Coda Reviews – Page 6

Needs dark mode

theconsultingdramaqueen

This seems trivial, but I have sensory issues, and the bright orange theme isn’t good for me, as it’s too bright and causes headaches. If there were the option to choose the color, or even just a dark theme, then it would be more accessible. As it is, I can’t use this app yet. ?

Can’t Log in with Google

Shade472

Every time I attempt to login, I get redirected to a page where it tells me I need to enable cookies. So, I go to safari setting and attempt to do this. I enable cookies and allow cross-site tracking. Still no dice. The web version is great, this is very disappointing.

Bummer

Comrade Cagle

I LOVE Coda. I think it is a super powerful app and was stoked to ditch some other similar apps but when I moved to my iPad Pro as my main computing device I discovered the iOS app is just not up to par with the desktop environment/experience. Unfortunately until the iOS experience catches up to speed I am going to migrate back to another similar app.

Weak app design (but good on desktop)

dandelionlion

Coda is an amazing product that has made making spreadsheets and documents a JOY. I've been using Coda since 2017 and have loved seeing all of the new features and updates. They're really pushing a great product and bringing in some much needed innovation to document building. The app however has struggled since it's release. The experience is just plain bad, if not terrible. On desktop/Chrome it's a fantastic experience. It's very easy to create or edit different pages (or "sections" as coda calls it), edit and view tables, and navigate across all of your data in a document. It really is fun in my opinion. In the app, everything is a pain. I'm glad I can view my documents but editing it or adding new content is frustrating. The only format that doesn't quite break is a plain paragraph of text. Tables are not very elegant to view (and tables are Coda's main feature!). You have to scroll horizontally to read columns and cannot zoom in and out (seems like a basic feature that should be included). I would find value in being able to control the scale of the content I'm viewing, versus being stuck at one scale and can see only a few rows and columns at a time (I'm used to Google sheets in that way). This is an issue with more complex tables with more data. The entire experience is very awkward and clunky. There's nothing elegant about it, where desktop shines with almost every aspect of creating and editing. Other big pain points-- 1) no way to reorder rows of content. cannot drag and drop like on desktop. 2) no swipe actions or long press functionality for anything in table view (seems like an inherent app-like feature that should be included) 3) confusing that some tables show up as a list (where there is an add row below/above option if you swipe) but then some show up as tables (and you can't change between them) 4) editing a row of content forces you into a new page. Would rather stay on the same page like on desktop or any other spreadsheet experience unless I specifically say that I want to open the deeper view. 5) editing a row and then going back to your table resets your view back to the top of the page. Annoying and a pain when you have scrolled to the middle or bottom of a table (or tables) and then lose your place. Overall the app experience is awful so I use coda only on desktop. I was initially excited when this came out but every time I use it I get more and more frustrated with Coda. For such a pristine desktop design, this app really does the opposite and goes backwards in terms of innovative and intuitive design. I love the idea of "a doc as powerful as an app" but this app just isn't there yet.

The icon reminds me of cantaloupe

ThreesTrifecta

Cantaloupe is terrible! Also, the icon could be sharper. The app/site hasn’t clicked yet, so I’m waiting for that to happen. I don’t work in a team, though.

Swing and a miss

quadcap

I’ve used coda a bit on the desktop since it came out. Browser limitations and requiring a google account aside, it’s pretty powerful and they’ve been adding features at a good clip. So I was pretty interested to see what they did for a native mobile app for iOS.... this is really setup for phone use only —- such a wasted opportunity. I have an iPad Pro and a full featured Coda that takes advantage of the extra screen real estate would be really powerful. Until then, I can’t see using it on iOS

My rating of the app does not reflect my rating of the CODA service

charlybrwn

Coda is amazing. The idea for the app to turn docs into “mini apps” is absolutely a fantastic design implementation. However, there are significant issues that disrupt user joy. 1.) slowness of the app to load 2.) it says it works offline, but because it works so slowly, I don’t trust that it works offline Slack’s app had this problem in the early days as well. The background app refresh often cause drafts to disappear and the app would reload causing you to lose your place. Incredibly frustrating because on mobile, you are constantly switching from one app to the next in order to get the information into its appropriate place. The only feature this coda app needs is to load instantly to the last place you Had the app open. Get rid of that stressful loading circle. Omg. If it works offline, then everything about this loading circle tells me that it doesn’t. I’ve never opened the app and seen the ring around less than 4 times. That means I’m literally counting to four. It’s 2020. Kill me. Developers— please find pride in getting your screen changes to happen in less than 200ms. Also the “going back to home” interaction. Takes a stressfully long amount of time to switch between coda docs. That being said — I love the service. You are legends. Keep it up!