What Paper Grew Up To Be – Notes Plus Review

This app does what you used daydream your pad of paper and ink pen would do. Do you need this app? The "Tips" notebook that's included said it well "Notes Plus was designed to focus on handwriting and drawing for visual notes. If you only type to take notes, there is no point in using Notes Plus." and, "Notes Plus was designed for heavy note takers... If you only jot down something once in a while, there are much simpler apps out there." That said, this app is so flexible and easy to use and learn that it might make you into an avid note taker. It really successfully brings the experience of ink and paper into the tablet world. Go through the Quick Start guide when you first install it. Really. You need to learn its paradigm and you can quickly with the guide. Best with a stylist but your finger should work too. Only problem I've had so far is that sometimes the work area doesn't render on my screen. I'm guessing that's because I'm on an iPad 1 so I'm not too upset. BTW, it works on an iPad 1!! This quickly became a favorite app. I have even chuckled when I use it because it does what I need, when I need it, and it does it in a really cool way. UPDATED: Now I’m on an iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil and the program reveals how buggy it is. Writing response time lags, sometimes text disappears when the app is closed, sometimes notebooks get replicated and fragmented in the library. Switched to Good Notes which is much more responsive though it lacks a few of the things I liked about Notes Plus, it also lacks the crippling bugs.
Review by Ahnyer Keester on Notes Plus.