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Simplenote App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
Simplenote app received 30 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Simplenote? Can you share your negative thoughts about simplenote?
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✓ Account created without my consentSomeone has created an account with this website using my email. I received a “confirmation” email of “my” new account opened in the middle of the night. So I went onto the website and said I’d forgotten my password (of an account which I’d never opened in the first place) and then changed my password and closed the account which I’d never opened. Update - I have now been updated by the provider of this service that someone had used a large list of emails and seemingly created a load of fake accounts. Thank you for taking the time to reply (I have updated my rate to 3 stars as a result). However, it should not be possible for anyone to create an account using someone else’s email like has happened with me, given that I had never confirmed my email. I’m happy to learn this is being investigated. Thank you..Version: 4.31
✓ Good note taking app but can be much betterIf you just want a simple basic note taking app with passcode/Face ID support, look no further, this is the app for you. I wish it has the following features: - real folders (not tags) - multiple fonts - support for bold, underline, italics, etc - able to attach photo, video, audio - export to PDF, Word doc.Version: 4.34
✓ Won’t let me loginIt keeps saying 'could not create account with the provided email and password' and then 'sorry try again later'. I tried several times but it still won’t work. In my opinion, logging in should be optional, you’ll lose a lot of people at this step..Version: 4.32
✓ Major bugsSince the latest updates I've had too many problems with Simplenote not syncing across my three devices. On reinstalling on my iPhone to try and fix the issue the latest bag will not accept my login email address. Sorry, but with an app that's supposed to sync notes across multiple devices, if it doesn't do this it gets no stars from me. (Tho it appears one is the minimum I can award) So disappointed, as I was Simplenote because the Clear list app had also stopped syncing reliably through Cloud..Version: 4.0.7
✓ Great app until iOS 12 support droppedI understand that it’s tricky for developers to keep supporting older operating systems. But there’s a lot of great hardware that Apple has abandoned for OS updates, and devs are our last defence against that kind of planned obsolescence. Fortunately, most of my ‘core’ apps are still updating on 12 - but sadly not this one..Version: 4.47
✓ Duplicate fractured notesI would keep using it had it not been for the syncing issues between different devices. The number of notes on each device isn't the same, meaning they don't stay in sync. Sometimes even parts of notes appear again as their own individual notes, and it just takes so long to go through and check through to find the ones to delete. Will have to switch to another app..Version: 4.6.5
✓ Suggestions for $20.00 Sustainer (From a Professional Writer)A few suggestions I have are (note to the SimpleNote development team, I have MANY ideas like these, I’m just listing the first ones that come off of the top of my head) 1. the ability to search using multiple keywords (eg. “Ancient Rome, gladiator, Julius Caesar” bringing up *only* results which have these key terms) 2. the ability to automatically have backups scheduled and emailed or saved to iCloud in regular intervals (eg. every week, ever month, every quarter etc.) 3. the ability to encrypt specific notes and to export these individual notes, whilst remaining encrypted 4. the ability to password protect specific notes (with or without encryption, it doesn’t matter) 5. the ability to sort notes manually with the end user being able to place notes into position and lock them into an order which never changes.Version: 4.49
✓ DeletedIt asked me to create an account and when I did all the notes I had got deleted.Version: 4.47
✓ Watch out if you sync to a MacbookI’ve been using Simplenote for a while & was generally happy with it. However, it has recently begun to randomly delete text when it syncs with my Macbook. If I don’t notice in time, the missing data can’t be recovered using history restore function. I’m switching to a different app but it might be fine if you’re only using it on iphones & ipads..Version: 4.4.3
✓ Login?Sorry, don’t need another app that needs a login, can’t even try it without making a login. So unless you don’t mind having to login to view notes, don’t bother..Version: 4.19
✓ Not impressed with needing a third party accountNot impressed with needing a third party account to remove the adds. How about using the App Store subscription system or offering a flat out pro version. Ended up using evermore instead..Version: 3.1.4
