domain,app,review_id,sentence_id,title,review,sentence,rating,is_opinion,category,term,from,to,sentiment
productivity,things-3,c9274c0a-a120-4e09-816b-7a8ba3a16634,00808934-e8b9-42fa-b37f-cfeac234bbdd,Difficult to update from Things 2,This new version of Things has an entirely different aesthetic from Things 2. Things 2 is much more minimalist; Things 3 seems to have a lot of UI bloat. Not quite sure where the design award came from.,This new version of Things has an entirely different aesthetic from Things 2.,3,TRUE,usability,new version,6,17,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,506230e3-cc98-4233-be40-89e52d53990c,011cd77b-ebbd-4589-af12-9792975b02b9,Same word. Same problem,"A lot of people use word because its very standard. But I run into the same problem when I use it. Every update there’s a problem with the format. Everything that I had on page 2, is now partly on page 1. And what I had on part 3, is partly on page 2, and so forth, throughout all 200+pages of my document.  Try to call for support and reach someone who barely speaks English. I tell them what happens, and they say “so is it because you changed something in your document”? Yes, when I closed my document yesterday, it was formatted correctly. Then after I updated the app today, and opened it up and it was wrong, it must have been when I did it in the middle of the night.I will be switching to Apples pages. Thanks for the people who work really hard to make this work, it really is a great effort for the most part. But it’s just not fun doing this when the issue happens on my MacBook and my iPad. What’s the point of setting something up to be exactly how you want it, if a simple update changes everything? It’s nonsense.","I tell them what happens, and they say “so is it because you changed something in your document”?",1,TRUE,general,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,things-3,69d44a5e-218f-4f55-8a99-6cca55d43ca1,014a7d01-f6c0-408a-897b-f6b36cdd8543,Incredible Planner for Students,"I was originally skeptical on paying $7 on a todo list app, but I’ve come to realize how great of an investment this was. I’m able to create many different headers in a project to categorize different classes I am taking! I no longer use a physical planner because this app takes care of that problem. The ease of use, simplicity, and great functionality is what led me to rating this app at 5 stars. Definitely worth the price!","The ease of use, simplicity, and great functionality is what led me to rating this app at 5 stars.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,40,53,positive
productivity,notability,3d0b634c-d402-47e8-ba7d-bf6209fed826,01539a8d-ebde-4cfe-9b5b-3fa10f49fa3e,Recording and syncing,This used to be my go to app for note taking. But for over a year now I have had problems with writing while using the recording feature. I even bought a brand new iPad Pro because I though it was the device space causing this issue it turns out I was wrong. They have issues with their iCloud syncing that they even a year later have not fixed. While writing and recording it will cause a syncing messages to come up while your using it making it unusable while it does that. You are missing what you want to record and unable to write turning that time. Even when it finishes syncing it will do it again a few minutes later once again interrupting you. I have tried everything recommended nothing worked. I even freshly installed my iPad with only this application and even on my new iPad Pro it did the same thing and it has 64gb of space and nothing else on it. I’m disappointed that even after a year they have not solved their problems do not waste your money on this app. Especially when the one feature that is supposed to make it more enticing then GoodNotes doesn’t even work.,I’m disappointed that even after a year they have not solved their problems do not waste your money on this app.,1,TRUE,cost,money,95,100,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7310f23f-06c2-447d-aafd-81b29765169d,01a44605-1ae0-404d-aaee-5f1859ae91f3,Best note management platform,I use it for years.  It’s tagging capability is unique.  It’s integration across all platforms is the same.  It’s ability to annotate pdf files is very useful. Same for its integration with all browsers.  It is a great product. I am a paying customers for years.  I hope company does well and has resources to keep updating it.,It’s tagging capability is unique.,5,TRUE,usability,tagging,6,13,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,d733763b-8b39-42f8-9987-cf521a083bdf,01c1ba6f-1d36-4219-8d48-1bebdc361e7d,This app great!,"I’m currently enrolled in college and offers a free version for students. This free version also works with the PC and mobile versions. It’s a little difficult to navigate, but whatever you’re looking for can be found in the search bar.",This free version also works with the PC and mobile versions.,5,TRUE,compatibility,free version,6,18,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a608ca25-6946-4f40-8339-43ff2268093d,01ec0372-b71c-4e7d-91a1-06774cfb5700,My External Brain,"I’ve used Evernote daily since 2013 to journal, organize work streams and plan effective projects. I often joke that it is my external brain because the way I have it categorically organized encompasses most facets of my life. The flexible hierarchy available thru notes, notebooks and tags works well for me. Syncing across devices was also a game changer for me. Truthfully, my biggest fear is that Evernote would ever go away! Please don’t. Yours could forever, Evernote. 💌","The flexible hierarchy available thru notes, notebooks and tags works well for me.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,hierarchy,14,23,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e432cc06-40f0-457d-9151-e0e9f1b717d1,02a32ebc-5a25-4908-88ef-cea0aa4da8dd,What happened to Evernote?,"I’ve used Evernote for years and have found it an indispensable part of my work life. The ability to organize documents quickly was ahead of its time when the cloud was just a twinkle in Apple’s eye. I had “Pocket” for my junk drawer, but Evernote was the reliable filing cabinet I could always come back to. Recently, the ability to utilize these filing features have undergone a dramatic change. More steps are needed to name a document, and the easy tagging features seem to have disappeared. Don’t get me started on finding old documents, a feature that was said to have improved. I’ve taken to using the iCloud more often with these changes. Maybe it’s for the best. Shame that Evernote has now become the junk drawer for those documents I don’t really care as much about. Hopefully fixes are coming, but at this point, I wouldn’t recommend this app.","Don’t get me started on finding old documents, a feature that was said to have improved.",2,TRUE,usability,document,37,45,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3a371667-46a3-46ea-abff-6e87060e1ce0,031a1b4c-5fa7-43da-b006-0a5f7f8bbc6f,Bad Design Change,"I used to love Evernote, having used it for a couple of years. I am a Premium member, and used it for school work and personal life...I used it for everything. I used it on my iPhone, iPad mini, iPad Pro, and MacBook Pro.But, I am very disappointed with the recent updates. Besides performance issues, my main concern is about the horrible design change, primarily the removal of two functions that I used on a regular basis.First, I am sad about the loss of the Card View option. Anyone with common sense on design and visual efficiency would know how convenient and fast the card view is for users. I can't believe that Evernote is willing to give up one of its most valuable characteristics just to follow the bad design of another popular note app. Card View is so important to me, especially on my iPads. It was so easy and fast for me to visually grasp all my notes. Now, it takes forever to scroll through the single line of notes. Evernote, where is your common sense and sense of design and efficiency?Second, I am sad about the loss of Presentation mode. That was one of the functions that drew me into being a Premium member. I also used it to take screenshots of my notes. The formatting in the Presentation mode gives a perfect appearance to screenshots. Now...it is all gone.Please give me back these functions that I care about and value. I need them. This app is losing its soul... Please give me a response or send me the older version!",Anyone with common sense on design and visual efficiency would know how convenient and fast the card view is for users.,1,TRUE,usability,card view,95,104,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,5932178d-e063-4dfe-9017-a75df1f79ea2,0386e602-7bbb-489e-a30e-a27ea3c52cf7,Evernote Saves Planet & Extends Learning,"Go paperless and be more organized than ever before.  Paper is a luxury, being better organized and able learn quicker is not.  Evernote allows for both.",Go paperless and be more organized than ever before.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,5ea08258-ab17-4e1a-9a2b-07f86a67ff6b,041998e1-f71a-4f86-a46e-57256223e833,Removed Features and App performance Issues,I was charged for a renewed subscription and want to cancel that renewal and be refunded. I’ve used the app for 8 years and lost core functionality when the latest face lift was done to the app. I’ve tried to wait out the promised feature of being able to do a short cut global search like I could with command + J on the Mac. I had that feature and Apple Watch support.EditI received a refund. I really miss how amazing this app was and hope that the two main changes I addressed in my review will be fixed.,I’ve used the app for 8 years and lost core functionality when the latest face lift was done to the app.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,45,58,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,d84f2707-3d24-4aa8-b534-2f1c425a4c33,04368aad-a0fd-4174-ac49-1a03389ad382,"Very Unreliable, Does Not Save","This app is an attempt to be what Word is on a computer. There is limited functionality, buggy interaction, and the save feature is terrible. I am a grad student who relies on Word for all my papers. Today, my second paper was erased by Microsoft Word and One Note. I had the auto save feature enabled and track changes enabled (because Word deleted my work before). I went to save my work manually (because I knew the auto save doesn’t work all the time), and it was grey. I could not turn auto save off, and it was not saving even though I had a stable internet connection in the library I always work from. So I saved a copy of the file to my device and it showed it save to my ipad. I restarted my application thinking all was fine, only to find none of my work saved, and that copy I made disappeared! I also found in trying to recover the files that there is no recover functionality and there hasn’t been since at least 2018 when another user reported the same problem. I lost almost 3 hours of work. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP! Stick to a computer until the developers get serious about the things we are serious about.","I could not turn auto save off, and it was not saving even though I had a stable internet connection in the library I always work from.",1,TRUE,reliability,auto save,18,27,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,169a1b47-3c1f-44f9-9c0d-7fb2a3620f8c,04c61d2d-93e4-4121-a447-1c07a3ef9f3c,"Best writing app ever, a small bug","In the beginning, word was a bit confusing for me, all the tables and font and sizes and that, but after I learnt a few tips and tricks, I realized I never found any other better writing app than this. In school we are supposed to use a notebook, but I use this everysingle day and it’s the same quality if not better! But recently I had a big glitch that wasn’t really cool. I saved my word document, log back and some text is deleted? I write it back, save but the next day the text that was supposed to be deletes appears whilst still having the fixed text and it’s rlly annoying idk.","I saved my word document, log back and some text is deleted?",5,TRUE,reliability,text,45,49,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,4e2c6913-a7e9-4af7-8402-b8e5fd08cfe0,04dc99ca-f909-416d-9f46-d0f7cb1a568e,BUGS NEED TO BE FIXED,"I would not give this a 5 star because this app has too many features that are missing from the main PC program. I know some features might not be there, however I am still using my paid subscription so I expect many more features than what is included. With this alone, I would give 4 stars.The reason that 4 stars is cut in half is because the bugs in this app are too inconvenient to lose only one star. The app freezes too many times and even though I force close the app to try and refresh it does not help. Sometimes it does completely close it out, but then it takes forever to refresh. This needs to be fixed for those who use this app for school and work.","I know some features might not be there, however I am still using my paid subscription so I expect many more features than what is included.",2,TRUE,cost,subscription,75,87,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,1cd020c7-ed68-4a2b-9b61-0ba4345ff2a2,05212e85-61b0-4885-a8e0-9341117a1639,Best Productivity App,"I have been using Evernote for over 7 years now and I absolutely love this app. I use it for everything from school to work to my personal life as well. The updates they published have been such a refreshing change! Also, the new Evernote Home for my desktop is amazing and I love being able to customize the home page! Definitely use the this app if you don’t have it already. Keep up the great work!","Also, the new Evernote Home for my desktop is amazing and I love being able to customize the home page!",5,TRUE,usability,home page,99,108,positive
productivity,things-3,42c6526f-3735-4db7-9498-2999b8184a51,052ed1ac-3331-4287-a87d-a0c35acbbd9a,Can you answer the following and let us know if you are working on this to implement?,"Support for images in tasks really needs to be added to Things. This is a huge feature that is lacking – at the moment I link to an Evernote note, however this is not ideal, and I really wish the developers would listen to the users and add support for attachments to tasks. Whilst this would bring complications to Things Cloud (a brilliant and fast service), I think many users would be willing to pay a small yearly subscription for this feature.Windows/web support. Whilst I know that this will likely never happen, it’s worth a try as it’s quite a requested feature.Natural language input in the task line. This would make it a lot quicker to add tasks into Things.Better search. Whilst search works, well, in Things, it would be great if it was more powerful, allowing us to search for certain due dates.Filters. Being able to quickly bring up a customized view, like in Todoist, would be a amazing addition to Things. I often find myself wanting to see tasks that are due in the next 7 days with the school tag, however I cannot do this in Things.Better reminders. Currently, reminders disappear on the notification screen after a while, and do not stay there. In addition to this, location reminders would be a great addition.Markdown in task notes. Often, I want to include a little more information about a task. Things only allows you to add notes in plain text – the ability to use markdown would be great",Things only allows you to add notes in plain text – the ability to use markdown would be great,3,TRUE,usability,text,46,50,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,2da54333-0a37-4cfe-9e10-e9debd42cce5,0536e25a-04b9-4c73-b1da-10881bc88254,This Upgrade is Just Too Cute and not very functional,"I have used Evernote for more than 4 years and I have recommended it to co-workers and subordinates.  The most recent update is annoying. Everything takes more steps.  Adding tags to notes, returning to recently opened notes, moving notes to a frequent notebook.  Everything takes multiple steps and the functionality is now slower.  Using one of my templates takes 2 steps instead of one.  While the new interface is visually appealing, I prefer to go back to the last version if I can.  thank you.",Everything takes multiple steps and the functionality is now slower.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,41,54,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,aa6ee4b4-c0a6-4a82-a4e3-ae6875f6cea7,0539721e-464b-42ba-82f4-366c506869d6,Slow,"It has very few of the features of the PC version, so it’s just a stripped down version. Also, it is very slow to start, difficult to navigate and doesn’t have the flexibility of Google Docs (though it certainly has more features). It takes a long time to load, and sometimes it will fail blaming your internet connection, when the issue is not your internet connection. You try to restart and second time around it works fine. Average, for iOS, but nowhere near the full version of Word.","It takes a long time to load, and sometimes it will fail blaming your internet connection, when the issue is not your internet connection.",3,TRUE,reliability,load,25,29,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,ed57ab6e-b5dc-4acc-bd98-d262aeb8a574,05610e31-2727-4926-b444-1ffccb90f6f2,BRING BACK INBOX!!!!!!!!!!,"For the love of god BRING BACK INBOX!!! The gmail app is horrendous. Inbox was literally perfect, gmail is a terrible and at most times barely functional email app that makes even apples stock mail app that’s been plagued with problems from the start of iOS 13. BRING BACK THE LAST VERSION OF INBOX!!!When composing an email or viewing an email, the send, attachment and delete buttons really need to be moved to the bottom of the screen for ease of use. Phone screens are too big these days to be including the most important and frequently interacted items at the top of the screen.Super glitchy / jittery when scrolling. Unacceptable!In conversation view the previous messages show up above and below your original message it’s so confusing and clustered looking. Who designed this?!?!?!Give the option to remove contact photos. It’s a waste of space in an application such as emailIn emails that have package tracking info on the email preview screen give a preview of where the package/shipping status and scheduled delivery date.",In conversation view the previous messages show up above and below your original message it’s so confusing and clustered looking.,1,TRUE,usability,conversation view,4,21,negative
productivity,notability,f2e28d5d-7069-4b7b-8869-71c08d569f07,058915aa-a79d-43e7-8666-20c20976554a,"Trash Customer Service, Trash App (Will delete all of your notes!)","As I was notating my PDF on notability by using the text box options, all (and I mean all the 2 hours of notes that I have been taking) were instantly deleted. Every single text box and notes that I created on the multiple pages of PDF have been deleted and this is EXTREMELY frustrating for a graduate medical student and this should not have happen. No history on Notability that any edits were made on the PDF that I am on. I have the most updated version of the app as well so please don’t tell me that this is the issue. Contacted customer support but they do not reach out back to you. Basically nonexistent. To everyone else, please do not waste your money on this app and go with the other note taking app!",Contacted customer support but they do not reach out back to you.,1,TRUE,general,customer support,11,27,negative
productivity,notability,47c52d57-2a93-4b35-9198-2a07798129d7,05f75524-255a-4998-b731-7936944d56ff,Notebook GOAT,"I’m a PhD student in Computer Science and have used many note taking apps over the years. Hands down this is the best notebook app I’ve ever used because there are absolutely no pain points when using this app, and that takes a very clear vision for an app, and most companies miss the mark on that. The usability of moving things around a page is super intuitive and slick. I love the recording! OMG, finally you can just tap when to record and tap when to stop, and tap to resume etc, and the recording is tied to the state of your notes, so when you replay the recording you can see where you were. The recording feature on this is what sold me. A lot of other apps make u save a file each time you record, or pause... such a pain. There are a ton of other things i love about this app, but I gots to get back to it now, so I’ll leave it there. Thanks Notability !I love you guys. U make taking notes really fun for me, and that is really big for me right now cuz my life is pretty lame as a PhD student.",The recording feature on this is what sold me.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,recording,5,14,positive
productivity,notability,e257578c-d11e-49f1-ba7a-c5ca479da7ad,0617340c-fdab-4a17-a921-767f3a01b636,Please develop feature - insert blank space,"I suggest developing 2 features that I found would be very handy for note taking. One is a feature that would allow users to insert blank space in between notes. Sometime after writing down pages of notes, I find myself needing some extra blank space/blank lines somewhere in the written notes in order to add notes. Currently Notability allows adding a new page but that is not helpful for situation where the user wants to add space/lines in the middle of a page of written notes. Both Goodnotes and Onenote have similar features.Two is the ability to choose landscape page. It is extremely annoying that Notability doesn’t offer landscape page when wider page is needed.",It is extremely annoying that Notability doesn’t offer landscape page when wider page is needed.,3,TRUE,usability,page,66,70,negative
productivity,notability,c6884911-b69f-44aa-a707-b014e57780b6,0625ac09-95a9-4aba-94d2-a40a8727c895,"Was already wonderful sketch app, now even better","Wow, what an update!The ability to partially erase and “style” (ie change the line color) my shapes makes this an even more wonderful app for drawing and sketching...I have used and loved Notability for years—While I have the full suite of Adobe apps for composition and drawing, I usually end up going to Notability for ease of use and the ability to have many pages of sketches in one document (vs having to export each image individually with the Adobe apps.) Being able to generate perfect shapes and then easily modify them with the partial eraser is going to be such a time saver! To be able  quickly create and then rotate and resize a perfect ellipse is amazing! The addition of dot paper is another wonderful feature—I can use it to build sketches and then turn off the dots when I’m finished.Even though there is only a PDF export option, I work around this by taking screen shots of my images and then finishing them up in Adobe. Also, if you have Acrobat pro, you can use “edit file” in tools to work with your text and images.A big, huge thanks to the developers for putting so much thought and heart into this release. I’m your customer for life.(My only feature request for “someday” would be the ability center/justify all the text within a text box...)",(My only feature request for “someday” would be the ability center/justify all the text within a text box...),5,TRUE,usability,text,84,88,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,3eaec558-3a0d-4715-b92f-fd48185edc48,06263946-fb6d-4536-b94f-023d1cda720d,"Mostly solid, need something easy in new update","I’ve mostly enjoyed using the gmail app. Two things that drive me crazy:1) The search feature is highly unreliable. I don’t know exactly how this should be fixed, but it’s basically useless. Would like for it to have similar capabilities as a regular Google search, just within my email folders. 2) The latest update appears to have disabled the feature where you can tap at the top of the screen to return to the top of the page. Not the worst thing, but annoying to not have it.",2) The latest update appears to have disabled the feature where you can tap at the top of the screen to return to the top of the page.,4,TRUE,usability,page,130,134,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,329bf6dc-f442-4c61-9055-4b65811f3bb9,06534ae4-c176-4576-ab52-c7ffdf31c1f1,"For old software, it’s surprisingly immature","I’ve used Evernote since it’s early days. Honestly I would have a hard time living without it.  But it’s surprisingly quirky for such an old product.  For example the iPhone, iPad, and PC versions seem like they came from different companies.  I couldn’t tell you how to search via tag on my iPad but it’s simple on the PC. I started with Evernote on the Mac and recently switched to the PC.  It was pretty different.  Why?The editor is basic which is fine but it’s too basic. Creating tables is too hard. There should be more formatting options.  And the dictionary is odd.  Add something to the dictionary and the red underline doesn’t go away.  And why doesnt the Windows version support touch screens?It’s a great concept.  I love the web clipper.  I’m glad to be able to access my notes on different devices.  But I wish it worked more consistently across those devices. I wish I had more formatting options.",I love the web clipper.,3,TRUE,general,web clipper,12,23,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,08e575ec-1f53-4d2d-8976-939276492378,0675e3d9-6233-48c4-88bd-edb07a4ff845,Still terrible,"Honestly, I think Google's updates amount to little more than review fraud. They've continually hit the reset button on overwhelmingly 1 star reviews by ""updating"" the app, yet hardly any of the updates have addressed the complaints which are largely macro issues. As a whole, it's still bad, and the one star reviewers are simply giving up on having to resubmit their reviews after each update. And look at the 5 star reviews - largely substance-free generic praise. I doubt most of them. Don't believe the 3+ star average. This app is a visual assault. It's hard to get past the nausea inducing aesthetics. Fewer emails to see at a glance, pointless avatars, ugh, the red! The check box was MUCH more intuitive than the initials/avatar circle that have replaced it. It's simply harder to read and process at a glance. Why did you bury the reply button? Most often, what I want to reply to is at the top. I shouldn't have to scroll down to reply. In general things that were intuitive aren't. It's not my job to figure this stuff out. It's your job to design it so I don't have to. This update is terrible all around. A mess. No amount of tweaks will save this update. Revert to the previous version. Really. It's that awful. And again, I don't believe the majority of the 5 star reviews.",Revert to the previous version.,1,TRUE,general,previous version,15,31,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,fd377a84-aab9-421a-8220-f377995acf84,06cfac31-1330-4067-add6-6510cd5e5a5b,Updates,"Things seem to be running smoother since last update. Still wish there were seamless edges on the documents...does anyone understand what I’m saying? I feel like I’m taking crazy pills here! There didn’t used to be visible borders, I swear!",Things seem to be running smoother since last update.,5,TRUE,efficiency,last update,42,53,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d58e5bbd-6461-4d0f-90ad-33105ce072a2,0710a16a-b3c8-4bfc-b784-f2ad67b4a77b,Loses notes,"The point of a notes app is that it store notes and be able to find them again. The search is generally worthless, you have to use tags religiously because that’s the only way you can find anything. I’ve had a note of list items for 5+ years that I referred to. Now I can’t find it via Search. Text I know is in it shows zero results. Worse, I scrolled through thousands of notes and can’t find it. It’s gone forever. And I paid money for this?!?Saving web pages is lousy. It throws 3 photos in the list view that rarely have anything to do with the page or are just some design graphic from the site. And don’t even try to edit that note, it will destroy everything. Searching for any content on it is a waste of time. Surely there’s a better notes app than this aging poorly-maintained junk.",And I paid money for this?!?,1,TRUE,cost,money,12,17,negative
productivity,notability,a7bfcd72-406a-423d-8246-0a7a2e5aa022,07309fb6-53c7-4a89-b4ce-75517e72b2a3,Left handed problem,"I love this app, and use it constantly. It is so useful, and having the ability to write or type is fantastic in a scholastic or general note taking environment. But I have a problem.I am left handed. If I write or draw going left to write, and my hand is touching the screen, the NOTE SWITCHER tap pops out, and leaves me without being able to see what I was doing on that side. If I am drawing a straight line and holding it down to make it perfect, this tab makes such a thing impossible. I have to click out, undo, and awkwardly hold my pencil so that I don’t reactivate the tab again to fix the line. This is the ultimate time waster, and super frustrating. I want to turn the NOTE SWITCHER off. It is an excessive attempt to streamline the app to make it easier to switch between notes. I am sure someone out there in the world appreciates this, but as a left handed individual with a hand that touches paper/the screen when they write, it is the ultimate time waster, and highly frustrating. I can activate the NOTE SWITCHER up to fifteen times in one minute. If the notes are time sensitive, it wastes vital time to undo and re-do. Losing out on important information. Or makes ultimately useless illegible notes that will not be understood in the future. I’m not saying to get rid of this feature, but to have the chance to turn it off if you don’t need it.","If I am drawing a straight line and holding it down to make it perfect, this tab makes such a thing impossible.",2,TRUE,usability,straight line,19,32,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,11f4e1b6-6609-4e93-9f99-29c696c5e9c6,07616dea-d43d-4a21-94b3-2b57344dd3b6,Reminders have disappeared,"I'm a premium user and love the ability to clip and save articles and notes in different notebooks, I use Evernote to save information for upcoming travel, local restaurants and lots of other stuff. I used to use the reminders feature, but that seems to have disappeared in a recent update. I can still create a note and attach a reminder, but this doesn't have the same reminders functionality, for instance when I go to a list of reminders, nothing is listed. I still love the app but have had to find other apps for easy to-do lists and reminders.",I still love the app but have had to find other apps for easy to-do lists and reminders.,4,TRUE,general,N/A,69,73,positive
productivity,notability,300bf051-084e-49e4-9f25-d2841f4d7de1,07655875-bf5c-45b8-b6e0-53de3c298669,Great app,"I love this app! I use it for all my classes and it saves me money on notebooks and it’s way easier for organization. However, I do wish there were a few other features. I wish I could make the eraser size smaller for when Im taking small notes on a class PowerPoint or drawing a diagram. It’s a pain in the rear when I’m trying to erase small arrows from my orgo notes and end up erasing a few bonds, too. Also, I’d like to be able to switch between the eraser that erases the whole line and an eraser that just erases what you touch. The former is great for notes but the latter would be great for diagrams. Another thing I wish the app had is a “switch to last color” option. I often switch between red and black in my notes and it would be nice if there was a one-click option to switch back and forth. I know I just listed a bunch of features I wished this app had, but the app is still well worth it without them. I highly recommend it.",I use it for all my classes and it saves me money on notebooks and it’s way easier for organization.,4,TRUE,cost,money,45,50,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,78387765-5785-4b0b-abb9-7e3ec21549d0,0830a1ee-3cb0-429f-9e02-8e2be9d50028,The sorting is off,"I really loved the gmail app for such a long time, however, recently it has been messing up a bit. I liked the feature where it sorts emails into primary, social, and promotions categories because I wasn’t constantly getting notifications for every little email. Now, a lot of what would normally go into the promotions category is getting filed under my primary mail. I really wish this would get figured out so I’m not constantly getting notifications for unnecessary mail.","Now, a lot of what would normally go into the promotions category is getting filed under my primary mail.",4,TRUE,usability,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,things-3,92cd4507-7648-49f0-a3bc-b0170ef719e8,0852447e-fc82-4878-88b2-e68a4f7476ce,Just about perfect,"This app is exactly what you want from a task Managment tool.   Well designed and the more I’ve used it the more nice touches I find.    As an example I love having a link back to the original email In Apple mail using the Mac app or drag and drop on the iPad, but by some magic the app also includes a link back when I forward an email using the Things email service!   Well done!   Otherwise would love direct syncing to Alexa lists as well but just a fantastic product.",Well designed and the more I’ve used it the more nice touches I find.,5,TRUE,usability,design,6,12,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6058c9b8-24e4-4844-9eaa-ab1de3eb1312,085a8d69-414c-4c54-87c8-e64bbe023133,Much better than the Mail app,Love the Gmail app! I’ve been using it for about a year and it is way better than the Mail app. I love that I can simply delete an email in one step rather than 3. I like the look of it and the way it’s all laid out too. I also started using Gmail’s calendar app.,I also started using Gmail’s calendar app.,5,TRUE,general,calendar,30,38,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8d11d630-bcd4-4520-bd45-e77eba8d0778,08d4090b-d8e4-4982-8acf-83580f6d4335,Really pushing their premium service.,"I switched to Evernote because I liked the UI and I wanted to keep my recipe book all in one place with a really nice tagging system so I can easily index all of the recipes. Evernote does this the best out of any service I’ve used before. UI and design is really important to me, so that’s what drew me to the program, and I can even quickly and easily import new recipes. However, I’m on Basic, and as soon as I hit the image cap, the bright red ‘not syncing’ banner comes up on my recipes, and can’t be permanently dismissed. I can’t get rid of the red exclamation points in the corners of my notes, or prevent it from prompting me to update literally any time I open a note. This is incredibly annoying and ruins the entire purpose of switching for me. If they stop pushing their premium service so hard onto people who really only need Basic, this review will be changed to 5 stars.","UI and design is really important to me, so that’s what drew me to the program, and I can even quickly and easily import new recipes.",3,TRUE,usability,design,8,14,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,057cbea9-756b-4914-a1e4-bebed8d250fe,09763dfe-ad2d-47ee-a28c-68ea62b1fbaf,Why will you not make a ‘delete all’ button?,"Gmail has been my email for over a decade now.  I absolutely love it, but I have to go to Safari and do a multi delete function to empty my inboxes.  Then it doesn’t bother to sync into the app which makes the app completely useless. I’ve done everything I can to do make them sync, but it’s impossible.   If you made a delete feature that would actually delete more than one email at a time without clicking them all and doing it that way, it would make it better.  Do that and my review would be five stars.","I’ve done everything I can to do make them sync, but it’s impossible.",3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,44,48,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,1206b266-3093-4353-8487-eb10d246e5ee,09804661-0824-4822-8f35-e9b11c012b44,This is a terribly constructed app,"First, so many standard features are only available on the paid version, and even then the app lacks normal functionality. Second, the app is riddled with bugs. I spent a couple of days using the app to type up some important notes, only to have it glitch and erase everything. I looked for a copy of the document but, to my horror, i discovered that it was not auto-saved even though that feature was turned on. It was impossible for me to recover my work and I was quite literally devastated. Live and learn. I will never use any these office apps again, especially Word. I suggest you upload the standard software on your laptop or desktop PC instead of trying to use these Microsoft apps on a Mac or an iPad. Certain documents are just too important to rely on questionable apps.","First, so many standard features are only available on the paid version, and even then the app lacks normal functionality.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,109,122,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,de4d945f-01c1-454e-a129-877e0d2d0c8d,0a40aacb-5979-4488-8c85-cf15c3ff83ee,New interface is great but it’s slow and glitchy,"As a long term Evernote user this major overhaul is a welcome improvement. I suppose it is to be expected because of the way the world of software works; this latest version of Evernote is not quite stable and it’s also too slow for my taste. I often open it to take a photo of a document and that is as likely to hang as not. Also, I am always sending items to Evernote from other applications, so when I open it, it’s in the process of importing those notes, and that means I need to wait for that to complete before I can effectively use it. As they smooth out those rough edges (I hope soon) I will be very happy to change my review back to 5 stars. Lastly, I miss the long-press menu where I could choose to create a new note, search, or scan a document before I even opened the app. I hope they are planning on bringing that back. Keep up the good work team Evernote. I am sure it took a herculean effort to bring out this major update to your app. After a few years of slow improvements and uncertainty, it looks like you are back on track.   I hope you continue putting significant effort into the app so that I can continue to use it for many more years","Lastly, I miss the long-press menu where I could choose to create a new note, search, or scan a document before I even opened the app.",4,TRUE,usability,menu,30,35,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e770683f-f0fa-4bed-909e-f30a8c8b1570,0ab115aa-fd5e-4550-a56a-1a4579e88592,Interface could use improvement,"I’ve been using the Gmail app for years now, both on my phone and my 9.7” iPad. It's mostly good, and I really like being able to tap directly into Gmail's powerful search capabilities. However, the UI changes I’ve seen on my iPad in recent updates has me reluctant to update my iPhone app.First, the handful of buttons on the left side of the iPad version wastes valuable horizontal screen space. You can see this clearly in the first screenshot currently shown on Gmail's App Store page. Below those buttons there's a strip of never-used white space that could otherwise be used for a wider messages list.My second UI complaint is with the messages list itself. Referring back to that same screenshot, I don't know how they got it to show all that information! Maybe it's the jumbo-sized iPad. On my 9.7"" screen, I rarely see the full subject line (it disappears into a ""...""), and the list of senders involved in a thread often disappears into a ""..."" as well. This makes it really frustrating to scan the list of emails for basic information. If those aforementioned side buttons were moved elsewhere, that strip of unused space on the left could be conscripted to make much of that more visible.Bottom line: I find the app really useful, but some UI optimizations could make it a much better place to manage email without resorting to the desktop app!","First, the handful of buttons on the left side of the iPad version wastes valuable horizontal screen space.",4,TRUE,usability,space,102,107,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,17a1101f-f0c4-41ea-9e4e-acc6498c25cb,0ae906f5-90ff-46e8-9b66-47e828f3ea63,Better than outlook,"I cant believe an saying this but its better app than outlook. Doesn’t lag and i love that it segregates emails by promotions, primary and system updates. This was the thing i was looking in good email app and gmail does a better job than outlook in this. Bring in dark mode and the app will be perfect.",Bring in dark mode and the app will be perfect.,5,TRUE,usability,dark mode,10,19,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,1520da03-11fb-4b53-8d04-890f74f59110,0b392d8f-7361-442e-af80-101772ac6925,WORD DOCUMENTS,"I like using “Word” to prepare documents.What I don’t like from my last experience:When editing a “text box” the zoom level goes in and out constantly when trying to correct the text.Then, in addition, when I click “mobile view” the alignment of the text box shows up differently.  Also some of my text was aligned differently — above the picture — and it was supposed to be below the picture.I also have problems hiding the keyboard to screenshot as well as accessing the keyboard to type.This is on my iPhone X that this takes place.","Then, in addition, when I click “mobile view” the alignment of the text box shows up differently.",4,TRUE,usability,text box,68,76,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,415deefb-61ed-4c7c-b32a-a8d6eff13b33,0bb30bcc-150b-4713-a423-12b3dceb3135,Please consider,"In the all notes section the date comes before the title which is annoying when scrolling for something specific. Also there is no way to tell from this screen which notes are in what notebook. Please include on the note snapshot. Also the sorter button for placing notes is at the top of the new note not at the bottom. If it was at the bottom I could place it when I was finished with the note and I wouldn’t have to scroll at the way to the beginning. Doing this causes the note to reopen, for example a list, at the top of the list by the title, instead of picking up at the bottom where I most likely left off. Does the job but not intuitively user friendly.",Also there is no way to tell from this screen which notes are in what notebook.,3,TRUE,usability,notebook,71,79,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,c0827ef4-48e0-4e8a-b940-12583c6e94c5,0bdf80bc-51f5-44cc-b2f7-062f3b11e801,Forest App Review,"This app is a great app for productivity, especially for students who are behind on classes and want to stop procrastinating. I think this app is definitely worth the money! There are only three changes I think could take place to make the app a 5⭐️ rating!I think Deep Focus mode is great, but I think they could ask you for a list of allowed apps that you can use during Deep Focus Mode. I also think that they could add more free trees considering you have to pay for the app, and I think that they could add more details to trees that take a while to earn, like the 120 minute version of a tree.Overall, I think this app is great for people who want to get off of their phone and enjoy the moment or be productive!",I think this app is definitely worth the money!,4,TRUE,cost,money,42,47,positive
productivity,things-3,58a77db4-f561-4f13-9600-0a71f137e96d,0cede056-2481-4b34-8244-5f63f5b040ee,Finally an intuitive app to organize my work and life,"I’ve tried every highly rated app for list-making and planning. I basically gave up on them, going back to my paper “systems” — and I use that word loosely. This app is THE ONE for me and the team behind it is responsive and focused on serving the user. The tutorials are great. Clear and easy to grasp quickly. Love the way they let you learn a little at a time - that’s perfect for my busy life. Thanks “Things”. Brilliant!","I basically gave up on them, going back to my paper “systems” — and I use that word loosely.",5,TRUE,general,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b092a6bb-26a4-40b3-8c27-c9cf1258d07a,0dbb9f7c-8bb4-4e08-bafd-ed5776eb0804,Not as good as Mail where it counts,"Gmail is nice with couple of huge inconveniences which make it hard to recommend over the default Mail app.First, it provides no way to open links directly in Safari. There is a default app option labeled Safari, but it’s a lie. Gmail’s “Safari” is really an in-app browser. Whenever I tap a link in an email which leads to a site that requires authentication I see a 404, even when I’m signed in the system Safari browser. A second tap is required to open the url in system Safari. The “Chrome” option opens it’s respective browser in one tap as you’d expect. Why the disparity? Likely so Google can track users more easily. I’m disappointed Apple hasn’t cracked down on this.Second, it messes with the font size. The font is either much larger or much smaller, making messages harder to read.","Second, it messes with the font size.",3,TRUE,usability,font size,28,37,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,df28b091-c0bc-48e0-ac12-0b767b5e3d44,0dc1866b-4620-4f29-9167-214526938de7,Wish it was more like the program on a desk or laptop.,"#1. I hate having to pay every month for it. I don’t use it all the time and it’s a waste of money for me to pay for it a month and me not use it that month. #2. I like making my own flyers, hand outs, and pages for parties. It’s hard to do and have it perfectly symmetrical like you can on the desk top or laptop. I like separate things evenly so it makes them easy to cut. It’s hard to do that. I still get it done they are just not the same size.",I don’t use it all the time and it’s a waste of money for me to pay for it a month and me not use it that month.,3,TRUE,cost,money,49,54,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a3073ce8-9026-4d45-81d7-3e172b36f3d9,0e2dcc71-324d-4534-9e29-a3659ca1fa8e,*USED* to be a great app...,"I’ve been a user for 5+ years, and I loved this app.  I used it for everything from shopping lists to subscription information to the chores my kids are supposed to do. And it *was* a really awesome app. ...and then, they added paid subscriptions; and those of us who opted not to pay for features we don’t value were effectively abandoned. Half my notes won’t load anymore, and the only “customer service” option you have is the user forum.  Literally every single instruction on their help pages tell you to create a support ticket; but the chat feature is conveniently never available, and the email feature is only available to paid accounts.  Extremely disappointed in the “screw you” attitude that Evernote seems to have adopted.",I used it for everything from shopping lists to subscription information to the chores my kids are supposed to do.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,7f4f3f8b-643c-43e9-b854-0a25042a46bf,0e4946d9-fca0-44b1-a8bf-2dac475caa37,Better than apple default Mail!,"I am very happy with my apple products but its close to impossible to sort through my apple mail app. I love that gmail automatically sorts different kinds of emails for you! I do NOT need social media alerts clouding my more important email list. I haven't found a more easy to use, legible, maneuverable, organized electronic mail app. THANK YOU GMAIL!",I do NOT need social media alerts clouding my more important email list.,5,TRUE,usability,alerts,27,33,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,97218042-9ca4-4ef0-b39d-1daace572524,0e6ea67f-dd28-4990-b379-2a440a56097f,Great for keeping things organized,"As an everyday user, I love that it can talk to whatever system you have. If you have an iPhone, but windows computer, it works for both. With the new Apple files app, it only works with apple stuff as Evernote works for everything. You can get as detailed and organized as the GTG guys or just use it for simple note taking. It’s really just the standard for note taking a kind of document storing system.",It’s really just the standard for note taking a kind of document storing system.,5,TRUE,general,note taking,35,46,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,97218042-9ca4-4ef0-b39d-1daace572524,0e6ea67f-dd28-4990-b379-2a440a56097f,Great for keeping things organized,"As an everyday user, I love that it can talk to whatever system you have. If you have an iPhone, but windows computer, it works for both. With the new Apple files app, it only works with apple stuff as Evernote works for everything. You can get as detailed and organized as the GTG guys or just use it for simple note taking. It’s really just the standard for note taking a kind of document storing system.",It’s really just the standard for note taking a kind of document storing system.,5,TRUE,general,document,57,65,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,899b897a-9d1d-4e7c-a440-c7c0429b3790,0e7e4c4b-4b09-4137-b0fe-583f581c3817,Unread email,"My gmail is loading “unread email” in the thousands. I go into my labtop select all unread, highlight, and select read and then I confirm the bulk notification. It takes no more than 3 seconds for the unread emails number to start increasing. Right now I’m sitting on 5k unread emails. I have been going through this since yesterday.",Right now I’m sitting on 5k unread emails.,5,TRUE,usability,unread email,29,41,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,9d821441-13f7-4878-b28e-7cad00fa1b4b,0e9d12a8-a748-47a1-bfc3-684ff87cdfef,This is why I love this app so much.,I ❤️ this app so so so much. It lets me type everything I want to. And it lets me do all my pictures and it also lets me print everything I want to.,And it lets me do all my pictures and it also lets me print everything I want to.,5,TRUE,usability,picture,26,33,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2e84cc0c-2d24-481d-bf7d-aa80459c9543,0ec28360-e7b5-4529-9bcc-237c5ee74893,Disgruntled Inbox User,"Google took no care in ensuring core workflows like snooze were as easy to use as Inbox. Now looking for a new mail client that understands my workflow.———Updated review to 2 stars because swipe actions were added for snooze. Snooze is still a second class citizen on the mail details screen where you need to tap into an overflow menu (...) to access it.Still many missing pieces. I loved how bundles worked in Inbox. My work email is missing bundles for calendar invites—was great to have accepts/declines all in 1 view next to each other. My personal email is missing travel bundles—I have 2 trips planned that now I have to figure out how to organize, because I previously relied on Inbox Bundles.",My work email is missing bundles for calendar invites—was great to have accepts/declines all in 1 view next to each other.,2,TRUE,usability,calendar,38,46,negative
productivity,notability,f87c3414-4590-432e-8bd0-27635f9050a1,0f637c1c-19e9-435f-ad0b-4a5788246715,"iPhone notability is useless, love the iPad version","I swear by the notability app on my iPad Pro. I’ve been using it exclusively for notes for the last year in my graduate program and it’s lifesaving. Very user friendly and I love that I can import any PDF into the app. I also love the recording feature for my lectures and utilize it all the time.However, I also have the iPhone version because I thought it would be helpful to sync to my iPad and have my notes readily available when I’m in clinicals (anesthesia student). Yet anytime I open the app from my phone, the files ALL have to be reloaded from scratch. Which takes HOURS because I have over 200 files. They show up as “unfiled” notes until they have downloaded into their appropriate folder, and they download at random so I can’t even pick the one file I’m looking for to get it quickly. Therefore I find the iPhone app completely useless.I’d give the iPad version a solid 5 stars but overall chose to give the app 4 stars to account for the useless iPhone version",I also love the recording feature for my lectures and utilize it all the time.,4,TRUE,usability,recording,17,26,positive
productivity,notability,9411e7f1-9426-478b-b0dd-884bb5756013,0f74b468-11ef-4275-86c2-2159802ae5ad,"Freezing, losing recordings","Overall, I have had a good experience with the app. The ability to record audio, and to have it match up with the notes taken is wonderful. But this also leads to my major frustration with the app. I use a 2018 iPad Pro 12.9”... with definitely enough “horse power” to usually avoid situations of freezing and app issues. Occasionally while taking notes on a PDF and recording audio during crucial lectures, the app will freeze and crash. Upon reopening the app, it will state that it is recovering the audio file... but never actually recovers it. The audio is lost. The ability to match up audio with handwritten notes is the best feature of the app, but if it can’t do this reliably, I will be forced to utilize other options. This has occurred even when Notability is the only app open. Does this happen every time? No. But the fact that this has occurred multiple times since my purchasing the app 6 months ago is too many times.","Upon reopening the app, it will state that it is recovering the audio file... but never actually recovers it.",1,TRUE,reliability,audio,65,70,negative
productivity,things-3,876a87e8-c365-405b-88ff-18bcc2c8c61c,0f812dd8-abc0-4f40-a514-cef42eeeb7d1,Things 3 means more productivity,"I’ve used this app for almost a week and so far I’m noticing that I’m more productive than ever. I like that it gives me my to-do list every morning. I can also set up specific reminders to make sure I get the essential things done. And I’ve been able to tackle mini projects through it. Even though it displays my calendar events, I wish it could also serve as a calendar such that I don’t need to go to my actual calendar to schedule appointments or events that aren’t projects or to-do’s. Also, it would be great if the projects were displayed on a timeline. The pie chart icon is nice but it’s not really the same in terms of showing where you are in the project.",I like that it gives me my to-do list every morning.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,list,34,38,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,237b9e70-55f2-4c18-9e15-e8091299e439,0f828b8b-cc15-403c-95d3-581ece0f2ce1,Great app,I love this app I am a huge procrastinator so I Highly recommend this app. This keeps me on task and I think that it is worth the money. However I wish you could organize the trees instead of them being placed randomly. At first this app seemed like a waste of time and I thought I could find loopholes through this. But when you kill a tree it just leaves you devastated for some reason and it encourages you to work harder. 10/10 recommend this app to everybody,This keeps me on task and I think that it is worth the money.,5,TRUE,cost,money,56,61,positive
productivity,things-3,b30afbc7-42dd-4047-981d-83699ee81f87,0fc61983-c351-4733-bcd3-fc15f2ba2eb1,Improving on the To-Do experience,"Things 3 is just like any other to-do list app out there, with settings reminders and importance, settings things aside for later or today. However, all the little features it adds to get those settings for the reminders and the way it presents everything are what make it stand apart from the rest. It also has powerful gesture controls and Siri shortcuts. Would definitely recommend to a friend even though I know they’ll say “you paid $10 for an app?!?”","Things 3 is just like any other to-do list app out there, with settings reminders and importance, settings things aside for later or today.",5,TRUE,general,reminder,73,81,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,7485ba60-8731-4153-b515-d65de0eb8ff1,0fe0be1f-0408-49b2-b88e-59ecff303285,Gmail mobile,"As a Gmail user obviously I love Gmail mobile, however, I would like to see an improvement when moving emails to files.  Once selecting ‘Move To’ it would be most helpful to have a search option to avoid scrolling through the entire list. Thanks!",Once selecting ‘Move To’ it would be most helpful to have a search option to avoid scrolling through the entire list.,4,TRUE,usability,search,61,67,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,87f1008e-3fa0-406a-8856-6297ca620a0b,0fe8a66a-4caf-40bb-abd2-7a47ec8f0fa1,What are we paying for?,"I appreciate being able to use Word in app form.  However with the subscription, paying monthly for less features than was previously available in word is frustrating to say the least. Basic tool functions like center/left &right align aren’t easily accessible. You have to search for them. A lot of the features that make using word easier are difficult to find.  Copying and paste make the app freeze and lose any edits that were just made. If there is payment involved the basic features should be made easily available.","However with the subscription, paying monthly for less features than was previously available in word is frustrating to say the least.",2,TRUE,cost,subscription,18,30,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,cf96e9eb-0927-410b-82bd-1d4db45c9d6a,106eddce-bdc0-4255-be37-52ab37bd50db,Notifications aren’t working,Gmail notifications do not work I do not understand why you lied about sending notifications when you get mail. I  want a feature where you can change the color of your widget that you created in the last update.,I  want a feature where you can change the color of your widget that you created in the last update.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,color,44,49,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3f172789-12a3-4fac-9074-480aa47257d0,107af4e3-ecd7-4417-9180-5a974d7309c3,Fantastic update,"The is the first major update I can remember that makes me feel good about the direction Evernote is taking. It’s fast and pleasing to use and the formatting options are way easier to use. And yes, you can finally indent a list item without digging through menus!!","And yes, you can finally indent a list item without digging through menus!",5,TRUE,usability,list,35,39,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9ff44550-2332-41d4-9453-351d1cfb4118,112b7409-b784-4aa4-a7e1-119550543aac,Latest November Update is Terrible. WHY did you move & hide things?,"Everything is moved around and certain text options are now hidden, which makes it harder to get to. The new design took away the ability to QUICKLY and seamlessly type and format text. Now you have to dig to locate the things like the Indent button. I hate that I updated, but my stupid app kept crashing, now I have a bigger problem. Also, what’s with the RETURN button function? When I press “Return” (attempting to go to the next line), it does a “shift return” function instead of giving me a new paragraph line. It’s so annoying and inconvenient, especially when using bullet lists.Sadly, I’ll use something else until they revert back to the previous version, or change things around to make it simple again. Don’t try to fix things that weren’t broken. Smh. And where’s the option to make it dark without having to turn my whole iPad to dark mode? The new look is just so complicated. Disappointing update.","It’s so annoying and inconvenient, especially when using bullet lists.",1,TRUE,usability,list,65,69,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a54bd7dc-3292-4293-a312-59a6bdb8804c,1135d071-7aac-44ed-81c2-955442311278,"No dark mode, APIs, or anything new at all","This “a/b suuuuuuper slow update speed for all apps” thing gets really old. I’m not interested in wasting time using an app that doesn’t get updated quickly to support new features and enhancements. I opened the app, dark mode didn’t toggle, and then I deleted the app. 2.5 weeks later and still no toggle even. Unacceptable tbh.I don’t have the patience for this a/b testing or snail paced feature updating anymore. All it really does it just circumnavigate App Store rules and policies technically. maybe I’ll come back next year and try again and see where the app is at then. But for now? Sticking with stock mail app. Should’ve known better.This app certainly DOES NOT have all the new features — so don’t expect it. All you can expect is that it has your gmail account and that you receive your email perfectly fine as far as I can tell. That’s literally it, though. Nothing extra, nothing special. Worth about 2 stars I think.","I opened the app, dark mode didn’t toggle, and then I deleted the app.",2,TRUE,usability,dark mode,19,28,negative
productivity,notability,e9bb27f6-5437-4fee-8b92-5dc5cd58cd7c,1187193c-ce72-453d-9c77-7cf6c7a6160a,Missing some helpful features,"Hi Notability Team! This is definitely my preferred app for note-taking! I love the UI. Just a few suggestions - A) please allow for rotation of inserted imagesB) please allow to link related notes so that we can flip from one file to another with backing out and reopening. This would be especially helpful when notes are ordered chronologically by Last Edited Date, instead of Date Created. C) please allow for adjustment of page margins and increase white space between pages. When using the grid paper, it’s difficult to distinguish between the grid lines and the page break marker.D) Please add Stickies to the root menu, like up next to the pens, etc., or allow them to be multi-select. I have a project where I have to add a ton of Stickies, and having to go through several layers of Stickies and select one-by-one was painful. Also, I love the last size and shape of Sticky is maintained in the next selection, but could you do the same for color too. It was also painful to have to change 50 sticky note colors one-by-one.  (Color coded notecards for a memorization “game”) - works amazingly except for the time it took to create them!E) Allow for the cursor to be placed manually on the page. When selecting the text option, the cursor automatically appears on the left margin (in the margin actually), and without a keyboard to Tab over, it cannot be moved. Thank you!","When using the grid paper, it’s difficult to distinguish between the grid lines and the page break marker.",4,TRUE,usability,page,89,93,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,5d3a032b-4998-4523-86f8-d58d3b8471e4,11ef4bfb-8eef-45a8-90c7-6f6168d80b89,Awesome,"Way better than google docs. There are more things you can do to better your work, and there are no significant bugs",Way better than google docs.,5,TRUE,general,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,96ca1ab7-62e7-4f8c-aac9-fb37e8c6d473,125518bb-ca19-4c20-ac51-89c05f509c29,Want to add an image? You’re SOL!,"You might think you’re adding a perfectly normal image to the document. Sure, it’s a little glitchy and hard to move images around, and god forbid you want to move an image to another page, but it functions. Sort of. You’ll find, though, that once you save your document and view it through anywhere but the Word app, half of the images are suddenly sideways, a few are upside down, and two of them have managed to migrate above the title of your document. The first two of those issues are likely due to the fact that the rotate image feature isn’t functional, but the second one? No idea. Besides all that, the app is incredibly glitchy and likes to do strange things when you accidentally tap the screen. The layout is weird and the UI is broken. I guess it functions fine for just text and basic formatting, but Google Docs is superior in just about every way. Just make all your documents there and convert them to Word format afterwards. It’ll save you a lot of headaches.",The layout is weird and the UI is broken.,2,TRUE,usability,layout,5,11,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f89f4169-83c5-4eb9-a100-146a5af3f442,1283f9c3-56fe-479b-86cf-e63a474f925a,Mobile web clipper broke with last update,"The mobile web clipper has stopped working. When I tap the share arrow and choose Evernote, the Evernote pop up appears but the drop down that normally lists my notebooks is empty, cannot be edited, and will not allow me to save the page.",The mobile web clipper has stopped working.,5,TRUE,reliability,web clipper,12,23,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,19f7d3d8-b367-428c-8212-e63ab010f8ea,12b5a7a4-be11-495d-9da3-988b8f318f85,"Great app, slight improvements","I use Evernote .  It’s a great app.  I just wish that when you make lists, it’s easier to make subindentations from ordered lists to bullet points.Another issue is that when I make an ordered list and hit enter, I want spaces in between the numbers.  Not the immediate line after.Also if I could color individual Words instead of the whole line.","I just wish that when you make lists, it’s easier to make subindentations from ordered lists to bullet points.",5,TRUE,usability,bullet point,97,109,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,2164651d-bcbc-42e1-8e3f-fd853537f564,12c238f0-1d1f-4692-a793-ca441ba8c0b3,Mobile phone,I love Evernote. Only complaint is web clipper allows different options for clipping notes. Why is this option not able when clipping using mobile devices? I use simplied clipping to avoid extra information in notes and I hate that I have to go back to re-clip notes so they appear the way I want. Is there a way to default mobile clipping to simplied...similar to pc clippings? Is this possible??,Only complaint is web clipper allows different options for clipping notes.,4,TRUE,usability,web clipper,19,30,negative
productivity,notability,9376171b-ef83-4561-bba4-c73a2a60a271,1381cd3f-0d4d-44b1-aa93-ae5f119c95f2,frustrating bugs galore,"I am shocked to encounter so many frustrating bugs in a piece of software that is so lauded?! The textbox functionality is just a wreck: suddenly the textbox will not allow me to type anymore, just clicks with no response; the bounding box will resize on its own after each revision; I can only select one word no matter how many times I click and hold and select, with handles disappearing; when clicking to start a textbox it starts wherever it likes, cutting and pasting can also be random; and how about that extra space added at the beginning of the textbox content no matter what. I am having to spend so much time trying to do the most basic word-processing, it becomes unusable. Besides the textbox issues, the display/app is slow to refresh repeatedly--I delete a page using the sidebar, but it won't reflect it until I've closed/opened it again; I add a page but swiping left won't reveal it. Surely disappointed as I was looking forward to the audio functionality.",Surely disappointed as I was looking forward to the audio functionality.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,audio,53,58,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,907ff067-ed1d-4b79-8934-0bbb819400c7,14473ccc-359b-4b71-a58b-e1572d8522f2,"Latest version has become a slow, crashing resource hog","Further Update: Wow, over a month without fixes to these show-stopper bugs!Update: Three weeks and still not a single fix for all the bugs introduced in this version. This app has become unusable.Original: While I was excited to finally get appropriate keyboard and mouse support in Word, the latest version is often unusable, probably due to a memory issue. The app often has to re-open when returning from another app and often crashes, even on the resource-rich 2020 iPad Pro (this never happened before this version). Also, text entry slows to a crawl during long writing sessions. A big disappointment.","Also, text entry slows to a crawl during long writing sessions.",1,TRUE,efficiency,text,7,11,negative
productivity,things-3,10bbea54-9345-4659-b47f-35432054e392,145200c2-7d0d-420e-99fb-f2aecfb5fd2f,Don’t upgrade from Things 2,"It’s not that Things 3 is a poor app, it’s just not worth the price if you have Things 2. It doesn’t offer enough functionality over Things 2. It’s mainly a UI revamp, which is fine. Once I started using Things 3, Things Cloud no longer worked with Things 2. This forced me to buy both the iPhone and the iPad versions, and theoretically, the Mac version- now It’s either write off $30 or throw in another $50.  This feels like a money grab.UPDATE: I got my $30 refunded and switched back to Things 2. By making the new version a separate purchase, the developers must think it’s good enough to get existing customers to buy it again. It isn’t good enough for that.",It doesn’t offer enough functionality over Things 2.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,25,38,negative
productivity,things-3,6095df7a-ce13-4acb-ad47-4d6922fbe5e1,14930dc2-f423-48d5-b672-be234b88cabb,I Love Things,"A pleasure to use. Just feels quick and right. Makes task management enjoyable. Creating, sorting and moving tasks: so tactile and responsive. Arranging chunks of things on phone is easy. A web app would be a welcome companion, but I’m having a great experience using it just on iOS as a Windows user. It’s just that good. Helping me stave off anxiety and missed tasks during a challenging time. Subtly calm and humane experience that cuts through the noise.",Makes task management enjoyable.,5,TRUE,usability,task management,7,22,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,88697bd1-9b7a-48e1-adf2-8d3240a09cb8,14a7a4f0-339c-4e4a-ae43-3debb97def79,Word- office 365 for IOS,"SonnypleaseWorks great. It syncs with Word on my Mac immediately. I’m an Apple person and Pages, my first preference, will also sync with OneDrive. However, I think Word, Photos and all the rest of the Office 365 family syncs with OneDrive faster. Also, you get 1 TB of storage for free. I have files in OneDrive since 2014. Just create a Microsoft account. No commitment and no in app purchases. FREE. You can use OneDrive as your Time Machine. This is absolutely free. Apple gives you only 5 GB of iCloud for free. Once setup, there were no problems. I hope Apple is listening. 1 TB of cloud storage through OneDrive for free. Write in word on your iPhone, then continue the same file on your Mac. WORD is fantastic though I always loved PAGES. Microsoft has an excellent deal. Most colleges require it and give it for free through their IT department. For personal use, you can use Word and all the rest on 6 devices. If you want, there is sharing and so much more. Suddenly, I am preferring Word.","However, I think Word, Photos and all the rest of the Office 365 family syncs with OneDrive faster.",5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,73,77,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,45905976-e1ff-4e33-ad21-2ac391bab726,14a7ffaf-62aa-43f4-9015-2a0f93d0e8ca,Wow. This app is gooooooooooddd,"I sometimes have trouble focusing on my boring homework. My mom bought me this app and I love it. I helps me focus and get my work done. I love how you can see your little virtual forest, and how you can get different plants, and how there is relaxing sounds. I really love that they REWARD you for focusing on your stuff. I can’t list everything, or this review would be like a book. To summarize, I love the app. It’s awesome.","I can’t list everything, or this review would be like a book.",5,TRUE,general,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,things-3,d9b19b90-7430-40a6-bd77-e1bd51b3a574,14f7de2f-f687-4de4-affe-55f1310f3234,"Good from far, far from good","My life and that of my family runs on a series of Google Calendars, six separate calendars to be exact. I purchased this app for just under $10 in the hope that it would give me one place where I could integrate all my calendars, create ""to-do"" lists and keep it all organized and running in real time. Well I'm disappointed.1) While this app has a nice clean format, it's not intuitive when it comes to adding or removing calendars. WHY do I have to go into Settings to add or remove a calendar? AND why is Settings inconveniently located at the very bottom of my screen so Im scrolling for days?2) It has difficulty pulling in multiple Google Calendars from my phone. I have 6 calendars and this app will allow me to view 2.3) SLOW to refresh and reflect changes made in my Google calendar. If I have an appointment that I've deleted or rescheduled on my Google calendar now I expect to be able to make the change and hit a refresh button of some kind so the changes are updated in ""Things"". Nope. No refresh button ansnI will not see that change reflected in ""Things"" until the following day.  Bottom line: needs more work.",WHY do I have to go into Settings to add or remove a calendar?,1,TRUE,usability,calendar,54,62,negative
productivity,notability,73270ffd-2c94-486f-9e98-711f61494614,14fbd44f-2c29-4765-bba6-feb0daa3ec75,Greatest note taking app,"The app is phenomenal when it comes to note taking. It lets you keep your notes organized and categorized based on what you’re doing. The app is also great when it comes to ignoring palm detection, to the point i no longer use paper and pencil unless it deals with drawing, all my notes are now done on my iPad. The cool thing about the app too, is that even using the iPad mini, if you turn it horizontally the app feels almost similar to a notebook (if you edit your paper right). The only complain I have is the lack of integration with other devices that aren’t in the apple eco system. Sure you can sync your notes to your google drive, but it’s complicated and a big headache to deal with. It would be nice if they offered an online version to check and sync all your notes, so you can pull them up when your iPad isn’t around. Other then that, the app is amazing! Compared to any other note apps I’ve used, I can live with that small inconvenience for now.",The app is phenomenal when it comes to note taking.,4,TRUE,general,note taking,40,51,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,0e4259b9-35ac-4899-aab8-473a4ded5809,150f1d1d-c56d-4817-a2fb-341b8f0885f6,Amazing!,"I’ve always had trouble with being mindful and remaining on task for periods of time. As a PhD student who constantly reads academic articles and 100+ textbook pages, this app has done wonders for my productivity. Did a bit of research on the company that plants actual trees and they seem legitimate in my opinion! Being able to plant trees in real life with the in-app currency you earn is a huge motivator as well.","As a PhD student who constantly reads academic articles and 100+ textbook pages, this app has done wonders for my productivity.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,26967879-40f3-4998-bb0b-0a3274298f8a,151035a8-d3d3-44ab-b8c1-f58a771c8cdf,Very Encouraging,"I made a mistake when I first got on the app, trying to navigate how it works, and ended up killing a tree. Ever since, I refuse to ever let a tree die again, it make me so upset 😂It’s a very cute app that helps you focus with the motivators of both not wanting your tree to die and to get more coins so that you can earn more trees for your forest. Also, for me personally, I loving seeing charts and graphs, so to see the stats of my progresses feels really good!","Also, for me personally, I loving seeing charts and graphs, so to see the stats of my progresses feels really good!",5,TRUE,usability,graph,53,58,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,d54a4e2f-a7ba-4db3-99b5-f09d6b230f66,1524b82b-1a52-4825-82c7-837d84e1e3d6,Glad I signed up for Office 365,"I’m reviewing this as a paid app and not a free one because, for my use case, the features I need require an Office 365 subscription (which is fair - I don’t expect developers to provide pro-level functionality for free). If I were reviewing this as a free app, I would rate it 5 stars. Maybe more, actually. It’s a really good app.I'm an attorney and I mark up documents for a living, and I rely on a lot of advanced “Reviewing” features of Microsoft Word on the desktop. Many of these features are reproduced perfectly in this app. I store my iMac's files on OneDrive, which this app can access natively. It works very, very well.Some features do remain missing, however. Styles support does not appear to be complete, or at least there does not seem to be a way to edit Styles on the iPad (although if I edit a Style on the iMac the Style will immediately update on the iPad, so there’s that). Sometimes I rely on Remote Desktop just to make changes to Styles and certain other formatting items - obviously this is a clunky workaround. There also is no functionality for “comparing” one file with another.I’m giving this 4 stars because I’m pleased with it and Microsoft Word remains critical to my daily workflow. There’s definitely room for improvement, though, especially for a “pro” app that I’m paying annually for.",There also is no functionality for “comparing” one file with another.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,18,31,negative
productivity,notability,9ea915e7-b193-4824-afb8-0113991c33d4,1567190a-023a-450d-a22e-b32d4c5d6c5f,Constant Crashing,"In the beginning, Notability was great for my anatomy class. I used it to make files with pictures of different structures. But now the app randomly crashes when I’m working so I lose my progress. And when I have been going over the structure lists, it changes the pictures I put by duplicating other ones. It’s very frustrating because I go back to fix it and when I check it over again, it changes back to all the mistakes. There has to be an option to save progress because I easily lose things because the app is crashing. Please fix this. Because I’m frustrated I paid so much for an app that messes my files and crashes for no reason. My iPad is updated to the latest software and Notability has the most recent updates too.","And when I have been going over the structure lists, it changes the pictures I put by duplicating other ones.",1,TRUE,usability,picture,69,76,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b06eadff-0b8c-402f-bf98-cdad0293cb65,158c7559-a48f-4025-a0d9-2aae2f4232fc,Mostly Great 👍🏼,"This app is mostly helpful, because it allows me to check my email in a separate app and not Apple Mail. I like the google meet setting inside the Gmail app. I have a few problems, though. Firstly, the app doesn’t send notifications to my iPhone. I have turned on notifications from the Gmail app on settings and in the Gmail app. still, I do not get notifications when I receive an email.Second, when using Gmail on a chrome book or on a computer, the Hangouts feature is enabled from your Inbox page. On the Gmail app, however, you have to have the Hangouts app installed separately. I wish the hangouts feature was able to be accessed from the Gmail app. Finally, when sent links in an email, my phone gives me a choice as to what search engine app to open the link with. If you click the Safari option, it automatically signs in to your google account on Safari. I wish that this wouldn’t happen, because once your google account is signed in on Safari, all settings on your google account are automatically on Safari. Thanks for reading this, if you’re still here. I really like the Gmail app, even though I have some problems with it. 👍🏼 thanks again!","Second, when using Gmail on a chrome book or on a computer, the Hangouts feature is enabled from your Inbox page.",4,TRUE,compatibility,hangouts,62,70,positive
productivity,things-3,60fc7bbc-bc96-4aa6-9a39-565850ad2ddd,15fa3ac7-64b2-415b-9414-2f913c3ab830,Pretty Good,Update: love that the notifications don’t disappear even when phone turns off. Thumbs up for that. Because if I miss notification or something happens. It stays until I proceed do some sort of action. Even if I open app notifications don’t disappear like other apps. Very happy just wish scheduling a reminder was a bit easier. Great App. Think it’s a bit confusing on how to make reminders especially when doing it for a year from now. But it seems reliable only wish it wud have an option for those that would like a nag reminder bcuz we all can not here the reminders go off f we are busy. Would like to see the option to change reminder alert & snooze options like Sorted 3. I do think it should have a better pop calendar view for easier choosing but I recommend the app highly,Very happy just wish scheduling a reminder was a bit easier.,4,TRUE,usability,reminder,35,43,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,62101fe7-7a69-4ae9-83f7-ea658bfd807c,161559cb-993b-48f5-ac6d-20d61e7bd167,Use with Caution-Random Crashes Cause Data Lisa,"I have been using Microsoft word on pc, mac, and iPad for several years and mostly had a good experience. Until recently with the iPad app, which I use almost everyday. The app will randomly crash and delete hours worth of progress I had made on a document. It freezes, sits, and then force closes and when I reopen, my hard work is gone. I auto save to Dropbox, and after experiencing this crash issue multiple times, I periodically go in and out of documents to make sure they are saving, as well as check the menu bar to see that it says “changes are automatically saved to Dropbox.” Which it always does, even during that hour of work that didn’t save after the crash! Why is it telling me it’s saving when it’s really not? I don’t believe this a Dropbox issue, because word itself is crashing. Last time it crashed when I was exiting the document (doing my insane self-checking because I’m so paranoid about this problem). Just froze, and I knew that it was too late. There’s nothing more devastating. I’ve troubleshooted this problem, but no progress yet. I’m considering another word processor app at this point, but that would be inconvenient because no one else has Dropbox integration. Fix your app, please. This is ridiculous.",The app will randomly crash and delete hours worth of progress I had made on a document.,2,TRUE,reliability,document,80,88,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,66b222a5-30ad-4e62-8ac2-e8fefa356337,16772b08-9339-466a-adc7-86eae1ebaeae,The. Worst. Production. App. EVER!,"Every time I use this app, I hate it more and more. I do not understand why Microsoft and Apple will not agree on an iPad version that is actually functional for more than just typing words. I just spent the last two weeks designing a form in the full laptop version using tools from the Developer menu. 98% of the fields I entered DO NOT WORK. The ONLY field that works is the text entry field. The drop down menu field? Nope. The image box field? Nope. The text entry field over a solid line? Nope. Text entry field in a table? Nope. Just a text entry field in regular old Normal mode. Completely USELESS! Now, I get to carry my full-sized work laptop in every room of a building for requirements gathering. Thank you, Microsoft and Apple, for NOTHING! I’ll just use Adobe....",The text entry field over a solid line?,1,TRUE,general,text,5,9,negative
productivity,notability,ce5f92f0-79e8-4a60-95d1-214bd9f0fc6f,16805c0e-298d-4937-94f0-8b27055764c6,A few suggestions,"I really like this note taking app. Here are some of my suggestions to make it even better.1. handwriting recognition is awesome, but I totally didn’t expect that Notability doesn’t support recognition of text in photos. All of my classes are taking online nowadays and the majority of my notes are screenshots of class materials coupled with my handwritten annotations. There are tons of important information in the photos I uploaded and it’s really annoying to me that I cannot find these materials through the search function.2. The magnification function is cool. Even though I don’t use it a lot, I can see why it might be handy for other customers. However, the position of the magnification button is quite annoying. It’s at the bottom right corner and it’s not subject to customized change. Even with palm rejection, I still find myself accidentally touch it quite often. This can be really annoying and break the flow of smooth note taking experience.",I really like this note taking app.,4,TRUE,general,note taking,20,31,positive
productivity,notability,f16d5642-ec6c-4430-a71d-3851611d901f,16952aa1-3b4c-423e-8966-6fcdcd8ccae2,One of the Better Note Apps,"Notability has been a definite upgrade to managing note taking regarding the amount of paper is saved. Since my use, I have contributed input and suggestions to making it the ultimate solution. From my experience, the convert to text is okay but if you do not write legibly it can make mistakes which takes away from your note taking. I wish the app would stick to a hierarchical filing system instead of useless (to me) divider system. And most of all, the recording feature is great but the playback and scrolling suuuuuucks. There should also be a skip forward button and the skip time settings should be customizable. Lastly, I wish the suggestion and input forum should have feed back from the developers from the most asked features. Recent updates with new features didn’t really answer to the user requests. Drawing shapes are cool but perhaps better bullet pointing features are more preferred.","And most of all, the recording feature is great but the playback and scrolling suuuuuucks.",4,TRUE,usability,recording,22,31,positive
productivity,notability,5d0c5244-79d5-40b4-b628-2a432656f280,16be07cb-d934-4589-9144-7bb916982fc4,Wonderful Notetaking App. Been using it for 7 years.,"Hello! Wanted to take the time to write a review for an app I use every day of my life as a medical student. I love every amenity of this app. With my experience, I would like to give the developers a few ideas about how to further improve it. - A quicker color picker would be lovely. For example, being able to place 2-3 Favorite Colors at the top of the screen on the ribbon (1 tap is all we need)! Similar (but better) than having a physical pen with 4 different colored inks. - Another option would be to long-press with our finger/Apple pencil on a color on the screen to switch to that color. Both methods of integration would be awesome. The concept of Longpressing would need a time threshold before it accepts the input as such, so a slider in milliseconds would be ideal. I recommend this for the “Shapes Detection” option also (because we hesitate sometimes..). - Gestures would be nice too! One that immediately comes to mind is double tapping = undo. - On my MacBook and iPad, the Text Box is a little wonky. It assumes I want the box to be a certain width and doesn’t automatically format my text within it. Some tweaks (or advice?) on that may be necessary..These are just quality of life adjustments I have noticed would really make the app absolutely perfect. It already is, but I’m all about human centered design. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.",Similar (but better) than having a physical pen with 4 different colored inks.,4,TRUE,usability,color,66,71,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f6a8767c-55f7-4bc7-b89e-8c0d80f9f321,16c95848-7888-435a-9939-4c785d54e863,You finally managed to break it. Wow. Congrats!,"The list of broken features, both in iOS and Mac version, is a long one. You people think that by rounding the buttons and changing the way things look, you are allowed to break everything? 1) camera is faster in iOS than it used to be, but caveat!, it takes garbage pictures. 2) impossible to force a synch and much slower to do so by itself now 3) can’t edit certain shared folders now. And on and on. 4) not able to upload pictures from Apple photos into Evernote anymore. Either this is fixed very soon, or this is the last year I pay for a subscription. Next time you feel like changing the way things look, but you don’t have anything interesting to add or improve in terms of functionality, just don’t do anything.","Either this is fixed very soon, or this is the last year I pay for a subscription.",1,TRUE,general,subscription,70,82,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,a1818743-8700-4c04-9027-d0608bcbfe0f,17651b2d-f4b5-4b05-a250-587e137cee60,Update made AutoSave not work,"The app was updated in April 2019 and now autosave does not work like it used to. It is not automatically saving every time you make a change. I did not realize this, and I lost half my notes for class when I closed the app. The text options are also faded when typing at times, you have to tap the page multiple times to get it to work. When I type “command+b” or i or u to bold, italicize, and underline, it doesn’t work. Like I said, these functions worked fine before the app update. Please fix this. Thank you.","The text options are also faded when typing at times, you have to tap the page multiple times to get it to work.",2,TRUE,usability,text,5,9,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,36c3890b-2f49-4328-bd66-085a8830badd,1789d61c-823c-459e-8672-80787e08d01b,Word is Awesome,"Whether for writing and saving letters, recipes, emails or for making my daily list os things I’m grateful for…. Word is my “go to” place for easy organization.  Try it!!","Whether for writing and saving letters, recipes, emails or for making my daily list os things I’m grateful for….",5,TRUE,usability,list,80,84,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,90f911da-0fd1-4b9d-b77e-bf88c7b162a8,17b59a7d-52c6-41e1-8561-3c83081542b6,Good App,"Update: suddenly in the last several weeks Word keeps wanting to pin my documents all on its own. Even when I unpin, it will repin. This is very frustrating as it reorganizes my documents. I don’t even understand the purpose of pinning. After having several issues in the past, through all the updates it has been working well. Thank you! The only thing I can't figure out is why after opening the app and closing it, frequently when I open my iPad again at a later time this app is open. I don't believe it's my iPad since this is the only app it happens with.","After having several issues in the past, through all the updates it has been working well.",4,TRUE,reliability,update,58,64,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,771de33f-ea68-4a60-b767-9b5910a73635,180fd53d-6072-4361-9e7c-37ad06e67a13,Better!,"I was frustrated by the recent updates because my audio notes weren't being saved. It seems that Evernote has fixed the issue (although I do still a bit anxious while recording), so I am following up with a much happier review. The only thing missing is the ability to lock notes for editing. Add that feature and it'll be five stars.",I was frustrated by the recent updates because my audio notes weren't being saved.,4,TRUE,reliability,audio,51,56,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,0253c9c2-6549-4ceb-a6e2-4fe92aa96286,181d95ab-6c52-4d8e-ae44-18ce4b45c633,"I’m hating my GMail Account, but feel stuck","Ok, now I’m really upset. My main email address will no longer show me my emails on my main work device, my iPad. I have left questions through the website, have tried calling, have emailed them, and nothing. Seems a multi-million (billion?) dollar company could certainly afford a switchboard operator and some techies on staff? I do too many things I don’t want to lose in my emails, and I’m afraid Google is not longer reliable. And...once again, I don’t expect a reply. Absolutely hate the update since “All Inboxes” arrived. Since then, Google Mail has decided that my two alternative accounts are the only ones I need to see. My default (for about 12 years now) email account is only visible to me on my phone, and no longer on my iPad. I have sent emails, chatted, attempted to find a phone number 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😅😂😂🤣😅, and all to no avail. I do business on the email account, and now it has to be done on my phone.  I have emails I’m missing that will ultimately cost me business. I need a mail server that is reliable. Anyone have any suggestions? Because Google is not reliable.",Absolutely hate the update since “All Inboxes” arrived.,1,TRUE,general,update,21,27,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,7e38352f-307c-4034-8e17-aea06eafc69f,18d216c8-ddea-4c4d-97a8-6b8493198bb1,New version not as good as the previous one,"Verdict:  if you want to/need to use Office across your devices, get this. If not, use Pages or Google Docs. They will both allow you to open & edit Word docs & Save docs as Word. Though it’s really handy to have Office products on my phone so I can edit files without having to go to my laptop, I’m not keen on the latest version of Word for iOS. It’s just clunkier to use. It took me quite a bit of poking around just to find the editing control menus. And when I copy & paste text into a new document, it only pastes the text, not any original formatting. I don’t see any paste options such as there are in Word for windows. Example: I have an email with text formatted as a table. Previously, if I copied & pasted into a new doc, it pasted as a table. Now, it just pastes the text with generic font & no formatting except paragraph breaks. I completely lose the table. It seems this app has gotten more bare-bones rather than feature-full. It’s good enough, but if I have an Office subscription, I expect a little more.","And when I copy & paste text into a new document, it only pastes the text, not any original formatting.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,document,41,49,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d2a17e64-e854-44d8-bd8c-45f0fb92c8a8,18ef60e3-273c-4ef6-b9f7-0c2e2cd0b0e3,Latest update renders product close to useless,"Updated 10/03. Got the latest update today. Still loads slooow. I think it created more multiple copies of notes but it’s hard to tell. Need to spend some time on the Windows Desktop version, the one that hasn’t been “upgraded” yet, to see if I can fix this mess. I’ve been an Evernote user since 2014. This last update to the iPad version is awful. I wish I never downloaded it. Everything about it is sloooooow. You need to tap a note at least three times before it even attempts to load it, and the notebook is local even. When it does decide to load, twiddle you’re thumbs for a bit because.....slooooooowWhen you use the nearly useless web thing, won’t call it clipper that works well, it tells you next time you sync. Guess what it never seems to do with those pages?  Oh, and if it does......sloooooooow Try sending it pictures.  They note shows up from the email but the pictures. Its nearly to the point where I may have to use either Apple Notes or, god forbid, One Note. Can you re-release the old version as an upgrade to whatever you want to call this?",They note shows up from the email but the pictures.,1,TRUE,usability,picture,43,50,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,f0eab13d-3e0f-400a-8513-6af28f4397ca,19557cfe-36be-479f-8dad-980f19e0ae52,Excellent iPhone implementation of good old Word,"This implementation has a rich feature set. I wish MS had gotten creative and found a whole new way to leverage touch screens, voice, and small devices. This is a very good translation of the historic Word design.",This is a very good translation of the historic Word design.,5,TRUE,usability,design,54,60,positive
productivity,things-3,1a1413e1-2b9d-4989-8cf4-7fc3da73a4cc,19684bfb-c1c1-41da-aafc-df8584ed7482,"Fantastic app, needs some work","I use Things every day and with all my reminders, but imo the lack of a calendar view can hurt the experience. Right now the only way to see future reminders is in upcoming view, which is fine, but going back and forth between today's view and upcoming view can be a real nuisance and take up much time since you can’t drag a reminder from today and just drop it in another date. for that, you need to change the date on the reminder’s setting which can be frustrating when there are a lot of them.With a proper calendar view though, this would be a non-issue. And aside from that, it would make seeing future reminders so much easier.","I use Things every day and with all my reminders, but imo the lack of a calendar view can hurt the experience.",4,TRUE,usability,reminder,40,48,positive
productivity,things-3,1a1413e1-2b9d-4989-8cf4-7fc3da73a4cc,19684bfb-c1c1-41da-aafc-df8584ed7482,"Fantastic app, needs some work","I use Things every day and with all my reminders, but imo the lack of a calendar view can hurt the experience. Right now the only way to see future reminders is in upcoming view, which is fine, but going back and forth between today's view and upcoming view can be a real nuisance and take up much time since you can’t drag a reminder from today and just drop it in another date. for that, you need to change the date on the reminder’s setting which can be frustrating when there are a lot of them.With a proper calendar view though, this would be a non-issue. And aside from that, it would make seeing future reminders so much easier.","I use Things every day and with all my reminders, but imo the lack of a calendar view can hurt the experience.",4,TRUE,usability,calendar view,73,86,negative
productivity,things-3,e33b876b-c2d2-45f8-8136-a8247f35eb07,198784e2-86e9-46f4-93a0-5000986a2733,Cannot attach photos to a To-Do List,"I’ve always found this app a bit difficult to maneuver.  Not impossible, just a bit busy for daily use.I started using it as a place saver for various links.  Works fine for that purpose. It works out that I use this app about once every couple of months, so I will not be inclined to purchase Things 4 when released.The app does not allow a featur to attach a photo to a file.  That’s a dealbreaker for me.The file system for creating sections (file subjects) helps organize thoughts.  I imagine this would be enough for some people to make this a go-to To-Do app.",The app does not allow a featur to attach a photo to a file.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,photo,45,50,negative
productivity,things-3,4f2b25c6-646e-4b98-b379-c0649cecdc6e,1ab70165-9712-44c5-bb54-e0ea7026c04b,Just As Good As The Other To Do Apps,"Give it to them - the marketing message on the App Store is well formulated, but when it comes down to it the functionality doesn’t justify the high price tag. If there was a deeper integration with the native iPhone calendar (e.g. slot a to do into a calendar event and schedule the precise time or to turn an email follow-up into a to do) I may think about it a bit differently. There is so much more that could be done including integration with the likes of Outlook or Gmail email apps. If you are a very simple to do list user and would like to group tasks by category, set general reminders then use the Reminders app on the iPhone or find a free / low-cost to do app. The price for this app simply is not justifiable.",If there was a deeper integration with the native iPhone calendar (e.g.,3,TRUE,compatibility,calendar,58,66,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,26fb6b33-9330-4b04-9ead-7a972a4b7cf6,1b00e798-5951-4857-b0b1-9b6a260b11cf,WHAT HAPPENED??,I spent over three hours transcribing an audio presentation. There was five pages...I even printed them out!! I went back to the saved document to find a quote and there was only one page available. What happed to the rest of my file?? Why did the app not save the complete file?? Aughhhh. Now I have to do it again?,I spent over three hours transcribing an audio presentation.,4,TRUE,usability,audio,42,47,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,592547ef-60c4-477c-9f51-22fabfff435e,1b00fa2b-7ff4-4a83-aa2d-20ea2d2267d4,Amazing!!!🤩,"Word is an amazing app fir writing. Atm I’m writing a creepypasta and it is so easy. They even have a option for a phone mode! The only thing I think that could help is having a dark mode. I tend to write at night and it started to hurt my eyes, but otherwise it’s good.",The only thing I think that could help is having a dark mode.,5,TRUE,usability,dark mode,52,61,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,ea0f4efe-c218-4f64-8255-3f6387807ed6,1b2a7e9f-6634-409e-a56f-8fa7a29e89f0,Here we go again,"I've been using Evernote for a long time. After the last huge update I was really happy that certain things were fixed and the app looked great. However, the ability to edit notes saved from webpages has been removed. I therefore am unable to make adjustments to the formatting or add notes on my recipes. This is a huge disappointment for me. I like to preserve the look of a website (which is lost when you ""simplify formatting"") but the page never translates perfectly into a note or there will be extra elements on the bottom or blocking the note. I didn't mind making edits to make the notes look better, but now I also have no option for adding my own comments. A comment bubble feature could be useful, but some things would make sense directly in the note. I'm also annoyed that there was no warning to this update, so my desktop app restarted abruptly to install the new version and I lost a BUNCH of changes that I had made.",After the last huge update I was really happy that certain things were fixed and the app looked great.,1,TRUE,general,update,21,27,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2c6f3f8d-461d-44bc-8b6b-6a9928392cfb,1bc3d622-65c9-415e-824a-1b67a115a174,Even better than the last one!,Gmail app just got even better. Easier to use and the design got smarter. Love the feature when you tap an email notification it takes you to the email and gives you immediate shortcuts to reply or forward it.,Easier to use and the design got smarter.,5,TRUE,usability,design,23,29,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c401f784-eccb-4882-924f-b1cb2bd54f64,1bd37432-793b-4c7f-98db-832ef662cf7f,Crucial to my lifestyle. One issue,"I love this app. The organization of notebooks is essential to my lifestyle. I use notebooks for school, work, and my writing hobby, as well as my songwriting. If evernote randomly vanished one day, I’d be in trouble. I absolutely love the app. I have it on my iPhone 6 and my Macbook. It works great on both, with one reoccurring bug. On the iPhone, the app crashes every time I lock my phone. Even if I lock it for 2 seconds just to test this theory, it will crash without fail. Fortunately, it ALWAYS saves the note before closing the app (props to you, devs). But because the app does use a hefty amount of battery while using it, I like to lock my phone between writing things down. But every time I do that, I have to launch the app again and load up the note. I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but to no avail. That’s my only complaint. I encourage everyone in my circle to use the app. I’ve never paid a cent to use it, and I’m nowhere near where I need to be to require premium. So I find it’s well worth the app space and little glitches.",The organization of notebooks is essential to my lifestyle.,5,TRUE,general,notebook,21,29,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,b0f309d9-deef-4429-a308-cf74f7432b13,1c916b1b-5ad3-44e0-94c9-4845f2437a73,Good app,"The app is really helpful in managing daily tasks. One thing is not comfortable for me is that when I create a new note the focus is set to the note description, not title first. It is really annoying sometimes, especially when you want to create a quick note. Could you please implement this feature in the future releases  - setting focus on title first? Thank you!",Could you please implement this feature in the future releases  - setting focus on title first?,4,TRUE,general,title,84,89,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,7f06ab12-8987-478a-ae64-e8c896097652,1c9f069a-5f9d-486e-bcf5-5e443138a717,Best studying app!,"I am a biomedical major in college and this app is amazing! I love the concept of the trees dying if you leave the app or if you answer a call/text message. It is very rewarding, and I really enjoy the aspect of being able to save my coins made from successful study sessions and purchasing a tree life tree to be planted, it’s really awesome!!Thank you for such an amazing app! Next, I’m going to try the alarm clock app by the creators!",I love the concept of the trees dying if you leave the app or if you answer a call/text message.,5,TRUE,usability,trees,27,32,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,e6e945ad-c53d-4a22-833e-42be2de6e686,1cae8f4d-7b99-47ad-900f-eaf51ff30e98,Best $2 I’ve Spent,"Ok I never spend money on apps, but this was worth the $1.99. I got it because I saw so many studyblrs and studygrammers using it, and it looked really well designed. It’s really a good way to keep focused, but also to review and see how you’ve been spending your time. The tree system honestly is so cute and actually a good incentive to study, and seeing your garden is pretty satisfying. There are also some community events/features that motivate you too. Even if you are thinking about getting this app but feel like you stay focused pretty well on your own, go ahead and get it. Totally worth.","I got it because I saw so many studyblrs and studygrammers using it, and it looked really well designed.",5,TRUE,usability,design,96,102,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1c9194dd-106d-438a-8768-981880158b78,1cce583c-ca06-4f22-98ee-227bbb620b63,HATE IT!!!,"I had a version of gmail for several years, but in attempting to fix a problem I deleted it, and when I wanted to reinstall I got this version.  The old one had an inbox for most mail, one for spam, as I remember that was it.  No unnecessarily complicated divisions like “Social”, “Promotions”, etc.  Now I never know where to look for mail I’m most interested in.  Also, the old version let me click on multiple emails and delete them as a group.  Sometimes I can do that now, other times it will let me choose several emails but when I hit trash it will arbitrarily choose another email to move (thankfully it DOES let me undo).  Another charming feature is, when I move something from spam and then click a link it WILL NOT open.  When I click on the “to view this message as a web page click here” nothing happens.  I would download a different email app if not for the complication of changing my address, may be forced to anyway as I find myself becoming agitated every time I deal with this one!","Also, the old version let me click on multiple emails and delete them as a group.",1,TRUE,usability,old version,11,22,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6815721c-cece-4c32-962f-09e52b7fec26,1cd9a547-643c-4f0d-a1f9-b45982164c47,Good app but needs some updating,"We use gmail for our business and most is via the app. Either way, there needs to be some updating as far as the sent mail goes. When you send an email, it needs to go to sent, period. I don’t need it back in the inbox when someone replies. A reply is a reply. I also don’t need replies to said sent item stacking up. Each reply should be separate. I can’t add a photo to the mobile signature. If I tag something to be in a folder and I want to delete a reply to that item, it deletes the entire email. Why? The whole system needs to work more like Outlook to be fully functioning.",I can’t add a photo to the mobile signature.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,photo,15,20,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,160adf6f-fb2d-4e27-9609-94453988a6c6,1d8c9ab9-c9ef-4b55-972e-037988865259,Can’t sync on iPad,"I love this app on iPhone. I’ve used it on iPad since the day it was made compatible. However, for 4 weeks now my sync hasn’ worked. It shows last sync ‘4 weeks ago’, and if I hit the Sync in preferences it crashes the app.I’m afraid to reinstall because I’ll lose a month of progress. I’m hoping an app update fixes sync and saves my trees. That would make the iPad app 5 stars, but until then I’m reluctant to use it again.","It shows last sync ‘4 weeks ago’, and if I hit the Sync in preferences it crashes the app.",2,TRUE,compatibility,sync,15,19,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f9192567-15ab-42a5-b8d3-3468feefdeb9,1d9696b1-99f6-4a14-b88b-1fcdfe6dfd3c,We need custom sorting,"I LOVE Evernote. I bought the premium, and I use it daily. I do have one request: custom sorting. It would be SUPER useful if we could do that, since we sometimes wanna list things by hand or sort things exactly the way we want them. I know no one ever reads reviews, but please add this to Evernote","It would be SUPER useful if we could do that, since we sometimes wanna list things by hand or sort things exactly the way we want them.",5,TRUE,usability,list,72,76,negative
productivity,notability,e8ce955b-a858-4516-97d9-e50af634b38d,1e4d8c31-0abb-4911-9820-30381451c7aa,Saved My Bacon,"I’m currently in grad school and after my first semester, I decided to switch to digital note taking. I was simply overwhelmed by the massive paper trail that often happens in grad school. I shopped around and I saw this app and decided to give it a go. I don’t normally spend $10 on an app, but it has been worth every penny! The organization is top notch, it works with many different type of styli (I use the Friendly Swede interchangeable tip stylus, because of the cost, but Apple Pencil works great if you have an iPad Pro), the recording feature is great, sharing notes is super easy and it’s been so convenient to have all of my school documents in one place. So far, I’m at 600+ documents and I haven’t lost anything since using this app. I absolutely credit this app with helping me pass my comprehensive exams.My only complaints is that I wish I wouldn’t have to buy it again for Mac. I also would like it if they were to incorporate tabs, so I wouldn’t have to back out to the menu every time I wanted to switch between a few related notes. In spite of these shortcomings, I still give it five stars because of how much it’s helped up my game as a grad student. Thanks, Notability!",I was simply overwhelmed by the massive paper trail that often happens in grad school.,5,TRUE,general,paper,41,46,positive
productivity,notability,e3320e05-0da5-4eae-9980-d84a702d32d2,1ec6bca5-e0c6-4e54-bd4d-4bd4697701e6,Syncing big files is very poor,"I wanted to love Notability. It’s unique recording feature is perfect for lecture notes, and so I decided to give it a full month test, switching from another very well known note taking app and using Notability exclusively. The result, now that the month’s experiment has concluded, is that I’m switching back to the other app. Leaving aside all the countless comparisons and contrasts between these two apps, the deal breaker for me was that Notability’s syncing between iPhone, iPad, and Mac is awful. Any imported big file would only sync to one device, never appearing on all three. PDF imports were the worst—I would check literally DAYS later for a given pdf file to appear on ALL of my devices, only to have it stuck on the one device I originally imported it from. The only way to finally get some files to sync was to delete the Notability app and reinstall it, and even then it was only successful some of the time. As you might imagine, that workaround was beyond disappointing—it was incredibly inconvenient and completely untenable.Don’t get me wrong: Notability is still a very worthwhile purchase. There’s a lot to like about the features and its ease of use, and I’ll definitely be keeping it as my backup. And I’ll still use it whenever I need to combine note taking with recordings. But until the developers fix syncing, there’s no way that I could ever rely on this as my go-to app for notes or creative projects.","But until the developers fix syncing, there’s no way that I could ever rely on this as my go-to app for notes or creative projects.",5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,30,34,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,0438d272-6b4e-4662-be71-6e4d4d1c6b01,1ed74177-6788-4eaf-86d5-02d2804cbc2a,Not really sure. #Usury ☹️,I love the Word App BUT what’s up with renting the Service. If you don’t buy a subscription you’re locked out of simple features like landscape. I believe a better way is to allow us to either buy features a la carte or sell the app altogether for one set price. Years of renting this app could become an exuberant expense; having paid into this App many times over in comparison to its worth  or original value.      And even if the argument is “you’re renting storage space...” that can be done on a yearly subscription like cloud space with iPhone users. Seems to be no reason for the over charging.       Hopefully this will change or another app comes and replaces this app. #USURY #UNFAIR,If you don’t buy a subscription you’re locked out of simple features like landscape.,5,TRUE,usability,subscription,20,32,negative
productivity,notability,9a44b7e5-4b97-442a-85b1-1d4956d96160,1eef72ea-8fb2-47ef-8527-51713ef5cbca,Love it! Perfect for school!,"The only criticism I have is that I wish they had more long press perfect shapes other than straight lines, squares, triangles, and circles. I’d appreciate even a curved line for when I’m graphing. Other than that it’s been absolutely amazing. I never spend money on apps but this has been a dream with school notes. It keeps all my notes in one place, looking perfect and  organized. Instead of flipping through pages to find a specific note, I just look it up in the search bar and it recognizes my hand writing! And best of all I can record my lectures in case I need to remember something specific that I didn’t write down! And it syncs the recording to whatever you’re working so it’s easy to find a specific snippet of a 3 hour lecture. I’ve tried goodnote and one note and I still prefer notability. I even have it on my computer so it syncs all my notes.*TIP* You can type with this app but I highly recommend hand writing your notes as it’s proven to be more useful at learning and retaining material!",I’d appreciate even a curved line for when I’m graphing.,5,TRUE,usability,graph,48,53,positive
productivity,things-3,e2d61371-aa17-4295-af2c-188c65ac51d1,1f10f8b2-77c5-4a52-b3e2-4f438ce2cd76,Fix this bug and Areas for Improvement,I’m using the latest release and The app is great overall. Use it everyday but a couple things bug me; nothing that a future update can’t fix. The bug 1. When adding a new “to-do” either via 3D Touch or within the app There are times when the app will freeze. I’ll put in a header than tap notes to begin typing and frozen....can’t even cancel or hit done. Must force quit app. 2. Also when this bug isn’t there it’s annoying that you can’t tap anywhere in the note box to begin typing...you have to tap on the grayed out Note text. Pain when you’re in a rush...Improve1. Add the ability to choose recurring event when creating a new to do. You can only do it after you’ve created it. Such a pain especially when you select a folder or “project” that isn’t inbox. I then have to go find it and add the recurrence,Use it everyday but a couple things bug me; nothing that a future update can’t fix.,4,TRUE,general,update,67,73,negative
productivity,notability,7ff6a478-27fb-4973-89e8-cb159f6d7f8d,1f88e816-2ad9-4623-b8cb-ccf14260e9c6,Disappointed with this App,"I was very excited to use this app with my new iPad. However, it is very frustrating. I would like to use the app to scan documents and edit them which is one of the capabilities I paid for it to do. The scanner takes blurry pictures so I can not read any of the words. My iPad camera works perfect so I know it is the app and the blue scanner dances around the screen instead of recognizing the page I want it to scan. Also, when I try to import the I page as a PDF it tells me the app converted it but it never gets inserted into the document. Not to mention I paid $8 for this app, and they want a whole $2 more dollars just to convert my handwriting into text which is one of the features I thought I was paying for. Get good notes instead!","Also, when I try to import the I page as a PDF it tells me the app converted it but it never gets inserted into the document.",1,TRUE,reliability,document,117,125,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,5303f3e4-2749-4ec9-8ba8-1ffe884dd935,1fd2ead0-0fee-49ad-8185-a4127c16b6ee,Computer vs mobile vs tablet,"Hello, I’d like word in computer, you create a document, and you print it, I mean the basic. On mobile..nope. It’s like paint but blue themed. I mean there can be a lot of improvements and fixes. Also the app crashed my tablet like 3 times before even finishing the download. Ok other then that, I honestly didn’t like it. For a document it’s good you got the basics. But it isn’t enough like... ok maybe on my phone it might be bad and all that but i mean meh. But on the tablet (seeing the pictures in the App Store) it’s good I mean the same for computer but a little bit laggy and bugs and crashes. There can be a LOOT of différents if you could just work on it better.Ok. As an app. I can say meh. Not bad. Just less settings in the mob and tabs. But other then that crashes. Fix these and make the layout better :) also the app takes a lot to download and a lot to start it up. Make this a generator instead of a non deleting paper for like ever. Thanks for reading",For a document it’s good you got the basics.,4,TRUE,general,document,7,15,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,cde367c6-d2ce-4106-a975-2a77aaf24042,202387ce-d955-455f-b0d1-1b0302f43d38,Can’t start planting on watch,I literally bought a watch to use this app on it but I can’t plant trees. PLEASE add this feature.,I literally bought a watch to use this app on it but I can’t plant trees.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,plant tree,62,72,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9ff44550-2332-41d4-9453-351d1cfb4118,2025d52a-563c-4988-8004-7021c58ae9b3,Latest November Update is Terrible. WHY did you move & hide things?,"Everything is moved around and certain text options are now hidden, which makes it harder to get to. The new design took away the ability to QUICKLY and seamlessly type and format text. Now you have to dig to locate the things like the Indent button. I hate that I updated, but my stupid app kept crashing, now I have a bigger problem. Also, what’s with the RETURN button function? When I press “Return” (attempting to go to the next line), it does a “shift return” function instead of giving me a new paragraph line. It’s so annoying and inconvenient, especially when using bullet lists.Sadly, I’ll use something else until they revert back to the previous version, or change things around to make it simple again. Don’t try to fix things that weren’t broken. Smh. And where’s the option to make it dark without having to turn my whole iPad to dark mode? The new look is just so complicated. Disappointing update.",The new design took away the ability to QUICKLY and seamlessly type and format text.,1,TRUE,usability,text,80,84,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9c32c109-ae4d-4d3f-bf5e-463a67c72556,203da678-820f-4a46-9017-7f39f29b1f17,Update has problems,"I love Evernote and have used it for years. I love the ability to record notes of varying kinds, to tag them and organize them into folders, and to see my notes across various devices. It really has been a great product for me.The most recent update (October 2020) seems to have a serious bug, and I’m having a hard time finding a way to report it (I think the bug reporting process needs to be easier). Anyway, with the new update, I’m having trouble accessing and editing my notes. When I select a note from the list of notes, it often doesn’t show up for me to edit or read. Sometimes it does but very slowly, and other times I just stare at a blank screen for several seconds and then give up.This, to me, is a serious flaw and could be a deal killer.","When I select a note from the list of notes, it often doesn’t show up for me to edit or read.",4,TRUE,usability,list,31,35,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,86b10378-e0a8-4b0b-8566-d409fda70de3,20a66dc0-e545-41ec-ae14-23e06eebb2f5,Frequent updates to hide bad reviews,"Once more, Google has ""updated"" this app without any real changes, as they've been doing almost weekly. The only real impact of this is that the pile of negative reviews immediately become reviews of ""previous versions"".I'm really confused why Google's designers seem to think we paid for a big screen so that massive expanses of it can display plain white. The most recent versions display less than 2/3 as many email headers or email text as before at the same font size, requiring a ridiculous amount of scrolling with no increased readability. It's very similar to the absolutely amateurish design update they did to Google Calendar.One of the more obnoxious changes is an inability to prevent automatic loading of images in messages. This allows spammers to confirm they have an active address and to know your rough location for their databases.Until several months ago, this was a five star app. The last several updates have removed vital functionality. In addition, they seem to be releasing a new update every couple of days with no noticeable changes, in what I can only assume is an attempt to minimize the impact of all be bad reviews (very few of them will then be for the ""current version""). Google should be deeply ashamed of its shoddy work on this app.",I'm really confused why Google's designers seem to think we paid for a big screen so that massive expanses of it can display plain white.,1,TRUE,usability,design,34,40,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,fc136b97-3670-4bbc-a052-71af0f931219,20b63b56-f1eb-4f39-a17a-b4e5a03b15cf,Love the app,However I’d love if we were able to attach documents from google drive. I can’t do that on the app - can only access the few most recent items/attachments in my drive. Should have the function to open up my google drive folders like we’re able to open up our camera roll. Please and thank you 🙏🙏🙏,Should have the function to open up my google drive folders like we’re able to open up our camera roll.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,google drive,40,52,negative
productivity,notability,c43b5b27-da5e-4dcd-89de-a1a4d5ed83f2,20d77d3f-9b9b-4814-9388-0798c45d62b1,If you want a long term note taking app save your money and don’t buy this app,"Simply put this app is only made for those who need a short term note taking app. Sure its formatting is sleek but when it comes down to it, this app is a massive headache to work with. There is an awful lack of organization options. Being able to only separate things into dividers and subjects is just not enough. I am in graduate school and organization is paramount to keeping me sane. When I look at my list of notes from all my courses jumbled up and having to scroll for ages till I hit the latest content makes me want to throw my device out of a moving car. Aside from the obvious lack of organization the app constantly has issues with transferring things such as lecture notes to the app. This is hands down the worst problem as it makes the app incredible hard to use and it makes me feel as though I have wasted my money. So long story short save your time and money and DO NOT buy this app.",So long story short save your time and money and DO NOT buy this app.,1,TRUE,cost,money,40,45,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,574d1bf6-4c19-43bb-9280-1282cee4dcbe,214a2ffc-e5fe-4ba0-b40c-91e5ea795f78,Fully functional with one issue.,"It is a well-designed,responsive app! My one concern is that when you click on a link from within an email, you have to have chrome or one of the other browsers in order for that link to come up through the App. This requires me to go to my Safari browser and access Gmail from within that browser, in order to follow the link. For the process of changing passwords and such, this can be very time-consuming. so I am virtually forced to use chrome.","It is a well-designed,responsive app!",4,TRUE,usability,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,ff7595a1-225f-4217-b990-1ad78e149cb8,214e88e7-78e2-47d6-8571-f460dcb68175,Good App,"Have enjoyed using this app so far. However, it would be nice to have anti procrastination features such as a reminder to study for college students","However, it would be nice to have anti procrastination features such as a reminder to study for college students",3,TRUE,effectiveness,reminder,75,83,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,d3669fa0-9d69-435e-855b-7f02bdd3573c,214ec5e6-da5c-4a07-8d4a-9e5dfec60d59,Warning to College Students,"Students, this app is not what you need. If you are trying to write a formatted paper, this app is not worth your money. It has no capability to control indents or any other technical format edits (other than spacing). It does not truly “move with you”, because without internet you cannot save or open most docs. Another annoying detail is that every time you tap the screen, it makes the keyboard disappear, even though you are only trying to select text. This may be just my case in particular, but the typing keeps quitting on me as well: it delays several seconds, making it twice as difficult to type a single sentence. The only thing that fixes this malfunction is to shut down the app and reopen it. If you are looking to use this app on a mobile device, it isn’t worth it. Use Word on a Windows device if you want Word to work properly. The online Office is frustrating as well. Until Word makes this app more useful for students, it isn’t worth your time or money.","Until Word makes this app more useful for students, it isn’t worth your time or money.",3,TRUE,cost,money,81,86,negative
productivity,notability,e3a8cafa-f104-40ba-8694-150d02954cb0,2168e7f4-ee0b-4496-adb3-5217b1d4d211,Gosh darn I love this app,"so i don’t normally write reviews for apps, but i actually wanted to take time out of my day to come here and say this: i love this app. sure, it’s not perfect. nothing is. but this comes close. not only does it allow me to write directly on to powerpoints for notes, it also saves me SO much paper and SO much room. one of my favorite features is the ability to select and move written notes so if i run out of room or wanna put a note somewhere else, i can! so convenient dude! and it even retains resolution no matter how you resize it!i also love the ability to erase things in whole, with its collective stroke. makes erasing so so much easier. also, i’ve basically also turned this into an art app. seriously. these are PRIIIIIIME doodles i’m talking. entire MASTERPIECES in the margins of my notes. i even use it specifically just to doodle. it’s so enjoyable and satisfying and not intimidating to doodle in it!!!so if i were to give any suggestions, i guess i would say i’d like the ability to make folders to put notes for different classes (maybe it has that and i haven’t found it? idk) and the option to have highlighter not layer on itself after raising my pencil. i still want the ability to build the opacities, but it would be nice to turn that off sometimes. anyways, love this app. makes college a heck of a lot simpler. pay for it. seriously. one of the bests apps out there for students. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👀👀👀👀👀👀","so i don’t normally write reviews for apps, but i actually wanted to take time out of my day to come here and say this: i love this app.",5,TRUE,general,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,7f64864f-7a9a-4709-b891-da4b24798347,21c53559-c1ca-4e1b-b5a1-fcaa3454d8d2,very useful,"i tend to use my phone a lot during studying, and it gets me off task. forest has helped me A LOT to turn off my phone and focus, whilst growing cute little trees. the only downside is, you cant use apps that you might need (e.g. to look something up, google translate), but i've found ways around it. you can reply to texts and swipe up to use the calculator when your phone is off. i just use a computer for things like google translate.",you can reply to texts and swipe up to use the calculator when your phone is off.,5,TRUE,usability,text,18,22,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,83e45d80-440c-43c3-854b-32a4f34050c3,221d4bb5-162e-4f55-b455-a8e08efc3d6a,New Update Issues,The App released a recent update and the update has caused some serious issues. I primarily use Forest to stay off social media and other distractions. Until the most recent update if I got a call on my phone or a voicemail I could use my Apple Watch to answer or listen. Not anymore. I have never had a tree die until this update. I am very upset that I have had two trees die and I never touched my phone.As an aside the barrier to get new trees are a little to high. To many coins and diminishing returns.,I have never had a tree die until this update.,2,TRUE,general,update,40,46,negative
productivity,things-3,192cfcf7-f893-49c9-ba75-42dd5b80fee4,22fc95ff-8764-46e9-9009-904be9b180b0,Please Solve,"I’ve written other reviews of this app, all positive.  But there are 2 flaws in this app.  #1.  The app imports what is on your apple calendar and syncs it.  But there is no other information.  I think it should be a “link” that opens a up a new page within the app that gives further info (like the link to a google meet)2#.  COLLABORATION. Maybe your lazy, lack of funding, too hard.  Whatever.  What you have created is on the brink of being PERFECT.  There are not many apps that can say that.  The reality is that people’s lives are connected with others, and there needs to be a way to work with a spouse, boss, etc.  I think you guys are be serious contenders against the other scheduling app.  But this is a must.",The app imports what is on your apple calendar and syncs it.,4,TRUE,compatibility,calendar,39,47,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,afe9008f-8317-474c-ab93-39754ab0f161,230fc239-3224-43fc-b4ac-d689f7fa368d,Worth it!!,"I usually don’t write reviews for apps, but this one is phenomenal. It allows me to take time off of my phone and social media to get work done. It has so many options and allows you to save the coins you get from growing trees to get cuter trees! I definitely recommend spending the $2.00 to get this app, especially if you are trying to get good grades or trying to spend less time in front of a screen.","I usually don’t write reviews for apps, but this one is phenomenal.",5,TRUE,general,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,ca249253-2b7e-4076-bb37-1a582d95c8f8,232a6fa6-dd3c-4a3d-9ea3-d407a739f3ac,Can’t view emails,"I don’t know about folks but the purpose of having an email app is to...I don’t know...be able to view emails?! When I tap on it only a blank page opens up. Don’t know when this started happening but it’s not anything I did to the app which was working fine.I’ll echo folks that Inbox was a better email inbox app. I get the whole “not wanting to work on similar products” and I’ve tried giving this app a chance, but this blank email issue is dragging you guys down. Might as well stick to the iPhone’s email app: that still works like a charm.",When I tap on it only a blank page opens up.,3,TRUE,reliability,page,31,35,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,cd718779-0a7f-4ee5-9481-e795baf6ebea,234426a7-d953-4aed-9818-97a6442854ba,Needs more features in app,"Tht mobile version doesn't allow you to insert canned responses, it invariably lists emails on conversation style despite setting it otherwise, and should have a side swipe feature for marking emails unread. Would love a color coded option to categorize important emails etc. This app has a ways to go in terms of features.",Would love a color coded option to categorize important emails etc.,4,TRUE,usability,color,14,19,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,2c08f61c-a6bb-408e-b4ef-07f340970894,2365beea-d7b5-4f2a-b1fb-bde3b8fcd998,Great!,"This app is great for those who need a gentle reminder to not be locked into their phones. There is a regular mode that will allow you to use your phone without harming your progress, and then there is the deep concentration mode which will kill your tree if you exit the app. I like this better than another concentration app I used, Flipd, because this app doesn’t completely delete my apps and place them in a different order.",This app is great for those who need a gentle reminder to not be locked into their phones.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,reminder,47,55,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,97a4ae47-3932-49fe-935d-6c23df936588,2430bb30-ca7e-4999-be27-ee8abe0551a5,Keeps red notification bubble up when I don’t have unread emails!,"Keeps constantly saying I hav 2 unread messages! I hate seeing those little red bubbles, and they will not go away! I’ve checked every possible place, and I have zero unread messages. My PC reflects this. I’ve deleted the app and redownloaded it multiple times, and the may go away initially, but as soon as I get one actual new email, and I open it and the close out if the app, the red bubble saying I have 2 unread notifications comes back.Also, or doesn’t alert me when I DO actually have a new email, and S a small business oner, this is key.Lastly, it’s irritating that you cannot mark an email as unopened after you’ve read it!","I’ve checked every possible place, and I have zero unread messages.",2,TRUE,usability,unread message,52,66,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,81722d44-ab23-4062-b441-417924f0ea6d,24503ba6-5c81-4a69-91c4-941db128942d,Huge Leap Forward,"The latest redesigned Gmail is a massive improvement over the previous version. I loved Inbox and am happy to see some of my favorite features integrated neatly into Gmail.The unified inbox feature with easy media access is amazing.Awesome, thank you!",The latest redesigned Gmail is a massive improvement over the previous version.,5,TRUE,usability,version,72,79,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,8ede306c-a9f3-46f6-abd5-05c6a414bc9e,253a908b-5ca4-4f92-90d1-7fe46ca40c15,Great app! “Gamifying” productivity works!,"I find Forest is a powerful app when I remember to use it. It really works in deterring distraction by my device & encouraging focus & productivity. Of all the apps I use, I wish this one would send me a daily reminder to use it! Other notifications are such a bother, but I’d love to be reminded daily that I could be more productive (& present) if I’d use Forest. Maybe an optional feature for the future?Edited: There is a notification setting after all! It works great!","Of all the apps I use, I wish this one would send me a daily reminder to use it!",5,TRUE,usability,reminder,62,70,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,0d6177bd-7b2a-441a-9a34-330e2772b077,2568db44-6b46-44a9-b5e9-7f07c54bbfa8,Suggestion,"Would be nice if one could change background color to something that doesn't fatigue the eye so much. Also, a ""Read-To-Me"" function would be extremely helpful.",Would be nice if one could change background color to something that doesn't fatigue the eye so much.,4,TRUE,usability,color,46,51,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,df499512-f0c6-45bc-8b3b-8184b38f1f3b,25a6b057-d695-489c-b4b8-8523716f5368,Overall still the Best Note App,"As someone who has been using Evernote for years, despite many hiccups, I still love this app overall. There are still a few annoying glitches for the iPad functionality though. For instance, when you’re typing in a note, and switch to another app and back to Evernote, the cursor often gets locked at the bottom of the note, and you have to click into another note and back into the one you were working on to get the cursor working correctly—Super annoying. The only other thing is that as you type a note, while you have ‘Show Body Text’ selected in ‘Note List Options,’ as you type in a note, the tile in the Notes List continues resizing as it syncs, even if the text you’re editing is far past what’s previewed in said tile. This can be solved by putting the note into full screen or turning off ‘Show Body Text’ but I prefer the settings that cause this glitch.",There are still a few annoying glitches for the iPad functionality though.,4,TRUE,efficiency,functionality,54,67,negative
productivity,notability,971c4076-0e4e-4b05-8ea0-33c0848ef854,25eddfaa-ea8f-48f1-b415-c64b17064abb,Editor response? Please,"This review/question was written on Jan 10th,2021Hi, I might not be 100% correct when I say this as I am still investigating my issue.  But, as of now I only have 1GB of data on my cellular plan.  I used it all in 3 days! Which is a bummer. I would always be able stretch my 1 GB for a month no problem. So my issue is that when I launch notability on my cell phone when I’m not on WiFi, I feel like it syncs all my notes, which is a lot.  Some notes contain pictures, audio recordings, and PDF’s that I markup. This is my question:  Does notability sync all of your notes when you launch the app? If so, this app is useless to me. The whole point of getting this app for me was to be able to access all of my files on my iPhone when I’m not at home on my Mac.  Or is there a setting where it can only sync recent notes.  Thanks","So my issue is that when I launch notability on my cell phone when I’m not on WiFi, I feel like it syncs all my notes, which is a lot.",1,TRUE,efficiency,sync,100,104,negative
productivity,notability,092fece2-1062-40b9-a3a6-7c71bb33dca5,26271765-9b7d-4f01-979c-7989ee5ec60d,Notability is great...but not on iPhone,"Writing a review of Notability is hard. On the one hand, I use it every single day on my iPad. I do a lot of reading/research for my job, so Notability has saved me from being buried under an endless pile of paper. I even pair it up with Scanbot so I can quickly scan materials in meetings and then have all my notes/handouts in a single place. Being able to search my handwriting is a game-changer! So is having access to my documents and notes everywhere, including my laptop, and having all changes and edits synced through iCloud. I’ve always wanted to go paperless with ubiquitous access to everything; Notability is my hub for that. Which brings me to my chief complaint about Notability: it’s iPhone app is terrible. It’s nice to see my notes on my phone if I need to skim something quickly on the go, but basic functionality is missing. You can’t search a document, highlight pages, see all the pages in a document—if you’re looking for something, you can only scroll until you find it. That’s ok if you’re talking about two pages of notes; but if you are looking at a 50 page journal article trying to find something, it’s ridiculous. Competitors have this functionality on iPhones, but Notability has never added it. I wish they would! I also wish they would format text-only notes like Google Docs, adjusting text size for a given display without affecting the formatting.","So is having access to my documents and notes everywhere, including my laptop, and having all changes and edits synced through iCloud.",4,TRUE,compatibility,sync,113,117,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,3d6c441d-131d-4489-9631-55049f2f138c,2642dc5f-3392-4c5f-8543-8efe4a2e22c4,Great product,I got rid of both Thunderbird and outlook after trying them. It is so much handier to use Gmail and the functionality is exactly what you need. Certainly outlook has more features. But the ability to access your email from any computer and have the same functionality certainly out ways that.,But the ability to access your email from any computer and have the same functionality certainly out ways that.,5,TRUE,compatibility,functionality,74,87,positive
productivity,notability,d69880dd-7a23-4934-80f2-64e5bfef50ce,26c4382c-bcfa-490e-863c-3f7cd71ab017,Not sure what the hype is all about..,"So, here’s the thing. There are a lot of note taking apps on the market. I feel like if you want a quality one, maybe you need to pay for it. So, I purchased this one and Good Notes. I’ve used Evernote and Microsoft OneNote as well. Nothing sets this apart from competitors besides the price. And please beware: that price for the iOS app does not include the desktop app. That’s a separate charge. You can’t access it through a browser either. That’s a huge negative in my opinion. Additionally, sometimes this app will crash (like during iOS updates) and you’ll lose your subjects and dividers. So, there’s a way to get your subjects back, but you’re out of luck with your dividers. What does this mean? It means that all of the classes you’ve set up for multiple semesters will be wiped out. Whatever was organized under is able to be obtained, but you have to go back through and sort all of it. Do you know what an incredibly awful and tedious task that is? When you contact their customer service, they’re basically just like “Oh, sorryyyyy yeah we don’t care.” If you’re still reading this, oh hey. One last final note: don’t waste your money. I’ve tried them all and think Microsoft OneNote is really the way to go. It’s free, you get cloud storage, the app on the computer is free, and you get full functionality of program. Recent updates means it does EXACTLY what notability does.","It’s free, you get cloud storage, the app on the computer is free, and you get full functionality of program.",2,TRUE,cost,functionality,85,98,positive
productivity,things-3,b4df9052-7672-412b-8a78-0cde48fbbb21,26fb359b-614f-416c-b193-3dcca05c5290,Finally!,"I’ve downloaded what seems like a million apps looking for something that actually worked for me. Something that wasn’t so loaded with features that it became cumbersome to use or so simple it lacked real function. This is the PERFECT app and has literally changed my days by helping me more productive and less stressed. Ya can’t put a price on that people! It’s functional, simple to use, and gives me options to use it in different ways that work so well for me. I want to put these developers on my Christmas card list. Thank you for such an amazing app!",I want to put these developers on my Christmas card list.,5,TRUE,general,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,notability,e4a1951e-6278-49fa-94fe-a89fb03290c1,271d247e-9c02-4a82-9da4-f94d5b270a8d,"Good before, getting crappier","Notability used to be great and is still what I use because most of my notes are now compiled onto this app. It costs a decent amount, but it was worth it in the beginning. Now they keep adding new stupid features and keep trying to make the app easier for note taking only to have it filled with bugs and errors. I just took a test and everytime I switched notes the app would delete some texts from my document. This caused me to have to redo all the text boxes and retype all the answers that were auto-deleted. The worst part? This kept happening so I couldn’t leave the document to view my other notes. This doesn’t even cover the bugs that havent been fixed since day 1, like holding down too long on the screen causing your writing to be turned into an object or straight line. NOTABILITY FIX YOUR SH**!!!!",I just took a test and everytime I switched notes the app would delete some texts from my document.,3,TRUE,reliability,document,91,99,negative
productivity,notability,a07021d0-760d-4bce-a715-c6975098ef39,27465af0-35e4-4130-b788-6518826baa5a,So Good but needs more color!,"I love this app. I bought it years ago and never used it on my phone, but since getting an iPad it has become one of my most used apps both for work and for personal use. It works so well and I haven’t seen  any glitches or issues with the features. I will say the color choices for paper backgrounds are lacking and I would really love to see some improvements there. We should be able to choose the background from a full spectrum color palette like the pens and highlighters. Yes you could use the highlighter to change the paper color, but it only changes the section of the page that is currently on the screen. When you scroll down to continue your note and try to highlight in the new background colors, you end up overlapping the previously colored areas and end up with sections that are discolored. More line templates, like for handwritten check lists would also be appreciated. I don’t care about the themes, I’m happy with black, but to be honest the paid options aren’t even remotely tempting. Not good choices.",I will say the color choices for paper backgrounds are lacking and I would really love to see some improvements there.,5,TRUE,usability,background,40,50,negative
productivity,things-3,e1e87f23-dd18-4996-a52a-09dc9d88cba5,27a7266a-f3ad-4808-a969-ac5476098c38,I cannot believe it,"After all this time, the updated version of Things is finally here. And it seems like the exact same app from so many years ago, with a very slightly modified UI. There are still no location-based alerts, among many other things people have been asking for for years. Yes, there are changes, and many of them are good. It's better than it was. But I would not have upgraded, had I known how similar the new version would be. I suppose it's *ok* as a todo app, but so many other todo apps have surpassed Things at this point that I don't think I will keep using it. I'm disappointed.","But I would not have upgraded, had I known how similar the new version would be.",1,TRUE,general,new version,60,71,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,8712ce44-dc88-4bd0-895d-8f12648a39a4,27c126ee-52ef-454b-83d1-970208e75afe,Nice to Have,It has pretty good functionality on the iPad Pro but wish it had just a little more.  It’s definitely nice to have.,It has pretty good functionality on the iPad Pro but wish it had just a little more.,5,TRUE,compatibility,functionality,20,33,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,bbeb7b66-7ab2-48c9-9787-935c421bf728,2862e705-7010-4389-833a-d8672d3833d7,best app for students,"Gonna state the obvious. Of course there’s no ACTUAL enforcement from the app. It’s just perfect for keeping you off your phone. Smooth, runs nicely, has lots of cute plants that evolve as you study longer. For someone like me, who’s weak to cute things, the various plants are the perfect incentive. I also really like the feature that enables you to study with your friends! When you’re studying with them at the library it’s nice to “plant” together. If you’re hesitant because of the price—come on, it’s still not that much. It’s worth it in the end, and your higher grades will thank you.","If you’re hesitant because of the price—come on, it’s still not that much.",5,TRUE,cost,price,35,40,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,ddf28bc5-4254-4676-a389-c69c4bff1623,288f2153-3eec-4859-ab5e-ea1f4b1dd36c,Great for someone with trouble focusing,"My phone is a distraction during what should be focused times: work, dinner with the family, reading, prayer, etc. No matter what I should be focusing on, there’s a little voice in the back of my mind saying “I bet there’s something more interesting on Twitter!” Forest’s method of killing a fake digital tree is remarkably effective at keeping me from exiting out and doing something else on my phone. It doesn’t hurt that the designs are pretty and whimsical, making it fun to collect the various types.","It doesn’t hurt that the designs are pretty and whimsical, making it fun to collect the various types.",5,TRUE,usability,design,26,32,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,741c6eb9-7328-41f9-a1f9-6174c65cb462,28c964a8-7e2c-44d5-861d-0b5cab7c6f8e,Love the app but..,Is there a way to edit and change the notification sound on this app for iPad ( I havE the iPad mini 5). I would like to have a sound that calls my attention. The current notification sound is too low. Please let me know if this is considered in an update.Also please add Landscape mode for iPads. It’s weird to constantly have this upright.,Please let me know if this is considered in an update.,2,TRUE,general,update,48,54,negative
productivity,notability,59d1e812-f2fc-4dbc-a447-f2786b9b23f1,28f07ad5-7015-4332-94f7-637aadaf8a26,Very useful but...,"Overall I think this app is great and I use it everyday. Sure it could use a little more in the aesthetics department, but as a note taking app it functions well. The one thing I’d request is being allowed to put subjects within subjects. The reason for my rating though is because of file transfers, which in my mind is a large part of functionality to any given note app. Usually uploads occur flawlessly to my google drive and happen within seconds, but every now and then it’ll randomly take 15min. Sometimes the app just closes when I try to transfer files and I have to restart it. If you’re a student who uses canvas, be wary of direct uploads, sometimes it just doesn’t go through. 95% of the time this app transfers files just fine, that 5% of the time though has cost me grades.","The reason for my rating though is because of file transfers, which in my mind is a large part of functionality to any given note app.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,99,112,positive
productivity,things-3,be5643df-634b-4275-9327-4058f22633f0,292e8c78-9370-41fb-b753-275aefb957ca,Great but not perfect,"Generally structured around GTD, this app makes it easy and fun to organize your tasks. Its strongest quality is the design. It’s aesthetically easy to look and easy to use. Principally, I bought for the tags and that it doesn’t have a subscription to use.Coordination between projects is crucial for today’s task apps and it’s surprising this app still lacks it. This will make it almost impossible to use outside of personal organization.","Principally, I bought for the tags and that it doesn’t have a subscription to use.",4,TRUE,general,subscription,63,75,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,f61d768e-a4ff-4eab-8a93-6a459522260e,298c2d23-e484-4737-a740-4c9ad21ad045,Backspacing or deleting text causes app to freeze In iOS,"When you forward an email and you try to use the backspace to delete some content, for example a signature of one of the thread participants, the app will freeze.   You can’t even close the draft, you have to force quit the app.  It also happens to certain text when composing a new email.  When it gets to some part of the text you are deleting, it just freezes and the only thing to do is force quit.  Some text can be deleted without an issue, but trying to delete other text will cause the app to freeze.   There are other reviews with the same issue.  I have sent feedback and posted on the community.","Some text can be deleted without an issue, but trying to delete other text will cause the app to freeze.",1,TRUE,efficiency,text,6,10,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,36bbf6ed-6a4e-4368-b53f-3f1c70d8a009,2998d5ca-7e24-4e35-b012-118f9f44ac97,Faulty Chrome extension,"This app used to be great, and its strongest point is the syncing between web browser and mobile app. While the mobile app still gets regular updates, the Chrome extension is no longer maintained. It stopped working in 2019 and was never updated. Trees planted in Chrome sessions are not synced, and the extension is really glitchy. Most of the distractions in WFH comes from web browsing. Developers, please fix the Chrome extension.EDIT: Devs got in touch to say the Chrome extension was updated. Well, it was not. Everything is still buggy. The screen is not responsive unless you close it and open again. Can't change tree species. Won't sync. Doesn't work at all.","While the mobile app still gets regular updates, the Chrome extension is no longer maintained.",1,TRUE,compatibility,chrome extension,54,71,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b2f3a278-f3fc-4877-aafa-61e89bf5e6b3,29d054f8-ca18-4826-8d22-b92e9c9d5390,"good, but not great","I enjoy using all google platforms, the ""google ecosystem"" as some may call it. However, this app is the only one I have a problem with. When viewing/using gmail through browser everything is fine, so this issue is mainly for the app and not the system itself.I'm a small business owner so I have multiple gmail accounts. One for customer service, one for my personal stuff, one for jobs/hiring/interviews, and one just for all of the junk that I sign up for but don't want to crowd my other inboxes.When viewing/using through browser, everything is kept separate. It even opens up an entirely new window when switching accounts. On this app, even though I can switch through my accounts, all of my mail is jumbled together. I'm clicking on my customer service account but my inbox is full of newsletter I signed up for on my junk account. Or even worse, the same email is in EVERY account even though it's being sent to just one.Everything is mixed and it makes it really hard to stay on top of my emails when nothing is synced or where it's supposed to be. Please fix this. When Covid-19 is controlled and the public opens up again, I'll be thrown back into replying to emails between running errands and having mixed inboxes should be the last thing I have to navigate through.",Everything is mixed and it makes it really hard to stay on top of my emails when nothing is synced or where it's supposed to be.,3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,93,97,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,14c1db28-3d2a-49c0-ac1d-36cd8ae989b4,2a9393b6-28b8-4026-a42d-be609130e15f,4 stars instead of 5 for convenience,"The only reason I got this app was to be able to access my sent mail from my phone since using the default iOS mail app with gmail doesn’t allow it. So that was a headache that could have been avoided if Apple and Google could get on the same page. Aside from having to download an app to get full functionality of Gmail, it’s great and I like it better than the default iOS app.",So that was a headache that could have been avoided if Apple and Google could get on the same page.,4,TRUE,general,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,things-3,b7392acd-d7ca-4c32-bdc6-104938a4a667,2ac30a4e-bc6b-4f2d-92b2-fa4d6ae135b6,Finally!,"I first used Things years ago to GTD. After I discovered Wunderlist, I switched and loved the flexibility and the plethora of features it offered. Few years ago, a tragedy took place and Wunderlist fell victim to Microsoft who bought out and stopped updating the app. It then went off to attempt its own version of Wunderlist, only to release an underdeveloped, underperforming iteration that's probably doomed for the lack of user interest. To make a long story short, I was forced to find a replacement for my beloved Wunderlist (RIP). I searched high and low only to return to Things 3. I'm happy to acknowledge that it evolved into a prince, matching and at times surpassing Wunderlist. Things 3 is more elegant and user friendly then any other app I've tried. I'm happy to be home again. My dream is for Apple to recognize the value of Things 3 and purchase it. Only then can we be assured that this magnificent product will survive indefinitely. Apple, are you listening?!","Apple, are you listening?",5,TRUE,general,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,notability,e4a1951e-6278-49fa-94fe-a89fb03290c1,2b056647-73de-49fb-8793-9a195c512410,"Good before, getting crappier","Notability used to be great and is still what I use because most of my notes are now compiled onto this app. It costs a decent amount, but it was worth it in the beginning. Now they keep adding new stupid features and keep trying to make the app easier for note taking only to have it filled with bugs and errors. I just took a test and everytime I switched notes the app would delete some texts from my document. This caused me to have to redo all the text boxes and retype all the answers that were auto-deleted. The worst part? This kept happening so I couldn’t leave the document to view my other notes. This doesn’t even cover the bugs that havent been fixed since day 1, like holding down too long on the screen causing your writing to be turned into an object or straight line. NOTABILITY FIX YOUR SH**!!!!",This caused me to have to redo all the text boxes and retype all the answers that were auto-deleted.,3,TRUE,reliability,text box,40,48,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,16bc647a-f69d-4a57-8f5e-77e4e204694f,2baadfff-add7-4f5f-8a43-b246fe265608,Polished,"I was hesitant at first that the price would be worth it, but have been delighted at the polish of this app that others lack. I first tried Flora, a similar app that I believe originated in the same university lab, because it was free and has all of the same basic functionality as this app. However, the developers of this app have thought through the UX much more carefully, and the result is a useful and fun way to put my phone down and focus. Recommended!","I was hesitant at first that the price would be worth it, but have been delighted at the polish of this app that others lack.",5,TRUE,cost,price,34,39,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,f2a82ce4-8759-431c-bb6a-ab4e8c219538,2bcba148-b900-4233-a233-bcd57fa172ce,Incredible! I’m amazed.,"In the first stage, you ignore the app. You continue procrastinating and slacking, the app serving only as a reminder of your ideal, more focused self.In the second stage, you open the app. You fail numerous times and your efforts come to little fruition, until finally one day, after a week of focus, you reach stage three. In this stage, you rely on the app to guide your focus. Things are actually getting done and you’re amazed at how such a simple thing has reigned in your potential for productivity. And the one day...One day, you reach the fourth and penultimate stage. You no longer need the app. Simply having the icon on your phone is enough to deter you from using your precious time doing anything extracurricular... including even using the app. All focus had finally become internalized, and the app, being a mere external vehicle, also seems to waste your potential for focus.In the final stage, your phone vanishes, app and all. I’ve obviously not reached this stage as I’m reviewing from my phone, but you get the point.App really does work, if you’re willing to put in the work yourself. Otherwise, it’s useless.","You continue procrastinating and slacking, the app serving only as a reminder of your ideal, more focused self.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,reminder,70,78,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7b0c88fe-f82d-4183-a7f9-ad5939923a33,2bdad478-4de1-4555-b49d-2579c0938918,Evernote is awesome digital tool storage,"Love Evernote used five basic notebooks for work and personal and love the premium storage of all receipts and paperwork filing cabinet. Love separate Scannable app for instantly storing scans. Also have a scanner in my desk. Love the tags and mapping and location based stuff. Reminders great forwarding of emails great, PDFs stored and web clipping. Love Apple Watch and laptop, phone iPad storage. Have 3,500 notes and can find everything instantly within a minute.",Love Evernote used five basic notebooks for work and personal and love the premium storage of all receipts and paperwork filing cabinet.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,notebook,31,40,positive
productivity,things-3,9415d18a-f98c-41c3-962b-9bf525583ef7,2c851c47-5af2-43ba-9731-68da228cf2c0,Great app,This is a really great app. It’s one of the only ones that let repeating tasks repeat from the day they’ve been completed vs a specific day of the week. It would be awesome if I could mark a task as completed on a day in the past. I use this as a reminder to take medications. Sometimes I forget to mark it as complete so it messes up the repeating task. Thank you!,I use this as a reminder to take medications.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,reminder,17,25,positive
productivity,things-3,81340ab9-8087-4bd3-85d8-63a80b9472e3,2d5c0084-154f-4604-bc54-849979af7ed8,Disappointed,"I almost never leave a negative review, but I bought this because it was an Apple recommendation, and I didn’t do the research I should have. Buyer beware: there is no online interface. There is no Windows app. If you want this on your iPad, it’s a separate purchase. If you have a Mac and want this there, it’s a separate purchase. Yes, all this is listed. But these limitations make this app useless to me, a person who sits at a Windows computer all day long, and needs a task management solution that works someplace other than my iPhone. Honestly I don’t care how great your features are, a task management solution I can’t use online is dead in the water for my needs. YMMV.","Honestly I don’t care how great your features are, a task management solution I can’t use online is dead in the water for my needs.",1,TRUE,usability,task management,54,69,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,83d87b8c-d1b0-42d2-b050-39d0cb695231,2d5cbdd6-b14b-49ad-b1c8-6229b85c6e61,Good app need more updates template,I love the app. The app need more colorful Minutes temple for non - profits group . More APA easy templates and more design research topics. More educational word documents for elementary and high teachers,The app need more colorful Minutes temple for non - profits group .,5,TRUE,general,color,19,24,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,2cfb6998-152d-49a0-93a8-2355158ce56e,2e2a7cd2-af61-49fa-bf3b-53acd0b5276c,"Subscription issues, issues, issues...","While the apps work as described (unintuitive) the subscription keeps being the greatest challenge. Mostly when I try to log in it doesn’t work due to “suspicious activity” What, me logging in is suspicious? Now I wanted to share the family subscription with my son...Again, suspicious activity. So I was asked to recover the account!?!? Recover from What? I filled out the online form multiple times and always got denied. Than I went to the help center that is managed by a bot. Trying to get a human on the line was impossible as it asked me eventually every time to log in to my account...What?! Are you kidding me? That’s my problem, you don’t let me back in!!! Than found a phone number searching online, from there it took more than an hour after speaking to several people to finally get the “right” rep. His advice: Go fill out the online form again and everything will be fine...😳😫😂😖Yep, Microsoft at its best... right?! Let’s see if I ever get back in. This way I probably can never get out of their subscription...Even while I am not able to use the apps...Great, Customer first...",While the apps work as described (unintuitive) the subscription keeps being the greatest challenge.,1,TRUE,cost,subscription,52,64,negative
productivity,things-3,560217e4-ab97-42c4-8db1-f70015b7399c,2e446de4-e62f-4e00-8f35-2af7d980b2d2,SOMETIMES SIMPLE IS BETTER,"I used the app „informant“ for years because they offered a integration of calender events in a task manager. But they have become greedy and changed to a subscription model with $25 a year.Compared to „informant“ and other task managers things 3 has a very simple but also very efficient user interface. Example: Instead of assigning priorities to tasks, things offers the possibility to drag tasks into the desired order e.g. according to importance.I ask the developer to keep this simplicity because sometimes are less possibilities more!But I’d like to propose some additional modifications:1. Assign tasks to „evening“ should be possible for all days2. Integrate the possibility to enter calendar events3. Add the possibility to use different colors for tasks4. Reminders should be possible for all future tasks on the desired date and time",Integrate the possibility to enter calendar events,4,TRUE,effectiveness,calendar event,36,50,positive
productivity,notability,3d9f3be5-b29c-43dd-89b6-baf08108a02e,2e799f74-cefd-474d-8b73-9f7ae8b8800b,Great app! Recommendations though,"I love this app and it is literally my go-to for taking notes on class slides that I download as a pdf. The layout is clean, I love how easy it is to add to google drive, onedrive, etc. and I love how simple and clean it is. However, I really. REALLY wish Notability would take the time to hear some recommendations for improvement from me.1. I would love ways to organize beyond just folder, subject and notes. Maybe adding the ability to put mini folders within a folder? I say this because I want to be able to be able to make folders for work and school. Then, in school I would make a folder for each year. Then, inside that folder, I would make subjects for each course and then notes for each lecture. Please developers! This function is so important!2. When I download PDF slides, please make it so that we can add a HORIZONTAL page. Right now, there seems to be no way of doing that....I sometimes add a page on the lecture slides (which are horizontal pages) but adds long and vertical ones instead... please please please add this feature. I love this app so much and have been using it for years! However, these two lack of features is really beginning to catch up and making it really difficult for me... hope this works out!","The layout is clean, I love how easy it is to add to google drive, onedrive, etc.",5,TRUE,usability,layout,5,11,positive
productivity,notability,06bd1ef0-15eb-46b0-a054-c798524c722f,2e9a95a3-a2b4-4261-973a-84bd067aa73b,Critical Errors,"I actually like the app as a whole. But it has a couple errors that has been an issue for years (if you look at the forums) and notability has chosen not to make simple fixes. For example, if you create two notes for a class and want to later merge them into one so you don’t have to search for a certain topic twice (if you know the topic appeared in class but not in which note) you can’t. There is no way to merge. You can cut a page and paste it somewhere else, but there is no select app option. I have a few different notes with dozens of slides in each and no way to combine them. I should have put them all initially into one note - my fault - but there should be a fix for those working to quickly download PPTs in class and get notes down only to realize they’re in a different note by accident.","You can cut a page and paste it somewhere else, but there is no select app option.",2,TRUE,usability,page,15,19,negative
productivity,notability,6f061222-909f-4569-844f-afb5a96a874c,2f29adf5-bc9a-4da2-bb5f-9f73fa078aea,Randomly Deletes Notes or Edits,"This app is fine if working appropriately from a features perspective, but dear god is it glitchy. iCloud backup is an absolute nightmare and it will automatically turn this off even if you initially chose a different service for auto-backups. It will just randomly decide to backup every note you ever created simultaneously including the note you are working in which you’ll be aware of because you’ll lose access to every single note you’ve ever worked on including the one you’re currently editing until the entire backup is complete. Hopefully you have gig speed internet. Of course you can try to turn off iCloud backup, but the Ginger Labs team cleverly designed their software so doing so deletes all your notes if you do this prior to one of the 30 minute backups being completed. So once you’ve managed to turnoff iCloud backup you’ll still just lose edits made to your notes. Just completed reading and taking notes on a 16 page document and I check back 30 seconds later and all the edits have magically disappeared. Finally there is no one to talk to you about these issues because the customer support team takes extended vacations and just doesn’t respond anyways. Not worth a cent. Just use onenote",So once you’ve managed to turnoff iCloud backup you’ll still just lose edits made to your notes.,1,TRUE,reliability,backup,42,48,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,90dfd933-7fbd-4ab5-9e41-f9885e972b80,2f4c3046-00f9-43bf-b577-0c65738a97cd,Why’d you have to break it,"I’ve been an Evernote Premium user for around 6 years now. With the current version it’s incredibly difficult to navigate (try and find how to full-screen your note if you’ve started typing on iPad), the search feature is all over the place, the notes don’t sync well between devices (I’ve actually lost notes), it’s slow now, etc.Then for a recent trip I offlined a handful of notebooks - turned off my wifi and closed & opened the app to make sure I could access the notes and it worked as it should. Next day I arrive to the National Park to camp without reception and of course EVERNOTE CANNOT LOAD ANY OF MY OFFLINED NOTEBOOKS.Honestly at this point Apple Notes is better than this paid app... if it’s not fixed soon I’m out. Every update I’ve been more and more disappointed in the broken features! I even joined the beta team to try and help provide feedback but that too was a waste of time.",Every update I’ve been more and more disappointed in the broken features!,2,TRUE,effectiveness,update,7,13,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,6daef0e3-97e6-43e5-9ead-c8e1af6d527e,303f3dc9-52bc-4dbd-87ef-20c57c1238ee,Editing words,"Awhile back there was an editing tool where you could tap on a word you wanted to fix and you had little direction arrows, which made it really easy to go back and fourth. Now when you tap on a word you want to edit you have to hold down on it to where the bubble pops up and move the cursor with that. It is very hard because sometime you lose your place and you can’t find the word, or it pulls you down to a whole other page. It’s hard to edit for me because my things are on my phone, I liked the arrows that moved the cursor, it was every easy to do, and I wish every time there’s an update that, that feature will come back.","It is very hard because sometime you lose your place and you can’t find the word, or it pulls you down to a whole other page.",3,TRUE,usability,page,121,125,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,c9a07233-a323-4eff-b254-f127a2b88c87,3058be87-5b10-4111-a01f-ffc1f59642c5,Honestly helpful,"I don’t use it as much as I should, but it does a great job motivating me to keep working on my studies. I could use a timer I guess, but keeping the tree from withering keeps me from cheating myself. I never write reviews but I genuinely support this. I even got some friends to download it and I’ll check their daily progress and be like “well she studied more than me today? I can fix that” and study more than I normally would",I never write reviews but I genuinely support this.,5,TRUE,general,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,things-3,1bfe48f6-7247-4b90-9c63-106784560be8,30adea6f-2b99-4271-94f6-9bf38563c920,Too bright needs dark mode,"The app is good, but the user interface is too bright. It needs a dark mode badly.","The app is good, but the user interface is too bright.",1,TRUE,usability,interface,31,40,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,52315164-c205-45fd-ba2a-34c13b3cd809,3147d893-fa9e-4022-bee0-0637f1e0f25d,Don't know what everyone's problem is,"It works great for me. The automatic syncing to my other devices is very convenient, and I find the interface smooth and pleasant to look at. 10/10 from me 😄","The automatic syncing to my other devices is very convenient, and I find the interface smooth and pleasant to look at.",5,TRUE,usability,interface,78,87,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,506230e3-cc98-4233-be40-89e52d53990c,318a5aec-ee05-4afc-bdd7-5fd0a48ee3ea,Same word. Same problem,"A lot of people use word because its very standard. But I run into the same problem when I use it. Every update there’s a problem with the format. Everything that I had on page 2, is now partly on page 1. And what I had on part 3, is partly on page 2, and so forth, throughout all 200+pages of my document.  Try to call for support and reach someone who barely speaks English. I tell them what happens, and they say “so is it because you changed something in your document”? Yes, when I closed my document yesterday, it was formatted correctly. Then after I updated the app today, and opened it up and it was wrong, it must have been when I did it in the middle of the night.I will be switching to Apples pages. Thanks for the people who work really hard to make this work, it really is a great effort for the most part. But it’s just not fun doing this when the issue happens on my MacBook and my iPad. What’s the point of setting something up to be exactly how you want it, if a simple update changes everything? It’s nonsense.","Yes, when I closed my document yesterday, it was formatted correctly.",1,TRUE,usability,document,23,31,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,143ac1b6-04db-4cbe-aab1-4c74670ed538,32ea8910-d637-4d8f-97be-71b7eec4221a,Crashes when,Crashes when I turn dictation on on the iPad and if I did t save my document it would delete the last paragraph before the crash,Crashes when I turn dictation on on the iPad and if I did t save my document it would delete the last paragraph before the crash,4,TRUE,reliability,paragraph,103,112,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,558f5777-8a53-47a5-af2a-0a5504315223,33146ca5-2d4f-47a9-baf7-c3df21596472,Amazing app for students!,"I learned about this app through numerous study blogs on Tumblr and Instagram. I noticed a lot of students who run those blogs use Forest to help them focus when working on assignments and studying.Out of curiosity, I downloaded this app and tried it myself. As a graduate student, I love this app. It allows me to set a specific time which correlates to a different tree that you plant. The cute graphics makes me motivated not to use my phone while on this app because it will kill my tree if I exit out of it. I’ve noticed I have been less distracted during those chunks of time I set on Forest. To all students who have trouble staying motivated and focused, try Forest out! :)",The cute graphics makes me motivated not to use my phone while on this app because it will kill my tree if I exit out of it.,5,TRUE,usability,graphics,10,18,positive
productivity,things-3,1c59e2da-ba60-45cc-9cee-715fb41ee96e,334a2c16-11b2-4031-afe0-9587eb8b3a5c,Customer service is horrible beware if you buy this app,Ibought things three on my iPhone and MacBook Pro paying the full price the first day of installation. They locked up my instants on my MacBook Pro after 15 days and they took excessively long to respond back to me. I reported this to Apple and iTunes. So beware if you use this application for anything business critical as downtime can be excessive.,Ibought things three on my iPhone and MacBook Pro paying the full price the first day of installation.,1,TRUE,cost,price,67,72,positive
productivity,notability,cb555b5b-9e93-44f1-9574-f759a3b73281,340ae8ba-902c-4cb9-9415-96c18352d570,Total scam with new update,"Notability has been great so far and always been the notetaking app of my choice. Yesterday, however, they announced a new app update introducing the all-new notability store with in-app purchases. What a scam! Before the update, handwriting conversion and handwriting searching was part of the app, which, by the way, I had already paid money for. After the update, both features are now removed from the app and have to be purchased, or should I say re-purchased. What a money making scam. I understand that companies have to make money, but to remove a feature that was already part of the app and then offer it as an exciting opportunity to acquire through the in-app store is deliberate deception and simply wrong. As long as the makers of notability pursue this kind of marketing strategy, one star from me.","Before the update, handwriting conversion and handwriting searching was part of the app, which, by the way, I had already paid money for.",1,TRUE,cost,money,128,133,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a6d54563-ab64-4ee9-a481-71f9448e486a,3425a107-8e02-4613-8d25-4df2707b8e84,"Easy, motivating, effective","I downloaded the app for work productivity, but it’s made me hyper-aware of how often I actually pick up my phone. For any task, just having the reminder that my phone is not currently available to me is extremely helpful. I’m realizing that I waste a ton of time that stems from, say, just looking at a text that could wait until later. Moral: don’t think this app isn’t useful because you’re not at a desk all day. It has countless uses. I agree with what other users have said about gamification being a good motivator, and the user interface is very appealing. Creating and naming tags produces helpful data. For instance, if you’re concerned about work-life balance, you can see a colorful pie chart with a few simple clicks. One thing: I’m fine with how the trees become more “expensive” as time passes. However, it can take a long, long time to gain sufficient coins after awhile. I’m not asking for instant and easy gratification, because that’s contrary to the spirit of the app. I think adding more achievement bonuses (that don’t depend on having friends that use the app or on leaderboard performance) would be great. Unlocking achievements is also rewarding and something to strive for, so I’d love to see more!","For instance, if you’re concerned about work-life balance, you can see a colorful pie chart with a few simple clicks.",5,TRUE,usability,color,74,79,positive
productivity,things-3,d9dadcd1-84a1-4ea2-95d0-e67cb6dd4050,3437de02-b118-4e72-b20a-b2dba244e407,Needs location reminder and Calendar views,"Needs location reminder feature. Please add viewable weekly, monthly, yearly Calendar views. These features are a must.Also the to-dos are not viewable in the widget or app. Everything has to be hunted down which makes the app UI very clumsy. I paid $10 bucks. I expect much better.",Needs location reminder feature.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,location reminder,7,24,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3d1b94ca-dde1-4a10-8584-dbf0ea447fcf,345b788b-984a-420b-88c2-a1584db45998,Every update / redesign makes things worse,"I have been a paying subscriber for more than 10 years. Every couple of years, they completely re-design the app, and keep adding useless features. E.g. reminders - who needs that in a note taking app ?Latest redesign is bug riddled and crashes constantly. App start takes much longer than it used to. I’m close to giving up on Evernote.——————Downgraded my review to 1 StarApp is so buggy on my iPhone, it’s basically useless. It crashes constantly, and repeatedly. One of the main reasons I got a paid account was to use offline notebooks. Well, that functionality is mostly broken. Downloads are so slow, and only take place while the app is open. Since I had to delete my app and re-install, all my notebooks have to download again. It syncs at a speed of maybe 5-10 notes per minute. But as soon as your device shuts the screen off, it stops syncing. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND SYNC. So you need to keep you device unlocked for hours to sync everything, if it doesn’t crash. It’s so crappy and ridiculous.——————Latest update still doesn’t fix iOS issues. App still crashes constantly, notes don’t pull up. It’s been completely useless for many weeks now.","Every couple of years, they completely re-design the app, and keep adding useless features.",1,TRUE,usability,design,43,49,negative
productivity,things-3,95a09a72-6149-4697-92d2-3e7927c6cab4,34659db2-a437-42d1-a48c-2236e4616843,Beautifully designed but..,"This is by far the most beautifully designed app I’ve ever used to manage my to-do-lists without sacrificing functionality. The feature I find most helpful is the ‘Upcoming’ tab where you can set up the app to pull data from all your calendars and list them chronologically in a compact color-coded format. I would have given the app 5 stars if the Upcoming tab listed ALL the future month’s tasks. Unfortunately, as of now, the Upcoming tab only lists the first 14 tasks/items which makes this app unusable and pointless to look at usually after the first week of the future month in my case. There is not even a way to expand the list to see the rest of your tasks beyond item # 14 when you are in the Upcoming tab, which is probably a bug. I would have given this app 4 stars if it was closer to the usual $3-4 price range but for around $9 I expected much more.",This is by far the most beautifully designed app I’ve ever used to manage my to-do-lists without sacrificing functionality.,3,TRUE,usability,design,37,43,positive
productivity,things-3,95a09a72-6149-4697-92d2-3e7927c6cab4,34659db2-a437-42d1-a48c-2236e4616843,Beautifully designed but..,"This is by far the most beautifully designed app I’ve ever used to manage my to-do-lists without sacrificing functionality. The feature I find most helpful is the ‘Upcoming’ tab where you can set up the app to pull data from all your calendars and list them chronologically in a compact color-coded format. I would have given the app 5 stars if the Upcoming tab listed ALL the future month’s tasks. Unfortunately, as of now, the Upcoming tab only lists the first 14 tasks/items which makes this app unusable and pointless to look at usually after the first week of the future month in my case. There is not even a way to expand the list to see the rest of your tasks beyond item # 14 when you are in the Upcoming tab, which is probably a bug. I would have given this app 4 stars if it was closer to the usual $3-4 price range but for around $9 I expected much more.",This is by far the most beautifully designed app I’ve ever used to manage my to-do-lists without sacrificing functionality.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,110,123,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,c69a18c7-b4f8-4ee5-a484-1b4a885ec40a,346aac02-e941-484c-8968-12657fbb4cf7,Current Version Is Nearly Unusable for Me,"Yeah, it’s that bad. What seem like relatively benign bugs take on outsized importance when they don’t get fixed for months, and they are crippling on an app as essential as Word. For example: Copy and paste? Can’t do it anymore (at least on an iPad Pro). That seems like essential functionality for a word processor, but apparently that’s not high up on Microsoft’s to do list for bug fixes. Another example: a bit harder to describe, but I have to try anyway. I have all sorts of problems with opening documents from the iOS Files app. I often can’t edit them at all, and instead have to open Word and go through the document picker. When I am able to work on a document, I can’t do things like italicize the font, or add a footnote. The app becomes mostly unresponsive (though I can still scroll and type). So yeah, what I’m basically saying is that it’s so buggy now, you can’t actually process words. It’s terrible. Pls fix this crucial app.","That seems like essential functionality for a word processor, but apparently that’s not high up on Microsoft’s to do list for bug fixes.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,list,118,122,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,69306d8d-38ef-4f6a-8176-603c4a16ec70,35398fee-945d-44e4-82ee-305c4e352e1a,"I used to like, but...","I really liked this app. I felt it fetched my mail faster than my iPhone’s default app, and I like how it renders mail with graphics.However, recently, Google has really been trying to push iPhone users to use the Chrome browser instead of Safari.  I have tried Chrome in the past and just did not want to use it on my device and uninstalled it. So, I un-toggled the “Open with” button when asked if I wanted to open email links with Chrome.  But, each and every single time I clicked a link, it still asked me which browser I wanted to use, despite asking the Gmail app to NOT ask me about my browser again.This happened every time, whether I had just updated the app or not. I understand that Google wants me to use their products (which I do, most of the time), but when you give me the option to choose my browser for the long term and I do, there is no reason to shamefully plug your other products. If I wanted to use Chrome, I would.If I hear of Google fixing this issue, I will download the Gmail app again. However, I will not be using it for the time being. There’s no need to add an extra step every time I want to open a link.","I felt it fetched my mail faster than my iPhone’s default app, and I like how it renders mail with graphics.",2,TRUE,usability,graph,100,105,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,05ea503f-7bbb-4909-8032-d14fdcd369c4,354f4a3d-f7f9-476c-bfb0-beee3d132ad4,You can do better,"Whenever someone leaves an extremely low star review, I always think they are mad. I half-expect them to write in all-caps, yell at the screen, and use exclamations points everywhere. So first of all, I’m totally chill. I just bought a brand new iPad Pro and I downloaded 10 different email apps to test them out and see which one was the best for me. I am actually pumped!Reasons for low-star review: - UNCLEAN: When you clear your inbox, you want your eyes to be directed toward the most important information. Unfortunately, I found my eyes locked on the least important information while I was using the app. - FOLDER USAGE: I added something to a folder and it disappeared completely. (Toggling between my folder list from the “move to” option) 	Obviously I understand some of this could be not knowing how to use the app, but there was no instruction on how to use it when I opened it. I also come from an engineering background, and am really good at this stuff. If I can’t figure it out, who can?I had really hoped that customizability would be better and more abundant as well.These are my biggest complaints. IT’S GOOGLE! I really have enjoyed a lot of their products. I use Google Calendar more than the calendar from Apple. Although it’s not perfect, it’s better than the Apple calendar. I guess I just thought they were the elite, so I held them to a higher standard.Thank you","I also come from an engineering background, and am really good at this stuff.",2,TRUE,efficiency,background,33,43,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,72e20dab-3089-44f5-a04c-a55678a7b13a,357597e6-963c-45e3-9949-d909778b90dd,Incredible and Effective,"I’ve never written a review for an app before because no app has had such an extreme effect on my life. I was horribly addicted to Reddit. I was spending 5-6 hours scrolling my life away reading one forgettable post after another. I tried content blockers but addiction just made me delete them when I needed to mindlessly scroll. This app is different. The fact that it’s like a game where you can watch beautiful things grow and even make a real difference by planting a tree in the real forest is so motivating. Now when I start scrolling I plant a two hour tree so I can read, practice music, do yoga, or a multitude of other productive things. Thank you so much for creating a wonderful app! Looking forward to more trees and more updates in the future :) One suggestion. I think it’d be really cool if you could have a custom forest where you could pick and choose trees and bushes to decorate your own plot of land!","Looking forward to more trees and more updates in the future :) 

One suggestion.",5,TRUE,compatibility,update,40,46,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,894c66ed-d68c-486a-afe3-691e11c98449,35e7577c-04d8-4347-8b84-a9729d093306,UPDATE: ISSUED RESOLVED Love the app but it’s buggy,"UPDATE! The issue of my review has been resolved and I have changed my review to 5 stars. I’ve had the app for a while now. I appreciate having all of my Google based accounts in one place (with pushed notifications of receipt of email), but in the last week or so it has developed a very annoying bug.When I receive an email, I get the red badge in the top right corner of the app’s icon (like all app notifications). HOWEVER, when I check my email and clear out the unread emails, the badge doesn’t go away. Not only is this SEVERELY annoying as I prefer to maintain a clean home screen, it causes me to check my email when unnecessary. This usually means using data and time that is clearly not needed as I don’t have unread emails. I do like the functionality of the app, but I will not continue to use an app that creates unnecessary thought and slows productivity. To me, that is unacceptable and not the point. I humbly ask that Google fix this error or I will be forced to delete the app and go back to using the Apple Mail app.","I do like the functionality of the app, but I will not continue to use an app that creates unnecessary thought and slows productivity.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,15,28,negative
productivity,things-3,41097caf-e6c8-4988-94f4-0db0eb39096d,36015ad9-b9f0-4b5b-95eb-be62c510e72a,Best but can be improved,"This is no doubt the best reminder app so far. However, certain things can be improved. The one I want to mention the most is the calendar view. Currently the Upcoming category only provides list view,  but it will be better if a calendar monthly view is provided which will give user a general feeling of which days are busy and which days are not, so user can plan accordingly. Thanks.",The one I want to mention the most is the calendar view.,5,TRUE,usability,calendar,43,51,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9b8ef50f-bf0b-436e-b774-7d267af6b47a,36627805-d684-4538-a3e0-ad1c09816027,Powerful (minus) slow = unstoppable,"I cannot say enough great things about Evernote. It gives you everything you need from a notebook and spreadsheet. And I if you're still a pen and paper addict, don't worry, it collects that too. My clients don't want to see anything digital on the table when we meet. Instead I take notes by hand. However, to give those hand written notes, the advantages of digital, Lam I do is take a photo with Evernote. From there, even with my handwriting, everything has been searchable. Evernote gives the analog world the advantages of digital. The ONLY thing I can ask for is a faster loading page when I click on the app button. But let's be realistic, with all this power, there is bound to be some lag. Just wait for technology to catch up.Thanks EN team!","However, to give those hand written notes, the advantages of digital, Lam I do is take a photo with Evernote.",4,TRUE,usability,photo,90,95,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9b8ef50f-bf0b-436e-b774-7d267af6b47a,36627805-d684-4538-a3e0-ad1c09816027,Powerful (minus) slow = unstoppable,"I cannot say enough great things about Evernote. It gives you everything you need from a notebook and spreadsheet. And I if you're still a pen and paper addict, don't worry, it collects that too. My clients don't want to see anything digital on the table when we meet. Instead I take notes by hand. However, to give those hand written notes, the advantages of digital, Lam I do is take a photo with Evernote. From there, even with my handwriting, everything has been searchable. Evernote gives the analog world the advantages of digital. The ONLY thing I can ask for is a faster loading page when I click on the app button. But let's be realistic, with all this power, there is bound to be some lag. Just wait for technology to catch up.Thanks EN team!","However, to give those hand written notes, the advantages of digital, Lam I do is take a photo with Evernote.",4,TRUE,usability,tag,53,56,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,884925b9-a6de-4080-8321-0dfae166959b,368cb7bc-c33b-4212-8a01-6eb06c460214,Amazing!,"Update:After the developer responded to my review not more than 1 day after I left it, I wanted to update my review. Just as I state below, the app is wonderful. I forgot to mention they also offer a program where you can spend your earned coins to have an organization plant a REAL tree. It’s a really great app. I totally recommend!!I absolutely love this app. I’ve tried every other anti-procrastination app out there, and none have worked for until I found Forest. The fact that it still plants your dead tree makes you feel guilty because you’ll be able to see it. I feel like that’s the key right there. The saying “out of sight out of mind” really applies here. It’s NOT out of sight so it’s NOT out of mind. I really like this app, it is definitely worth the priceAlso, there’s a chrome extension. You manually put in which websites you are NOT allowed to go to, so you can still use your computer for work (blacklist), or you put in the specific websites you ARE allowed to visit, and anything else will kill your tree (whitelist). All in all, this is a great app and totally worth the money if you really need help with procrastination.","Update:

After the developer responded to my review not more than 1 day after I left it, I wanted to update my review.",5,TRUE,compatibility,update,102,108,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7cd11381-33d2-4d64-ad27-c6cf50a87eae,36aa6728-a3da-4957-94fb-53621f4fb6a6,"Catches my brain, holds it close","I can’t live without Evernote. Almost literally. I use it for work and personal life. I still see my coworkers writing their to-do lists down, making fresh ones every time the lists get too crossed off. Darn fools. Evernote! I have it installed across all my devices. It’s genius. The shortcuts are crucial and keep me super organized (work to-do list, personal to-do list, grocery list, etc). And I’m able to share notes with coworkers so they too can benefit from the rough notes I caught during our endless meeting. EV Developers - two requests: 1. Spreadsheet in Evernote please! Not just the ability to insert a table. That’s clunky. 2. Subfolders / notebooks that can be within other notebooks. Would make me even more organized. Especially for work.","The shortcuts are crucial and keep me super organized (work to-do list, personal to-do list, grocery list, etc).",5,TRUE,usability,list,67,71,positive
productivity,things-3,04feaa8b-2704-4e1d-9821-bc91de462d76,36eace32-70b1-4967-a9c5-1e3e29e2762f,Love it… Just one thing,I love this app so much. It keeps me very organized and one you get the hang of how it works everything is very simple. I’ve been using it on my phone and Apple Watch for a few months and there is only one complaint I have. I know the version for Apple Watch is very new but I really wish that you could add a to do using the scribble feature instead of dictation. I would love to use this to keep track of my assignments when I am in class but the dictation feature is not ideal for that seeming as it isn’t exactly acceptable to talk to your wrist in the middle of a lesson. Anyways I hope to see this feature in further updates but for now I am still very satisfied.,Anyways I hope to see this feature in further updates but for now I am still very satisfied.,5,TRUE,compatibility,update,47,53,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,81ce8c9d-4f82-4ba3-b008-d0bf5e03373d,36f48643-74bb-4bc8-b088-e1bb6539a6ec,So Happy To Have Word Again,"The one thing I missed most about switching to Mac in 2006 was losing Word. The Mac version for desktop always fell short so I moved onto Gdocs, which tends to be laggy with minimal functionality and a boring UI. Imagine my excitement when I saw Word was back for iPad. The interface is pleasing and the functionality is robust without being in-your-face. It's great to have Word back, I use it every day. Access to OneDrive is A+, too.",The interface is pleasing and the functionality is robust without being in-your-face.,5,TRUE,general,interface,5,14,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b1e6121f-d8e1-4c86-aece-d3485d58f1f7,370caa90-680e-4f48-a216-6dd6d1f96ddd,Couple changes,"Love gmail and love the app! As a truck company owner, this app makes my job so much easier!! But couple changes needed for sure! First, able review the attached pdf file before sending it.  Second, ability to copy and paste the document. Please make this happen!","Second, ability to copy and paste the document.",5,TRUE,general,document,39,47,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,7942d822-d921-4503-92ba-17531c0df828,370d41ec-fb04-48c7-89fd-92c8ea7fee7e,Helps greatly with phone addiction,"You’ll find this tool super resourceful if you simply pick up your phone automatically for stimulation. Being rewarded with a tree icon in your forest is all the incentive that you will need to complete tasks or even to concentrate on things such as reading and watching television if you are serious about breaking the habit of peering at your screen. I can’t recommend this app enough, especially considering the price. Tim 39-Mount Laurel, NJ","I can’t recommend this app enough, especially considering the price.",5,TRUE,cost,price,63,68,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,6d395648-fc9e-4ab5-9fc4-a93e4ce59a65,3737e85d-e1b9-4b14-bcaf-d18fb108d188,Dark mode please!,I almost never write a review but I just had to for this. The app is great for what it is...a quick alternative when you need to write something on the go and you do not have your laptop or desktop available. I like the speech features where you can either say and it will write or it will read what you wrote. With that being said please can an update be done where I can change the physical page I’m writing on to be black or dark gray. Sometimes I get a whim to write something in the middle of the night but I don’t want to turn the lights on. The stark white page is so harsh on the eyes. You can change the color on MS word on the computer why not here?,With that being said please can an update be done where I can change the physical page I’m writing on to be black or dark gray.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,page,83,87,positive
productivity,things-3,edca4688-73b4-4807-b301-12e69d460ad1,375de0be-1ff4-4538-9203-0be40d7eebf3,Great with a couple suggestions,"Overall, a solid to-do both on the Mac and iPhone. A couple features I’d love to see would be:Archives for making old projects inactive but not deleting them. This would allow storing a project without it cluttering search.Faster loading would be ideal as well. For example, opening the app takes a second or two. The sync is not instant either so if I make a to-do and close my phone real quick, it doesn’t appear on my Mac unless I allow the mobile app more time to sync. Not sure why that is; iCal and just about every other Mac app syncs perfectly for me.",Not sure why that is; iCal and just about every other Mac app syncs perfectly for me.,3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,63,67,positive
productivity,things-3,9d7c5c03-b11c-41ba-bb1e-7a2c4e9892a9,37c367d1-24d8-4dc4-8b1f-9202fb7c4962,Yep.,"Even before winning the design award, I knew Things was the best todo app I had never used. I avoided it for a while because of the price tag, but ultimately caved and... yeah, it’s worth it. The experience just oozes polish. Frankly, it’s probably one of the best apps on the store solely because of its integrity as a piece of art—er, software. It doesn’t check every box I have for a todo list app, but that’s kind of irrelevant to this review. An absolute delight.","Even before winning the design award, I knew Things was the best todo app I had never used.",5,TRUE,usability,design,25,31,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,3efb961f-92e1-44cb-9522-f5fc0afa58e7,37de5d90-0836-4490-83dc-f90321c1557d,Where the hell is dark mode,"Nothing but BS about a dark mode yet where the hell is it?? You'd think a big company such as Google could handle such a some thing. If they can't handle dark mode, how the hell can they handle ur mail.Update: 5.6.20 - finally DARK MODE!!! After the last update!! Took long enough for the app to enter into 2018. But all is well and the app works and looks great.",Nothing but BS about a dark mode yet where the hell is it??,5,TRUE,usability,dark mode,24,33,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,87bf4be7-61b7-4e6e-b068-efbab76e526c,388e9907-26e5-478b-83a7-06f79dfee087,"Got clunkier, especially with tags","This latest update made the app quite slow and buggy. A few times since updating on multiple devices, my changes on one device would not sync and somehow I lost all my work. Other times the app will just bug out, requiring me to quit and restart the app.The tagging feature also became much more laborious, requiring tons of scrolling, typing, and tapping, just to add a single tag. If it weren’t for the tagging features of Evernote, I probably would switch to a different app because of this update, but I haven’t been able to find one that can tag things as robustly as Evernote.I do hope the developer works on making this version as good as the last one.","A few times since updating on multiple devices, my changes on one device would not sync and somehow I lost all my work.",2,TRUE,compatibility,sync,84,88,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,db431b55-66c9-4383-9344-8ed689a90538,38927d31-cb93-4623-9a2b-581fdf8e1fe0,Life-Saver for Schoolwork!,"I absolutely LOVE Evernote and it has been a life-saver with my schoolwork, especially since everything is going remote. The ability to pair it with Scannable— another favorite— and then convert my homework directly to a PDF saves my teachers and me a ton of time! I was snapping a picture of each page of my math assignment and then submitting every JPEG. Not only was it time consuming and tedious, but it looked terrible. With Evernote, I can scan all of my pages into one PDF document that my teacher can grade much more quickly and that I can submit much more easily. I especially love the Google Classroom feature that allows me to import Evernote PDFs directly to my assignments. My few requests are:1. Allow ‘tabs’ within the notebooks. I have separate notebooks for each of my classes, but the ability to break down those notebooks even further into units or subjects would be awesome!2. Allow importing to Canvas, Schoology, or other school apps. It would only improve this already incredible system!Thank you, Evernote, for making my life as a student and the lives of my teachers so much easier! Every student needs this app on their iPad or even phone, and I know it will be staying on mine.",Allow ‘tabs’ within the notebooks.,5,TRUE,usability,notebook,25,33,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b2a83e36-3f8d-48da-a075-e6ab749e3af5,390afd30-44bb-47fb-ae6c-85dc8636d33d,Great app!!,"I am an iPhone user, but I still have every google app on it.  I love my gmail app it never fails!  I have it set up as IMAP and I have never worried about my emails being “duplicated” when I use the computer because the system is always working how it should, a difference from another companies that I have set up the same I stopped using due to having thousands of emails if I were to log into another device because their system is never working properly.  Love all your apps, specially gmail and photos !!","Love all your apps, specially gmail and photos !",5,TRUE,usability,photo,41,46,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,5dada272-67bf-420e-b55c-ccaddf656174,3973549b-7503-4484-9e3f-8275ffb29470,Glitchy,"This app has so much potential but is glitchy and the review features are terrible. When you make text changes, the keyboard gets locked in the screen—you can’t hide it—and then it takes up half the screen so it’s hard to read the document. Every time you put your finger on the screen to scroll, it flashes the word count. It’s like a blinking light, so distracting, with information I absolutely don’t need every 2 seconds. The comments feature is terrible on the phone and iPad apps. Why not make it exactly like it is on desktop? Open a bubble and fill the bubble. Why is it necessary to open the entire list of comments for the whole document? I wonder if the developers have ever tried to use the app in any meaningful way. These seem like obvious problems that would be easy to fix.",Why is it necessary to open the entire list of comments for the whole document?,2,TRUE,effectiveness,list,40,44,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8b66ae76-6612-47aa-9669-7ec9f0e8d2f0,39a6da3f-d6e0-4afe-b24f-4f291e64ae60,Great App for Coaching,I have used Evernote for coaching youth lacrosse for years. I makeup my practice plan and workchat it to the coaches so we are all on the same page as soon as practice begins. I add photos of drills and plays so they know exactly what the objectives for the practice is. Great tool!,I add photos of drills and plays so they know exactly what the objectives for the practice is.,5,TRUE,usability,photo,7,12,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,07e1c71a-8c1c-4f4c-b737-793237417ee5,39b3ac13-a81c-4f68-9cf6-d261254778d7,2 Stars for Okay,"I previously used Inbox for Gmail which was by far my favorite. Now that its been discontinued or no longer supported whatever I am forced to use this now. Don’t get me wrong I like the app’s interface and gestures also the predictive text thing it does too when typing out an email. Even the separate folders. The main reason for the 3 stars this app desperately needs a delete all function the selecting one email at a time to delete is time consuming and in my words just plain ridiculous. I don’t want to spend 15-30 minutes clearing out junk, spam, promotions or social. I am person that likes to keep my devices minimal. So until the delete all function is added I’ll keep this at 2 stars. Other than that no other problems.",Don’t get me wrong I like the app’s interface and gestures also the predictive text thing it does too when typing out an email.,2,TRUE,usability,text,80,84,negative
productivity,notability,9a44b7e5-4b97-442a-85b1-1d4956d96160,3a745508-a78d-4f58-b2dc-bf9a75aa7366,Love it! Perfect for school!,"The only criticism I have is that I wish they had more long press perfect shapes other than straight lines, squares, triangles, and circles. I’d appreciate even a curved line for when I’m graphing. Other than that it’s been absolutely amazing. I never spend money on apps but this has been a dream with school notes. It keeps all my notes in one place, looking perfect and  organized. Instead of flipping through pages to find a specific note, I just look it up in the search bar and it recognizes my hand writing! And best of all I can record my lectures in case I need to remember something specific that I didn’t write down! And it syncs the recording to whatever you’re working so it’s easy to find a specific snippet of a 3 hour lecture. I’ve tried goodnote and one note and I still prefer notability. I even have it on my computer so it syncs all my notes.*TIP* You can type with this app but I highly recommend hand writing your notes as it’s proven to be more useful at learning and retaining material!",I never spend money on apps but this has been a dream with school notes.,5,TRUE,cost,money,15,20,positive
productivity,things-3,8aa401d9-ce61-4c71-b0dc-e304bb55e865,3a94c2d1-7362-48e9-a280-aaf5ec7be8ff,Great Improvement,"I really like the look and feel of the app. Very intuitive and useful options.  But, But, But the lack of location based tasks is inconvenient adding another layer to a streamlined app.  To know I have a task because of a reminder does no good when you just past it’s location minutes or hours ago.  Having to have some tasks in 2Do / Reminders does not add to Thinks ease use.  Please add location services ASAP to complete this App.  Wouldn’t hurt to add a dark mode either.Update: dark mode so appreciated.  Pls let location based alerts come soon.",To know I have a task because of a reminder does no good when you just past it’s location minutes or hours ago.,3,TRUE,efficiency,reminder,36,44,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,81b5c254-3f60-486a-87c1-bbf230923f84,3aa08fb5-993a-4979-950e-c8cf6ec7d7bb,Love this app!,This is the best app I have ever used. Nothing has helped me to stay focus or motivated me more than this app! It really helps me break me work up into manageable time intervals. I am so bad at focusing I usually forget that I’m trying to focus. When I pick up my phone and see the tree growing I immediately remember that I need to get back to work. Love that they really plant trees too! A must have for anyone who needs help staying focused on their work!,Love that they really plant trees too!,5,TRUE,general,plant tree,23,33,positive
productivity,notability,824f4653-6b70-45ec-95b6-e5de917030e8,3af96137-13c7-4c4e-ab82-429fb2ee6ba0,I’ve never had this issue before,"I’ve been using Notability for about 7 years now. As a student, it is important to make sure you don’t miss any information and sometimes that can be difficult if the professor goes too fast. One tool that I started using about 3 years ago was the microphone to record lectures. I loved it because I could follow along with what the professor was saying and what I wrote as well. Right now I’m really upset with Notability because of a bug. Recently I’ve been having problems when I completely close out of the app. Not only are my recordings getting deleted, but so are my notes!!! That’s a major problem that needs to be fixed immediately. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find an app quite like notability, so I will have to stick with good old fashioned pen and paper until this problem is resolved. I’ve also been having problems with the other tools. I usually have no problem with changing colors, font sizes, or anything related to that nature but I can’t even do that anymore! This isn’t a huge issue as I can still select the right tool, but it’s hard to organize my notes. I also can’t create subjects or dividers anymore which is driving me insane! It’s the beginning of the semester which means I need to be able to organize myself from the start to work efficiently throughout the rest of the semester. I’ve never had any issues with this app before, but these are some major problems that need to be fixed before I continue using it.","I usually have no problem with changing colors, font sizes, or anything related to that nature but I can’t even do that anymore!",2,TRUE,usability,font size,49,58,negative
