... I would throw a few extra dollars just for that functionality; you know, following on from your website comment “to support this investment to remove the previous app generation”....Version: 1.9.4
✓ Highest potential for handwriting appNebo is a word processor that works with handwriting. It searches, edits, moves blocks of text, supports basic formatting and outputs nicely typed results ready for advanced editing by a publisher. If I was going to write a book it would be my first choice. Nebo doesn't meet strict security requirements. My notes may contain classified material that require a chain of custody. Meaning they need to be either on my device in my custody or encrypted and stored on iCloud--the only approved cloud service under my security policy. It won't work over a corp or gov network that blocks MyScript servers. I quit using Nebo in favor of Apple Notes for this single reason. I have reported it to the developer and they are working on it. In order to get cloud access Nebo has to proxy data through their MyScript servers. This creates a man-in-the-middle situation that breaks the chain of custody. If it is updated to directly sync to iCloud from my iPad without a MyScript server connection and account I would use it exclusively..Version: 2.0.2
✓ Has problemsLoved this app until a simultaneous update deleted 2 days worth of notes..Version: 5.0.1
✓ Lags, crashes, no option to not snap shapesLagging and crashing is self explanatory. I crashed and suddenly all the shapes in the note I was drawing on was gone. Very annoying. I like making straight lines, but I DO NOT want the straight lines to snap together !! They are meant to be parallel!! No option to turn it off!! Would love if it was as intuitive as GoodNotes 5 Pros: Feels buttery smooth to write though. I love the felt pen. I used it primarily as a note taking infinite canvas mindmap app but the problems above are honestly too much….Version: 4.0.13
✓ ???Like someone else mentioned, I really liked it for awhile. I like the way my apple pen flows (the animation, it's really smooth), and I love the open ended canvas. Was going to buy full version but it suddenly crashed and won't open again. It just loads endlessly and I can't even go back to home or click anything.Version: 5.10.3
✓ AvoidNebo forces you to create an account even if you only want to sync with your icloud account. On top of it, they explicitly block email protection services. There is exactly one reason why a company would do that... to harvest your data. At this point I am assuming they collect not only your email, but your notes as well, to do $DEITY knows what with. No thanks. I want a refund..Version: 3.3.5
✓ Pen InteractionsThis app has been my go-to for a couple years now. I has helped me with my University and has been a godsend in terms of productivity and my ability to organise tasks. This, however, changed recently in the updates to the app. The pen interactions specifically are now making it so I am wasting so much time trying to bold my writing when I underline what I have written. Prior to the update you could underline and by how many times you underlined would determine what type of heading it became and was bold. This was exceptionally useful, but now, post update, you underline your words and it actually underlines it and you now have to highlight it and wait for the menu to pop up and select bold. This issue led me to the settings where you can change it from actually underlining your work to bolding it, but this function is broken and it does not work. The newest update has not only broken the flow of the app but the nature of its productivity. I am wasting so much time trying to fix the apps mistakes that I am no longer using it. Aside from this the general operation of the app feels different and foreign due to these unnecessary changes. Given that I am not longer using this app my review has gone from 5 stars to 1 stars. My suspicion is that the incorporation of this feature was done poorly and has now been at the apps detriment..Version: 4.0.2
✓ Meh 😑This app is good it gives you the choice to have standard quality for free, or the better option for a certain amount of money. I have no apple pen only a stylus. That could be the problem, and every time I do something wrong like not write on the line it erases it and pops up with a notification saying please write on the lines this caused me to become very annoyed and I soon deleted the app after 20 minutes of trying to write the first word so I have given it 2 stars! Sadly I do not recommend if you don’t have an Apple Pencil. I will not be downloading this app again before the notifications are fixed so that you have the option to turn them off..Version: 3.0.1
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