✓ Does what is says on the label, is fast, and works wellBut the free version is ad supported - not mentioned in the description on the app, and premium features are a yearly subscription, again not mentioned until you download the app and set up your account, giving out your email address. Nice app, but conditions should be made clearer. Also no indication how the data is stored on the remote host, No idea if it encrypted or not..Version: 0
✓ Unreliable SyncHave been a very satisfied user for many years so disappointed to see sync is not operating properly between my iphone and ipad. Looking for alternative Tried again April 2022 Sad to see that sync between iphone and ipad is still not reliable… :(.Version: 4.47
✓ Potentially GoodIt works on all platforms, and it seems to work well. But it falls down because although the iPad app shows the first line in title font, all other platforms show it as plain text. And there is no way of setting fonts / titles on any of the platforms; in fact, on iPad, the first line is a title font whether you like it or not!.Version: 4.47
✓ InacceptableUn nouveau modèle d'affaires sans aucun égard pour les fidèles petits utilisateurs auxquels était destiné cette appli depuis ces nombreuses années. Le temps de migrer mes données, manuellement puisqu'aucun outil n'est offert à ceux qui ne peuvent plus se payer cette appli de niche, et je quitte..Version: 4.48
✓ Losing textI used to love this app. Used it everyday for multiple things. But lately I'll open a note and find that a block of text is gone. When I go to the history to restore it, the history doesn't show anything in the timeframe that I used it last. For years this would happen every once in a while and they could always restore the note. But in the last year now they say they can't. That if the history doesn't show that I used the note then there is nothing that can be done. This happens about every other month, usually for multiple notes all at the same time. If they want to say that I'm accidentally deleting the text that would be one thing, but to show I never even used the app when I did is another. They keep saying this happens sometimes and there's nothing that can be done. It's become incredibly frustrating. I'm about to stop using the app altogether. I hold on because I keep hoping there will be an update that will fix this..Version: 4.47
✓ BrokenHave had this app for ages, and reliability just keeps getting worse. I can generally get to it on the web, or with a 3rd party from the desktop; but the iPad and iPhone apps really struggle to stay synced. If it doesn’t sync reliably there is really no point in having it..Version: 4.0.7
✓ Everything deletedI opened the app - to my surprise I now needed to make an account for, so I did and every note that I had before were gone. Except for the welcome to Simplenote tutorial note. I had a lot of notes especially thoughts that I’d like to go back to and/or add on and they were gone. Horrible..Version: 4.47
✓ Weak securityStill no two factor authentication... wouldn’t use this app unless you don’t care about security..Version: 4.23
✓ Terrible bad surprise!!!Why not let users choose how much they want to help? Instead of a fix amount a month or a year, let them type the amount from 1$ to 25$ a month! This way, you will get far more positive responses from users that can't match 25$/month... This is simple mathematics. In the meantime,I immediately exported all my notes and started using Joplin..Version: 4.49
✓ The new $27 dollar a month subscription is simply unacceptable.Simplenote is an app with very limited function and usefulness. Nothing can justify almost three hundred dollars a year..Version: 4.50
✓ Everything lost that I wrote down on this appTwo many things I wrote down on this app. Something was so important I can’t even explain it to any one in this world. I was storing information, news, articles and too many important things on this app for months and years. One night when I went to open the app to write something new it asked me to sign up or log in. This app didn’t have this option before and access was only a click. Without sign up ur log in I tried multiple times to get access into the app but denied then I signed up and got access into the app and nothing was there. My efforts and time I spent to collect information on this app just throw me in to the dark. It was so painful so painful I can’t explain. Who can give me back my writings that I did on this app. I want to ask the developer of this app why have I been cheated so ruthlessly by this app? I didn’t do any harm by using this app, even then why I have been seriously affected. If possible help me by restoring my writings. Give me a space please. I want to request people don’t use any app if you don’t know much about it..Version: 4.47