productivity,things-3,bddac195-a74b-479e-b194-f2d92bb9a78e,3b0e4e7b-2cff-42b8-863f-7e8fb0b467eb,Spectacular,"Heard about Things a while back but never looked much into it. I finally jumped on the bandwagon after a particularly frustrating bout with the stock iOS Reminders app.There's no going back. I love the way you enter todos, the flexibility with adding checklists, the ability to set reminders or not. And the depth of integration with the stock Calendar app is perfect. It brings in just what I need to see, just where and when I need to see it. But the best feature is the simple user interface. The only time the app did something unexpected, I immediately understood why. It's never crashed on me once. I also bought the macOS counterpart and the two sync immediately and flawlessly via Things Cloud. To get the whole package isn't cheap, as many have pointed out, but I'm more than satisfied that it's worth what I paid.",I also bought the macOS counterpart and the two sync immediately and flawlessly via Things Cloud.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,49,53,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1d0d2719-3279-4717-b644-ac2db27937d8,3bd4e7a7-5e05-4fee-847e-c4bd07f38943,Not ready for Inbox users until remainder show up inline with email,"I totally get why Google is killing Inbox for Gmail. Inbox was a test bed for features that would eventually make it into Gmail, and now that the test is done, it’s much more efficient to support a single email product.  I believe in the long run the long run, this will be a win/win for everybody. Unfortunately, they left out a feature that is critical to my and other users’ workflows. My email inbox is my to do list. I only look there to decide what I need to do. Inbox for Gmail engrained this workflow and it is close to flawless. Google suggests to use Tasks for a workaround. This is not close to the same. Now I have to look at two places and triage what is the most important thing to work on.With Inbox, it takes just a couple of clicks to add a reminder. Once saved, it shows up in your inbox in line with the other emails. Or you can set a future date and it will be hidden until that time. The only true workaround I’ve found is to email myself whenever I need a reminder. This takes several more steps (New email, to: me, subject: something to do, Send, when email arrives, click it and snooze until the appropriate time). This takes more effort and feels like a hacky solution. Google, please, for the love of every one of your loyal guinea pigs who helped to improve Gmail’s usability,  add the reminder feature before cutting off access to Inbox!",The only true workaround I’ve found is to email myself whenever I need a reminder.,2,TRUE,usability,reminder,74,82,positive
productivity,things-3,ddbb5867-31e8-4266-83ab-6018c96b873a,3c1100f2-5707-4de1-884c-b3df0041ffa8,"Thought the app was too pricey, until I got so much stuff done.","I was looking for an app that would help me stay on task with ease.  I downloaded so many task apps before but I couldn’t stay on task, I’d enter my list and just didn’t complete them.  Why did I took the risk of getting this expensive app?? Was I gullible ?  I guess so.  But something was different, I got stuff done !! everyday every week so far.  What you do is type any idea that comes up.  Then you move it around to whenever you want to compete it, that’s it!  But why is it so expensive for such a simple task ?  I gave it 5 stars because I competed every task that I’ve been listing for 1 month now.  My only suggestion is how about sharing the task with other people in household?  I just discovered that I can share the list by scrolling down so that it opens up a move task bar and clicking on the “. . .” .  I’m very happy with this app and of course there’s always room for improvement.","I downloaded so many task apps before but I couldn’t stay on task, I’d enter my list and just didn’t complete them.",5,TRUE,efficiency,list,81,85,negative
productivity,things-3,fede55dc-4776-47e7-a0c0-55dc83929c36,3c5e1ea6-1e9d-4145-b80c-c3c713130a71,I like the simplicity,"It’s a great app to get things done without being bogged down with too much complexity. I like the clean interface. A good app to plan your day shouldn’t take more time to deal with than actually doing what’s on your list and this app delivers. Planning is important, but so is actually taking action. I always feel elated when I can check something off, it makes me feel good. With this app, I actually get to check off things and know I had a productive day. I only downloaded the iOS version to start, because there was no free trial and it’s a little pricey, but now I plan to buy the Mac version soon, regardless of the price. Nice work and thanks :).",I like the clean interface.,5,TRUE,usability,interface,18,27,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,fa397047-d276-43f9-895b-a5c25bf9ba21,3d435a7b-376d-4747-bb8c-13596279c074,Works very well on iOS,"For years I used Word on traditional PC systems, and it’s like using a familiar friend again on iOS.  I especially like the ability to magnify the document for editing, which is critical feature for larger phones.  I use macOS and find the syncing between the Mac and iPhone flawless.",I use macOS and find the syncing between the Mac and iPhone flawless.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,26,30,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,450950e1-aaf5-4a08-9f1b-54c4b5eb00f0,3dcc34cd-efbf-4eef-b40a-91682fe3bcd0,"Make landscape, split view, and slide over view","I love this app, but it’s shocking that after years there is still NO support for landscape view, split view, and slide over view. Absolutely not ok for a 5 star rating. I take notes in landscape view a lot as a lot of people do, and it’s frustrating to have to go back to portrait view because forest does not support landscape view. While it’s a small annoyance of rotating my iPad 90 degrees every time I use forest, the annoyance grows overtime hence why I’m writing this lengthy review. I should be able to switch between my note taking app and still be in landscape mode after going to forest. I should be able to use slide over I can get a peek of the time I have left to focus while studying. But instead I have to rotate my iPad making some resistance to my workflow.","I love this app, but it’s shocking that after years there is still NO support for landscape view, split view, and slide over view.",1,TRUE,usability,split view,99,109,negative
productivity,notability,d77d129a-8d5e-4574-bef5-54a11e6da560,3f02a47c-ae26-41a4-acaf-c55db1cc8682,Good for handwritten notes,"The app works very well with either a finger or apple pencil. It provides pen and marker tools with easy control over color, and tip size. So it’s great for freestyle sketches. There is an eraser and a graphical selection tool that allow deleting, moving, and copying drawn lines. All this is great for simple handwritten sketches and annotations.More complex operations with graphics allow drawing straight lines, and placing text in arbitrary locations on the page, but both of these could be improved:The tool provides a way to draw a straight line, but it is awkward and not easy to use: to do that you draw a line by hand and then pause at the end of the line for a second. I wish the app would provide another “straight line” tool like most other drawing and desktop publishing apps, so selecting it will make all lines straight.Handling text annotations is also awkward if you want the text placed in specific locations. The placed text requires different handling for moving, copying and deleting. The tools that allow you to delete, copy and move drawn lines do not work on text. Instead, it has it’s own set of operations (for example, to delete, you pause on it with the pencil, then apply another click which opens up a menu - not easy or intuitive). I wish the app would allow to use the same erase and select tools that already exist for handling drawn lines.","The placed text requires different handling for moving, copying and deleting.",4,TRUE,usability,text,12,16,negative
productivity,notability,3dd4f1ab-9433-49b1-91c9-5391373063f8,3f1cfbde-1bf8-4059-9e1f-57940e1ff9bb,"*updated* Fixed some glitches, bad changes, needs more","*new update* they fixed some import issues and the search error. It’s working so much better I love it. *Update* I changed the rating to two stars because now the search function doesn't work like it used to. Also, I need more organizational tools. It would be perfect if I could have a divider labeled under a divider. For example, main divider --> dividers A, B, & C along with their respective subjects... A must-have for medical school. I had to give it 4 stars because when I try to edit/arrange my subjects it randomly renames, rearranges, or recolors the subjects. When you have many subjects, and no time to tinker with the errors, it can throw the entire organization off. It can also mean you're studying the wrong thing. Other than that, it is amazing how fluid everything else is on this app.",*Update* I changed the rating to two stars because now the search function doesn't work like it used to.,5,TRUE,efficiency,search function,60,75,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,a2f8ff55-68ab-4955-86d9-813e300010cf,3f20118f-1fa9-4252-be6a-b729f24ed662,Lacking a little bit more capability,"I really want there to be a way to set a default font type and size, Times New Roman font is so popular, yet it’s all the way down the list. I know it’s alphabetically sorted, but have a separate section at the top with popular fonts at least. I would also like to be able to edit and create font styles. Having a short cut to different styles, sizes, fonts, colors, etc. would be super helpful. Hope these changes can be made sooner rather than later.","I know it’s alphabetically sorted, but have a separate section at the top with popular fonts at least.",4,TRUE,usability,font,88,92,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,f9744835-bfd7-4004-af03-96ac998acfce,3f516420-d1df-4a07-976b-5d4d15cf007e,"Unresponsive UI, no undo, multisetps to view whole message","Gmail has become very unresponsive to swipe commands since the UI redesign. It works poorly on my iPhone 6 S Plus, it worked fine before. Needs a button to show only unread email instead of doing a search for “is: unread” to do so. Let us use our delete key on our iPad keyboards to delete mail instead of “=“ to do so. Can't shake to undo if accidentally deleting emails, often longer messages or even just messages with images requires another step to view entire message. I pay for G-Suite services so it's not like I'm complaining about something I get to use for free. Horrible ever since they added Meet.",Gmail has become very unresponsive to swipe commands since the UI redesign.,2,TRUE,reliability,design,69,75,negative
productivity,things-3,e445806a-c6dd-4a6f-8d78-ec4956b04679,3f6365b0-bad5-45ea-a4f8-7674f9636c83,Do not install if you're not planning to buy desktop version,"I have been using previous version of Things for desktop and for iPhone quite for a few years. When I saw the update, I was excited and wanted to check what's new inside. I have bought the iOS version of Things 3 and started using it. But when I opened an old version of Things on my desktop, it said that I cannot use it anymore with the new Things 3 (something with sync issues) and basically forced me to buy a new version of this advanced to do list for $50. Which, of course, I am not planning to do, because I have already paid quite a lot for previous versions, and, let's be honest with yourselves, no to-do list in the world, no matter how advanced, should cost $50 (unless you're in the Valley).","When I saw the update, I was excited and wanted to check what's new inside.",1,TRUE,general,update,16,22,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,ea037e14-7d1f-45a6-a9b1-e0af66f5a72d,3f6a3aff-e24b-48bf-b91f-94610199e9da,A “former” long-time user of Evernote,"I’ve used Evernote for many, many years and am a premium subscriber. I have over 1000 notes of all kinds in over a dozen notebooks. The app used to work flawlessly with great search function and seamless sync between devices. With the most recent update, it has become a pain to use, especially when I think about the monthly subscription that I send to them. The primary issue is with my desktop version running Windows 10. Newly created notes disappear and many times I’m unable to create a note at all requiring me to log out and log back in to create a new note. Horribly damaged functionality with the most recent update. I’ll give it a few more months to see if they can fix these issues. If not, I’ll be cancelling my subscription and looking for a new note keeping app. So sad and disappointed...",Horribly damaged functionality with the most recent update.,1,TRUE,reliability,functionality,18,31,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,82737177-ae80-4748-bcb5-05cc79625565,3f9cf7e6-a025-498b-9c93-c7a673f47c06,Two features to add,"Premium user. Evernote is my go to for notes, to do lists, and planning - Great tool! I appreciate the improvements over the years.Please add two features to the Evernote App IOS (iPad and iPhone versions) as is in Evernote for Windows App on my PC to get my 5 Star review.1. Merge | add ability for all the same reasons to use merge as on the PC - when traveling it would make it easy to compile travel notes and receipts.2. Reminders | add the ability to set multiple reminders inside a note. For example, my To Do list has multiple items that come due at different times - I would like the option to not have to create a separate note for each item in order to set a reminder. ... or the option to set up multiple reminders.","Evernote is my go to for notes, to do lists, and planning - Great tool!",4,TRUE,effectiveness,list,39,43,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,1d4dc7e8-812e-4adb-b925-ee0f78a7c8b8,4007d236-8139-45c7-ace6-213a3790a964,"fix the bugs, please","I am a college student that uses this app to take notes in class with my Apple Pencil and this is just awful. It has a bug with its eraser where it will lock on the pen you are using making a mess of your notes (imagine writing with a real pencil but instead of erasing with your eraser you are scribbling in dark black all over your paper) or you can’t move the page when you are using the eraser tool, the eraser will keep trying to open the keyboard and the eraser will take control and erase most of what you had written. Also, the screen will just jump in the middle of a sentence you are writing to another page again making a mess of your notes. And some general misgivings is the time it takes to switch documents, and opening this app will sometimes will make part of the screen gray or black that you can’t make go away. If I didn’t need this for my school, I would find a new note taking app. please, for my sanity, fix the bugs.","If I didn’t need this for my school, I would find a new note taking app.",1,TRUE,usability,note taking,57,68,positive
productivity,things-3,6083a929-890c-4e8a-8892-9714414301e4,405f5aa3-0611-404f-85e1-cb8119d95f14,Almost perfect,"Things is beautiful and intuitive. One of my favorite aspects is that tasks do not need to be part of a project; they can be standalone inside of an Area, or category. There are two feature additions that would make this app perfect.1. Enabling user data to be encrypted by the user’s password before syncing it with Things cloud.2. Dark mode",Enabling user data to be encrypted by the user’s password before syncing it with Things cloud.,4,TRUE,security,sync,66,70,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a54bd7dc-3292-4293-a312-59a6bdb8804c,40a40630-77f0-4589-9167-acf51f6eb9e1,"No dark mode, APIs, or anything new at all","This “a/b suuuuuuper slow update speed for all apps” thing gets really old. I’m not interested in wasting time using an app that doesn’t get updated quickly to support new features and enhancements. I opened the app, dark mode didn’t toggle, and then I deleted the app. 2.5 weeks later and still no toggle even. Unacceptable tbh.I don’t have the patience for this a/b testing or snail paced feature updating anymore. All it really does it just circumnavigate App Store rules and policies technically. maybe I’ll come back next year and try again and see where the app is at then. But for now? Sticking with stock mail app. Should’ve known better.This app certainly DOES NOT have all the new features — so don’t expect it. All you can expect is that it has your gmail account and that you receive your email perfectly fine as far as I can tell. That’s literally it, though. Nothing extra, nothing special. Worth about 2 stars I think.",I’m not interested in wasting time using an app that doesn’t get updated quickly to support new features and enhancements.,2,TRUE,compatibility,update,66,72,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,1f2e231e-a721-4e3d-aa63-9e0f2eb54bb9,40cb5cc2-0934-483a-91d5-686bc251b528,Not fully functional,"You can’t use this app without a subscription to office 365, but then it only gives you the functionality of Pages. You can’t edit paragraph styles or save templates. So you pay for the service and get the abilities of a free app. So might as well just use pages. There is one really frustrating thing from pages that made me try this out though. Outlining. Pages doesn’t recognize what you’ve done before like Microsoft. - at least in the ipad apps. So if you need to go past 1. , A., a. You’re stuck. The ruler and tabs in Pages are also garbage, so if you need to do a quick professional outline, get this for a day. But if Ipad is your sole computer - just use something else. Major corporations like Microsoft and Adobe switching to subscription only payment systems is bad for consumers. They have an industry standard hold on the market and therefore can do whatever they want. Luckily smaller companies are popping up - also Apple’s free products, but the lack of customizability is terrible on the iPad in general. Still feels like monopoly to me.",So might as well just use pages.,2,TRUE,usability,page,27,31,positive
productivity,notability,f544232e-457d-4958-894f-86195c49f01b,41900fb4-e85e-4c72-b47d-72fdd5c158b4,"Great app, but...","If this was a free app it would have five out of five stars. It is easy to use, has some really awesome features and is really well designed. But because I payed $10 for it I am going to be more critical. The biggest issue I have with this app is the lack of tilt functionality. It really needs to have a setting to take advantage of tilt for brush size. That is one of my favorite things about the Apple Pencil and it is not taken advantage of in this app. Another thing I would like to have in this app is subfolders. I like order and I would like to be able to organize my notes in such a manner that I have large folders then more folders within my folders and so forth. Those are my two major complaints with this app. Overall though, I would recommend, I will definitely get my $10 out of this app.Dropped to one Star because the latest update has messed up the app. It is now glitching a lot and the notes won’t quit “syncing” with iCloud so I can’t access them. Very frustrating for an expensive app.",That is one of my favorite things about the Apple Pencil and it is not taken advantage of in this app.,1,TRUE,usability,tag,83,86,positive
productivity,notability,6c3fa3c7-e543-475e-97da-34e32806eef5,419dfbdd-0167-4428-8376-00bfc5702ff7,Big problem w Apple note taking app,"I’m not sure who is responsible for this design flaw.  If someone could contact me I’d really appreciate it.  This is mainly with Notes for iPad but it happens with Noteability as well.  I can be typing away, as I normally do and I type fairly fast and then suddenly, without meaning to, I’ve just deleted the whole last paragraph I’ve written.  How does this happen?  Because suddenly the space bar shrinks in size and the portion that was on the right side becomes an “undo” button.  So, I think I’m hitting the space bar, which I do a lot as I type.  This happens so fast.  I’ve never before had to pay attention to a changing space bar.  Who needs an “undo” button anyhow?  Oh, I’m writing this complaint hoping Apple folks will see it and realize that their Notes for iPad doesn’t leave a way to leave a review.",Because suddenly the space bar shrinks in size and the portion that was on the right side becomes an “undo” button.,3,TRUE,usability,space,22,27,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,12e472fd-635c-4fa5-8b31-72db0c9d6349,420b599c-cbd7-48c8-83ef-a854a01fdac5,Space for improvement,"Evernote is an amazing note taking software that I’ve been using for ages. But, it’d be even better if I could attach pre-recorded audio files from voice memo for notes...thanks for giving such an amazing application to the world ❤️",Evernote is an amazing note taking software that I’ve been using for ages.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,note taking,24,35,positive
productivity,notability,921a8c19-c83c-4981-bfc1-9994c84ac2cb,427eff48-8c63-4b0f-8d48-0c603204aa95,App-breaking glitch,"I like notability. Its an excellent note taking app. Unfortunately sometimes, (at random) , when I will try to upload a note to google drive the progress bar will never fill, causing me to have cancel. If I try again, the same thing will happen unless I restart the app. However, when I reopen the app, all of my work is completely erased from the pdf. This occurs when I annotate or write on top of PDF files from google drive. The glitch always occurs after attempting to upload the annotated file to Google Drive and running into an immobile progress bar. Once the upload fails, there is no way out, as exiting and reentering the note will recall the blank, non-annotated PDF. Now when this happens, I will typically take screenshots of every page to salvage as much as possible.I'm using a 2020 ipad pro running ios 14.1. It doesn't happen often, but it has a significant number of times—enough to cause a lot of headaches. I'm curious if anyone else has experienced this problem, or if this is something unique to my device. Thanks for reading and I hope this glitch will be sorted out soon, as it is pretty devastating after spending hours annotating a single PDF.",Its an excellent note taking app.,1,TRUE,general,note taking,18,29,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e7c59d67-fb4d-45e9-b09b-c7ba91b07e32,42927004-024d-4165-9380-a7c3fbf45019,Better than Word Online,Clean layout and a solid user interface.  Use often for on the go reading and review of documents.,Clean layout and a solid user interface.,5,TRUE,usability,interface,31,40,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,2677f41a-e193-4a42-98c4-086989afe99f,42b35e6a-dd1e-420a-a85d-dfd980752573,Best there is - not without it’s problems,"The word app on iPad is, no doubt, the best way to write documents on the iPad. I have experimented with many other platforms, and the word app is simply the closest we’re gonna get to a computer-like experience on the iPad. It does have it’s limitations, however. There are a couple features that this app needs to encorporate to become more like the desktop version. But overall, I am happy with it. With the new mouse/trackpad compatibility that’s come to iPad’s through the 13.4 update, the iPad has taken one big leap forward in becoming an independent productivity tool. HOWEVER, the devlopers of productivity apps need to update their apps to encorporate the beautiful new mouse/trackpad updates! The quicker the better! The first writing apps that can encorporate that will easily be the new hype. At the moment, this app functions no different with a mouse :(.","The word app on iPad is, no doubt, the best way to write documents on the iPad.",5,TRUE,efficiency,document,58,66,positive
productivity,notability,203168da-8f5d-43bf-ae56-7cfa45a13c58,42da80f1-3ede-487d-9af0-85404fe64f6f,Amazing app!,"I’ve had this app for a long time now, but I’ve only recently been using it at its full potential. I’m in college and I got the Apple Pencil over the summer so now I use this to take notes in almost all of my classes (some professors don’t allow electronics...go figure). I spent several hours researching the best note taking apps and Notability was at the top of the list for most people. It has been a great buy for me, especially with recent updates where you can search the notes and it even recognizes your handwriting. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is because I would like to see improvements with the HIGHLIGHTER tool. Notability would be absolutely perfect if the highlight markings dropped behind the text like it does in Good Notes and other apps instead of stay over the text. I’d also like to see the highlight ink being brighter..like a real highlighter..rather than kind of faded.","It has been a great buy for me, especially with recent updates where you can search the notes and it even recognizes your handwriting.",5,TRUE,compatibility,update,56,62,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,eaa7057b-91c7-4938-b70d-b62d7dd02dfd,42e9854b-0121-400a-ab12-9cc781afd80b,Great,"I love that I can access my email through the app without having to be on my laptop/desktop. The only bummer is the mail icon you see on the bottom of the screen. I wish that it would work when I click it that it’ll take me to my primary email page. When I’m in the promotions page and I get an incoming email, if I click on the mail icon nothing happens. I then would have to click on the triple line then primary. It would be nice if the icon can do that for me.","When I’m in the promotions page and I get an incoming email, if I click on the mail icon nothing happens.",4,TRUE,usability,page,28,32,negative
productivity,notability,2c6267e8-d8a6-45b2-b7d1-9fe4aa912a7a,43203160-9d28-4c3b-b2d9-59033644a200,Best Note Taking App Available,"I love this app! The overall layout, note navigation and tool options are just the right set of features. Not too busy so that you spend time searching for stuff, but robust enough to perform most things you need.  The handwriting recognition is also the best. I've tried a number of other popular apps and the note taking experience is simply not as good. I use the app strictly on my iPad so cannot comment on the phone experience. But I find a tablet to be better  for most note taking apps.No app is perfect, so there are some tradeoffs. If you desire multilevel folder systems, this is not for you. However, I've never found that to be an issue. You still have to two folders levels and a nice search function. The backup system could also be improved. I like the ability to export everything to iCloud, but syncing between devices would be nice option.",I've tried a number of other popular apps and the note taking experience is simply not as good.,5,TRUE,usability,note taking,51,62,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,05ea503f-7bbb-4909-8032-d14fdcd369c4,43492082-a6da-4cd8-83b3-961d5344951f,You can do better,"Whenever someone leaves an extremely low star review, I always think they are mad. I half-expect them to write in all-caps, yell at the screen, and use exclamations points everywhere. So first of all, I’m totally chill. I just bought a brand new iPad Pro and I downloaded 10 different email apps to test them out and see which one was the best for me. I am actually pumped!Reasons for low-star review: - UNCLEAN: When you clear your inbox, you want your eyes to be directed toward the most important information. Unfortunately, I found my eyes locked on the least important information while I was using the app. - FOLDER USAGE: I added something to a folder and it disappeared completely. (Toggling between my folder list from the “move to” option) 	Obviously I understand some of this could be not knowing how to use the app, but there was no instruction on how to use it when I opened it. I also come from an engineering background, and am really good at this stuff. If I can’t figure it out, who can?I had really hoped that customizability would be better and more abundant as well.These are my biggest complaints. IT’S GOOGLE! I really have enjoyed a lot of their products. I use Google Calendar more than the calendar from Apple. Although it’s not perfect, it’s better than the Apple calendar. I guess I just thought they were the elite, so I held them to a higher standard.Thank you","Although it’s not perfect, it’s better than the Apple calendar.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,calendar,55,63,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,51390483-ca15-41e4-98e5-e5192da52691,434adaca-5ec9-4913-89c2-59f537c9779c,Happily Satisfied,"I use Evernote to haul around my crochet patterns in a mobile device. I used to print out pages of patterns and carry them in my craft bag, which is wasteful. But now I can purchase a pattern online, download and save to Evernote, and then sync the app so the pattern appears on my phone. My only complaint with Evernote is that the app does not stay open when the phone turns off.  When you use the Pinterest app, for example, the phone stays on, presumably while cooking a recipe, so you don’t have to turn on the phone over and over again to look at the recipe. Even if the phone does turn off, when you turn it back on, the phone returns to the Pinterest app and the article you were using. Evernote does not stay open when the phone turns off. This would not be so irritating to me except that I also have to re-open the Evernote app and search for my note/pattern AGAIN. It’s like opening the app for the first time, over and over again. I can’t imagine using this app to take notes during a lecture, only to have the phone turn offwhe you are listening,  and then have to turn on the phone again, open the app again, and search for the note you were just working on....again. First world problems, I know.","I used to print out pages of patterns and carry them in my craft bag, which is wasteful.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,page,21,25,negative
productivity,things-3,ee828838-2e1e-45a5-aa80-d9a9c76e7ca2,436cdb36-a39d-4053-b17b-f780bfb75631,Do not buy! Misleading advertisement and overpriced,This app does not do what it advertise it for. You can only download google calendar events. You can not create any sub-tasks for the imported google calendar event. None of the google calendar events are editable or movable. You can only create one layer of sub-tasks for the tasks you created on their app. Not very usable for $10. And you have to pay $50 to sync it on Mac! Just a big scam all around. Not sure how it is Editor’s choice!  Do not buy!,And you have to pay $50 to sync it on Mac!,1,TRUE,cost,sync,28,32,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,66b222a5-30ad-4e62-8ac2-e8fefa356337,438ddf72-1e71-423d-88ef-2b558b8a7a42,The. Worst. Production. App. EVER!,"Every time I use this app, I hate it more and more. I do not understand why Microsoft and Apple will not agree on an iPad version that is actually functional for more than just typing words. I just spent the last two weeks designing a form in the full laptop version using tools from the Developer menu. 98% of the fields I entered DO NOT WORK. The ONLY field that works is the text entry field. The drop down menu field? Nope. The image box field? Nope. The text entry field over a solid line? Nope. Text entry field in a table? Nope. Just a text entry field in regular old Normal mode. Completely USELESS! Now, I get to carry my full-sized work laptop in every room of a building for requirements gathering. Thank you, Microsoft and Apple, for NOTHING! I’ll just use Adobe....",Just a text entry field in regular old Normal mode.,1,TRUE,usability,text,8,12,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,855b21c5-45de-43bf-a3ff-2e5c140537a9,440ce637-8fa2-4061-9711-4b55cfecec2f,"I canceled my subscription, its horrible now","Used to be a great app. Been using it since 2009 and this Jan(2017) is the worst it's been. Glitchy. Why change it when it's not broke? As a premium paying customer, Very disappointed with the update, please fix it and I will bring my review back up.  The feature I used the most, making notes or highlighting things in PDF docs is hardly working on my iOS devices very frustrating. One of the main things I pay for premium for. PLEASE FIX THIS EVERNOTE!😡😡😠😩😩☹️️ use it for school and personal stuff. But looks like I'll be deleting this app. They now won't let me sync more than two devices without paying. Load of crap. I'd keep paying if they went back to their old interface(like anything before the huge overhaul they just had) just horrible I'm so let down.",They now won't let me sync more than two devices without paying.,1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,23,27,positive
productivity,notability,77b52aae-5049-442d-b83a-6a944dfdd713,4415d944-4218-42c0-9772-c305e89ab756,Pretty good but could be great,Really like this app. It integrates well with Canvas so I can download readings and PowerPoints and then I can annotate or cut out important diagrams which is essential for taking biology classes with complicated figures in a fast moving class.Still there are many features I would love to see that would truly far and away set Notability apart:-saving certain color/tip size configurations or even “recents” would be a huge timer saver for taking handwritten notes with the pen.  I like to set a bright color/bigger size as a header and then switch to black/smaller pen size and in a quickly moving class it would be great if Notability could add this feature.-creating an unbounded white space similar to the board in Prezi would be great because it is difficult to apportion perfect spacing during the lecture and would also then allow for mind map ideas better-adding planner templates to paper would also allow Notability to function as an organizational tool-creating folders for within subject notebooks would be great-the ability to draw geometric shapes with Notability correcting the shape such as in Paper-mix colors beyond the presets such as in Paper-Apple notes has a nice ruler that will pop up and also tell the angle between an existing line and a prospective line. Very useful for physics and design.,Very useful for physics and design.,5,TRUE,usability,design,29,35,positive
productivity,notability,79ae1b42-5163-4359-a6af-dccc1dc5337f,44271bd9-88c8-423a-aa22-8ac6c4b93d19,I love this app but...,"I use this for note taking for my College classes. Very simple and easy to use. Like being able to make custom colors for pen.   But when I use the thicker pen option, after writing my apple pen, chunks of the writing just disappears... I contacted support with my issue, pictures and all, and I got no response. It’s been two months, and the issue persists. PLEASE fix this. If I am not able to read my writing because whole letters/chunks of letters randomly disappear AFTER the full writing was just there, this app is completely useless, because I do not have time to trace over countless pages of notes.UPDATE: After recent update, found out this app only gets worse and worse!!! Now icloud syncing takes over 30 minutes to load documents. it’s not my wifi, trust me. Every app / icloud itself works perfectly fine otherwise on its own. My favorite (and first) incident of this happening was when I started a timed test (open note). Went to go open my notes and they didn’t load!! the entirety of a 60 minute test!! so thanks for that C- grade. At this point, all of the issues with this app are NOT worth dealing with. Will be buying a new app that actually works.","I contacted support with my issue, pictures and all, and I got no response.",1,TRUE,general,picture,36,43,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e3bdff55-f6ba-41a4-a7d1-edd7bbd76954,44851120-a624-43af-a725-23a75725af92,Love this handy app!,"I love the gmail app. I just recently set up a new phone and it automatically set me up through the “mail” app on iPhone.. I don’t care to use that, it’s doesn’t set up and stay synced with your gmail. This app stays organized just like when you sign in through a laptop.","I don’t care to use that, it’s doesn’t set up and stay synced with your gmail.",5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,56,60,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,24ea9673-7a24-41eb-a606-f104854a525f,44bdda5c-46e3-44c3-a5ba-03352ba6f4a5,Cut and paste,"Why doesn’t it seem possible to copy an address from within an email and paste it elsewhere, such as an event in calendar, without also copying all the extraneous google-mapping text with it? That extra text actually prevents me from using maps as intended. It seems a very small thing to address or for which google mail could provide two options.",That extra text actually prevents me from using maps as intended.,4,TRUE,usability,text,12,16,negative
productivity,notability,a07021d0-760d-4bce-a715-c6975098ef39,44eb4a37-056a-47fa-9de8-738710e6f787,So Good but needs more color!,"I love this app. I bought it years ago and never used it on my phone, but since getting an iPad it has become one of my most used apps both for work and for personal use. It works so well and I haven’t seen  any glitches or issues with the features. I will say the color choices for paper backgrounds are lacking and I would really love to see some improvements there. We should be able to choose the background from a full spectrum color palette like the pens and highlighters. Yes you could use the highlighter to change the paper color, but it only changes the section of the page that is currently on the screen. When you scroll down to continue your note and try to highlight in the new background colors, you end up overlapping the previously colored areas and end up with sections that are discolored. More line templates, like for handwritten check lists would also be appreciated. I don’t care about the themes, I’m happy with black, but to be honest the paid options aren’t even remotely tempting. Not good choices.",We should be able to choose the background from a full spectrum color palette like the pens and highlighters.,5,TRUE,general,background,33,43,negative
productivity,notability,a07021d0-760d-4bce-a715-c6975098ef39,44eb4a37-056a-47fa-9de8-738710e6f787,So Good but needs more color!,"I love this app. I bought it years ago and never used it on my phone, but since getting an iPad it has become one of my most used apps both for work and for personal use. It works so well and I haven’t seen  any glitches or issues with the features. I will say the color choices for paper backgrounds are lacking and I would really love to see some improvements there. We should be able to choose the background from a full spectrum color palette like the pens and highlighters. Yes you could use the highlighter to change the paper color, but it only changes the section of the page that is currently on the screen. When you scroll down to continue your note and try to highlight in the new background colors, you end up overlapping the previously colored areas and end up with sections that are discolored. More line templates, like for handwritten check lists would also be appreciated. I don’t care about the themes, I’m happy with black, but to be honest the paid options aren’t even remotely tempting. Not good choices.",We should be able to choose the background from a full spectrum color palette like the pens and highlighters.,5,TRUE,usability,color,65,70,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,3399c210-09fc-4bac-be1b-bfa80013e3ae,44ede6f6-4d7f-4c33-9f14-de386fa700b8,It actually gets you to keep studying,"For me, the hardest part about studying is actually committing and doing it. Like everything is all set up for you to do it, but you just don’t start because you just don’t really want to. Well, I find that timing myself  gets and keeps me in the mood to get my school work done as well as manage how much of each class I do. It keeps track you your progress and depending on what tags you use, it can also show you what you study the most. Also I really like nature and I’m so down to plant a tree to keep me focused. Though, if there is one improvement I would want in the app, it would be that you get more money the longer you study. Like a significant amount more. It’s kind of a let down to see that you got 35 coins for studying or committing your time to something for an hour and thirty minutes.","It keeps track you your progress and depending on what tags you use, it can also show you what you study the most.",5,TRUE,efficiency,tag,56,59,positive
productivity,things-3,bca31088-abc5-4ec2-829b-d00a1f8e47e4,45521811-2443-4c9f-af0a-3dde4bc56373,Doesn’t do much,You can’t even add a calendar event with this app and all to-dos are just local and don’t integrate with reminders. Setting an alert is cumbersome. Not performing as expected does not qualify for a refund. I’m out $6 when I knew within five minutes this app wouldn’t do what I needed it to. I have Fantasical 2 and was just looking for something better. I don’t think anything better exists. This app is boring and doesn’t do anything except show you your calendar and let you add a to do.,You can’t even add a calendar event with this app and all to-dos are just local and don’t integrate with reminders.,1,TRUE,compatibility,calendar event,22,36,negative
productivity,things-3,7d143fad-a834-4c1d-b8a3-147b1be98071,45aa4421-5239-4107-b92e-32b8b09705ce,Deleted tasks with no warning,"While setting up my to-dos into this app, I created a couple of tasks I marked as due today and tagged important. Later in the SAME DAY, I opened the app to mark those tasks completed, but the tasks were gone. Keyword and tag search gave me nothing. If auto-deleting uncompleted is an intended feature, how can I know what I did and didn’t get done in a day? Those missed tasks should either stay put or be put into the logbook somehow. I don’t want end up forgetting all about the missed task.All my other tasks that were part of “projects” stayed put. It’s only the two I made in the Today folder.","While setting up my to-dos into this app, I created a couple of tasks I marked as due today and tagged important.",2,TRUE,usability,tag,97,100,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,b7a44d83-0414-40e0-a465-c6419e063746,45b655a5-22af-4c90-95c5-72c66b49eba4,Falls short... really short.,"When I downloaded this app I expected it to be as easy as my PC experience. I don’t expect perfections but I do expect functionality that doesn’t make me feel like I’d be better off typing papers in my notes and just waiting to retype it on my computer later. I thought it may have been a compatibility thing initially but I found that the app works great on my MacBook so this can’t be the case. I purchased an account specifically to be able to use my iPad to type papers (the account for my MacBook is through my university) and I kinda regret it. At this point, I wish I could just submit my papers via the pages application that apple offers. :( please make basic improvements to things such fluidity and basic functionality to change this opinion.",:( please make basic improvements to things such fluidity and basic functionality to change this opinion.,2,TRUE,usability,functionality,69,82,negative
productivity,notability,e8ce955b-a858-4516-97d9-e50af634b38d,45c1089b-3024-453d-9310-e226d81e553c,Saved My Bacon,"I’m currently in grad school and after my first semester, I decided to switch to digital note taking. I was simply overwhelmed by the massive paper trail that often happens in grad school. I shopped around and I saw this app and decided to give it a go. I don’t normally spend $10 on an app, but it has been worth every penny! The organization is top notch, it works with many different type of styli (I use the Friendly Swede interchangeable tip stylus, because of the cost, but Apple Pencil works great if you have an iPad Pro), the recording feature is great, sharing notes is super easy and it’s been so convenient to have all of my school documents in one place. So far, I’m at 600+ documents and I haven’t lost anything since using this app. I absolutely credit this app with helping me pass my comprehensive exams.My only complaints is that I wish I wouldn’t have to buy it again for Mac. I also would like it if they were to incorporate tabs, so I wouldn’t have to back out to the menu every time I wanted to switch between a few related notes. In spite of these shortcomings, I still give it five stars because of how much it’s helped up my game as a grad student. Thanks, Notability!","I’m currently in grad school and after my first semester, I decided to switch to digital note taking.",5,TRUE,usability,note taking,90,101,positive
productivity,things-3,0350a36b-b6fc-4bcf-8336-b05b5fb197bc,4603821e-9637-40d3-953a-521882cfd1bc,This is a premium app. Where are the premium functions?,"The Apple Watch app barely ever works (does not update with the phone app.)Where is the geofencing? Where is the reoccurring reminders? Where is sharing? Where is Alexa support? Why can’t I designate that when I open the app, it opens on a certain list? If I can’t decline the auto import of a task from another app, why even make me approve it? Am I supposed to be bowled over by exclusively by the UI of sparsity? I switched from Wunderlist to proactively prepare for when Microsoft nixes it completely, and I miss that near perfect product that was offered for free. Whereas with Things, I keep hoping that I’ve paid for a product that will get more feature rich, and I’m not seeing it.",Where is the reoccurring reminders?,3,TRUE,usability,reminder,26,34,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a24e7fb1-a91b-4f76-8df5-be1d896d0bdf,469261d0-06a3-4391-9d85-5aaaacede0df,Veeery bad for writing,"This app is works well in general, but writing emails on it is a terrible experience. I can’t move the writing cursor on the text I’m writing without it going all the way down. Just try answering an email with a large chain of “replies”, and after typing some lines, try to go with the cursor somewhere on the text, you just can’t. It scrolls to the bottom! Also, if you click at the end of the line to move the cursor there, is ALWAYS highlights the last word in red, as if “misspelled”, and anything you type will overwrite the word. Also, you can’t deselect the highlighted text, no matter how many times you touch it. It always reselects.","Also, you can’t deselect the highlighted text, no matter how many times you touch it.",2,TRUE,reliability,text,42,46,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,5aef1f08-23ae-4777-a2ab-229522a185bb,46a2da58-8a2b-4f42-a793-11045477c58f,I use this app daily and could not live without it,"I subbed a 5 star review with a one star and I am OUT of here. Latest update broke literally everything on iOS. Read my old review below, I still have everything on there ... but am spending today moving to OneNote. I have no confidence in the technical competence of this company and will no longer trust it with my stuff. my old review:i work with Evernote on several devices but I think that the iPad version is the best of the bunch. I keep EVERYTHING in Evernote - personal, professional, you name it. I use the Fuji ScanSnap to scan all paperwork and have gone completely paperless in my office. People wonder how I keep my office so neat but it is thanks to Evernote. They ask how I get so much done at work, and that is thanks to Evernote and the GTD approach.I also love that i have everything I need on my iPad so I no longer need to lug my laptop around. The iPad version also has a lot of cute little things in it - the integration with Penultimate, the camera integration that ""knows"" if I am scanning a business card, a post-it note, or what have you. I keep finding cute new features all the time.This is the way things are supposed to work.",I use the Fuji ScanSnap to scan all paperwork and have gone completely paperless in my office.,1,TRUE,usability,paper,37,42,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,0750e2a0-0a21-4914-a838-36523a8d5bcf,46a6c6bc-35f2-40d0-8f0a-24cb8e40a1e1,Unreliable and glitchy,"If you are hoping for a seamless transition between desktop and iPad, your expectations are already too high. This requires a subscription to use it in its entirety, but this should not come to any surprise. The formatting options are definitely limited, in comparison to the full desktop version. There is also an unreliable auto save feature, as twice, I have typed multi-page documents, which did not save, even when I manually saved. Unfortunately, there is no way, to my knowledge, to recover my work. Most of the time, when it does not auto save, it will start running very slowly, so I manually save, then initiate IT 101 (close and restart), which usually resolves the problem. Most of the time, it will load the completed document, but the two times it did not, it was pretty frustrating. If it was not this unreliable and glitchy, I would rate it higher.","There is also an unreliable auto save feature, as twice, I have typed multi-page documents, which did not save, even when I manually saved.",2,TRUE,usability,auto save,29,38,negative
productivity,notability,73dc4313-dcc2-465c-9940-72ce0b7639a2,48067536-6aac-4af9-a46a-4a84afb7b54e,Good app but recently don’t work as before,"I have this app for almost a year. I can say that at the time I purchased it, no app could complete with this. However recently I am facing issue. It does not save some pdf files or sometime crashes. Sometimes I open send a pdf file from an email attachment and when I open it it is a blank file. Another recent problem, the app freezes and wont respond. My ipad is a one year old so I don’t think the issue is from my ipad. I have seen similar reviews by other customers here. Hope they resolve the issues fast otherwise I am forced to leave this app.Another suggestion, it would be great if one can have side by side pages. I am doing my calculations on the app and sometimes i need to have an equation in few pages back to check. It is a pain to go back and force between pages. It would be awesome to have side by side pages selectively.Final note, i would give 5 star if there were no problem and app was working like before.",I am doing my calculations on the app and sometimes i need to have an equation in few pages back to check.,2,TRUE,efficiency,page,87,91,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0070ab72-3f3c-4ffd-a464-02e21885bfac,482e88f4-3388-432b-af9d-621d973224ab,Love it,"I mainly just use this for password and note taking. I absolute love it! I can easily organize, search, and find all of my password/notes. I also love the security function(password/touch is). It is also nice that all your notes can be accessed off a cloud. Some may be against cloud storage but I love I can go on  my computer or delete the app and still have all my notes. Great customization, great organization, great connectivity, Great app. 19 year old college student.",I mainly just use this for password and note taking.,5,TRUE,usability,note taking,41,52,positive
productivity,notability,3d47acf2-2f37-4c15-af7a-9d8d5d9344c6,484cb835-efb9-44da-8590-8b180a307076,"Search handwriting, permanent trash, the  and redo button","Awesome app. Do your research before you pick a notes app for the iPad Pro (and any device really). My opinion is that this is the best thus far because it balances simplicity while making taking notes the most important thing! Plus, it can record and place the recording time with the note that you took with the audio (awesome), and so much fun to use.Please enhance the search feature like Goodnotes. Maybe even include notes and handwriting searches into spotlight (built in apple search). Also make a button where you can redo something instead of just having undo. Last thing is to make the trash deleting time customizable. Instead of just keeping it a month leave it up to the user.... Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, forever.Look forward to seeing these updates. I'd like to make this my only notes app! These things (mainly an awesome search feature better than Goodnotes) will do it!EDIT: these guys are great and they keep updating things to make it better. Love this app!UPDATE: nest version needs to drag and drop better. You can’t see where you drag like you used to be able to.","Plus, it can record and place the recording time with the note that you took with the audio (awesome), and so much fun to use.",3,TRUE,usability,audio,87,92,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,971a72c1-c9c7-4c29-a4b2-b4534286cd6f,4869680b-cf7b-4a52-a157-d6f5f0fe3b47,Found a fix for issue below,"I’m not a paid user which means I’m allowed to have two devices connected to my account. I ONLY use my iPhone and MacBook. When I log into one and then try to log onto the second device, the second device says that I have to unsync a device to continue using it. If I’m logging in from my iPhone, Evernote will say that my MacBook and iPhone are already connected and that I need to remove one of them to use my iPhone.. Same thing happens when I log in from my MacBook. It’ll say my iPhone and MacBook are already connected and I’ll need to remove one of them to continue on my MacBook. I ONLY have two devices that I’ve ever connected to Evernote. For some reason, Evernote registers my devices as new ones every time I switch devices. I‘ve already used my two unsyncs this month and it’s only April 10th. Don’t be fooled — free users, you’re only allowed to use one device 🙄 I’ll be on the hunt for a replacement app.Edit: I found a fix! I logged onto Evernote through my web browser and revoked access to my “three” devices. Evernote will log you out of all devices and you’ll be able to sign in again. Not sure how how long this fix will last but for now, I’m able to use both my MacBook and phone.Edit 2: Evernote has confused my 2 devices as 3 again. I’ll be on the lookout for another app.","When I log into one and then try to log onto the second device, the second device says that I have to unsync a device to continue using it.",2,TRUE,compatibility,sync,105,109,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,0a8ce156-9c28-4c7c-bc6c-eee5069a339f,4874153b-7a87-4a7e-b5b6-769c66e53131,high school student and I love this!!,"my phone is the most distracting thing when I’m working. I’ll even put it in another room and I’ll think about it or want to check it. This app is perfect because it’s impossible for me to do that! I also don’t really think about my apps or social media, instead I think my nice little tree. It’s so fun because you can customize so many things, save up money, unlock new trees, and even sync up with friends. Every time you plant a tree you get a visual reward in your forest and some coins, which can be spent to unlock more things. If you get lovingly attached to little plants or creatures like me, this is perfect! I feel way more productive and this app actually makes me WANT to work!! Money well spent :)","It’s so fun because you can customize so many things, save up money, unlock new trees, and even sync up with friends.",5,TRUE,general,sync,97,101,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,0a8ce156-9c28-4c7c-bc6c-eee5069a339f,4874153b-7a87-4a7e-b5b6-769c66e53131,high school student and I love this!!,"my phone is the most distracting thing when I’m working. I’ll even put it in another room and I’ll think about it or want to check it. This app is perfect because it’s impossible for me to do that! I also don’t really think about my apps or social media, instead I think my nice little tree. It’s so fun because you can customize so many things, save up money, unlock new trees, and even sync up with friends. Every time you plant a tree you get a visual reward in your forest and some coins, which can be spent to unlock more things. If you get lovingly attached to little plants or creatures like me, this is perfect! I feel way more productive and this app actually makes me WANT to work!! Money well spent :)","It’s so fun because you can customize so many things, save up money, unlock new trees, and even sync up with friends.",5,TRUE,cost,money,63,68,positive
productivity,notability,2c6267e8-d8a6-45b2-b7d1-9fe4aa912a7a,48f96888-3cb8-436b-94d0-c0869e45c48b,Best Note Taking App Available,"I love this app! The overall layout, note navigation and tool options are just the right set of features. Not too busy so that you spend time searching for stuff, but robust enough to perform most things you need.  The handwriting recognition is also the best. I've tried a number of other popular apps and the note taking experience is simply not as good. I use the app strictly on my iPad so cannot comment on the phone experience. But I find a tablet to be better  for most note taking apps.No app is perfect, so there are some tradeoffs. If you desire multilevel folder systems, this is not for you. However, I've never found that to be an issue. You still have to two folders levels and a nice search function. The backup system could also be improved. I like the ability to export everything to iCloud, but syncing between devices would be nice option.",You still have to two folders levels and a nice search function.,5,TRUE,general,search function,49,64,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,09b7159b-26b5-42d1-bff3-2977e2e4c47e,490b696e-7633-4c51-a504-7f270c80f5f1,Dark Mode,"I’ve enjoyed using gmail and the IOS app but I am wondering when I will receive the dark mode for my gmail app. I have friend and family that already have it but it’s not an option for mine yet. I’ve uninstalled the app and reinstalled and tried all the suggestions online, however none have changed anything.",I’ve enjoyed using gmail and the IOS app but I am wondering when I will receive the dark mode for my gmail app.,4,TRUE,usability,dark mode,85,94,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,76f22d2e-67a7-40ac-a13f-86f94be4e573,4934bdc5-48ed-4ea5-be95-14180f742521,"Great filing system, minus the latest updates","Evernote is an incredible service, my go to for filing and managing all things in my life and business and I’ve been using it for 10 years. It simplifies my life, I like the ability to search for what I need and there it is, no complicated tagging and color coding needed which is what I believe sets evernote apart from other services. However, I STRONGLY dislike this latest iPhone app update in late 2020. The auto sensor in the camera feature is too sensitive, taking unnecessary photos making the process take longer than it needs to. The process of quickly snapping a photo and adding it to Evernote is no longer quick, seamless, and easy.","The process of quickly snapping a photo and adding it to Evernote is no longer quick, seamless, and easy.",4,TRUE,usability,photo,35,40,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,d733763b-8b39-42f8-9987-cf521a083bdf,4939b52f-7d83-4677-a60d-d0b0085c6403,This app great!,"I’m currently enrolled in college and offers a free version for students. This free version also works with the PC and mobile versions. It’s a little difficult to navigate, but whatever you’re looking for can be found in the search bar.",I’m currently enrolled in college and offers a free version for students.,5,TRUE,general,free version,48,60,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,df4191a8-7a6e-4672-954e-112fd831c7ed,49bd646d-0329-4f25-8db4-80fbfdfebd53,Makes iPad useful input device for Windows PCs,"Normally an iPad is used as a display device and sometimes as a controller.  It can be used as a camera, but is usually too bulky.  Using the notes feature, in conjunction with the editing features of the iPad camera system and the location detection, Evernote can create very useful documents that can be used on the PC.Management is enhanced by the ability to search for text or OCR images on the server.  Forcing synchronization is also a useful management tool although I often have trouble with synchronization on the PC.  The inability to control font size on the text entered on the iPad is still a problem.As new versions are released, the user interface seems to change, requiring retraining without any help.  Additionally, the user interface on the various platforms appears to becoming so different that it interferes with interoperability.",The inability to control font size on the text entered on the iPad is still a problem.,3,TRUE,usability,font,26,30,negative
productivity,notability,d77d129a-8d5e-4574-bef5-54a11e6da560,49c94d72-18bd-4b80-8432-48e3984d3f90,Good for handwritten notes,"The app works very well with either a finger or apple pencil. It provides pen and marker tools with easy control over color, and tip size. So it’s great for freestyle sketches. There is an eraser and a graphical selection tool that allow deleting, moving, and copying drawn lines. All this is great for simple handwritten sketches and annotations.More complex operations with graphics allow drawing straight lines, and placing text in arbitrary locations on the page, but both of these could be improved:The tool provides a way to draw a straight line, but it is awkward and not easy to use: to do that you draw a line by hand and then pause at the end of the line for a second. I wish the app would provide another “straight line” tool like most other drawing and desktop publishing apps, so selecting it will make all lines straight.Handling text annotations is also awkward if you want the text placed in specific locations. The placed text requires different handling for moving, copying and deleting. The tools that allow you to delete, copy and move drawn lines do not work on text. Instead, it has it’s own set of operations (for example, to delete, you pause on it with the pencil, then apply another click which opens up a menu - not easy or intuitive). I wish the app would allow to use the same erase and select tools that already exist for handling drawn lines.",Handling text annotations is also awkward if you want the text placed in specific locations.,4,TRUE,usability,text,10,14,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,df516011-2225-42dd-b060-bd944b2dcb52,4a126c76-0d25-425f-9128-fcc95640c687,The most flexible tool,The new update is AWESOME!There are many alternatives to Evernote but none provides the same combination of features. It can swallow any content you want to store (from web pages to pictures containing text and scans) in the simplest possible way.,It can swallow any content you want to store (from web pages to pictures containing text and scans) in the simplest possible way.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,picture,65,72,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,df516011-2225-42dd-b060-bd944b2dcb52,4a126c76-0d25-425f-9128-fcc95640c687,The most flexible tool,The new update is AWESOME!There are many alternatives to Evernote but none provides the same combination of features. It can swallow any content you want to store (from web pages to pictures containing text and scans) in the simplest possible way.,It can swallow any content you want to store (from web pages to pictures containing text and scans) in the simplest possible way.,5,TRUE,usability,page,56,60,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d8a389a7-6477-4bbc-a0d7-32b1d4c741bc,4a155f05-8442-4db0-873a-3eb709f7876c,Too stingy with their premium service.,"$70 a year to use this app, when there are FREE alternatives like Trello, Google Keep, and OneNote? That's more than the price of a Triple-A video game, and one of them I can have more long-term carefun with.I'm a college student with a low budget, i don't have time to be paying money to an app when there are other alternates. Even when you use their free service, they limit the possibilities of the app, and how much you can post within a month. You can't sync across devices which immediately lead me to uninstall this app. Everything this platform does is trying to get you to steal your money. They need to impress me before I start giving them a whopping $70 that I could be using for thick notebooks, food, tools, anything else this app probably can't do.I gave this a chance back in 2015 and regretted it, and I'm regretting it again. I don't care how incredible this app's features are, Evernote's team needs to understand that not everyone is rich enough to throw 70 dollars (EVERY YEAR) at an app that just writes stuff down. I'm sticking with OneNote. At least they have voice-to-text.",You can't sync across devices which immediately lead me to uninstall this app.,2,TRUE,compatibility,sync,11,15,negative
productivity,things-3,c12824f5-5a07-4f6c-bcfc-d03bb9db3d81,4a260368-5cea-4a78-ae4d-a5c66927369e,"Powerful, Beautiful and Intuitive","Beautifully designed and intuitive to use, this app could have come straight from Apple. I absolutely love looking at it, which is important from a organizational app, and has become integral to my daily routine.  Where I used to find myself forgetting to do boring tasks through out the day, this tool keeps me on track. I’ve tried a variety of options through out the years and this one, to me, combines simplicity of design with power of functionality better than any other. The only improvement I would like to suggest to developers is the ability to add pictures to tasks.",The only improvement I would like to suggest to developers is the ability to add pictures to tasks.,5,TRUE,efficiency,picture,82,89,positive
productivity,things-3,014cff9b-e02a-4faa-888e-8d970d7fe4e4,4a38e6a1-fc83-4135-a2c0-cd37b0aed84a,Love the power of simplicity that I feel,"It is surprisingly powerful and yet has a simple interface. You can use it for quick input such as notes or reminders, or you can organize projects for yourself. It is not meant to be for a team but rather a personal organizer. Also, the sync works beautifully, whether on iPhone or Mac. Overall, it is well with it.",It is surprisingly powerful and yet has a simple interface.,5,TRUE,usability,interface,50,59,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,90171faa-95cb-4b4e-b598-b0570f8e264e,4a6c7550-b1b3-4bf9-a479-69f907662248,I don’t get it,"I am not finding this application easy to navigate. When I opened the app I looked for a “to do” template. You would think that would be the most basic template there is. You would think you there would be a number of options to choose from. The “to do” template search was a big fat nothing. Yes, I found something I could use but not after floundering around a bit. Once I was in my account notes, I couldn’t find a way to look at more templates or get to a “home” page so I could start a new project.I think I am using this application incorrectly or it is not the application I should be using for my basic needs. I want a digital planner that is easy to work in and to create and manipulate writing the details of my life. Then I want to easily be able to generate a hard copy (printout) to make my own personalized daily organizer.","Once I was in my account notes, I couldn’t find a way to look at more templates or get to a “home” page so I could start a new project.",3,TRUE,usability,page,100,104,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,971d22e2-2455-4e01-973c-aa44c43e6a11,4a7af841-0976-4900-a36b-576751ba8423,Great!,I’m a student and like most of us we have some trouble staying focused. I’ve tried several apps but this one is different. You have a little tree that you grow and right now it’s holiday themed! If you leave the app it gives you a little warning before your tree dies. It’s very customizable and I definitely recommend it to anyone who needs a little help staying focused and on task. It’s very rewarding to reach your goal and disappointing if you don’t. I think the small price is well worth it.,I think the small price is well worth it.,5,TRUE,cost,price,19,24,positive
productivity,things-3,3c1e157a-563e-420e-89f0-f29c6250ec8e,4a9fa544-1177-44cb-a7e0-ff67f540ff12,Not worth it,"Things is a *good* app. But, the pricing structure is ridiculous. If you want to sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac app it will cost you $80. Tell me that’s not insane for an app to keep reminders and lists. $20-30 should get you all three. I switched to the native Reminders app to keep my reminders and it does the same thing for no additional fee.","If you want to sync across your iPhone, iPad, and Mac app it will cost you $80.",2,TRUE,cost,sync,16,20,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,cc186deb-cbfa-4fbc-b689-edc6e1068c9b,4aa40a5f-0a99-4fb0-a2d7-930b19b3f037,"If you want to be an author, choose word!","It is SUPER helpful, and has different activities like different fonts, sizes, you can highlight and underline text. It has all the tools a great author would want! So I very much recommend this app, which little or old you are. It is just so amazing! P.S. You don’t need WiFi, so if you are going on a trip and still want to write, but there is no WiFi, you can still do it! 😍 I love this app!","It is SUPER helpful, and has different activities like different fonts, sizes, you can highlight and underline text.",5,TRUE,general,font,66,70,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,09a7b977-d69a-4893-a93d-dd694fd2b068,4ab56156-c13c-4fd7-af82-a5e6cdbdbcac,A Memorial Service Brochure,"The Ability to complete an entire brochure on my phone is rewarding! I printed a program for a Memorial Service, including pictures. I do not own a laptop so this was a complete delight for me!","I printed a program for a Memorial Service, including pictures.",5,TRUE,general,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,008641fe-7c77-4193-96ac-77b7368d8765,4acd2d3e-41d2-4269-8c76-48f261c74377,The Ultimate Incentive!,"Now come on, who wants to kill a tree? Not me! I feel so bad when I end up killing a tree, and it makes me want to complete my time of focus. I use it to track my study time, and it helps me set goals for myself. It’s easy to set your designated time, and the coins you earn help you to unlock different tree species. Overall, it’s a very cute and functional app that I highly recommend to anyone who is glued to their phone like me.","It’s easy to set your designated time, and the coins you earn help you to unlock different tree species.",5,TRUE,usability,design,23,29,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,fdbe08fb-efec-4c23-8337-7514abf2cc32,4ae8cc42-10ac-4bbf-8847-2ed3fcac4aa4,The BEST “Pomodoro” app!,"I’m a huge fan of the Pomodoro technique & I've tried just about  every Pomo app out there. This one is reliable, easy to use, fun, and it allows me to create tags to help me keep track of what I spend most of my time doing. I’ve even found it helpful to set it at bedtime to keep me from checking one more email or scrolling through social media apps. I especially love it when they add new tree species to their little shop. (Don’t worry, those aren’t in-app purchases. Anyone can earn free coins simply by completing focused bits of time. Then use these coins to purchase new trees!)","This one is reliable, easy to use, fun, and it allows me to create tags to help me keep track of what I spend most of my time doing.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,tag,68,71,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,467184a7-940a-4a81-a95a-9e7f9494c12e,4b1c5a3f-7abb-4c45-b971-e457d9762b34,"Great, But Has Some Stand Out Issues","This app is great and works well enough. I love it. I have it on my iPad, iPhone, and computer. I would of got it on my Apple Watch ⌚️ but couldn’t. So far I’ve had at least one issue and two concerns: Around the third or fifth time I’ve entered the app, none of my documents were there, and it wouldn’t let me type ANYTHING! And my concerns: I’ve gone through every setting on screen in the area you work on documents, and I can’t seem to find clip art. In my old version, I had it, but now it’s not. Fix, or help me. My second concern, the app is slow. I’ve clicked a spot or button several times and nothing happens. Also sometimes I’d be typing and when I’d look, nothing, but as soon s a reach and click the delete or exit button, it shows up. Help or fix.","And my concerns: I’ve gone through every setting on screen in the area you work on documents, and I can’t seem to find clip art.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,document,84,92,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3c5f9202-a0ec-4cd5-965f-6c8a83b56c43,4bc21d12-605b-43ab-afcc-2715b48fe73a,Love me some Evernote,"Was introduced to Evernote about two years ago from a friend and it has become the most utilized organizational tool for my business. I can easily organize multiple projects with photos and notes. Reference multiple category types, synchronize notes with my team, the functions are endless. Cannot recommend it enough.",I can easily organize multiple projects with photos and notes.,5,TRUE,efficiency,photo,46,51,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a3073ce8-9026-4d45-81d7-3e172b36f3d9,4bcc9daa-ef6b-460e-8f39-0e9ee81c494e,*USED* to be a great app...,"I’ve been a user for 5+ years, and I loved this app.  I used it for everything from shopping lists to subscription information to the chores my kids are supposed to do. And it *was* a really awesome app. ...and then, they added paid subscriptions; and those of us who opted not to pay for features we don’t value were effectively abandoned. Half my notes won’t load anymore, and the only “customer service” option you have is the user forum.  Literally every single instruction on their help pages tell you to create a support ticket; but the chat feature is conveniently never available, and the email feature is only available to paid accounts.  Extremely disappointed in the “screw you” attitude that Evernote seems to have adopted.","...and then, they added paid subscriptions; and those of us who opted not to pay for features we don’t value were effectively abandoned.",1,TRUE,cost,subscription,30,42,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,29362e8d-6982-4b38-819a-afe529fc0721,4c28e0be-4b0c-4c67-8b81-99c24ea2ffe4,One minor but unnecessary annoyance,"Why is it that when you tap a part of a note to edit it, the cursor goes to the place it was last, instead of where you tapped like every single other iOS program that uses the keyboard? No other program does this, and it makes no sense. That's where i tapped, that where i want to edit. But it always takes me so far up the document and i have to find my place again, without exiting the narrow keyboard view. Other than some minor conceptual gripes i have with the program as a whole that can’t, and probably shouldn’t be changed, this is my one problem with this program, and it’s not a hard one to fix.","But it always takes me so far up the document and i have to find my place again, without exiting the narrow keyboard view.",4,TRUE,usability,document,38,46,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,64b0874f-0db7-476e-b039-8b1c07647280,4c87edef-3881-4b46-857b-6a46cbdd6c53,Really great...but I wish the whitelist app feature worked,"I struggle with phone addiction and I find this app so useful...but I also actually am required by my job to use a one or two apps very frequently. I bought Forest BECAUSE an online review mentioned a whitelist app feature. When I tried to turn it on I got an in-app error message saying that this feature was not available in iOS, and suggested using the Work With Phone feature instead. That works...kinda meh for me so I hope the whitelist feature works at some point in the future. If it does I’ll come back and rate 5 stars.",That works...kinda meh for me so I hope the whitelist feature works at some point in the future.,3,TRUE,reliability,list,50,54,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,09cd3698-3cc1-4aa1-afd0-81bbd5fb73c2,4cc643e5-95f2-49f2-99c6-1f0161465723,Burned Twice. Never Going Back.,"7 years ago, my wife lost a lot of information about our wedding plans to Evernote syncing issues. We stopped using Evernote. A few months ago I decided to give Evernote a shot again. I’m on a monthly subscription. This morning I was working on a note in Evernote for 3 hours, connected to and using WiFi the whole time. All of the sudden, my note synced with an older version of itself from another device. There was no trace of my progress this morning in my note history. I chatted (very slowly) with support, and they wanted to escalate me to email support with the engineering team. They may have been helpful, but I opted not to escalate. I’ll just stop using Evernote. Can’t wait for somebody to leapfrog Evernote in the note catching business.","All of the sudden, my note synced with an older version of itself from another device.",1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,28,32,negative
productivity,notability,203168da-8f5d-43bf-ae56-7cfa45a13c58,4d2005de-2ef3-42ea-890d-643eede7f883,Amazing app!,"I’ve had this app for a long time now, but I’ve only recently been using it at its full potential. I’m in college and I got the Apple Pencil over the summer so now I use this to take notes in almost all of my classes (some professors don’t allow electronics...go figure). I spent several hours researching the best note taking apps and Notability was at the top of the list for most people. It has been a great buy for me, especially with recent updates where you can search the notes and it even recognizes your handwriting. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is because I would like to see improvements with the HIGHLIGHTER tool. Notability would be absolutely perfect if the highlight markings dropped behind the text like it does in Good Notes and other apps instead of stay over the text. I’d also like to see the highlight ink being brighter..like a real highlighter..rather than kind of faded.",I spent several hours researching the best note taking apps and Notability was at the top of the list for most people.,5,TRUE,usability,list,98,102,positive
productivity,notability,203168da-8f5d-43bf-ae56-7cfa45a13c58,4d2005de-2ef3-42ea-890d-643eede7f883,Amazing app!,"I’ve had this app for a long time now, but I’ve only recently been using it at its full potential. I’m in college and I got the Apple Pencil over the summer so now I use this to take notes in almost all of my classes (some professors don’t allow electronics...go figure). I spent several hours researching the best note taking apps and Notability was at the top of the list for most people. It has been a great buy for me, especially with recent updates where you can search the notes and it even recognizes your handwriting. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is because I would like to see improvements with the HIGHLIGHTER tool. Notability would be absolutely perfect if the highlight markings dropped behind the text like it does in Good Notes and other apps instead of stay over the text. I’d also like to see the highlight ink being brighter..like a real highlighter..rather than kind of faded.",I spent several hours researching the best note taking apps and Notability was at the top of the list for most people.,5,TRUE,general,note taking,44,55,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,77c85bf6-2ae3-4247-9671-284dd10a7c49,4db402e9-ac94-4fb5-bef2-03cf69e354e7,Loved Evernote...until the most recent update,"I've been using Evernote for a decade, mostly on ipad, iphone, and chromebook. It was a perfect solution for taking notes during classes, webinars, meetings, and lab work. It was a lovely drafting tool for writing articles and stories, email. It even helped me with household and business management like drafting business plans, project plans, task lists. I loved the improvements they'd made over the years. I could depend on my notes to be available whenever, wherever, and to hold minimal formatting so I could easily copy to websites and publish. It. Was. Awesome. This release of the ios version eliminated printing, an essential element for proper editing of my writing and the best tool for clear communication on creative and practical projects at home and work. Now, Evernote is less useful than Onenote and more expensive. I am sorely disappointed with their choice to eliminate my ability to share a note with my printer. I've got until January (when my subscription re-ups) to transition. I'm already trying other solutions. It was worth the price until they broke my systems by eliminating such a basic function for writing and note taking! No Bueno, Evernote team!",I've got until January (when my subscription re-ups) to transition.,1,TRUE,general,subscription,33,45,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,13ac9327-893c-40e1-87e5-75ff4f1dca99,4dcf33e0-945f-4aa3-82df-b814c0dc9496,A word for Word,"Microsoft Word, and all the Office programs, are 100% worth the money. The features they offer and the layout are better than any other program that I've seen by far. This app has allowed me to pull up documents I wrote on the computer and easily transfer between the two. This is an amazing app! I highly recommend it!-Yours truly, me","Microsoft Word, and all the Office programs, are 100% worth the money.",5,TRUE,cost,money,65,70,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,6b1e6df0-07d4-41ec-808a-acb8cc0f00b0,4de12516-d863-4c47-9b2e-d4a2bcb6526c,Your disorganized digital brain,"Evernote sells itself as a repository for all the information you’ve got rolling around in your head. In GTD fashion, offloading all that info into a trusted system freeing up headspace. The breakdown happens when you need to recall that info. The search function is atrocious. “Where was that quote about...” Good luck. If it finds it at all, random words — or just space between the lines — in the resulting note will be highlighted. If it’s a lengthy passage with the word mentioned more than once, forget it. I only use Evernote on my phone, and the UI update they pushed out about a year ago made the app more of a capture tool than a usable interface. The app is so minimalist you almost have to have access to a computer or larger screen to make any sense at all of what you have stored in it. I’ve invested a lot in migrating my stuff onto the platform, but I probably won’t renew my subscription.",The search function is atrocious.,2,TRUE,usability,search function,5,20,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,77c85bf6-2ae3-4247-9671-284dd10a7c49,4e7d6bf1-e396-487e-9284-f08ddfd1e933,Loved Evernote...until the most recent update,"I've been using Evernote for a decade, mostly on ipad, iphone, and chromebook. It was a perfect solution for taking notes during classes, webinars, meetings, and lab work. It was a lovely drafting tool for writing articles and stories, email. It even helped me with household and business management like drafting business plans, project plans, task lists. I loved the improvements they'd made over the years. I could depend on my notes to be available whenever, wherever, and to hold minimal formatting so I could easily copy to websites and publish. It. Was. Awesome. This release of the ios version eliminated printing, an essential element for proper editing of my writing and the best tool for clear communication on creative and practical projects at home and work. Now, Evernote is less useful than Onenote and more expensive. I am sorely disappointed with their choice to eliminate my ability to share a note with my printer. I've got until January (when my subscription re-ups) to transition. I'm already trying other solutions. It was worth the price until they broke my systems by eliminating such a basic function for writing and note taking! No Bueno, Evernote team!","It even helped me with household and business management like drafting business plans, project plans, task lists.",1,TRUE,general,list,108,112,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,22a11bd7-d3c4-41e4-a1e1-122be23a6b11,4ebbd2f9-8bfe-4589-bc1d-1cd65366b2b9,Fighting evil is getting complicated,"I updated my Google pw on another device and I believe other devices should be automatically updated too. I did get a number of pop-ups on my iPad (not just when using Gmail) but I thought I had already verified my account and it was unclear what the pop-up was asking me to do too. It popped up when I was not even using Gmail, if I remember well. I figure the account was deleted for that reason a few days later. All in all, the verification processes for various accounts (also for MS) and on multiple devices is getting too complex. I wonder if it improves overall security if we don’t understand what we’re doing anymore.",I updated my Google pw on another device and I believe other devices should be automatically updated too.,4,TRUE,compatibility,update,3,9,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,c12d7fe6-1fcc-412f-a1ee-d53efce3ca9a,4f1a89ef-5739-48a5-8310-ba8b7f09dc95,No good,"The last revision converted all Windows products into a basic viewer with zero interface. You cannot save or input data, just open a file and see. They use your interest in the your file to require the purchase of a subscription in order to interface.",They use your interest in the your file to require the purchase of a subscription in order to interface.,5,TRUE,usability,interface,95,104,positive
productivity,things-3,5ad4a4b6-7297-49cf-ad03-be7472fac600,4f505d5f-18b4-4d4e-ac41-87d64a8870d5,Simple to understand and very well thought out,"Things for the iPhone is very well designed, easy to use and how a great iOS app should function.  The search is incredibly fast and the flexibility of the app being able to tie in from multiple sources (Siri, Safari, Mail, Calendar, etc), is very convenient.","Things for the iPhone is very well designed, easy to use and how a great iOS app should function.",5,TRUE,usability,design,36,42,positive
productivity,things-3,8400a21d-e0b9-44c9-a242-8ab68efd7e86,4f58b1cd-cf97-4bdf-be84-192f5042a71d,Dream come True,"I am one of those who seldom spare time to write reviews. By the way in the 7+ years I have been an Apple products consumer, this is probably the third time at most I am writing a review for an App.I have dreamed for an app like this one many years before. I used to scan the App Store to download top rated apps, but I could never find the type of app I was looking for. They just weren’t practical. For instance sometimes you want to write down something that just popped in your head. You don’t want to worry about figuring out then if it’s a reminder or a To-do or just a note. You don’t want to worry about setting it for a specific day and a specific time. You just want to quickly jot it down in your To-dos/ reminder/ notes and be able to easily access it and take care of details later.I had given up on my hope of finding an app that would solve this type issue. So for the past few years, I had just been relying on the iOS default note app. I have been using this app now for a few months and it has everything I have ever dreamed of in a To-do/ reminder app. Honestly I am beyond satisfied. I have now found “the piece of resistance of my existence”!!",You just want to quickly jot it down in your To-dos/ reminder/ notes and be able to easily access it and take care of details later.,5,TRUE,usability,reminder,54,62,positive
productivity,notability,9cbd305d-ea50-4cc9-8a48-d73ec9bfde62,4f9449d4-a2db-4cc8-8687-445defbd6832,Best Notes App I have EVER used.,"This app has transformed the way I study for college exams and take notes. Absolutely worth every penny, and I plan to use it for the rest of my life. So awesome to be able to draw pictures and then write text underneath in a never ending doc. Also inserting photos into the document and uploading to google drive within the app, is just so streamlined and I love it. I don’t always write reviews for apps but this one is an absolute must have. Beside college work I do 2D animation, this app is so incredibly good for developing scripts and comic strips as you can upload photos of any drawing you make on paper or make the drawings in app or make your sketches on another app and upload them to here. This enables me to keep all my ideas in one place and also creating concept maps is easier than ever. Thank you very much to the developer team, and I look forward to the updates and improvements you guys will make in the future.",So awesome to be able to draw pictures and then write text underneath in a never ending doc.,5,TRUE,usability,picture,31,38,positive
productivity,notability,64b2d7c6-0995-43cc-9e84-2e60351a902c,4fc16774-4474-4ed6-b084-407de9b2791f,Extremely Dissapointed 😞,"When I initially purchased the Notability app I was really excited and looking forward to being able to use it across all of my Apple devices. Unfortunately I found out this wasn’t the case, in that in order to have the accessibility to my Notability notes on my iOS and on my Mac, I have to pay for the app twice. This information was not made clear when I purchased the app. Since I initially purchased the app I have now found the updated information about having to purchase the app on both platforms. Not only has this been an issue, but when contacting Notability for support, they only sent me an automated response email stating they received my email, but never got in touch with me. Due to the lack of support and no customer service, I would strongly discourage anyone to invest in this app. Yes the app has some great characteristics and does an ok job, but I’m finding that I can do the same thing on Word and it will actually work and I can access the document ANYWHERE and not have to pay more money to do so. I’m not happy with the overall support and dishonesty. I wish I could get a full refund due to the horrible experience and dishonesty I have encountered.",Since I initially purchased the app I have now found the updated information about having to purchase the app on both platforms.,1,TRUE,cost,update,58,64,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,0e4259b9-35ac-4899-aab8-473a4ded5809,4fdd3322-0f68-461e-b014-24e20f3d56cb,Amazing!,"I’ve always had trouble with being mindful and remaining on task for periods of time. As a PhD student who constantly reads academic articles and 100+ textbook pages, this app has done wonders for my productivity. Did a bit of research on the company that plants actual trees and they seem legitimate in my opinion! Being able to plant trees in real life with the in-app currency you earn is a huge motivator as well.",Being able to plant trees in real life with the in-app currency you earn is a huge motivator as well.,5,TRUE,usability,plant tree,15,25,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,09b6ea16-89dd-49ee-b443-f087f6caf343,50242e26-a05b-4cd1-a52e-c488ec6c6ea4,Second review no change deleting this crappy app,So months back I wrote a review about this gmail app. I stated that it really needed an upgrade. 1. Why am I receiving spam in my main inbox. When I use a regular mail app that filter it properly. 2. Why is the app so behind that it has not edit tab for all the mail you get. You should be able to edit and delete all at once. Why do I want to click on each email to delete it. The app seems to be stuck in the stone ages.3. The setting menu is bare why even have one. It does nothing to help you be able to organize your email properly.After giving this app months of use and hoping a review would make an update happen. I’m over it and deleting it and going back to my original mail app. It’s no point in a gmail app don’t waste your time. Unless you want to risk opening spam mail by accident. Because you wouldn’t think something like that would get through to your inbox.,After giving this app months of use and hoping a review would make an update happen.,1,TRUE,usability,update,71,77,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,7e38352f-307c-4034-8e17-aea06eafc69f,50ef4b1c-24e8-4a10-ac73-0883b7e49eda,New version not as good as the previous one,"Verdict:  if you want to/need to use Office across your devices, get this. If not, use Pages or Google Docs. They will both allow you to open & edit Word docs & Save docs as Word. Though it’s really handy to have Office products on my phone so I can edit files without having to go to my laptop, I’m not keen on the latest version of Word for iOS. It’s just clunkier to use. It took me quite a bit of poking around just to find the editing control menus. And when I copy & paste text into a new document, it only pastes the text, not any original formatting. I don’t see any paste options such as there are in Word for windows. Example: I have an email with text formatted as a table. Previously, if I copied & pasted into a new doc, it pasted as a table. Now, it just pastes the text with generic font & no formatting except paragraph breaks. I completely lose the table. It seems this app has gotten more bare-bones rather than feature-full. It’s good enough, but if I have an Office subscription, I expect a little more.","It’s good enough, but if I have an Office subscription, I expect a little more.",4,TRUE,cost,subscription,43,55,positive
productivity,things-3,560217e4-ab97-42c4-8db1-f70015b7399c,5139b4d7-1155-402a-9f57-568619f13f51,SOMETIMES SIMPLE IS BETTER,"I used the app „informant“ for years because they offered a integration of calender events in a task manager. But they have become greedy and changed to a subscription model with $25 a year.Compared to „informant“ and other task managers things 3 has a very simple but also very efficient user interface. Example: Instead of assigning priorities to tasks, things offers the possibility to drag tasks into the desired order e.g. according to importance.I ask the developer to keep this simplicity because sometimes are less possibilities more!But I’d like to propose some additional modifications:1. Assign tasks to „evening“ should be possible for all days2. Integrate the possibility to enter calendar events3. Add the possibility to use different colors for tasks4. Reminders should be possible for all future tasks on the desired date and time",Compared to „informant“ and other task managers things 3 has a very simple but also very efficient user interface.,4,TRUE,efficiency,interface,105,114,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,540ad1c8-930a-4b66-be99-f72d4cfe300d,51aaa770-3fa3-4b95-866b-2b32ef1f1f3e,Very good for a phone version.,"I have had this app for over a year now and i this would be my 3rd review. My first one was a one star, due to it loosing a couple of my papers. It could have been the way i saved them idk, but i lost some papers while using the app. Then i gave five stars twice, because i have not lost a paper on it since. Also, this app has a-lot of features almost like the computer version. Lastly its very smooth switching from paper to paper and overall a supreme app.","Then i gave five stars twice, because i have not lost a paper on it since.",5,TRUE,general,paper,57,62,negative
productivity,notability,45db3b0d-c05a-42d7-a81d-b61ff503ca49,51d63025-b71e-4d12-9426-a18b287caf16,Not as great as I thought it would be,"Many issues that I don’t like. The microphone function has a lot of potential but ultimately the only thing I can hear after recording in large lecture rooms are staticky background noises and the tapping of my pencil when I’m writing. The left handed mode doesn’t make much sense to me. I’m used to functions being on the top and now functions are on the bottom and don’t actually help with being left handed. There’s also A LOT of skipping that occurs which is incredibly annoying and there are times when I will be writing a letter but it is automatically changed to a shape. When I try press the back function to erase the shape, letters written before the shape are erased so I have to use the actual eraser. In instances like that, it would be nice to have a forward function because somethings are accidentally erased but now I have to completely rewrite it.The font size for pencil and higher are completely out of wack. I tend to write pretty hard so the writing gets very thick even though I have it on a thin setting and the examples of the thickness aren’t very representative. I also wish we had more control over the colors we prefer. All default colors are first which I only use black and it comes with a bunch of colors I don’t like but can’t delete them or change them to colors I’d prefer. I came from GoodNotes and I’m very use to their functions which might be the issue but since I paid for notability I actually want to use it.",The font size for pencil and higher are completely out of wack.,1,TRUE,usability,font size,5,14,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e3b78697-d851-41d0-b687-16ff03bbd94b,520f1c55-96ca-459b-9435-5753cfd11f2d,Newest update suggestions,"Long-time user. Big fan.I always appreciate the hard work that Evernote puts into making the app great, and trust that the team will give due consideration to the feedback that follows:As many have mentioned: Newest update demotes Shortcuts to the same status as any other notebook. Would be best to bring the shortcut button back to the bottom navigation for quick access. Another workflow gripe: I liked how the Title would be determined by the first sentence typed in the note (without having to type a Title separately). Minor, but saves time.Another thing I haven’t seen mentioned: the tagging process is a little clunky now. I liked how you didn’t have to search or scroll or a tag. You could type it, and it would either predict a pre-existing tag or you can just type a new one.There may be more to notice, but everything else seems smooth enough so far. Clean design, and still runs fast on an iPhone 11 Pro. Cheers!","Clean design, and still runs fast on an iPhone 11 Pro.",4,TRUE,general,design,7,13,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,207d0b0a-76c0-41bf-a895-5c470f4fd6c0,526f6615-0aa3-4f5c-bf9e-f519a4fbbb41,Bugs,"UPDATE: yesterday I received a very important email about a job offer. I immediately responded (on my phone) accepting it. It required a very quick response time to secure the offer. However, today I opened gmail on my computer to see that THE APP DIDN’T SEND MY MESSAGE. I may lose this much-needed opportunity due to this app. I have never been so upset with an app in my life. PLEASE FIX IT. I’ve only used gmail before but I need to be able to access and send emails via the app. If these problems continue I will have to find a new email provider. Original: I never write reviews but this update is very frustrating. The app doesn’t register when I open or delete emails, so it shows new email notifications even when I don’t have any. It also doesn’t register or save drafts I write. Please fix it! My family and I used this app but the update makes it impossible.",My family and I used this app but the update makes it impossible.,1,TRUE,usability,update,39,45,negative
productivity,things-3,8ab7812b-1642-4ba3-a27f-3e311d49f66a,52cc671f-2ddc-4edc-b55a-d79848fb4bb7,I wish...,"The dark mode is 👍, I just wish u could change the box color on the home page. It’s so boring looking just being white. If you give us color Options I will be forced to give 5 ⭐️’s","The dark mode is 👍, I just wish u could change the box color on the home page.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,color,56,61,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,6101a8d6-679d-4b1f-8771-bef8f6614a93,52cdf030-3fb0-4140-bebd-22c52763052c,Disappointed,"I downloaded this app to use for note taking in college. It’s very comfortable to use and the notes are easy to organize. However, the app consistently deletes portions of my work. Sometimes, for seemingly no reason at all, large quantities of a note will vanish. Occasionally the app will allow me to restore the lost text, but it is hit or miss. And since the app is only deleting part of the note, the lost text can’t be found in the trash. I’ve researched some to find a means of recovering this text, but it sounds like it is impossible. This app is completely unreliable. I have given it more than a fair shot, but have wasted far too much time rewriting notes. Do not get this app if you need it for important information or if you are taking live notes on anything.",I downloaded this app to use for note taking in college.,2,TRUE,usability,note taking,34,45,positive
productivity,notability,9a8f9788-d652-4465-9569-49abd1466490,53155c5c-6845-4916-9ba7-15c2456eeaf7,Keep losing my data when using the text box,"I have been using Notability for years now, but I have never encountered this issue, that is, losing data. Making a text box has been more difficult than ever. This is another issue that I have noticed in this app from a very long time. Comparing to how users create a text box in GoodNotes 5, Notability is regarded as torture and time consuming. I don’t understand why I have to repeat the procedure over and over in order to have an accurate response. When I finally manage to create a text box, it often disappears once I try to create a new one. I hope you can fix this problem because most of my work depends on creating text boxes.I have lost information that equals four hours of searching and typing.Another issue is that Notability does not support the Arabic language. I really hope this can soon be fixed.",I hope you can fix this problem because most of my work depends on creating text boxes.,5,TRUE,usability,text box,77,85,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,6823a51f-dd04-48ff-9ef6-6944ae09c084,53a9b874-f9fa-4c8b-bac4-92163030cfaa,Please add ability to merge notes on iPadOS,"Please bring more functionality and features from the full desktop to the iOS / iPadOS versions.Is there a way to select multiple notes (delete, move, merge, etc.) I would really like to see the ability to merge notes on iOS / iPadOS. Thank!",Please bring more functionality and features from the full desktop to the iOS / iPadOS versions.,5,TRUE,efficiency,functionality,19,32,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,04176b9d-32c3-4c0b-832f-c960612db912,53de92ff-6130-480d-b156-f1dfdb18a009,Great concept but need quality trees,"Great concept, but trees quality is horrible. Trees and forest look terrible. I gladly paid for the app hope they can improve in future updates the quality of forest.",I gladly paid for the app hope they can improve in future updates the quality of forest.,1,TRUE,cost,update,59,65,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,7d64be7f-27ed-4d02-8f46-80a0b0f15b08,5410407b-694e-42aa-8fc6-55626c36ff01,What doc am I viewing?,"I am using the paid version of the app via 360 subscription.  I am using an iPad Pro.   My biggest complaint is that the file names are truncated.  I have a lot of (Standard operating procedures). Which the documents name is the same up front but different in the back.For example windows-server-2008-active-directory-setup; windows-server-2008-dns-setup.I see: windows-ser....-setup,  so how do I know which is which?I have no idea what SOP I need to view without launching the document.  There is a huge white empty space to the right of the documents column.  Why can’t we extend that column out so we can see file names?  Or implement a word wrap.",There is a huge white empty space to the right of the documents column.,3,TRUE,usability,space,29,34,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,92f94e1e-be4a-45b0-bf3a-259529859038,543b2a70-74e8-4275-94b9-091dfd7df468,best app on my phone,"i have had so many issues with getting distracted and not getting my work done in the past. Now that i have this app, i have been able to get rid of my normal distractions. it's definitely worth the money. u can even change the category of what ur using the app for and it can show u how much u have used the app for schoolwork/ hw/ work/ sleep, etc. ive also used the app before i go to bed. i always get bored while trying to fall asleep and pick up my phone, so i just plant a tree for an hour or two and i am able to sleep. the most motivating and useful app on my phone. ive recommended it to so many of my friends and they all love it. get this app, no doubt.",it's definitely worth the money.,5,TRUE,cost,money,27,32,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,ae38c030-4c1a-4995-9b47-8c6efb245e37,54ae11ba-5cb7-40cc-b8ea-bdca996633d0,"Great app and idea, but could you consider adding this feature?","Hello,First off, I love this idea and the app is well designed and visually appealing, great job on that! If you could add the option to have an unlimited timer, and the ability to pause that timer, this app would be exceptional. I guess not so much a timer, and more of a stopwatch since it would be counting time forward. It would be really cool to have multiple trees grow in a day, maybe one tree every two hours or something. I like keeping track of how much time I spend studying, but I can't pause the app's timer if, for example, I want to grab a quick bite or use the bathroom. Maybe an option to not kill the tree if you exit the app would be nice, too. I understand that the point of the app is to get people to not use their phone and be productive, but some of us have note card apps on our phones (ex. Anki) that we use, and so I would want the time spent doing note cards on my phone to also count towards growing trees! So basically I'm asking for a stopwatch feature to the app, that would be amazing!","Hello,

First off, I love this idea and the app is well designed and visually appealing, great job on that!",5,TRUE,general,design,57,63,positive
productivity,notability,e8ce955b-a858-4516-97d9-e50af634b38d,552cc27a-69ba-4575-89d4-b92d3a41a797,Saved My Bacon,"I’m currently in grad school and after my first semester, I decided to switch to digital note taking. I was simply overwhelmed by the massive paper trail that often happens in grad school. I shopped around and I saw this app and decided to give it a go. I don’t normally spend $10 on an app, but it has been worth every penny! The organization is top notch, it works with many different type of styli (I use the Friendly Swede interchangeable tip stylus, because of the cost, but Apple Pencil works great if you have an iPad Pro), the recording feature is great, sharing notes is super easy and it’s been so convenient to have all of my school documents in one place. So far, I’m at 600+ documents and I haven’t lost anything since using this app. I absolutely credit this app with helping me pass my comprehensive exams.My only complaints is that I wish I wouldn’t have to buy it again for Mac. I also would like it if they were to incorporate tabs, so I wouldn’t have to back out to the menu every time I wanted to switch between a few related notes. In spite of these shortcomings, I still give it five stars because of how much it’s helped up my game as a grad student. Thanks, Notability!","So far, I’m at 600+ documents and I haven’t lost anything since using this app.",5,TRUE,efficiency,document,21,29,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,92ef652c-4c57-48c8-a70c-b76d781f1e1e,55fb5a83-b1c4-4b17-925d-ce083d744faf,Not up to par,So Gmail discontinued the inbox app and forced users to use gmail app which is not even close to the same in functionality and view.  Totally disappointed. Now checking emails far and few in between. Why implement something that isn’t a positive change for your users? Make no sense.,So Gmail discontinued the inbox app and forced users to use gmail app which is not even close to the same in functionality and view.,5,TRUE,efficiency,functionality,110,123,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9ba29b94-a12b-4b29-98eb-4867763c08bc,561357d4-2324-4578-a05a-0b483ebb5d9e,"Easy, fun, and beautiful","This app is very well made. It provides many options for different kinds of not taking; photos, drawing/writing with a stylus, audio and typing. There are lots of ways to share and organize them also.It would be even better if it allowed greater flexibility with organizing notes such as wrapping text around images or drawings, and being able to move images or drawings after placing them so your not forced to put them right after the last line of text. Also being able to change the size of the images and text. And the feature to change your profile picture is not very good. It doesn't allow you to crop very far and doesn't show what will be cropped out and what won't. Thanks for a great app overall though!",And the feature to change your profile picture is not very good.,4,TRUE,general,picture,40,47,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,c6278b3f-0888-41a3-a2f4-f8615388b3ca,56155220-14e2-442f-854f-ff5c53f8c656,"Mostly ok, but various stupid UI things","The biggest problem I have with the Gmail app is that cut and paste is entirely broken. It just doesn’t work most of the time.  I am constantly needing to go back to Apple mail just to copy a piece of an email I need to keep somewhere (like in Notes).  The UI also does really stupid things like NOT SHOW THE TIME an email was sent, if the email is older than today.  It is some idiot UI designers idea of being minimalist for no good reason.  I use the app because I have to, because there isn’t anything better that doesn’t harvest your data for monetization. Since google is already harvesting the data for monetization just by using gmail, it is a moot point to try to avoid them.",It is some idiot UI designers idea of being minimalist for no good reason.,3,TRUE,usability,design,21,27,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,ba88d66d-61fd-4d24-b130-cca84600a348,5623f8aa-67c1-4cc2-a8c1-4a3b6da60a15,"Great, found a potential bug","The application works great. The experience on iPad greatly resembles that of the experience on Mac OS X or Windows. I have a Bluetooth keyboard connected to the iPad. Everything works fine except when making a comment using the side panel comment feature, the backspace button does not work. Backspace continues to work in the normal body of the document as well as in all other applications. I am unsure if this is specific to my model keyboard, as I have only tried Word with this keyboard. But, I can say, that is the only place that backspace does not work. Otherwise, the application is great!",Backspace continues to work in the normal body of the document as well as in all other applications.,4,TRUE,usability,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,notability,092fece2-1062-40b9-a3a6-7c71bb33dca5,5674fff7-3ec1-435f-b612-8a078e561bec,Notability is great...but not on iPhone,"Writing a review of Notability is hard. On the one hand, I use it every single day on my iPad. I do a lot of reading/research for my job, so Notability has saved me from being buried under an endless pile of paper. I even pair it up with Scanbot so I can quickly scan materials in meetings and then have all my notes/handouts in a single place. Being able to search my handwriting is a game-changer! So is having access to my documents and notes everywhere, including my laptop, and having all changes and edits synced through iCloud. I’ve always wanted to go paperless with ubiquitous access to everything; Notability is my hub for that. Which brings me to my chief complaint about Notability: it’s iPhone app is terrible. It’s nice to see my notes on my phone if I need to skim something quickly on the go, but basic functionality is missing. You can’t search a document, highlight pages, see all the pages in a document—if you’re looking for something, you can only scroll until you find it. That’s ok if you’re talking about two pages of notes; but if you are looking at a 50 page journal article trying to find something, it’s ridiculous. Competitors have this functionality on iPhones, but Notability has never added it. I wish they would! I also wish they would format text-only notes like Google Docs, adjusting text size for a given display without affecting the formatting.","It’s nice to see my notes on my phone if I need to skim something quickly on the go, but basic functionality is missing.",4,TRUE,usability,functionality,96,109,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,6e3cea66-242c-4894-9a49-75a789fb9f3f,56ca0731-8cbc-4bc3-a4d7-2d5bfb1e2488,Calendar,"Update year!! Other than that, to make blank documents and/or upload documents from other sources is pretty easy and user friendly. I just enjoy printing off calendars and the current one is in 2018. Should be an easy fix without having to pay to get pro version or what have you. Thanks",I just enjoy printing off calendars and the current one is in 2018.,4,TRUE,usability,calendar,27,35,positive
productivity,notability,76dec4db-982a-4bc0-b7c7-556fc3d16fe3,56d15b12-3544-41d0-a571-203747ebbef0,Phenomenal App (And a few feature requests),"Notability ReviewLove this app to death! It’s made note-taking and researching for my classes an absolute breeze; I look forward to opening up Notability when I’m not using it. I just have a few feature requests.FEATURE REQUEST:1) Global Annotating Searching	I’d love to see the ability to look at a collection of all of the annotations in the files in a subject folder. I mark the stuff that’s important in each note, so I’d like to look at all of the important information regarding a subject. 	Furthermore, I’d love to be able to see the aggregated annotation view split by type of annotation. I do a lot of highlighting, and I keep them color coded (pink for dates, green for locations, etc). I’d like to be able to just look at things in pink.2) Jump to Top, and Back Down	This feature is kind of inspired by Tumblr. While scrolling, you can tap the home button, which takes you to the top of the feed, then hit the button and return to where you were before hitting the home button. This would be super helpful in Notability because I often make ‘key point’ notes at the top of documents, and I don’t want to have to swipe my way down 20 pages to get back to where I was.3) Treat Images Like Drawings	I’d love to see is a way to change the editing (mainly cut-paste) behaviors of images. When I annotate an image, I want to be able to move the image around with the annotations.","I do a lot of highlighting, and I keep them color coded (pink for dates, green for locations, etc).",5,TRUE,usability,color,45,50,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,6f0cefd8-9aec-45b0-a31f-fa033019ac4a,573302c5-3501-45ac-8747-5385b933b983,Don’t Believe the Bad Update Reviews!  It Rocks!,"After using the new version for a full day I can tell you that nearly all the bad reviews are either fake, competitors, or on old operating systems.  This is the best update yet, and I’ve been a user since 2008.  I put it through all its paces.  It’s faster, more intuitive and better than ever.  It even works with scribble on the iPad to write notes with Apple Pencil that get converted immediately and accurately to text. Looking forward to even more pencil support.  This is a great effort by the team.  Can’t wait for the Mac app and what’s to come!",It even works with scribble on the iPad to write notes with Apple Pencil that get converted immediately and accurately to text.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,text,123,127,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c582690f-185a-4ad7-a47c-58ad51ad4810,574b327b-73bb-454a-ad40-a4128e40e54f,"Mostly works, but syncing is unreliable","I’m happy with Evernote most of the time, but when Evernote syncing fails, it’s incredible frustrating.  I have been using Evernote since 2014. Most of the time, it works great, but oftentimes (and seemingly random), when I input information into the mobile app, it won’t sync with the web app, and when I open the web app, all the information is gone. It reverts back to the prior version and there’s no way to get it back or view past versions. I have written a lot of information at times that cannot be replicated, and randomly it’s just gone. I have experienced this issue since 2016, so I have started backing up everything into Google Drive. I would never use Evernote to store anything that really mattered and am considering discontinuing my use of this app, since having to back up all the information that’s supposed to sync properly the first time around is a waste of time.","I’m happy with Evernote most of the time, but when Evernote syncing fails, it’s incredible frustrating.",3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,61,65,positive
productivity,things-3,34bcf02d-90fe-488c-8a5e-4bac5ada0215,5775e3cf-91d7-4849-8e76-20dc46393bd2,Not happy,Can’t delete from the app calendar. The app calendar doesn’t send to the Apple Watch. It didn’t interact with iPhone calendar or iPhone reminders. The modular faces has a place to inform but there is a bar taking up space on the Apple Watch.,The modular faces has a place to inform but there is a bar taking up space on the Apple Watch.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,space,70,75,negative
productivity,things-3,a7ef50a1-1e9a-417f-be93-0744814da522,577cde35-4f88-410f-b7d3-d3bf9cee6e96,Over Hyped,"For what this app does, I really think it’s over priced and over hyped. It has some nice features like I can see my today list on my apple watch. It does what it says but its not really more than a simple list todo app. I really wish there was a calendar view. Like in ‘Upcoming’, if you could tap the calendar icon and actually see a calendar. There’s no way to see details more than a week in advance. So if you like to plan out your month, this isn’t the app for you. Also, when I am scheduling a repeating task on a specific day for the next week, the app doesn’t recognize the day. It always wants to repeat on Wednesday and I have to change it. Its minor, yes, but still annoying. Same thing with repeating a monthly task. It doesn’t recognize the date and I have to manually put it in. Honestly, I regret buying it. There are cheaper and better options on the app store.","Like in ‘Upcoming’, if you could tap the calendar icon and actually see a calendar.",3,TRUE,usability,calendar,42,50,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,7327a211-b8e3-40f8-8c9c-35ae51062d90,57daffba-ff00-4e14-ac7b-7816d3c0603b,Not working properly on iPad,"Recently, Word has been giving me many problems on my iPad. The app works perfectly fine on my phone. I had auto-save on, but my work did not save when I had gotten out of the app and back in. Any edits that I had made completely disappeared, and now I have to start all over again. When I use the arrow key to go down, sometimes it’ll go to the next page instead of moving to the next line. I also have a problem with the Enter button. When I try to add in a new line, it’ll delete any space or letter before","When I try to add in a new line, it’ll delete any space or letter before",1,TRUE,usability,space,51,56,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,d84f2707-3d24-4aa8-b534-2f1c425a4c33,57e95276-04e6-4b36-b976-94fc1858abad,"Very Unreliable, Does Not Save","This app is an attempt to be what Word is on a computer. There is limited functionality, buggy interaction, and the save feature is terrible. I am a grad student who relies on Word for all my papers. Today, my second paper was erased by Microsoft Word and One Note. I had the auto save feature enabled and track changes enabled (because Word deleted my work before). I went to save my work manually (because I knew the auto save doesn’t work all the time), and it was grey. I could not turn auto save off, and it was not saving even though I had a stable internet connection in the library I always work from. So I saved a copy of the file to my device and it showed it save to my ipad. I restarted my application thinking all was fine, only to find none of my work saved, and that copy I made disappeared! I also found in trying to recover the files that there is no recover functionality and there hasn’t been since at least 2018 when another user reported the same problem. I lost almost 3 hours of work. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP! Stick to a computer until the developers get serious about the things we are serious about.","There is limited functionality, buggy interaction, and the save feature is terrible.",1,TRUE,usability,functionality,18,31,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,94bda872-6d22-41a4-87c8-4b4203897faf,57f20fc1-e31f-4ba9-aaad-52837f660021,Great for a busy life style,"This app really helped me stay motivated to study. It’s great for  analyzing how much time is used doing a specific task per day/week/month. I can divide each subject/task such as organic chemistry, calculus, microbiology and monitor how much time I spend on each section. The tags are color coded and customizable. The ambient sounds are helpful and calming and the trees and shrubs are so cute! I hope they add more options in the future. The ability to plant real trees is one of the main reasons why I had to download this app.",The tags are color coded and customizable.,5,TRUE,usability,color,14,19,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,94bda872-6d22-41a4-87c8-4b4203897faf,57f20fc1-e31f-4ba9-aaad-52837f660021,Great for a busy life style,"This app really helped me stay motivated to study. It’s great for  analyzing how much time is used doing a specific task per day/week/month. I can divide each subject/task such as organic chemistry, calculus, microbiology and monitor how much time I spend on each section. The tags are color coded and customizable. The ambient sounds are helpful and calming and the trees and shrubs are so cute! I hope they add more options in the future. The ability to plant real trees is one of the main reasons why I had to download this app.",The tags are color coded and customizable.,5,TRUE,usability,tag,5,8,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,771346cd-4287-405a-b263-06d3b42a36aa,58267cda-883f-4ff0-90c8-0b1cf3355666,Erased an hour of work,"Erased an hour of work because of an interrupted wifi connection. No way to recover the version that was on the ipad. Disastrous. Absolutely the worst thing it could do. Worthless as a program if it can’t be relied on not to erase your work.Update: I foolishly attempted to us the app again. This time it froze while I was working on a paper. Knowing about the previous problem, I had repeatedly saved copies of my work; or so I thought. Instead, Word just claimed it saved copies. There weren’t any copies on onedrive when I looked after the program froze.This program is worse than having nothing.",This time it froze while I was working on a paper.,1,TRUE,usability,paper,45,50,negative
productivity,notability,b3ba49a9-a434-4a7b-b941-cf74144635ac,58271265-d74a-43e6-8f2a-94ce8874d6e5,Amazing Navigation and Design,"I’m obsessed with this app. I use it on my iPad for all my classes, as well as creative projects, any readings I want to do, and regular note taking. I absolutely love the functionality and navigation. You can search your own handwriting (don’t have to convert it to text), can import and export files (images, screenshots, PDFs, MS Word, etc.) all with extreme ease (this works incredibly with airdrop). I also love being able to switch between notes, have multiple notes open on one screen, and having my favorite writing utensils saved as a toolbar. The backup/sync works very well. I absolutely love being able to cut out and move around/paste my handwriting, it makes super neat notes that are simple to organize and clean up if you do make mistakes while writing. All of this allows me to take notes instead of typing, with all the ease and perks of electronic files. The only thing I would like to see is an option to not layer the highlighter if you lift your pen. Other than that, this is essentially my entire office now.",The backup/sync works very well.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,12,16,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,122ec160-997f-403d-b10f-afa7411cf787,58a54c4d-3554-43a7-a7f6-92b9542a4486,Create Event Feature,"Great app. Simple, easy to use. Recommend a new update where you can quickly create a calendar event from an email which posts to your google calendar. I know this feature is available on the computer application with the click of a button, but it’s not on the mobile app (at least I can’t find it, which indicates it’s not user freiendly). I presume most people use the mobile version, so anticipate this would be very useful in an updated version.",Recommend a new update where you can quickly create a calendar event from an email which posts to your google calendar.,4,TRUE,usability,calendar,55,63,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,c69a18c7-b4f8-4ee5-a484-1b4a885ec40a,5937410c-5cd4-4bba-8f1e-c7c8fb775020,Current Version Is Nearly Unusable for Me,"Yeah, it’s that bad. What seem like relatively benign bugs take on outsized importance when they don’t get fixed for months, and they are crippling on an app as essential as Word. For example: Copy and paste? Can’t do it anymore (at least on an iPad Pro). That seems like essential functionality for a word processor, but apparently that’s not high up on Microsoft’s to do list for bug fixes. Another example: a bit harder to describe, but I have to try anyway. I have all sorts of problems with opening documents from the iOS Files app. I often can’t edit them at all, and instead have to open Word and go through the document picker. When I am able to work on a document, I can’t do things like italicize the font, or add a footnote. The app becomes mostly unresponsive (though I can still scroll and type). So yeah, what I’m basically saying is that it’s so buggy now, you can’t actually process words. It’s terrible. Pls fix this crucial app.",I have all sorts of problems with opening documents from the iOS Files app.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,document,43,51,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,2a211296-7a44-4b4a-98ff-b798ad7f723a,5a5c6c52-b372-45d2-aede-2b913b061edb,Laggy and frustfrating.,"This app is laggy and wonky as hell. It have a great concept but it is still just a great concept. The lagging is real. You can even see when you try to scroll the pages, it is janky and irritating. Typing is lagged, sometimes a few words behind. ‘Drawing’ is a nice feature but the writings moved a bit after you remove the pencil, so it became really not precise. If I’m writing with my pencil, it shift either to the right or left a bit from where I jot down, making a very not smooth, irritating writing experience. The eraser is even worse. You can erase a word and then the next one won’t, and it brings forward the keyboard instead. The only fix I could do was when that happened, I turn on drawing with fingers and erases with my finger instead. So annoying. If you want to move your writing, it won’t select more than one object at a time, which means you have to move letters by letters, unlike onenote which you could lasso a bunch of stuff. It’s just so annoying.If you’re wondering why I didn’t use onenote, I do use onenote. It’s just this one class that give options of lecture notes in docs format, and we have a bunch of definitions and calculations in a single lecture note, so I typed when it were definitions, and write when doing calculations.","You can even see when you try to scroll the pages, it is janky and irritating.",2,TRUE,usability,page,45,49,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,74dde7eb-bcab-4115-9016-0b484bdaeac6,5a60baa8-8a2c-4c23-a541-688802fa2528,(Almost) Perfect,"This app is eons better than the mail app. Your inbox doesn’t get spammed with social media and spam notifications. Clean and easy to use interface. My only complaint: the notifications aren’t going away. I’ll check them and it disappears inside the app, but when you close the app it still shows the number of notifications.",Clean and easy to use interface.,4,TRUE,usability,interface,23,32,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,4b7c612c-1d3c-46a3-8635-8b1083b3fe2d,5a87358b-3f58-48d9-a66b-6505d287b9a6,Why remove presentation mode?!,"I have been an Evernote premium subscriber for over 5 years. Overall, the software is phenomenal. However, they removed presentation mode in the latest update which is a critical feature to my personal and work endeavors. So unfortunately, I have to cancel my subscription and find another software the fills my needs.","So unfortunately, I have to cancel my subscription and find another software the fills my needs.",4,TRUE,usability,subscription,39,51,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,0513aeec-e910-4bf1-ae32-5a916b5846f8,5aef56e6-724d-4351-8ae9-4b1e4e48766d,Great App - Odd Feature,I think this app is great. It certainly provides a unique way to keep your focus. I love the fact that earning in-game coins allows a real tree to be planted somewhere. It does seem strange though that to buy a digital tree I have to use coins that could otherwise go to planting a real tree. It seems like there should be a different in-game currency system for digital tree purchases. Other than that the app is well designed and has already helped me with focus at work.,Other than that the app is well designed and has already helped me with focus at work.,4,TRUE,usability,design,33,39,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,207c9d4f-aea4-40a0-8933-624bebfee3bf,5b2ad569-1852-471d-b1d1-d79bfa26c331,Lack of some basic functionality,"1) If I create a new folder in either in Gmail webaccess or in MS-Outlook, they will not sync in in the Gmail Mobile app. (They never have). I have to wait to either get to the office or home, open Outlook then move it. VERY FRUSTRATING!!! I would like to point out, they sync in the iPhone Native Mail app.... why can’t Google fix this?2) A HUGE Pet Peeve, if I accidentally “Archive” a message. It disappears from the known universe and there’s NO WAY of getting it (them) back.With as many emails that I receive, this app is getting increasingly difficult to mange. I understand GMAIL is free (as this app) but if you can’t use it efficiently, why use it at all? This app is slated to be deleted potentially soon.","I would like to point out, they sync in the iPhone Native Mail app.... why can’t Google fix this?",3,TRUE,efficiency,sync,33,37,negative
productivity,notability,79ae1b42-5163-4359-a6af-dccc1dc5337f,5b33bcdb-a3b6-44d5-955b-767c019783f1,I love this app but...,"I use this for note taking for my College classes. Very simple and easy to use. Like being able to make custom colors for pen.   But when I use the thicker pen option, after writing my apple pen, chunks of the writing just disappears... I contacted support with my issue, pictures and all, and I got no response. It’s been two months, and the issue persists. PLEASE fix this. If I am not able to read my writing because whole letters/chunks of letters randomly disappear AFTER the full writing was just there, this app is completely useless, because I do not have time to trace over countless pages of notes.UPDATE: After recent update, found out this app only gets worse and worse!!! Now icloud syncing takes over 30 minutes to load documents. it’s not my wifi, trust me. Every app / icloud itself works perfectly fine otherwise on its own. My favorite (and first) incident of this happening was when I started a timed test (open note). Went to go open my notes and they didn’t load!! the entirety of a 60 minute test!! so thanks for that C- grade. At this point, all of the issues with this app are NOT worth dealing with. Will be buying a new app that actually works.",Now icloud syncing takes over 30 minutes to load documents.,1,TRUE,compatibility,document,50,58,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b344f000-57a0-4939-ad0e-05764e56d5f8,5b4200a3-c83a-47d2-9a77-351c93d08fae,How’s That Replacement For Inbox?,"When Google decided to decommissionInbox and go with Gmail I was perplexed. But we were promised the same functionality, so what the hell, I guess I’ll give it a try. Well, let me tell you, I’m beyond disappointed.For starters, Inbox would organize all emails into neat categories: Promotions, Purchases, important stuff, and what not. Everything other than important stuff didn’t trigger a notification which is fine by me because I get a ton of spam. It was easier to clean up too.Next, visually Inbox was far better organized. Emails had visual cues, reminders and things related to your calendar had a different layout, etc. Again, it made your inbox easier to organize.There was also the “Done” functionality. Essentially it meant that with one click you could make an email disappear from the main view but it wasn’t deleted. Just moved somewhere else.None of that exists for Gmail. Quite frankly, Gmail hasn’t changed since it was released (visual, layout, etc). I’m not one for fix what ain’t broken but for the love of god, could we step into the 21st century? I understand wanting to be simplistic but too much simplicity doesn’t give you much flexibility.Long story short, I’m moving to Outbox because at least their app gives me some room to organize in an easy, user friendly way which Gmail really doesn’t.Very disappointed, Google.","Quite frankly, Gmail hasn’t changed since it was released (visual, layout, etc).",2,TRUE,usability,layout,68,74,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,160adf6f-fb2d-4e27-9609-94453988a6c6,5c08e181-feab-485a-a31f-a11e3777a41c,Can’t sync on iPad,"I love this app on iPhone. I’ve used it on iPad since the day it was made compatible. However, for 4 weeks now my sync hasn’ worked. It shows last sync ‘4 weeks ago’, and if I hit the Sync in preferences it crashes the app.I’m afraid to reinstall because I’ll lose a month of progress. I’m hoping an app update fixes sync and saves my trees. That would make the iPad app 5 stars, but until then I’m reluctant to use it again.",I’m hoping an app update fixes sync and saves my trees.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,sync,32,36,negative
productivity,things-3,52943913-76e6-4b77-b522-7170b46fd834,5c71edf1-1703-4347-ab6c-cba98ac94553,Can be better,"Handles down the best thing about this application is it’s design. The other two things I appreciate about this app are 1. Areas and 2. Due dates and deadlines. Outside of that, I hate the lack of language input. It’s the one thing for me that Todoist has the dead to rights on. I honestly regret getting all three apps (iOS, iPadOS and macOS). That’s $70! SMH! Oh and that’s with the macOS (the most expensive of the three) crashing on me EVERYDAY! Bottom line - fully research before investing.",Handles down the best thing about this application is it’s design.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,design,60,66,positive
productivity,things-3,8d212447-e07f-4f77-ac7d-a4acc6ff62a1,5cfcca52-ed03-409d-b581-ec036ca7a52c,Disappointing to a long time Things 2 user,"I’ve used Things 2 for many years and finally took the plunge and purchased Things 3 because of its ability to integrate with Calendars. I have to say- I’m very disappointed. Cons:1. The Today view in Things 3 now looks like a big cluttered mess because To-Do’s in different areas aren’t divided off into different sections. You can’t even change the font color. So, things I need to do at work and things I need to do at home aren’t easily and quickly visually distinguishable when looking at my day. This is a big set back from Things 2.2. There’s a nice new feature to move To-Dos to “This Evening.” But, after the end of the day, things that were scheduled for evening, move back to the same cluttered mess with all the other to-do’s. I’d really like to see an upgrade that allows scheduled recurring to dos to be created under the “this evening” heading. For example, I always go to the gym at night. I’d like that reminder to appear there rather than have to move it every day.   Pros:1. The calendar integration is very well done2. The ability to set alerts/alarms within a to-do is great. Previously in Things 2, I was unable to do thisOverall:If you really like Things 2 and aren’t sure whether or not to pay $10, don’t do it. I’m going back to Things 2 unless they update this app with some options to change the appearance of different Areas and fix some other bugs.","The calendar integration is very well done

2.",2,TRUE,usability,calendar,5,13,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,8255b7be-f9ef-4936-9230-c38b45d97237,5d0e28a6-fd5b-4d5e-a22e-0423fcc6fb5a,use google docs for multi-language use,I take clases in german and spanish. so it's much easier to use the international us keyboard layout. word on desktop works fine but microsoft could care less about it's users that use multiple languages at once for ios. google docs works flawlessly where as word's spellcheck breaks as soon as you try to switch languages. their brilliant answer is to change the language of the os every single time you want to work in other languages. I am going to stick to google docs and cancel my subscription to office 365. besides that the app is alright.,I am going to stick to google docs and cancel my subscription to office 365. besides that the app is alright.,3,TRUE,general,google docs,24,35,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,884925b9-a6de-4080-8321-0dfae166959b,5def7283-2e60-410e-a21e-e17305ac3a52,Amazing!,"Update:After the developer responded to my review not more than 1 day after I left it, I wanted to update my review. Just as I state below, the app is wonderful. I forgot to mention they also offer a program where you can spend your earned coins to have an organization plant a REAL tree. It’s a really great app. I totally recommend!!I absolutely love this app. I’ve tried every other anti-procrastination app out there, and none have worked for until I found Forest. The fact that it still plants your dead tree makes you feel guilty because you’ll be able to see it. I feel like that’s the key right there. The saying “out of sight out of mind” really applies here. It’s NOT out of sight so it’s NOT out of mind. I really like this app, it is definitely worth the priceAlso, there’s a chrome extension. You manually put in which websites you are NOT allowed to go to, so you can still use your computer for work (blacklist), or you put in the specific websites you ARE allowed to visit, and anything else will kill your tree (whitelist). All in all, this is a great app and totally worth the money if you really need help with procrastination.","All in all, this is a great app and totally worth the money if you really need help with procrastination.",5,TRUE,cost,money,55,60,positive
productivity,notability,1a95fd17-077f-4d8b-8512-1c663807f743,5df72057-16b1-4bb8-a401-9ae807162583,Your experience with this app may be different than mine,"My experience with this app has been that it's full with features like gifs, audio recording while note-taking that syncs with the notes you type or hand-write, I find this feature to be a wonderful tool to have when you're note taking while you're listening to a lecture. It may be useful in the event that you may miss something the professor/teacher is saying. It also has handwriting detection, which I found to be another wonderful addition to the tool set being offered in this app. I had used it in highschool and use it now as well for many things. You could submit your notebook checks to your teacher via email as a pdf (if they accept it). You may also use any one of your preferred cloud services to back up your notes, including iCloud sync between your iOS devices. One feature I'd recommend they add is the ability to back-up locally to the device and/or the option to backup to your own personal cloud storage like with external hard drives that offer that service.","You may also use any one of your preferred cloud services to back up your notes, including iCloud sync between your iOS devices.",5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,99,103,positive
productivity,things-3,5ae3f518-7f6d-4035-bff6-be0e285445be,5e30a857-d0e8-4153-bbdb-108361c1c357,"Almost perfect, solid, worth the money","I have used a lot of task management apps and I still think that many of them are great. Swipes was one of my favorites because I can snooze tasks for later, but Things has a unique approach to that same need that is actually simpler and much more effective. I’ve had to adjust some of my own habits to adapt to how Things is organized, but wow is it well thought out. It is deceptively simple at first glance, but it is so well designed that I’m constantly finding new uses and applications. My wife loves it too and she’s very picky and often doesn’t take to the things that I recommend. So the fact that both of us find it useful is a testament to the quality of the product. I’m hesitant to buy the desktop app because I think it’s fairly overpriced, I did do the free trial though and it is well-made. I was a little hesitant about the price of the mobile app as well, but after using it, I think that it is well worth the money and I wouldn’t say that about a lot of $10 apps.","I’m hesitant to buy the desktop app because I think it’s fairly overpriced, I did do the free trial though and it is well-made.",5,TRUE,efficiency,price,69,74,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,97e73bba-23d6-4db1-a816-116a79f0e2b5,5e8e888d-1b3f-4a79-88a2-23ebb8f5fa72,"Missing Functions, Extreme Data Loss","I write reports for my work that are legally sensitive, and for this reason, I cannot store them in “the cloud” because, in reality, “the cloud” is just someone else’s computer.  As it turns out, my need for privacy is just too much for this MS Word app.  It works fine if you save all of your documents to OneDrive where Gates, China, and God and everyone can view them.  However, if you try to save anything locally, it’ll hang up and not save them.  You’ll have to force quit the app and when it reopens, your data will be gone.  This is so mind boggling stupid that it makes this app completely useless to me.  Thanks for the curryware, Microsoft.Lastly, this app is not Word — at least not the Word that you’d use on MacOS or Windows.  It is a scaled down version that is missing critical features, such as formatting functions.  On a number of occasions, I’ve had to save the document and move it to a PC just to fix a table in one of my work’s report templates.  For some reason, it displays correctly in Word on a PC, but looks like complete garbage in Word on the iPad.  So there you go!  Windows Word is not compatible with iPadOS Word!  Go figure!","On a number of occasions, I’ve had to save the document and move it to a PC just to fix a table in one of my work’s report templates.",1,TRUE,reliability,document,48,56,negative
productivity,notability,bfda806b-3020-4aa2-a57c-7eb3e99c23d3,5ef22a2c-1701-4e84-a95d-a6089dd8ded4,Many bugs throughout versions,"As functionality increases, so do the number of bugs. The bugs don’t get fixed and tend to get worse. Notability frequently freezes with the magnifier circle on an area you just highlighted/underlined/marked. You just have to tap the screen with your pencil to unfreeze it, but if you change from highlighter to pen, or vice versa, tapping causes whatever you just highlighted into pen. It was a small annoyance before, but it is happening more and more frequently. Notability likes to lose notes. Many of my peers have problems with this. I lost a weeks worth of notes from notability. Thankfully, I back up to google drive and iCloud. It was present in google drive, but not iCloud. The previous review stands. The problem occurs when people download the iOS app and causes malfunction on the iPad and computer. It is not due to low storage space, as there is plenty of storage space available. Basically, you have to deal with it until it magically stops...or doesn’t. Why keep using notability? Best we have, so we deal with the bugs. Previous review: Please fix the iCloud sync bug. The app decides to sync all my notes in the middle of class, preventing me from taking notes while the sync is happening. It is also duplicating many notes. This is only a problem for those of us who have purchased both iOS and OS. It is intensely frustrating.","The app decides to sync all my notes in the middle of class, preventing me from taking notes while the sync is happening.",2,TRUE,compatibility,sync,20,24,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,3dd2081c-cd0f-4dcb-9db9-2c6e932cc4d8,5f1596f6-1ea9-490a-bf75-855dee2b42b2,Good app,"I’ve used Forest before but never really got into it. It’s only been recently, when I’ve gotten more serious in my research, that I decided to give it a try again. I think what’s really changed the game for me is having their Widget on my homescreen. It’s so pleasing to see how full my forest is day to day. Beyond aesthetics, the app is simple and easy to use. I like that they don’t force you to put any money into the app (unless u want cuter trees).",I like that they don’t force you to put any money into the app (unless u want cuter trees).,5,TRUE,cost,money,45,50,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a275bf89-703e-4675-b3d7-8e1985251e36,5f8702a6-820f-4919-8c7e-8bc66315965d,Wait! Stop!,"I like the simplicity of Gmail. It’s a good app to have even if you just want to use it as a backup email app. One thing though is that I would like to suggest that the option to stop emptying the Trash folder should give you a little more time to act because it’s gone in half a second. To me, that’s too fast because I don’t think anyone could stop the delete action in time. It’s practically impossible. Other than that, the app is great!",It’s a good app to have even if you just want to use it as a backup email app.,5,TRUE,usability,backup,62,68,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,45a228a5-f3d5-43b0-85cf-b6eebe76435b,6043d3d0-3781-4be9-ad05-a51b47cba525,UI Overhaul on iOS is poorly tested,"I have subscribed and used Evernote since 2008. The recent overhaul of the User Interface is lagging horribly. When I appreciate NEW, I kinda hate it. It makes me more inefficient as a paying subscriber - over $800 of my own money and helped drive revenue for them by showing endless clients and family friends this great tool. Please show your users respect by developing with integrity to what the USERS need and not what UI nor UX people want inside the business, but the USERS. Responsiveness, speed and sync are super important and this current revision of the Evernote system is much slower on my iPhone11 with no other apps running and tons of free space. It is really important engineering and product management do not always go with NEW programming in replacement of stable and reliable. “New” is third or forth importance compared to reliable syncing, drawing of the II in the app and indexing","“New” is third or forth importance compared to reliable syncing, drawing of the II in the app and indexing",1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,57,61,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ec6bd305-e475-4ba1-9e32-1ee6316606ac,6091792f-9bb1-4375-afea-bfcfa81dcf26,Mobile version mediocre,"If you just need to type up a document or sync something it’s fantastic. But physically writing with a pencil on notes is a nightmare. I use this for college because notability poorly supports word documents so I have to use this app. Handwriting looks atrocious I hate the lack of sizes and hate that it has to be force touch sensitive. Also lots and lots of glitches when using handwriting mode. Skipping, selecting, erasing, jumping around, sometimes everything I write disappears after a few seconds. It’s like it has a mind of its own. Very annoying and irritating for a student.",If you just need to type up a document or sync something it’s fantastic.,3,TRUE,usability,sync,43,47,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,f5b98fda-993d-486f-99f7-8f8446971a0b,60956de3-77ca-4b39-a095-fb3bb714a164,Scale,"Love the idea of this App.  And truth be told, I really like the App as well.  My big issue is the text doesn’t scale right.  My visual acuity is limited and the normal text is too small for me to see.  When I write a document on my phone I have to set the font size around 72 to read it.  It would be nice if the normal (12 point) font would actually show up on screen as 12 point instead of 0.5 point.  I know I can zoom the page to make text bigger, but then I have to scroll back and forth which is difficult for me to read.  I want the text to readjust to fit the boundaries of the screen.",My big issue is the text doesn’t scale right.,4,TRUE,usability,text,21,25,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,52228f58-a6fd-4d38-9351-980c312583e9,6095b3c9-0de7-49a7-84ec-5f8ada9589da,Works fine but with an issue for large documents,"For a free app, it’s great. You can find most whatever you need for basic word processing. However, there is one problem. I am now working with a 900 page document. There is no quick way to get to a specific page or word in the document, and every time I open the app or work on a different document in-between, I have to restart the search from the beginning to get to where I left off. I have not found a search function specifically within the free Microsoft Word or any way to jump many pages ahead. I dread having to open on page 850. But for short documents it does the job easily and very well. I gave it five stars before I worked with a large document and discovered this issue. I’m still glad to have it.",I am now working with a 900 page document.,4,TRUE,general,page,29,33,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,7cf696a9-f589-4b9d-aefa-cd7434664f44,60c612ac-0ed1-45f0-adcb-e104c42a9cdf,Amazing for college students and those with ADD,"I normally don’t write reviews but this app is so great for productivity. I use it when I’m studying or doing college homework. You can’t use your phone while it is going or else the tree will die and you will have your healthy tree streak gone (very sad). I like to earn points so I can get new trees (a lot of cool options, and you feel like you worked very hard for each tree).",I normally don’t write reviews but this app is so great for productivity.,5,TRUE,general,write review,18,30,positive
productivity,things-3,f16df1dc-3d12-406d-974c-31772808ed29,6209e661-f7cb-49d9-a296-c0080461c6c0,A crash-laden catastrophe with most recent iOS updates,"This has been, by far, my favorite task manager. But since I’ve upgraded to iOS 12, I’ve had nothing but issues. Screen routinely freezes, or app just flat out crashes.","This has been, by far, my favorite task manager.",1,TRUE,usability,task manager,36,48,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,4eb73579-1d4e-4d95-9407-22ed254835ef,63005fad-d6d0-4b79-94ed-0ae47f9c746b,As Effective as You Are Honest With It,"Forest has been a good tool for preserving both my productivity and phone battery. The pie chart it provides (after you tag each session with a category) also helps break down where your time on Forest is going. As a more competitive person, having a ranking system between my friends and I is helpful. Having more trees and bushes is something I enjoy looking forward to; the last update was a fun experience. While I understand the idea of an increasing 100 coin cost with each tree bought, I found myself taking a mental L after prices started going beyond 1000.Otherwise animated trees. That’d be amazing, and I wouldn’t mind earning a ton for coins for those.Something that might be fun to see in the future are personal challenges. I enjoy the achievements and their rewards offered by the app (i.e. X consecutive days rewards and X many days’ worth of focus time for coins), and it would be nice to see more of them. Reward variety in the form of exclusive trees/bushes or planting actual trees is also something that’d be cool to have.TL;DR: effective app. More trees (animated trees? ✨) and bushes to purchase/earn and more achievements with rewards would be cool.",Having more trees and bushes is something I enjoy looking forward to; the last update was a fun experience.,5,TRUE,usability,last update,75,86,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,4eb73579-1d4e-4d95-9407-22ed254835ef,63005fad-d6d0-4b79-94ed-0ae47f9c746b,As Effective as You Are Honest With It,"Forest has been a good tool for preserving both my productivity and phone battery. The pie chart it provides (after you tag each session with a category) also helps break down where your time on Forest is going. As a more competitive person, having a ranking system between my friends and I is helpful. Having more trees and bushes is something I enjoy looking forward to; the last update was a fun experience. While I understand the idea of an increasing 100 coin cost with each tree bought, I found myself taking a mental L after prices started going beyond 1000.Otherwise animated trees. That’d be amazing, and I wouldn’t mind earning a ton for coins for those.Something that might be fun to see in the future are personal challenges. I enjoy the achievements and their rewards offered by the app (i.e. X consecutive days rewards and X many days’ worth of focus time for coins), and it would be nice to see more of them. Reward variety in the form of exclusive trees/bushes or planting actual trees is also something that’d be cool to have.TL;DR: effective app. More trees (animated trees? ✨) and bushes to purchase/earn and more achievements with rewards would be cool.",Having more trees and bushes is something I enjoy looking forward to; the last update was a fun experience.,5,TRUE,general,update,80,86,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,7e65db1f-11e7-4042-b448-2492a4b6f39f,630f12dc-b5f8-47ff-83c8-70c04f8cf8e5,Watch out it is very difficult to cancel!,I found this product very difficult to use on my iPad. I tried to cancel immediately. It was not easy to find out how to cancel. Had to type cancel my subscription in help and support and finally got a robot telling me I had to talk to am an agent. Now I am on the phone waiting to talk to an agent. Unless you are desperate for this app I would avoid it. What a hassle! The verbiage when signing up for the free trial said just go to settings. After waiting 20 minutes I was told I needed to contact apple store to cancel. Now I am on another hold while they try to contact apple store. I got a another robot that sent a link to cancel the subscription. Finally it was cancelled....I hope.,I got a another robot that sent a link to cancel the subscription.,1,TRUE,efficiency,subscription,54,66,negative
productivity,notability,3293fbbe-4e99-43ab-b1d3-560114c2ba97,6321bfa0-d7d0-4ba5-bf45-c74ab48ba160,Please revert file importing process to previous versions,"This is a great app. It’s a great way to take handwritten notes on digital formats of all sorts. However, with one of the recent updates, they changed the file importing process. Previously, you’d hit something in the top right corner to send to notability and a check mark with “Done” would appear. Switch to notability and a pop up appears asking you where you’d like to put that note.Now, you do this before switching to notability. The process involves many more presses, especially if you want to combine the file with a note. It’s just cumbersome in my opinion. A simple solution would be to revert the changes. Alternatively it could remember which note you were using last for combining files. Currently you have to scroll through an alphabetical list to find the note you want to combine the new one with. It’s much worse than the old splash screen that simply said “combine with current note.”Normally I don’t leave reviews, but this has been a frustrating change with the user experience that slows things down instead of speeding them up.","However, with one of the recent updates, they changed the file importing process.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,update,33,39,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,fd33d6b5-8f0a-4a9b-8fc9-45954e230a95,63ecd20a-a008-48ce-9b6a-c8e920786f0e,Bug with forwarding a message,"Emails got disappeared after being forwarded.I encountered this issue several times, after resending an email to a recipient, the email is no longer available in any folder (displays in all, sent, deleted, draft, spam and etc). Even search for a name of the recipient does not give any result. Feels like a syncing error. I am using iPhone X/Fiber AT&T",Feels like a syncing error.,4,TRUE,compatibility,sync,14,18,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2e8ceffc-c90a-4f17-8028-f291fb1e80d5,64656589-9366-406d-be23-5da80b7a2785,Good overall but needs improvement,"Good overall but needs some improvement.1) Please add option to disable group by thread on iPad. This may be very confusing at time. I would receive several messages from the same contact and similar subject but totally different topics in the body of the email. It makes hard to organize and reply to the right message.Also, when marking a particular message unread, it does not do it properly.Same for marking / removing stars on particular messages.2) Please add dates or some sorting option for the attachments pop up. It shows the latest attachments list (which is really cool) but I couldn’t figure out the sorting option. Sometimes the attachment I used last would show up in the middle of the list.",It shows the latest attachments list (which is really cool) but I couldn’t figure out the sorting option.,4,TRUE,usability,list,33,37,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5de94a47-1be9-46f3-927e-910b7593dd09,6484b568-726c-4e20-ae03-3d080536fb08,Works Great,"Easy to get all of my email on my iPhone, including home and work gmail, yahoo, and iCloud. I’m so glad the dark mode is working on this and google calendar. Sometimes the badge number takes some time to go away, but that has improved a lot. I think it must be indicating unread mail in the trash, because it has reset for me immediately after emptying the trash. Maybe that will help developers fix that minor issue?",I’m so glad the dark mode is working on this and google calendar.,5,TRUE,usability,dark mode,17,26,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a2082e40-bb50-4c50-9707-3773d91d9687,64ce41f3-cea7-4945-9e18-71ad90264d71,Best E-mail I’ve ever used!,I’ve been using gmail for over 15 years. I am legally blind and have had to adjust how I see my mail. Not only can I adjust the size of the font but I can also change the font type. Thanks Google for making such a great app!,Not only can I adjust the size of the font but I can also change the font type.,5,TRUE,usability,font,39,43,positive
productivity,things-3,ba105a9f-8b08-405d-bb1e-94e330c2496e,64d0d9ba-8ee6-4e99-89b8-4f05513b75ec,The Essential To Do App,"Instead of boosting my productivity, my previous task management app had so many customization options that it actually ate away at my time.  It became a procrastination tool. I could spend an hour entering dates, setting up filters, and customizing views only to realize at the end of that time that I hadn’t actually gotten anything done. In contrast, Things 3 is wonderfully simple and clarifying. It’s as powerful as my previous app, but it strips out all the distractions and the fussiness, leaving pure, easy-to-access essentials: tagging, scheduling & project organizing. The scheduling feature has been the real game changer for me. The app tracks due dates (if you have them) but—more importantly— you can also add a schedule date for each task. The interface makes it very easy to add, move, & view tasks in the schedule (while keeping due dates fixed). So you can plan your time (and easily rearrange that plan as needed). If you’re a GTD person, you can still use that methodology with Things 3 projects & tags. But I find that I do better by adding the accountability of a scheduled list of things that I want to get done on a particular day or in a particular week. Things 3 helps me organize and manage that schedule better than anything else I’ve found. And it gives me the powerhouse organization tool I need without sucking me down a rabbit hole of customization options.","The interface makes it very easy to add, move, & view tasks in the schedule (while keeping due dates fixed).",5,TRUE,usability,interface,5,14,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,682a1fe4-ab08-495a-820d-0ee23e2d73ed,64fe440d-df8f-40b4-b806-a2811b313a46,"Engaging, creative and fun time mgmt tool",I usually use an online Pomodoro timer to help me focus and stay on task. However on my new IPad I was unable to get their notifications plus I was still playing on my phone. As a first year medical student my new lifestyle is mainly studying. I needed a time management and focus tool that would help make studying less painful. 😩 I heard about Forest and was skeptical at first. I did not want to pay for the app since I am cheap and thought I could do it on my own using alternative ways. However I was not successful and decided to buy this app. Since purchasing Forest I have no regrets! 😊 I enjoy the ability to track and visually see my progress. I am a visual learner and am positively reinforced by the forest I am growing and enjoy earning money to unlock more features of the app. What sold me was the social impact of the app where you can plant a tree. Love it! Highly recommend and so worth the money spent. Would definitely buy it again.,Highly recommend and so worth the money spent.,5,TRUE,cost,money,35,40,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a0c8d876-8434-421b-8c9a-5369f0e1fbf2,6547e70b-192b-40fc-b5cc-4b3555c87ed6,Down graded a perfectly good product,"The old email app was perfect in my opinion, this new one is awful. I tried to send a simple business email through it, and it opened my drive, and google docs just to load the thing into my email which the file was already attached to. Also now I cannot even read any of the attachments I am sending to double check if they are correct, I have to open other apps to read a file loaded already on this one. So far after loving the convenience and simplicity of the old version for many years, this new one is absolute garbage. The main problem is I send most of my business emails through my phone because my computer is slow and mainly stays at home, so this extremely hinders my ability for this process because doing this through the phone is just frustrating. So recap, the old version was great and easy to use, the new version took me almost ten minutes to send a paragraph with an attachment to someone I regularly email for work. That includes several emails which sent the wrong attachment because I couldn’t open it in the app to read it.","So far after loving the convenience and simplicity of the old version for many years, this new one is absolute garbage.",1,TRUE,usability,old version,59,70,negative
productivity,notability,53e32b0a-6c30-45c1-ae58-35322b9699e3,6550a862-f882-4c14-a7b0-7ff93f358e0e,Good but with fundamental problems,"I purchased Notability right after purchasing my iPad. I read many reviews and read that it is one of the best softwares to take notes and annotate PDFs. I immediately began using it. Being new to taking notes in the iPad, I frequently found myself arranging my notes, moving around pictures and sentences. This is where the problems started. When I move pictures or text, somehow in other areas, text moves as well. This has caused several times for me to lose information. So frustrating. Otherwise, the app would be great, but this is a huge issue for me. I am surprised this is happening with what I thought was a stable app.","Being new to taking notes in the iPad, I frequently found myself arranging my notes, moving around pictures and sentences.",3,TRUE,usability,picture,100,107,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,ab092ada-047a-456e-af69-46ea5fcc9912,659ecd45-89d6-4006-8adc-348c177d139f,Liked previous versions better,"I use Evernote to manage a long to do list document. Now in iOS, I can’t tap just anywhere in a note to put my cursor there. If I scroll from the bottom to the top of the list then tap, I get taken back to where my cursor last was. To type in a section I have to tap one section at a time until my cursor gets to where I want to type. Very annoying and counter intuitive.I will continue to use the app, since I pay for premium, but I hope they fix this issue.","If I scroll from the bottom to the top of the list then tap, I get taken back to where my cursor last was.",4,TRUE,usability,list,47,51,negative
productivity,notability,79ae1b42-5163-4359-a6af-dccc1dc5337f,65e4bd36-9df5-4924-be88-4c98fd3e3094,I love this app but...,"I use this for note taking for my College classes. Very simple and easy to use. Like being able to make custom colors for pen.   But when I use the thicker pen option, after writing my apple pen, chunks of the writing just disappears... I contacted support with my issue, pictures and all, and I got no response. It’s been two months, and the issue persists. PLEASE fix this. If I am not able to read my writing because whole letters/chunks of letters randomly disappear AFTER the full writing was just there, this app is completely useless, because I do not have time to trace over countless pages of notes.UPDATE: After recent update, found out this app only gets worse and worse!!! Now icloud syncing takes over 30 minutes to load documents. it’s not my wifi, trust me. Every app / icloud itself works perfectly fine otherwise on its own. My favorite (and first) incident of this happening was when I started a timed test (open note). Went to go open my notes and they didn’t load!! the entirety of a 60 minute test!! so thanks for that C- grade. At this point, all of the issues with this app are NOT worth dealing with. Will be buying a new app that actually works.","UPDATE: After recent update, found out this app only gets worse and worse!!!",1,TRUE,compatibility,update,22,28,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e770683f-f0fa-4bed-909e-f30a8c8b1570,65ff73ab-c238-4dc6-b6d3-85319740a011,Interface could use improvement,"I’ve been using the Gmail app for years now, both on my phone and my 9.7” iPad. It's mostly good, and I really like being able to tap directly into Gmail's powerful search capabilities. However, the UI changes I’ve seen on my iPad in recent updates has me reluctant to update my iPhone app.First, the handful of buttons on the left side of the iPad version wastes valuable horizontal screen space. You can see this clearly in the first screenshot currently shown on Gmail's App Store page. Below those buttons there's a strip of never-used white space that could otherwise be used for a wider messages list.My second UI complaint is with the messages list itself. Referring back to that same screenshot, I don't know how they got it to show all that information! Maybe it's the jumbo-sized iPad. On my 9.7"" screen, I rarely see the full subject line (it disappears into a ""...""), and the list of senders involved in a thread often disappears into a ""..."" as well. This makes it really frustrating to scan the list of emails for basic information. If those aforementioned side buttons were moved elsewhere, that strip of unused space on the left could be conscripted to make much of that more visible.Bottom line: I find the app really useful, but some UI optimizations could make it a much better place to manage email without resorting to the desktop app!",You can see this clearly in the first screenshot currently shown on Gmail's App Store page.,4,TRUE,usability,page,87,91,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,2480fb55-0cf3-48ae-a7cc-2fe86f8dd948,66c4aafa-d14d-4143-986d-84e9a70c4fe8,"Used paid subscription for years, but...","I have been a long time subscriber of Evernote, and have been very happy until the last update, before this one. Then everything went to he!!. I couldn’t get my notes or folders to load, I could see parts of them, but when I clicked on them they wouldn’t open. Support tried gallantly to help, escalating it to their top tier, going to the web version. Nope, nothing worked. They even had me try a beta product they had, nope, nope nope. I have to give them credit though, they really tried everything. They were great. Fortunately, I have Evernote also on my phone, which I hadn’t updated. So I can access my notes and folders from my iPhone. I figure I’ll try this update, because what do I have to lose?","I figure I’ll try this update, because what do I have to lose?",3,TRUE,compatibility,update,24,30,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,518788a8-f103-4321-8dba-ef5773c99808,6704eb91-b201-4685-af2f-08818d0c127d,PDF Format issue when draw on Adobe,"When using the DRAW tab to draw or sign something then sending a copy as a PDF, it erases everything that was drawn when sending it via email (Outlook) in PDF format.  This just happened with yesterday’s update (3/15).  It is visible on iPads or other Apple devices, but for Windows users or Mac users using Adobe, it’s not there.  It seems like it’s not actually embedding the drawings into the PDF format when converted.  Please fix.  Thank you.",This just happened with yesterday’s update (3/15).,5,TRUE,compatibility,update,37,43,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,fe1de9be-b625-4677-9f0b-fe7184c8a192,67d20aee-5e73-4552-91ce-905a1b103fa6,"Great, but still needs more work","Thanks for such a useful app. I use it on iPad Pro mostly for note taking since direct export or printing from OneNote is not possible. This is when Word comes to play it’s great role with many options for typing and handwritten notes. Handwritten notes is a great miss of similar Apple apps. Nevertheless, I face small bugs in using word for note taking: after a while of writing typically for about 4 pages or so, pens, markers and the eraser mess up; they suffer from lag in response and also sometimes eraser makes writings and more strangely the pen tip size gets smaller on its own. Any fixes will be greatly appreciated.",I use it on iPad Pro mostly for note taking since direct export or printing from OneNote is not possible.,5,TRUE,usability,note taking,33,44,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,8b8a3d94-5b06-41b4-b1e0-ffab76b17892,67fe1f97-92f5-4922-92f6-c1309259db9b,Mediocre app for 2021,I really do like Office and I want to see this app succeed but its not there yet for iPadOS. I recently bought a new iPad Air (this month) with Magic keyboard in a bid to replace my MacBook. Overall the switch has been great but when it comes to certain apps like this one the experience is still lacking. I will name a few issues: 1. Basic shortcut keys you think would be available are not. 2. Basic features of Word that one would expect in mature app and device like iPad are not available. 3. App has stalled on me several times requiring me to close out. This happens after heavy use when creating a richer style document (one page). I’d like to be able to review this app again soon with higher star rating. It feels like the challenge might be that MS have their own devices and ecosystem?,This happens after heavy use when creating a richer style document (one page).,3,TRUE,usability,page,73,77,negative
productivity,things-3,ad0d54c1-b108-4b7a-92ff-3833373b4f22,684d2609-8efb-40e4-93d1-63781ee51b9a,It’s okay but not for me,It’s a great to do list but a big thing for me is also being able to view imported/synced calendar events and reminders. They show on the app when you open it but do not show on the widget or the watch. Would have rated higher if this was fixed.,It’s a great to do list but a big thing for me is also being able to view imported/synced calendar events and reminders.,3,TRUE,usability,calendar event,91,105,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,695c6b99-30c6-4d68-a34a-84ed8e055858,6855bf21-2ab4-4c6f-90cb-6fb0e4179560,Great for procrastinators,"I can set regular timers but I’ll just ignore them, scrolling on instagram til the timer goes off, and then hit restart. Once the tree is planted, though, it’s study time. The option to plant trees with friends makes it even better because my friends can motivate me without even being there! This is an app worth buying. I raved about this app forever but I know everyone’s apprehensive about paying for apps. I tricked my friends into buying this app by saying “hey, can I have $2?” And when they said sure, I told them “cool, I need it to buy this app on your phone”. 😈 They end up thanking me!! Nobody will regret having this little app on their phone!! Highly recommend!",The option to plant trees with friends makes it even better because my friends can motivate me without even being there!,5,TRUE,usability,plant tree,15,25,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,61bdd6a0-68fa-40c6-b5a6-2d1ce9b9602a,68b172d4-cab7-47d6-b9f7-8fa383343f1e,Bring back native Dark Mode and fix time outs,"Longtime Pro user of Evernote and love it. It’s great for my dream journal and all the other notes I need to take as well. I just really wish you didn’t get rid of native dark mode in the app. I like using dark mode in Evernote regardless of what my iPhone is doing. It is just much easier on my eyes and I’ve been using it that way forever. I’ve seen similar requests in the reviews to bring it back, and it really doesn’t seem like a big deal to do. Please consider it, it was a great touch and details like that matter when you’ve been using them forever.Also the app times out MUCH quicker now. I have also seen many others annoyed about this in the reviews. I, too, will be doing research in another app or browser, and quickly move back and forth between that and Evernote to make notes. It used to be no problem, but after these last updates, it essentially times out immediately upon shifting from Evernote to a different app. Coming back to Evernote, it might not have even saved what I had just written and it’s back to the top. Please fix this!I’ll gladly change my rating to 5 stars once these bugs and features are fixed. Please listen to your customers or they’ll start moving to the competitors who do.",Please listen to your customers or they’ll start moving to the competitors who do.,2,TRUE,general,list,8,12,negative
productivity,things-3,9ea251e7-6966-45fc-9bac-3ab74e698697,68f15008-cf9a-4385-a427-2bb537c12a81,In my 80’s  Best I’ve Ever Seen,"I have very little money I can spend now that I’m retired; took a chance that this would help me with my organizing.  BEST MONEY I’ve ever spent.  Each time I use it I learn something new and each time it shows me it is put on my lists EASIER than I had been trying to get it accomplished.  This #3 thinks better than I do; it’s really helping me accomplish my chores and is so easy to use and rearrange...and I’m always rearranging my priorities.  This is a no brainer.... I’m so happy and lucky that I purchased this....it’s really worth the money.  Thank you to those who thought this up, it is an amazing help.",I have very little money I can spend now that I’m retired; took a chance that this would help me with my organizing.,5,TRUE,cost,money,20,25,negative
productivity,notability,c04a9d2b-8351-42cf-89a3-c4e093afb9a8,69c2b8cd-acaf-433d-ac44-20cf1b3d16cc,Awesome!,"Can we just get some options for highlighting, like if we want it above or behind the text? And templates!I love notability. I keep coming back from GoodNotes because it is just so much simpler and easier to navigate. I feel more ready to just start writing with notability and it’s easy to get fun colors for highlighters and text. Everything is more zoomed in and feels more natural to write on. I feel like I’m always zooming in on GoodNotes. Mind you, I have a 9.7 inch iPad which may affect my perspective of each app. I love the drag and hold feature.  I can create lines and shapes more accurately than in GoodNotes. I couldn’t draw pentagons or hexagons in GoodNotes which meant I used notability for organic chem. But it’s overall more seamless. I can make shapes with the highlighter or the pen. I only wish we had the option to see the highlighter behind the text or even for shading and coloring.",I only wish we had the option to see the highlighter behind the text or even for shading and coloring.,5,TRUE,efficiency,color,94,99,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,05c4c7fc-b2b1-4fd7-acdb-3d02f5aabd8a,69e2379c-e73b-4194-b32e-6d5705434c90,"Mostly, a good app","I like the Gmail app, I primarily use it for business conversation and job applications. I would give 5 stars if the app had a dark mode. By the way, I'm one of those who got screwed by Apple's latest update to iOS 13 because my device is now not supported, so I'm still using ios 12. However, I don't plan on upgrading to a new tablet anytime soon as mine works fine, so please consider a dark mode. And by the way, I have ios 13 on my iPhone 7, but Gmail has no dark mode there either.","And by the way, I have ios 13 on my iPhone 7, but Gmail has no dark mode there either.",4,TRUE,compatibility,dark mode,64,73,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5da7db68-34ce-4c47-a20d-0576429eb4b9,6a024372-84f6-4547-a49c-1ed45f3bf5ae,Where are my groups?!,"I had been using the basic iPhone mail for years, but decided to try this hoping that I would be able to easily send messages to the groups that I had created on my gmail contacts, but on this app they are nowhere to be found! Why can’t I just start typing the name of a group and have it show up the same way it does when I am on the computer? I like the design and the functionality is good, but not having the groups seems like a huge oversight. And I don’t want to have to sync my google contacts with my iPhone contacts, I have them separate for a reason. Fix the group issue and I would gladly change this to a five star rating.","I like the design and the functionality is good, but not having the groups seems like a huge oversight.",2,TRUE,usability,design,12,18,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,c8d68eb8-ca02-4488-b5e7-4b1a46411ecb,6a27868a-efdc-4cb0-b7fe-4a4854b169b1,THIS APP IS THE BEST!!,Perfect app with easy user interface. I highly recommend to anyone that has trouble focusing for long periods of time since this app implements the Pomodoro Effect (productive periods of 25mins followed by a 5 min break). My favorite feature is the part where you can add friends and check the amount of trees they have planted for the day! That way we can hold each other accountable 😆,Perfect app with easy user interface.,5,TRUE,usability,interface,28,37,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,2fede9df-19e2-46de-933c-1a9356bd9385,6a32520d-46c1-444b-9e41-62c86dcde6e4,The updates and tree variety keep me hooked,"I have a newborn son, and we have a routine. He wakes me up about an hour to two hours before I’d normally be up for work. I plant a two-hour tree with Forest and I play with my boy. It was hard at first, because babies don’t appear terribly interesting at times, and I’ve had such a long-time habit of checking the morning news on my phone. But when I plant a tree in the morning, I am so focused on my boy and no longer tempted to read or check my phone. He has my complete attention. My wife and I also plant trees right before we sit down to dinner with our kids or watch a movie with them. Forest really helps us to be and stay present with our family. I’ve tried other apps that had similar concepts of growing plants and trees, and when they stopped updating I got bored.  Forest has a wonderful variety and updates that have kept me hooked and interested.",Forest has a wonderful variety and updates that have kept me hooked and interested.,5,TRUE,usability,update,36,42,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,f406a45b-5817-4b1a-b3a7-5ba79aa8f5d2,6a9ca808-eff2-489e-90f5-d95f9ba3b604,4 Stars!,"I have the Microsoft Word app downloaded on my phone for awhile now. I just recently started to use the app because I was away from my computer and I really needed to complete a paper.I was pleasantly surprised by this app. It is really convenient, and I have a piece of mind having this app on my phone and not worry about how I am able to get my homework done.However, it’s pretty hard to find things.",I just recently started to use the app because I was away from my computer and I really needed to complete a paper.,4,TRUE,usability,paper,110,115,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,72b0c467-2425-47e3-b6f1-bbd2e2f444a6,6aa80d15-f88d-4ed5-8b6e-6e6859f62a2a,I really hate this app.,Tree graphics are pretty terrible.No landscape mode for iPad.Web extension does not support trees you buy on the app.Poor customer support.,Tree graphics are pretty terrible.,1,TRUE,usability,graph,6,11,negative
productivity,notability,668457c5-d408-46b5-a21b-b11c81bda13c,6ab31129-4d87-4e00-a8c9-0158354d2ef4,"Overall, A Really great app","Something that I really liked about notability was the simple and intuitive layout. This made it really easy for me to organize my notes and help me maintain order with my notes. Another thing that I really liked was all of the new updates that really helped with making things run more smoothly (i.e. the favorites bar, being able to search for key words within the notes themselves instead of just the title, and the magnifying glass). Some areas of improvement would be being able to adjust the shape of the magnifying box because there are sometimes when I’m trying to edit a specific place and the magnifying box just doesn’t fit right. Another thing would be to be able to open more than two notes at once. This would come in handy for those to do notes simultaneously on multiple sections. It would also be cool if when your in portrait mode for the notes you have the option to be able to stack the notes top of one another instead of seeing them side. Then one last area of adjustment would be to be able to have a bookmarked notes bar like how there is a bookmarked pages (within each notes) bar. It would make jumping between two desired note documents a little bit easier.Anyways, that’s it from me. Thank you for making a really great app. Totally looking foreword to what’s in store for the future of this app.",Something that I really liked about notability was the simple and intuitive layout.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,layout,77,83,positive
productivity,notability,cf20c967-a189-47b5-85fb-5cf8dda1a770,6ad21896-1633-4a90-899f-643f883a4828,Great app! But needs some improvements,"I have been using this app for about 6 month now for college. It is extremely useful with my iPad Pro! I have been able to almost completely replace all my books, laptop and notebook. It is a super convenient app that will allow you to have everything you need to study on the go on any device with the app. Although this app is pretty reliable, I have two complaints that I would like for them to be resolved. First, when trying to import a pdf file from the internet to a note that has been already written, and selecting “add to another note” there is a bug that misplaces the categories of the notes, so the “easy way” for selecting the note goes away, and you’re left scrolling through all of your notes until you find the one you want. Also, it would be a great addition if one could have two notes open at the same time, because sometimes you need to see a note while copying on a blank one. These are two minor bugs that can be resolved easily, as the app is constantly being updated, so do not hesitate to buy this app. Its really useful.","These are two minor bugs that can be resolved easily, as the app is constantly being updated, so do not hesitate to buy this app.",5,TRUE,reliability,update,86,92,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e167984a-81ce-4083-8b5b-b6c45883737f,6bb41463-eef6-48ec-a4f4-5e1a325282b5,Notification issues,"Overall great app. Easily 5 stars if it worked the way it’s designed. Biggest issue is that soooo many times, it shows a badge for 1 unread email even if there isn’t one. To get rid of that, I have to close the app completely, relaunch it, then refresh. This happens most of the time and sometimes that doesn’t even fix it and I’m left with the badge for hours or days. I keep my inbox at zero and I don’t want to turn off badges because then I forget to check my email. This has been a consistent problem throughout a couple updates and I can’t believe it hasn’t been fixed. Long story short, I’m looking for a new app because this drives me nuts.","Biggest issue is that soooo many times, it shows a badge for 1 unread email even if there isn’t one.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,unread email,64,76,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,5612186d-99db-4c7b-8484-7367458b1309,6bc2023a-f472-4920-8f20-9ee70e1d1083,Fun and really does help,"It really does help to stop picking up my phone. Somehow I care enough about my tree dying and I put the phone back down. I like that the times are customizable, so I can start with a low amount of time and work up. There are cute special things for holidays etc And I just realized I can set reminders, which will help me. I don’t use the social features but I know it has them.","There are cute special things for holidays etc 
And I just realized I can set reminders, which will help me.",5,TRUE,general,reminder,79,87,positive
productivity,things-3,79ce9258-22da-4241-97e5-8ce8b8fffdfc,6bdfc5e3-df39-4692-be2b-ce298f3fabec,Text,text size is to bijg. Great app but for that.,text size is to bijg.,3,TRUE,compatibility,text,1,5,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,a88aedad-b3d2-47a4-97dc-576d5d91696b,6c0d883c-1ff5-4177-b69d-df3f848e5fa2,Love love love his app.,"As a college student , this is the best app on my phone . Sometimes you don’t feel like sitting up typing at a laptop or desktop computer and using all of your fingers. I personally type faster with my thumbs. With this app, you have all of the features with word as you do on your laptop, right in your palms! It’s not watered down, leaving you sighing and reaching for your laptop. You can literally type on your phone and watch the words type across the same file on your laptop with the auto save feature . Love love love this app !",You can literally type on your phone and watch the words type across the same file on your laptop with the auto save feature .,5,TRUE,usability,auto save,108,117,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,c14a6fd8-af2a-4f06-aa5c-e32069ce4386,6c5da4f3-ca14-4065-8bfd-272db85cd95d,Why have ‘social’ & ‘promotions’ anymore?,"Right before the holidays, I started getting a bunch of promotional emails in my primary inbox. These emails are from sites that I’ve subscribed to for YEARS. And since gmail switched to separate into categories (which I have enjoyed!), it has ALWAYS gone to my promotion inbox. UNTIL RECENTLY!I recently subscribed to a social item, and now that is going to my primary inbox as well. I move these items to their appropriate inboxes, just to have any/all new emails from these companies (and a few others) pop up in my primary with the next set I get sent. This makes going through my emails increasingly frustrating and longer than needed.I have checked the individual emails to see if there is something I can do to get them to go to the appropriate place, and I’ve got nothing. None are marked “important” upon arrival... I see nothing that can fix these items so I don’t keep getting bombarded and have to sift through to find items I actually NEED to see in a timely manner!","Right before the holidays, I started getting a bunch of promotional emails in my primary inbox.",2,TRUE,security,motion,60,66,positive
productivity,things-3,ef3112d4-915a-4c80-ac61-7ca5719fd1b9,6d1451f8-2557-4cba-bf89-0d689b5c4b27,Not worth the money,It’s a fine app but there are so many other free ones like wunderlist and 2Do and many more that do just as much if not more. I think price is fair for any app like this but when you have others that are free it’s just a waste of money in my opinion. So my low review is for the price not the app itself. Why spend the money if don’t have to. I already paid so can’t get refund but was expecting it to be so great and it’s really no different than the other top free ones out there.,I think price is fair for any app like this but when you have others that are free it’s just a waste of money in my opinion.,2,TRUE,cost,price,9,14,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,3d27cc5d-b62c-468a-8333-777a3fc58374,6d15a75b-49bc-449a-bf82-e14d64aef579,Notifications have been disabled,"I cannot receive new email notifications from recently. I think it is related to the last updates of app. I updated Gmail to the last version. Signed out and signed up again. Checked the phone settings and... But, I still cannot receive notifications. iPhone 6s",I think it is related to the last updates of app.,5,TRUE,compatibility,last update,30,41,negative
productivity,things-3,b0b4b887-f82f-4d8b-aa9d-55ddda181dae,6d4d739a-a30d-4f61-91d6-f6a52e504651,I’m a convert! + !!!DARK MODE!!!,"After spending the last year trying many task managers I’ve finally settled on Things 3 for the foreseeable future. I was holding off trying it out because there was no dark mode (a non-negotiable feature for me) and now that they’ve added it, Things 3 has blown me away with it’s combination of powerful features and simple UI. All of the gestures became intuitive almost immediately. It’s simple enough for anyone new to task managers yet powerful enough for most power users.  The people who make this app have a keen understanding of design and have made something really special.",It’s simple enough for anyone new to task managers yet powerful enough for most power users.,5,TRUE,usability,task manager,38,50,positive
productivity,notability,092fece2-1062-40b9-a3a6-7c71bb33dca5,6d4f4cd4-ebe0-4422-b77d-cbd824340b39,Notability is great...but not on iPhone,"Writing a review of Notability is hard. On the one hand, I use it every single day on my iPad. I do a lot of reading/research for my job, so Notability has saved me from being buried under an endless pile of paper. I even pair it up with Scanbot so I can quickly scan materials in meetings and then have all my notes/handouts in a single place. Being able to search my handwriting is a game-changer! So is having access to my documents and notes everywhere, including my laptop, and having all changes and edits synced through iCloud. I’ve always wanted to go paperless with ubiquitous access to everything; Notability is my hub for that. Which brings me to my chief complaint about Notability: it’s iPhone app is terrible. It’s nice to see my notes on my phone if I need to skim something quickly on the go, but basic functionality is missing. You can’t search a document, highlight pages, see all the pages in a document—if you’re looking for something, you can only scroll until you find it. That’s ok if you’re talking about two pages of notes; but if you are looking at a 50 page journal article trying to find something, it’s ridiculous. Competitors have this functionality on iPhones, but Notability has never added it. I wish they would! I also wish they would format text-only notes like Google Docs, adjusting text size for a given display without affecting the formatting.","I do a lot of reading/research for my job, so Notability has saved me from being buried under an endless pile of paper.",4,TRUE,efficiency,paper,114,119,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,bbb47602-832b-4ba7-b085-8cbd828f1612,6e1807f0-ad5b-4a9e-82c8-dd65334fcc54,Frustrating. I use when I have to.,"I have to have Word.  The work and general environment makes it the standard.  So, I use it.  This app is okay for simpler stuff.  It includes the most used features.  The frustration is with faults in the app.  First, the auto save seems to work with OneDrive, but not the others.  I feel I am being herded toward Microsoft.  It makes me hate OneDrive.  Second, if I am creating a document in Word, but switch off to a different app, coming back to Word means I wait while my document downloads from the cloud again.  Every. Single. Time.  When I tried to get around this by saving the doc to the iPad, I found a bug.  I created a doc, saved it to the iPad.  Then I created another doc, saved it to the iPad also.  While working with the second doc, if I switched to another app and then come back to Word, it reloads the first document! So, right now, if I am creating a simple document, I will use another app and just save as docx.  If it’s a complex doc that someone else created, I have to use Word.  And using an app only because I have to.... well that should tell you something.","First, the auto save seems to work with OneDrive, but not the others.",2,TRUE,compatibility,auto save,12,21,negative
productivity,notability,8b9a1669-ac18-4dde-b40e-305c9090ff7f,6e48f197-7ea0-4091-8337-81457e9b9ac7,Almost everything I could wish for.,"I love this app. It’s improved my studying a lot. Everything is simple and easy to use. Uploading my notes to my google drive easy and straight forward. The built in mic feature wonderful. Everything is amazing.  Expect one thing, when I get my professors PowerPoint lectures put on notability. Majority of the times it comes out perfectly fine. Other times, it comes out as if someone shook the entire slide, slid the words, pictures, and other graphics to one side shook them again. Change the colors fonts, and sometimes even put them upside down. It’s kinda a cruel evil joke because I can’t edit the slides to make them how they were intended. Unless I add a new page and re-write everything but i will also lose the pictures that were on that slide. Literally the only problem is that the formatting when getting slides from PowerPoint and putting them on notability is the biggest and only downside. Thats why its 4/5 stars on here and 8.5/10 on yelp.","Change the colors fonts, and sometimes even put them upside down.",5,TRUE,usability,font,19,23,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,81ce8c9d-4f82-4ba3-b008-d0bf5e03373d,6eecc510-fd6c-4c33-9254-da43889697ad,So Happy To Have Word Again,"The one thing I missed most about switching to Mac in 2006 was losing Word. The Mac version for desktop always fell short so I moved onto Gdocs, which tends to be laggy with minimal functionality and a boring UI. Imagine my excitement when I saw Word was back for iPad. The interface is pleasing and the functionality is robust without being in-your-face. It's great to have Word back, I use it every day. Access to OneDrive is A+, too.","The Mac version for desktop always fell short so I moved onto Gdocs, which tends to be laggy with minimal functionality and a boring UI.",5,TRUE,compatibility,functionality,107,120,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4bf07297-a39b-4a90-8dad-82438b9e1374,705e0d3e-65f3-45a3-bce2-4644fb67e2eb,Mostly Good,"Most of my opinions on Gmail app for iOS are good. I'm a mostly Mac/iPhone/iPad person in a PC/Android world. I prefer the Google set of apps because it allows me to maneuver a bit better in this dichotomy. Also I like the material design on the Google apps better. The Gmail app specifically needs improvement in viewing previous replies, especially those that come in while you might be replying. I often miss replies because of the way responses are displayed. In the app it's very difficult to figure out who replied when during an active conversation that often includes more than two responders. I do like how social and promotion emails are separated, although I'd prefer to tweak those settings. There very well may be a control but it's not obvious if there is, nor have I gone looking.","I do like how social and promotion emails are separated, although I'd prefer to tweak those settings.",4,TRUE,usability,motion,29,35,positive
productivity,notability,06a58dcd-1d5c-47f9-ad64-99a2b72fd566,70d0f3fb-a057-4adb-aec0-4fb779b002b2,Best note taking and pdf annotating app; 2 potential improvements,"As a graduate student, I use notability on iPad to take notes and reading/annotating scientific papers (which are PDFs) everyday. Have been a user almost ever since notability was published many years ago. Also tried GoodNotes and PDF expert, but for my purposes, notability is the best in terms of ease of use (very intuitive and convenient and perfect Apple Pencil support) and better handwriting rendering.Two possible improvements:1. Need to have a better navigation support for pdf (textbooks). Annotating a pdf paper is no problem, but reading a 500-page long textbook can be a little painful in terms of navigating. Would be great if can support (recognize and could customize) outlines/super links. Also a thumbnail view support will be super helpful for a quick navigation and overview of the book.2. Need to have a better file management such as allow nested “dividers”. I need to read a lot of scientific papers on different topics and I want to store them accordingly. So I created “subjects” underneath “divider” called “papers” like: “genetics-general”, “genetics-asd”, “genetics-gwas”, ..., “machine learning- general “, “machine learning-nn” etc etc ... it’s very inconvenient.Other than the above two potential improvements, notability is perfect for my daily use. Thanks!",Need to have a better file management such as allow nested “dividers”.,5,TRUE,usability,divider,61,68,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,86b3e4ef-2b52-45ad-93ca-a7ce936e685d,7138499d-e343-4edd-9375-a2a00e2c9176,Functions like Desktop version!,"Allows me to write resumes and cover letters with ease. Saves to iPhone My Files to edit later. Can export to word doc or pdf. Has viewing modes that allow you to proof easier to check for errors. Has spell check, bulletted lists etc all the same features as you would expect from the full version of MS Word. Syncs to Office 365 with login. Great tool ! Thank you","Has spell check, bulletted lists etc all the same features as you would expect from the full version of MS Word.",5,TRUE,general,list,28,32,positive
productivity,notability,06a58dcd-1d5c-47f9-ad64-99a2b72fd566,715ac152-bb32-4ddf-82f8-edfe4f8e19f3,Best note taking and pdf annotating app; 2 potential improvements,"As a graduate student, I use notability on iPad to take notes and reading/annotating scientific papers (which are PDFs) everyday. Have been a user almost ever since notability was published many years ago. Also tried GoodNotes and PDF expert, but for my purposes, notability is the best in terms of ease of use (very intuitive and convenient and perfect Apple Pencil support) and better handwriting rendering.Two possible improvements:1. Need to have a better navigation support for pdf (textbooks). Annotating a pdf paper is no problem, but reading a 500-page long textbook can be a little painful in terms of navigating. Would be great if can support (recognize and could customize) outlines/super links. Also a thumbnail view support will be super helpful for a quick navigation and overview of the book.2. Need to have a better file management such as allow nested “dividers”. I need to read a lot of scientific papers on different topics and I want to store them accordingly. So I created “subjects” underneath “divider” called “papers” like: “genetics-general”, “genetics-asd”, “genetics-gwas”, ..., “machine learning- general “, “machine learning-nn” etc etc ... it’s very inconvenient.Other than the above two potential improvements, notability is perfect for my daily use. Thanks!","As a graduate student, I use notability on iPad to take notes and reading/annotating scientific papers (which are PDFs) everyday.",5,TRUE,usability,paper,97,102,positive
productivity,things-3,b765c9e9-2f40-4e60-818d-d5b4aaef92a9,717e7a03-6555-4e17-aefc-f37f2174a057,Had for over 7 years,"I love this app.  It helps me stay organized and do projects that need to get done in easy broken dish steps.   I can set deadlines for myself, make certain tasks repeat, and even create different areas of responsibility so that it’s every easy to see where certain things need to get done.    I can even create checklists inside my to-do’s for those items that have multiple steps.   It’s always worked well and synced properly even through all these years.  It’s been one of my most-used apps and is worth every penny.",I can even create checklists inside my to-do’s for those items that have multiple steps.,5,TRUE,efficiency,list,24,28,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,507f6bcd-745b-4841-9127-c9ec2667456d,71b2949a-4284-4d23-aeb9-23306aaf14af,New update,"The new update, though simpler to use. It sacrifices, the editing power the app had before. For instance, before at any given moment changing the spacing between lines was easy and intuitive if you used the pc version of it. I think this a problem that the user should be able to opt in, whether to have a simpler version or easy editing. Or designing it in a way that the user, can add on features, or just leave them off. This is obviously something that was overlooked when redesigning the new update.","Or designing it in a way that the user, can add on features, or just leave them off.",4,TRUE,usability,design,4,10,negative
productivity,notability,f16d5642-ec6c-4430-a71d-3851611d901f,72d168cd-b55f-40ec-904b-3159964c141d,One of the Better Note Apps,"Notability has been a definite upgrade to managing note taking regarding the amount of paper is saved. Since my use, I have contributed input and suggestions to making it the ultimate solution. From my experience, the convert to text is okay but if you do not write legibly it can make mistakes which takes away from your note taking. I wish the app would stick to a hierarchical filing system instead of useless (to me) divider system. And most of all, the recording feature is great but the playback and scrolling suuuuuucks. There should also be a skip forward button and the skip time settings should be customizable. Lastly, I wish the suggestion and input forum should have feed back from the developers from the most asked features. Recent updates with new features didn’t really answer to the user requests. Drawing shapes are cool but perhaps better bullet pointing features are more preferred.",Recent updates with new features didn’t really answer to the user requests.,4,TRUE,cost,update,8,14,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,67da1de6-bee5-415c-9e31-7a1f9f73960e,72db2686-e49f-44bc-9708-718563649a55,Disregard for users,"I first rated Evernote one star because they did a bait-and-switch by reducing the functionality of the free version to extort those who had trusted them. Old news, though I expect this business model to treat its head again when they decide to double or triple prices.This weekend was worse. As I prepared for a multi-day hike in the remote (and offline) backcountry, I took extensive notes in Evernote. The day before I left, I updated my phone.I got to the trailhead, and loaded the note Id l’d worked on for days. Not on phone. It had been there last night!Evernote decided to upgrade its users with an upgrade that can’t read the already-downloaded notes. So I’m standing at the trailhead without my prepaid permit for the hike, the list of waypoints for my trip, detailed maps, notes on specific sites to visit, excerpts from others’ trip reports etc.Thanks Evernote!Oh and more fun. When I got home I looked at the new app and it still allows offline notebooks. But you can’t force them to download “more” – the help just says it can take “some time” and gives no means of prioritizing. It does not download in any sensible order I can see, like most recent, or default notebook first.Right now my data is held hostage on the Evernote server until they decide to give it to me.I guess the old business model is back... maybe they will allow me to retrieve it faster if I pay an additional fee?","Old news, though I expect this business model to treat its head again when they decide to double or triple prices.",1,TRUE,cost,price,108,113,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1df17642-fdc6-4e5a-bf81-98b9c518c696,7349e2b4-ab22-4aca-a1dd-b1346c459adc,Dark Mode just doesn’t work,"Despite being on the latest iOS, having system-wide dark mode turned on, and having the latest version of the Gmail app, dark mode just doesn’t work. When I load the app, the splash screen that shows the Gmail logo *does* have a dark background. But once it loads my emails, it’s just the plain old bright white. I’ve checked in the settings within the app and there is no “Theme” option to be found, so that’s not it. I’ve tried turning the system-wide dark mode off and then on again, force-quitting Gmail, turning the phone off and on again, etc. Nothing works. It’s very frustrating. I like the app otherwise, but the inability to have dark mode working is a big negative.","When I load the app, the splash screen that shows the Gmail logo *does* have a dark background.",3,TRUE,usability,background,85,95,negative
productivity,things-3,e8f10b54-a1bd-43a2-a59b-b218b3bf0bab,73ac6a2a-46c8-43a7-81d0-c8ea23c6d89e,Best Productivity App I’ve Tried,"This app is well designed and easily worth the price. It’s saved me lots of energy and effort trying to keep things for home, work, and our teens squared away. The user experience and shortcuts are outstanding - it’s like they thought about all the scenarios a user might have and designed for those. ⭐️I’ve tried several productivity apps and always wind up back with post it’s everywhere. This app has outlasted any others I’ve tried. I have work projects and home projects and things quickly organized for each. Better yet, the integrated calendar and to do view helps me see what’s coming up. No more calendar entries in my calendar app for random tasks!There’s even a logbook that lets me see what I’ve checked off!When you download this, be sure to walk thru the “Meet Things” project you’ll see. I almost didn’t and discovered all sorts of advanced features and drag and drop shortcuts I might have missed otherwise. Enjoy!","Better yet, the integrated calendar and to do view helps me see what’s coming up.",5,TRUE,usability,calendar,28,36,positive
productivity,notability,9cbd305d-ea50-4cc9-8a48-d73ec9bfde62,745bc369-471c-4bb7-ac0e-0a669aa08e31,Best Notes App I have EVER used.,"This app has transformed the way I study for college exams and take notes. Absolutely worth every penny, and I plan to use it for the rest of my life. So awesome to be able to draw pictures and then write text underneath in a never ending doc. Also inserting photos into the document and uploading to google drive within the app, is just so streamlined and I love it. I don’t always write reviews for apps but this one is an absolute must have. Beside college work I do 2D animation, this app is so incredibly good for developing scripts and comic strips as you can upload photos of any drawing you make on paper or make the drawings in app or make your sketches on another app and upload them to here. This enables me to keep all my ideas in one place and also creating concept maps is easier than ever. Thank you very much to the developer team, and I look forward to the updates and improvements you guys will make in the future.","Also inserting photos into the document and uploading to google drive within the app, is just so streamlined and I love it.",5,TRUE,usability,google drive,58,70,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,d5cd4bb5-ddc8-484b-ab1b-e8a082821dd7,763257f1-928e-4344-a1b5-b09ed3aa5bfc,Gmail to the rescue,"As someone who was a victim of Yahoo!’s hack, my email address I’ve had since my first computer ever, my original email address, has been rendered useless to me. Having heard from tech savvy people that Gmail was a great alternative, and “safer” (whatever they mean) than Yahoo!, I’ve decided to go with it. So far, when I’ve done research on my existing Gmail accounts, they pass the obvious security tests. I’m giving it 4 out of 5stars, not because of any dissatisfaction per se, just because as a LONG TIME user of Yahoo! Mail, the layout and feel of Gmail is different enough that it’s noticeable. Time will tell...","Mail, the layout and feel of Gmail is different enough that it’s noticeable.",5,TRUE,usability,layout,11,17,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,bba7dfe2-9d44-4ada-852b-4912abf9e1d5,7696512e-75ec-4419-9f3b-76ff87877a3c,Great app...wish it had a widget,"Really great app! Simple, effective, well designed, and a good solution to keep from wasting time and be more focused. Only a couple of things I would suggest:-First, a widget would be a great addition to make access to the app faster and easier.-Second, sometimes it can take a really long time to save enough points to buy trees so maybe not making them super expensive or adding more solutions to earning points would be great.Other than that it is really well made and a very good app, thanks.","Simple, effective, well designed, and a good solution to keep from wasting time and be more focused.",4,TRUE,usability,design,25,31,positive
