Better Notes

@ekaterina_kharitonova Hashnote on Android does hashtags too https://play.google.com/store/ap...

@ekaterina_kharitonova Google Keep does this.

@andym_dc Maker of Buno here ! I guess everyone realised the need for a better writing app recently, and with Evernote's change in policy, it reinforces this kind of application to be made :)

@misterparker Totally agreed!

@yeddiejones try searching! hashtags appear first, and you can tap on them to see all the notes with that tag.

@chrisladd I like that feature, but it would be cool to have them put into folders, so I don't have to do the searching!

@mingwoo yes! would you like to beta test?

@chrisladd I'd like to beta test the desktop app

@blakesamic You got it—not quite ready yet, but I'll let you know!

@chrisladd I, too, would be down with beta testing!

@chrisladd add me to the list too please! :)

@yusuferisen That's a great point. I actually rewrote the sync database behind Better Notes multiple times while developing the app—I've been working on Better Notes in private beta since 2014 before launching last month. I evaluated several options: running my own servers, using Parse (back when there was Parse), Firebase, and others. In no small part because of the privacy concerns you raise, I decided to use only your private iCloud account to synchronize notes between devices. **Your notes never leave your absolute control**. They are stored locally on your device, and synchronized ONLY through your private iCloud account, via CloudKit. Your notes are your notes. At no time are they ever transmitted to any other servers. I could not read your notes if I wanted to. (Non nerds, stop reading. Nerds, a few other interesting points below:) As I look towards the future, towards Mac, web, iPad, and (potentially) Android versions, I wonder how well this model will hold up, particularly on shared devices like Macs and iPads. Because you don't "sign in" to iCloud. It's just on your device. Which is great if you have everything set up properly. But what if somethings messed up with your account? What if you're using someone else's Mac or what if you share your iPad with your significant other? For this reason, in my head, you'll likely have to sign in to CloudKit on those devices, rather than using the iCloud account that happens to be running on your mac. And that likely means I might actually have that code running in Javscript? Maybe? We'll see. The app is pretty well modularized, so we can swap out how sync works pretty easily. But, yeah. TL;DR—it's your own personal iCloud, and your own personal device.

@mbjones Better Notes should already be syncing your notes between devices, as long as you're signed in to iCloud. It's kind of a soft launch now—once there's a Mac/Web version, that sync will be a lot more important.

@chrisladd awesome! i submitted several bug reports yesterday but didn't know how to submit a screen shot of the issue. if you are interested I can send you the screens to go with them (and if you ever need beta testers let me know :) )

@chrisladd and i'd be interested in beta for desktop too :)

@mbjones I DO need beta testers, constantly! You're not running the iOS 10 beta by any chance, are you? ;)

@chrisladd I'm planning to install the next public beta. If I *have* too I might install earlier but I was planning to wait one rev :)