✓ I’m so disappointedI want to use this app seriously for once, and it lets me down. I have an iPhone and an iPad. Apparently when I create a new note on my iPhone, it won’t go over to the iPad and vice-versa. Only existing notes can sync, but new ones don’t get synced. I wrote a long text on my iPhone, and wanted to continue on the iPad, but it’s nowhere to be found. I can see it on the web, but not in the iPad app. But when I modify an existing note, it syncs immediately. I will not use this app anymore, I will go back to Apple’s Notes app..Version: 4.27
✓ Demanded an email then wouldn’t accept itYou have to create an account to use this for some stupid reason. When I did, it wouldn’t accept it. So now I’m off to get another notepad app that isn’t garbage..Version: 4.32
✓ No shortcuts for ipad Keyboard hurts the appI use an ipad 6 to use this application and it was going really good until I held down the command key to see what cool shortcuts were available. There were none. Suddenly all the speed and simplicity that the app did a wonderful job of integrating flew out of the window because I was left having to reach from keyboard to screen more often than I wanted to. There were no obvious shortcuts for making a new note other than actually touching the screen. No obvious way off accessing my tags unless I touched the screen. This is wonderful when I am in full touchscreen ipad mode or iphone mode but when I have the keyboard out and connected to the ipad I want a little bit more fluidity when it comes to movement between windows. After all, Apple specializes in this. So seeing that there are no obvious keyboard shortcuts really hurt. Every other app shows me a nice list of easy to see shortcuts when I hold the command button. Please add this feature. It will improve the app drastically. Literally made the app unusable for me because it is hard to go back to just touching the screen for every single task when you have a keyboard attached. Touching screen for a few things is nice but it gets to a point where my hands cant even rest on the keyboard anymore..Version: 4.9
✓ A bit to simpleDon’t get me wrong this is a really good note taking app there is a lot of stuff to like, it’s fast, syncs across devices, dark theme, passcode / fingerprint security, it even has tagging which is more advanced option not found in the default notes app. With all that my complaint it’s just a little bit to simple I can’t add a picture to a note, there is no basic formatting such as bold or underline and can’t create a checklist, none of these have to be advanced options buried in menus they can be added right above the keyboard. I really want this to be my main note taking app but I’m in no means a power user that needs something like Evernote or Notability. I just need a simple note taking app with very basic options and features that include just a bit more than only text..Version: 4.6.4
✓ Airplane mode screwed up 15 or more notesI’ve used SN for years and this is not the first time sync fails me. I’ve stuck with it because it the Desktop and iOS apps work well. But this morning I updated notes on my phone while on airplane mode and when I went to my desktop, I found many notes screwed up. I’ll have to go back and painfully, manually, go in the history of the ones I can see were broken, and restore the contents. I can clearly see the wrong order of/out of sequence dates in the notes’ history. This is unbelievable. Giving it up ASAP..Version: 4.23
✓ Sustainer?$27/month or $270/year? Are you insane? I’d love to support Simplenote development, but these options are completely unrealistic. Previous: Cursor won’t go to blank lines The cursor won’t go into blank lines. ONLY lines with text. Very frustrating..Version: 4.48
✓ Can sync better btn devicesI was writing a story in this app in the NYC metro, with on and off data service. I came home and open up my ipad to continue writing it, but the story wasn't updated, it only showed the begining where I wrote yesterday. So i opend my iphone and the freshly written story was there for 0.1 second and then it reverted back to the begining as the iPad. I lost the story I wrote for 1 hour on the train ride. It's not bad I can write again, but it is annoying. I expected this app to sync seamlessly btn devices like Apple's note app. Apples note was synching great except it got really slow when a note gets really long. I really want to keep on using Simplenote which usually runs smoother with longer text so please fix it so it syncs better and more instantly and KNOW which point of time to syn to btn devices!!.Version: 4.9
✓ Not reliableI used this tool for many years and it used to be robust and reliable. Lately I had too many problems with it: syncing issues, notes disappearing after syncing, or deleted notes re-appearing in my inbox. I tried asking for help from technical support but I received no answer. I can’t count on it anymore since I lost some really important notes a few times now due to bugs and syncing issues. So I had to find a new and more-reliable tool..Version: 4.47
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