productivity,things-3,3aa1173b-cd89-4710-9add-8730bb2b37c3,76dc75d7-7455-4110-9788-d1290e339543,"It’s OK, could be much better","Appreciated the ability to import my task list from another task management app. Not having a calendar view for future dates makes it difficult to plan too far out. Simply seeing a list by month is not helpful. Also, the extremely tiny font size in the iPhone version makes it virtually unusable to me. (I purchased the iPhone, iPad and OS X apps.) Please add the ability to change the text size. Almost every other app includes this capability, especially considering the price you’re charging. Still evaluating whether to keep this app or find something more robust for busy professionals.",Not having a calendar view for future dates makes it difficult to plan too far out.,3,TRUE,usability,calendar,14,22,negative
productivity,notability,fa0e9ca1-ea37-4b01-8d61-8003e7d344f5,770280e0-d259-4753-b3fa-e1132018e628,Love it but,"This app is awesome and I use it on a daily basis. I take a lot of notes using my keyboard but now I found myself using my apple pencil just as much. I notice if I am write using my Apple Pencil or even if I add a picture then decide to go back to jot something down above my writing, the text start to overlap my writing instead of my writing or picture sliding down like on Apple notes. I wish in the next update hopefully sooner than later this can be fixed because this seems to be a huge disadvantage over Apple notes. I would like whatever I write using handwriting or added picture to stay aligned with the text. You are able to use wrap around but even using that feature the text just keep moving down and the picture is no longer aligned with the text i placed it with. This would be an awesome update even if it's a way to turn it on or off would be greatly appreciated. Thank you",I would like whatever I write using handwriting or added picture to stay aligned with the text.,4,TRUE,usability,text,91,95,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e770683f-f0fa-4bed-909e-f30a8c8b1570,7727dbb8-dc21-4c33-936b-ae4489c58cfd,Interface could use improvement,"I’ve been using the Gmail app for years now, both on my phone and my 9.7” iPad. It's mostly good, and I really like being able to tap directly into Gmail's powerful search capabilities. However, the UI changes I’ve seen on my iPad in recent updates has me reluctant to update my iPhone app.First, the handful of buttons on the left side of the iPad version wastes valuable horizontal screen space. You can see this clearly in the first screenshot currently shown on Gmail's App Store page. Below those buttons there's a strip of never-used white space that could otherwise be used for a wider messages list.My second UI complaint is with the messages list itself. Referring back to that same screenshot, I don't know how they got it to show all that information! Maybe it's the jumbo-sized iPad. On my 9.7"" screen, I rarely see the full subject line (it disappears into a ""...""), and the list of senders involved in a thread often disappears into a ""..."" as well. This makes it really frustrating to scan the list of emails for basic information. If those aforementioned side buttons were moved elsewhere, that strip of unused space on the left could be conscripted to make much of that more visible.Bottom line: I find the app really useful, but some UI optimizations could make it a much better place to manage email without resorting to the desktop app!",This makes it really frustrating to scan the list of emails for basic information.,4,TRUE,usability,list,46,50,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,80102e60-367e-4ea1-ab63-996c0e0543ab,778b01b4-b8af-4f19-b410-8b2c223baac3,"Big/bug issues cont. to 2019, since 2017.","Okay, you want us to pay a subscription. Why should we when your product is broken? $7.99. Any device bigger than 10.5 must pay that price. Students must pay for basic features that we should be able to do. I can understand storage. But the typical norm has a hefty price. That may seem like not an issue, but Pages and Google Doc offer free features that are the same but with full features without a price. The downside is storage. So, that’s the only big issue. Bugs time! After working for a while in the app itself, it becomes unresponsive, unreliable, and when you try to tap to a certain point to put the typing cursor, it has a mind of its own. It does not do what you want it to do. Now, that big issue I stated. That specific issue is not worthy of $8. More issues! It lags and crashes. Which explains further the unresponsive and unreliable part. $8’s. Again, it’s not worth it.I think it’s time schools such as the public and private need to adopt Pages and Google Doc. I have no issues there. But if Microsoft believes these issues are not a problem. Then your lost. I’m glad my school is providing my Office 365. $7.99, a rip off.",Any device bigger than 10.5 must pay that price.,1,TRUE,cost,price,43,48,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,563f07c5-c901-4483-bfaf-f38390ec71e9,787af159-0726-4750-a282-b45eae45aa6c,New Algorithm Needs Fixing,"I have the app on iOS and it's very helpful and easy to use. I would definitely recommend it! However, there is a new method of detecting phone usage that doesn't work well. Everytime the lockscreen lights up, my tree dies and I lose credit for all the hours. Everytime I get a text or notification from any app, my tree dies. I also am not able to listen to music, or take photos from my lock screen, which I sometimes need to do when reading. Please fix this as the app is basically unusable at the moment!","I also am not able to listen to music, or take photos from my lock screen, which I sometimes need to do when reading.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,list,23,27,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6dc6af36-89a6-4e6d-9a9c-b13eccde4a7c,7895dee8-7d70-492e-b5f5-8620ff5948ff,"One Step Forward, Two Steps Back","The idea of adding the option for a single unified inbox would have been great if the ability to view single inboxes one at a time hadn’t been eliminated. Like others, I prefer to view personal and professional inboxes separately and can no longer do so, as this update has mashed them together. I am also not a fan of the new color scheme and will hope for a dark mode in the next update. Lastly, I continue to be puzzled why additional swipe functionality has not been added. I would like the ability to swipe long or short right and left for a total of four unique functions, rather than just one single option swiping in either direction.",I am also not a fan of the new color scheme and will hope for a dark mode in the next update.,1,TRUE,usability,color,32,37,negative
productivity,things-3,9d7c5c03-b11c-41ba-bb1e-7a2c4e9892a9,78b4d8e8-a077-4829-80d1-858cf39d4caa,Yep.,"Even before winning the design award, I knew Things was the best todo app I had never used. I avoided it for a while because of the price tag, but ultimately caved and... yeah, it’s worth it. The experience just oozes polish. Frankly, it’s probably one of the best apps on the store solely because of its integrity as a piece of art—er, software. It doesn’t check every box I have for a todo list app, but that’s kind of irrelevant to this review. An absolute delight.","I avoided it for a while because of the price tag, but ultimately caved and... yeah, it’s worth it.",5,TRUE,cost,tag,47,50,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,2347b9c2-de6e-461f-9e04-24130d8a346b,78ce69f2-d80f-4b1d-9304-370aeaf5e3b6,Goodbye Microsoft Word,"I’ve used this app since 2015, and after numerous horrible updates, it’s completely nonfunctional now. You might as well just make this app $50 from the get go, as you cannot edit your existing documents, save, or even type without a crappy Office subscription. Even worse, I can’t make edits to documents that were actually editable long before these horrible updates.This “feature” of requiring a subscription has been introduced before, and was met with strong negativity so it was soon rolled back. Unfortunately, that was not the case here, and it seems people just accept mediocrity and forced payment now. Even if I can’t even type, it sure is a good thing I can copy my documents, and paste them onto a better app. But who knows—maybe there’ll be a $10 fee for the in the next update. Goodbye Microsoft Word!","I’ve used this app since 2015, and after numerous horrible updates, it’s completely nonfunctional now.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,update,60,66,negative
productivity,notability,38455d40-e573-4dc2-956f-dfc85f5a1488,79b2d11a-ad92-4415-a50f-eda3b8744e36,Awful Update FIXED!,"Zoom out feature was a terrible terrible idea. It is making work incredibly difficult and a lot less efficient. Can you at least give us an option to lock the zoom out feature at 100% and nothing less than that? Just like before the update? I really find no use to go below 100 percent and to play around with the pinch to get it to fit perfect on the page every time I zoom in to write with the pencil. It is nothing less than EXTREMELY annoying and unproductive. I’ve always advocated for this app because of its simplicity, design and friendly UI; now I cannot because of how devastating and irresponsible this update was to the rise of this app. At this point in time this application is not worth using or supporting and I will discontinue its use until this issue is resolved/addressed. Will revise comment when fixed**Update is fantastic!! Thank you for listening to the consumers. Back to my favourite note taking app. Keep up the good work!!",Back to my favourite note taking app.,5,TRUE,usability,note taking,22,33,negative
productivity,things-3,1de0eed7-bfe6-4f44-a3fe-f0d9825098bc,79c8e844-9ddf-4cbc-be70-f371350734b1,CURRENT VERSION HAS A P1 BUG,"I left a support email - the current version hangs when viewing today/upcoming views.I cannot use it without significant lag. This is happening across all device platforms.If this is fixed, I will update this review rating.","If this is fixed, I will update this review rating.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,update,26,32,positive
productivity,things-3,54266c29-6299-4755-a5c3-bb9728a74331,7a83d874-afdb-495f-8e81-1702c5d9c28e,Finally it has dark mode!,"It’s gorgeous, and it keeps getting better!But I do have a bunch of recommendations.- Needs a button for ""tomorrow"" in the calendar. At the end of a day, I like to organize my thoughts about what I should do the following day. So a tomorrow button would be incredibly helpful!- Wrap long items to next line. The ""..."" doesn't help! This would greatly help me to quickly see what I need to finish for the day. - When a list of checklist items are exported from another app, they aren't imported as to-do items in Things. Import & exporting still need some improvements. - Projects should have colors to help distinguish them apart. That way, the different types of things that I need to finish each day are easier to identify. - Also, instead of pie charts, custom icons (like Ulysses) would be SWEET! Pie charts are funny, because where I need it most is for today, but that’s a star!- Swiping on a heading shows a ""Delete"" option, but tapping on its ""..."" button shows a ""Remove"" option.","- When a list of checklist items are exported from another app, they aren't imported as to-do items in Things.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,list,10,14,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,fe331f1d-5b65-44be-815b-b8a925b0f6ce,7b7fe570-4e34-4eed-8b01-718e0101cb69,Custom Default Template,"Okay. So this needs to be addressed, as my iPad Pro is my computer that I use. I pay for 365, so there is no reason for Microsoft to make using Apple devices inconvenient. Why why why is it not possible to create your own templates or layouts? Every time I write a new paper, which is very frequent, I’m forced to adjust the settings to look as I want them. This is extremely frustrating, and there is now way to edit their default templates and layouts. I read on a forum that it was “by design” and the only purposeful design choice I can think of is so that they design it to be inconvenient. Next, why is it that sometimes words will always be marked as spelled incorrectly when they are not? This happens every once in in awhile and the only way to fix it is to start the paper over when it happens. Or just deal with there being dotted red lines all over the paper. Fix these things and it’ll be perfect.","Every time I write a new paper, which is very frequent, I’m forced to adjust the settings to look as I want them.",3,TRUE,efficiency,paper,26,31,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,540ad1c8-930a-4b66-be99-f72d4cfe300d,7d1a65cc-c9a1-4692-a3ed-44b9497313de,Very good for a phone version.,"I have had this app for over a year now and i this would be my 3rd review. My first one was a one star, due to it loosing a couple of my papers. It could have been the way i saved them idk, but i lost some papers while using the app. Then i gave five stars twice, because i have not lost a paper on it since. Also, this app has a-lot of features almost like the computer version. Lastly its very smooth switching from paper to paper and overall a supreme app.","My first one was a one star, due to it loosing a couple of my papers.",5,TRUE,usability,paper,63,68,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3637fe0b-bc22-4cdc-a55f-512693fb4a08,7d31c62d-2b1d-4fbb-8b65-fbd8cf9c5333,Still missing reading mode! 😢,"When browsing longreads on the web, I often use the web clipper to send them as 'simplified articles' to Evernote. As a beta tester I've suggested a clean reading mode (like the one on IOS safari or on the Pocket app ) several times, never got an answer.Developers, could you please consider that users don't always want to have giant toolbars taking up valuable screen space. Would it be possible to switch instantly to reading mode via force touch and just be able to read and scroll instead of having edit mode distract from this experience? This could be a fantastic--simple--added utility. Looking forward to your response.","Developers, could you please consider that users don't always want to have giant toolbars taking up valuable screen space.",3,TRUE,usability,space,117,122,negative
productivity,notability,536fbda2-7c69-4cd5-8e6c-05b3adc4bc2e,7daf0e08-5fa2-46e4-82b6-14d4ee9d578e,Unparalleled Note-Taking App,"I got this app when it was in the developmental stage and I loved it back then. I couldn’t even imagine the potential this app could have. Every single update brings amazement to my eyes. This is the simplest yet most amazing note taking app you could possibly ever hope for. I am currently college student and I can’t even begin to explain how this app has aided me in my academic journey. You can record lectures simultaneously while writing down notes and then go back and see exactly when the lecturer was talking when you wrote down a certain note. That in itself is amazing. Additionally, this app also allows you to search keywords for your handwriting (yes it’s even capable of reading terrible handwriting like mine). What else could you ask for in an app? This app does everything that you could ever want while taking notes, and then some. Overall, this app deserves much more than 5 stars and I want to personally thank the creators and developers for making this app a possibility and for aiding me in me academic career.",I got this app when it was in the developmental stage and I loved it back then.,5,TRUE,usability,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,7edb25fa-a71a-448b-a64f-83f67668e766,7e16d445-8de8-488e-a784-5ee6bc82b584,Some great qualities and some negative,"I love how versatile Google is in general. They really have cornered every market digitally and I enjoy their mail app to a certain point. I hate the interface, I hate that you’re limited to what settings you can control from the app. Versus needing detailed settings you’ll have to go to the online site. It’s quick and responsive in my opinion. Always get my mail quickly. But I hate all the add on mailboxes. The sub folders are irritating. And I think just purely speaking of aesthetic and visual design, the look could use some modernization. It’s look reminds me of yahoo circa 1996. Both the online full email suite and the app.... could be designed wayyyy more savvy imho.",Both the online full email suite and the app.... could be designed wayyyy more savvy imho.,3,TRUE,usability,design,59,65,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3a371667-46a3-46ea-abff-6e87060e1ce0,7e322166-e7b1-442a-9e02-f45728e223fd,Bad Design Change,"I used to love Evernote, having used it for a couple of years. I am a Premium member, and used it for school work and personal life...I used it for everything. I used it on my iPhone, iPad mini, iPad Pro, and MacBook Pro.But, I am very disappointed with the recent updates. Besides performance issues, my main concern is about the horrible design change, primarily the removal of two functions that I used on a regular basis.First, I am sad about the loss of the Card View option. Anyone with common sense on design and visual efficiency would know how convenient and fast the card view is for users. I can't believe that Evernote is willing to give up one of its most valuable characteristics just to follow the bad design of another popular note app. Card View is so important to me, especially on my iPads. It was so easy and fast for me to visually grasp all my notes. Now, it takes forever to scroll through the single line of notes. Evernote, where is your common sense and sense of design and efficiency?Second, I am sad about the loss of Presentation mode. That was one of the functions that drew me into being a Premium member. I also used it to take screenshots of my notes. The formatting in the Presentation mode gives a perfect appearance to screenshots. Now...it is all gone.Please give me back these functions that I care about and value. I need them. This app is losing its soul... Please give me a response or send me the older version!","Evernote, where is your common sense and sense of design and efficiency?",1,TRUE,usability,design,51,57,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1b4bf00a-583c-4a36-bdeb-479364a97df8,7e5fb34d-9a71-4bfe-be69-1472167cd1b4,Going backward in time,"Update: After months of using us and multiple updates, I see zero improvement. There’s no formatting functionality, the text selection is atrocious, and the app truly drives me nuts. I wish I could give this negative stars. ———————-What gives, Google? You have the best engineers in the world. Why can’t you focus on user experience?I recently moved to GSuite and adopted this app to read my Gmail. I’m NOT impressed. The app makes it really difficult to select text when I need to edit something I’ve typed. For some reason, it jumps around and makes it challenging to select a specific word or put the cursor in the middle of a specific word to correct a misspelling. I don’t have this problem in other apps on the same device. In addition, there is no formatting capability. What the heck? I can’t even add bullets or bold face. When I copy/paste something in from another app, that pasted text retains whatever formatting was in the original version. There’s no way to clear formatting so that it looks like part of the email.I like the fact that it allows me to organize the email the same way that Gmail allows, but the level of effort necessary to compose a simple message is truly aggravating.",The app makes it really difficult to select text when I need to edit something I’ve typed.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,text,45,49,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9d45abbc-3699-4413-b93a-6666b7490215,7eee6f8b-8a61-44f7-b3e0-86d3ffb2685a,Plus plan was renewed after some issues,I changed my rating because Plus plan was renewed after some issues I had with renewal. I hope that Plus will be available next time for old users because I upgraded from Basic to Plus just to remove two devices limitation. Premium is overpriced and extra features you get are useless for me.,Premium is overpriced and extra features you get are useless for me.,4,TRUE,usability,price,16,21,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4905a78f-e4c7-4d00-9c97-8e3a3b63653f,7f31f5fc-00af-4c3f-831e-02c3506abec7,Bring back Inbox app,No thank you Google.  My email is a dysfunctional mess. I’m so frustrated with the fact that Inbox app is gone. This gmail app is junk. I miss the simplicity that Inbox provided. I had it set up so all the promotional messages were bundled so I only looked at them when I was ready. I had a bundle for each of my children’s schools and could see at a glance when a new message came in from one of them. Now I have to weed through pages of messages to find that one email that is hiding amongst all the junk. My productivity and organization have gone out the window. Please go back to separating each email account so I can just select which email account I want to check. Pulling out my hair over this!,I had it set up so all the promotional messages were bundled so I only looked at them when I was ready.,1,TRUE,usability,motion,31,37,positive
productivity,things-3,b7392acd-d7ca-4c32-bdc6-104938a4a667,7f5ec8de-e011-40a9-804f-90fe98143b43,Finally!,"I first used Things years ago to GTD. After I discovered Wunderlist, I switched and loved the flexibility and the plethora of features it offered. Few years ago, a tragedy took place and Wunderlist fell victim to Microsoft who bought out and stopped updating the app. It then went off to attempt its own version of Wunderlist, only to release an underdeveloped, underperforming iteration that's probably doomed for the lack of user interest. To make a long story short, I was forced to find a replacement for my beloved Wunderlist (RIP). I searched high and low only to return to Things 3. I'm happy to acknowledge that it evolved into a prince, matching and at times surpassing Wunderlist. Things 3 is more elegant and user friendly then any other app I've tried. I'm happy to be home again. My dream is for Apple to recognize the value of Things 3 and purchase it. Only then can we be assured that this magnificent product will survive indefinitely. Apple, are you listening?!","Few years ago, a tragedy took place and Wunderlist fell victim to Microsoft who bought out and stopped updating the app.",5,TRUE,general,list,47,51,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b344f000-57a0-4939-ad0e-05764e56d5f8,7fb42674-d6ef-4a9e-9807-6aa50fd81d4f,How’s That Replacement For Inbox?,"When Google decided to decommissionInbox and go with Gmail I was perplexed. But we were promised the same functionality, so what the hell, I guess I’ll give it a try. Well, let me tell you, I’m beyond disappointed.For starters, Inbox would organize all emails into neat categories: Promotions, Purchases, important stuff, and what not. Everything other than important stuff didn’t trigger a notification which is fine by me because I get a ton of spam. It was easier to clean up too.Next, visually Inbox was far better organized. Emails had visual cues, reminders and things related to your calendar had a different layout, etc. Again, it made your inbox easier to organize.There was also the “Done” functionality. Essentially it meant that with one click you could make an email disappear from the main view but it wasn’t deleted. Just moved somewhere else.None of that exists for Gmail. Quite frankly, Gmail hasn’t changed since it was released (visual, layout, etc). I’m not one for fix what ain’t broken but for the love of god, could we step into the 21st century? I understand wanting to be simplistic but too much simplicity doesn’t give you much flexibility.Long story short, I’m moving to Outbox because at least their app gives me some room to organize in an easy, user friendly way which Gmail really doesn’t.Very disappointed, Google.",There was also the “Done” functionality.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,27,40,positive
productivity,things-3,1a1413e1-2b9d-4989-8cf4-7fc3da73a4cc,7fd403f1-02d9-43cb-8411-dbd728e5f7e7,"Fantastic app, needs some work","I use Things every day and with all my reminders, but imo the lack of a calendar view can hurt the experience. Right now the only way to see future reminders is in upcoming view, which is fine, but going back and forth between today's view and upcoming view can be a real nuisance and take up much time since you can’t drag a reminder from today and just drop it in another date. for that, you need to change the date on the reminder’s setting which can be frustrating when there are a lot of them.With a proper calendar view though, this would be a non-issue. And aside from that, it would make seeing future reminders so much easier.","With a proper calendar view though, this would be a non-issue.",4,TRUE,usability,calendar view,15,28,negative
productivity,things-3,1a1413e1-2b9d-4989-8cf4-7fc3da73a4cc,7fd403f1-02d9-43cb-8411-dbd728e5f7e7,"Fantastic app, needs some work","I use Things every day and with all my reminders, but imo the lack of a calendar view can hurt the experience. Right now the only way to see future reminders is in upcoming view, which is fine, but going back and forth between today's view and upcoming view can be a real nuisance and take up much time since you can’t drag a reminder from today and just drop it in another date. for that, you need to change the date on the reminder’s setting which can be frustrating when there are a lot of them.With a proper calendar view though, this would be a non-issue. And aside from that, it would make seeing future reminders so much easier.","With a proper calendar view though, this would be a non-issue.",4,TRUE,compatibility,calendar,15,23,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,59a3e493-9476-49f9-8e0c-d51e8e2461fa,7fd7949a-b20f-47ae-989d-967d7687d68f,Free trial not so free.,"Microsoft offered me a free 30-day trial and then took the full payment for a month subscription a couple days later. How is it a free trial when you pay for the month that was supposed to be free? I won’t make the same mistake again. They are NOT getting anymore money from me for quite a while. Make sure to validate if something is supposed to be free and then turn around and charge you regardless.The app itself usually works well, but I’m seriously thinking about trying a find a different app that I can write in. Currently would not recommend this app at all.",How is it a free trial when you pay for the month that was supposed to be free?,1,TRUE,cost,free trial,13,23,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e9f9d14d-1868-4e8c-90c0-83ca598595af,7fdf16fd-a41e-4892-a643-367327615d29,Good but needs improvement,"The app has two main problems with it that I don’t like. The first thing is that my unread emails are not counted and displayed on the icon like the iPhone mail app does. This should be a simple add. The second is that when you click a link in an email, it doesn’t really open the link in the browser of your choice. It opens an instance of the browser inside the gmail app. The problem is that it can’t process too much. If the website you went to has a video on it, only about a minute will play and then the process will time out. If you go into your browser, the page is gone. Only way to get to it in the full browser is to copy the link and paste it into the full browser. Kind of a pain.","If you go into your browser, the page is gone.",3,TRUE,compatibility,page,34,38,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,7118e85b-1ec2-417a-86d0-860c18bee692,7ff058ab-1d97-44d5-b2f9-747fd81fe66f,Favorite Focus App for College,"I’m a senior college student and I also do a million other things. I’m very type A and also a Virgo, making this a perfect app for me. It helps time things during finals and makes sure I’m not on my phone too much when I need to get things done! I’m also very competitive...so I make it a game for myself to see if I can achieve a certain amount of coins within a certain time period I look forward to the new plants that come out and I WISH they would do like a “Turtle Plant” for reptile lovers (don’t have a cat or dog). In case anyone is wondering: National Turtle Day is May 23 and are in dire need of conservation help. Or perhaps a horoscope line that would target a large majority of their demographic.Overall: 10/10 would recommend for anyone who needs help staying on track and focusing.",Or perhaps a horoscope line that would target a large majority of their demographic.,5,TRUE,general,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,notability,a07021d0-760d-4bce-a715-c6975098ef39,80623d15-d5e2-4ad3-bfe0-f3a5f96f3b4c,So Good but needs more color!,"I love this app. I bought it years ago and never used it on my phone, but since getting an iPad it has become one of my most used apps both for work and for personal use. It works so well and I haven’t seen  any glitches or issues with the features. I will say the color choices for paper backgrounds are lacking and I would really love to see some improvements there. We should be able to choose the background from a full spectrum color palette like the pens and highlighters. Yes you could use the highlighter to change the paper color, but it only changes the section of the page that is currently on the screen. When you scroll down to continue your note and try to highlight in the new background colors, you end up overlapping the previously colored areas and end up with sections that are discolored. More line templates, like for handwritten check lists would also be appreciated. I don’t care about the themes, I’m happy with black, but to be honest the paid options aren’t even remotely tempting. Not good choices.","Yes you could use the highlighter to change the paper color, but it only changes the section of the page that is currently on the screen.",5,TRUE,usability,color,55,60,positive
productivity,notability,a07021d0-760d-4bce-a715-c6975098ef39,80623d15-d5e2-4ad3-bfe0-f3a5f96f3b4c,So Good but needs more color!,"I love this app. I bought it years ago and never used it on my phone, but since getting an iPad it has become one of my most used apps both for work and for personal use. It works so well and I haven’t seen  any glitches or issues with the features. I will say the color choices for paper backgrounds are lacking and I would really love to see some improvements there. We should be able to choose the background from a full spectrum color palette like the pens and highlighters. Yes you could use the highlighter to change the paper color, but it only changes the section of the page that is currently on the screen. When you scroll down to continue your note and try to highlight in the new background colors, you end up overlapping the previously colored areas and end up with sections that are discolored. More line templates, like for handwritten check lists would also be appreciated. I don’t care about the themes, I’m happy with black, but to be honest the paid options aren’t even remotely tempting. Not good choices.","Yes you could use the highlighter to change the paper color, but it only changes the section of the page that is currently on the screen.",5,TRUE,usability,paper,49,54,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,32212833-76fa-42af-8a9c-6d6863d49104,8092898e-bf98-4597-a2bb-9fee073ebcbe,Works great! Best mobile word processing app!,"When Word came to apple devices, iPad, iPhone, they truly became miniature computers! Most of the functionality of word on a PC is here. It always saves your documents to the cloud automatically, once you set it up. In mobile view you can actually do useful work to n your phone or iPad. Works with bluetooth keyboards. Makes an iPad into a laptop. I was never a Microsoft fan. I have, and always will be a Mac fan boy, but this is a great app!Pages is good, I used it for years, but there are just something’s missing. Word is complete. Formatting stays intact from a phone to the cloud, to your PC or Mac.",Most of the functionality of word on a PC is here.,5,TRUE,efficiency,functionality,13,26,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,ce0b54c8-da63-4361-8a29-e8adde359550,809bdefb-0ccc-49bc-afc3-d6ee4d3fd986,Great,The app is very nice to use. I have an email through school and a personal email. I can sign in to both emails on the app and switch back and forth between accounts very easily. Deleting old emails is easy and there is plenty of color on the page.  Their calendar app is solid too.,Deleting old emails is easy and there is plenty of color on the page.,5,TRUE,usability,page,65,69,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,dbbb2f15-5e70-4943-aab2-680ee46ee7c1,80b7b36e-7835-40b0-a762-872f2618e6c8,Helps me concentrate!,"I, like many people, spend far too much time on my phone. I have a hard time staying away from it, which can be very distracting when I’m trying to work or study. This app has been tremendously helpful! I like the rain sounds you can listen to, and also that you can still listen to music while the timer is going. Definitely recommend!","I like the rain sounds you can listen to, and also that you can still listen to music while the timer is going.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,list,32,36,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,74aabeed-2b4d-4930-976b-d0bc7a8e8efe,80f23858-2f3f-4a1f-b27d-37e16b38c107,Dictation crash,"I have loved Microsoft Word for about 20 years now. When it came out on iOS I was ecstatic since I barely have time to do any homework at home on my desktop. Just as I am dictating this review, I tend to dictate most written papers as well. In the latest update, every time You attempt to dictate, instead of actually type a paper, word crashes, whether it be on iPad or iPhone. Please fix this feature!!! This used to make my life so much easier now I have to resort to using an actual keyboard on my desktop to get stuff done rapidly.","In the latest update, every time You attempt to dictate, instead of actually type a paper, word crashes, whether it be on iPad or iPhone.",5,TRUE,usability,paper,85,90,negative
productivity,things-3,192cfcf7-f893-49c9-ba75-42dd5b80fee4,81144b02-2e54-4592-aaf3-5c9e7a535f11,Please Solve,"I’ve written other reviews of this app, all positive.  But there are 2 flaws in this app.  #1.  The app imports what is on your apple calendar and syncs it.  But there is no other information.  I think it should be a “link” that opens a up a new page within the app that gives further info (like the link to a google meet)2#.  COLLABORATION. Maybe your lazy, lack of funding, too hard.  Whatever.  What you have created is on the brink of being PERFECT.  There are not many apps that can say that.  The reality is that people’s lives are connected with others, and there needs to be a way to work with a spouse, boss, etc.  I think you guys are be serious contenders against the other scheduling app.  But this is a must.","I think it should be a “link” that opens a up a new page within the app that gives further info (like the link to a google meet)

2#.",4,TRUE,usability,page,53,57,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5532fb87-e21f-48df-8ec2-973bed54e8c3,815c64d6-82aa-49fe-9b15-3c498ef1c19f,Problema opening attachments,My boss makes my work schedule in Microsoft Excel. The problem that I have always had is that I can’t open the complete document attached to the email. I have to open the excel document in Safari which makes me wonder why I even have the app. Hope you guys will fix it soon.,The problem that I have always had is that I can’t open the complete document attached to the email.,4,TRUE,usability,document,70,78,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e7df0c3b-8f0b-4f45-b0fb-a1ec252f8c7e,816e7e33-0597-437a-b55c-2bc50dd3aede,Font size issue.,"Got this app after friends recommended it and I’m loving it. I’m more organized and productive already. Love the notebook layout and the cross platform from Windows to iPhone.But there’s an issue that reallllly bothers me. Font sizes aren’t consistent across the app on Windows 10 and the iPhone app.I ran a test to see what font sizes corresponds to small, medium, and large. Small on iPhone is 10 on Windows app.Medium is 14. Large is 18.Except something written in “small” on an iPhone, when viewed on a PC and compared to something written in 10 on the Windows app, the text originally written on Windows is larger than the text written on iPhone, despite them both being “10”. If I highlight the text from the iPhone and then select 10 again, it will grow ever so slightly to match the PC font size of 10.The opposite happens if I write something in 10 on PC and then view it on an iPhone and compare it to something written in “small.” What is written in “small” is larger than what was written in 10 on the PC.This is really frustrating because it results in inconsistencies throughout your notes.I know you guys care about organization, design, and consistency. So please fix this issue.Other than that, the app is great, would be 5 stars, but this is really frustrating. You can’t have an app meant for organization have something as basic as font size be inconsistent like this.Thanks for reading this feedback.",You can’t have an app meant for organization have something as basic as font size be inconsistent like this.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,font,73,77,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4905a78f-e4c7-4d00-9c97-8e3a3b63653f,8187ca0c-813d-4c78-a489-a6cd4a7e1026,Bring back Inbox app,No thank you Google.  My email is a dysfunctional mess. I’m so frustrated with the fact that Inbox app is gone. This gmail app is junk. I miss the simplicity that Inbox provided. I had it set up so all the promotional messages were bundled so I only looked at them when I was ready. I had a bundle for each of my children’s schools and could see at a glance when a new message came in from one of them. Now I have to weed through pages of messages to find that one email that is hiding amongst all the junk. My productivity and organization have gone out the window. Please go back to separating each email account so I can just select which email account I want to check. Pulling out my hair over this!,Now I have to weed through pages of messages to find that one email that is hiding amongst all the junk.,1,TRUE,usability,page,28,32,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e3b78697-d851-41d0-b687-16ff03bbd94b,81a0ca6f-4d53-4766-a00d-c9dc490023fb,Newest update suggestions,"Long-time user. Big fan.I always appreciate the hard work that Evernote puts into making the app great, and trust that the team will give due consideration to the feedback that follows:As many have mentioned: Newest update demotes Shortcuts to the same status as any other notebook. Would be best to bring the shortcut button back to the bottom navigation for quick access. Another workflow gripe: I liked how the Title would be determined by the first sentence typed in the note (without having to type a Title separately). Minor, but saves time.Another thing I haven’t seen mentioned: the tagging process is a little clunky now. I liked how you didn’t have to search or scroll or a tag. You could type it, and it would either predict a pre-existing tag or you can just type a new one.There may be more to notice, but everything else seems smooth enough so far. Clean design, and still runs fast on an iPhone 11 Pro. Cheers!","You could type it, and it would either predict a pre-existing tag or you can just type a new one.",4,TRUE,usability,tag,63,66,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2236932c-2222-4f1d-beb5-c150b89770b4,824ff924-e516-4174-a755-37e1bef3dc88,Missing Former Functionality,"Quite a while ago now, Google did a major overhaul on the app in which it lost much of its functionality and adopted the garish color palette of a children’s carnival midway. While it took years, they have finally made the color scheme less garish. My old review has disappeared for some reason and I don’t have the patience to re-catalog all of the functional failings. Two notable ones, however, are that there is no way to move an email to the inbox (so don’t accidentally archive anything or there is no fixing it until you can get to a computer), and good luck sending attachments as actual attachments (the app tries to force you to send as a Google Drive link... sometimes that’s all it will let you do).**update: seriously, it is still impossible to move something to the inbox. Seriously. Years later, Google engineers have yet to be bothered to restore such a basic function.**","**update: seriously, it is still impossible to move something to the inbox.",1,TRUE,compatibility,update,3,9,negative
productivity,notability,3d0b634c-d402-47e8-ba7d-bf6209fed826,82a508b7-1305-4a72-8ee3-5482ebd74e95,Recording and syncing,This used to be my go to app for note taking. But for over a year now I have had problems with writing while using the recording feature. I even bought a brand new iPad Pro because I though it was the device space causing this issue it turns out I was wrong. They have issues with their iCloud syncing that they even a year later have not fixed. While writing and recording it will cause a syncing messages to come up while your using it making it unusable while it does that. You are missing what you want to record and unable to write turning that time. Even when it finishes syncing it will do it again a few minutes later once again interrupting you. I have tried everything recommended nothing worked. I even freshly installed my iPad with only this application and even on my new iPad Pro it did the same thing and it has 64gb of space and nothing else on it. I’m disappointed that even after a year they have not solved their problems do not waste your money on this app. Especially when the one feature that is supposed to make it more enticing then GoodNotes doesn’t even work.,While writing and recording it will cause a syncing messages to come up while your using it making it unusable while it does that.,1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,45,49,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,3cc32a6d-af0d-4bdd-bc05-ad0ef52ddc99,82d57082-37a0-4e42-a408-0d7bb7a89eb7,Word for ipadOS is getting worse with every update,"Word's updates on iOS/ipadOS are getting progressively *worse* and are very, very, very  buggy.  It is not even funny anymore. I find myself spending most of my time wrangling with the program than actually typing text.  Simple things like - clicking to place the mouse - italicizing/boldfacing/underlining a phrase take 5-10 seconds to happen, or do not happen. Even plain typing can become an issue if you have the app open for 10-15 minutes straight: all of a sudden it freezes and refuses to let you type.  The only cure at that point is to kill the program and restart. And in the latest update, Review does not work correctly anymore. For example deleted phrases will still appear in the text (!) when you ask for a ""No Markup"" version.Microsoft seems more interested in releasing frequent ""updates"" than releasing a piece of software that fulfills its primary goal of letting people compose text.  It is so bad at this point that I find it much faster to compose everything in Pages and then export to Word in order to share with my colleagues.",I find myself spending most of my time wrangling with the program than actually typing text.,1,TRUE,usability,text,88,92,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,86b10378-e0a8-4b0b-8566-d409fda70de3,8330e3e6-c34c-4031-b1f9-1cb2f03c4a62,Frequent updates to hide bad reviews,"Once more, Google has ""updated"" this app without any real changes, as they've been doing almost weekly. The only real impact of this is that the pile of negative reviews immediately become reviews of ""previous versions"".I'm really confused why Google's designers seem to think we paid for a big screen so that massive expanses of it can display plain white. The most recent versions display less than 2/3 as many email headers or email text as before at the same font size, requiring a ridiculous amount of scrolling with no increased readability. It's very similar to the absolutely amateurish design update they did to Google Calendar.One of the more obnoxious changes is an inability to prevent automatic loading of images in messages. This allows spammers to confirm they have an active address and to know your rough location for their databases.Until several months ago, this was a five star app. The last several updates have removed vital functionality. In addition, they seem to be releasing a new update every couple of days with no noticeable changes, in what I can only assume is an attempt to minimize the impact of all be bad reviews (very few of them will then be for the ""current version""). Google should be deeply ashamed of its shoddy work on this app.",The last several updates have removed vital functionality.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,45,58,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,cd71a57e-95d3-4ebe-93a5-e75b95e277f2,833812ce-64c0-45cc-b2a0-67d6eb615d01,Can’t believe this is considered a productivity tool,"Despite the negative reviews on the new price structure, I ponied up and paid for Premium for a month because I need to move to a more paperless life in both business and academia.  I can’t believe how slow and clunky this product is.  Scanning text in is incredibly time consuming due to delays in translating scans to PDFs.  Scan function frequently  recognizes only part of a page, meaning multiple rescans necessary.  Marking up any documents takes 3x as long due to seconds wasted every time you need to translate from one tool to another.  All elements of marking up are glitchy - text box doesn’t always appear, no erase function (just delete entire edit), stylus writing is clunky, etc.  There is no way I can use this as a substitute for paper copy and hand marking.  This app is the equivalent of taking 15 minutes to solve a problem by text which could have been conveyed in 3 minutes of speech.  Super-disappointing.",There is no way I can use this as a substitute for paper copy and hand marking.,1,TRUE,usability,paper,52,57,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f6fe0959-1bb8-41ef-bd26-c787ba318969,83477982-f5fe-43a5-aa33-a76fbb72e2ac,I LOVE Evernote!,I am a retired minister and Evernote has allowed me to reduce my files of paper tremendously. It has literally been a lifesaver as I am now recycling paper and I’m able to save my old paper docs so easily and then find what I want with Evernote’s great search feature.,I am a retired minister and Evernote has allowed me to reduce my files of paper tremendously.,5,TRUE,efficiency,paper,75,80,positive
productivity,notability,b809e031-ebf1-4222-9bc3-7430e9a1d636,83689d31-d95a-4ec5-82b1-899d55685f1a,Excellent for classroom instructors,"I am a math professor, and have been using Notability in the classroom (with my iPad connected to a projector) for a couple of years. It has been an excellent tool; I post my notes online after each class so students can access them. I also occasionally record videos using Notability (on my Mac, by connecting my iPad to it) for students. Now with the addition of Presentation Mode, it looks much better, since the students don’t see me selecting different pens & colors, etc.  The laser pointer, while it sounds minor, is incredibly useful, especially when recording videos for my students (in class I can point at things on the screen; now I can do that when recording videos too). My school is moving to online-only instruction for the rest of the semester due to the Coronavirus, so now I will be making videos for all my classes using Notability. Thanks for the updates to this fantastic tool at just the right time!","Now with the addition of Presentation Mode, it looks much better, since the students don’t see me selecting different pens & colors, etc.",5,TRUE,usability,color,126,131,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,09cd3698-3cc1-4aa1-afd0-81bbd5fb73c2,838d8277-0c5f-4550-b4c1-9def3263c2d9,Burned Twice. Never Going Back.,"7 years ago, my wife lost a lot of information about our wedding plans to Evernote syncing issues. We stopped using Evernote. A few months ago I decided to give Evernote a shot again. I’m on a monthly subscription. This morning I was working on a note in Evernote for 3 hours, connected to and using WiFi the whole time. All of the sudden, my note synced with an older version of itself from another device. There was no trace of my progress this morning in my note history. I chatted (very slowly) with support, and they wanted to escalate me to email support with the engineering team. They may have been helpful, but I opted not to escalate. I’ll just stop using Evernote. Can’t wait for somebody to leapfrog Evernote in the note catching business.","7 years ago, my wife lost a lot of information about our wedding plans to Evernote syncing issues.",1,TRUE,reliability,sync,84,88,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a8209c18-7c90-4382-aa92-465724ee7f8b,83b735b6-b30a-43b7-901a-fe089886d929,App crashes when I change the tag.,"I have been using Forest since the beginning of the year and it’s very useful for me to stay focused while I’m studying and not use my phone while I’m sleeping. I use the tags feature a lot to track how I’m using my time. However, with today’s (11/4)  update, I can’t change the tags without the app crashing. Please look into this. Thank you","However, with today’s (11/4)  update, I can’t change the tags without the app crashing.",2,TRUE,usability,update,31,37,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,da630e09-efae-4cea-a164-e8fbdd4d63b8,83fd3dc5-4ae8-4524-ab14-d990a4a10546,Does not work as advertised,"This is not a Pomodoro timer, which is what is advertised. You cannot set short & long break periods or string together Pomodoro sessions.It is designed to track your time on your phone and set focused lengths of time where you don’t touch your phone. That’s a great idea, but it is not a Pomodoro timer.",It is designed to track your time on your phone and set focused lengths of time where you don’t touch your phone.,1,TRUE,general,design,7,13,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,fbfa00c0-9bc3-4be5-add0-a3317b362b3e,841dfd57-7d06-4ba3-b9ae-db3dcb7ae997,Amazing app—poor UX changes,"I have been using this app for several years and love it. Use it all the time on my iPhone and occasionally on the Mac. (BTW: the syncing often fails and I end up with two slightly different versions of each changed note.)New dislike: list of notes now has lots of white space. Before I saw 8-10 notes (headings) on the screen, I now see 4. Much unnecessary scrolling. Why?? The note list option small/medium/large may be the solution, but it doesn’t appear to do anything.",New dislike: list of notes now has lots of white space.,4,TRUE,usability,space,50,55,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,64baf1fc-5539-44a3-80c1-64ff1aeef2b5,84206026-60fa-431a-931b-a4e29211cad0,A powerful application,"This is one of the best apps out today!!  It is amazing that business is open and available even on the smallest of devices!!  I appreciate the fact that you have continued to move and push the bar when it comes to word processing software!  It is great to know that through the years, there has been a company that has been forward thinking, while still trying to hold fast to the things that make you unique!!!  From the integration of softwares (money, photo editing programs) and developing new and exciting ones!!I have and will always be a loyal customer!!  If you ever want a tester for the products, I will gladly apply!","From the integration of softwares (money, photo editing programs) and developing new and exciting ones!!",5,TRUE,efficiency,money,36,41,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,72090583-4057-41d4-8606-aabc7ec84de6,842733e2-6249-40d3-a4a7-5df4ec247cd5,This helps so much!!!!!,"This app has helped me stay focused greatly, because I struggle a lot with being on my device for too long and not staying on task due to my device distracting me. I love this app because it rewards you for keeping on track, with coins that you can use to customize your experience, with sounds and different trees, etc. I personally  love the feature where you can do a group forest, with friends, so that you HAVE to be determined to get work done so you don’t let them down (because if you fail, they do too). Also, I like that it gives back to the environment- if you save up enough coins, you can plant a real tree!! I’m so happy I was introduced to this app... I use it ALL the time. Totally worth the money.",Totally worth the money.,5,TRUE,cost,money,19,24,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,58dca6a3-a7ea-4cef-9914-62abe2a37091,84c88c90-c717-4700-94c0-7db6f2d22039,Slow,Going into the Friends and Store page is annoyingly slow.,Going into the Friends and Store page is annoyingly slow.,1,TRUE,usability,page,34,38,negative
productivity,things-3,9b73e9f3-6560-4430-a0e7-ed6fc373318a,8575d4bb-eaee-45a2-8107-ba2384c3f069,The task management app you've been longing for,"What can I say? This app is amazing. It is the task management app that I have been desperately waiting for, for so long. As someone who read Getting Things Done by David Allen and loved the idea of GTD but realized that it was far too complicated for daily use, I'm so excited to finally have an app that foregrounds the best parts of GTD while enabling all of the advanced aspects (if you really want them) with a phenomenal UI. Once you throw in the fact that this app syncs perfectly with the Mac version and my Google calendar, it just blows everything else away. This is as good as apps get.","Once you throw in the fact that this app syncs perfectly with the Mac version and my Google calendar, it just blows everything else away.",5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,42,46,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,d4fb96eb-c187-4676-9761-ce9e8ad39476,85813ea1-5121-4510-bd54-08628534b93f,First Blush,"I just got this app and am very excited to start using it to better manage my focus at work and at home. The artwork and UI is phenomenal. Well done!From a purely technical perspective, I’m a little disappointed that there isn’t a landscape mode for the iPad.  I keep my iPad in landscape mode while charging and working at my desk (because of the attached iPad Pro keyboard), and I would really love to use it as a pure focused display for this app to keep me on track. Hoping this can be added in a future update (or maybe I’m missing a setting).",Hoping this can be added in a future update (or maybe I’m missing a setting).,4,TRUE,efficiency,update,38,44,negative
productivity,notability,f16d5642-ec6c-4430-a71d-3851611d901f,85d4542d-9d5b-447a-8481-94bb86af1da6,One of the Better Note Apps,"Notability has been a definite upgrade to managing note taking regarding the amount of paper is saved. Since my use, I have contributed input and suggestions to making it the ultimate solution. From my experience, the convert to text is okay but if you do not write legibly it can make mistakes which takes away from your note taking. I wish the app would stick to a hierarchical filing system instead of useless (to me) divider system. And most of all, the recording feature is great but the playback and scrolling suuuuuucks. There should also be a skip forward button and the skip time settings should be customizable. Lastly, I wish the suggestion and input forum should have feed back from the developers from the most asked features. Recent updates with new features didn’t really answer to the user requests. Drawing shapes are cool but perhaps better bullet pointing features are more preferred.","From my experience, the convert to text is okay but if you do not write legibly it can make mistakes which takes away from your note taking.",4,TRUE,reliability,note taking,129,140,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,622902ed-b292-4431-a83f-d4cf8809aa3a,85f48d6b-4c56-4517-97e7-0f774f9bd283,Not bad but not great either,"I have been using this app on my old iPhone 6 and now my newer 7 with no big problems.  It syncs quite well with my regular desktop and laptop computers.  I also monitor 3 separate gMail accounts and that works well too.  However what I don't like is where it defaults the location of your replies.  I also REALLY hate that there is no option to you chose your notification tone.   Other than the no tone and the reply position, the rest of the app seems to work quite reliably.  What I really hate is Google's photo library, which digs (snoops) out every picture it can find in every folder even remotely connected to your computer.",It syncs quite well with my regular desktop and laptop computers.,3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,4,8,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,78d4495e-ad11-4de6-b4fc-1560d483bc8b,87a3a33b-c32f-47ba-970c-3c5e0aff6fa4,Dark Mode,"The app itself continues to run smooth and effortlessly. I have had no issues using gmail for iOS and as much as I want to like the native mail app for iOS, I keep coming back to this due to continued bugs and lack of push notifications. My only gripe at this point is the lack of dark mode. We have seen for a month now that dark mode is rolling out for iOS but as of now, it’s still not available. Most other top iOS apps have added the option or have automatically adjusted when dark mode is active on my iPhone 11. I’m running iOS 13.1.2 so I have the latest version.",My only gripe at this point is the lack of dark mode.,4,TRUE,usability,dark mode,44,53,negative
productivity,notability,9411e7f1-9426-478b-b0dd-884bb5756013,87c5003c-b110-4ec0-a7e9-f13e23f1ff09,"Freezing, losing recordings","Overall, I have had a good experience with the app. The ability to record audio, and to have it match up with the notes taken is wonderful. But this also leads to my major frustration with the app. I use a 2018 iPad Pro 12.9”... with definitely enough “horse power” to usually avoid situations of freezing and app issues. Occasionally while taking notes on a PDF and recording audio during crucial lectures, the app will freeze and crash. Upon reopening the app, it will state that it is recovering the audio file... but never actually recovers it. The audio is lost. The ability to match up audio with handwritten notes is the best feature of the app, but if it can’t do this reliably, I will be forced to utilize other options. This has occurred even when Notability is the only app open. Does this happen every time? No. But the fact that this has occurred multiple times since my purchasing the app 6 months ago is too many times.","Occasionally while taking notes on a PDF and recording audio during crucial lectures, the app will freeze and crash.",1,TRUE,efficiency,audio,56,61,negative
productivity,things-3,8ab7812b-1642-4ba3-a27f-3e311d49f66a,87ff6628-6bc1-4581-8842-aff3d6064ab6,I wish...,"The dark mode is 👍, I just wish u could change the box color on the home page. It’s so boring looking just being white. If you give us color Options I will be forced to give 5 ⭐️’s",If you give us color Options I will be forced to give 5 ⭐️’s,3,TRUE,reliability,color,16,21,positive
productivity,things-3,a4d8a6d5-69c6-49e8-acd9-da0158030d07,881bb20f-af04-4838-8555-74d1ae4dcd6e,My most used app,"Since I found his app, I found myself being much more productive. It's easy to use, yet has a depth of features. My only complaint is that the iOS 14 widget does not accurately reflect the list in the actual app.But I'm sure that will be fixed in a future update.",But I'm sure that will be fixed in a future update.,5,TRUE,compatibility,update,45,51,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,bab58052-24dc-4d34-9e21-185f839e418e,8864ea53-7e99-498a-aec6-2849da059b66,New and Improved - I Like It Now,The old Gmail app was a joke. For a while I was using the Outlook app. But the search function on the recent Outlook versions became horrible. So I wanted to give the Gmail app a try again and it is a major overhaul over the old one and I am liking this one. For now 5 stars. Only time will tell.,But the search function on the recent Outlook versions became horrible.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,search function,9,24,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,728ba785-54f1-4f15-a986-bba298f1ff0d,888db551-f9a4-44bd-a10f-3fcdf9e78d91,Major Bug Alert!,"I have been using this app for quite some time and have found it very useful. But there is one major bug to be aware of! If you select all of the text in your document and want to change the font, then tap on the font list box to select your font... Naturally for me I start typing in the font list box to search for the font to use, my experience is it will overwrite all of your text. When  you hit undo, it has nothing to undo. All of your work will be lost! One way to get around it is to turn off auto save then discard any changes as you close your document but this doesn’t help if you have made important changes.Update: I had this bug on my iPad Pro 2nd gen, the bug still exists on my iPad Pro 3rd gen.","Naturally for me I start typing in the font list box to search for the font to use, my experience is it will overwrite all of your text.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,list,45,49,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,728ba785-54f1-4f15-a986-bba298f1ff0d,888db551-f9a4-44bd-a10f-3fcdf9e78d91,Major Bug Alert!,"I have been using this app for quite some time and have found it very useful. But there is one major bug to be aware of! If you select all of the text in your document and want to change the font, then tap on the font list box to select your font... Naturally for me I start typing in the font list box to search for the font to use, my experience is it will overwrite all of your text. When  you hit undo, it has nothing to undo. All of your work will be lost! One way to get around it is to turn off auto save then discard any changes as you close your document but this doesn’t help if you have made important changes.Update: I had this bug on my iPad Pro 2nd gen, the bug still exists on my iPad Pro 3rd gen.","Naturally for me I start typing in the font list box to search for the font to use, my experience is it will overwrite all of your text.",1,TRUE,usability,text,132,136,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,ef4f9296-a098-494c-b373-127fd81b37af,88c8132f-e0fb-421b-a0e8-b6d91683169c,Word search problem,"(1) Word search starts searching like crazy before you end typing the word/text you want to search for.  It will continue even when you try to stop it.  You go crazy too by clicking <cancel>, but it will continue until whatever, then, it suddenly stop its search and goes back to the document. Here, you must start all over again with the same frustration.(2) The solution is to use other text writing tool for writing exactly what you want, then past in the word/text search.(3) The difference between this ap and others is that you can copy something from outside sources and past it into your document.  You will be able to find the text you already copied into it when you use the way I described for text searching.  There are other apps that do not recognize texts you pasted into them from web pages or books.But I am thankful for the work you’ve done.",There are other apps that do not recognize texts you pasted into them from web pages or books.,3,TRUE,compatibility,text,44,48,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,7f1b6d5e-60e3-46cd-a8a0-90bdcc3b80d8,890a3d8d-6b80-4df6-8dfa-9e6b2df46c30,Weird problems when replying to emails on iPhone,"In general, I really love Gmail! However, I have this weird problem that I can’t seem to find anyone else has. On my iPhone, when I am replying to an email, I will write a paragraph by using the microphone feature. And if I go back to edit it, the cursor gets moved to the end of the paragraph after the first character is corrected. It is so annoying. It takes forever to edit a paragraph that I have dictated into my phone.I have looked all over the Internet and I can’t find out if anybody else has this problem. It would make this app so much better. Because I reply a lot on my phone to emails.","And if I go back to edit it, the cursor gets moved to the end of the paragraph after the first character is corrected.",4,TRUE,reliability,graph,74,79,negative
productivity,things-3,fc9c963c-29c5-40fe-a847-c53d780b7399,8917f326-8c7f-45be-aa1d-2995de4e0708,I’m a Todoist Fan,I’ve been using TD a while and lately I have found myself stalled with keeping things moving the way I want to see them and the way my brain thinks about the task or project. Things appeared and so I’m testing the phone app to see how things move and flow. So far in just one day of adding some tasks and goals I feel like my day is lighter and the process is going to be targeted in Things the way I like to see them. I really enjoy the calendar items next to the to-dos. Nice move!  Agenda has this feature as well. It makes a ton of sense when working with Time Blocking to see these two side by side.,I really enjoy the calendar items next to the to-dos.,4,TRUE,usability,calendar,20,28,positive
productivity,things-3,be5643df-634b-4275-9327-4058f22633f0,8962e118-88a8-4022-80f2-20b9a1990ada,Great but not perfect,"Generally structured around GTD, this app makes it easy and fun to organize your tasks. Its strongest quality is the design. It’s aesthetically easy to look and easy to use. Principally, I bought for the tags and that it doesn’t have a subscription to use.Coordination between projects is crucial for today’s task apps and it’s surprising this app still lacks it. This will make it almost impossible to use outside of personal organization.",Its strongest quality is the design.,4,TRUE,usability,design,30,36,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,f2a82ce4-8759-431c-bb6a-ab4e8c219538,8979997f-9cff-4326-893d-4c754f03f26d,Incredible! I’m amazed.,"In the first stage, you ignore the app. You continue procrastinating and slacking, the app serving only as a reminder of your ideal, more focused self.In the second stage, you open the app. You fail numerous times and your efforts come to little fruition, until finally one day, after a week of focus, you reach stage three. In this stage, you rely on the app to guide your focus. Things are actually getting done and you’re amazed at how such a simple thing has reigned in your potential for productivity. And the one day...One day, you reach the fourth and penultimate stage. You no longer need the app. Simply having the icon on your phone is enough to deter you from using your precious time doing anything extracurricular... including even using the app. All focus had finally become internalized, and the app, being a mere external vehicle, also seems to waste your potential for focus.In the final stage, your phone vanishes, app and all. I’ve obviously not reached this stage as I’m reviewing from my phone, but you get the point.App really does work, if you’re willing to put in the work yourself. Otherwise, it’s useless.","And the one day...

One day, you reach the fourth and penultimate stage.",5,TRUE,general,tag,68,71,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,b0df40ca-939b-4c0a-888a-4a044952edfd,898a83e4-4b8b-4885-bb59-9f34881b3069,Inferior to Apple’s Simple “Notes”,"I never upgraded because I firmly believed that taking notes on a device and syncing them should never cost me money. Fortunately for Evernote, this app’s function worked better than any other notes app when I first downloaded it a couple years ago. Unfortunately, the inertia of having so many notes kept me with Evernote long after it decided to add a premium subscription and slowly but surely take away all of the nice features that made it better than its competitors. Frankly, I’m a simple user- I write notes and categorize them, and here’s the thing: after getting a new iPad, I decided to give the Apple native notes a try, and it was just better. Evernote had for a while started to feel like I was constantly hitting the paywall by having only the free version and every time I opened it I was hounded by reminders of how much more I could be doing if I would only PAY for its services. But notes’ interface is sleeker, syncs on all THREE of my devices (yes, agreed, excessive, but if I’ve got ‘em, I want ‘em to sync!!), searches just fine, and is just as easy to use.I finally decided to switch over- and if you’re slowly getting tired of Evernote, you should think about it too :)",I never upgraded because I firmly believed that taking notes on a device and syncing them should never cost me money.,3,TRUE,cost,sync,78,82,negative
productivity,things-3,e4a42c4f-0790-49e4-83f7-c2082eba067c,8a19dfb3-e373-49e7-b4a2-a8afd8601a4c,Nearly perfect,"I’m giving it 5 stars because it’s so functional, simple to use, and helpful. I would have liked to be able to choose a color for each category (as in todoist) because it would help me visualize my task areas more quickly. But that’s my only quibble. After experimenting with things3 and todoist I chose things3 because you can easily rearrange items within each category according to priority and identify what items in each category to make part of your today list. I use the app on my phone and find it very helpful to add items anytime they occur to me and then, over morning coffee, review the whole list (select anytime) and highlight the ones I want to do that day. I’m also very glad to have purchased this item once and for all. Todoist requires a yearly fee and I have enough of those already. I feel less overwhelmed since I bought this app. Putting tasks down in an organizable list (rather than trying to remember them) and organizing them daily really lessens stress.",Putting tasks down in an organizable list (rather than trying to remember them) and organizing them daily really lessens stress.,5,TRUE,efficiency,list,38,42,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,52228f58-a6fd-4d38-9351-980c312583e9,8a345c8e-04d7-48c2-af2a-09e880de9fd3,Works fine but with an issue for large documents,"For a free app, it’s great. You can find most whatever you need for basic word processing. However, there is one problem. I am now working with a 900 page document. There is no quick way to get to a specific page or word in the document, and every time I open the app or work on a different document in-between, I have to restart the search from the beginning to get to where I left off. I have not found a search function specifically within the free Microsoft Word or any way to jump many pages ahead. I dread having to open on page 850. But for short documents it does the job easily and very well. I gave it five stars before I worked with a large document and discovered this issue. I’m still glad to have it.",I have not found a search function specifically within the free Microsoft Word or any way to jump many pages ahead.,4,TRUE,general,search function,20,35,negative
productivity,things-3,7f88ec39-559a-412a-9a3d-1d44a6967650,8b2f9f44-6fa4-4f21-85dd-4ccd4f241ef1,Most overrated app ever,"The worst part is the auto-populated “today” list... it doesn’t auto-sort. So no matter the projects or tags you assign, everything is jumbled into the same list. What a mess! Makes my day more of an effort to have to constantly manage/sort.","So no matter the projects or tags you assign, everything is jumbled into the same list.",1,TRUE,usability,tag,30,33,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,a3a87a6d-68da-482b-92d6-9438360361b4,8bbbc762-8c92-4448-bb52-fb1c63955da8,Perfectly happy with this!,"Wow, if it’s the free version your complaining about, shame on you!  For a free app, I think Word is awesome. I’ve had no problems other than a few times I wanted to do something and because I’m still on a free version I couldn’t. Understandable!","Wow, if it’s the free version your complaining about, shame on you!",4,TRUE,general,free version,18,30,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,4d8cddc9-c637-4e27-b73d-fdee37bc6ea2,8c72baf0-8d05-4c05-bbca-1ed5ded4b891,Perfect Writers Tool,"Easy to use, Automatically syncs your documents with your Cloud,Starts you off where you left off... The perfect tool for writers, especially when combined with the Grammarly App.","Easy to use, 
Automatically syncs your documents with your Cloud,
Starts you off where you left off...",5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,29,33,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,eaa7057b-91c7-4938-b70d-b62d7dd02dfd,8c915365-457f-4e6f-beb0-bc17b2d8b7e3,Great,"I love that I can access my email through the app without having to be on my laptop/desktop. The only bummer is the mail icon you see on the bottom of the screen. I wish that it would work when I click it that it’ll take me to my primary email page. When I’m in the promotions page and I get an incoming email, if I click on the mail icon nothing happens. I then would have to click on the triple line then primary. It would be nice if the icon can do that for me.",I wish that it would work when I click it that it’ll take me to my primary email page.,4,TRUE,usability,page,82,86,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,484cfff8-8ce5-4148-b04f-a48ec75756de,8cc7e6be-cdb6-4edb-b913-61775d396096,iOS Version Good,I unwittingly downloaded the new version of Evernote after all of the pore reviews about the desktop version. I was pleasantly surprised at the functionality and look. I still have not been able to get internal links to work in the iOS version but that is not as important for my use of it with my Apple device. It is a much different story for my Windows desktop version. The reviews and demos of that version look awful.,I was pleasantly surprised at the functionality and look.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,35,48,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,7b84a659-42a4-49dd-ac75-dde275397293,8ced9029-e77b-4e67-b67a-1a02ff831586,Bugs,"I downloaded the app a few days ago and signed into my Microsoft account and was not experiencing problems. Today, when I was using the app, I was unable to select (or deselect) the selected font changes (e.g., bold, italic, underline). This seemed to happen when I would use the dock to change apps. I’m not sure if this had anything to do with having a Logitech Slimfolio keyboard, but I doubt it. Maybe these are iOS 11 specific bugs? Other than the before mentioned bug, I haven’t had any issues with Word for iPad & am pleased with many of the included features.","Today, when I was using the app, I was unable to select (or deselect) the selected font changes (e.g., bold, italic, underline).",3,TRUE,usability,font,84,88,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,fc136b97-3670-4bbc-a052-71af0f931219,8d7cda25-db45-4ab4-b3f9-40a689622393,Love the app,However I’d love if we were able to attach documents from google drive. I can’t do that on the app - can only access the few most recent items/attachments in my drive. Should have the function to open up my google drive folders like we’re able to open up our camera roll. Please and thank you 🙏🙏🙏,However I’d love if we were able to attach documents from google drive.,4,TRUE,usability,document,44,52,positive
productivity,notability,ba2fbef9-ea5c-496b-9092-a488f4f3d90c,8d9ca4c5-60c1-4771-bbc0-1d2f88b7301e,What happened?!,"This used to be an amazing app and now it updates and it doesn’t sync, it doesn’t read large files, it crashes, it refuses to let you work in a hyperlink document without a HUGE lag. In fact the lag is so bad you can write, type, scroll or zoom in and out and you have to wait several MINUTES before it shows up. Making it completely unusable.And it’s not the iPad - has plenty of room and it’s the latest version of the operating system and It’s not the files - they are not corrupt and have been redownloaded several times in several places and works fine everywhere else. I’ve restarted the iPad, I’ve deleted and redownloaded the app several times newest version doesn’t matter.Hyperlink documents are unusable, syncing isn’t reliable and neither is saving. And before I’m told it’s user error -I live in a household with 3 app and web developers with 7 years experience and 2 back end computer programmer software engineers... it’s not like we don’t know how to use technology. It’s so disappointing.. everything works great one day and now I’m terrified I’m going to lose everything (176 notes) because all of sudden we just can’t trust it. Please fix this so we don’t have to move to another app!","Hyperlink documents are unusable, syncing isn’t reliable and neither is saving.",1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,35,39,negative
productivity,notability,ba2fbef9-ea5c-496b-9092-a488f4f3d90c,8d9ca4c5-60c1-4771-bbc0-1d2f88b7301e,What happened?!,"This used to be an amazing app and now it updates and it doesn’t sync, it doesn’t read large files, it crashes, it refuses to let you work in a hyperlink document without a HUGE lag. In fact the lag is so bad you can write, type, scroll or zoom in and out and you have to wait several MINUTES before it shows up. Making it completely unusable.And it’s not the iPad - has plenty of room and it’s the latest version of the operating system and It’s not the files - they are not corrupt and have been redownloaded several times in several places and works fine everywhere else. I’ve restarted the iPad, I’ve deleted and redownloaded the app several times newest version doesn’t matter.Hyperlink documents are unusable, syncing isn’t reliable and neither is saving. And before I’m told it’s user error -I live in a household with 3 app and web developers with 7 years experience and 2 back end computer programmer software engineers... it’s not like we don’t know how to use technology. It’s so disappointing.. everything works great one day and now I’m terrified I’m going to lose everything (176 notes) because all of sudden we just can’t trust it. Please fix this so we don’t have to move to another app!","Hyperlink documents are unusable, syncing isn’t reliable and neither is saving.",1,TRUE,usability,document,11,19,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f6a8767c-55f7-4bc7-b89e-8c0d80f9f321,8daa8f5a-0fe0-482d-ab3a-913f3cc4975c,You finally managed to break it. Wow. Congrats!,"The list of broken features, both in iOS and Mac version, is a long one. You people think that by rounding the buttons and changing the way things look, you are allowed to break everything? 1) camera is faster in iOS than it used to be, but caveat!, it takes garbage pictures. 2) impossible to force a synch and much slower to do so by itself now 3) can’t edit certain shared folders now. And on and on. 4) not able to upload pictures from Apple photos into Evernote anymore. Either this is fixed very soon, or this is the last year I pay for a subscription. Next time you feel like changing the way things look, but you don’t have anything interesting to add or improve in terms of functionality, just don’t do anything.",4) not able to upload pictures from Apple photos into Evernote anymore.,1,TRUE,compatibility,photo,43,48,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f6a8767c-55f7-4bc7-b89e-8c0d80f9f321,8daa8f5a-0fe0-482d-ab3a-913f3cc4975c,You finally managed to break it. Wow. Congrats!,"The list of broken features, both in iOS and Mac version, is a long one. You people think that by rounding the buttons and changing the way things look, you are allowed to break everything? 1) camera is faster in iOS than it used to be, but caveat!, it takes garbage pictures. 2) impossible to force a synch and much slower to do so by itself now 3) can’t edit certain shared folders now. And on and on. 4) not able to upload pictures from Apple photos into Evernote anymore. Either this is fixed very soon, or this is the last year I pay for a subscription. Next time you feel like changing the way things look, but you don’t have anything interesting to add or improve in terms of functionality, just don’t do anything.",4) not able to upload pictures from Apple photos into Evernote anymore.,1,TRUE,usability,picture,23,30,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,2da54333-0a37-4cfe-9e10-e9debd42cce5,8dabf5e0-2b2d-4f10-a0ee-79866a948247,This Upgrade is Just Too Cute and not very functional,"I have used Evernote for more than 4 years and I have recommended it to co-workers and subordinates.  The most recent update is annoying. Everything takes more steps.  Adding tags to notes, returning to recently opened notes, moving notes to a frequent notebook.  Everything takes multiple steps and the functionality is now slower.  Using one of my templates takes 2 steps instead of one.  While the new interface is visually appealing, I prefer to go back to the last version if I can.  thank you.","Adding tags to notes, returning to recently opened notes, moving notes to a frequent notebook.",4,TRUE,general,tag,8,11,positive
productivity,things-3,531323d1-c6c5-42b2-a7ae-9374236d7e2d,8e32ed61-6810-48d0-ae63-8c4bfb8e9d01,"Great app, I would be lost without it!",I’ve been using Things for years and years. First on the Mac and then later on my iPhone. There have been times when I wished Things had this or that feature like cloud syncing or mini lists. Eventually these features were added and with version 3 there is nothing I can think of which it can not do. I use this everyday and it helps me stay on track.,There have been times when I wished Things had this or that feature like cloud syncing or mini lists.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,80,84,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,091fedaa-a94c-4d34-92c7-9ece9d664bd5,8ef6cd9d-4c30-44cd-a539-48220cb8b9cc,Easy to use. Very helpful,Very simple premise: put down your smartphone to increase your productivity. The app provides extra incentives for you to put your phone down as do whatever it is that you might have otherwise been distracted from doing. I use it most often when drafting or editing manuscripts. If you need to constantly use your phone to check email or texts to be productive then this app may not be used for you.,If you need to constantly use your phone to check email or texts to be productive then this app may not be used for you.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,text,60,64,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,1333852f-a65f-4b1e-b1da-d923472de8cc,8f61ba6e-ca84-45e3-a99a-fc5429add2be,"Love, Love, Love","I’ve used EN for years - first the free version, then the paid version.  Now I’m using EN to help me with genealogy- woo hoo!! I’m learning all sorts of things and finally have a handle on years of notes and photos. Since I’ve just learnt about “stacking” notebooks, would you please, dear EN, make it so I can create them on an iOS device? TIA. 💕","I’ve used EN for years - first the free version, then the paid version.",5,TRUE,general,free version,36,48,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1ebc386d-d65e-4bce-ae5e-da88ab96230a,8fbcf3cb-6061-48f9-adcf-4e666302fefc,IPhoneX and Gmail,"When I first started using it was in the Beta stage, I wasn’t too sure I liked it (that was many years ago). Well I guess I did because I still use it. It has grown and changed over the years - some changes I wasn’t to fond of but accepted the change because I knew it would change soon. I like the new changes very much—-and at my age I’m not changing emails. Keep up the good work Gmail.","When I first started using it was in the Beta stage, I wasn’t too sure I liked it (that was many years ago).",5,TRUE,general,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,things-3,33fcf712-efe6-460b-b7f0-3eafab5535ba,8fc6a477-7ed1-4645-9b25-affa6ea85eb5,Perfect - but too expensive across devices,"Love this app. Design is pretty much perfect. I would have given it 5 stars, but I’m struggling with one thing: the price for multi device usage. I want an app that works across my iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Buying all 3 gets really expensive. While I like this app better than the alternatives, they are FREE across all platforms. Can’t justify the spend.","I would have given it 5 stars, but I’m struggling with one thing: the price for multi device usage.",3,TRUE,cost,price,71,76,negative
productivity,things-3,3a7c1109-d2b2-47f8-a795-2b0155acb9c4,8fc7900e-51bc-44e0-8b9a-7a6898997235,Dark mode please,I would give 5 stars if it only had dark mode. Worth the price if it had that one feature.,I would give 5 stars if it only had dark mode.,3,TRUE,usability,dark mode,37,46,negative
productivity,things-3,b253170b-c177-40e5-95ce-d846322292e4,8fdc6b09-9dd9-405c-aaa8-22be3676e01d,"Unusable, hangs on Today and Upcoming pages","Things is hanging whenever I open Today or Upcoming. Sometimes it opens, more often than not, it gets frozen. Force killing and restarting does not help, I end up on the same frozen page. Completely unusable.","Force killing and restarting does not help, I end up on the same frozen page.",1,TRUE,reliability,page,73,77,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3d1b94ca-dde1-4a10-8584-dbf0ea447fcf,90589948-ffa5-4b69-8f9a-352b7c976b0b,Every update / redesign makes things worse,"I have been a paying subscriber for more than 10 years. Every couple of years, they completely re-design the app, and keep adding useless features. E.g. reminders - who needs that in a note taking app ?Latest redesign is bug riddled and crashes constantly. App start takes much longer than it used to. I’m close to giving up on Evernote.——————Downgraded my review to 1 StarApp is so buggy on my iPhone, it’s basically useless. It crashes constantly, and repeatedly. One of the main reasons I got a paid account was to use offline notebooks. Well, that functionality is mostly broken. Downloads are so slow, and only take place while the app is open. Since I had to delete my app and re-install, all my notebooks have to download again. It syncs at a speed of maybe 5-10 notes per minute. But as soon as your device shuts the screen off, it stops syncing. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND SYNC. So you need to keep you device unlocked for hours to sync everything, if it doesn’t crash. It’s so crappy and ridiculous.——————Latest update still doesn’t fix iOS issues. App still crashes constantly, notes don’t pull up. It’s been completely useless for many weeks now.",reminders - who needs that in a note taking app ?,1,TRUE,efficiency,reminder,1,9,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,84439459-599e-4398-8bd6-dda78c9ca48f,9078e46c-9b84-4ce1-a9a4-1c300bca62f5,LIFESAVER,"This app has changed my life!! As someone who struggles to concentrate, I find myself getting easily lost down the rabbit hole of social media, web browsing, texting, etc. With Forest, when my mind wanders I’m snapped back to reality and am reminded of the task I need to be working on. The app is also beautifully designed and has an easily accessible interface, making me want to use it even more!!","The app is also beautifully designed and has an easily accessible interface, making me want to use it even more!",5,TRUE,usability,interface,67,76,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,84439459-599e-4398-8bd6-dda78c9ca48f,9078e46c-9b84-4ce1-a9a4-1c300bca62f5,LIFESAVER,"This app has changed my life!! As someone who struggles to concentrate, I find myself getting easily lost down the rabbit hole of social media, web browsing, texting, etc. With Forest, when my mind wanders I’m snapped back to reality and am reminded of the task I need to be working on. The app is also beautifully designed and has an easily accessible interface, making me want to use it even more!!","The app is also beautifully designed and has an easily accessible interface, making me want to use it even more!",5,TRUE,usability,design,29,35,positive
productivity,things-3,785d9664-705b-44ce-aab2-74a205015736,90ae2d39-2086-4f2e-bf6b-0064513a08b2,I didn’t purchase this item.,Refund my money,Refund my money,1,TRUE,cost,money,11,16,negative
productivity,things-3,52c3b19e-ac2f-4658-87f9-2dd2a471feb7,90f61491-0f2f-4598-ab03-37ac3c2e2ff0,Do NOT buy if you want to track repeating tasks like credit card payments,"Unlike almost every other task app, you cannot check repeating tasks as  complete prior to the due date!My primary use for this app was tracking repeating monthly expenses such as credit cards, utilities, memberships, etc.However, after I purchased it, I learned that the app does not permit completion of a repeating task until the due date. Since I always pay bills in advance, this app is not helpful as I cannot mark the bill as paid until the date due, not on the date it was paid!","However, after I purchased it, I learned that the app does not permit completion of a repeating task until the due date.",1,TRUE,usability,due date,112,120,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,2379e4ec-d632-45e2-bd9f-62307a95d59a,913befbe-6b9c-4865-9d76-1ce151933846,Customer service matches the app flaws!,"Spent over 8hours on a doc that didn’t save due to auto save shutting itself off/glitch.  Call in wait 17 minutes to speak to someone with a heavy accent to be told the iPad does not have a recovery feature due to iPad limitations.  She then proceeds to tell me I can send feedback to Microsoft to develop that feature.   I asked her how Microsoft can develop it, if it is not a capability on iPad, due to limitations.  She didn’t get it and repeated herself multiple times, as if I was the one not understanding the statements.The customer service matches the app.  Awful app features.  Awful service.  Don’t use it!",The customer service matches the app.,1,TRUE,general,customer service,5,21,positive
productivity,notability,b0e9cff5-63d3-4d9b-8882-271b906164cd,92aaf508-32bc-4807-975a-4b1b03a47c67,Unreliable!!,"I can’t tell you how many times I’ve needed to whip out my iPad quickly to access a note or file. Even sometimes in front of other people. And this unreliable app won’t work! First off, I was finally inspired to write a review because it deleted all my dividers (again!) but this time it won’t restore them. When you go to the website it acknowledges this is a problem and just says “we are working on it” but they are lost. Lost. All the time I took organizing my hundreds of notes into dividers and one update wipes it all away??? Please avoid this app if you plan to use it for long term storage of notes and as a daily note taking app.Another issue is the syncing, which is clearly related, but has many other problems. The syncing is so clunky and when it’s updating you can’t access the files. So let’s say I’m in an important meeting, I’m speaking to a room of people and quickly need to check a note... ah WiFi is off so I flick it on quickly because I also need internet, then I pop open notability and I CANT DO ANYTHING. I’m sick of it. Leaving this app. What a waste of money.",Please avoid this app if you plan to use it for long term storage of notes and as a daily note taking app.,1,TRUE,general,note taking,91,102,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,9fe72a43-2a92-4e05-8387-114f925fe7d9,92c91b68-0094-4df3-86fe-b68e99e02d70,A nice app.,"Overall, a great app. One issue that I’ve found is with the notification icon. When I have emails it alerts me, which is great, but when I read the emails, the icon doesn’t go away. I’ve looked through all of my accounts and there are no outstanding unread emails that would be keeping it up. I’m not sure if it’s the app or if I’m doing something wrong, but I’ve resorted to just turning off the icon altogether.",I’ve looked through all of my accounts and there are no outstanding unread emails that would be keeping it up.,4,TRUE,general,unread email,69,81,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,9df42c09-e05c-410e-a977-525d3797a921,9347a3de-eff7-4840-acfa-ce5fa37ae1f1,"Love it, but a COUPLE SUGGESTIONS","The app reeeeally helps me stay focused so I really love it. But I truly feel like we should be able to 1. Earn more coins if you focus with a friend! It incentivizes others to plant trees together, which might be a way to attract new users!2. Earn more coins for each tree that we unlock. It’s kind of annoying that the price of trees goes up after each purchase, but you don’t even get anything extra out of planting them besides seeing the tree in the forest (which I don’t really care about). If the price is going up for each tree purchased, so should the amount of coins we can earn.","If the price is going up for each tree purchased, so should the amount of coins we can earn.",5,TRUE,cost,price,8,13,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b4fba46b-df59-4b3e-9a19-df37a9c672f3,93bdd4ae-f2b9-44d4-ab83-a3cdc89a1567,"It’s great, but there’s a glitch","There’s a glitch I keep encountering where when my phone is horizontal and I open gmail, everything is pushed to one half of the screen, and then when I turn my phone vertical, it gets pushed even further to the side. The rest of the screen is just the background gray color.",The rest of the screen is just the background gray color.,4,TRUE,general,color,52,57,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,1f2e231e-a721-4e3d-aa63-9e0f2eb54bb9,94420675-e44c-4ea0-bd6e-a934a1ea64ad,Not fully functional,"You can’t use this app without a subscription to office 365, but then it only gives you the functionality of Pages. You can’t edit paragraph styles or save templates. So you pay for the service and get the abilities of a free app. So might as well just use pages. There is one really frustrating thing from pages that made me try this out though. Outlining. Pages doesn’t recognize what you’ve done before like Microsoft. - at least in the ipad apps. So if you need to go past 1. , A., a. You’re stuck. The ruler and tabs in Pages are also garbage, so if you need to do a quick professional outline, get this for a day. But if Ipad is your sole computer - just use something else. Major corporations like Microsoft and Adobe switching to subscription only payment systems is bad for consumers. They have an industry standard hold on the market and therefore can do whatever they want. Luckily smaller companies are popping up - also Apple’s free products, but the lack of customizability is terrible on the iPad in general. Still feels like monopoly to me.","You can’t use this app without a subscription to office 365, but then it only gives you the functionality of Pages.",2,TRUE,cost,subscription,34,46,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,1f2e231e-a721-4e3d-aa63-9e0f2eb54bb9,94420675-e44c-4ea0-bd6e-a934a1ea64ad,Not fully functional,"You can’t use this app without a subscription to office 365, but then it only gives you the functionality of Pages. You can’t edit paragraph styles or save templates. So you pay for the service and get the abilities of a free app. So might as well just use pages. There is one really frustrating thing from pages that made me try this out though. Outlining. Pages doesn’t recognize what you’ve done before like Microsoft. - at least in the ipad apps. So if you need to go past 1. , A., a. You’re stuck. The ruler and tabs in Pages are also garbage, so if you need to do a quick professional outline, get this for a day. But if Ipad is your sole computer - just use something else. Major corporations like Microsoft and Adobe switching to subscription only payment systems is bad for consumers. They have an industry standard hold on the market and therefore can do whatever they want. Luckily smaller companies are popping up - also Apple’s free products, but the lack of customizability is terrible on the iPad in general. Still feels like monopoly to me.","You can’t use this app without a subscription to office 365, but then it only gives you the functionality of Pages.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,93,106,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,5b610bda-d3e7-461f-b2a3-b919586c8b19,9580b396-ad45-4d34-86e9-87263f4d6e05,It hurts to write this review,"I’m a longtime Evernote user, and for the first time am questioning if I will stay one after this horrendous overhaul.  How did you leave out tagging in your share extension?  How, after you did all this work to try to be more of a GTD system?  So many people rely on this feature, which has existed in IOS for YEARS.  And my new notes don’t sync.  I’m just ignoring the IOS version entirely until you clean your mess up.  But, to be clear, this is an absolute mess of a release.  This obviously wasn’t well tested with power users, or perhaps even standard users.  This reeks of some significant level of inexperience in your management hierarchy, or you have recently overhauled your engineering staff.  I honestly don’t care about the details, only the results.  Do better and I will change my review, but you need to do this quickly or you will be losing a lot of money.  As a longtime customer, I feel betrayed.",And my new notes don’t sync.,1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,24,28,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,92b0c5d0-0a36-44f4-8b49-f0c302c6fd43,95abc9dd-2c12-4a6f-b41e-450d73c08e8c,Used to love it but after most recent update HATE IT,"I am veterinary resident. I have read a lot of journal articles, all of which come in the form a pdf. I am paying the annual subscription fee specifically for the pdf reading and annotation features. Evernote used to pretty good at this. I could upload the pdf into a note.  If I opened the pdf, I could read, zoom, navigate and select and copy text. Now when I open the pdf, I can only zoom. With the old Evernote annotation function, I could zoom and navigate easily, then use the highlight function to highlight important text. Now in the annotation function I can not zoom making it harder to read and nearly impossible to highlight text. Additionally, in the old version a little summary of annotations and highlighted text would be generate, so the next time I opened that pdf I have a lovely little summary of the stuff that was important to me. None of this is available in the most recent update and I hate it. I gave feedback to the Evernote team during beta testing and recently after the new release, but they clearly aren’t listening.","With the old Evernote annotation function, I could zoom and navigate easily, then use the highlight function to highlight important text.",1,TRUE,usability,text,133,137,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,51b597d7-505a-454c-a78a-c11d62fc9fde,95f99f97-e174-4e9b-9c04-1ca0f055433a,"Great, But Two Things!","I LOVE Gmail on my phone! I can access my email faster and easier. The only problem I have is wallpaper. I wish there was a chance to choose wallpaper from your photos. There should also be a way to change your profile picture too on your phone. Besides those two things, this app is perfect!",The only problem I have is wallpaper.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,paper,32,37,negative
productivity,things-3,9611327f-e09b-4d1f-88d1-60f7ee883500,9601ac1e-53bf-4b01-8009-44b29c13828a,Great App with Room for Improvement,"Having just switched from Wunderlist, I appreciate the much more efficient and intuitive iPhone user interface of Things 3. That alone has proved to be a big productivity booster for me as I no longer feel as dependent on a desktop or laptop to plan and organize my activities. It's fun and easy to use.HOWEVER.....while I am enjoying my iPhone app, there are still numerous issues I have with Things, the biggest being 1) what seems like a significant forfeiture of privacy required to use the app's cloud service (I won't agree to such draconian terms) and 2) the loss of access to my to-do list if I were to lose or misplace my iPhone. While overall I prefer Things to Wunderlist, at least with Wunderlist, because it is web based, I could access it anywhere, anytime. This is a huge issue for me that may lead me to seek out and switch to an alternative app.","Having just switched from Wunderlist, I appreciate the much more efficient and intuitive iPhone user interface of Things 3.",3,TRUE,usability,interface,102,111,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,81343218-c2af-4c57-873b-a21e56f34d26,963a48c0-694c-48b9-a55b-3d21d9623c10,Gmail stopped inserting pictures,Not sure what happened with Gmail but starting a couple weeks ago mid October 2020 I was no longer able to insert pictures or videos into Gmail. I had to delete the app and reinstall. If this is a Gmail glitch it would have been helpful for Gmail to send users information for new ways to insert pictures into an email.,If this is a Gmail glitch it would have been helpful for Gmail to send users information for new ways to insert pictures into an email.,4,TRUE,usability,picture,113,120,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,02713e8b-71f5-42a3-b01a-f95b1373a57b,972be792-7628-403a-8096-1076ca56b799,Word app for iPad and fonts,"I would give this app a five star if I could designated my most used font instead of scrolling to find Times New Roman. Really, why put it way down the menu just ahead of zapfdingbats.....",I would give this app a five star if I could designated my most used font instead of scrolling to find Times New Roman.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,design,46,52,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,ea037e14-7d1f-45a6-a9b1-e0af66f5a72d,973b6a43-9de8-4217-960e-1c7312c36acf,A “former” long-time user of Evernote,"I’ve used Evernote for many, many years and am a premium subscriber. I have over 1000 notes of all kinds in over a dozen notebooks. The app used to work flawlessly with great search function and seamless sync between devices. With the most recent update, it has become a pain to use, especially when I think about the monthly subscription that I send to them. The primary issue is with my desktop version running Windows 10. Newly created notes disappear and many times I’m unable to create a note at all requiring me to log out and log back in to create a new note. Horribly damaged functionality with the most recent update. I’ll give it a few more months to see if they can fix these issues. If not, I’ll be cancelling my subscription and looking for a new note keeping app. So sad and disappointed...",I have over 1000 notes of all kinds in over a dozen notebooks.,1,TRUE,usability,notebook,53,61,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,4d6cadca-cefb-4cc3-8d35-72182959fdd1,9752ff60-f026-4f52-bfd9-a0ee818c3d89,Updated: iPadOS pointer support still doesn’t work,"I was pleased to see the update from a few days ago that mentioned iPad pointer support, but sadly it’s still unusable and my last review (below) still stands. Maybe third time’s a charm? MSFT - if you need any help testing basic text editing functionality just let me know!————I’ve been waiting for iPad pointer support for the months since it was announced as imminent. Now that it’s here, it creates a constant tug of war between what Word wants to do and the way the iPad cursor works in other apps (e.g. Notes, any other Apple app). The cursor does now change shape - that’s new - but it doesn’t cooperate with actual editing.Try entering a non-dictionary word and then placing the cursor between any two letters of that word - Word decides to select the entire word instead, every time. Try opening one of the built-in templates - such as “Make a List” - and then positioning the cursor anywhere within the text for item 1 or 2 on the list - Word selects all the text for both items 1 and 2 instead of positioning the cursor. You end up having to resort to touch, or using cursor keys.It doesn’t look as if anyone tested basic editing functionality, and it’s barely better than before pointer “support” was added. I’d be using it all the time otherwise. Hopefully it’s fixed soon.",MSFT - if you need any help testing basic text editing functionality just let me know!,2,TRUE,effectiveness,text,43,47,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ad3e1b99-ffbe-45e1-8a09-e4333e881555,9785e4e5-be63-44c5-b26e-e632edadaee4,If you could fix one thing.....,I am so glad that i still get to use word on my iPad.  But It would make things A LOT easier if it wouldn’t exit out of my paper and load a different one every time i needed to exit to use google.  It is really annoying when i am doing a research paper to have to constantly have to reopen my paper every time i go to google.  And fine it has to reopen every time but go back to the same paper not some random one.  Just frustrated cause i know Microsoft and apple are more than capable of making this happen. Otherwise this is a five star app!!!,It is really annoying when i am doing a research paper to have to constantly have to reopen my paper every time i go to google.,4,TRUE,usability,paper,50,55,negative
productivity,notability,e3a8cafa-f104-40ba-8694-150d02954cb0,98a30d37-60d6-450a-99d9-192de0189abe,Gosh darn I love this app,"so i don’t normally write reviews for apps, but i actually wanted to take time out of my day to come here and say this: i love this app. sure, it’s not perfect. nothing is. but this comes close. not only does it allow me to write directly on to powerpoints for notes, it also saves me SO much paper and SO much room. one of my favorite features is the ability to select and move written notes so if i run out of room or wanna put a note somewhere else, i can! so convenient dude! and it even retains resolution no matter how you resize it!i also love the ability to erase things in whole, with its collective stroke. makes erasing so so much easier. also, i’ve basically also turned this into an art app. seriously. these are PRIIIIIIME doodles i’m talking. entire MASTERPIECES in the margins of my notes. i even use it specifically just to doodle. it’s so enjoyable and satisfying and not intimidating to doodle in it!!!so if i were to give any suggestions, i guess i would say i’d like the ability to make folders to put notes for different classes (maybe it has that and i haven’t found it? idk) and the option to have highlighter not layer on itself after raising my pencil. i still want the ability to build the opacities, but it would be nice to turn that off sometimes. anyways, love this app. makes college a heck of a lot simpler. pay for it. seriously. one of the bests apps out there for students. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👀👀👀👀👀👀","not only does it allow me to write directly on to powerpoints for notes, it also saves me SO much paper and SO much room.",5,TRUE,usability,paper,99,104,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,84a26b78-560c-4494-88b4-98014af1f13c,98bea595-482f-4e79-9878-424e9b1b028d,Not as good as prior “inbox” app,"I use my gmail app often, and it works fine. But it lacks several of the helpful navigation features of google’s prior inbox app (easier reminders, snooze, clean layout, easy to recategorize email subscription by folder -> updates, promo’s etc). Also it is hard to search (searching for an e-commerce retail order always yields many promotions from the same retailer). That said, I do still prefer this app over iOS app client.",Also it is hard to search (searching for an e-commerce retail order always yields many promotions from the same retailer).,4,TRUE,effectiveness,motion,91,97,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,0e0abf65-8bef-4bd8-a24e-19f45951109f,98e66098-f3dc-4f78-8945-ad867c2e5d20,i love it!,"Not gonna lie, I NEVER buy apps. I always go for the free version. I actually first discovered Forest through the free Chrome extension and fell in love with it! I had planted so many trees that it was to the point where I was like, okay, time to get the app. I haven't regretted it! I even just got the 21 day coin booster, which is also well worth the extra $2. Instead of getting 43 coins for my regular 2-hour sessions, I get triple that amount for a great price! I wouldn't even mind paying a few extra dollars to make the booster permanent, if that was an option. I also love that it syncs to my laptop. In the chrome version I can block off certain websites while my tree is growing so I can stay on task, which I definitely need. I'm a full-time homeschool student and it is SO easy to get distracted, but with this app I just can't risk letting my little tree die! Overall it's a great app and I HIGHLY recommend!",I always go for the free version.,5,TRUE,cost,free version,21,33,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,323286c7-7f9c-4e03-8720-eab35b874c78,994fc224-38aa-40dd-ad34-0a7beb2c6e7e,"Amazing app, but could you add forest page to home page","The UI is great but it seems like a timer. I want to encourage myself by looking at the trees I have planted so far in the forest but I have to go through side bar every time to reach the forest page. That’s a bit odd. I think combination of forest page and current home page will become the best new home page.Any way, that’s a great app.",I think combination of forest page and current home page will become the best new home page.,5,TRUE,general,page,31,35,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b092a6bb-26a4-40b3-8c27-c9cf1258d07a,9952c4b1-598b-41d9-aff1-ab028963860a,Not as good as Mail where it counts,"Gmail is nice with couple of huge inconveniences which make it hard to recommend over the default Mail app.First, it provides no way to open links directly in Safari. There is a default app option labeled Safari, but it’s a lie. Gmail’s “Safari” is really an in-app browser. Whenever I tap a link in an email which leads to a site that requires authentication I see a 404, even when I’m signed in the system Safari browser. A second tap is required to open the url in system Safari. The “Chrome” option opens it’s respective browser in one tap as you’d expect. Why the disparity? Likely so Google can track users more easily. I’m disappointed Apple hasn’t cracked down on this.Second, it messes with the font size. The font is either much larger or much smaller, making messages harder to read.","The font is either much larger or much smaller, making messages harder to read.",3,TRUE,usability,font,5,9,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,251522d0-9534-4ae4-b54b-c7130acf29bd,99c3fcb2-4dbd-47e1-b407-eed47f2709dc,Love the app- one small change suggestion,On Iphone when I’m doing a numbered list-1. 2. 3. Etc - it autoformats when I do 1 then select the period button. But if I type 1 then double space to input the period it does not auto format. Just a suggestion! Thanks! Love this app!!! My whole brain is in here :),"On Iphone when I’m doing a numbered list-
1.",5,TRUE,general,list,37,41,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,07c4cd7e-a513-4587-8351-a5d272547e74,99c66620-c868-4a33-a6bf-39f03290d66d,What happened to mobile view on iPad?,Recently Word for iPad updated to include mobile view. Then a few weeks later the feature was removed. What happened? It is a great feature—especially when using split view. Please restore it!,It is a great feature—especially when using split view.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,split view,45,55,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,96ca1ab7-62e7-4f8c-aac9-fb37e8c6d473,99d61b9d-a5d9-4302-86e6-21e865737e0d,Want to add an image? You’re SOL!,"You might think you’re adding a perfectly normal image to the document. Sure, it’s a little glitchy and hard to move images around, and god forbid you want to move an image to another page, but it functions. Sort of. You’ll find, though, that once you save your document and view it through anywhere but the Word app, half of the images are suddenly sideways, a few are upside down, and two of them have managed to migrate above the title of your document. The first two of those issues are likely due to the fact that the rotate image feature isn’t functional, but the second one? No idea. Besides all that, the app is incredibly glitchy and likes to do strange things when you accidentally tap the screen. The layout is weird and the UI is broken. I guess it functions fine for just text and basic formatting, but Google Docs is superior in just about every way. Just make all your documents there and convert them to Word format afterwards. It’ll save you a lot of headaches.","Sure, it’s a little glitchy and hard to move images around, and god forbid you want to move an image to another page, but it functions.",2,TRUE,usability,page,113,117,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,66b222a5-30ad-4e62-8ac2-e8fefa356337,99f680d3-2e62-4998-946e-d3e08c561d6d,The. Worst. Production. App. EVER!,"Every time I use this app, I hate it more and more. I do not understand why Microsoft and Apple will not agree on an iPad version that is actually functional for more than just typing words. I just spent the last two weeks designing a form in the full laptop version using tools from the Developer menu. 98% of the fields I entered DO NOT WORK. The ONLY field that works is the text entry field. The drop down menu field? Nope. The image box field? Nope. The text entry field over a solid line? Nope. Text entry field in a table? Nope. Just a text entry field in regular old Normal mode. Completely USELESS! Now, I get to carry my full-sized work laptop in every room of a building for requirements gathering. Thank you, Microsoft and Apple, for NOTHING! I’ll just use Adobe....",The ONLY field that works is the text entry field.,1,TRUE,usability,text,34,38,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,38e3c42b-39d8-4474-ace4-87ddece1baab,9a05b76e-b749-4b09-a818-cb8cf46cccba,Great! But one suggestion...,Microsoft Word comes in handy on the iPhone and most features work well. One flaw it does have and the reason it’s only 4 star is the grammar and spelling features have some flaws with not recognizing certain words and sentence structures. Of course I’d always recommend double checking yourself first before blaming the program but there have been times in my college writing where I’ve had to ‘okay’ some grammatical highlights and add words to the dictionary.One suggestion I do have for the developers though would be to add a color search feature! When I write I will sometimes highlight or change the color of my font. Usually this helps me find particular places but now that I’m writing books it takes longer to find the right area and I find myself wishing I could color search and then navigate between colored sections more easily.,One suggestion I do have for the developers though would be to add a color search feature!,4,TRUE,general,color,70,75,negative
productivity,things-3,bb828e1b-ab2d-42b8-9ba4-f1e60f7ad9ac,9a14918b-c50d-4f35-b9c5-ead2163a5652,Disappointing: the first 1 star review I have ever given,"I depend heavily on to do lists for my job, I previously have used the free versions of Wunderlist and Todoist to stay organized. Ultimately, I was very happy with Todoist but upon going into the App Store to update it, I stumbled upon things 3. I was intrigued by the positive reviews and design awards and saw this as an opportunity to improve my productivity (I really liked the fact that it could sync with your calendar and that you could add notes to an event). However, these two added benefits do not compensate for the lack of overall usability and functionality. A few of my complaints:-it is insanely challenging to schedule reoccurring events. With Wunderlist and Todoist I could just type “send monthly reports on the second Tuesday of every month” and it would automatically schedule it, or I could say “do blah blah tomorrow” and it would schedule it. This was the nicest feature that I would think a 50 dollar app would have-you can’t create due dates for subtasks. A lot of times I have a project that is due one day, but I have predecessors that must be completed on days prior, there is no way to arrange this in things (once again, a feature that free competing tools offer)-you can’t check off reoccurring events!!! This drives me nuts as it seems like such a simple feature. I schedule a reoccurring event and make it due a certain day, and although it shows up on that day, you can’t check it off so I don’t know if I’ve done it yet. And if I don’t complete it, it just goes away the next day soI don’t remember to do it. These are just a few of many usability complaints I have. However, I am happy to change my review pending the experience provided by the app is improved","I depend heavily on to do lists for my job, I previously have used the free versions of Wunderlist and Todoist to stay organized.",1,TRUE,usability,free version,72,84,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4f465b0f-fbe1-4cdf-acba-9b4da21d6882,9a3ea4c8-ce8f-4991-b114-1692b17cbcfe,Get with the times,"One should be able to swipe right to mark an email read. It’s pretty much an industry standard these days. Even the terrible Blackberry email app I have to use for work has this function. Software engineers: I know this is easy to change, please fixEdit: 4 stars since they fixed this. Still missing some functionality like a “show only unread emails” filter.",Still missing some functionality like a “show only unread emails” filter.,4,TRUE,usability,unread email,52,64,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,27155e80-4671-43af-a4e6-f08effaa63df,9a795825-4005-4984-a612-9dc63272413f,A pleasurable experience,"I have picked up forest a few times through the years as a means to re-train myself to be focused.The premise is simple: you are betting against yourself. Accessing your phone costs you a beautiful little tree in your forest. It is also kind of fun like a game, ""how can I shape my forest?"" So, you have many motivations to not access your phone. At the end of the day, you see your forest with few (or preferably no) dead trees and you can say, ""I did a good job today.""The only reason I give it 4 stars instead of 5 is the inherent limitations of such an app: it cannot differentiate between uses of the phone. For example, if I need to access my photos because I took a photo of a whiteboard in a meeting, I can't until the focus period ends. There is a mode that let's you cheat, but that defeats the purpose of the app. There is no solution to this, as that would defeat privacy measures in the phone. But, maybe that is a good result: changing your habits to discourage productive dependence on the computer in your pocket.","For example, if I need to access my photos because I took a photo of a whiteboard in a meeting, I can't until the focus period ends.",4,TRUE,usability,photo,37,42,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,dd20d6b2-f229-41b9-8279-7ef75e89a78e,9a904725-f674-4e45-9366-6d8458312ab0,What else would you use?,"The best mail app for iOS, and I’ve used a few. I’ve probably had at least one gmail account longer than most of the internet has been been alive. I’ve never seriously cleaned my inbox beyond deleting promotional mailings, and I don’t ever expect to run out of space. The app is incredibly stable with good functionality, allowing direct links between Chrome and other Google apps. For the same reason I use Apple products, I use Google web and location services. They’re the Apple of the web. ;-)","I’ve never seriously cleaned my inbox beyond deleting promotional mailings, and I don’t ever expect to run out of space.",5,TRUE,usability,motion,58,64,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1b4bf00a-583c-4a36-bdeb-479364a97df8,9add1062-8809-4434-b8ff-ce251be1e823,Going backward in time,"Update: After months of using us and multiple updates, I see zero improvement. There’s no formatting functionality, the text selection is atrocious, and the app truly drives me nuts. I wish I could give this negative stars. ———————-What gives, Google? You have the best engineers in the world. Why can’t you focus on user experience?I recently moved to GSuite and adopted this app to read my Gmail. I’m NOT impressed. The app makes it really difficult to select text when I need to edit something I’ve typed. For some reason, it jumps around and makes it challenging to select a specific word or put the cursor in the middle of a specific word to correct a misspelling. I don’t have this problem in other apps on the same device. In addition, there is no formatting capability. What the heck? I can’t even add bullets or bold face. When I copy/paste something in from another app, that pasted text retains whatever formatting was in the original version. There’s no way to clear formatting so that it looks like part of the email.I like the fact that it allows me to organize the email the same way that Gmail allows, but the level of effort necessary to compose a simple message is truly aggravating.",Why can’t you focus on user experience?,1,TRUE,usability,user experience,24,39,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c52390ae-c914-4c42-88aa-11b69aa1031e,9b025cce-2389-4701-be45-96795e0e304a,Missing basic features,"I used to use Evernote as it had a system for my notes both personal and work related. I could store information that I needed to reference later, etc. However it is not what I consider to be a well rounded app. As no app that makes you have to use another is considered all that great. Not being able to create reoccurring reminders is just ridiculous. This is a very basic feature for a task app to have. I simply stopped using the app altogether because I had to use other sources to make tasks and be reminded of especially when they are monthly or weekly repeating. I even periodically login just to see if this feature has been added, it hasn’t. The app really needs updated to meet this basic need, and no emailing repeating tasks to the user is not sufficient at all. As not every one is on their email constantly some only check certain times a day based on their schedules. The whole point of having an app that features task or to do items is to have push notifications for you to get reminded of the task or even projects you need to get done. No one should have to go in and manually set them up for every single day when they are repeating.",Not being able to create reoccurring reminders is just ridiculous.,3,TRUE,efficiency,reminder,38,46,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,6d395648-fc9e-4ab5-9fc4-a93e4ce59a65,9b06444c-31ba-4fc2-bb51-7b27ea1e9f7d,Dark mode please!,I almost never write a review but I just had to for this. The app is great for what it is...a quick alternative when you need to write something on the go and you do not have your laptop or desktop available. I like the speech features where you can either say and it will write or it will read what you wrote. With that being said please can an update be done where I can change the physical page I’m writing on to be black or dark gray. Sometimes I get a whim to write something in the middle of the night but I don’t want to turn the lights on. The stark white page is so harsh on the eyes. You can change the color on MS word on the computer why not here?,You can change the color on MS word on the computer why not here?,4,TRUE,usability,color,20,25,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,ece56d92-f8c6-4beb-893d-39597e6a043b,9b632e63-91d6-44a4-ade7-11223d5d78ae,I love Gmail!!,"Google suites is by far the absolute best set of tools I use for running my entire business and personal life! The switch to Google came effortlessly after Microsoft held my work hostage. Amazingly in the age of greed in profit Microsoft held my work hostage over 10 years worth of work document spreadsheets charts graphs etc. I can only look at them because my license had expired and to retrieve the work my only option was to Pay.I love the ease of use for Google sweet everything! It’s nice to have access to my work no matter where I am thank you so much for being a very ethical, professional, affordable, and very very user-friendly set of products! Thank you so much for making my life and my business so much easier to enjoy! Definitely five stars🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟",Amazingly in the age of greed in profit Microsoft held my work hostage over 10 years worth of work document spreadsheets charts graphs etc.,5,TRUE,reliability,graph,129,134,positive
productivity,notability,daab7112-bd88-413d-b385-0e789377f4df,9bad9adf-174a-4051-ae81-96e4420c2d7d,"Great format and organizer, BUT","I’ve been using notability as a note taking app since high school (~6 years now) and I absolutely love the new colors and tools added with the most recent updates. The only and biggest downfall is a glitch I’ve been experiencing when my notes sync to my icloud. My notes will sync while I’m writing notes and the whole page will freeze, sync, and sometimes even delete the most recent writing I’ve done. The most frustrating is when an image I’ve added to take notes on (such as a practice test or worksheet) COMPLETELY disappears. Occasionally it will come back, but it’s quite rare it does. The only thing I can do is re-download the image and align it with my previous writing. I’m not sure what’s the issue, but i wish for it to be fixed. It’s not only inefficient, but frustrating when I’m in the middle of a problem and the question completely disappears.",The only and biggest downfall is a glitch I’ve been experiencing when my notes sync to my icloud.,4,TRUE,compatibility,sync,80,84,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,debbedbc-17d2-453e-845b-028afadae27d,9c09c161-4568-4cb0-bbe5-1a2d7aaf58a7,Great Product & free,"In this day & age a company that gives you for free a amazing good document writer & editor that also easily allows transfers to almost any device is software well worth having & a company that I support. I have MS Office on all my machines & it is a wonderful product. Used with MS One Drive (all so free) all my files are keep up to date on my computers, pads, & phones. The only problem I have, & it is my fault, is after 3 or 4 years it cannot figure out how to turn of auto save. I recommend this product & buying MS office for your computers. If you think this is a Microsoft written add, please note, we have 2 iMacs, 2 MacBook Airs, 3 iPads, 1 iPad mini, & 4 iPhones.","The only problem I have, & it is my fault, is after 3 or 4 years it cannot figure out how to turn of auto save.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,auto save,102,111,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,adc6ee22-4d78-4f57-8fac-7a57ce2cfbfd,9cb61da3-e9c0-48f3-8cbd-42523edd596b,Potential OneNote or Better,"I have been using OneNote to take the majority of my notes with until I realized that the Word app also had note taking capabilities. I like how Word still allows you to add more detailed figures and its in paper size. However, since I am only writing notes the software has a tendency to scroll to the top of the page since there is no text on the page. It’s annoying. I actually like note taking on Word more than OneNote, but it needs some improvements. I feel Word on iPad should be more like OneNote or OneNote be more like Word.",I have been using OneNote to take the majority of my notes with until I realized that the Word app also had note taking capabilities.,3,TRUE,usability,note taking,109,120,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e7df0c3b-8f0b-4f45-b0fb-a1ec252f8c7e,9cbff9f5-7e14-49ea-ba36-12d13407982e,Font size issue.,"Got this app after friends recommended it and I’m loving it. I’m more organized and productive already. Love the notebook layout and the cross platform from Windows to iPhone.But there’s an issue that reallllly bothers me. Font sizes aren’t consistent across the app on Windows 10 and the iPhone app.I ran a test to see what font sizes corresponds to small, medium, and large. Small on iPhone is 10 on Windows app.Medium is 14. Large is 18.Except something written in “small” on an iPhone, when viewed on a PC and compared to something written in 10 on the Windows app, the text originally written on Windows is larger than the text written on iPhone, despite them both being “10”. If I highlight the text from the iPhone and then select 10 again, it will grow ever so slightly to match the PC font size of 10.The opposite happens if I write something in 10 on PC and then view it on an iPhone and compare it to something written in “small.” What is written in “small” is larger than what was written in 10 on the PC.This is really frustrating because it results in inconsistencies throughout your notes.I know you guys care about organization, design, and consistency. So please fix this issue.Other than that, the app is great, would be 5 stars, but this is really frustrating. You can’t have an app meant for organization have something as basic as font size be inconsistent like this.Thanks for reading this feedback.","I ran a test to see what font sizes corresponds to small, medium, and large.",4,TRUE,usability,font size,26,35,positive
productivity,things-3,d9b19b90-7430-40a6-bd77-e1bd51b3a574,9cc49cc4-d22c-4262-8380-bba3687704db,"Good from far, far from good","My life and that of my family runs on a series of Google Calendars, six separate calendars to be exact. I purchased this app for just under $10 in the hope that it would give me one place where I could integrate all my calendars, create ""to-do"" lists and keep it all organized and running in real time. Well I'm disappointed.1) While this app has a nice clean format, it's not intuitive when it comes to adding or removing calendars. WHY do I have to go into Settings to add or remove a calendar? AND why is Settings inconveniently located at the very bottom of my screen so Im scrolling for days?2) It has difficulty pulling in multiple Google Calendars from my phone. I have 6 calendars and this app will allow me to view 2.3) SLOW to refresh and reflect changes made in my Google calendar. If I have an appointment that I've deleted or rescheduled on my Google calendar now I expect to be able to make the change and hit a refresh button of some kind so the changes are updated in ""Things"". Nope. No refresh button ansnI will not see that change reflected in ""Things"" until the following day.  Bottom line: needs more work.","1) While this app has a nice clean format, it's not intuitive when it comes to adding or removing calendars.",1,TRUE,reliability,calendar,99,107,negative
productivity,notability,a72bb439-2120-4819-9975-7bfcfa2d1d56,9e09bb34-5080-4c96-aa34-af7c26caacb5,the worst customer support,"I love this app, it is definitely the best for note taking on a tablet out there. However, I had a performance issue last year and I tried to contact support and no one ever got back to me. I’ve had similar issues and didn’t bother reaching out because I knew it would be futile. In my opinion, a product can be mediocre, but if it has great customer service, that sets it apart. Notability is the opposite. The product is great (in theory), but whenever there are issues, there is no support. This app is constantly glitching, between the handwriting jumping around the page randomly, not allowing me to close out of the right side menu that allows you to search in the document, or the most annoying bug where a note scrolls to the bottom of a page and will not let you go back to the top until you close out of the app. Currently, I am having an issue where I have two notes open at once (one is a pdf of my textbook, and one is the notes I am taking from it), and there are numerous problems, including those I just mentioned, as well as tools not working as I am trying to go back and forth writing on both documents. This is the best notetaking app I’ve tried, but the constant bugs are extremely frustrating when this is the main mode I use to read textbooks, take notes, and get homework done.","In my opinion, a product can be mediocre, but if it has great customer service, that sets it apart.",3,TRUE,general,customer service,63,79,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,b4cc1390-23ae-4e19-984a-608aee92d6c7,9e395ac0-bdfa-48b2-a80f-0ae13ec490d4,One major flaw: Adjusting text,"Everything about this app works, except for adjusting text. If you try to center a section of text, it centers the entire document, and when you try to reverse that, it unfolds everything. I was trying to make it so that there was one line of centered and bolder text, and a paragraph below it that was aligned to the left, and I could not do it. I really hope Microsoft fixes this issue.","Everything about this app works, except for adjusting text.",4,TRUE,usability,text,55,59,negative
productivity,notability,7ff6a478-27fb-4973-89e8-cb159f6d7f8d,9e5b9015-c150-4bd1-9233-b7ccf5acae2f,Disappointed with this App,"I was very excited to use this app with my new iPad. However, it is very frustrating. I would like to use the app to scan documents and edit them which is one of the capabilities I paid for it to do. The scanner takes blurry pictures so I can not read any of the words. My iPad camera works perfect so I know it is the app and the blue scanner dances around the screen instead of recognizing the page I want it to scan. Also, when I try to import the I page as a PDF it tells me the app converted it but it never gets inserted into the document. Not to mention I paid $8 for this app, and they want a whole $2 more dollars just to convert my handwriting into text which is one of the features I thought I was paying for. Get good notes instead!",The scanner takes blurry pictures so I can not read any of the words.,1,TRUE,reliability,picture,26,33,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,268f14b4-ee71-4c49-94cc-12714e1aa279,9e6576fa-a3a7-4386-a14a-f626ce44e5db,Amazing app!,"This app has helped me be focused on tasks throughout the day. Things as small as reading a book to things like reorganizing my room. It has motivated me 10x more to complete the tasks I have waited on doing or just procrastinated by scrolling aimlessly through my phone. I love everything about this app! Even though the purchase price is $2, I think it is totally worth it for anyone considering the purchase.","Even though the purchase price is $2, I think it is totally worth it for anyone considering the purchase.",5,TRUE,cost,price,26,31,positive
productivity,things-3,3aa1173b-cd89-4710-9add-8730bb2b37c3,9eb59c39-d492-4269-844b-640d15134466,"It’s OK, could be much better","Appreciated the ability to import my task list from another task management app. Not having a calendar view for future dates makes it difficult to plan too far out. Simply seeing a list by month is not helpful. Also, the extremely tiny font size in the iPhone version makes it virtually unusable to me. (I purchased the iPhone, iPad and OS X apps.) Please add the ability to change the text size. Almost every other app includes this capability, especially considering the price you’re charging. Still evaluating whether to keep this app or find something more robust for busy professionals.","Also, the extremely tiny font size in the iPhone version makes it virtually unusable to me.",3,TRUE,usability,font size,26,35,negative
productivity,things-3,5b8b77e3-5eb4-471d-ad53-2e22beff73ac,9f55b124-7dff-433f-980e-f2b3cd8bfdd5,Not worth the price,"My boyfriend recommended this to me - he got it when it was free. And that's a good price for it. Because to be honest, this doesn't do anything more special than typical To Do lists. Google tasks is literally the same thing and it's free. Nothing personal - but I honest don't understand what I paid for. Can the developers tell me what makes this more special than any other to do list? Cause maybe I'm missing something...What would be great, is if we could add photos to our to do lists. That's something most to do apps don't do. But, this wasn't worth buying. It's a good app - but not worth $9.99 or even $1.99 to be honest. Just get Google Tasks - it's exactly the same thing.",And that's a good price for it.,1,TRUE,cost,price,19,24,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3c1e0fe4-ff37-4ae7-8240-6311df815a5c,9f923a65-ca0e-41f7-bd22-c1795defaecc,Excellent Tool for those who like to organize info,"I like to organize important data in my life. Some might say I’m obsessed. Whatever. In any case, I like to categorize the info and be flexible with the formatting ( e.g. check lists, numbered lists URLs that resolve, etc.). I also need my notes to sync between all my devices reliably (iPhone, iPad, Mac & PC via the web. Evernote does all of this and more! I’m continually learning about new features, tips and tricks. Highly recommended.","check lists, numbered lists URLs that resolve, etc.).",5,TRUE,usability,list,7,11,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e4510564-7fc9-446a-8d2b-921930afa413,a0795f48-d7a9-48b1-9c26-45b21b6502e4,Easy Info!,"I love how quickly you can access information, plus there are so many different options on how you can store it. The only thing I don’t like is that you can’t have repeating reminders, it’s set for one time and then it stops. That’s fine though, will continue using for sure.","The only thing I don’t like is that you can’t have repeating reminders, it’s set for one time and then it stops.",5,TRUE,usability,reminder,62,70,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,ed57ab6e-b5dc-4acc-bd98-d262aeb8a574,a1166dd3-ceae-40ec-8103-39df61b06f4c,BRING BACK INBOX!!!!!!!!!!,"For the love of god BRING BACK INBOX!!! The gmail app is horrendous. Inbox was literally perfect, gmail is a terrible and at most times barely functional email app that makes even apples stock mail app that’s been plagued with problems from the start of iOS 13. BRING BACK THE LAST VERSION OF INBOX!!!When composing an email or viewing an email, the send, attachment and delete buttons really need to be moved to the bottom of the screen for ease of use. Phone screens are too big these days to be including the most important and frequently interacted items at the top of the screen.Super glitchy / jittery when scrolling. Unacceptable!In conversation view the previous messages show up above and below your original message it’s so confusing and clustered looking. Who designed this?!?!?!Give the option to remove contact photos. It’s a waste of space in an application such as emailIn emails that have package tracking info on the email preview screen give a preview of where the package/shipping status and scheduled delivery date.",Give the option to remove contact photos.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,photo,35,40,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b819bd96-b9b9-4361-b2f1-d960d5007e7c,a14ea2be-1d19-403e-937b-4959ed010503,Doesn’t notify,"I’ve been using this app for several years on two different phones as well as two different carriers. At first, when I would get emails I would get notifications even when my phone was locked. However, about two years ago I started noticing that sometimes I would get notifications on my locked screen and sometimes I didn’t. Only way I would know I had mail was the little red circle on the app when I had my phone unlocked. Sometimes after checking my mail the notifications circle wouldn’t update and I would keep refreshing my screen to see if I had more mail. It has gotten to the point where I would check my laptop before my phone would notify me of an email. I have checked the settings, uninstalled and reinstalled the app and nothing has changed. Overall the app is good for checking and responding to email. If it would notify me about when I get emails it would be great.",Sometimes after checking my mail the notifications circle wouldn’t update and I would keep refreshing my screen to see if I had more mail.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,update,68,74,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,7338d495-5b7f-4db0-8e16-b2a23693240e,a15f944d-37ec-4c95-91e0-f1d816469395,Best Productivity App Ever!,"I very rarely spend money on virtual things, but this app is definitely worth the $2. I have never been this productive in my life. The sheer quality of this app is amazing. Forest has a beautiful Graphical User Interface. I end up spending the most time on my phone using this app, if you don’t count Safari and Messages. Forest has a feature that displays a graph that implicates your productivity throughout the day. The feature that breaks down how much time you spend on individual activities is also quite useful and interesting. It’s genuinely a great app.My only complaint is that you cannot rearrange the order of your tags, or the order that they show up in the pie graph. Also the Time Line tab is a bit useless. Other then that, this app is perfect.","My only complaint is that you cannot rearrange the order of your tags, or the order that they show up in the pie graph.",5,TRUE,usability,tag,66,69,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,7338d495-5b7f-4db0-8e16-b2a23693240e,a15f944d-37ec-4c95-91e0-f1d816469395,Best Productivity App Ever!,"I very rarely spend money on virtual things, but this app is definitely worth the $2. I have never been this productive in my life. The sheer quality of this app is amazing. Forest has a beautiful Graphical User Interface. I end up spending the most time on my phone using this app, if you don’t count Safari and Messages. Forest has a feature that displays a graph that implicates your productivity throughout the day. The feature that breaks down how much time you spend on individual activities is also quite useful and interesting. It’s genuinely a great app.My only complaint is that you cannot rearrange the order of your tags, or the order that they show up in the pie graph. Also the Time Line tab is a bit useless. Other then that, this app is perfect.","My only complaint is that you cannot rearrange the order of your tags, or the order that they show up in the pie graph.",5,TRUE,usability,graph,114,119,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,bfc007ee-a146-49ce-9fee-cd0b107d07ac,a20ccd83-3de5-4e01-80b3-9b8553443f55,Mostly useful,"I think the best thing about this app is its ability to scan text on images and allow you to search that text. Years ago this seemed too advanced for my average self to obtain, but here it is. You can scan images on scannable and send them to Evernote, and bam, searchable document. You can organize all your junk and clear out the paper mess in your junk drawer.That said, I’m not using it anymore. You can’t scan the front and back of a business card at the same time, and if you want to add the back afterwards, you can’t use an image on your phone. You can’t copy an image from a business card and paste it to another. Basic editing of a note seems like a basic function to me. Why wouldn’t you be able to edit a note? The image scan is great, but I still need basic functions. Sometimes you need to use a workaround, but if the workaround fails then you get frustrated. I did.",You can organize all your junk and clear out the paper mess in your junk drawer.,3,TRUE,usability,paper,50,55,positive
productivity,things-3,7893ea5d-87f2-4f11-88c8-872626caaa41,a213a464-b564-4901-8c7b-88798a29a316,Worth the Money!,"I never write app reviews but this one is well worth the time. Easy to use. Easy to figure out. Not complicated like other productivity apps I have tried. Allows integration with iPhone calendar and widgets. I highly recommend it. It allows the user to keep it simple or go in-depth with check lists, tasks and/or projects. I like that you can personalize it to your own experience and your own needs. It’s not a one size fits all app that leaves you wanting more. I was leery of the price tag at first but for the cost of two Starbucks drinks I feel like my busy life is better managed. Thank you for making a great app.",I was leery of the price tag at first but for the cost of two Starbucks drinks I feel like my busy life is better managed.,5,TRUE,cost,price,20,25,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,fb932e85-019e-4cc3-bfc9-c036b62c5ac1,a33b0708-2a66-44a7-83a3-8b1db2ccef6c,Good App but certain important elements missing,I like using the apps but it is missing some basic functionality.1) Split Screen Multitasking functionality should be added to the app. I often send emails in a foreign languages and I like to have a multilingual dictionary app in the split view to check words as I write. I see no obvious reason why this app doesn’t have split screen multitasking functionality. 2) I should be able to attach documents that are saved in the Files to email replies. As far as I can tell the email attachment functionality only works with documents that are saved to the drive and even then I don't think you can attach the document so much as share it from the drive. The only way to attach documents from files it share from the files app which always starts it as a new email. This is not great for continued collaboration and functionality. Please fix.,This is not great for continued collaboration and functionality.,3,TRUE,usability,functionality,51,64,negative
productivity,things-3,9483f22b-e7a7-43ff-95ce-bb66756a533f,a3823908-f74d-466d-984a-dc3c9eb3d311,Please add tag filter buttons,Really would like the option to show some buttons which filter certain tags alongside Projects. Eg: I have things tagged #buy in multiple projects and when I'm at the shops then I want to easily see all of them. Same with #important. I want to see them all but not have to always remember to search the tag. The visual cue of seeing it there would remind me.,I want to see them all but not have to always remember to search the tag.,4,TRUE,general,tag,70,73,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6d2eff42-89c4-4a67-a292-44476f617eea,a3877b30-3a06-4c4b-8e41-73603153fe64,Google Email is Objectively Superior,"better than any other service i’ve ever had. Yahoo makes me change my password every time i check my email, so frustrating! Had my gmail for at least 4 years and it makes me feel amazing, just got google calendar as well and love it too!! google is amazing","Had my gmail for at least 4 years and it makes me feel amazing, just got google calendar as well and love it too!!",5,TRUE,general,calendar,81,89,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2e8ceffc-c90a-4f17-8028-f291fb1e80d5,a3c2a033-5b6c-4fcf-96d3-6bc758d8187e,Good overall but needs improvement,"Good overall but needs some improvement.1) Please add option to disable group by thread on iPad. This may be very confusing at time. I would receive several messages from the same contact and similar subject but totally different topics in the body of the email. It makes hard to organize and reply to the right message.Also, when marking a particular message unread, it does not do it properly.Same for marking / removing stars on particular messages.2) Please add dates or some sorting option for the attachments pop up. It shows the latest attachments list (which is really cool) but I couldn’t figure out the sorting option. Sometimes the attachment I used last would show up in the middle of the list.",Sometimes the attachment I used last would show up in the middle of the list.,4,TRUE,usability,list,73,77,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,19f1cd27-e0fe-4788-98e4-bfa36731d9e6,a3ce5047-9ae2-4c39-b152-c5de827114a1,Badge count wasn’t updating until reinstall,"I have 2 email accounts linked to the app. The number of unread emails badge count was incorrect for one of the accounts as of iOS 14 install. I had to reinstall the app. Also once I did so, I got an updated icon. Other than that the app works as expected.",The number of unread emails badge count was incorrect for one of the accounts as of iOS 14 install.,4,TRUE,general,unread email,15,27,negative
productivity,notability,824f4653-6b70-45ec-95b6-e5de917030e8,a439ff71-5925-4963-b82f-a380750bdff9,I’ve never had this issue before,"I’ve been using Notability for about 7 years now. As a student, it is important to make sure you don’t miss any information and sometimes that can be difficult if the professor goes too fast. One tool that I started using about 3 years ago was the microphone to record lectures. I loved it because I could follow along with what the professor was saying and what I wrote as well. Right now I’m really upset with Notability because of a bug. Recently I’ve been having problems when I completely close out of the app. Not only are my recordings getting deleted, but so are my notes!!! That’s a major problem that needs to be fixed immediately. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find an app quite like notability, so I will have to stick with good old fashioned pen and paper until this problem is resolved. I’ve also been having problems with the other tools. I usually have no problem with changing colors, font sizes, or anything related to that nature but I can’t even do that anymore! This isn’t a huge issue as I can still select the right tool, but it’s hard to organize my notes. I also can’t create subjects or dividers anymore which is driving me insane! It’s the beginning of the semester which means I need to be able to organize myself from the start to work efficiently throughout the rest of the semester. I’ve never had any issues with this app before, but these are some major problems that need to be fixed before I continue using it.",I also can’t create subjects or dividers anymore which is driving me insane!,2,TRUE,general,divider,33,40,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,e1ff9671-471e-450f-a039-85027a842c1d,a4edb2f8-9cf3-4aee-a6ea-0c0b4fda35c3,Fantastic!,"I've been using this app for a few months now, and it's definitely helped me get work done. Even though I don't go on my phone that often, it's a good reminder to stay focused on the task at hand. If I do feel like going on my phone and need to work, I'll just open this app and set an allotted time to stay off my phone. I highly recommend this app to anyone who is serious about getting work done, so that the motive to keep your tree alive accompanies the desire to get stuff done. Even if you lack self discipline, I think it's worth a shot. I really like the assortment of trees, so you can set goals to get new trees or get enough coins to plant a tree in real life. Great app!","Even though I don't go on my phone that often, it's a good reminder to stay focused on the task at hand.",5,TRUE,usability,reminder,60,68,positive
productivity,notability,e257578c-d11e-49f1-ba7a-c5ca479da7ad,a51ac84d-f6d5-43d2-944d-edeb575f6685,Please develop feature - insert blank space,"I suggest developing 2 features that I found would be very handy for note taking. One is a feature that would allow users to insert blank space in between notes. Sometime after writing down pages of notes, I find myself needing some extra blank space/blank lines somewhere in the written notes in order to add notes. Currently Notability allows adding a new page but that is not helpful for situation where the user wants to add space/lines in the middle of a page of written notes. Both Goodnotes and Onenote have similar features.Two is the ability to choose landscape page. It is extremely annoying that Notability doesn’t offer landscape page when wider page is needed.",Two is the ability to choose landscape page.,3,TRUE,general,page,40,44,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8a817ad2-bde6-4e9c-9229-4eb84d7a7ea8,a551711d-f608-498d-aa89-a2236428fd65,Best note app,I have been an Evernote user for years. It is by far the best app for taking and keeping notes. Happy that Siri will now put notes here. One request-- when a tag is added while using iPhone X it will not apply to the note or become a permanent tag. I have to go to my Mac to add tags. It would be nice to do it from my iPhone or any device. Thank you for your good work.,I have to go to my Mac to add tags.,5,TRUE,usability,tag,31,34,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,708ed0ca-8bfa-48c7-b6fe-d3df3f00882a,a58ce8a9-4a4d-4570-953a-9fa86d115391,"Lovely, does what it should. BUT...","How many times do I have to opt out of downloading chrome when opening a link from an email?? It is so terribly annoying that it asks— and continues asking—even after the choice had been made. This wasn’t an issue after the second to last update, but this last update completely screwed that up. Please fix it.","This wasn’t an issue after the second to last update, but this last update completely screwed that up.",5,TRUE,compatibility,last update,42,53,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,40713a57-ba5f-4604-9c59-d902b450ffe2,a598411b-bb9b-42a7-9c40-7440233a9dc6,"The best email app, period","I’ve tried all the email apps out there for iOS, and this app just flat out works the best. I’m also estatic that the devs finally added support for iOS enlarged fonts. As a legally-blind person, this makes using the app 10x easier. And, finally, the app now takes full advantage of the iPhone X’s beautiful screen!That you, Gmail team, for designing such an amazing app! I rely on it every day.",I’m also estatic that the devs finally added support for iOS enlarged fonts.,5,TRUE,compatibility,font,71,75,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,1a3c1e28-3e42-4f23-b5bb-871414e11646,a5b448f4-02aa-4d15-949f-474d528cdc60,Don’t update!,"If you use Evernote on an iPhone, don’t make the mistake of upgrading to the “new design.” It has bad bugs: try to edit a note and it randomly creates duplicates which only show up when you open Evernote on a computer. The default notebook does not stay on the one you just used, so every time you open the phone (after only five minutes, for example), you get caught creating a new note in the default notebook rather than the one you have been working in all day. The app freezes and crashes a lot...and much more. Evernote, I wish you had tested this before rolling it out...it’s a nightmare! I’ve loved the app for years, but didn’t need this aggravation right now, and it’s making work very hard. The old design worked. Please fix or let us go back to the previous version!",The old design worked.,3,TRUE,usability,design,9,15,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f482a61e-8446-4e4c-b75e-9ff30fd78436,a5c694d0-24a8-4afd-b536-564b129df992,Deadly flaw,"Really loved Evernote until today. I have been using it every day since 2011 and have even considered upgrading to premium recently. However, today really changed my view of Evernote.Apparently have been getting sign ins from hackers in India and Ukraine for months and was never notified or warned. I’ve turned on 2 factor authentication now so in theory that will stop it, but I feel very taken advantage of. Probably they got whatever data they wanted to get already since they’ve been signing in repeatedly from all over the globe. Apparently this is also a common issue from what I’ve read online in the last 30 minutes. So if you’re reading this, check your sign in history because up until today I was never notified.Even though I’ve loved it for a long time I’m thinking about switching to OneNote where I’m fairly confident the notifications and security settings are more professional.I’ve always noticed some annoying bugs and UI problems that I was willing to overlook but now I’m realizing that some of the laziness in design philosophy may actually be dangerous, and at least for me it’s an unforgivable problem.","I’ve turned on 2 factor authentication now so in theory that will stop it, but I feel very taken advantage of.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,86efa250-6866-4d01-9983-bc4490ea9374,a5cb2f7b-983e-4e9b-91cb-d46225f33aa0,Use it for grocery lists,I put it on my phone so I could print my grocery list from it. Plus I like that I can increase the font size while still on my phone. And I ended up paying a little extra for columns which is priceless!!,Plus I like that I can increase the font size while still on my phone.,5,TRUE,usability,font,37,41,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,86efa250-6866-4d01-9983-bc4490ea9374,a5cb2f7b-983e-4e9b-91cb-d46225f33aa0,Use it for grocery lists,I put it on my phone so I could print my grocery list from it. Plus I like that I can increase the font size while still on my phone. And I ended up paying a little extra for columns which is priceless!!,Plus I like that I can increase the font size while still on my phone.,5,TRUE,compatibility,font size,37,46,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,53405c0b-be0d-4820-8e18-8daaaf554287,a643b2c5-bff3-4ba8-8697-8a96e2d67939,Best App Ever!!! Highly Recommended!,"I’m currently a high school student, and I always have a hard time staying away from my phone as much as possible while I’m doing my work. I’ve tried putting it as far away as possible from me, but I always end up trying to get it back after 5 minutes of being productive. This app fixed everything for me! For some reason, the determination of trying to plant as many trees and plants as possible gets me to work and focus better. And, most importantly, I can complete more homework in shorter amounts of time. This app has really made me the best student I can be. It was so worth the money. 🤪❤️",It was so worth the money.,5,TRUE,cost,money,21,26,positive
productivity,notability,58078c59-0ff7-4ad5-a68c-8b328361f809,a6a10582-396a-488d-a9ae-0174f5f830de,Reliable need more pen options please!,I sound crazy for this but my fiancé and I are both pursuing medical careers currently in school and we both purchase the iPad and pencil for this APP. It is a godsend for recording and taking notes when professors talk to fast especially veterans suffering from TBI. Lately updates were made and I am happy that they added the custom color changes for the pen and recently added automatic shapes! Great for Orgo btw. Only thing now missing is a couple different selection of pens.  please please please please give us an option on pen styles. Our handwriting isn’t great especially in a hurry (We don’t have time to convert everything we write in text)and with trying other note taking apps (just cause) I can see the pen type makes a huge difference. We come back to Notability for the reliability and recording as we write but please update just 2 or 3 different types of pen styles instead of the round and not round that is offered. Then you have created the perfect college/school/professional note taking app there is for sure!,Lately updates were made and I am happy that they added the custom color changes for the pen and recently added automatic shapes!,3,TRUE,usability,update,8,14,positive
productivity,notability,2cee13c9-91fc-4c7f-9aee-64a703286cec,a6ce4e30-e5fc-4f52-a996-da50cbf3b300,Needs improvement,"Have been using the app for the past several of month and it has its pros and cons compare to some other Pro: 1. it is great for handwritten notes and draw out ideas. Though compare to Nebo, its lacking on the drawing recognition ability where a hand-drawn shape can be recognized in computerized form (ex. an arrow cannot be recognized as an arrow but 2 separate lines instead).2. The amount of pens and color diversity it allows is pretty good3. Love the recording function where you can link the note with audio. Help especially if you need to fill in some missing notes later.Cons: 1. It is not suitable if you have a lot of document to read and want to add comments to it because the app does not allow “commenting” or “expandable notes” per say. Though you can adjust the size and font of your comments, but it will overlap with the PDF material. 2. If you like the good mix between hand written notes and typed notes in one document, there is a chance that those notes will overlap with each other and shift the page grid. This make things difficult especially if you want to edit the notes later on and find everything is overlapping with each other.Overall a good note taking app with some limitation","Though you can adjust the size and font of your comments, but it will overlap with the PDF material.",3,TRUE,compatibility,font,36,40,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,3fb35629-5cc7-4dcb-87a6-043c67cb91b6,a6f37fa6-1989-4c12-8dd1-1d1659ece753,This app is perfect.,"They've really thought of everything with this app. From the tags to the times and incentives. As a student who has finals approaching, I can't think of a better time to use this app. I've already given it as a gift to my mom and plan on ""gifting"" the app to my friends in college! The perfect $2 present to give to friends. Enjoy this so much. Only thing: I would make it more know that 2500 coins will let you plant a tree! I didn't know that was a feature of the app until I was showing it to someone and came across it. So much for buying new bushes, I'm saving up for a real tree :)",From the tags to the times and incentives.,5,TRUE,general,tag,10,13,positive
productivity,notability,e90fe3a2-847f-4203-b792-7ddab8c5dee2,a740fb98-56de-4b49-8ae1-fac63f3a50bf,Almost Great,"I have used Notability for over 3 years and have come to depend upon it for client meeting notes and recordings of classes I am taking. It almost scares me how dependent I am on Notability.  Here’s why.Every now and the, a glitch happens.  A common one is when I switch from one meeting to another, I close one note and open a new one.  Sometimes the recording function sends a message that the recording is being recovered.  Then, the recording attaches to the new note, so I am beginning a session with an unrelated recording.  Puzzling.A more concerning thing happened yesterday.  A notice on my iMac (2020 vintage) said I needed to update Notability, but when I selected the update option, I received a message that Notability was no longer on the App Store.  Still, the update option message persists.  Is this true?  The OSX version is no longer being updated?  If not, please fix the glitch on the App Store.Recent changes to the recording interface are obscure and perplexing... where are the user instructions?  I bet they exist somewhere, but why-o-why are they not on the web site?  No “get in touch with developers” option exists on the developer site, either.So... this is great software in so many ways, but the user connection and information about software changes is lackluster and indicative of a too-small organization to give users like me confidence you are going to be around for the long haul.","Then, the recording attaches to the new note, so I am beginning a session with an unrelated recording.",4,TRUE,usability,recording,11,20,negative
productivity,things-3,7e7a17ed-d8bb-404c-862f-b14884227e3a,a7849c08-c9cf-4ca5-9605-aa8bba030796,I wish it integrated with Microsoft Office,"I use Microsoft products at work, and want to be able to manage all my activities in one place, because I do a lot of work outside the office. Despite this shortcoming I rate the app 5 stars because it has the best interface I have ever seen and it is a true joy to use.",Despite this shortcoming I rate the app 5 stars because it has the best interface I have ever seen and it is a true joy to use.,5,TRUE,usability,interface,73,82,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e1bd7255-2472-4006-a1be-e28231c17ca0,a79d4508-fac8-4e47-a179-4de72c8df289,Voice to Text,Voice to text not working in this particular application after most recent update. Are used to enjoy word that was awesome I was 100% satisfied until this last update.,Are used to enjoy word that was awesome I was 100% satisfied until this last update.,5,TRUE,usability,last update,73,84,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,fd0fa997-260f-4861-b871-5bfc3bb536c0,a7e0a65d-e6cc-473b-a895-3a70c825cf60,Great for collaborating across devices,"I have devices I use at home, at work, and volunteer places where I do not necessarily own all devices. I usually use a USB drive but, remembering where I keep that small USB drive is much burdensome. Many times, I could not locate my USB drive. Using OneDrive and having 5 users access is a convenience, the price, over $100 a year is a little high, thou. I litterally have access to more than 5 devices. Now, when my Phone becomes more than a phone, I really like to see Word to be more easy to edit text using iPhone. I tried editing text on a document using my iPhone, I was able to edit it. However, when I open it on a PC, the line that I typed in using my iPhone has a different format than other text in the same document. Selecting text, and editing tables or that with shapes are not very much easy on iPhone which might have a lot to do with iPhone structure. But, I really want to see improvement on this area which Microsoft could possibly eliminate barriers and add more user friendly features for Word on iPhone.","However, when I open it on a PC, the line that I typed in using my iPhone has a different format than other text in the same document.",3,TRUE,compatibility,document,126,134,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e1d4b873-5001-4b23-900c-612d4dad77dc,a88ee53b-955f-4f0a-859b-6f5898d6a35c,Desktop App Needs Better Security,"I absolutely love Evernote. I’ve been a premium member since 2012. One of my biggest complaints that they still have not addressed is the security issues. Specifically relating to the desktop app. The mobile version allows you to set a time that it automatically logs you out. Unfortunately, the desktop doesn’t. That leaves your content vulnerable to people who wish to access your content without your permission should you step away from your computer and forget to log out. Yes I know I could use a screensaver to achieve a similar layer of security but that blocks me from everything on my computer. I don’t know why this is possible on the mobile app but not in the desktop. Also, Evernote does not allow you to set additional layers of security for notes or notebooks. You can encrypt text in a note but it doesn’t save that password in an admin settings area. So if you forget or lose the password you lose access to your content. These are sloppy and unrefined security issue if you ask me. I believe Evernote should address these issues and by doing so it can add tremendous value to their overall product.",You can encrypt text in a note but it doesn’t save that password in an admin settings area.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,text,17,21,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,4b591237-473e-40ec-9b26-3add90157fbf,a8a1c065-d6a9-4953-a7f1-9ebde46c942e,The most important feature won’t work on the Mac!,"I’ve been using Microsoft software since 1987. When I switched to Mac, it was only because I could get a subscription to Office 365 and continue to use Word. Imagine my surprise to discover - after hours on the phone with Apple Support and Microsoft Support - the auto-save function will ONLY work if you use One Drive. I didn’t move over to Mac to use Microsoft storage. I want everything in iCloud because it makes sense to have one unified storage location. Yes, I can still hit file/save every ten minutes - but I shouldn’t have to deal with that distraction because I paid to get an app that would work on my computer. The inconvenience of this demand is making me consider moving over to all of the apple products. Pages isn’t that different from Word - in a lot of ways, it’s even better. So, here’s my official request, Microsoft. If you’re going to make people pay for your product, you don’t get to insist how they use it. Open that feature so we can save to the iCloud! If you have to demand that we use a product like One Drive, you’re admitting that it’s just not good enough to attract Mac users on its own merits. Fix this please!","When I switched to Mac, it was only because I could get a subscription to Office 365 and continue to use Word.",1,TRUE,usability,subscription,59,71,positive
productivity,things-3,8dfbf973-12d6-4715-b4df-193ac974f348,a8a1da36-cc87-4c73-8cef-17090f9600a1,I don't get the hype,"I bought this app because of the stellar reviews and because I am a fanatical list maker. Ultimately I'm disappointed I will not be buying the Mac version. First, it uses a proprietary sync method rather than iCloud. I'm not confident about the safety of my data. Second, you cannot add calendar events in the app like you can in fantastical. Third, the widget is useless compared to that of fantastical. Forth, although I like the option of lists inside of lists inside of lists, it's easy to get lost in the all white interface. Fifth, I feel the screen real estate is wasteful. Look at all that white space. The app has great potential and fixes several things I dislike about fantastical but also introduces more things I dislike than it fixes.","Second, you cannot add calendar events in the app like you can in fantastical.",3,TRUE,general,calendar event,24,38,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,d157c948-83a5-4123-9dc2-428bd7fe0ea9,a8a2b8e7-32f5-4a9f-ba38-89cc6b862d38,Time lag to open,I experienced time lag when opening. Also need to have a dedicated ‘save’ button although auto save is there...,Also need to have a dedicated ‘save’ button although auto save is there...,4,TRUE,usability,auto save,54,63,negative
productivity,things-3,9ef384c5-426f-4da4-bce1-d5cafdc0b850,a8a5e397-4c98-4943-80e1-2b3b40723bc9,Apple Watch Functionality Please,"Good app, would be even better to have the following added to Apple Watch for improved functionality:1. Ability to view the inbox and projects to manage tasks. Currently you can only see “today” tasks on the watch and that’s it! I can’t look at my phone all day at work to manage my tasks, but my watch is a little less noticeable and more convenient.2. Add the ability to set reminder times to tasks from Apple Watch. You can set start date and deadline date from the watch... but no timed reminders??3. On Mac/iPhone/Watch:  Add a category specifically for tags to streamline tag management. Currently you have to swipe down and search specifically far a tag you know exists, possibly among a large list of tags, or entering a task you know already has a specific tag applied and go through even more steps just to get to a tag management overlay.",On Mac/iPhone/Watch:  Add a category specifically for tags to streamline tag management.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,tag,55,58,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,cb617dde-fead-4aa0-9f10-d329a332b285,a9129413-5c27-4014-ad04-b69aeef381a8,Excellent but sometimes slight problems,"Makes amazing documents, like the computer version. Does most of the essential functions of its computer cousin. Design is much better than Pages (who makes an app color scheme orange?!). Overall a good investment. I docked a star because the autocorrection mechanisms aren’t accessible through the app, so you have to go searching around the ipad to turn off things like auto capitalization, which didn’t even work for me; Word still capitalizes the first word of each line/sentence on this device, which is kryptonite for writing poetry... Please fix and I will be so happy! :)",Design is much better than Pages (who makes an app color scheme orange?!).,4,TRUE,effectiveness,color,52,57,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,17129a30-a274-4b82-aeab-59bc8cdb77be,a912a158-eb26-41f6-a477-7495e779192e,Not working,I try typing but the words don’t show up and I do have a subscription and it still says I need a subscription for everything. It also says I need to sign in every two minutes and says it can’t upload. It was working fine until this last update.,It was working fine until this last update.,4,TRUE,usability,last update,32,43,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,f5b98fda-993d-486f-99f7-8f8446971a0b,a94b7fbf-a846-43a8-bab6-b99ba497c505,Scale,"Love the idea of this App.  And truth be told, I really like the App as well.  My big issue is the text doesn’t scale right.  My visual acuity is limited and the normal text is too small for me to see.  When I write a document on my phone I have to set the font size around 72 to read it.  It would be nice if the normal (12 point) font would actually show up on screen as 12 point instead of 0.5 point.  I know I can zoom the page to make text bigger, but then I have to scroll back and forth which is difficult for me to read.  I want the text to readjust to fit the boundaries of the screen.",I want the text to readjust to fit the boundaries of the screen.,4,TRUE,usability,text,12,16,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,fe171948-bb96-440e-8a14-efb8b7301bff,a9b383cc-1e3a-473a-83d0-3445000619bb,"Pretty good, needs some fixes","Pretty great, but a few things that annoy me:I find it really annoying to individually select emails when I have like 250 emails I need to archive. I honestly really liked the google inbox feature where you could sort emails into folders based on addresses or keywords. it really helped me keep track of things and I miss that :(Please please please fix how you do attachments in the app! I very rarely would like to choose to share a document from my drive rather than send a stand alone document. For example, I’m a student if I’m trying to send a file to a professor or a resume to a potential employer I want to send an actual pdf, not share the document from my drive. There is no option to choose a file from your local files or to send a stand alone document another way so every time I need to do this I have to leave the app, go to my browser, go to gmail, find the email I was going to send, and then upload it from there, which is so annoying and easily fixed.",I very rarely would like to choose to share a document from my drive rather than send a stand alone document.,4,TRUE,security,document,47,55,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,5b836772-30b4-4a95-91bc-5a9f019c3066,aa225b1b-2db9-46ca-a1c8-f49c51efd61c,Awesome Little App,"This app is one of my favorite apps on my phone. Its simplistic design allows me to easily use it and prevents me from getting distracted on my phone. I’d definitely say it does its job and it has its fun little reward system that keeps me wanting to stay focused. I would recommend to anyone who has a habit of picking up their phone purely out of habit. This is also a good tool to see how much time I spend on certain activities. Overall, it is fantastic easy to use productivity app.",Its simplistic design allows me to easily use it and prevents me from getting distracted on my phone.,5,TRUE,usability,list,9,13,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,905dc261-a3a5-4c1b-bb03-002e928e176a,aac53f1b-a184-475d-8214-7b3803a04548,A couple words about Word,"I like the fact that when you close a Word document it automatically saves your work. I have st many a document in the past failing to hit save before closing.I also like the selection of fonts.Lastly, I think it’s a big improvement to have the documents organized by recents and searchable by title. Both extremely helpful.",I also like the selection of fonts.,5,TRUE,usability,font,30,34,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3592f2b6-811d-41c0-8685-7e4ce57ca6ac,aacd2ae0-c931-4a81-a9bb-ceda1769c412,replaces my pc storage,I store most things in evernote instead of my PC or other cloud services. Evernote’s search capability is fantastic!  It ALWAYS locates what I’m searching for.  Evernote has paid for itself many times over. The premium subscription is worth it!,The premium subscription is worth it!,5,TRUE,cost,subscription,13,25,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,0807af24-2967-4f35-85d2-0da40649288d,aad255ec-2445-4391-ad6b-e1aa59cf9273,Not as robust as the windows version,"I use an iPad Pro 12"" 2018. When you want to change text or edit text, you get caught up in Apples junk way of either going to the front of the word or the end of the word. I don’t blame Microsoft technically for that flaw which Apple should just copy Androids keyboard but the rest of trying to navigate around words to get to the exact spot is cumbersome and not productive ever. I have to delete words or tap 3-7 times to get to the exact spot I need. The other limitation is creating a new page on an existing document and continue with the design, word won’t or it’s grayed out.","The other limitation is creating a new page on an existing document and continue with the design, word won’t or it’s grayed out.",3,TRUE,usability,design,91,97,negative
productivity,things-3,c746755b-0861-401a-b7af-17ce81e5476c,aad74484-57c9-43a5-baba-33c8573f3e04,Great Design for getting things done!,"I've just started using the app. The tutorial was very informative and made it really easy to get oriented with Things.  I LOVE the design! For me, it's intuitive and easy to use. I've tried many different to-do apps and Things seems to get the layout right. So far, i think it is worth the purchase. I'd recommend it!",I LOVE the design!,5,TRUE,general,design,12,18,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,c681386e-423b-426b-b5f7-19c57f86e022,ab15806d-1485-4ecf-9909-17d972c3f9d4,Decent App with a major flaw,"It’s been a month since iOS 11 was released to the masses. This means developers have had it in their hands much longer. Making an app compatible with a new major os release should be common practice. In this, Google has failed. The app badge notification does not work in iOS 11 for a lot of people. It’s in forums on Apple and Google support. Google hasn’t even acknowledged the problem. While the app is free, many rely on this with business accounts to perform daily tasks such as checking email from their mobile device. If the app indicates there are unread messages, it asks for time and attention. When this basic function doesn’t work, it wastes time and attention.",The app badge notification does not work in iOS 11 for a lot of people.,1,TRUE,usability,badge notification,9,27,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,989d6138-f1c5-4cb5-8162-9765034a8fc9,abf6dbe9-ab88-4361-9b4e-1a1acfb43bc2,Easy like elementary my dear,"I am A very busy woman,  entrepreneur and artistic director... a wife, mom and juju(grandma)...Busy is my middle nameThis app takes me to the important emails, and they delete in swipe... I love the set up in the appearance of this app. It allows me to see my personal emails and my business. And for an extra bonus it Categorize the promotions for my shopping craze! Good job Google Ms C",And for an extra bonus it Categorize the promotions for my shopping craze!,5,TRUE,usability,motion,45,51,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,dd432d8c-e057-44ce-9ec5-0abaf2f56965,abfbd1df-5ffd-4382-aa4a-64f2a5fd88cf,Too Simple for Real Work,"If you use the default template for every document, this may be the program for you. If you use a template you created, then this is probably not for you. I created a template on my computer that uses 12 pt Georgia Pro as the font, justified text, and a 10 pt space between each paragraph. When I open it on iOS, I get 11 pt Calibri, text that is not justified, and no space between paragraph. Also, although fonts installed with AnyFont used to display fine. Now I get the following message: “There is insufficient memory or disk space. Word cannot display the requested font.” Files with installed fonts will not open. I tried it on my iPad and iPhone 7+.Once again, there is a new version with the same problem. I’ll uninstall it and try it again later. Not planning to renew Office 365 until it’s fixed.","When I open it on iOS, I get 11 pt Calibri, text that is not justified, and no space between paragraph.",1,TRUE,compatibility,text,45,49,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,dd432d8c-e057-44ce-9ec5-0abaf2f56965,abfbd1df-5ffd-4382-aa4a-64f2a5fd88cf,Too Simple for Real Work,"If you use the default template for every document, this may be the program for you. If you use a template you created, then this is probably not for you. I created a template on my computer that uses 12 pt Georgia Pro as the font, justified text, and a 10 pt space between each paragraph. When I open it on iOS, I get 11 pt Calibri, text that is not justified, and no space between paragraph. Also, although fonts installed with AnyFont used to display fine. Now I get the following message: “There is insufficient memory or disk space. Word cannot display the requested font.” Files with installed fonts will not open. I tried it on my iPad and iPhone 7+.Once again, there is a new version with the same problem. I’ll uninstall it and try it again later. Not planning to renew Office 365 until it’s fixed.","When I open it on iOS, I get 11 pt Calibri, text that is not justified, and no space between paragraph.",1,TRUE,compatibility,space,80,85,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7ed2a224-04bf-493b-8628-1915496d7f13,ac3fd527-b88a-4be8-9f45-50fb530c4747,Great app but they don’t know who they want,"I keep getting ads about using Evernote business but I don’t want their service for business. I do use it for business but I don’t think they understand what I want as a business owner. I use it for myself, I don’t have a team, although I imagine I will at some point, I don’t think that this would even serve my team if I had one. there’s only one thing I want out of the premium service and that is being able to use the app on all my devices. That really should be a free service. It’s stupid the way you guys do it. It’s incredibly frustrating.I’ll make this easy for you Evernote. The only way I would pay a higher price for what you offer is if you provided mind mapping or flow charting in my note taking. There isn’t really a great option out there and it would allow me to see everything all at once. You guys should consider all the ways people can take notes and I think this would be the next frontier.You guys also could make it easier to make charts and graphs. I think those two things would be worth the price.",You guys also could make it easier to make charts and graphs.,2,TRUE,efficiency,graph,55,60,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,2667ebb0-0ab9-49ed-a700-cf664f06e949,ac46f414-4687-48ba-9a12-35c03e30db93,Decent app but with a few issues,"The app does its job to keep me focused. However when I tried to edit the tag of intervals through the timeline/forest pages, the app shut itself down. There is no way to edit the tag once the interval is completed. Additionally, I can’t access the help center/FAQ thru Settings, the page loads endlessly.",There is no way to edit the tag once the interval is completed.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,tag,29,32,negative
productivity,notability,fda7f865-c351-4c64-97b6-5c06be6f66ba,ad04b591-d85c-4e28-8d01-b07f238032af,Possibly the greatest application for students,"Notability changed the game for me, I never even think about printing lecture slides and wasting paper. This is a must have for students, it allows you to essentially write on any pdf/ppt. You can even import images into your notes which makes it useful if I want to take a picture of something or even a screenshot of my textbook and import it. Also has tools for recording voice if you want to record a lecture and associate it with a particular note. Handy system for organizing and color coding topics/folders. Even syncs with most major cloud data services like google drive, Dropbox, etc. Tools to markup your notes are pretty intuitive and easy to use, has lots of useful tools to choose from. It’s very easy to study even if I don’t have my iPad since I can open this on my iPhone and everything syncs. Has a computer app too which costs more but it’s super easy to just airdrop notability notes to your laptop and open them there. I would highly recommend this if you intend to use your iPad for school.",Also has tools for recording voice if you want to record a lecture and associate it with a particular note.,5,TRUE,general,recording,20,29,positive
productivity,notability,7ff6a478-27fb-4973-89e8-cb159f6d7f8d,adada5c1-bfeb-42fd-8c3e-c41522db5029,Disappointed with this App,"I was very excited to use this app with my new iPad. However, it is very frustrating. I would like to use the app to scan documents and edit them which is one of the capabilities I paid for it to do. The scanner takes blurry pictures so I can not read any of the words. My iPad camera works perfect so I know it is the app and the blue scanner dances around the screen instead of recognizing the page I want it to scan. Also, when I try to import the I page as a PDF it tells me the app converted it but it never gets inserted into the document. Not to mention I paid $8 for this app, and they want a whole $2 more dollars just to convert my handwriting into text which is one of the features I thought I was paying for. Get good notes instead!",I would like to use the app to scan documents and edit them which is one of the capabilities I paid for it to do.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,document,37,45,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,971438fc-4cc3-48d4-9814-a5f9b5cac5db,ae378bd0-053e-44e4-bedf-ce55f4f32bf1,No split screen hampers productivity,"For all the emphasis Microsoft and Apple have placed on the productivity of Office apps on iOS, it is shocking that something as basic to the iOS model of productivity as split screen document editing has still not been employed by this app. I am continually disappointed to see that, with each new update, this standard and important feature is left out.On top of this, there are a few awkward UI elements, hiccups with OneDrive sync, and an unfortunate glitch that permanently erases highlighted text with no option to “undo.”","I am continually disappointed to see that, with each new update, this standard and important feature is left out.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,update,58,64,negative
productivity,things-3,e6904dbe-0548-4ead-afd8-cd9da16e43b2,ae553470-955a-4d01-bd36-5d0d62e0accb,"Great, if I lived in a bubble","The app is well designed and I imagine it would be very useful for people who only need a simple task list. Unfortunately, there are a few tough limits. The only calendar this will sync with is the native IOS calendar - if you use Google Calendar you can’t link it with this app. If you rely on other tools, like a CRM or project management tool, you can’t link those tools with Zapier or an API - Things doesn’t have one. These limits both came as a surprise (it’s 2018) and they became obvious 10 minutes after buying the app. I should have stuck with Todoist. Wasted $10.",The app is well designed and I imagine it would be very useful for people who only need a simple task list.,2,TRUE,usability,design,17,23,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,c0c6661f-9609-453d-acb3-f94bf6d483a7,aed5c03c-7535-4999-a00b-b455ddba800a,Very helpful,"I don’t have a problem with wanting to do productive things but actually doing them can be a struggle. More so than keeping me off of my phone this app helps me greatly with separating purposeful time to get things done. I’ve used it to make progress in my reading list for this year, my video takes, and of course getting work done. It can be a huge help if you utilize it. We all have a creator inside of us, but some of us need help with managing. This app can help you manage your time and be more aware of how you are using it.","I’ve used it to make progress in my reading list for this year, my video takes, and of course getting work done.",5,TRUE,usability,list,45,49,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,c87ad060-b848-49d9-b764-ccf1719c8baf,aee53dc5-eb70-4cb2-a440-edd2a6651874,Totally Worth the Money,"This is the app that’s got me through middle school and two years of high school. I don’t have a diagnosed focusing disorder, but I get writing blocks and procrastinate a lot. Like, a LOT. This app has helped me so, so much. It’s really got everything you could ask for. An amazing user interface, currency that you get  from focusing, fake (and real) trees that you can plant to make a beautiful forest out of focusing, tags so you know where you’re spending time focusing, and really cool analysis tools that show you what days and what times you focus the most. This is the one of the only apps that I would say is completely worth your money. The tech team is really amazing, I reached out to them about an issue I had and within a day they responded and within a week had fixed the issue. I’ve also for years been pushing for a stopwatch feature in their feedback survey(as a student I don’t always know how long homework will take) and they listened! The only things I guess I would say could be better would be the leaderboard, since it’s worldwide and there are some people who use the app to just get away from their phone, so they can have seriously high hours and it’s really impossible to beat if you use Forest for studying. Overall, amazing app that has literally changed my life in a positive way.",This is the one of the only apps that I would say is completely worth your money.,5,TRUE,cost,money,76,81,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,61fca2a3-5fba-4101-abfa-3a69972eb14f,af10e697-0430-4939-9fb3-6d5ea971f675,"Good, but could use improvements","This is one of two email apps I use routinely due to its superior search features for information that I store/archive in gmail. In the current version of the iPad app, there’s too much white space on the left side of the screen. From the control panel piece to the far left, then the empty check boxes, I think that space can be better used. Suggest getting rid of the check boxes and expanding the email list to the left to make better use of screen real estate.","In the current version of the iPad app, there’s too much white space on the left side of the screen.",4,TRUE,usability,space,64,69,negative
productivity,notability,b603afad-63d0-4c6f-82d7-10b4b51d83f6,af6b1749-2c38-4f08-8155-3542fa883895,Love it but hate how...,"I’ve been using Notability for years now and loved to see much more amazing and user friendly it has gotten. However with the latest updates, the app keeps closing on me at random times so I lose my most recent updates on my notes and my recordings. I hope this issue gets fixed soon.Some suggestions on how notability could be improved,1. Everyone uses powerpoint. If there are slides in a powerpoint that I don’t have I want to be able to take a picture quickly and have it come out in decent quality. OneNote has that amazing feature where as you take a photo of a slide, it automatically is able to resize and realign the photo so that it’s not all crooked. Currently right now, I have to download an app that does that for me so it would be nice if notability could add that feature.2. Having some free/blank space on the side where I can make additional notes so that I don’t have to write on my powerpoint slides. Sometimes the slides have too much material and it feels clustered to have to squeeze my notes onto it so it would be awesome if I could have space on the side to add notes. Maybe consider adding ways to insert different types of documents?3. Add more highlighting/drawing options. What I mean by this is, maybe besides just drawing lines you can add rectangles or circles. I know that you can insert figures but I feel like they are out of the way.","However with the latest updates, the app keeps closing on me at random times so I lose my most recent updates on my notes and my recordings.",5,TRUE,efficiency,update,25,31,negative
productivity,things-3,8d212447-e07f-4f77-ac7d-a4acc6ff62a1,afc903f8-e444-4e82-b708-dacc67483799,Disappointing to a long time Things 2 user,"I’ve used Things 2 for many years and finally took the plunge and purchased Things 3 because of its ability to integrate with Calendars. I have to say- I’m very disappointed. Cons:1. The Today view in Things 3 now looks like a big cluttered mess because To-Do’s in different areas aren’t divided off into different sections. You can’t even change the font color. So, things I need to do at work and things I need to do at home aren’t easily and quickly visually distinguishable when looking at my day. This is a big set back from Things 2.2. There’s a nice new feature to move To-Dos to “This Evening.” But, after the end of the day, things that were scheduled for evening, move back to the same cluttered mess with all the other to-do’s. I’d really like to see an upgrade that allows scheduled recurring to dos to be created under the “this evening” heading. For example, I always go to the gym at night. I’d like that reminder to appear there rather than have to move it every day.   Pros:1. The calendar integration is very well done2. The ability to set alerts/alarms within a to-do is great. Previously in Things 2, I was unable to do thisOverall:If you really like Things 2 and aren’t sure whether or not to pay $10, don’t do it. I’m going back to Things 2 unless they update this app with some options to change the appearance of different Areas and fix some other bugs.",You can’t even change the font color.,2,TRUE,usability,font,27,31,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,08e575ec-1f53-4d2d-8976-939276492378,afe07e41-c527-4d3f-bb37-3074e4299dc2,Still terrible,"Honestly, I think Google's updates amount to little more than review fraud. They've continually hit the reset button on overwhelmingly 1 star reviews by ""updating"" the app, yet hardly any of the updates have addressed the complaints which are largely macro issues. As a whole, it's still bad, and the one star reviewers are simply giving up on having to resubmit their reviews after each update. And look at the 5 star reviews - largely substance-free generic praise. I doubt most of them. Don't believe the 3+ star average. This app is a visual assault. It's hard to get past the nausea inducing aesthetics. Fewer emails to see at a glance, pointless avatars, ugh, the red! The check box was MUCH more intuitive than the initials/avatar circle that have replaced it. It's simply harder to read and process at a glance. Why did you bury the reply button? Most often, what I want to reply to is at the top. I shouldn't have to scroll down to reply. In general things that were intuitive aren't. It's not my job to figure this stuff out. It's your job to design it so I don't have to. This update is terrible all around. A mess. No amount of tweaks will save this update. Revert to the previous version. Really. It's that awful. And again, I don't believe the majority of the 5 star reviews.","As a whole, it's still bad, and the one star reviewers are simply giving up on having to resubmit their reviews after each update.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,update,124,130,negative
productivity,notability,6e34ee0e-140d-4fe6-93eb-7da7e951d599,b0487b32-3612-448c-ad9b-b62a09d6939e,"If I loved this app any more than I do, I may need hospitalization...","I've been using Notability for years. I've used it to organized my life. It have has enabled me to organized huge projects, doodle branding logo’s and album covers, send PDFs to other people download PDF's from Dropbox and mark recommendations. Save PDF’s of manuals for my business.This app is why I own an iPad.I have been asked how I am able to type so quickly -the autofill is amazing. I made a suggestion to Ginger-labs to include staff paper (music paper) as a paper choice and they sent me a template to use! This means I am able to organize quick music notation that is searchable by my titles. I've used this app as my ""voice"" in public places when I was temporarily mute to give answers quickly and making the font large for others to read. This app has been a God send. Ginger-Labs Rock!",This means I am able to organize quick music notation that is searchable by my titles.,5,TRUE,usability,title,80,85,positive
productivity,things-3,fede55dc-4776-47e7-a0c0-55dc83929c36,b08dc9ca-d437-4a03-a367-078328bfbb3c,I like the simplicity,"It’s a great app to get things done without being bogged down with too much complexity. I like the clean interface. A good app to plan your day shouldn’t take more time to deal with than actually doing what’s on your list and this app delivers. Planning is important, but so is actually taking action. I always feel elated when I can check something off, it makes me feel good. With this app, I actually get to check off things and know I had a productive day. I only downloaded the iOS version to start, because there was no free trial and it’s a little pricey, but now I plan to buy the Mac version soon, regardless of the price. Nice work and thanks :).",A good app to plan your day shouldn’t take more time to deal with than actually doing what’s on your list and this app delivers.,5,TRUE,usability,list,102,106,positive
productivity,things-3,12304f46-5075-4be0-a114-a4bb70338a2e,b09d847c-4c09-44e1-9cb8-a18ec6aafa51,Big Things missing.,"It’s good. Pretty. But, just good. No collaboration. None. You can share your things with people and it sends it in a big text. They also offer a sync option, that is free (for now), and if you wanna collabo, then you have to sign in to the same account on two devices. That is super lame and I know that things knows this, cause why else would you offer this weird sync thing for things? I really do like paying up front for an app. This is a good model. I am going to keep things installed and I will keep adding to this weird list thing that doesn’t seem to be helping me with planning out my giant honey-do list and collaborating on it with my amazing wife. I’m trying to bring her in on this thing, things. It’s just not working though. Maybe I’m using the wrong app for my needs and I get that. This app is pretty tho. Like reallly pretty. I just want to find it as useful as it is pretty. Crossing my fingers for some serious rethinkin’ on collaboration.  🤞🏼Edit - while I still have things installed, I’m not really using it anymore. I am using Todoist (free version) and am able to collaborate with my incredible and awesome wife. I’m still holding out hope for things cause I’m pretty sure I’d pick it over Todoist if it had collabo. Exporting your things from things into other apps is a nightmare btw. I’m starting to wonder what things is for besides looking nice.",I am using Todoist (free version) and am able to collaborate with my incredible and awesome wife.,1,TRUE,general,free version,21,33,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,8b8e2da3-d230-4eed-8b4d-0d9af9a9a002,b1485e35-c76e-4efe-a96c-52594405fd47,Definitely recommend! Read,"This is a great app, and I love it. You can draw on it, and it’s very useful! The only small thing is that the font you like won’t stay as recently used. It’s more like used 10 seconds ago, if you try to find your font every chapter. It would be very helpful if it could say: would you like to add a favorite font? That would be more than perfect. This app otherwise is incredibly supportive for what I write. It may get confusing at first, but once you start using it, you will handle it and teach others to use this. I love this app! I highly recommended it!",The only small thing is that the font you like won’t stay as recently used.,4,TRUE,usability,font,34,38,negative
productivity,notability,6c3fa3c7-e543-475e-97da-34e32806eef5,b15b8622-c543-41c2-b33b-dbf8606ac9c1,Big problem w Apple note taking app,"I’m not sure who is responsible for this design flaw.  If someone could contact me I’d really appreciate it.  This is mainly with Notes for iPad but it happens with Noteability as well.  I can be typing away, as I normally do and I type fairly fast and then suddenly, without meaning to, I’ve just deleted the whole last paragraph I’ve written.  How does this happen?  Because suddenly the space bar shrinks in size and the portion that was on the right side becomes an “undo” button.  So, I think I’m hitting the space bar, which I do a lot as I type.  This happens so fast.  I’ve never before had to pay attention to a changing space bar.  Who needs an “undo” button anyhow?  Oh, I’m writing this complaint hoping Apple folks will see it and realize that their Notes for iPad doesn’t leave a way to leave a review.","So, I think I’m hitting the space bar, which I do a lot as I type.",3,TRUE,usability,space,29,34,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a67814bd-dc26-44f9-bc4b-c27bfa77e778,b174332e-1419-447a-9918-f4ab515e6223,"Great idea, great app, a number of annoying things","It’s a great app. I would easily put 5/5 if not only for annoying little nuances that make it more difficult to use. I went online to see if any of the issues I experienced were already addressed in the past. Turns out, many of them were addressed a long time ago (like 5-6 years back) - and the  Evernote team simply does not seem to care to fix them.   For instance, tables are not mobile friendly. Like at all. You have to swipe back and forth to navigate. You can’t change the size of pictures. You can’t create a table on the app. There are only 3 font sizes. You can’t select thumbnail for your notebooks and notes, it selects it for you - which is pretty irritating. The size of annotations are not uniform which means they may appear smaller or bigger depending on the size of your picture.. Etcetera, etcetera...Evernote team! Is it that difficult to fix all of this?!? It’s been taking you guys years now. Maybe you should hire new developers?",There are only 3 font sizes.,4,TRUE,general,font,18,22,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a67814bd-dc26-44f9-bc4b-c27bfa77e778,b174332e-1419-447a-9918-f4ab515e6223,"Great idea, great app, a number of annoying things","It’s a great app. I would easily put 5/5 if not only for annoying little nuances that make it more difficult to use. I went online to see if any of the issues I experienced were already addressed in the past. Turns out, many of them were addressed a long time ago (like 5-6 years back) - and the  Evernote team simply does not seem to care to fix them.   For instance, tables are not mobile friendly. Like at all. You have to swipe back and forth to navigate. You can’t change the size of pictures. You can’t create a table on the app. There are only 3 font sizes. You can’t select thumbnail for your notebooks and notes, it selects it for you - which is pretty irritating. The size of annotations are not uniform which means they may appear smaller or bigger depending on the size of your picture.. Etcetera, etcetera...Evernote team! Is it that difficult to fix all of this?!? It’s been taking you guys years now. Maybe you should hire new developers?",There are only 3 font sizes.,4,TRUE,compatibility,font size,18,27,negative
productivity,notability,c6e35de5-ba65-4979-945f-4737fffa20b2,b2743e11-d088-4b65-b361-123251e11a3e,"Good, could use a few improvements.","I love the recording ability. Some areas for improvement:1. Night mode for white background of power points without disturbing animations, or their colors, or recording. Black font turns white in black background.2. When uploading power point to a subject from somewhere like Canvas, notability should have the class name plus folder or file before the user exits to go to notability. Saves further editing.3. When playing back a recording, for PowerPoint, the playback will follow you physically going forward through slides with arrows pointing in the direction you’re going and goes in sequence to how you move on to the next slide or when you write instead of manually trying to figure out where you’re at while listening to the recording. I have to note take chronologically to counter this effect and it’s cumbersome.4. Darker highlighter with neon color like Microsoft word.5. Ability to recover deleted items within 30 days like Apple’s “Notes”.6. Being able to cut, copy, or crop a power point slide and paste it where you want it.7. When adding notes by pen in a power point that already had a recording, notability should ask if you want to add it to the recording’s animation mark before moving on to the next slide.8. Being able to cut added drawings or notes and customizing their color for better memory stimulation or organization. Like color coding.There’s one more thing, but I forgot.......","Night mode for white background of power points without disturbing animations, or their colors, or recording.",4,TRUE,usability,color,89,94,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,623fe54c-75c4-4d3b-82fd-72c7325b6da5,b281e41f-12fa-49b1-a4e3-1d69c60b76f9,"Not Fully Functional, Even with Office 365 Supscription","This is a very basic app for limited use of creating Word documents. No grammar check. No easy way to format page or paragraph. Saving these documents has by far been my biggest problem. No matter what I use: iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive or the actual iPad, it takes too long for the document to save correctly. You can tell when there is no actual time stamp on the document. I notice this once I am ready to upload the document as an attachment to email, within an online class forum, to a job application or any other institution that may require me to upload or attach the document. Always says there’s not data in the file and therefore cannot be attached. Hours later, it magically saves and becomes a real document with data. This is with a strong internet connection be it using cellular data from the device or wi-fi, it doesn’t matter, it is always a pain. I thought I would be able to do more but this app is so basic, I may as well just use Google docs.",You can tell when there is no actual time stamp on the document.,1,TRUE,usability,document,56,64,positive
productivity,notability,77afd274-82ab-48cf-88c5-67f7d5e9e71f,b296a116-329d-486b-874d-9b3aeb70598a,Lately to many issues with the app...please fix and consider upgrade.,"Honestly I really like notability, but lately there have been too many technical issues. The application freezes constantly, when I zoom in and get very close the screen turns black, when I use the resize feature many times it returns to normal size and I have to do it several times, also lately it takes too long to open a document.I would love to already have the option to make subfolders, there are many applications that have this feature for a long time and it would be ideal for me and a lot of people for notability have it.  In a lot of apps reviews it has been a feature that disadvantages the app because there are even free apps that have this feature.  I have asked for it for a long time since I have been with the application for more than 5 years. I am currently in med school and it would be excellent to divide the classes by blocks and within the blocks by presentations, quizes, works, etc. I erase a lot of documents considering if was a memory problem, but it continues anyways. Also contacted the notability team via email but have not received a response either.",In a lot of apps reviews it has been a feature that disadvantages the app because there are even free apps that have this feature.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,885b8131-de3c-431f-98c8-a64b08617426,b2a23370-5e2f-48ac-a2b5-2ef42276528c,Love It!,"Very functional, easy to use. The only I gave four stars instead of five is that sometimes the search function doesn't seem to work as well as in gmail for desktop. (That is, search results don't always include emails I know are there, and I have to find ten by scrolling through the whole folder instead.)",The only I gave four stars instead of five is that sometimes the search function doesn't seem to work as well as in gmail for desktop.,4,TRUE,usability,search function,66,81,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,317091c5-0ca1-40c4-8609-9eacf55a84cf,b2c4099a-c6b4-40a7-a78d-db4123bbd05f,The editing experience is terrible,"In most times, the prompt jumps to the very first line after a few second later whenever I touch the middle of the screen to edit a docx file. This is very annoying since my file is of 98 pages. Then I should pull down the scroll bar to the bottom of the document. This happens very often, especially when in Mobile view. The second thing is about the page loading steps or speed. By moving down the scroll bar the pages are loaded incrementally. But it has too many steps to the bottom page. Scrolling down the bar to the bottom of the screen loads pages a little. I couldn’t find a good way to jump to the bottom page at once. And this happens in Mobile view. The third frustrating thing is the reaction speed is not just slow, it’s really slow. When I type a character, say A, that appears in the screen after about 0.3~0.5s. This issue also has something to do with Mobile view, I think. The fourth is about moving the cursor with a long-touch. This not only related to Word but to all the other Office 365 applications I guess. This app adopting the obsolete way shows a convex glass  that zoom-in around the cursor when I long-touch the screen. Apple changed the way it moves the cursor since iOS 13 if I’m right. I’m not gonna explain it in detail here but the new way is much elegant and gives seamless experience in editing the text.",By moving down the scroll bar the pages are loaded incrementally.,2,TRUE,usability,page,35,39,positive
