![]() However, in the new Simplenote, those options are all gone save one: the option for your list of notes to show a preview of text under each title or not. Such as how your “timeline” list of notes was sorted, what font size you wanted for reading and editing a note’s text, and more. In the previous version of Simplenote there was a modicum of preferences that allowed you to adjust a handful of options. The new iOS 7 version of Simplenote for the iPhone and iPad is even more simple (if that were possible) than its predecessor.įrom a feature standpoint, what’s new about new Simplenotes is more like a list of what’s gone from the previous version. And today we see one of the best updates to Simplenote yet. The announcement stated that Automattic founder, Matt Mullenweg, was a fan of Simplenote and had plans to keep its development, but that’s not always how things pan out after an acquisition.įortunately, I was wrong. When Simperium, the Simplenote development team, was acquired by Automattic, I was hopeful yet also had concerns that the future of Simplenote was in question. These huge updates to Simplenote came as a bit of a surprise to me. Today we find a significant update to Simplenote on iOS as well as a brand-new, native Simplenote app for the Mac. The reason I’d choose Simplenote is because it’s a quick, easy-to-use app with great search and it has fast, reliable sync. However, I could consolidate them all into just one app if I had to. Simplenote for all my ideas and other miscellany.Editorial on the iPad and Byword on the iPhone for all my in-progress articles.Because I have an affinity for apps that do one thing well, currently all these “text-based” things are handled by unique apps: So much of how I use my iPhone and iPad is text based: ideas, articles, to-do items, lists, and more. But, even after my foray into Simplenote alternatives and doing research and trying out other note-taking apps, I’ve stuck with Simplenote as my iOS note-taking app of choice. ![]() And many of these apps are absolutely fantastic. Today, 5 years later, look at the App store today and you’ll find no shortage of minimalistic, well-designed, note-taking apps that sync over-the-air. In many ways, the app has barely changed since its very first version, seeing mostly only refinements and iterations of the original design. Simplenote shipped in 2008 when the iPhone App Store was fresh and there was only a rumor of an iPad. These were two huge improvements on Apple’s native Notes app which synced over USB and used Marker Felt as the typeface. Rather, it was (a) Simplenote’s ability to sync my notes over-the-air to my Mac, and (b) its use of Helvetica. What first won me over to the app was certainly not the icon. I have been using Simplenote for as long as I can remember. If asked to trim my iPhone and iPad Home screens down to just one app, that app would be Simplenote.
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