productivity,notability,f46c8f5c-6663-4137-a4f2-e8a36801ea42,b2d29198-d156-4a99-8339-8be2b470ecae,"Good app for note taking, but missing many essential features","I often get very frustrated using notability. I think that’s a good way to summarize things. I am a college student who likes to take notes using both the keyboard and my Apple Pencil. Notability seems to hate this. For some crazy reason, the notability text can never align itself with the notability grid. As a result, you get paragraphs of text that doesn’t follow the line / grid that you have chosen for the page. Text often create their own grids, at varying line heights, which makes the entire document very ugly. The sync is also on and off between my devices. I’ve had instances where I sat in lecture waiting for a page to sync from my mac to my iPad, but it never does. One time I waited 2 days before the pdf finally mysteriously appeared. There’s never a time where I can hit refresh and know for sure that all my notes are synced up.","For some crazy reason, the notability text can never align itself with the notability grid.",1,TRUE,usability,text,39,43,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,240147ff-8ecc-43ad-b0c1-b513d283aa91,b2de4606-8267-40f0-97d1-7d3f9284d53d,"Good App, Could Be Improved","This is a pretty good app for helping people get off their phone during work, class, studying, etc.Some things that could be improved:1. If “taking a break” didn’t end the extra minutes you can get. As it is, the feature is useless because you may as well have just quit out of the app anyway.2. If you could take one break during the original time you had allotted. This would be useful for long work periods and/or if you just needed to make a quick phone call or text.3. Giving up should give you a dead tree and the alive trees you already earned. If you spend 60 minutes working, then have to end 5 minutes early for something, all your time working shouldn’t go to waste just because of that five minutes!3b. Dead trees also have “stages” based on how much time you gave up on, where giving up on less time gives you a smaller dead tree.",This would be useful for long work periods and/or if you just needed to make a quick phone call or text.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,text,100,104,positive
productivity,notability,ea55bcc9-670e-4ff3-bfe6-3e9f06b72772,b2eddaf6-7aa2-4375-87c6-ef61800d8bf3,"Great app, some tweaks could make amazing","Comments below still stand but a new glitch is causing frustration...normally when you use the magnifier to write it ignores your hand input in the gray part below the box, which means I rest my hand there to write. Lately it's been sensing my hand there and not changing the eraser/pencil/etc when the hand is touching. I've tested this extensively and it only changes the stylus type when the hand is lifted. This new glitch really interrupts the writing flow is and is aggravating, please fix! This is a really great app for note taking and I love taking notes on it. It works for all my classes and labs, and I love that I can back it up too. It's easy to write with just a stylus as a I don't have an iPad Pro. Two additional features I'd like to see to make it a 5 star app:1. Ability to order our notes ourselves rather than having to do it by date/name.2. Ability to have different sections within subjects. For example, I have several classes with a lecture and a lab portion and right now the best way I've found to manage them is to make a ""class lecture"" and ""class lab"" subject. I know dividers exist but I use them to organize my classes by semesters, as I already have 7 semesters stored on notability and plan to use it for 9. These two additions would make this app amazing.",This is a really great app for note taking and I love taking notes on it.,3,TRUE,usability,note taking,32,43,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,dc7d59de-5a7e-48eb-ba02-1d4d2a835beb,b3073c39-ded5-4270-a9a1-283e86eea364,Not able to reset password,Not able to access my email. I tried verification codes via text and other google email accounts. Frustrating to say the least. I was logged out of my account and have no clue how or when. When I attempted to sign in I got a message indicating that my password had been changed hours ago. I never changed my password. That’s when I followed the steps to reset my password and had no success. Google Support emails stated they needed 48 hrs to verify that my email account belonged to me but then I got another message stating it couldn’t verify that the account belonged to me and to keep trying via codes and more of going through the process of account recovery. I afraid my account is lost along with all my personal emails.,I tried verification codes via text and other google email accounts.,2,TRUE,usability,text,32,36,positive
productivity,things-3,63f557a3-2695-4bf5-9c35-df26e3e12974,b31fcf2b-eabf-420d-8448-6707e1c66ed8,Almost the best. But no PC option,"Would love to give Things 5 stars but I can’t. Because of their continual refusal to provide a native app or web version for PC, it hurts people, like me, who have all Apple products but their work laptop (a PC). Considering I’m on the laptop 8-9 hours a day, would be great to have Things on there so I can sync with all my devices. And no, the crummy “use mail to forward” is not a good workaround. For now, I’m stuck with ToDoIst. Which works on ALL devices.","Considering I’m on the laptop 8-9 hours a day, would be great to have Things on there so I can sync with all my devices.",4,TRUE,compatibility,sync,96,100,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,c4e293d1-6410-47ff-a71b-9578333cb53e,b3540cc8-7555-4d73-b8bc-6222ca339a6c,Help! I deleted Email by accident. How do I retrieve it?,"While I love Google, I accidentally deleted email from my home screen, and don’t know how to get it back.  I don’t have my computer while I’m in Va Beach, am computer illiterate when it comes to technology, so I rely on my son to show me what to do by using FaceTime and flipping screen so he can see it in TX.I was talked into getting a MAC , because he uses one. I am 76, and a visual learner. Why can’t I order a printed booklet as to how to use Google  and have trouble-shooting pages where people like I am, can go to for reference?I can’t receive emails so I am open for texting to my cell phone. Help! Mrs. M. Humphreys",I can’t receive emails so I am open for texting to my cell phone.,5,TRUE,usability,text,41,45,negative
productivity,things-3,828b46e2-f492-4501-9366-9e30c6d09959,b35b6ad9-c0b1-4f22-8c26-a18e8c730763,"Great app but for me, missing connectivity","There’s no doubt that Things is an amazing application and well thought out. For my workflow, I’d really like the ability to work on tasks with others. Currently, you can only send a list. You can’t collaborate. Also. I love the “evening” feature BUT you can’t include it with your repeatable todos. So each day that I have to manually assign my evening todo to the “evening” category. This should get fixed. Another suggestion: be able to use natural language in the main section of the todo. Currently you have to first select the calendar picker to do this. And, while on the subject of the calendar picker- let’s have a “tomorrow” button in addition to the others. Now, those are my suggestions, but there are many, many things that are great in this app. Hopefully some of my other wants will be included in a future release.",Currently you have to first select the calendar picker to do this.,3,TRUE,usability,calendar,40,48,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,8255b7be-f9ef-4936-9230-c38b45d97237,b37f5fab-338d-4a96-9c9e-30d3e9099b97,use google docs for multi-language use,I take clases in german and spanish. so it's much easier to use the international us keyboard layout. word on desktop works fine but microsoft could care less about it's users that use multiple languages at once for ios. google docs works flawlessly where as word's spellcheck breaks as soon as you try to switch languages. their brilliant answer is to change the language of the os every single time you want to work in other languages. I am going to stick to google docs and cancel my subscription to office 365. besides that the app is alright.,so it's much easier to use the international us keyboard layout.,3,TRUE,usability,layout,58,64,positive
productivity,notability,d92efc43-077e-4559-8b5c-025533c27c5b,b3afd633-8eb2-40c8-920c-2d8b78477dae,Review and advises for next update,"Good job, and amazing app for taking notes on iPad.Advice for next updates: make drawing essential shapes easier while taking notes, for example if we draw a hexagon by hand completely, why we can’t convert it to perfect hexagon as will as we do with individual lines. For cutting tool, why we can’t cut the words and pictures that files contain, for example if we cut highlighted word and paste it, it's only cut -highlight-. Make it easier to cut and edit pictures and add some tools for this. Make  a variety in sticky notes colors, or add property that we can choose any color. Add arrows, so we can use it while we want to explain things. If we can link or attach another notes in notability that will be good to make connections between them, so we can access it easier and it will be more organized. Add more advanced property of selection, such as select many slides or sheets instead of select one by one.",Make it easier to cut and edit pictures and add some tools for this.,4,TRUE,usability,picture,32,39,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6959ae2d-f1ad-4995-9db6-3bf717331f11,b3d88625-5120-48f9-800d-2c2fdb747e53,Needs a bit more finesse,"Coming from Inbox I found Gmail to be archaic. The functionality of Inbox was so smooth and robust I’m shocked that Google got rid of it and took a jump backward. I have been using Gmail since they closed Inbox and have found some workarounds for some of the functions; however, the Day, Week and Month breaks are not there mailing your inbox one long list of emails which can be a pain when you are trying to quickly look at yesterday’s emails. The groupings - Promos, Social, etc. - don’t stand out from other emails very well. I liked the important emails showing up at the top in Inbox. I am hopeful that more Inbox functionality will make it’s way to Gmail.",The functionality of Inbox was so smooth and robust I’m shocked that Google got rid of it and took a jump backward.,3,TRUE,usability,functionality,5,18,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,6acc02d4-4a65-4502-b5e9-9f78d638170c,b3e37429-070d-4fd5-9ace-b810e4dcae0f,It’s getting worse.,"It seems Word isn’t able to keep up with these recent IOS updates. There are frequent times when I’m using word, and in the middle of a sentence the app will become unresponsive. And when I mean unresponsive, I mean dead as a doornail, and I have to exit out, often restart the app, or even restart my iPad in order to get it to work. Other writing applications do not have this problem, and keep in mind this only became a problem in recent updates. While it sometimes happens with other apps, they’re nothing compared to the barely-functional phases this one goes through. This used to a fantastic app with fantastic functionality, but all the options in the world don’t matter when you can barely write a sentence.",It seems Word isn’t able to keep up with these recent IOS updates.,4,TRUE,compatibility,update,59,65,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,fdafb2a2-53c7-4ae6-a2af-2d36d5d704cb,b403caac-51a3-443e-8147-ac4c4418677a,Evernote still the best for organizing and searching,"I have tried OneNote a few times to see if it was as good as Evernote.  OneNote has good editing tools within a note, but seems to be lacking when comes to FINDING your notes. I like Evernote’s search ability - select one ore more tags or a notebook - and then search within that context.  I like that you can see Evernote’s list of tags at a glance on the left - and then quickly see a list of those notes that have that tag.  And when you put in a search string, Evernote instantly shows you a list of notes that match, along with the first few lines of the note - even if what you’re searching for is within an embedded image (or PDF file since I have Premium).  This ability to quickly find what you’re looking for within a thousand notes is critical for me.  I don’t think ON is a replacement for Evernote for me - because of this alone.  I hope Evernote stays afloat for a long time to come!",I like Evernote’s search ability - select one ore more tags or a notebook - and then search within that context.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,notebook,66,74,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e1176658-d1f1-448a-b86d-de1f200eb79f,b40ef9fa-38a7-44de-b4a2-06a87330fff3,Always save! Always save! Always save!,"Even though it has the undo feature, it doesn’t always let you undo. On several occasions I have selected the whole document to change the font size and when I went to type in the exact font size that I wanted, it erased my whole document and started typing the font size that I was putting in. Tried to undo it with the undo button and it acted as though there was nothing to undo. I lost the whole document. Hours of work. Gone! Happened time a couple times and even though it has an autosave feature, it’s not like on a PC that saves it every couple minutes, it saves it from the last time you closed the app. It just needs to be fixed. Plain and simple. You shouldn’t be able to erase your whole document and not undo it. 👎🏼",Tried to undo it with the undo button and it acted as though there was nothing to undo.,1,TRUE,compatibility,undo button,27,38,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e25b15b9-bb14-4fa6-a9c8-72d477d31eb2,b492af0b-ac01-4f39-b974-9eae3ec13e16,Bugs or bad features?,"UPDATE: both of these issues appear to be fixed in a recent update. Woo hoo!——Gmail app continues to be plagued by issues. Are they just bugs or did someone actually design them to work this way? Either is inexcusable in this case — these are both so pervasive and frustrating. 1) When I click a link in an email, the app pops up a question about which browser app to open the link in. I pick Safari (because I don’t have Chrome and I don’t want to install it). I also choose the option to NOT ask me every time. Guess what happens next time I click a link? It asks me which browser to use. And it does this EVERY TIME I click a link.2) On the iPad, it marks emails as unread too aggressively. When I archive or delete a message, it marks the next one as read — no matter what. If I’m not ready to read it yet, I always have to follow up with clicking the Unread button at the top. Even when I go into a folder to see its contents, the first email is marked as read. PLEASE ONLY MARK SOMETHING AS READ IF I INTERACT WITH THE ACTUAL EMAIL — click on it, scroll through it, etc.",UPDATE: both of these issues appear to be fixed in a recent update.,5,TRUE,reliability,update,61,67,positive
productivity,things-3,fef63073-266e-4875-95cc-041fdb4f1343,b49c6221-973e-4d80-b04d-3312d9f47760,Beautiful and Intuitive,"This system is amazing. It’s super easy to pick up and use immediately after downloading, with minimal setup and a gentle learning curve.Things has everything I need in a task manager to keep me focused and productive.One thing I would like to see is some added features around repetitive tasks. For instance: repeating on specific days of the week or month, and not cluttering the calendar with subsequent dates if I choose to repeat based on a date instead of time after completion.",Things has everything I need in a task manager to keep me focused and productive.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,task manager,35,47,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,a2f8ff55-68ab-4955-86d9-813e300010cf,b4d5ddf1-f26e-4790-9d08-a1cbe345812f,Lacking a little bit more capability,"I really want there to be a way to set a default font type and size, Times New Roman font is so popular, yet it’s all the way down the list. I know it’s alphabetically sorted, but have a separate section at the top with popular fonts at least. I would also like to be able to edit and create font styles. Having a short cut to different styles, sizes, fonts, colors, etc. would be super helpful. Hope these changes can be made sooner rather than later.","Having a short cut to different styles, sizes, fonts, colors, etc.",4,TRUE,general,font,48,52,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,a2f8ff55-68ab-4955-86d9-813e300010cf,b4d5ddf1-f26e-4790-9d08-a1cbe345812f,Lacking a little bit more capability,"I really want there to be a way to set a default font type and size, Times New Roman font is so popular, yet it’s all the way down the list. I know it’s alphabetically sorted, but have a separate section at the top with popular fonts at least. I would also like to be able to edit and create font styles. Having a short cut to different styles, sizes, fonts, colors, etc. would be super helpful. Hope these changes can be made sooner rather than later.","Having a short cut to different styles, sizes, fonts, colors, etc.",4,TRUE,general,color,55,60,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,497127b4-fa1d-4b0c-89f5-0a9adb1bab10,b4e156c2-aead-4e3d-abba-8f8ef709ae39,The GOAT Word Processor,Give it up to Bill Gates ya’ll for coding the greatest word processor of all time. I use this everyday and this software has hustled me out of so much money and made me much more.,I use this everyday and this software has hustled me out of so much money and made me much more.,5,TRUE,cost,money,69,74,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,8100fbd1-4949-4a3f-af83-056f93706cf9,b4fe7c0f-dcc6-4a0b-82f2-d7eff6ddc5de,Promo Mail Folder :/,"I would really appreciate (as I am sure a lot of people would) if you made it easier to clean out the promotions folder. A lot of emails accumulate in that folder and marking each one individually is just strenuous. I have emails from 2017 because I do not check that folder everyday. Honestly it would be so much more user friendly on the mobile app if that function was available. “Empty promotions folder”. Like it is for the trash can. The promotions folder is like unwanted mail (coupons and store ads) that you get everyday. Please, please, please make it easier to clean up. Thank you.",I would really appreciate (as I am sure a lot of people would) if you made it easier to clean out the promotions folder.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,motion,106,112,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,3cc32a6d-af0d-4bdd-bc05-ad0ef52ddc99,b561244d-b402-4e69-a74f-0a00d63a81b8,Word for ipadOS is getting worse with every update,"Word's updates on iOS/ipadOS are getting progressively *worse* and are very, very, very  buggy.  It is not even funny anymore. I find myself spending most of my time wrangling with the program than actually typing text.  Simple things like - clicking to place the mouse - italicizing/boldfacing/underlining a phrase take 5-10 seconds to happen, or do not happen. Even plain typing can become an issue if you have the app open for 10-15 minutes straight: all of a sudden it freezes and refuses to let you type.  The only cure at that point is to kill the program and restart. And in the latest update, Review does not work correctly anymore. For example deleted phrases will still appear in the text (!) when you ask for a ""No Markup"" version.Microsoft seems more interested in releasing frequent ""updates"" than releasing a piece of software that fulfills its primary goal of letting people compose text.  It is so bad at this point that I find it much faster to compose everything in Pages and then export to Word in order to share with my colleagues.","Word's updates on iOS/ipadOS are getting progressively *worse* and are very, very, very  buggy.",1,TRUE,compatibility,update,8,14,negative
productivity,things-3,1dd82a0d-bd90-4379-913e-0fda21752d99,b5880d44-a11e-4c8b-8913-3f806ec0f9ab,Nearly perfect iOS app,"I used ToDo on the iPhone with Toodledo on the web for years, and I was quite happy with it. However when I tried to update ToDo, as it was increasingly buggy, to ToDo Cloud, the install failed and I started looking around. And I am glad I did. I looked at many reviews and decided to give Things 3 a try.The tutorial is well done, and in 15 minutes I was fully up to speed. I then reentered about 100 tasks, although I could have imported them. I have to state that the interface is a joy to work with, and the final result was amazing. Read the reviews for product details, but this app defines what is great about iOS.  Clean, intuitive and fun. The integration with the calendar, in particular, is brilliant. After getting it set up on the iPhone, I purchased the iPad app.  Perfect integration and interface!My only quibbles... When I set an Inbox item to Today, and then I do not complete the task and clear the date, the task ends up in the Anytime folder. I think it should go back to the Inbox.  This is by design, and I have a workaround, but it is mildly annoying. Also, I would like to not display the Anytime folder, as I do not need it, but this is not customizable. I could use the real estate for another area or project.  But these are minor details. This is one of the best apps for iOS. Period.","However when I tried to update ToDo, as it was increasingly buggy, to ToDo Cloud, the install failed and I started looking around.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,update,25,31,negative
productivity,notability,89880bde-5def-40ab-b071-65ba8e80e0cc,b5a31c09-0024-435c-996d-43cbbd4e9aee,"Good but limited, need to improvement!!","Notability is such a great app, but it has a lot of limitations. Starting with how bad is the storage system and the compatibility. I write and draw on my iPad but when I want to read and study at my laptop it is messed plus you need no pay more... ridiculous.As a student we use a lot of pdf and we write a lot, and the limitations that most disturbs me has been the big problem with “inserting” PDF. I recommend they make an update to make able to insert “pdf printout” and you’ll still have room for draw/write. Also they need to update the app we are in 21th century, why you want to imitate a paper?? It should be endless for all sizes the noteability pages it’s goes down and it’s good, but it could be awesome if you could go left & right endlessly too. PLEASE MAKE THESE CHANGES, PDF PRINTOUT AND ENDLESS PAGES FOR ALL DIRECTIONS AND YOU’LL HAVE THE BEST APP AT THE MARKET.","Also they need to update the app we are in 21th century, why you want to imitate a paper??",5,TRUE,usability,paper,84,89,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a8209c18-7c90-4382-aa92-465724ee7f8b,b5c77c64-c17f-4ac7-9e78-8da3d24d364b,App crashes when I change the tag.,"I have been using Forest since the beginning of the year and it’s very useful for me to stay focused while I’m studying and not use my phone while I’m sleeping. I use the tags feature a lot to track how I’m using my time. However, with today’s (11/4)  update, I can’t change the tags without the app crashing. Please look into this. Thank you",I use the tags feature a lot to track how I’m using my time.,2,TRUE,usability,tag,11,14,positive
productivity,things-3,965a44db-029e-4567-9548-dcc719bd67c9,b5d48e79-eb96-4669-885f-88127f073388,"Awesome, but for custom cloud service","This is an excellent app! Most of what I would have written here has already been written by so many people in their reviews. The only thing I dislike about this app is the need to sync my todos with the Things Cloud. Why not just use iCloud? Agreed that it’s just a simple toggle to turn on or off the syncing, but it just becomes one more place, one more cloud provider where our data gets distributed to. Any way the backup/sync solution could be made to work with iCloud itself?",Any way the backup/sync solution could be made to work with iCloud itself?,4,TRUE,compatibility,backup,13,19,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,1906e696-d9a7-4fb8-9b16-aab634f6c59a,b60d3ca4-c039-4213-82fd-f1ab269f1a93,I never rate apps,"I never rate apps on the AppStore nor do I tend to spend money on them, but I cannot recommend this app highly enough!!! This is one of the most effective study tools I have come across in a long time, it forces me to focus and makes me feel guilty for going for my phone. If you’re looking to support a good cause while forcing yourself to focus, this is definitely worth the price.","If you’re looking to support a good cause while forcing yourself to focus, this is definitely worth the price.",5,TRUE,cost,price,105,110,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,f2003cd5-4411-46b4-a6c3-2ca4b6b15b2c,b64db2cf-637b-40ce-ad9a-1bc69d4a77ab,Its so worth it and cute,Get your life together. This app helps if you have focusing problems like i do by allowing you short focus times to work your way up to longer ones. So it helps increase your productivity by increments you can manage. Plus it gives that sweet sweet instant gratification because you earn cute little trees and coins that go to even cuter trees!I don't like paying for apps but I'm so glad i bought this one.If you want to change anything give a little audio alert if I accidentally home button out of the app before i lock it. I lose so many trees by something so silly.Thanks for making this app!,If you want to change anything give a little audio alert if I accidentally home button out of the app before i lock it.,5,TRUE,usability,audio,46,51,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,df0aab8e-e197-4f8b-b179-f62b7fa973c9,b677ca1e-6549-4d2b-b2f2-6c20ca92185d,Mostly happy,"For the most part, Word for iPad has been fantastic. Granted, it is not as robust as the desktop version, but one would expect that to be the case. I do have a problem. Normally when I start a document, it remains the open document whenever I return to program, my last document edited remains the opened document. At some point that changed. I have a document that is 2 months old now reopening, and it is causing me problems. Last night I took minutes for a meeting, only to have those lost. I cannot find them anywhere. They are not in my recent documents, not auto saved, just gone. A two hour meeting with copious notes now missing. I had planned to come back to finish my notes and did not save them. What a mistake. It is disappointing that the program changed, and I am now struggling to come up with a document that no longer exists!","It is disappointing that the program changed, and I am now struggling to come up with a document that no longer exists!",4,TRUE,efficiency,document,89,97,negative
productivity,notability,06fd889b-3418-4787-915b-0458ca59aacf,b6b8395c-9291-4269-8d19-af27929bacb3,Could Use built in note formatting presets,"I love this app. I’ve been using it for the entire time that I’ve been in college. I no longer to have to worry about losing my notes to a coffee spill or a hungry dog because they’re all backed up in the cloud. The only reason that Im rating it less than 5 stars is because I hope that that will make the developers more likely to see my suggestion. 	As with all things, however, there is some room for improvement. I use the Cornell style of note taking, and it can be a bit of a pain setting up the paper in that style, especially if I forgot to do so before class. As such, it would a huge quality of life improvement if they could add some paper presets that had the Cornell outline built in.","As such, it would a huge quality of life improvement if they could add some paper presets that had the Cornell outline built in.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,paper,77,82,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e7df0c3b-8f0b-4f45-b0fb-a1ec252f8c7e,b6ceedad-5da9-4576-b0c0-6e4e014a1f66,Font size issue.,"Got this app after friends recommended it and I’m loving it. I’m more organized and productive already. Love the notebook layout and the cross platform from Windows to iPhone.But there’s an issue that reallllly bothers me. Font sizes aren’t consistent across the app on Windows 10 and the iPhone app.I ran a test to see what font sizes corresponds to small, medium, and large. Small on iPhone is 10 on Windows app.Medium is 14. Large is 18.Except something written in “small” on an iPhone, when viewed on a PC and compared to something written in 10 on the Windows app, the text originally written on Windows is larger than the text written on iPhone, despite them both being “10”. If I highlight the text from the iPhone and then select 10 again, it will grow ever so slightly to match the PC font size of 10.The opposite happens if I write something in 10 on PC and then view it on an iPhone and compare it to something written in “small.” What is written in “small” is larger than what was written in 10 on the PC.This is really frustrating because it results in inconsistencies throughout your notes.I know you guys care about organization, design, and consistency. So please fix this issue.Other than that, the app is great, would be 5 stars, but this is really frustrating. You can’t have an app meant for organization have something as basic as font size be inconsistent like this.Thanks for reading this feedback.","I know you guys care about organization, design, and consistency.",4,TRUE,efficiency,design,42,48,positive
productivity,notability,7c1d17c4-0545-49b6-ad93-c4e8fc513909,b71c6460-a2c9-4e53-bafd-547ecc31e828,Best Note Taking App,Let me first start off by saying my professor LOVES the way I take notes using this app. This app is really awesome and very surprising it is free. I paid for Goodnotes but Notability is far superior. I like how the pages run-on and you can just keep writing that you don’t have to stop every so often and add a page. A cute but non-essential thing that I like is that you can add GIFS to your notes. Another thing I like is the way you can separate your notes. You can put them in a subject folder but they at the same time stay separate. My favorite feature is that you can voice record as you write and when you do playbacks it highlights what you were writing as they say it. To me that is what makes Notability far superior than the other apps. I would definitely recommend getting Notability before any other app or at least trying it before purchasing something else. Also all the features are included which makes this app so great!,I like how the pages run-on and you can just keep writing that you don’t have to stop every so often and add a page.,5,TRUE,efficiency,page,16,20,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0349b81e-83a9-4f7e-b2f4-5171acb958fa,b7496873-4b35-46ca-afc7-711eb66c2fb3,My go-to app,To organize my life. It has made a world of difference in getting things done and keeping track of all my info.Only improvement I can think of would be a calendar view or easy linkage thereto.,Only improvement I can think of would be a calendar view or easy linkage thereto.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,calendar,44,52,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,0b35e654-089e-46ff-b5bc-4acb59b984c8,b76a9849-b94a-4a08-9784-4ffac53ed50a,Real trees!,"Super motivating that if I get enough points, real trees will be planted! It’s the same reason I use the Ecosia web browser app. I was thinking about downloading their new SleepTown app but just don’t think I would be motivated without a tangible action such as a tree being planted somewhere on Earth! I also love sharing my progress! Loved the winter snow on the pictures of the trees too! The badges earned makes it fun as well!",Loved the winter snow on the pictures of the trees too!,5,TRUE,effectiveness,picture,30,37,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,186f74ac-db08-40f8-9527-ed0d211ad457,b78e8931-a0ce-4406-aabe-d87216944d31,IOS Version 10.0.3.  Is it Me?,"I’ve used Evernote since March 2014.  I updated to 10.0.3 a day ago & I regret it.  I use Evernote on my IOS iphone & I use it a lot.  Evernote on my phone was good before the update.  One day after the update I learn that Evernote does not have PRINTING / ADOBE PDF feature as was in the version before the update.  Also, the “Find in note” does not work in the notes created before the update but work in newly created notes.  Printing & Find A Note are two features that I can’t do without.  Evernote states in their documentation that PRINTING is not available yet in the IOS version.  The new updated version does have some nice editing features such as undo & more highlight & font colors & font sizing capabilities.  The inability to PRINT and the inability to make Adobe PDF’s is a game changer.  I’m not sure what I’m going to do.  I have almost 12,000 notes & for that reason, I’m hesitant to move on to something else.  I’m disappointed in the latest update.",One day after the update I learn that Evernote does not have PRINTING / ADOBE PDF feature as was in the version before the update.,5,TRUE,usability,update,19,25,negative
productivity,notability,73dc4313-dcc2-465c-9940-72ce0b7639a2,b7b146d3-b029-4062-8875-a4e1863500f0,Good app but recently don’t work as before,"I have this app for almost a year. I can say that at the time I purchased it, no app could complete with this. However recently I am facing issue. It does not save some pdf files or sometime crashes. Sometimes I open send a pdf file from an email attachment and when I open it it is a blank file. Another recent problem, the app freezes and wont respond. My ipad is a one year old so I don’t think the issue is from my ipad. I have seen similar reviews by other customers here. Hope they resolve the issues fast otherwise I am forced to leave this app.Another suggestion, it would be great if one can have side by side pages. I am doing my calculations on the app and sometimes i need to have an equation in few pages back to check. It is a pain to go back and force between pages. It would be awesome to have side by side pages selectively.Final note, i would give 5 star if there were no problem and app was working like before.",It would be awesome to have side by side pages selectively.,2,TRUE,usability,page,42,46,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,05099c79-6b19-4d01-8acb-be8a15a681cb,b7b6aa86-ddd1-4abe-85a5-39a6fff2e6ab,"Great on a PC, Good on iPad","The great MS Word works OK on my iPad. I hate typing on a virtual keyboard: I always hit wrong keys, and more often than not hit a letter ‘n’ instead of the space bar. I don’t have an external keyboard that works with this iPad, and can’t afford one right now, so I do my best. That’s what I say about MS Word on iPad: not great, but it works if I do my best to deal with the drawbacks.","I hate typing on a virtual keyboard: I always hit wrong keys, and more often than not hit a letter ‘n’ instead of the space bar.",4,TRUE,usability,space,119,124,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,63edcb98-97e6-4dca-9836-d29b16408809,b8328434-2a91-4768-8a72-c3a2b9ae80bc,"E-mail, improved","For years, I used Thunderbird on the computer but such a solution isn’t possible.Accessing my three Google e-mail accounts is quick and easy now. The app seems to work better than it does on that other platform.Shared addresses over the years are found quickly and sending photos to customers works well.",Shared addresses over the years are found quickly and sending photos to customers works well.,5,TRUE,usability,photo,63,68,positive
productivity,things-3,3834e551-894a-4fbf-bc61-373ced81fba5,b86a7e3e-88ef-43d8-9c01-e51397f5aeba,Coming from another GTD app after years of complicated frustration...,"...and “Things” manages to toe the line between functionality and simplicity exceptionally well. Two other primary GTD apps I’ve used too often feel like they’re in the way of my using them productively. Things feels, instead, like it is enabling my productivity. Big difference. Also, really nice UI/UX polish. Appreciate this app!",...and “Things” manages to toe the line between functionality and simplicity exceptionally well.,5,TRUE,usability,functionality,49,62,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c2b809b9-7d6c-468f-95dd-b50ebf26ed6a,b870c28c-138f-4ada-929a-9c220d7888fb,Advice,Hey Y’all should add folders inside of notebooks on the free version. That would be very helpful cause I love to write and having folders would keep everything organized and I thing that lots would enjoy that.On the other (ever)note (sorry couldn’t help myself) the free version has everything that I’ve been looking for. Paper is my best friend but once I found this I was overjoyed.,"Hey 

Y’all should add folders inside of notebooks on the free version.",4,TRUE,compatibility,free version,59,71,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,de4d945f-01c1-454e-a129-877e0d2d0c8d,b8a4db95-6bc2-49ce-a458-d7e7601b6a79,New interface is great but it’s slow and glitchy,"As a long term Evernote user this major overhaul is a welcome improvement. I suppose it is to be expected because of the way the world of software works; this latest version of Evernote is not quite stable and it’s also too slow for my taste. I often open it to take a photo of a document and that is as likely to hang as not. Also, I am always sending items to Evernote from other applications, so when I open it, it’s in the process of importing those notes, and that means I need to wait for that to complete before I can effectively use it. As they smooth out those rough edges (I hope soon) I will be very happy to change my review back to 5 stars. Lastly, I miss the long-press menu where I could choose to create a new note, search, or scan a document before I even opened the app. I hope they are planning on bringing that back. Keep up the good work team Evernote. I am sure it took a herculean effort to bring out this major update to your app. After a few years of slow improvements and uncertainty, it looks like you are back on track.   I hope you continue putting significant effort into the app so that I can continue to use it for many more years",I often open it to take a photo of a document and that is as likely to hang as not.,4,TRUE,usability,photo,27,32,negative
productivity,things-3,62f7c77d-11fa-4b80-8569-6ede16310784,b91948dc-1c54-4926-9322-efc17b896b28,THANK YOU for not using a subscription,"Most other planning apps now have moved onto a subscription, which is crazy because who would pay monthly for a calendar?! Not me. I’m so glad you guys have a one-time payment because that’s how it should be. You pay for a calendar, you keep that calendar. Thank you :D","Most other planning apps now have moved onto a subscription, which is crazy because who would pay monthly for a calendar?!",5,TRUE,cost,subscription,48,60,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,be585741-b860-4f05-9d31-41da8138f669,b97b128f-e5ba-497a-880d-1d3f445e4b52,Great When It Works,"I am using the newest iPad Pro and this app should definitely work on the top of the line device. All other apps works flawlessly. If I am typing a paper and about an hour and a half in, it always freezes on me. I have lost one important assignment because the app froze, I was not on WiFi (beyond the point when the app shouldn’t freeze to begin with), and I could not click on anything on the screen to at least copy the text. I had to completely get off of the app, delete it from recents, and go back onto the app where the paper was no more. It just happened to me again (luckily I was able to manually save before it froze even worse) and that was my tipping point to write a review.","I had to completely get off of the app, delete it from recents, and go back onto the app where the paper was no more.",2,TRUE,efficiency,paper,100,105,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,30eaa0cc-3aa8-4492-bd65-57ae53d71546,b9c31802-6c49-4852-af4b-c1a546f032ef,I love this app hate the last update.,As my title says I love this app. However I need a new update. For ever sense the last update every time I check/read my email the app still tells me I have an email. I have to sign in and out to make it go away. It comes back the second I get another email.,As my title says I love this app.,5,TRUE,general,title,7,12,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c389e20f-75c4-4309-a13d-6d8693edc80c,b9f312ee-94a5-44ad-a8f0-20483515efb0,Evernote is my most important productivity tool,"I really don’t know how anybody gets by without an electronic notebook that can be accessed from multiple devices like Evernote. With the free text search, and smart use of tags, I can instantly pull up information when and where I need it. I use the paid version so I can access my data on multiple devices and offline. Totally worth it!","With the free text search, and smart use of tags, I can instantly pull up information when and where I need it.",4,TRUE,usability,tag,45,48,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e9f9d14d-1868-4e8c-90c0-83ca598595af,b9fc937b-70ca-46fc-9ae4-a984d046da1c,Good but needs improvement,"The app has two main problems with it that I don’t like. The first thing is that my unread emails are not counted and displayed on the icon like the iPhone mail app does. This should be a simple add. The second is that when you click a link in an email, it doesn’t really open the link in the browser of your choice. It opens an instance of the browser inside the gmail app. The problem is that it can’t process too much. If the website you went to has a video on it, only about a minute will play and then the process will time out. If you go into your browser, the page is gone. Only way to get to it in the full browser is to copy the link and paste it into the full browser. Kind of a pain.",The first thing is that my unread emails are not counted and displayed on the icon like the iPhone mail app does.,3,TRUE,efficiency,unread email,28,40,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,f5c71eaf-c20e-49f8-82cf-f3cd44ce911e,ba05cb8c-358e-428c-91d4-40ba43d3ac8e,The Good and the Bad,"The good is that I have yet to find another email app that handles the label/folder thing as well as Gmail’s native app. I can easily see my labels. I like the snooze feature as well. The bad is that it is clearly not a high priority for the company, as their work on this reminds me of kids out of high school with limited leadership. QA misses huge things regularly, implantation of new features is often clunky at best, and they frankly haven’t done much with it over these many many years. Currently cut & paste has big issues and they thrust their Meet functionality so in my face that I can’t even see my entire list of emails anymore. It’s literally almost an inch high of space to push for something that shouldn’t even be part of the Gmail mobile app at all! And this is par for the course with their updates over the last 10 years.  I hope they resolve these issues quickly. Meanwhile I’ll continue to look for an email app that handles labels/folders well instead.",And this is par for the course with their updates over the last 10 years.,3,TRUE,efficiency,update,43,49,negative
productivity,notability,bfa284d1-4783-4b41-9baa-c66aedead54d,ba0e68e1-cc59-4b17-b82e-eb32a7abd6ff,Getting me through college - WITH AN iPAD!!,"First off, kudos for making a KILLER APP! I started school last semester dumping tons of money into a new computer but little did I know that this gem of an app would make my iPad pro the ONLY device that I need. I have the keyboard for typing, the pencil for writing and with the latest update I can’t wait to try the handwriting recognition! I must say, the best $10 i’ve ever spent on an app, HANDS DOWN! After starting college as an adult, 15 years after high school I had no idea i’d be able to carry a lightweight iPad and just a couple of accessories to do all that I need. My handwritten notes look so good on this app that my classmates ask me to email my notes to them and recording the lectures has made reviewing so easy with my busy schedule. I’ve tried them all and trust me, this app is truly the killer note-taking solution. Just buy it, you won’t regret it. Overall very stable, excellent backup options and i’m telling you the handwriting looks so good and the built-in recording just makes it a must. DO IT!!","I have the keyboard for typing, the pencil for writing and with the latest update I can’t wait to try the handwriting recognition!",5,TRUE,general,update,76,82,positive
productivity,things-3,b7392acd-d7ca-4c32-bdc6-104938a4a667,ba639d42-972f-4ae4-8aa9-a8acfd1b5c4d,Finally!,"I first used Things years ago to GTD. After I discovered Wunderlist, I switched and loved the flexibility and the plethora of features it offered. Few years ago, a tragedy took place and Wunderlist fell victim to Microsoft who bought out and stopped updating the app. It then went off to attempt its own version of Wunderlist, only to release an underdeveloped, underperforming iteration that's probably doomed for the lack of user interest. To make a long story short, I was forced to find a replacement for my beloved Wunderlist (RIP). I searched high and low only to return to Things 3. I'm happy to acknowledge that it evolved into a prince, matching and at times surpassing Wunderlist. Things 3 is more elegant and user friendly then any other app I've tried. I'm happy to be home again. My dream is for Apple to recognize the value of Things 3 and purchase it. Only then can we be assured that this magnificent product will survive indefinitely. Apple, are you listening?!","I'm happy to acknowledge that it evolved into a prince, matching and at times surpassing Wunderlist.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,68f5a76d-d047-4563-a311-0502d1aa94b8,ba7a19bb-97a8-4456-b95e-07b7f251e64c,Love this app for my iPhone,"I recently downloaded this app and was a bit skeptical if it would be any better than the app already pre-installed on my iPhone.  Although it’s nice that all my emails can be put in one place, my gmail is my primary email account and i love the ease of using this app.  It puts all promotional (advertisement) emails in one folder and all my social media notifications in another.  This has been my go to app for email.  Great job google!!",It puts all promotional (advertisement) emails in one folder and all my social media notifications in another.,5,TRUE,usability,motion,16,22,positive
productivity,notability,2d637665-5119-4901-9fcb-1430e1501b4c,bac1d58a-7ec0-4ce3-b10f-d0aaf7921e07,The perfect app for school/work!,"After my first semester as a freshman, I struggled with a heavy back pack. Having to carry many notebooks, binders, planners, and books was so exhausting. So i ended up buying an iPad and Notability literally saved me! I now have ALL of my notes and all of my assignments on the app. Notability also syncs to the cloud so you have everything with you even if you don’t have the device you took the notes on. You’re able to download your assignments and send them to the app to write on. My classes that provided fill in notes or had things on their website that was our responsibility to bring to class was now on my notability app. The ability to search key words from your handwritten notes is amazing. The ability to record lectures and play them back and watching yourself write it in realtime was very helpful when it comes to reviewing class material. Everything is so organized since you can create multiple color coded folders for anything you could think of.The only reason I shorted it a star is because I wish Notability had different writing tools. My notes are clean and neat but i wish the pen had a pencil option just to give another satisfying “real paper” look. I would also love to see a choice in the shape of the highlighter that would give a more squared off ends rather than the circle one it currently has.",The ability to search key words from your handwritten notes is amazing.,4,TRUE,usability,handwritten note,43,59,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0d71ae00-e218-4152-954e-ac7a8da4eef1,bb16d604-4840-4b08-a093-41c04ef833e1,Version 10 is a deal breaker,"I’ve used Evernote since 2001 and have loved it, until they updated to version 10. I prefer to take handwritten notes. There’s plenty of science to back handwritten note taking and I want to stick with it. Previously I could take great note pages with Evernote. I’ve been doing that since the first Apple Pencil was released. But now the handwriting portion is absolutely terrible. The pages are sized/resized differently and the pencil recognition is extremely poor. It doesn’t track well with the pencil so my writing is not smooth or clear. Additionally the pressure sensitivity isn’t working anymore either.I’ve tried working with support but they haven’t come up with any acceptable solutions yet. I hate to go look for a new app and give up the 10 years of history that I have in Evernote, but that is where I am at currently. Hopefully they can fix it before that happens.",The pages are sized/resized differently and the pencil recognition is extremely poor.,1,TRUE,usability,page,5,9,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,ef4f9296-a098-494c-b373-127fd81b37af,bb4070d5-5286-4a96-969c-d565dfbaf663,Word search problem,"(1) Word search starts searching like crazy before you end typing the word/text you want to search for.  It will continue even when you try to stop it.  You go crazy too by clicking <cancel>, but it will continue until whatever, then, it suddenly stop its search and goes back to the document. Here, you must start all over again with the same frustration.(2) The solution is to use other text writing tool for writing exactly what you want, then past in the word/text search.(3) The difference between this ap and others is that you can copy something from outside sources and past it into your document.  You will be able to find the text you already copied into it when you use the way I described for text searching.  There are other apps that do not recognize texts you pasted into them from web pages or books.But I am thankful for the work you’ve done.",(1) Word search starts searching like crazy before you end typing the word/text you want to search for.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,text,76,80,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,8004f462-1549-4dae-be2e-d4b9a4f15437,bb5d5d98-90b8-43d4-ac68-bbde150acc8f,"Great App, Helps Me Focus","I have been using Forest for about 2 years now. I love the premise of growing trees while I work and gaining coins to buy more trees. It makes my focus into a game as well. You do need to have a bit of discipline still if you aren’t using the deep focus mode, as without it you are able to access any app you want (I believe this is due to  new iOS’s restriction). I need to access my texts for work, so can’t use the deep focus mode or else my trees would die every time. But leaving the app up still gives me the reminder to focus when I open my phone. Love it!!!",But leaving the app up still gives me the reminder to focus when I open my phone.,5,TRUE,usability,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,notability,ae4c384a-458c-44a3-b2ca-9dfc017655dc,bbe23089-e8d5-44ff-b5f2-fade97ed8393,I love the app but...,"I am a second year medical student and I use notability for all of my note taking needs. I use my Apple Pencil to take notes in class as well as record so that I can go back to listen to lectures. As of late, this app keeps “sticking” and becomes unresponsive. I literally have to exit the app and re- enter just to resume work. It is frustrating since sometimes the app crashes before it could store which means that when I re-open the app my work is lost and I have to start again.Developers please fix with a new update. Additional please add more paper designs and inks. I’ve been using this app for a long time and I am getting by the paper and ink options.  One note has beautiful glitter ink that is so vibrant. It is time to step up optics of notability. I would love to keep using the app into residency....",I use my Apple Pencil to take notes in class as well as record so that I can go back to listen to lectures.,2,TRUE,general,list,89,93,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,3211e153-7907-4bd1-9666-79e97b038baa,bd75a8bf-086b-4069-a320-957db9325e85,It feels like a game! But I have a question,"This app does not feel like a boring list of obligations.  It feels like an actual game!  This is mainly due to the amount of work that went into the actual design of the game.  By making the trees appealing, you feel like you want to get as many of them as possible and after getting the trees you want, you feel a sense of care for your garden tycoon.  It’s worth every penny because you also know that your money is in good hands that are willing to help the world by planting real trees.  However, I have a question:  How do you change the color of the oak tree?  I have seen so many people changing it but I can’t seem to find a way.",It’s worth every penny because you also know that your money is in good hands that are willing to help the world by planting real trees.,5,TRUE,cost,money,56,61,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,884925b9-a6de-4080-8321-0dfae166959b,bde739bc-53bd-42c1-8357-17d0eabd6652,Amazing!,"Update:After the developer responded to my review not more than 1 day after I left it, I wanted to update my review. Just as I state below, the app is wonderful. I forgot to mention they also offer a program where you can spend your earned coins to have an organization plant a REAL tree. It’s a really great app. I totally recommend!!I absolutely love this app. I’ve tried every other anti-procrastination app out there, and none have worked for until I found Forest. The fact that it still plants your dead tree makes you feel guilty because you’ll be able to see it. I feel like that’s the key right there. The saying “out of sight out of mind” really applies here. It’s NOT out of sight so it’s NOT out of mind. I really like this app, it is definitely worth the priceAlso, there’s a chrome extension. You manually put in which websites you are NOT allowed to go to, so you can still use your computer for work (blacklist), or you put in the specific websites you ARE allowed to visit, and anything else will kill your tree (whitelist). All in all, this is a great app and totally worth the money if you really need help with procrastination.","I really like this app, it is definitely worth the price

Also, there’s a chrome extension.",5,TRUE,cost,price,52,57,positive
productivity,notability,98423e5c-446f-43d5-befe-b5273f2d2eb9,be570890-0df0-4318-bfa6-95abf75b9d93,Great Note Taking.. sync issue dampens enthusiasm,"I love the App, does everything I want. Easy to export to other file type, drag and drop functionality , different font size etc . Love the app.Only complaint is cloud sync. Got to the point that every time I pulled my iPad out , I had ZERO FILES. They were all in the “unfiled notes section” and in the process of syncing. While in that process, you cannot even READ the note. If I happened to need my notes in a situation where I have no wi fi I would have been screwed. The times this happened was extremely inconvenient but took a few minutes to sync because I had access to wifi . After troubleshooting for a few days I gave up and completely disabled cloud sync.","Easy to export to other file type, drag and drop functionality , different font size etc .",3,TRUE,usability,font,76,80,positive
productivity,things-3,ec156431-15ca-442c-b1b4-e7390e0d6788,be924ea5-67b3-4724-a1f2-c8678b185cf5,Really well done,"This app has a lot of great functionality for managing tasks and projects.  The interface is super clean and efficient.  The flow for bringing a task or project through inception to completion is very intuitive and works well. The only thing I would raise is the way the app assumes you are a go-getter who will knock out tasks in a proactive manner.  For slackers, procrastinators, and anxiety sufferers like myself it is not very good at nagging and popping up.  You have to actively pay attention to the stuff in the app.  I would like to see a slider that lets you set the level of app awareness of your ability to complete tasks.  So you can make it nag you more if you want it to. That way you can decide if the app is more proactive in bringing tasks in front of your eyes to make sure you don’t just set them and forget them.  But I would still recommend this app all the way.",This app has a lot of great functionality for managing tasks and projects.,5,TRUE,usability,functionality,29,42,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1bd6fe33-d0c4-4fb5-bc0c-8398ea982096,be9b3774-5112-48f2-ab53-15a87970149a,Not quite perfect,"The only thing that I don’t like is that The app doesn’t allow me to edit the saved eMail file folders. I no longer have/use a PC to make changes, so I have to access the GMail website on my iPhone or Samsung tablet. The web pages for mobile & tablets does not have the ability to edit those file folder either. If either of them do have that feature, it’s not easy to find, I’ve tried. So, my GMail account has become, virtually unusable since I cannot add, or delete file folders. Unfortunately, as much as I loved GMail on my PC, I’ve had to switch to another provider for my primary eMail account.",The web pages for mobile & tablets does not have the ability to edit those file folder either.,2,TRUE,usability,page,9,13,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,48ed25a4-1feb-41fe-80f9-819e57837cb1,bf0d26af-36ff-474b-a6d4-0414a4e4b69c,Unable to login!!! Not working,"I get the error message ""some error happened"" and I'm unable to login. This is very frustrating because my account was also not synced during my last planting which was two hours long!! I thought it was an error with the app so I deleted and re downloaded and now I can't get in at all. Will I ever be able to login!?Did I lose my trees/coins/hours focused if it wasn't synced before I deleted it?Please fix and help!!",Did I lose my trees/coins/hours focused if it wasn't synced before I deleted it?,1,TRUE,usability,sync,54,58,negative
productivity,notability,1a95fd17-077f-4d8b-8512-1c663807f743,bf2662a4-324a-44e3-b1ab-4f130776385b,Your experience with this app may be different than mine,"My experience with this app has been that it's full with features like gifs, audio recording while note-taking that syncs with the notes you type or hand-write, I find this feature to be a wonderful tool to have when you're note taking while you're listening to a lecture. It may be useful in the event that you may miss something the professor/teacher is saying. It also has handwriting detection, which I found to be another wonderful addition to the tool set being offered in this app. I had used it in highschool and use it now as well for many things. You could submit your notebook checks to your teacher via email as a pdf (if they accept it). You may also use any one of your preferred cloud services to back up your notes, including iCloud sync between your iOS devices. One feature I'd recommend they add is the ability to back-up locally to the device and/or the option to backup to your own personal cloud storage like with external hard drives that offer that service.",You could submit your notebook checks to your teacher via email as a pdf (if they accept it).,5,TRUE,compatibility,notebook,23,31,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a52c058b-6a80-4eba-bf05-502ea57d9f06,bf6f830a-4282-478f-b5fe-62fd1f9ecbf1,"Great program, hate new app update","I never write reviews, but after having the new Evernote app crash on me multiple times in one afternoon, I am here. I love Evernote and use the app frequently to pull up recipes and scan household documents. I HATE the new version. It is slow, resets constantly and keeps crashing for no reason. It is becoming incredibly tedious to use. I want the old version back, which was AWESOME on my iPhone. PLEASE FIX!!!!!!",I HATE the new version.,4,TRUE,usability,new version,12,23,negative
productivity,notability,2f30ed19-bf32-4c48-9c0a-9f504afe0d8e,c05975d4-9507-43ff-9b86-6f27272b0c50,The Best App You Will Ever Purchase!,"I know for starters this app may seem like a lot, especially with the cost for both the iPhone/iPad and the cost of the Mac apps, BUT ITS WORTH IT! Being a college student I use this app every single day in all my classes. The app is so easy to use, and so intuitive. The iPad app is amazing for use with Apple Pencil or other styluses, and the fun pen colors and paper choices make notes less boring. This app also works with TONS of file types which you can import and annotate. I have nor used the voice feature yet, but I am thrilled to as I am sure it is as good as everything else this app offers. Finally my favorite feature is that notability automatically saves all my files and updates them constant across all my devices, so I never have to wait for my files to load. The useful feature of backing up the notes to google drive or Dropbox is amazingly helpful and lets me have my notes accessible even when I am not on my own laptop with the app. Overall MUST BUY for college students especially, or anyone who is a frequent note taker or writer. Absolutely, 100%, hands down, the most amazing app on the App Store!!","The iPad app is amazing for use with Apple Pencil or other styluses, and the fun pen colors and paper choices make notes less boring.",5,TRUE,general,color,86,91,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,df31e77a-1ed6-4742-90fc-1c096b3b9998,c0701bb0-a84c-4eff-9a8b-3ca3ca5bec5e,Staple app! Must have.,"I’ve had this app for years. I mean yeeears. I’ve used it across platforms and devices and it is seamless. I’ve never had it glitch or not work on each new phone I’ve purchased. At first, I only got it to take notes on the go when I was in military aviation. It helped me keep all unclassified tidbits in one safe space, but then I watched it and my need for it grow both over time and after I left the military for new professional endeavors. Other apps have tried to do something similar with their own novel touches, like Trello which I think is a decent app, but nothing has yet truly rivaled Evernote. Its easy to use and helps busy minds like mine to braindump everything into a tidy new entry while allowing me to build on it and reprioritize the contents along the way. I haven’t tried linking individuals for a shared group experience, like teams yet, but I am sure it would be a synch. It’s got pretty much everything you need from simple notes both with text and finger writing to scanning, audio, and video to checklists and more.Now that I am writing a book, it has become my writing research hub both on the go and while sitting at my computer. I open up a new web browser tab on my desktop and do everything I need to do right there with a click of the mouse. That way, I don’t need to transpose everything I am researching onto my phone a second time. Great app! Probably my favorite.","I haven’t tried linking individuals for a shared group experience, like teams yet, but I am sure it would be a synch.",5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,112,116,positive
productivity,things-3,42c6526f-3735-4db7-9498-2999b8184a51,c076ee8c-e96a-412e-b68a-db5d55ea0a3d,Can you answer the following and let us know if you are working on this to implement?,"Support for images in tasks really needs to be added to Things. This is a huge feature that is lacking – at the moment I link to an Evernote note, however this is not ideal, and I really wish the developers would listen to the users and add support for attachments to tasks. Whilst this would bring complications to Things Cloud (a brilliant and fast service), I think many users would be willing to pay a small yearly subscription for this feature.Windows/web support. Whilst I know that this will likely never happen, it’s worth a try as it’s quite a requested feature.Natural language input in the task line. This would make it a lot quicker to add tasks into Things.Better search. Whilst search works, well, in Things, it would be great if it was more powerful, allowing us to search for certain due dates.Filters. Being able to quickly bring up a customized view, like in Todoist, would be a amazing addition to Things. I often find myself wanting to see tasks that are due in the next 7 days with the school tag, however I cannot do this in Things.Better reminders. Currently, reminders disappear on the notification screen after a while, and do not stay there. In addition to this, location reminders would be a great addition.Markdown in task notes. Often, I want to include a little more information about a task. Things only allows you to add notes in plain text – the ability to use markdown would be great","Whilst search works, well, in Things, it would be great if it was more powerful, allowing us to search for certain due dates.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,due date,116,124,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,ca5a34dd-3e06-441a-bf1c-18c6b9c1a969,c086e5d9-da9f-4a67-9fd2-6f6cec31a6bf,Very good overall,"This is overall a very good implementation of an app that echoes as closely as possible the web gmail app (not inbox).  So if you use the web gmail site, then this is a very great parallel app to use on your iPad.  In that sense, I’m very satisfied and use it.It is of course not going to have all the functionality of the web app, which is in a few cases a problem, but very rarely.","It is of course not going to have all the functionality of the web app, which is in a few cases a problem, but very rarely.",4,TRUE,usability,functionality,43,56,negative
productivity,things-3,7d05f0a1-7f60-4390-b1de-a3e1891187b6,c0e1f52a-0e4e-4f87-86c3-0f6cad6855a5,Good task/project app; iffy sync,"Things 3 is a great looking, well designed app. I’ve used for years, and have been pretty happy. But periodically their Things Cloud sync causes problems. Reliability isn’t what it should be. Recently I spent a day working on a multi-part project which I ticked off on my Mac. But in evening review of tasks, none of the project, sub tasks, or checklists were marked complete on any other device. And this isn’t the first time. Sometimes sync seems stalled on a device. Their sync service is a blemish on an otherwise polished app.",But periodically their Things Cloud sync causes problems.,4,TRUE,compatibility,sync,37,41,negative
productivity,notability,eef2c291-fffc-4c88-98d2-0f4abd90178f,c0efa6c5-59a7-43ec-a32a-324a302a8785,"Used to be great, but now iCloud sync has ruined it!","I am SO frustrated and I never write reviews but this has me fired up.  This is the 2nd time I have gotten ready to create a note and for whatever reason, iCloud sync has to re-sync my 680+ notes which has already been done in the past.  While this syncing is occurring, I am unable to do anything.  I use this app for work and school and right at this moment my productivity is NIL.  Since I have always backed up to Dropbox I figured I would just turn iCloud sync off.  Got a message asking me where I wanted to store my notes and I selected “on my device.”  After I did that I had a total of 10 notes. Why is iCloud holding my notes hostage???  Apparently I have to have iCloud sync enabled to access my other 670 notes.  It’s been over 20 minutes...still syncing.  OVER THIS!",I am SO frustrated and I never write reviews but this has me fired up.,1,TRUE,general,write review,32,44,negative
productivity,notability,ae016157-2332-47c4-b30a-56a19da73d9c,c0fbf192-3f37-46ea-aa7a-2d416d32a519,Best App I ever used,I had this app for a few years now. I no longer use paper at all. This app has so many valuable features and has helped me in so many different ways. I can download my school books in pdf form and have it read to me. Screenshots I can write on. This app is literally my everything. From business management to school to personal life planning. I love it! It has only improved over the years and I am truly impressed. Best of all it is not a subscription based app which makes me so happy. This is the main reason why I have an iPad. I even had to make tutorial videos for other classmates and friends to learn how many tricks you can do with this app. Thank you for this app! It’s a life saver! I don’t have to keep up with paper and it saves me storage space in my home. Easy to go back and read notes I took years ago conveniently. Worth the buy!,I no longer use paper at all.,5,TRUE,usability,paper,17,22,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,23851694-fb19-43c6-8f27-4cf5c3067a60,c1056059-21e3-4520-beea-4c77d28036fe,Photo attachment improvements,I enjoy the app overall. It is easy to keep things organized and send and receive emails quickly. I also like how drafts are always saved so I can come back to work on them later.I’d really love if I could attach photos from specific albums instead of having to scroll through my entire camera rolls. It would also be nice to have more control over the recent attachments functions. Specifically the ability to choose from a “most used” attachments list. Also the ability remove unwanted attachments from the recent attachments list,I’d really love if I could attach photos from specific albums instead of having to scroll through my entire camera rolls.,3,TRUE,usability,photo,35,40,positive
productivity,notability,da572bcd-31fe-480c-aca5-0e511ef5b347,c10e0bc5-44ef-4b1f-be75-ff2172fb23e6,Love this App,"I’m currently an engineering student and this app has been so helpful especially with my OCD. I am able to create quick circuit diagrams that are clean and easily readable. My only suggestion, add a library feature that saves previously user created shapes that you can quickly attach to notes. I know that stickies is a thing but from what I can tell, stickies just creates a small extra document attached to the current document. For example I am constantly drawing resistors and if there was a way to just make one resistor drawing and store it in a library, that would save a lot of time and help with my need to have everything uniform haha. But besides that notability has been amazing, thank you so much for such a great product.I’m not sure what the recent update did but now all my subjects have been removed from my dividers and scattered and mixed..... please fix this because I really don’t have time to reorganize 40+ subjects to their respective dividers.....","I know that stickies is a thing but from what I can tell, stickies just creates a small extra document attached to the current document.",5,TRUE,general,document,95,103,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,743d4a67-db32-46b4-b390-8621a2d07e87,c1a8c308-c458-4d52-9d25-7eb44b460a00,Major defect: sometimes modifications are not save to file when exiting file.,"This app has a major defect that makes it unreliable as a word editor.  Sporadically and unpredictably, it does not save modifications to the file upon closing the file.   I do have auto save on, and even tried turning that off and manually saving the file, and it states that it is saving the file, but it does not save the changes. I had suspected this issue over the last year as i am writing a manuscript for a book and noticed certain things were not as i remember them.I verified it several times this week by backing up the modifications directly to google cloud prior to closing the file on this word app.  I compared and the mods were missing. It is completely unpredictable and i have found no way to improve consistency.  Any word editor should have 100% reliability in this area. Unfortunately i will have to continue writing the manuscript on Google docs in the cloud because of this issue with this word app. I say unfortunately because it can get slow due to the size of the file and the formatting is not as full featured.This bug needs to be addressed as a critical bug.  Otherwise this app is not usable as a word editor for reliable documentation.  I have no idea how many of those mods over the last year are missing in the current docs.(On a positive note, the interface and formatting are great.)",Otherwise this app is not usable as a word editor for reliable documentation.,1,TRUE,usability,document,64,72,negative
productivity,things-3,7d143fad-a834-4c1d-b8a3-147b1be98071,c1ae7cc3-d8a2-4cd7-b3d1-18a89190430d,Deleted tasks with no warning,"While setting up my to-dos into this app, I created a couple of tasks I marked as due today and tagged important. Later in the SAME DAY, I opened the app to mark those tasks completed, but the tasks were gone. Keyword and tag search gave me nothing. If auto-deleting uncompleted is an intended feature, how can I know what I did and didn’t get done in a day? Those missed tasks should either stay put or be put into the logbook somehow. I don’t want end up forgetting all about the missed task.All my other tasks that were part of “projects” stayed put. It’s only the two I made in the Today folder.",Keyword and tag search gave me nothing.,2,TRUE,usability,tag,13,16,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,ff6ba48a-d3ac-4e39-ad49-4ec855d049a7,c1c24517-4630-402c-a719-92fbc798fcd4,The best,"With dark mode support, this went from good to great. I loved this on my surface but ran into a number of problems with that device and switched to an iPad. So to see my favorite app working even better was a huge relief. I have hundreds of pages on OneNote and it works perfectly, dare I say better with Apple Pencil support and the Pro motion display. Microsoft continues to be a team player and make their software just work on whatever device you decide to work from, done like software professionals shoul. Looking at you GOOGLE.","With dark mode support, this went from good to great.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,dark mode,6,15,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,a8493146-3739-4cd7-8b09-6df42327181e,c2205c0d-c727-421c-939b-48e2208e4e23,Really bad,"It’s almost as if the developers try to make this app not work properly.  I’m not sure how you can develop and release an app with this many bugs that also has such an awful user experience.  I have lost so many documents even though I have saved them, exporting never works, the buttons in the app switch icons constantly, it will not open half of my documents.  If there was another option I would use it because this is one of the worst apps on the App Store.  I would give 0 stars if I could.  When I export to a PDF, the PDF file has nothing in it.  When I save as a word document, the word document is empty.  AutoSave does not work.  How can an app be this awful?",I’m not sure how you can develop and release an app with this many bugs that also has such an awful user experience.,1,TRUE,efficiency,user experience,101,116,negative
productivity,things-3,b301e00c-6f38-44c0-a21b-8417f2f7dbcc,c22c830a-eb0e-4326-9c46-6c894e2d31eb,Delightful,"It appears that I have finally found the one productivity app that is fun to use and works beautifully.I have tried many productivity apps over the years with ToDoist and OmniFocus 3 being the most recent ones used. When I saw the beauty and easy functionality of Things 3 I jumped in, leaving the others behind. It has served me well. Updates arrive regularly. My one request would be that the behavior of repeating tasks would be improved. I like the beautiful simplicity of Things 3 and hope it can be maintained as new features are added. A most delightful app!","When I saw the beauty and easy functionality of Things 3 I jumped in, leaving the others behind.",5,TRUE,efficiency,functionality,32,45,positive
productivity,notability,3b967706-ba0e-4ff1-b635-8242538507e0,c232f93f-72d2-4992-ad1b-82ed24026a65,Gamechanger,"I have been using this app for about a week and it is an absolute game changer. The ability to sync notes between my iPad and my iPhone is just amazing. You can share and import documents with virtually every other app imaginable and it has saved me SO much time at work by just keeping me better organized. I love the fact that you can rearrange your notes on the fly. It makes so much sense sense whereas with traditional pen and paper you are limited have to scratch entire sections out or worst-case have to start all over on a new piece of paper. I am able to download, markup, and share statistics and documents with my team almost instantly.This app also seems to improve my handwriting somehow.. Even when compared with other similar apps my handwriting just seems to look much better using Notability.","I am able to download, markup, and share statistics and documents with my team almost instantly.",5,TRUE,usability,document,57,65,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,2667ebb0-0ab9-49ed-a700-cf664f06e949,c23695c7-3aab-456d-8fd1-9f8af05b806d,Decent app but with a few issues,"The app does its job to keep me focused. However when I tried to edit the tag of intervals through the timeline/forest pages, the app shut itself down. There is no way to edit the tag once the interval is completed. Additionally, I can’t access the help center/FAQ thru Settings, the page loads endlessly.","However when I tried to edit the tag of intervals through the timeline/forest pages, the app shut itself down.",3,TRUE,reliability,page,79,83,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,697b1d51-7df5-458a-93de-fb8849d1ff9d,c2eef539-5975-4921-b301-4d23db1ac1a6,ALMOST PERFECT,"I LOVE EVERNOTE. Been an active user since 2012...but for some reason lately i'm scared to edit notes on the mobile app since I keep having sync issues where either 1. my note wouldnt even save after i check it again later on, or 2. it'll constantly have a ""conflicting note entry"" error message showing two versions of the note which is super frustrating since I have to confirm which is the most recent and sometimes i accidentally edit an older version not realizing a newer conflicting version was saved below the older version, making it a hassle to verify what i accidentally added to the old version that should be in the new one...if that makes sense? – basically, the functionality with syncing between devices is not very reliable. PLEASE FIX!","– basically, the functionality with syncing between devices is not very reliable.",4,TRUE,compatibility,sync,37,41,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,90834edc-c08a-48c5-a191-0cbc2646a420,c314cdee-8d0a-40c4-b15e-9f681d744542,Amazing customer service and great study tool,"I love this app for taking notes for my classes. I’ve since used it as a weekly and monthly planner making organizing classes so much easier. I love that I can have all my class notes and planners all in one spot. It’s easy to navigate through as well. The formatting for taking notes makes it easy to follow along in class without having to worry about organizing my notes. I use the class notes template and there’s even a section for questions which I’ve found very helpful as I tend to think of things during lecture but usually at inappropriate times. This template allows me to quickly jot down thoughts so I can ask the professor after class. I’ve only just started to use this app but I’m sure I’ll be using this note taking app well into graduate school. I had to use cengage for one of my college classes and it offered a 6month free trial and after trying to redeem that I ended up being charged for the full annual price. I reached out to customer service and got a response almost immediately with a refund and they honored the free trial as well. I’m beyond happy with this fast service and doing the right thing, I fully expected to be charged the full amount. The only thing I’d love to see is different highlighter colors!",I reached out to customer service and got a response almost immediately with a refund and they honored the free trial as well.,5,TRUE,general,free trial,108,118,positive
productivity,things-3,8275bb47-2058-4000-b7b3-c99abf2a33e3,c368ca10-5f5a-4517-973e-f2cbc2361cdb,The most intuitive to do app,"I LOVE this app. Is my new todo app but the new widget does nothing, useless.1. Love the unified experience between iOS devices and mac. 2. Love the clean design. Easy to navigate.3. Most intuitive to-do WPPI have used. 4. Right the amount of power to keep it from overwhelm the user. I have used Omnifocus and Todoist. Both are nice and powerful apps but both lack the intuitiveness and balance of Things.",Love the clean design.,3,TRUE,usability,design,16,22,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ef4f9296-a098-494c-b373-127fd81b37af,c387f472-0aa0-499a-8b77-54be86ef55ca,Word search problem,"(1) Word search starts searching like crazy before you end typing the word/text you want to search for.  It will continue even when you try to stop it.  You go crazy too by clicking <cancel>, but it will continue until whatever, then, it suddenly stop its search and goes back to the document. Here, you must start all over again with the same frustration.(2) The solution is to use other text writing tool for writing exactly what you want, then past in the word/text search.(3) The difference between this ap and others is that you can copy something from outside sources and past it into your document.  You will be able to find the text you already copied into it when you use the way I described for text searching.  There are other apps that do not recognize texts you pasted into them from web pages or books.But I am thankful for the work you’ve done.","(2) The solution is to use other text writing tool for writing exactly what you want, then past in the word/text search.",3,TRUE,usability,text,34,38,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,45d4af2c-1c26-47b4-9d8e-6506c551cdb8,c3cada8e-9d64-4fad-a809-b2f69b661f12,Why Word is better than every other document app.,"Word is a great app, with ready-to-write formats they designed so upcoming and experienced writers and even everyday people can easily edit. It is helpful and seems perfect for nearly every writing and editing need. I strongly recommend Word.","Word is a great app, with ready-to-write formats they designed so upcoming and experienced writers and even everyday people can easily edit.",5,TRUE,usability,design,55,61,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,43e1aef5-d46a-48bf-a672-cc8bf8410178,c4a35ddd-b345-4783-b1db-78fe8618d849,"Works for email, no split screen","This app works well for email, particularly my corporate mail...however on the iPad there’s no split screen functionality. This severely limits multitasking and given that googles other apps can do it I’m shocked this one can’t. Even calendar allows a slide over... please add this and I’ll happily give that last star.","This app works well for email, particularly my corporate mail...however on the iPad there’s no split screen functionality.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,split screen,96,108,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,07519233-2ab4-4b77-96cc-b774e48301b3,c4c75a56-60cb-47a6-a3c7-636a4829289e,I am so happy I found this app!!!!,"Not only does this app help me stay productive with my school work, it also gives me a chance to help grow trees all around the world!! Which is pretty freaking cool!!! The one thing I wish it was able to do was keep me from getting into my other apps when I loose self control haha. But at the same time I’m also glad it allows me to still text my parents if I need to. Having the app going is always a friendly reminder to get back to work when I turn on my phone. Overall, I strongly recommend for people to get it!!",But at the same time I’m also glad it allows me to still text my parents if I need to.,4,TRUE,usability,text,58,62,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,fc396408-3449-48ef-8b0b-f33d59b1e144,c4d345b0-7be3-4dee-82cf-236aed383a21,Almost OK,"I don’t trust Google for privacy, so I only use gmail for online shopping or gaming stuff, never for important things like personal business. That said I’m giving this a 1 star review because the app insists on opening links in its own browser even though I’ve set it to use Safari. Every time I need to reset a password or log into a site, I have to tap the link then tap the compass to actually get to the browser I want to use. This past week I was on a road trip and tapping the compass only worked about 20% of the time. The rest of the time it would load the company’s homepage or a 404 in Safari instead of the page that loaded in Google’s browser. I’m so tired of it I’m finally uninstalling the app.Beyond that there’s also no way to easily empty the social and promotion bins, but that’s just picking nits.","Beyond that there’s also no way to easily empty the social and promotion bins, but that’s just picking nits.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,motion,67,73,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e11ce116-b349-4b77-9e20-83b2edc2dde5,c4f5e681-e85a-4f9d-ac77-56d7f44b2524,Love it but I wish ...,"I do love this app however, with recent updates I have found it difficult to type. For example, I'll be typing something and just as I space to continue I find myself somewhere else in my document completely, or I'll change the font for the entire document but half of the document still remains in the default font. I don't really have much problems with this app but I think that is because I do not use it as frequently as others may.","I do love this app however, with recent updates I have found it difficult to type.",4,TRUE,compatibility,update,41,47,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0bc5ac15-4bc7-4928-8ccd-d312eb442751,c4f91356-f870-4df4-a37e-a68131ae5d2d,Excellent Journaling Tool,"Evernote appeared in a short description as a dynamic tool with the plus of a well designed Logo capturing the essence of the true meaning of note taking in a single animal. The moment I started using it felt like natural with minimal need for additional command, but just the right amount to enrich every note and make it te-readable and transferableThis is a quality I can’t highlight enough most is especially for someone with a short span of attention that needs writing to focus and add creativity in the process. If this is you, take full advantage of what Evernote has to offer and literally copy,  and paste your imagination.","If this is you, take full advantage of what Evernote has to offer and literally copy,  and paste your imagination.",5,TRUE,general,tag,32,35,positive
productivity,notability,3a002c4e-3be8-41bd-beae-3077e7b0547b,c526308f-8105-49fb-bfd2-180ebef64900,"This is the one -You can stop looking now, get Notability","I’m a scientist, back in school, going to grad school soon. I spent whatever it took to check out all of the notes apps, and Notability is the best. I can record a lecture or seminar, while I’m taking notes, I can draw molecular structures, I can import PowerPoint slides and annotate them. If my page/slide is pretty crowded, I can create a “sticky” and take notes on it, and I can move it around when I need to see what is under it. I have made entire multimedia presentations with this app. You can save your page as a PDF, or I’ll even just take a screenshot of what I want to present or turn in, crop the margins, and use that. I can have sections of slides and book pages, or a picture of a handout, then work the problem out with my Apple Pencil, and turn it all in as one convenient PDF or pic I can email to my professors. The interface is much more flexible than Microsoft apps, and plays better with other apps and platforms. Seriously, I use the crap out of this thing. I checked out all of the common note apps, and this one is just more capable and adaptable than any of the others. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️","The interface is much more flexible than Microsoft apps, and plays better with other apps and platforms.",5,TRUE,usability,interface,5,14,positive
productivity,notability,5f137e52-7610-4a19-84c8-6679e9b8509c,c581bf39-052d-4b4a-961b-a834346e5838,Update glitchy,"Ever since the recent update, Notability has been glitchy. I hate the fact that highlights don’t highlight over my written notes. Every time I create a text box with one tap on the screen to type notes in, I can’t type no matter how many times I tap in the text box to see the blinking text line. I would have to hold down the screen to manually make text boxes to type. Even more frustrating, if I make some adjustments to the text box, I can’t type in it again. It makes note-taking in class really inconvenient and makes you stressed out even more during lectures. Why were these functions altered to begin with?I would also like the function of the pages to be viewed 2 pages per screen, like and actual notebook.",I would have to hold down the screen to manually make text boxes to type.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,text box,55,63,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,cab0b182-4423-46a1-bc16-157fc409f1b2,c5dec415-602a-4971-9592-4738e9550faa,❤️❤️❤️,"My most favorite thing about my gmail is that it separates the social and promotional emails! I am a very busy, working, volunteering, trying to find a moment to myself, mother of 4... the last thing I need is to have to look through 100s of emails and not catch the important one from the school or whatever. But at the same time, if I need a Victoria secret coupon I can go to my promotional file and look up the last one very easily. A woman must have come up with this marvelous app because it is GENIUS! 😉","But at the same time, if I need a Victoria secret coupon I can go to my promotional file and look up the last one very easily.",5,TRUE,general,motion,76,82,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,6e54168b-89b0-4dee-bbd2-d7216f91e01b,c5e06291-c6e1-4df3-8273-75b6531762af,Love Evernote,I’ve been using Evernote for about 5 months now and I’m loving it! It’s great to have one place to look for most everything. Also I like to save articles. Before Evernote I saved them in many different places. As a result I was rarely able to find them again because I couldn’t remember where I had stored them. Now they’re all in one place & easy to find using Evernote’s search function. I admit I probably don’t use EN as efficiently as I could. It’s still a learning process. One improvement I’d like to see is the ability to add new tags when using my iPhone to save articles. Also it would be nice to have the ability to archive old notebooks that contain completed projects.,Also it would be nice to have the ability to archive old notebooks that contain completed projects.,5,TRUE,compatibility,notebook,58,66,negative
productivity,things-3,edc48616-eafe-495d-8254-02a4ce8932ac,c652b288-62ac-4c69-aef5-326c5b537f32,Almost there... Pun intended,"This is a great app! However, a lack of location based reminders is a killer. As much time has been spent on this app, it's unfortunate that it lacks a seemingly basic function to implement into the app. I invested $10 for the app on my iPhone, $20 for iPad, and $50 for the MacBook versions. That's a lot of money and then to find out it doesn't have location based reminders. It has great potential, but I seem to have wasted money since location based reminders are a must have for me.Other things I would like to see are;-IFTTT integration-Menu Bar widget for MacBook-Expanded sharing functionality-Option to insert attachments","It has great potential, but I seem to have wasted money since location based reminders are a must have for me.",3,TRUE,cost,money,51,56,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,1406ec14-76c0-4a0f-bea5-45bf114c08a4,c688095e-e95a-4082-8679-6d7705d5955f,Why?,"Why would it need to have my geographic location and access to my camera and photo library? I created an account and now I cannot delete it. Frightening. Don’t make the same mistake as me, read the privacy policy. it’s a shame I payed money for this.",Why would it need to have my geographic location and access to my camera and photo library?,1,TRUE,security,graph,33,38,negative
productivity,notability,3dd4f1ab-9433-49b1-91c9-5391373063f8,c6c55c2d-2257-4da4-a959-6622d8619a54,"*updated* Fixed some glitches, bad changes, needs more","*new update* they fixed some import issues and the search error. It’s working so much better I love it. *Update* I changed the rating to two stars because now the search function doesn't work like it used to. Also, I need more organizational tools. It would be perfect if I could have a divider labeled under a divider. For example, main divider --> dividers A, B, & C along with their respective subjects... A must-have for medical school. I had to give it 4 stars because when I try to edit/arrange my subjects it randomly renames, rearranges, or recolors the subjects. When you have many subjects, and no time to tinker with the errors, it can throw the entire organization off. It can also mean you're studying the wrong thing. Other than that, it is amazing how fluid everything else is on this app.","For example, main divider --> dividers A, B, & C along with their respective subjects... 

A must-have for medical school.",5,TRUE,general,divider,19,26,positive
productivity,notability,e90fe3a2-847f-4203-b792-7ddab8c5dee2,c741956a-0326-4491-bc33-621aa18a5d2c,Almost Great,"I have used Notability for over 3 years and have come to depend upon it for client meeting notes and recordings of classes I am taking. It almost scares me how dependent I am on Notability.  Here’s why.Every now and the, a glitch happens.  A common one is when I switch from one meeting to another, I close one note and open a new one.  Sometimes the recording function sends a message that the recording is being recovered.  Then, the recording attaches to the new note, so I am beginning a session with an unrelated recording.  Puzzling.A more concerning thing happened yesterday.  A notice on my iMac (2020 vintage) said I needed to update Notability, but when I selected the update option, I received a message that Notability was no longer on the App Store.  Still, the update option message persists.  Is this true?  The OSX version is no longer being updated?  If not, please fix the glitch on the App Store.Recent changes to the recording interface are obscure and perplexing... where are the user instructions?  I bet they exist somewhere, but why-o-why are they not on the web site?  No “get in touch with developers” option exists on the developer site, either.So... this is great software in so many ways, but the user connection and information about software changes is lackluster and indicative of a too-small organization to give users like me confidence you are going to be around for the long haul.",Recent changes to the recording interface are obscure and perplexing... where are the user instructions?,4,TRUE,general,recording,23,32,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,27f753c0-bf52-4728-b5bf-d62114b6cb6b,c74cf18d-6aa1-4633-9488-3e472aca6098,Actually improved!,"So far, so good. After the uninstall-restart iPhone- reinstall, no more app crashing issues. Also, happy to report dark mode finally works with this app! Thank you thank you Google!Previous reviews: ~Last update caused the app to constantly close within seconds of launching. Had to delete and reinstall- that appears to have resolved that issue. Hoping my notification preferences stay intact. Still no dark mode. ~I am seriously tempted to get rid of this app. I keep getting signed out of my accounts randomly, notifications get switched from “None” to “Primary”...and it does not work with iOS dark mode, nor does it have an option to set the app to Dark Mode. As a migraineur, this is literally a pain.","Also, happy to report dark mode finally works with this app!",4,TRUE,usability,dark mode,23,32,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,59759805-2d40-4d34-a1b6-aee428afb7ab,c7a7f57d-818b-4ecb-b6f6-1e110a19561c,Wow makes life easier,This app is like a mother it will remind you when you have to go to school or work with its emailer calendar planner. This app even has google meet built in. You can also seamlessly switch emails. Much more than just a email app. Thanks you google,This app is like a mother it will remind you when you have to go to school or work with its emailer calendar planner.,5,TRUE,usability,calendar,101,109,positive
productivity,things-3,706d00ee-8e31-4292-a325-f72e66cfeefe,c8ba34b2-a2a1-45ec-ac95-ddab04c14307,The best personal task manager on the market.,"Things is hands down the best personal task manager on the market. With some pricing model and feature set additions, this could literally put some competitors out of business. Unfortunately I still need alternative software for managing my project teams. Below is what I think could take Things to the next level.➕Team Collaboration ➕Timestamped Comments➕File Attachments➕Subtask Alerts and DeadlinesSome additional “would like” features:➕Multiple lines for task titles so they don’t get cut off when longer.➕Easier access time tags on mobile. Ideally swipe-able like on the desktop app. ➕Kanban style horizontal view of heading lists on desktop. ➕More calendar view functionality.",➕More calendar view functionality.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,calendar view,7,20,positive
productivity,things-3,706d00ee-8e31-4292-a325-f72e66cfeefe,c8ba34b2-a2a1-45ec-ac95-ddab04c14307,The best personal task manager on the market.,"Things is hands down the best personal task manager on the market. With some pricing model and feature set additions, this could literally put some competitors out of business. Unfortunately I still need alternative software for managing my project teams. Below is what I think could take Things to the next level.➕Team Collaboration ➕Timestamped Comments➕File Attachments➕Subtask Alerts and DeadlinesSome additional “would like” features:➕Multiple lines for task titles so they don’t get cut off when longer.➕Easier access time tags on mobile. Ideally swipe-able like on the desktop app. ➕Kanban style horizontal view of heading lists on desktop. ➕More calendar view functionality.",➕More calendar view functionality.,5,TRUE,usability,functionality,21,34,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,32e9d899-1f1c-43cc-80c1-1e982205b5a0,c8cea773-903b-4b2f-b59a-94cf9e6d3ce2,New Update a Step Backwards,"The recent update was a downgrade from where gmail was. It’s now harder to switch accounts, and having no lines or color differences in between emails and search bar make everything a little jarring to the eyes.Switching gmail accounts used to be conveniently placed in the same area you’d click on to switch from inbox to folders and easily accessed by a simple swipe. Now it’s separated entirely from the other folders, and takes longer to switch as you wait for the screen to pop up that has your different accounts listed, finding the correct account on it’s no-separation white back ground redesign, then select it. It now takes me more time to check one account than it did to check all of my accounts with the old set up. More difficult switching among accounts, and its jarringly bright white new color scheme make me wish google would’ve left well enough alone.",The recent update was a downgrade from where gmail was.,1,TRUE,compatibility,update,12,18,negative
productivity,notability,9a8f9788-d652-4465-9569-49abd1466490,c8e190e7-1389-4767-b8ba-fb0e6667d094,Keep losing my data when using the text box,"I have been using Notability for years now, but I have never encountered this issue, that is, losing data. Making a text box has been more difficult than ever. This is another issue that I have noticed in this app from a very long time. Comparing to how users create a text box in GoodNotes 5, Notability is regarded as torture and time consuming. I don’t understand why I have to repeat the procedure over and over in order to have an accurate response. When I finally manage to create a text box, it often disappears once I try to create a new one. I hope you can fix this problem because most of my work depends on creating text boxes.I have lost information that equals four hours of searching and typing.Another issue is that Notability does not support the Arabic language. I really hope this can soon be fixed.",Making a text box has been more difficult than ever.,5,TRUE,usability,text,10,14,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,bfa7fea4-ce63-4594-a41f-ab2dff97a783,c8f322fb-4593-4c3e-bd78-511d3a274927,Great tool for procrastinators,"Having Forest has really helped me truly identify how I want to spend my time. I see exactly how much time I really need for things, what percentage of my day goes to what tasks, and how I manage my time. This helps me realize what I do to excess and what I should do more often. A very nice incentive is also being environmentally friendly, planting trees through your hard work being productive. A very fulfilling app. :)","I see exactly how much time I really need for things, what percentage of my day goes to what tasks, and how I manage my time.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e2133f64-c992-4c1f-ac30-2467a33e88a7,c95b3abb-20f2-4fad-b800-fcd4d22f8033,Evernote is the best,"I use Evernote to collect articles and take notes with photographs and audio at conferences.  I have the app on every device I have, cell phone, iPad, Chrome browser and can save any articles I encounter in newspapers, journals right to prenamed folders on Evernote with notes to remind myself what I thought the article is for.  I think this is an essential App and I absolutely love it.",I use Evernote to collect articles and take notes with photographs and audio at conferences.,5,TRUE,usability,photo,56,61,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e2133f64-c992-4c1f-ac30-2467a33e88a7,c95b3abb-20f2-4fad-b800-fcd4d22f8033,Evernote is the best,"I use Evernote to collect articles and take notes with photographs and audio at conferences.  I have the app on every device I have, cell phone, iPad, Chrome browser and can save any articles I encounter in newspapers, journals right to prenamed folders on Evernote with notes to remind myself what I thought the article is for.  I think this is an essential App and I absolutely love it.",I use Evernote to collect articles and take notes with photographs and audio at conferences.,5,TRUE,usability,graph,61,66,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,f5b98fda-993d-486f-99f7-8f8446971a0b,c9d1a607-8ebd-435c-9c6e-d46fab3ec130,Scale,"Love the idea of this App.  And truth be told, I really like the App as well.  My big issue is the text doesn’t scale right.  My visual acuity is limited and the normal text is too small for me to see.  When I write a document on my phone I have to set the font size around 72 to read it.  It would be nice if the normal (12 point) font would actually show up on screen as 12 point instead of 0.5 point.  I know I can zoom the page to make text bigger, but then I have to scroll back and forth which is difficult for me to read.  I want the text to readjust to fit the boundaries of the screen.",When I write a document on my phone I have to set the font size around 72 to read it.,4,TRUE,efficiency,font size,55,64,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,f5b98fda-993d-486f-99f7-8f8446971a0b,c9d1a607-8ebd-435c-9c6e-d46fab3ec130,Scale,"Love the idea of this App.  And truth be told, I really like the App as well.  My big issue is the text doesn’t scale right.  My visual acuity is limited and the normal text is too small for me to see.  When I write a document on my phone I have to set the font size around 72 to read it.  It would be nice if the normal (12 point) font would actually show up on screen as 12 point instead of 0.5 point.  I know I can zoom the page to make text bigger, but then I have to scroll back and forth which is difficult for me to read.  I want the text to readjust to fit the boundaries of the screen.",When I write a document on my phone I have to set the font size around 72 to read it.,4,TRUE,usability,font,55,59,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,4b6cd0d5-cd2d-4791-ae62-de1b43a26380,c9e86e68-291f-4855-95d2-2723ae9fa593,Microsoft Office for IPad,"For the last 14 years that I worked (Before I retired) I used Microsoft Word exclusively for Word Processing. When I bought an iPad Air II, I was not happy with any of the Word Processing apps that were designed for Apple devices. One of the local Teenagers told me that Word for iPad existed. With much doubt, I checked the AppStore and was pleasantly surprised to discover that neighbor kid was correct. I downloaded the app and have never looked back. Word is intuitive to me due to my familiarity with the program. It is like an old friend. Thanks","When I bought an iPad Air II, I was not happy with any of the Word Processing apps that were designed for Apple devices.",5,TRUE,usability,design,94,100,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d8a389a7-6477-4bbc-a0d7-32b1d4c741bc,ca25d87b-79b2-4dd1-bd03-da9ddc206b4f,Too stingy with their premium service.,"$70 a year to use this app, when there are FREE alternatives like Trello, Google Keep, and OneNote? That's more than the price of a Triple-A video game, and one of them I can have more long-term carefun with.I'm a college student with a low budget, i don't have time to be paying money to an app when there are other alternates. Even when you use their free service, they limit the possibilities of the app, and how much you can post within a month. You can't sync across devices which immediately lead me to uninstall this app. Everything this platform does is trying to get you to steal your money. They need to impress me before I start giving them a whopping $70 that I could be using for thick notebooks, food, tools, anything else this app probably can't do.I gave this a chance back in 2015 and regretted it, and I'm regretting it again. I don't care how incredible this app's features are, Evernote's team needs to understand that not everyone is rich enough to throw 70 dollars (EVERY YEAR) at an app that just writes stuff down. I'm sticking with OneNote. At least they have voice-to-text.",At least they have voice-to-text.,2,TRUE,general,text,29,33,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,24c61ffb-db46-4e6e-b036-6eafb93ead75,cab22448-864b-4137-bc6c-9072abaae3a5,"DEVELOPERS, PLEASE READ!!!!","I understand that in iOS you cannot implement App white list. However, is it possible for you to implement group planting where one is in Deep Focus Mode, while the others in the room have disabled Deep Focus Mode allowing those that need the whitelist use only and those who don’t basically “control” the tree. I think it could make the app more engaging in rooms while somehow tackling the whitelist problem in iOS.",I think it could make the app more engaging in rooms while somehow tackling the whitelist problem in iOS.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,list,86,90,negative
productivity,things-3,0350a36b-b6fc-4bcf-8336-b05b5fb197bc,cb356c6d-b685-427f-b57a-f30317c57b01,This is a premium app. Where are the premium functions?,"The Apple Watch app barely ever works (does not update with the phone app.)Where is the geofencing? Where is the reoccurring reminders? Where is sharing? Where is Alexa support? Why can’t I designate that when I open the app, it opens on a certain list? If I can’t decline the auto import of a task from another app, why even make me approve it? Am I supposed to be bowled over by exclusively by the UI of sparsity? I switched from Wunderlist to proactively prepare for when Microsoft nixes it completely, and I miss that near perfect product that was offered for free. Whereas with Things, I keep hoping that I’ve paid for a product that will get more feature rich, and I’m not seeing it.","Why can’t I designate that when I open the app, it opens on a certain list?",3,TRUE,general,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9c32c109-ae4d-4d3f-bf5e-463a67c72556,cbfcd92c-70f9-47f3-978d-d0cb9aef97b2,Update has problems,"I love Evernote and have used it for years. I love the ability to record notes of varying kinds, to tag them and organize them into folders, and to see my notes across various devices. It really has been a great product for me.The most recent update (October 2020) seems to have a serious bug, and I’m having a hard time finding a way to report it (I think the bug reporting process needs to be easier). Anyway, with the new update, I’m having trouble accessing and editing my notes. When I select a note from the list of notes, it often doesn’t show up for me to edit or read. Sometimes it does but very slowly, and other times I just stare at a blank screen for several seconds and then give up.This, to me, is a serious flaw and could be a deal killer.","Anyway, with the new update, I’m having trouble accessing and editing my notes.",4,TRUE,compatibility,update,22,28,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,35924d9d-5e7a-4679-876d-59c5cdfe71a3,cc2142d1-f346-40cf-875b-2d9a116b6203,Stable old friend,"I have been an Evernote user since2011 and have seen many iterations of the program over the years. I have also searched for the “perfect” note taking app and have tried several other programs during this time. However, I keep coming back to Evernote as my home base because it does it all. The note taking is great, the saving internet information with Web Clipper is great, and the use of tags is great. Yes, there many other programs that can do similar things, but Evernote continues to be my home base because I can use it for both work and personal applications. Good job Evernote! Keep being the best note taking program out there!Ps: It would be great if you could add a to do task like Wunderlist use to be!",Ps: It would be great if you could add a to do task like Wunderlist use to be!,5,TRUE,general,list,64,68,positive
productivity,things-3,5e390cc1-f1f5-4815-b9b5-1fde0e90a2b7,cc2f50ae-9379-4805-86b7-12d011dccb7c,Easy to use,Finally decided to move on trying a new app to keep track of my to do list. After a little research i decided to try Things 3. It ended up being a very good decision. This app is easy to use. I have converted over to it completely. I even set it up to keep track of the TV programs i am watching. I am glad i made this move to start using it.10/21 update: now i am really into this app 100% i decided to delete my reminder app. This app has motivated me to keep up with my projects and to do list referring to it as my day passes. Great app.,10/21 update: now i am really into this app 100% i decided to delete my reminder app.,5,TRUE,usability,update,7,13,positive
productivity,things-3,1c543445-7795-48b8-99a4-ddf344aa7db6,cc5410eb-f7c2-41e8-8cb5-86f5db9b28e0,So far so good!,"I recently got this app after trying out todoist premium, and this app is strides ahead of todoist. (Plus cheaper too at just a 1 time payment instead of a subscription based payment). So far I am loving this app. Has to do list, shows you your entire day and also syncs with your calendar so you only ever really need to use this app. Brings a great summary of your day and the UI is just amazing. Everything is so smooth and you’re not left digging through the setting or searching for a certain feature. Recommend completely!","Has to do list, shows you your entire day and also syncs with your calendar so you only ever really need to use this app.",5,TRUE,usability,list,11,15,positive
productivity,things-3,1e6b6a73-fa70-47c9-a5c4-902c4b9f681c,cc67fa62-cfba-4b2f-81f1-7ef50b931305,Brilliant!,"I have to admit, it was a huge bummer when Wunderlist announced they would soon cease to exist. I spent a lot of time looking for alternatives, couldn’t really find one I liked — until I decided to give the newly updated Things a try. Now I can’t imagine going back! It is clean, useful and elegant. Just what a list app should be. Also easy and fun to use. Bonus points for how smoothly all my Wunderlist data transferred over. Also, props to their tech support for responding with the exact steps I needed to sync old data with new.","I have to admit, it was a huge bummer when Wunderlist announced they would soon cease to exist.",5,TRUE,general,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,notability,14510485-dfea-43d2-ae73-f4df8824080b,cc7c83d0-d418-4e43-b368-bc8d9ccb99b4,"Unreliable, try a different app.","I am incredibly disappointed with Notability. I have been using this app for about half a year since I began medical school and it has never failed me before this week. Three times in the past few days, Notability deleted whatever notes or writings I was working on. Auto-backup is completely useless and unhelpful (it’s not even automatic). iCloud backup doesn’t help either. It is not a storage issue. I still have 100+ GB of space, as well as 50+ GB iCloud. I was willing to excuse it the first two times, but after having another few hours of my life wasted, enough is enough. It’s unbelievable that the app does not even store the notes locally on my device. Notability appears to act as though I never wrote the notes in the first place. To any students out there. Look for a different note taking app. Notability is great when it actually works, but you don’t want to take the risk of having it fail on you. I’m currently exploring other options.",Auto-backup is completely useless and unhelpful (it’s not even automatic).,1,TRUE,compatibility,backup,6,12,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,86b10378-e0a8-4b0b-8566-d409fda70de3,ccf93ba6-c52a-430a-a946-588337047e4c,Frequent updates to hide bad reviews,"Once more, Google has ""updated"" this app without any real changes, as they've been doing almost weekly. The only real impact of this is that the pile of negative reviews immediately become reviews of ""previous versions"".I'm really confused why Google's designers seem to think we paid for a big screen so that massive expanses of it can display plain white. The most recent versions display less than 2/3 as many email headers or email text as before at the same font size, requiring a ridiculous amount of scrolling with no increased readability. It's very similar to the absolutely amateurish design update they did to Google Calendar.One of the more obnoxious changes is an inability to prevent automatic loading of images in messages. This allows spammers to confirm they have an active address and to know your rough location for their databases.Until several months ago, this was a five star app. The last several updates have removed vital functionality. In addition, they seem to be releasing a new update every couple of days with no noticeable changes, in what I can only assume is an attempt to minimize the impact of all be bad reviews (very few of them will then be for the ""current version""). Google should be deeply ashamed of its shoddy work on this app.",It's very similar to the absolutely amateurish design update they did to Google Calendar.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,update,55,61,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,86a4f231-1494-4ea7-b3aa-c0acf79a719d,cd3bce06-1d3e-47f8-9365-2ef8d24095f1,Slower syncing since iOS11 update,"The app itself as a while is great. Easy to use and switch accounts. However I have noticed that it doesn’t seem to be fully optimized for iOS11 yet, especially the red number badge icon. It does not go away right away once I clear my inbox(s) and mark all emails as read, really annoying . Please fix.","However I have noticed that it doesn’t seem to be fully optimized for iOS11 yet, especially the red number badge icon.",4,TRUE,compatibility,badge icon,108,118,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0d71ae00-e218-4152-954e-ac7a8da4eef1,cdc39b8c-cb94-41ca-aa91-b6b59f989bc0,Version 10 is a deal breaker,"I’ve used Evernote since 2001 and have loved it, until they updated to version 10. I prefer to take handwritten notes. There’s plenty of science to back handwritten note taking and I want to stick with it. Previously I could take great note pages with Evernote. I’ve been doing that since the first Apple Pencil was released. But now the handwriting portion is absolutely terrible. The pages are sized/resized differently and the pencil recognition is extremely poor. It doesn’t track well with the pencil so my writing is not smooth or clear. Additionally the pressure sensitivity isn’t working anymore either.I’ve tried working with support but they haven’t come up with any acceptable solutions yet. I hate to go look for a new app and give up the 10 years of history that I have in Evernote, but that is where I am at currently. Hopefully they can fix it before that happens.",Previously I could take great note pages with Evernote.,1,TRUE,usability,page,36,40,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,11f4e1b6-6609-4e93-9f99-29c696c5e9c6,cdf40492-9166-4a63-922e-02b2b91746a8,Reminders have disappeared,"I'm a premium user and love the ability to clip and save articles and notes in different notebooks, I use Evernote to save information for upcoming travel, local restaurants and lots of other stuff. I used to use the reminders feature, but that seems to have disappeared in a recent update. I can still create a note and attach a reminder, but this doesn't have the same reminders functionality, for instance when I go to a list of reminders, nothing is listed. I still love the app but have had to find other apps for easy to-do lists and reminders.","I used to use the reminders feature, but that seems to have disappeared in a recent update.",4,TRUE,usability,reminder,19,27,negative
productivity,notability,e8f4b548-c573-430d-8ee2-03c99711884c,ce8459d0-3a0d-4c13-82db-5c3b4b679238,Great app but...,"This is THE BEST note taking app I have ever used. Unfortunately, with the last update half of my notes are in limbo re-downloading from iCloud. I’ve done the suggested ways to recover my notes up to #10. I’m terrified of loosing all the work I have done since this issue started so I haven’t gone beyond turning iCloud off and on again in the app. I’m in my last semester of nursing school and I need my notes so I don’t end up accidentally killing someone when we are allowed back in the hospitals. Yes, I have contacted support (weeks ago). No, no one has gotten back to me about this issue. A similar iCloud thing happened about a year ago. I guess I just have to wait for them to push out another update? Additionally, the app just freezes now. Can’t scroll, can’t type, cant write. I have to close it out and open it again crossing my fingers that it kept recording while it was unresponsive. I really need this app to release my notes from limbo. I’m about to start studying for the NCLEX, and I need to access all of my work.",This is THE BEST note taking app I have ever used.,3,TRUE,usability,note taking,18,29,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,949fa82b-01aa-4a86-a35e-b33a49c12739,cee5b2c8-3123-4b96-a9c6-1624f691dec9,***UPDATE REVIEW***,They fixed it!! Now notifications disappear after reading your email! Thank you for fixing!!Best gmail app! Developers very responsive!!I get my emails quickly and it works perfectly now!!Notifications not disappearing after reading all your unread emails drives me nuts! Please fix this! I love the app but HATE that the notification circle doesn’t go away!!,Notifications not disappearing after reading all your unread emails drives me nuts!,5,TRUE,effectiveness,unread email,55,67,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,6bc21763-ecdf-4d34-bac4-d1ad86aeec4b,cf319e9c-ff61-4f8f-8852-15897ea75bc7,Disappointed,"I was ecstatic when I first got this app over two years ago, I could write and store all my works and also be able to use the app on my phone, table and computer. Seemed like a godsend, however lately I and very displeased with the app especially co soldering I am paying for it monthly only to have it practically impossible to use or navigate and as I mentioned this is after I’ve spent two years using this app so all of my writing are here, it’s not as simple as switching writing apps because of the size of the documents. It’s very upsetting to be paying for something and it not be able to even work partially!!!! The update did nothing to remedy my problem",The update did nothing to remedy my problem,1,TRUE,effectiveness,update,5,11,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,fb932e85-019e-4cc3-bfc9-c036b62c5ac1,cfd036a4-f1f5-49eb-9a1d-3b3b4a03469e,Good App but certain important elements missing,I like using the apps but it is missing some basic functionality.1) Split Screen Multitasking functionality should be added to the app. I often send emails in a foreign languages and I like to have a multilingual dictionary app in the split view to check words as I write. I see no obvious reason why this app doesn’t have split screen multitasking functionality. 2) I should be able to attach documents that are saved in the Files to email replies. As far as I can tell the email attachment functionality only works with documents that are saved to the drive and even then I don't think you can attach the document so much as share it from the drive. The only way to attach documents from files it share from the files app which always starts it as a new email. This is not great for continued collaboration and functionality. Please fix.,I see no obvious reason why this app doesn’t have split screen multitasking functionality.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,split screen,51,63,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,30b5361e-0eca-4582-bc2c-b5c829bb3f1a,d03ab203-5f14-4fdd-ba11-b217c1d2176f,I have a question,Is this like google docs where you just sign in with your email and get it anywhere? Or is it just on your phone or wherever you download the app?,Is this like google docs where you just sign in with your email and get it anywhere?,5,TRUE,effectiveness,google docs,14,25,positive
productivity,things-3,20e8e37c-391e-46d9-9b2f-bb3a45da1c5b,d0b89b57-c642-4301-8763-3e01edab0bb9,Buggy as hell,"I trusted the ratings here but this is the buggiest app I've ever downloaded.  When you do a repeating project and you set to Regularly after you save and check, it defaults back to After Completion.  When you've finally set the Repeat, you have to go to the Upcoming to change this setting.  Why not have this option available in every repeating project?  When you've completed all the Todo's, you have to click Log Completed multiple times before it moves it to the Logbook.  For Repeating projects also, you should have the option to update all the Future instances with the changes that you've done with today's instance.  Also, No Sharing capabilities? Also, No Passcode lock as well?The interface is nice and good but that's all what this is.  I was really trying to like it but the lacking features and bugs made me delete this app.",The interface is nice and good but that's all what this is.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,interface,5,14,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,74805c9b-83bd-4e3f-b068-680fd091a241,d0d4ffd5-9f0a-4bc4-a651-09de722e05e9,Very convenient,"You can have all your email accounts in one app. I have my business and personal emails there.I can sort them all and create as many sub folders as I need.I wish I could create a calendar event directly from the email, like another option that allows me to do it. If that can be done it would be perfect.","I wish I could create a calendar event directly from the email, like another option that allows me to do it.",4,TRUE,usability,calendar event,25,39,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b2f3a278-f3fc-4877-aafa-61e89bf5e6b3,d0d7a805-4081-4aba-b190-2e0bff9d99a2,"good, but not great","I enjoy using all google platforms, the ""google ecosystem"" as some may call it. However, this app is the only one I have a problem with. When viewing/using gmail through browser everything is fine, so this issue is mainly for the app and not the system itself.I'm a small business owner so I have multiple gmail accounts. One for customer service, one for my personal stuff, one for jobs/hiring/interviews, and one just for all of the junk that I sign up for but don't want to crowd my other inboxes.When viewing/using through browser, everything is kept separate. It even opens up an entirely new window when switching accounts. On this app, even though I can switch through my accounts, all of my mail is jumbled together. I'm clicking on my customer service account but my inbox is full of newsletter I signed up for on my junk account. Or even worse, the same email is in EVERY account even though it's being sent to just one.Everything is mixed and it makes it really hard to stay on top of my emails when nothing is synced or where it's supposed to be. Please fix this. When Covid-19 is controlled and the public opens up again, I'll be thrown back into replying to emails between running errands and having mixed inboxes should be the last thing I have to navigate through.",I'm clicking on my customer service account but my inbox is full of newsletter I signed up for on my junk account.,3,TRUE,usability,customer service,20,36,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,91d9259c-e7de-4c0b-be35-d9496a0186df,d18aa395-e6fc-49d6-8c45-a1026547555b,Extremely unreliable. Disregard for user habits,"I have been a loyal customer with 9000+ notes and 5+ years of premium subscription. The recent overhaul has introduced so many bugs and ridiculous design failures which are forcing me to consider alternative services. Sync has become extremely unreliable; I’ve had my edits wiped out by sync failures. As of now, Evernote isn’t letting me move my notes to different notebooks, due to some inexplicable bug. Very helpful features that provide flexibility to working on and organizing notes have been eliminated, I guess in the name of tidiness: opening multiple main windows, changing the created date (so helpful for arranging the notes in the order I want), magnifying the words in the editing window (which now cannot be done without magnifying everything else, making it unreasonably cumbersome to operate the sidebar). Then there are countless bugs throughout the software that keeps giving you frustrating surprises. The recent major upgrade demonstrates the team's disregard for the working habits of established users, and also raises concerns about quality control. In so many respects the new version simply isn't ready, and it's unclear to me why the company would be in a rush to release an update. An option for reverting to the older version would be much, much appreciated. Right now, I do not recommend Evernote to any new user. The company has demonstrated its inability to deliver a consistent and reliable product.","In so many respects the new version simply isn't ready, and it's unclear to me why the company would be in a rush to release an update.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,update,129,135,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,fecf002f-5474-4e8f-a3c0-aef5c030de8b,d1dbf879-6275-4f57-8f3c-88f7f1114654,Not Too Bad,"It can do surprising things, however. Today I used the “Notes” app on my iPhone 11 to compose a list of items, using the outline form that follows:___________Title of List: A. Category     1.  Item [Each item contained from one to eleven lines. All the lines in each item indented themselves properly, instead of going back to the document margin as appears here.]     2. Item     3. Item B.  Category ___________Category A contained 14 items, when I duly numbered from 1 to 14.  I wanted a paragraph separation between each item. (Most word-processing apps seem to struggle with this:  they all want item to follow item in the very next line, with no paragraph breaks. Lord knows, breaking a passage of any length into paragraphs makes assimilating the information much easier on the eye and on the brain.  But my main gripe is this:  when I printed out the gmail after sending it, each of my 14 categories in “A” was numbered “1”!  The same was the case for the 3 items in Category “B.”FIX THIS. KSSHRINK","All the lines in each item indented themselves properly, instead of going back to the document margin as appears here.]",3,TRUE,usability,document,87,95,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,ebf60331-7abf-4812-a8fe-59fc8ba67e6f,d201a582-ec58-4a58-9852-f2614dc46f7b,Disappointing and weird,"I used to like google, but seeing how much it sells my information, especially location based, to 3rd parties that I did not give access to my location to is creepy and really just an invasion of my privacy. That on top of the fact that gmail no longer sorts out promotional mail into the promotion folder is making it essentially useless. Any website I’ve ever logged into can now count me as “subscribed” and send me constant promotions and I can’t separate it out from the emails I would actually need from them, like it did before. Google is not about user but just about taking information it can, assuming permission and selling your personal and private information for money. AND their email system no longer does what I needed it to do and had advertised itself as doing when I got it. I’m currently looking at other email options.",That on top of the fact that gmail no longer sorts out promotional mail into the promotion folder is making it essentially useless.,1,TRUE,security,motion,59,65,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,046afd73-7359-438a-bb0f-3d0b70f3e056,d219536e-916d-44ea-98eb-722158125f3c,Great app that’s functional and quick,"Gmail is definitely the best mail service out there. It’s quick and easy, and each update is making it even more accessible. I would like a dark mode and better spam/junk filtering, but that will probably be implemented soon. Overall a great app. Love the mass delete/mark as read function + the new only receive important notifications has worked really well.","I would like a dark mode and better spam/junk filtering, but that will probably be implemented soon.",4,TRUE,usability,dark mode,16,25,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,186f74ac-db08-40f8-9527-ed0d211ad457,d2758855-f05b-4c27-85a8-9c50d14d6845,IOS Version 10.0.3.  Is it Me?,"I’ve used Evernote since March 2014.  I updated to 10.0.3 a day ago & I regret it.  I use Evernote on my IOS iphone & I use it a lot.  Evernote on my phone was good before the update.  One day after the update I learn that Evernote does not have PRINTING / ADOBE PDF feature as was in the version before the update.  Also, the “Find in note” does not work in the notes created before the update but work in newly created notes.  Printing & Find A Note are two features that I can’t do without.  Evernote states in their documentation that PRINTING is not available yet in the IOS version.  The new updated version does have some nice editing features such as undo & more highlight & font colors & font sizing capabilities.  The inability to PRINT and the inability to make Adobe PDF’s is a game changer.  I’m not sure what I’m going to do.  I have almost 12,000 notes & for that reason, I’m hesitant to move on to something else.  I’m disappointed in the latest update.",Evernote states in their documentation that PRINTING is not available yet in the IOS version.,5,TRUE,compatibility,document,26,34,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,79a9a83b-0915-469c-951f-cf0523fdf9fa,d298b0d1-e78e-417b-a2f3-213f6211ff95,I need this but it frustrates me,"The features are great but extremely buggy so I have to be verrrry careful.  I never know how this app is going to behave.  Today I was trying different ways to make flash cards and store them in Evernote.  I learned:If I add a Microsoft Word file with cropped images to a note and view the file in the mobile app, the cropped out-parts will show and the aspect ratio will be wildly distorted. If I create a note with a table and add an image to a cell in that table, the image will disappear after a few minutes and I will be left with an empty table. Last week I learned of I sort one folder by title, it will sort all folders by title.  This is a bad defaul feature, with no way to turn it off that I can find, so I just have to constantly re-sort notes when I switch folders. Furthermore, I’ve gotten into the habit of syncing on one device and when I move to another device, shutting Evernote down completely on the new device before opening any note, because I have had older notes overwrite newer notes before and I don’t know why.  Nevertheless I am kind of in awe and will keep using it.  Microsoft Word will crash on a girl too, so I guess it’s a matter of picking your poison.","Last week I learned of I sort one folder by title, it will sort all folders by title.",3,TRUE,usability,title,45,50,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,7d3e5382-79b2-4fc4-8dff-4e5897fe9874,d299d140-7573-4091-85ad-b5d38d412198,Bring back bundles!!!,"This is such a missing and needed feature. Everything else is very good and creative with regard to ways to manage your email. But bundles is not something you can replicate. I don’t want to see many emails as I get them, but I do want some prompt to see them periodically. Archiving them doesn’t do that, and the promotions and updates tabs are still very visible and distracting","Archiving them doesn’t do that, and the promotions and updates tabs are still very visible and distracting",4,TRUE,effectiveness,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,notability,edc39137-ea6d-46c3-a7b4-24b5de8564dc,d3004558-951b-4be8-9e9b-d4746cd50131,Obsessed.... but have to fix some recent glitches,"My favorite app ever- changed my life while trying to juggle my crazy workload in grad school (I use it with my iPad so I can take notes with the Apple Pencil directly onto my slides)- amazing! The only thing though as of recently, Notability keeps freezing/unexpectedly quitting on me (I guess since the newest update?!). Luckily, other than losing a few seconds-minutes of recordings in class while trying to get the app back on, all material is recovered. However, it’s extremely frustrating and a nuisance when trying to obviously be productive. Also, there HAS to be a way for the developer to find a way to select/copy multiple pages at once, I can’t understand how that’s still not a tool on Notability at this point in time.... This is probably my biggest frustration with the app, because I need to transfer or delete 1+ slides pretty frequently (sometimes 50+ !!) and it makes it soo time consuming to do individually(not to mention, recently, ends up freezing and quitting while doing so!). With a few more updates this app will be EVEN MORE AMAZING!","Luckily, other than losing a few seconds-minutes of recordings in class while trying to get the app back on, all material is recovered.",5,TRUE,general,recording,53,62,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,317091c5-0ca1-40c4-8609-9eacf55a84cf,d32b781f-6a37-426c-b110-cbe76f7bfaab,The editing experience is terrible,"In most times, the prompt jumps to the very first line after a few second later whenever I touch the middle of the screen to edit a docx file. This is very annoying since my file is of 98 pages. Then I should pull down the scroll bar to the bottom of the document. This happens very often, especially when in Mobile view. The second thing is about the page loading steps or speed. By moving down the scroll bar the pages are loaded incrementally. But it has too many steps to the bottom page. Scrolling down the bar to the bottom of the screen loads pages a little. I couldn’t find a good way to jump to the bottom page at once. And this happens in Mobile view. The third frustrating thing is the reaction speed is not just slow, it’s really slow. When I type a character, say A, that appears in the screen after about 0.3~0.5s. This issue also has something to do with Mobile view, I think. The fourth is about moving the cursor with a long-touch. This not only related to Word but to all the other Office 365 applications I guess. This app adopting the obsolete way shows a convex glass  that zoom-in around the cursor when I long-touch the screen. Apple changed the way it moves the cursor since iOS 13 if I’m right. I’m not gonna explain it in detail here but the new way is much elegant and gives seamless experience in editing the text.",But it has too many steps to the bottom page.,2,TRUE,usability,page,41,45,negative
productivity,notability,572dbb3b-f6f9-4c80-97c6-6da25d82a2c5,d397d2c5-32fe-44ab-8635-f6abdf000a3d,Highlighting,"I’ve been using Notability now for 2 and a half month since the COVID-19 self quarantine happened. Well, I like what I can do with it so far, but very disappointed with the basic thing like highlighting text. Why did you guys thought it was a good idea to have that option behind text on not remain on the word itself?  Meaning all of your hard work of highlighting your notes is all a wast of time because the moment you add more notes above the highlighted texts, or put a space above it everything gets messed up. All my highlighted notes are highlighted no more. And all I am left with is a bunch of marking colors on the paper. This is terrible. The highlighted texts should remain highlighted regardless of whether you shift the words around, add a space above it for a few words shouldn’t matter.So the question is why did you make the highlights behind the text. This leaves us nothing but stain papers. This app has soooo much potential. Please fix this issue ASAP.",And all I am left with is a bunch of marking colors on the paper.,3,TRUE,usability,paper,60,65,negative
productivity,notability,572dbb3b-f6f9-4c80-97c6-6da25d82a2c5,d397d2c5-32fe-44ab-8635-f6abdf000a3d,Highlighting,"I’ve been using Notability now for 2 and a half month since the COVID-19 self quarantine happened. Well, I like what I can do with it so far, but very disappointed with the basic thing like highlighting text. Why did you guys thought it was a good idea to have that option behind text on not remain on the word itself?  Meaning all of your hard work of highlighting your notes is all a wast of time because the moment you add more notes above the highlighted texts, or put a space above it everything gets messed up. All my highlighted notes are highlighted no more. And all I am left with is a bunch of marking colors on the paper. This is terrible. The highlighted texts should remain highlighted regardless of whether you shift the words around, add a space above it for a few words shouldn’t matter.So the question is why did you make the highlights behind the text. This leaves us nothing but stain papers. This app has soooo much potential. Please fix this issue ASAP.",And all I am left with is a bunch of marking colors on the paper.,3,TRUE,usability,color,46,51,positive
productivity,notability,d69e7640-7e47-41c3-9ac7-a6843ab9f5c3,d3b7e319-f4de-447d-b097-877455507051,Way better than GoodNotes,"I am college student who should be studying for finals right now but because I need a break, I wanted to express how much I love Notability with all of you! It is amazing! I downloaded GoodNotes and Notability when I first got my IPad Pro. I played around with both apps for a few days until I realized how much more Notability has to offer. As a college student one of my favorite features is that I can record class lectures on the app. This is an amazing feature not only because I can record it but when you go back to listen, your notes are filled in automatically with the recording as you took them in class. You can also continue to take more notes while you listen and adjust the sound quality. There are so many other features that I love like being able to add in web clips or gifs. All of these things make my notes so much more thorough, memorable, and all around BETTER. Get This App.",You can also continue to take more notes while you listen and adjust the sound quality.,5,TRUE,usability,list,52,56,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,804a7edf-5f71-4075-bd70-ed979de548d5,d3d72829-8b5a-4634-ad93-eb6cd60c6a77,Very helpful,"Using forest has been a really good tool to cut back on my wasteful use of time. I find myself being more focused and present, which helps my moods and overall morale. I do wish it allowed you to have like 1 min to respond to a text before your tree dies. That part is a bit annoying. But I know texting is problematic for some people so I can see why it’s not allowed during a planting session. For me it was really to get me off FB and other time wasters. I struggle a lot with phone addiction and this has helped me to start developing better habits.",I do wish it allowed you to have like 1 min to respond to a text before your tree dies.,4,TRUE,usability,text,61,65,negative
productivity,things-3,706d00ee-8e31-4292-a325-f72e66cfeefe,d4895579-95e5-4627-9536-95a3898caaa6,The best personal task manager on the market.,"Things is hands down the best personal task manager on the market. With some pricing model and feature set additions, this could literally put some competitors out of business. Unfortunately I still need alternative software for managing my project teams. Below is what I think could take Things to the next level.➕Team Collaboration ➕Timestamped Comments➕File Attachments➕Subtask Alerts and DeadlinesSome additional “would like” features:➕Multiple lines for task titles so they don’t get cut off when longer.➕Easier access time tags on mobile. Ideally swipe-able like on the desktop app. ➕Kanban style horizontal view of heading lists on desktop. ➕More calendar view functionality.",➕Easier access time tags on mobile.,5,TRUE,usability,tag,21,24,positive
productivity,things-3,82b2b768-b8ea-4188-a7c6-29fc888fddf6,d4b0e8fc-a51b-4515-a51a-2dc1fb1d7ce3,Almost Perfect!,"I have spent countless time and lots of money looking for the perfect app to keep myself organized. Things3 is almost perfect! I love the layout and user friendly interface. A few suggestions would make this app top notch. 1. Monthly and weekly views - This would be great for planning ahead and seeing your future calendars and future todos2. Recurring tasks - there are certain things I do on a particular day every week. It would be nice to only have to add the task once and have it recur as/if needed. 3. More personalization - themes, colors, etc would make this more fun...but definitely not necessary I love this app!",I have spent countless time and lots of money looking for the perfect app to keep myself organized.,4,TRUE,cost,money,41,46,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4b3399dc-fad8-40fc-9e40-a708eec675fb,d4b881e4-323b-42ed-a95c-2749034e6e03,'Unread' is broken and sending emails doesn't work sometimes,"I have been relying on this app to take notes. It *was* pretty handy to be able to send myself an email, even when I didn't have access to the Internet via WiFi or cell service. That no longer works. (And the new 'sending' UI is an extraneous awfulness that, at least, visually indicates that this now doesn't work.) Worse than that tho is that sending emails, to myself or anyone else either, *also* doesn't work sometimes. I've got several emails in my 'Sent' list with nice little spinning indicators helpfully informing me that this app doesn't send emails very well anymore. That's kind of an important feature for an email app tho. I guess I can't complain since it's free! Maybe Google's prodding me to migrate to another service.Oh yeah, the 'Unread' list is basically just a dishonest 'Everything' list. That's discouraging! The emails I receive are already boringly repetitive as-is.","Oh yeah, the 'Unread' list is basically just a dishonest 'Everything' list.",1,TRUE,general,list,23,27,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e36aec04-95e4-422d-b1e3-aa3e94545ecc,d4e10b46-8b94-4d97-9292-ef0629cc038e,"Love Gmail, but this app needs improving","In general, Gmail is great. But this app is becoming more and more frustrating to use. Can’t tab between fields when composing an email? Copy and paste text from Notes and then the text simply doesn’t send in the email? Integrated web browser so you can’t reference your email after clicking a link in the email? No bulleted or numbered lists? Or really anything but the most simple formatting? These are all extremely basic things that any email app developer should know are important to include by now. Essentially the usability in general is not even close to on point and needs a refresh. We can do better guys. I know it.",No bulleted or numbered lists?,3,TRUE,usability,list,25,29,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,4f9ae5a0-32de-411f-8fe5-4b0a327d88f9,d566c14e-cd2c-4096-9475-a0dd6b0bbbab,Love the app. Hate the new version.,"In many ways the new version of the app is really good. Faster and cleaner. But in important ways, it is steps backwards. Like someone didn’t know how the old app functioned. Number one and this is a big one the app used to allow you to hit share and Evernotes and it would take the title from the document the website, etc. No longer does that and everything has a blank title. Number two it used to be able to save stuff from the iTunes Store I would save the picture that accompanies it and it stop doing that again. Number three when you do the share and hit Evernotes tags are gone. Cant tag note.",No longer does that and everything has a blank title.,3,TRUE,efficiency,title,48,53,negative
productivity,things-3,828b46e2-f492-4501-9366-9e30c6d09959,d56ac3d5-6109-4b3d-87be-de9bdd5ee17c,"Great app but for me, missing connectivity","There’s no doubt that Things is an amazing application and well thought out. For my workflow, I’d really like the ability to work on tasks with others. Currently, you can only send a list. You can’t collaborate. Also. I love the “evening” feature BUT you can’t include it with your repeatable todos. So each day that I have to manually assign my evening todo to the “evening” category. This should get fixed. Another suggestion: be able to use natural language in the main section of the todo. Currently you have to first select the calendar picker to do this. And, while on the subject of the calendar picker- let’s have a “tomorrow” button in addition to the others. Now, those are my suggestions, but there are many, many things that are great in this app. Hopefully some of my other wants will be included in a future release.","Currently, you can only send a list.",3,TRUE,usability,list,32,36,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a1adaca4-3f46-4322-b616-b1bf0f574e2f,d56f58cc-b8a9-40de-89a6-dbc982bb2d5a,What were they thinking?,"Premium user here.  Tried to navigate around the new update and am so frustrated with it all.  Cant customize the left hand menu - it always opens to all notes. Speaking of the search function!  Didn’t they have any beta testers?  The search is horrible!  You put in a term and it gives suggestions, a few tags. It not a way to narrow to all notes with that term quickly.  To search properly you have to use search language which requires a lot of extra typing. This version had made tags worthless as you either have to keep entering searches with each tag or you enter a  keyword and a list of tags that include that keyword pops up but you can only select one tag at a time. Everything  takes more clicks to find something, do something, or import something.   They have also removed the ability to assign tags in the web clipper.  Not sure of what they had in mind with this update, but this version is worthless for my purposes.  I have over 2000 recipes in a notebook which are organized by tags.  By removing the clipper ability to assign tags and the search filter by multiple tags this is pretty useless.  Any suggestions on a replacement? Is there a way to restore to old version?  If I wasn’t already invested with so many files I would definitely look for another note keeping app.  They ruined it!","Not sure of what they had in mind with this update, but this version is worthless for my purposes.",1,TRUE,efficiency,update,45,51,negative
productivity,things-3,c405cbe2-736b-42ed-b57c-a7ab698f4cd2,d627bd85-3a67-40be-a1df-6577da3aed74,First impressions of Things 3,"Bought the Things desktop, iPad and IPhone apps today.  Was able to login to things cloud to get my Things 2 data imported and deleted the old applications. Trying to use Things 3 on The iPhone is unbearable when the calendar view is enabled.  It takes 10 seconds after you launch the application for anything to show on the screen. After that, it took an average of 73 seconds for the app to be usable.  The screen was frozen, I couldn’t add, change or mark items completed. I couldn’t scroll down on my list of things to do until the calendar came up.  Trying to navigate back from the Today category to other categories took over a minute and then navigating back to the today category took over three and a half minutes to populate the today list again and even then it wouldn’t scroll with finger movements without hanging.Disabling the calendar view fixed the speed issues, but leaves a dialogue box on the today screen asking you to allow Things to access the calendar.  Would recommend that they have that option configurable to remove the dialogue box and put that in the settings.I haven’t had time to test the iPad app or the desktop app yet but my initial impressions are that Things 3 iPhone app needs more work.",I couldn’t scroll down on my list of things to do until the calendar came up.,2,TRUE,usability,calendar,61,69,positive
productivity,things-3,eb9b2c65-e7a2-4773-9b43-aa5368803002,d668dbcd-da6b-4c7d-bd4f-6cb889cca3b7,Not a Project app- wish it had more,"For starters I’ve been combing through the internet in an effort to find a good project app that didn’t cost an arm & a leg while seamlessly integrating with iOS since it’s all my family owns.After hearing great things about Things 3 I’ve given it a shot for a few days.There are some definite upsides and things I like. Dark mode, the ability to rapidly make reminders and set to-do’s, importing from shared calendars and all that jazz.The ability to set things for “someday” or “this evening” when I’m in the middle of the day is extremely useful and takes a lot of stress out being hurried by tasks.But there’s no ability to link pictures or do sketches like in the Notes app It’s taken from what I assumed to be a project app into a simple (yet extremely effective) to do listDon’t get me wrong, if you’re looking for something to gently prod and remind you about things to do— such as to clean out the basement, or grab things before work, this is the app for you.But if you want an app that could keep track of what’s broken in the basement and needs to be replaced, or if that dryer you fixed 3 months and 4 days ago is making noises again look elsewhere.I really do hope Things 3 gets those updates soon— even a simplistic port of the sketchbook in apple Notes native app would be a game changer","Dark mode, the ability to rapidly make reminders and set to-do’s, importing from shared calendars and all that jazz.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,calendar,89,97,positive
productivity,things-3,eb9b2c65-e7a2-4773-9b43-aa5368803002,d668dbcd-da6b-4c7d-bd4f-6cb889cca3b7,Not a Project app- wish it had more,"For starters I’ve been combing through the internet in an effort to find a good project app that didn’t cost an arm & a leg while seamlessly integrating with iOS since it’s all my family owns.After hearing great things about Things 3 I’ve given it a shot for a few days.There are some definite upsides and things I like. Dark mode, the ability to rapidly make reminders and set to-do’s, importing from shared calendars and all that jazz.The ability to set things for “someday” or “this evening” when I’m in the middle of the day is extremely useful and takes a lot of stress out being hurried by tasks.But there’s no ability to link pictures or do sketches like in the Notes app It’s taken from what I assumed to be a project app into a simple (yet extremely effective) to do listDon’t get me wrong, if you’re looking for something to gently prod and remind you about things to do— such as to clean out the basement, or grab things before work, this is the app for you.But if you want an app that could keep track of what’s broken in the basement and needs to be replaced, or if that dryer you fixed 3 months and 4 days ago is making noises again look elsewhere.I really do hope Things 3 gets those updates soon— even a simplistic port of the sketchbook in apple Notes native app would be a game changer","Dark mode, the ability to rapidly make reminders and set to-do’s, importing from shared calendars and all that jazz.",4,TRUE,usability,reminder,40,48,positive
productivity,things-3,9ef384c5-426f-4da4-bce1-d5cafdc0b850,d6cdd1ae-f7f2-41c3-8069-7031f359843a,Apple Watch Functionality Please,"Good app, would be even better to have the following added to Apple Watch for improved functionality:1. Ability to view the inbox and projects to manage tasks. Currently you can only see “today” tasks on the watch and that’s it! I can’t look at my phone all day at work to manage my tasks, but my watch is a little less noticeable and more convenient.2. Add the ability to set reminder times to tasks from Apple Watch. You can set start date and deadline date from the watch... but no timed reminders??3. On Mac/iPhone/Watch:  Add a category specifically for tags to streamline tag management. Currently you have to swipe down and search specifically far a tag you know exists, possibly among a large list of tags, or entering a task you know already has a specific tag applied and go through even more steps just to get to a tag management overlay.","Good app, would be even better to have the following added to Apple Watch for improved functionality:

1.",3,TRUE,efficiency,functionality,88,101,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,28a90daa-c16c-4bb7-9dc4-785be36f9109,d71899b9-a515-466a-859c-df0e85162343,Full of bugs; subscription not worth it.,"I’ve been using Evernote for about a year, but recently I got fed up with suffering the multiple bugs and functionality issues. I use this app primarily for keeping a grocery list and jotting down notes, but it seems like every other time I open my grocery checklist there is a sync error and I need to manually reconcile the two copies that Evernote saved. Additionally, the app “reloads” the page every time I switch away or lock/unlock the phone, which makes entering or editing notes incredibly painstaking. I use Evernote on two devices and occasionally access the web app on my laptop. The web app access was not previously counted as a “synced” device, but after a recent update Evernote has been forcing me to either subscribe to their premium service or unsync one of my devices. After this experience, I’m done dealing with this app. Why would I pay a monthly subscription for Evernote when my iPhone comes with two perfectly functional reminders/notes apps? Sure, they don’t have quite as many features, but at least they WORK!",Why would I pay a monthly subscription for Evernote when my iPhone comes with two perfectly functional reminders/notes apps?,2,TRUE,general,subscription,27,39,positive
productivity,things-3,553311ef-0b0d-4ef6-b7a8-167ad99f79f2,d75e2e39-e595-4e93-8546-50dd954e530f,Overpriced for cross platform,Things is perfectly fine at creating lists to get things done. The price for the iPhone app is high but acceptable for what it does. Unfortunately if you want to use this between other devices the price goes up and up. It costs $50 for me to use this on my Mac. Throw in another $20 for my iPad. What a joke. Pay more than a AAA game to remind me to go to the post office. Don’t bother with this app unless you want to burn money. The app design is also not excellent. They skip a lot of little details and it’s visually very bare bones and not always intuitive. It’s not anywhere close to 4.8 stars. I assume they are farming for their reviews.,Don’t bother with this app unless you want to burn money.,1,TRUE,cost,money,52,57,positive
productivity,things-3,22f92789-bb8e-40d8-9226-aa9ee8d1f202,d7cee90d-6162-45e2-bb3b-20f3b5c9a5e8,"Good, but could be great.","I’ve been through most todo apps. I downloaded this, tried it for a week, then had to switch back to 2Do. The app is missing crucial elements like the ability to set repeating reminders outside of numbered time frames. For example, you can repeat every x days, weeks, months, etc but not, say, every Tuesday and Thursday every 2 weeks. It also has no location based reminders, which the developers don’t seem to provide good reason for. Finally: there are no reasonable ways to attach things or url extensions easily. Even adding basic support to link a contact later so you can make a reminder like “text Steve later” and have that launch messages is something other apps can do. Overall it is a beautifully designed app, but until it’s functions match 2Do I can’t justify purchasing any more of the suite.","It also has no location based reminders, which the developers don’t seem to provide good reason for.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,reminder,31,39,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,9f567268-422a-4708-86f1-2091cdf03418,d86a0a8f-5dfb-4c59-bf77-af2400c4fa82,PLEASE ALLOW ROTATION ON IPAD,"I really want to use this app as I love the idea of having a “reward” for doing my focus sessions. However, I primarily use my ipad for note taking and doing other work mainly in landscape. Having to rotate back to portrait to use this app is a huge inconvenience and messes with workflow. Also, allowing ipad multi tasking would be a huge plus as I could have it off to the side while I work. I want to use this app, but I can’t with it stuck in portrait","However, I primarily use my ipad for note taking and doing other work mainly in landscape.",3,TRUE,usability,note taking,38,49,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,19f149ba-0110-4019-aece-0441b6e4f56d,d8959540-7469-4979-8f8a-758432226a5e,"Great app, would be great if we could stay logged in through all devices",I love this app! As a physician I take copious notes and use multiple devices to facilitate my studying and note taking needs. Word and office 365 play a huge role in allowing me to articulate my thoughts (and organize my neuroticism) to the fullest. I enjoy that I can access my notes from my MacBook to my iPhone. Itd be fantastic if we can stay logged in without having to sign in all the time.,As a physician I take copious notes and use multiple devices to facilitate my studying and note taking needs.,5,TRUE,usability,note taking,92,103,positive
productivity,things-3,1c1ed2cb-13b9-4c7e-8ebc-3d16b13f36c9,d8ba67e6-d9e7-47bd-842c-9fada2b2c88a,Great everywhere except terrible on watch,"Things is a great app on macs, iPhones and iPads. Unfortunately, it has never worked very well on Apple Watch. The functionality is minimal and slow, but acceptable. However, it is never up to date. Only when I delete Things from my watch and reinstall it do I have a chance of being up to date. It takes a very long time to do this, and it does not stay synced for more than a day.","It takes a very long time to do this, and it does not stay synced for more than a day.",3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,60,64,negative
productivity,things-3,1758d407-dc36-4088-920b-9d4662a6f56e,d8c939ea-f407-48c4-8441-2f7027caf6e0,Easy to use and robust,"Impressive user experience design! Use is intuitive and the number of taps to perform an action seems fewer than the other more expensive apps I tried. You can pretty much figure out how to use it on your own, but they include a very nice tutorial in the form of a project with a list of to do’s. Very easy way to get up and running fast. It has all the features that I was looking for except for location alerts. My workaround is to create a tag for my locations and just search that tag. It would be nice to get a push notification. OTOH, it seemed like having that on for an app that I tried may have been sucking battery. I’m not sure. One slick feature is that repeating to dos have a lot of flexibility. You can even schedule them to repeat based on when you complete the task. So instead of repeating every 7 weeks, for example, the next one comes due 7 weeks after you completed the previous one. Nice.",Impressive user experience design!,5,TRUE,usability,design,12,27,positive
productivity,things-3,6694e538-8382-4908-970b-4260f3575db1,d93907bd-7ddd-4041-98c4-7cfcc0f24b89,One of the Best,Definitely one of the best “to do” apps. The iPad version is pricey but worthy of the price. ( The desktop version is priced higher than I think it should be). The use interface is nearly as perfect as you can get. The updates make it better and better.,The iPad version is pricey but worthy of the price.,5,TRUE,cost,price,21,26,positive
productivity,notability,9cbd305d-ea50-4cc9-8a48-d73ec9bfde62,da60274b-83ed-4608-bd4d-ef4e86e92a44,Best Notes App I have EVER used.,"This app has transformed the way I study for college exams and take notes. Absolutely worth every penny, and I plan to use it for the rest of my life. So awesome to be able to draw pictures and then write text underneath in a never ending doc. Also inserting photos into the document and uploading to google drive within the app, is just so streamlined and I love it. I don’t always write reviews for apps but this one is an absolute must have. Beside college work I do 2D animation, this app is so incredibly good for developing scripts and comic strips as you can upload photos of any drawing you make on paper or make the drawings in app or make your sketches on another app and upload them to here. This enables me to keep all my ideas in one place and also creating concept maps is easier than ever. Thank you very much to the developer team, and I look forward to the updates and improvements you guys will make in the future.","Thank you very much to the developer team, and I look forward to the updates and improvements you guys will make in the future.",5,TRUE,usability,update,70,76,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b02050f5-5046-4de7-bec2-45aa065f6ae2,daf15426-36f9-4da1-aa37-528a721f7839,Email and calendar integration,Allow the ability to link an email to the calendar events. Currently you have to save an email document to google drive and then attach it to the calendar event. It is not seamless. Many events are created just by reading an email. I would like the ability to look at a calendar event and then be able to quickly hit a link that would take me to the emails that pertain to that event. Also change the apps to allow the scheduling of calendar events while in the email app without switching. For example when reading an email you can schedule a calendar event on the email app.,Currently you have to save an email document to google drive and then attach it to the calendar event.,4,TRUE,usability,calendar,88,96,positive
productivity,notability,63cccf44-760c-4796-be51-6bba3a53de98,db5a5013-10d2-4b5d-85ed-d12d652db073,Best note-taking app,"I’ve waited a long time to write this because I want to know an app fully before judging it. I’ve used Notability for the past 3+ years along with GoodNotes. I can confidently say that Notability is the superior app. Yes, there are many more features that I wish were present in both apps but, as a whole, this is the best note taking app. In its basic form, handwriting in the app is perfect. Whatever software that GoodNotes uses to try to improve your handwriting is incredibly annoying and causes it to look worse. Its not that way with Notability. What you write is what it shows. The file management style is much easier to follow than the endless folders in GoodNotes. Also, when major updates come, you don’t have to pay for it. Paper templates and being able to set your 3 most used colors and pen sizes right on the task bar will HOPEFULLY be coming to Notability soon. That is the biggest drawback I think. Having to do multiple touches every time I want to switch pen size can be annoying and when taking notes in lecture, can take up valuable time. Having those right on the top bar would be INVALUABLE. Other than that, this app is superior to GoodNotes in general.","Yes, there are many more features that I wish were present in both apps but, as a whole, this is the best note taking app.",5,TRUE,general,note taking,107,118,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,df4191a8-7a6e-4672-954e-112fd831c7ed,dc1ecfd0-f5a9-4b5f-b47d-608f4ede996e,Makes iPad useful input device for Windows PCs,"Normally an iPad is used as a display device and sometimes as a controller.  It can be used as a camera, but is usually too bulky.  Using the notes feature, in conjunction with the editing features of the iPad camera system and the location detection, Evernote can create very useful documents that can be used on the PC.Management is enhanced by the ability to search for text or OCR images on the server.  Forcing synchronization is also a useful management tool although I often have trouble with synchronization on the PC.  The inability to control font size on the text entered on the iPad is still a problem.As new versions are released, the user interface seems to change, requiring retraining without any help.  Additionally, the user interface on the various platforms appears to becoming so different that it interferes with interoperability.",Forcing synchronization is also a useful management tool although I often have trouble with synchronization on the PC.,3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,9,13,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,b8eb11d1-b173-40f8-8a1c-70ae72e97fa8,dc32ae17-029e-49f0-9286-e5adb07e15e7,Execellent for Travel,This program is just like on a desktop. Great functionality and easy on the go.,Great functionality and easy on the go.,5,TRUE,usability,functionality,7,20,positive
productivity,notability,30c881ac-64cf-4797-a8e0-3c015fe4ef33,dc853ccd-422c-45a5-a5c2-8c2eb98d0282,This app is good but sticky notes should be added to pages for extra writing room off margin,"The app is good extremely good. I’ve used this app for a couple years now to take notes for college. Thought the app is amazing, I wish there was a feature to add more writing off the allotted screen. For example, the addition of sticky notes that can be added on the side of the the page or just plain allowing for writing off the main paper. It would be helpful because I download lots of textbooks on notability. When you zoom out of your “paper”, there is extra space on the side that should be utilized for more writing room since the textbook words already cover up most of the page. This is very frustrating when you’re annotating and are forced to find room anywhere else. I hope notability makes an update for this. I know other products that give you free writing on a whole plane. I wish this app was like that.",It would be helpful because I download lots of textbooks on notability.,1,TRUE,efficiency,text,48,52,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,92fc584c-6409-4874-9f35-534ac3abf9c4,dd1e7d31-0433-4e89-9567-c1f04d11a641,Microsoft gets it,I just wish all the companies would design their app like Microsoft. Only facebook app is comparable to this word app. My iphone use is more joyous now for this app. Very easy to use. Limited essential features which easy to use.,I just wish all the companies would design their app like Microsoft.,5,TRUE,usability,design,37,43,positive
productivity,things-3,9483f22b-e7a7-43ff-95ce-bb66756a533f,dd3baaba-2faf-45fc-96c7-d3e6f64f36a5,Please add tag filter buttons,Really would like the option to show some buttons which filter certain tags alongside Projects. Eg: I have things tagged #buy in multiple projects and when I'm at the shops then I want to easily see all of them. Same with #important. I want to see them all but not have to always remember to search the tag. The visual cue of seeing it there would remind me.,Eg: I have things tagged #buy in multiple projects and when I'm at the shops then I want to easily see all of them.,4,TRUE,usability,tag,19,22,positive
productivity,things-3,df38a4ec-35ea-4983-8a0e-927f138b1815,dd66bec2-ecaa-4077-9c18-c52aed81369f,Mostly very good...,"I recently switched to Things when app-maker Appigo forced its Todo users into a subscription-based ‘update’.I very much like the look and functionality of Things, but by far my most-used feature is setting up recurring events, and Things is FAR more unwieldy than Todo used to be. I say “used to be” because Todo stripped that feature from the non-subscription ‘update’, a huge reason why I switched to Things.Anyway, what was a very useful and easy-to-use feature in Todo now takes many more key presses in Things.Please take a cue and streamline that feature... Also, it would be helpful to be able to back-date tasks.","I say “used to be” because Todo stripped that feature from the non-subscription ‘update’, a huge reason why I switched to Things.",4,TRUE,usability,update,82,88,negative
productivity,things-3,e03df547-8b4a-4251-a3c2-9fd46cf08c3d,ddc53872-f09a-4e01-8ee6-73a04d9e1e84,Perfect balance; better than OmniFocus,"Wanted something less complicated than OmniFocus to do simpler to-do tasks. Everything in OmniFocus feels like you’re planning a moon landing and it’s easy to get overwhelmed. I don’t have this issue with Things. It gives me just enough to get things (funny) off my mind, get them organized, and the calendar and reminder views are awesome. Could easily see Things replacing OmniFocus, even with OF 3 coming out. I’d like to see themes and to be able to tap the days/weeks/months to see them more in the upcoming section Awesome app!","It gives me just enough to get things (funny) off my mind, get them organized, and the calendar and reminder views are awesome.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,calendar,88,96,positive
productivity,things-3,e03df547-8b4a-4251-a3c2-9fd46cf08c3d,ddc53872-f09a-4e01-8ee6-73a04d9e1e84,Perfect balance; better than OmniFocus,"Wanted something less complicated than OmniFocus to do simpler to-do tasks. Everything in OmniFocus feels like you’re planning a moon landing and it’s easy to get overwhelmed. I don’t have this issue with Things. It gives me just enough to get things (funny) off my mind, get them organized, and the calendar and reminder views are awesome. Could easily see Things replacing OmniFocus, even with OF 3 coming out. I’d like to see themes and to be able to tap the days/weeks/months to see them more in the upcoming section Awesome app!","It gives me just enough to get things (funny) off my mind, get them organized, and the calendar and reminder views are awesome.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,reminder,101,109,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,68e07b7d-f403-4f25-8dfa-9f363396e084,dddaa4fb-5281-44f1-9958-0fa1889603ae,Fix the draw feature,"While drawing in word, as I often do while taking notes, I find the eraser functioning very poorly. I always have to touch my pen to the screen multiple times before it finally erases and on my iPad that means I have to dismiss the pop up keyboard multiple times. The PowerPoint draw function is so much smoother. Additionally, when “drawing” to hand write, my written text will always shift slightly left after I lift my pen from the screen. Kind of annoying. I hand write all of my notes on these computer things because it’s convenient. But these little things annoy me.","Additionally, when “drawing” to hand write, my written text will always shift slightly left after I lift my pen from the screen.",3,TRUE,usability,text,56,60,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,fe30fdea-7bce-4624-964d-37c9ae65c31b,ddf438d0-4d61-435a-b4e2-b7e5edba7d19,Please Add Apple Pencil support,"The pencil works with the app but doesn’t add functionality. This would be the best pdf consumption and annotation and storage app, an entire solution for schools and businesses, if I could scroll through a document with my hand and highlight with pencil... really missing a great opportunity",The pencil works with the app but doesn’t add functionality.,4,TRUE,usability,functionality,47,60,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,ef295adf-7d73-4dbc-9322-c7b2855e67a1,de3dc2a5-0f31-43dc-b994-18e19dc8e748,No trouble so far.,"Setting a time limit on the phone is great. It's even greater your data will plant real trees around the world. There is no lag whatsoever. Phone doesn't get heated at all. Design wise,I wish there was a way I could see my whole field of trees. I would like to know how much I've grown on the app. If anyone know please comment and let me know. However, there are too many style of trees I wasn't able to get by coins and not purchasing it with real money. That was a downside. But that is just a greedy customer's opinion. I'm sure they had to made it that way so the company earns money as well. Besides from that, I have no complaints so far. Thank you! You're my lifesaver.","However, there are too many style of trees I wasn't able to get by coins and not purchasing it with real money.",4,TRUE,cost,money,106,111,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,742dbb6f-0cc9-4fd9-aca6-c04241a36e8a,de4c346c-46b8-477f-a406-122d0a598a8f,Word Dox Application,"Word app on the iPhone makes it easier to synchronize any document from your laptop to Word. And has all the features of editing just like the desktop. And you can Airdrop it from I-phone to I-phone for friends to revise it and make suggestions on the word doc for school, presentation, or file doc.",Word app on the iPhone makes it easier to synchronize any document from your laptop to Word.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,43,47,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,0438d272-6b4e-4662-be71-6e4d4d1c6b01,de63fd6f-8fc5-4b87-b139-5768250c128d,Not really sure. #Usury ☹️,I love the Word App BUT what’s up with renting the Service. If you don’t buy a subscription you’re locked out of simple features like landscape. I believe a better way is to allow us to either buy features a la carte or sell the app altogether for one set price. Years of renting this app could become an exuberant expense; having paid into this App many times over in comparison to its worth  or original value.      And even if the argument is “you’re renting storage space...” that can be done on a yearly subscription like cloud space with iPhone users. Seems to be no reason for the over charging.       Hopefully this will change or another app comes and replaces this app. #USURY #UNFAIR,And even if the argument is “you’re renting storage space...” that can be done on a yearly subscription like cloud space with iPhone users.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,space,53,58,negative
productivity,things-3,4232315e-a155-4562-a899-53c2458ba7a8,df22ddb6-83c8-4b62-bad9-9a525e7dc105,Back to Things,"When I first left the world of paper only task and calendar management (former Day-Timer and then Franklin Covey user for 20+ years), I kept searching for the “time management holy grail” that would replace my paper planner. I started with Things and then Things2.0 but kept hearing that it wasn’t being supported (unfounded rumors). I wandered to other programs such as Todoist (not a fan of karma), Wunderlist, etc.Then, I saw a video of Things 3. Elegant design, intuitive features, the ability to put notes right on the task or the project caught my attention and imagination again. The ability to shape the interface of projects to my areas of responsibility was a real plus. I think in roles and responsibilities and to access projects that way is a real bonus. The synch is almost immediate and very reliable. Kudos to the creators who went underground and hammered out an elegant piece of software that is now, coupled with iCal and Evernote, my big three! Note: if you could add photos, files and pdf.s to it, this would be amazing!","Note: if you could add photos, files and pdf.s to it, this would be amazing!",5,TRUE,effectiveness,photo,24,29,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a9db7bd6-d49f-45aa-b0ce-71b1cd1435d0,df46d8d0-6696-4552-a22c-ee0d2b76dfbe,Lacks best feature of defunct Inbox,"The single thing I used/miss most of the Google Inbox app was the ability to write myself a note about next steps to take with an email right there under the subject line. It was a simple text box, and made email maintenance so much more efficient (currently, I have to write a note elsewhere and try to connect the email with it, or just try to remember what it was I was going to do with that email, both of which take way more mental energy than necessary). Please please please (!) re-introduce the reminder-text-box-under-subject-line that was so useful in Inbox and would make Gmail so much better! Worth two stars for how much it would boost my efficiency if it could be integrated with Calendar Reminders...",re-introduce the reminder-text-box-under-subject-line that was so useful in Inbox and would make Gmail so much better!,3,TRUE,usability,reminder,18,26,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a9db7bd6-d49f-45aa-b0ce-71b1cd1435d0,df46d8d0-6696-4552-a22c-ee0d2b76dfbe,Lacks best feature of defunct Inbox,"The single thing I used/miss most of the Google Inbox app was the ability to write myself a note about next steps to take with an email right there under the subject line. It was a simple text box, and made email maintenance so much more efficient (currently, I have to write a note elsewhere and try to connect the email with it, or just try to remember what it was I was going to do with that email, both of which take way more mental energy than necessary). Please please please (!) re-introduce the reminder-text-box-under-subject-line that was so useful in Inbox and would make Gmail so much better! Worth two stars for how much it would boost my efficiency if it could be integrated with Calendar Reminders...",re-introduce the reminder-text-box-under-subject-line that was so useful in Inbox and would make Gmail so much better!,3,TRUE,general,text,27,31,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,df902552-4573-4e94-9095-b4bbb41a5c2f,df951b29-1e9f-461b-9cec-dd0caa922633,My most useful—and most flawed—app,"I have used Evernote as a paid user for almost its entire lifespan (>10 years). I use its desktop and iOS apps for nearly everything in my work and personal life. It is a wonderful tool.That said, Evernote is falling further and further behind its competition. The app is incredibly buggy and is in desperate need of a modernization and overhaul. Evernote has been promising this for years, but I wonder if that day will ever come. The current version in iOS 13.2 has one major bug that makes it *incredibly* difficult to use. If you are working in/on a note and move away from it for any amount of time—say to read an email, copy content from a web browser, or your auto-lock kicks in—you lose your place when you return to Evernote. At best, EN reloads your note and takes you to the top of the note when you return to it. At worst, EN takes you back to the “all notes” list where you have you navigate back to the note you were working in and find your place. This goes against all principles of basic multi-tasking and is a major productivity killer. My rating will be stuck at one star until this serious issue is resolved.","At worst, EN takes you back to the “all notes” list where you have you navigate back to the note you were working in and find your place.",1,TRUE,general,list,48,52,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,3a26ec59-fb31-411b-a5b8-60117533634e,e026be2f-98f2-436c-8365-d5a4cf35baee,Best App Ever,I'm able to see documents that I've previously worked on but one little thing: more fonts and colors. It's amazing but more fonts and colors.,I'm able to see documents that I've previously worked on but one little thing: more fonts and colors.,5,TRUE,usability,color,95,100,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,8526eca2-eb5e-41de-9c0f-f718a65e683d,e0354a41-e416-4c6b-a727-4ab695867b4d,Best Email On The Internet!,"Gmail is just a great overall email. I have three email accounts but my gmail is the one that functions the best. It links with so many things and is easy to navigate. Google offers way more than just an email; photos, google trips, cloud storage the list goes on. But they all connect to gmail. Just give this one a try.","Google offers way more than just an email; photos, google trips, cloud storage the list goes on.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,list,84,88,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e770683f-f0fa-4bed-909e-f30a8c8b1570,e0843851-0989-42f9-9fe8-452d16359998,Interface could use improvement,"I’ve been using the Gmail app for years now, both on my phone and my 9.7” iPad. It's mostly good, and I really like being able to tap directly into Gmail's powerful search capabilities. However, the UI changes I’ve seen on my iPad in recent updates has me reluctant to update my iPhone app.First, the handful of buttons on the left side of the iPad version wastes valuable horizontal screen space. You can see this clearly in the first screenshot currently shown on Gmail's App Store page. Below those buttons there's a strip of never-used white space that could otherwise be used for a wider messages list.My second UI complaint is with the messages list itself. Referring back to that same screenshot, I don't know how they got it to show all that information! Maybe it's the jumbo-sized iPad. On my 9.7"" screen, I rarely see the full subject line (it disappears into a ""...""), and the list of senders involved in a thread often disappears into a ""..."" as well. This makes it really frustrating to scan the list of emails for basic information. If those aforementioned side buttons were moved elsewhere, that strip of unused space on the left could be conscripted to make much of that more visible.Bottom line: I find the app really useful, but some UI optimizations could make it a much better place to manage email without resorting to the desktop app!",My second UI complaint is with the messages list itself.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,list,45,49,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,21535cc4-72ad-4857-b209-c7bb067d8508,e093000e-2d32-4c69-ba91-5a6751cc2113,Useful but imperfect,"This is still the best app for my needs, but it has plenty of annoying quirks.  I've used Evernote for many years, with over 100 notes covering everything from the grocery list to future work plans to my son's college search. I find it helpful having access to all of these notes from my Mac, iPad, and iPhone, and being able to share certain notes with specific family members or colleagues. None of its competitors offers the same combination of selective note sharing, table creation and editing, and text formatting.Yet there are still quirks. Newly edited notes take a surprising amount of time to be saved, or must be saved manually - if you aren't careful about this and the note is later edited in another device, new versions of the note are created or sometimes appended to the end of the current note without warning you. Evernote on the Mac can change the font in notes, but not on iOS, and sometimes routine copy/pasting on iOS results in text with bizarre fonts that can't be fixed on that device. The use of Apple Data Detectors also means that anything Evernote thinks might be a phone number or calendar event is highlighted like a clickable link - I wish this could be turned off.","None of its competitors offers the same combination of selective note sharing, table creation and editing, and text formatting.",4,TRUE,compatibility,text,112,116,positive
productivity,notability,fd894de4-3b35-4a7e-aa5e-34c5e54692a3,e0d8becb-4a41-460c-81d6-ec1431591db4,Need local saving option.,"This app requires share option to save document at local. This might not seems worng but it makes user to do export documents and reimport process when iCloud storage is full. This problem also leads user can't check all Notability documents in one place. Sharing option is good but I believe it's not right for the process for local save. I hope Notability allows user can choose the location for document. Or at leaset it should change user can modify document directory. Like iOS native File app, user can modify saving location without export process and it makes available to check all the documents at Recent tab.",This app requires share option to save document at local.,3,TRUE,usability,document,40,48,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e3b78697-d851-41d0-b687-16ff03bbd94b,e0eec8c6-101f-4f47-8f4b-03a7743f694a,Newest update suggestions,"Long-time user. Big fan.I always appreciate the hard work that Evernote puts into making the app great, and trust that the team will give due consideration to the feedback that follows:As many have mentioned: Newest update demotes Shortcuts to the same status as any other notebook. Would be best to bring the shortcut button back to the bottom navigation for quick access. Another workflow gripe: I liked how the Title would be determined by the first sentence typed in the note (without having to type a Title separately). Minor, but saves time.Another thing I haven’t seen mentioned: the tagging process is a little clunky now. I liked how you didn’t have to search or scroll or a tag. You could type it, and it would either predict a pre-existing tag or you can just type a new one.There may be more to notice, but everything else seems smooth enough so far. Clean design, and still runs fast on an iPhone 11 Pro. Cheers!",I liked how you didn’t have to search or scroll or a tag.,4,TRUE,efficiency,tag,54,57,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,df4191a8-7a6e-4672-954e-112fd831c7ed,e0efdbf6-1bbb-4083-9d9d-e6f4d5466e57,Makes iPad useful input device for Windows PCs,"Normally an iPad is used as a display device and sometimes as a controller.  It can be used as a camera, but is usually too bulky.  Using the notes feature, in conjunction with the editing features of the iPad camera system and the location detection, Evernote can create very useful documents that can be used on the PC.Management is enhanced by the ability to search for text or OCR images on the server.  Forcing synchronization is also a useful management tool although I often have trouble with synchronization on the PC.  The inability to control font size on the text entered on the iPad is still a problem.As new versions are released, the user interface seems to change, requiring retraining without any help.  Additionally, the user interface on the various platforms appears to becoming so different that it interferes with interoperability.","As new versions are released, the user interface seems to change, requiring retraining without any help.",3,TRUE,compatibility,new version,4,15,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,c69a18c7-b4f8-4ee5-a484-1b4a885ec40a,e1111763-450e-4fc8-873a-d2be32b52a54,Current Version Is Nearly Unusable for Me,"Yeah, it’s that bad. What seem like relatively benign bugs take on outsized importance when they don’t get fixed for months, and they are crippling on an app as essential as Word. For example: Copy and paste? Can’t do it anymore (at least on an iPad Pro). That seems like essential functionality for a word processor, but apparently that’s not high up on Microsoft’s to do list for bug fixes. Another example: a bit harder to describe, but I have to try anyway. I have all sorts of problems with opening documents from the iOS Files app. I often can’t edit them at all, and instead have to open Word and go through the document picker. When I am able to work on a document, I can’t do things like italicize the font, or add a footnote. The app becomes mostly unresponsive (though I can still scroll and type). So yeah, what I’m basically saying is that it’s so buggy now, you can’t actually process words. It’s terrible. Pls fix this crucial app.","When I am able to work on a document, I can’t do things like italicize the font, or add a footnote.",1,TRUE,compatibility,font,76,80,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,506230e3-cc98-4233-be40-89e52d53990c,e15317d3-6550-4d6a-9ea0-7c02e477edd8,Same word. Same problem,"A lot of people use word because its very standard. But I run into the same problem when I use it. Every update there’s a problem with the format. Everything that I had on page 2, is now partly on page 1. And what I had on part 3, is partly on page 2, and so forth, throughout all 200+pages of my document.  Try to call for support and reach someone who barely speaks English. I tell them what happens, and they say “so is it because you changed something in your document”? Yes, when I closed my document yesterday, it was formatted correctly. Then after I updated the app today, and opened it up and it was wrong, it must have been when I did it in the middle of the night.I will be switching to Apples pages. Thanks for the people who work really hard to make this work, it really is a great effort for the most part. But it’s just not fun doing this when the issue happens on my MacBook and my iPad. What’s the point of setting something up to be exactly how you want it, if a simple update changes everything? It’s nonsense.",I will be switching to Apples pages.,1,TRUE,usability,page,31,35,negative
productivity,notability,df15d83f-928a-423b-8ae6-4326ecf60afd,e21d3d02-537d-4d45-bd25-54e77c4f0b23,Well Developed App that continues to improve,"I use this app daily, along with many others for taking notes during graduate school and in meetings, annotating documents, signing forms, you name it. What I love about this app is that the developer(s) do a great job about listening to the user base and have consistently made improvements over the years. (Finally a true eraser!). Is it perfect? Nope. (Add your own paper template to use as default anyone?) Is it still probably the best note taking app out there for heavy users? For me, yes. It’s the most complete package of smooth writing experience, fine control of pen and colors, easy import of images clipped from other apps, and easy backup/access from my cloud services and computer. I hope in the future to see (along with the paper templates) a more robust and intuitive filing system where I can put folders in folders in folders to my heart’s content.",(Add your own paper template to use as default anyone?),4,TRUE,general,paper,15,20,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,5303f3e4-2749-4ec9-8ba8-1ffe884dd935,e254a68e-fd75-4fd4-9a81-e4d2e70f77f5,Computer vs mobile vs tablet,"Hello, I’d like word in computer, you create a document, and you print it, I mean the basic. On mobile..nope. It’s like paint but blue themed. I mean there can be a lot of improvements and fixes. Also the app crashed my tablet like 3 times before even finishing the download. Ok other then that, I honestly didn’t like it. For a document it’s good you got the basics. But it isn’t enough like... ok maybe on my phone it might be bad and all that but i mean meh. But on the tablet (seeing the pictures in the App Store) it’s good I mean the same for computer but a little bit laggy and bugs and crashes. There can be a LOOT of différents if you could just work on it better.Ok. As an app. I can say meh. Not bad. Just less settings in the mob and tabs. But other then that crashes. Fix these and make the layout better :) also the app takes a lot to download and a lot to start it up. Make this a generator instead of a non deleting paper for like ever. Thanks for reading",But on the tablet (seeing the pictures in the App Store) it’s good I mean the same for computer but a little bit laggy and bugs and crashes.,4,TRUE,general,picture,31,38,negative
productivity,things-3,82b2b768-b8ea-4188-a7c6-29fc888fddf6,e2a00cc8-37b3-4cca-9447-988e4253949e,Almost Perfect!,"I have spent countless time and lots of money looking for the perfect app to keep myself organized. Things3 is almost perfect! I love the layout and user friendly interface. A few suggestions would make this app top notch. 1. Monthly and weekly views - This would be great for planning ahead and seeing your future calendars and future todos2. Recurring tasks - there are certain things I do on a particular day every week. It would be nice to only have to add the task once and have it recur as/if needed. 3. More personalization - themes, colors, etc would make this more fun...but definitely not necessary I love this app!","More personalization - themes, colors, etc would make this more fun...but definitely not necessary 
I love this app!",4,TRUE,usability,color,32,37,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,1ea7b429-69df-443d-b344-7af838bece97,e2d84356-1fae-412a-9799-27ca0312c0f5,Microphone,"I’m hoping the developers see this. I love the Word app. It allows me to take copious notes on my phone and sync them for better formatting on my computer. I use the free version every day and can usually figure out how to do what I need to do. Recently, a microphone icon was added to the lower right corner of the screen. This is causing a huge problem for me, as the text that I’m trying to proof at a glance as I type always seems to be BEHIND the icon. My keyboard already has a microphone (as all phone keyboards do), so the one that is covering my screen seems redundant and it’s blocking  the clear view of the text. It would be nice if it was transparent, or could be toggled on and off, or if you just put it somewhere else. Thanks for considering this.",It allows me to take copious notes on my phone and sync them for better formatting on my computer.,4,TRUE,compatibility,sync,52,56,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,95899f97-597e-4e96-a2de-b82afe8cd175,e2f9bc18-5d42-4e07-bd0b-fcd343aff18e,Helps Me Read More,"I learned early on that ebooks were not for me because of my tendency to get distracted by the other features of the device. Even dedicated e-readers failed to keep me focused on the page because of their tempting note-taking and highlighting features.So I stuck with time-tested paper books. But even then the nearness of my phone made reading more challenging.Forest helps me ignore my phone. It’s such a seemingly simple psychological trick, but it works: pick up my phone, kill a tree. It doesn’t matter that it’s not a real tree. The app successfully games my mind into behaving as if it were.I highly recommend Forest if you, like me, feel your phone takes up too much of your attention.",Even dedicated e-readers failed to keep me focused on the page because of their tempting note-taking and highlighting features.,5,TRUE,usability,page,59,63,negative
productivity,notability,ae016157-2332-47c4-b30a-56a19da73d9c,e3073d8a-5553-48f4-ab02-68d9e3cbf04f,Best App I ever used,I had this app for a few years now. I no longer use paper at all. This app has so many valuable features and has helped me in so many different ways. I can download my school books in pdf form and have it read to me. Screenshots I can write on. This app is literally my everything. From business management to school to personal life planning. I love it! It has only improved over the years and I am truly impressed. Best of all it is not a subscription based app which makes me so happy. This is the main reason why I have an iPad. I even had to make tutorial videos for other classmates and friends to learn how many tricks you can do with this app. Thank you for this app! It’s a life saver! I don’t have to keep up with paper and it saves me storage space in my home. Easy to go back and read notes I took years ago conveniently. Worth the buy!,I don’t have to keep up with paper and it saves me storage space in my home.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,space,60,65,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,c202d361-d9f6-475d-a1bd-8017022719e3,e358a6b4-fe7c-428a-bf9b-31b8f3bf731e,Glitches!,"I’m having glitches galore. When I click on an email, it won’t open and also, when I read emails, they disappear after I read them. Please fix this. Suggestion: I’d love it if we could delete multiple emails at once instead of clicking one by one. Could you make it so I can just slide my finger down the list and it would check off all those emails and I can then delete them? For example: If I have multiple emails from a store, it would be nice to just slide my finger down the left side where you click the emails and I could delete multiple emails at once instead of one by one. It takes forever to delete individual ones. Please????",Could you make it so I can just slide my finger down the list and it would check off all those emails and I can then delete them?,3,TRUE,usability,list,58,62,negative
productivity,notability,7c310f58-6b93-4e00-9ce9-a44caa5efd14,e3a4169f-88fd-4341-bd7b-61d0add869e3,Latest updates ruined Notability,"Dear app developers, please go back to the old versions of picture handling and drawing in order to make this app remotely useful again. The app was incredibly useful and pretty much perfect about 1 year ago.My main use of Notability is taking pictures of lecture slides and using the highlighter or pencil tool to annotate these pictures. After this latest update, every time I try to write over the picture with the highlighter or pencil tool using my finger, Notability thinks I’m trying to move the picture and moves the picture instead of registering my annotations. This essentially makes the app useless for my purposes.In addition, a new update intended to allow us to draw clean shapes is making my drawing process a nightmare. If I take my time drawing a complex shape, Notability will automatically turn whatever I am drawing into a perfect circle (infuriating). So my secondary use of the app—drawing—is also now no longer feasible on Notability.UPDATE: Thank you very much for your reply, I appreciate it! I upgraded my review to 4 stars. Your new update is much better. There is still some minor glitching going on where, when I hit the “undo” button, it scrolls me up to the top of my document. For example, I insert a picture, draw on the picture, and hit “undo” twice, and instead of deleting the picture, Notability scrolls me up to the top of the document.",Your new update is much better.,4,TRUE,compatibility,update,10,16,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,5a971988-031d-4f3d-bb1e-f6ce25f8bd97,e3e4ed30-ddb2-41dd-b212-2344f3342d6e,Buggy with IPad Pro 12.9”,"I have used word on iPad since the since it has been available, it is great on regular sized screens but on the iPad Pro 12.9” it is buggy.  I find it frustrating that the bigger screens require a paid subscription for less functions and quality.  Especially irritating is the fact that the font styles, word art, and font colors show as normal or bold text in black font, regardless of the setting.  These show  when printing, but it would be nice to know what your document looks like without having to go to print preview.  This app is going in the wrong direction, it used to be great, and now it has become mediocre.","These show  when printing, but it would be nice to know what your document looks like without having to go to print preview.",3,TRUE,usability,preview,117,124,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,fc20d3a3-b3e9-4f04-a865-3821a3cc1efb,e3e6fa66-67b5-4641-b267-a15c498235dc,Love the Ease and Flexibility of Word,"I’ve used Word for many years, and I love how easy it is to figure out and the new features you continue to add. I love to design simple items with Word using text boxes and just learned how to dictate information directly so Word can input it as text. Although it’s not perfect, I’m going to push the envelope on it. Keep the updates coming.",I love to design simple items with Word using text boxes and just learned how to dictate information directly so Word can input it as text.,5,TRUE,compatibility,design,11,17,positive
productivity,things-3,260d7bd2-cd52-4bae-bd98-3d2f00c6acc2,e3fd836e-4df4-4d43-ae58-4b6b6392f2e8,I Like it!,"An intelligent and smartly designed feature-packed GTD/ Task Mngt app that promotes productivity through simplicity-Well Done Guys! For that, this app gets a 5 for Task Mngt in my view. The total freedom and flexibility to manage and navigate inside the native app is ‘Points on the Board’. And, then being able to import emails and other Mind-Mapping Projects/Tasks directly into Things 3 as To-Do’s is a Home-Run in my book!The Project Mngt aspect of Things however only gets a 3 rating. The addition of basic attributes needed in managing project and event-like activities to include start/finish dates for sub-tasks, dependancies,  attachments option available in the notes field coupled with basic views such as Calendar, Gantt, Kanban, TimeLine etc would a value based features for those of us that benefit from the visual perspectives and situational awareness these views bring. The above said, I’ still use Things 3 as ‘Central Station’ for integrating all my calendars and various Task app activities. That would not be my choice without the excellent design and interface Things 3 provides. Again, in that respect Things 3 gets a solid two thumbs-up.  Thanks guys!!Bill","The above said, I’ still use Things 3 as ‘Central Station’ for integrating all my calendars and various Task app activities.",4,TRUE,compatibility,calendar,83,91,positive
productivity,things-3,1d317e80-1469-4557-b719-d56ed4ab4934,e41c8b36-0113-49f0-b8db-c7569794faf1,Best in class - for me,"I know selecting a to-do app is sometimes a very personal thing. I’ve tried many over the years with my best one being pen and paper. That had a lot of advantages but very analog. I really struggled finding a digital version that really kept pace until I rediscovered Things. Yes, I evaluated it early on it didn’t make it. This latest version (3.6) is impressive and I’ve not looked back.  I use it for work and home and it has eased stress and made me much more efficient with time management. Highly recommend this app.",I’ve tried many over the years with my best one being pen and paper.,5,TRUE,usability,paper,63,68,positive
productivity,notability,2320ba3e-6270-4364-b2b2-93749d72574a,e4b82c69-9c57-45af-af16-bb654c0c8b8e,Very good app but some improvements needed!,"Compared to One Note and Good Notes, this is the best app! However, there are several improvements to bemade that would make Notability incomparable to its competitors!Notability's Pros° Side by side Note layout: You can look at two separate notes/pdfs at the same time, which is awesome if you want to take notes on a separate pdf like a textbook.° Voice-Recording Feature: This lets you record audio while taking notes and lets you review it in sync with your notes afterwards.• Really easy to convert handwriting into text! Handwriting is also searchable° You can also create custom colors° Scissors tool lets you resize what you need and crop/rotate.• Overall, really easy userface!Improvements Needed!° Eraser! Please create an option to erase like a normal eraser instead of a stroke eraser! It's very frustrating when I'm trying to draw images for my school notes• Please make a shape recognition tool similar to OneNote or Good Notes 4! It's very hard to make good looking figuresin your app.° Highlighter! When you highlight in Notability, the highlight decreases the boldness of the pen color underneath.Please change this so that the pen maintains the same color when highlighted.° Please add more lined paper templates or let users add their own in. I'm a little tired of adding my own pdfs over and over again.","When you highlight in Notability, the highlight decreases the boldness of the pen color underneath.",5,TRUE,usability,color,83,88,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,080a8022-03aa-480a-8de3-a5dd47e3e1aa,e4c82067-8ad4-48a6-a3b3-7b04cbe38558,Good app but...,Not a bad email app. However it is missing basic features. Such as the ability to select multiple emails at once to move or trash. You have to view each email individually. Which can take forever if you don’t have the need to check your email every day. Will probably end up going back to another app as a result.Update: I figured out how to move multiple messages at once. However it took fiddling around with app before I discovered how it works. Still should have the basic functionality right on the main screen to use vs discovering it thru trial and error. But I will give the app a little longer to try out since I eventually figured out how to move multiple emails at once.,Still should have the basic functionality right on the main screen to use vs discovering it thru trial and error.,3,TRUE,usability,functionality,29,42,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,77e1e99e-86aa-452f-8ef1-d49ba84dc050,e4d873b8-83d8-44cd-9475-4588a103cadc,Love it!!!,"I really like Gmail and would love to use it at my main email app. However, I have a Gmail, Outlook and iCloud email account and I use them all. I can't sync the non Gmail emails to the app which makes it so I can't use it. If that's ever changed I'd happily change this review and use the Gmail app.Update 11/5: app now not only shows my other two email accounts but it FINALLY shows a combined view so I can see all my emails at once. THANK YOU GOOGLE!!!",I can't sync the non Gmail emails to the app which makes it so I can't use it.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,9,13,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8db55604-786f-4ba7-889f-16c3f919d8c7,e4e11ffa-c836-4d34-9186-4c280d072b33,Evernote review & suggestion,"I have been using Evernote on my iPhone for several years. I put all my notes in it instead of using paper. I have always loved this App. Unfortunately, the latest update to this program has made it very frustrating to use. I never close this App. I just hop around to other Apps while Evernote continues to remain open. What’s frustrating about its latest revision is that every time I hop to another App and come back to Evernote, a circle spins around in the center of my screen and the same note that was open before is refreshed. I think Evernote is syncing and I have to wait until it is finished. This is not how it was before. I believe the syncing should be done only after the App is closed and reopened later. I honestly think this latest change of OVER SYNCING was a bad idea and the program should be changed back to he way it was. I find this OVER SYNCING to be so frustrating that I have begun searching for another App for my notes.",I think Evernote is syncing and I have to wait until it is finished.,1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,21,25,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,bc452c85-dddb-4f57-881d-2ec382189d19,e4e9da39-f44e-4765-90ef-3cd6d55b9c91,good,"it is good. not LIFE changing, but I appreciate the motivation to get off of my phone. the first day I had it, I used it for almost 7 hours. second day, only about 2. 3 seems to be the average for a regular school day. it really depends on if I have tests or anything to study for, and if it’s a weekend, etc. I like that we can note what the time is used for... you can plan out time to “relax” (I use that for when I meditate, which, granted, is not often, but hey!) and stuff. I think that it is too hard to get coins. I earned some 200 odd coins via the first day’s 7 hours. any sort of new sounds, or the next tree variation, is 500 coins. that’s a LOT of use that the developers are asking for one app. it just gets a little old with the only default sound being the forest...good price. I am happy to spend $2 once for it. I am pleased that there is no subscription or further pushes to make in-app purchases. hope you make plant and sound upgrades a little more accessible. other than that, great app for what you pay.","it just gets a little old with the only default sound being the forest...

good price.",4,TRUE,cost,price,81,86,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7ff7a965-36b5-4b48-aaa6-e3ee429ad289,e50810b8-1375-456c-a043-dc60427abbe5,Share to Evernote is Broken,"I've been a long time premium evernote user (7+) years and truly an insufferable fanboy of the tool. With that out of the way, one of my favorite features on iOS that used to work every time without a hitch, the share to Evernote menu, only works 1 out of 4 tries. It's truly terrible because I might be reading a recipe and want to refer to it later in the evening. Normally, I'd share the page with evernote and without fail it would be waiting for me. Now I have to share, open the evernote app, refresh a couple of times. Sometimes the note is there, sometimes it seems lost to the ether. If I closed the page I wanted to scrape, now I have to try and remember the magic Google search terms I used to find the article. Please fix this!!","If I closed the page I wanted to scrape, now I have to try and remember the magic Google search terms I used to find the article.",2,TRUE,usability,page,17,21,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,467184a7-940a-4a81-a95a-9e7f9494c12e,e5148d23-bff0-46ad-8601-55d32a518714,"Great, But Has Some Stand Out Issues","This app is great and works well enough. I love it. I have it on my iPad, iPhone, and computer. I would of got it on my Apple Watch ⌚️ but couldn’t. So far I’ve had at least one issue and two concerns: Around the third or fifth time I’ve entered the app, none of my documents were there, and it wouldn’t let me type ANYTHING! And my concerns: I’ve gone through every setting on screen in the area you work on documents, and I can’t seem to find clip art. In my old version, I had it, but now it’s not. Fix, or help me. My second concern, the app is slow. I’ve clicked a spot or button several times and nothing happens. Also sometimes I’d be typing and when I’d look, nothing, but as soon s a reach and click the delete or exit button, it shows up. Help or fix.","In my old version, I had it, but now it’s not.",4,TRUE,reliability,old version,7,18,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,8ff75b41-7ab9-44da-969b-c2087e45024a,e568e8a3-2907-4dc2-bd1d-cca657e6b30d,This App Needs Some Help!,"I’ve been using this app for several years now so I have noticed a few things that could be improved. #1. The ability to disable conversation “threads” for those of us who dislike how our emails behave when there are several responses to a particular email. #2. Recently, my Inboxes have been getting emails that are clearly Spam emails! Why is this happening? I would like to be able to select these emails, without opening them, and put them into the Spam folder. Unfortunately, I can’t select any of those emails! Currently, I have to do that from my computer instead of from my iPhone! That’s a major inconvenience! #3. Since the launch of iPhone 11.0 update, my phone alerts me that I have a new email, but it turns out that I really don’t. I end up wasting time logging on to my phone only to find out that the sound notification was erroneous. #4. As others have mentioned, the red notification flag isn’t always responsive when all new emails has been read.Fixing these issues would make my use of Gmail much more effective and enjoyable!","Since the launch of iPhone 11.0 update, my phone alerts me that I have a new email, but it turns out that I really don’t.",2,TRUE,reliability,update,33,39,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,6f210cae-b45e-4aa6-84ef-101a7d412edf,e584c803-3bd5-4768-b7f5-dfaf33f984e7,What is going on?,"I was so excited with Microsoft released these apps years ago. Now, in the last few months, they have been virtually worthless. My company uses Dropbox extensively. In the past several months, the Auto-Save and upload to Dropbox feature isn’t working, I keep getting the same error message. This is clearly a Microsoft issue, as it appears for Drive and OneDrive as well. A quick google search shows multiple pages on the Microsoft forum with people having the same issue. Looks like I can’t use my iPad Pro exclusively after all. Please help us Microsoft.",A quick google search shows multiple pages on the Microsoft forum with people having the same issue.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,page,38,42,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,dc01ba45-4649-4568-90cb-d925f32f58fc,e5aae6ea-e1da-4110-b0de-c6e07f8b3668,It is working again,"I have gotten used to the newer versions and everything now works. This is my workhorse note taking application. I have been using it since 2009 after using many other applications through the years. All the notes in those others are basically abandoned because there was no good means of porting them. I now have over 6000 notes it Evernote, so I have a lot invested in this format. Thus I am unlikely to change to anything else.",This is my workhorse note taking application.,5,TRUE,usability,note taking,22,33,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,11400e10-8d78-447e-918e-efe2a273cda0,e5e2e247-518e-48c0-ac89-d59c0f1b9035,Cloudy Nightmare - Loses Files,"It really deserves zero stars until they quit trying to force you to save to the cloud. I absolutely do not want to for many reasons, and now I get messages that I can't open files because they are in an ""unsupported location"" when I have kept stuff on my iPad for months. Rolling this out with no ""Save As"" (actually the ""Save"" button, which later becomes a ""Move"" button) is sloppy. Failing to fix it after months of obvious problems is greedy and careless. I am ditching all Microsoft stuff for better software. Autosave is gone. There's no sync between internal memory and cloud, so how are you supposed to be sure which file you used last? This is nutso.","There's no sync between internal memory and cloud, so how are you supposed to be sure which file you used last?",1,TRUE,efficiency,sync,12,16,negative
productivity,things-3,553311ef-0b0d-4ef6-b7a8-167ad99f79f2,e5f46bef-85b6-4a63-830b-106a041f7ced,Overpriced for cross platform,Things is perfectly fine at creating lists to get things done. The price for the iPhone app is high but acceptable for what it does. Unfortunately if you want to use this between other devices the price goes up and up. It costs $50 for me to use this on my Mac. Throw in another $20 for my iPad. What a joke. Pay more than a AAA game to remind me to go to the post office. Don’t bother with this app unless you want to burn money. The app design is also not excellent. They skip a lot of little details and it’s visually very bare bones and not always intuitive. It’s not anywhere close to 4.8 stars. I assume they are farming for their reviews.,The price for the iPhone app is high but acceptable for what it does.,1,TRUE,cost,price,5,10,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,4bb5bd65-1364-493c-ad8e-42fa93cf2e00,e649f13d-0692-4639-b849-9538db35bc82,Pretty good Idea! But stingy!,"I love the idea of this app, it makes it easier to study and it kind of makes not using your phone feel like a game. Its a three star though because I payed to get the app and there’s more in app purchases! Every time you unlock a new tree the price (the game coins) for all the trees goes up like 100 or 200 coins and you’re stuck with the same boring trees forever unless you buy them with real money. They need to pick reasonable prices for the trees and keep it that way.",They need to pick reasonable prices for the trees and keep it that way.,3,TRUE,cost,price,30,35,negative
productivity,notability,e8f4b548-c573-430d-8ee2-03c99711884c,e66fcc87-0ab4-4061-a34a-f77b14c8c6c3,Great app but...,"This is THE BEST note taking app I have ever used. Unfortunately, with the last update half of my notes are in limbo re-downloading from iCloud. I’ve done the suggested ways to recover my notes up to #10. I’m terrified of loosing all the work I have done since this issue started so I haven’t gone beyond turning iCloud off and on again in the app. I’m in my last semester of nursing school and I need my notes so I don’t end up accidentally killing someone when we are allowed back in the hospitals. Yes, I have contacted support (weeks ago). No, no one has gotten back to me about this issue. A similar iCloud thing happened about a year ago. I guess I just have to wait for them to push out another update? Additionally, the app just freezes now. Can’t scroll, can’t type, cant write. I have to close it out and open it again crossing my fingers that it kept recording while it was unresponsive. I really need this app to release my notes from limbo. I’m about to start studying for the NCLEX, and I need to access all of my work.",I have to close it out and open it again crossing my fingers that it kept recording while it was unresponsive.,3,TRUE,compatibility,recording,75,84,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,cd71a57e-95d3-4ebe-93a5-e75b95e277f2,e6840230-f033-4469-b8c5-c41eb2da7a78,Can’t believe this is considered a productivity tool,"Despite the negative reviews on the new price structure, I ponied up and paid for Premium for a month because I need to move to a more paperless life in both business and academia.  I can’t believe how slow and clunky this product is.  Scanning text in is incredibly time consuming due to delays in translating scans to PDFs.  Scan function frequently  recognizes only part of a page, meaning multiple rescans necessary.  Marking up any documents takes 3x as long due to seconds wasted every time you need to translate from one tool to another.  All elements of marking up are glitchy - text box doesn’t always appear, no erase function (just delete entire edit), stylus writing is clunky, etc.  There is no way I can use this as a substitute for paper copy and hand marking.  This app is the equivalent of taking 15 minutes to solve a problem by text which could have been conveyed in 3 minutes of speech.  Super-disappointing.","Scan function frequently  recognizes only part of a page, meaning multiple rescans necessary.",1,TRUE,efficiency,page,53,57,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,20b7e903-6907-485b-9207-219cc2abec41,e68b83aa-ce44-4258-a5bd-b3cdb5945252,Great app! Some improvements needed...,"Google really listened to the users and added a lot of the requested features that were missing from the app. That made me now uninstall Edison Mail and go back to the Gmail app. Way to go Google!A few things I'd love to see in future updates:1. The option to choose different sounds for notifications instead of the default one. A different sound for each account would be even better!2. Swipe to delete individual messages in the Trash folder. 3. An option to collapse nested labels on the sidebar instead of displaying a long list.4. An option for a unified inbox that shows all my accounts on the same inbox page, and even an option for ""All archives"", ""All Sent"", ""All Trash"" (like in the native iPhone Mail app).",An option to collapse nested labels on the sidebar instead of displaying a long list.,4,TRUE,usability,list,81,85,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,601e2a85-78ac-4986-8d4b-d8dc82f604af,e69d6e61-3e19-4d5b-ba3c-04883d23510c,Conversation View Ruins Otherwise Good App,"I use the app sparingly and only then because of how it interfaces with my Gmail account. The app would be one of, if not the best for email if you could turn off the inane and infuriating conversation view.Google offers the option to turn off conversation view on the web version of Gmail but continues to ignore hundreds of thousands of complaints and requests from users for several years by not making it available on their mobile apps.Countless users have documented tales of lost emails and important email that they didn’t know they had received because of it was grouped and hidden with other email in a “conversation.” Yet Google has remained defiant in not offering the option to turn off conversation view in their mobile apps.Google has made numerous “improvements” to the look and feel of this app over the years while ignoring this major issue for so many users.Most other email apps offer the capability for users to choose to have conversation view on or off. For some reason only Google knows - because they have also refused to give any explanation to their loyal customers - the Gmail app remains a less than viable offering for anyone who doesn’t want to deal with the hassles and vulnerabilities of conversation view.",Most other email apps offer the capability for users to choose to have conversation view on or off.,2,TRUE,usability,conversation view,72,89,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,d54a4e2f-a7ba-4db3-99b5-f09d6b230f66,e6a0f194-fa39-461e-963c-befdc4d823c8,Glad I signed up for Office 365,"I’m reviewing this as a paid app and not a free one because, for my use case, the features I need require an Office 365 subscription (which is fair - I don’t expect developers to provide pro-level functionality for free). If I were reviewing this as a free app, I would rate it 5 stars. Maybe more, actually. It’s a really good app.I'm an attorney and I mark up documents for a living, and I rely on a lot of advanced “Reviewing” features of Microsoft Word on the desktop. Many of these features are reproduced perfectly in this app. I store my iMac's files on OneDrive, which this app can access natively. It works very, very well.Some features do remain missing, however. Styles support does not appear to be complete, or at least there does not seem to be a way to edit Styles on the iPad (although if I edit a Style on the iMac the Style will immediately update on the iPad, so there’s that). Sometimes I rely on Remote Desktop just to make changes to Styles and certain other formatting items - obviously this is a clunky workaround. There also is no functionality for “comparing” one file with another.I’m giving this 4 stars because I’m pleased with it and Microsoft Word remains critical to my daily workflow. There’s definitely room for improvement, though, especially for a “pro” app that I’m paying annually for.","I'm an attorney and I mark up documents for a living, and I rely on a lot of advanced “Reviewing” features of Microsoft Word on the desktop.",4,TRUE,usability,document,31,39,positive
productivity,notability,7bd18ebd-32c9-4d25-bd25-8046522dbed4,e6e238f7-ba65-40e6-b58d-e38f274674eb,Could use some updates,"Lately I’ve been having a weird problem where it wont let me highlight. But if I zoom all the way out then you can see my highlighted material, which is useless. There is a problem that halfway through writing it doesn’t recognize my pencil so I have exit out of the app, close out of it completely and re open it. Also I can’t even highlight on images I import to the document. Also, as someone who used GoodNotes for a while, I absolutely loved their feature where you could search a word out of the entire notebook and it would take you to that page. This app KINDA has that,  it it only works with text and not handwriting. You have to pay $3 extra for it and even at that it’s not even that great. I feel that there can be much better improvement to the app.If these don’t get fixed soon I’m going back to GoodNotes and not recommending this app to anyone anymore.",Also I can’t even highlight on images I import to the document.,3,TRUE,usability,document,55,63,negative
productivity,things-3,2d3dfbbf-b45f-4197-8b78-043f7dd1f1c4,e6e2abed-cf35-4820-a645-5c7775ac1863,Apple Watch Sync Issues,I love this app. I’ve tried every to do list app I could and nothing beats the intuitive UI of Things. I have everything from my day to day tasks to my long-term life goals in this app.Recently the Apple Watch support seems to have fallen off though. It was always immensely satisfying to watch the complication circle fill up as I crossed things off my daily list. Please bring back proper Apple Watch syncing!,Please bring back proper Apple Watch syncing!,4,TRUE,compatibility,sync,38,42,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,93d0dec4-b497-4cca-a6a7-cd6ab1b5a3ed,e719c2c1-0bf8-47d9-a32b-472a74fc6a61,CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE IT WORK FASTER FOR iPhone 7,"I updated but can I go back?  It’s slow and makes it less enjoyable to use on the iPhone 7.  In fact, it’s wasting a lot of time waiting for it to work. Sure, I plan to get a new phone... but if the update works for this phone and iOS it should be fast like I was before ... please.  I know there is a balance because they want to add new features but I’m not using anything new and it’s just not cool to slow people down on a simple thing like taking notes. I’m a paying customer that’s been using this for years.  Please don’t mess with what works .... At least let the old version be available for iPhone 7. Please. I’m a paying customer.UPDATE: I deleted and reinstalled, because it wasn’t loading at all. It is working better now ... but could be MUCH faster.",I updated but can I go back?,3,TRUE,general,update,3,9,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d58e5bbd-6461-4d0f-90ad-33105ce072a2,e73f4e8c-5482-46d0-91bc-692f058b8cfb,Loses notes,"The point of a notes app is that it store notes and be able to find them again. The search is generally worthless, you have to use tags religiously because that’s the only way you can find anything. I’ve had a note of list items for 5+ years that I referred to. Now I can’t find it via Search. Text I know is in it shows zero results. Worse, I scrolled through thousands of notes and can’t find it. It’s gone forever. And I paid money for this?!?Saving web pages is lousy. It throws 3 photos in the list view that rarely have anything to do with the page or are just some design graphic from the site. And don’t even try to edit that note, it will destroy everything. Searching for any content on it is a waste of time. Surely there’s a better notes app than this aging poorly-maintained junk.",It throws 3 photos in the list view that rarely have anything to do with the page or are just some design graphic from the site.,1,TRUE,usability,photo,13,18,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,4248959d-b4df-4956-872b-dd4ce4290e43,e7687348-fe4e-4c22-8ca8-abd21ddd3414,First Day Success,"I recently just got this app after it was recommended by a YouTuber who was top of his class at Cambridge University (med school). I am already seeing results in productivity. I like the concept of having a tree grow because it holds me accountable to work within the time slot i gave myself and not deviate from it. I suggest trying a free version first if you don’t believe me, but this app is awesome and I can’t wait to reap its long term benefits.","I suggest trying a free version first if you don’t believe me, but this app is awesome and I can’t wait to reap its long term benefits.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,free version,20,32,positive
productivity,notability,357afae7-afa2-4d16-ba3b-bf94d4aaddb2,e77a4702-1e04-4b0e-a759-d6b01356eded,LOVE...but...,"First off, this app is easily my favorite way to take notes. I will not be looking at other ways to take notes ever again. I do think that some updating needs to happen. It seems like the last 5+ months have been spent making a Mac compatible version (which I am thankful for) but at the expense of updating anything on the tablet side of things. I think there are some major things that should be added... the ability to fill in text box backgrounds, smoother transition when wanting to change the text in a box so the next box is not the weird abnormal setting (make a favorite setting), AND PLEASE make the ability to have size able pages in-between slides! It is so crazy having a full lecture slide that you just need two lines for a note on a whole page. AND make folders archive-able when we’re uploading to notability from another app... I am in a quarter system school and I already have to sort though 20+ classes to find the current quarter’s class.",It is so crazy having a full lecture slide that you just need two lines for a note on a whole page.,5,TRUE,usability,page,95,99,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5532fb87-e21f-48df-8ec2-973bed54e8c3,e7a378d4-694b-487e-b2af-dd78d314916c,Problema opening attachments,My boss makes my work schedule in Microsoft Excel. The problem that I have always had is that I can’t open the complete document attached to the email. I have to open the excel document in Safari which makes me wonder why I even have the app. Hope you guys will fix it soon.,I have to open the excel document in Safari which makes me wonder why I even have the app.,4,TRUE,usability,document,26,34,negative
productivity,notability,b603afad-63d0-4c6f-82d7-10b4b51d83f6,e7f0338d-3dff-4002-a7f6-dc6fc3e88caf,Love it but hate how...,"I’ve been using Notability for years now and loved to see much more amazing and user friendly it has gotten. However with the latest updates, the app keeps closing on me at random times so I lose my most recent updates on my notes and my recordings. I hope this issue gets fixed soon.Some suggestions on how notability could be improved,1. Everyone uses powerpoint. If there are slides in a powerpoint that I don’t have I want to be able to take a picture quickly and have it come out in decent quality. OneNote has that amazing feature where as you take a photo of a slide, it automatically is able to resize and realign the photo so that it’s not all crooked. Currently right now, I have to download an app that does that for me so it would be nice if notability could add that feature.2. Having some free/blank space on the side where I can make additional notes so that I don’t have to write on my powerpoint slides. Sometimes the slides have too much material and it feels clustered to have to squeeze my notes onto it so it would be awesome if I could have space on the side to add notes. Maybe consider adding ways to insert different types of documents?3. Add more highlighting/drawing options. What I mean by this is, maybe besides just drawing lines you can add rectangles or circles. I know that you can insert figures but I feel like they are out of the way.",If there are slides in a powerpoint that I don’t have I want to be able to take a picture quickly and have it come out in decent quality.,5,TRUE,efficiency,picture,83,90,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,3d6c441d-131d-4489-9631-55049f2f138c,e8253589-3fb6-494e-abcf-a10788e5f239,Great product,I got rid of both Thunderbird and outlook after trying them. It is so much handier to use Gmail and the functionality is exactly what you need. Certainly outlook has more features. But the ability to access your email from any computer and have the same functionality certainly out ways that.,It is so much handier to use Gmail and the functionality is exactly what you need.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,44,57,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,4339d325-64d3-473d-836a-7ef742e41d09,e8d98eac-9488-4d8d-a2fa-56242d0cf0ed,I LOVE THIS APP !!!!,"The only bad thing about this app is that it costs money, but it was worth it! I always plant a tree while I'm in class, doing homework, at work, or while I'm sleeping or out! It's addictive to watch you beat your own personal best daily scores and to see where you rank every week, globally. I think one of the main reasons I chose to pay for this app is the way that it immediately is giving back to our environment and to people across the globe! How cool is it to be able to log out of our social world and sit back and provide something so basic, but so useful to groups of people who are struggling? This app is amazing and I am committed to using this app for over 400 minutes a day!!!","The only bad thing about this app is that it costs money, but it was worth it!",5,TRUE,cost,money,52,57,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,92b0c5d0-0a36-44f4-8b49-f0c302c6fd43,e9432b6c-0dca-4e7d-8e9b-468715477945,Used to love it but after most recent update HATE IT,"I am veterinary resident. I have read a lot of journal articles, all of which come in the form a pdf. I am paying the annual subscription fee specifically for the pdf reading and annotation features. Evernote used to pretty good at this. I could upload the pdf into a note.  If I opened the pdf, I could read, zoom, navigate and select and copy text. Now when I open the pdf, I can only zoom. With the old Evernote annotation function, I could zoom and navigate easily, then use the highlight function to highlight important text. Now in the annotation function I can not zoom making it harder to read and nearly impossible to highlight text. Additionally, in the old version a little summary of annotations and highlighted text would be generate, so the next time I opened that pdf I have a lovely little summary of the stuff that was important to me. None of this is available in the most recent update and I hate it. I gave feedback to the Evernote team during beta testing and recently after the new release, but they clearly aren’t listening.",I am paying the annual subscription fee specifically for the pdf reading and annotation features.,1,TRUE,cost,subscription,24,36,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,d7404e42-5742-42e1-8b11-e2686982308a,e94ee738-2bb3-4cf8-9e8c-31b383f83c5c,Great Study Tool,"I’ve been using this app primarily for my study prep for the LSAT. It’s cool to see the forest but the thing that makes me happiest is seeing the total time focused. The app also uses graphs to break down your study time so you can see how you do a monthly, weekly, and daily basis. Highly recommend. I just planted my first real tree. Side note, but, I also got my girlfriend hooked on it and it’s a fun little competition tool between friends.","The app also uses graphs to break down your study time so you can see how you do a monthly, weekly, and daily basis.",5,TRUE,usability,graph,19,24,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,abafb465-dc18-4ab6-9c58-dcbefbc4fe3e,e96cdee3-5d02-404a-b49f-17e1aac7f16d,The Gmail App is Inferior,"Google had a wonderful email app called Inbox. They just killed it. They’ve offered their original app as an alternative but it is inferior by far. It makes the gmail app feel like an email client from 2008. 1) Swipe action is not customizable. Inbox you could at least snooze with a swipe. In this app I have to click on the menu button and then click snooze. 2) Inbox would bundle categories of emails in your main inbox automatically so you could see them and delete or archive them all at once. In this app I have to go into each category and delete each email. Also Inbox was better at smartly notifying you of important emails. 3) Inbox would recognize travel emails and bring them back for you when the day of your travel so you could quickly access your itinerary for flights and hotels. 4) Inbox had one touch unsubscribe for newsletters and shopping that you no longer look at. 5) Inbox had reminders that you could set making your inbox the one stop place for your workflow. Inbox was a superior email app and google killed it and left us with their old, boring, less useful app.",5) Inbox had reminders that you could set making your inbox the one stop place for your workflow.,2,TRUE,usability,reminder,14,22,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5057962a-aa23-470e-8b13-16513293f137,e97e498c-71c4-4035-88f4-9973f2320541,Too invasive and annoying,"The Promotional tab now has advertisements that look like emails and if you delete them the app requests to know exactly why you removed it. Then under that there are preferred promotional emails that rise to top of the email list, which I assume are companies that pay Google to do this. When clicking a link within any email the app asks if you want to switch to (I.e. download and install) Chrome. Even if you select Do Not Ask Me Again, it’ll keep asking. And if you accidentally select Chrome it’ll go to the App Store and this delay you opening the link in Safari. Again, really annoying for them to cram Chrome down our throats. Lastly, now I’m seeing orange text asking me if I want to reply to messages that were received 5+ days ago. Even if I don’t want to reply there isn’t a way to dismiss the message so it’s always there until I delete it. Overall I’m just tired of Google telling me what’s best for me and sacrificing simplicity for their advertisements. I get it: they need to make money but there are better ways to do that. Uninstalled the app and likely won’t go back to it. I’m using the native iOS Mail app now.",The Promotional tab now has advertisements that look like emails and if you delete them the app requests to know exactly why you removed it.,1,TRUE,security,motion,8,14,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,ea037e14-7d1f-45a6-a9b1-e0af66f5a72d,e988a34e-1e8b-4d0a-a669-c18915f2379e,A “former” long-time user of Evernote,"I’ve used Evernote for many, many years and am a premium subscriber. I have over 1000 notes of all kinds in over a dozen notebooks. The app used to work flawlessly with great search function and seamless sync between devices. With the most recent update, it has become a pain to use, especially when I think about the monthly subscription that I send to them. The primary issue is with my desktop version running Windows 10. Newly created notes disappear and many times I’m unable to create a note at all requiring me to log out and log back in to create a new note. Horribly damaged functionality with the most recent update. I’ll give it a few more months to see if they can fix these issues. If not, I’ll be cancelling my subscription and looking for a new note keeping app. So sad and disappointed...","If not, I’ll be cancelling my subscription and looking for a new note keeping app.",1,TRUE,general,subscription,31,43,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,104ad24e-0ee4-4e0f-9c49-64de65d8a7b4,e98cf295-b0af-4033-bfc2-343a142d3a60,New Version Broken,"The new updates break pencil support, causing stuttering when trying to rest your palm. The device also constantly shifts to the top, causing long lines through, along with this, since the eraser deleted the whole character, it makes it impossible to clean up the lines with out rewriting it all. The typing works fine and allows ease of use for basic documents. They also removed the infinite page so you’re limited on space when you’re only doing a pencil written document. Documented and reported it multiple times, no response.Avoid until it finally updates, perhaps even the basic notes app for handwritten notes","Avoid until it finally updates, perhaps even the basic notes app for handwritten notes",2,TRUE,compatibility,handwritten note,70,86,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5512d29b-8449-4ea1-bbf3-3eafcdd23656,e9945a44-d585-4480-a3c8-b09a8a815a21,"Overall, nice email app...","Overall, the functionality is nice. I like the layout and aesthetics. I was surprised at how far I had to dig for the simple task of adding or editing a (sub-)folder. Additionally, a plus side to the app is the ability to add multiple (non-)Google inboxes and have one app for all email. Love this feature. I did become quite annoyed when the app started incorrectly reporting the number of unread or outstanding emails with the badge icon. I had to verify on my laptop that I had either no emails in my inbox or all emails were read. I did this on my Gmail emails, Outlook email, and iCloud email. I keep my inboxes clean and I expect my apps to correctly report this too. I don't have time to be digging for a hidden unread email.",I did become quite annoyed when the app started incorrectly reporting the number of unread or outstanding emails with the badge icon.,3,TRUE,usability,badge icon,123,133,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,72b0c467-2425-47e3-b6f1-bbd2e2f444a6,e9cbb80a-f1d0-4368-b203-24771019bcf4,I really hate this app.,Tree graphics are pretty terrible.No landscape mode for iPad.Web extension does not support trees you buy on the app.Poor customer support.,Poor customer support.,1,TRUE,general,customer support,6,22,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,586160b3-a9a5-4b6d-bf7d-74a2c4621a82,e9e7fcab-d675-45cd-bef1-2e9d3c1774f8,Must have for students!,"I’m a full time student, and it’s impossible for me to stay on track with whatever I’m doing (thanks ADHD!). I was in desperate need of something to keep me accountable, and this was just the thing. The motivation to build a beautiful forest, unlock cute trees, and even plant an irl tree was enough to get me to spend the money to buy this, considering I never ever purchase apps. This was the best purchase I’ve made for productivity, and I will continue to recommend this to everyone I know! It’s simple, effective, and surprisingly really fun. I’ve tried several other apps similar to this one, but nothing comes close to its overall simplicity and graphics. I can’t get enough!","I’ve tried several other apps similar to this one, but nothing comes close to its overall simplicity and graphics.",5,TRUE,efficiency,graph,106,111,positive
productivity,things-3,3a117237-f65b-40dc-9473-e6a16cff5d6c,eab7222e-f20b-47b7-99aa-d27264add9af,Disappointed,"*UPDATE #1When adding a new to do, start with hitting “today” then add reminder and work your way up to today or this evening and you don’t have to keep going back in to add different settings! Yay! Still playing...So disappointed. I am currently using Alarmed and REALLY like it. Except for 2 things: 1. They do not update it anymore and 2. It really isn't organized. I thought Things 3 looked so very organized so thought I would make the change over. It IS organized but I would like a nag me option when I need to be reminded continually until an item is completed. It is also cumbersome to set a to do and not be able to set reminder, date, time, note, category all on same “screen”. I would really rather not see my to do until the time/alarm I set goes off. For example: If I have 5 things “to do” today but only one due at 9:00 am. I don’t want to see the badge app red number say 5 I want it to say 1 because it is only 9 am still. (I am still playing and learning. Maybe there is a better way of doing what I need?) The other items become due throughout the day at various time of alarm set...For the price I paid I’m disappointed and would liked to have had a free version 7 day trial or something. Maybe an update will include the above complaints? I am going to keep using it in hopes it grows on me. It is just so different and well you know....change isn’t easy ;) Looking forward to updating stars after I use it for a while and decide if it is worth it to buy the iPad version...",They do not update it anymore and 2.,2,TRUE,compatibility,update,13,19,negative
productivity,things-3,5af4824b-1ab5-4df6-83ad-8151b6f6cb8b,eacc5882-cfa5-4c58-9486-4054d044689c,No Shared Lists - No Collaboration - No Attachments,"There's no way to add another person to a List. You can text or email them a copy of your list, but no true collaboration. I was prepared to buy two copies of the Mac and iPhone apps for my fiancé and I until I discovered this. Glad I only bought one copy of the iPhone app. You are unable to add attachments like in Wunderlist. I can create an item there and attach a photo to that item. Not doable in Things. Deal breaker: No Shared, Collaborative Lists. Hesitation Maker: Slow animations. No attachments. Rejoice: Reminders! I've asked for these for ages. Until Collaboration gets added, I'm stuck with Wunderlist or another app. Please, Things, people aren't islands.","You can text or email them a copy of your list, but no true collaboration.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,text,9,13,negative
productivity,notability,bfda806b-3020-4aa2-a57c-7eb3e99c23d3,ead040c1-ed42-4009-badc-48c0c59b87ed,Many bugs throughout versions,"As functionality increases, so do the number of bugs. The bugs don’t get fixed and tend to get worse. Notability frequently freezes with the magnifier circle on an area you just highlighted/underlined/marked. You just have to tap the screen with your pencil to unfreeze it, but if you change from highlighter to pen, or vice versa, tapping causes whatever you just highlighted into pen. It was a small annoyance before, but it is happening more and more frequently. Notability likes to lose notes. Many of my peers have problems with this. I lost a weeks worth of notes from notability. Thankfully, I back up to google drive and iCloud. It was present in google drive, but not iCloud. The previous review stands. The problem occurs when people download the iOS app and causes malfunction on the iPad and computer. It is not due to low storage space, as there is plenty of storage space available. Basically, you have to deal with it until it magically stops...or doesn’t. Why keep using notability? Best we have, so we deal with the bugs. Previous review: Please fix the iCloud sync bug. The app decides to sync all my notes in the middle of class, preventing me from taking notes while the sync is happening. It is also duplicating many notes. This is only a problem for those of us who have purchased both iOS and OS. It is intensely frustrating.","It was present in google drive, but not iCloud.",2,TRUE,compatibility,google drive,19,31,negative
productivity,notability,9a29db0c-b67b-479b-a751-34469987c7f3,eae85a26-07f2-40e2-aee9-a7395d9e4a32,"Improvements come at glacial pace, if at all","After using this app for three years, it’s apparent that app improvements come at an extremely slow pace, and mostly not at all. I’m surprised considering how many people and educational institutions use this app, and that it was ranked no.1 in the App Store here and there. It took years ... YEARS ... to see the option of custom colors.Ginger labs has a feedback page where users can vote for ideas and leave a remark about why a new feature would be useful or important. Most of the dozens of ideas on that page would be legitimately great changes — helping to polish up the shortcomings and limitations of Notability.Despite seeing those listed for over a year, it’s safe to say that almost none of them are being implemented. App and feature improvements are rare. It’s disappointing to see user after user remark (in reviews and on their feedback page) about vitally needed improvements and to see them ultimately ignored.",Ginger labs has a feedback page where users can vote for ideas and leave a remark about why a new feature would be useful or important.,3,TRUE,general,page,28,32,positive
productivity,things-3,3bb514de-ed4c-44ca-8c91-19b5f20e2da6,eb0d077c-9ea2-4710-b0f8-2912b65d88cf,Impressive app,"I rarely write reviews, but this app is worth it. The thought that has went into this app is astounding. Kudos to the author!Not a huge fan of purchasing for each device, but so much better than subscriptions which I will not do. One nice feature would be to sync to the Apple cloud instead of the Things cloud.",One nice feature would be to sync to the Apple cloud instead of the Things cloud.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,30,34,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,86ecfcf6-8967-4b7a-8348-ef1a96ba791e,eb0f10db-dc2d-4f1e-97e2-4d2e7bf0cdf1,Love Evernote but . . .,"Evernote is great! I use to organize notes for graduate classes, files for work, and stuff for home.  We’ve even got a family cookbook that we share and add to. BUT I really wish that Evernote had the ability to lock a note or notebook.  It would be nice if we could lock notes regardless of the content: picture, audio file, video clip, file attachment, whatever. Please add this feature!","It would be nice if we could lock notes regardless of the content: picture, audio file, video clip, file attachment, whatever.",4,TRUE,usability,audio,77,82,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,86ecfcf6-8967-4b7a-8348-ef1a96ba791e,eb0f10db-dc2d-4f1e-97e2-4d2e7bf0cdf1,Love Evernote but . . .,"Evernote is great! I use to organize notes for graduate classes, files for work, and stuff for home.  We’ve even got a family cookbook that we share and add to. BUT I really wish that Evernote had the ability to lock a note or notebook.  It would be nice if we could lock notes regardless of the content: picture, audio file, video clip, file attachment, whatever. Please add this feature!","It would be nice if we could lock notes regardless of the content: picture, audio file, video clip, file attachment, whatever.",4,TRUE,usability,picture,68,75,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,91d9259c-e7de-4c0b-be35-d9496a0186df,eb553127-1d53-4a18-8b47-e574c1633660,Extremely unreliable. Disregard for user habits,"I have been a loyal customer with 9000+ notes and 5+ years of premium subscription. The recent overhaul has introduced so many bugs and ridiculous design failures which are forcing me to consider alternative services. Sync has become extremely unreliable; I’ve had my edits wiped out by sync failures. As of now, Evernote isn’t letting me move my notes to different notebooks, due to some inexplicable bug. Very helpful features that provide flexibility to working on and organizing notes have been eliminated, I guess in the name of tidiness: opening multiple main windows, changing the created date (so helpful for arranging the notes in the order I want), magnifying the words in the editing window (which now cannot be done without magnifying everything else, making it unreasonably cumbersome to operate the sidebar). Then there are countless bugs throughout the software that keeps giving you frustrating surprises. The recent major upgrade demonstrates the team's disregard for the working habits of established users, and also raises concerns about quality control. In so many respects the new version simply isn't ready, and it's unclear to me why the company would be in a rush to release an update. An option for reverting to the older version would be much, much appreciated. Right now, I do not recommend Evernote to any new user. The company has demonstrated its inability to deliver a consistent and reliable product.",I have been a loyal customer with 9000+ notes and 5+ years of premium subscription.,1,TRUE,general,subscription,71,83,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a635cce0-c549-491e-8d6e-fc4c52e58c1e,eb7eb831-59b9-4c19-94b2-a996efc72734,Why was it necessary to change the icon?,"I love the app, but why did you need to change the icon on my phone. For years I have found it instantly by its color. I just don't understand the need to make ridiculous changes like this.Please stop.",For years I have found it instantly by its color.,4,TRUE,general,color,44,49,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2fc6d379-410d-4923-8e3c-677dd84a0fbb,eb92730d-09ca-464c-848b-9c7bce82df62,Dark mode,"The dark mode theme just randomly turned on. Finally!! It did it for my 11pro but my work phone, 6s, still doesn’t have it. I’m not sure why people's reviews says the app crashes I’ve never had that problem on either phone or iPad.  No other problems with the app just kept waiting on dark mode before I wrote this. That’s again Google.",The dark mode theme just randomly turned on.,5,TRUE,usability,dark mode,5,14,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a7623054-db69-4d13-bd6c-a6a099f940cd,ebd9b308-52c2-44f6-92c7-a218a584f5cd,Increasingly frustrated,"I’ve been too tied into Gmail to switch to another service but I’m now getting close to taking that step anyway. Instead of getting easier to use, the app, and the service in general, just gets more and more obtuse. Why do so many mails disappear or become near impossible to track? Why does gmail confound the order of threads? Why can’t I access a list of contacts? Why is there no clear and easy way to sign out of the app?  And now when I sign in on the web to try to do things that I can’t do with the app, why am I sent to an app version? Please do some concrete user-testing on the app/service and improve the design.",Why can’t I access a list of contacts?,2,TRUE,usability,list,22,26,negative
productivity,notability,e9bb27f6-5437-4fee-8b92-5dc5cd58cd7c,ebe2e16d-736e-4db2-ae62-60cc53927002,Missing some helpful features,"Hi Notability Team! This is definitely my preferred app for note-taking! I love the UI. Just a few suggestions - A) please allow for rotation of inserted imagesB) please allow to link related notes so that we can flip from one file to another with backing out and reopening. This would be especially helpful when notes are ordered chronologically by Last Edited Date, instead of Date Created. C) please allow for adjustment of page margins and increase white space between pages. When using the grid paper, it’s difficult to distinguish between the grid lines and the page break marker.D) Please add Stickies to the root menu, like up next to the pens, etc., or allow them to be multi-select. I have a project where I have to add a ton of Stickies, and having to go through several layers of Stickies and select one-by-one was painful. Also, I love the last size and shape of Sticky is maintained in the next selection, but could you do the same for color too. It was also painful to have to change 50 sticky note colors one-by-one.  (Color coded notecards for a memorization “game”) - works amazingly except for the time it took to create them!E) Allow for the cursor to be placed manually on the page. When selecting the text option, the cursor automatically appears on the left margin (in the margin actually), and without a keyboard to Tab over, it cannot be moved. Thank you!",E) Allow for the cursor to be placed manually on the page.,4,TRUE,usability,page,54,58,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,7f07df98-d428-4ca5-a69c-8ced25d66de1,ec0464e2-de08-4b44-9086-5a85376411dd,"When it doesn’t lag, it’s great!","I’m going to keep this short because I’m in the middle of writing a thesis, but this problem has been annoying me for so long I literally can’t stand it anymore. Whenever I end up writing on a document after certain period of time, there ends up being a huge lag between me typing and the words appearing on the screen. I haven’t had this issue with literally any other application, and it’s not like the machine I’m using is old in any sense of the word. (It’s less than a year old.) Without fail, this happens on every document I make after a few hours and even restarting my iPad and hard closing the application and opening back up does diddly squat. I seriously can’t deal with this anymore— It’s too annoying. There are forums detailing this problem that go back to at least 2016. Until it gets fixed, I’m using pages.","Until it gets fixed, I’m using pages.",1,TRUE,reliability,page,32,36,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,777beba3-4328-472b-80a8-be313d2a97d0,ec5bd504-0a8f-4dca-9a85-f18495979057,Comments,Doesn’t always open from smart phone.  Sometimes owns without edits.  Very frustrating.  Hard to get to he two step process when in apple word.  Used to irk better in previous version.  Erratic not stable.  Works sometimes.,Used to irk better in previous version.,4,TRUE,usability,previous version,23,39,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a1adaca4-3f46-4322-b616-b1bf0f574e2f,eca08769-8242-4626-9bda-6e7366aa545a,What were they thinking?,"Premium user here.  Tried to navigate around the new update and am so frustrated with it all.  Cant customize the left hand menu - it always opens to all notes. Speaking of the search function!  Didn’t they have any beta testers?  The search is horrible!  You put in a term and it gives suggestions, a few tags. It not a way to narrow to all notes with that term quickly.  To search properly you have to use search language which requires a lot of extra typing. This version had made tags worthless as you either have to keep entering searches with each tag or you enter a  keyword and a list of tags that include that keyword pops up but you can only select one tag at a time. Everything  takes more clicks to find something, do something, or import something.   They have also removed the ability to assign tags in the web clipper.  Not sure of what they had in mind with this update, but this version is worthless for my purposes.  I have over 2000 recipes in a notebook which are organized by tags.  By removing the clipper ability to assign tags and the search filter by multiple tags this is pretty useless.  Any suggestions on a replacement? Is there a way to restore to old version?  If I wasn’t already invested with so many files I would definitely look for another note keeping app.  They ruined it!",They have also removed the ability to assign tags in the web clipper.,1,TRUE,efficiency,web clipper,58,69,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a1adaca4-3f46-4322-b616-b1bf0f574e2f,eca08769-8242-4626-9bda-6e7366aa545a,What were they thinking?,"Premium user here.  Tried to navigate around the new update and am so frustrated with it all.  Cant customize the left hand menu - it always opens to all notes. Speaking of the search function!  Didn’t they have any beta testers?  The search is horrible!  You put in a term and it gives suggestions, a few tags. It not a way to narrow to all notes with that term quickly.  To search properly you have to use search language which requires a lot of extra typing. This version had made tags worthless as you either have to keep entering searches with each tag or you enter a  keyword and a list of tags that include that keyword pops up but you can only select one tag at a time. Everything  takes more clicks to find something, do something, or import something.   They have also removed the ability to assign tags in the web clipper.  Not sure of what they had in mind with this update, but this version is worthless for my purposes.  I have over 2000 recipes in a notebook which are organized by tags.  By removing the clipper ability to assign tags and the search filter by multiple tags this is pretty useless.  Any suggestions on a replacement? Is there a way to restore to old version?  If I wasn’t already invested with so many files I would definitely look for another note keeping app.  They ruined it!",They have also removed the ability to assign tags in the web clipper.,1,TRUE,usability,tag,46,49,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,67da1de6-bee5-415c-9e31-7a1f9f73960e,eca5441d-36bf-48ca-b300-0eec4f7f3a9c,Disregard for users,"I first rated Evernote one star because they did a bait-and-switch by reducing the functionality of the free version to extort those who had trusted them. Old news, though I expect this business model to treat its head again when they decide to double or triple prices.This weekend was worse. As I prepared for a multi-day hike in the remote (and offline) backcountry, I took extensive notes in Evernote. The day before I left, I updated my phone.I got to the trailhead, and loaded the note Id l’d worked on for days. Not on phone. It had been there last night!Evernote decided to upgrade its users with an upgrade that can’t read the already-downloaded notes. So I’m standing at the trailhead without my prepaid permit for the hike, the list of waypoints for my trip, detailed maps, notes on specific sites to visit, excerpts from others’ trip reports etc.Thanks Evernote!Oh and more fun. When I got home I looked at the new app and it still allows offline notebooks. But you can’t force them to download “more” – the help just says it can take “some time” and gives no means of prioritizing. It does not download in any sensible order I can see, like most recent, or default notebook first.Right now my data is held hostage on the Evernote server until they decide to give it to me.I guess the old business model is back... maybe they will allow me to retrieve it faster if I pay an additional fee?","It does not download in any sensible order I can see, like most recent, or default notebook first.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,notebook,84,92,negative
productivity,things-3,3c603e7e-1a68-4ef9-b17e-87c751d3cd87,ece9cf31-787b-4e26-8a13-b6eba7386fe9,Instant Regret,Don’t waste you’re money... it doesn’t do anything you can’t do in Reminders and Notes.,Don’t waste you’re money... it doesn’t do anything you can’t do in Reminders and Notes.,1,TRUE,cost,money,20,25,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5222125b-a193-4cfb-b5a5-1e10848aeb77,ed5515f8-3046-4b22-b2ac-ba699c866385,"Readability, anyone?  So close.","UPDATE to UPDATE:  Disappointment continues as this app still does not match the text I’ve selected on my phone, contrary to what’s stated.  Better than before, but not anywhere close to the text size of Apple Mail or other apps, for that matter.  Simply put, Gmail app does not match the text size of your iPhone or iPad.  It’s improved some, but not the same.UPDATE:  Sooo disappointed to find that the update does not actually use the same text size as selected on the phone, as the developers now claim.  Granted, it’s and improvement, but doesn’t match other apps that use Dynamic Text sizing.  Sad.Still useless to me since the font size is sooo small.  Suggestion:  Let iOS handle your text, so default font sizes will carry over.As usual, I find Google to be strong on engines, but weak on experience.  So much potential here, guys.  Google, please work on your UX.  No doubt, this would be my main app if the font size match what I chose in iOS Settings.  Pleaaassseee!","Suggestion:  Let iOS handle your text, so default font sizes will carry over.",2,TRUE,usability,font,51,55,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5222125b-a193-4cfb-b5a5-1e10848aeb77,ed5515f8-3046-4b22-b2ac-ba699c866385,"Readability, anyone?  So close.","UPDATE to UPDATE:  Disappointment continues as this app still does not match the text I’ve selected on my phone, contrary to what’s stated.  Better than before, but not anywhere close to the text size of Apple Mail or other apps, for that matter.  Simply put, Gmail app does not match the text size of your iPhone or iPad.  It’s improved some, but not the same.UPDATE:  Sooo disappointed to find that the update does not actually use the same text size as selected on the phone, as the developers now claim.  Granted, it’s and improvement, but doesn’t match other apps that use Dynamic Text sizing.  Sad.Still useless to me since the font size is sooo small.  Suggestion:  Let iOS handle your text, so default font sizes will carry over.As usual, I find Google to be strong on engines, but weak on experience.  So much potential here, guys.  Google, please work on your UX.  No doubt, this would be my main app if the font size match what I chose in iOS Settings.  Pleaaassseee!","Suggestion:  Let iOS handle your text, so default font sizes will carry over.",2,TRUE,usability,font size,51,60,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6932c4f1-7e1a-456f-aca3-e63e1958c1ac,edb5424a-62bf-4d12-9598-ef5dbbe3d109,Notifications not working,"I’m not sure if this is an iOS 11 issue or what, but notifications are no longer working properly. I’ve used (and loved) the gmail app for a long time, but recently it’s become a big enough pain I’m considering switching to a different app. I’m an “inbox zero” kind of guy. So when I go in and check all my emails and archive them and leave nothing in my inbox and close my app and it still shows a red badge on the gmail icon with 3 or so unread emails, it’s maddening. Sometimes I’ll pull my phone out 20 minutes later and it will still show unread emails, I’ll check, and it’ll still be zero. Ack!! Totally defeats the purpose of a badge icon with number indicators. It’s making me waste so much time, feel so inefficient, and making me question why I continue using what feels like a broken app. I close the app often, regularly keep the app and my iOS updated, and power off my phone frequently. And none of it seems to help.","Sometimes I’ll pull my phone out 20 minutes later and it will still show unread emails, I’ll check, and it’ll still be zero.",4,TRUE,reliability,unread email,74,86,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a1b7ee0e-76a0-4856-bbd4-0ce00d0127a6,ee4bf228-481e-4f54-80a2-43268a7e8ec7,Frustrated,"I’ve used gmail and it’s app for yrs. However with these resent new updates it’s been frustrating. For yrs I’ve always had it linked to my yahoo email and it was super convenient and easy for me to navigate through the different emails. But with this new update it’s like it’s syncing all of my email accounts together. So now my yahoo email is now synced with gmail, and my yahoo email is my priority account... I can’t tell my emails apart from one another because now it’s all under 1 email account which is the gmail account. There’s no option to separate the two (I’ve tried everything) I even deleted my yahoo account off gmail and placing it back on as a separate account and it still linked all the yahoo emails with my gmail account email. This is frustrating I can’t tell my emails apart because it’s like everything is under that one gmail account smh, it has to be another way..maybe something more simple an easy. Out of all the yrs I’ve had this app an linked emails this has NEVER happened before until now. This used to be my fav email app, there was never a problem in the past so why fix what wasn’t broken.",But with this new update it’s like it’s syncing all of my email accounts together.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,update,19,25,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a1b7ee0e-76a0-4856-bbd4-0ce00d0127a6,ee4bf228-481e-4f54-80a2-43268a7e8ec7,Frustrated,"I’ve used gmail and it’s app for yrs. However with these resent new updates it’s been frustrating. For yrs I’ve always had it linked to my yahoo email and it was super convenient and easy for me to navigate through the different emails. But with this new update it’s like it’s syncing all of my email accounts together. So now my yahoo email is now synced with gmail, and my yahoo email is my priority account... I can’t tell my emails apart from one another because now it’s all under 1 email account which is the gmail account. There’s no option to separate the two (I’ve tried everything) I even deleted my yahoo account off gmail and placing it back on as a separate account and it still linked all the yahoo emails with my gmail account email. This is frustrating I can’t tell my emails apart because it’s like everything is under that one gmail account smh, it has to be another way..maybe something more simple an easy. Out of all the yrs I’ve had this app an linked emails this has NEVER happened before until now. This used to be my fav email app, there was never a problem in the past so why fix what wasn’t broken.",But with this new update it’s like it’s syncing all of my email accounts together.,2,TRUE,usability,sync,41,45,positive
productivity,notability,42870527-6106-4485-acbf-d3c6bf505b63,eea1e8fa-01b7-401f-bffa-a783d957a697,It is okay,"I think it is a great software to create and write your notes that will be in pdf.The reason for my low rating is when you have to deal with documents that one uses across multiple platforms.  I want to use the documents on a PC with PDF annotator and an IPad when I am away at meetings and conferences.  Every time I have to edit a PDF I have to import the document (meaning a new copy) and then have to use this on my PC to add more notes.  These added stuff on my PC do not carry back, I have to import the document again.Wish they would just let me share document via BOX for both storing and accessing and just be able to edit one copy of document across multiple platforms and multiple applicationsAs someone else mentioned for their not using notability “ gathered bad synching across multiple devices is a big issue",The reason for my low rating is when you have to deal with documents that one uses across multiple platforms.,5,TRUE,compatibility,document,60,68,negative
productivity,notability,dd7ebee0-81f4-4a31-8b10-3c1d3e4d62a4,eead3fa5-6592-46ca-91e1-0fece0d620ac,Partial Eraser,"I love love love LOVE Notability! I used this app all throughout high school, and I am continuing to use it throughout college for all of my classes! It is so nice being able to have all of my notes together instead of having to lug around countless notebooks. I love the different types of paper, the straight line feature with the pencil, the dual note mode, being able to switch between notes quickly, the new color wheel, and SO MUCH MORE. I highly recommend this app to any note taker!! One thing I would really appreciate is if a partial eraser feature could be made (like if you could tap on the eraser and change it from full line erase to partial erase similar to how you can change the pencil from a uniform width to one that changes with speed/pressure). I love being able to erase whole lines with one swipe, but sometimes I just want to erase part of something. A partial eraser option would make this app perfect.",It is so nice being able to have all of my notes together instead of having to lug around countless notebooks.,5,TRUE,general,notebook,101,109,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,91f27c0e-7c6a-47f4-9749-30b900a43919,eebc7a80-232c-4deb-859c-c4e188e2ae1f,Two problems to fix,"When taking a note, there are many problems with Voiceover. First, when swiping to the right, sometimes it skips over the title field & other times it skips over the multi-line text field. When typing in the field, you can’t move by letter or word & have it affect where the cursor is located. When The keyboard is brought up from simply looking at a note, the cursor is somewhere in the middle of the text already in it. Unlike most text fields, double tapping on it does not move the cursor to the start or the end of the text field. You also cannot listen to the entire note when the keyboard is available. This makes creating & editing notes inaccessible to Voiceover.   Sharing to Evernote takes a long time after entering text & choosing the folder. Once I hit save, a loading icon is shown while I have to wait for a long time to share it.    If these problems are solved, I will be satisfied with Evernote. Until Evernote is Voiceover accessible, I will use another note taking app that is accessible.","First, when swiping to the right, sometimes it skips over the title field & other times it skips over the multi-line text field.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,title,63,68,negative
productivity,things-3,1c84030b-e958-4302-80b8-11ac613e6ead,ef15380b-637b-4899-b5b7-ad7af002122d,I have used them all...,"Things 3 is light years better than 2Do, Wunderlist, Trello, Tasker, Do It Tomorrow, etc. It may not have quite as many features as 2Do, and it may be more expensive than the free versions of Wunderlist, but it is flawless. The user interface is clean, well thought out, flexible and EASY TO USE. It feels fast and snappy when in use. I will say that my productivity has at least DOUBLED since I am now cranking through tasks instead of being frustrated by my system of organization. Other people have mentioned the amount of time that it took for Things 3 to come out, but I can only assume it is because of how well executed it was/is. Don’t hesitate to buy this app. I got it for my iPhone and iPad and think it is worth every dollar. I will be getting the MacBook version next.","It may not have quite as many features as 2Do, and it may be more expensive than the free versions of Wunderlist, but it is flawless.",5,TRUE,cost,list,109,113,positive
productivity,things-3,1c84030b-e958-4302-80b8-11ac613e6ead,ef15380b-637b-4899-b5b7-ad7af002122d,I have used them all...,"Things 3 is light years better than 2Do, Wunderlist, Trello, Tasker, Do It Tomorrow, etc. It may not have quite as many features as 2Do, and it may be more expensive than the free versions of Wunderlist, but it is flawless. The user interface is clean, well thought out, flexible and EASY TO USE. It feels fast and snappy when in use. I will say that my productivity has at least DOUBLED since I am now cranking through tasks instead of being frustrated by my system of organization. Other people have mentioned the amount of time that it took for Things 3 to come out, but I can only assume it is because of how well executed it was/is. Don’t hesitate to buy this app. I got it for my iPhone and iPad and think it is worth every dollar. I will be getting the MacBook version next.","It may not have quite as many features as 2Do, and it may be more expensive than the free versions of Wunderlist, but it is flawless.",5,TRUE,usability,free version,86,98,positive
productivity,notability,73270ffd-2c94-486f-9e98-711f61494614,f007dc99-2ae3-43c3-8b8d-24d05b24e5e4,Greatest note taking app,"The app is phenomenal when it comes to note taking. It lets you keep your notes organized and categorized based on what you’re doing. The app is also great when it comes to ignoring palm detection, to the point i no longer use paper and pencil unless it deals with drawing, all my notes are now done on my iPad. The cool thing about the app too, is that even using the iPad mini, if you turn it horizontally the app feels almost similar to a notebook (if you edit your paper right). The only complain I have is the lack of integration with other devices that aren’t in the apple eco system. Sure you can sync your notes to your google drive, but it’s complicated and a big headache to deal with. It would be nice if they offered an online version to check and sync all your notes, so you can pull them up when your iPad isn’t around. Other then that, the app is amazing! Compared to any other note apps I’ve used, I can live with that small inconvenience for now.","It would be nice if they offered an online version to check and sync all your notes, so you can pull them up when your iPad isn’t around.",4,TRUE,compatibility,sync,65,69,positive
productivity,notability,040e4f9e-0a7a-4dc6-b238-dba76941657a,f0365956-7e3a-432b-89e9-44f96787c598,Used to be the best by far,"I’m not a review writer by nature, but I feel compelled to provide feedback since the app asked for it. Notability is still my go to note app. I use it for independent study, work, and personal projects. Recently, updates have been one step forward and two steps back. Things that used to work reliably now don’t. I haven’t systematically analyzed the problems, but anecdotally, the application restarts itself frequently (e.g.when searching for text in a large file), and rendering occasionally generates display artifacts (e.g. when scrolling or resizing the page) among a few others. I have all the major note taking apps for iPad and still believe this is the most elegant design. I know - personal preference. I’m not planning on abandoning the app, but I’m certainly looking forward to a time when the app is as stable as it used to be for me. YMMV.",I have all the major note taking apps for iPad and still believe this is the most elegant design.,3,TRUE,usability,design,91,97,positive
productivity,notability,e8e2f10d-1f8e-4fda-b60d-4640037dce68,f065ea71-6c46-49ff-9e95-0f74995f04d2,Poor organization,"This app is good at rendering handwriting and I really like the color schemes (yellow on black, red on black). However, everything else is a disappointment: - not being able to test the product before purchase is a massive nuisance from the outset- dividers and subjects are neither intuitive nor sufficient for elaborate organization. For example, I cannot archive notes that I do not need on a regular basis. I can delete notes or keep them in my face. I cannot use the same name for a subject under two dividers. For example, I cannot have a 'General' subject under two different divisions. So I cannot have a catch-all for different teams or topics. Way too simplistic. - the reason I'm now writing this negative review and switching to a different note system is because ALL MY SUBJECTS AND DIVIDERS DISAPPEARED for no reason!!!! I invested a lot of effort trying to organize my written notes and now I need to do it all over again in a different system. For all the things people find annoying about Microsoft, my stuff never disappears randomly. Updated to 1 star since I can't even export it backup my files to PDF anymore. Took me forever to get all my content out! Massive waste of time and money!",Way too simplistic.,1,TRUE,general,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,notability,b5060618-3b81-4733-8c6c-147a95ef3c6e,f0954c23-5642-4c8b-8eef-da4266088bbd,Worst app EVER,"I would give this app -10 stars if I could. It has so many glitches I don’t know where to start. The MOST frustrating one, and the one that has pushed me to write this review, is a glitch that randomly exits out of the app without saving your progress. I just lost 3 hours worth of my progress on a study guide and I have an exam TOMORROW. I backup my files, I update the app every time one comes out, I adjust the settings to detect my palm, etc. Other glitches include randomly detecting shapes when I have disabled that setting, bringing me to the top of the page of the document I’m reading which loses my place, randomly inserting shapes when I’m handwriting things (I have that setting disabled, as well). I would not recommend this app to anyone. I cannot believe they charge money for it. DO NOT BUY!!!","I backup my files, I update the app every time one comes out, I adjust the settings to detect my palm, etc.",1,TRUE,security,backup,3,9,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,1333852f-a65f-4b1e-b1da-d923472de8cc,f0ab3598-ea2e-47e6-88c6-2ea211c30034,"Love, Love, Love","I’ve used EN for years - first the free version, then the paid version.  Now I’m using EN to help me with genealogy- woo hoo!! I’m learning all sorts of things and finally have a handle on years of notes and photos. Since I’ve just learnt about “stacking” notebooks, would you please, dear EN, make it so I can create them on an iOS device? TIA. 💕",I’m learning all sorts of things and finally have a handle on years of notes and photos.,5,TRUE,usability,photo,82,87,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a54befdd-b938-4f55-b309-e5d44978130f,f0ec3443-b518-47ae-98ee-122865693b02,"I love this app, but it’s giving me issues now!",I have used this app for a few years and it’s really a wonderful way to put your phone down and stick to it. With the most recent update now though it is letting me navigate away without killing the tree! Please help me I have no discipline! Like I’m growing a tree right now as I type this and it isn’t calling me out on it. Now that I’ve discovered this loophole it renders the app totally ineffective. I’ve never had this issue before though so I’m still giving 5 stars.,With the most recent update now though it is letting me navigate away without killing the tree!,5,TRUE,efficiency,update,22,28,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,59a3e493-9476-49f9-8e0c-d51e8e2461fa,f0fcae2e-1d2f-40fe-9649-2d9ca7795e14,Free trial not so free.,"Microsoft offered me a free 30-day trial and then took the full payment for a month subscription a couple days later. How is it a free trial when you pay for the month that was supposed to be free? I won’t make the same mistake again. They are NOT getting anymore money from me for quite a while. Make sure to validate if something is supposed to be free and then turn around and charge you regardless.The app itself usually works well, but I’m seriously thinking about trying a find a different app that I can write in. Currently would not recommend this app at all.",They are NOT getting anymore money from me for quite a while.,1,TRUE,cost,money,30,35,negative
productivity,things-3,93755dbe-d831-48d6-8f66-52135a620716,f1c9ee64-752b-4b6c-bdb1-a07b3ebc3059,Please add these 2 Functions!,"Hello, I have been using the app daily, but have two key issues to address. Please allow users to edit/ change tags. My list is adding up quickly and I unable to remove tags as an option once I create them. Since I’ve been using this daily, my tag list is getting large! Also please make the tasks editable by deadline please :). This would be of great help.Thanks","Since I’ve been using this daily, my tag list is getting large!",3,TRUE,usability,tag,38,41,positive
productivity,notability,9cbd305d-ea50-4cc9-8a48-d73ec9bfde62,f20996ce-e5e7-4f7a-a7fc-3c18f3868196,Best Notes App I have EVER used.,"This app has transformed the way I study for college exams and take notes. Absolutely worth every penny, and I plan to use it for the rest of my life. So awesome to be able to draw pictures and then write text underneath in a never ending doc. Also inserting photos into the document and uploading to google drive within the app, is just so streamlined and I love it. I don’t always write reviews for apps but this one is an absolute must have. Beside college work I do 2D animation, this app is so incredibly good for developing scripts and comic strips as you can upload photos of any drawing you make on paper or make the drawings in app or make your sketches on another app and upload them to here. This enables me to keep all my ideas in one place and also creating concept maps is easier than ever. Thank you very much to the developer team, and I look forward to the updates and improvements you guys will make in the future.",I don’t always write reviews for apps but this one is an absolute must have.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,write review,16,28,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6e8f2a24-bfff-4ddd-84de-0eda4c3803f2,f27a6c38-bf8c-4114-8bed-9051c9e1f667,Nice and Interactive,"I really like to be able to use my Gmail Calendar for family events. I use color coding and it integrates with my Outlook calendar for business. The color coding let’s me see who in the family has the event, daughter-ballet, son-football, Bible Study and do on. I am sure there will be more exciting things to come from Gmail calendaring.","The color coding let’s me see who in the family has the event, daughter-ballet, son-football, Bible Study and do on.",5,TRUE,usability,color,5,10,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,699362e1-5ed6-43e0-b5ba-234f2f6dae2b,f2cc79e0-2eb1-4e66-9949-5fb5306b1039,Could be better,"So, as of this year I decided to take a swing at Evernote.  At this point I've been using it for about 2 months and I have serval gripes.  For starters there is only one color for highlighting, which is awful.  There also isn't any intuitive way to insert tables that I've been able to find, luckily I've been able to get around this by pasting snips of them in from word but it's far from optimal.  I'd also like to have sub-folders within groups.  It'd be nice to have a general folder for a class and then subfolders for in-person lectures, online lectures, and notes from readings.  Upsides are the tagging system, that's been rather nice to have in the absence of subfolders, the UI is also decent and I haven't had any issues with creating folders or navigating between them.  Overall more downsides then upsides, and that's with the premium version.  I'm likely going to return to simply using Onenote like I used to in a month or so at this rate.  I'll hop back over again in a year to two to see if there were any changes.","For starters there is only one color for highlighting, which is awful.",3,TRUE,usability,color,32,37,negative
productivity,notability,8d32738d-830b-4401-91ad-7763d6a6544a,f3001ebf-bc7b-4184-8cbe-84a8a36b9e7c,New updates have really made everything very stressful,"Ever since the new iOS update and the notability update to fix the bugs that had to do with the new iOS update. My app has been crashing constantly, and it shows my files as completely white blank page with just highlighted lines and my hand writing. Along with that I was able to switch in between apps and continue where I had left off pre update. The new updates make the app restart when I try to switch through safari and notability. Overall I love the application, but this new update with the iOS 13.1.2 has been horrible. I haven’t been able to keep up in lecture, because the app is either constantly crashing or it’s redownloading my files from the cloud for no reason.I have tried almost everything possible to fix the issues, but it still keeps happening.","My app has been crashing constantly, and it shows my files as completely white blank page with just highlighted lines and my hand writing.",2,TRUE,usability,page,86,90,negative
productivity,notability,e0b84f3f-99bf-4f9b-811b-7d6191bb6f97,f340826d-f269-4d33-afdc-1e6706c73e20,Keeps losing connection with the Apple Pencil.,"Any body who uses this app will tell you it’s great and I agree. There are plenty of things to love about this app but some of the issues make it really frustrating. One of them is that the Apple Pencil will not respond. It happens almost 30% of the time that as I put down the pencil to write, it miss the first couple of strokes. You can imagine how annoying that becomes. Another issue is the frequent unpredictable crashes. The app will crash pretty unexpectedly. Most of the times it’s when I use the text box. It has happened so many times that I’ve stopped using the text box.And another major issue is contacting their customer support. Every time I send a feedback they’ll send me one of those ‘we’re getting high volume’ emails. They say they’ll get back to me but they never do.I have only used this app for 2 months now. I’ll stick with it for this semester but I think I’ll move on to Good Notes or other alternative.",It has happened so many times that I’ve stopped using the text box.,1,TRUE,usability,text,59,63,negative
productivity,things-3,3efc0b21-ee1f-43a5-b8a5-46f4fd5a50fb,f3bc15cd-fcf8-4223-bc8a-a28268dc4b29,Still missing quick pick reminder options,"I WANT to use Things I really do. But the one thing that continues to evade every update is the ability to have preset (and customized) ""quick tap"" snooze times. ""Due"" and ""Google Inbox"" do it well, an I would love at least the OPTION to toggle this on. Just a small feature would help me buy into the Things ecosystem. On the reminders screen, I would love quick snooze options like ""Tonight"" which presets to a time you choose for that night, or ""Tomorrow morning"" which presets to a time you choose for tomorrow morning, etc. I know some people will see that it is not the 'Getting Things Done method' but who cares?","But the one thing that continues to evade every update is the ability to have preset (and customized) ""quick tap"" snooze times.",2,TRUE,usability,update,49,55,positive
productivity,notability,e90fe3a2-847f-4203-b792-7ddab8c5dee2,f4069dca-188b-477b-849e-fb07bf8d3d40,Almost Great,"I have used Notability for over 3 years and have come to depend upon it for client meeting notes and recordings of classes I am taking. It almost scares me how dependent I am on Notability.  Here’s why.Every now and the, a glitch happens.  A common one is when I switch from one meeting to another, I close one note and open a new one.  Sometimes the recording function sends a message that the recording is being recovered.  Then, the recording attaches to the new note, so I am beginning a session with an unrelated recording.  Puzzling.A more concerning thing happened yesterday.  A notice on my iMac (2020 vintage) said I needed to update Notability, but when I selected the update option, I received a message that Notability was no longer on the App Store.  Still, the update option message persists.  Is this true?  The OSX version is no longer being updated?  If not, please fix the glitch on the App Store.Recent changes to the recording interface are obscure and perplexing... where are the user instructions?  I bet they exist somewhere, but why-o-why are they not on the web site?  No “get in touch with developers” option exists on the developer site, either.So... this is great software in so many ways, but the user connection and information about software changes is lackluster and indicative of a too-small organization to give users like me confidence you are going to be around for the long haul.",I have used Notability for over 3 years and have come to depend upon it for client meeting notes and recordings of classes I am taking.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,recording,102,111,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5222125b-a193-4cfb-b5a5-1e10848aeb77,f45c8d42-1494-4ebb-8488-6a3404c6bee0,"Readability, anyone?  So close.","UPDATE to UPDATE:  Disappointment continues as this app still does not match the text I’ve selected on my phone, contrary to what’s stated.  Better than before, but not anywhere close to the text size of Apple Mail or other apps, for that matter.  Simply put, Gmail app does not match the text size of your iPhone or iPad.  It’s improved some, but not the same.UPDATE:  Sooo disappointed to find that the update does not actually use the same text size as selected on the phone, as the developers now claim.  Granted, it’s and improvement, but doesn’t match other apps that use Dynamic Text sizing.  Sad.Still useless to me since the font size is sooo small.  Suggestion:  Let iOS handle your text, so default font sizes will carry over.As usual, I find Google to be strong on engines, but weak on experience.  So much potential here, guys.  Google, please work on your UX.  No doubt, this would be my main app if the font size match what I chose in iOS Settings.  Pleaaassseee!","Better than before, but not anywhere close to the text size of Apple Mail or other apps, for that matter.",2,TRUE,usability,text,51,55,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,c495ee48-cf62-49c0-ae3e-edf9ff799789,f46e64b1-ccc5-41fe-8e3f-f357b5551a0b,Only thing that keeps me focused,"I have serious attention issues and cannot stay focused for more than a few minutes at a time. Using this app not only helps me not use my phone when I need to be doing homework , but it helps me ignore my notifications even when I’m not working on school assignments. Plus, for every tree you plant in the app, another tree is planted in real life, so it’s a win-win-win!! Highly recommend this app, it’s worth the price 👍🏻👍🏻","Highly recommend this app, it’s worth the price 👍🏻👍🏻",5,TRUE,cost,price,43,48,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,91f27c0e-7c6a-47f4-9749-30b900a43919,f5680562-28c0-4924-a6a8-645ed0514287,Two problems to fix,"When taking a note, there are many problems with Voiceover. First, when swiping to the right, sometimes it skips over the title field & other times it skips over the multi-line text field. When typing in the field, you can’t move by letter or word & have it affect where the cursor is located. When The keyboard is brought up from simply looking at a note, the cursor is somewhere in the middle of the text already in it. Unlike most text fields, double tapping on it does not move the cursor to the start or the end of the text field. You also cannot listen to the entire note when the keyboard is available. This makes creating & editing notes inaccessible to Voiceover.   Sharing to Evernote takes a long time after entering text & choosing the folder. Once I hit save, a loading icon is shown while I have to wait for a long time to share it.    If these problems are solved, I will be satisfied with Evernote. Until Evernote is Voiceover accessible, I will use another note taking app that is accessible.","When The keyboard is brought up from simply looking at a note, the cursor is somewhere in the middle of the text already in it.",3,TRUE,usability,text,109,113,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,7e779a2e-0fd3-4376-b823-16d1e79063ad,f5762d57-0f55-4ef5-bc11-62ce85efe4bf,Could be better,"Forest view should list all forest tiles(days) in one map, so you can see all your accomplishments. (Ok this is a feature - you’ve got to go into the forest view and click the calendar icon)Also it should keep track of how many breaks you’ve taken and recommend a longer after the fourth (like pomodoro). And it would be nice to bind an activity tag to a tree type automatically.The app and the safari extension sadly don’t count down time together. If they did, I would use the extension.Bug: in counting exceeded mode, the counter keeps going even after you start the break timer.",And it would be nice to bind an activity tag to a tree type automatically.,3,TRUE,usability,tag,42,45,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a8f56eca-d41f-4a52-a610-4b2115a76c41,f5ccb3a1-d476-40be-be8d-8be1624b1b4b,Don't need to see how many unread bundled emails,"Love the app. Overall works well. Only two issues I have seen, 1) When replying to a long threaded email (say 20 replies or more) it does not load. I have to go back to an older email in the conversation and reply to that. 2) My biggest issue is the number badge showing unread messages includes messages that are bundles under promotions or fiance. I don't want to see that's. Old Gmail, before it became Inbox, did not do this.  Those emails don't pop up as push notifications, so why would I want my badge icon to show me the total number including them? At least give me the option to turn if off if I want. Would give instant 5 star if I had that option.",2) My biggest issue is the number badge showing unread messages includes messages that are bundles under promotions or fiance.,4,TRUE,usability,motion,109,115,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,9314892d-dbef-47b6-9bf1-04faccd7ace3,f66826c4-9e62-4e48-8950-48855cda6254,"Word, it gets the job done","It works, it’s great. I just wish you could set a default font so that you don’t have to scroll through dozens of choices to find New Times Roman.Trying to find a document from last year? Best of luck to you. It can be done, just a little frustrating",I just wish you could set a default font so that you don’t have to scroll through dozens of choices to find New Times Roman.,4,TRUE,usability,font,37,41,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,ad92ec5e-aefc-42b3-a6b7-2da358b29b88,f69b1397-d516-4a43-9210-b465e85453c5,Great App,"This App makes my iPad so much more useful. I depend on Word for so much and really appreciate the folks at MS for keeping it updated and working wonderfully! The reason I don't give it 5 Stars is because often the updates render it useless for a few scary days. At least it gets fixed eventually, but aren't the bugs supposed to be worked out before releasing an update? Also it would be better if, as some other reviewers have noted, the app would remember the last font used and just start off with that instead of requiring me to always go back and reset the font with every new doc created.",The reason I don't give it 5 Stars is because often the updates render it useless for a few scary days.,5,TRUE,security,update,57,63,negative
productivity,notability,71314594-3108-4fc2-82fd-69b9c686585a,f6bba9a0-b9b2-467a-b56f-75953c0fc040,This would be a 5 star app if...,"I really like this app a lot. It’s easy to use, the functionality and responsiveness is great. The only problem I have with it is it’s file structure. Currently Notability has Dividers that hold Subjects, and Subjects that hold Notes (documents, PDFs, etc). Dividers and hold multiple Subjects, but that’s where it stops. Subjects need to be able to hold Subjects as well, so that (for example)one can have a category (Divider) such as “Quarterly Meetings” which contains monthly categories (Subjects), and within the monthly categories are sub categories (Subjects) for financial, projects, etc. The current organization is too flat. If you can fix this (and other apps have fixed it) this will be 5 stars.","It’s easy to use, the functionality and responsiveness is great.",3,TRUE,usability,functionality,23,36,positive
productivity,things-3,5ae3f518-7f6d-4035-bff6-be0e285445be,f6e18009-fa06-401e-8e53-836f61891e54,"Almost perfect, solid, worth the money","I have used a lot of task management apps and I still think that many of them are great. Swipes was one of my favorites because I can snooze tasks for later, but Things has a unique approach to that same need that is actually simpler and much more effective. I’ve had to adjust some of my own habits to adapt to how Things is organized, but wow is it well thought out. It is deceptively simple at first glance, but it is so well designed that I’m constantly finding new uses and applications. My wife loves it too and she’s very picky and often doesn’t take to the things that I recommend. So the fact that both of us find it useful is a testament to the quality of the product. I’m hesitant to buy the desktop app because I think it’s fairly overpriced, I did do the free trial though and it is well-made. I was a little hesitant about the price of the mobile app as well, but after using it, I think that it is well worth the money and I wouldn’t say that about a lot of $10 apps.",I have used a lot of task management apps and I still think that many of them are great.,5,TRUE,usability,task management,22,37,positive
productivity,notability,4022cd65-9449-4e31-8b13-1f3ee3d7ed1e,f6e7f7da-04cf-45a2-9987-35f53e1c9fc3,A Wonderful Addition to Student Life,"I am a university student like many of the users on this app, and I purchased this with hopes that I could take neater, more organized, weightless notes. This should improve the speed of my note-taking, and I LOVE that I can record audio such as a lecture, and take notes while doing it and play it back! This will definitely come in handy. However, I really would like to see some improvements to the text visuals. There is currently no way to properly center the text, or align the text to the right; The default is permanently set to left alignment. Also, there is no way to adjust the line spacing. Being able to adjust the text alignment and spacing between lines of text would be highly useful for typing papers or whatnot in APA or MLA format, or even simply to adjust the aesthetics of the note. I’m sure these additions would appeal to the many other student-users.  Overall, the app is already exciting and enjoyable to use, and I look forward to testing it out in the coming weeks.","However, I really would like to see some improvements to the text visuals.",4,TRUE,usability,text,62,66,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,897a7f98-ee6c-442a-9738-0dbafa888848,f720e9b4-56e6-48d6-a947-dcf0963a6c0c,Forced to upgrade,"I'm not a fan of forcing people to upgrade. Sure, it may be a strategy for your company to grow. But remember that you're working with people. I have been using Evernote for 7 years, and just went on today to access notes on my phone and was told I now need to upgrade to continue to have access to my notes on multiple devices. I have literally always been able to access my evernote on my phone and on my computer/tablet. A feature that was always a feature has now been taken away. I can unsync my other device, or I can upgrade to keep it on my devices. Not a fan. I've purchased an upgraded version in the past, and it was not worth it. And what stinks is now I have literally YEARS of notes and journals and voice memos SAVED in my evernote that it would take forever just to transfer it all somewhere else. I feel like my hand is being forced, and I don't agree with that. Maybe charge new people? Grandfather in the old?","I can unsync my other device, or I can upgrade to keep it on my devices.",3,TRUE,usability,sync,9,13,positive
productivity,notability,24235ad7-1276-4d2b-9d80-ba8d8264da7a,f72a39ef-b3c2-4349-bd4b-e15f678026d3,Needs Higher Level of Organization,"Currently I am loving this app. I have been using it for a couple days now and I’ve been able to transfer all my notes from Microsoft’s OneNote without a hiccup. Though in my time using this app, I have discovered two things that could need some improvement on. The first is, being able to name a file the same name as another, so long as it’s in a different location. Currently i am left adding a (1) or (2) for duplicate file names for different classes. And ultimately my notes look less organized. With that said, my main concern is the lack of notes segregation and organization. Currently, the only two methods to separate your notes are the Divider and Subject functionality. It would be Godsend if there was another sub-level category. A folder within a subject per se. For example: You have Math as a subject, Great! Now within the math subject, you have different kinds of notes that you would like separate from others. Like notes for  different kinds of tests, notes for quizzes, notes for Classroom discussion, notes for projects, notes for resource documents. All of these you would like to be easily distinguishable from another, thus you group them likewise. Consider implementing these features as I believe it will become a game changer, this is definitely a Five-Star app, the three star is just motivation. Love you guys!","Currently, the only two methods to separate your notes are the Divider and Subject functionality.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,84,97,positive
productivity,things-3,c7c8046a-f421-4418-b3af-0c08b985ab9f,f741ad17-4757-4e33-9ae1-353f2ebb4714,Things works because less is more,"I’ve tried all the big task management apps out there. Some are incredibly complex, some far too simple. Things3, however, is the sweet spot. I have a busy personal life and manage complex, multi-phased projects for work. This app does a good job at managing both. Things3 does not have as much customization as some other popular task management apps, but for me this is what ultimately made it more effective. With other apps, I’d get so bogged down in customizing things, that I lost focused of just being productive. Things3 establishes a system and you just follow that system. I was surprised to find that this is what made me more productive. The UI of this app is still far better than anything else out there. And the speed at which it allows users to enter tasks (while following the GTD methodology) is fantastic. Every now and again, I’ll give some other task management app a try but I always come right back to Things3. It just works.","Every now and again, I’ll give some other task management app a try but I always come right back to Things3.",5,TRUE,efficiency,task management,43,58,positive
productivity,things-3,be68429d-b705-46df-a780-f57503c49674,f768544a-3471-45c8-bde8-ff579d9fa72d,Full Price is $70+,"This app does NOT provide info across devices. You have to buy it on EACH device, and the Mac version is $50. For those of us who still know how to actually write ON PAPER, it’s a huge waste of money. There is nothing about this stand-alone phone app that is worth $5, much less $20.","For those of us who still know how to actually write ON PAPER, it’s a huge waste of money.",1,TRUE,cost,money,85,90,negative
productivity,notability,2d637665-5119-4901-9fcb-1430e1501b4c,f771d77f-4e2b-45f8-bed4-27f469dd59dd,The perfect app for school/work!,"After my first semester as a freshman, I struggled with a heavy back pack. Having to carry many notebooks, binders, planners, and books was so exhausting. So i ended up buying an iPad and Notability literally saved me! I now have ALL of my notes and all of my assignments on the app. Notability also syncs to the cloud so you have everything with you even if you don’t have the device you took the notes on. You’re able to download your assignments and send them to the app to write on. My classes that provided fill in notes or had things on their website that was our responsibility to bring to class was now on my notability app. The ability to search key words from your handwritten notes is amazing. The ability to record lectures and play them back and watching yourself write it in realtime was very helpful when it comes to reviewing class material. Everything is so organized since you can create multiple color coded folders for anything you could think of.The only reason I shorted it a star is because I wish Notability had different writing tools. My notes are clean and neat but i wish the pen had a pencil option just to give another satisfying “real paper” look. I would also love to see a choice in the shape of the highlighter that would give a more squared off ends rather than the circle one it currently has.",My notes are clean and neat but i wish the pen had a pencil option just to give another satisfying “real paper” look.,4,TRUE,usability,paper,106,111,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,bb268d8b-91bd-4c8a-bcb6-28b63b4a6c15,f8187654-86dc-445e-90b0-072bcb0346d2,"Sadly Controlling, Restrictive, Disfunctional","Be very cautious getting pulled into this platform. Once in, many restrictions and limitations, no ease of sharing notes, no simple emailing of notes, functionality buried and hidden, forced to use the Evernote transmittal system which is rudimentary and provides no visibility, flexibility. I am now stick with Evernote and regret it very much. Migrating all content out to another platform at this point a monumental task.Much of the functionality is awkward and clumsy; notes editing, organization, resultant format when added from external sources, etc. It is as if the designers don't actually use their own platform or have created with the interest of Evernote at heart, not the independent user. This is a system much more geared to capture and contain users than to facilitate, unleash and unencumber. Truly disappointing as the potential, the architecture is there.","Much of the functionality is awkward and clumsy; notes editing, organization, resultant format when added from external sources, etc.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,13,26,negative
productivity,notability,777ac679-2bd9-45a0-9edb-48ee96a63e0a,f829c05e-4142-4f4e-9775-e9b3f447794d,For the developers of Notability.,"This is a perfect app for taking notes. It is. BUT, each person is different. Each person has different preferences. And each person who are note takers are the ones who will most likely purchase your app. We need more customization. More options in paper settings. We should be able to make our own profile to space the lines. There's only a few choices. Color of the pages. We should be able to choose which color palette to use on the paper. The color of the pencils. Styles of strokes. Make everything customizable. Or put more choices. I would give you guys a five stars if you have put a lot of changes.Update: The undo button is small for ipad users. Sometimes when I press it it doesn't recognize it. I had to tap it almost 3 times. Like I said here it needs more customization. More colors in highlighter and pen.",The color of the pencils.,3,TRUE,general,color,5,10,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,d3669fa0-9d69-435e-855b-7f02bdd3573c,f82b9063-9e07-4dde-96cb-33b967ea2330,Warning to College Students,"Students, this app is not what you need. If you are trying to write a formatted paper, this app is not worth your money. It has no capability to control indents or any other technical format edits (other than spacing). It does not truly “move with you”, because without internet you cannot save or open most docs. Another annoying detail is that every time you tap the screen, it makes the keyboard disappear, even though you are only trying to select text. This may be just my case in particular, but the typing keeps quitting on me as well: it delays several seconds, making it twice as difficult to type a single sentence. The only thing that fixes this malfunction is to shut down the app and reopen it. If you are looking to use this app on a mobile device, it isn’t worth it. Use Word on a Windows device if you want Word to work properly. The online Office is frustrating as well. Until Word makes this app more useful for students, it isn’t worth your time or money.","If you are trying to write a formatted paper, this app is not worth your money.",3,TRUE,cost,paper,40,45,negative
productivity,things-3,f8dbb8e3-2390-4adc-b72c-da9c5b51c038,f8a2ee20-1a7c-4a1d-b8b2-707328f9b20a,Makes you want to use it...,"Most organizational apps despite their best attempts are unfriendly and unwieldy. For a lot of reasons having to do with design I suspect, this one has an inviting utility to it. Which means it does what you want it to do without a lot of complexity or friction. I haven't used all the features yet but it is very polished and handles little details very well. So far so good.  I'm going to keep using it in the hopes that I don't lose my data, my privacy, and they don't get hacked or bought by some evil mega corporation and lose their passion for the product.","For a lot of reasons having to do with design I suspect, this one has an inviting utility to it.",5,TRUE,usability,design,40,46,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4cde0811-57bd-461f-8650-e01d0a01d95e,f8ee9cb2-ed05-4cc7-8371-fe74e181bba4,IOS Dark Mode GONE ?!?,"I love the app! No shade to other email services, but GMAIL is the only one that sends me notifications as soon as they’re sent to me. It doesn’t take a whole hour for the email to come through, thank you! However, there is a reason why I gave it a 4/5. My Dark Mode is gone?!? It’s perfect for my eyes when I’m just waking up in the morning, but now I have to deal with light mode?! I know it may seem like a minor issue, and it is, but I’d love for my dark mode to be back. Thank you!!!","I know it may seem like a minor issue, and it is, but I’d love for my dark mode to be back.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,dark mode,71,80,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,8b8e2da3-d230-4eed-8b4d-0d9af9a9a002,fb44fb8a-c872-41fe-bbf6-d715022f5396,Definitely recommend! Read,"This is a great app, and I love it. You can draw on it, and it’s very useful! The only small thing is that the font you like won’t stay as recently used. It’s more like used 10 seconds ago, if you try to find your font every chapter. It would be very helpful if it could say: would you like to add a favorite font? That would be more than perfect. This app otherwise is incredibly supportive for what I write. It may get confusing at first, but once you start using it, you will handle it and teach others to use this. I love this app! I highly recommended it!",It would be very helpful if it could say: would you like to add a favorite font?,4,TRUE,usability,font,76,80,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,695c6b99-30c6-4d68-a34a-84ed8e055858,fb49a9d6-73fb-4d7e-8354-bf59b8b2a2ee,Great for procrastinators,"I can set regular timers but I’ll just ignore them, scrolling on instagram til the timer goes off, and then hit restart. Once the tree is planted, though, it’s study time. The option to plant trees with friends makes it even better because my friends can motivate me without even being there! This is an app worth buying. I raved about this app forever but I know everyone’s apprehensive about paying for apps. I tricked my friends into buying this app by saying “hey, can I have $2?” And when they said sure, I told them “cool, I need it to buy this app on your phone”. 😈 They end up thanking me!! Nobody will regret having this little app on their phone!! Highly recommend!","I can set regular timers but I’ll just ignore them, scrolling on instagram til the timer goes off, and then hit restart.",5,TRUE,general,tag,69,72,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,2326177e-9705-4aed-a9c2-b25db2d73092,fd040dd2-b30d-4922-9d8a-7beac6aa24f3,Please fix ASAP,"I will switch my review to 5 stars as soon as the new update stops losing new notes. Since the new version came out I have lost two sets of study notes that are not saved in the note history edits. One note text did not sync 20 minutes worth of furious note taking. It is all lost. That was 2 days ago. Then today I was brainstorming for a project, and now Evernote shows an untitled note for each set of editing that I did. The original note with the edits is gone altogether. I have not changed my habits that I developed along the way as I have used Evernote. It is not a question of connectivity or issues on my end. It is an issue with the new update because the mistakes are not things that I can make. If this keeps up much longer I will have to switch platforms after 10 years.","Then today I was brainstorming for a project, and now Evernote shows an untitled note for each set of editing that I did.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,title,75,80,negative
productivity,notability,f8fc9c8d-5a07-4173-9c67-7b2004674c6e,fd1e3908-7cb8-43b2-8cf8-a8cab78b1063,Lacking HARD PAGE BREAK,"I actually love this app and gave it 1 star simply to attract attention of developers, or hopefully get the answer if i just missed the tool.It amazing note app. The search tool, work with images, easy sketching, and even whole books, make it very useful; i see it potentially as a main platform for my work. BUT. There are no hard page break (at least i searched everywhere in app and google without luck). This is absolutely devastating (especially for those who use a lot of images), because when you edit info/add text/add image/etc to the previous page, EVERYTHING is shifting below (by everything i mean text is shifting, but as text moves you have to move all the images below so it aligns again) There should be a simple tool (that even Word has), to add hard/permanent  page break, so it locks the next pages intact, and you can edit pages above without any changes in all that follows. With so much functionality for work with images in your app, it seems essential to add this feature. PLEASE ADD IT, and you have me forever. (Please let me know, if that option is already exist and I’m not ever of it)Also a bit more visible regular page break, so it visually separate pages, just a tiny one will make a big differenceTHANKS.","With so much functionality for work with images in your app, it seems essential to add this feature.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,14,27,positive
productivity,things-3,337366a9-a0a5-4cb5-9f74-318381380192,fdcdccf2-5d7e-4b21-b70c-89074af35d05,Unintuitive,"Terribly unintuitive. Difficult to add reminders and no way to add more than one reminder for a single to-do. Confusing nomenclature: groups vs. tags vs. projects; Does Anytime header show to-dos with any due date or no due date? If no due date, then what is the difference between the Anytime and Sometime header?","If no due date, then what is the difference between the Anytime and Sometime header?",1,TRUE,general,due date,7,15,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,eb0ebd28-aaed-41d8-b63c-77c537b4c46a,fe213a20-efbc-4702-9f16-b99d669ae32a,Elephant graveyard of digital content,"I am not an active user of Evernote. I am a paying customer, but I have been looking for an exit strategy for a while. Because it was difficult to export content from Evernote in a simple, satisfactory way, it had become my elephant graveyard of digital content.This new version will accelerate leaving Evernote behind for good. First impressions were not good. When a new note is selected, the screen flashes, usually twice, like graphics terminals from long ago. This is especially obvious in dark mode. Rendering is slow, with embedded images appearing after text even on a current-model iPad Pro. Web clipping is inferior to almost every other app, and done off-device. You can’t export without Internet, which is really stupid.I think there’s a good chance that this will be a watershed moment for Evernote the company, and not in a good way.","Rendering is slow, with embedded images appearing after text even on a current-model iPad Pro.",1,TRUE,efficiency,text,57,61,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a3073ce8-9026-4d45-81d7-3e172b36f3d9,fe2595f8-326e-4d2f-8fcb-ad7dc0fe3a25,*USED* to be a great app...,"I’ve been a user for 5+ years, and I loved this app.  I used it for everything from shopping lists to subscription information to the chores my kids are supposed to do. And it *was* a really awesome app. ...and then, they added paid subscriptions; and those of us who opted not to pay for features we don’t value were effectively abandoned. Half my notes won’t load anymore, and the only “customer service” option you have is the user forum.  Literally every single instruction on their help pages tell you to create a support ticket; but the chat feature is conveniently never available, and the email feature is only available to paid accounts.  Extremely disappointed in the “screw you” attitude that Evernote seems to have adopted.","Half my notes won’t load anymore, and the only “customer service” option you have is the user forum.",1,TRUE,reliability,customer service,49,65,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,8bf5c0c8-e53a-46b1-9cba-9e779b637753,fe28416b-2a61-431b-b76d-b53410939395,Update the file list already,"This is a great app, but there are definite areas to improve. The main one being the file list. Why is there so much blank screen not being utilized? Many times, you have to guess what file you are opening when you are looking at a file list that is only taking up half the available space (Especially if you have a number of files beginning with the same name). It can’t require too much of a programming feat to fill the whole area so you can see more of the file name. Please fix.  You keep updating, but I never see anything different. The iPad version is definitely better than the phone version. There is not enough space to mention those issues.",There is not enough space to mention those issues.,3,TRUE,efficiency,space,21,26,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,e3288ae6-815e-4444-90b7-639c585804f0,fe3a496a-e474-44e0-9914-de31b551722e,College President,"I have become truly disappointed with Word lately.  Used to be my trusted word processor for my iPAD.  Now the program gets stuck, home icons do not function, and I cannot save or send without having to shutdown and lose material I worked hard developing.  And, when it does work, there are delays in underlining, italics,  holding, and coloring text.  I am truly frustrated by these issues.","And, when it does work, there are delays in underlining, italics,  holding, and coloring text.",5,TRUE,usability,color,81,86,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,104ad24e-0ee4-4e0f-9c49-64de65d8a7b4,fe424313-8453-4b6a-ba23-03cc3bd2013c,New Version Broken,"The new updates break pencil support, causing stuttering when trying to rest your palm. The device also constantly shifts to the top, causing long lines through, along with this, since the eraser deleted the whole character, it makes it impossible to clean up the lines with out rewriting it all. The typing works fine and allows ease of use for basic documents. They also removed the infinite page so you’re limited on space when you’re only doing a pencil written document. Documented and reported it multiple times, no response.Avoid until it finally updates, perhaps even the basic notes app for handwritten notes","The new updates break pencil support, causing stuttering when trying to rest your palm.",2,TRUE,general,update,9,15,negative
productivity,things-3,bb828e1b-ab2d-42b8-9ba4-f1e60f7ad9ac,fe94a3c1-0243-42e5-8852-2b2085483808,Disappointing: the first 1 star review I have ever given,"I depend heavily on to do lists for my job, I previously have used the free versions of Wunderlist and Todoist to stay organized. Ultimately, I was very happy with Todoist but upon going into the App Store to update it, I stumbled upon things 3. I was intrigued by the positive reviews and design awards and saw this as an opportunity to improve my productivity (I really liked the fact that it could sync with your calendar and that you could add notes to an event). However, these two added benefits do not compensate for the lack of overall usability and functionality. A few of my complaints:-it is insanely challenging to schedule reoccurring events. With Wunderlist and Todoist I could just type “send monthly reports on the second Tuesday of every month” and it would automatically schedule it, or I could say “do blah blah tomorrow” and it would schedule it. This was the nicest feature that I would think a 50 dollar app would have-you can’t create due dates for subtasks. A lot of times I have a project that is due one day, but I have predecessors that must be completed on days prior, there is no way to arrange this in things (once again, a feature that free competing tools offer)-you can’t check off reoccurring events!!! This drives me nuts as it seems like such a simple feature. I schedule a reoccurring event and make it due a certain day, and although it shows up on that day, you can’t check it off so I don’t know if I’ve done it yet. And if I don’t complete it, it just goes away the next day soI don’t remember to do it. These are just a few of many usability complaints I have. However, I am happy to change my review pending the experience provided by the app is improved","However, these two added benefits do not compensate for the lack of overall usability and functionality.",1,TRUE,usability,functionality,91,104,negative
productivity,notability,9b70ec7b-7bd6-4eb5-a9c7-a749a996e0e9,fed02acc-ed5a-45a3-8c35-0cb163bf830b,The most precise note taking app,"ipad pro+ apple pencil+ notability= the creativity itselfTo cut the long story short; I’m a medical student and an illustrator too. That means I need something for creating the most long lasting, beautiful and interactive notes and diagrams. And the answer to all of these demands is Notability on an ipad pro.I can list the pros of this app for days and days. But I’m here to say why I gave 4 stars and not 5 ones. That’s because it lacks a proper file management. You can create groups and subgroups but not anymore subcategories. I want an unlimited maze of folders. I know this can be frustrating for some people; but you can give them the choice of having or not having this feature. And for a person with my needs, notability with this feature included is something that I can rely for the rest of my life.And I must say that I have purchased every note taking app that you can imagine but at last I’m here to ask the developers to make this wonderful great app the greatest possible.Thanks",I can list the pros of this app for days and days.,4,TRUE,general,list,7,11,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,4edea645-7dee-4f11-baac-02ac4964c2de,ff321a53-bb10-43cf-9e6e-87e2b523dbf8,It’s a great tool,"It’s a great tool for various different reasons. I think an interesting set of features would be a kind of automation, e.g., the ability to set up conditions so if I write certain words the note is added to certain folders or has certain reminders set to it or maybe even triggers a notification to specific people, etc.Also, something I think should be implemented is title caps in .… well, the TITLES of notes. Why is that not a thing? Or at least a toggleable setting?Lastly, why is it that the icon badge notification number is not at all connected to the actual trigger of the notification. I should open the app and it should be totally clear what the notification number is referring to, whether it’s reminders or updates or whatever. The user is just left adrift once he taps on the icon and then has no clue what triggered the notification. It’s just plain bad UX and your UX folks should really be talked to about that because it’s rather fundamental stuff they are missing.","Also, something I think should be implemented is title caps in .… well, the TITLES of notes.",5,TRUE,usability,title,50,55,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,b0df40ca-939b-4c0a-888a-4a044952edfd,ff6a4fa8-0e03-4c61-b6c4-9073df9da2c5,Inferior to Apple’s Simple “Notes”,"I never upgraded because I firmly believed that taking notes on a device and syncing them should never cost me money. Fortunately for Evernote, this app’s function worked better than any other notes app when I first downloaded it a couple years ago. Unfortunately, the inertia of having so many notes kept me with Evernote long after it decided to add a premium subscription and slowly but surely take away all of the nice features that made it better than its competitors. Frankly, I’m a simple user- I write notes and categorize them, and here’s the thing: after getting a new iPad, I decided to give the Apple native notes a try, and it was just better. Evernote had for a while started to feel like I was constantly hitting the paywall by having only the free version and every time I opened it I was hounded by reminders of how much more I could be doing if I would only PAY for its services. But notes’ interface is sleeker, syncs on all THREE of my devices (yes, agreed, excessive, but if I’ve got ‘em, I want ‘em to sync!!), searches just fine, and is just as easy to use.I finally decided to switch over- and if you’re slowly getting tired of Evernote, you should think about it too :)","But notes’ interface is sleeker, syncs on all THREE of my devices (yes, agreed, excessive, but if I’ve got ‘em, I want ‘em to sync!!",3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,34,38,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,b0df40ca-939b-4c0a-888a-4a044952edfd,ff6a4fa8-0e03-4c61-b6c4-9073df9da2c5,Inferior to Apple’s Simple “Notes”,"I never upgraded because I firmly believed that taking notes on a device and syncing them should never cost me money. Fortunately for Evernote, this app’s function worked better than any other notes app when I first downloaded it a couple years ago. Unfortunately, the inertia of having so many notes kept me with Evernote long after it decided to add a premium subscription and slowly but surely take away all of the nice features that made it better than its competitors. Frankly, I’m a simple user- I write notes and categorize them, and here’s the thing: after getting a new iPad, I decided to give the Apple native notes a try, and it was just better. Evernote had for a while started to feel like I was constantly hitting the paywall by having only the free version and every time I opened it I was hounded by reminders of how much more I could be doing if I would only PAY for its services. But notes’ interface is sleeker, syncs on all THREE of my devices (yes, agreed, excessive, but if I’ve got ‘em, I want ‘em to sync!!), searches just fine, and is just as easy to use.I finally decided to switch over- and if you’re slowly getting tired of Evernote, you should think about it too :)","But notes’ interface is sleeker, syncs on all THREE of my devices (yes, agreed, excessive, but if I’ve got ‘em, I want ‘em to sync!!",3,TRUE,effectiveness,interface,12,21,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,49b3135a-f174-4925-b6e3-77e64583901b,ffa8ee0c-5dd7-43e5-8aa8-49d97ab00967,Not supported in old iPads,I like word but I find very bad that there it's not an old version supported for old iPads like 1-2nd generation. That means everybody has to have updated their devices every year to be Albee to use apps?,I like word but I find very bad that there it's not an old version supported for old iPads like 1-2nd generation.,5,TRUE,compatibility,old version,56,67,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,3efe2471-4872-48dc-84c5-2d4fdf5cec0c,ffb95eb4-f511-46a3-a69a-06020050f37f,Doesn’t save anything,"I spent two hours working on a study guide for my class and it said it had “Autosaved” it and when I went to access it the next day it was gone. The point of this app is to create and, I would generally assume KEEP, documents. So I turned off auto save and went to work on the document after retyping another portion of it out and it froze on the “saving document” screen and I was forced to exit and, again, lost all my progress. Not to mention it is highlighting all of my words in red saying I spelled them incorrectly even though I know I didn’t. If you need me, I’ll be installing google docs.","If you need me, I’ll be installing google docs.",1,TRUE,general,google docs,36,47,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0a737d21-537e-495a-ac3d-29d8bfe500b3,ffc0b7f6-cc23-4993-a6fb-a30ffbbe4cbf,Apple Pencil and Annotations need Improvements,"I have iPad Pro and when annotating I want to be able to use my finger and not draw all over the document. Annotations: 	1. To be able to use just my finger or a mouse: 	2. zoom in	3. switch pages	4. select text... 	5. to use the Apple Pencil just for annotations. Notebooks and Apple Pencil- 	1. to use the Apple Pencil when writing in a notebook and have it 	change to text. PDF:	To be able to copy and paste from the PDF.	 Indexing PDF filesOther: After I highlight text to be able to have a Snippet of text in the note and then be able to write a note under it or comment on it and then click the highlighted text and be directed to the text.",I have iPad Pro and when annotating I want to be able to use my finger and not draw all over the document.,4,TRUE,usability,document,98,106,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,92b0c5d0-0a36-44f4-8b49-f0c302c6fd43,ffe9a6e0-6efe-4144-a342-7f06bfa8db2c,Used to love it but after most recent update HATE IT,"I am veterinary resident. I have read a lot of journal articles, all of which come in the form a pdf. I am paying the annual subscription fee specifically for the pdf reading and annotation features. Evernote used to pretty good at this. I could upload the pdf into a note.  If I opened the pdf, I could read, zoom, navigate and select and copy text. Now when I open the pdf, I can only zoom. With the old Evernote annotation function, I could zoom and navigate easily, then use the highlight function to highlight important text. Now in the annotation function I can not zoom making it harder to read and nearly impossible to highlight text. Additionally, in the old version a little summary of annotations and highlighted text would be generate, so the next time I opened that pdf I have a lovely little summary of the stuff that was important to me. None of this is available in the most recent update and I hate it. I gave feedback to the Evernote team during beta testing and recently after the new release, but they clearly aren’t listening.",None of this is available in the most recent update and I hate it.,1,TRUE,general,update,46,52,negative
productivity,things-3,70672091-79b3-40f6-9149-5c6bb0e19a9c,001c1b0f-43a2-4725-9adf-072ed795db59,Best App!!,"Absolutely seamless! I’ve tried a ton of apps like this but always resorted to just using my notes app until I found this.  Things makes it easy to stay organized and manage different goals/projects/to-dos — especially being able to add a todo when it comes to mind and then later adding more details. Very clean layout, easy to use. Love that it works with my calendar. 100% worth it.","Very clean layout, easy to use.",5,TRUE,usability,layout,12,18,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,df4191a8-7a6e-4672-954e-112fd831c7ed,0023302a-b466-4e31-b9b2-d418849e32ea,Makes iPad useful input device for Windows PCs,"Normally an iPad is used as a display device and sometimes as a controller.  It can be used as a camera, but is usually too bulky.  Using the notes feature, in conjunction with the editing features of the iPad camera system and the location detection, Evernote can create very useful documents that can be used on the PC.Management is enhanced by the ability to search for text or OCR images on the server.  Forcing synchronization is also a useful management tool although I often have trouble with synchronization on the PC.  The inability to control font size on the text entered on the iPad is still a problem.As new versions are released, the user interface seems to change, requiring retraining without any help.  Additionally, the user interface on the various platforms appears to becoming so different that it interferes with interoperability.","As new versions are released, the user interface seems to change, requiring retraining without any help.",3,TRUE,efficiency,interface,40,49,negative
productivity,notability,0cba5fab-81db-4a41-9ba0-8141eaaadb47,00886161-4f43-43ee-b540-01e708473084,Palm Rejection Problems Since Updating,"I can attest to the comments regarding the palm rejection issues after the recent update.  Since the update, anytime I attempt to take class notes with the Apple Pencil results in erratic screen behavior.  It will zoom in or out randomly, delete the last portion of what is written, or the screen will shift/shake.  This only occurs when I am trying to write and my palm is resting on the lower portion of the screen.  I have had some previous issues with palm rejection, mainly with the shifting of the screen or zoom but it has been manageable up until this update.  It has become basically unusable for me in terms of handwriting since the recent update and the handwriting feature is nearly the sole purpose for purchasing the app in my case.  I’ve basically had to resort to other apps for note taking because this has become nearly impossible to write on (unless I write without my palm on the screen and that is definitely not an alternative for me). After reading the previous comments, I have already performed a hard reset of my iPad (an iPad Pro 11” on iOS 12.3), turned off the palm rejection feature in Notability and turned it back on, and finally uninstalled the app completely then reinstalled.  None of these attempts have rendered any improvement.  Hopefully this is something that can be investigated by the developer and corrected quickly as this has been my preferred app for note taking.",I can attest to the comments regarding the palm rejection issues after the recent update.,3,TRUE,reliability,update,83,89,positive
productivity,notability,971c4076-0e4e-4b05-8ea0-33c0848ef854,008ed89d-7d6f-4dad-ba42-b1a2045ea383,Editor response? Please,"This review/question was written on Jan 10th,2021Hi, I might not be 100% correct when I say this as I am still investigating my issue.  But, as of now I only have 1GB of data on my cellular plan.  I used it all in 3 days! Which is a bummer. I would always be able stretch my 1 GB for a month no problem. So my issue is that when I launch notability on my cell phone when I’m not on WiFi, I feel like it syncs all my notes, which is a lot.  Some notes contain pictures, audio recordings, and PDF’s that I markup. This is my question:  Does notability sync all of your notes when you launch the app? If so, this app is useless to me. The whole point of getting this app for me was to be able to access all of my files on my iPhone when I’m not at home on my Mac.  Or is there a setting where it can only sync recent notes.  Thanks",This is my question:  Does notability sync all of your notes when you launch the app?,1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,39,43,positive
productivity,things-3,1a1413e1-2b9d-4989-8cf4-7fc3da73a4cc,00a662c0-1c47-4429-9eaa-801daaaeadd3,"Fantastic app, needs some work","I use Things every day and with all my reminders, but imo the lack of a calendar view can hurt the experience. Right now the only way to see future reminders is in upcoming view, which is fine, but going back and forth between today's view and upcoming view can be a real nuisance and take up much time since you can’t drag a reminder from today and just drop it in another date. for that, you need to change the date on the reminder’s setting which can be frustrating when there are a lot of them.With a proper calendar view though, this would be a non-issue. And aside from that, it would make seeing future reminders so much easier.","I use Things every day and with all my reminders, but imo the lack of a calendar view can hurt the experience.",4,TRUE,efficiency,calendar,73,81,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,0b1da976-4ba1-413b-8079-60ba25491b87,00c503e5-fc14-4f2a-948c-d30aa7eb4f69,I don’t hate it,"But this is of the crappier updates I've seen. Ever. And I love google. And my iPad. Since the update, the font size has dropped way down. It’s squint size. I tried going to settings accessibility and increasing the size. It works everywhere except on gmail! Those are the only directions I’ve been able to find. It also arbitrarily changes size during a conversation. Sometimes when people reply to me, the formatting breaks down into gobbledygook. I am considering going to another app.Does anyone know how to send a closed attachment? They are displayed wide open in the body of my email. I prefer to let my recipients click on them from the subject line to open when they choose. Full display also means wonky fun when they have to print text/photos from the body of the email vs. opening up a nice dedicated attachment.Of course, it’s a complete mystery why you can’t bulk delete in this day and age. I’ve been using gmail forever. But I never really cared much for the iPad app. I think I may be done with it.","Since the update, the font size has dropped way down.",2,TRUE,efficiency,font size,23,32,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,bea60ed0-964a-4c16-9a06-a0d2b0e485f2,012086aa-f9ab-4df8-87b0-a3c791437bba,Maybe ok if I wasn’t comparing it to Inbox,"I hate this app so much. I used inbox until the bitter end, but have spent the last couple weeks trying to like the Gmail app. Every day I discover something new that annoys me. Like today I wanted to look up information about an upcoming trip. Inbox would have had it all in one place right where I needed it. I wish I could delete the entire promotions in box with a single click. I love that in the inbox I could pin the random promotions that I wanted to save and easily delete the rest. I like a clean inbox and HATE the ads (but accept that they may be necessary for a free product). Google had two products - one was clearly superior and they got rid of it. I’m looking for an alternative!",I wish I could delete the entire promotions in box with a single click.,2,TRUE,efficiency,motion,37,43,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,dbcc6823-2f6e-4a5e-b619-95f002514805,0126ab5f-f787-4d89-9e9a-1dd68b1dea09,Great!,"As a stressed out highschool student this app helps a ton. I can keep track of what I work on and for how long, and get a little tree along with it. I do wish more free plants were available or a break option since the app if pretty minimalistic. I just think there could be more options like colors of the trees or background colors and such. But overall it’s a really useful tool that’s helped me get through my school years!",I do wish more free plants were available or a break option since the app if pretty minimalistic.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,list,91,95,negative
productivity,notability,06a58dcd-1d5c-47f9-ad64-99a2b72fd566,01382d26-df0a-4713-be69-85e72b5f624e,Best note taking and pdf annotating app; 2 potential improvements,"As a graduate student, I use notability on iPad to take notes and reading/annotating scientific papers (which are PDFs) everyday. Have been a user almost ever since notability was published many years ago. Also tried GoodNotes and PDF expert, but for my purposes, notability is the best in terms of ease of use (very intuitive and convenient and perfect Apple Pencil support) and better handwriting rendering.Two possible improvements:1. Need to have a better navigation support for pdf (textbooks). Annotating a pdf paper is no problem, but reading a 500-page long textbook can be a little painful in terms of navigating. Would be great if can support (recognize and could customize) outlines/super links. Also a thumbnail view support will be super helpful for a quick navigation and overview of the book.2. Need to have a better file management such as allow nested “dividers”. I need to read a lot of scientific papers on different topics and I want to store them accordingly. So I created “subjects” underneath “divider” called “papers” like: “genetics-general”, “genetics-asd”, “genetics-gwas”, ..., “machine learning- general “, “machine learning-nn” etc etc ... it’s very inconvenient.Other than the above two potential improvements, notability is perfect for my daily use. Thanks!",I need to read a lot of scientific papers on different topics and I want to store them accordingly.,5,TRUE,general,paper,36,41,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,03d42c15-0f24-4e42-8ea8-6cdf47cd7dea,014dd4be-263b-49da-838e-8ac6bc889e34,Actually love this - more than I thought!,"I have been a long time fan of one-note and word. I read a lot and take a lot of notes. The mobile-mode for word is terrific and I LOVE using it for not taking and modifying documents alike. ...weird to say that, but these are very well designed apps.","...weird to say that, but these are very well designed apps.",5,TRUE,usability,design,47,53,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,762a4ae9-a5a3-40a4-8e7b-038584746333,01699c4a-1c28-4af2-8cee-24e281afd511,Life on Evernote,The program and app is outstanding. I coordinate input with gmail and use screenshots to stay current and organized. Tags and inserted check boxes keeps the current tasks and reminders at the top of the screen.,Tags and inserted check boxes keeps the current tasks and reminders at the top of the screen.,5,TRUE,usability,reminder,59,67,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,207c9d4f-aea4-40a0-8933-624bebfee3bf,02516dae-2f74-4d28-9979-47cd840d6c67,Lack of some basic functionality,"1) If I create a new folder in either in Gmail webaccess or in MS-Outlook, they will not sync in in the Gmail Mobile app. (They never have). I have to wait to either get to the office or home, open Outlook then move it. VERY FRUSTRATING!!! I would like to point out, they sync in the iPhone Native Mail app.... why can’t Google fix this?2) A HUGE Pet Peeve, if I accidentally “Archive” a message. It disappears from the known universe and there’s NO WAY of getting it (them) back.With as many emails that I receive, this app is getting increasingly difficult to mange. I understand GMAIL is free (as this app) but if you can’t use it efficiently, why use it at all? This app is slated to be deleted potentially soon.","1) If I create a new folder in either in Gmail webaccess or in MS-Outlook, they will not sync in in the Gmail Mobile app.",3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,90,94,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,eabf7cb3-63bd-4dbd-82dc-ec5b96b4baf7,02cc8f39-35bc-490a-91cd-3b29b459e8a9,This version is a step backward,"The prior version was very easy to use and responsive. With this version, it can take up to one minute or more to go from one internal link to another. Also, in the prior version, edits were done on the fly and immediately saved. In this version, you have to click a button to start an edit and then click a check mark to save it, nowhere near as convenient. Also, I’ve found that if I make more than one edit in a document it doesn’t always save the edits after the first one. Finally, in the last version, if you went to one document via an internal link from another, you could click on “<“ to return to the original document. No more. I’m VERY disappointed in the changes made and wish they hadn’t automatically updated without my permission or given me a way to revert to the prior version. I’m going to keep using Evernote because I have too much in it to switch apps, but I sure hope they correct these problems soon.","Also, I’ve found that if I make more than one edit in a document it doesn’t always save the edits after the first one.",2,TRUE,reliability,document,57,65,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3daf228c-be43-4dc6-888f-947905a4a553,0319edf3-c7e4-4305-a3eb-1386b79b4fb3,"Great update, use it daily","I’ve been using Evernote for 8 years and the latest update has made it much more user friendly. I take meeting notes, track projects, clip web resources, and utilize several notebooks and numerous tags to easily find what I need. Also use Scannable often to file receipts and documents. A great system!",Also use Scannable often to file receipts and documents.,5,TRUE,usability,document,47,55,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e7df0c3b-8f0b-4f45-b0fb-a1ec252f8c7e,0349b02b-5904-4fa7-9604-194f31696de5,Font size issue.,"Got this app after friends recommended it and I’m loving it. I’m more organized and productive already. Love the notebook layout and the cross platform from Windows to iPhone.But there’s an issue that reallllly bothers me. Font sizes aren’t consistent across the app on Windows 10 and the iPhone app.I ran a test to see what font sizes corresponds to small, medium, and large. Small on iPhone is 10 on Windows app.Medium is 14. Large is 18.Except something written in “small” on an iPhone, when viewed on a PC and compared to something written in 10 on the Windows app, the text originally written on Windows is larger than the text written on iPhone, despite them both being “10”. If I highlight the text from the iPhone and then select 10 again, it will grow ever so slightly to match the PC font size of 10.The opposite happens if I write something in 10 on PC and then view it on an iPhone and compare it to something written in “small.” What is written in “small” is larger than what was written in 10 on the PC.This is really frustrating because it results in inconsistencies throughout your notes.I know you guys care about organization, design, and consistency. So please fix this issue.Other than that, the app is great, would be 5 stars, but this is really frustrating. You can’t have an app meant for organization have something as basic as font size be inconsistent like this.Thanks for reading this feedback.",Love the notebook layout and the cross platform from Windows to iPhone.,4,TRUE,usability,notebook,10,18,positive
productivity,things-3,8d212447-e07f-4f77-ac7d-a4acc6ff62a1,03ae0e0e-3db3-4560-8d8f-26a9cbcc2f88,Disappointing to a long time Things 2 user,"I’ve used Things 2 for many years and finally took the plunge and purchased Things 3 because of its ability to integrate with Calendars. I have to say- I’m very disappointed. Cons:1. The Today view in Things 3 now looks like a big cluttered mess because To-Do’s in different areas aren’t divided off into different sections. You can’t even change the font color. So, things I need to do at work and things I need to do at home aren’t easily and quickly visually distinguishable when looking at my day. This is a big set back from Things 2.2. There’s a nice new feature to move To-Dos to “This Evening.” But, after the end of the day, things that were scheduled for evening, move back to the same cluttered mess with all the other to-do’s. I’d really like to see an upgrade that allows scheduled recurring to dos to be created under the “this evening” heading. For example, I always go to the gym at night. I’d like that reminder to appear there rather than have to move it every day.   Pros:1. The calendar integration is very well done2. The ability to set alerts/alarms within a to-do is great. Previously in Things 2, I was unable to do thisOverall:If you really like Things 2 and aren’t sure whether or not to pay $10, don’t do it. I’m going back to Things 2 unless they update this app with some options to change the appearance of different Areas and fix some other bugs.",I’d like that reminder to appear there rather than have to move it every day.,2,TRUE,efficiency,reminder,15,23,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c3d21d31-4ba2-444f-ad32-49ea031c6f96,04187161-2992-47e4-ba5c-d43bf6de701e,Used to be good,"Used to be good until they started “upgrading” now it’s all weird and not as user friendly or easy to navigate. Like now you can make 2 check box’s, for what reason I don’t know and now I can’t get rid of on of the checkboxes. Really annoying and never had this problem before, wish I could use old version","Really annoying and never had this problem before, wish I could use old version",4,TRUE,compatibility,old version,69,80,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9ff44550-2332-41d4-9453-351d1cfb4118,043dc944-abe5-4018-8d6e-17c73cf69074,Latest November Update is Terrible. WHY did you move & hide things?,"Everything is moved around and certain text options are now hidden, which makes it harder to get to. The new design took away the ability to QUICKLY and seamlessly type and format text. Now you have to dig to locate the things like the Indent button. I hate that I updated, but my stupid app kept crashing, now I have a bigger problem. Also, what’s with the RETURN button function? When I press “Return” (attempting to go to the next line), it does a “shift return” function instead of giving me a new paragraph line. It’s so annoying and inconvenient, especially when using bullet lists.Sadly, I’ll use something else until they revert back to the previous version, or change things around to make it simple again. Don’t try to fix things that weren’t broken. Smh. And where’s the option to make it dark without having to turn my whole iPad to dark mode? The new look is just so complicated. Disappointing update.","Everything is moved around and certain text options are now hidden, which makes it harder to get to.",1,TRUE,usability,text,40,44,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,e9c832a6-7259-4fd4-96d1-151a808239fb,04782c3d-fc9d-4153-a66a-b67a08026a6b,Improve annotating with Apple Pencil,"I specifically use Word on my iPad Pro, but almost every time I write the pen thickness decides to be completely wacky and I have to scribble until it resets to it adjusted thickness. Also, it would be great if there a lasso tool instead of clicking on writing because it sometimes selects unnecessary things. An option to change colors after writing something in a different color would be great. Make it similar to the tools on the Notes app Apple has. A lasso tool, elimination of random pen thickness, and change pen color after writing would be fantastic. These changes would make me give this app 5 stars.",An option to change colors after writing something in a different color would be great.,3,TRUE,efficiency,color,21,26,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7ca6eb61-f0f7-44b2-a1c9-f4a7428c264c,053c93c0-a886-414b-a7df-284b107c4ba0,Buggy,"I am a huge fan of Evernote, but adding text to a note using my iPhone apps is becoming a major hastle characterized by many freezes and jumping around when I try to type in a note.  Several minutes of work, and multiple attempts, are required for what use to take a few seconds.  On the iPad version, adding a new note and searching within a note required some effort to figure out; these should be some of the easiest, most basic function.  It is also unstable when syncing, and crashes from time to time losing newly typed info.Finally, both apps need a way for editing table dimensions, like the laptop app.  I’m hoping that Evernote solves these problems quickly, I’ve been a big fan but it is time to start thinking about jumping ship.","It is also unstable when syncing, and crashes from time to time losing newly typed info.",1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,26,30,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a772894b-f920-4c81-bf27-d283600ba4fd,054a5485-02e7-46b1-807a-a7d9b06b4731,"Encouraging, Fun and Enlightening.","I absolutely love this app. It’s rewarding to plant trees and build a forest with scheduled time to focus. I find it eye opening to look back on what I have done and time I allocated for reading, writing, gaming, and studying ect. Almost frightening to see all the time I don’t account for outside of work and other forced priorities. If I don’t have it accounted for, I feel as if that time never existed. Otherwise to say, free-time that fell weak to distraction and mindlessness that could have served a purpose. Again, great app!",It’s rewarding to plant trees and build a forest with scheduled time to focus.,5,TRUE,general,plant tree,19,29,positive
productivity,things-3,81340ab9-8087-4bd3-85d8-63a80b9472e3,0594a111-4438-4db6-a44b-b1fcae85a44b,Disappointed,"I almost never leave a negative review, but I bought this because it was an Apple recommendation, and I didn’t do the research I should have. Buyer beware: there is no online interface. There is no Windows app. If you want this on your iPad, it’s a separate purchase. If you have a Mac and want this there, it’s a separate purchase. Yes, all this is listed. But these limitations make this app useless to me, a person who sits at a Windows computer all day long, and needs a task management solution that works someplace other than my iPhone. Honestly I don’t care how great your features are, a task management solution I can’t use online is dead in the water for my needs. YMMV.",Buyer beware: there is no online interface.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,interface,34,43,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,952bb593-1fb5-456e-aef6-f50ca81c8bf4,05fd61a8-d78c-4696-800d-e05d05017a95,Doesn't remember your place!,"I've been using Evernote extensively for many years and now have almost 800 notes stored in it. But recent releases have a major bug and I am now contemplating a move away from Evernote. What is the bug? It doesn't remember the note or my position in the note once the screen turns off or I temporarily switch to another app.Imagine surfing to a web page in your browser, switching to your email app, and going back into the browser. Instead of seeing the same page you were on, instead you see the default home page and are forced to navigate back to the one you were reading. If this happened I suspect a lot of people would start using another browser instead.Evernote now operates in much the same way. The most frustrating example is this: When using Evernote to View a stored recipe, if my iPhone or iPad happens to turn off, when I turn it back on, I will lose my place in the recipe. Sometimes I even just see a list of notebooks and need to search for the recipe again.It's far easier to screen shot the recipe and reference that instead. If I have to go to that level of effort to make this app work for me, it might be just as easy to simply ditch Evernote altogether and migrate to another app to store ALL my notes.",Sometimes I even just see a list of notebooks and need to search for the recipe again.,3,TRUE,usability,list,29,33,negative
productivity,notability,47c52d57-2a93-4b35-9198-2a07798129d7,0691e30c-7bff-4f75-9d87-fb88b84eacbf,Notebook GOAT,"I’m a PhD student in Computer Science and have used many note taking apps over the years. Hands down this is the best notebook app I’ve ever used because there are absolutely no pain points when using this app, and that takes a very clear vision for an app, and most companies miss the mark on that. The usability of moving things around a page is super intuitive and slick. I love the recording! OMG, finally you can just tap when to record and tap when to stop, and tap to resume etc, and the recording is tied to the state of your notes, so when you replay the recording you can see where you were. The recording feature on this is what sold me. A lot of other apps make u save a file each time you record, or pause... such a pain. There are a ton of other things i love about this app, but I gots to get back to it now, so I’ll leave it there. Thanks Notability !I love you guys. U make taking notes really fun for me, and that is really big for me right now cuz my life is pretty lame as a PhD student.",I’m a PhD student in Computer Science and have used many note taking apps over the years.,5,TRUE,usability,note taking,58,69,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,f2ebe2fb-0ff9-49f5-91ef-7caac6bcc93b,06b81a49-2718-411f-a143-a4a8f1a0349e,Mail and Meet bar takes too much space,I don’t need that bar taking up so much screen space. Please remove it or give to option to remove it. You can promote Meet in different ways.Edit: I was able to find the option to turn off meet which hides the bar...,I don’t need that bar taking up so much screen space.,4,TRUE,efficiency,space,48,53,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,3f733790-ada8-4719-bfea-5e1fa9835313,06bb35c5-69f7-4eb0-adf4-0a9313b3a1b3,"Simple, effective","This app has been great at keeping me off my phone, which is all I really wanted. I like seeing bushes and trees in my forest and the ability to unlock different types. I like that you can add tags and notes to what each period off your phone. The deep focus mode, where you the tree withers when you leave the app, is really helpful. I also love that this app supports growing real trees. :)",I like that you can add tags and notes to what each period off your phone.,5,TRUE,usability,tag,25,28,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,99529d4d-e0f4-4bbb-a4a5-285fc491ed77,071155fe-30b3-47a5-b60a-0d925feb0cac,Word for iPad,"The new word app for iPad is great!! You get a lot of the same functionality as its Microsoft Word on a laptop and desktop. The cloud drive makes it easier to save and come back to continue working on my documents. I’ve used word for college essays, company memos, email templates, song lyrics, and so much more.  This is a great app for everyday use and I love it!!!",You get a lot of the same functionality as its Microsoft Word on a laptop and desktop.,5,TRUE,compatibility,functionality,27,40,positive
productivity,notability,9a8f9788-d652-4465-9569-49abd1466490,071d9bbf-aef3-49b7-9ef7-9a45e1aa8c57,Keep losing my data when using the text box,"I have been using Notability for years now, but I have never encountered this issue, that is, losing data. Making a text box has been more difficult than ever. This is another issue that I have noticed in this app from a very long time. Comparing to how users create a text box in GoodNotes 5, Notability is regarded as torture and time consuming. I don’t understand why I have to repeat the procedure over and over in order to have an accurate response. When I finally manage to create a text box, it often disappears once I try to create a new one. I hope you can fix this problem because most of my work depends on creating text boxes.I have lost information that equals four hours of searching and typing.Another issue is that Notability does not support the Arabic language. I really hope this can soon be fixed.","When I finally manage to create a text box, it often disappears once I try to create a new one.",5,TRUE,usability,text box,35,43,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,00b9510f-d596-46d6-91b2-87fbaf81c939,0825b654-ff4b-4232-973d-24e6fdfa3f86,WARNING: Word IOS crashes regularly on a stock iPhone XS,"Word IOS has been crashing all morning. Is it the new IOS update? I don’t know, and I don’t care. Apple and Microsoft? You’re Apple and Microsoft. Get your you-know-what together. What I know is, I keep losing work, and that is completely unacceptable. It’s the very reason I now pay for an annual subscription instead of using the open source workalikes. You are failing me just like they did, and that is... utterly ridiculous.And I hear not-a-word about this? No one’s contacted me. The problem hasn’t been corrected. It’s been many months since I posted this. I have a completely stock iPhone XS, and nearly every time I sit down for a writing session, it crashes. What this means is usually that I have to write a sentence or two over again, but... RIDICULOUS. This is Microsoft Word. It just goes to show how much the big corporations care about the little people. Not like we weren’t warned, huh?",Is it the new IOS update?,1,TRUE,reliability,update,19,25,positive
productivity,notability,572dbb3b-f6f9-4c80-97c6-6da25d82a2c5,0852fa6a-e15c-4c8a-b49d-054d1e577b8c,Highlighting,"I’ve been using Notability now for 2 and a half month since the COVID-19 self quarantine happened. Well, I like what I can do with it so far, but very disappointed with the basic thing like highlighting text. Why did you guys thought it was a good idea to have that option behind text on not remain on the word itself?  Meaning all of your hard work of highlighting your notes is all a wast of time because the moment you add more notes above the highlighted texts, or put a space above it everything gets messed up. All my highlighted notes are highlighted no more. And all I am left with is a bunch of marking colors on the paper. This is terrible. The highlighted texts should remain highlighted regardless of whether you shift the words around, add a space above it for a few words shouldn’t matter.So the question is why did you make the highlights behind the text. This leaves us nothing but stain papers. This app has soooo much potential. Please fix this issue ASAP.",So the question is why did you make the highlights behind the text.,3,TRUE,general,text,63,67,positive
productivity,notability,816f6986-0174-4fd6-98c5-5b9b174568ed,08c4e8e5-3528-4875-912d-38ecc378a309,iPad Pro 2018,"I generally like this app but it can be better. I used it with the new iPad, the one without the home button and it can get annoying at times because I can be writing something with my hand resting on the screen and when I take my hand off what I write just disappears, like it was never there. Thank god it only happens with one or two words and not a whole sentence. Also, when I write part of the tip of what I wrote just disappears. In addition, the app keeps freezing at times and sometimes the added pages don’t show on page preview.In general this is good app, although I wish that I could select multiple pages and insert multiple pictures. The app does the job.","In addition, the app keeps freezing at times and sometimes the added pages don’t show on page preview.",3,TRUE,usability,preview,95,102,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,86b10378-e0a8-4b0b-8566-d409fda70de3,08f6768f-4839-4572-afea-25477d756331,Frequent updates to hide bad reviews,"Once more, Google has ""updated"" this app without any real changes, as they've been doing almost weekly. The only real impact of this is that the pile of negative reviews immediately become reviews of ""previous versions"".I'm really confused why Google's designers seem to think we paid for a big screen so that massive expanses of it can display plain white. The most recent versions display less than 2/3 as many email headers or email text as before at the same font size, requiring a ridiculous amount of scrolling with no increased readability. It's very similar to the absolutely amateurish design update they did to Google Calendar.One of the more obnoxious changes is an inability to prevent automatic loading of images in messages. This allows spammers to confirm they have an active address and to know your rough location for their databases.Until several months ago, this was a five star app. The last several updates have removed vital functionality. In addition, they seem to be releasing a new update every couple of days with no noticeable changes, in what I can only assume is an attempt to minimize the impact of all be bad reviews (very few of them will then be for the ""current version""). Google should be deeply ashamed of its shoddy work on this app.",It's very similar to the absolutely amateurish design update they did to Google Calendar.,1,TRUE,usability,design,48,54,negative
productivity,notability,22b4fa5b-f22c-414c-b20f-966c1daa2211,09808224-4371-4588-afd4-d2929475eac5,Nice app but needs a few things...,"UPDATE: Please fix “Add to this note.”  It takes forever (appox. 10-15 seconds) to copy pdf pages into notes, whereas it only took 2-3 seconds before iPad OS 13 update.——————————————————————————————-I’ve used Notability for 3 semesters in college now and find that it makes my iPad the most useful device I’ve ever purchased (I use it more than my phone or computer). However, because this is an Apple only application i feel that it would be better suited with some of the intuitive features one would find in an Apple only Application. For instance, if I have 2 notes that I feel at a later date contain enough overlapping information, I might like to merge them into a single note without having to re-download a copy of one into another via cloud storage. The convenience of being able to merge a note by “holding down” the note, as if to duplicate, would save a lot of time. As polished as the app is, I find myself saying to often, “I wish this app could do this or that.” As developers, please find out what these things are and add them as features.A few things the app is missing:-Easily merge notes within app-Ability to change the scalable circle into a different shape with a side gesture (applications for organic chemistry) such as a pentagon or hexagon.-Ability to select multiple pages at a time from the “all pages” view for copy and paste into a seperate note.","10-15 seconds) to copy pdf pages into notes, whereas it only took 2-3 seconds before iPad OS 13 update.",5,TRUE,efficiency,page,28,32,positive
productivity,things-3,f0f52efb-86ed-41a0-988a-0058f212e6c1,099e9de5-b512-4758-953e-353966cbec58,Essential Productivity for 6 years and counting,"I have used Things for nearly six years and have come to rely on it to manage my personal and professional life. While flashy GTD task-managers like Wunderlist have come and gone, Things has stayed remarkably simple and elegant while evolving with the times. Years ago I was annoyed that there weren’t flashy features or big UI updates, but over time I have come to respect and appreciate their commitment to being a reliable task management workhouse. The minimalist design is at once beautiful and functional. Thank you so much and please don’t ever go away!",The minimalist design is at once beautiful and functional.,5,TRUE,compatibility,design,16,22,positive
productivity,notability,b3ba49a9-a434-4a7b-b941-cf74144635ac,09b43173-72b6-46fb-bad9-245c080f9e0d,Amazing Navigation and Design,"I’m obsessed with this app. I use it on my iPad for all my classes, as well as creative projects, any readings I want to do, and regular note taking. I absolutely love the functionality and navigation. You can search your own handwriting (don’t have to convert it to text), can import and export files (images, screenshots, PDFs, MS Word, etc.) all with extreme ease (this works incredibly with airdrop). I also love being able to switch between notes, have multiple notes open on one screen, and having my favorite writing utensils saved as a toolbar. The backup/sync works very well. I absolutely love being able to cut out and move around/paste my handwriting, it makes super neat notes that are simple to organize and clean up if you do make mistakes while writing. All of this allows me to take notes instead of typing, with all the ease and perks of electronic files. The only thing I would like to see is an option to not layer the highlighter if you lift your pen. Other than that, this is essentially my entire office now.","I use it on my iPad for all my classes, as well as creative projects, any readings I want to do, and regular note taking.",5,TRUE,efficiency,note taking,110,121,positive
productivity,things-3,fe8f2a8b-c0c0-4af6-8b64-c0ce969a501e,09f33553-cd7f-4c6b-a0b2-48477a01f82d,how can I show “Inbox” on widget?,"I really think that the widget should show our inbox. Mine just says “add to-do” so its usefulness is quite limited. Otherwise, I must say this is the most thoughtfully designed app on my phone. I don’t have many ideas to make it better and I’m sure most users don’t either.","Otherwise, I must say this is the most thoughtfully designed app on my phone.",5,TRUE,reliability,design,53,59,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,d19f4827-aa78-41f8-84f2-9609e5995941,0a2d6d83-b6e9-4244-8181-45a9d220cb07,favorite app!,"this app is aesthetically cute and that helps me with using it to stay focused. I like to complete things for its app that helps me reinforce the behavior I want. worth the money. seeing my statistics of my progress has been so helpful as well. I had this app on my wish list for a couple of months. so glad I decided to give it a shot. if you're on the fence about getting it, I highly recommend it.",I had this app on my wish list for a couple of months.,5,TRUE,usability,list,27,31,positive
productivity,things-3,34682975-15a3-45bd-9fd2-b45bf37f4f5d,0a4ed70d-b596-43d6-963f-1111d9bf0210,It’s worth it!,"I have tried numerous apps to try to stay on top of what I need to do, reoccurring tasks, upcoming events, and my accomplishments each day. I’ve used free apps, one-time fee apps, and subscription based apps. I end up either deleting them immediately, or I eventually stop using them due to how inefficient they are, or I end up with several apps to cover all my needs. I tried just using a regular physical journal, which I do recommend and I still use; but it doesn’t help me with reoccurring tasks or my incredibly long list of things I need to do for a specific category. An example would be, I have a special needs child who needs specialized schooling and assistance with every day tasks. Getting him the help he needs is covered by various government services but requires numerous steps on my part to get each need of his covered. It would require me to have a large desk planner to have something like this (which is basically a project but a one person, non paid project) planned out on a physical planner; but this app eliminates that necessity. I’m still new to this app, and I’m certain that I’m not using it to its extent, but as of now, it has been the best to-do app I’ve come across; paid or free! I have my fingers crossed that I’ll be able to delete some of my other apps and replace them with Things3!","I’ve used free apps, one-time fee apps, and subscription based apps.",5,TRUE,cost,subscription,45,57,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,80102e60-367e-4ea1-ab63-996c0e0543ab,0a8b9214-a3e2-40f5-b669-0f4c2321fb50,"Big/bug issues cont. to 2019, since 2017.","Okay, you want us to pay a subscription. Why should we when your product is broken? $7.99. Any device bigger than 10.5 must pay that price. Students must pay for basic features that we should be able to do. I can understand storage. But the typical norm has a hefty price. That may seem like not an issue, but Pages and Google Doc offer free features that are the same but with full features without a price. The downside is storage. So, that’s the only big issue. Bugs time! After working for a while in the app itself, it becomes unresponsive, unreliable, and when you try to tap to a certain point to put the typing cursor, it has a mind of its own. It does not do what you want it to do. Now, that big issue I stated. That specific issue is not worthy of $8. More issues! It lags and crashes. Which explains further the unresponsive and unreliable part. $8’s. Again, it’s not worth it.I think it’s time schools such as the public and private need to adopt Pages and Google Doc. I have no issues there. But if Microsoft believes these issues are not a problem. Then your lost. I’m glad my school is providing my Office 365. $7.99, a rip off.","Okay, you want us to pay a subscription.",1,TRUE,cost,subscription,28,40,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,d84f2707-3d24-4aa8-b534-2f1c425a4c33,0a8effea-d34c-4098-9e34-acccf2dd9c0f,"Very Unreliable, Does Not Save","This app is an attempt to be what Word is on a computer. There is limited functionality, buggy interaction, and the save feature is terrible. I am a grad student who relies on Word for all my papers. Today, my second paper was erased by Microsoft Word and One Note. I had the auto save feature enabled and track changes enabled (because Word deleted my work before). I went to save my work manually (because I knew the auto save doesn’t work all the time), and it was grey. I could not turn auto save off, and it was not saving even though I had a stable internet connection in the library I always work from. So I saved a copy of the file to my device and it showed it save to my ipad. I restarted my application thinking all was fine, only to find none of my work saved, and that copy I made disappeared! I also found in trying to recover the files that there is no recover functionality and there hasn’t been since at least 2018 when another user reported the same problem. I lost almost 3 hours of work. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP! Stick to a computer until the developers get serious about the things we are serious about.",I am a grad student who relies on Word for all my papers.,1,TRUE,security,paper,51,56,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,595f4a0e-e108-4b71-9056-56c320a64043,0aa7e95a-cbf4-489b-a74a-146100d9da92,Love this app 🌱,"Forest is a great way to stay off your phone and be motivated to do so. At first I thought the “cute” plant wasn’t going to be able to keep on the app, but turns out, that wasn’t the case. I also love the feature that allows you to plant as actual tree. It makes me feel like I’m helping the planet little by little, just by studying and staying off my phone. This app is definitely worth the money! I promise it will be worth it! ~app lover ❤️",This app is definitely worth the money!,5,TRUE,general,money,34,39,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a704ab7b-50e1-4e66-b29e-b1a57883f7cf,0ae33b35-f28a-4117-bcf7-a6992fb5e882,Sorting Problems,"I’ve used this app for years and have LOVED it!  One of my favorite features is the automatic sorting between Personal, Social, and Promotions. Unfortunately, starting a few weeks ago, gmail suddenly started letting promotion emails into my personal email tab!  These are from various companies, all of which used to automatically go into my promotions tab (ex: Madewell, JCrew,...). I’m not sure what has caused this, but it’s very frustrating!","These are from various companies, all of which used to automatically go into my promotions tab (ex: Madewell, JCrew,...).",4,TRUE,general,motion,84,90,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,b4f8e540-6a56-4289-be0a-a431a3a9fd11,0b16e270-95ff-4458-b385-a49fc9f7f963,This is very buggy,"I cannot trust that anything I write will be automatically saved. It doesn’t give me the option to just save manually, I have to trust that it will be saved after writing my paper. 1 out of 3 or 4 times, it will not be saved, only portions of it, and I’ll have to rewrite it. In attempts to manually save it, or by closing it out and restarting the iPad Pro, it will duplicate my document two or three times. At this point, I have to find which article is the correct one and hope I’m submitting it. When I go to delete the bad copies, it kicked me out. It is so bad, I’ve had to go back to Google Docs until Microsoft can fix this.","It doesn’t give me the option to just save manually, I have to trust that it will be saved after writing my paper.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,paper,109,114,negative
productivity,notability,8b9a1669-ac18-4dde-b40e-305c9090ff7f,0b9dbdab-c4fa-4424-acdc-0237e52cd528,Almost everything I could wish for.,"I love this app. It’s improved my studying a lot. Everything is simple and easy to use. Uploading my notes to my google drive easy and straight forward. The built in mic feature wonderful. Everything is amazing.  Expect one thing, when I get my professors PowerPoint lectures put on notability. Majority of the times it comes out perfectly fine. Other times, it comes out as if someone shook the entire slide, slid the words, pictures, and other graphics to one side shook them again. Change the colors fonts, and sometimes even put them upside down. It’s kinda a cruel evil joke because I can’t edit the slides to make them how they were intended. Unless I add a new page and re-write everything but i will also lose the pictures that were on that slide. Literally the only problem is that the formatting when getting slides from PowerPoint and putting them on notability is the biggest and only downside. Thats why its 4/5 stars on here and 8.5/10 on yelp.","Other times, it comes out as if someone shook the entire slide, slid the words, pictures, and other graphics to one side shook them again.",5,TRUE,usability,picture,81,88,negative
productivity,notability,661acb9d-5001-494f-83db-48c4f597d2f2,0bd9b2ad-18c9-4db8-8ef5-713e4714297c,Love it but issues,"#1:  Right now there’s an issue with text box.  If I accidentally click it, it lags and crashes.#2:  If I insert an image, it lags.#3:  If I move an image, it lags.#4:  I use the backup feature to my OneDrive.  I got a notification to turn my backup back on which to me meant “oh I need to sign back into my account again”.  It then turned on the Apple cloud backup which proceeded to delete everything.  To me I freaked out as I had no idea why my stuff was being deleted.  A representative then said I had to let it finish deleting everything since the “backup” was to move everything to cloud, delete everything here and then get everything back.  Oh and if it gets deleted on cloud it gets deleted here.  I would like a feature to never have a pop up prompting me to turn on cloud backup again as I don’t need stress before my exams from a counterintuitive backup mechanic.",I got a notification to turn my backup back on which to me meant “oh I need to sign back into my account again”.,4,TRUE,security,backup,33,39,positive
productivity,things-3,52c3b19e-ac2f-4658-87f9-2dd2a471feb7,0bdbbb12-b36c-4fe5-ace0-4636608371dd,Do NOT buy if you want to track repeating tasks like credit card payments,"Unlike almost every other task app, you cannot check repeating tasks as  complete prior to the due date!My primary use for this app was tracking repeating monthly expenses such as credit cards, utilities, memberships, etc.However, after I purchased it, I learned that the app does not permit completion of a repeating task until the due date. Since I always pay bills in advance, this app is not helpful as I cannot mark the bill as paid until the date due, not on the date it was paid!","Unlike almost every other task app, you cannot check repeating tasks as  complete prior to the due date!",1,TRUE,usability,due date,96,104,negative
productivity,things-3,3a7c1109-d2b2-47f8-a795-2b0155acb9c4,0be28827-7a87-4ca0-a772-eb5dbad63c70,Dark mode please,I would give 5 stars if it only had dark mode. Worth the price if it had that one feature.,Worth the price if it had that one feature.,3,TRUE,cost,price,11,16,positive
productivity,notability,7c310f58-6b93-4e00-9ce9-a44caa5efd14,0c05d28b-89e3-480f-bcf7-b0ece97846e4,Latest updates ruined Notability,"Dear app developers, please go back to the old versions of picture handling and drawing in order to make this app remotely useful again. The app was incredibly useful and pretty much perfect about 1 year ago.My main use of Notability is taking pictures of lecture slides and using the highlighter or pencil tool to annotate these pictures. After this latest update, every time I try to write over the picture with the highlighter or pencil tool using my finger, Notability thinks I’m trying to move the picture and moves the picture instead of registering my annotations. This essentially makes the app useless for my purposes.In addition, a new update intended to allow us to draw clean shapes is making my drawing process a nightmare. If I take my time drawing a complex shape, Notability will automatically turn whatever I am drawing into a perfect circle (infuriating). So my secondary use of the app—drawing—is also now no longer feasible on Notability.UPDATE: Thank you very much for your reply, I appreciate it! I upgraded my review to 4 stars. Your new update is much better. There is still some minor glitching going on where, when I hit the “undo” button, it scrolls me up to the top of my document. For example, I insert a picture, draw on the picture, and hit “undo” twice, and instead of deleting the picture, Notability scrolls me up to the top of the document.","There is still some minor glitching going on where, when I hit the “undo” button, it scrolls me up to the top of my document.",4,TRUE,efficiency,document,117,125,negative
productivity,notability,6345dbd0-5aad-41df-aa3f-55bc2deae9ff,0c2348c7-e8cf-4f99-accd-9aaf6fe5f4bb,This app is a must have for note taking of any kind .,"I am a songwriter and I’ve been using this app since 2014. There are just too many great features to rattle them all off. The one main reason why I have stuck with this app is because of its built in voice recorder and ability to timestamp each new idea. For example, If I have a song that I started in 2015, every change to that song that I make is time stamped and easy to find in one place. With other apps I have to create multiple files for multiple ideas which can be difficult to find and go back to over a long period of time. I also love that it is synced up simultaneously with all of my other Apple devices. This is the only app I would ever use for not only songwriting but for anything that requires me to take down a note.",I also love that it is synced up simultaneously with all of my other Apple devices.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,24,28,positive
productivity,notability,3d47acf2-2f37-4c15-af7a-9d8d5d9344c6,0c238a4c-6f92-4f58-aab1-23212d01f44b,"Search handwriting, permanent trash, the  and redo button","Awesome app. Do your research before you pick a notes app for the iPad Pro (and any device really). My opinion is that this is the best thus far because it balances simplicity while making taking notes the most important thing! Plus, it can record and place the recording time with the note that you took with the audio (awesome), and so much fun to use.Please enhance the search feature like Goodnotes. Maybe even include notes and handwriting searches into spotlight (built in apple search). Also make a button where you can redo something instead of just having undo. Last thing is to make the trash deleting time customizable. Instead of just keeping it a month leave it up to the user.... Daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, forever.Look forward to seeing these updates. I'd like to make this my only notes app! These things (mainly an awesome search feature better than Goodnotes) will do it!EDIT: these guys are great and they keep updating things to make it better. Love this app!UPDATE: nest version needs to drag and drop better. You can’t see where you drag like you used to be able to.","Plus, it can record and place the recording time with the note that you took with the audio (awesome), and so much fun to use.",3,TRUE,compatibility,recording,35,44,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4a10cea5-0d55-47c4-a256-e4e74f58d00a,0c301dd7-92da-412f-9774-52881a0362ca,If you love Gmail but you have an Apple,You will wrong into problems when trying to attach more than one file. Under the possible attachment are pictures and files in google drive only. Is very disappointing to have to open browser and use gmail from there.,Under the possible attachment are pictures and files in google drive only.,4,TRUE,reliability,picture,35,42,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,6101a8d6-679d-4b1f-8771-bef8f6614a93,0c73b553-a9d4-4341-a1e5-045c9be38b1d,Disappointed,"I downloaded this app to use for note taking in college. It’s very comfortable to use and the notes are easy to organize. However, the app consistently deletes portions of my work. Sometimes, for seemingly no reason at all, large quantities of a note will vanish. Occasionally the app will allow me to restore the lost text, but it is hit or miss. And since the app is only deleting part of the note, the lost text can’t be found in the trash. I’ve researched some to find a means of recovering this text, but it sounds like it is impossible. This app is completely unreliable. I have given it more than a fair shot, but have wasted far too much time rewriting notes. Do not get this app if you need it for important information or if you are taking live notes on anything.","And since the app is only deleting part of the note, the lost text can’t be found in the trash.",2,TRUE,usability,text,63,67,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,52b64494-3ac5-4716-a98f-5155d208d078,0c7e2e21-3014-46de-b4e3-8b4cd9bc0e73,Great for time management,"Love this app! It encourages you to manage your time wisely by blocking out life’s greatest distraction (this electronic device!). The visualization of a lush, colorful forest is wonderful. And I just find that once I hit the timer I have a much greater focus on the task at hand. If nothing else, this app does a fantastic job of helping me stay on track on busy days. I highly recommend Forest to anyone that wants to get some of their precious time and, frankly, their life back.","The visualization of a lush, colorful forest is wonderful.",5,TRUE,usability,color,30,35,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3a2fabb0-909e-44d5-92d0-2ae6c88da52f,0ca13f52-53cd-4222-9464-41afc6512bf6,Needs some minor work to stop a horribly INCONVENIENT problem,"I just switched to Evernote from years of using Notability; I needed to be able to make marks, highlight, and write on PowerPoints, which Evernote can do perfectly. However, Evernote shuts itself down in the middle of me ""annotating"" (making marks, taking notes, etc) the document. It shuts down and does NOT SAVE ANY OF THE MODIFICATIONS I HAVE MADE. So, in order to battle this problem, I close and let my annotations auto-save about every 5 minutes to be safe. So far, this method has been working, but I shouldn't even have to do it. Please update and fix this app.Also, the Evernote app works the best on my MacBook Pro, but isn't as good on my iPad.","However, Evernote shuts itself down in the middle of me ""annotating"" (making marks, taking notes, etc) the document.",3,TRUE,usability,document,108,116,negative
productivity,notability,940bd9ff-c28f-44b7-add1-c46bd4d18f6d,0d10647b-2058-4fb0-b94b-e29830ad6ac4,Notability is a great note taking platform but it has too many glitches!,"Overall great for taking notes and easy to use. However this app still need a lot of improvements. It doesn’t save your notes on an account so if you lose ur iPad or broke it, u cant restore your notes. Storing the notes on third party platform is too complicate, takes up too much space and hard to retrieve. It should have an account for each customer so we can access it everywhere like notion or google docs and the note can be stored in one place. Also there so many glitches. I am always scare to lose my chemistry notes since there been times where they just disappear. There should have some kind of history retrieve option like google doc. This app cost like $11 dollars when I purchase it, there shouldn’t be so many critical issues. Like notion and google docs is free and they r so much better at keeping your notes safe. Please get these critical issues fix! Other than that it a great platform for the note taking experience.","Storing the notes on third party platform is too complicate, takes up too much space and hard to retrieve.",3,TRUE,usability,space,80,85,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,657e3476-0111-44ed-bf39-dc55d77d8db9,0d2b44e5-248a-46a1-afa7-ee09fa17d2f2,What happened to cut/paste?,"This is a great app, but I may be pulling the plug soon. On my iPhone, I’m no longer able to cut / paste - even within a single email! I should be able to copy part of an email and paste it to a text message, for example. Nope - not happening. All other apps let me cut/copy and paste, just not Gmail. Is there a fix?","I should be able to copy part of an email and paste it to a text message, for example.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,text,61,65,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,82737177-ae80-4748-bcb5-05cc79625565,0da1c2dd-e447-4f13-9361-80435f24ee5c,Two features to add,"Premium user. Evernote is my go to for notes, to do lists, and planning - Great tool! I appreciate the improvements over the years.Please add two features to the Evernote App IOS (iPad and iPhone versions) as is in Evernote for Windows App on my PC to get my 5 Star review.1. Merge | add ability for all the same reasons to use merge as on the PC - when traveling it would make it easy to compile travel notes and receipts.2. Reminders | add the ability to set multiple reminders inside a note. For example, my To Do list has multiple items that come due at different times - I would like the option to not have to create a separate note for each item in order to set a reminder. ... or the option to set up multiple reminders.",... or the option to set up multiple reminders.,4,TRUE,general,reminder,38,46,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,dd432d8c-e057-44ce-9ec5-0abaf2f56965,0dc09cda-2a7a-441a-bf35-d7efdb8f1204,Too Simple for Real Work,"If you use the default template for every document, this may be the program for you. If you use a template you created, then this is probably not for you. I created a template on my computer that uses 12 pt Georgia Pro as the font, justified text, and a 10 pt space between each paragraph. When I open it on iOS, I get 11 pt Calibri, text that is not justified, and no space between paragraph. Also, although fonts installed with AnyFont used to display fine. Now I get the following message: “There is insufficient memory or disk space. Word cannot display the requested font.” Files with installed fonts will not open. I tried it on my iPad and iPhone 7+.Once again, there is a new version with the same problem. I’ll uninstall it and try it again later. Not planning to renew Office 365 until it’s fixed.","I created a template on my computer that uses 12 pt Georgia Pro as the font, justified text, and a 10 pt space between each paragraph.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,space,106,111,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,72d38c87-ec73-41f0-8482-0711d4588979,0e1ebe45-7e69-4893-a372-101e6c5e9913,Too much,"Honestly, the constant re-organization and added categories within Gmail have been irritating over these years, but the grain of rice is the new icon. I have a lot stored in Google so it’ll take some time, but I’ll be transitioning out of Gmail and into something simpler and more aesthetically appealing. I switched from Samsung to Apple years ago in favor of the cleaner and simpler design. These new icons have moved from their more minimal and organized-looking aesthetic to a loud maximalist aesthetic that is unappealing. I’ve removed the new Messenger from my homepages and will be doing the same with my gmail until I can permanently delete it.",I switched from Samsung to Apple years ago in favor of the cleaner and simpler design.,2,TRUE,usability,design,80,86,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f94ab76c-9a89-4fd9-bcea-d34f61fb11a4,0e59adef-54ba-4b61-baf7-82f74dc2f994,"Update???? Not really, it is worse!",Please don something about the way my phone opens to random notes. What happen to opening to notebooks and getting that choice. I click on one notebook and it opens to last posted and not the entire list in the stack. I hate this! I am have been a premium user for years and I want my old Evernote back!,I click on one notebook and it opens to last posted and not the entire list in the stack.,5,TRUE,efficiency,list,72,76,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f94ab76c-9a89-4fd9-bcea-d34f61fb11a4,0e59adef-54ba-4b61-baf7-82f74dc2f994,"Update???? Not really, it is worse!",Please don something about the way my phone opens to random notes. What happen to opening to notebooks and getting that choice. I click on one notebook and it opens to last posted and not the entire list in the stack. I hate this! I am have been a premium user for years and I want my old Evernote back!,I click on one notebook and it opens to last posted and not the entire list in the stack.,5,TRUE,usability,notebook,16,24,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1141c377-0e7c-4b51-9119-f1cd383f7958,0e78d249-7140-44ca-b339-b0eb5634894c,Excellent,"Excellent mail client for GMail. Very responsive and syncs IMAP quickly with several Gmail accounts.  Wish there was an aggregating feature where you could see there Gmail accounts in one Inbox similar to Apple Mail client.  But overall, quite good.",Very responsive and syncs IMAP quickly with several Gmail accounts.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,21,25,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,8e33f764-9f86-4f9f-b8f0-e1b81c4038f1,0ec2c8e3-90e9-4f84-a490-476e0b25aaa9,Great app! Would love more options!,"I don’t know if it would defeat the purpose of the app for most, but I’d like there to be a function to be able to make phone calls or texts. I don’t use my phone for calls or texts unless it’s important and I hate not being able to use it to write or call back right away. Since the app is working for me I’ve avoided doing it but today I finally had to kill a tree to call someone back. I like that I can at least accept calls and it doesn’t kill the trees. I know some people can’t stop texting or talking and maybe having this function would be detrimental to the intended use but it would be nice. I think people’s main problem in all honestly is social media, then text messages.",I don’t use my phone for calls or texts unless it’s important and I hate not being able to use it to write or call back right away.,4,TRUE,usability,text,35,39,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3d1b94ca-dde1-4a10-8584-dbf0ea447fcf,0f27b774-339f-475c-a6ae-bb5409f29005,Every update / redesign makes things worse,"I have been a paying subscriber for more than 10 years. Every couple of years, they completely re-design the app, and keep adding useless features. E.g. reminders - who needs that in a note taking app ?Latest redesign is bug riddled and crashes constantly. App start takes much longer than it used to. I’m close to giving up on Evernote.——————Downgraded my review to 1 StarApp is so buggy on my iPhone, it’s basically useless. It crashes constantly, and repeatedly. One of the main reasons I got a paid account was to use offline notebooks. Well, that functionality is mostly broken. Downloads are so slow, and only take place while the app is open. Since I had to delete my app and re-install, all my notebooks have to download again. It syncs at a speed of maybe 5-10 notes per minute. But as soon as your device shuts the screen off, it stops syncing. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND SYNC. So you need to keep you device unlocked for hours to sync everything, if it doesn’t crash. It’s so crappy and ridiculous.——————Latest update still doesn’t fix iOS issues. App still crashes constantly, notes don’t pull up. It’s been completely useless for many weeks now.",One of the main reasons I got a paid account was to use offline notebooks.,1,TRUE,cost,notebook,65,73,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,36bbf6ed-6a4e-4368-b53f-3f1c70d8a009,0ff4dc84-c9f0-4a0a-8d0b-011cce58aa12,Faulty Chrome extension,"This app used to be great, and its strongest point is the syncing between web browser and mobile app. While the mobile app still gets regular updates, the Chrome extension is no longer maintained. It stopped working in 2019 and was never updated. Trees planted in Chrome sessions are not synced, and the extension is really glitchy. Most of the distractions in WFH comes from web browsing. Developers, please fix the Chrome extension.EDIT: Devs got in touch to say the Chrome extension was updated. Well, it was not. Everything is still buggy. The screen is not responsive unless you close it and open again. Can't change tree species. Won't sync. Doesn't work at all.",EDIT: Devs got in touch to say the Chrome extension was updated.,1,TRUE,usability,update,57,63,positive
productivity,notability,777ac679-2bd9-45a0-9edb-48ee96a63e0a,10b166c8-9124-4df7-ace2-0adb912c4592,For the developers of Notability.,"This is a perfect app for taking notes. It is. BUT, each person is different. Each person has different preferences. And each person who are note takers are the ones who will most likely purchase your app. We need more customization. More options in paper settings. We should be able to make our own profile to space the lines. There's only a few choices. Color of the pages. We should be able to choose which color palette to use on the paper. The color of the pencils. Styles of strokes. Make everything customizable. Or put more choices. I would give you guys a five stars if you have put a lot of changes.Update: The undo button is small for ipad users. Sometimes when I press it it doesn't recognize it. I had to tap it almost 3 times. Like I said here it needs more customization. More colors in highlighter and pen.",We should be able to choose which color palette to use on the paper.,3,TRUE,general,paper,63,68,positive
productivity,notability,777ac679-2bd9-45a0-9edb-48ee96a63e0a,10b166c8-9124-4df7-ace2-0adb912c4592,For the developers of Notability.,"This is a perfect app for taking notes. It is. BUT, each person is different. Each person has different preferences. And each person who are note takers are the ones who will most likely purchase your app. We need more customization. More options in paper settings. We should be able to make our own profile to space the lines. There's only a few choices. Color of the pages. We should be able to choose which color palette to use on the paper. The color of the pencils. Styles of strokes. Make everything customizable. Or put more choices. I would give you guys a five stars if you have put a lot of changes.Update: The undo button is small for ipad users. Sometimes when I press it it doesn't recognize it. I had to tap it almost 3 times. Like I said here it needs more customization. More colors in highlighter and pen.",We should be able to choose which color palette to use on the paper.,3,TRUE,usability,color,35,40,negative
productivity,notability,a3be743f-37bf-4679-9488-31862a32e434,10e7345a-717b-45f8-9891-a9b0f77462e6,Problems,"I like this app for all my PDF annotating. However, there is no iCloud Drive support. There’s iCloud syncing between the app on iOS and the Mac, but I can’t grab files from the iCloud Drive folder in my Mac like I can with many other annotating apps. I have to use another service, like OneDrive to be able to get to the files from my Mac. I don’t want to use the app on the Mac, I just want to get my files.Further, it only backs up when you close the document you’re working on and only when you keep the app open. If you close the app, it doesn’t backup. Further, deleting files in the app doesn’t delete the file from the backup service. Finally, the app doesn’t display pdf annotations that are written in other apps. I have to flatten the pdf first, then shared it with this app. Try telling a client to first flatten their pdf before sending it.","If you close the app, it doesn’t backup.",2,TRUE,security,backup,34,40,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,104ad24e-0ee4-4e0f-9c49-64de65d8a7b4,1101f2ec-8341-4e90-aa2c-6b9616ad8ec2,New Version Broken,"The new updates break pencil support, causing stuttering when trying to rest your palm. The device also constantly shifts to the top, causing long lines through, along with this, since the eraser deleted the whole character, it makes it impossible to clean up the lines with out rewriting it all. The typing works fine and allows ease of use for basic documents. They also removed the infinite page so you’re limited on space when you’re only doing a pencil written document. Documented and reported it multiple times, no response.Avoid until it finally updates, perhaps even the basic notes app for handwritten notes",They also removed the infinite page so you’re limited on space when you’re only doing a pencil written document.,2,TRUE,efficiency,page,32,36,negative
productivity,things-3,876a87e8-c365-405b-88ff-18bcc2c8c61c,1146c5b8-fa2c-4ed2-8d57-5e026d46f4b0,Things 3 means more productivity,"I’ve used this app for almost a week and so far I’m noticing that I’m more productive than ever. I like that it gives me my to-do list every morning. I can also set up specific reminders to make sure I get the essential things done. And I’ve been able to tackle mini projects through it. Even though it displays my calendar events, I wish it could also serve as a calendar such that I don’t need to go to my actual calendar to schedule appointments or events that aren’t projects or to-do’s. Also, it would be great if the projects were displayed on a timeline. The pie chart icon is nice but it’s not really the same in terms of showing where you are in the project.",I can also set up specific reminders to make sure I get the essential things done.,4,TRUE,usability,reminder,28,36,positive
productivity,things-3,014cff9b-e02a-4faa-888e-8d970d7fe4e4,11c19538-8bc8-4836-bd42-fd7e8e67b867,Love the power of simplicity that I feel,"It is surprisingly powerful and yet has a simple interface. You can use it for quick input such as notes or reminders, or you can organize projects for yourself. It is not meant to be for a team but rather a personal organizer. Also, the sync works beautifully, whether on iPhone or Mac. Overall, it is well with it.","Also, the sync works beautifully, whether on iPhone or Mac.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,sync,11,15,positive
productivity,things-3,88550269-62cb-45ed-8924-4ab75ac9f503,11f93040-c599-436c-adf4-95a53271141c,AMAZING,I am someone that always needs a planner and I buy about 5 different ones a year because I can never find ONE that does everything I need it to. THIS ONE DOES. It’s amazing. I usually can’t use my phone for reminders and things because I would rather use paper and pen but this is a total game changer. I’m so incredibly happy I downloaded it.,I usually can’t use my phone for reminders and things because I would rather use paper and pen but this is a total game changer.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,paper,82,87,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,b52e2599-8cb7-401e-9e75-4f004b88656c,12011620-3764-44a6-9374-82b58396b4a9,Very good app with few errors,"As the title states, it is a very good app with few errors. I only had 1 error. It would just automatically open the doc I use the most, even when I don’t want to. If Microsoft could edit this bug, it would make Word a very exceptional app!👍🏽","As the title states, it is a very good app with few errors.",4,TRUE,reliability,title,8,13,positive
productivity,things-3,ce66d108-a52e-4a9d-b6d2-ff8d19dfa19d,12fa1ec6-7bea-4535-b8d2-c65151483199,Not intuitive: It’s hard to input alarms and tags,"2 of us have been using Things for several months on iPhone and iPad on a regular basis. However it’s still quite cumbersome to enter a simple task we want put in the right bucket...and for it to even show up on our radar! It is not quick or easy to see or input alarm times, or tags. I don’t like the way it hides to dos so easily (yet some groups I can’t I hide that I don’t want to delete - like their tips). The view of the categories is too BIG. We should also be able to make all tasks under it pull down in one list and show all the time or hit a button to hide them. The tags are annoying!!!!! It should work like file folders but doesn’t. For example I have tags for:Who- Me- Child A- Child B- Grandma etc Action- lap top- online - car- phone call Etc I don’t want to see every single item unless I click on the parent tag!!!! This makes it hard to do quick tasks also and keep them organized. To organize them in things everything takes way to long! Poor interface. WAy too expensive for what it is!I bought Thibgs for ipads, IPhone, + and imac!!! Why all these rave reviews??!",The tags are annoying!!!!!,2,TRUE,usability,tag,5,8,negative
productivity,things-3,b23a04d0-6ba4-482f-9170-48bdc457bd0b,138fcf48-fd24-4841-b3d4-d96a9da8ad06,Just one thing missing,"!!!Add location based task!!!! This is a feature available in Apple’s reminders. If that feature were to be added I’d buy this as a gift for multiple friends. This app is perfect but a bit pricey for the desktop version if proximity task were added to remind you once you leave or arrive at a location, I would be dumping money into this app regardless of the price.",This is a feature available in Apple’s reminders.,4,TRUE,general,reminder,40,48,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,78d4495e-ad11-4de6-b4fc-1560d483bc8b,1413f2fb-82ab-4d79-9ced-11eb55f170c0,Dark Mode,"The app itself continues to run smooth and effortlessly. I have had no issues using gmail for iOS and as much as I want to like the native mail app for iOS, I keep coming back to this due to continued bugs and lack of push notifications. My only gripe at this point is the lack of dark mode. We have seen for a month now that dark mode is rolling out for iOS but as of now, it’s still not available. Most other top iOS apps have added the option or have automatically adjusted when dark mode is active on my iPhone 11. I’m running iOS 13.1.2 so I have the latest version.","We have seen for a month now that dark mode is rolling out for iOS but as of now, it’s still not available.",4,TRUE,efficiency,dark mode,35,44,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,cc28eb52-6718-4edd-877d-5b2039ca9e67,1452ef5c-66a9-4066-80e9-7d2f1fc2ee93,Super helpful!,"Love this app. Got it to help increase my focus and study time at home since being quarantined due to the coronavirus... It’s definitely helping me study way more. Easy to use, love the concept of planting the trees, regardless of how silly it may be. Gives you nice goals to work towards, and the graphs tracking your focus time are awesome. Highly recommend ~ worth the couple bucks for sure","Gives you nice goals to work towards, and the graphs tracking your focus time are awesome.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,graph,47,52,positive
productivity,notability,c6884911-b69f-44aa-a707-b014e57780b6,1495f1d5-6555-49d1-b645-41855dbf6b4b,"Was already wonderful sketch app, now even better","Wow, what an update!The ability to partially erase and “style” (ie change the line color) my shapes makes this an even more wonderful app for drawing and sketching...I have used and loved Notability for years—While I have the full suite of Adobe apps for composition and drawing, I usually end up going to Notability for ease of use and the ability to have many pages of sketches in one document (vs having to export each image individually with the Adobe apps.) Being able to generate perfect shapes and then easily modify them with the partial eraser is going to be such a time saver! To be able  quickly create and then rotate and resize a perfect ellipse is amazing! The addition of dot paper is another wonderful feature—I can use it to build sketches and then turn off the dots when I’m finished.Even though there is only a PDF export option, I work around this by taking screen shots of my images and then finishing them up in Adobe. Also, if you have Acrobat pro, you can use “edit file” in tools to work with your text and images.A big, huge thanks to the developers for putting so much thought and heart into this release. I’m your customer for life.(My only feature request for “someday” would be the ability center/justify all the text within a text box...)",The addition of dot paper is another wonderful feature—I can use it to build sketches and then turn off the dots when I’m finished.,5,TRUE,usability,paper,21,26,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,1f1b6279-d810-4d35-9469-556758743261,14c49ba6-abd9-4165-b361-b0a011380fb0,Stop holding my data hostage Evernote!,"You charge me every month for the service. Yet you hold all my data hostage. You don’t allow for easy export or integration to the productivity programs I use such as ACT!, Microsoft outlook, Microsoft Excel and all my other productivity tools. I purchased this primarily for the business card scan using the camera on my phone, but you don’t allow for an easy export of all of the business cards captured into my contact manager namely Swiftpage ACT!, even though you charge me every month for this service. Another bait & switch  feature was the integration with LinkedIn. However when I’m scanning a business card less than 5% of the time does the application properly connect with LinkedIn and allow me to send an invitation. You have a lot of false claims about the functionality of this service.",You have a lot of false claims about the functionality of this service.,1,TRUE,general,functionality,42,55,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a1adaca4-3f46-4322-b616-b1bf0f574e2f,15526b87-e9a9-4fd8-b1e5-1c2a5f953eda,What were they thinking?,"Premium user here.  Tried to navigate around the new update and am so frustrated with it all.  Cant customize the left hand menu - it always opens to all notes. Speaking of the search function!  Didn’t they have any beta testers?  The search is horrible!  You put in a term and it gives suggestions, a few tags. It not a way to narrow to all notes with that term quickly.  To search properly you have to use search language which requires a lot of extra typing. This version had made tags worthless as you either have to keep entering searches with each tag or you enter a  keyword and a list of tags that include that keyword pops up but you can only select one tag at a time. Everything  takes more clicks to find something, do something, or import something.   They have also removed the ability to assign tags in the web clipper.  Not sure of what they had in mind with this update, but this version is worthless for my purposes.  I have over 2000 recipes in a notebook which are organized by tags.  By removing the clipper ability to assign tags and the search filter by multiple tags this is pretty useless.  Any suggestions on a replacement? Is there a way to restore to old version?  If I wasn’t already invested with so many files I would definitely look for another note keeping app.  They ruined it!",I have over 2000 recipes in a notebook which are organized by tags.,1,TRUE,general,notebook,31,39,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a1adaca4-3f46-4322-b616-b1bf0f574e2f,15526b87-e9a9-4fd8-b1e5-1c2a5f953eda,What were they thinking?,"Premium user here.  Tried to navigate around the new update and am so frustrated with it all.  Cant customize the left hand menu - it always opens to all notes. Speaking of the search function!  Didn’t they have any beta testers?  The search is horrible!  You put in a term and it gives suggestions, a few tags. It not a way to narrow to all notes with that term quickly.  To search properly you have to use search language which requires a lot of extra typing. This version had made tags worthless as you either have to keep entering searches with each tag or you enter a  keyword and a list of tags that include that keyword pops up but you can only select one tag at a time. Everything  takes more clicks to find something, do something, or import something.   They have also removed the ability to assign tags in the web clipper.  Not sure of what they had in mind with this update, but this version is worthless for my purposes.  I have over 2000 recipes in a notebook which are organized by tags.  By removing the clipper ability to assign tags and the search filter by multiple tags this is pretty useless.  Any suggestions on a replacement? Is there a way to restore to old version?  If I wasn’t already invested with so many files I would definitely look for another note keeping app.  They ruined it!",I have over 2000 recipes in a notebook which are organized by tags.,1,TRUE,general,tag,63,66,positive
productivity,things-3,d9b19b90-7430-40a6-bd77-e1bd51b3a574,15ff80ce-4183-445b-804c-4abed8076616,"Good from far, far from good","My life and that of my family runs on a series of Google Calendars, six separate calendars to be exact. I purchased this app for just under $10 in the hope that it would give me one place where I could integrate all my calendars, create ""to-do"" lists and keep it all organized and running in real time. Well I'm disappointed.1) While this app has a nice clean format, it's not intuitive when it comes to adding or removing calendars. WHY do I have to go into Settings to add or remove a calendar? AND why is Settings inconveniently located at the very bottom of my screen so Im scrolling for days?2) It has difficulty pulling in multiple Google Calendars from my phone. I have 6 calendars and this app will allow me to view 2.3) SLOW to refresh and reflect changes made in my Google calendar. If I have an appointment that I've deleted or rescheduled on my Google calendar now I expect to be able to make the change and hit a refresh button of some kind so the changes are updated in ""Things"". Nope. No refresh button ansnI will not see that change reflected in ""Things"" until the following day.  Bottom line: needs more work.",3) SLOW to refresh and reflect changes made in my Google calendar.,1,TRUE,usability,calendar,58,66,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,169a1b47-3c1f-44f9-9c0d-7fb2a3620f8c,16e407a5-fa81-4a68-88fe-737a8b2dcd08,"Best writing app ever, a small bug","In the beginning, word was a bit confusing for me, all the tables and font and sizes and that, but after I learnt a few tips and tricks, I realized I never found any other better writing app than this. In school we are supposed to use a notebook, but I use this everysingle day and it’s the same quality if not better! But recently I had a big glitch that wasn’t really cool. I saved my word document, log back and some text is deleted? I write it back, save but the next day the text that was supposed to be deletes appears whilst still having the fixed text and it’s rlly annoying idk.","In school we are supposed to use a notebook, but I use this everysingle day and it’s the same quality if not better!",5,TRUE,general,notebook,36,44,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,8670ef05-96cc-4878-94d5-d2f7640dbfcb,1710e3b2-b8ce-4fee-9f4a-1ca1c7f7004a,Best productivity app!!!,"Want to be more productive? Just set a timer and a little tree will start to sprout. Keep the app open and your tree will start to grow within the set time. If you go the whole time without using your phone the tree will grow to full size. However, if you use your phone then your tree will die. You get coins for every full grown tree you have that can be used for planting a tree in real life! What is better than being productive while helping the environment at the same time?! You can also collect different types of trees and build a colorful forest all your own.🖤👍🏼🌎",You can also collect different types of trees and build a colorful forest all your own.🖤👍🏼🌎,5,TRUE,usability,color,59,64,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,47ddf28b-6f92-4215-87a1-72d58f87ac0f,17406ffe-0fbb-472b-ac0f-342a00bdd8bd,GIVE US DARK MODE ALREADY,"At this point, I’m convinced this is Google’s way of punishing iPhone users. They just want our corneas to burn every time we check our email.At first, it taunts you with a dark-background loading screen, giving you a false sense of hope for a fleeting moment of joy that MAYBE google has FINALLY given us Dark Mode support for Gmail. But then, as the loading screen disappears, the worst of your inner suspicions reveals itself to be true: your inbox, in SCORCHING BRIGHT WHITE.iOS 13 has been out since LAST SEPTEMBER.If Google can make CHROME support dark mode, there is NO REASON why our eyeballs should still be burned with this horrendous bright theme. This is your FLAGSHIP EMAIL APP, Google. I don’t want to see ONE MORE “update” that doesn’t include Dark Mode support. This has gone on long enough. GET IT TOGETHER or I’m deleting it from my phone to save my corneas from further destruction. Ridiculous.Update: Well folks, they released ANOTHER UPDATE WITHOUT DARK MODE today. So this is the last straw for me, I meant what I said. I’m deleting Gmail from my phone after using it for years because Google REFUSES to listen to what people actually want. I’m just gonna use the stock Apple Mail app because at least THEY support Dark Mode. BYE BYE GMAIL, GOOD RIDDANCE. MY EYEBALLS WILL FOREVER THANK ME 👋🏻👋🏻",I don’t want to see ONE MORE “update” that doesn’t include Dark Mode support.,1,TRUE,usability,update,31,37,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,2b3d7889-0c75-429a-a042-cb2a91b41fbd,175a4e57-60a9-4c06-92a0-71d1322ad768,NOT Free,"The app looked really promising but won’t let you use it without a subscription. The iPhone is already really difficult to store files on, and Dropbox is all I can use to move files on and off this thing. I understand that software developers need to make money like the rest of the world but don’t advertise that the app is free if there’s catches. The description is misleading. It just says “unlock the full experience” with a subscription. And I’m sitting here thinking...”naw, I don’t need the FULL experience. Just wanna type a bit to pass the time!” But to save ANY work to Dropbox I have to pay for it despite that it’s free on any PC version of the software. What am I supposed to do with it otherwise? Type up phone-only notes? Mate, if I wanted to type up notes to keep on the phone I’d just use notepad. It is the current year; we sync our docs when we’re done editing them on the go!",It is the current year; we sync our docs when we’re done editing them on the go!,1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,28,32,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2236932c-2222-4f1d-beb5-c150b89770b4,1777d7eb-57b2-4ba6-afe3-4fb24095209d,Missing Former Functionality,"Quite a while ago now, Google did a major overhaul on the app in which it lost much of its functionality and adopted the garish color palette of a children’s carnival midway. While it took years, they have finally made the color scheme less garish. My old review has disappeared for some reason and I don’t have the patience to re-catalog all of the functional failings. Two notable ones, however, are that there is no way to move an email to the inbox (so don’t accidentally archive anything or there is no fixing it until you can get to a computer), and good luck sending attachments as actual attachments (the app tries to force you to send as a Google Drive link... sometimes that’s all it will let you do).**update: seriously, it is still impossible to move something to the inbox. Seriously. Years later, Google engineers have yet to be bothered to restore such a basic function.**","While it took years, they have finally made the color scheme less garish.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,color,49,54,negative
productivity,things-3,be5643df-634b-4275-9327-4058f22633f0,17a78d55-e912-4669-acdd-3b7652db4604,Great but not perfect,"Generally structured around GTD, this app makes it easy and fun to organize your tasks. Its strongest quality is the design. It’s aesthetically easy to look and easy to use. Principally, I bought for the tags and that it doesn’t have a subscription to use.Coordination between projects is crucial for today’s task apps and it’s surprising this app still lacks it. This will make it almost impossible to use outside of personal organization.","Principally, I bought for the tags and that it doesn’t have a subscription to use.",4,TRUE,usability,tag,31,34,negative
productivity,notability,6c3fa3c7-e543-475e-97da-34e32806eef5,184186c8-e8e9-4624-af0d-c4c004109b92,Big problem w Apple note taking app,"I’m not sure who is responsible for this design flaw.  If someone could contact me I’d really appreciate it.  This is mainly with Notes for iPad but it happens with Noteability as well.  I can be typing away, as I normally do and I type fairly fast and then suddenly, without meaning to, I’ve just deleted the whole last paragraph I’ve written.  How does this happen?  Because suddenly the space bar shrinks in size and the portion that was on the right side becomes an “undo” button.  So, I think I’m hitting the space bar, which I do a lot as I type.  This happens so fast.  I’ve never before had to pay attention to a changing space bar.  Who needs an “undo” button anyhow?  Oh, I’m writing this complaint hoping Apple folks will see it and realize that their Notes for iPad doesn’t leave a way to leave a review.",I’ve never before had to pay attention to a changing space bar.,3,TRUE,usability,space,54,59,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,67d732f8-3b6f-4123-8906-77c1264d9aab,187f645b-dde1-4e8e-9c75-c0fe7086299e,Works well but....,"For me the app works as it was designed to and does it quite well but there is one exception, conversation view. I hate this thing with a passion. I don't really understand why I can't have a choice to use it or not. The Apple email client gives you a choice. The Outlook app gives you a choice. Google, give me the option.","For me the app works as it was designed to and does it quite well but there is one exception, conversation view.",4,TRUE,efficiency,conversation view,95,112,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,841207d9-90ad-4096-8a94-dfe8cf1205c3,18b4879a-2bd2-46a3-88c5-f185bf86df34,Best app I’ve ever purchased so far.,"I typically don’t do reviews unless I really enjoy the app. (This is my second review) and I just wanted to let others know if you have trouble with staying focused, or wanting to have more down time away from your smart device this is the best app for you. The gist of it is, you plant a tree, earn coins, buy things via the coins repeat. You can save enough coins (or purchase in store) to actually plant real life trees to help grow more! (Which is literally why I bought the app). It helps with school, work, even breaks if I just want to listen to calming music. They have a sleep app as well that I want to purchase!! Totally worth it y’all.","It helps with school, work, even breaks if I just want to listen to calming music.",5,TRUE,usability,list,59,63,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,0df17189-a1cc-44c7-bf2e-24c8c17605c7,18d82092-6fa8-4456-943f-1722564db874,"Does the basics, but why doesn’t the Office 365 and onedrive teams work together?","1) If I’m accessing a password protected doc stored on a OneDrive folder, why ask me for the password, give me a cached version of the doc nd then tell me it needs a refresh - no duh. But of course why not ask me for the password all over again and make accessing a doc a 1 min excercise?2) How many times a year do I need to sign in again to my office subscription? It’s an annual renewal, but hey let’s waste some more time every month asking you sign in again!Simple issues, but very annoying.",2) How many times a year do I need to sign in again to my office subscription?,2,TRUE,general,subscription,66,78,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,b51e0ade-b478-40a8-8099-d09761c922f1,19793c8e-7e8f-4421-9fd9-459425629646,HORRIBLE customer support,"Recently some of my trees died while my phone what OFF. I contacted customer support about it and they never got back to me. This buggy piece of crap is not worth the money, use Flora instead.",I contacted customer support about it and they never got back to me.,1,TRUE,general,customer support,13,29,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e7df0c3b-8f0b-4f45-b0fb-a1ec252f8c7e,1988b32f-0e7c-461f-8a88-1241425d21de,Font size issue.,"Got this app after friends recommended it and I’m loving it. I’m more organized and productive already. Love the notebook layout and the cross platform from Windows to iPhone.But there’s an issue that reallllly bothers me. Font sizes aren’t consistent across the app on Windows 10 and the iPhone app.I ran a test to see what font sizes corresponds to small, medium, and large. Small on iPhone is 10 on Windows app.Medium is 14. Large is 18.Except something written in “small” on an iPhone, when viewed on a PC and compared to something written in 10 on the Windows app, the text originally written on Windows is larger than the text written on iPhone, despite them both being “10”. If I highlight the text from the iPhone and then select 10 again, it will grow ever so slightly to match the PC font size of 10.The opposite happens if I write something in 10 on PC and then view it on an iPhone and compare it to something written in “small.” What is written in “small” is larger than what was written in 10 on the PC.This is really frustrating because it results in inconsistencies throughout your notes.I know you guys care about organization, design, and consistency. So please fix this issue.Other than that, the app is great, would be 5 stars, but this is really frustrating. You can’t have an app meant for organization have something as basic as font size be inconsistent like this.Thanks for reading this feedback.","I ran a test to see what font sizes corresponds to small, medium, and large.",4,TRUE,usability,font,26,30,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,80e83fc3-1b0f-4d1c-9782-aeb388c2f999,198e074c-e8ef-41c3-956b-5e0ea2658f36,They broke it!,"Ok, so I’ve been a premium user with thousands of notes,and have been for years, and have recommended Evernote to everyone I know (to the extent that everyone at my last two workplaces is convinced that they pay me for marketing—or should, at any rate). But the iPhone app really has become quite unusable since the update a few months ago. Not only does it take eons to sync across devices (which it somehow suddenly can’t seem to be able to do anymore, despite having been able to for years), my biggest problem is the scanning. I used to use it extensively for scanning physical copies of documents i was working on. But not only have I not been able to do that (whatever they have done to tweak that, i now have to take ten photographs of a page to get something that is not blurred beyond legibility), what is infinitely worse is that there is only a 50% chance that any pictures you might have scanned will make it to Evernote. I.e. you can spend 30 minutes trying to take unblurred pictures of a few physical documents you are working with, Press ok, and half the time, find that the pictures have simply disappeared. I have stopped using the app on my iPhone altogether (because it is literally unusable), and am waiting for the day that developers decide to break the desktop app too.",But the iPhone app really has become quite unusable since the update a few months ago.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,update,63,69,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,2a94fe83-1b7f-42c4-82f6-fb3ee2460759,1a152fa0-e388-4ea8-9fc5-1c277e6f727a,Recent update Document bug,"Hi,I am a professional writer and have used Microsoft Word my whole career to write my material. I really enjoy the app because it allows me to write material often in a more comfortable way than sitting behind my desk.In a recent update however, I noticed that blank documents open with a number now at the top of the screen. Example Document (46). I do not save blank documents and when I open a blank page it should read Document (1) every time because like I said, I don’t save blank documents. Perhaps developers cam fix this issue via a software update? Otherwise, this is an extremely useful app and a major time saver. Thanks for your time.",Perhaps developers cam fix this issue via a software update?,5,TRUE,general,update,54,60,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,afc4c4e8-6897-4f5f-8a75-ce89b9a10955,1a16bdc6-15da-4289-bfce-f93bb5789292,"Great App Design, But What’s With The Ads?","I prefer the design of the Gmail app to Apple’s stock mail app. I use Google services for so many things, and the user experience is great for the purposes I need it for. Although, something that perplexes me is why one of the wealthiest companies in the world feels the need to put sponsored links, or advertisements at the top of my custom mailboxes. It turns me off. I know the app is free, but I don’t see advertisements in other Google apps, so why make the decision to introduce ads on this one?",I prefer the design of the Gmail app to Apple’s stock mail app.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,design,14,20,negative
productivity,notability,9ea915e7-b193-4824-afb8-0113991c33d4,1a5a90b7-c841-41ac-bcf1-b26ad98eef03,Constant Crashing,"In the beginning, Notability was great for my anatomy class. I used it to make files with pictures of different structures. But now the app randomly crashes when I’m working so I lose my progress. And when I have been going over the structure lists, it changes the pictures I put by duplicating other ones. It’s very frustrating because I go back to fix it and when I check it over again, it changes back to all the mistakes. There has to be an option to save progress because I easily lose things because the app is crashing. Please fix this. Because I’m frustrated I paid so much for an app that messes my files and crashes for no reason. My iPad is updated to the latest software and Notability has the most recent updates too.",I used it to make files with pictures of different structures.,1,TRUE,usability,picture,30,37,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,4d67d412-7858-454b-befb-3ac0a6eb48d4,1a6b3fad-e3c3-461c-827d-fe8e1fef11cb,Great app!,I have ADHD and this app has been incredibly helpful! It’s greatly improved my ability to stay on task and off my phone.My biggest problem when working is I don’t realize I’ve gotten distracted. Before it was easy to just pick up my phone and spend hours not doing anything.Now when I pick up my phone I see the forest app I realize I’m distracted. It’s an amazing mental stop and is usually enough to get me to go back on task. If not the little trees are cute and I know it sounds silly but I don’t want to kill a tree to check reddit. If you do kill a tree it also will put a dead tree in your forest. You can also unlock new trees with coins. You get coins by putting more trees in your forest so it’s kinda a motivational thing to focus more to unlock more trees. (You can also unlock sounds to listen to while you focus.) The app is a great tool for anyone who gets mindlessly distracted and doesn’t realize. It’ll keep your phone from being a distraction point at a minimum. (It’s not magic unfortunately and won’t stop other distractions).If you’re the kinda person who deliberately procrastinates or realizes that you are distracted it may or may not help. It depends how much you can bring yourself to care about the app. It’s helped me an incredible amount and I am thankful for the app.,(You can also unlock sounds to listen to while you focus.),5,TRUE,general,list,32,36,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,77c85bf6-2ae3-4247-9671-284dd10a7c49,1ae70f80-6a58-43d5-87a0-02575eb5debe,Loved Evernote...until the most recent update,"I've been using Evernote for a decade, mostly on ipad, iphone, and chromebook. It was a perfect solution for taking notes during classes, webinars, meetings, and lab work. It was a lovely drafting tool for writing articles and stories, email. It even helped me with household and business management like drafting business plans, project plans, task lists. I loved the improvements they'd made over the years. I could depend on my notes to be available whenever, wherever, and to hold minimal formatting so I could easily copy to websites and publish. It. Was. Awesome. This release of the ios version eliminated printing, an essential element for proper editing of my writing and the best tool for clear communication on creative and practical projects at home and work. Now, Evernote is less useful than Onenote and more expensive. I am sorely disappointed with their choice to eliminate my ability to share a note with my printer. I've got until January (when my subscription re-ups) to transition. I'm already trying other solutions. It was worth the price until they broke my systems by eliminating such a basic function for writing and note taking! No Bueno, Evernote team!",It was worth the price until they broke my systems by eliminating such a basic function for writing and note taking!,1,TRUE,cost,note taking,105,116,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,dbad14d6-2f9f-4449-bcde-071cb05ae419,1b629bef-eb70-4b91-b54e-ce178821ce1d,Thank You for Dark Mode,"I've been wanting dark mode back ever since the app had its UI remade. As someone with light sensitivity, it's refreshing to be able to write for a long time without inverting the screen!",I've been wanting dark mode back ever since the app had its UI remade.,5,TRUE,usability,dark mode,19,28,positive
productivity,things-3,b7392acd-d7ca-4c32-bdc6-104938a4a667,1b6c5d1e-1f11-4323-a163-692278057f4f,Finally!,"I first used Things years ago to GTD. After I discovered Wunderlist, I switched and loved the flexibility and the plethora of features it offered. Few years ago, a tragedy took place and Wunderlist fell victim to Microsoft who bought out and stopped updating the app. It then went off to attempt its own version of Wunderlist, only to release an underdeveloped, underperforming iteration that's probably doomed for the lack of user interest. To make a long story short, I was forced to find a replacement for my beloved Wunderlist (RIP). I searched high and low only to return to Things 3. I'm happy to acknowledge that it evolved into a prince, matching and at times surpassing Wunderlist. Things 3 is more elegant and user friendly then any other app I've tried. I'm happy to be home again. My dream is for Apple to recognize the value of Things 3 and purchase it. Only then can we be assured that this magnificent product will survive indefinitely. Apple, are you listening?!","After I discovered Wunderlist, I switched and loved the flexibility and the plethora of features it offered.",5,TRUE,efficiency,list,26,30,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9b8ef50f-bf0b-436e-b774-7d267af6b47a,1b7fa492-5994-4f32-8e2d-7af782b703bb,Powerful (minus) slow = unstoppable,"I cannot say enough great things about Evernote. It gives you everything you need from a notebook and spreadsheet. And I if you're still a pen and paper addict, don't worry, it collects that too. My clients don't want to see anything digital on the table when we meet. Instead I take notes by hand. However, to give those hand written notes, the advantages of digital, Lam I do is take a photo with Evernote. From there, even with my handwriting, everything has been searchable. Evernote gives the analog world the advantages of digital. The ONLY thing I can ask for is a faster loading page when I click on the app button. But let's be realistic, with all this power, there is bound to be some lag. Just wait for technology to catch up.Thanks EN team!",It gives you everything you need from a notebook and spreadsheet.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,notebook,41,49,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a608ca25-6946-4f40-8339-43ff2268093d,1c1d434f-4e41-4af1-aae7-a84ca88f2395,My External Brain,"I’ve used Evernote daily since 2013 to journal, organize work streams and plan effective projects. I often joke that it is my external brain because the way I have it categorically organized encompasses most facets of my life. The flexible hierarchy available thru notes, notebooks and tags works well for me. Syncing across devices was also a game changer for me. Truthfully, my biggest fear is that Evernote would ever go away! Please don’t. Yours could forever, Evernote. 💌","The flexible hierarchy available thru notes, notebooks and tags works well for me.",5,TRUE,usability,notebook,46,54,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,2eab7433-695c-4112-82a1-da4f68e08105,1c4ecc5b-7f7c-472c-aea9-70590ed3f2da,Forest is amazing!,"I’m absolutely loving Forest so far! It definitely keeps me from using my device while studying or doing homework, allowing me to focus my energy on getting it done (though sometimes I cheat by using the multitasking feature on my iPad, lol). Also, the friends feature is superb; we always have mini competitions to see who can grow the most trees. Not to mention the design is super cute! It makes me all the more excited to remain on task. Thank you developers!",Not to mention the design is super cute!,5,TRUE,usability,design,20,26,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,79edfa3f-b0dc-4fa8-a050-c6a3beeb4e1a,1c92b743-1de8-4f22-88d6-48253ba48cca,Not worth downloading.,"I’m so unhappy with this app. Whenever I open it, it instantly opens random documents I don’t want to open and will not close them so I have to wait for them to load fully (takes minutes) in order for me to even close them. Editing documents is a PAIN, and the zoom function, numbering functions are all buggy and do not work properly. Zooming will make the screen move constantly so I can’t see what I am typing, when you set up numbering 1. 2. 3. It will automatically do this, but not allow you to space between the lines without creating a number. I use this app because I am a college student who’s very busy, I need this to work on my phone but I’ll be deleting it after this quarter is done. I’ll just go to the library and use their computers to do my work since it seems that Microsoft is incapable of developing an app that can function properly.","Editing documents is a PAIN, and the zoom function, numbering functions are all buggy and do not work properly.",2,TRUE,usability,document,9,17,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,febe761e-cb2e-46db-ad0a-c7435a4be991,1d91f13c-3212-4445-aaef-2e117d236743,Good... But,"The gmail app is extremely useful, but I would like to inform you that when I delete an email it still stays there in my inbox. I would like you to update this immediately because it doesn’t work on the computer either. Also for the app version, can you add themes so my theme can look fancy instead of a white background?","Also for the app version, can you add themes so my theme can look fancy instead of a white background?",4,TRUE,usability,background,92,102,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,057cbea9-756b-4914-a1e4-bebed8d250fe,1da69026-cd8a-400e-92c9-1b8c775c551e,Why will you not make a ‘delete all’ button?,"Gmail has been my email for over a decade now.  I absolutely love it, but I have to go to Safari and do a multi delete function to empty my inboxes.  Then it doesn’t bother to sync into the app which makes the app completely useless. I’ve done everything I can to do make them sync, but it’s impossible.   If you made a delete feature that would actually delete more than one email at a time without clicking them all and doing it that way, it would make it better.  Do that and my review would be five stars.",Then it doesn’t bother to sync into the app which makes the app completely useless.,3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,27,31,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,1333852f-a65f-4b1e-b1da-d923472de8cc,1e0be49b-26f1-4132-9f56-499fb8001b26,"Love, Love, Love","I’ve used EN for years - first the free version, then the paid version.  Now I’m using EN to help me with genealogy- woo hoo!! I’m learning all sorts of things and finally have a handle on years of notes and photos. Since I’ve just learnt about “stacking” notebooks, would you please, dear EN, make it so I can create them on an iOS device? TIA. 💕","Since I’ve just learnt about “stacking” notebooks, would you please, dear EN, make it so I can create them on an iOS device?",5,TRUE,general,notebook,41,49,positive
productivity,things-3,c54f0f9d-dbfc-4b33-9aea-98facf0ef540,1e0f850b-fc6c-45c5-8b6c-24e165c12cbd,Sync issues with watch,"I really like this app. I bought the iPhone app and am giving the Mac version a try with the trial. But the main issue I notice with both versions is their inconsistency with syncing across devices. I'll keep this review to just the phone and watch. Sometime items I have already cleared on the phone still show on the watch. It won't update. I will close the app on the watch and reopen it and still nothing. Sometimes it works great, other times it won't sync. This presents a breakdown in the efficiency of the app. Please fix this! And please sync with iCloud!!!!!",It won't update.,3,TRUE,general,update,10,16,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a5ad0d2c-c8bb-4a28-af17-93f0bbb0428f,1e7289d1-1fbd-436e-a19c-463aab6323a8,Plant Together feature is the best!,"I normally study by myself because I get distracted easily (wanting to talk to friends) and I like to move around a lot; but with plant together, I can get work done and feel accomplished together with my friends because we’re all accountable for keeping these cute plants alive! It’s also really convenient because everyone can study in their own comfortable study spaces.",It’s also really convenient because everyone can study in their own comfortable study spaces.,5,TRUE,efficiency,space,87,92,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,c097759f-175e-4553-8a4a-02e1ffcf167b,1e728dba-b2b7-4c88-a7a7-41dbdb35a008,From Google Inbox to Gmail,"I’m a faithful Inbox user, and my favorite feature is the ability to create reminders and set them to repeat. Reminders integrated with email (that can be snoozed) is extremely powerful! I was sad to learn Inbox would be going away, and happy to learn gmail would include some of the Inbox features. So today, I learned snoozing was included as a gmail enhancement. While not perfect, I can email myself a reminder and snooze it. Not bad.So why only a four star review? First, snooze is not fully functional yet. My repeat option is grayed out. Second, not all features of Inbox have made it to gmail. Once all is in place, then I will give five stars . :)","While not perfect, I can email myself a reminder and snooze it.",4,TRUE,general,reminder,41,49,positive
productivity,things-3,6de0822d-43a7-42aa-90ff-3c6d347e45ec,1e933d63-4cd2-48bd-98d0-ff812d055223,Love It!,"I was a little hesitant to get it but after figuring it out-it really does help you juggle multiple projects. I work, have dogs, a house, go to school, and have other academic projects so this helps me remember what all I have to do and it allows me to move things around. I was a strict paper-planner person and I’ve been able to slowly transition to online. Highly recommend! I got the phone app and iPad app.",I was a strict paper-planner person and I’ve been able to slowly transition to online.,5,TRUE,general,paper,16,21,positive
productivity,things-3,c9274c0a-a120-4e09-816b-7a8ba3a16634,1e9e5e15-549d-491c-a59b-1804c84c13a2,Difficult to update from Things 2,This new version of Things has an entirely different aesthetic from Things 2. Things 2 is much more minimalist; Things 3 seems to have a lot of UI bloat. Not quite sure where the design award came from.,Not quite sure where the design award came from.,3,TRUE,general,design,26,32,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6ca4eaed-1d21-4082-8d06-ec137a37e6aa,1f025801-9a5f-4bb4-9518-ef26c953b45d,Developers need a sense of grammar,"I’ve been using the Gmail app for years and have always found it reliable and useful, but I’m finding some recent changes particularly grating. “Close anyways,” says the dialog box when I try to close a draft mid-upload. “Anyways” is not a word and gives me the disconcerting impression that my email is being handled by a seven-year-old. I also don’t appreciate the recent change to sort my promotional messages by how important the app thinks they are. I’m sure this is yet another strategy to squeeze ad revenue out of commercial clients, offering promotion to the top of the stack, but all it does is keep me from seeing the messages I’m actually interested in because they get lost below the fold. At least Facebook left chronological sorting as an option for years after they started applying their mysterious algorithm.",I also don’t appreciate the recent change to sort my promotional messages by how important the app thinks they are.,2,TRUE,usability,motion,57,63,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,3a927e0e-0e53-41af-b664-0d06f30aa17a,1f2f96a6-5ba4-40a6-a3f5-ec2cb3e96a28,Useless now without 365 account,"Used all Microsoft products for years on my IPad and never had to pay for them again because I already bought them for my pc. Now with this new update, you must pay for a 365 account to even use the Word and Excel apps.  Why would I want to pay a monthly fee to use an app that I have already purchased the software for? I would essentially be purchasing the software every year with the cost of the subscription.  Stupidest thing Microsoft has ever done.  Will never purchase from them again.","Now with this new update, you must pay for a 365 account to even use the Word and Excel apps.",5,TRUE,cost,update,19,25,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0dbd3244-8286-4185-8727-2a9fb99f0840,1f35459e-e5bf-4ff1-9fdc-ae0bcfa38e59,Used to Praise this app,"This app has been a well loved staple, it’s been an easy to use and search place to create multiple lists. I’ve amassed an extensive restaurant guide for the greater Phoenix and Tucson areas. It’s my go to assist for passwords, copy and paste text for my work.  Suddenly, it logs me off. Every time I exit. Irritating, but not enough to change this well ingrained habit and love for the functionality of this app. It literally is a cornerstone of information I’ve stored for things I want to remember but don’t.  When I log in, I have an iPad and the iPhone 6s Plus. Haven’t upgraded or changed devices, yet now my phone is being recognized as a different device. Only one phone. Don’t want to unsync the iPad because it has a keyboard attached. So I’ve been unsyncing the same ONE iPhone and yet the next day it saw it as a different iPhone, after the app installed a thing where you cannot unsync more than two times was enforced. Couple months later, and I am LOCKED out. It won’t let me even sign in with the previously approved devices. So now, I’m not allowed to access my personal notes because you want a fee from me? Maybe I can log in on the iPad next month and transfer all of my notes to an app which won’t my data hostage for a few dollars. You’ve lost a loving user of over 6 years.","It’s my go to assist for passwords, copy and paste text for my work.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,text,52,56,positive
productivity,things-3,5e390cc1-f1f5-4815-b9b5-1fde0e90a2b7,1f7ed37d-ce79-4d3a-8c99-b04544c47c06,Easy to use,Finally decided to move on trying a new app to keep track of my to do list. After a little research i decided to try Things 3. It ended up being a very good decision. This app is easy to use. I have converted over to it completely. I even set it up to keep track of the TV programs i am watching. I am glad i made this move to start using it.10/21 update: now i am really into this app 100% i decided to delete my reminder app. This app has motivated me to keep up with my projects and to do list referring to it as my day passes. Great app.,10/21 update: now i am really into this app 100% i decided to delete my reminder app.,5,TRUE,general,reminder,73,81,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,64f9a986-b035-43dd-bad2-ad32abf82d1c,1fae3f7f-9d58-4579-83df-25e51ee83229,New Update Hurts My Eyes,"I have migraine and vision issues. The new, jarring, super white look makes my eyes hurt, especially when I have a migraine. With no color separation or clear boundary demarcation, it strains my eyes, if I have to spend any real time checking my email. I no longer use a desktop or laptop computer, so I depend on using the app. The new changes make it almost impossible for me to use, though, because it literally hurts my eyes and causes my vision to blur.Additionally, the placement of the option to change accounts in the previous version made sense. Where it is placed in the new version is not intuitive or user friendly. It now takes extra steps to pull up a separate screen in order to switch between accounts. This means I have to spend additional time on the stark white, visually unappealing app, which literally causes me pain, if I want to check my mail.This is a HORRIBLE update, that does not give any consideration for those with eye strain or vision problems. I won’t even go into the serious need to add options for color coding, for people who rely on visual cues to stay organized. Or the fact that nearly every other email app had a dark mode, at the very least. Please, please, PLEASE fix this!","I won’t even go into the serious need to add options for color coding, for people who rely on visual cues to stay organized.",1,TRUE,usability,color,58,63,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,623fe54c-75c4-4d3b-82fd-72c7325b6da5,205b1176-358e-4f81-a887-5c46aa74a57e,"Not Fully Functional, Even with Office 365 Supscription","This is a very basic app for limited use of creating Word documents. No grammar check. No easy way to format page or paragraph. Saving these documents has by far been my biggest problem. No matter what I use: iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive or the actual iPad, it takes too long for the document to save correctly. You can tell when there is no actual time stamp on the document. I notice this once I am ready to upload the document as an attachment to email, within an online class forum, to a job application or any other institution that may require me to upload or attach the document. Always says there’s not data in the file and therefore cannot be attached. Hours later, it magically saves and becomes a real document with data. This is with a strong internet connection be it using cellular data from the device or wi-fi, it doesn’t matter, it is always a pain. I thought I would be able to do more but this app is so basic, I may as well just use Google docs.",No easy way to format page or paragraph.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,page,23,27,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,131d4b86-9448-43a8-a03b-d424d9c7c454,21421572-37e3-4f08-b5ea-c3b6d5d68ca8,Convenient Mobile option!,"This is a great option for on-the-going writing. Works great on a phone or on an IPad! It’s quite a bit more limited than your standard desktop version, however. So I’d think of this more as a great mobile-option. It’ll do all the standard stuff mobile, but if you need to do tricky stuff like customized word styles ‘n what not, you’ll have to do so on the desktop version.Side note - There is some bugs with the new Apple Magic Keyboard - the touchpad kind of doesn’t seem to register some clicks when alt-tabbing or randomly. Please update for touchpad/mouse support for this app!",Please update for touchpad/mouse support for this app!,4,TRUE,compatibility,update,8,14,positive
productivity,things-3,d7175e66-0e6a-4494-b139-cb79c730b2c0,21611273-4ee4-4bc0-b1b4-6233480ff16a,Best todo app,I have used them all instill use todoist at work as I am all pc and collaborate with others. But this app is so good if it’s share output was a little cleaner and the log could filter what I complete in a week I would use this for work as well it’s that good. Being able to set a deadline and reminders finally. Also love that repeated events don’t stay there in the way they go to the next time they are repeated why do so many todo apps get this wrong. I love areas and projects and lists very clear and concise with lots of options. Works great and the interface is beautiful with animations and thoughtful design. Keep up the great work guys.,Being able to set a deadline and reminders finally.,5,TRUE,general,reminder,34,42,positive
productivity,things-3,28753418-1dba-4132-b9bb-17541e177dd0,21ddb9ca-7ef9-476e-a58e-92b229787ab5,Seldom syncs with Apple Watch,"Not reliable enough to use everyday when paired with the Apple Watch. On most days my items don’t show up, and the app on the watch just shows “All Done”There is a diagnostic section where you can “reset sync”. But you should not have to do this. My other apps sync with the watch just fine.",My other apps sync with the watch just fine.,3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,15,19,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,488db872-9bfe-4564-8f34-eccff64c9bdf,2217cc93-20ae-4dc3-8a53-84e91ff19fd3,Love it!,"I love this app, 100% suggest getting it! I’ve been much more focused and attentive to my work since downloading it, and have been spending much less time on my phone. Seeing my forest grow over time is very rewarding. Furthermore, being able to plant actual trees by simply using the app is amazing, and makes me feel satisfied as I am a very eco-conscious person. Overall, I’m very glad I took the chance and bought this app... definitely worth the money.","Overall, I’m very glad I took the chance and bought this app... definitely worth the money.",5,TRUE,cost,money,86,91,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,8b978c3d-67af-4dd8-9ef4-fc6041af61f5,2273717d-313c-4a84-b4e3-1b1d535897a2,Best email app,I really like gmail. I’ve been using it for 5 years now and can’t complain about anything. The app is well put together and offers great features such as google drive and more. It is also very easy to move between accounts.,The app is well put together and offers great features such as google drive and more.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,google drive,64,76,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,72643e99-8887-49e5-8322-5ea3fe01f63d,22958caf-d344-4f13-bf12-f71128bc85cc,Very Disappointed with Gmail app right now!,"I have always loved the Gmail app, but in the last couple weeks going into months now I have not received any notifications!!! I have an iOS Apple iPhone XR. I’m not sure of which update this problem began but it is quite irritating. I’m almost to the point I don’t want to put up with Gmail or iPhone because I’m not really sure where the problem lies. I’ve uninstalled the app, reset my phone, tried turning notifications on and off, and changing notification settings for just the Gmail app. I’m at a loss. Nothing works and I don’t receive banners, badges, or sounds for any emails. No one has the time to constantly check they’re email every few minutes with the way things are right now. We are very technology dependent in this pandemic and I NEED my email working!",I’m not sure of which update this problem began but it is quite irritating.,2,TRUE,compatibility,update,23,29,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,3d6dcdb8-b10d-48d1-aed4-938acf1642f7,22e7e473-53bf-4031-85ec-9f60d6768e93,Fix Word’s new pesky bugs,"For the most part, I really like Microsoft Word. It has, until recently, worked quite wonderfully. It’s highlighted mistakes in my work that might otherwise go unnoticed by me (or my editors) and been overall an easy, efficient app. Now, however, I’ve noticed that there are significant issues with the app. Where the font, formatting, and other Word options regularly are is now just a blank line above my phone’s autocorrect word options. It’s extremely frustrating as I am no longer enabled to write with ease and have to constantly close and re-open the document. And it’s not just the one document. The same thing occurs with the rest of my documents. Please handle and fix this issue accordingly.","Where the font, formatting, and other Word options regularly are is now just a blank line above my phone’s autocorrect word options.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,font,11,15,negative
productivity,things-3,c81c8120-8e0a-43e4-ac9f-a2d8af3ccc45,23a476d4-2c98-4eae-849c-9d4921cf673a,Beware before importing tasks,"I wish there was a trial version. I paid the app fee and was getting to know the app. I thought it would sync with my Reminders app and then sync with my outlook account.  Tasks I created did not end up in the outlook app. I imported tasks into Things 3 and all tasks were marked as completed in the Reminders app and subsequently my Outloon account. The dates and times of those tasks did not import in the Things 3 app. I'm now going to screenshot the imported tasks, delete this app and then redo the tasks in the Reminders app. If I was using this app on my phone and not trying to sync with reminders and outlook, I would really like this app. I do like the upcoming view and being able to see a list of upcoming tasks and events sorted by months. It was not hard to enter a task.","If I was using this app on my phone and not trying to sync with reminders and outlook, I would really like this app.",3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,65,73,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,fecf002f-5474-4e8f-a3c0-aef5c030de8b,241908d2-c584-418b-9b13-4197633f08ed,Not Too Bad,"It can do surprising things, however. Today I used the “Notes” app on my iPhone 11 to compose a list of items, using the outline form that follows:___________Title of List: A. Category     1.  Item [Each item contained from one to eleven lines. All the lines in each item indented themselves properly, instead of going back to the document margin as appears here.]     2. Item     3. Item B.  Category ___________Category A contained 14 items, when I duly numbered from 1 to 14.  I wanted a paragraph separation between each item. (Most word-processing apps seem to struggle with this:  they all want item to follow item in the very next line, with no paragraph breaks. Lord knows, breaking a passage of any length into paragraphs makes assimilating the information much easier on the eye and on the brain.  But my main gripe is this:  when I printed out the gmail after sending it, each of my 14 categories in “A” was numbered “1”!  The same was the case for the 3 items in Category “B.”FIX THIS. KSSHRINK","Lord knows, breaking a passage of any length into paragraphs makes assimilating the information much easier on the eye and on the brain.",3,TRUE,efficiency,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,5709a697-2e7e-4fa1-ad85-66907b82da71,24259a21-bd5b-45c2-9519-72d11cf44c57,Why I didn’t use this version before?,"I’ve been using word and Microsoft office in general on and off.Now, I’m not a techy nor a office person. I am a blue collar worker. But the time for my performance review came and I wanted to present something more profesional than the handwritten typical pages. I tried “pages” in my iPad, google docs and then somebody said “they have a version of word for apple products”. Well, OMG...my review looks great, was super easy and that’s all I have to say.No more handwriting...profesional looking docs will be presented from now on :)  Me, happy.","I tried “pages” in my iPad, google docs and then somebody said “they have a version of word for apple products”.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,google docs,29,40,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,aa51ae9e-efbf-4956-b769-6d3d7f4c969f,2429b963-9dcf-47b8-9fda-cbdfded685e2,This keeps me so productive!!,"Every time I would download this app I would delete it because I never opened it. About 2 months ago I decided that I was on my phone way to much and I wanted to challenge myself to do better. I re-downloaded this app and it has been going great! The layout is fantastic and the motivation tactic works like a charm. It is 100% worth the $2 and I recommend this app to everyone. Even without the extra trees/bushes this app is great to help you stay focused on your tasks. The cute extras are just an added bonus.In short, this app is great for getting what you need to get done, done. All you have to do is find how this app works for you and get in a routine for using it.",The layout is fantastic and the motivation tactic works like a charm.,5,TRUE,usability,layout,5,11,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,21996004-9549-45e5-b74f-64037d48ce60,242de5d2-7aed-4e64-a02a-8ee2e153833b,Not best journal,"I had Evernote for few years and my biggest frustration is their limit of GB for pictures.  I’m heavy photographer and videographer and I felt this Evernote didn’t meet my needs it’s why I’m losing motivation in this app until Day One App changed their feature and upgraded for better by unlimited pictures and videos (Max 5 min per video) per entry with my journal and I jumped for 7 days free trial and fallen in love with this.  I paid $35 for unlimited a year.  Evernote isn’t best if you are looking for unlimited storage of picture and video with journal then Evernote isn’t for you.  It’s designed for journal, PPT or scanning any important to be saved. Evernote you need to do something to make changes.  If you make improve to attract customers, I suggest you think outside box!  You are losing more people, you are CLOSED minded people.","It’s designed for journal, PPT or scanning any important to be saved.",1,TRUE,general,design,6,12,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,5ad359ea-170e-44dc-96a1-65f2ec441867,24d6eaff-5ea6-483d-b9f5-067ff8188602,Difficulty trying to upgrade to premium,"Not sure where the disconnect is but Customer service has been awful and incompetent with solving my issue. I have been using Evernote for 7 years. Have been paying for the Plus membership as it’s one of those apps that’s essential for my working day. I have to upload some documents that requires me to upgrade to premium. I’d like to upgrade for just a month. But it seems because I have began the subscription via iTunes, Evernote is unable to help me. Time is ticking and I’ve wasted too many hours trying to volley conversations between Apple and Evernote. I’m not a computer person but I would imagine someone working in either of these companies should know the solution. It’s come to a point where I will be switching to another iCloud service to hold my data as this silliness makes me believe the company shouldn’t be holding my data anyway.","But it seems because I have began the subscription via iTunes, Evernote is unable to help me.",1,TRUE,cost,subscription,39,51,negative
productivity,things-3,5e390cc1-f1f5-4815-b9b5-1fde0e90a2b7,2502633a-8aea-4427-96b1-9e12de5fb1af,Easy to use,Finally decided to move on trying a new app to keep track of my to do list. After a little research i decided to try Things 3. It ended up being a very good decision. This app is easy to use. I have converted over to it completely. I even set it up to keep track of the TV programs i am watching. I am glad i made this move to start using it.10/21 update: now i am really into this app 100% i decided to delete my reminder app. This app has motivated me to keep up with my projects and to do list referring to it as my day passes. Great app.,Finally decided to move on trying a new app to keep track of my to do list.,5,TRUE,compatibility,list,71,75,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,44973861-dc4a-4262-8c9c-7845384a7804,25355327-f523-42ad-a966-a39290090cca,VS PAGES OR ADOBE,"I started using Pages when Word seemed to be somewhat incomplete when Mico 360 first started. Adobe used to be easy enough to create a DOC OR PDF using the MOBILE APP where ever I was. Then Adobe instead of increasing the amount of tools to edit a document on IPHONE OR IPAD, they decreased the tools.Pages was easy, but still problematic when saving it iCloud and then iCloud Drive became confusing.Word listened to everyone’s problems. Not ONLY IS IT SIMPLE, IT HAS COMPLICATED TOOL FEATURES USUALLY A PC WOULD GIVE, and it simple in the way it is saved. 5 years from now Microsoft will be worth more than Apple due to their curve from the Xbox One and actually implementing things CONSUMERS WANT.",Word listened to everyone’s problems.,5,TRUE,general,list,6,10,positive
productivity,things-3,f13be753-3394-4149-a54e-10c001b65340,2555aee9-564c-47d3-abb4-30c7a8bd2ad2,Getting better and better,"Things 3 is my go to app for keeping track of things. It’s simplistic, yet powerful, design is easy to use, easy on the eyes, and offers enough options to handle my needs. Five stars if the following two things can be added in the future. 1.) Ability to bulk tag on iOS. Don’t know why this isn’t an option but tagging items one by one is tedious and slow. We can select multiple items and move them to different areas, why can’t we add tags to these items? 2.) I know it’s a stretch, but location reminders would be the icing on the cake. I’d love to be able to tag things with a location and have them pop up when I’m there - I suppose things isn’t really designed this way though. Bonus points if you can add collaboration in someway to things 3. I’d love to share projects around the house with my wife.As it stands Things is a strong 4 Star app with 5 star potential. Keep the updates coming!",Don’t know why this isn’t an option but tagging items one by one is tedious and slow.,4,TRUE,efficiency,tag,41,44,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,300d6ffe-0729-49a5-8bcf-71451eb3e5ce,25f2ee76-2a3b-48e2-a646-966394017e2e,A great tool... disturbing bugs!,"I’ve been using Evernote as my go-to note platform for more than 3 years. I’m a huge fan. However, ever since I shifted to iPad and started using Apple Pencil to hand-write notes, it saves those notes, but as soon as I come back later, they vanish! That’s not reliable, neither is it suitable for such a masterly designed platform. Please fix it!","That’s not reliable, neither is it suitable for such a masterly designed platform.",4,TRUE,usability,design,65,71,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,388e4ffa-3106-4104-bc86-a5d46b301590,260d9294-c9fa-413d-b713-693dfc836963,glitchy,"I love Microsoft word but the app is not that great. Half the time the formatting keyboard buttons don’t all show— particularly options to bold or italicize a word. i have to back out of app, go back in, and hope the option will show up. Not to mention this also includes the button that drops the keyboard back down, fortunately you can just tap the side of the screen to do that, but it’s still incredibly annoying. Also with recent update, the word count used to show up on the bottom of the screen as you scroll? It does not do that anymore. Just lots of inconsistencies and bugs.","Also with recent update, the word count used to show up on the bottom of the screen as you scroll?",2,TRUE,usability,update,18,24,negative
productivity,things-3,e67fb1e4-33ec-429c-95ad-7b6598a829b7,261bf012-528c-4e15-bd0e-16ccf48cd19c,"My only real ""complaint"" that is keeping me from using...","The new Things honestly, and this may seem trivial for most, is that the wording/spacing in Things does not adjust to the system wide word/line spacing.  I feel like there is to much wasted and unnecessary space between lines.  It drives me nuts so unfortunately after less than a days use for me I can not commit to re adopting Things as my go to task management app and I will stick with OmniFocus until Things adopts this basic part of the IOS operating system.  It's really odd to me that they would adobe other areas and overlook or consider this one not so important.  When they do I will upgrade my rating to 5 stars! :)",I feel like there is to much wasted and unnecessary space between lines.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,space,53,58,negative
productivity,notability,d69880dd-7a23-4934-80f2-64e5bfef50ce,2644d561-62f2-4810-9a77-df9996ee3bb6,Not sure what the hype is all about..,"So, here’s the thing. There are a lot of note taking apps on the market. I feel like if you want a quality one, maybe you need to pay for it. So, I purchased this one and Good Notes. I’ve used Evernote and Microsoft OneNote as well. Nothing sets this apart from competitors besides the price. And please beware: that price for the iOS app does not include the desktop app. That’s a separate charge. You can’t access it through a browser either. That’s a huge negative in my opinion. Additionally, sometimes this app will crash (like during iOS updates) and you’ll lose your subjects and dividers. So, there’s a way to get your subjects back, but you’re out of luck with your dividers. What does this mean? It means that all of the classes you’ve set up for multiple semesters will be wiped out. Whatever was organized under is able to be obtained, but you have to go back through and sort all of it. Do you know what an incredibly awful and tedious task that is? When you contact their customer service, they’re basically just like “Oh, sorryyyyy yeah we don’t care.” If you’re still reading this, oh hey. One last final note: don’t waste your money. I’ve tried them all and think Microsoft OneNote is really the way to go. It’s free, you get cloud storage, the app on the computer is free, and you get full functionality of program. Recent updates means it does EXACTLY what notability does.","Additionally, sometimes this app will crash (like during iOS updates) and you’ll lose your subjects and dividers.",2,TRUE,security,update,62,68,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,64f9a986-b035-43dd-bad2-ad32abf82d1c,2679464c-ae72-4079-97b6-ac4dfdcda727,New Update Hurts My Eyes,"I have migraine and vision issues. The new, jarring, super white look makes my eyes hurt, especially when I have a migraine. With no color separation or clear boundary demarcation, it strains my eyes, if I have to spend any real time checking my email. I no longer use a desktop or laptop computer, so I depend on using the app. The new changes make it almost impossible for me to use, though, because it literally hurts my eyes and causes my vision to blur.Additionally, the placement of the option to change accounts in the previous version made sense. Where it is placed in the new version is not intuitive or user friendly. It now takes extra steps to pull up a separate screen in order to switch between accounts. This means I have to spend additional time on the stark white, visually unappealing app, which literally causes me pain, if I want to check my mail.This is a HORRIBLE update, that does not give any consideration for those with eye strain or vision problems. I won’t even go into the serious need to add options for color coding, for people who rely on visual cues to stay organized. Or the fact that nearly every other email app had a dark mode, at the very least. Please, please, PLEASE fix this!","Or the fact that nearly every other email app had a dark mode, at the very least.",1,TRUE,general,dark mode,53,62,negative
productivity,notability,b3ba49a9-a434-4a7b-b941-cf74144635ac,269ab70f-c2a4-4f16-8c98-10ced914c4bb,Amazing Navigation and Design,"I’m obsessed with this app. I use it on my iPad for all my classes, as well as creative projects, any readings I want to do, and regular note taking. I absolutely love the functionality and navigation. You can search your own handwriting (don’t have to convert it to text), can import and export files (images, screenshots, PDFs, MS Word, etc.) all with extreme ease (this works incredibly with airdrop). I also love being able to switch between notes, have multiple notes open on one screen, and having my favorite writing utensils saved as a toolbar. The backup/sync works very well. I absolutely love being able to cut out and move around/paste my handwriting, it makes super neat notes that are simple to organize and clean up if you do make mistakes while writing. All of this allows me to take notes instead of typing, with all the ease and perks of electronic files. The only thing I would like to see is an option to not layer the highlighter if you lift your pen. Other than that, this is essentially my entire office now.",The backup/sync works very well.,5,TRUE,compatibility,backup,5,11,positive
productivity,notability,536fbda2-7c69-4cd5-8e6c-05b3adc4bc2e,2765cdcb-8ccb-4bcd-bfbc-e52148dc6956,Unparalleled Note-Taking App,"I got this app when it was in the developmental stage and I loved it back then. I couldn’t even imagine the potential this app could have. Every single update brings amazement to my eyes. This is the simplest yet most amazing note taking app you could possibly ever hope for. I am currently college student and I can’t even begin to explain how this app has aided me in my academic journey. You can record lectures simultaneously while writing down notes and then go back and see exactly when the lecturer was talking when you wrote down a certain note. That in itself is amazing. Additionally, this app also allows you to search keywords for your handwriting (yes it’s even capable of reading terrible handwriting like mine). What else could you ask for in an app? This app does everything that you could ever want while taking notes, and then some. Overall, this app deserves much more than 5 stars and I want to personally thank the creators and developers for making this app a possibility and for aiding me in me academic career.",Every single update brings amazement to my eyes.,5,TRUE,compatibility,update,14,20,positive
productivity,notability,e90fe3a2-847f-4203-b792-7ddab8c5dee2,277e5a65-11d3-4056-b7e0-1dade8407d57,Almost Great,"I have used Notability for over 3 years and have come to depend upon it for client meeting notes and recordings of classes I am taking. It almost scares me how dependent I am on Notability.  Here’s why.Every now and the, a glitch happens.  A common one is when I switch from one meeting to another, I close one note and open a new one.  Sometimes the recording function sends a message that the recording is being recovered.  Then, the recording attaches to the new note, so I am beginning a session with an unrelated recording.  Puzzling.A more concerning thing happened yesterday.  A notice on my iMac (2020 vintage) said I needed to update Notability, but when I selected the update option, I received a message that Notability was no longer on the App Store.  Still, the update option message persists.  Is this true?  The OSX version is no longer being updated?  If not, please fix the glitch on the App Store.Recent changes to the recording interface are obscure and perplexing... where are the user instructions?  I bet they exist somewhere, but why-o-why are they not on the web site?  No “get in touch with developers” option exists on the developer site, either.So... this is great software in so many ways, but the user connection and information about software changes is lackluster and indicative of a too-small organization to give users like me confidence you are going to be around for the long haul.",Sometimes the recording function sends a message that the recording is being recovered.,4,TRUE,efficiency,recording,15,24,negative
productivity,notability,3dd4f1ab-9433-49b1-91c9-5391373063f8,27af6c36-6b77-4152-a114-12e35cac3ba8,"*updated* Fixed some glitches, bad changes, needs more","*new update* they fixed some import issues and the search error. It’s working so much better I love it. *Update* I changed the rating to two stars because now the search function doesn't work like it used to. Also, I need more organizational tools. It would be perfect if I could have a divider labeled under a divider. For example, main divider --> dividers A, B, & C along with their respective subjects... A must-have for medical school. I had to give it 4 stars because when I try to edit/arrange my subjects it randomly renames, rearranges, or recolors the subjects. When you have many subjects, and no time to tinker with the errors, it can throw the entire organization off. It can also mean you're studying the wrong thing. Other than that, it is amazing how fluid everything else is on this app.",It would be perfect if I could have a divider labeled under a divider.,5,TRUE,usability,divider,39,46,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5f76eacb-e479-4007-b94e-1139d36a740b,287f0120-3a34-4948-83ba-45c32403d847,No dark mode available for iPhone XS below only iPhone 12,My wife has the iPhone 11 and her gmail has the dark mode.  We taught it must be something on google servers that does it by user but we checked her iPad and the dark mode option is not there.  Both devices running the latest iOS.  In my iPhone running the same app version and iOS version; i do not have the dark mode option.  Reinstalled the app reset it yet still the option is not there.  Looked at a friend who is using an iPhoneX and also running the same version of app and iOS and it too does not have the dark mode option.  Seems dark mode is only available for users that have an iPhone 11. Not sure why this is the case.,My wife has the iPhone 11 and her gmail has the dark mode.,3,TRUE,general,dark mode,49,58,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,7e38352f-307c-4034-8e17-aea06eafc69f,291077b4-592c-4772-bf29-a9f520c2981a,New version not as good as the previous one,"Verdict:  if you want to/need to use Office across your devices, get this. If not, use Pages or Google Docs. They will both allow you to open & edit Word docs & Save docs as Word. Though it’s really handy to have Office products on my phone so I can edit files without having to go to my laptop, I’m not keen on the latest version of Word for iOS. It’s just clunkier to use. It took me quite a bit of poking around just to find the editing control menus. And when I copy & paste text into a new document, it only pastes the text, not any original formatting. I don’t see any paste options such as there are in Word for windows. Example: I have an email with text formatted as a table. Previously, if I copied & pasted into a new doc, it pasted as a table. Now, it just pastes the text with generic font & no formatting except paragraph breaks. I completely lose the table. It seems this app has gotten more bare-bones rather than feature-full. It’s good enough, but if I have an Office subscription, I expect a little more.","Now, it just pastes the text with generic font & no formatting except paragraph breaks.",4,TRUE,compatibility,text,25,29,negative
productivity,notability,572dbb3b-f6f9-4c80-97c6-6da25d82a2c5,294a7af6-1d34-4741-8cbb-644758e4890f,Highlighting,"I’ve been using Notability now for 2 and a half month since the COVID-19 self quarantine happened. Well, I like what I can do with it so far, but very disappointed with the basic thing like highlighting text. Why did you guys thought it was a good idea to have that option behind text on not remain on the word itself?  Meaning all of your hard work of highlighting your notes is all a wast of time because the moment you add more notes above the highlighted texts, or put a space above it everything gets messed up. All my highlighted notes are highlighted no more. And all I am left with is a bunch of marking colors on the paper. This is terrible. The highlighted texts should remain highlighted regardless of whether you shift the words around, add a space above it for a few words shouldn’t matter.So the question is why did you make the highlights behind the text. This leaves us nothing but stain papers. This app has soooo much potential. Please fix this issue ASAP.","Well, I like what I can do with it so far, but very disappointed with the basic thing like highlighting text.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,text,105,109,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,15331355-49d5-41ba-98eb-188b14ae83e2,2993c5e0-64a7-4756-8564-6797387ac17f,Very good app but pretty slow,"It’s a great app to edit documents. Easy to use and has all the features I need.The app is not perfect though.This app takes a while to start up. Google Docs only takes like 2 seconds while Word takes like 30 seconds to a minute.Another problem is syncing. Word always forces me to log in every Startup to my account in order to access my documents. while Google Docs (even if you didn’t use it in the while) simply brings up your documents. It doesn’t nag you to log in. Also Word should change their startup interface. It’s a bit laggy, slow, and simply needs a simplistic way to show documents. In google docs you see folders and files. Just tap to open. Word you have to go through many tabs.If Word fixes these mistakes, It would be a great competitor to Google Docs and I would use Word over Docs.",In google docs you see folders and files.,4,TRUE,usability,google docs,4,15,positive
productivity,notability,8b9a1669-ac18-4dde-b40e-305c9090ff7f,2a1d384c-cc2a-408f-a340-40602595ec7e,Almost everything I could wish for.,"I love this app. It’s improved my studying a lot. Everything is simple and easy to use. Uploading my notes to my google drive easy and straight forward. The built in mic feature wonderful. Everything is amazing.  Expect one thing, when I get my professors PowerPoint lectures put on notability. Majority of the times it comes out perfectly fine. Other times, it comes out as if someone shook the entire slide, slid the words, pictures, and other graphics to one side shook them again. Change the colors fonts, and sometimes even put them upside down. It’s kinda a cruel evil joke because I can’t edit the slides to make them how they were intended. Unless I add a new page and re-write everything but i will also lose the pictures that were on that slide. Literally the only problem is that the formatting when getting slides from PowerPoint and putting them on notability is the biggest and only downside. Thats why its 4/5 stars on here and 8.5/10 on yelp.","Change the colors fonts, and sometimes even put them upside down.",5,TRUE,usability,color,12,17,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,359e4f4c-8450-4d03-a999-2261fbf6dd0e,2a3e77a2-3a12-4963-8c8c-8bea2f37f66a,"Easy to use, holds you accountable, and cute!","I use it as a timer while I cook, homeschool, or do other things. You’re able to use music apps along with it, as background so you can also use it to time your workout or study time. It has various options. And the trees that they grow are super cute. When you check your phone it gives you little messages to remind you to get off the app. It also gives you points that you can collect to get different trees and shrubs.","You’re able to use music apps along with it, as background so you can also use it to time your workout or study time.",5,TRUE,compatibility,background,49,59,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,1406ec14-76c0-4a0f-bea5-45bf114c08a4,2b018b96-d67a-4078-bcab-acc64a285682,Why?,"Why would it need to have my geographic location and access to my camera and photo library? I created an account and now I cannot delete it. Frightening. Don’t make the same mistake as me, read the privacy policy. it’s a shame I payed money for this.",Why would it need to have my geographic location and access to my camera and photo library?,1,TRUE,usability,photo,78,83,negative
productivity,things-3,a7ef50a1-1e9a-417f-be93-0744814da522,2b163c4d-72af-449d-bb3d-ca5ca0393f5e,Over Hyped,"For what this app does, I really think it’s over priced and over hyped. It has some nice features like I can see my today list on my apple watch. It does what it says but its not really more than a simple list todo app. I really wish there was a calendar view. Like in ‘Upcoming’, if you could tap the calendar icon and actually see a calendar. There’s no way to see details more than a week in advance. So if you like to plan out your month, this isn’t the app for you. Also, when I am scheduling a repeating task on a specific day for the next week, the app doesn’t recognize the day. It always wants to repeat on Wednesday and I have to change it. Its minor, yes, but still annoying. Same thing with repeating a monthly task. It doesn’t recognize the date and I have to manually put it in. Honestly, I regret buying it. There are cheaper and better options on the app store.","For what this app does, I really think it’s over priced and over hyped.",3,TRUE,cost,price,50,55,negative
productivity,things-3,260d7bd2-cd52-4bae-bd98-3d2f00c6acc2,2b1fc98e-6f2f-48da-9de3-d32a67f9e980,I Like it!,"An intelligent and smartly designed feature-packed GTD/ Task Mngt app that promotes productivity through simplicity-Well Done Guys! For that, this app gets a 5 for Task Mngt in my view. The total freedom and flexibility to manage and navigate inside the native app is ‘Points on the Board’. And, then being able to import emails and other Mind-Mapping Projects/Tasks directly into Things 3 as To-Do’s is a Home-Run in my book!The Project Mngt aspect of Things however only gets a 3 rating. The addition of basic attributes needed in managing project and event-like activities to include start/finish dates for sub-tasks, dependancies,  attachments option available in the notes field coupled with basic views such as Calendar, Gantt, Kanban, TimeLine etc would a value based features for those of us that benefit from the visual perspectives and situational awareness these views bring. The above said, I’ still use Things 3 as ‘Central Station’ for integrating all my calendars and various Task app activities. That would not be my choice without the excellent design and interface Things 3 provides. Again, in that respect Things 3 gets a solid two thumbs-up.  Thanks guys!!Bill",That would not be my choice without the excellent design and interface Things 3 provides.,4,TRUE,usability,design,51,57,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a1adaca4-3f46-4322-b616-b1bf0f574e2f,2b232df9-946d-427f-8df2-5eec63e1a265,What were they thinking?,"Premium user here.  Tried to navigate around the new update and am so frustrated with it all.  Cant customize the left hand menu - it always opens to all notes. Speaking of the search function!  Didn’t they have any beta testers?  The search is horrible!  You put in a term and it gives suggestions, a few tags. It not a way to narrow to all notes with that term quickly.  To search properly you have to use search language which requires a lot of extra typing. This version had made tags worthless as you either have to keep entering searches with each tag or you enter a  keyword and a list of tags that include that keyword pops up but you can only select one tag at a time. Everything  takes more clicks to find something, do something, or import something.   They have also removed the ability to assign tags in the web clipper.  Not sure of what they had in mind with this update, but this version is worthless for my purposes.  I have over 2000 recipes in a notebook which are organized by tags.  By removing the clipper ability to assign tags and the search filter by multiple tags this is pretty useless.  Any suggestions on a replacement? Is there a way to restore to old version?  If I wasn’t already invested with so many files I would definitely look for another note keeping app.  They ruined it!",Speaking of the search function!,1,TRUE,general,search function,17,32,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b344f000-57a0-4939-ad0e-05764e56d5f8,2b91d690-9a00-411e-8e68-9f0b0f49e4cb,How’s That Replacement For Inbox?,"When Google decided to decommissionInbox and go with Gmail I was perplexed. But we were promised the same functionality, so what the hell, I guess I’ll give it a try. Well, let me tell you, I’m beyond disappointed.For starters, Inbox would organize all emails into neat categories: Promotions, Purchases, important stuff, and what not. Everything other than important stuff didn’t trigger a notification which is fine by me because I get a ton of spam. It was easier to clean up too.Next, visually Inbox was far better organized. Emails had visual cues, reminders and things related to your calendar had a different layout, etc. Again, it made your inbox easier to organize.There was also the “Done” functionality. Essentially it meant that with one click you could make an email disappear from the main view but it wasn’t deleted. Just moved somewhere else.None of that exists for Gmail. Quite frankly, Gmail hasn’t changed since it was released (visual, layout, etc). I’m not one for fix what ain’t broken but for the love of god, could we step into the 21st century? I understand wanting to be simplistic but too much simplicity doesn’t give you much flexibility.Long story short, I’m moving to Outbox because at least their app gives me some room to organize in an easy, user friendly way which Gmail really doesn’t.Very disappointed, Google.",I understand wanting to be simplistic but too much simplicity doesn’t give you much flexibility.,2,TRUE,efficiency,list,32,36,negative
productivity,things-3,af140bfa-75a8-4788-b1d0-acd151f18eb2,2b9e4f81-7126-4d23-a4b0-6d213fa65c19,Quality app and quality support,"I never write reviews, but this one deserves it.  I’ve used Things for many years — ever since the first release, and these guys only release quality software.  When I’ve had a question or concern, their support is quick and knowledgeable, which is super rare these days.  I wish that were the case, but it’s certainly refreshing to experience!","I never write reviews, but this one deserves it.",5,TRUE,general,write review,9,21,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,874bd62d-35ab-48a2-bdab-d4ccdd73f6b2,2bd1a3c9-e1a9-45f2-95e2-0b29e1e55230,The perfect app,This is probably the best app out there. Extremely easy to use and very streamlined and nice. The only thing I would suggest is the ability to make different colored stars when you start an email. Other than that everything works really well and is super efficient.,The only thing I would suggest is the ability to make different colored stars when you start an email.,5,TRUE,usability,color,65,70,positive
productivity,things-3,16e37c0a-9230-45bd-ad7b-93d91a8df13a,2bf12ce7-4fde-452d-b48e-075687e9f665,Fantastic App,"Feature rich enough to be useful over the long term but not so complicated as to be abandoned.  Brilliant Apple ecosystem integration: display Apple Calendar appointments within the app, integrates with Apple Reminders, and create to-do’s (with link-backs) from within Apple Mail on MacOS.  Great workflow if paired with Apple Mail in split-screen mode on MacOS.  Beautifully designed.  There are very few reasons to be disappointed with this app.  Things is built rock solid, very definitely worth the price, and will serve the needs of a great many very nicely.","Things is built rock solid, very definitely worth the price, and will serve the needs of a great many very nicely.",5,TRUE,cost,price,55,60,positive
productivity,notability,b96c9c2e-10d8-4b2c-a517-6aef18888fa9,2c27ec12-56d9-401d-93b3-ef18e2b225d1,Unsolved Problems,"I purchased this program for school notes and have really started to regret the purchase. First problem - When I go back and add information to my notes, anything that I have previously highlighted is no longer highlighted because the highlighter stays in place in the note but the notes move.  This causes me to have to go back and re-highlight everything or not add to the note. Second problem - MANY times, when I try to crop or adjust photos I add, the program kicks me back to the top of the page several times. I end up having to close the program and go back into it. Sometimes this helps, sometimes it doesn’t.Third problem - The photos/screen shots that are added into the notes do not move with the area they are placed in the notes. If I add notes, I have to go back and move every single screenshot / photo.Fourth problem - Customer Service is horrible. I have tried to contact the company. It took them over 3 months to respond to one concern with no resolution to my concern but instead they told me they have exciting audio recording improvements on the way. Other concerns have gone with no response whatsoever.Is there a way to get a refund on this program? I am guessing if I asked, I wouldn’t get a response anyways.","If I add notes, I have to go back and move every single screenshot / photo.",1,TRUE,usability,photo,70,75,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,49b1ae90-4116-49be-abd4-23b83731e497,2c6f18d4-5455-47c4-95ca-8aa47487494f,Near perfect!,"This app is very much improved, and I'm actually starting to really like it!  I love that you can disable Conversation View and can easily swipe to delete/archive a message.  It's colorful and easy to use, and has lots of options that it didn't use to have.  There's only one thing that would really improve it...  In the iPhone settings (Settings —>Notifications —>Show Previews), I'd love for there to be an option to show previews, but to only be able to see the sender while on the lock screen, and not the subject or body of the message.  That's the way my old email app was, and it was so useful.  (You’re able to know who’s sending the message, but don’t have to worry about other people reading it.) But other than that, I'm really loving this app!  Kudos to all the people working to make it great!","It's colorful and easy to use, and has lots of options that it didn't use to have.",5,TRUE,usability,color,6,11,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b9350ae5-22fa-492b-ae2e-651c2d1d38d5,2cbacc30-bc5a-4e3f-a134-b26567e8f17c,Allow Dark Mode Interface!,The App works fine. I get my emails much faster than the phone’s default mail app. I just wish there was a way to customize the interface display colors. Or at least a “dark” or “night” mode* It’s just too plain and white. But sometimes I check up on my emails at night and the dang app is too white and too bright even if I lower my display brightness. And i don’t want to got through the trouble of going to my phone settings and turning everything on to negative mode just for that app. Please Update this soon!,I just wish there was a way to customize the interface display colors.,4,TRUE,usability,interface,46,55,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,6acc02d4-4a65-4502-b5e9-9f78d638170c,2d876ffc-ffcb-464b-9685-64555c09f9ad,It’s getting worse.,"It seems Word isn’t able to keep up with these recent IOS updates. There are frequent times when I’m using word, and in the middle of a sentence the app will become unresponsive. And when I mean unresponsive, I mean dead as a doornail, and I have to exit out, often restart the app, or even restart my iPad in order to get it to work. Other writing applications do not have this problem, and keep in mind this only became a problem in recent updates. While it sometimes happens with other apps, they’re nothing compared to the barely-functional phases this one goes through. This used to a fantastic app with fantastic functionality, but all the options in the world don’t matter when you can barely write a sentence.","Other writing applications do not have this problem, and keep in mind this only became a problem in recent updates.",4,TRUE,efficiency,update,108,114,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,74aabeed-2b4d-4930-976b-d0bc7a8e8efe,2db4c8d0-8515-4f30-afa8-8c525053f301,Dictation crash,"I have loved Microsoft Word for about 20 years now. When it came out on iOS I was ecstatic since I barely have time to do any homework at home on my desktop. Just as I am dictating this review, I tend to dictate most written papers as well. In the latest update, every time You attempt to dictate, instead of actually type a paper, word crashes, whether it be on iPad or iPhone. Please fix this feature!!! This used to make my life so much easier now I have to resort to using an actual keyboard on my desktop to get stuff done rapidly.","Just as I am dictating this review, I tend to dictate most written papers as well.",5,TRUE,general,paper,68,73,positive
productivity,notability,a5fd3b73-0326-4f32-a348-e9ea2f5585b9,2ddc798d-f998-4def-8d1d-6c35c8e5f97f,Best notes app,"I’ve spent a lot of time trying different note taking apps on the iPad: Notes, Paper, Evernote and Notability, among others. Notability is my favorite, by far. Most of the time, I use Notability for taking technical notes, either following research papers, books, or my own narrative. Paper make it easy to make things pretty, but using it for technical notes has drawbacks: difficult to organize large numbers of notebooks, no scrolling - need to add/navigate pages, limited support for drawing shapes - snap to straight line and circle, but no resize, no curves, etc, no concept of layer beyond instrument. Notes is quite nice, and most portable, but lacking a first class object model and a clunky interface for drawing shapes. Evernote offers nothing beyond Notes, and the app can be slow and non-ergonomic in several ways. Notability is a pleasure to use: great notebook manager/explorer, powerful drawing tools, snap to lines, circles, curves, powerful object model allowing resize, moving, deleting.","I’ve spent a lot of time trying different note taking apps on the iPad: Notes, Paper, Evernote and Notability, among others.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,note taking,43,54,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,874c054f-257c-413b-a153-546b37d9026e,2e095c7f-5372-441e-89a7-25097c57b7cb,Great app! Small gripe...,"Great app. Works well. Only complaint is that when you open it, the homepage starts in “all notes” view which can be cluttered and confusing. Wish it started out with the main page of seeing all the notebooks in their categories rather than the unorganized notes page. Please make it an option?","Only complaint is that when you open it, the homepage starts in “all notes” view which can be cluttered and confusing.",4,TRUE,usability,page,50,54,negative
productivity,things-3,df38a4ec-35ea-4983-8a0e-927f138b1815,2e1c6984-aa2f-48d9-90e8-f6a8846bff83,Mostly very good...,"I recently switched to Things when app-maker Appigo forced its Todo users into a subscription-based ‘update’.I very much like the look and functionality of Things, but by far my most-used feature is setting up recurring events, and Things is FAR more unwieldy than Todo used to be. I say “used to be” because Todo stripped that feature from the non-subscription ‘update’, a huge reason why I switched to Things.Anyway, what was a very useful and easy-to-use feature in Todo now takes many more key presses in Things.Please take a cue and streamline that feature... Also, it would be helpful to be able to back-date tasks.",I recently switched to Things when app-maker Appigo forced its Todo users into a subscription-based ‘update’.,4,TRUE,compatibility,update,102,108,positive
productivity,things-3,5af4824b-1ab5-4df6-83ad-8151b6f6cb8b,2e3841c3-adc6-48ad-ae9e-8f43fc16f99c,No Shared Lists - No Collaboration - No Attachments,"There's no way to add another person to a List. You can text or email them a copy of your list, but no true collaboration. I was prepared to buy two copies of the Mac and iPhone apps for my fiancé and I until I discovered this. Glad I only bought one copy of the iPhone app. You are unable to add attachments like in Wunderlist. I can create an item there and attach a photo to that item. Not doable in Things. Deal breaker: No Shared, Collaborative Lists. Hesitation Maker: Slow animations. No attachments. Rejoice: Reminders! I've asked for these for ages. Until Collaboration gets added, I'm stuck with Wunderlist or another app. Please, Things, people aren't islands.",I can create an item there and attach a photo to that item.,3,TRUE,usability,photo,41,46,positive
productivity,things-3,560217e4-ab97-42c4-8db1-f70015b7399c,2e620737-7105-44f9-9925-8acd7645eea2,SOMETIMES SIMPLE IS BETTER,"I used the app „informant“ for years because they offered a integration of calender events in a task manager. But they have become greedy and changed to a subscription model with $25 a year.Compared to „informant“ and other task managers things 3 has a very simple but also very efficient user interface. Example: Instead of assigning priorities to tasks, things offers the possibility to drag tasks into the desired order e.g. according to importance.I ask the developer to keep this simplicity because sometimes are less possibilities more!But I’d like to propose some additional modifications:1. Assign tasks to „evening“ should be possible for all days2. Integrate the possibility to enter calendar events3. Add the possibility to use different colors for tasks4. Reminders should be possible for all future tasks on the desired date and time","Integrate the possibility to enter calendar events
3.",4,TRUE,general,calendar,36,44,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,3211e153-7907-4bd1-9666-79e97b038baa,2e620844-8350-4b68-9435-7b39b44f5b4e,It feels like a game! But I have a question,"This app does not feel like a boring list of obligations.  It feels like an actual game!  This is mainly due to the amount of work that went into the actual design of the game.  By making the trees appealing, you feel like you want to get as many of them as possible and after getting the trees you want, you feel a sense of care for your garden tycoon.  It’s worth every penny because you also know that your money is in good hands that are willing to help the world by planting real trees.  However, I have a question:  How do you change the color of the oak tree?  I have seen so many people changing it but I can’t seem to find a way.",This is mainly due to the amount of work that went into the actual design of the game.,5,TRUE,general,design,68,74,negative
productivity,things-3,9d7c5c03-b11c-41ba-bb1e-7a2c4e9892a9,2e7ea4a8-fbe8-401a-8928-5f46a637a16f,Yep.,"Even before winning the design award, I knew Things was the best todo app I had never used. I avoided it for a while because of the price tag, but ultimately caved and... yeah, it’s worth it. The experience just oozes polish. Frankly, it’s probably one of the best apps on the store solely because of its integrity as a piece of art—er, software. It doesn’t check every box I have for a todo list app, but that’s kind of irrelevant to this review. An absolute delight.","I avoided it for a while because of the price tag, but ultimately caved and... yeah, it’s worth it.",5,TRUE,cost,price,41,46,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,3211e153-7907-4bd1-9666-79e97b038baa,2e8f6ffb-20a0-4444-b83b-b6918ff0b2d3,It feels like a game! But I have a question,"This app does not feel like a boring list of obligations.  It feels like an actual game!  This is mainly due to the amount of work that went into the actual design of the game.  By making the trees appealing, you feel like you want to get as many of them as possible and after getting the trees you want, you feel a sense of care for your garden tycoon.  It’s worth every penny because you also know that your money is in good hands that are willing to help the world by planting real trees.  However, I have a question:  How do you change the color of the oak tree?  I have seen so many people changing it but I can’t seem to find a way.","However, I have a question:  How do you change the color of the oak tree?",5,TRUE,usability,color,52,57,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,130297f2-0b01-4754-8bc8-67371e143da2,2eed51ad-20b0-429f-b231-d85ab09107f0,"Great app, slight bug :/","The app was working 100% until this recent update. With the counting exceeded time option on, sometimes after my trees are done growing (even at 120 minutes) it will count the exceeded time and give me coins for the time. Sometimes the coins will stay and sometimes the coins will not. I'd like it if this could become consistent. I plant many trees a day and become confused when my coin balance changes throughout the day. Thank you!",The app was working 100% until this recent update.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,update,44,50,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,431d6f23-e919-49c9-820f-94916007ae0b,2f15098d-3066-469b-836d-165819cacb2d,Full Feature Office Apps for iPad Pro (iOS 11),"I would like to see full feature functionality.  For example, I tried to create a Table of Contents at beginning of document, but it was not available.  What other functionality is not available???  Also, when I called Microsoft Support, there was not support for mobile devices.Microsoft, you need to step up your game to compete with modern trends.",What other functionality is not available???,5,TRUE,general,functionality,12,25,negative
productivity,things-3,ba105a9f-8b08-405d-bb1e-94e330c2496e,2f423c1f-9fee-4460-b07d-12802ee6cf9b,The Essential To Do App,"Instead of boosting my productivity, my previous task management app had so many customization options that it actually ate away at my time.  It became a procrastination tool. I could spend an hour entering dates, setting up filters, and customizing views only to realize at the end of that time that I hadn’t actually gotten anything done. In contrast, Things 3 is wonderfully simple and clarifying. It’s as powerful as my previous app, but it strips out all the distractions and the fussiness, leaving pure, easy-to-access essentials: tagging, scheduling & project organizing. The scheduling feature has been the real game changer for me. The app tracks due dates (if you have them) but—more importantly— you can also add a schedule date for each task. The interface makes it very easy to add, move, & view tasks in the schedule (while keeping due dates fixed). So you can plan your time (and easily rearrange that plan as needed). If you’re a GTD person, you can still use that methodology with Things 3 projects & tags. But I find that I do better by adding the accountability of a scheduled list of things that I want to get done on a particular day or in a particular week. Things 3 helps me organize and manage that schedule better than anything else I’ve found. And it gives me the powerhouse organization tool I need without sucking me down a rabbit hole of customization options.","The interface makes it very easy to add, move, & view tasks in the schedule (while keeping due dates fixed).",5,TRUE,usability,due date,92,100,positive
productivity,notability,ec1bfd16-4b02-417b-b13c-395efaac80e6,2fa53dbf-fa4f-404b-83ba-117b9e0ecca5,iPad 4 Notability can’t open notes made on Notability for Mac anymore...,"For a couple years now I’ve loved Notability. I lead weekly mentoring small groups, so I make notes on Notability for MacBook and then view them on my iPad 4. The whole reason I’ve used Notability is that it’s been so easy to sync notes to my iPad. Sadly, this is no longer an option. The most recent version of Notability available for my perfectly functioning iPad 4(Notability version 8.4.7, iPad IOS version 10.3.3) is now apparently too old to sync with Notability for Mac (Notability version 4.1.3). When I try to open on my iPad a Notability file that was made on my Mac, I get an error saying “This note was created using a newer version of Notability that is not compatible with this version. Please upgrade Notability to open this note.”Very disappointing. Will sadly need to find another note taking platform if this isn’t fixed, because the syncing and compatibility between laptop and iPad is the whole reason I’ve used this app. Please help!! Will update review when fix is made.",Will update review when fix is made.,2,TRUE,general,update,6,12,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,558c9b66-c53e-437d-adcc-83418939108e,302ff27a-8ee0-423e-91fc-6af56526f134,All inboxes feature,I love the fact that they added this functionality. I have several email accounts (personal and professional) and it was a hassle not having all of my emails showing up in one spot (like Apple Mail). I installed the app a few months ago and was kind of disappointed because it didn’t have this feature. I got extremely excited when I saw the feature there. I’m definitely recommending this app to everyone around me!!,I love the fact that they added this functionality.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,38,51,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9ad03c8b-64a0-48e3-abda-ef451b0e1ce3,3057800c-33fe-4cd4-b4ef-77eda9e43f7f,"Cursor out of control, App won’t stay open","While editing text on a mobile device in iOS 13, as soon as you place your finger on the cursor it travels at extremely high speed up, down, and side to side all over the page. It is nearly impossible to manually control the cursor, vastly increasing the time it takes to edit text. This was not a problem when using Evernote in previous operating system versions. I would have rated Evernote 5 stars before this problem began.And may I second another reviewer and beg or plead if absolutely necessary for you to PLEASE fix the problem with a note AS WELL AS EVERNOTE closing completely the moment your screen times out. I also store recipes in Evernote, and it is so frustrating to have to reopen the app, reopen the recipe, and then find where you left off multiple times. Also when writing documents, if you let the phone screen time out, boom you have to reopen the app, reopen the document, and find where you left off. Terrible waste of time. Evernote was not like this before, so it must be possible to fix this. You broke something that was so good.","It is nearly impossible to manually control the cursor, vastly increasing the time it takes to edit text.",2,TRUE,usability,text,101,105,negative
productivity,notability,3293fbbe-4e99-43ab-b1d3-560114c2ba97,3095840d-52b4-4133-b89b-8bb02b5ec87a,Please revert file importing process to previous versions,"This is a great app. It’s a great way to take handwritten notes on digital formats of all sorts. However, with one of the recent updates, they changed the file importing process. Previously, you’d hit something in the top right corner to send to notability and a check mark with “Done” would appear. Switch to notability and a pop up appears asking you where you’d like to put that note.Now, you do this before switching to notability. The process involves many more presses, especially if you want to combine the file with a note. It’s just cumbersome in my opinion. A simple solution would be to revert the changes. Alternatively it could remember which note you were using last for combining files. Currently you have to scroll through an alphabetical list to find the note you want to combine the new one with. It’s much worse than the old splash screen that simply said “combine with current note.”Normally I don’t leave reviews, but this has been a frustrating change with the user experience that slows things down instead of speeding them up.",Currently you have to scroll through an alphabetical list to find the note you want to combine the new one with.,2,TRUE,usability,list,54,58,negative
productivity,things-3,014cff9b-e02a-4faa-888e-8d970d7fe4e4,30a374d2-54d0-4157-896b-4d17453be910,Love the power of simplicity that I feel,"It is surprisingly powerful and yet has a simple interface. You can use it for quick input such as notes or reminders, or you can organize projects for yourself. It is not meant to be for a team but rather a personal organizer. Also, the sync works beautifully, whether on iPhone or Mac. Overall, it is well with it.","You can use it for quick input such as notes or reminders, or you can organize projects for yourself.",5,TRUE,usability,reminder,49,57,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,13ac9327-893c-40e1-87e5-75ff4f1dca99,30b0ed26-9ede-472d-b75f-7626cc9783f0,A word for Word,"Microsoft Word, and all the Office programs, are 100% worth the money. The features they offer and the layout are better than any other program that I've seen by far. This app has allowed me to pull up documents I wrote on the computer and easily transfer between the two. This is an amazing app! I highly recommend it!-Yours truly, me",The features they offer and the layout are better than any other program that I've seen by far.,5,TRUE,efficiency,layout,33,39,positive
productivity,notability,e1f7090c-744e-44d9-af0c-319cad49454e,30ec31cb-7137-4c5c-b32e-2e0f7039e012,A changed man! From a useless doodler to a power note-taker,"I really can't say enough about this app. I use it in every class for taking notes, doing homework, and presenting ideas to the other students. Very smooth syncing to iCloud, great importing abilities, and a beautiful interface with just the right amount of customization without being too “busy.” I’m in my fourth year of use and have yet to enjoy any competitor more. Especially since the recent update with the added PDF options (hyperlinks to different pages, searchable text, and highlighting the text itself, not just a handwritten highlighted overlay), this app is nearly perfect.I would consider myself a power user of Notability. My iPad is an academic tool for me, I rarely download games or browse social media on it. Of my time on the device, a solid 75-80% is spent on Notability. It is safe to say I have gone through and tested every option, played with every feature, and have used them all to their fullest extents.That being said, I have a few suggestions for improvements, and will update as I have new ideas:1. Please consider letting a note continue to record audio even if one goes back to the main menu and views something in another note. I end up cutting off my recordings all the time accidentally2. Connected to the above, TABBED NOTES. I actually switched to GoodNotes for a couple of months for a class that warranted this feature. It was so sad. 3. Handwritten hyperlinks!","That being said, I have a few suggestions for improvements, and will update as I have new ideas:
1.",5,TRUE,general,update,70,76,negative
productivity,notability,e4a1951e-6278-49fa-94fe-a89fb03290c1,314a9c76-9b54-4dc9-85b3-c45e4fdf96f7,"Good before, getting crappier","Notability used to be great and is still what I use because most of my notes are now compiled onto this app. It costs a decent amount, but it was worth it in the beginning. Now they keep adding new stupid features and keep trying to make the app easier for note taking only to have it filled with bugs and errors. I just took a test and everytime I switched notes the app would delete some texts from my document. This caused me to have to redo all the text boxes and retype all the answers that were auto-deleted. The worst part? This kept happening so I couldn’t leave the document to view my other notes. This doesn’t even cover the bugs that havent been fixed since day 1, like holding down too long on the screen causing your writing to be turned into an object or straight line. NOTABILITY FIX YOUR SH**!!!!",This caused me to have to redo all the text boxes and retype all the answers that were auto-deleted.,3,TRUE,usability,text,40,44,negative
productivity,notability,2a828cce-5c1f-4449-a937-6898b69ff042,3171ba16-59a1-48e7-b16e-2cbae48d5839,"Average quality, high price","I use this app for work and school. I am a technical person I need a high quality software for pdf manipulation, edit text in pdf, markup pdf with annotations such as callouts, arrows and text bubbles, add hyperlinks within the text (such as clicking a hyperlink and getting taken to a referenced page), adding bookmark names to easily find pages, naming pages, change text alignment, select multiple annotations including text boxes and images, select multiple pages, etc. This app is not capable of any of the above. It can’t even convert RTF into a page. Useless. This is good if you want to simply write hand written notes, yet there’s free apps that can compete with that nonsense of a feature. i use this app to make use of the money I paid, which i bought simply to see if it’s useful because it has no free demo version of the app. No other way to find if it’s what you’re looking for. Who ever decided to make this number 1 is just a bunch of naive kids who don’t know what a powerful note taking app should be capable of. Hopefully they add a few features in the future to make this app worth the money. Maybe then I’d give it another star or two.","i use this app to make use of the money I paid, which i bought simply to see if it’s useful because it has no free demo version of the app.",2,TRUE,cost,money,35,40,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,7dd9263d-2adf-4417-b7de-9a9df10775c6,318a451d-9fe1-463c-9f82-67c8885d3557,Smooth Transition Between iPad to PC,"I’ve been using Word for iPad, iPhone, and my Dell laptop for a couple of months and experienced a very smooth transition from one device to another. One problem I had was that fancy fonts I was using on my PC didn’t carry over to my iPad (I’ve got to download those fonts I think; I haven’t done that yet). For most of my typing, I prefer Courier and simple fonts anyway, so it’s not a problem. A few times there were too many differences between devices (I probably left my file open on a different device) and the app asked me which version of the document to use; it worked just like Word’s manuscript comparison function where it highlights the differences between the two files (which is much better than Scrivener—I’ve lost several version of my manuscripts in Scrivener when it couldn’t resolve differences between a file on my laptop and on another device). This app doesn’t have all the bells and whistles that my Word for PC offers, but it has enough. I’m happy with it.","For most of my typing, I prefer Courier and simple fonts anyway, so it’s not a problem.",5,TRUE,usability,font,52,56,positive
productivity,notability,3d0b634c-d402-47e8-ba7d-bf6209fed826,3190b84f-8beb-490a-be91-1d2800b2b22a,Recording and syncing,This used to be my go to app for note taking. But for over a year now I have had problems with writing while using the recording feature. I even bought a brand new iPad Pro because I though it was the device space causing this issue it turns out I was wrong. They have issues with their iCloud syncing that they even a year later have not fixed. While writing and recording it will cause a syncing messages to come up while your using it making it unusable while it does that. You are missing what you want to record and unable to write turning that time. Even when it finishes syncing it will do it again a few minutes later once again interrupting you. I have tried everything recommended nothing worked. I even freshly installed my iPad with only this application and even on my new iPad Pro it did the same thing and it has 64gb of space and nothing else on it. I’m disappointed that even after a year they have not solved their problems do not waste your money on this app. Especially when the one feature that is supposed to make it more enticing then GoodNotes doesn’t even work.,This used to be my go to app for note taking.,1,TRUE,usability,note taking,34,45,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,35924d9d-5e7a-4679-876d-59c5cdfe71a3,31cb72b8-93f1-4adc-aa53-d91ee0217d8f,Stable old friend,"I have been an Evernote user since2011 and have seen many iterations of the program over the years. I have also searched for the “perfect” note taking app and have tried several other programs during this time. However, I keep coming back to Evernote as my home base because it does it all. The note taking is great, the saving internet information with Web Clipper is great, and the use of tags is great. Yes, there many other programs that can do similar things, but Evernote continues to be my home base because I can use it for both work and personal applications. Good job Evernote! Keep being the best note taking program out there!Ps: It would be great if you could add a to do task like Wunderlist use to be!",I have also searched for the “perfect” note taking app and have tried several other programs during this time.,5,TRUE,usability,note taking,40,51,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,3cc32a6d-af0d-4bdd-bc05-ad0ef52ddc99,31ecb7d7-e90c-4262-a6de-60084442bc8f,Word for ipadOS is getting worse with every update,"Word's updates on iOS/ipadOS are getting progressively *worse* and are very, very, very  buggy.  It is not even funny anymore. I find myself spending most of my time wrangling with the program than actually typing text.  Simple things like - clicking to place the mouse - italicizing/boldfacing/underlining a phrase take 5-10 seconds to happen, or do not happen. Even plain typing can become an issue if you have the app open for 10-15 minutes straight: all of a sudden it freezes and refuses to let you type.  The only cure at that point is to kill the program and restart. And in the latest update, Review does not work correctly anymore. For example deleted phrases will still appear in the text (!) when you ask for a ""No Markup"" version.Microsoft seems more interested in releasing frequent ""updates"" than releasing a piece of software that fulfills its primary goal of letting people compose text.  It is so bad at this point that I find it much faster to compose everything in Pages and then export to Word in order to share with my colleagues.","And in the latest update, Review does not work correctly anymore.",1,TRUE,usability,update,19,25,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,894c66ed-d68c-486a-afe3-691e11c98449,320b2332-018d-43f0-8475-8b38e9d71df0,UPDATE: ISSUED RESOLVED Love the app but it’s buggy,"UPDATE! The issue of my review has been resolved and I have changed my review to 5 stars. I’ve had the app for a while now. I appreciate having all of my Google based accounts in one place (with pushed notifications of receipt of email), but in the last week or so it has developed a very annoying bug.When I receive an email, I get the red badge in the top right corner of the app’s icon (like all app notifications). HOWEVER, when I check my email and clear out the unread emails, the badge doesn’t go away. Not only is this SEVERELY annoying as I prefer to maintain a clean home screen, it causes me to check my email when unnecessary. This usually means using data and time that is clearly not needed as I don’t have unread emails. I do like the functionality of the app, but I will not continue to use an app that creates unnecessary thought and slows productivity. To me, that is unacceptable and not the point. I humbly ask that Google fix this error or I will be forced to delete the app and go back to using the Apple Mail app.",This usually means using data and time that is clearly not needed as I don’t have unread emails.,5,TRUE,general,unread email,83,95,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,e55af151-c8cc-45ef-a7d2-c6b853d9fe06,32358855-7c93-4070-80c7-909b58a5d33b,Disappointing,"I have an iPad and use Google Drive for work. I’m frustrated because this Word app does not link with the Google Drive cloud service, though it’s linked to several others. I have a PC desktop where I can do a lot of formatting, but I am unable to communicate with anything on the PC’s Word (when saved to/opened from the Google Drive) to/from my iPad; I can neither open nor save to the Google Drive from my iPad using this app and it’s an enormous disappointment. Other than that, it’s OK. Formatting is still nerve-wracking and it doesn’t appear to have the functionality within the toolbars.","Other than that, it’s OK. Formatting is still nerve-wracking and it doesn’t appear to have the functionality within the toolbars.",2,TRUE,usability,functionality,96,109,negative
productivity,things-3,0ed6552a-5580-4235-8657-445af0c2e581,32839ce0-983d-48ab-ade6-645d6a63e6c3,Missing a couple of things to make this compatible with persons who suffer from ADHD,"Things 3 isn’t a bad app, but it’s missing some things. - Location based reminders, this is the one thing the stock reminders app has the upper hand on compared to Things.- Attaching files for specific reminders i.e. attaching a screenshot for a long reminder that cannot be copy and pasted into text.- Handing off reminders to iPad.- Being able to mirror or send off reminders to Google calendar.- Only one notification for a reminder isn’t enough.- Persistent notifications for timed reminders.This app has features really desired in other apps but is missing the chance to give it that “flair” it’s missing from besting other to-do apps. It’s a “meh” from me, not super ADHD friendly.",attaching a screenshot for a long reminder that cannot be copy and pasted into text.,3,TRUE,reliability,reminder,35,43,negative
productivity,notability,572dbb3b-f6f9-4c80-97c6-6da25d82a2c5,32aae54f-f9c8-4223-86a3-9b8f58efa860,Highlighting,"I’ve been using Notability now for 2 and a half month since the COVID-19 self quarantine happened. Well, I like what I can do with it so far, but very disappointed with the basic thing like highlighting text. Why did you guys thought it was a good idea to have that option behind text on not remain on the word itself?  Meaning all of your hard work of highlighting your notes is all a wast of time because the moment you add more notes above the highlighted texts, or put a space above it everything gets messed up. All my highlighted notes are highlighted no more. And all I am left with is a bunch of marking colors on the paper. This is terrible. The highlighted texts should remain highlighted regardless of whether you shift the words around, add a space above it for a few words shouldn’t matter.So the question is why did you make the highlights behind the text. This leaves us nothing but stain papers. This app has soooo much potential. Please fix this issue ASAP.",Why did you guys thought it was a good idea to have that option behind text on not remain on the word itself?,3,TRUE,effectiveness,text,72,76,negative
productivity,notability,ae016157-2332-47c4-b30a-56a19da73d9c,32d73ec3-f570-4146-9f55-a0f8067cb2ae,Best App I ever used,I had this app for a few years now. I no longer use paper at all. This app has so many valuable features and has helped me in so many different ways. I can download my school books in pdf form and have it read to me. Screenshots I can write on. This app is literally my everything. From business management to school to personal life planning. I love it! It has only improved over the years and I am truly impressed. Best of all it is not a subscription based app which makes me so happy. This is the main reason why I have an iPad. I even had to make tutorial videos for other classmates and friends to learn how many tricks you can do with this app. Thank you for this app! It’s a life saver! I don’t have to keep up with paper and it saves me storage space in my home. Easy to go back and read notes I took years ago conveniently. Worth the buy!,I don’t have to keep up with paper and it saves me storage space in my home.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,paper,30,35,positive
productivity,notability,c62ec5bd-a652-44dd-a41f-0b98480469ee,32dc6616-a29b-4fce-9209-2e91a375297f,"I like it, but it crashes a lot","Update 3: crashes whenever I try to keyword search in a textbook. I’m so over this app.Update 2: losing another star - randomly stops picking up my writing in the middle of words, so FRUSTRATING...going back to GoodNotes.Update: lost a star because the app keeps freezing as I’m writing notes with my apple pencil. Like, the page won’t move as I try to move it around with my fingers and I have to close the app and start over again. Also, it’s randomly changing the highlight color to black after I highlight words. These things are driving me crazy and making it really hard to be productive. Happens every few seconds at this point.——I’ve had a number of issues with the app freezing and crashing. Also, just some annoying features that could be improved. The feature where you can draw a line and hold at the end to straighten it is a nice concept, but horrible if I’m writing a word and the app thinks I’m trying to draw a line. Then it opens this weird magnifying glass thing, I hit “undo” and it won’t erase the line, it just erases the last word I had written. It’s a pain in the butt...I wish it was like GoodNotes where there was a separate option to straighten highlight lines and a separate feature to draw lines. Overall I do like Notability except for the crashing and these minor feature issues.","Like, the page won’t move as I try to move it around with my fingers and I have to close the app and start over again.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,page,11,15,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,d0923bae-38bb-4566-bfd9-7a88d8693cdc,32e30dc0-d8d1-49c8-b02f-fa653f9838f7,Great for mobile writing!,"As a writer and student, I don’t have the time to be freely typing away in creative writing all the time on my computer, so I often find myself writing on this app as opposed to the computer version. I won’t lie, the computer is still better than an app, but the app is much more convenient and comes fairly close to working like the computer version. However I did notice one thing. With the latest update, the option to italicize, bold, or underline words as you type are just gone, replaced with blank spaces where those options used to be. So perhaps that can be corrected in the next update? It’s a minor thing but time and efficiency is the reason I use the app, so to lose either one is a disappointment.",So perhaps that can be corrected in the next update?,5,TRUE,usability,update,46,52,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,a3a87a6d-68da-482b-92d6-9438360361b4,3308b0fc-91bc-4a43-aaa1-bf906af68dbf,Perfectly happy with this!,"Wow, if it’s the free version your complaining about, shame on you!  For a free app, I think Word is awesome. I’ve had no problems other than a few times I wanted to do something and because I’m still on a free version I couldn’t. Understandable!",I’ve had no problems other than a few times I wanted to do something and because I’m still on a free version I couldn’t.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,free version,97,109,positive
productivity,notability,d69880dd-7a23-4934-80f2-64e5bfef50ce,330f7e58-8b8a-4044-8f5b-3a589440028e,Not sure what the hype is all about..,"So, here’s the thing. There are a lot of note taking apps on the market. I feel like if you want a quality one, maybe you need to pay for it. So, I purchased this one and Good Notes. I’ve used Evernote and Microsoft OneNote as well. Nothing sets this apart from competitors besides the price. And please beware: that price for the iOS app does not include the desktop app. That’s a separate charge. You can’t access it through a browser either. That’s a huge negative in my opinion. Additionally, sometimes this app will crash (like during iOS updates) and you’ll lose your subjects and dividers. So, there’s a way to get your subjects back, but you’re out of luck with your dividers. What does this mean? It means that all of the classes you’ve set up for multiple semesters will be wiped out. Whatever was organized under is able to be obtained, but you have to go back through and sort all of it. Do you know what an incredibly awful and tedious task that is? When you contact their customer service, they’re basically just like “Oh, sorryyyyy yeah we don’t care.” If you’re still reading this, oh hey. One last final note: don’t waste your money. I’ve tried them all and think Microsoft OneNote is really the way to go. It’s free, you get cloud storage, the app on the computer is free, and you get full functionality of program. Recent updates means it does EXACTLY what notability does.",Recent updates means it does EXACTLY what notability does.,2,TRUE,general,update,8,14,positive
productivity,notability,ac31fa3c-55c4-41b2-bea5-cdf73d8932bb,33825711-6187-4c49-ab7f-7de48f86c617,I can see why this is #1,"Honestly, I was really debating on whether on not I should use Notability to take my notes or if I should use GoodNotes 5. In the end, I ended up getting both just to try them out, and what I found was that the UI for Notability was almost flawless for me. Being able to record audio on here is great, but I think the biggest factor for me was how it felt like writing notes in this app. It’s literally feels like I am just writing on paper. My handwriting on Goodnotes 5 just seemed messier and I noticed that they would try to alter my handwriting a bit. If I could make some suggestions, it would be nice if the highlighter could go under the words rather than over it. I would also love the option to just automatically switch back to pen mode after using the eraser (Useful tool in goodnotes). There would be times where I’m writing and the app doesn’t register it and would momentarily freeze a bit. But these are minor inconveniences. Overall, this is a great app to take notes on and annotate PDFs (what I mainly do). The partial eraser is amazing and the automatic backup is a extremely convenient. Definitely recommend it for college!",It’s literally feels like I am just writing on paper.,5,TRUE,usability,paper,48,53,positive
productivity,things-3,5ae3f518-7f6d-4035-bff6-be0e285445be,33bc200f-e088-4aab-9643-9df93f530443,"Almost perfect, solid, worth the money","I have used a lot of task management apps and I still think that many of them are great. Swipes was one of my favorites because I can snooze tasks for later, but Things has a unique approach to that same need that is actually simpler and much more effective. I’ve had to adjust some of my own habits to adapt to how Things is organized, but wow is it well thought out. It is deceptively simple at first glance, but it is so well designed that I’m constantly finding new uses and applications. My wife loves it too and she’s very picky and often doesn’t take to the things that I recommend. So the fact that both of us find it useful is a testament to the quality of the product. I’m hesitant to buy the desktop app because I think it’s fairly overpriced, I did do the free trial though and it is well-made. I was a little hesitant about the price of the mobile app as well, but after using it, I think that it is well worth the money and I wouldn’t say that about a lot of $10 apps.","I’m hesitant to buy the desktop app because I think it’s fairly overpriced, I did do the free trial though and it is well-made.",5,TRUE,cost,free trial,90,100,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,0705f069-20a1-433c-aafa-6782d5fb4172,33bf7111-dd8e-47b5-a1a6-b7c04493952b,Review,"This is an extremely cool app that has proven to really keep me focused. It basically disables the use of your phone and other apps until you finish planting your tree- your set focus time. This has been super productive for me since I always lose hours in Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook. It’s also really awesome because once you grow a certain amount of trees a company that’s connected through the app will actually plant a real tree. I’m trying to get to that point but it’ll take some more concentrating! Overall, this app keeps me super on track and gives off a very calming and zen vibe. Highly recommended for those who have trouble paying attention, especially if that distraction comes from your phone.","This has been super productive for me since I always lose hours in Instagram, Snapchat, and Facebook.",5,TRUE,usability,tag,71,74,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,eef226a3-ab3d-4d2b-9151-1f66541806e8,33c514c5-7504-4472-8b66-7d69ca72f6c9,Love data losses that Microsoft can do nothing about? Then this app is for you!,"I’m writing this review as a warning. I had about 10 Word documents saved on my phone. I do use this app from time to time whenever I feel like adding something to a document. But tonight, everything changed. I come back to the app so I can edit a document. However, when I tapped on it, an error message appeared saying, “Sorry, this document is stored on an unsupported server location.” Good thing I had a copy of the document... right? Nope! Every single one of my dox had the same error. I can no longer access these files from anywhere. All of my stuff is gone now. Forever.This has never happened to me or anyone I know before, but it has been an issue in the past. I looked up this issue, and found a few forum posts about this exact issue. And guess what Microsoft’s response was? Give up. There’s nothing they can do to help you if this happens. Just like that, you’re back to zero.If this didn’t happen, I absolutely would give this app maybe a 4-star rating. But since this happened, I don’t think I can trust Microsoft with my data anymore. NONE of this is my fault. I don’t know what to do with the app at this point, because I still might use it for future projects, but I’m terrified that this will happen again.",I come back to the app so I can edit a document.,2,TRUE,usability,document,40,48,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,0aca8812-e8cf-47de-9985-2d4db1107728,33ecba00-2c0c-442c-9eec-06080cc791f1,Obsessed.,"As a task master and person enamored by details, color, and collaborative coworking, I am naturally obsessed with this app. I love the choice they made to develop real forest options, the way that you earn new trees by focusing for longer, and the new personality quiz they developed. This is an all around great app- I almost gave four stars because the collaborative feature technically functions but isn’t amazing to use (the break timer doesn’t count collaboratively for example, and I’d like to see our respective forests while we are planting)- but ultimately that wasn’t enough to knock it down.","As a task master and person enamored by details, color, and collaborative coworking, I am naturally obsessed with this app.",5,TRUE,usability,color,50,55,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,a51f5e6f-151c-486f-898b-46a8b5c8f756,3409a824-12ea-4ff5-b456-314e1df3af27,Microsoft Word Review,"I am a freelance journalist and I never use anything else but Microsoft Word when it comes to writing.  It’s easy to use, and because I am not a “techie”, I just have no time  or patience for complicated software that works well some of the time.",I am a freelance journalist and I never use anything else but Microsoft Word when it comes to writing.,5,TRUE,usability,list,24,28,negative
productivity,things-3,087a6072-a929-4496-a951-60a57290fc48,340de98c-edbe-49e6-86fa-98472086e69c,Needs to use color for information,"Good but I would like to choose an alternative background color. It’s shocking when you look at all the organization apps in the iTunes Store and see so little use of color. Color could also be used to provide information- what’s urgent, what’s done etc. as the excellent app “Clear” does.",Good but I would like to choose an alternative background color.,3,TRUE,usability,color,59,64,negative
productivity,things-3,087a6072-a929-4496-a951-60a57290fc48,340de98c-edbe-49e6-86fa-98472086e69c,Needs to use color for information,"Good but I would like to choose an alternative background color. It’s shocking when you look at all the organization apps in the iTunes Store and see so little use of color. Color could also be used to provide information- what’s urgent, what’s done etc. as the excellent app “Clear” does.",Good but I would like to choose an alternative background color.,3,TRUE,usability,background,48,58,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e7c59d67-fb4d-45e9-b09b-c7ba91b07e32,345550d6-42b2-4836-a327-d43ac8901f74,Better than Word Online,Clean layout and a solid user interface.  Use often for on the go reading and review of documents.,Clean layout and a solid user interface.,5,TRUE,efficiency,layout,7,13,positive
productivity,notability,48ffae6d-20a4-479e-a8b0-ba2e4d4f6ef9,34c46ee2-187f-43f1-bcef-92d467ba0709,Awesome app. Needs more organizing features,"I use Notability for all my graduate school studies. The ability to add pdf files so I can annotate them, to hand write notes with my Apple Pencil, and to sync between my Mac and iPad Pro make this app a necessity. Because my schooling is so research heavy, and I’m working on various papers and projects per class, I would love for this app to have more file management and organization features. Even the ability to sort notes inside a subject by tags would go a long way to helping to keep my subjects organized and simple. What I think needs to happen, though, is that there needs to be one more level of sorting within the subjects within which notes can be sorted. So within my subject, I could have, say “projects”, and then my notes are organized into the appropriate projects. A feature of this sort would make this great app unbeatable, in my opinion.",Even the ability to sort notes inside a subject by tags would go a long way to helping to keep my subjects organized and simple.,5,TRUE,usability,tag,52,55,positive
productivity,notability,9a29db0c-b67b-479b-a751-34469987c7f3,34e84166-08d1-4333-9b05-b6412d01f7ec,"Improvements come at glacial pace, if at all","After using this app for three years, it’s apparent that app improvements come at an extremely slow pace, and mostly not at all. I’m surprised considering how many people and educational institutions use this app, and that it was ranked no.1 in the App Store here and there. It took years ... YEARS ... to see the option of custom colors.Ginger labs has a feedback page where users can vote for ideas and leave a remark about why a new feature would be useful or important. Most of the dozens of ideas on that page would be legitimately great changes — helping to polish up the shortcomings and limitations of Notability.Despite seeing those listed for over a year, it’s safe to say that almost none of them are being implemented. App and feature improvements are rare. It’s disappointing to see user after user remark (in reviews and on their feedback page) about vitally needed improvements and to see them ultimately ignored.",It took years ... YEARS ... to see the option of custom colors.,3,TRUE,general,color,57,62,negative
productivity,things-3,591a25b8-b537-42e0-9e5f-bcc34a2e0e3d,351795ae-15b4-4fb8-b9cb-127790b70c77,"Looks great, Widget broken?","This app is undoubtedly pretty and probably very useful. However, I was hoping for a task app that I could view from my Today page. All the widget shows me is the “New Task” button. I’d like to see my to-dos from the Today page widget. I’m disappointed that the widget doesn’t have much functionality. I hope that the developers make the widget more user-friendly so users can see their to-dos without opening the app. 3/5 stars because the main function I was hoping for was not available. Will revise review if this is addressed.",I’d like to see my to-dos from the Today page widget.,3,TRUE,general,page,42,46,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a6d54563-ab64-4ee9-a481-71f9448e486a,352a91fb-69aa-4ff9-a917-494e23bb9f22,"Easy, motivating, effective","I downloaded the app for work productivity, but it’s made me hyper-aware of how often I actually pick up my phone. For any task, just having the reminder that my phone is not currently available to me is extremely helpful. I’m realizing that I waste a ton of time that stems from, say, just looking at a text that could wait until later. Moral: don’t think this app isn’t useful because you’re not at a desk all day. It has countless uses. I agree with what other users have said about gamification being a good motivator, and the user interface is very appealing. Creating and naming tags produces helpful data. For instance, if you’re concerned about work-life balance, you can see a colorful pie chart with a few simple clicks. One thing: I’m fine with how the trees become more “expensive” as time passes. However, it can take a long, long time to gain sufficient coins after awhile. I’m not asking for instant and easy gratification, because that’s contrary to the spirit of the app. I think adding more achievement bonuses (that don’t depend on having friends that use the app or on leaderboard performance) would be great. Unlocking achievements is also rewarding and something to strive for, so I’d love to see more!","I agree with what other users have said about gamification being a good motivator, and the user interface is very appealing.",5,TRUE,general,interface,97,106,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b4b53823-bd46-4792-bdc8-e11ed0fd4943,353dd591-1056-4c85-bb1b-4fff9747ef1c,Updates,Your next update needs to include a better way of deleting emails when using the mobile app. If I want to delete 25 or 30 emails on the page I should be able to by doing so at the top f the page like how you do on the computer. I don’t have time to click each one and my email gets over loaded. Other than that live gmail.,If I want to delete 25 or 30 emails on the page I should be able to by doing so at the top f the page like how you do on the computer.,5,TRUE,usability,page,44,48,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e770683f-f0fa-4bed-909e-f30a8c8b1570,356141c6-93be-4986-a976-c1df7d8cc72c,Interface could use improvement,"I’ve been using the Gmail app for years now, both on my phone and my 9.7” iPad. It's mostly good, and I really like being able to tap directly into Gmail's powerful search capabilities. However, the UI changes I’ve seen on my iPad in recent updates has me reluctant to update my iPhone app.First, the handful of buttons on the left side of the iPad version wastes valuable horizontal screen space. You can see this clearly in the first screenshot currently shown on Gmail's App Store page. Below those buttons there's a strip of never-used white space that could otherwise be used for a wider messages list.My second UI complaint is with the messages list itself. Referring back to that same screenshot, I don't know how they got it to show all that information! Maybe it's the jumbo-sized iPad. On my 9.7"" screen, I rarely see the full subject line (it disappears into a ""...""), and the list of senders involved in a thread often disappears into a ""..."" as well. This makes it really frustrating to scan the list of emails for basic information. If those aforementioned side buttons were moved elsewhere, that strip of unused space on the left could be conscripted to make much of that more visible.Bottom line: I find the app really useful, but some UI optimizations could make it a much better place to manage email without resorting to the desktop app!",Below those buttons there's a strip of never-used white space that could otherwise be used for a wider messages list.,4,TRUE,usability,space,57,62,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e770683f-f0fa-4bed-909e-f30a8c8b1570,356141c6-93be-4986-a976-c1df7d8cc72c,Interface could use improvement,"I’ve been using the Gmail app for years now, both on my phone and my 9.7” iPad. It's mostly good, and I really like being able to tap directly into Gmail's powerful search capabilities. However, the UI changes I’ve seen on my iPad in recent updates has me reluctant to update my iPhone app.First, the handful of buttons on the left side of the iPad version wastes valuable horizontal screen space. You can see this clearly in the first screenshot currently shown on Gmail's App Store page. Below those buttons there's a strip of never-used white space that could otherwise be used for a wider messages list.My second UI complaint is with the messages list itself. Referring back to that same screenshot, I don't know how they got it to show all that information! Maybe it's the jumbo-sized iPad. On my 9.7"" screen, I rarely see the full subject line (it disappears into a ""...""), and the list of senders involved in a thread often disappears into a ""..."" as well. This makes it really frustrating to scan the list of emails for basic information. If those aforementioned side buttons were moved elsewhere, that strip of unused space on the left could be conscripted to make much of that more visible.Bottom line: I find the app really useful, but some UI optimizations could make it a much better place to manage email without resorting to the desktop app!",Below those buttons there's a strip of never-used white space that could otherwise be used for a wider messages list.,4,TRUE,usability,list,113,117,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,1127e336-76d0-42ab-aff8-48874725476f,3588967c-d188-43c7-be23-fdfb88ff5303,Forward and backward arrows,There was an up date that had forward and backward buttons on the key board. Not sure it this is a word thing or apple thing. They were useful in moving from one letter to another to make simple corrections. They are no longer there. There also used to be a magnifying glass to assist with  location of the cursor. I can’t seem to get that to work either. I am thinking this is more of an apple update though.,I am thinking this is more of an apple update though.,5,TRUE,general,update,40,46,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,6ac844b9-3792-43f2-92eb-5da1f6c7fc2b,35971736-3418-4f46-be1e-7833fe6bf4ab,This is a GREAT app,"I normally don’t write reviews, but this one deserves an exception. I love the fact that you don’t have to pay a subscription and there is only a one time fee. I also love the fact you get coins for every tree you plant, and that if you save enough coins, then you can plant trees in real life. I wish that there were coins you gained per plant you plant. I also love the fact that you can work with your phone because you can access the apps you need without the tree dying.",I love the fact that you don’t have to pay a subscription and there is only a one time fee.,5,TRUE,cost,subscription,46,58,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,44f8fa2f-c1f6-42d2-9f87-506c3478a4bf,359cb6ed-392e-46cd-bcf4-abe9440c6b3a,Working fine,"I noticed so many ""crashes"" comments that are only hours old. I have an iPhone XS with iOS 13.4.1 ( latest version) and have no problems with my gmail. My only complaint is it just now opened up in dark mode. I would like it back the other way. But I can't seem to get it out of dark mode without turning dark mode off for the whole phone!",But I can't seem to get it out of dark mode without turning dark mode off for the whole phone!,5,TRUE,usability,dark mode,35,44,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,f483df8c-5c93-48f0-ab48-b1b0b09dcec6,35c1b27e-b80e-4b4b-bdb8-58dfb880068e,"Amazing idea, amazing idea, beautiful design’",My friend recommended this app when we were writing our thesis together. Turns out this app is very useful and I use this to keep track on my study/read/work time. Sometimes I will simply use this to give myself a break. I like how those trees are designed and I can donate my time to plan a real tree. It is amazing! I’ve using this for two years already and I will keep using it!! Thank you the developer!,I like how those trees are designed and I can donate my time to plan a real tree.,5,TRUE,reliability,design,28,34,positive
productivity,things-3,82b2b768-b8ea-4188-a7c6-29fc888fddf6,3625cb51-ef6b-4b22-b650-911fab7d1fb5,Almost Perfect!,"I have spent countless time and lots of money looking for the perfect app to keep myself organized. Things3 is almost perfect! I love the layout and user friendly interface. A few suggestions would make this app top notch. 1. Monthly and weekly views - This would be great for planning ahead and seeing your future calendars and future todos2. Recurring tasks - there are certain things I do on a particular day every week. It would be nice to only have to add the task once and have it recur as/if needed. 3. More personalization - themes, colors, etc would make this more fun...but definitely not necessary I love this app!",I love the layout and user friendly interface.,4,TRUE,usability,layout,12,18,positive
productivity,notability,fd894de4-3b35-4a7e-aa5e-34c5e54692a3,3673561e-a9a3-4934-a549-afeabd156902,Need local saving option.,"This app requires share option to save document at local. This might not seems worng but it makes user to do export documents and reimport process when iCloud storage is full. This problem also leads user can't check all Notability documents in one place. Sharing option is good but I believe it's not right for the process for local save. I hope Notability allows user can choose the location for document. Or at leaset it should change user can modify document directory. Like iOS native File app, user can modify saving location without export process and it makes available to check all the documents at Recent tab.",This might not seems worng but it makes user to do export documents and reimport process when iCloud storage is full.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,document,59,67,negative
productivity,notability,4ed4ee82-fb49-45df-8e46-485a65e48e4c,3691b35c-29dd-4f1b-b5fb-38b4a88b157a,"Many Glitches, very difficult to work with","I have had this app completely erase notes I was taking because of the glitchyness of the app. If taking you need to take notes by typing and drawing diagrams at the same time, the transitions can be very difficult to make. I am currently trying to make a text box but the app wont let me write and keeps snapping the size of the box to something I do not want it to be. There is no redo button, and the redo function in the undo button does not work properly the majority of the time (holding the undo button just undoes the last action, and redo is stuck in a loop where it undoes and redoes the last action you did instead of actually redoing your previously erased steps). There should also be more formatting properties like centering and changing entire page template",There should also be more formatting properties like centering and changing entire page template,1,TRUE,usability,page,84,88,negative
productivity,notability,d69880dd-7a23-4934-80f2-64e5bfef50ce,36a71124-1199-4dac-a9a3-397899d3e7ae,Not sure what the hype is all about..,"So, here’s the thing. There are a lot of note taking apps on the market. I feel like if you want a quality one, maybe you need to pay for it. So, I purchased this one and Good Notes. I’ve used Evernote and Microsoft OneNote as well. Nothing sets this apart from competitors besides the price. And please beware: that price for the iOS app does not include the desktop app. That’s a separate charge. You can’t access it through a browser either. That’s a huge negative in my opinion. Additionally, sometimes this app will crash (like during iOS updates) and you’ll lose your subjects and dividers. So, there’s a way to get your subjects back, but you’re out of luck with your dividers. What does this mean? It means that all of the classes you’ve set up for multiple semesters will be wiped out. Whatever was organized under is able to be obtained, but you have to go back through and sort all of it. Do you know what an incredibly awful and tedious task that is? When you contact their customer service, they’re basically just like “Oh, sorryyyyy yeah we don’t care.” If you’re still reading this, oh hey. One last final note: don’t waste your money. I’ve tried them all and think Microsoft OneNote is really the way to go. It’s free, you get cloud storage, the app on the computer is free, and you get full functionality of program. Recent updates means it does EXACTLY what notability does.",There are a lot of note taking apps on the market.,2,TRUE,general,note taking,20,31,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1ff295f8-d656-49ac-8f43-d6b47e3b461c,36d6c5ff-f0b5-4ebd-bd07-c61c6fafeedb,Overall good but the attachment option is annoying!,"I am always a big fan of google products. However, there is a very unpleasant case since I switched to working with IPAD. When I tried to attach a pdf to my email. The gmail app has only three options, from photo gallery, recently attached files, google drive. However, I NEED TO UPLOAD my file from the LOCAL IPAD DRIVE. GMAIL does not allow this option. Can the developers fix it? I did some internet search, many people are complaining. But this issue has not be fixed yet.....","The gmail app has only three options, from photo gallery, recently attached files, google drive.",4,TRUE,general,photo,44,49,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,985bd038-14ad-4b5b-80fb-5dd1eb40d41d,372bb84c-7caf-4bc5-b048-3f4e08c2d80b,Wonderful App!,"I never expected to enjoy Forest so much. Initially, I considered it would have been a waste of money. I figured I didn’t need to spend a couple of bucks to stay off my phone, but after seeing countless reviews online, I decided to give it a shot. I’m so glad I did! I’m not sure how to describe it, but Forest is a wonderful app when it comes to studying. I use it every day now, and it really helps me concentrate and focus on what needs to be done. I’m normally not on my phone all the time, but I like having an extra precaution to stay away and focus.","Initially, I considered it would have been a waste of money.",5,TRUE,cost,money,55,60,negative
productivity,things-3,c7c8509b-a867-4fd7-9982-0c34c2eb4b06,37bc48cf-3beb-45eb-8016-558cf93cf6c9,A bit overrated and expensive.,"Expensive when you consider you need to pay separately for iPhone, iPad and osx. Most todo apps at least include all ios versions. To get this on your phone and iPad you'll end up paying $30. Why? They're the same OS. Apple watch complication also needs some work. Right now its just a shortcut to the app with no relevant information. I used Clear for many years and it is by far a simpler app without all the functionally but waaaaay more fun to use and unique. Also cheaper and takes care of all devices. Sometimes I feel like I'm spending more time creating todo lists in this app than actually getting things done. If you don't have an apple watch consider something like Google keep. Enough functionality to compete with this this app, syncing on all decices and free.","Enough functionality to compete with this this app, syncing on all decices and free.",3,TRUE,usability,functionality,8,21,positive
productivity,things-3,c7c8509b-a867-4fd7-9982-0c34c2eb4b06,37bc48cf-3beb-45eb-8016-558cf93cf6c9,A bit overrated and expensive.,"Expensive when you consider you need to pay separately for iPhone, iPad and osx. Most todo apps at least include all ios versions. To get this on your phone and iPad you'll end up paying $30. Why? They're the same OS. Apple watch complication also needs some work. Right now its just a shortcut to the app with no relevant information. I used Clear for many years and it is by far a simpler app without all the functionally but waaaaay more fun to use and unique. Also cheaper and takes care of all devices. Sometimes I feel like I'm spending more time creating todo lists in this app than actually getting things done. If you don't have an apple watch consider something like Google keep. Enough functionality to compete with this this app, syncing on all decices and free.","Enough functionality to compete with this this app, syncing on all decices and free.",3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,53,57,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,67bd0bbc-55fc-44d1-a076-16942bd5af85,389316d2-6b53-407e-a551-b7b8d429d4de,The best email app experience,"Quick and simple, the best email app in the world.All you are expending on an email app is right here, custom notifications, filters, a great spam filter, contact suggestions, other apps integrations, is really nice. I don't use to write reviews, but this app is really amazing.","I don't use to write reviews, but this app is really amazing.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,write review,16,28,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,bd5b397c-1a37-4dc2-afb9-4789fd233056,38e9c4c5-f492-4df7-a90a-de6ae51f4158,Love love Gmail,So easy to use and switch between accounts. Love the look and love how they’re always making improvements. It predicts what I am going say using Machine Learning which is so cool!  I also use google calendar to keep my life in order and many other Google features like Hangouts Meet to talk to friends. Can’t say enough great things.,I also use google calendar to keep my life in order and many other Google features like Hangouts Meet to talk to friends.,5,TRUE,usability,calendar,19,27,positive
productivity,notability,2be7e495-a454-4d7f-a4c5-e2897a4be0f0,39b688fb-593d-4a8e-ae65-bd298a93bf52,Review of Notability,"I have been using the product for more than a year and been very satisfied. I have recommended it to friends and colleagues. I use the handwriting tool almost exclusively for document entries, Note entries during meetings and conferences and rough drawing of diagrams.  There are a couple of additional options that would help me:1.  The ability to move and insert entries to keep similar entries together. Right now I can insert a new page but not insert large amount of information within a page.  2.  Some of my diagrams have long continuous lines.  Right now If I touch one dot on the line it removes the whole thing.  I would like to be able to refine the diagram without removing a whole section.  3. The volume of my saved documents has expanded and I would like to go more and more paperless. I think Notability would work for my goals. I am having difficulty searching for words above the Note level.  I would like an expansion and education on using Notability for a paperless system. Thank you for a good product.",Right now I can insert a new page but not insert large amount of information within a page.,4,TRUE,general,page,30,34,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,e9e0377f-9ca0-4fd9-b1db-5f62f552a484,39d27b59-e17b-4221-8f18-9a86e632415f,Terrible utilities,"Hi Microsoft Office Team,It’s very hard to find things to edit the paper as you would on the desktop version. I really find it frustrating to look for the things that are very easy to find in the desktop version. I wouldn’t mind If ya’ll take a little more space to make editing paper easier. Also, the  icons/buttons for editing the papers are good for hand touch but I’m using and iPad Pro and I feel like it would be beneficial if the app has an option to get a compact version where the icons are smaller. This would give us more space to work with or it could give you guys more space to make editing the document easier.Thank you,","Hi Microsoft Office Team,

It’s very hard to find things to edit the paper as you would on the desktop version.",1,TRUE,usability,paper,70,75,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,6ac844b9-3792-43f2-92eb-5da1f6c7fc2b,39e55a93-07b9-4baa-8557-8bf710fbcc72,This is a GREAT app,"I normally don’t write reviews, but this one deserves an exception. I love the fact that you don’t have to pay a subscription and there is only a one time fee. I also love the fact you get coins for every tree you plant, and that if you save enough coins, then you can plant trees in real life. I wish that there were coins you gained per plant you plant. I also love the fact that you can work with your phone because you can access the apps you need without the tree dying.","I also love the fact you get coins for every tree you plant, and that if you save enough coins, then you can plant trees in real life.",5,TRUE,usability,plant tree,110,120,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,afebbcea-9c93-42a1-ab83-c1ad35eb7453,39fc750d-46c1-4b1e-84d9-de201957836f,No more individual planting,"I loved this app because I could use it to stay off my phone. But they have since updated so you can’t plant by yourself. You have to create a room with friends in order to plant. I live by myself, I have no one to use this app with. I’ve been using this app since 2015 and am so bummed out by this; this was my favorite app and it got me though college, now it’s useless to me.",But they have since updated so you can’t plant by yourself.,1,TRUE,usability,update,21,27,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,2b681cb6-98b9-49cd-86e8-7b1c06cbd196,3a444342-4d41-4942-a0e2-46c7f6c7b56e,Best app I own,"This app has been life changing. It is the only effective thing to control my phone use because not only does it block my phone so I can focus rather than wasting hours on social media, it is so visually pleasing as well!My friends and I grow trees together when we visit and I wait for each new update and tree with excitement. Get this app, it will help your life and make you happy, too! 👍😊🌲",My friends and I grow trees together when we visit and I wait for each new update and tree with excitement.,5,TRUE,usability,update,76,82,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,409ad409-1135-44be-a6fa-a07c60987eac,3a57b323-f825-440f-bcc3-f177d7607b48,It’s great it’s free. It’s Microsoft Word,"I like the go anywhere get the information. Is it perfect? well almost, maybe some addition tweaks to the reading mode, maybe choice of font size.  This feature may already be there. I like it more than competitors.  But the competition have their points.  Quip is cool for example. Microsoft when you need the format and features","well almost, maybe some addition tweaks to the reading mode, maybe choice of font size.",5,TRUE,usability,font,78,82,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,e5d1282d-9ce3-494c-b84f-25657f4d1d83,3ae03ae6-1b64-4785-bae8-a9121cd0bfd7,Header and page numbers,"The revised tools for adding a header and page numbers to a manuscript are the most confusing revisions ever made to Word!  Graying out the number tool was a huge mistake and the header selections are in such small print, one needs a magnifying glass to select from that tool.  Rethink or get user input before making changes in standard tools.  I tried for almost two frustrating hours to make an acceptable draft of my manuscript.  I even called Microsoft Support for help and was referred to a person who could not understand me.  I finally just hung up the phone.",The revised tools for adding a header and page numbers to a manuscript are the most confusing revisions ever made to Word!,5,TRUE,usability,page,43,47,negative
productivity,things-3,1dd82a0d-bd90-4379-913e-0fda21752d99,3b26d6dc-425d-4103-9a2b-fdd104ce7ee7,Nearly perfect iOS app,"I used ToDo on the iPhone with Toodledo on the web for years, and I was quite happy with it. However when I tried to update ToDo, as it was increasingly buggy, to ToDo Cloud, the install failed and I started looking around. And I am glad I did. I looked at many reviews and decided to give Things 3 a try.The tutorial is well done, and in 15 minutes I was fully up to speed. I then reentered about 100 tasks, although I could have imported them. I have to state that the interface is a joy to work with, and the final result was amazing. Read the reviews for product details, but this app defines what is great about iOS.  Clean, intuitive and fun. The integration with the calendar, in particular, is brilliant. After getting it set up on the iPhone, I purchased the iPad app.  Perfect integration and interface!My only quibbles... When I set an Inbox item to Today, and then I do not complete the task and clear the date, the task ends up in the Anytime folder. I think it should go back to the Inbox.  This is by design, and I have a workaround, but it is mildly annoying. Also, I would like to not display the Anytime folder, as I do not need it, but this is not customizable. I could use the real estate for another area or project.  But these are minor details. This is one of the best apps for iOS. Period.","The integration with the calendar, in particular, is brilliant.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,calendar,26,34,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9c32c109-ae4d-4d3f-bf5e-463a67c72556,3b4075aa-cda9-42fd-8163-99b4581426d1,Update has problems,"I love Evernote and have used it for years. I love the ability to record notes of varying kinds, to tag them and organize them into folders, and to see my notes across various devices. It really has been a great product for me.The most recent update (October 2020) seems to have a serious bug, and I’m having a hard time finding a way to report it (I think the bug reporting process needs to be easier). Anyway, with the new update, I’m having trouble accessing and editing my notes. When I select a note from the list of notes, it often doesn’t show up for me to edit or read. Sometimes it does but very slowly, and other times I just stare at a blank screen for several seconds and then give up.This, to me, is a serious flaw and could be a deal killer.","I love the ability to record notes of varying kinds, to tag them and organize them into folders, and to see my notes across various devices.",4,TRUE,security,tag,57,60,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,23c3bc20-1de6-4f15-90b4-bddc69f1da41,3b4305c1-74c5-4829-8bfb-f0cda52adf14,Freelance,"I use this everyday for my freelance proofreading job. It really works great except for one small problem... it tracks everything from deletions, comments, and formatting, but no longer will track any inserted words or phrases. It used to but now it doesn’t. Because of this I now have to comment on every single word or phrase that I have added just to make sure nobody misses them. I love the app but want that feature to work because it not working costs me time and lost time is lost money.",I love the app but want that feature to work because it not working costs me time and lost time is lost money.,3,TRUE,general,money,105,110,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ad119587-45dc-4bc9-bc7b-cd7c701da204,3b8421bb-2fc0-4734-893b-01efd697985f,Won’t let me edit documents after subscription,"In order to use this app at all, you have to subscribe. I set up a subscription that would charge me monthly, but whenever I would try to use the app, it would say that I had no subscription with that email. It then gave me an option to sign up for a subscription through the App Store, and when I did, it says I already have one with that email. My subscription is also shown to be present on the App Store. So if I’m subscribed and going to be paying money to use this app, why does the app say I’m not? It made the app completely useless. It keeps claiming I have no subscription when I do, and won’t let me type anything.",My subscription is also shown to be present on the App Store.,1,TRUE,general,subscription,4,16,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,0b1da976-4ba1-413b-8079-60ba25491b87,3c40ad19-9a83-4b78-a293-d027d629905d,I don’t hate it,"But this is of the crappier updates I've seen. Ever. And I love google. And my iPad. Since the update, the font size has dropped way down. It’s squint size. I tried going to settings accessibility and increasing the size. It works everywhere except on gmail! Those are the only directions I’ve been able to find. It also arbitrarily changes size during a conversation. Sometimes when people reply to me, the formatting breaks down into gobbledygook. I am considering going to another app.Does anyone know how to send a closed attachment? They are displayed wide open in the body of my email. I prefer to let my recipients click on them from the subject line to open when they choose. Full display also means wonky fun when they have to print text/photos from the body of the email vs. opening up a nice dedicated attachment.Of course, it’s a complete mystery why you can’t bulk delete in this day and age. I’ve been using gmail forever. But I never really cared much for the iPad app. I think I may be done with it.",Full display also means wonky fun when they have to print text/photos from the body of the email vs. opening up a nice dedicated attachment.,2,TRUE,usability,text,59,63,positive
productivity,notability,3c4b2022-c26f-45ec-b11a-f8b31c8f3aeb,3caf524a-a2f3-4bbf-94cb-4b9890266cd4,Best app for taking notes,"I have been using notability as my sole notebook for university. The integration within the iPad makes this app extremely efficient. The ability to be taking notes, hear something that I want to add a visual graphic for and quickly finding an image in split screen and instantly sending that image directly to the note I’m working on in Noteability, all without actually leaving my notes, is something that I use all the time. I import my textbooks into the app so that I can use the search feature to find things in the text and in my notes. I can’t say enough about how much I like this app. The UI is very simple and clean which means you spend less time trying to get the app to do what you want, and more time focusing on the lecture. In the year and a half that I’ve been using Noteability, I’ve only seen the app stutter or need to be restarted a few times on my iPad Pro so the app is very reliable.Definitely would recommend to anyone looking for a note taking app!",I have been using notability as my sole notebook for university.,5,TRUE,usability,notebook,41,49,positive
productivity,things-3,6a46ac71-68c3-44a5-b38d-afce4a6627af,3d3592cb-0007-4baf-a020-728e1e000a3d,I'm unsatisfied.,"I don't enjoy the gestures- it's not intuitive to hide basic function. I'd rather be presented with options as I create an event than them being hidden. The setup of the lost areas is weird, still adjusting.  In the name of simplicity I find the overall interface confusing. I also find the lack of a few features disappointing. Where are the location based reminders? Why do I have to keep clicking different menus to add a specific event time? I need reminded. That's the whole point of buying this. It should be easy and obvious. If this had a trial, I probably wouldn't have bought it.  The integration of the apple default to do list was a big +1 for me, but I can't just use Siri as it says. You use Siri, she ads it to your default list app. Then later you have to hit a button in the tasks app that imports the task. Just auto import!!! Why is deleting a task not one of the quick swipe options? This is something you find in most other apps, such as email, so please understand there is a reason to follow convention. Overall, I bought this because I wanted to avoid a subscription to some of the alternative organizational apps. However, at the moment, I find myself disappointed and wishing I would have just ponied up a few extra dollars. Edit: the apple watch implementation is spot on and may really save this app for me. Again, I still want this to be more active notification wise, but I really like it on Apple watch now that I've set it as a complication.",In the name of simplicity I find the overall interface confusing.,3,TRUE,usability,interface,46,55,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0a3135af-dd8c-4e74-bf25-58f3f98b3fd1,3d60314e-fac2-4b4e-bcdf-7990ae932fb4,Not a fan of latest upgrade,"I use Evernote a lot to collect my recipes on. It works great for that, and also some lists I keep. I actually moved my many paper recipes to it, using the internet of scans. No problems with that at all. My issue is that it has slowed down with the last update. Made it a bit prettier but it seems to be sluggish now searching. I have no issues with speed on any other apps. Still love it but.....","It works great for that, and also some lists I keep.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9b8ef50f-bf0b-436e-b774-7d267af6b47a,3d60d974-c805-42c1-b506-11ff18f710f9,Powerful (minus) slow = unstoppable,"I cannot say enough great things about Evernote. It gives you everything you need from a notebook and spreadsheet. And I if you're still a pen and paper addict, don't worry, it collects that too. My clients don't want to see anything digital on the table when we meet. Instead I take notes by hand. However, to give those hand written notes, the advantages of digital, Lam I do is take a photo with Evernote. From there, even with my handwriting, everything has been searchable. Evernote gives the analog world the advantages of digital. The ONLY thing I can ask for is a faster loading page when I click on the app button. But let's be realistic, with all this power, there is bound to be some lag. Just wait for technology to catch up.Thanks EN team!",The ONLY thing I can ask for is a faster loading page when I click on the app button.,4,TRUE,efficiency,page,50,54,negative
productivity,things-3,16f7fbf8-2a6e-49a4-9fc5-af63fdb73644,3d88458c-e715-444a-a395-49c642c67773,Excellent though no web interface,"I really do love Things, but the lack of a web interface (I am not a Mac user) is killing me and forcing me to move to another app - probably Todoist.I have heard they have no plans to offer a web interface, but if they ever do I will probably be back.","I have heard they have no plans to offer a web interface, but if they ever do I will probably be back.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,interface,48,57,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6932c4f1-7e1a-456f-aca3-e63e1958c1ac,3e2c72bd-e965-4131-b2ac-8e4badf2a20f,Notifications not working,"I’m not sure if this is an iOS 11 issue or what, but notifications are no longer working properly. I’ve used (and loved) the gmail app for a long time, but recently it’s become a big enough pain I’m considering switching to a different app. I’m an “inbox zero” kind of guy. So when I go in and check all my emails and archive them and leave nothing in my inbox and close my app and it still shows a red badge on the gmail icon with 3 or so unread emails, it’s maddening. Sometimes I’ll pull my phone out 20 minutes later and it will still show unread emails, I’ll check, and it’ll still be zero. Ack!! Totally defeats the purpose of a badge icon with number indicators. It’s making me waste so much time, feel so inefficient, and making me question why I continue using what feels like a broken app. I close the app often, regularly keep the app and my iOS updated, and power off my phone frequently. And none of it seems to help.",Totally defeats the purpose of a badge icon with number indicators.,4,TRUE,general,badge icon,34,44,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,577816cd-c52d-4186-9ca0-965dec923471,3e709eed-6a71-4da5-aa61-c4991499bdf3,Works relatively well,"The mobile version works relatively well but there are some issues with this app if you are using an iPhone. Changing the color of words in a document don’t always show up on the phone but it will print in color. There are also some issues with copying some thing from one document to another. On my phone they get highlighted and they do print with that highlight. However whenever I use my iPad, none of these issues show up.",Changing the color of words in a document don’t always show up on the phone but it will print in color.,3,TRUE,usability,color,14,19,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,961cba1e-7ed8-4104-ac25-c98e972c8095,3e78b5f9-1f2e-48e3-91ff-56f7e70b336b,I love Gmail.,I joined Gmail since it's inception. There is good security protection of mails.  Plenty space to save mails.  Searching method is awesome.  All these years I have had no problems with Gmail.  There have been great improvement since.  They keep abreast with current Technology.  Lots of teaching tools are provided to suit members need.  I never have to pay a member ship fee nor for space.,Plenty space to save mails.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,space,8,13,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,563f07c5-c901-4483-bfaf-f38390ec71e9,3e83353c-9076-424e-a8b7-f4e79ff56629,New Algorithm Needs Fixing,"I have the app on iOS and it's very helpful and easy to use. I would definitely recommend it! However, there is a new method of detecting phone usage that doesn't work well. Everytime the lockscreen lights up, my tree dies and I lose credit for all the hours. Everytime I get a text or notification from any app, my tree dies. I also am not able to listen to music, or take photos from my lock screen, which I sometimes need to do when reading. Please fix this as the app is basically unusable at the moment!","Everytime I get a text or notification from any app, my tree dies.",3,TRUE,efficiency,text,19,23,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,2ddf47e4-b5ff-4798-9e8a-84319539ad7d,3f5efd84-2a4b-4145-8eb8-7bec5163b2a4,Lost its way,"Put simply, Evernote has lost its way.   I’ve been a paying subscriber for over 10 years and the CEO has been promising a new iPhone app for over a year and it has never materialized.  The changes done to the web-based app have removed value and only displays several note headers at once with no customization option.   The Windows desktop I fear will be next to go.  Offline sync is such a slow process that it’s nearly impossible to do so and ensure it completes.  It hasn’t always been this way.  Once upon a time there was actually a usable iOS app.  Then it was downgraded again and again into the version we have today where the user experience and workflow is so illogical that I actually had to Google whether it was possible to add new tags because the task of doing so defies logic.  User support is non-existent, asking users to press with both fingers for forced refresh and other tasks and then disappears when those fail to fix the issue.I don’t find OneNote to be a suitable replacement as its web clipper is substandard and it renders PDFs as images that are easily skewed if one isn’t careful.  I’ll find a replacement but it won’t be easy.",Offline sync is such a slow process that it’s nearly impossible to do so and ensure it completes.,1,TRUE,usability,sync,9,13,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,270682cf-497d-4faf-a125-c0f3c452dc2d,3f7cccc9-5b1c-496a-8164-904157c1df5d,LOVE This App!,"I love the ease of use and simplicity of this app. It has great features to help me find what I need, quickly and efficiently, just like if I were on my computer at home. Messages load quickly, saving documents and photos is easy and it just works, plain and simple.","Messages load quickly, saving documents and photos is easy and it just works, plain and simple.",5,TRUE,efficiency,photo,45,50,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,270682cf-497d-4faf-a125-c0f3c452dc2d,3f7cccc9-5b1c-496a-8164-904157c1df5d,LOVE This App!,"I love the ease of use and simplicity of this app. It has great features to help me find what I need, quickly and efficiently, just like if I were on my computer at home. Messages load quickly, saving documents and photos is easy and it just works, plain and simple.","Messages load quickly, saving documents and photos is easy and it just works, plain and simple.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,document,31,39,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c5eba971-11f3-446f-8d9a-acd0ac573813,3ff21cc9-09e3-478f-9181-5ae2cb8765fc,Latest update is no bueno,"I love Evernote but this latest version really made it less valuable, not more. The sketch feature which I use everyday took three steps backward with this update. Here are some specifics that has decreased my user experience. In the new version, the Apple Pencil tap switch between eraser and pen doesn’t work. The sketch is not smooth like it was before. The tool bar for sketch at the bottom makes no sense because it is covered by by wrist (move it back to the top please). Now every time I have a sketch, I have to reset the pen size whereas before, it would default to the last pen size. Please roll it back as soon as possible to restore what was working perfectly before. From the reviews from others so far, I think this version is a bust.",Here are some specifics that has decreased my user experience.,3,TRUE,usability,user experience,47,62,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1cc16872-5178-463b-bd3c-f05ad9aa1e58,40414b48-44d1-46f2-88eb-022fda316005,Are you kidding me??,"There are 2 huge things wrong with the gmail app that 80% of users hate and yet google continues to do updates on the app and completely ignore these 2 very crucial problems. 1- It doesn't allow you to turn off conversation view. It is awful. It's crazy to me that Google won't listen to thousands of complaints regarding this. In my job I will use the same subject line in many different conversations. So then it groups all of those emails together.  And many times important messages get lost in these lengthy ""conversations"".  Also to make it worse, I can’t label each of the emails separately.  It only allows you to label the entire “conversation” which doesn’t work for me since it groups together emails that have nothing to do with each other. 2- It won't allow you to add your signature right after your message.  It adds it at the very bottom of the string of conversations making it pointless to have a signature at all.  Someone would have to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the whole conversation to see your signature.  Who would do that??  How does google not see this as a problem?  And, do they mean to put the signature at the very bottom or is this a glitch?Google stop wasting time on STUPID updates like this last one or on producing cars, and actually fix your basic problems with gmail.",1- It doesn't allow you to turn off conversation view.,1,TRUE,usability,conversation view,37,54,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,f831ed07-a17a-41bb-a1fe-3fda62ef7ab3,40d9bb1c-b2be-4d39-9d55-42f38e4c9b75,There is an issue with text boxes...,This app is wonderful but I have one problem! On the PC version I don’t see the option for text boxes anywhere. It’s really frustrating and I hope it gets fixed :(,On the PC version I don’t see the option for text boxes anywhere.,4,TRUE,compatibility,text box,46,54,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,767a6da4-4f79-44eb-995e-9d0ebfc98a49,40df0b21-f712-4286-b273-602dce768b57,"Good app, but not perfect","This app is very helpful for on-the-go purposes, but I would prefer if it were more like the computer version.  For example, if you make a mistake (like the wrong font, etc.), on a whole section, it is very hard to correct, because you cannot select one sentence or one paragraph, you can only select either one word, or every single word you’ve written in that document.  Thus, if you do make a mistake, you have to either correct each word individually, or back-space and re-write everything in the section.  Obviously, this makes it hard to edit, so you have to be very aware of what you’re doing.","For example, if you make a mistake (like the wrong font, etc.",4,TRUE,general,font,52,56,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a30bc7c1-2cfb-4812-a1e4-d8258049159c,412e6b98-4b5b-4d82-81cf-a766ecb7aa74,Was a great app,"**Update - I totally signed out of the app on my iPad mini and signed back in again. After taking a while to reopen the app, things seem to be working correctly again. The keyboard stays up so I can edit or enter a note or search.I used to love Evernote and depend on it for keeping important information handy and secure. However, after the update this week, I can no longer type anything into Evernote. Every time I click into an area where I should be able to type, the keyboard comes up then disappears before I can type anything! This happens when creating a new note or trying to search. If I succeed in typing a few characters the edit button flashes and the characters I typed disappear. This is making the app rather useless. I am on using the basic app on an iPad mini with iOS 14.In addition to the typing issue, it seems to take noticeably longer to log in and I had to try multiple times to successfully save a web page to Evernote. Then it took a very long time to be able to bring the web clip up when I went back and looked at it.I’m very disappointed that you’ve broken such a nice app.","However, after the update this week, I can no longer type anything into Evernote.",4,TRUE,efficiency,update,20,26,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,bf0058b5-a82c-4543-bc0f-fb0131248d9c,41f88dfd-5bd0-40b7-ae2b-39f74cfbbc5c,Better Now With a Reinstall,"App was crashing within seconds since last update, resolved by uninstalling and reinstalling. Beyond that it functions as it should for the most part. There is an inconsistent issue where swiping functionality stops working in inboxes but I am uncertain if this will continue with the recent update or not so far,","App was crashing within seconds since last update, resolved by uninstalling and reinstalling.",4,TRUE,reliability,last update,39,50,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,6b1e6df0-07d4-41ec-808a-acb8cc0f00b0,4224d986-f4ed-46d9-94c1-0281c25f0c52,Your disorganized digital brain,"Evernote sells itself as a repository for all the information you’ve got rolling around in your head. In GTD fashion, offloading all that info into a trusted system freeing up headspace. The breakdown happens when you need to recall that info. The search function is atrocious. “Where was that quote about...” Good luck. If it finds it at all, random words — or just space between the lines — in the resulting note will be highlighted. If it’s a lengthy passage with the word mentioned more than once, forget it. I only use Evernote on my phone, and the UI update they pushed out about a year ago made the app more of a capture tool than a usable interface. The app is so minimalist you almost have to have access to a computer or larger screen to make any sense at all of what you have stored in it. I’ve invested a lot in migrating my stuff onto the platform, but I probably won’t renew my subscription.","I’ve invested a lot in migrating my stuff onto the platform, but I probably won’t renew my subscription.",2,TRUE,usability,subscription,92,104,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,d3669fa0-9d69-435e-855b-7f02bdd3573c,422851d5-83cd-4f39-87f7-5aea41b3e1d8,Warning to College Students,"Students, this app is not what you need. If you are trying to write a formatted paper, this app is not worth your money. It has no capability to control indents or any other technical format edits (other than spacing). It does not truly “move with you”, because without internet you cannot save or open most docs. Another annoying detail is that every time you tap the screen, it makes the keyboard disappear, even though you are only trying to select text. This may be just my case in particular, but the typing keeps quitting on me as well: it delays several seconds, making it twice as difficult to type a single sentence. The only thing that fixes this malfunction is to shut down the app and reopen it. If you are looking to use this app on a mobile device, it isn’t worth it. Use Word on a Windows device if you want Word to work properly. The online Office is frustrating as well. Until Word makes this app more useful for students, it isn’t worth your time or money.","If you are trying to write a formatted paper, this app is not worth your money.",3,TRUE,cost,money,74,79,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0cf17141-cd3f-4028-9fc5-3e797a017904,427873e6-fd5e-4120-9619-c7c6feb07700,It is good until they start asking for more money,"Evernote is good until they start asking for more money. All of the sudden, they will say your storage for a particular month (which is no different than any other month) is 75% full. Then they ask for more money to store your info. If you go through and clean up your files, permanently deleting files you no longer need, it won’t recognize that you decreased your files and increased your storage space and still asks for more money. Thus, asking for more money and giving NOTHING more. Then on top of this what should have taken 2 minutes will rob you of an hour or more of your life that you will never get back. I would have been better off using a mimeograph machine. I will be deleting this app ASAP.",Then they ask for more money to store your info.,1,TRUE,cost,money,24,29,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f6a8767c-55f7-4bc7-b89e-8c0d80f9f321,429761e1-e44c-491a-889e-4b4ca1535096,You finally managed to break it. Wow. Congrats!,"The list of broken features, both in iOS and Mac version, is a long one. You people think that by rounding the buttons and changing the way things look, you are allowed to break everything? 1) camera is faster in iOS than it used to be, but caveat!, it takes garbage pictures. 2) impossible to force a synch and much slower to do so by itself now 3) can’t edit certain shared folders now. And on and on. 4) not able to upload pictures from Apple photos into Evernote anymore. Either this is fixed very soon, or this is the last year I pay for a subscription. Next time you feel like changing the way things look, but you don’t have anything interesting to add or improve in terms of functionality, just don’t do anything.","1) camera is faster in iOS than it used to be, but caveat!, it takes garbage pictures.",1,TRUE,usability,picture,78,85,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,dbe7ee3e-28a3-4343-903c-5fc4d0c414b7,42e91a44-cfa9-42fb-b6fa-7ca2454ec634,Really upset and disappointed,"I had it weeks and couldn’t even use it because every time I got in the app to finish a paper on my phone I could never type, no keyboard would show up scvs all the typing features such as font, font size, bold, and italics were all faded. So I was never able to finish a paper off my phone which was the whole purpose of getting the app. Even when I went to the help section of the app and put it the problem “no keyboard” there were no results that could help me. Overall I was just upset and disappointed because I couldn’t figure out the issue and I’m not sure if it’s because I’m on my iPhone but this needs to be fixed",So I was never able to finish a paper off my phone which was the whole purpose of getting the app.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,paper,33,38,negative
productivity,things-3,95a09a72-6149-4697-92d2-3e7927c6cab4,4321bec7-6d9f-42df-9d65-aac00975fcb1,Beautifully designed but..,"This is by far the most beautifully designed app I’ve ever used to manage my to-do-lists without sacrificing functionality. The feature I find most helpful is the ‘Upcoming’ tab where you can set up the app to pull data from all your calendars and list them chronologically in a compact color-coded format. I would have given the app 5 stars if the Upcoming tab listed ALL the future month’s tasks. Unfortunately, as of now, the Upcoming tab only lists the first 14 tasks/items which makes this app unusable and pointless to look at usually after the first week of the future month in my case. There is not even a way to expand the list to see the rest of your tasks beyond item # 14 when you are in the Upcoming tab, which is probably a bug. I would have given this app 4 stars if it was closer to the usual $3-4 price range but for around $9 I expected much more.",I would have given the app 5 stars if the Upcoming tab listed ALL the future month’s tasks.,3,TRUE,usability,list,56,60,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,0575d02b-6f01-4e9a-bfa8-4303f7332347,437fb31d-c030-422e-af01-870ef2ddb459,never use it,"it uses up space on my phone bc my work requires my to have quick access to my email  at any given moment. I’m seriously considering quitting my job. I never actually have to check my email, but i just have to have it to continue working there.",it uses up space on my phone bc my work requires my to have quick access to my email  at any given moment.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,space,12,17,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6632b9b7-a286-4cbe-ae4e-98e382e51ec7,43a8b05e-9899-46e9-9809-db87d9c321c8,Give users the option to change layout,"I previously gave this app a five star review. Logistically, it does what it is supposed to do. However updated after update google doesn’t create way for the user to change the color, layout or background of the app. I want to personalize things the way I want. Like in the recent update they moved the icon to switch accounts to the right of the screen. I also hate the new bright white background. This has been a huge annoyance. Little things like icon position, color of app background, font style should be able to be changed by the user. It’s 2019... create ways for users to personalize the app!","Little things like icon position, color of app background, font style should be able to be changed by the user.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,background,48,58,negative
productivity,things-3,ee828838-2e1e-45a5-aa80-d9a9c76e7ca2,43dd7da4-ab0e-4714-82f1-27ee9cb3b33d,Do not buy! Misleading advertisement and overpriced,This app does not do what it advertise it for. You can only download google calendar events. You can not create any sub-tasks for the imported google calendar event. None of the google calendar events are editable or movable. You can only create one layer of sub-tasks for the tasks you created on their app. Not very usable for $10. And you have to pay $50 to sync it on Mac! Just a big scam all around. Not sure how it is Editor’s choice!  Do not buy!,You can only download google calendar events.,1,TRUE,efficiency,calendar event,30,44,negative
productivity,notability,f16d5642-ec6c-4430-a71d-3851611d901f,43e99df7-802d-4a7b-b7d1-4906eb11d2bf,One of the Better Note Apps,"Notability has been a definite upgrade to managing note taking regarding the amount of paper is saved. Since my use, I have contributed input and suggestions to making it the ultimate solution. From my experience, the convert to text is okay but if you do not write legibly it can make mistakes which takes away from your note taking. I wish the app would stick to a hierarchical filing system instead of useless (to me) divider system. And most of all, the recording feature is great but the playback and scrolling suuuuuucks. There should also be a skip forward button and the skip time settings should be customizable. Lastly, I wish the suggestion and input forum should have feed back from the developers from the most asked features. Recent updates with new features didn’t really answer to the user requests. Drawing shapes are cool but perhaps better bullet pointing features are more preferred.",Notability has been a definite upgrade to managing note taking regarding the amount of paper is saved.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,paper,88,93,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,61bdd6a0-68fa-40c6-b5a6-2d1ce9b9602a,43e99ed9-53b9-4dd7-a246-4870a8982ff1,Bring back native Dark Mode and fix time outs,"Longtime Pro user of Evernote and love it. It’s great for my dream journal and all the other notes I need to take as well. I just really wish you didn’t get rid of native dark mode in the app. I like using dark mode in Evernote regardless of what my iPhone is doing. It is just much easier on my eyes and I’ve been using it that way forever. I’ve seen similar requests in the reviews to bring it back, and it really doesn’t seem like a big deal to do. Please consider it, it was a great touch and details like that matter when you’ve been using them forever.Also the app times out MUCH quicker now. I have also seen many others annoyed about this in the reviews. I, too, will be doing research in another app or browser, and quickly move back and forth between that and Evernote to make notes. It used to be no problem, but after these last updates, it essentially times out immediately upon shifting from Evernote to a different app. Coming back to Evernote, it might not have even saved what I had just written and it’s back to the top. Please fix this!I’ll gladly change my rating to 5 stars once these bugs and features are fixed. Please listen to your customers or they’ll start moving to the competitors who do.","It used to be no problem, but after these last updates, it essentially times out immediately upon shifting from Evernote to a different app.",2,TRUE,usability,last update,43,54,negative
productivity,notability,ef718b7c-b1db-40fa-9789-e4936ae4cbc0,43eaf1f7-dade-423d-a5ff-82e932d4a687,Wonderful Organizing App,"After using this app for about two months, I just don’t know how I lived without it. I use it at work everyday and in my personal life. It makes note taking fun and more understandable with the ability to organize into subjects and notes and the ability to color, Oh the wonderful ability to Color!! I change pencil widths, colors, and use the highlighter often to make my notes memorable. I use an Apple IPad Pro 12.9 inch. it’s almost as big as a sheet of paper which makes it much easier for me to read, but even a Smaller iPad would work fine because you can zoom in while taking notes or while just reading your notes. A Truly remarkable app. It even has the ability to translate your chicken scratch to regular text. If you want to take notes on your iPad, get this app. You will Love it!",It even has the ability to translate your chicken scratch to regular text.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,text,70,74,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,574620bc-e31b-42ae-b6b5-29475e150f55,44430d71-f749-4c12-b519-644c70c7e07d,Dark mode,For a future update can you put a dark mode on the app instead of having it all white. Bc i have to check lots of emails from work at random times during the night and that bright all white screen is painful. Please and thank you in advance.,For a future update can you put a dark mode on the app instead of having it all white.,5,TRUE,usability,dark mode,35,44,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d9471c49-550e-4b46-b8fd-0d3bb2decae9,4444975a-04fb-4cd4-89d4-e34f960b8219,Many crashes - lost data,"I use Evernote for my main todo list among other things.As such, I need to cut paste and move bullet point line items around from As to Bs etc.With this latest revision I have had many crashes just trying to do simple cut paste moves. In some cases after the crash the clipboard was still in memory. In other cases it was lost. This is horrible. Just get to the basics","As such, I need to cut paste and move bullet point line items around from As to Bs etc.",4,TRUE,general,bullet point,39,51,positive
productivity,notability,dff121cf-c8ee-44df-9192-13e22b515e48,44800952-a8f8-4a37-a9aa-b4a979834711,"Used it for almost a year now, there seem to have a persisting issue with writing","I have been using notability for almost a year now. It has been great from the start. It came through with me for my intensive note takings. However for the past 4 months, there’s a persistent little bug that’s been very annoying and hard to pin down exactly what’s causing it. When I try to write sometimes, the ‘ink’ somehow would glitch across the screen and make lines by itself. And all I was doing was pressing my Apple Pencil to the screen (haven’t started writing yet). When that happens, I usually have to use my hand to zoom in or out to “refresh” or when that doesn’t work, I would quit the app and restart. Anyhow, that has been a persistent annoyance especially when I’m trying to catch up with the quick-writing professor who just writes without stopping.",It came through with me for my intensive note takings.,5,TRUE,general,note taking,42,53,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c401f784-eccb-4882-924f-b1cb2bd54f64,4485bc88-5da6-46a5-a068-29b30f60059f,Crucial to my lifestyle. One issue,"I love this app. The organization of notebooks is essential to my lifestyle. I use notebooks for school, work, and my writing hobby, as well as my songwriting. If evernote randomly vanished one day, I’d be in trouble. I absolutely love the app. I have it on my iPhone 6 and my Macbook. It works great on both, with one reoccurring bug. On the iPhone, the app crashes every time I lock my phone. Even if I lock it for 2 seconds just to test this theory, it will crash without fail. Fortunately, it ALWAYS saves the note before closing the app (props to you, devs). But because the app does use a hefty amount of battery while using it, I like to lock my phone between writing things down. But every time I do that, I have to launch the app again and load up the note. I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but to no avail. That’s my only complaint. I encourage everyone in my circle to use the app. I’ve never paid a cent to use it, and I’m nowhere near where I need to be to require premium. So I find it’s well worth the app space and little glitches.",So I find it’s well worth the app space and little glitches.,5,TRUE,efficiency,space,35,40,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,f033c2d3-a01c-48e2-a5ba-bd12eb318069,448bbf57-c611-433e-8cce-735885aeb6ae,Gmail app is unusable for replies,"It is absolutely impossible to disable “Conversation View” in Gmail for iOS devices. When replying to a thread of emails, very often messages go unread or missed because they are sandwiched *somewhere* in between, and NOT in chronological order. The massive amount of demand to provide the simple toggle option has fallen upon deaf ears at Google. The only possible solutions for any Gmail user are to use a third party application, or the built-in iOS Mail app. I’m using MS Outlook for now, much more friendly interface once you disable threaded view and focused inbox. Google: what is the damage in allowing users the option to disable Conversation View? Does it somehow hurt your bottom line?","I’m using MS Outlook for now, much more friendly interface once you disable threaded view and focused inbox.",1,TRUE,usability,interface,50,59,positive
productivity,notability,9c893eb1-125b-47c5-a62a-91be1e25db74,44a06de6-2d7f-4caa-a03e-cffcc9013dd2,"Useful, but hard to organize","I’ve been using notability for school for about a year now. It’s great paired with the apple pencil, and all the features on that end of the app are fantastic. My chief complaint, however, comes from the organization of the app. For instance, I can’t have two documents of the same name within the app, which is annoying because I have to go back a year to delete/rename some old note to use the title again. The divider system works well, but the sections get crowded really quickly. It would be nice to have a different view instead of just just lists of documents that I have to scroll through. Lastly- and this seems to be a product of the latest update, there are some issues with renaming documents, namely not being able to.","Lastly- and this seems to be a product of the latest update, there are some issues with renaming documents, namely not being able to.",3,TRUE,compatibility,document,98,106,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,648c1ec4-994d-47a9-80f1-c19645a159ec,44ec4f31-7453-4ad7-b416-d224707db165,Only Good Because Everyone Else Uses It,"This version stinks! It *could* be incredible, thanks to some of the super-useful benefits of the iPad Pro—high quality touch screen, fast user interface, Apple Pencil, etc.There are only a few real problems that I’ve experienced with Word. Unfortunately, those are deal-breakers!Nearly every time I try to do “Review” mode (adding/editing comments; tracked changes; etc.), the app simply crashes. I have to restart the app and go to the last auto save (which fortunately is usually less than one minute of work). This sounds like a minor “first-world problem”...however, if you think about the app crashing 9 out of every 10 times you try to edit or add a comment—you essentially can’t use Word at all for document markup. At. All.Considering that collaborating with others and marking up each others’ documents is most of what I need Word for, I am really in a bad place until Microsoft fixes these bugs.Because of this I would NOT use Word—ever—except that Microsoft benefits from “Network Effects”. That’s the idea that the value of a product corresponds with the number of users. The fact that everyone I work with uses .doc and .docx, and those formats don’t currently open properly on other word processors, leaves me hamstrung to work with this app and its crashing every 2-3 minutes when “Review” mode is on.",I have to restart the app and go to the last auto save (which fortunately is usually less than one minute of work).,3,TRUE,effectiveness,auto save,46,55,positive
productivity,things-3,692b4d5c-e533-4330-9fd3-b1807a161653,45701fd4-7572-4d5f-a386-035e2f24ec9f,Solid App. Needs Collaboration Tool,"Overall I like this app. The design works great and for personal task lists this is one of the best. The one area I feel like it needs is the ability to send tasks to others that have the app. For me to be able to supervise somebody effectively it would be great to send somebody a task list and know what others are working on, specifically within projects.",The design works great and for personal task lists this is one of the best.,4,TRUE,usability,design,5,11,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b344f000-57a0-4939-ad0e-05764e56d5f8,45862e75-e1a5-4315-9b04-51cabb8ddb63,How’s That Replacement For Inbox?,"When Google decided to decommissionInbox and go with Gmail I was perplexed. But we were promised the same functionality, so what the hell, I guess I’ll give it a try. Well, let me tell you, I’m beyond disappointed.For starters, Inbox would organize all emails into neat categories: Promotions, Purchases, important stuff, and what not. Everything other than important stuff didn’t trigger a notification which is fine by me because I get a ton of spam. It was easier to clean up too.Next, visually Inbox was far better organized. Emails had visual cues, reminders and things related to your calendar had a different layout, etc. Again, it made your inbox easier to organize.There was also the “Done” functionality. Essentially it meant that with one click you could make an email disappear from the main view but it wasn’t deleted. Just moved somewhere else.None of that exists for Gmail. Quite frankly, Gmail hasn’t changed since it was released (visual, layout, etc). I’m not one for fix what ain’t broken but for the love of god, could we step into the 21st century? I understand wanting to be simplistic but too much simplicity doesn’t give you much flexibility.Long story short, I’m moving to Outbox because at least their app gives me some room to organize in an easy, user friendly way which Gmail really doesn’t.Very disappointed, Google.","Emails had visual cues, reminders and things related to your calendar had a different layout, etc.",2,TRUE,usability,calendar,62,70,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b344f000-57a0-4939-ad0e-05764e56d5f8,45862e75-e1a5-4315-9b04-51cabb8ddb63,How’s That Replacement For Inbox?,"When Google decided to decommissionInbox and go with Gmail I was perplexed. But we were promised the same functionality, so what the hell, I guess I’ll give it a try. Well, let me tell you, I’m beyond disappointed.For starters, Inbox would organize all emails into neat categories: Promotions, Purchases, important stuff, and what not. Everything other than important stuff didn’t trigger a notification which is fine by me because I get a ton of spam. It was easier to clean up too.Next, visually Inbox was far better organized. Emails had visual cues, reminders and things related to your calendar had a different layout, etc. Again, it made your inbox easier to organize.There was also the “Done” functionality. Essentially it meant that with one click you could make an email disappear from the main view but it wasn’t deleted. Just moved somewhere else.None of that exists for Gmail. Quite frankly, Gmail hasn’t changed since it was released (visual, layout, etc). I’m not one for fix what ain’t broken but for the love of god, could we step into the 21st century? I understand wanting to be simplistic but too much simplicity doesn’t give you much flexibility.Long story short, I’m moving to Outbox because at least their app gives me some room to organize in an easy, user friendly way which Gmail really doesn’t.Very disappointed, Google.","Emails had visual cues, reminders and things related to your calendar had a different layout, etc.",2,TRUE,efficiency,layout,87,93,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b344f000-57a0-4939-ad0e-05764e56d5f8,45862e75-e1a5-4315-9b04-51cabb8ddb63,How’s That Replacement For Inbox?,"When Google decided to decommissionInbox and go with Gmail I was perplexed. But we were promised the same functionality, so what the hell, I guess I’ll give it a try. Well, let me tell you, I’m beyond disappointed.For starters, Inbox would organize all emails into neat categories: Promotions, Purchases, important stuff, and what not. Everything other than important stuff didn’t trigger a notification which is fine by me because I get a ton of spam. It was easier to clean up too.Next, visually Inbox was far better organized. Emails had visual cues, reminders and things related to your calendar had a different layout, etc. Again, it made your inbox easier to organize.There was also the “Done” functionality. Essentially it meant that with one click you could make an email disappear from the main view but it wasn’t deleted. Just moved somewhere else.None of that exists for Gmail. Quite frankly, Gmail hasn’t changed since it was released (visual, layout, etc). I’m not one for fix what ain’t broken but for the love of god, could we step into the 21st century? I understand wanting to be simplistic but too much simplicity doesn’t give you much flexibility.Long story short, I’m moving to Outbox because at least their app gives me some room to organize in an easy, user friendly way which Gmail really doesn’t.Very disappointed, Google.","Emails had visual cues, reminders and things related to your calendar had a different layout, etc.",2,TRUE,usability,reminder,25,33,positive
productivity,things-3,92110db8-1cdd-4a0f-aa36-97c98e05d340,45ad3e80-27e8-4a60-8cc4-1aa0617ba1bb,Pretty lame,"Missing two things to be great. For whatever insane reason you can’t mark a future task as complete. This basic functionality not being there completely escapes me. Why can’t you mark a future task as complete?  The other thing is being able to mark any task as in progress. Again a basic thing. I use Things to keep track of my bills. If I have a $200 electric bill and I pay $100, there’s no way to mark that task as in progress. No way. Add these two simple and basic things please.Update after update and they simply refuse to add the most basic functionality to the app. Also why no ability to change the icon?  I’m thinking for the price people pay for this app that function should be there. But it’s not. Yet people continue to use this app and ignore others out there. Haven’t a clue why.",This basic functionality not being there completely escapes me.,1,TRUE,usability,functionality,12,25,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,3ea1b12f-7a0a-42b0-80eb-d7fca7de6d3e,4676014e-ed83-4881-b5e7-5c3338747b4c,"Pitifully slow, conversation view  is stupid","Update: the new version doesn’t let you turn off any google account on your device. Delete. It's usually faster for me to get my laptop, sign in, open a browser, and check gmail that way than use this app. Loses connection to server often (the only app on my phone for which this is a problem). Reminds me of AOL. Also, what rat-b*stard-idiot decided that the moronic conversation view was the only option? How does the top web mail service have the most useless and counterproductive iPhone app available? Did AOL give you this app as a present so people would keep using their bonehead service????",Update: the new version doesn’t let you turn off any google account on your device.,2,TRUE,usability,new version,13,24,negative
productivity,things-3,ec156431-15ca-442c-b1b4-e7390e0d6788,46cb2efb-bac9-4db3-98f5-ce118840ca26,Really well done,"This app has a lot of great functionality for managing tasks and projects.  The interface is super clean and efficient.  The flow for bringing a task or project through inception to completion is very intuitive and works well. The only thing I would raise is the way the app assumes you are a go-getter who will knock out tasks in a proactive manner.  For slackers, procrastinators, and anxiety sufferers like myself it is not very good at nagging and popping up.  You have to actively pay attention to the stuff in the app.  I would like to see a slider that lets you set the level of app awareness of your ability to complete tasks.  So you can make it nag you more if you want it to. That way you can decide if the app is more proactive in bringing tasks in front of your eyes to make sure you don’t just set them and forget them.  But I would still recommend this app all the way.",The interface is super clean and efficient.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,interface,5,14,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,97218042-9ca4-4ef0-b39d-1daace572524,47087819-bb4f-442f-902a-7962f0c28859,Great for keeping things organized,"As an everyday user, I love that it can talk to whatever system you have. If you have an iPhone, but windows computer, it works for both. With the new Apple files app, it only works with apple stuff as Evernote works for everything. You can get as detailed and organized as the GTG guys or just use it for simple note taking. It’s really just the standard for note taking a kind of document storing system.",You can get as detailed and organized as the GTG guys or just use it for simple note taking.,5,TRUE,usability,note taking,81,92,positive
productivity,notability,e11806ce-be91-4c55-94e9-3c794cca367b,47297e76-e67d-4353-ad1b-07429ea037f8,Great but keeps freezing,"I have been using this app every day for the last 3 months. I am a student, so I need to take a copious amount of notes. I has been great, and I’ve been recommending it to other students. I love the colors, the different papers, the continuous scrolling, the erasing and cut features, the split screen views, and the ability to import/export PDFs very easily among other things. However, in the last week or so, it has been freezing on me. I updated the app, hoping it would fix the problem, but it has not. It seems to only happen when I have it in split screen view with two notes in notability and split screen view with another app. It also only happens on the note I am writing/working on. The other screen, be it another app or another note within notability, remains fully functional. In order to fix it, I need to close the app completely. I really love the app, but it’s very inconvenient when I am in class trying to take notes. Please fix this!","I updated the app, hoping it would fix the problem, but it has not.",4,TRUE,reliability,update,3,9,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a509b1d5-d76e-4ccf-a3cf-765ccd96cb2f,477f6bc9-b99c-49fa-9f3f-bb71743f1431,I absolutely love Evernote!,I’ve been using Evernote for almost 5 years now and I absolutely love it! It is the app I go to when I need to collect any random thoughts or ideas in my brain. People say the notetaking is a rather standard function—I’m not sure I necessarily agree. Evernote does this function better than any other note taking app I’ve ever used.,Evernote does this function better than any other note taking app I’ve ever used.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,note taking,51,62,positive
productivity,notability,b0e9cff5-63d3-4d9b-8882-271b906164cd,47cf98e6-ff3e-44a9-ad85-16b4dc01238e,Unreliable!!,"I can’t tell you how many times I’ve needed to whip out my iPad quickly to access a note or file. Even sometimes in front of other people. And this unreliable app won’t work! First off, I was finally inspired to write a review because it deleted all my dividers (again!) but this time it won’t restore them. When you go to the website it acknowledges this is a problem and just says “we are working on it” but they are lost. Lost. All the time I took organizing my hundreds of notes into dividers and one update wipes it all away??? Please avoid this app if you plan to use it for long term storage of notes and as a daily note taking app.Another issue is the syncing, which is clearly related, but has many other problems. The syncing is so clunky and when it’s updating you can’t access the files. So let’s say I’m in an important meeting, I’m speaking to a room of people and quickly need to check a note... ah WiFi is off so I flick it on quickly because I also need internet, then I pop open notability and I CANT DO ANYTHING. I’m sick of it. Leaving this app. What a waste of money.",All the time I took organizing my hundreds of notes into dividers and one update wipes it all away???,1,TRUE,usability,update,75,81,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e432cc06-40f0-457d-9151-e0e9f1b717d1,482ac753-182e-41c8-b74d-3fcd83eced96,What happened to Evernote?,"I’ve used Evernote for years and have found it an indispensable part of my work life. The ability to organize documents quickly was ahead of its time when the cloud was just a twinkle in Apple’s eye. I had “Pocket” for my junk drawer, but Evernote was the reliable filing cabinet I could always come back to. Recently, the ability to utilize these filing features have undergone a dramatic change. More steps are needed to name a document, and the easy tagging features seem to have disappeared. Don’t get me started on finding old documents, a feature that was said to have improved. I’ve taken to using the iCloud more often with these changes. Maybe it’s for the best. Shame that Evernote has now become the junk drawer for those documents I don’t really care as much about. Hopefully fixes are coming, but at this point, I wouldn’t recommend this app.",The ability to organize documents quickly was ahead of its time when the cloud was just a twinkle in Apple’s eye.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,document,25,33,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ad119587-45dc-4bc9-bc7b-cd7c701da204,4861d8d4-77ab-473d-ab25-dafee6b104a0,Won’t let me edit documents after subscription,"In order to use this app at all, you have to subscribe. I set up a subscription that would charge me monthly, but whenever I would try to use the app, it would say that I had no subscription with that email. It then gave me an option to sign up for a subscription through the App Store, and when I did, it says I already have one with that email. My subscription is also shown to be present on the App Store. So if I’m subscribed and going to be paying money to use this app, why does the app say I’m not? It made the app completely useless. It keeps claiming I have no subscription when I do, and won’t let me type anything.","So if I’m subscribed and going to be paying money to use this app, why does the app say I’m not?",1,TRUE,cost,money,45,50,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,a2f8ff55-68ab-4955-86d9-813e300010cf,4886f288-f180-448d-8a0e-e8109bef12b9,Lacking a little bit more capability,"I really want there to be a way to set a default font type and size, Times New Roman font is so popular, yet it’s all the way down the list. I know it’s alphabetically sorted, but have a separate section at the top with popular fonts at least. I would also like to be able to edit and create font styles. Having a short cut to different styles, sizes, fonts, colors, etc. would be super helpful. Hope these changes can be made sooner rather than later.",I would also like to be able to edit and create font styles.,4,TRUE,usability,font,49,53,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,2b3d7889-0c75-429a-a042-cb2a91b41fbd,48a204f1-0571-4911-a4a9-551ed5e66ff0,NOT Free,"The app looked really promising but won’t let you use it without a subscription. The iPhone is already really difficult to store files on, and Dropbox is all I can use to move files on and off this thing. I understand that software developers need to make money like the rest of the world but don’t advertise that the app is free if there’s catches. The description is misleading. It just says “unlock the full experience” with a subscription. And I’m sitting here thinking...”naw, I don’t need the FULL experience. Just wanna type a bit to pass the time!” But to save ANY work to Dropbox I have to pay for it despite that it’s free on any PC version of the software. What am I supposed to do with it otherwise? Type up phone-only notes? Mate, if I wanted to type up notes to keep on the phone I’d just use notepad. It is the current year; we sync our docs when we’re done editing them on the go!",The app looked really promising but won’t let you use it without a subscription.,1,TRUE,general,subscription,68,80,negative
productivity,notability,e90fe3a2-847f-4203-b792-7ddab8c5dee2,4973b579-c65b-4d8f-8a39-54f7a2197565,Almost Great,"I have used Notability for over 3 years and have come to depend upon it for client meeting notes and recordings of classes I am taking. It almost scares me how dependent I am on Notability.  Here’s why.Every now and the, a glitch happens.  A common one is when I switch from one meeting to another, I close one note and open a new one.  Sometimes the recording function sends a message that the recording is being recovered.  Then, the recording attaches to the new note, so I am beginning a session with an unrelated recording.  Puzzling.A more concerning thing happened yesterday.  A notice on my iMac (2020 vintage) said I needed to update Notability, but when I selected the update option, I received a message that Notability was no longer on the App Store.  Still, the update option message persists.  Is this true?  The OSX version is no longer being updated?  If not, please fix the glitch on the App Store.Recent changes to the recording interface are obscure and perplexing... where are the user instructions?  I bet they exist somewhere, but why-o-why are they not on the web site?  No “get in touch with developers” option exists on the developer site, either.So... this is great software in so many ways, but the user connection and information about software changes is lackluster and indicative of a too-small organization to give users like me confidence you are going to be around for the long haul.","Still, the update option message persists.",4,TRUE,efficiency,update,12,18,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,22f5f93f-6e40-43a6-ad52-eb34ebb5cc0c,497eb700-26c4-43c1-bae6-f537ba38872c,Hope you like badge app icons.,"Update: June 2020Badge app icon is always on whether you have mail or not. Plus, it’s always stuck on showing one new message, regardless of how many are actually in your inbox. Reached out to support and got no answer. Thankfully this isn't my primary email. Google is terrible and I would give zero stars if possible. Original review: This wasn't my favorite app on my phone but I used it a number of times daily. This recent update seems to have disabled badge app notifications. I have it turned on in my iOS Settings but they just don't work in the app itself. Very poor update, difficult to read the text and fonts, and generally just a step or five backwards for Google.","Very poor update, difficult to read the text and fonts, and generally just a step or five backwards for Google.",1,TRUE,compatibility,text,41,45,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,35924d9d-5e7a-4679-876d-59c5cdfe71a3,499abdcf-e747-437e-a9e2-1bfd397536ce,Stable old friend,"I have been an Evernote user since2011 and have seen many iterations of the program over the years. I have also searched for the “perfect” note taking app and have tried several other programs during this time. However, I keep coming back to Evernote as my home base because it does it all. The note taking is great, the saving internet information with Web Clipper is great, and the use of tags is great. Yes, there many other programs that can do similar things, but Evernote continues to be my home base because I can use it for both work and personal applications. Good job Evernote! Keep being the best note taking program out there!Ps: It would be great if you could add a to do task like Wunderlist use to be!","The note taking is great, the saving internet information with Web Clipper is great, and the use of tags is great.",5,TRUE,usability,tag,101,104,positive
productivity,notability,9cbd305d-ea50-4cc9-8a48-d73ec9bfde62,49a2d6dc-1af9-4212-bc07-8e60e9a26c90,Best Notes App I have EVER used.,"This app has transformed the way I study for college exams and take notes. Absolutely worth every penny, and I plan to use it for the rest of my life. So awesome to be able to draw pictures and then write text underneath in a never ending doc. Also inserting photos into the document and uploading to google drive within the app, is just so streamlined and I love it. I don’t always write reviews for apps but this one is an absolute must have. Beside college work I do 2D animation, this app is so incredibly good for developing scripts and comic strips as you can upload photos of any drawing you make on paper or make the drawings in app or make your sketches on another app and upload them to here. This enables me to keep all my ideas in one place and also creating concept maps is easier than ever. Thank you very much to the developer team, and I look forward to the updates and improvements you guys will make in the future.",So awesome to be able to draw pictures and then write text underneath in a never ending doc.,5,TRUE,usability,text,55,59,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,cc186deb-cbfa-4fbc-b689-edc6e1068c9b,49d75e55-0f3e-471b-9e62-7dad2d24048e,"If you want to be an author, choose word!","It is SUPER helpful, and has different activities like different fonts, sizes, you can highlight and underline text. It has all the tools a great author would want! So I very much recommend this app, which little or old you are. It is just so amazing! P.S. You don’t need WiFi, so if you are going on a trip and still want to write, but there is no WiFi, you can still do it! 😍 I love this app!","It is SUPER helpful, and has different activities like different fonts, sizes, you can highlight and underline text.",5,TRUE,usability,text,112,116,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,51b597d7-505a-454c-a78a-c11d62fc9fde,4a65f403-67fb-4f5c-ba9c-5d31c6bae530,"Great, But Two Things!","I LOVE Gmail on my phone! I can access my email faster and easier. The only problem I have is wallpaper. I wish there was a chance to choose wallpaper from your photos. There should also be a way to change your profile picture too on your phone. Besides those two things, this app is perfect!",There should also be a way to change your profile picture too on your phone.,5,TRUE,usability,picture,51,58,positive
productivity,notability,eefc963d-dfa6-4541-a093-34f70109d59c,4ad851c8-caca-46a0-b9a3-5df8a7e496e0,"Fair App, could be a lot better and here’s why","First of all I’ll separate this into likes and dislikes and suggestions.Likes:-Great style of writing, very smooth and consistent. -Page width and size is constant vs say onenote where you can zoom 50x to 200x on the page-excellent for importing and exporting files and notes Dislikes:-For some unknown reason, the developers have decided that nobody wants to name their notes with the same title. This feature was just enough to annoy me to make the switch to another app. To clarify, you cannot name dividers, subjects under said dividers OR notes with the same name regardless of if they are in different subjects/dividers. - As an engineering student, shapes and diagrams are very important for my notes, being unable to snap draw shapes is more of an inconvenience than anything else. This could be clarified as a suggestion for those who think so.I have also voted on their website to change the one part of this app I extremely dislike. That being said, I’m aware it takes a little while to update a feature like this, and if it is ever fixed I will use this app again. I am also aware that I paid money for this app and the company has the option to disregard any of my concerns given that they got what they wanted. I hope this review was helpful for people considering this app for note taking. It is excellent, worth $10? I don’t think so",I hope this review was helpful for people considering this app for note taking.,3,TRUE,general,note taking,68,79,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,623fe54c-75c4-4d3b-82fd-72c7325b6da5,4b8e7bb9-abe0-4855-9feb-091b6db5b204,"Not Fully Functional, Even with Office 365 Supscription","This is a very basic app for limited use of creating Word documents. No grammar check. No easy way to format page or paragraph. Saving these documents has by far been my biggest problem. No matter what I use: iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive or the actual iPad, it takes too long for the document to save correctly. You can tell when there is no actual time stamp on the document. I notice this once I am ready to upload the document as an attachment to email, within an online class forum, to a job application or any other institution that may require me to upload or attach the document. Always says there’s not data in the file and therefore cannot be attached. Hours later, it magically saves and becomes a real document with data. This is with a strong internet connection be it using cellular data from the device or wi-fi, it doesn’t matter, it is always a pain. I thought I would be able to do more but this app is so basic, I may as well just use Google docs.",Saving these documents has by far been my biggest problem.,1,TRUE,usability,document,14,22,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,1f80bc68-bfd8-4911-9821-831cd95b89b0,4b8eb4c7-8867-41d7-b677-b1e7a794159f,IT ERASED EVERYTHING,"Not only is this Microsoft limited to some feature you’re capable of doing in the desktop. It does not save anything if you take a short break and set down your iPad for just one minute. This is the last app I used before my iPad locked. After I unlocked it the first thing to appear was Word but it refreshed everything and whatever I had written down disappeared! I’m frustrated, mad, and exhausted. It’s 2am in the morning rewriting this research paper I have to turn it for class... thanks.",It’s 2am in the morning rewriting this research paper I have to turn it for class... thanks.,3,TRUE,general,paper,49,54,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c389e20f-75c4-4309-a13d-6d8693edc80c,4ba0869d-98da-4413-aa90-fe2ea4c44708,Evernote is my most important productivity tool,"I really don’t know how anybody gets by without an electronic notebook that can be accessed from multiple devices like Evernote. With the free text search, and smart use of tags, I can instantly pull up information when and where I need it. I use the paid version so I can access my data on multiple devices and offline. Totally worth it!","With the free text search, and smart use of tags, I can instantly pull up information when and where I need it.",4,TRUE,efficiency,text,15,19,positive
productivity,notability,2f30ed19-bf32-4c48-9c0a-9f504afe0d8e,4ba16c26-c2a3-464d-863a-efad40262398,The Best App You Will Ever Purchase!,"I know for starters this app may seem like a lot, especially with the cost for both the iPhone/iPad and the cost of the Mac apps, BUT ITS WORTH IT! Being a college student I use this app every single day in all my classes. The app is so easy to use, and so intuitive. The iPad app is amazing for use with Apple Pencil or other styluses, and the fun pen colors and paper choices make notes less boring. This app also works with TONS of file types which you can import and annotate. I have nor used the voice feature yet, but I am thrilled to as I am sure it is as good as everything else this app offers. Finally my favorite feature is that notability automatically saves all my files and updates them constant across all my devices, so I never have to wait for my files to load. The useful feature of backing up the notes to google drive or Dropbox is amazingly helpful and lets me have my notes accessible even when I am not on my own laptop with the app. Overall MUST BUY for college students especially, or anyone who is a frequent note taker or writer. Absolutely, 100%, hands down, the most amazing app on the App Store!!","The iPad app is amazing for use with Apple Pencil or other styluses, and the fun pen colors and paper choices make notes less boring.",5,TRUE,usability,paper,97,102,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,de5bafdc-21b8-40a9-8f36-ec7f1fdab01e,4bbcec3f-6e83-4d49-aa7b-265cae535422,Pretty Good for A Lazy Dude,"As a healthcare administrator, I enjoy brainstorming and documenting ideas. Sometimes an inspiration will come in without an expectation, and I need to write it down immediately. This app serves my need.  What I enjoy most about evernote is that all the notes are synced almost immediately. I can work a document I was writing on my phone with my laptop and vice versa. What I don’t like is the security. It’s not a secret that Evernote’s database had been breached, and user information was leaked by the perpetrators. This is always in my mind when I write about sensitive subject on Evernote. For a person who just want to write fun ideas, this is a convenient tool to make that journey easier.","As a healthcare administrator, I enjoy brainstorming and documenting ideas.",4,TRUE,general,document,58,66,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5222125b-a193-4cfb-b5a5-1e10848aeb77,4bc6a336-ea57-49b9-9e29-c08151ae4f75,"Readability, anyone?  So close.","UPDATE to UPDATE:  Disappointment continues as this app still does not match the text I’ve selected on my phone, contrary to what’s stated.  Better than before, but not anywhere close to the text size of Apple Mail or other apps, for that matter.  Simply put, Gmail app does not match the text size of your iPhone or iPad.  It’s improved some, but not the same.UPDATE:  Sooo disappointed to find that the update does not actually use the same text size as selected on the phone, as the developers now claim.  Granted, it’s and improvement, but doesn’t match other apps that use Dynamic Text sizing.  Sad.Still useless to me since the font size is sooo small.  Suggestion:  Let iOS handle your text, so default font sizes will carry over.As usual, I find Google to be strong on engines, but weak on experience.  So much potential here, guys.  Google, please work on your UX.  No doubt, this would be my main app if the font size match what I chose in iOS Settings.  Pleaaassseee!","Suggestion:  Let iOS handle your text, so default font sizes will carry over.",2,TRUE,compatibility,text,34,38,positive
productivity,notability,e0b84f3f-99bf-4f9b-811b-7d6191bb6f97,4c05e9d8-39ae-4007-91f1-b0910106bac3,Keeps losing connection with the Apple Pencil.,"Any body who uses this app will tell you it’s great and I agree. There are plenty of things to love about this app but some of the issues make it really frustrating. One of them is that the Apple Pencil will not respond. It happens almost 30% of the time that as I put down the pencil to write, it miss the first couple of strokes. You can imagine how annoying that becomes. Another issue is the frequent unpredictable crashes. The app will crash pretty unexpectedly. Most of the times it’s when I use the text box. It has happened so many times that I’ve stopped using the text box.And another major issue is contacting their customer support. Every time I send a feedback they’ll send me one of those ‘we’re getting high volume’ emails. They say they’ll get back to me but they never do.I have only used this app for 2 months now. I’ll stick with it for this semester but I think I’ll move on to Good Notes or other alternative.",Most of the times it’s when I use the text box.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,text,39,43,positive
productivity,notability,e0b84f3f-99bf-4f9b-811b-7d6191bb6f97,4c05e9d8-39ae-4007-91f1-b0910106bac3,Keeps losing connection with the Apple Pencil.,"Any body who uses this app will tell you it’s great and I agree. There are plenty of things to love about this app but some of the issues make it really frustrating. One of them is that the Apple Pencil will not respond. It happens almost 30% of the time that as I put down the pencil to write, it miss the first couple of strokes. You can imagine how annoying that becomes. Another issue is the frequent unpredictable crashes. The app will crash pretty unexpectedly. Most of the times it’s when I use the text box. It has happened so many times that I’ve stopped using the text box.And another major issue is contacting their customer support. Every time I send a feedback they’ll send me one of those ‘we’re getting high volume’ emails. They say they’ll get back to me but they never do.I have only used this app for 2 months now. I’ll stick with it for this semester but I think I’ll move on to Good Notes or other alternative.",Most of the times it’s when I use the text box.,1,TRUE,general,text box,39,47,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,832918e7-9b0c-4e7a-a5ff-84257910ff73,4c2da2cf-0b1c-4609-b9c7-8760df202a5d,Gmail app doesn’t deserve high ratings.,"Yes this app is a decent e-mail app. Is it even 50% as good as the desktop version? Not even close. Using the Gmail app is like an iPhone user using a Samsung for a day. Nothing is obvious and nothing is where it should be in my opinion. There are some functions you cannot undo on the app like unblock an email address that was so easily clicked and blocked. The spellcheck function does not work unless you click the word that you were questioning.The way threads are grouped is very awkward especially when you forward messages.When sending attachments you can only go into your main photo album and not into specific folders to pull photos.These are just a few issues encountered on a daily basis. I would love for this app to function and even look more like the web version if possible. I am being picky because I am on my email with two different emails all day, but for general light use the app is totally fine.",When sending attachments you can only go into your main photo album and not into specific folders to pull photos.,3,TRUE,usability,photo,57,62,positive
productivity,things-3,f13be753-3394-4149-a54e-10c001b65340,4caa9ebc-8664-4424-9e3e-bd7164e178c5,Getting better and better,"Things 3 is my go to app for keeping track of things. It’s simplistic, yet powerful, design is easy to use, easy on the eyes, and offers enough options to handle my needs. Five stars if the following two things can be added in the future. 1.) Ability to bulk tag on iOS. Don’t know why this isn’t an option but tagging items one by one is tedious and slow. We can select multiple items and move them to different areas, why can’t we add tags to these items? 2.) I know it’s a stretch, but location reminders would be the icing on the cake. I’d love to be able to tag things with a location and have them pop up when I’m there - I suppose things isn’t really designed this way though. Bonus points if you can add collaboration in someway to things 3. I’d love to share projects around the house with my wife.As it stands Things is a strong 4 Star app with 5 star potential. Keep the updates coming!","We can select multiple items and move them to different areas, why can’t we add tags to these items?",4,TRUE,efficiency,tag,81,84,negative
productivity,things-3,9deedaf2-cf7d-435f-976d-78dab6f10d1d,4cbca73d-e513-408a-b0b8-f4d807419f33,Life changing,By far my favorite app for productivity. The only thing I wish it has was shared lists backed up by the cloud. It would be nice for a team project to work through things together on separate devices and have certain items update automatically. Super satisfied though!,It would be nice for a team project to work through things together on separate devices and have certain items update automatically.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,update,112,118,positive
productivity,notability,f86fae54-4c53-4dd8-b332-b3362a3cadbe,4cc6fe5a-ed78-4cd8-aa6c-6039b9c770d2,"Great app, so close to Awesome","I really like how easy it is to use, find notes, and search within notes (handwriting recognition is amazing!) The layout is really intuitive and there are plenty of qualities that make it really friendly for school and work notes (recoding function of course, but also the shape detection, being able to import and export files between app is such an amazing function, and enough color customizing/options but not too much to be overwhelming). What it lacks is a better organization system. Right now, it’s like binder dividers, and while that is superficially nice, I’d like to be able to nest my documents, or at least be able to quickly visually recognize them with an icon or “cover page.” Additionally I really want to be able to change the page layouts for individual pages within a file. It is so frustrating to have to have to keep switching back and forth between layouts because my needs change within the file. There are other competitor apps of course, that have either own features and deficiencies, so for now we’ll see how long I stay with this as my main note taking app.",It is so frustrating to have to have to keep switching back and forth between layouts because my needs change within the file.,4,TRUE,usability,layout,79,85,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8b66ae76-6612-47aa-9669-7ec9f0e8d2f0,4ccfba57-022a-4336-a384-7553336cdbcd,Great App for Coaching,I have used Evernote for coaching youth lacrosse for years. I makeup my practice plan and workchat it to the coaches so we are all on the same page as soon as practice begins. I add photos of drills and plays so they know exactly what the objectives for the practice is. Great tool!,I makeup my practice plan and workchat it to the coaches so we are all on the same page as soon as practice begins.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,page,84,88,positive
productivity,notability,73270ffd-2c94-486f-9e98-711f61494614,4e05bc19-4b4e-4fc2-8136-1bb41ac1bd63,Greatest note taking app,"The app is phenomenal when it comes to note taking. It lets you keep your notes organized and categorized based on what you’re doing. The app is also great when it comes to ignoring palm detection, to the point i no longer use paper and pencil unless it deals with drawing, all my notes are now done on my iPad. The cool thing about the app too, is that even using the iPad mini, if you turn it horizontally the app feels almost similar to a notebook (if you edit your paper right). The only complain I have is the lack of integration with other devices that aren’t in the apple eco system. Sure you can sync your notes to your google drive, but it’s complicated and a big headache to deal with. It would be nice if they offered an online version to check and sync all your notes, so you can pull them up when your iPad isn’t around. Other then that, the app is amazing! Compared to any other note apps I’ve used, I can live with that small inconvenience for now.","Sure you can sync your notes to your google drive, but it’s complicated and a big headache to deal with.",4,TRUE,compatibility,google drive,38,50,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,25dcba9d-88a4-44a6-a06b-89f23a76492a,4e52a080-df54-41b6-8cb1-c2a4b29c8b17,Actually helps!,It actually helps me stay off my phone to do homework??? Bc i want to earn coins and make forests i stay off my phone even though there no real life consequences i convince myself there are to finish stuff. Wish there were more kinds of trees and flowers. I also like how u can still read a quick text to make sure its not an emergency then go back to the app and u dont lose anything.,I also like how u can still read a quick text to make sure its not an emergency then go back to the app and u dont lose anything.,5,TRUE,usability,text,42,46,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,2347b9c2-de6e-461f-9e04-24130d8a346b,4eabe376-4b40-4997-be14-2d06591663ac,Goodbye Microsoft Word,"I’ve used this app since 2015, and after numerous horrible updates, it’s completely nonfunctional now. You might as well just make this app $50 from the get go, as you cannot edit your existing documents, save, or even type without a crappy Office subscription. Even worse, I can’t make edits to documents that were actually editable long before these horrible updates.This “feature” of requiring a subscription has been introduced before, and was met with strong negativity so it was soon rolled back. Unfortunately, that was not the case here, and it seems people just accept mediocrity and forced payment now. Even if I can’t even type, it sure is a good thing I can copy my documents, and paste them onto a better app. But who knows—maybe there’ll be a $10 fee for the in the next update. Goodbye Microsoft Word!","This “feature” of requiring a subscription has been introduced before, and was met with strong negativity so it was soon rolled back.",1,TRUE,compatibility,subscription,31,43,negative
productivity,things-3,25744d22-f0a1-4d00-a148-c1ff2b103215,4eada957-5aea-4568-a8a7-ba2766f60b40,Almost perfect,"There are two relatively basic features missing that would make this app exponentially more useful and versatile. I wish there was SOME type of text formatting options. Markdown support for notes would be ideal! The other feature id love to see is the ability to put notes under headings. Heading grouping is nice, but all you get is the grouping. Most of my headings have a task that just holds notes. It’s nice that it’s flexible enough to accommodate that, but that isn’t the best experience, especially considering the $$ of Things, which is mostly worth it.",I wish there was SOME type of text formatting options.,4,TRUE,efficiency,text,31,35,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,8bf5c0c8-e53a-46b1-9cba-9e779b637753,4f581fba-2e2a-4450-ac50-03bdd700c8c9,Update the file list already,"This is a great app, but there are definite areas to improve. The main one being the file list. Why is there so much blank screen not being utilized? Many times, you have to guess what file you are opening when you are looking at a file list that is only taking up half the available space (Especially if you have a number of files beginning with the same name). It can’t require too much of a programming feat to fill the whole area so you can see more of the file name. Please fix.  You keep updating, but I never see anything different. The iPad version is definitely better than the phone version. There is not enough space to mention those issues.",The main one being the file list.,3,TRUE,general,list,29,33,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d2a17e64-e854-44d8-bd8c-45f0fb92c8a8,4f59b133-4136-46a2-9e5b-8aa3727b1e35,Latest update renders product close to useless,"Updated 10/03. Got the latest update today. Still loads slooow. I think it created more multiple copies of notes but it’s hard to tell. Need to spend some time on the Windows Desktop version, the one that hasn’t been “upgraded” yet, to see if I can fix this mess. I’ve been an Evernote user since 2014. This last update to the iPad version is awful. I wish I never downloaded it. Everything about it is sloooooow. You need to tap a note at least three times before it even attempts to load it, and the notebook is local even. When it does decide to load, twiddle you’re thumbs for a bit because.....slooooooowWhen you use the nearly useless web thing, won’t call it clipper that works well, it tells you next time you sync. Guess what it never seems to do with those pages?  Oh, and if it does......sloooooooow Try sending it pictures.  They note shows up from the email but the pictures. Its nearly to the point where I may have to use either Apple Notes or, god forbid, One Note. Can you re-release the old version as an upgrade to whatever you want to call this?",This last update to the iPad version is awful.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,last update,6,17,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,03016314-842b-4d67-8e67-0a936a4fd006,4f5b7d8f-b9c4-4732-9f2d-8402981e6501,Video and Picture-Sending Issue,"Every time i want to email videos and pictures, it only lets me email 4 photos at a time, and short videos. Im just hoping that in the next update, we can send as much pictures and videos as we want.","Every time i want to email videos and pictures, it only lets me email 4 photos at a time, and short videos.",5,TRUE,usability,photo,73,78,negative
productivity,notability,fd37e126-8668-44ad-8375-b26b7539a4c2,4feba21f-a00f-48fc-85ff-79253d68eb42,Fantastic App for College/University,"Along with the apple pen, I have been using this app for about 8 months and have absolutely loved it. It has made my final year of my undergraduate studies so much easier. I do not use a notebook anymore and have saved so much paper. The easily accessible colors and easy to use eraser has allowed me to organize my notes beautifully. This app has many features, such as straightening lines, and cutting and moving objects and words with ease. The resizing feature is perfect too!  I absolutely love the fact that you can download files and write on them. I have downloaded many PowerPoints and notes from my professors and taken my own notes that were clear and organized. I usually have messy notes due to my handwriting but this app makes it extremely easy to make everything legible and memorable. I strongly suggest this for anyone in college/university right now. It will be your best friend.",I do not use a notebook anymore and have saved so much paper.,5,TRUE,usability,notebook,16,24,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,4c0c3ba7-3142-4444-8124-5101d7c6ffd3,5009ff25-0b93-4de6-9055-b44914589199,Unusable without a paid 360 account,"Who needs it with  libre office, and open office? Why pay for something when there are better things for free, Especially not eternal subscriptions that never end, leaving you having paid 50 times the price of what the software would have cost as a one time purchase.On iOS and OS X, we have pages and on Microsoft we also have word pad as well as for both systems we can use open office libre office and about 10 other open source alternatives all of which are at least as good as Microsoft Word PowerPoint and Excel if not better. In iOS, we have pages, numbers, keynote, and so on. With Google, we have the Google slides Google Docs spreadsheet and other office applications, All for free where is immense storage space and no cost at all.The age of the corporate products cloud computing based subscription service is coming to an end, because people are getting fed up with it and I have finally realized it is a scam, And that there are many cheaper, and even free and better, alternative approaches","In iOS, we have pages, numbers, keynote, and so on.",1,TRUE,general,page,17,21,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,dccb00f2-af45-4011-a404-b3706188890b,50efe6fb-614a-4691-80fe-7bdba2ce43d7,Search is inferior,"I’ve been using the app for years but I don’t understand why the search function is so poor on the app as opposed to the web version. If I search for an email on my laptop I have no trouble finding it, no matter where it is. On my iPad I get very limited results and most of the time I can’t find what I’m looking for. Very frustrating.",I’ve been using the app for years but I don’t understand why the search function is so poor on the app as opposed to the web version.,4,TRUE,efficiency,search function,66,81,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,63a1d599-0944-47fc-abee-9de37a0639be,50f226e5-bdd3-4cc6-b68f-87c1ce17c515,I deeply hate this app,"Someone recommended Evernote to me at one point. I need to track them down and ask for an apology. A notes app should be quick and easy to use. When I open Evernote, however, it previews a note and then syncs for 10 seconds whenever I try to open the note.These recent updates are even worse, however. The app tries to get me to upgrade, which is fine, but it’s way of doing so renders the app pointless. Unless I update, the splash notification always pops up, no matter how many times I say no. Worse than that, the app won’t stop trying to show me its new features, no matter how many times I close and open the app. I haven’t been able to get into my notes more than once in the past six months, because the app gets stuck on the “new features” slideshow and doesn’t let me into my notes. I subscribe to several pro and premium editions of iOS apps. But why in the world would I subscribe to the pro edition of an app that behaves like malware?","When I open Evernote, however, it previews a note and then syncs for 10 seconds whenever I try to open the note.",1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,60,64,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,9d1f0822-af81-4099-8af2-0b693aa2b602,50fbf62a-9bfc-45f6-9503-b3252d47f888,Auto Recovery Is A Joke,"I hop around from document to document often, and sometimes this means forgetting to save a draft before I close the app. Sometimes Word will reopen the draft I was just working on, sometimes it will take me to a draft I was working on two weeks ago. I’ve lost a lot of work this way and I’m very tired of it. I’m considering switching over to the notepad completely if Word doesn’t get its act together. I pay too much money for a 365 subscription for this to be happening.",I pay too much money for a 365 subscription for this to be happening.,5,TRUE,cost,money,16,21,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a237aef5-03cc-4312-a491-0c5eee8dba4b,510b8c0c-5d40-415a-bf59-f38387277061,Why Get Rid of a Good Thing?,"Why would you get rid of Inbox? It was so much neater and more efficient than the Gmail app, which is why I used that instead. It grouped all like emails into their own folders, and it did it without me having to do it every time the email arrived. I also had several folders that I separated certain emails from my regular emails for specific reasons, mainly making them easier to find. With Gmail, I have to scroll through because they are all lumped together. No meat tidy folders for financial emails, entertainment emails, work related emails, etc. And what’s the deal with my promotions? There are ads???? You can’t delete everything in the promotions all at once. I don’t have time to go through and do it individually. If you set up Gmail like Inbox, it would be so much more seamless. Now all the separate folders I had I have to find in Gmail. Should have kept Inbox. This is a mess.",You can’t delete everything in the promotions all at once.,1,TRUE,usability,motion,39,45,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,186f74ac-db08-40f8-9527-ed0d211ad457,511ce3fd-5f8c-4843-8d96-7a2290255ede,IOS Version 10.0.3.  Is it Me?,"I’ve used Evernote since March 2014.  I updated to 10.0.3 a day ago & I regret it.  I use Evernote on my IOS iphone & I use it a lot.  Evernote on my phone was good before the update.  One day after the update I learn that Evernote does not have PRINTING / ADOBE PDF feature as was in the version before the update.  Also, the “Find in note” does not work in the notes created before the update but work in newly created notes.  Printing & Find A Note are two features that I can’t do without.  Evernote states in their documentation that PRINTING is not available yet in the IOS version.  The new updated version does have some nice editing features such as undo & more highlight & font colors & font sizing capabilities.  The inability to PRINT and the inability to make Adobe PDF’s is a game changer.  I’m not sure what I’m going to do.  I have almost 12,000 notes & for that reason, I’m hesitant to move on to something else.  I’m disappointed in the latest update.",I’m disappointed in the latest update.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,update,32,38,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,d5917a55-7457-4939-b18f-fe7ee2aaf1e1,51b8e877-362a-4208-8dd8-501bf6298eed,Pretty darn good,"I had left my laptop on a business trip and needed to edit a 50 page document. Word really worked great. I could do just about everything I needed to. Most all features are available. Their seemed to be a few advanced features that weren’t available, or maybe I just didn’t look hard enough (like numbering, and advanced header section options), but all the document review options are available and it worked great. Using Word with your finger instead of a mouse does take a bit to get used to, but in a pinch, I was totally fine with it. I’m very impressed.",I had left my laptop on a business trip and needed to edit a 50 page document.,4,TRUE,general,page,65,69,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,eda20022-16cd-49d1-b711-7c045b0509e9,51e815c0-413a-4b50-ac7f-4e8e771a702c,Good app. Missing a few loved items from the computer version.,I am an on the go person. This app is very handy to use when I don't have time or space for my computer. I have it downloaded onto my iPad and iPhone. I wish it had some of the simple features from the full computer version such as word count and being able to use the citations format through Word. Other than that I have not had issues. Great app. Highly recommend if Word is your normal go to for documents.,This app is very handy to use when I don't have time or space for my computer.,4,TRUE,efficiency,space,57,62,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8ee8bdb8-243d-4759-a500-441eb367f02d,5217a366-5ed3-4355-b056-faf74db1a6bf,Deletes Data in notes. Only way to recover is to pay...,"I’ve used this app for several years, and am now deleting it. I had been building up a list of contacts within the music industry, to which I came to find had been deleted without my doing. I tried to reach out to support, which was never available and only had greyed out boxes that you couldn’t click. Only solution I read online was to pay for the premium subscription so I could access my note history. So I bought the premium for $8, found my note with the contact info, and then immediately cancelled my subscription. Of course customer support was available on the landing page that I was lead to when canceling my subscription. Terrible customer support, and terrible data management.",Of course customer support was available on the landing page that I was lead to when canceling my subscription.,1,TRUE,general,page,57,61,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8ee8bdb8-243d-4759-a500-441eb367f02d,5217a366-5ed3-4355-b056-faf74db1a6bf,Deletes Data in notes. Only way to recover is to pay...,"I’ve used this app for several years, and am now deleting it. I had been building up a list of contacts within the music industry, to which I came to find had been deleted without my doing. I tried to reach out to support, which was never available and only had greyed out boxes that you couldn’t click. Only solution I read online was to pay for the premium subscription so I could access my note history. So I bought the premium for $8, found my note with the contact info, and then immediately cancelled my subscription. Of course customer support was available on the landing page that I was lead to when canceling my subscription. Terrible customer support, and terrible data management.",Of course customer support was available on the landing page that I was lead to when canceling my subscription.,1,TRUE,general,subscription,99,111,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8ee8bdb8-243d-4759-a500-441eb367f02d,5217a366-5ed3-4355-b056-faf74db1a6bf,Deletes Data in notes. Only way to recover is to pay...,"I’ve used this app for several years, and am now deleting it. I had been building up a list of contacts within the music industry, to which I came to find had been deleted without my doing. I tried to reach out to support, which was never available and only had greyed out boxes that you couldn’t click. Only solution I read online was to pay for the premium subscription so I could access my note history. So I bought the premium for $8, found my note with the contact info, and then immediately cancelled my subscription. Of course customer support was available on the landing page that I was lead to when canceling my subscription. Terrible customer support, and terrible data management.",Of course customer support was available on the landing page that I was lead to when canceling my subscription.,1,TRUE,reliability,customer support,11,27,negative
productivity,notability,f544232e-457d-4958-894f-86195c49f01b,526611ec-9993-4ff2-b073-c2e43266b836,"Great app, but...","If this was a free app it would have five out of five stars. It is easy to use, has some really awesome features and is really well designed. But because I payed $10 for it I am going to be more critical. The biggest issue I have with this app is the lack of tilt functionality. It really needs to have a setting to take advantage of tilt for brush size. That is one of my favorite things about the Apple Pencil and it is not taken advantage of in this app. Another thing I would like to have in this app is subfolders. I like order and I would like to be able to organize my notes in such a manner that I have large folders then more folders within my folders and so forth. Those are my two major complaints with this app. Overall though, I would recommend, I will definitely get my $10 out of this app.Dropped to one Star because the latest update has messed up the app. It is now glitching a lot and the notes won’t quit “syncing” with iCloud so I can’t access them. Very frustrating for an expensive app.",It is now glitching a lot and the notes won’t quit “syncing” with iCloud so I can’t access them.,1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,53,57,negative
productivity,things-3,ba105a9f-8b08-405d-bb1e-94e330c2496e,528b995b-b4c2-471b-92d6-52819d5a8d74,The Essential To Do App,"Instead of boosting my productivity, my previous task management app had so many customization options that it actually ate away at my time.  It became a procrastination tool. I could spend an hour entering dates, setting up filters, and customizing views only to realize at the end of that time that I hadn’t actually gotten anything done. In contrast, Things 3 is wonderfully simple and clarifying. It’s as powerful as my previous app, but it strips out all the distractions and the fussiness, leaving pure, easy-to-access essentials: tagging, scheduling & project organizing. The scheduling feature has been the real game changer for me. The app tracks due dates (if you have them) but—more importantly— you can also add a schedule date for each task. The interface makes it very easy to add, move, & view tasks in the schedule (while keeping due dates fixed). So you can plan your time (and easily rearrange that plan as needed). If you’re a GTD person, you can still use that methodology with Things 3 projects & tags. But I find that I do better by adding the accountability of a scheduled list of things that I want to get done on a particular day or in a particular week. Things 3 helps me organize and manage that schedule better than anything else I’ve found. And it gives me the powerhouse organization tool I need without sucking me down a rabbit hole of customization options.","Instead of boosting my productivity, my previous task management app had so many customization options that it actually ate away at my time.",5,TRUE,efficiency,task management,50,65,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,52228f58-a6fd-4d38-9351-980c312583e9,52ab7a9e-90ae-4610-a619-6acd73150418,Works fine but with an issue for large documents,"For a free app, it’s great. You can find most whatever you need for basic word processing. However, there is one problem. I am now working with a 900 page document. There is no quick way to get to a specific page or word in the document, and every time I open the app or work on a different document in-between, I have to restart the search from the beginning to get to where I left off. I have not found a search function specifically within the free Microsoft Word or any way to jump many pages ahead. I dread having to open on page 850. But for short documents it does the job easily and very well. I gave it five stars before I worked with a large document and discovered this issue. I’m still glad to have it.",I have not found a search function specifically within the free Microsoft Word or any way to jump many pages ahead.,4,TRUE,efficiency,page,104,108,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,dbcc6823-2f6e-4a5e-b619-95f002514805,53468952-dd10-4b1a-aa7b-85153222e105,Great!,"As a stressed out highschool student this app helps a ton. I can keep track of what I work on and for how long, and get a little tree along with it. I do wish more free plants were available or a break option since the app if pretty minimalistic. I just think there could be more options like colors of the trees or background colors and such. But overall it’s a really useful tool that’s helped me get through my school years!",I just think there could be more options like colors of the trees or background colors and such.,4,TRUE,general,background,70,80,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e432cc06-40f0-457d-9151-e0e9f1b717d1,53a30a24-7b05-4940-a1a6-9c02f5355ed8,What happened to Evernote?,"I’ve used Evernote for years and have found it an indispensable part of my work life. The ability to organize documents quickly was ahead of its time when the cloud was just a twinkle in Apple’s eye. I had “Pocket” for my junk drawer, but Evernote was the reliable filing cabinet I could always come back to. Recently, the ability to utilize these filing features have undergone a dramatic change. More steps are needed to name a document, and the easy tagging features seem to have disappeared. Don’t get me started on finding old documents, a feature that was said to have improved. I’ve taken to using the iCloud more often with these changes. Maybe it’s for the best. Shame that Evernote has now become the junk drawer for those documents I don’t really care as much about. Hopefully fixes are coming, but at this point, I wouldn’t recommend this app.",Shame that Evernote has now become the junk drawer for those documents I don’t really care as much about.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,document,62,70,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,f5b98fda-993d-486f-99f7-8f8446971a0b,53c161e1-d0d9-4e51-aa8a-856a5b4bb258,Scale,"Love the idea of this App.  And truth be told, I really like the App as well.  My big issue is the text doesn’t scale right.  My visual acuity is limited and the normal text is too small for me to see.  When I write a document on my phone I have to set the font size around 72 to read it.  It would be nice if the normal (12 point) font would actually show up on screen as 12 point instead of 0.5 point.  I know I can zoom the page to make text bigger, but then I have to scroll back and forth which is difficult for me to read.  I want the text to readjust to fit the boundaries of the screen.","I know I can zoom the page to make text bigger, but then I have to scroll back and forth which is difficult for me to read.",4,TRUE,usability,text,36,40,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,f5b98fda-993d-486f-99f7-8f8446971a0b,53c161e1-d0d9-4e51-aa8a-856a5b4bb258,Scale,"Love the idea of this App.  And truth be told, I really like the App as well.  My big issue is the text doesn’t scale right.  My visual acuity is limited and the normal text is too small for me to see.  When I write a document on my phone I have to set the font size around 72 to read it.  It would be nice if the normal (12 point) font would actually show up on screen as 12 point instead of 0.5 point.  I know I can zoom the page to make text bigger, but then I have to scroll back and forth which is difficult for me to read.  I want the text to readjust to fit the boundaries of the screen.","I know I can zoom the page to make text bigger, but then I have to scroll back and forth which is difficult for me to read.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,page,23,27,negative
productivity,notability,a07021d0-760d-4bce-a715-c6975098ef39,53ff887d-b82a-4fbe-a118-4ea6067d1c51,So Good but needs more color!,"I love this app. I bought it years ago and never used it on my phone, but since getting an iPad it has become one of my most used apps both for work and for personal use. It works so well and I haven’t seen  any glitches or issues with the features. I will say the color choices for paper backgrounds are lacking and I would really love to see some improvements there. We should be able to choose the background from a full spectrum color palette like the pens and highlighters. Yes you could use the highlighter to change the paper color, but it only changes the section of the page that is currently on the screen. When you scroll down to continue your note and try to highlight in the new background colors, you end up overlapping the previously colored areas and end up with sections that are discolored. More line templates, like for handwritten check lists would also be appreciated. I don’t care about the themes, I’m happy with black, but to be honest the paid options aren’t even remotely tempting. Not good choices.",I will say the color choices for paper backgrounds are lacking and I would really love to see some improvements there.,5,TRUE,usability,color,16,21,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a1adaca4-3f46-4322-b616-b1bf0f574e2f,54119216-43d5-4e18-a62a-5f42f0e116e0,What were they thinking?,"Premium user here.  Tried to navigate around the new update and am so frustrated with it all.  Cant customize the left hand menu - it always opens to all notes. Speaking of the search function!  Didn’t they have any beta testers?  The search is horrible!  You put in a term and it gives suggestions, a few tags. It not a way to narrow to all notes with that term quickly.  To search properly you have to use search language which requires a lot of extra typing. This version had made tags worthless as you either have to keep entering searches with each tag or you enter a  keyword and a list of tags that include that keyword pops up but you can only select one tag at a time. Everything  takes more clicks to find something, do something, or import something.   They have also removed the ability to assign tags in the web clipper.  Not sure of what they had in mind with this update, but this version is worthless for my purposes.  I have over 2000 recipes in a notebook which are organized by tags.  By removing the clipper ability to assign tags and the search filter by multiple tags this is pretty useless.  Any suggestions on a replacement? Is there a way to restore to old version?  If I wasn’t already invested with so many files I would definitely look for another note keeping app.  They ruined it!",By removing the clipper ability to assign tags and the search filter by multiple tags this is pretty useless.,1,TRUE,usability,tag,43,46,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,dd432d8c-e057-44ce-9ec5-0abaf2f56965,54390507-aa4b-46bb-958e-a121e622f94a,Too Simple for Real Work,"If you use the default template for every document, this may be the program for you. If you use a template you created, then this is probably not for you. I created a template on my computer that uses 12 pt Georgia Pro as the font, justified text, and a 10 pt space between each paragraph. When I open it on iOS, I get 11 pt Calibri, text that is not justified, and no space between paragraph. Also, although fonts installed with AnyFont used to display fine. Now I get the following message: “There is insufficient memory or disk space. Word cannot display the requested font.” Files with installed fonts will not open. I tried it on my iPad and iPhone 7+.Once again, there is a new version with the same problem. I’ll uninstall it and try it again later. Not planning to renew Office 365 until it’s fixed.","Once again, there is a new version with the same problem.",1,TRUE,general,new version,24,35,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a67814bd-dc26-44f9-bc4b-c27bfa77e778,5455b5f4-a7ba-4d87-b313-c66f70cea123,"Great idea, great app, a number of annoying things","It’s a great app. I would easily put 5/5 if not only for annoying little nuances that make it more difficult to use. I went online to see if any of the issues I experienced were already addressed in the past. Turns out, many of them were addressed a long time ago (like 5-6 years back) - and the  Evernote team simply does not seem to care to fix them.   For instance, tables are not mobile friendly. Like at all. You have to swipe back and forth to navigate. You can’t change the size of pictures. You can’t create a table on the app. There are only 3 font sizes. You can’t select thumbnail for your notebooks and notes, it selects it for you - which is pretty irritating. The size of annotations are not uniform which means they may appear smaller or bigger depending on the size of your picture.. Etcetera, etcetera...Evernote team! Is it that difficult to fix all of this?!? It’s been taking you guys years now. Maybe you should hire new developers?",You can’t change the size of pictures.,4,TRUE,usability,picture,30,37,negative
productivity,notability,040e4f9e-0a7a-4dc6-b238-dba76941657a,54788dfb-83c4-43fe-aead-70e160c9f63e,Used to be the best by far,"I’m not a review writer by nature, but I feel compelled to provide feedback since the app asked for it. Notability is still my go to note app. I use it for independent study, work, and personal projects. Recently, updates have been one step forward and two steps back. Things that used to work reliably now don’t. I haven’t systematically analyzed the problems, but anecdotally, the application restarts itself frequently (e.g.when searching for text in a large file), and rendering occasionally generates display artifacts (e.g. when scrolling or resizing the page) among a few others. I have all the major note taking apps for iPad and still believe this is the most elegant design. I know - personal preference. I’m not planning on abandoning the app, but I’m certainly looking forward to a time when the app is as stable as it used to be for me. YMMV.",when scrolling or resizing the page) among a few others.,3,TRUE,usability,page,32,36,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8db55604-786f-4ba7-889f-16c3f919d8c7,54827edc-244d-45ae-bdc5-72c67e42ed1b,Evernote review & suggestion,"I have been using Evernote on my iPhone for several years. I put all my notes in it instead of using paper. I have always loved this App. Unfortunately, the latest update to this program has made it very frustrating to use. I never close this App. I just hop around to other Apps while Evernote continues to remain open. What’s frustrating about its latest revision is that every time I hop to another App and come back to Evernote, a circle spins around in the center of my screen and the same note that was open before is refreshed. I think Evernote is syncing and I have to wait until it is finished. This is not how it was before. I believe the syncing should be done only after the App is closed and reopened later. I honestly think this latest change of OVER SYNCING was a bad idea and the program should be changed back to he way it was. I find this OVER SYNCING to be so frustrating that I have begun searching for another App for my notes.","Unfortunately, the latest update to this program has made it very frustrating to use.",1,TRUE,efficiency,update,27,33,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,317091c5-0ca1-40c4-8609-9eacf55a84cf,5492dff6-6cdc-4618-af81-4c8777bc89d5,The editing experience is terrible,"In most times, the prompt jumps to the very first line after a few second later whenever I touch the middle of the screen to edit a docx file. This is very annoying since my file is of 98 pages. Then I should pull down the scroll bar to the bottom of the document. This happens very often, especially when in Mobile view. The second thing is about the page loading steps or speed. By moving down the scroll bar the pages are loaded incrementally. But it has too many steps to the bottom page. Scrolling down the bar to the bottom of the screen loads pages a little. I couldn’t find a good way to jump to the bottom page at once. And this happens in Mobile view. The third frustrating thing is the reaction speed is not just slow, it’s really slow. When I type a character, say A, that appears in the screen after about 0.3~0.5s. This issue also has something to do with Mobile view, I think. The fourth is about moving the cursor with a long-touch. This not only related to Word but to all the other Office 365 applications I guess. This app adopting the obsolete way shows a convex glass  that zoom-in around the cursor when I long-touch the screen. Apple changed the way it moves the cursor since iOS 13 if I’m right. I’m not gonna explain it in detail here but the new way is much elegant and gives seamless experience in editing the text.",Then I should pull down the scroll bar to the bottom of the document.,2,TRUE,usability,document,61,69,positive
productivity,things-3,10fc3cd1-ed06-4add-a2c8-2cabbc94f335,54c73ccd-2eb0-4ec0-9e76-9c0e051db260,Wonderful app!,"I got Things 3 to help keep myself organized while finishing University. It is a wonderful app and very aesthetically pleasing! Well done! I am very pleased with this app! It has been easy to learn and use! Thank you!My suggestions after a few weeks with it:Have some integration with the Calendar app or Fantastical to generate to-do’s when you create an event in the calendar and vice-versa. Also with subscribed calendar feeds. My school automatically generated a calendar feed for us to subscribe to that shows assignment due dates. That would be awesome if Things would generate to-do’s and due dates based on that. Basically, the more integration with Calendar or Fantastical, the better!",Also with subscribed calendar feeds.,5,TRUE,general,calendar,22,30,positive
productivity,things-3,b1aff0ed-e2b3-4a2e-af1c-418df974d8f2,54f7604d-0ca4-4efa-8947-4eb3ed218efa,Overpriced,"Overall, it’s alright. It’s way overpriced for what it’s worth, and you have to buy it on all your platforms. It’s a simple to do app: and it costs $50 on macOS? That’s a scam","It’s way overpriced for what it’s worth, and you have to buy it on all your platforms.",2,TRUE,cost,price,14,19,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,a2f8a1e4-e62a-473a-932c-59ca54e8ee18,54ffc900-641d-4ebc-afc2-3396a2a2b1cf,Very convenient,I love being able to work on my  school assignments on the go. Once my I left my laptop at work and had a paper due in 6 hours. I freaked out until I remembered this app! It’s a easy to use once you catch on to the mobile view settings and can figure out how to navigate the app. Every function is really a matter of a few clicks and the features are identical to the desktop version.,Once my I left my laptop at work and had a paper due in 6 hours.,5,TRUE,general,paper,44,49,positive
productivity,notability,53e32b0a-6c30-45c1-ae58-35322b9699e3,569c580f-8a03-4289-bbf3-ce85ea2f892e,Good but with fundamental problems,"I purchased Notability right after purchasing my iPad. I read many reviews and read that it is one of the best softwares to take notes and annotate PDFs. I immediately began using it. Being new to taking notes in the iPad, I frequently found myself arranging my notes, moving around pictures and sentences. This is where the problems started. When I move pictures or text, somehow in other areas, text moves as well. This has caused several times for me to lose information. So frustrating. Otherwise, the app would be great, but this is a huge issue for me. I am surprised this is happening with what I thought was a stable app.","When I move pictures or text, somehow in other areas, text moves as well.",3,TRUE,usability,picture,13,20,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,da891cfb-2d1d-4683-a105-953f9c290721,56b9637b-6cd3-405f-95ee-3d35b028acd3,DO NOT USE FOR BUSINESS OR FINANCIAL SITES,I have not received an email to one of my Gmail accounts linked to my PayPal since July 25th 2018. I have tirelessly tried getting this ridiculously inconvenient issue resolved. The ONLY way you'll ever get to talk to a person is if you are going to give them money (I.e. Adwords or Google Express) and they can't help you. I've even had one representive stay on the phone with me on  3 way to show them any options on the Google mail number they kept giving me will NEVER get you to a person. I have also sent electronic communication about this and still nothing. I've tried sending myself emails and they do not go through and say it will continue to attempt and still nothing. I would give negative stars if I could and will be switching my other accounts that still work over. From a VERY unhappy multiple business owner.,The ONLY way you'll ever get to talk to a person is if you are going to give them money (I.e.,1,TRUE,cost,money,83,88,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,87bf4be7-61b7-4e6e-b068-efbab76e526c,56fc29b8-e972-4b44-b9a9-814da3cd00fd,"Got clunkier, especially with tags","This latest update made the app quite slow and buggy. A few times since updating on multiple devices, my changes on one device would not sync and somehow I lost all my work. Other times the app will just bug out, requiring me to quit and restart the app.The tagging feature also became much more laborious, requiring tons of scrolling, typing, and tapping, just to add a single tag. If it weren’t for the tagging features of Evernote, I probably would switch to a different app because of this update, but I haven’t been able to find one that can tag things as robustly as Evernote.I do hope the developer works on making this version as good as the last one.","The tagging feature also became much more laborious, requiring tons of scrolling, typing, and tapping, just to add a single tag.",2,TRUE,usability,tag,5,8,negative
productivity,notability,319a23b4-6e65-4225-aafb-91f39ae4c7f9,57082605-76ce-4eb3-b1ab-bd1023bedf5f,A few issues,"I love this app, but there seems to be introductions of new features without addressing some of the preexisting issues. Until I turned some features off, the iCloud syncing was extremely annoying. Every time you open the app, you would need to wait for your notes to download. If you were attempting to look for a specific note a day later, be prepared to wait for it to download. This is especially problematic if you’ve been using the app for a long time and thus have a lot of notes. Also, recently my dividers have been deleted upon opening the app. This is better than having my notes vanish and needing to troubleshoot to get them back, but as I stated previously I’ve been using this app for several years and have organized my notes by years. I had to create new dividers and then sort each subject into these new dividers because I should not have to search through all the subjects when I have taken the measures to not have to do so.","Until I turned some features off, the iCloud syncing was extremely annoying.",3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,46,50,negative
productivity,things-3,10fc3cd1-ed06-4add-a2c8-2cabbc94f335,5730efc3-9583-43d3-b1fd-cb7fb2883e15,Wonderful app!,"I got Things 3 to help keep myself organized while finishing University. It is a wonderful app and very aesthetically pleasing! Well done! I am very pleased with this app! It has been easy to learn and use! Thank you!My suggestions after a few weeks with it:Have some integration with the Calendar app or Fantastical to generate to-do’s when you create an event in the calendar and vice-versa. Also with subscribed calendar feeds. My school automatically generated a calendar feed for us to subscribe to that shows assignment due dates. That would be awesome if Things would generate to-do’s and due dates based on that. Basically, the more integration with Calendar or Fantastical, the better!",My school automatically generated a calendar feed for us to subscribe to that shows assignment due dates.,5,TRUE,general,due date,96,104,positive
productivity,notability,43fb3a9d-6728-4b00-ad61-681190d30731,5739a5dd-48e4-4ad1-8440-ee47c1e0b4ab,Usually a really good app,"This is the main app i use for school but i have noticed a few irritating flaws, some pictures cant be drag and dropped or copied into notes if they are too big of a file but ive been able to get around this. The most annoying thing is that i am trying to take notes on a .ppt file like i always do but this one is not converting and loading into notability. It is rather large at 60 pages but i know ive had .ppt files over 100 pages in here before. I can even save it as a pdf in ibooks in a blink of an eye and use that to annotate it but i paid a premium for this app and it should work, i want my school notes organized and not across multiple apps, please fix this and it gets 5 stars because it is a great app, when it works.",It is rather large at 60 pages but i know ive had .ppt files over 100 pages in here before.,3,TRUE,reliability,page,26,30,positive
productivity,notability,beb3d484-b0db-436b-b1d1-95578b8fc090,576c91ee-0932-48d5-bea9-230d4e64c00c,Needs better organization,"This app is very helpful, especially the feature to record lectures. I can stay on top of what my professor says easier, and use the Apple Pencil to highlight or emphasize certain points. There is a bit of a delay for the notes and the audio, so when I click on a note, I know to automatically hit the “rewind 10 seconds” button, but I just deal with it because it is so helpful regardless. However, while the recording ability is the star feature of this app, the other features need improvement.1. Since more classes are taking place online due to the pandemic, there should be an option to record lectures using the iPad’s internal microphone. Right now, I play the lectures on my phone and record audio with the iPad, since I do not have a better option.2. Second, and my biggest gripe with the app is ORGANIZATION. Although you can have subjects, and place notes in the subjects, I want the ability to make folders within the subjects. A lot of my subjects in school are so complex - with labs and assignments in addition to lecture notes and different subtopics, the ability to make folders within subjects is seriously ESSENTIAL. The most I can do is change the name at the beginning of the file to reflect what kind of material it is (ex: Lab 1, Assignemnt 2, etc.) but the ability to make folders really holds this app behind. I still use it for the recording feature, but the lack of organizational options available is really frustrating.","However, while the recording ability is the star feature of this app, the other features need improvement.",3,TRUE,usability,recording,20,29,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,157b6b7e-adb0-4494-90e3-6de4f15e2dbe,579217a5-76b0-445b-94b9-891cb1b6d0f4,Immediate Red Flag,"Downloaded this because 4 out of my 5 email accounts are gmail, but then I took a closer look. According to the developers, the last three updates were for the exact same thing. No bug squashing mentioned. No user-notified issues. No additional bells or whistles. Just the same exact reason for all three updates. So, I'm curious: are there different reasons for each update, and you guys are too lazy to specify them for us? Or are the people who are responsible for uploading the updates to the App Store trying to perfect their Keystone Cops impression? Or are all of these updates merely to collect the personal information you wish to sell to your ""partners""? I'll wait a few days to see if I get any kind of response before I delete the app, as a Google email agent should eventually be excellent.",Or are the people who are responsible for uploading the updates to the App Store trying to perfect their Keystone Cops impression?,2,TRUE,compatibility,update,57,63,negative
productivity,things-3,483c355b-9f3c-4a4e-9eec-5bf7a5c104bd,57b68d18-8678-48ff-ba4d-dfc88f90e724,Need more for $10,"The app is described as having natural language processing, which it does not. Some features aren’t explained super well, and certain design elements are totally intuitive. I wish there was an option to have projects collapse within an area once tapped. The difference between reminders, upcoming, deadlines, anytime, and someday isn’t super clear.","Some features aren’t explained super well, and certain design elements are totally intuitive.",3,TRUE,efficiency,design,56,62,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,7a06b6c7-e1cd-4a07-9fe4-8496baec26d9,57c0b48b-b2df-4807-8145-8edbe685d51e,"Could be better,,,","While the mobile version of Word is helpful for on the go typing, it lacks many of the aspects that make regular Word good.  For example, every ten minutes, the app shuts down. This would just be irritating, but in addition to the crash, the app deletes everything I typed in the two minutes before the crash. There is no way to recover this lost work, and I just have to retype everything. Every time I edit something, the Word app gives me an error, saying someone else has edited the document, and I need to review these changes. No one else is editing the document. Just me. the alert is very irritating and does not go away, even after I have ‘resolved the changes.’Final complaint...The spellcheck is horrendous in mobile Word. The iconic red line will appear under words like “and” and “the” when they are spelled correctly. It will autocorrect these words to “these” and “arm” but not correct actual misspellings of larger words. Overall, I wish the mobility and accessibility of mobile Word outweighed the negative aspects. Unfortunately, this is not the case, and I have had to deal with frustrating issues that make the experience less than ideal. I wish the functionality of regular Word would transfer to mobile Word. I think the app could be really useful if the technological issues were resolved.",No one else is editing the document.,3,TRUE,usability,document,28,36,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3637fe0b-bc22-4cdc-a55f-512693fb4a08,58129d2c-1a93-43c1-901b-260bcefc0327,Still missing reading mode! 😢,"When browsing longreads on the web, I often use the web clipper to send them as 'simplified articles' to Evernote. As a beta tester I've suggested a clean reading mode (like the one on IOS safari or on the Pocket app ) several times, never got an answer.Developers, could you please consider that users don't always want to have giant toolbars taking up valuable screen space. Would it be possible to switch instantly to reading mode via force touch and just be able to read and scroll instead of having edit mode distract from this experience? This could be a fantastic--simple--added utility. Looking forward to your response.","When browsing longreads on the web, I often use the web clipper to send them as 'simplified articles' to Evernote.",3,TRUE,compatibility,web clipper,53,64,negative
productivity,notability,7c310f58-6b93-4e00-9ce9-a44caa5efd14,5874a73d-a53c-4a6b-8cf8-ad5981837ec0,Latest updates ruined Notability,"Dear app developers, please go back to the old versions of picture handling and drawing in order to make this app remotely useful again. The app was incredibly useful and pretty much perfect about 1 year ago.My main use of Notability is taking pictures of lecture slides and using the highlighter or pencil tool to annotate these pictures. After this latest update, every time I try to write over the picture with the highlighter or pencil tool using my finger, Notability thinks I’m trying to move the picture and moves the picture instead of registering my annotations. This essentially makes the app useless for my purposes.In addition, a new update intended to allow us to draw clean shapes is making my drawing process a nightmare. If I take my time drawing a complex shape, Notability will automatically turn whatever I am drawing into a perfect circle (infuriating). So my secondary use of the app—drawing—is also now no longer feasible on Notability.UPDATE: Thank you very much for your reply, I appreciate it! I upgraded my review to 4 stars. Your new update is much better. There is still some minor glitching going on where, when I hit the “undo” button, it scrolls me up to the top of my document. For example, I insert a picture, draw on the picture, and hit “undo” twice, and instead of deleting the picture, Notability scrolls me up to the top of the document.",My main use of Notability is taking pictures of lecture slides and using the highlighter or pencil tool to annotate these pictures.,4,TRUE,usability,picture,37,44,positive
productivity,notability,9a44b7e5-4b97-442a-85b1-1d4956d96160,58acfdc1-32a9-4de3-89b9-29902d37164b,Love it! Perfect for school!,"The only criticism I have is that I wish they had more long press perfect shapes other than straight lines, squares, triangles, and circles. I’d appreciate even a curved line for when I’m graphing. Other than that it’s been absolutely amazing. I never spend money on apps but this has been a dream with school notes. It keeps all my notes in one place, looking perfect and  organized. Instead of flipping through pages to find a specific note, I just look it up in the search bar and it recognizes my hand writing! And best of all I can record my lectures in case I need to remember something specific that I didn’t write down! And it syncs the recording to whatever you’re working so it’s easy to find a specific snippet of a 3 hour lecture. I’ve tried goodnote and one note and I still prefer notability. I even have it on my computer so it syncs all my notes.*TIP* You can type with this app but I highly recommend hand writing your notes as it’s proven to be more useful at learning and retaining material!",I even have it on my computer so it syncs all my notes.,5,TRUE,reliability,sync,37,41,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,59769693-710c-4c76-9461-7edaf1df8143,58c6c0c4-32c9-43f2-b45d-5e5a981ef265,Need help,"Hi, I am a long-time Evernote user..since 2011.  I really do love it, have recommended it to lots of people, I call it my digital brain.   I do need help. I am being bombarded by offers to upgrade because 1 of my notes is large.   I can understand a pop-up every time I open it, but it pops up if I toggle in and out of a note & it’s making it almost impossible to use it.   My husband has a paid account but I don’t want to pay for a 2nd account.   I just feel like the upgrade pop-ups are too relentless.   It’s making for a poor user experience.   Is there a way to limit the pop-ups to when the app is opened instead of every time a search is made inside the app or a note is opened or closed?   I really want to continue recommending your app.  I tried to email support, but that also requires an upgrade.",It’s making for a poor user experience.,3,TRUE,usability,user experience,24,39,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,747823db-73ab-4809-9d28-0407604cc57a,58eaa113-1da3-4927-b00d-6c2f94545929,"Really good, but I can’t whitelist apps","I kept hearing about the ‘Whitelist Apps” feature, which is why I bought Forest, but I can’t find the whitelist feature in settings.This is frustrating because most of my schoolwork is on the Kindle App, and anything I do on the Kindle app is highly productive for me.This app is still helpful, but it would be orders of magnitude better if I could whitelist the Kindle app, Bible app, Prayer app, Quizlet, Language learning apps, meditation apps, the Great Courses etc.","I kept hearing about the ‘Whitelist Apps” feature, which is why I bought Forest, but I can’t find the whitelist feature in settings.",4,TRUE,compatibility,list,32,36,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,df898c54-a73b-4355-a29b-e489ee88b8d0,58f50f7d-6c5b-4674-9a14-1666f6227666,Love it!,I like that I can use google calendar on the computer and easily send invites to my contacts and then see the same calendar on my iPhone. 5 stars for use on my iPhone 7+ but only 3 stars for use on iPhone 5s because on the 5s the notification function didn't work so I was never notified of my upcoming appointments even though I had the setting on. On the 7+ I get notifications and it works much better. I like that it builds in travel time to your appointments too.,I like that I can use google calendar on the computer and easily send invites to my contacts and then see the same calendar on my iPhone.,4,TRUE,usability,calendar,30,38,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7ed2a224-04bf-493b-8628-1915496d7f13,5975e9c3-294b-4d32-9b5d-347bfa901133,Great app but they don’t know who they want,"I keep getting ads about using Evernote business but I don’t want their service for business. I do use it for business but I don’t think they understand what I want as a business owner. I use it for myself, I don’t have a team, although I imagine I will at some point, I don’t think that this would even serve my team if I had one. there’s only one thing I want out of the premium service and that is being able to use the app on all my devices. That really should be a free service. It’s stupid the way you guys do it. It’s incredibly frustrating.I’ll make this easy for you Evernote. The only way I would pay a higher price for what you offer is if you provided mind mapping or flow charting in my note taking. There isn’t really a great option out there and it would allow me to see everything all at once. You guys should consider all the ways people can take notes and I think this would be the next frontier.You guys also could make it easier to make charts and graphs. I think those two things would be worth the price.",I think those two things would be worth the price.,2,TRUE,cost,price,45,50,positive
productivity,notability,42870527-6106-4485-acbf-d3c6bf505b63,59989d37-498a-4b81-8a2d-b4568b1b6de5,It is okay,"I think it is a great software to create and write your notes that will be in pdf.The reason for my low rating is when you have to deal with documents that one uses across multiple platforms.  I want to use the documents on a PC with PDF annotator and an IPad when I am away at meetings and conferences.  Every time I have to edit a PDF I have to import the document (meaning a new copy) and then have to use this on my PC to add more notes.  These added stuff on my PC do not carry back, I have to import the document again.Wish they would just let me share document via BOX for both storing and accessing and just be able to edit one copy of document across multiple platforms and multiple applicationsAs someone else mentioned for their not using notability “ gathered bad synching across multiple devices is a big issue",Every time I have to edit a PDF I have to import the document (meaning a new copy) and then have to use this on my PC to add more notes.,5,TRUE,usability,document,54,62,negative
productivity,notability,de4fc36b-7243-436b-b15d-5581c769ba8a,59a6a526-e36a-4ee5-a6d1-487e0e59350b,Suggestions for Developers,"There are some missing features that hold it back from 5 stars:1) When I take notes and annotate, I like to have multiple pens and highlighters out. There should be an option to add additional pens and highlighters to the toolbar. When rapidly taking notes, time is precious, and this would make it less tedious.2) inserting diagrams is too difficult. There should be a math or shape mode that you can toggle on and off that auto recognizes shapes and fixes them. Having an math text mode that auto recognizes math notation would also be fantastic ... p.s. OneNotes version of this is poorly executed. 3)**** when I record lectures, I am always slightly behind when note taking. If there were an advanced feature where we could choose where the audio track lines up with the notes, that would be spectacular. Revisited notes would be much superior and would be more like sitting through the lecture again.****4) there should be an option to directly add in PDFs to our notes. They could be added in as entire pages to the document, just integrating the PDF, or auto convert to an image to be pasted in. But working with PDFs in existing notes should be an option.","They could be added in as entire pages to the document, just integrating the PDF, or auto convert to an image to be pasted in.",4,TRUE,usability,document,47,55,positive
productivity,notability,de4fc36b-7243-436b-b15d-5581c769ba8a,59a6a526-e36a-4ee5-a6d1-487e0e59350b,Suggestions for Developers,"There are some missing features that hold it back from 5 stars:1) When I take notes and annotate, I like to have multiple pens and highlighters out. There should be an option to add additional pens and highlighters to the toolbar. When rapidly taking notes, time is precious, and this would make it less tedious.2) inserting diagrams is too difficult. There should be a math or shape mode that you can toggle on and off that auto recognizes shapes and fixes them. Having an math text mode that auto recognizes math notation would also be fantastic ... p.s. OneNotes version of this is poorly executed. 3)**** when I record lectures, I am always slightly behind when note taking. If there were an advanced feature where we could choose where the audio track lines up with the notes, that would be spectacular. Revisited notes would be much superior and would be more like sitting through the lecture again.****4) there should be an option to directly add in PDFs to our notes. They could be added in as entire pages to the document, just integrating the PDF, or auto convert to an image to be pasted in. But working with PDFs in existing notes should be an option.","They could be added in as entire pages to the document, just integrating the PDF, or auto convert to an image to be pasted in.",4,TRUE,usability,page,34,38,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,aaf6a11d-df66-4d9f-8259-211e351782e5,59b769c0-9c96-435c-98de-5f512acbbec2,Wonderful app—watch consistency limited and spotty.,"Love the app. Interface is amazing. Connectivity superb. However, there are only 20 spaces for notes available on the watch, and when you have 200 or so, that’s just not convenient. Also, though I have not submitted a customer service request and that may negate many individuals opinions and the value they place in this review, this is something that has manifested through multiple Apple Watch updates: the app on the watch will simply open up and show no notes. None whatsoever. I have tried syncing the app, I have tried updating the app, closing the app on the watch and phone and restarting both the watch and the phone...no dice. Definitely a minute bug that could be fixed and bring the Evernote app up to full potential. That and expand the number of notes available on the watch and make the search feature more effective as it has never found a note I was looking for when I used the voice command. But again, love the app, LOVE the app, just a few tweaks and we’re golden.","However, there are only 20 spaces for notes available on the watch, and when you have 200 or so, that’s just not convenient.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,space,28,33,negative
productivity,notability,27aed435-3431-4232-92b9-10e0b863af1f,59ed5ca4-75a9-47fe-86c0-687c6e967a48,"Best available, but not amazing 😕","Need more paper options; the ones you can download from the Dropbox are great, but are inconvenient to use and sometimes don’t work. When trying to duplicate those empty pages, it merely copies a blank page (nothing). Slightly ridiculous that you can’t name things the same name even when in different dividers. Ghosting bug occurs somewhat often, when holding down to create a line or shape the app hangs and reacts like pencil is still held down even when released. Ability to change page size would be a great feature.Definitely one of the best note-taking apps available, but that is saying more about how bad others are than how good this one is.",Slightly ridiculous that you can’t name things the same name even when in different dividers.,3,TRUE,usability,divider,85,92,negative
productivity,notability,ae4c384a-458c-44a3-b2ca-9dfc017655dc,59fbe2b0-7a64-44ba-90ec-ca14e75989c8,I love the app but...,"I am a second year medical student and I use notability for all of my note taking needs. I use my Apple Pencil to take notes in class as well as record so that I can go back to listen to lectures. As of late, this app keeps “sticking” and becomes unresponsive. I literally have to exit the app and re- enter just to resume work. It is frustrating since sometimes the app crashes before it could store which means that when I re-open the app my work is lost and I have to start again.Developers please fix with a new update. Additional please add more paper designs and inks. I’ve been using this app for a long time and I am getting by the paper and ink options.  One note has beautiful glitter ink that is so vibrant. It is time to step up optics of notability. I would love to keep using the app into residency....",Additional please add more paper designs and inks.,2,TRUE,usability,design,34,40,positive
productivity,notability,ae4c384a-458c-44a3-b2ca-9dfc017655dc,59fbe2b0-7a64-44ba-90ec-ca14e75989c8,I love the app but...,"I am a second year medical student and I use notability for all of my note taking needs. I use my Apple Pencil to take notes in class as well as record so that I can go back to listen to lectures. As of late, this app keeps “sticking” and becomes unresponsive. I literally have to exit the app and re- enter just to resume work. It is frustrating since sometimes the app crashes before it could store which means that when I re-open the app my work is lost and I have to start again.Developers please fix with a new update. Additional please add more paper designs and inks. I’ve been using this app for a long time and I am getting by the paper and ink options.  One note has beautiful glitter ink that is so vibrant. It is time to step up optics of notability. I would love to keep using the app into residency....",Additional please add more paper designs and inks.,2,TRUE,compatibility,paper,28,33,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,9abbab21-a5fa-4805-a30f-c06e79d82cc2,5af75246-2c26-407c-be4c-74ac92e2f6a6,iOS 11 issue,"Great app options, just two more things** The ability to set specific sounds for incoming senders so I know immediately when I get a work email would be great.  **Still no option to ditch all social and promotion emails. PLEASE ADD an option in to delete all for promotions and social. Pending these two changes this would be an absolute 5 star app.",**Still no option to ditch all social and promotion emails.,4,TRUE,usability,motion,46,52,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,81dad8af-f48b-4fcb-9dff-b37b91e560bf,5b1d207a-9c7d-4069-aea3-82ec2ebe55ab,"User from the beginning, freezing is more of a problem now than ever","I starting using Evernote back when it was completely free and just starting to get some attention. It’s never become the full fledged info management device it promised to be, but I’ve been satisfied with it as a massive filing cabinet that holds thousands of notes and clippings. I also used it as a “quick ideas” note taker. But in the last few updates, the app has frozen every time I’ve used it, on two different iPads. I don’t trust it so much anymore and am backing up my notes elsewhere (I already use OneNote for writing). Apple notes has lock screen access for quick notes. Notion has also caught my attention with its flexible interface. But Evernote still shines with its search and OCR, if only I could get the darn thing to open and not hang up.",Notion has also caught my attention with its flexible interface.,3,TRUE,general,interface,55,64,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5da7db68-34ce-4c47-a20d-0576429eb4b9,5b2b5649-b729-42d3-887e-3da42d07c115,Where are my groups?!,"I had been using the basic iPhone mail for years, but decided to try this hoping that I would be able to easily send messages to the groups that I had created on my gmail contacts, but on this app they are nowhere to be found! Why can’t I just start typing the name of a group and have it show up the same way it does when I am on the computer? I like the design and the functionality is good, but not having the groups seems like a huge oversight. And I don’t want to have to sync my google contacts with my iPhone contacts, I have them separate for a reason. Fix the group issue and I would gladly change this to a five star rating.","And I don’t want to have to sync my google contacts with my iPhone contacts, I have them separate for a reason.",2,TRUE,compatibility,sync,29,33,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,c9ca6c9d-dc46-4b09-b182-ddc2d684dbe2,5bf563e2-d819-4d00-8499-3b8d582504de,I LOVE this app! A couple of requests...,"This app is the best for those who need a little visual stimulation and extra incentive to stay productive. I truly hate exiting the app during a work session (thus killing my little sapling), and I get a lot of satisfaction from seeing my daily forest grow. The app has kept me from getting distracted by calls, texts, and web-browsing on many occasions. A couple of requests: I would love more kinds of ambient sounds to be added to the ""store."" Also, please create a version for Mac desktop to keep us chronic procrastinators from using distracting apps and websites there! I know that a basic version of Forest exists as a Chrome extension, but it lacks a lot of my favorite features from the app, and doesn't currently block distracting desktop apps. I'm not such a fan of Chrome, anyway (I prefer Safari). In any case, keep up the fantastic work! Oh! And go check out the SleepTown  app by the same developer. It uses the same concept to help people develop better sleep habits, and I can verify that it helps with getting a good night's sleep!","The app has kept me from getting distracted by calls, texts, and web-browsing on many occasions.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,text,55,59,positive
productivity,notability,dd0989c8-63e0-49ec-bb52-7f42e5930094,5c1013cf-314e-470d-9204-89633b239727,A great note taking app for school but the Bugs are becoming annoying,"This app could probably be the best note taking app for students just because of the recording feature. The tools up top are fine but they are missing so much compared to GoodNotes. Most of the size for the Pen are useless. After the 4th or 5th size the strokes become way too big for any practical purpose. Same thing with the highlighter except it the opposite. The varying sizes for the erasers is great though because I can basically erase pixels or entire sentences if needed. The cut and paste tool will not select small strokes or words for whatever reason, so sometimes I’m forced to erase and redraw or write. Other than that its works great. Seriously the only tool carrying this app is the Recording feature, GoodNotes has them beat in every other department. (I never mentioned the lack of templates). If GoodNotes has that feature I would go back to GoodNotes immediately, but they don’t so I stay with Notability. Now the bugs are getting annoying. I cant go a 1 minute without my lines not drawing or the app freezing or the zoom in feature freezing the app. Also the random shapes I get when writing sometimes that I cant delete with the back button and for some reason can only be removed by the eraser. Idk maybe these bugs will eventually send me back to GoodNotes and lectures will have to be recorded the hard way.",This app could probably be the best note taking app for students just because of the recording feature.,3,TRUE,efficiency,note taking,37,48,positive
productivity,things-3,f538c98f-a0dc-4775-b482-66711eeb8365,5c4002f3-cdb4-4bd4-9534-dc455fa0f27c,I wanted to love it,"I really did. Very useful and a great UI. The fact that it is 2020 and Things has zero cross-platform functionality kills it though. I mean, even a Chrome or Firefox extension would work but it seems that this is not in the cards based on what the developer has said.",The fact that it is 2020 and Things has zero cross-platform functionality kills it though.,2,TRUE,efficiency,functionality,61,74,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,f2a82ce4-8759-431c-bb6a-ab4e8c219538,5c519934-582d-482c-9a6f-0ebd4a94d73a,Incredible! I’m amazed.,"In the first stage, you ignore the app. You continue procrastinating and slacking, the app serving only as a reminder of your ideal, more focused self.In the second stage, you open the app. You fail numerous times and your efforts come to little fruition, until finally one day, after a week of focus, you reach stage three. In this stage, you rely on the app to guide your focus. Things are actually getting done and you’re amazed at how such a simple thing has reigned in your potential for productivity. And the one day...One day, you reach the fourth and penultimate stage. You no longer need the app. Simply having the icon on your phone is enough to deter you from using your precious time doing anything extracurricular... including even using the app. All focus had finally become internalized, and the app, being a mere external vehicle, also seems to waste your potential for focus.In the final stage, your phone vanishes, app and all. I’ve obviously not reached this stage as I’m reviewing from my phone, but you get the point.App really does work, if you’re willing to put in the work yourself. Otherwise, it’s useless.","In the final stage, your phone vanishes, app and all.",5,TRUE,general,tag,15,18,negative
productivity,notability,73dc4313-dcc2-465c-9940-72ce0b7639a2,5c987231-ebea-434e-bada-0b2a37bf2b65,Good app but recently don’t work as before,"I have this app for almost a year. I can say that at the time I purchased it, no app could complete with this. However recently I am facing issue. It does not save some pdf files or sometime crashes. Sometimes I open send a pdf file from an email attachment and when I open it it is a blank file. Another recent problem, the app freezes and wont respond. My ipad is a one year old so I don’t think the issue is from my ipad. I have seen similar reviews by other customers here. Hope they resolve the issues fast otherwise I am forced to leave this app.Another suggestion, it would be great if one can have side by side pages. I am doing my calculations on the app and sometimes i need to have an equation in few pages back to check. It is a pain to go back and force between pages. It would be awesome to have side by side pages selectively.Final note, i would give 5 star if there were no problem and app was working like before.",It is a pain to go back and force between pages.,2,TRUE,usability,page,43,47,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,cbffbe1a-eefa-42c4-b99a-bc3b8850fba7,5ca33b7c-b143-4a8c-a2b6-486f6382ce56,Hard to believe how bad,"Microsoft refuses to make their iPad software work well.It is hard to believe how bad this is.It’s like they put an ad out for app programmers, and hired somebody whose latest mobile device was 10 years old.No matter what you think SHOULD happen with this app,it will do something else.And it constantly pesters you with MS-talk stupidity.Open a file, and you will spend an hour trying to figure out whether this is the original, a copy, an original updated to latest MS format.And you will need to guess at the meaning of messages about “This file is not editable. Do you want to edit it ? Save a copy ?...”You won’t know whether your edits are saved, or where.I have spent the last hour with ONE document.But now my iPad is littered with versions, each one with pieces of what I did.PS convert to PDF ? Ha, MS thinks that is super advanced and will leave you stuck in the eternal hourglass.And PPSDon’t even try to print. They are still trying to get that to work on mainframes. When they figure that out, they will port the knowledge to mobile devices. Your grandchildren may actually print a Word document correctly.","Open a file, and you will spend an hour trying to figure out whether this is the original, a copy, an original updated to latest MS format.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,update,112,118,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,f297c281-e6db-44fb-a848-589f9513f7c1,5d05d1e4-5cc1-4677-9e7c-b3a4b3157e12,Pretty Good,"I like how this app has all the same features as Word on a laptop. It is much faster than my laptop. My main concerns are not being able to rotate my phone and type. Typing in such a small frame for long periods cause wrist pain, tendinitis in the 2 medial tendons, one located on the posterior surface and the other on the anterior surface tendons running through hands>wrists>elbow>shoulder girdle. Next main concern is the highlighting and editing tool. Sometimes it does not highlight the section I need to highlight to delete. I am then forced to use the backspace key. Which is irritating and time consuming especially since the ability to type is faster than the ability to delete. It creates an enormous pause in documentation.",I am then forced to use the backspace key.,3,TRUE,usability,space,33,38,negative
productivity,things-3,264403dd-7438-473d-a9ac-703cec8e5466,5d0d5558-99f4-4da2-bcdd-7324b0797e9f,No Tab for linked calendars?,"I only see start times for events, but not the end times, in ‘today’. I would love this app if there would be better integration with calendars, it’s so close to being a great mobile daily task manager. Surprises occur in the day and the ability to move things around for the day would be nice, if only I could see what time slots I have available... without having to switch between my calendar. Thanks for considering my suggestions.","I would love this app if there would be better integration with calendars, it’s so close to being a great mobile daily task manager.",5,TRUE,compatibility,calendar,65,73,positive
productivity,notability,09224c29-3f1c-4a57-89f6-186ef2258ce7,5d5bb724-ea0d-439f-bbe6-9a56491057e4,This App is Trash,"I have been using Notability throughout my first year of Medical School and recently it has been crashing and deleting half of the notes that I have written. Up to this point, I have lost a number of notes (and hours of time) due to this app. It will spontaneously close and not automatically save, leading to a solid chunk of notes being no where to be found. In additions, sometimes the app does not sync with the Mac version for hours at a time and there is no way to refresh the app to attempt to speed up the syncing process. I do not recommend buying this and would advise just using One Note instead. In addition to these errors that occur within the app, there are a lot of features that this app is missing. Images/writing inserted into text do not automatically move down when you attempt to type above them, you cannot insert arrows or other symbols into text, when attempting to draw on inserted photos often the photo will become selected and move instead of being written on. These are very basic features that are essential to note taking but are not available here.",These are very basic features that are essential to note taking but are not available here.,1,TRUE,usability,note taking,53,64,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,4fa84367-9303-4bb1-9cb9-796f13e548b9,5da0dba8-25ef-4ebd-b7b5-78febe1aacda,Amazing for focus,"Forest is a great way to detach from your phone during necessary moments in order to zone in on the work that’s been piling up on your desk. I’ve used it since high school, and as a busy college student now, I’m falling in love with it all over again. It’s a great (free) way to feel rewarded and extra productive after a long study session, or whatever type of work situation is applicable to you. Not to mention, the graphics and design is just downright pleasant. Thanks Forest!","Not to mention, the graphics and design is just downright pleasant.",5,TRUE,usability,design,34,40,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,1b054a93-2158-4cfe-8a8a-dcb5ca2aa3f9,5e1117bc-5fed-4c4e-8211-bff35326d284,Missing templates & features,"I have to use this for school, and I use the mobile version, which in a lot of ways I really like. But there are features missing that I have used before, so less control over what I’m doing which is a shame. (Like creating citations for the work that will then just insert and be in the format I’ve chosen, as I can use all the help I can get in that area. Also, footnotes aren’t easy either.) Also there are barely any templates, which is also upsetting because I need very specific things for my classes, and it would be extremely helpful for me if I had a much wider range of templates. I did find some on the Microsoft website, but they don’t work properly, so that’s a bust. Hoping these things will be addressed in an update.",Hoping these things will be addressed in an update.,3,TRUE,general,update,45,51,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,4f526253-46f9-4c6a-ac49-06ed43f268c7,5e240abc-5406-46e7-89f6-cf1b0701b5eb,Microsoft Word,"Omg! This app is so versatile. I can go from my MacBook, to iPad and even my iPhone. The interface works well with other apps such as Notability and Canvas. I definitely recommend others to use.",The interface works well with other apps such as Notability and Canvas.,5,TRUE,compatibility,interface,5,14,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,f6b2d152-0239-4185-a9d3-d9af85898941,5e852a3f-7a88-42e2-b967-c6bb5e27880b,New Update,"Contrary to popular belief as I’m seeing, I actually like the new update with the new layout. To me it’s cleaner with a more minimal feel I guess. Only thing is that maybe it is a bit too much white, but that’s up to preference. And everyone else complaining about not being able to switch between individual accounts, you have to press the round user icon in the top right corner to switch between your other accounts.","Contrary to popular belief as I’m seeing, I actually like the new update with the new layout.",5,TRUE,efficiency,layout,87,93,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,af9ae1dc-1b04-497b-8d1c-47767d897a3a,5ef85c67-d1ec-45ef-9f59-d10dcb9c4444,Free word app,"Having switched from Windows with MS Office Home, this Ipad/iPhone app does not even let you load an “emailed” Word document to open “closely” to the way it was originally formatted.  There are all kinds of “extra” steps to take and one must stop to figure out how to apply some formatting aspects.  You can use this app to make notes, or a basic outline then need to email it to your Windows PC to use.  It’s to cumbersome and designed to get the paid version.  It does not allow enough flexibility to use, open, edit documents. You either need a full version on a PC or Mac. Wish I had not switched. It’s more work for a professional look on a limited budget.",It’s to cumbersome and designed to get the paid version.,2,TRUE,cost,design,24,30,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,54ad13ee-e3f5-48af-b1ab-22b7b0142a67,5efbe144-d49c-4f98-b482-e2d1abb7995d,I’ve never been this focused,"Of all the other phone apps I’ve tried, this one has, hands down, been the absolute best. Not only is the idea of growing a tree cute but the way it is presented it very helpful. Whenever I click out and my tree dies, I always feel so bad. I also like that you can reply to important messages and still listen to music while still keeping your tree alive.",I also like that you can reply to important messages and still listen to music while still keeping your tree alive.,5,TRUE,usability,list,64,68,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3503fc87-0e9e-4131-ac10-06badb46e74d,60ac30ea-f22a-438d-9ca5-a990669899d5,Odd cursor behavior,"Edit: Opened it up this morning and tables aren't squished now. In fact, they are full size, which is amazing. Not sure what was going on before.I have always found Evernote reliable. I like the recent changes allowing easier and faster text formatting. Being able to use it free on only two devices is annoying, but not a deal-breaker.The scrolling, cursor, and pop up box  (copy, cut, paste, etc) movement drags. It's not exactly a lag. It's almost like a hover. I see this sort of thing a lot on websites, where they work well, but I don't need this fancy addition in my note-taking app. In landscape mode, the pop up box now covers up the text I select because the keyboard is so big (I have an iPhone SE).Also, in switching from portrait to layout and back, it doesn't keep your place. So you have to scroll to find where you were. :/",I like the recent changes allowing easier and faster text formatting.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,text,54,58,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,d9dc2340-a202-4a2f-b41e-e1578d0151fe,60b19b56-33b7-4cf1-8329-2fc62674cd1a,Good UX design,"I like this app, it’s simple and easy. The experience design is very good. There isn’t much to it, and I love that. It helps me stay off my phone, and forces me to keep working. It was pretty cheap app to buy, and I’m fully against buying apps but I gave this one a try and it has disappointed yet. Cute concept with little effort. Can’t wait to get enough coins to grow a real tree. That will be nice and fulfilling :)",The experience design is very good.,5,TRUE,general,design,16,22,positive
productivity,notability,371b4d00-dd68-4bf4-a947-fb5fd12694cf,60c84d74-6734-4653-9cb1-980cd9231d3d,Overrated and over priced.,"I have been using this app due to all the positive feedback but that has not been my experience. After paying the extra $3 for the convert writing to text feature (which at this price should already be included) the feature works horribly. All my neat structure gets ruined by the way the program coverts the text. I have spend more time fighting with the app, than I have been able to work on my assignment. While the format might make you want to buy the app, please look at other apps, because this is a rip off of time and money. You are better off writing on an actual notebook! Trust me I am trying to use all of the iPads feature, but honestly all is does is make easy things more difficult than they should. Plus Good Notes has better themes.","While the format might make you want to buy the app, please look at other apps, because this is a rip off of time and money.",1,TRUE,cost,money,119,124,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,6101a8d6-679d-4b1f-8771-bef8f6614a93,61483797-693e-4a2e-9da0-f1e840e2cad1,Disappointed,"I downloaded this app to use for note taking in college. It’s very comfortable to use and the notes are easy to organize. However, the app consistently deletes portions of my work. Sometimes, for seemingly no reason at all, large quantities of a note will vanish. Occasionally the app will allow me to restore the lost text, but it is hit or miss. And since the app is only deleting part of the note, the lost text can’t be found in the trash. I’ve researched some to find a means of recovering this text, but it sounds like it is impossible. This app is completely unreliable. I have given it more than a fair shot, but have wasted far too much time rewriting notes. Do not get this app if you need it for important information or if you are taking live notes on anything.","Occasionally the app will allow me to restore the lost text, but it is hit or miss.",2,TRUE,general,text,56,60,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,c69a18c7-b4f8-4ee5-a484-1b4a885ec40a,6151a8c0-e124-477e-a598-eb5ccfc78454,Current Version Is Nearly Unusable for Me,"Yeah, it’s that bad. What seem like relatively benign bugs take on outsized importance when they don’t get fixed for months, and they are crippling on an app as essential as Word. For example: Copy and paste? Can’t do it anymore (at least on an iPad Pro). That seems like essential functionality for a word processor, but apparently that’s not high up on Microsoft’s to do list for bug fixes. Another example: a bit harder to describe, but I have to try anyway. I have all sorts of problems with opening documents from the iOS Files app. I often can’t edit them at all, and instead have to open Word and go through the document picker. When I am able to work on a document, I can’t do things like italicize the font, or add a footnote. The app becomes mostly unresponsive (though I can still scroll and type). So yeah, what I’m basically saying is that it’s so buggy now, you can’t actually process words. It’s terrible. Pls fix this crucial app.","I often can’t edit them at all, and instead have to open Word and go through the document picker.",1,TRUE,efficiency,document,82,90,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,baef7a1b-6684-4481-b2b6-d990cd8a061f,61ba0e6e-4e03-47df-9e32-239a71c34bae,This app is awesome,"For you study freaks, the Pomodoro Technique is very useful in studying because it emphasizes intense studying. Think of it as intermittent studying where you study intensely, and then take a small break, and then resume again with intense study. What is clever with this app is that you can set a pomodoro timer and simultaneously “grow” a tree to create a forest. When that timer is up, take a break; a tree is grown after the timer and you receive coins. You can use these coins to plant real trees. So, this app is designed to increase your productivity and contribute to the environment. I hope this provides whomever is reading this review. This app is awesome. Go and download it!","So, this app is designed to increase your productivity and contribute to the environment.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,design,17,23,positive
productivity,things-3,af68e11e-54b1-4445-b75f-fac5eb0557b4,61dbaeb5-da2e-4e79-a6d9-570f7a822f4a,A pleasure to use,"Things 3 is probably my favorite app! It’s helped me a lot in organizing my tasks, and I really appreciate the amount of thought put into the app’s design.Suggestions: Allow users to mark repeating tasks as done before they’re scheduled. A web version of the app would be helpful too.","It’s helped me a lot in organizing my tasks, and I really appreciate the amount of thought put into the app’s design.",5,TRUE,usability,design,111,117,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d9c21df9-29c3-4476-a013-6f04590e7764,62266abc-1c1e-4a5c-bf1e-69d07a01afe5,Long awaited update brings huge improvement,"It’s been a long time waiting for this ground-up update, but it is finally here. It’s brought with it speed, reliability, and a feature set required in a modern app. The user experience is light years better than with the previous version. If you haven’t used Evernote in a while because you get tired of the bugs, I’d recommend giving it another shot. I’ve been using Evernote since 2008.",The user experience is light years better than with the previous version.,5,TRUE,usability,previous version,57,73,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d9c21df9-29c3-4476-a013-6f04590e7764,62266abc-1c1e-4a5c-bf1e-69d07a01afe5,Long awaited update brings huge improvement,"It’s been a long time waiting for this ground-up update, but it is finally here. It’s brought with it speed, reliability, and a feature set required in a modern app. The user experience is light years better than with the previous version. If you haven’t used Evernote in a while because you get tired of the bugs, I’d recommend giving it another shot. I’ve been using Evernote since 2008.",The user experience is light years better than with the previous version.,5,TRUE,usability,user experience,5,20,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,052d0d5f-0fbc-405d-a1b3-2149e92060c7,62c3d5bc-c91e-45ca-b258-063b4442a9a8,Steadily getting worse,"I've been a paying Evernote customer for many years with a lot of my stuff in there but as time has gone on it's been more and more frustrating to use. Attachments won't download. Or you wait 5 minutes while it ""says"" it is downloading then gets done and nothing happens. Photos won't show. Try to bring up some reference document while you are working on something and every time your phone times out the app just can't seem to handle it and won't just leave the document/note open you were looking at - you start all over - search for the document AGAIN, wait for it to come up, etc. Search inexplicably can't find things where the title or tag has the exact word in it I'm searching for. And there have been times where I have REALLY needed to get to particular piece of information and just couldn't. That is extremely frustrating - that's the point of why I put stuff in there. This product started out awesome in the days when everyone was still using desktops. As we've progressed into to mobile era it just hasn't kept up. Trying to access my stuff in the phone app is a frustrating experience almost every time - and trying to use the site in a mobile browser is worse. I haven't put anything new in for quite some time because it just no longer fits well or just doesn't work simply with how I do things anymore in the mobile era, let alone the fact that the app in general just doesn't work well.",Search inexplicably can't find things where the title or tag has the exact word in it I'm searching for.,1,TRUE,usability,tag,58,61,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,64f9a986-b035-43dd-bad2-ad32abf82d1c,634803b4-9842-487a-9c90-58d787842128,New Update Hurts My Eyes,"I have migraine and vision issues. The new, jarring, super white look makes my eyes hurt, especially when I have a migraine. With no color separation or clear boundary demarcation, it strains my eyes, if I have to spend any real time checking my email. I no longer use a desktop or laptop computer, so I depend on using the app. The new changes make it almost impossible for me to use, though, because it literally hurts my eyes and causes my vision to blur.Additionally, the placement of the option to change accounts in the previous version made sense. Where it is placed in the new version is not intuitive or user friendly. It now takes extra steps to pull up a separate screen in order to switch between accounts. This means I have to spend additional time on the stark white, visually unappealing app, which literally causes me pain, if I want to check my mail.This is a HORRIBLE update, that does not give any consideration for those with eye strain or vision problems. I won’t even go into the serious need to add options for color coding, for people who rely on visual cues to stay organized. Or the fact that nearly every other email app had a dark mode, at the very least. Please, please, PLEASE fix this!",Where it is placed in the new version is not intuitive or user friendly.,1,TRUE,usability,new version,27,38,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,d813d39d-7567-4d1c-9d17-5f831703752c,6350d086-2f58-477f-a672-0d45a8ea3875,Garbage. Not for students...,"If you’re a college student like myself and use your iPad for everything you do, you’ll be underwhelmed by the fact that you CAN NOT create or edit equations in Word. That’s right, you will have to use a computer to do that. Also, the user interface is in desperate need of a makeover. All the features that you want to use like changing font size, justification etc are all hidden under tabs with symbols that make no sense. Unfortunately this app is still the best document editor for the iPad so in summary, if you don’t have an iPad, just get a computer instead because this software is trash.","All the features that you want to use like changing font size, justification etc are all hidden under tabs with symbols that make no sense.",1,TRUE,usability,font size,53,62,negative
productivity,notability,f5681fc2-f280-4626-a7db-cf65ee3f2bf2,638bd113-0205-42ac-a85d-8682ec0b0f1e,Erases parts of sentences in handwritten notes,"Previously I absolutely loved this app. I used GoodNotes all through first half of medical school, and craved the customizable options for folders that I later discovered in Notability. This app had been indispensable in my studies, until I noticed that some words in my handwritten notes document go missing. For instance there is a sentence and a few words are deleted. Or, part of the words from one sentence appear superimposed on another page. I haven’t noticed an entire page go missing yet, but the mere fact that this occurs has removed my comfort and confidence in electronic note taking. The stakes are way too high ands too much to lose. I will add a possible caveat, the document in question is nearly 600 pages, and perhaps Notability is unable to manage such heavy files.","This app had been indispensable in my studies, until I noticed that some words in my handwritten notes document go missing.",1,TRUE,usability,handwritten note,86,102,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,69452027-20d9-4f18-94b3-b4cb3c1bd156,642bade7-95f2-455b-8228-6704f04c7eec,Pretty Useful,"It’s a pretty useful app, great for motivating you to stay off screen and do work. Shame they don’t let you use a whitelist of apps if you need to do work on your device. Also, it would be nice if the in the store, you could see a kind of grid view of all the items you could get, instead of having to swipe through them all to get to the one you like. Overall, the user interface is intuitive and clean. Worth it.","Overall, the user interface is intuitive and clean.",4,TRUE,usability,interface,19,28,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7ce44af7-8cc6-4d3d-8a5d-fabb2f6d7959,642f4a2d-8bed-461c-8e16-44e1176d87dd,Keeps getting worse,"I have had Evernote since 2016. It used to be a pretty functional app, great for taking notes, keeping to do lists, and clipping articles and news from the web for later. It’s getting gradually worse and worse, especially with rendering and editing. The focus will jump around like crazy when you’re trying to select something to change, deleting one space may cause the entire note to change drastically (probably since there’s some weird behavior for resolving web HTML and Evernote’s internal formatting).I’m on an iPhone 11 Pro Max and on the latest app update, I was editing some webclip and the app was pretty much frozen. If you search by tag, you have to click on the small magnifying glass icon, touching the autocompleted phrase does nothing.I can only recommend this app if you’re keeping the most simple notes, with basic formatting; or dealing with basic images you don’t really care about, since they may get corrupted/broken.","If you search by tag, you have to click on the small magnifying glass icon, touching the autocompleted phrase does nothing.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,tag,18,21,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4b0c9534-a7bd-41a6-b059-d3fbb454b089,64484427-6cbe-4117-826e-47e52f54db69,Love gmail but app crashes a lot when playing WAV files😥,"I love gmail and it is a great platform. I use it at work and have been having many issues for about a month since the last update. Our PBX attaches voicemails to an email and sends the voicemail as a WAV file. Every time I attempt to play a voicemail from the app it completely crashes. I work in the IT office so I am decently confident it is not user error. The app crashes when I play the message from the message list screen as well as after opening the message. I have an iPhone 11, but had this problem when I still had the iPhone 10. Apparently buying a new phone didn’t fix the problem. Please fix! After another month or so of not answering voicemail my boss will get upset.",I use it at work and have been having many issues for about a month since the last update.,2,TRUE,usability,last update,79,90,negative
productivity,notability,9ea915e7-b193-4824-afb8-0113991c33d4,64a68c15-59b4-42ca-972a-43c521a36909,Constant Crashing,"In the beginning, Notability was great for my anatomy class. I used it to make files with pictures of different structures. But now the app randomly crashes when I’m working so I lose my progress. And when I have been going over the structure lists, it changes the pictures I put by duplicating other ones. It’s very frustrating because I go back to fix it and when I check it over again, it changes back to all the mistakes. There has to be an option to save progress because I easily lose things because the app is crashing. Please fix this. Because I’m frustrated I paid so much for an app that messes my files and crashes for no reason. My iPad is updated to the latest software and Notability has the most recent updates too.","And when I have been going over the structure lists, it changes the pictures I put by duplicating other ones.",1,TRUE,usability,list,47,51,positive
productivity,things-3,edc48616-eafe-495d-8254-02a4ce8932ac,64a8d4d0-27b0-4370-944a-1900b8dae4cc,Almost there... Pun intended,"This is a great app! However, a lack of location based reminders is a killer. As much time has been spent on this app, it's unfortunate that it lacks a seemingly basic function to implement into the app. I invested $10 for the app on my iPhone, $20 for iPad, and $50 for the MacBook versions. That's a lot of money and then to find out it doesn't have location based reminders. It has great potential, but I seem to have wasted money since location based reminders are a must have for me.Other things I would like to see are;-IFTTT integration-Menu Bar widget for MacBook-Expanded sharing functionality-Option to insert attachments",That's a lot of money and then to find out it doesn't have location based reminders.,3,TRUE,cost,money,17,22,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,d9b9fce5-25de-4183-858d-f1d407c72878,64ad30a9-68ff-4974-b2b9-6cf4cd333fcf,Not usable for business,"I’ d got a subscription to Office360 or whatever it is. And I am signed in on my Ipad Pro 10.5” ipad. Still, whenever I open and edit a document, Word says, “oops, can’t save it” and I need to “sign in” or “Subscribe”.All of that is false. My subscription is paid up. I am signed in on the ipad. If there is a fix, no one has been able to find it.  Office360 works fine on my laptop and desk top. It is supposed to be the “mobileL work solution. I have found the mobile app for ipad just awful. It looks like it works,  but using or saving the work does Not work, therefore, garbage. Do not waste your money.",I’ d got a subscription to Office360 or whatever it is.,1,TRUE,general,subscription,12,24,positive
productivity,notability,ce56c38c-1d47-47f8-94da-9e541cc33059,64ca7a3a-45fa-4ae8-a1fb-75fe35fcc44a,Quick Shapes,"This app has been overall helpful for my note taking in class. I haven’t used a single piece of paper yet! (All my Homework has been submitted electronically so far.) I would like to suggest to the developers to program a “quick shape” function. As in, there’s the ability to draw a completely straight line by dragging and holding the pen until the straight line snaps into place. If they could program it where you could roughly draw the shape you want in one stroke, and then the shape would snap into a perfectly round circle, or a perfect pentagon, or whatnot, that would be SUPERB. Then you could size the shape from there, but it’d be like your drawings, not an “insert shape” because those don’t have transparent backgrounds to a go over previously draw items as far as I’m aware. I know OneNote has this capability.","As in, there’s the ability to draw a completely straight line by dragging and holding the pen until the straight line snaps into place.",3,TRUE,security,straight line,49,62,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,506ba56f-42fd-4125-ae9b-d26f2b198f42,64dca69d-eeb1-4dbc-bc4e-faa2782a4ed0,Just can't give 5 stars...,"Can't give 5 stars only because I cannot save emails into subcategories. Otherwise, I'm satisfied with gmail. I like that they split new email into the 3 categories, separating promotional, etc from my main mail... However I have missed a Starbucks salt discount day since I don't always check out the 2 other inboxes!!!","I like that they split new email into the 3 categories, separating promotional, etc from my main mail...",4,TRUE,usability,motion,71,77,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,8b4c5506-f004-4da0-8984-2445b392e8bf,654b4238-a642-4812-a9c5-738f82599ccd,Love/Hate relationship with Word on iPad,"I’ve used Word for years, and I am really good at it and take advantage of the really cool features that other word processor programs lack. The desktop version of Word is amazing!! However, Word on the iPad is mediocre! For instance, I utilize fields and cross reference data between different parts of a document, which is a huge time saver for me. Unfortunately, I’m unable to take advantage of this feature on my iPad, which means, that I must work on a laptop or desktop computer to really get the benefits of using Word in this day and age. Also, I really don’t like the automatic saving feature because I frequently use templates that I do not want to overwrite while working and the automatic saving feature makes this impossible. Please fix this! I wish there was a way to select, in the settings, a “discontinue automatic saving” option. If Google Docs had these features, I would likely make a permanent switch to that program because I appreciate working seamlessly with others. Also, as one who works in schools, I see that high school students have been trained in Google Docs and they aren’t familiar with using Word. I see a need to get with the times and I’m not seeing Word advance it’s features; however, as long as the above options are only available on Word, I will be sticking with them. Please, make these crucial features available on the app version of Word as well!","For instance, I utilize fields and cross reference data between different parts of a document, which is a huge time saver for me.",2,TRUE,efficiency,document,86,94,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,637ae1f9-894c-4449-b5ec-10cbcf49cf5a,65b84589-4cc7-4b38-9281-1593c8820713,Very cool app,"I love this app for managing myself. When I first bought it I used it every day for months. I want to keep using it like that for sure. I am always weary to spend money on apps, especially with so many free options. But I think investing in the app makes you want to use it even more. Very cool app. I would like to see an option to permanently label trees for different types of activities, but I think besides that it has everything I’d want.","I am always weary to spend money on apps, especially with so many free options.",5,TRUE,cost,money,28,33,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,0d9262f6-261e-45e0-84d9-757f78bcbe27,65f11208-4d31-47d4-a1ba-4e4aa75a20b2,Dark mode Plzzzz!!!,"I have dark mode enabled on my Gmail app and when I launch it, it shows The gmail logo with a dark background then it goes back to white. I just thought that was peculiar, outlook doesn’t do that so I was wondering if you guys could fix that by any chance? Also since iOS 13 now has dark mode and some users love it and it would be appreciated if Gmail could have a dark mode as well similar to dark mode already on Outlook.","I have dark mode enabled on my Gmail app and when I launch it, it shows The gmail logo with a dark background then it goes back to white.",5,TRUE,usability,background,100,110,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,7e5e1a6e-ba55-4acf-b4c0-53c4d65903aa,65f6d24d-2166-4cb9-8392-fa3d1387e390,Adequate but with two fatal flaws,"I’ve used the gmail app for a few years ... it was certainly an improvement over the Apple Mail app. Just two things have slowly come to dominate my experience, to the point that today I rage quit.1. That Important label business. I just wanted it to go away - I never asked for it, it just happened to me. I still don’t entirely understand it! I delete emails, but they continue to haunt me in Important. If I never read them - and sometimes, an email doesn’t need to be read to delete it, am I right? - then the stupid app shows me unread flags thanks to that Important business. Again, DELETED emails. Why, Google? When I search for solutions, none affect the app - so I’ve been stuck with this issue.2. Email threads. Initially, I appreciated this feature. I’m old school - I used a text-based email program for years, and I miss it. It also threaded - most programs do! Replies get placed next to originals. This is helpful. For some reason, Google decided to hide that things were threaded? Again, I don’t entirely understand this, I just know how it affects me. Here, emails I HAVEN’t deleted disappear. In the thread it will show one then skip one and show another. Where do they go? I’m not sure, but it’s been more than a little upsetting.If neither of these things will bother you, then this app is fine.","I’m old school - I used a text-based email program for years, and I miss it.",3,TRUE,general,text,27,31,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,cfd7b2a4-be91-4573-9357-2313573caf00,65fd5ebf-59e6-4619-9757-2b883486ffc8,I wish it worked better on the iPad 12.9 (vs. 3),"I like Microsoft word OK. It really does struggle often times and it’s not easy to use. However my primary problem here is that when trying to use Microsoft Word to interact with documents on my iPad it’s very slow, frequently quits and I’m having to use multiple steps to get the same job done. About to have to switch to Apple‘s software program. Soley because Microsoft word doesn’t interact with the iPad very well. I wish it was better. Microsoft team if you’re listening boy it would be helpful if you can get this working on the iPad.I run a medical clinic and need to use iPads in interactions with  patient during healing sessions. because the iPad works so well with other things it is a good tool. Trying to use Microsoft Word within this environment is not possible. I wish that Microsoft team could try to make this work better on the iPad for us professionals.",Microsoft team if you’re listening boy it would be helpful if you can get this working on the iPad.,4,TRUE,compatibility,list,26,30,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,15331355-49d5-41ba-98eb-188b14ae83e2,673d531c-a60a-4343-b552-9d1d7886b2c3,Very good app but pretty slow,"It’s a great app to edit documents. Easy to use and has all the features I need.The app is not perfect though.This app takes a while to start up. Google Docs only takes like 2 seconds while Word takes like 30 seconds to a minute.Another problem is syncing. Word always forces me to log in every Startup to my account in order to access my documents. while Google Docs (even if you didn’t use it in the while) simply brings up your documents. It doesn’t nag you to log in. Also Word should change their startup interface. It’s a bit laggy, slow, and simply needs a simplistic way to show documents. In google docs you see folders and files. Just tap to open. Word you have to go through many tabs.If Word fixes these mistakes, It would be a great competitor to Google Docs and I would use Word over Docs.",Another problem is syncing.,4,TRUE,usability,sync,20,24,negative
productivity,notability,bfda806b-3020-4aa2-a57c-7eb3e99c23d3,6756b86b-8125-49c3-b718-a875accfe452,Many bugs throughout versions,"As functionality increases, so do the number of bugs. The bugs don’t get fixed and tend to get worse. Notability frequently freezes with the magnifier circle on an area you just highlighted/underlined/marked. You just have to tap the screen with your pencil to unfreeze it, but if you change from highlighter to pen, or vice versa, tapping causes whatever you just highlighted into pen. It was a small annoyance before, but it is happening more and more frequently. Notability likes to lose notes. Many of my peers have problems with this. I lost a weeks worth of notes from notability. Thankfully, I back up to google drive and iCloud. It was present in google drive, but not iCloud. The previous review stands. The problem occurs when people download the iOS app and causes malfunction on the iPad and computer. It is not due to low storage space, as there is plenty of storage space available. Basically, you have to deal with it until it magically stops...or doesn’t. Why keep using notability? Best we have, so we deal with the bugs. Previous review: Please fix the iCloud sync bug. The app decides to sync all my notes in the middle of class, preventing me from taking notes while the sync is happening. It is also duplicating many notes. This is only a problem for those of us who have purchased both iOS and OS. It is intensely frustrating.","Thankfully, I back up to google drive and iCloud.",2,TRUE,security,google drive,26,38,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,39702962-58aa-4e33-945e-2ac570935fbd,675e4830-412e-4cd8-9dc2-59b7f4d398ef,Thank you!!!,"I’m a student and I have a very hard time man having my school work and time. Thanks to this app, I spend less less time on my phone and more time studying. Not only that but the sounds in the app, such as the rainforest sound are very relaxing. The overall design of the app is very calming and pleasing to the eye. This app makes my life so much easier. Thanks a million!!",The overall design of the app is very calming and pleasing to the eye.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,design,13,19,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,daca3521-749d-454c-90e6-c0d4fdb3fcb2,6769aaea-83bb-407d-b156-84df395dca4e,Lost and found,I was so lost without word - now havingWord document on my iPhone is incredibly handy !. I have found the ease if composing letters or lists with ease of Print !. It's great!,"I have found the ease 
if composing letters or lists with ease of 
Print !.",5,TRUE,efficiency,list,48,52,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,69452027-20d9-4f18-94b3-b4cb3c1bd156,67976b30-6f18-4f9d-9c38-b863c5d3ca0a,Pretty Useful,"It’s a pretty useful app, great for motivating you to stay off screen and do work. Shame they don’t let you use a whitelist of apps if you need to do work on your device. Also, it would be nice if the in the store, you could see a kind of grid view of all the items you could get, instead of having to swipe through them all to get to the one you like. Overall, the user interface is intuitive and clean. Worth it.",Shame they don’t let you use a whitelist of apps if you need to do work on your device.,4,TRUE,usability,list,37,41,negative
productivity,things-3,b4df9052-7672-412b-8a78-0cde48fbbb21,67c69ee1-d697-4739-a112-8dd1af38631f,Finally!,"I’ve downloaded what seems like a million apps looking for something that actually worked for me. Something that wasn’t so loaded with features that it became cumbersome to use or so simple it lacked real function. This is the PERFECT app and has literally changed my days by helping me more productive and less stressed. Ya can’t put a price on that people! It’s functional, simple to use, and gives me options to use it in different ways that work so well for me. I want to put these developers on my Christmas card list. Thank you for such an amazing app!",Ya can’t put a price on that people!,5,TRUE,cost,price,16,21,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,fea518be-c5c0-403b-bc51-6be9d19b98db,680c2db1-b8d5-4380-9c96-2d67688780be,One change needed,"I love this app.  It has changed my life.  But my fifth star (in my rating) is on hold until I get this fix: when saving an article to Evernote from my phone or iPad, it appears in my list of notes with images that are not part of the article, but rather that are part of the teasers intended to draw you into other articles.  This is awfully annoying!  These images appear much larger than the actual article headline, so at first glance, the note may seem unrelated to anything I’m interested in.  It’s just confusing and a waste of time.  If an image has to be captured, why not one that accompanies the text I’m saving??","If an image has to be captured, why not one that accompanies the text I’m saving?",4,TRUE,usability,text,66,70,negative
productivity,things-3,a78e3c5a-fafd-47c4-b2e2-bba86ccac563,680fa311-a7bc-48c8-abe3-b407c4ee2257,Good. But for $10 its not enough.,"I think this app can be the ultimate task manager it just needs more innovative features like priority selection and the ability to interact with other Things 3 user by creating groups and giving and receiving tasks, something similar to what Todoist allows its users to do. But overall the best UI and minimalism I've seen in a task manager and it does have some unique and nice features. I just think that for $10 it should have more. 👍🏻",But overall the best UI and minimalism I've seen in a task manager and it does have some unique and nice features.,4,TRUE,usability,task manager,55,67,positive
productivity,notability,940bd9ff-c28f-44b7-add1-c46bd4d18f6d,6878a741-0506-4c09-8b4f-f6bdce24c1eb,Notability is a great note taking platform but it has too many glitches!,"Overall great for taking notes and easy to use. However this app still need a lot of improvements. It doesn’t save your notes on an account so if you lose ur iPad or broke it, u cant restore your notes. Storing the notes on third party platform is too complicate, takes up too much space and hard to retrieve. It should have an account for each customer so we can access it everywhere like notion or google docs and the note can be stored in one place. Also there so many glitches. I am always scare to lose my chemistry notes since there been times where they just disappear. There should have some kind of history retrieve option like google doc. This app cost like $11 dollars when I purchase it, there shouldn’t be so many critical issues. Like notion and google docs is free and they r so much better at keeping your notes safe. Please get these critical issues fix! Other than that it a great platform for the note taking experience.",Like notion and google docs is free and they r so much better at keeping your notes safe.,3,TRUE,security,google docs,17,28,positive
productivity,notability,b0e9cff5-63d3-4d9b-8882-271b906164cd,689d55b3-709b-4115-96e7-d65b3bce41a2,Unreliable!!,"I can’t tell you how many times I’ve needed to whip out my iPad quickly to access a note or file. Even sometimes in front of other people. And this unreliable app won’t work! First off, I was finally inspired to write a review because it deleted all my dividers (again!) but this time it won’t restore them. When you go to the website it acknowledges this is a problem and just says “we are working on it” but they are lost. Lost. All the time I took organizing my hundreds of notes into dividers and one update wipes it all away??? Please avoid this app if you plan to use it for long term storage of notes and as a daily note taking app.Another issue is the syncing, which is clearly related, but has many other problems. The syncing is so clunky and when it’s updating you can’t access the files. So let’s say I’m in an important meeting, I’m speaking to a room of people and quickly need to check a note... ah WiFi is off so I flick it on quickly because I also need internet, then I pop open notability and I CANT DO ANYTHING. I’m sick of it. Leaving this app. What a waste of money.","First off, I was finally inspired to write a review because it deleted all my dividers (again!)",1,TRUE,reliability,divider,79,86,negative
productivity,notability,d6a973a2-62ed-4901-9505-c27b97aba48a,68d9b8e8-37ab-476d-80b4-04e4837418a3,It’s good. It works,notability and good notes almost the same. I have both they both work fine. I’m a graduate student and am able to take notes import documents to annotate with no issues. I think importing pictures in easier on notability than good notes and the organization makes more sense to me. Where both of these apps FAIL me is that I bought them on my iPad and cannot also download them on my Mac laptop. Paying twice for the same thing ugh. Google should just come out with something and make all our lives easier and cheaper that way I can keep my typed and hand written notes in one place instead on on google Docs for typed things and other apps for my hand written notes and annotated documents.,I’m a graduate student and am able to take notes import documents to annotate with no issues.,3,TRUE,usability,document,57,65,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,78efe16a-fac6-460c-96ae-947e743223b9,69023c3c-447e-4bd8-9292-008b3276856d,Word for my iPhone,This is an awesome product.  I was easily able to compose a multi page document with pictures embedded in the document.  Easily sent by email.,I was easily able to compose a multi page document with pictures embedded in the document.,5,TRUE,usability,picture,57,64,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,db34017e-1fd2-4253-b285-6c4ad530c63b,693a5cbe-bbbd-489f-935b-89c96ff2bfdb,Long time user,"Usually this is app perfect. We’ve been using the paid version for a while now and it’s been very convenient being able to access our notes on different devices. There are two things that we really hope you guys consider. We have an issue with duplicates being created about 40% of the time since this new update. It’s always happened but Its def been happening more since the update, either way it’s not that big of an issue. Besides that, our main request is that you guys bring back the Apple Watch app. Never actually got a chance to use it but I can see it being extremely helpful. Once that’s implemented we would happily give you the 5 stars 🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽",We have an issue with duplicates being created about 40% of the time since this new update.,4,TRUE,usability,update,85,91,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0dbd3244-8286-4185-8727-2a9fb99f0840,696bd3fb-b7de-4328-a77b-dd4b9d018046,Used to Praise this app,"This app has been a well loved staple, it’s been an easy to use and search place to create multiple lists. I’ve amassed an extensive restaurant guide for the greater Phoenix and Tucson areas. It’s my go to assist for passwords, copy and paste text for my work.  Suddenly, it logs me off. Every time I exit. Irritating, but not enough to change this well ingrained habit and love for the functionality of this app. It literally is a cornerstone of information I’ve stored for things I want to remember but don’t.  When I log in, I have an iPad and the iPhone 6s Plus. Haven’t upgraded or changed devices, yet now my phone is being recognized as a different device. Only one phone. Don’t want to unsync the iPad because it has a keyboard attached. So I’ve been unsyncing the same ONE iPhone and yet the next day it saw it as a different iPhone, after the app installed a thing where you cannot unsync more than two times was enforced. Couple months later, and I am LOCKED out. It won’t let me even sign in with the previously approved devices. So now, I’m not allowed to access my personal notes because you want a fee from me? Maybe I can log in on the iPad next month and transfer all of my notes to an app which won’t my data hostage for a few dollars. You’ve lost a loving user of over 6 years.",Maybe I can log in on the iPad next month and transfer all of my notes to an app which won’t my data hostage for a few dollars.,1,TRUE,general,tag,105,108,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,9c8c499a-3023-43a4-bc8c-f7ab629bc357,697c5b9b-61d8-4faa-ad3d-c34ba00cb3e3,Word Rocks,"The first word processor I used was Wordstar. When word became the only word processor available because of its interoperability with PowerPoint and Excel, I was not happy. But after 20 years of Word, Excel and PowerPoint. I couldn’t be happier. All of those programs offer ready to go templates that have creative designs I would never have thought of.  I just put a resume together using the block resume template in 4 hours with research. Just filled in the blanks.",All of those programs offer ready to go templates that have creative designs I would never have thought of.,5,TRUE,usability,design,70,76,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,3fbf7113-409d-46b6-bdc7-1108f9ea2ec0,69954882-a8e9-4e2c-b30a-13e3da2f74cb,Always the best,Absolutely love this app I always download whenever I get a new device. It is very user friendly and having the convenience of accessing your email is priceless. The inly qualm I have is just like having the empty all option for trash and spam. I would really love it for my promotion emails cause I often get quiet a few daily. Keep up the great work!!!,It is very user friendly and having the convenience of accessing your email is priceless.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,price,80,85,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2d110727-5725-4e45-a7a5-4ed9b962fcf2,69abe126-b571-42af-a641-b1fe892659a9,Conversation issue and App signature,"The conversation has been listing the oldest email on the top so when a new email is sent, you have to scroll back to look for it. It would be better to list the newest email on the top of the conversation. The App for IPhone and IPad have the same signature. If you put down “sent from my iPhone” then it appears on the iPad as well. Can’t change it!! Pretty dumb. Yahoo automatically signs whether it is from iPhone or iPad.",It would be better to list the newest email on the top of the conversation.,4,TRUE,usability,list,23,27,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,563f07c5-c901-4483-bfaf-f38390ec71e9,69bd2e8b-4d41-45cb-8665-42ce00d24d3b,New Algorithm Needs Fixing,"I have the app on iOS and it's very helpful and easy to use. I would definitely recommend it! However, there is a new method of detecting phone usage that doesn't work well. Everytime the lockscreen lights up, my tree dies and I lose credit for all the hours. Everytime I get a text or notification from any app, my tree dies. I also am not able to listen to music, or take photos from my lock screen, which I sometimes need to do when reading. Please fix this as the app is basically unusable at the moment!","I also am not able to listen to music, or take photos from my lock screen, which I sometimes need to do when reading.",3,TRUE,usability,photo,48,53,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,61fca2a3-5fba-4101-abfa-3a69972eb14f,6a0e543a-c792-4c15-a193-66397e55b954,"Good, but could use improvements","This is one of two email apps I use routinely due to its superior search features for information that I store/archive in gmail. In the current version of the iPad app, there’s too much white space on the left side of the screen. From the control panel piece to the far left, then the empty check boxes, I think that space can be better used. Suggest getting rid of the check boxes and expanding the email list to the left to make better use of screen real estate.","From the control panel piece to the far left, then the empty check boxes, I think that space can be better used.",4,TRUE,usability,space,88,93,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,02118abf-0f37-41ce-a4bd-6b1257633313,6aeae284-d6d7-4799-9bb5-8964c58f34d1,Keeps me motivated to stay focused,I have tried a couple of apps for self-improvement and this one is the only one I keep coming back to. The concept is engaging and motivates you to use the app often. Strongly recommend for those that struggle to put their phone down when they should be studying or paying attention in class! Definitely worth the price!,Definitely worth the price!,5,TRUE,cost,price,22,27,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,63f51dd7-cf7a-4987-b0f3-304482d496c8,6b7baf07-e7cb-4fea-a614-3b082a302ce0,Great tool but always need to wait for loading,"Extremely great note taking app. Notes can be shared and edited collaboratively. When switching apps on iPhone SE and iPad Air 2, Evernote always takes couple of seconds to respond even when I just want to copy-paste from another source. So I need to select the note again before I can edit it.",Extremely great note taking app.,4,TRUE,efficiency,note taking,17,28,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d7abcc81-914d-4c6d-b284-8be2b6a892f4,6be0df04-4aee-449f-b215-7bba984b851f,Buggy but innovative update,"I have enjoyed using Evernote as a student for years. This update requires a small learning curve and, like any change, time to grow accustomed to. My only issue is with sketch graphic quality but I have submitted a ticket-which I hope will resolve the matter.",My only issue is with sketch graphic quality but I have submitted a ticket-which I hope will resolve the matter.,5,TRUE,efficiency,graph,30,35,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,5818a88d-19b6-41ab-9da8-fcdbaa5be6fb,6be92f7c-7e2d-4f64-af6c-18b18573da9c,A tool to centralize all my tasks and notes,"With the multiple insufficiencies of outlook for Mac - that we use at a group level, Evernote is my perfect tool for keeping ALL my tasks in the same place, from emails to answer, tasks I create, etc. I forward emails to my Evernote account several times a day to schedule the time to answer (could you add a function where we choose the default notebook to send email reminders to avoid the ‘@‘ step and set that, if no date is mentioned, the default is tomorrow?). I also have the comfort of having my notes everywhere with me on a handwritten format. I used to be a fan of paper notebooks but was losing them all. Solved now! Finally the scan document function is incredible and allows me to manage all my legal scanned contracts in the best possible way. WELL DONE team Evernote.",Finally the scan document function is incredible and allows me to manage all my legal scanned contracts in the best possible way.,5,TRUE,efficiency,document,18,26,positive
productivity,things-3,ef3112d4-915a-4c80-ac61-7ca5719fd1b9,6c3a2246-0400-4bbd-b2f0-761a263b63dc,Not worth the money,It’s a fine app but there are so many other free ones like wunderlist and 2Do and many more that do just as much if not more. I think price is fair for any app like this but when you have others that are free it’s just a waste of money in my opinion. So my low review is for the price not the app itself. Why spend the money if don’t have to. I already paid so can’t get refund but was expecting it to be so great and it’s really no different than the other top free ones out there.,Why spend the money if don’t have to.,2,TRUE,cost,money,15,20,negative
productivity,notability,51ef9ff1-b627-4833-aaa6-d5247c637a21,6c57bea5-dbc0-4902-ae47-6eaacfb787d8,Best Notetaking App I found,"I’ve been using this app for years, and appreciate all the updates that have occurred since then. This app has sufficed all my note taking needs, in and out of the classroom. One feature I would like to see is the ability to rename recordings, and possibly to attach these recordings to individual pages. One thing I’ve tried doing this semester is have the recording function on while at a lecture, but having numerous recordings in a file that grows daily is difficult with the current set up. If you don’t remember the time stamp or recording number for a particular point, you have to guess and listen for a bit to see if it’s right. It’s either that, or guess based on the date the notes were recorded. If you could at least rename the audio files, the app would be more useful. It would also be nice if you could change the paper style of individual pages, as well as a feature that easily allows you to draw geometric shapes (adding a figure on top of a graph sticky or any other element get tricky when you click on the wrong one. Sometimes because of that, the graph background ends up on top, and the figure behind it, rendering it useless).There aren’t really any visible bugs with this version of the app, Would recommend for someone looking for a suitable note taking app, whether it’s handwritten or type. I think the addition of a few features would make it better.","I’ve been using this app for years, and appreciate all the updates that have occurred since then.",4,TRUE,usability,update,60,66,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a303461a-8357-420d-b3cf-ffb12bbb8a34,6c72356c-9a1e-4271-bc7d-3d6f1ee80760,"i enjoy it, but i’m missing some things","i really like using this app to track how much time i spend on my work and it helps to take breaks with timed sessions so you avoid burning out. i like the tagging system so you can see specially how much time you spend on a certain task, such as certain classes or chores. i like that it shows which days you’re most productive and other interesting stats, and you can plant actual trees after awhile. some features i wish were included would be the ability to add a tree/chunk of time for the times i do work and forget to set the timer. id also like to be able to set a stopwatch without an ending because sometimes i want to keep working past the original time set. it’s annoying to have to pick it up and set an extra 10-15 minutes. at the same time, sometimes i’ll finish my work sooner than when the timer goes off, and then i need to kill the tree i’m currently growing or just let the timer finish, but then my times are slightly inaccurate. i know this is nitpicky, but it’s just some features i’ve used with other apps that i really enjoyed. i will continue to use this app regardless because i like their commitment to helping the environment and i think the forests are cute ways of tracking time spent.","i like the tagging system so you can see specially how much time you spend on a certain task, such as certain classes or chores.",4,TRUE,usability,tag,12,15,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,fc20d3a3-b3e9-4f04-a865-3821a3cc1efb,6ca84bf8-758f-464e-a4d7-0e3aca1d33cb,Love the Ease and Flexibility of Word,"I’ve used Word for many years, and I love how easy it is to figure out and the new features you continue to add. I love to design simple items with Word using text boxes and just learned how to dictate information directly so Word can input it as text. Although it’s not perfect, I’m going to push the envelope on it. Keep the updates coming.",I love to design simple items with Word using text boxes and just learned how to dictate information directly so Word can input it as text.,5,TRUE,usability,text,47,51,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,d8b54ee5-22e2-4dcc-a5eb-cf3f03fda3a9,6cbfe745-d1a1-4e6d-bc4d-fc773254a12d,Latest update is a flop,"Right now,I would honestly give the app ZERO stars. I actually updated the app accidentally so that’s on me BUT....since then I have had repeated problems with the app not letting me “reply” to a message and oh my gosh it infuriates me so much!! I really don’t like the update anyway but to be right in the middle of an email conversation and then the app just won’t let me respond. I have deleted-reinstalled a few times in the past two weeks. It has temporarily helped but has eventually gone back to the reply problems. And today’s attempt to get it cooperating it will let me log in,see messages then when I click one to respond it gives me the screen telling about Smart Compose. I have tried to tap the “got it” bar but it’s stuck at that point. Omg!!! Fix the problem FAST please.....I have had no prior problems with Gmail until updating last week and I’m so disgusted and angry that I have had this many problems in only two weeks...maybe less.",I really don’t like the update anyway but to be right in the middle of an email conversation and then the app just won’t let me respond.,1,TRUE,usability,update,25,31,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,47606d75-628a-46a4-9b2f-d81d538cf7df,6ceb2e7e-0410-4775-b65a-c6279592e129,Awesomeness,"Word is really cool, what with all the fonts, tables, and sizes. It really helps when writing assignments, but you can even have fun with it. For example, you can send a coded message to someone when using Wingdings. And messing with the sizes is fun too. Overall, Word is great, and you should definitely use it","Word is really cool, what with all the fonts, tables, and sizes.",5,TRUE,usability,font,40,44,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,284aa6be-ec72-4bd1-9b7f-c0a25db459d5,6cedab68-4973-4e45-9aef-dcfadff2b50e,Has some bugs,"This is a good app, I use it to write handwritten notes for class. I use Pages to do typed notes but this is much better for handwriting. Unfortunately, it’s quite buggy but this is pretty much my only option for handwritten notes without paying for another app. So ill deal with it till they get it fixed.","Unfortunately, it’s quite buggy but this is pretty much my only option for handwritten notes without paying for another app.",4,TRUE,general,handwritten note,76,92,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,92b3f746-ae54-44a5-be2d-dab6100f3dd2,6db73c23-2c0c-4c44-9911-8c7b4e5b51a9,Software great. Service lousy.,"I can’t imagine functioning without Evernote. It’s one app I use everyday. That said .. as others have said.. it’s impossible to get to customer support. There is also one very irritating formatting bug. When you share a link to a note, the web page of the note has a “Report Spam” button that sits over most of the note title. I’ve tried to report it, but other than the forums ..there no direct way to do so.","When you share a link to a note, the web page of the note has a “Report Spam” button that sits over most of the note title.",4,TRUE,efficiency,title,118,123,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3503fc87-0e9e-4131-ac10-06badb46e74d,6dcf9115-7be4-4978-aadc-2e8f5fbf8108,Odd cursor behavior,"Edit: Opened it up this morning and tables aren't squished now. In fact, they are full size, which is amazing. Not sure what was going on before.I have always found Evernote reliable. I like the recent changes allowing easier and faster text formatting. Being able to use it free on only two devices is annoying, but not a deal-breaker.The scrolling, cursor, and pop up box  (copy, cut, paste, etc) movement drags. It's not exactly a lag. It's almost like a hover. I see this sort of thing a lot on websites, where they work well, but I don't need this fancy addition in my note-taking app. In landscape mode, the pop up box now covers up the text I select because the keyboard is so big (I have an iPhone SE).Also, in switching from portrait to layout and back, it doesn't keep your place. So you have to scroll to find where you were. :/","Also, in switching from portrait to layout and back, it doesn't keep your place.",4,TRUE,general,layout,37,43,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a6e23194-4ac1-4606-bd25-377d0fda7b69,6e04bb02-0b74-40cd-be7f-b72cd45de6da,Notification shown on badges,"Everything else is great. I turn the notification on for badges so that I don’t miss any emails. However, the red number 1 will still show up (as unread) on the badge. Pls fix this bug soon, so that the number will immediately disappear after I opened the unread email.","Pls fix this bug soon, so that the number will immediately disappear after I opened the unread email.",4,TRUE,usability,unread email,89,101,negative
productivity,notability,d6a973a2-62ed-4901-9505-c27b97aba48a,6e4e64f2-886b-40c1-90e8-534c7330b8cd,It’s good. It works,notability and good notes almost the same. I have both they both work fine. I’m a graduate student and am able to take notes import documents to annotate with no issues. I think importing pictures in easier on notability than good notes and the organization makes more sense to me. Where both of these apps FAIL me is that I bought them on my iPad and cannot also download them on my Mac laptop. Paying twice for the same thing ugh. Google should just come out with something and make all our lives easier and cheaper that way I can keep my typed and hand written notes in one place instead on on google Docs for typed things and other apps for my hand written notes and annotated documents.,I think importing pictures in easier on notability than good notes and the organization makes more sense to me.,3,TRUE,efficiency,picture,19,26,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,4d0b1b20-9d9a-4879-a215-caf368698dec,6ec83fb5-e3cd-4f31-a55c-e682f6bb61f6,Mixed feeling here used this for 6 years,I used the program allot but this last year with its updates messed me up. I lost an entire note book that took hours to write and it simply up and gone. On top of that I have been takin notes for two hour and lost about an hours worth of notes. It’s sad to think that evernote and their programmers care more about money then your well being. I even purchased their premium deal and they only give you a few gb of information each month. Not enough for a real note taker. I would invest in a new note takin app if you haven’t already paid for this one. After this semester I will go back to using windows documents. After a few years Evernote is more pricey any way. One note might work best so I hope you guys like my advice here. Google one note !!! It’s free and works better,It’s sad to think that evernote and their programmers care more about money then your well being.,3,TRUE,cost,money,71,76,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,6acc4b99-e546-487e-95de-bc4a05f9e3d4,6edab4ca-9cbb-42f0-85bc-fb1328e7f8c8,Awesome App,"This app has such a simple interface, and incentivizes its users to remain focus through their tasks. Despite the $2 price, this app proves to be worth it. There is a multitude of different plants one can choose to grow, which is quite entertaining. I also enjoy being able to raise my focusing time past 30 mins. Having more options makes this app worth the price. I don’t really have anything negative to say, so I guess that’s it.","Despite the $2 price, this app proves to be worth it.",5,TRUE,cost,price,16,21,positive
productivity,notability,bfda806b-3020-4aa2-a57c-7eb3e99c23d3,6edf4288-dc2c-4a1c-87e2-556fc2abfad9,Many bugs throughout versions,"As functionality increases, so do the number of bugs. The bugs don’t get fixed and tend to get worse. Notability frequently freezes with the magnifier circle on an area you just highlighted/underlined/marked. You just have to tap the screen with your pencil to unfreeze it, but if you change from highlighter to pen, or vice versa, tapping causes whatever you just highlighted into pen. It was a small annoyance before, but it is happening more and more frequently. Notability likes to lose notes. Many of my peers have problems with this. I lost a weeks worth of notes from notability. Thankfully, I back up to google drive and iCloud. It was present in google drive, but not iCloud. The previous review stands. The problem occurs when people download the iOS app and causes malfunction on the iPad and computer. It is not due to low storage space, as there is plenty of storage space available. Basically, you have to deal with it until it magically stops...or doesn’t. Why keep using notability? Best we have, so we deal with the bugs. Previous review: Please fix the iCloud sync bug. The app decides to sync all my notes in the middle of class, preventing me from taking notes while the sync is happening. It is also duplicating many notes. This is only a problem for those of us who have purchased both iOS and OS. It is intensely frustrating.","As functionality increases, so do the number of bugs.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,4,17,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d58e5bbd-6461-4d0f-90ad-33105ce072a2,6edf83fb-e426-4498-abfb-54ea0b2f4da0,Loses notes,"The point of a notes app is that it store notes and be able to find them again. The search is generally worthless, you have to use tags religiously because that’s the only way you can find anything. I’ve had a note of list items for 5+ years that I referred to. Now I can’t find it via Search. Text I know is in it shows zero results. Worse, I scrolled through thousands of notes and can’t find it. It’s gone forever. And I paid money for this?!?Saving web pages is lousy. It throws 3 photos in the list view that rarely have anything to do with the page or are just some design graphic from the site. And don’t even try to edit that note, it will destroy everything. Searching for any content on it is a waste of time. Surely there’s a better notes app than this aging poorly-maintained junk.",It throws 3 photos in the list view that rarely have anything to do with the page or are just some design graphic from the site.,1,TRUE,general,graph,107,112,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f098186c-3116-466d-9c96-eefb2d898bf3,6ee2395e-f2b5-4a03-a616-8c5f246669fd,Recent issues,"I’ve always loved Evernote, and I’ve become completely reliant on it in every way. However since the most recent update (March 2018), I’ve had massive issues and customer service is nowhere to be found. I’ve emailed twice...  “urgent!” And no response. It IS urgent!!! I’ve been logging my client hours for the past two weeks on a major job, and suddenly some of my notes, including client hours, show text in preview but when I go to open full note, it comes up blank and freezes the entire app. So I can’t bill my client until this resolves. The copy paste feature has also started acting up. Can only C/P small amounts at once. I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling app, restarting phone. Nothing. I’m very angry about this.","However since the most recent update (March 2018), I’ve had massive issues and customer service is nowhere to be found.",3,TRUE,compatibility,customer service,80,96,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,7abe7950-3f0f-499a-86b5-d60034cea02a,6f1e3965-3181-4cd5-9ad6-c950426b65fa,You all must be bored,"First of all I like gmail, I use for all kinds of stuff. What I don’t like is the amount of pointless promotional emails I get on every single account. Even from sites I subscribe too. When I use the “tell us why” it doesn’t matter how many times I answer. It does not change. A few days ago I signed on and all my gmail accounts were gone and AGAIN I had to reset the usage WHY???!!!! every time you do this you mess me up for days. I’m currently forced to use gmail for work and gmail is no longer making me happy as there are constant changes being made and it’s turning into a bit of a nuisance. You all don’t really seem to listen. Life needs to be a bit more simple as we are facing some pretty extreme days. So you have forced me to start deleting pieces of my google life so things can be easier. Thanks but no thanks.",You all don’t really seem to listen.,1,TRUE,general,list,30,34,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,47ca170f-d800-457d-9b0f-165bde54ef9a,6f2477cc-5db6-4b70-a65a-68df87eb3de3,I do love gmail but...,"I do love gmail but I wish there were so more options that a fairly standard with microsoft platforms. I don’t need all the priorities or labels. I do need to trim my family’s calendars at times & wish I had more flexibility with the calendar. Also wish that PDFs coming through gmail had more robust pdf options... seeing pages, adding or deleting pages, etc. and I wish I could move stuff from drive onto my computer desktop without having to download it...",I do need to trim my family’s calendars at times & wish I had more flexibility with the calendar.,4,TRUE,efficiency,calendar,31,39,negative
productivity,notability,51ef9ff1-b627-4833-aaa6-d5247c637a21,6f3c2304-56a2-4513-a6a6-cf9ecae8c3b2,Best Notetaking App I found,"I’ve been using this app for years, and appreciate all the updates that have occurred since then. This app has sufficed all my note taking needs, in and out of the classroom. One feature I would like to see is the ability to rename recordings, and possibly to attach these recordings to individual pages. One thing I’ve tried doing this semester is have the recording function on while at a lecture, but having numerous recordings in a file that grows daily is difficult with the current set up. If you don’t remember the time stamp or recording number for a particular point, you have to guess and listen for a bit to see if it’s right. It’s either that, or guess based on the date the notes were recorded. If you could at least rename the audio files, the app would be more useful. It would also be nice if you could change the paper style of individual pages, as well as a feature that easily allows you to draw geometric shapes (adding a figure on top of a graph sticky or any other element get tricky when you click on the wrong one. Sometimes because of that, the graph background ends up on top, and the figure behind it, rendering it useless).There aren’t really any visible bugs with this version of the app, Would recommend for someone looking for a suitable note taking app, whether it’s handwritten or type. I think the addition of a few features would make it better.","Sometimes because of that, the graph background ends up on top, and the figure behind it, rendering it useless).",4,TRUE,usability,background,38,48,negative
productivity,notability,89880bde-5def-40ab-b071-65ba8e80e0cc,6f814c29-8131-467d-837c-05bb2de169da,"Good but limited, need to improvement!!","Notability is such a great app, but it has a lot of limitations. Starting with how bad is the storage system and the compatibility. I write and draw on my iPad but when I want to read and study at my laptop it is messed plus you need no pay more... ridiculous.As a student we use a lot of pdf and we write a lot, and the limitations that most disturbs me has been the big problem with “inserting” PDF. I recommend they make an update to make able to insert “pdf printout” and you’ll still have room for draw/write. Also they need to update the app we are in 21th century, why you want to imitate a paper?? It should be endless for all sizes the noteability pages it’s goes down and it’s good, but it could be awesome if you could go left & right endlessly too. PLEASE MAKE THESE CHANGES, PDF PRINTOUT AND ENDLESS PAGES FOR ALL DIRECTIONS AND YOU’LL HAVE THE BEST APP AT THE MARKET.","Also they need to update the app we are in 21th century, why you want to imitate a paper??",5,TRUE,usability,update,19,25,negative
productivity,things-3,8e2b50a0-d0c5-47ba-aabc-7f7a2edee0ba,6f823c40-ec6d-4314-ab68-898f2a3cd0f2,"Wow! So easy, so intuitive.",I’ve used various task managers over the years and I feel so lucky to have finally found Things 3. This app does exactly what you need in ways that make it so easy to use that you will actually keep using it. I wish I could give it ten stars to help it stand out above the rest so more users could find it. Be sure to take the tutorial. You will be impressed.,I’ve used various task managers over the years and I feel so lucky to have finally found Things 3.,5,TRUE,usability,task manager,19,31,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,48ed25a4-1feb-41fe-80f9-819e57837cb1,6f84af21-77c4-4f8e-8773-e6479e7fd706,Unable to login!!! Not working,"I get the error message ""some error happened"" and I'm unable to login. This is very frustrating because my account was also not synced during my last planting which was two hours long!! I thought it was an error with the app so I deleted and re downloaded and now I can't get in at all. Will I ever be able to login!?Did I lose my trees/coins/hours focused if it wasn't synced before I deleted it?Please fix and help!!",This is very frustrating because my account was also not synced during my last planting which was two hours long!!,1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,58,62,negative
productivity,notability,7eedb964-532a-4645-8d5f-439aacf5e0fa,6f8879f6-b929-4671-8c84-1d99c57f02e2,Used to LOVE IT,"Honestly I started using notability about a year ago when I bought my iPad and I pencil used to LOVE IT and take it EVERYWHERE. It was amazing used to sync with my computer and phone, had so many capabilities and benefits Now I’m not as happy because as I’ve continued to use it issues have started to manifest... it tends to crash randomly causing me to lose the last several minutes of my notes. At some point when class notes have too many pages and images the images just got lost, they LITERALLY disappeared from the place I put them in and randomly moved pages, even though I only ever added pages at the bottom of my notes. Honestly I was so excited about this app I recommended it to everyone I know. Now I’m devastated I trusted it so much because ALL my notes from the entire year I’ve been using this application seem compromised. Honestly just keep using pages if you’re looking for something to do notes in. Not worth being able to use both written text and handwriting with the iPad. Hopefully pages will at some point develop the functionality of using iPad and I pencil for notes at the same time.",Hopefully pages will at some point develop the functionality of using iPad and I pencil for notes at the same time.,2,TRUE,usability,functionality,48,61,positive
productivity,things-3,0660b815-bc33-44c5-b7cf-6e71de5587d7,6fce13ea-d3fa-49e9-a980-56fe27a3b2ac,Never loose a thought!,"For years, I have purchased apps and downloaded free apps, looking for the right app to capture my tasks and be able to repeat the task, move them around from day to day and be synced to my calendar. I was using a paper planner because I just could not find an app that was truly functional and fit for an organizer as myself. Love Love the app!",I was using a paper planner because I just could not find an app that was truly functional and fit for an organizer as myself.,5,TRUE,usability,paper,15,20,negative
productivity,things-3,d3eaea24-8aa4-4be4-a2c0-54fbf34d8a87,70ea0df4-2d6a-4cf5-9133-e7659ef87722,The last time I’ll switch to-do list apps,"If you find yourself switching between personal to-do list apps often because nothing feels “quite right”, you should try Things 3. It has completely replaced and simplified my Trello process, which I had relied on religiously for the last two years, but never felt perfect. Things keeps me focused on what I want to be focused on while integrating with my behemoth catch-all list, but without overwhelming me like looking at all my Trello cards did. Seamless integration with iCal calendars was not something I was looking for, but now wouldn’t want to live without. I would spend 10x what I paid for this app, it’s that spot-on in terms of flexibility and reliability.","Seamless integration with iCal calendars was not something I was looking for, but now wouldn’t want to live without.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,calendar,32,40,positive
productivity,notability,c5476b7d-1792-435a-911d-5ed774c90eec,719cf433-bb58-4060-90d8-7056bef78155,cut feature didnt paste,"Im using an ipad pro with 8gb free space. and currently 43% battery. I cut some handwritten notes from one note to transfer to another note and there was absolutely no memory of it no paste. And of course there was no way to undo it. other than that, I use it for med school. Notes are a pain to organize. I keep trying to move a group of notes beyond a folder but it ends up in the folder. I am sure I could figure it out but that’s too much effort. they should just make it more user friendly.Im giving it 3 stars becuse it’s so buggy now that it irritates me as much as goodnotes. when making dots with the highlighter, there is some weird cut into my perfect circle, like a block was taken out. for me, the best update so far has been the ability to pick more colors like how long ago? after that this app sits on the verge of annoying me.sometimes I stare at the app and wait for it to respond so i can copy stuff. maybe it cant’t handle all the files I have, which is about 15 gb. i definitely avoid this app for pdfs and use goodnotes 4.","for me, the best update so far has been the ability to pick more colors like how long ago?",3,TRUE,usability,color,66,71,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,eb0ebd28-aaed-41d8-b63c-77c537b4c46a,71b423b3-bacc-4672-8c92-de1cf4467220,Elephant graveyard of digital content,"I am not an active user of Evernote. I am a paying customer, but I have been looking for an exit strategy for a while. Because it was difficult to export content from Evernote in a simple, satisfactory way, it had become my elephant graveyard of digital content.This new version will accelerate leaving Evernote behind for good. First impressions were not good. When a new note is selected, the screen flashes, usually twice, like graphics terminals from long ago. This is especially obvious in dark mode. Rendering is slow, with embedded images appearing after text even on a current-model iPad Pro. Web clipping is inferior to almost every other app, and done off-device. You can’t export without Internet, which is really stupid.I think there’s a good chance that this will be a watershed moment for Evernote the company, and not in a good way.",This new version will accelerate leaving Evernote behind for good.,1,TRUE,compatibility,new version,6,17,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,6b1e6df0-07d4-41ec-808a-acb8cc0f00b0,71b92c51-5128-48c8-b307-71fda0f634e5,Your disorganized digital brain,"Evernote sells itself as a repository for all the information you’ve got rolling around in your head. In GTD fashion, offloading all that info into a trusted system freeing up headspace. The breakdown happens when you need to recall that info. The search function is atrocious. “Where was that quote about...” Good luck. If it finds it at all, random words — or just space between the lines — in the resulting note will be highlighted. If it’s a lengthy passage with the word mentioned more than once, forget it. I only use Evernote on my phone, and the UI update they pushed out about a year ago made the app more of a capture tool than a usable interface. The app is so minimalist you almost have to have access to a computer or larger screen to make any sense at all of what you have stored in it. I’ve invested a lot in migrating my stuff onto the platform, but I probably won’t renew my subscription.","In GTD fashion, offloading all that info into a trusted system freeing up headspace.",2,TRUE,usability,space,79,84,positive
productivity,notability,77afd274-82ab-48cf-88c5-67f7d5e9e71f,71d7b725-c923-46eb-aaac-e48809beecfd,Lately to many issues with the app...please fix and consider upgrade.,"Honestly I really like notability, but lately there have been too many technical issues. The application freezes constantly, when I zoom in and get very close the screen turns black, when I use the resize feature many times it returns to normal size and I have to do it several times, also lately it takes too long to open a document.I would love to already have the option to make subfolders, there are many applications that have this feature for a long time and it would be ideal for me and a lot of people for notability have it.  In a lot of apps reviews it has been a feature that disadvantages the app because there are even free apps that have this feature.  I have asked for it for a long time since I have been with the application for more than 5 years. I am currently in med school and it would be excellent to divide the classes by blocks and within the blocks by presentations, quizes, works, etc. I erase a lot of documents considering if was a memory problem, but it continues anyways. Also contacted the notability team via email but have not received a response either.","I erase a lot of documents considering if was a memory problem, but it continues anyways.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,document,18,26,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,728ba785-54f1-4f15-a986-bba298f1ff0d,7268866e-35da-4057-affd-a4ef6f3c00da,Major Bug Alert!,"I have been using this app for quite some time and have found it very useful. But there is one major bug to be aware of! If you select all of the text in your document and want to change the font, then tap on the font list box to select your font... Naturally for me I start typing in the font list box to search for the font to use, my experience is it will overwrite all of your text. When  you hit undo, it has nothing to undo. All of your work will be lost! One way to get around it is to turn off auto save then discard any changes as you close your document but this doesn’t help if you have made important changes.Update: I had this bug on my iPad Pro 2nd gen, the bug still exists on my iPad Pro 3rd gen.","If you select all of the text in your document and want to change the font, then tap on the font list box to select your font...",1,TRUE,general,text,26,30,positive
productivity,notability,b603afad-63d0-4c6f-82d7-10b4b51d83f6,72cb9887-7f3e-4375-9856-40bbac23b4ae,Love it but hate how...,"I’ve been using Notability for years now and loved to see much more amazing and user friendly it has gotten. However with the latest updates, the app keeps closing on me at random times so I lose my most recent updates on my notes and my recordings. I hope this issue gets fixed soon.Some suggestions on how notability could be improved,1. Everyone uses powerpoint. If there are slides in a powerpoint that I don’t have I want to be able to take a picture quickly and have it come out in decent quality. OneNote has that amazing feature where as you take a photo of a slide, it automatically is able to resize and realign the photo so that it’s not all crooked. Currently right now, I have to download an app that does that for me so it would be nice if notability could add that feature.2. Having some free/blank space on the side where I can make additional notes so that I don’t have to write on my powerpoint slides. Sometimes the slides have too much material and it feels clustered to have to squeeze my notes onto it so it would be awesome if I could have space on the side to add notes. Maybe consider adding ways to insert different types of documents?3. Add more highlighting/drawing options. What I mean by this is, maybe besides just drawing lines you can add rectangles or circles. I know that you can insert figures but I feel like they are out of the way.","However with the latest updates, the app keeps closing on me at random times so I lose my most recent updates on my notes and my recordings.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,recording,130,139,negative
productivity,notability,8b9a1669-ac18-4dde-b40e-305c9090ff7f,72dcf191-6099-426c-95f9-6ce11dcecebe,Almost everything I could wish for.,"I love this app. It’s improved my studying a lot. Everything is simple and easy to use. Uploading my notes to my google drive easy and straight forward. The built in mic feature wonderful. Everything is amazing.  Expect one thing, when I get my professors PowerPoint lectures put on notability. Majority of the times it comes out perfectly fine. Other times, it comes out as if someone shook the entire slide, slid the words, pictures, and other graphics to one side shook them again. Change the colors fonts, and sometimes even put them upside down. It’s kinda a cruel evil joke because I can’t edit the slides to make them how they were intended. Unless I add a new page and re-write everything but i will also lose the pictures that were on that slide. Literally the only problem is that the formatting when getting slides from PowerPoint and putting them on notability is the biggest and only downside. Thats why its 4/5 stars on here and 8.5/10 on yelp.",Uploading my notes to my google drive easy and straight forward.,5,TRUE,usability,google drive,26,38,positive
productivity,things-3,b53795f1-8633-46e5-8700-80a93b97fd0d,738b60b0-5b3f-4288-bcb1-e36933cbdfd2,Best planner and task manager!,This app has changed my life. I don’t forget to do things anymore. I just ask Siri on my watch to add a reminder. I go into things multiple times a day and I import my reminders and set when they’re do and any additional details I need and I am off!As someone with anxiety being able to see everything that I need to do laid out with deadlines really helps me.I can’t thank the developers enough I have purchased this app on every platform I use!,I go into things multiple times a day and I import my reminders and set when they’re do and any additional details I need and I am off!,5,TRUE,usability,reminder,55,63,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,80102e60-367e-4ea1-ab63-996c0e0543ab,75153708-aa54-4006-9669-c8c96c4ad534,"Big/bug issues cont. to 2019, since 2017.","Okay, you want us to pay a subscription. Why should we when your product is broken? $7.99. Any device bigger than 10.5 must pay that price. Students must pay for basic features that we should be able to do. I can understand storage. But the typical norm has a hefty price. That may seem like not an issue, but Pages and Google Doc offer free features that are the same but with full features without a price. The downside is storage. So, that’s the only big issue. Bugs time! After working for a while in the app itself, it becomes unresponsive, unreliable, and when you try to tap to a certain point to put the typing cursor, it has a mind of its own. It does not do what you want it to do. Now, that big issue I stated. That specific issue is not worthy of $8. More issues! It lags and crashes. Which explains further the unresponsive and unreliable part. $8’s. Again, it’s not worth it.I think it’s time schools such as the public and private need to adopt Pages and Google Doc. I have no issues there. But if Microsoft believes these issues are not a problem. Then your lost. I’m glad my school is providing my Office 365. $7.99, a rip off.","That may seem like not an issue, but Pages and Google Doc offer free features that are the same but with full features without a price.",1,TRUE,cost,price,130,135,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b092a6bb-26a4-40b3-8c27-c9cf1258d07a,753b7029-ddda-4f26-bc3d-b6b859253bfe,Not as good as Mail where it counts,"Gmail is nice with couple of huge inconveniences which make it hard to recommend over the default Mail app.First, it provides no way to open links directly in Safari. There is a default app option labeled Safari, but it’s a lie. Gmail’s “Safari” is really an in-app browser. Whenever I tap a link in an email which leads to a site that requires authentication I see a 404, even when I’m signed in the system Safari browser. A second tap is required to open the url in system Safari. The “Chrome” option opens it’s respective browser in one tap as you’d expect. Why the disparity? Likely so Google can track users more easily. I’m disappointed Apple hasn’t cracked down on this.Second, it messes with the font size. The font is either much larger or much smaller, making messages harder to read.","Second, it messes with the font size.",3,TRUE,efficiency,font,28,32,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,7c9006df-f243-4c9d-99d7-d2cdd42c517b,75708acb-80ba-4a5d-bb61-c2363d9669e4,Gmail Review,"Gmail works great, the only thing that I had trouble with would be the ability to dismiss (mark read) emails. I also think that the display on gmail is nicer than Apple’s mail app because of their use of color and more modern feel. The fact that you can select which email that you want to use makes it a lot easier to send an email to a certain contact. While on Apple mail however, I find it harder to pick a certain email.",I also think that the display on gmail is nicer than Apple’s mail app because of their use of color and more modern feel.,5,TRUE,compatibility,color,95,100,positive
productivity,things-3,560217e4-ab97-42c4-8db1-f70015b7399c,75740d89-dc12-4c02-aba7-34716602cdd4,SOMETIMES SIMPLE IS BETTER,"I used the app „informant“ for years because they offered a integration of calender events in a task manager. But they have become greedy and changed to a subscription model with $25 a year.Compared to „informant“ and other task managers things 3 has a very simple but also very efficient user interface. Example: Instead of assigning priorities to tasks, things offers the possibility to drag tasks into the desired order e.g. according to importance.I ask the developer to keep this simplicity because sometimes are less possibilities more!But I’d like to propose some additional modifications:1. Assign tasks to „evening“ should be possible for all days2. Integrate the possibility to enter calendar events3. Add the possibility to use different colors for tasks4. Reminders should be possible for all future tasks on the desired date and time","Add the possibility to use different colors for tasks
4.",4,TRUE,efficiency,color,38,43,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a39265d6-b532-4e00-bf6f-5fb47bdb2969,7601bf92-de91-414e-9e41-493ca23e40b6,Great mail app except for browser preference,"In general I like this mail app a lot. I am happy to have my inbox sorted as it is on the desktop. I wish it was easier to attach documents from “Pages” and “Files” instead of only from the camera, recent attachments and drive. But my biggest complaint is this: When I go to open a link from an email and it asks if I want to use chrome or safari, I choose safari because that is my preference on my iPhone. I switch off the little “ask me every time” button. The very next time I go to open a link from an email, it could be the exact same link one second later, the browser preference window opens again, with the button switched on. It adds an unnecessary step every time I look at things from an email. Also, my saved safari things don’t all translate over to the safari that pops up within the app. I know you want me to use chrome because it is your product, but you offer a choice so it would be nice if that choice worked 😊","I wish it was easier to attach documents from “Pages” and “Files” instead of only from the camera, recent attachments and drive.",4,TRUE,usability,document,32,40,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,df4191a8-7a6e-4672-954e-112fd831c7ed,76476afb-fe7c-4400-ba8d-8a941b28a20a,Makes iPad useful input device for Windows PCs,"Normally an iPad is used as a display device and sometimes as a controller.  It can be used as a camera, but is usually too bulky.  Using the notes feature, in conjunction with the editing features of the iPad camera system and the location detection, Evernote can create very useful documents that can be used on the PC.Management is enhanced by the ability to search for text or OCR images on the server.  Forcing synchronization is also a useful management tool although I often have trouble with synchronization on the PC.  The inability to control font size on the text entered on the iPad is still a problem.As new versions are released, the user interface seems to change, requiring retraining without any help.  Additionally, the user interface on the various platforms appears to becoming so different that it interferes with interoperability.",The inability to control font size on the text entered on the iPad is still a problem.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,text,43,47,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,92b0c5d0-0a36-44f4-8b49-f0c302c6fd43,7674ab3b-1afe-4988-bc08-b66596fd511a,Used to love it but after most recent update HATE IT,"I am veterinary resident. I have read a lot of journal articles, all of which come in the form a pdf. I am paying the annual subscription fee specifically for the pdf reading and annotation features. Evernote used to pretty good at this. I could upload the pdf into a note.  If I opened the pdf, I could read, zoom, navigate and select and copy text. Now when I open the pdf, I can only zoom. With the old Evernote annotation function, I could zoom and navigate easily, then use the highlight function to highlight important text. Now in the annotation function I can not zoom making it harder to read and nearly impossible to highlight text. Additionally, in the old version a little summary of annotations and highlighted text would be generate, so the next time I opened that pdf I have a lovely little summary of the stuff that was important to me. None of this is available in the most recent update and I hate it. I gave feedback to the Evernote team during beta testing and recently after the new release, but they clearly aren’t listening.","If I opened the pdf, I could read, zoom, navigate and select and copy text.",1,TRUE,usability,text,71,75,negative
productivity,things-3,1dd82a0d-bd90-4379-913e-0fda21752d99,769093bb-42c2-4dfa-bcc4-24a9a0cd5f00,Nearly perfect iOS app,"I used ToDo on the iPhone with Toodledo on the web for years, and I was quite happy with it. However when I tried to update ToDo, as it was increasingly buggy, to ToDo Cloud, the install failed and I started looking around. And I am glad I did. I looked at many reviews and decided to give Things 3 a try.The tutorial is well done, and in 15 minutes I was fully up to speed. I then reentered about 100 tasks, although I could have imported them. I have to state that the interface is a joy to work with, and the final result was amazing. Read the reviews for product details, but this app defines what is great about iOS.  Clean, intuitive and fun. The integration with the calendar, in particular, is brilliant. After getting it set up on the iPhone, I purchased the iPad app.  Perfect integration and interface!My only quibbles... When I set an Inbox item to Today, and then I do not complete the task and clear the date, the task ends up in the Anytime folder. I think it should go back to the Inbox.  This is by design, and I have a workaround, but it is mildly annoying. Also, I would like to not display the Anytime folder, as I do not need it, but this is not customizable. I could use the real estate for another area or project.  But these are minor details. This is one of the best apps for iOS. Period.","I have to state that the interface is a joy to work with, and the final result was amazing.",5,TRUE,general,interface,26,35,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,8252cbe9-062f-45ca-9d1b-dfd39c3ab955,76a6702e-6267-4e3e-82c3-9be0588b69d3,Getting There...Just One or Two Things,"I really like the new design especially how it’s consistent with the web version. Speaking of consistency, it would be nice to either get themes or a dark mode and the ability to attach files from the Files app is ESSENTIAL. I’m a bit surprised it’s not there already, as it renders this app useless if you have attachments in other storage providers. How very iOS of you😂",I really like the new design especially how it’s consistent with the web version.,4,TRUE,usability,design,23,29,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,6b1e6df0-07d4-41ec-808a-acb8cc0f00b0,770e84fd-06f8-47c6-9727-7bf13798e118,Your disorganized digital brain,"Evernote sells itself as a repository for all the information you’ve got rolling around in your head. In GTD fashion, offloading all that info into a trusted system freeing up headspace. The breakdown happens when you need to recall that info. The search function is atrocious. “Where was that quote about...” Good luck. If it finds it at all, random words — or just space between the lines — in the resulting note will be highlighted. If it’s a lengthy passage with the word mentioned more than once, forget it. I only use Evernote on my phone, and the UI update they pushed out about a year ago made the app more of a capture tool than a usable interface. The app is so minimalist you almost have to have access to a computer or larger screen to make any sense at all of what you have stored in it. I’ve invested a lot in migrating my stuff onto the platform, but I probably won’t renew my subscription.","If it finds it at all, random words — or just space between the lines — in the resulting note will be highlighted.",2,TRUE,usability,space,47,52,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,b0df40ca-939b-4c0a-888a-4a044952edfd,77c740fd-7fa9-409b-8ba2-047716ceedb5,Inferior to Apple’s Simple “Notes”,"I never upgraded because I firmly believed that taking notes on a device and syncing them should never cost me money. Fortunately for Evernote, this app’s function worked better than any other notes app when I first downloaded it a couple years ago. Unfortunately, the inertia of having so many notes kept me with Evernote long after it decided to add a premium subscription and slowly but surely take away all of the nice features that made it better than its competitors. Frankly, I’m a simple user- I write notes and categorize them, and here’s the thing: after getting a new iPad, I decided to give the Apple native notes a try, and it was just better. Evernote had for a while started to feel like I was constantly hitting the paywall by having only the free version and every time I opened it I was hounded by reminders of how much more I could be doing if I would only PAY for its services. But notes’ interface is sleeker, syncs on all THREE of my devices (yes, agreed, excessive, but if I’ve got ‘em, I want ‘em to sync!!), searches just fine, and is just as easy to use.I finally decided to switch over- and if you’re slowly getting tired of Evernote, you should think about it too :)",I never upgraded because I firmly believed that taking notes on a device and syncing them should never cost me money.,3,TRUE,cost,money,112,117,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,e3288ae6-815e-4444-90b7-639c585804f0,77d05a3d-fe6e-408e-a99c-a774a9f11b31,College President,"I have become truly disappointed with Word lately.  Used to be my trusted word processor for my iPAD.  Now the program gets stuck, home icons do not function, and I cannot save or send without having to shutdown and lose material I worked hard developing.  And, when it does work, there are delays in underlining, italics,  holding, and coloring text.  I am truly frustrated by these issues.","And, when it does work, there are delays in underlining, italics,  holding, and coloring text.",5,TRUE,usability,text,90,94,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,c405abf4-b616-4158-9913-44873331f50c,783455a6-e6f4-47fd-8932-4f1e74fa319f,No more procrastination :-),"I don’t know what I did to deserve this app. For the cheap price of $2, I’m able to actually be productive when studying. When I first saw it, I didn’t think it would be  efficient because I procrastinate too much and not only on my phone. But when you’re planting a tree you *actually* want it to be a productive time and it’s so satisfying to see the hours spent focusing and how many trees you planted today.I’m very glad I came across this app and I want to thank the developers for doing this idea, which is simple but very very efficient.","For the cheap price of $2, I’m able to actually be productive when studying.",5,TRUE,cost,price,15,20,positive
productivity,notability,51ef9ff1-b627-4833-aaa6-d5247c637a21,78753c92-f622-41c1-b3b0-04e7ba839467,Best Notetaking App I found,"I’ve been using this app for years, and appreciate all the updates that have occurred since then. This app has sufficed all my note taking needs, in and out of the classroom. One feature I would like to see is the ability to rename recordings, and possibly to attach these recordings to individual pages. One thing I’ve tried doing this semester is have the recording function on while at a lecture, but having numerous recordings in a file that grows daily is difficult with the current set up. If you don’t remember the time stamp or recording number for a particular point, you have to guess and listen for a bit to see if it’s right. It’s either that, or guess based on the date the notes were recorded. If you could at least rename the audio files, the app would be more useful. It would also be nice if you could change the paper style of individual pages, as well as a feature that easily allows you to draw geometric shapes (adding a figure on top of a graph sticky or any other element get tricky when you click on the wrong one. Sometimes because of that, the graph background ends up on top, and the figure behind it, rendering it useless).There aren’t really any visible bugs with this version of the app, Would recommend for someone looking for a suitable note taking app, whether it’s handwritten or type. I think the addition of a few features would make it better.","This app has sufficed all my note taking needs, in and out of the classroom.",4,TRUE,reliability,note taking,30,41,positive
productivity,notability,f16d5642-ec6c-4430-a71d-3851611d901f,78dcf22b-e137-473a-bf93-21173327fb6b,One of the Better Note Apps,"Notability has been a definite upgrade to managing note taking regarding the amount of paper is saved. Since my use, I have contributed input and suggestions to making it the ultimate solution. From my experience, the convert to text is okay but if you do not write legibly it can make mistakes which takes away from your note taking. I wish the app would stick to a hierarchical filing system instead of useless (to me) divider system. And most of all, the recording feature is great but the playback and scrolling suuuuuucks. There should also be a skip forward button and the skip time settings should be customizable. Lastly, I wish the suggestion and input forum should have feed back from the developers from the most asked features. Recent updates with new features didn’t really answer to the user requests. Drawing shapes are cool but perhaps better bullet pointing features are more preferred.","From my experience, the convert to text is okay but if you do not write legibly it can make mistakes which takes away from your note taking.",4,TRUE,usability,text,36,40,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,97a4ae47-3932-49fe-935d-6c23df936588,78eaf79a-710f-4e7a-89c2-0505c45e6f09,Keeps red notification bubble up when I don’t have unread emails!,"Keeps constantly saying I hav 2 unread messages! I hate seeing those little red bubbles, and they will not go away! I’ve checked every possible place, and I have zero unread messages. My PC reflects this. I’ve deleted the app and redownloaded it multiple times, and the may go away initially, but as soon as I get one actual new email, and I open it and the close out if the app, the red bubble saying I have 2 unread notifications comes back.Also, or doesn’t alert me when I DO actually have a new email, and S a small business oner, this is key.Lastly, it’s irritating that you cannot mark an email as unopened after you’ve read it!",Keeps constantly saying I hav 2 unread messages!,2,TRUE,reliability,unread message,33,47,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,452b2f27-5bf1-41be-acf8-686017f1fd19,791acbbd-d95e-46c9-824b-d4cefff94c21,Love!!!,"I albsolutely love this app and it’s definitely worth the money I payed for it a couple years ago. It helps me stay focused because i can’t use my phone when it’s going. I also love that you can plant a real tree just by being productive. The only thing i would like to see added is the ability to see the time you’ve spent on a certain tag, not just the percentage of time you’ve spent on it.",I albsolutely love this app and it’s definitely worth the money I payed for it a couple years ago.,5,TRUE,cost,money,59,64,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5599ce6b-f902-4808-b69b-b42f4855b652,7a354e9a-57fd-4a89-a617-5f6aa7a9e788,Great service,"I have been using gmail for many many years. I wouldn’t even considered using another email service. I have in the past. Like twenty years ago, used other emails. They were hacked and I was locked out of my emails through those other devices. I lost a lot of saved documents and emails. They refused to let me retrieved them.    Gmail has never had any trouble with that sort of thing. It’s one of the best emails there is as far as I am conserved.",I lost a lot of saved documents and emails.,5,TRUE,general,document,23,31,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,6e54168b-89b0-4dee-bbd2-d7216f91e01b,7a3f6385-8aa6-41cb-a521-521a534666e5,Love Evernote,I’ve been using Evernote for about 5 months now and I’m loving it! It’s great to have one place to look for most everything. Also I like to save articles. Before Evernote I saved them in many different places. As a result I was rarely able to find them again because I couldn’t remember where I had stored them. Now they’re all in one place & easy to find using Evernote’s search function. I admit I probably don’t use EN as efficiently as I could. It’s still a learning process. One improvement I’d like to see is the ability to add new tags when using my iPhone to save articles. Also it would be nice to have the ability to archive old notebooks that contain completed projects.,Now they’re all in one place & easy to find using Evernote’s search function.,5,TRUE,efficiency,search function,62,77,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,8255b7be-f9ef-4936-9230-c38b45d97237,7a527630-3a2c-4e71-bf6c-24489f69c0dd,use google docs for multi-language use,I take clases in german and spanish. so it's much easier to use the international us keyboard layout. word on desktop works fine but microsoft could care less about it's users that use multiple languages at once for ios. google docs works flawlessly where as word's spellcheck breaks as soon as you try to switch languages. their brilliant answer is to change the language of the os every single time you want to work in other languages. I am going to stick to google docs and cancel my subscription to office 365. besides that the app is alright.,google docs works flawlessly where as word's spellcheck breaks as soon as you try to switch languages.,3,TRUE,efficiency,google docs,1,12,positive
productivity,things-3,9c082264-fd58-453b-bf53-79f4b83c3b34,7a609564-9dd3-457d-bb59-f214a2a7f157,Not user friendly,I had hard time deleting multiple tasks. There is no way to go to reptitive task and delete it. I wasted my money on this application.I should have stayed with Microsoft to-do which seamlessly integrates with my outlook as well.,I wasted my money on this application.,1,TRUE,cost,money,13,18,negative
productivity,notability,661acb9d-5001-494f-83db-48c4f597d2f2,7a8460ff-6381-4ed6-b7e9-eca8f4471aac,Love it but issues,"#1:  Right now there’s an issue with text box.  If I accidentally click it, it lags and crashes.#2:  If I insert an image, it lags.#3:  If I move an image, it lags.#4:  I use the backup feature to my OneDrive.  I got a notification to turn my backup back on which to me meant “oh I need to sign back into my account again”.  It then turned on the Apple cloud backup which proceeded to delete everything.  To me I freaked out as I had no idea why my stuff was being deleted.  A representative then said I had to let it finish deleting everything since the “backup” was to move everything to cloud, delete everything here and then get everything back.  Oh and if it gets deleted on cloud it gets deleted here.  I would like a feature to never have a pop up prompting me to turn on cloud backup again as I don’t need stress before my exams from a counterintuitive backup mechanic.",#1:  Right now there’s an issue with text box.,4,TRUE,reliability,text box,38,46,negative
productivity,notability,df264933-0bd8-48ef-949d-b7fe4f3a47c6,7abc017d-52d0-4137-a70e-19df90c7ba20,5 star rated app UNTIL I bought Notability for Mac,"Let’s start out by saying I adore this app.  It was so easy to use and all my notes were saved so seamlessly with iCloud as well as backing up with my Google Drive for both school and anytime-notes purposes.  It wasn’t until I recently bought the Mac app for Notability when everything went to crap.   have never had issues with iCloud syncing in the past.  Now, my notes continuously have to be downloaded from iCloud and the process is SO slow.  It wouldn’t be that bad if I could open the document that has been stored on my iPad previously, but once it starts downloading a note, I can no longer open it, view it, edit it, or anything until it’s downloaded fully.  Until this issue is fixed in some way, my annoyances with this will push me further and further away from adoring this app and possibly fuel myself to change to GoodNotes or another high-rated note taking app (with Mac support).",have never had issues with iCloud syncing in the past.,4,TRUE,compatibility,sync,35,39,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,601e2a85-78ac-4986-8d4b-d8dc82f604af,7b3a0102-8552-434d-be02-af32e8f6afcd,Conversation View Ruins Otherwise Good App,"I use the app sparingly and only then because of how it interfaces with my Gmail account. The app would be one of, if not the best for email if you could turn off the inane and infuriating conversation view.Google offers the option to turn off conversation view on the web version of Gmail but continues to ignore hundreds of thousands of complaints and requests from users for several years by not making it available on their mobile apps.Countless users have documented tales of lost emails and important email that they didn’t know they had received because of it was grouped and hidden with other email in a “conversation.” Yet Google has remained defiant in not offering the option to turn off conversation view in their mobile apps.Google has made numerous “improvements” to the look and feel of this app over the years while ignoring this major issue for so many users.Most other email apps offer the capability for users to choose to have conversation view on or off. For some reason only Google knows - because they have also refused to give any explanation to their loyal customers - the Gmail app remains a less than viable offering for anyone who doesn’t want to deal with the hassles and vulnerabilities of conversation view.","The app would be one of, if not the best for email if you could turn off the inane and infuriating conversation view.",2,TRUE,compatibility,conversation view,100,117,negative
productivity,things-3,d9b19b90-7430-40a6-bd77-e1bd51b3a574,7b538529-4b6e-448d-b8fd-02d6a85ac78b,"Good from far, far from good","My life and that of my family runs on a series of Google Calendars, six separate calendars to be exact. I purchased this app for just under $10 in the hope that it would give me one place where I could integrate all my calendars, create ""to-do"" lists and keep it all organized and running in real time. Well I'm disappointed.1) While this app has a nice clean format, it's not intuitive when it comes to adding or removing calendars. WHY do I have to go into Settings to add or remove a calendar? AND why is Settings inconveniently located at the very bottom of my screen so Im scrolling for days?2) It has difficulty pulling in multiple Google Calendars from my phone. I have 6 calendars and this app will allow me to view 2.3) SLOW to refresh and reflect changes made in my Google calendar. If I have an appointment that I've deleted or rescheduled on my Google calendar now I expect to be able to make the change and hit a refresh button of some kind so the changes are updated in ""Things"". Nope. No refresh button ansnI will not see that change reflected in ""Things"" until the following day.  Bottom line: needs more work.","My life and that of my family runs on a series of Google Calendars, six separate calendars to be exact.",1,TRUE,general,calendar,82,90,positive
productivity,notability,b0e9cff5-63d3-4d9b-8882-271b906164cd,7b5b8b2b-4b81-46d7-b743-ca7fef05d396,Unreliable!!,"I can’t tell you how many times I’ve needed to whip out my iPad quickly to access a note or file. Even sometimes in front of other people. And this unreliable app won’t work! First off, I was finally inspired to write a review because it deleted all my dividers (again!) but this time it won’t restore them. When you go to the website it acknowledges this is a problem and just says “we are working on it” but they are lost. Lost. All the time I took organizing my hundreds of notes into dividers and one update wipes it all away??? Please avoid this app if you plan to use it for long term storage of notes and as a daily note taking app.Another issue is the syncing, which is clearly related, but has many other problems. The syncing is so clunky and when it’s updating you can’t access the files. So let’s say I’m in an important meeting, I’m speaking to a room of people and quickly need to check a note... ah WiFi is off so I flick it on quickly because I also need internet, then I pop open notability and I CANT DO ANYTHING. I’m sick of it. Leaving this app. What a waste of money.",What a waste of money.,1,TRUE,cost,money,17,22,negative
productivity,notability,2320ba3e-6270-4364-b2b2-93749d72574a,7b8e35b3-604b-449c-bef1-69b071551a77,Very good app but some improvements needed!,"Compared to One Note and Good Notes, this is the best app! However, there are several improvements to bemade that would make Notability incomparable to its competitors!Notability's Pros° Side by side Note layout: You can look at two separate notes/pdfs at the same time, which is awesome if you want to take notes on a separate pdf like a textbook.° Voice-Recording Feature: This lets you record audio while taking notes and lets you review it in sync with your notes afterwards.• Really easy to convert handwriting into text! Handwriting is also searchable° You can also create custom colors° Scissors tool lets you resize what you need and crop/rotate.• Overall, really easy userface!Improvements Needed!° Eraser! Please create an option to erase like a normal eraser instead of a stroke eraser! It's very frustrating when I'm trying to draw images for my school notes• Please make a shape recognition tool similar to OneNote or Good Notes 4! It's very hard to make good looking figuresin your app.° Highlighter! When you highlight in Notability, the highlight decreases the boldness of the pen color underneath.Please change this so that the pen maintains the same color when highlighted.° Please add more lined paper templates or let users add their own in. I'm a little tired of adding my own pdfs over and over again.",° Voice-Recording Feature: This lets you record audio while taking notes and lets you review it in sync with your notes afterwards.,5,TRUE,usability,audio,49,54,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,52228f58-a6fd-4d38-9351-980c312583e9,7c2c129b-1679-4dcd-bad4-98a68546aaed,Works fine but with an issue for large documents,"For a free app, it’s great. You can find most whatever you need for basic word processing. However, there is one problem. I am now working with a 900 page document. There is no quick way to get to a specific page or word in the document, and every time I open the app or work on a different document in-between, I have to restart the search from the beginning to get to where I left off. I have not found a search function specifically within the free Microsoft Word or any way to jump many pages ahead. I dread having to open on page 850. But for short documents it does the job easily and very well. I gave it five stars before I worked with a large document and discovered this issue. I’m still glad to have it.",I gave it five stars before I worked with a large document and discovered this issue.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,document,51,59,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,bd7093da-9b2a-46a4-99da-32de7a066998,7c52b8db-aee5-4ce6-9873-f5d41ade31cd,The customer care team won’t read your message,"I am having problem with the sync function across devices. I set up tree favorites on my iPad, but wasn’t able to see them on my iPhone app. I contacted Customer service about it. Shirley left me hanging and wouldn’t read my last messages. It’s been 3 weeks and she still haven’t got back to me. Besides that, the contact us function is really hard to find in the app.",I am having problem with the sync function across devices.,1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,30,34,negative
productivity,things-3,591a25b8-b537-42e0-9e5f-bcc34a2e0e3d,7c7a16b7-1c1e-4dc8-a32b-5eea9be900d3,"Looks great, Widget broken?","This app is undoubtedly pretty and probably very useful. However, I was hoping for a task app that I could view from my Today page. All the widget shows me is the “New Task” button. I’d like to see my to-dos from the Today page widget. I’m disappointed that the widget doesn’t have much functionality. I hope that the developers make the widget more user-friendly so users can see their to-dos without opening the app. 3/5 stars because the main function I was hoping for was not available. Will revise review if this is addressed.",I’m disappointed that the widget doesn’t have much functionality.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,52,65,negative
productivity,things-3,a4c9161e-c4ba-4e9c-8552-b98c69793fba,7cdf82df-8a2a-44a1-a21d-7c8198e292b1,Amazing app and a GTD essential,This app is the only one that worked for me. I love the fact that I can press Ctrl and Space anytime to capture a thought. It’s my favorite feature. I take meeting notes in the project section instead of using another note taking app. I wish they would add a feature or make it a rich text in the notes only. So I can make the dates of the meetings bold and add Bullet points for the notes taken.,I take meeting notes in the project section instead of using another note taking app.,5,TRUE,general,note taking,70,81,positive
productivity,notability,661acb9d-5001-494f-83db-48c4f597d2f2,7d1d8f32-94a6-4ec1-b6b5-8bc76f1c95f7,Love it but issues,"#1:  Right now there’s an issue with text box.  If I accidentally click it, it lags and crashes.#2:  If I insert an image, it lags.#3:  If I move an image, it lags.#4:  I use the backup feature to my OneDrive.  I got a notification to turn my backup back on which to me meant “oh I need to sign back into my account again”.  It then turned on the Apple cloud backup which proceeded to delete everything.  To me I freaked out as I had no idea why my stuff was being deleted.  A representative then said I had to let it finish deleting everything since the “backup” was to move everything to cloud, delete everything here and then get everything back.  Oh and if it gets deleted on cloud it gets deleted here.  I would like a feature to never have a pop up prompting me to turn on cloud backup again as I don’t need stress before my exams from a counterintuitive backup mechanic.",It then turned on the Apple cloud backup which proceeded to delete everything.,4,TRUE,security,backup,35,41,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,2b45dcca-21b1-4ce2-b3c5-2cc73d357cbf,7da95f0f-05f9-4b43-9472-ea8559d66330,The Best,"I have been in and out of school since 2011, first with my undergrad and now I am in a graduate program. With these two programs there has been a lot of paper writing especially on the APA format. I have used Word for all of them and have to say this by far has been the best experience. The addition with auto saving, researcher for journal articles and various templates had proven to most effective for writing papers.","The addition with auto saving, researcher for journal articles and various templates had proven to most effective for writing papers.",5,TRUE,efficiency,paper,127,132,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1d0d2719-3279-4717-b644-ac2db27937d8,7ddc3fc2-2159-4002-8017-72a73b911d54,Not ready for Inbox users until remainder show up inline with email,"I totally get why Google is killing Inbox for Gmail. Inbox was a test bed for features that would eventually make it into Gmail, and now that the test is done, it’s much more efficient to support a single email product.  I believe in the long run the long run, this will be a win/win for everybody. Unfortunately, they left out a feature that is critical to my and other users’ workflows. My email inbox is my to do list. I only look there to decide what I need to do. Inbox for Gmail engrained this workflow and it is close to flawless. Google suggests to use Tasks for a workaround. This is not close to the same. Now I have to look at two places and triage what is the most important thing to work on.With Inbox, it takes just a couple of clicks to add a reminder. Once saved, it shows up in your inbox in line with the other emails. Or you can set a future date and it will be hidden until that time. The only true workaround I’ve found is to email myself whenever I need a reminder. This takes several more steps (New email, to: me, subject: something to do, Send, when email arrives, click it and snooze until the appropriate time). This takes more effort and feels like a hacky solution. Google, please, for the love of every one of your loyal guinea pigs who helped to improve Gmail’s usability,  add the reminder feature before cutting off access to Inbox!",My email inbox is my to do list.,2,TRUE,usability,list,28,32,positive
productivity,things-3,21973020-6f93-480b-a39e-2ab8289cd8b7,7de02c08-0ee8-424b-8b2a-2fe65b0ae3fe,"Elegant, useful To Do app","This app has exactly what is needed for an efficient, useful, and seamless To Do app. I read a review complaining about certain things it lacks; to me those are all of the useless bells and whistles that clutter up other similar apps while adding nothing in terms of my needs. Things has clearly been very well thought through. It’s exactly the app I needed for keeping track of personal and work tasks, recurring tasks, jotting down ideas, etc. The $10 price tag is completely worth it, especially since there is no monthly fee. (My previous app—which I had paid for—updated automatically, and sudden I couldn’t use it anymore without paying $6/month). I haven’t used Things for very long, but I am already a very loyal customer.","The $10 price tag is completely worth it, especially since there is no monthly fee.",5,TRUE,cost,tag,15,18,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,58eb6edd-c5d1-4a45-bff6-0b1c18cd8b05,7de13370-61a4-4590-96f9-dd81752e5545,Word,"This app is great to be able to create and edit documents on the iPad. It really words on all platforms and it sync in real time all your word that you saved to the OneDrive server. The only thing I’ll ask from this app is that there can be a feature that lets you double space the text format. Thanks, Microsoft - Techgreatness",The only thing I’ll ask from this app is that there can be a feature that lets you double space the text format.,5,TRUE,usability,space,91,96,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f098186c-3116-466d-9c96-eefb2d898bf3,7e0aca7f-a107-42be-bd37-51a385a12384,Recent issues,"I’ve always loved Evernote, and I’ve become completely reliant on it in every way. However since the most recent update (March 2018), I’ve had massive issues and customer service is nowhere to be found. I’ve emailed twice...  “urgent!” And no response. It IS urgent!!! I’ve been logging my client hours for the past two weeks on a major job, and suddenly some of my notes, including client hours, show text in preview but when I go to open full note, it comes up blank and freezes the entire app. So I can’t bill my client until this resolves. The copy paste feature has also started acting up. Can only C/P small amounts at once. I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling app, restarting phone. Nothing. I’m very angry about this.",The copy paste feature has also started acting up.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,copy paste,5,15,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,1f2a568e-5e09-4c18-a526-60d211b39bfc,7e533089-478a-4eae-8ea9-a1673de8df12,What happened with the new update?,"Why do I have to choose edit every time I want to edit any of my notes. It will only let me add a couple letters before I have to choose edit again. Also, I had to really look to find my notebooks. Why make the current changes? Please fix the edit portion of the app - at least my iPhone app is still working as it used to. Not so for my iPad. Very frustrated.","Also, I had to really look to find my notebooks.",4,TRUE,usability,notebook,39,47,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a4f9c88f-3925-4cd0-84e7-d4cd72be7c67,7ebaea7c-5880-40b2-af93-ad21254a4ad7,Time to put this elephant out of its misery,"I don’t think any of the previous versions issues have been resolved but for some reason Evernote has been rewritten from the ground up with the best features slowly being added back. ——Evernote is my go to note taking app. I like being able to take a screen clipping, add some notes, set a reminder. Past that, it’s really fallen behind on the times. It’s just not very good at taking notes. Every little aspect of the note taking process is limited or tedious. It’s time for there to be live/instant as you type saving of notes. Also, sharing is a joke. No collaboration. No commenting. Annotations haven’t been updated in years and are basically useless on images and somewhat helpful on PDF’s. It has some of the worst outline note taking features out there. Lastly, it’s time to be able to record a meeting and have time synced notes that other users can comment and/or collaborate on. Seriously, sharing is useless.So why do I still use it?  Scan, clip or photo anything and everything and all the text in those images becomes searchable making it super easy to use Evernote as a big file dumpster and add a reminder to that note and you may not forget to renew your car registration.",Annotations haven’t been updated in years and are basically useless on images and somewhat helpful on PDF’s.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,update,26,32,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,2fda4b40-c781-4d25-a42a-523413b15752,7ec2e826-1424-4de1-8c9f-ab6cc7bebfb7,Finally Staying on Task,"I have ADHD. I often try to work on several things at once, which, is difficult for anyone. This app has helped motivate me to choose one task to work on for a set amount of time. I can then tag it with what I spent the time doing. I’m in grad school and have many classes to study for and clients to plan therapy for. With this app, I can keep track of how much time I’m allotting for each class or client. That way, I can ensure I’m spending equal or appropriate amounts of time on my priorities. Thank you, Forest!",I can then tag it with what I spent the time doing.,5,TRUE,usability,tag,12,15,positive
productivity,things-3,60fc7bbc-bc96-4aa6-9a39-565850ad2ddd,7f256f81-ffa0-4297-94b5-a48614453909,Pretty Good,Update: love that the notifications don’t disappear even when phone turns off. Thumbs up for that. Because if I miss notification or something happens. It stays until I proceed do some sort of action. Even if I open app notifications don’t disappear like other apps. Very happy just wish scheduling a reminder was a bit easier. Great App. Think it’s a bit confusing on how to make reminders especially when doing it for a year from now. But it seems reliable only wish it wud have an option for those that would like a nag reminder bcuz we all can not here the reminders go off f we are busy. Would like to see the option to change reminder alert & snooze options like Sorted 3. I do think it should have a better pop calendar view for easier choosing but I recommend the app highly,Would like to see the option to change reminder alert & snooze options like Sorted 3.,4,TRUE,general,reminder,40,48,positive
productivity,things-3,605736da-1382-40d4-904a-2e3c219b1189,7f8f4678-391c-4048-8a1c-0407b98eae49,Hideous Calendar Layout,"I want to like this app because it contains some truly good features. The calendar layout is sloppy, and it borders on being lazy. Firstly, all of the information is bunched together with no separation between each event. The calendar list just feels rushed. Other applications in the App Store for far less at least ensure that their calendar items are aligned with one another - Things does not. My gripe might seem minor to most; however, visual aesthetics are important to me. If the calendar isn’t important, the app allows you to hide it. Question is, why would the developers deny users the ability to create spacing and align the list?",The calendar list just feels rushed.,5,TRUE,usability,calendar,5,13,negative
productivity,notability,3293fbbe-4e99-43ab-b1d3-560114c2ba97,7f9b65c8-cb42-4935-a4d9-16f89030b6d8,Please revert file importing process to previous versions,"This is a great app. It’s a great way to take handwritten notes on digital formats of all sorts. However, with one of the recent updates, they changed the file importing process. Previously, you’d hit something in the top right corner to send to notability and a check mark with “Done” would appear. Switch to notability and a pop up appears asking you where you’d like to put that note.Now, you do this before switching to notability. The process involves many more presses, especially if you want to combine the file with a note. It’s just cumbersome in my opinion. A simple solution would be to revert the changes. Alternatively it could remember which note you were using last for combining files. Currently you have to scroll through an alphabetical list to find the note you want to combine the new one with. It’s much worse than the old splash screen that simply said “combine with current note.”Normally I don’t leave reviews, but this has been a frustrating change with the user experience that slows things down instead of speeding them up.",It’s a great way to take handwritten notes on digital formats of all sorts.,2,TRUE,efficiency,handwritten note,26,42,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,d8600743-becb-417b-b121-9c1954470759,7fd5ea02-dffd-4339-bbd3-c6f07ea3ecff,Love this app!,"As I student I spend wayyy too much time on my phone, but this app has helped me to reduce my screen time by so much! There are a couple of things I think could be improved about it, though. For one thing, getting enough money to buy a different type of tree takes FOREVER! Also, different types of trees should be worth different amounts. Like when you use the octopus tree versus a bush, you should get more coins from the cooler tree. Just a thought :) still love the app though & use it all the time!!","For one thing, getting enough money to buy a different type of tree takes FOREVER!",5,TRUE,cost,money,31,36,positive
productivity,notability,e0b84f3f-99bf-4f9b-811b-7d6191bb6f97,7ff4ac9d-18c4-4846-afcf-19e679df6192,Keeps losing connection with the Apple Pencil.,"Any body who uses this app will tell you it’s great and I agree. There are plenty of things to love about this app but some of the issues make it really frustrating. One of them is that the Apple Pencil will not respond. It happens almost 30% of the time that as I put down the pencil to write, it miss the first couple of strokes. You can imagine how annoying that becomes. Another issue is the frequent unpredictable crashes. The app will crash pretty unexpectedly. Most of the times it’s when I use the text box. It has happened so many times that I’ve stopped using the text box.And another major issue is contacting their customer support. Every time I send a feedback they’ll send me one of those ‘we’re getting high volume’ emails. They say they’ll get back to me but they never do.I have only used this app for 2 months now. I’ll stick with it for this semester but I think I’ll move on to Good Notes or other alternative.",It has happened so many times that I’ve stopped using the text box.,1,TRUE,usability,text box,59,67,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,dc9a9d2d-ecc8-426f-a764-4ce20f0f6ca6,810700c2-95cd-474f-aaac-bcb8b00081f7,A Must Have,"I’ve searched for and used so many different apps to keep notes, clips, photos, etc. Evernote continues to be the best tool across mobile and laptop/desktop. Love using it and always recommend it.","I’ve searched for and used so many different apps to keep notes, clips, photos, etc.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,photo,73,78,positive
productivity,things-3,d7175e66-0e6a-4494-b139-cb79c730b2c0,81431f7e-fb6f-4246-bf02-2304cd37649a,Best todo app,I have used them all instill use todoist at work as I am all pc and collaborate with others. But this app is so good if it’s share output was a little cleaner and the log could filter what I complete in a week I would use this for work as well it’s that good. Being able to set a deadline and reminders finally. Also love that repeated events don’t stay there in the way they go to the next time they are repeated why do so many todo apps get this wrong. I love areas and projects and lists very clear and concise with lots of options. Works great and the interface is beautiful with animations and thoughtful design. Keep up the great work guys.,Works great and the interface is beautiful with animations and thoughtful design.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,design,75,81,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3d1b94ca-dde1-4a10-8584-dbf0ea447fcf,815176fb-7c85-47a6-900e-d4d64c316331,Every update / redesign makes things worse,"I have been a paying subscriber for more than 10 years. Every couple of years, they completely re-design the app, and keep adding useless features. E.g. reminders - who needs that in a note taking app ?Latest redesign is bug riddled and crashes constantly. App start takes much longer than it used to. I’m close to giving up on Evernote.——————Downgraded my review to 1 StarApp is so buggy on my iPhone, it’s basically useless. It crashes constantly, and repeatedly. One of the main reasons I got a paid account was to use offline notebooks. Well, that functionality is mostly broken. Downloads are so slow, and only take place while the app is open. Since I had to delete my app and re-install, all my notebooks have to download again. It syncs at a speed of maybe 5-10 notes per minute. But as soon as your device shuts the screen off, it stops syncing. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND SYNC. So you need to keep you device unlocked for hours to sync everything, if it doesn’t crash. It’s so crappy and ridiculous.——————Latest update still doesn’t fix iOS issues. App still crashes constantly, notes don’t pull up. It’s been completely useless for many weeks now.",Latest redesign is bug riddled and crashes constantly.,1,TRUE,reliability,design,10,16,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f849e9ed-b533-4d4e-8fcf-adebf5e8bb63,81646d58-f8bd-445e-b122-3cf3491a7859,Option to increase font size,"Please gives us an option to increase font size. Other than that, the app is great. At least have it in sync with the system wide font settings so it would change according to everything else.",Please gives us an option to increase font size.,4,TRUE,usability,font size,39,48,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,b40867b8-1f5b-411e-93fb-614929087602,81e91c8f-eae9-4538-8a00-6ef6ca43b6cf,Lost photos I uploaded for recipes,"I used to love Evernote until today. I bragged to all of my friends how great Evernote.  I use it for many things including as a recipe storage.  I am using Evernote basic.  However, today the App lost 2 of my recipes.  I’m very frustrated. I had a special pasta recipe I was going to make with my son.  I saw the photo of the recipe on my phone and when I clicked on it and opened it up the photo disappeared. I can’t seem to get it back in any way. I think this is a terrible thing to have happened.  I tried to organize my recipes electronically and pitched the hard copies. Now I have lost that recipe and another. I clicked on another recipe from the app and that photo disappeared as I opened it. I think I took these photos in 2015.  The app worked fine for a recipe photo I took in 2017 this morning but it losing older photos.  This is unacceptable. I stopped opening recipe notes and went to the webpage on my Mac to open other recipes and the browser version worked fine with the other pasta recipes I added the same day. But now I have wasted an hour trying to no avail to restore the image.  Because I’m a basic user, I’m not even able to email customer support.  The app appears to be garbage right now if it loses photos while the web browser does not.  I’m so disappointed.",I think I took these photos in 2015.,5,TRUE,general,photo,22,27,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,b377dfcc-0244-4695-aee6-68d814c13a1b,827fcc08-d090-4099-935f-87bcfbcde2a6,I’m back after a 2 year absence,"I left due to cost. The old middle tier was perfect for me, and I was frustrated with the increased cost that I didn’t feel like I got my value from, because I am not a power user. I switched to OneNote. ON is ok, I was continually frustrated with 2 things. The most important, reliable sync. Evernote just works. I NEVER have to think about it, where with ON it was a constant source of “checking, worry, and troubleshooting.” The second thing was the ON web clipper. This is something I use every day, and Evernote’s web clipper is several classes above ON’s clipper. The combo of a great renewal deal and high frustration level, I’m back. And, what a breath of fresh air!","This is something I use every day, and Evernote’s web clipper is several classes above ON’s clipper.",5,TRUE,general,web clipper,51,62,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,86b10378-e0a8-4b0b-8566-d409fda70de3,8331e317-e368-44e7-9655-5ddce214ebc8,Frequent updates to hide bad reviews,"Once more, Google has ""updated"" this app without any real changes, as they've been doing almost weekly. The only real impact of this is that the pile of negative reviews immediately become reviews of ""previous versions"".I'm really confused why Google's designers seem to think we paid for a big screen so that massive expanses of it can display plain white. The most recent versions display less than 2/3 as many email headers or email text as before at the same font size, requiring a ridiculous amount of scrolling with no increased readability. It's very similar to the absolutely amateurish design update they did to Google Calendar.One of the more obnoxious changes is an inability to prevent automatic loading of images in messages. This allows spammers to confirm they have an active address and to know your rough location for their databases.Until several months ago, this was a five star app. The last several updates have removed vital functionality. In addition, they seem to be releasing a new update every couple of days with no noticeable changes, in what I can only assume is an attempt to minimize the impact of all be bad reviews (very few of them will then be for the ""current version""). Google should be deeply ashamed of its shoddy work on this app.","Once more, Google has ""updated"" this app without any real changes, as they've been doing almost weekly.",1,TRUE,usability,update,24,30,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,62d05518-f652-4427-ace3-f70dd82290c3,83647118-8992-4304-9b39-72a5acb6580d,A “Free” App You Have to Pay to Use,"Your update says you’ve “only” done bug fixes. That’s not true. Now we need a subscription to CREATE, to EDIT, and to SAVE documents? I’m a college student, and I only downloaded Word to type up papers (on the go), save, and send the document(s) for printing or upload it(them) to my professor. I don’t need a subscription that comes with all of the other fancy Word abilities & apps I’ll never use.Now I have to pay to use the edit & save buttons? $6.99+/month for the “create” & “save” buttons? Microsoft is already rich, there’s no need to be greedy. Apple has the greedy part covered.",I don’t need a subscription that comes with all of the other fancy Word abilities & apps I’ll never use.,1,TRUE,usability,subscription,16,28,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,7588f360-dc21-4a94-b74d-ff133f6ae988,838619f4-b6fd-4751-b70a-053d1c927220,People Have Different Needs,"I was ok with this account when I first joined a few years ago.  I usually log on via my phone.  When I use the library or my laptop the format seems different.  Each time they make improvements I like it less.  Perhaps this is not for me or I need to take some Tito arrange my account in a way that suits me, if this is possible.  I am quite frustrated with it.  I want to get rid of junk mail and trash.  I believe I finally found out how to not have archived mail.  When I open my email and ask for current mail, hundreds of old mail that I have tried many times before, appear right back in.  What is going on?  My daughter doesn't understand what I am trying to explain to her.  Although she does ask me why I have so much mail.  I would like the space on my cell phone to be freed up from those unnecessary emails.  Any advice?  I have not taken the time to set up a new email account someplace else.  If they could help me understand how to maneuver maybe I won't have to contact all my contacts with a new mail address.  Right now I hate my account!!",I would like the space on my cell phone to be freed up from those unnecessary emails.,2,TRUE,efficiency,space,18,23,negative
productivity,notability,79ae1b42-5163-4359-a6af-dccc1dc5337f,84087011-79b6-4868-935a-f3022435b756,I love this app but...,"I use this for note taking for my College classes. Very simple and easy to use. Like being able to make custom colors for pen.   But when I use the thicker pen option, after writing my apple pen, chunks of the writing just disappears... I contacted support with my issue, pictures and all, and I got no response. It’s been two months, and the issue persists. PLEASE fix this. If I am not able to read my writing because whole letters/chunks of letters randomly disappear AFTER the full writing was just there, this app is completely useless, because I do not have time to trace over countless pages of notes.UPDATE: After recent update, found out this app only gets worse and worse!!! Now icloud syncing takes over 30 minutes to load documents. it’s not my wifi, trust me. Every app / icloud itself works perfectly fine otherwise on its own. My favorite (and first) incident of this happening was when I started a timed test (open note). Went to go open my notes and they didn’t load!! the entirety of a 60 minute test!! so thanks for that C- grade. At this point, all of the issues with this app are NOT worth dealing with. Will be buying a new app that actually works.",Now icloud syncing takes over 30 minutes to load documents.,1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,12,16,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b1f90e21-b0f3-4b30-853b-fafe25fe5c49,8477dcda-caa2-483e-a770-6c1414001008,Useless,"Unlike outlook, The Google mail app for iPhone is not integrated with contacts and calendar, which makes it useless.  In order for me to email someone from my contact list, I have to open Chrome, then open Google homepage, then open Google contacts, then find and remember the email address of the person I want to send the email to, then open Google Mail app, and finally type the email address in. If I just tap the email address in contacts, Google will open the web based gmail, but will so WITHOUT the email address in it.  Customer service is either non responsive, or non existent, I have never received any response to my questions, or feedback.","Unlike outlook, The Google mail app for iPhone is not integrated with contacts and calendar, which makes it useless.",1,TRUE,efficiency,calendar,84,92,negative
productivity,notability,3d0b634c-d402-47e8-ba7d-bf6209fed826,84809a65-0e15-47f9-a16b-80706f5f164d,Recording and syncing,This used to be my go to app for note taking. But for over a year now I have had problems with writing while using the recording feature. I even bought a brand new iPad Pro because I though it was the device space causing this issue it turns out I was wrong. They have issues with their iCloud syncing that they even a year later have not fixed. While writing and recording it will cause a syncing messages to come up while your using it making it unusable while it does that. You are missing what you want to record and unable to write turning that time. Even when it finishes syncing it will do it again a few minutes later once again interrupting you. I have tried everything recommended nothing worked. I even freshly installed my iPad with only this application and even on my new iPad Pro it did the same thing and it has 64gb of space and nothing else on it. I’m disappointed that even after a year they have not solved their problems do not waste your money on this app. Especially when the one feature that is supposed to make it more enticing then GoodNotes doesn’t even work.,I even bought a brand new iPad Pro because I though it was the device space causing this issue it turns out I was wrong.,1,TRUE,efficiency,space,71,76,negative
productivity,things-3,f3324b4a-8e66-45d2-8ffe-1b825c7f2e00,84aa5859-6c21-47c1-a085-163dfbe25a57,Major shortcoming - no sync,"I bought Things as a replacement for Wunderlist. It is missing one essential feature that makes it useless — no sync. Yes, you can sync between Mac and iOS — if you buy both (iPad OS is extra, which I don’t think is right, but that is a separate issue). But you have to be signed in to the same account and share everything for sync to work. What I wanted was to share some list between two different accounts — like a grocery list shared between my wife and me. Things cannot do that simple function like a lot of free apps can.",It is missing one essential feature that makes it useless — no sync.,1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,64,68,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,88d2de9d-7e6b-4f87-bce7-6cfdc0cc71cf,84e2ddfc-34bf-4bc5-838b-af97e3a0cadb,Used to like it a lot,"I never write reviews for apps but because gmail is so essential to me I decided to write one.Gmail is integrated into my daily life. It was great to use and have a sleek design that makes everything pretty simple. Sure it takes some adapting but that’s just with any new app.However with whatever new update there is constant crashing. Whenever I swipe to a new email too quickly it crashes! What gives? I read emails frequently and quickly skimming emails is ESSENTIAL to me. Not being able to do that is a pain.Overall a pretty good app, just lately not so much.",It was great to use and have a sleek design that makes everything pretty simple.,3,TRUE,usability,design,38,44,positive
productivity,notability,2320ba3e-6270-4364-b2b2-93749d72574a,84f98184-3df2-40c8-82e2-fdfd43b4364c,Very good app but some improvements needed!,"Compared to One Note and Good Notes, this is the best app! However, there are several improvements to bemade that would make Notability incomparable to its competitors!Notability's Pros° Side by side Note layout: You can look at two separate notes/pdfs at the same time, which is awesome if you want to take notes on a separate pdf like a textbook.° Voice-Recording Feature: This lets you record audio while taking notes and lets you review it in sync with your notes afterwards.• Really easy to convert handwriting into text! Handwriting is also searchable° You can also create custom colors° Scissors tool lets you resize what you need and crop/rotate.• Overall, really easy userface!Improvements Needed!° Eraser! Please create an option to erase like a normal eraser instead of a stroke eraser! It's very frustrating when I'm trying to draw images for my school notes• Please make a shape recognition tool similar to OneNote or Good Notes 4! It's very hard to make good looking figuresin your app.° Highlighter! When you highlight in Notability, the highlight decreases the boldness of the pen color underneath.Please change this so that the pen maintains the same color when highlighted.° Please add more lined paper templates or let users add their own in. I'm a little tired of adding my own pdfs over and over again.",° Please add more lined paper templates or let users add their own in.,5,TRUE,general,paper,25,30,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d2a17e64-e854-44d8-bd8c-45f0fb92c8a8,852e4a32-2f55-4e07-91b6-6298c4797ede,Latest update renders product close to useless,"Updated 10/03. Got the latest update today. Still loads slooow. I think it created more multiple copies of notes but it’s hard to tell. Need to spend some time on the Windows Desktop version, the one that hasn’t been “upgraded” yet, to see if I can fix this mess. I’ve been an Evernote user since 2014. This last update to the iPad version is awful. I wish I never downloaded it. Everything about it is sloooooow. You need to tap a note at least three times before it even attempts to load it, and the notebook is local even. When it does decide to load, twiddle you’re thumbs for a bit because.....slooooooowWhen you use the nearly useless web thing, won’t call it clipper that works well, it tells you next time you sync. Guess what it never seems to do with those pages?  Oh, and if it does......sloooooooow Try sending it pictures.  They note shows up from the email but the pictures. Its nearly to the point where I may have to use either Apple Notes or, god forbid, One Note. Can you re-release the old version as an upgrade to whatever you want to call this?",Guess what it never seems to do with those pages?,1,TRUE,general,page,44,48,negative
productivity,things-3,79695b2a-f017-443f-a5b7-58b2d1b76f0c,856e648f-e137-44c8-b427-b97e627d8354,Supreme Improvement,"*after few months, its still a vast improvement. But I've also trialed OmniFocus during this time and think (suggestion box!) Things could really use the addition of adding a photo to a task. Its one major improvement that would help my way of using a task app out. Omni is better in this regard, things design is just so great though. ———-//— old reviewI grew to despise Things 2. This version is an absolute improvement to that P.O.S. that was v2. Things 2 had some great features, but was also super lacking and seemingly never updated with features that users requested. This new version appears to rectify some major  shortcomings I thought Things 2 had. I give 4 star for now, as I am adjusting to it from my hobbled together mix of reminders, calendars, notes, and evernote.",This new version appears to rectify some major  shortcomings I thought Things 2 had.,4,TRUE,efficiency,new version,6,17,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a335b861-f99a-465c-8906-3710d6b0f76c,8592eae3-9ee8-4249-a19a-0ffb58e7bc62,Don’t know why I haven’t posted a review before lol,"Been using Evernote since I was about 12. I’m 20 now, I’ve written a whole book, poems, songs, to do lists, random lists - I use Evernote for everything!!!! I have about 580 notes and some of them are just pages long. This app helped me get through High School. If Evernote were ever to shut down as an app I would be completely heartbroken. My life’s work is on the app. I’m so beyond appreciative of the people working hard behind the scenes to make this app stay alive and well. I’m completely in love with Evernote and I hope one day I get a chance to thank to de developer of this app. THANK YOU!","I’m 20 now, I’ve written a whole book, poems, songs, to do lists, random lists - I use Evernote for everything!!!!",5,TRUE,usability,list,60,64,positive
productivity,things-3,2594e0ba-71b3-4dbd-91f6-2767d03ffa05,85a0ef8a-2c8c-4187-b2e9-3e9573536eb7,Please allow lists to be shared,"I love this app. The design is clean and functional, it’s packed with features, but user friendly and easy to get started. I only have one request: shareable lists! This app is better than wunderlist, and waaaaay better than reminders (even with the iOS 13 update) but both of those apps have the ability to share lists, something I find very useful for a family list with my wife for managing our home and our two kids, and sharing lists with my teams at work. It’s the only thing missing from this wonderful app. Add it, and I’ll gladly change this review to 5 stars. Don’t add it, and I’ll continue loving your product (just not as much).",I only have one request: shareable lists!,4,TRUE,general,list,36,40,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,a9f9ad4b-b206-4eae-9c9f-f3c8b811fd60,85ae5ba5-fdb0-4bfd-bc2a-fd8c0099b1cf,Same as Previous header WONT GO AWAY,"Works great on my iPad Pro with my student subscription. Almost perfect EXCEPT for one very important thing for a graduate student such as myself. There is no option to adjust headers “same as previous” options. For my assignments, it is required that I have multiple headings in my paper. I have to have a cover page (header 1), title page (header 2) and the body of my paper (header 3). I have tried the “page break” options and “different first page” options with no avail. If I am overlooking this PLEASE inform me of what to do... because as of now, I am working/typing on my iPad and formatting on my Dell desktop (ugh - been trying to get rid of that thing since 2011 - glad I kept it for now but save me please).","I have to have a cover page (header 1), title page (header 2) and the body of my paper (header 3).",3,TRUE,general,paper,82,87,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,a9f9ad4b-b206-4eae-9c9f-f3c8b811fd60,85ae5ba5-fdb0-4bfd-bc2a-fd8c0099b1cf,Same as Previous header WONT GO AWAY,"Works great on my iPad Pro with my student subscription. Almost perfect EXCEPT for one very important thing for a graduate student such as myself. There is no option to adjust headers “same as previous” options. For my assignments, it is required that I have multiple headings in my paper. I have to have a cover page (header 1), title page (header 2) and the body of my paper (header 3). I have tried the “page break” options and “different first page” options with no avail. If I am overlooking this PLEASE inform me of what to do... because as of now, I am working/typing on my iPad and formatting on my Dell desktop (ugh - been trying to get rid of that thing since 2011 - glad I kept it for now but save me please).","I have to have a cover page (header 1), title page (header 2) and the body of my paper (header 3).",3,TRUE,general,page,24,28,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7a8f333d-738b-4a4d-8f15-ffcd52e0841c,85d0a0c1-eaa7-4f79-bb96-d75e9624d65a,Still the best for now,"I’m and off and on user for the past many years. I recently came back because I just don’t enjoy using OneNote as much as I do Evernote.They had a new overhaul of the UI, and I like it. I guess they removed some features, but I hear those will be coming back soon. For me, everything just works in Evernote the way I expect it (except being able to take a picture of text and then have it convert to actual text). My biggest gripe is the cost, and that they don’t have the cheaper plus plan any longer. There are some competitors that are getting stronger and will soon be a worthwhile second option at a lower price point. I think at some point, Evernote will need to either come up with some more unique and useful features or add back that plus plan to stay competitive.",There are some competitors that are getting stronger and will soon be a worthwhile second option at a lower price point.,4,TRUE,cost,price,109,114,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,0b5e1214-a3c6-4060-85c0-950ea0ea516e,85d404da-1e17-4c95-ac38-7b901b35d8d4,A couple stuff that might make the app even better,"If I was able to see how much time I spent on each task daily that would be awesome and I think it would make the app tons better. It currently just splits it up into percentages but calculating total time for the day and week would be great. Example, I’m a student and I would like to know how much I’m spending on each subject, other than that. Phenomenal app.",It currently just splits it up into percentages but calculating total time for the day and week would be great.,5,TRUE,efficiency,tag,43,46,positive
productivity,notability,93d270d2-f11a-4d54-af0e-308c8bca806d,86b148d6-8deb-400b-bcdc-4c8043f2d7dd,Notability USE TO BE a great app,"When I first starting using this app for notes it was awesome. You can oraganize the notes easily and taking notes was a breeze with the recording option that syncs when your writing so you can quickly pinpoint a part of a lecture. Within the last year though, I’ve continuously had iCloud backup and crashing issues. During my 2 hour lecture, it crashed about 3 times. These issues have been ongoing and the company doesn’t seem to care. It also disgusts me that if you want notability on your MAC, you have to purchase it again for that platform. I stuck with apple because of the ability to sync info across multiple devices which is necessary for school, but this company wants you to shell out for both versions. The worst part is that the MAC version is seriously lacking in any necessary features compared to the iPad version. This company needs to start improving their apps so that I can get what I paid for!!!!","Within the last year though, I’ve continuously had iCloud backup and crashing issues.",1,TRUE,security,backup,59,65,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,28b61963-b98d-49d6-8fdd-6e83feec8b94,8775d24e-30d8-4dc5-b81b-807913b82b62,"Simple, I like it that way","For those who want a simple approach to the online world, this is the app for you. As I’ve heard others say, this very product designed by google has simply become the standard in the way email websites are presented today. There’s no doubt about it. The interface, I would say, is user friendly. The app itself is fast and from my time using it, I have experienced no bugs (that’s not to say they don’t exist, however.)There’s one minor inconvenience and I’m not even sure if this is a google classroom issue or a gmail issue. I use this service for schooling, and I rely on it much more these days because of the current state of the world, and consequently I have to do online schooling. Gmail and classroom don’t work together. I’ll receive an email hours after the assignment itself has been posted, so at times I’m not in the loop as to what I need to have turned in. When I do receive an email for classroom, I’ll tap the “open” button and it doesn’t take me directly to the assignment/announcement. All it does is open the app so now I have to dig through classroom to find it.Regardless, this app is great and if you want a simple approach to email, this app is the way to go.","As I’ve heard others say, this very product designed by google has simply become the standard in the way email websites are presented today.",4,TRUE,general,design,45,51,positive
productivity,notability,cb555b5b-9e93-44f1-9574-f759a3b73281,87e33bed-840e-43fd-b075-73b452a2c7e0,Total scam with new update,"Notability has been great so far and always been the notetaking app of my choice. Yesterday, however, they announced a new app update introducing the all-new notability store with in-app purchases. What a scam! Before the update, handwriting conversion and handwriting searching was part of the app, which, by the way, I had already paid money for. After the update, both features are now removed from the app and have to be purchased, or should I say re-purchased. What a money making scam. I understand that companies have to make money, but to remove a feature that was already part of the app and then offer it as an exciting opportunity to acquire through the in-app store is deliberate deception and simply wrong. As long as the makers of notability pursue this kind of marketing strategy, one star from me.",What a money making scam.,1,TRUE,cost,money,8,13,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,28b8e934-3af2-4f7c-a1af-ffe0734e5d27,88276d87-a844-4985-ac07-f820f3b96c7e,Love it! 🤗,"One of the first apps that I decided to invest in to increase my productivity and in my opinion it has helped a lot in helping me focus on my tasks. Keeps me away from the phone and allows me to take the small breaks I need. The store items incentivize using the application to earn different cosmetics for the garden you will be growing as you stay productive. As a developer myself, love the concept and user interface, really easy to use, and helpful in its own unique but familiar way.","As a developer myself, love the concept and user interface, really easy to use, and helpful in its own unique but familiar way.",5,TRUE,usability,interface,50,59,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c48cada6-99d7-44b0-8c89-dd169f910c6d,883405ca-8dca-49b4-ab2e-cea7687da34b,Used to be so great. What happened???,"Love Evernote, but wish IOS version was better, especially when it comes to tags and their functionality.——Use to love Evernote. But with every update I like it less and less. It crashes and breaks more often then it works.","Love Evernote, but wish IOS version was better, especially when it comes to tags and their functionality.",5,TRUE,efficiency,functionality,92,105,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,c14a6fd8-af2a-4f06-aa5c-e32069ce4386,88dc9651-e265-431c-a2af-0a7f14718458,Why have ‘social’ & ‘promotions’ anymore?,"Right before the holidays, I started getting a bunch of promotional emails in my primary inbox. These emails are from sites that I’ve subscribed to for YEARS. And since gmail switched to separate into categories (which I have enjoyed!), it has ALWAYS gone to my promotion inbox. UNTIL RECENTLY!I recently subscribed to a social item, and now that is going to my primary inbox as well. I move these items to their appropriate inboxes, just to have any/all new emails from these companies (and a few others) pop up in my primary with the next set I get sent. This makes going through my emails increasingly frustrating and longer than needed.I have checked the individual emails to see if there is something I can do to get them to go to the appropriate place, and I’ve got nothing. None are marked “important” upon arrival... I see nothing that can fix these items so I don’t keep getting bombarded and have to sift through to find items I actually NEED to see in a timely manner!","), it has ALWAYS gone to my promotion inbox.",2,TRUE,general,motion,32,38,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,77ad5305-be1e-4e0e-88eb-84b23f290297,890dec3d-aef5-42e8-bd27-5e2e8f554c54,Premium user just lost another audio file…,"Evernote is the most disappointing app I have ever used! Honestly, I have used it since 2012 multiple times a day. It was a necessity for me. The latest changes they have made to the app has made it completely unreliable, unusable and doubles your time for each step. I use it exclusively on iOS but I have heard from Mac users that the same thing happened to them. Multiple reports the customer service has just given lipservice to the actual problem. They recently did an update and did not address any of my issues. It is completely unusable with voiceover on iOS. I asked customer service for a refund of my yearly subscription and was denied. So basically, I have paid for a service that was changed without my knowledge and is unusable to me. They will never see another penny from me, that’s for sure.",I asked customer service for a refund of my yearly subscription and was denied.,1,TRUE,general,subscription,52,64,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,77ad5305-be1e-4e0e-88eb-84b23f290297,890dec3d-aef5-42e8-bd27-5e2e8f554c54,Premium user just lost another audio file…,"Evernote is the most disappointing app I have ever used! Honestly, I have used it since 2012 multiple times a day. It was a necessity for me. The latest changes they have made to the app has made it completely unreliable, unusable and doubles your time for each step. I use it exclusively on iOS but I have heard from Mac users that the same thing happened to them. Multiple reports the customer service has just given lipservice to the actual problem. They recently did an update and did not address any of my issues. It is completely unusable with voiceover on iOS. I asked customer service for a refund of my yearly subscription and was denied. So basically, I have paid for a service that was changed without my knowledge and is unusable to me. They will never see another penny from me, that’s for sure.",I asked customer service for a refund of my yearly subscription and was denied.,1,TRUE,cost,customer service,9,25,negative
productivity,things-3,c54f0f9d-dbfc-4b33-9aea-98facf0ef540,8a032b7c-dcac-462e-8a4d-f57e8caba51f,Sync issues with watch,"I really like this app. I bought the iPhone app and am giving the Mac version a try with the trial. But the main issue I notice with both versions is their inconsistency with syncing across devices. I'll keep this review to just the phone and watch. Sometime items I have already cleared on the phone still show on the watch. It won't update. I will close the app on the watch and reopen it and still nothing. Sometimes it works great, other times it won't sync. This presents a breakdown in the efficiency of the app. Please fix this! And please sync with iCloud!!!!!",But the main issue I notice with both versions is their inconsistency with syncing across devices.,3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,76,80,negative
productivity,things-3,ad176b9c-3ca4-466c-816c-b09175195500,8a1ffad4-8fe1-4d7f-801f-b9c42c2761c4,Disappointed,"I bought the iPhone version of Things 3. I loved the design of the app. I went to install it on my iPad Pro, and found I had to pay another $30. This is a very basic app, and all other cheaper to-do apps on the App Store come with iPhone and iPhone support in the same app. As I was thinking about buying the iPad version of the app, I went into the comments and saw there are no location based reminders. These are mobile devices that we take with us, and location based reminders is a foundation level todo app feature. I can’t believe it doesn’t have it. I use location based todos all the time. Looks like I won’t be using this app. I wasted $10 for an app I’ll never use.","As I was thinking about buying the iPad version of the app, I went into the comments and saw there are no location based reminders.",1,TRUE,general,reminder,122,130,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,b98de1b0-3a6b-461d-93c5-c09f87cc0f6b,8ab15e73-fa8f-413d-b235-cda99c00cd3d,Not worth it.,"I usually never pay for apps but I thought this one would be helpful. I was wrong. I love how it plants trees in real life but it doesn’t help much with productivity. It’s mostly just a way of setting time and measuring progress. This app does not let me know when to stop. It is not ideal for studying. It would have been great if this app was more of a timer so I would know when to stop instead of checking my phone to know if the time is up. It can send alerts for when the tree is planted or when the time is done but so can my other apps, which is distracting. If I let this app notify me with sounds, I would also be letting other apps do the same. It would be inconvenient if I turned off notifications for other apps. The app has an option that prevents me from checking other apps while the time is running but the system is not ideal. I would still need to do the work; control myself. I could still open other apps but my tree would die. It would have been great if I couldn’t access non essential apps while trying to focus. Basically, I don’t need this app.Does my payment for the app help plant trees? If it does, I’d feel less bad.",Does my payment for the app help plant trees?,1,TRUE,cost,plant tree,34,44,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8d1667e9-dec6-433f-b0ef-fc5e05da037c,8ad814e8-9a26-4936-86ac-1a9f053772f5,Super late review considering...,"I’ve had Evernote since 2011, and through all these years it’s served as the most convenient note taker, journal, and list app I’ve had. It’s one app I consider an essential, I’m always needing to write things down, especially since my brain runs so fast, and I love that this app is easily accessible, keeps those things in a convenient place, and allows usage on other platforms if necessary. Love this app and highly recommend!","I’ve had Evernote since 2011, and through all these years it’s served as the most convenient note taker, journal, and list app I’ve had.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,list,119,123,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,93d51892-c8e1-40a2-acba-419e6ed33f7c,8ae04557-39ac-4c35-a69c-dbf47a43f044,90% of What I Need,"I love this app! Downloaded in 2013, it sat unused for a couple years but I realized the scope and detail it can hold in a way that's easy to collect. I'm a researcher of all things and I wanted to like Timepage and Agenda. While those are far better looking apps, it's clunky going between the two. Outlook is my email client so I use Evernote to capture thoughts on the fly with sync, it's great. As I'm filling in web info, I can save to EN, browsing a good article to reverence - I just use the web clip function to keep organized. I'm always adding pics so I can recall the content of what and why I wanted to sabe a clip.In my job search, I created several notebooks, one called Career. In Career I have job descriptions, wording for keywords, LinkedIn for links, and Resume for well, resume summaries etc. The only feature I wish was prominent is the calendar. And ability to change the obnoxious green default color.This app is my default app. Wanted not to like it but I keep going back!",And ability to change the obnoxious green default color.,4,TRUE,usability,color,51,56,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,ef4f9296-a098-494c-b373-127fd81b37af,8b200db7-adba-46a3-9a85-3659dfc81532,Word search problem,"(1) Word search starts searching like crazy before you end typing the word/text you want to search for.  It will continue even when you try to stop it.  You go crazy too by clicking <cancel>, but it will continue until whatever, then, it suddenly stop its search and goes back to the document. Here, you must start all over again with the same frustration.(2) The solution is to use other text writing tool for writing exactly what you want, then past in the word/text search.(3) The difference between this ap and others is that you can copy something from outside sources and past it into your document.  You will be able to find the text you already copied into it when you use the way I described for text searching.  There are other apps that do not recognize texts you pasted into them from web pages or books.But I am thankful for the work you’ve done.",You will be able to find the text you already copied into it when you use the way I described for text searching.,3,TRUE,efficiency,text,30,34,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,2cfb6998-152d-49a0-93a8-2355158ce56e,8b42986f-f05d-4915-8d6b-3706941750c0,"Subscription issues, issues, issues...","While the apps work as described (unintuitive) the subscription keeps being the greatest challenge. Mostly when I try to log in it doesn’t work due to “suspicious activity” What, me logging in is suspicious? Now I wanted to share the family subscription with my son...Again, suspicious activity. So I was asked to recover the account!?!? Recover from What? I filled out the online form multiple times and always got denied. Than I went to the help center that is managed by a bot. Trying to get a human on the line was impossible as it asked me eventually every time to log in to my account...What?! Are you kidding me? That’s my problem, you don’t let me back in!!! Than found a phone number searching online, from there it took more than an hour after speaking to several people to finally get the “right” rep. His advice: Go fill out the online form again and everything will be fine...😳😫😂😖Yep, Microsoft at its best... right?! Let’s see if I ever get back in. This way I probably can never get out of their subscription...Even while I am not able to use the apps...Great, Customer first...","This way I probably can never get out of their subscription...Even while I am not able to use the apps...Great, Customer first...",1,TRUE,usability,subscription,48,60,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,afc4c4e8-6897-4f5f-8a75-ce89b9a10955,8b5fa07e-3cbd-4b64-a3ae-fad53a7d5b77,"Great App Design, But What’s With The Ads?","I prefer the design of the Gmail app to Apple’s stock mail app. I use Google services for so many things, and the user experience is great for the purposes I need it for. Although, something that perplexes me is why one of the wealthiest companies in the world feels the need to put sponsored links, or advertisements at the top of my custom mailboxes. It turns me off. I know the app is free, but I don’t see advertisements in other Google apps, so why make the decision to introduce ads on this one?","I use Google services for so many things, and the user experience is great for the purposes I need it for.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,user experience,51,66,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,894c66ed-d68c-486a-afe3-691e11c98449,8b80dc00-0cb0-4508-96a9-5cfc1ab469f8,UPDATE: ISSUED RESOLVED Love the app but it’s buggy,"UPDATE! The issue of my review has been resolved and I have changed my review to 5 stars. I’ve had the app for a while now. I appreciate having all of my Google based accounts in one place (with pushed notifications of receipt of email), but in the last week or so it has developed a very annoying bug.When I receive an email, I get the red badge in the top right corner of the app’s icon (like all app notifications). HOWEVER, when I check my email and clear out the unread emails, the badge doesn’t go away. Not only is this SEVERELY annoying as I prefer to maintain a clean home screen, it causes me to check my email when unnecessary. This usually means using data and time that is clearly not needed as I don’t have unread emails. I do like the functionality of the app, but I will not continue to use an app that creates unnecessary thought and slows productivity. To me, that is unacceptable and not the point. I humbly ask that Google fix this error or I will be forced to delete the app and go back to using the Apple Mail app.","HOWEVER, when I check my email and clear out the unread emails, the badge doesn’t go away.",5,TRUE,reliability,unread email,50,62,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,47c6a4ee-243a-4cdd-87c3-6c89b4c201fd,8b92ffa6-3dd4-4def-af25-631891f9b28b,Awesome!,"This email app is just the best, it’s secure and easy to use. I also use drafts to save poetry and keep letters safe. I also like the way i can access more than one gmail account from the main page and use the same id across the related apps like google etc. they often update but nothing major. I always recommend this app when friends ask what the best email service is.",I also like the way i can access more than one gmail account from the main page and use the same id across the related apps like google etc.,5,TRUE,usability,page,76,80,positive
productivity,notability,092fece2-1062-40b9-a3a6-7c71bb33dca5,8bc74006-e5d9-44d8-9ecd-abe4304d277a,Notability is great...but not on iPhone,"Writing a review of Notability is hard. On the one hand, I use it every single day on my iPad. I do a lot of reading/research for my job, so Notability has saved me from being buried under an endless pile of paper. I even pair it up with Scanbot so I can quickly scan materials in meetings and then have all my notes/handouts in a single place. Being able to search my handwriting is a game-changer! So is having access to my documents and notes everywhere, including my laptop, and having all changes and edits synced through iCloud. I’ve always wanted to go paperless with ubiquitous access to everything; Notability is my hub for that. Which brings me to my chief complaint about Notability: it’s iPhone app is terrible. It’s nice to see my notes on my phone if I need to skim something quickly on the go, but basic functionality is missing. You can’t search a document, highlight pages, see all the pages in a document—if you’re looking for something, you can only scroll until you find it. That’s ok if you’re talking about two pages of notes; but if you are looking at a 50 page journal article trying to find something, it’s ridiculous. Competitors have this functionality on iPhones, but Notability has never added it. I wish they would! I also wish they would format text-only notes like Google Docs, adjusting text size for a given display without affecting the formatting.","So is having access to my documents and notes everywhere, including my laptop, and having all changes and edits synced through iCloud.",4,TRUE,compatibility,document,27,35,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4b0c9534-a7bd-41a6-b059-d3fbb454b089,8bd11859-b114-42cc-b6d4-aec1429b94c5,Love gmail but app crashes a lot when playing WAV files😥,"I love gmail and it is a great platform. I use it at work and have been having many issues for about a month since the last update. Our PBX attaches voicemails to an email and sends the voicemail as a WAV file. Every time I attempt to play a voicemail from the app it completely crashes. I work in the IT office so I am decently confident it is not user error. The app crashes when I play the message from the message list screen as well as after opening the message. I have an iPhone 11, but had this problem when I still had the iPhone 10. Apparently buying a new phone didn’t fix the problem. Please fix! After another month or so of not answering voicemail my boss will get upset.",The app crashes when I play the message from the message list screen as well as after opening the message.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,list,58,62,negative
productivity,notability,668457c5-d408-46b5-a21b-b11c81bda13c,8bd39b4d-96df-4290-9797-d87cf524414d,"Overall, A Really great app","Something that I really liked about notability was the simple and intuitive layout. This made it really easy for me to organize my notes and help me maintain order with my notes. Another thing that I really liked was all of the new updates that really helped with making things run more smoothly (i.e. the favorites bar, being able to search for key words within the notes themselves instead of just the title, and the magnifying glass). Some areas of improvement would be being able to adjust the shape of the magnifying box because there are sometimes when I’m trying to edit a specific place and the magnifying box just doesn’t fit right. Another thing would be to be able to open more than two notes at once. This would come in handy for those to do notes simultaneously on multiple sections. It would also be cool if when your in portrait mode for the notes you have the option to be able to stack the notes top of one another instead of seeing them side. Then one last area of adjustment would be to be able to have a bookmarked notes bar like how there is a bookmarked pages (within each notes) bar. It would make jumping between two desired note documents a little bit easier.Anyways, that’s it from me. Thank you for making a really great app. Totally looking foreword to what’s in store for the future of this app.",Another thing that I really liked was all of the new updates that really helped with making things run more smoothly (i.e.,5,TRUE,compatibility,update,54,60,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,70ad4cbb-ca11-4d7d-8523-643e8cd0950f,8c47e28f-4625-439a-ae63-e46a776291ea,Good App,"Gmail is a good app, easy to use, clean interface, and works good with multiple (or just one) accounts. There is just one problem. I don’t get notifications when there is new mail and I have settings to get notifications when I get new mail. This problem is on both my devices. Please fix this. A suggestion: add more widget options in size range.","Gmail is a good app, easy to use, clean interface, and works good with multiple (or just one) accounts.",4,TRUE,general,interface,41,50,positive
productivity,things-3,3b017c2f-3a17-40e6-8a76-c3580bcdbce8,8cacd92a-85b2-4a84-861f-961f4f12ebcd,Not good for mixed environments,"I use an iPhone and a PC in combination. I thought this would be OK, but as I started using Things3 I found the restriction of working only on my phone added too much friction to my lists and I stopped using it. I also found Things3 to be sluggish when loading new data sets, like Upcoming or sub-lists. This also added friction that would be better eliminated. That said, I really like the design of the product, and if I only used Mac products I would gladly have purchased it for all environments and been very satisfied. If “all Apple” describes your technology, I highly recommend it. Otherwise, I would advise using a different “to do” program that allows use on all of your devices not just your phone.","I also found Things3 to be sluggish when loading new data sets, like Upcoming or sub-lists.",3,TRUE,efficiency,list,86,90,negative
productivity,things-3,7893ea5d-87f2-4f11-88c8-872626caaa41,8cbd0134-a3b6-4bb3-94a6-36d0b8f26043,Worth the Money!,"I never write app reviews but this one is well worth the time. Easy to use. Easy to figure out. Not complicated like other productivity apps I have tried. Allows integration with iPhone calendar and widgets. I highly recommend it. It allows the user to keep it simple or go in-depth with check lists, tasks and/or projects. I like that you can personalize it to your own experience and your own needs. It’s not a one size fits all app that leaves you wanting more. I was leery of the price tag at first but for the cost of two Starbucks drinks I feel like my busy life is better managed. Thank you for making a great app.",I was leery of the price tag at first but for the cost of two Starbucks drinks I feel like my busy life is better managed.,5,TRUE,cost,tag,26,29,positive
productivity,notability,300bf051-084e-49e4-9f25-d2841f4d7de1,8d20bd60-b5d7-4db3-8d8f-b602952532a9,Great app,"I love this app! I use it for all my classes and it saves me money on notebooks and it’s way easier for organization. However, I do wish there were a few other features. I wish I could make the eraser size smaller for when Im taking small notes on a class PowerPoint or drawing a diagram. It’s a pain in the rear when I’m trying to erase small arrows from my orgo notes and end up erasing a few bonds, too. Also, I’d like to be able to switch between the eraser that erases the whole line and an eraser that just erases what you touch. The former is great for notes but the latter would be great for diagrams. Another thing I wish the app had is a “switch to last color” option. I often switch between red and black in my notes and it would be nice if there was a one-click option to switch back and forth. I know I just listed a bunch of features I wished this app had, but the app is still well worth it without them. I highly recommend it.","I know I just listed a bunch of features I wished this app had, but the app is still well worth it without them.",4,TRUE,general,list,15,19,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,2480fb55-0cf3-48ae-a7cc-2fe86f8dd948,8d2b1f04-3265-458e-ba68-05ea00c9a77e,"Used paid subscription for years, but...","I have been a long time subscriber of Evernote, and have been very happy until the last update, before this one. Then everything went to he!!. I couldn’t get my notes or folders to load, I could see parts of them, but when I clicked on them they wouldn’t open. Support tried gallantly to help, escalating it to their top tier, going to the web version. Nope, nothing worked. They even had me try a beta product they had, nope, nope nope. I have to give them credit though, they really tried everything. They were great. Fortunately, I have Evernote also on my phone, which I hadn’t updated. So I can access my notes and folders from my iPhone. I figure I’ll try this update, because what do I have to lose?","Fortunately, I have Evernote also on my phone, which I hadn’t updated.",3,TRUE,compatibility,update,63,69,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,a878ba78-60b7-46e1-98e3-b74d72424429,8d6464b4-af7b-4b11-9d13-caa6faf6bfce,Word has gotten worse,"I’ve been using Word on my iPad for quite a few years now and honestly I never experienced problems before now. I always preferred using Word on my iPad as compared to using anything like Google Docs. Yet recently Word has become the bane of my existence. Typing is beginning to lag, tried to free up space on my iPad and that didn’t fix it. Tried to delete and redownload the app, which in turn corrupted all of my Word documents for school so that’s fun. And it still lags to hell and back. I hope they correct this soon because as it stands Word is working in some god awful ways right now.","Typing is beginning to lag, tried to free up space on my iPad and that didn’t fix it.",2,TRUE,reliability,space,46,51,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,482bceb3-fad5-437f-92a5-2fecd7df5be1,8d7f7ffd-8209-44f9-9135-9b194f7cc339,Rip for free users,Evernote’s been my regular note taking app for the last few years and it was amazing. But I use 4 devices so the new limitations for free users killed it. I started using iCloud notes again and it’s not bad. You can log in to iCloud on any device (via web browser) to access them and also lock notes. Honestly it seems like apple has been catching up - pages and numbers aren’t bad apps either (for personal/everyday use).,Evernote’s been my regular note taking app for the last few years and it was amazing.,5,TRUE,usability,note taking,28,39,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7ed2a224-04bf-493b-8628-1915496d7f13,8dbb1923-939f-48be-905e-489723a26892,Great app but they don’t know who they want,"I keep getting ads about using Evernote business but I don’t want their service for business. I do use it for business but I don’t think they understand what I want as a business owner. I use it for myself, I don’t have a team, although I imagine I will at some point, I don’t think that this would even serve my team if I had one. there’s only one thing I want out of the premium service and that is being able to use the app on all my devices. That really should be a free service. It’s stupid the way you guys do it. It’s incredibly frustrating.I’ll make this easy for you Evernote. The only way I would pay a higher price for what you offer is if you provided mind mapping or flow charting in my note taking. There isn’t really a great option out there and it would allow me to see everything all at once. You guys should consider all the ways people can take notes and I think this would be the next frontier.You guys also could make it easier to make charts and graphs. I think those two things would be worth the price.",The only way I would pay a higher price for what you offer is if you provided mind mapping or flow charting in my note taking.,2,TRUE,cost,note taking,115,126,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,23851694-fb19-43c6-8f27-4cf5c3067a60,8dd28f72-20ca-4509-bbd3-4e0fa3d56c71,Photo attachment improvements,I enjoy the app overall. It is easy to keep things organized and send and receive emails quickly. I also like how drafts are always saved so I can come back to work on them later.I’d really love if I could attach photos from specific albums instead of having to scroll through my entire camera rolls. It would also be nice to have more control over the recent attachments functions. Specifically the ability to choose from a “most used” attachments list. Also the ability remove unwanted attachments from the recent attachments list,Specifically the ability to choose from a “most used” attachments list.,3,TRUE,usability,list,67,71,positive
productivity,things-3,d43d6f55-84ab-4c68-a071-bae09f2c0915,8dec9a71-3bfa-4b7b-bfd1-b2260c7030c6,Handy little app but the icon really bugs me,The check mark isn't centered at all and there's shapes within shapes and colors within colors. It's a very ugly icon and I would love the opportunity to change it to something more simple/cohesive.Mostly it's the check mark though. I use things a lot because I'm meticulous and that really really bugs me.,The check mark isn't centered at all and there's shapes within shapes and colors within colors.,4,TRUE,usability,color,75,80,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,e9c832a6-7259-4fd4-96d1-151a808239fb,8e8058c1-fc2d-45a0-adc4-3b89e4611296,Improve annotating with Apple Pencil,"I specifically use Word on my iPad Pro, but almost every time I write the pen thickness decides to be completely wacky and I have to scribble until it resets to it adjusted thickness. Also, it would be great if there a lasso tool instead of clicking on writing because it sometimes selects unnecessary things. An option to change colors after writing something in a different color would be great. Make it similar to the tools on the Notes app Apple has. A lasso tool, elimination of random pen thickness, and change pen color after writing would be fantastic. These changes would make me give this app 5 stars.","A lasso tool, elimination of random pen thickness, and change pen color after writing would be fantastic.",3,TRUE,usability,color,67,72,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e89116d7-8b29-4355-8e68-8cece2608ea1,8ea4f5ff-435a-4435-97d1-f1840f3027b7,Vastly Inferior to the Desktop App,"I am at a lost for words as to why Microsoft chose to cripple their iOS Apps to the point where it is no better than Apple’s Free and Native Productivity Suite.  It won’t spellcheck, unable to access citations, outlook is super slow, the list goes on.  It is super basic even with a subscription.  I used to love Microsoft’s Productivity Suite when they weren’t moving towards subscription.  Now, I am super happy I have alternative free and paid Productivity Apps that easily exceed Microsoft and they don’t charge for monthly access.  Shame, this app along with their other apps could have been great.",I used to love Microsoft’s Productivity Suite when they weren’t moving towards subscription.,2,TRUE,general,subscription,80,92,positive
productivity,things-3,54657858-790d-44cd-a5ca-755eaff91ea6,8eb507d5-c6e5-4f4e-9aa0-a8f5a5be2165,"It’s good, wish it had daily notifications","This app is great so far, I have used it for about a week or so. I like the different types of lists and checking them off when done. Everything has worked smoothly, no issues. I wish that every morning a notification would pop up and say “hey you have 3 things added to your to do list today” or something, to help push me in the right direction. What can I say, I am trying to head in the right direction and make changes, but old habits (like, not checking a daily to do list) die hard! This, for me, would make this app a can’t live without!",I like the different types of lists and checking them off when done.,4,TRUE,usability,list,31,35,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,63ff8b5f-26da-4f8a-8088-943a9a12c617,8f182191-91ac-44e3-98d0-5e23e87dbed9,One of my go-to productivity apps,"It’s funny; I’ve downloaded so very many productivity and timing apps which are, admittedly, more sophisticated. However, time and again, I turn to this app to stay focused. I really enjoy it, seeing my cool trees grow.My one complaint is how sparse the interface and “forest-view” are. . . This is the only reason I’ve taken off a star. It’s a free app; I get that. However, there are optional in-app purchases—-it seems to me that it would be worth it to the developers to put a “prettier” pic in background while growing my tree and a MUCH nicer view of my forest. I’d pay a little for this if they did it (for sure) and/or perhaps they could implement better/different in-app purchases to support such an overhaul. Anyway, would be truly my fav productivity app, and never would I stray, would they work on these aesthetics!! In the meantime, though, I’m sure I’ll continue to use this pleasing little app :)",My one complaint is how sparse the interface and “forest-view” are.,4,TRUE,efficiency,interface,36,45,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,c8f1ee4b-5cf3-4454-b561-29dd8ccadc82,8f236ca3-c10f-4404-9215-e66e406eb656,"Undo/Redo button, Font size and insert table bug",I typically use this for my college assignments and work. But now its completely useless and I’m very upset. The font size bug on my iPhone goes haywire. I can’t adjust the font size at all in the way I want it. It either blows up the whole screen or goes to a size 2pt. If I’m lucky to get it to Twitch* to the size I need the document doesn’t readjust itself as it usually would when you adjust the font size from 12 pages back to 2 pages.  The insert table bug is another factor cause once you add or delete that part of your table you can’t edit it. The undo/redo button bug makes all these other bugs add up together a complete nightmare to use Word as a whole which in all has defeated me and I’ve given up on doing my task. I’m quite frustrated and don’t see why this is an issue when I’ve used this app no problem in the past as my go to and now I literally can’t use it.,I can’t adjust the font size at all in the way I want it.,2,TRUE,usability,font size,20,29,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,7e65db1f-11e7-4042-b448-2492a4b6f39f,8f82029a-27e2-4a92-955b-2b4949f74ac7,Watch out it is very difficult to cancel!,I found this product very difficult to use on my iPad. I tried to cancel immediately. It was not easy to find out how to cancel. Had to type cancel my subscription in help and support and finally got a robot telling me I had to talk to am an agent. Now I am on the phone waiting to talk to an agent. Unless you are desperate for this app I would avoid it. What a hassle! The verbiage when signing up for the free trial said just go to settings. After waiting 20 minutes I was told I needed to contact apple store to cancel. Now I am on another hold while they try to contact apple store. I got a another robot that sent a link to cancel the subscription. Finally it was cancelled....I hope.,The verbiage when signing up for the free trial said just go to settings.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,free trial,38,48,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,95405d58-1429-4d1c-89aa-b39c21a99142,8f89df85-b718-478b-b86f-7d0919ded171,A Bit Frustrated,"I use this app all the time. It’s a way for my husband and I to share ideas about vacations and to-do lists. However, it recently stopped letting me sync. If you don’t sync and open a note that was updated by another user it “modifies” the note in the worst way. I also am not able to get notifications from the app anymore either, which is especially annoying when my husband is trying to chat with me through the app. So I thought I would reach out to customer service to troubleshoot beyond their recommendations on their site. Since I’m not a paying customer I cannot submit a ticket. This is especially frustrating. They are sending a message that their non-paying customers aren’t important. I don’t want to look for another app with similar functions, but I may be forced to if they can’t fix the bugs.",So I thought I would reach out to customer service to troubleshoot beyond their recommendations on their site.,4,TRUE,general,customer service,35,51,negative
productivity,notability,349d48e5-0d75-4a91-b973-e6fb41a1286d,8fc381d5-2a62-4777-91d8-2553ec3afc9c,Good but eh,"With the price tag like this for an app I expected more. It’s buggy at times with the apple pencil and doesn’t have as many features as I would have liked. You pay 9$ for an app and then you have to pay for themes which is dumb. Oh and theres no account where all your stuff is saved in case something happens so you have to back everything up all the time, for an app like this where all your important notes are I would think OBVIOUSLY theres a login account where your stuff is saved but there isn’t. If for some reason the app gets deleted and you didn’t back up your stuff, it’s gone for good. Another thing that’s annoying for me in particular is i write with my paper slanted and sometimes turning my whole ipad back and forth when i’m getting work done gets annoying so just tilting the paper in the app would be so much easier. Lastly, there should be an option to switch the eraser so that you can erase just part of something instead of the whole thing. Besides these issues i use it everyday for school and it gets the job done and organizes everything nicely",With the price tag like this for an app I expected more.,3,TRUE,cost,price,10,15,negative
productivity,things-3,54266c29-6299-4755-a5c3-bb9728a74331,8fe6f42f-0b56-4aab-807a-03ead0e76ebb,Finally it has dark mode!,"It’s gorgeous, and it keeps getting better!But I do have a bunch of recommendations.- Needs a button for ""tomorrow"" in the calendar. At the end of a day, I like to organize my thoughts about what I should do the following day. So a tomorrow button would be incredibly helpful!- Wrap long items to next line. The ""..."" doesn't help! This would greatly help me to quickly see what I need to finish for the day. - When a list of checklist items are exported from another app, they aren't imported as to-do items in Things. Import & exporting still need some improvements. - Projects should have colors to help distinguish them apart. That way, the different types of things that I need to finish each day are easier to identify. - Also, instead of pie charts, custom icons (like Ulysses) would be SWEET! Pie charts are funny, because where I need it most is for today, but that’s a star!- Swiping on a heading shows a ""Delete"" option, but tapping on its ""..."" button shows a ""Remove"" option.","- Needs a button for ""tomorrow"" in the calendar.",5,TRUE,usability,calendar,40,48,negative
productivity,notability,e496b988-616b-4cb4-8ed1-6be1e09bf37a,8fefab94-ec6c-4660-9907-812ce928ab79,Glitches & Bugs in the new iOS,"Let me start off by saying that Notability is by far the most enjoyable and efficient note taking experience I’ve had on the store. BUT.....Recently ever since the iOS 13 update, I feel like I’m tripping over mines that weren’t there before, like:- Notes won’t delete and will keep recreating themselves. - Palm rejection makes my notes into circles or straight lines, sometimes. - Can’t edit a title on first click, have to go out and do it on 2nd click. - Images get deleted if I delete a page before or after it. - When important a pdf and I select a certain page to import, if jumps me forward by 50 pages and I have to track back.- Massive overheating on the latest iPad Pro. Concerning to say the least. - Recordings keep getting lost or scrambled due to crashes. - OH THE CRASHES!- And countless more.....The app is not 100% ready for iOS 13 and it’s extremely annoying. And since they update only once or twice a month at best, I fear it’ll be sometime before it will be back to it’s old perfect self. Tl;Dr: it’s clunky and unreliable atm, and that may be due to the OS update, rather than the app itself.","- When important a pdf and I select a certain page to import, if jumps me forward by 50 pages and I have to track back.",3,TRUE,usability,page,47,51,negative
productivity,things-3,66ab59ef-b177-436d-9062-12dfb485b31b,90606ad8-c1ef-4442-a183-034086bf4a8f,Fantastic and reliable,"Of all the many task/project managers I’ve shelled out money for, this is the best money I’ve spent for an any app. The interface is simply perfect and dark mode sealed that deal on the look and feel!! The format is excellent, the notifications run reliably, the sync is flawless. Certainly there are things that would make it better, but I’m quite confident this app will always be my go to to keep my busy life in order. Great work!",The interface is simply perfect and dark mode sealed that deal on the look and feel!!,5,TRUE,usability,dark mode,37,46,positive
productivity,notability,1f5da8bc-c837-43b4-bd85-f74ff246fc44,90b54c33-e26f-4ded-b007-b3ed40d597bc,Almost perfect,"I love the ability to record and go back to a specific moment when I was note taking, the ability to rotate text and search through all my notes jut by typing in a word. The split view and custom color palette are great, but I still have one problem. The highlighters are too transparent and light! Please make an update that allows for different highlighter opacities and intensities! Also, please add an eraser option to only erase part of a stroke and not just the entire stroke, these are the only features that notability lacks that goodnotes has. In addition, please change the way files are saved so that they are more like folders instead of tabs/dividers and sections.","The split view and custom color palette are great, but I still have one problem.",3,TRUE,efficiency,split view,5,15,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1df17642-fdc6-4e5a-bf81-98b9c518c696,90cdc261-500b-4679-a715-3da495f9c3bf,Dark Mode just doesn’t work,"Despite being on the latest iOS, having system-wide dark mode turned on, and having the latest version of the Gmail app, dark mode just doesn’t work. When I load the app, the splash screen that shows the Gmail logo *does* have a dark background. But once it loads my emails, it’s just the plain old bright white. I’ve checked in the settings within the app and there is no “Theme” option to be found, so that’s not it. I’ve tried turning the system-wide dark mode off and then on again, force-quitting Gmail, turning the phone off and on again, etc. Nothing works. It’s very frustrating. I like the app otherwise, but the inability to have dark mode working is a big negative.","I like the app otherwise, but the inability to have dark mode working is a big negative.",3,TRUE,general,dark mode,53,62,negative
productivity,things-3,93755dbe-d831-48d6-8f66-52135a620716,90cf4b79-a0af-4146-9102-4123858cf240,Please add these 2 Functions!,"Hello, I have been using the app daily, but have two key issues to address. Please allow users to edit/ change tags. My list is adding up quickly and I unable to remove tags as an option once I create them. Since I’ve been using this daily, my tag list is getting large! Also please make the tasks editable by deadline please :). This would be of great help.Thanks",Please allow users to edit/ change tags.,3,TRUE,usability,tag,36,39,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,51b597d7-505a-454c-a78a-c11d62fc9fde,90f31c19-28b4-4093-b9bb-d46125258320,"Great, But Two Things!","I LOVE Gmail on my phone! I can access my email faster and easier. The only problem I have is wallpaper. I wish there was a chance to choose wallpaper from your photos. There should also be a way to change your profile picture too on your phone. Besides those two things, this app is perfect!",I wish there was a chance to choose wallpaper from your photos.,5,TRUE,general,photo,57,62,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c3eb1561-bd55-49c1-b9a8-825d37122969,9121e35b-a5c5-4749-916f-718e706cc97d,Congrats,"I’ve been an Evernote user since 2009. Eleven years of using this app almost exclusively for taking notes. After the last update it has become useless, as it will NOT SYNC to the cloud for the past several days, and won’t even save any new notes or edited notes once the app is closed. Oh, it will make you think it’s syncing by displaying a syncing icon when you pull down on a note to save, but that’s merely a ruse! You see, even if you go into Settings (via several unnecessary steps) to the Sync button located there and press it, you can then spend hours watching the sync icon wheel spin, but actually doing nothing. Congratulations for breaking your own app Evernote! I’d ask you to fix this mess, but I no longer care. I can only take solace in the fact that I never bought a subscription and thus never wasted my money paying Evernote execs to buy mansions in Silicon Valley, like all the poor suckers complaining on here who did. iOS Notes, here I come!","Oh, it will make you think it’s syncing by displaying a syncing icon when you pull down on a note to save, but that’s merely a ruse!",1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,33,37,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5f76eacb-e479-4007-b94e-1139d36a740b,918ada31-4bb4-454e-8546-362227c37952,No dark mode available for iPhone XS below only iPhone 12,My wife has the iPhone 11 and her gmail has the dark mode.  We taught it must be something on google servers that does it by user but we checked her iPad and the dark mode option is not there.  Both devices running the latest iOS.  In my iPhone running the same app version and iOS version; i do not have the dark mode option.  Reinstalled the app reset it yet still the option is not there.  Looked at a friend who is using an iPhoneX and also running the same version of app and iOS and it too does not have the dark mode option.  Seems dark mode is only available for users that have an iPhone 11. Not sure why this is the case.,Looked at a friend who is using an iPhoneX and also running the same version of app and iOS and it too does not have the dark mode option.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,dark mode,122,131,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,9df42c09-e05c-410e-a977-525d3797a921,924e2610-85a5-4947-950f-855e76cf5a6e,"Love it, but a COUPLE SUGGESTIONS","The app reeeeally helps me stay focused so I really love it. But I truly feel like we should be able to 1. Earn more coins if you focus with a friend! It incentivizes others to plant trees together, which might be a way to attract new users!2. Earn more coins for each tree that we unlock. It’s kind of annoying that the price of trees goes up after each purchase, but you don’t even get anything extra out of planting them besides seeing the tree in the forest (which I don’t really care about). If the price is going up for each tree purchased, so should the amount of coins we can earn.","It incentivizes others to plant trees together, which might be a way to attract new users!",5,TRUE,general,plant tree,27,37,positive
productivity,things-3,41097caf-e6c8-4988-94f4-0db0eb39096d,9251934f-3484-4ad7-9fcc-738ca49581f2,Best but can be improved,"This is no doubt the best reminder app so far. However, certain things can be improved. The one I want to mention the most is the calendar view. Currently the Upcoming category only provides list view,  but it will be better if a calendar monthly view is provided which will give user a general feeling of which days are busy and which days are not, so user can plan accordingly. Thanks.",This is no doubt the best reminder app so far.,5,TRUE,efficiency,reminder,27,35,positive
productivity,notability,df15d83f-928a-423b-8ae6-4326ecf60afd,926a4e63-5607-45a5-b47e-0ea4ca64584a,Well Developed App that continues to improve,"I use this app daily, along with many others for taking notes during graduate school and in meetings, annotating documents, signing forms, you name it. What I love about this app is that the developer(s) do a great job about listening to the user base and have consistently made improvements over the years. (Finally a true eraser!). Is it perfect? Nope. (Add your own paper template to use as default anyone?) Is it still probably the best note taking app out there for heavy users? For me, yes. It’s the most complete package of smooth writing experience, fine control of pen and colors, easy import of images clipped from other apps, and easy backup/access from my cloud services and computer. I hope in the future to see (along with the paper templates) a more robust and intuitive filing system where I can put folders in folders in folders to my heart’s content.",Is it still probably the best note taking app out there for heavy users?,4,TRUE,general,note taking,31,42,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5222125b-a193-4cfb-b5a5-1e10848aeb77,9363e22f-0d0d-46b8-b404-ed960df7d539,"Readability, anyone?  So close.","UPDATE to UPDATE:  Disappointment continues as this app still does not match the text I’ve selected on my phone, contrary to what’s stated.  Better than before, but not anywhere close to the text size of Apple Mail or other apps, for that matter.  Simply put, Gmail app does not match the text size of your iPhone or iPad.  It’s improved some, but not the same.UPDATE:  Sooo disappointed to find that the update does not actually use the same text size as selected on the phone, as the developers now claim.  Granted, it’s and improvement, but doesn’t match other apps that use Dynamic Text sizing.  Sad.Still useless to me since the font size is sooo small.  Suggestion:  Let iOS handle your text, so default font sizes will carry over.As usual, I find Google to be strong on engines, but weak on experience.  So much potential here, guys.  Google, please work on your UX.  No doubt, this would be my main app if the font size match what I chose in iOS Settings.  Pleaaassseee!",Still useless to me since the font size is sooo small.,2,TRUE,usability,font size,31,40,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,95405d58-1429-4d1c-89aa-b39c21a99142,9386f950-dbd0-4811-95d5-524b1ab3d43b,A Bit Frustrated,"I use this app all the time. It’s a way for my husband and I to share ideas about vacations and to-do lists. However, it recently stopped letting me sync. If you don’t sync and open a note that was updated by another user it “modifies” the note in the worst way. I also am not able to get notifications from the app anymore either, which is especially annoying when my husband is trying to chat with me through the app. So I thought I would reach out to customer service to troubleshoot beyond their recommendations on their site. Since I’m not a paying customer I cannot submit a ticket. This is especially frustrating. They are sending a message that their non-paying customers aren’t important. I don’t want to look for another app with similar functions, but I may be forced to if they can’t fix the bugs.",It’s a way for my husband and I to share ideas about vacations and to-do lists.,4,TRUE,compatibility,list,74,78,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,ece56d92-f8c6-4beb-893d-39597e6a043b,93c7a37a-5b48-4cc5-8e01-53a62b0d2c4d,I love Gmail!!,"Google suites is by far the absolute best set of tools I use for running my entire business and personal life! The switch to Google came effortlessly after Microsoft held my work hostage. Amazingly in the age of greed in profit Microsoft held my work hostage over 10 years worth of work document spreadsheets charts graphs etc. I can only look at them because my license had expired and to retrieve the work my only option was to Pay.I love the ease of use for Google sweet everything! It’s nice to have access to my work no matter where I am thank you so much for being a very ethical, professional, affordable, and very very user-friendly set of products! Thank you so much for making my life and my business so much easier to enjoy! Definitely five stars🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟",The switch to Google came effortlessly after Microsoft held my work hostage.,5,TRUE,compatibility,tag,72,75,negative
productivity,notability,e8fc46e7-8e31-4b86-8fad-68a3abc2190a,93e6dcf0-9d09-4879-894c-9b934a30abf5,"Great for students, needs improvement with editing PDFs","I love using Notability for annotating class work. However, I wish the app had the option where you could rotate certain pages of your PDF. I have to go to a third-party app to fix that and considering I paid for this app, I feel like that should be a built in feature. Also, annotations over PDFs do not transfer to Notability, at least not on iPads. I’ve tried resolving this issue using Preview on a laptop but it still does not work. Other than those issues, Notability works great and the interface is amazing for taking notes and drawing diagrams. If you could get the issue fixed I’d give the app a solid five stars.","Other than those issues, Notability works great and the interface is amazing for taking notes and drawing diagrams.",3,TRUE,usability,interface,57,66,positive
productivity,notability,24443b33-04f8-41cc-aa16-f7b20de45cd8,93eacf52-78dc-42ee-9b93-ab3b4aeb9da0,Incredible App! A couple minor formatting issues but still Superb,"Never had a note-taking app this dynamic and fluid. Highly responsive and well designed. Would recommend 10/10. My only problems with the app is:1. Line spacing glitch. Every note has a break in the lined paper background where two lines are very close together which is frustrating because it throws off the neatness of your notes. Not a functionality issue, just an aesthetic one.2. Picture placement. Sometimes I’ll take screenshots of pictures I’m not able to just drag over, and put them in my notes, but Notability makes the picture “jump” to predefined places and won’t let me put the pictures exactly where I want them. It’s frustrating because the pictures almost always “jump” a few lines up near totally unrelated notes. I tried disabling text wrap to no success.Other than that, fantastic app, I use it every single day in Engineering School and it is easily able to keep up with my course load!",It’s frustrating because the pictures almost always “jump” a few lines up near totally unrelated notes.,4,TRUE,usability,picture,30,37,negative
productivity,notability,9c5df02d-ec20-46c7-8885-3b7bf77c27c7,94026b79-9906-496e-89c1-693b4c4a7aff,Has gotten very bad over the years,Ive been using notability since 2017. I brought both the MacBook and iPad version. I have been having a lot of difficulty with this app as of recent. It cannot store enough storage. Recently my transcribed notes on lectures are not being saved and hours of podcasting have been erased. I tried to contact notability for the past 6 months and they keep telling me “I’m so sorry for the long wait of response because we are getting a number of emails” (go figure) and then dont reply to my question. Then someone reply’s with “is your iCloud synced” or something of that sort that is of no help and then a bunch of “sorry” but they dont fix the many issues. I am going to switch my note taking app which I really did not want to do. Only because I work really hard to get my notes transcribed and organized and notability has too many errors. I suggest you find another note taking app if you take a lot of notes. Customer service is of no help either.,I suggest you find another note taking app if you take a lot of notes.,2,TRUE,general,note taking,28,39,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,c70a5552-2656-4651-b9b0-a9a467443a0d,94117be3-b287-4150-b83a-c49517a134bf,Please make a dark mode option!,This app is amazing. Always helps me to respond quickly to work emails. I just wish there was a dark mode option. I check my emails early in the morning as soon as I wake up and my phone light practically blinds me! It helps wake me up quicker with the bright light but would definitely prefer to have a dark mode for the app.,I just wish there was a dark mode option.,4,TRUE,usability,dark mode,25,34,positive
productivity,notability,6885f35f-8654-4d2f-9557-367b581fa96a,9531a7bd-f2e6-4595-a105-6ce1781ddffa,Buggy,"I use notability for all my class notes. For the most part, it’s great. However, there is a critical bug in the app that really undermines my trust of this app. With some regularity, after I’ve poured in hours and hours into organizing my notes, I’ll find that notability has mysteriously messed up my handwritten annotations on different pages. There will be lots of text overlapping, things out of place, and the note is really no longer useable. It’s as if making lasso selections and moving things around on one page is interconnected and also moves random around things on different pages. Because notability doesn’t have a “revert to previous version” function or any kind of restoration capability, I find that the hours I’ve poured into my notes can be ruined all too often. To recover the note, I find myself spending another several hours separating the multiple overlapping texts and putting things back where I had originally put them. For the full price I paid for this app, it really should not be something I need to be dealing with.","For the full price I paid for this app, it really should not be something I need to be dealing with.",2,TRUE,cost,price,14,19,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,5b345ebe-afe5-4fdb-bd2a-06b6a53c75b8,9558abcd-7e7f-48d6-bc9f-ddcaa4b2eeb4,"Pretty good app, however...","All around pretty awesome. Easy to understand, straight forward, but it would be great to make the various sounds offered from the app more attainable. I saved and got the beach sounds and it’s been great to study too. To reach the next audio sound will be weeks away and this is without any other spending allocated to trees. I get the idea of keeping coin value high but maybe varying the price of different items or reducing cost of audio tracks offered might allow for more wiggle room among users and create higher drive to use the app.",To reach the next audio sound will be weeks away and this is without any other spending allocated to trees.,5,TRUE,efficiency,audio,19,24,negative
productivity,things-3,36c67207-6b23-4d68-bbac-323c5fa41e89,958e7543-8eae-462a-b61a-0b43e7af8f30,Actually Incredible.,"Look, I don’t write a lot of reviews. I’m an app designer myself and not easily impressed. But I have to gush about Things. It’s the most polished software I’ve ever used. It’s limited, but it’s perfect. When you look closely, you realize that the features they left out were intentionally omitted. There are no bells and whistles because bells and whistles don’t help you get things done. Things does.Spend the money, get this app. And then never worry about finding another todo app — or forgetting what you have to do — again.","Spend the money, get this app.",5,TRUE,cost,money,11,16,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,9e83dd16-8ae6-469f-bcdd-8d8ebec687e5,95a8a05e-7a8a-4647-bb87-02b8f98448c6,Excellent Program,"This is Word as we’ve always known it; powerful, capable, and functional. This time it’s online, and is much superior to Google Docs. I have written papers for school, creative writing for our literary journal, and household lists with it, and never have a problem. Good work, Microsoft.","I have written papers for school, creative writing for our literary journal, and household lists with it, and never have a problem.",5,TRUE,general,list,92,96,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,fe331f1d-5b65-44be-815b-b8a925b0f6ce,95bcd813-ffd6-4682-b3f6-b1edf984432a,Custom Default Template,"Okay. So this needs to be addressed, as my iPad Pro is my computer that I use. I pay for 365, so there is no reason for Microsoft to make using Apple devices inconvenient. Why why why is it not possible to create your own templates or layouts? Every time I write a new paper, which is very frequent, I’m forced to adjust the settings to look as I want them. This is extremely frustrating, and there is now way to edit their default templates and layouts. I read on a forum that it was “by design” and the only purposeful design choice I can think of is so that they design it to be inconvenient. Next, why is it that sometimes words will always be marked as spelled incorrectly when they are not? This happens every once in in awhile and the only way to fix it is to start the paper over when it happens. Or just deal with there being dotted red lines all over the paper. Fix these things and it’ll be perfect.","This is extremely frustrating, and there is now way to edit their default templates and layouts.",3,TRUE,usability,layout,89,95,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,f549191f-2bfd-4ddf-ac02-67ac199df025,95fdab58-b884-4ace-ac16-e427c69ecce2,Thank you for letting us turn off Conversation view!!!,"OMG thank U thank U thank U thank U for letting us turn off conversation view! This was the last thing I was waiting for in order to switch over from the iOS mail app to the Gmail app. I have now switched, and am a very happy camper indeed! Thank you again!",OMG thank U thank U thank U thank U for letting us turn off conversation view!,5,TRUE,general,conversation view,61,78,positive
productivity,notability,2a828cce-5c1f-4449-a937-6898b69ff042,96453310-99c7-4704-8773-164877ee276e,"Average quality, high price","I use this app for work and school. I am a technical person I need a high quality software for pdf manipulation, edit text in pdf, markup pdf with annotations such as callouts, arrows and text bubbles, add hyperlinks within the text (such as clicking a hyperlink and getting taken to a referenced page), adding bookmark names to easily find pages, naming pages, change text alignment, select multiple annotations including text boxes and images, select multiple pages, etc. This app is not capable of any of the above. It can’t even convert RTF into a page. Useless. This is good if you want to simply write hand written notes, yet there’s free apps that can compete with that nonsense of a feature. i use this app to make use of the money I paid, which i bought simply to see if it’s useful because it has no free demo version of the app. No other way to find if it’s what you’re looking for. Who ever decided to make this number 1 is just a bunch of naive kids who don’t know what a powerful note taking app should be capable of. Hopefully they add a few features in the future to make this app worth the money. Maybe then I’d give it another star or two.",It can’t even convert RTF into a page.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,page,34,38,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,0d497505-4c84-4da6-8837-9a16286ff314,96461adc-856e-4f13-891b-f2c3b18635ab,Google wrecked a good thing,"Former inbox user. I understand and a smaller user base can drive a product to be shut down. That’s not my issue-my (among many others) issue is that Google has assured customers that they were putting “the best” of Inbox’s features into Gmail to give everyone a more modern look and much better functionality. When they say that then it gives users the impression they would actually do what they said. Instead of upgrading Gmail they decided to put a couple minor features into Gmail and leaving the better options such as automatic grouping based on promotional, purchases, etc along with your main mailbox for the information you want to see. What we’re left with is an inferior product with the look and functionality of 2005 and even include forced advertising in the main mailbox. That said, they’ve done a great job at losing a longtime user and until they hold up to their promise of giving us a mail app that functions well in the year 2019 I will not return to using these or any of their products. As of now I’m removing their suite of products from my phone and and computers.",What we’re left with is an inferior product with the look and functionality of 2005 and even include forced advertising in the main mailbox.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,63,76,negative
productivity,things-3,22f92789-bb8e-40d8-9226-aa9ee8d1f202,96517b2e-c9fd-415f-a512-e442f3d09ded,"Good, but could be great.","I’ve been through most todo apps. I downloaded this, tried it for a week, then had to switch back to 2Do. The app is missing crucial elements like the ability to set repeating reminders outside of numbered time frames. For example, you can repeat every x days, weeks, months, etc but not, say, every Tuesday and Thursday every 2 weeks. It also has no location based reminders, which the developers don’t seem to provide good reason for. Finally: there are no reasonable ways to attach things or url extensions easily. Even adding basic support to link a contact later so you can make a reminder like “text Steve later” and have that launch messages is something other apps can do. Overall it is a beautifully designed app, but until it’s functions match 2Do I can’t justify purchasing any more of the suite.",The app is missing crucial elements like the ability to set repeating reminders outside of numbered time frames.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,reminder,71,79,negative
productivity,things-3,c81c8120-8e0a-43e4-ac9f-a2d8af3ccc45,966ce625-07d8-406c-9397-fcc4abc1804b,Beware before importing tasks,"I wish there was a trial version. I paid the app fee and was getting to know the app. I thought it would sync with my Reminders app and then sync with my outlook account.  Tasks I created did not end up in the outlook app. I imported tasks into Things 3 and all tasks were marked as completed in the Reminders app and subsequently my Outloon account. The dates and times of those tasks did not import in the Things 3 app. I'm now going to screenshot the imported tasks, delete this app and then redo the tasks in the Reminders app. If I was using this app on my phone and not trying to sync with reminders and outlook, I would really like this app. I do like the upcoming view and being able to see a list of upcoming tasks and events sorted by months. It was not hard to enter a task.",I thought it would sync with my Reminders app and then sync with my outlook account.,3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,20,24,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3d1b94ca-dde1-4a10-8584-dbf0ea447fcf,968a48d8-a44f-44ed-ad3a-7958b75211ac,Every update / redesign makes things worse,"I have been a paying subscriber for more than 10 years. Every couple of years, they completely re-design the app, and keep adding useless features. E.g. reminders - who needs that in a note taking app ?Latest redesign is bug riddled and crashes constantly. App start takes much longer than it used to. I’m close to giving up on Evernote.——————Downgraded my review to 1 StarApp is so buggy on my iPhone, it’s basically useless. It crashes constantly, and repeatedly. One of the main reasons I got a paid account was to use offline notebooks. Well, that functionality is mostly broken. Downloads are so slow, and only take place while the app is open. Since I had to delete my app and re-install, all my notebooks have to download again. It syncs at a speed of maybe 5-10 notes per minute. But as soon as your device shuts the screen off, it stops syncing. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND SYNC. So you need to keep you device unlocked for hours to sync everything, if it doesn’t crash. It’s so crappy and ridiculous.——————Latest update still doesn’t fix iOS issues. App still crashes constantly, notes don’t pull up. It’s been completely useless for many weeks now.",reminders - who needs that in a note taking app ?,1,TRUE,general,note taking,33,44,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,484cfff8-8ce5-4148-b04f-a48ec75756de,96cd94df-4a20-4413-8a0b-4b3a025a1325,iOS Version Good,I unwittingly downloaded the new version of Evernote after all of the pore reviews about the desktop version. I was pleasantly surprised at the functionality and look. I still have not been able to get internal links to work in the iOS version but that is not as important for my use of it with my Apple device. It is a much different story for my Windows desktop version. The reviews and demos of that version look awful.,I unwittingly downloaded the new version of Evernote after all of the pore reviews about the desktop version.,4,TRUE,compatibility,new version,30,41,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,67da1de6-bee5-415c-9e31-7a1f9f73960e,9740be7e-b2ca-4898-8e58-aabb4866ca69,Disregard for users,"I first rated Evernote one star because they did a bait-and-switch by reducing the functionality of the free version to extort those who had trusted them. Old news, though I expect this business model to treat its head again when they decide to double or triple prices.This weekend was worse. As I prepared for a multi-day hike in the remote (and offline) backcountry, I took extensive notes in Evernote. The day before I left, I updated my phone.I got to the trailhead, and loaded the note Id l’d worked on for days. Not on phone. It had been there last night!Evernote decided to upgrade its users with an upgrade that can’t read the already-downloaded notes. So I’m standing at the trailhead without my prepaid permit for the hike, the list of waypoints for my trip, detailed maps, notes on specific sites to visit, excerpts from others’ trip reports etc.Thanks Evernote!Oh and more fun. When I got home I looked at the new app and it still allows offline notebooks. But you can’t force them to download “more” – the help just says it can take “some time” and gives no means of prioritizing. It does not download in any sensible order I can see, like most recent, or default notebook first.Right now my data is held hostage on the Evernote server until they decide to give it to me.I guess the old business model is back... maybe they will allow me to retrieve it faster if I pay an additional fee?","The day before I left, I updated my phone.",1,TRUE,general,update,26,32,positive
productivity,things-3,002d7923-edeb-4c86-9f4c-355450a61406,976899b4-a207-4cdd-adde-00a30a4022ab,Perfect balance,"I tried tons of to do apps before settling on this one. I find it has best balance of functionality and simplicity in a to do list app. It’s very powerful, yet manages to not be cluttered with too much information. And the gestures are some of the best I’ve ever used in an app.Some suggestions: it’d be nice to be able to collapse project headers (and “zoom” into them on the Mac OS version).",I find it has best balance of functionality and simplicity in a to do list app.,5,TRUE,compatibility,functionality,31,44,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,20d4d7fa-b4fd-4193-8ea0-c9cad4cd85b8,97efafe6-47d5-43d2-bbd0-17d767ae10e5,My daily writing app,"So. I really LOVED the old version. I am very happy to have the “undo” option because sometimes copy & paste doesn’t work. It’s just, I was used to the way the previous version looked. It was why I choose Evernote in the first place & my MAIN writing app. Can we adjust the new style a little?",I really LOVED the old version.,4,TRUE,efficiency,old version,20,31,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,ef295adf-7d73-4dbc-9322-c7b2855e67a1,98d2b105-b7cd-421b-a910-906b8e58c702,No trouble so far.,"Setting a time limit on the phone is great. It's even greater your data will plant real trees around the world. There is no lag whatsoever. Phone doesn't get heated at all. Design wise,I wish there was a way I could see my whole field of trees. I would like to know how much I've grown on the app. If anyone know please comment and let me know. However, there are too many style of trees I wasn't able to get by coins and not purchasing it with real money. That was a downside. But that is just a greedy customer's opinion. I'm sure they had to made it that way so the company earns money as well. Besides from that, I have no complaints so far. Thank you! You're my lifesaver.",I'm sure they had to made it that way so the company earns money as well.,4,TRUE,reliability,money,60,65,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5222125b-a193-4cfb-b5a5-1e10848aeb77,99394a23-e7d5-4ab2-bc1b-1fe2c0d8f603,"Readability, anyone?  So close.","UPDATE to UPDATE:  Disappointment continues as this app still does not match the text I’ve selected on my phone, contrary to what’s stated.  Better than before, but not anywhere close to the text size of Apple Mail or other apps, for that matter.  Simply put, Gmail app does not match the text size of your iPhone or iPad.  It’s improved some, but not the same.UPDATE:  Sooo disappointed to find that the update does not actually use the same text size as selected on the phone, as the developers now claim.  Granted, it’s and improvement, but doesn’t match other apps that use Dynamic Text sizing.  Sad.Still useless to me since the font size is sooo small.  Suggestion:  Let iOS handle your text, so default font sizes will carry over.As usual, I find Google to be strong on engines, but weak on experience.  So much potential here, guys.  Google, please work on your UX.  No doubt, this would be my main app if the font size match what I chose in iOS Settings.  Pleaaassseee!","UPDATE to UPDATE:  Disappointment continues as this app still does not match the text I’ve selected on my phone, contrary to what’s stated.",2,TRUE,compatibility,text,82,86,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,45ad1885-a196-4005-b3e5-65c8dd49ed67,9a6e9c0b-bc00-4399-aa60-4800aeedd91a,The tree prices!!,Why do the prices keep getting more and more expensive each time I purchase a one of them!!! It doesn’t make any sense!! Why would you do that!! I want a refund!,Why do the prices keep getting more and more expensive each time I purchase a one of them!!!,1,TRUE,cost,price,12,17,negative
productivity,notability,51ef9ff1-b627-4833-aaa6-d5247c637a21,9b44ee22-c3f5-4c31-b708-e45e44e5ddf7,Best Notetaking App I found,"I’ve been using this app for years, and appreciate all the updates that have occurred since then. This app has sufficed all my note taking needs, in and out of the classroom. One feature I would like to see is the ability to rename recordings, and possibly to attach these recordings to individual pages. One thing I’ve tried doing this semester is have the recording function on while at a lecture, but having numerous recordings in a file that grows daily is difficult with the current set up. If you don’t remember the time stamp or recording number for a particular point, you have to guess and listen for a bit to see if it’s right. It’s either that, or guess based on the date the notes were recorded. If you could at least rename the audio files, the app would be more useful. It would also be nice if you could change the paper style of individual pages, as well as a feature that easily allows you to draw geometric shapes (adding a figure on top of a graph sticky or any other element get tricky when you click on the wrong one. Sometimes because of that, the graph background ends up on top, and the figure behind it, rendering it useless).There aren’t really any visible bugs with this version of the app, Would recommend for someone looking for a suitable note taking app, whether it’s handwritten or type. I think the addition of a few features would make it better.","One feature I would like to see is the ability to rename recordings, and possibly to attach these recordings to individual pages.",4,TRUE,general,page,124,128,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,fae8237d-50eb-407c-af1d-5751e43c4c12,9b81bb76-f914-4377-a048-cf25d0b77ea6,Love this app😍,"Absolutely amazing app: great design and very pleasing to the eye, all kinds of fun plants, and makes it easy to be off your phone! I love that you can plant real trees with enough coins. Forest has many relaxing sounds to help you focus, but also lets you play music as long as you start playing it before planting a tree(at least this is what I found with Apple Music). Strongly recommend this app if you want to control your screen time in a fun way!","Absolutely amazing app: great design and very pleasing to the eye, all kinds of fun plants, and makes it easy to be off your phone!",5,TRUE,reliability,design,31,37,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0877dc72-b915-49ae-af9b-fd49de658f51,9bd949f7-e4c4-4184-98ea-d4d2c5431cb7,Latest upgrade a total FAIL,"I want to change my rating from one star to Zero.I CANNOT STRESS STRONGLY ENOUGH HOW THE LATEST UPDATE OF EVERNOTE HAS COMPLETELY FOULED UP WHAT USED TO BE A FAVORITE APP.  DON’T YOU DEVELOPERS USE EVERNOTE?  (BTW I never use all caps, but this app now makes me want to scream, and feel free to substitue another word that begins with F for ‘fouled’ in my above statement.)I have been a premium Evernote user for several years.  I use it extensively, and have always found it easy to use.  However, the new version just updated to my iPad and I am so unhappy.  First of all, it is S-O-O-O S-L-O-W.  It takes forever to open the app, and once open, forever to open a Note.  I post a lot of articles from webpages or the Flipboard app, and in the previous version of Evernote, these appeared immediately to my list of notes.  I just sent a short article to Evernote from Flipboard that took 22 minutes to load.  Evernote just showed it in the Notes list with a spinning wheel of death.  Man, I hate it when software engineers turn something that worked well and that I enjoyed using into something that just aggravates and annoys me.  What a pity this has happened to Evernote.  Afternote:  in the tag list, the A-Z index has been removed, so to skip from Apple to Zebra tags requires scrolling through the entire tag list.  Why do you redesign features to make them less user optimized?  My former Evernote rating of 5 stars has been reduced to one.",Why do you redesign features to make them less user optimized?,1,TRUE,effectiveness,design,14,20,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,10eaf2ec-9c68-41c5-ad2f-c5ab568a1520,9c71088e-67f3-4381-9671-dd37d459f98a,Disappointed in word.,"Everyday I try to login on word, I have to reset the password. Not sure why this happens. I asked for help once from word’s team and had to pay $5. Then $1. After that I was charged $47 for nothing. I figured out the problem myself. People are greedy and money hungry. Why should I have to put in a new password to work on word? Why do I have to pay to get word too work out bugs or problems with word? Like I said, I don’t know what’s going on. This should not be happening. HKBritt",People are greedy and money hungry.,5,TRUE,general,money,23,28,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,7edb25fa-a71a-448b-a64f-83f67668e766,9cc2e12c-1b66-48ad-978c-73856762e002,Some great qualities and some negative,"I love how versatile Google is in general. They really have cornered every market digitally and I enjoy their mail app to a certain point. I hate the interface, I hate that you’re limited to what settings you can control from the app. Versus needing detailed settings you’ll have to go to the online site. It’s quick and responsive in my opinion. Always get my mail quickly. But I hate all the add on mailboxes. The sub folders are irritating. And I think just purely speaking of aesthetic and visual design, the look could use some modernization. It’s look reminds me of yahoo circa 1996. Both the online full email suite and the app.... could be designed wayyyy more savvy imho.","I hate the interface, I hate that you’re limited to what settings you can control from the app.",3,TRUE,usability,interface,12,21,negative
productivity,things-3,79695b2a-f017-443f-a5b7-58b2d1b76f0c,9d3719d1-502a-4af4-829b-164d84c2746a,Supreme Improvement,"*after few months, its still a vast improvement. But I've also trialed OmniFocus during this time and think (suggestion box!) Things could really use the addition of adding a photo to a task. Its one major improvement that would help my way of using a task app out. Omni is better in this regard, things design is just so great though. ———-//— old reviewI grew to despise Things 2. This version is an absolute improvement to that P.O.S. that was v2. Things 2 had some great features, but was also super lacking and seemingly never updated with features that users requested. This new version appears to rectify some major  shortcomings I thought Things 2 had. I give 4 star for now, as I am adjusting to it from my hobbled together mix of reminders, calendars, notes, and evernote.","Things 2 had some great features, but was also super lacking and seemingly never updated with features that users requested.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,update,82,88,negative
productivity,notability,c6e35de5-ba65-4979-945f-4737fffa20b2,9d4c7ac3-2660-4cb9-9a93-27f753076c6a,"Good, could use a few improvements.","I love the recording ability. Some areas for improvement:1. Night mode for white background of power points without disturbing animations, or their colors, or recording. Black font turns white in black background.2. When uploading power point to a subject from somewhere like Canvas, notability should have the class name plus folder or file before the user exits to go to notability. Saves further editing.3. When playing back a recording, for PowerPoint, the playback will follow you physically going forward through slides with arrows pointing in the direction you’re going and goes in sequence to how you move on to the next slide or when you write instead of manually trying to figure out where you’re at while listening to the recording. I have to note take chronologically to counter this effect and it’s cumbersome.4. Darker highlighter with neon color like Microsoft word.5. Ability to recover deleted items within 30 days like Apple’s “Notes”.6. Being able to cut, copy, or crop a power point slide and paste it where you want it.7. When adding notes by pen in a power point that already had a recording, notability should ask if you want to add it to the recording’s animation mark before moving on to the next slide.8. Being able to cut added drawings or notes and customizing their color for better memory stimulation or organization. Like color coding.There’s one more thing, but I forgot.......",Like color coding.,4,TRUE,general,color,6,11,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,56a7b7bb-a554-4ddd-b08e-4a02f345e7b8,9d4eb5ce-16d9-4a64-8708-465714b83435,Very Simple:),"It’s very simple in its design and rewards simple focused attention to whatever activity you are doing. I would like to also say as feedback to add a little more things to the app it has a lot of potential, for example a graph to track our consistency on the app with days or minutes graphed, and a habit tracker to see which habits we are lacking to focus by setting a reflection of the time segment of that focused time to see if we get easily distracted, something to give us integrity of ourselves to ask ourselves or I if I did the most productive with my time, but overall I like the app, more improvements can truly make a excellent and efficient app for focus!:) Thank You for Listening!",It’s very simple in its design and rewards simple focused attention to whatever activity you are doing.,4,TRUE,usability,design,25,31,positive
productivity,things-3,1a1413e1-2b9d-4989-8cf4-7fc3da73a4cc,9d5a7154-7afd-4e8f-a473-0f128471097d,"Fantastic app, needs some work","I use Things every day and with all my reminders, but imo the lack of a calendar view can hurt the experience. Right now the only way to see future reminders is in upcoming view, which is fine, but going back and forth between today's view and upcoming view can be a real nuisance and take up much time since you can’t drag a reminder from today and just drop it in another date. for that, you need to change the date on the reminder’s setting which can be frustrating when there are a lot of them.With a proper calendar view though, this would be a non-issue. And aside from that, it would make seeing future reminders so much easier.","for that, you need to change the date on the reminder’s setting which can be frustrating when there are a lot of them.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,reminder,46,54,negative
productivity,notability,e8f4b548-c573-430d-8ee2-03c99711884c,9dbff674-ddc8-4ccf-927c-c77d62918a54,Great app but...,"This is THE BEST note taking app I have ever used. Unfortunately, with the last update half of my notes are in limbo re-downloading from iCloud. I’ve done the suggested ways to recover my notes up to #10. I’m terrified of loosing all the work I have done since this issue started so I haven’t gone beyond turning iCloud off and on again in the app. I’m in my last semester of nursing school and I need my notes so I don’t end up accidentally killing someone when we are allowed back in the hospitals. Yes, I have contacted support (weeks ago). No, no one has gotten back to me about this issue. A similar iCloud thing happened about a year ago. I guess I just have to wait for them to push out another update? Additionally, the app just freezes now. Can’t scroll, can’t type, cant write. I have to close it out and open it again crossing my fingers that it kept recording while it was unresponsive. I really need this app to release my notes from limbo. I’m about to start studying for the NCLEX, and I need to access all of my work.","Unfortunately, with the last update half of my notes are in limbo re-downloading from iCloud.",3,TRUE,reliability,update,30,36,positive
productivity,things-3,b0b4b887-f82f-4d8b-aa9d-55ddda181dae,9de58723-0310-4d56-a095-39a303fe7bf4,I’m a convert! + !!!DARK MODE!!!,"After spending the last year trying many task managers I’ve finally settled on Things 3 for the foreseeable future. I was holding off trying it out because there was no dark mode (a non-negotiable feature for me) and now that they’ve added it, Things 3 has blown me away with it’s combination of powerful features and simple UI. All of the gestures became intuitive almost immediately. It’s simple enough for anyone new to task managers yet powerful enough for most power users.  The people who make this app have a keen understanding of design and have made something really special.",After spending the last year trying many task managers I’ve finally settled on Things 3 for the foreseeable future.,5,TRUE,general,task manager,42,54,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,093a60ba-5f26-496a-b268-8f0f9abd7e1e,9e69347f-deec-480a-9b67-dc07d469084d,Amazing,"This is probably the most useful app on my phone. I spend most of my time on this thing procrastinating (like how I’m writing this now instead of writing a paper...) and Forest is amazing at helping me control that. I like planting little trees in my forest and being able to plant real ones too! The only thing I would change, is being able to design your own forest. The way it’s laid out is good, but it would be nice if like in SleepTown, you could customize a little forest using your existing array of trees and maybe buy little decorations, because looking at over 800 little trees at once is kinda overwhelming, and you have to go into months or weeks to actually see them. Other than that it’s literally perfect, and that’s really just a recommendation on how to make it better, but it’s perfect the way it is already!","The only thing I would change, is being able to design your own forest.",5,TRUE,usability,design,49,55,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,f2a82ce4-8759-431c-bb6a-ab4e8c219538,9f1ae20a-b5c1-4984-a915-85eceed6598e,Incredible! I’m amazed.,"In the first stage, you ignore the app. You continue procrastinating and slacking, the app serving only as a reminder of your ideal, more focused self.In the second stage, you open the app. You fail numerous times and your efforts come to little fruition, until finally one day, after a week of focus, you reach stage three. In this stage, you rely on the app to guide your focus. Things are actually getting done and you’re amazed at how such a simple thing has reigned in your potential for productivity. And the one day...One day, you reach the fourth and penultimate stage. You no longer need the app. Simply having the icon on your phone is enough to deter you from using your precious time doing anything extracurricular... including even using the app. All focus had finally become internalized, and the app, being a mere external vehicle, also seems to waste your potential for focus.In the final stage, your phone vanishes, app and all. I’ve obviously not reached this stage as I’m reviewing from my phone, but you get the point.App really does work, if you’re willing to put in the work yourself. Otherwise, it’s useless.","In the first stage, you ignore the app.",5,TRUE,usability,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,notability,fda7f865-c351-4c64-97b6-5c06be6f66ba,9f32325d-1ad9-42be-8292-2096c35c10c4,Possibly the greatest application for students,"Notability changed the game for me, I never even think about printing lecture slides and wasting paper. This is a must have for students, it allows you to essentially write on any pdf/ppt. You can even import images into your notes which makes it useful if I want to take a picture of something or even a screenshot of my textbook and import it. Also has tools for recording voice if you want to record a lecture and associate it with a particular note. Handy system for organizing and color coding topics/folders. Even syncs with most major cloud data services like google drive, Dropbox, etc. Tools to markup your notes are pretty intuitive and easy to use, has lots of useful tools to choose from. It’s very easy to study even if I don’t have my iPad since I can open this on my iPhone and everything syncs. Has a computer app too which costs more but it’s super easy to just airdrop notability notes to your laptop and open them there. I would highly recommend this if you intend to use your iPad for school.","Even syncs with most major cloud data services like google drive, Dropbox, etc.",5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,6,10,positive
productivity,notability,a07021d0-760d-4bce-a715-c6975098ef39,9f72ee00-69c3-4c22-bbb1-35a1f210a297,So Good but needs more color!,"I love this app. I bought it years ago and never used it on my phone, but since getting an iPad it has become one of my most used apps both for work and for personal use. It works so well and I haven’t seen  any glitches or issues with the features. I will say the color choices for paper backgrounds are lacking and I would really love to see some improvements there. We should be able to choose the background from a full spectrum color palette like the pens and highlighters. Yes you could use the highlighter to change the paper color, but it only changes the section of the page that is currently on the screen. When you scroll down to continue your note and try to highlight in the new background colors, you end up overlapping the previously colored areas and end up with sections that are discolored. More line templates, like for handwritten check lists would also be appreciated. I don’t care about the themes, I’m happy with black, but to be honest the paid options aren’t even remotely tempting. Not good choices.","Yes you could use the highlighter to change the paper color, but it only changes the section of the page that is currently on the screen.",5,TRUE,usability,page,101,105,positive
productivity,things-3,93755dbe-d831-48d6-8f66-52135a620716,a0a8a251-9466-4a2d-99e6-8d9454c70e17,Please add these 2 Functions!,"Hello, I have been using the app daily, but have two key issues to address. Please allow users to edit/ change tags. My list is adding up quickly and I unable to remove tags as an option once I create them. Since I’ve been using this daily, my tag list is getting large! Also please make the tasks editable by deadline please :). This would be of great help.Thanks",My list is adding up quickly and I unable to remove tags as an option once I create them.,3,TRUE,efficiency,tag,53,56,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,ddb8e5aa-cded-460d-a7f5-43163eab8979,a0de6d1b-3550-409b-8e6f-8688f8c7994e,Not great for business,"I am a heavy gmail user and have set up the three companies that I own with G Suite. I love utilizing google apps for all of my employees. My biggest pet peeve is that we can’t utilize the gmail app on iOS for work. It doesn’t allow for HTML signatures or even for a picture of our logos. Being able to have our full signature is an absolute must for our companies. Google used to allow the same email signature used in the browser to be used on the mobile app but that went away a long time ago. Please bring it back. Until then, while a much better app than the stock mail app on my iPhone, it just can’t be used for work!",It doesn’t allow for HTML signatures or even for a picture of our logos.,3,TRUE,compatibility,picture,52,59,negative
productivity,things-3,9faf4a13-e8b9-4648-a2f0-8a4474a82a1c,a10ba481-3a83-48b0-872d-db1b6adecf5f,Great app with some downfalls,"Let me start off by saying this is a fantastic task managing application. That being said, it is really only catered to iOS and MacOS. So if you use windows don’t expect any kind of web client. Furthermore there is also large pay walls to this application. You will have to purchase the iOS app, iPad app, and the macOS app. You’re looking at upwards of $30 spent on a task manager that is arguably missing key features that free task manager apps offer. For one it doesn’t have a dark mode, you can’t set task priority, no multiple reminders on tasks or reminders on sub tasks and the biggest one, no windows support. This is a great app but if you’re looking for an application that can handle multiple platforms without a hitch then i would look towards TickTick or Todoist.",You’re looking at upwards of $30 spent on a task manager that is arguably missing key features that free task manager apps offer.,3,TRUE,cost,task manager,45,57,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a8f56eca-d41f-4a52-a610-4b2115a76c41,a127238e-84a9-477e-91f5-e1acff7aca44,Don't need to see how many unread bundled emails,"Love the app. Overall works well. Only two issues I have seen, 1) When replying to a long threaded email (say 20 replies or more) it does not load. I have to go back to an older email in the conversation and reply to that. 2) My biggest issue is the number badge showing unread messages includes messages that are bundles under promotions or fiance. I don't want to see that's. Old Gmail, before it became Inbox, did not do this.  Those emails don't pop up as push notifications, so why would I want my badge icon to show me the total number including them? At least give me the option to turn if off if I want. Would give instant 5 star if I had that option.",2) My biggest issue is the number badge showing unread messages includes messages that are bundles under promotions or fiance.,4,TRUE,efficiency,unread message,49,63,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,3fbf7113-409d-46b6-bdc7-1108f9ea2ec0,a1681c77-ba0c-44da-92fb-68d29f59392c,Always the best,Absolutely love this app I always download whenever I get a new device. It is very user friendly and having the convenience of accessing your email is priceless. The inly qualm I have is just like having the empty all option for trash and spam. I would really love it for my promotion emails cause I often get quiet a few daily. Keep up the great work!!!,I would really love it for my promotion emails cause I often get quiet a few daily.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,motion,34,40,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,0c904d00-045f-4fe9-87b7-d124a6a37c56,a1adf8d8-42d1-4604-86af-29f7fae40d96,Good for adhd,"Great tool to have but you earn very little coins ex. 30 minutes = 10 coins and every time you buy a new plant/tree to grow, the more expensive the plant/trees get! Then you’ve got to go from 0 coins to +100 more added to the original price making it more difficult to rack up enough to get a different variety of plant/trees. I personally get bored with using the same plant/tree over again unless I wanna waste my money using in-app purchases. Either make it easier to get more coins with each use or don’t make them so freakin expensive. Overall this app has been a great tool to make sure I get my homework done before I go check on my phone (because if I go onto another app then my plant will die and I can’t live with that on my consciousness, virtual or not)",I personally get bored with using the same plant/tree over again unless I wanna waste my money using in-app purchases.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,money,90,95,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,08e126fe-311b-4239-862d-868ea545f7ea,a1d34bdd-b4ad-4d08-961f-1a77e9be9c62,Helpful tool to prevent procrastination,"Overall, I think the app is worth the price. The little trees and other plants are adorable and I always feel bad when I exit and end up “killing” my tree. The white noise options are nice too, though I only use them occasionally. Although I often lack the motivation to use the app (as I like having the option of scrolling through my phone or of answering messages as a quick break during my work), when I do I’m much more productive. Even just today I was struggling to stay on task and so planted a little cherry blossom. The fact of the matter is, though, that I don’t feel motivated to use it as often as I should which is why I’m not giving it 5 stars.","Overall, I think the app is worth the price.",4,TRUE,cost,price,39,44,positive
productivity,notability,df2f9716-1361-42aa-883e-7e14a45c60bb,a2b41210-fd17-409a-b126-73940a2849e9,"Overall very good, a few suggestions though","The app is very good for handwriting, there is no complaint about most services that notability provides. However, there are a few revision that I think notability could consider.1. Add the ability for users to alter the orientation of the notes. This is because that when PDFs are imported, many of them are oriented in the wrong direction for reading. However, users can’t alter them inside the notability app, which means that users have to use another app to do so. This is very inefficient, and the fact that not many note taking apps can do this means that notability will get a head start advantage.2. Consider adding the ability to split screen in the “up and down” direction, not just side by side (or left and right). This design allows note taking in smaller devices on one screen more plausible.Please consider adding the above features!!",This design allows note taking in smaller devices on one screen more plausible.,4,TRUE,general,note taking,20,31,positive
productivity,notability,18e035b7-9b40-4016-a560-1b67200334da,a437ca12-63bd-4619-845a-bd9e9e933943,I wish there were a couple different things,"I like this app. I got it because a friend used it during my organic chemistry class and it seemed to meet all her needs. However, after using it for a semester, I wish it had a couple things that I can’t seem to find in one app. I wish there was an option for how you wanted your folders to be displayed. The way the app has it now, doesn’t work for me. I like how my computer utilizes folders and there is another app that has this feature. I realize what works for me, might not work for someone else. That’s why, if there was an option template you could choose from it would accommodate more people. Also, I just noticed that I really like the contrast of the graphite look in my Books app. I take notes in some of my text books and a lot of times, I don’t want it to be bold like the pen option. Adding a graphite pencil option would be rad and I would love this app! Otherwise, this is a great app and I recommend it to anyone taking notes via Apple Pencil (never tried it without Apple Pencil)",Adding a graphite pencil option would be rad and I would love this app!,3,TRUE,usability,graph,10,15,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b32a4302-5ba4-43bd-aaa4-dabf3614d88a,a448c1ca-82b0-4b1e-b2e6-65f8a1ed38e1,Good,"This app was good, I don’t see why people have to make negative reviews what are they even have to make negative reviews about. This world needs more positive comments. 😀😀😀🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 Have a good day! This app was good because.It worked.It send emails fast. It was not complicated It was grrrrrrrreat! 👍👍🤰🏼P.s I am having a baby I am sixteen!Ppss it is twinsPppsss it is 2 girls yay 😁 Oh ya I am babyies tomorrow woohoo 🎉 The babies 👶 names are addy and Anna merry.Jk I am 23 I got youI have seven kidsAge and girl or boyGirl 7 Twin boys 6 Boy 4 And twin girlsThanks for re@deing my comment!you don’t have to reply back.P.s oh wait crap my water 🚿 just broke ohh sorry I am doing voice to text by go to go! I wi",P.s oh wait crap my water 🚿 just broke ohh sorry I am doing voice to text by go to go!,5,TRUE,general,text,70,74,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a135559f-06d7-41a6-9bd3-65673d896b05,a4710bca-4355-44a5-958b-8c6a05bab355,App needs work,"I love most things about this app, but there is one thing that really pisses me off. You have the option to create a hand-drawn note, which I use for many reasons. The problem I have is when you take a short break to think and your iPad goes into sleep mode when you wake the iPad up the note is deleted forever (if you don't hit the done button). This is extremely frustrating as I draw blueprint sketches and work out complex math problems in your app to save paper. Halfway through a problem and my work gets deleted. As the creator of an organization app that is meant to help people save time and energy, you should fix this problem. Especially considering the amount I have paid for it.",This is extremely frustrating as I draw blueprint sketches and work out complex math problems in your app to save paper.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,paper,115,120,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,47e5bdef-4fd5-4cdb-b5b1-1b408cec7167,a4c037f4-7b71-4485-9b42-042ca183c5f5,Easy to navigate...,"As far as free goes this app is the most content you could hope to have.  Gmail is easy to use and did I mention free.  The reason for four stars is down to features I wish were available.  I would like to be able to organize emails into folders to be able to clear my inbox.  Other than that it's easy to navigate, I luv the stability of having just one reliable email address no matter who I do business with.  On my wish list is an easy way to add a current email contact to my preferred list.",On my wish list is an easy way to add a current email contact to my preferred list.,4,TRUE,usability,list,12,16,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,36bbf6ed-6a4e-4368-b53f-3f1c70d8a009,a569518a-e74e-4005-a1c5-160373a28cf4,Faulty Chrome extension,"This app used to be great, and its strongest point is the syncing between web browser and mobile app. While the mobile app still gets regular updates, the Chrome extension is no longer maintained. It stopped working in 2019 and was never updated. Trees planted in Chrome sessions are not synced, and the extension is really glitchy. Most of the distractions in WFH comes from web browsing. Developers, please fix the Chrome extension.EDIT: Devs got in touch to say the Chrome extension was updated. Well, it was not. Everything is still buggy. The screen is not responsive unless you close it and open again. Can't change tree species. Won't sync. Doesn't work at all.",It stopped working in 2019 and was never updated.,1,TRUE,compatibility,update,42,48,negative
productivity,notability,b4c8d993-c2ed-47f4-adfb-695f2a2e3c32,a57e99e2-53fe-4f5a-bba7-7726d1746b44,Great App,"Would be 5 stars however there is a frustrating bug. I run notability on an iPad Pro 2018 updated with iOS 13 beta. Sometimes when transferring text from a PDF in side by side notes (in-app side by side), the note will freeze up. The newly transferred text locks and everything in the note seems corrupted (severe lag, inability to properly use tools, inability to delete said text, etc). Using other devices to access the same file (through cloud) causes the app to crash. Saving grace has been to make a pdf export (to save what is on the file and “flatten” the image) then delete old note and create a new one using the PDF. Of course doing this removes the ability to edit the newly converted PDF notes. Creating a copy or exporting as a notability file just keeps the bug. The bug only happens on occasion but can really stress you out if you have homework due. Hope it will improve, otherwise a great app for productivity.",I run notability on an iPad Pro 2018 updated with iOS 13 beta.,4,TRUE,usability,update,38,44,positive
productivity,notability,c04a9d2b-8351-42cf-89a3-c4e093afb9a8,a5ca2e14-46a3-4cde-ab7c-a60f8629d431,Awesome!,"Can we just get some options for highlighting, like if we want it above or behind the text? And templates!I love notability. I keep coming back from GoodNotes because it is just so much simpler and easier to navigate. I feel more ready to just start writing with notability and it’s easy to get fun colors for highlighters and text. Everything is more zoomed in and feels more natural to write on. I feel like I’m always zooming in on GoodNotes. Mind you, I have a 9.7 inch iPad which may affect my perspective of each app. I love the drag and hold feature.  I can create lines and shapes more accurately than in GoodNotes. I couldn’t draw pentagons or hexagons in GoodNotes which meant I used notability for organic chem. But it’s overall more seamless. I can make shapes with the highlighter or the pen. I only wish we had the option to see the highlighter behind the text or even for shading and coloring.",I only wish we had the option to see the highlighter behind the text or even for shading and coloring.,5,TRUE,usability,text,65,69,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,6a8ca11b-d66a-4bb3-b11c-28e180e385ac,a5ee7f47-250f-4f42-ab17-3106fa4ae64c,Amazing app!,"I have been able to read countless of pages for school using this app. Not only does it have a friendly interface, but it also has lots of cute features such as being able to use coins collected to add to an array of plant life. If you choose not to use your coins like myself and save up, you can also help out a nonprofit organization by giving them coins to plant trees in 3rd world countries. I have tried many pomoduro timing apps before this, even my own Apple timer. But nothing seemed to work. This app has truly be able to save me from failing classes, but also helps me manage my school and social life. I was hesitant about investing money in this app at first but it truly has been a lifesaver. 10/10 would purchase. 👍",I was hesitant about investing money in this app at first but it truly has been a lifesaver.,5,TRUE,cost,money,32,37,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e36aec04-95e4-422d-b1e3-aa3e94545ecc,a60b3e28-0508-43fc-a19b-b9e5fbff2ef9,"Love Gmail, but this app needs improving","In general, Gmail is great. But this app is becoming more and more frustrating to use. Can’t tab between fields when composing an email? Copy and paste text from Notes and then the text simply doesn’t send in the email? Integrated web browser so you can’t reference your email after clicking a link in the email? No bulleted or numbered lists? Or really anything but the most simple formatting? These are all extremely basic things that any email app developer should know are important to include by now. Essentially the usability in general is not even close to on point and needs a refresh. We can do better guys. I know it.",Copy and paste text from Notes and then the text simply doesn’t send in the email?,3,TRUE,usability,text,16,20,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,92f9bcf6-ba73-4609-a1f9-a2dbd7484982,a64e5e64-cbcf-42fb-a7dd-f9b8a9ccb033,Decrease in Quality Recently & Counterproductive Chrome-to-iOS Sync Issues,"PROBLEM: You must improve Chrome-to-app syncing so that we can use and reap the gold rewards for using the chrome extension on multiple devices AND this app on multiple devices. Currently, users are punished (by losing gold) when they run the extension and app simultaneously. For an app rated at #2 in productivity, this seems counterproductive.TIMELINE: This has been an issue for over a year now (there is a Chrome extension complaint about this from Feb 2019). We paid for this app. That means you have the funds to dedicate resources to improving the Forest application. SOLUTION: If you’re worried about players getting gold too quickly by using multiple devices, then input an algorithm that first recognizes when multiple decides are running a session simultaneously. If a user has only one device, then they earn gold normally, with no change to the rate. The gold earned from any simultaneously-running extra devices (eg extensions or app) should be at a lesser rate.I’ve used this app for over a year now, and it’s been good for the most part. However, the Forest app developers need to get it together. For a paid app, I expect better.PROBLEM: App developers have ceased giving users motivators for lengthier sessions. All the new trees have just one stage for all session lengths. That’s laziness. SOLUTION: Make multiple stages for new trees.Low rating to get app dev attention.",SOLUTION: Make multiple stages for new trees.,2,TRUE,general,tag,26,29,positive
productivity,things-3,95a09a72-6149-4697-92d2-3e7927c6cab4,a69261de-332c-4b76-8f1f-707aa75be4e4,Beautifully designed but..,"This is by far the most beautifully designed app I’ve ever used to manage my to-do-lists without sacrificing functionality. The feature I find most helpful is the ‘Upcoming’ tab where you can set up the app to pull data from all your calendars and list them chronologically in a compact color-coded format. I would have given the app 5 stars if the Upcoming tab listed ALL the future month’s tasks. Unfortunately, as of now, the Upcoming tab only lists the first 14 tasks/items which makes this app unusable and pointless to look at usually after the first week of the future month in my case. There is not even a way to expand the list to see the rest of your tasks beyond item # 14 when you are in the Upcoming tab, which is probably a bug. I would have given this app 4 stars if it was closer to the usual $3-4 price range but for around $9 I expected much more.",I would have given this app 4 stars if it was closer to the usual $3-4 price range but for around $9 I expected much more.,3,TRUE,cost,price,72,77,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,7b979019-e861-4c2f-a10e-25dfa8a21307,a6b8d149-6b26-4044-8810-2d050ba513aa,Makes my iPad Pro way more useful,Congratulations to Microsoft for giving us apps well designed for the iPad. I use Word and OneNote daily and I really like the drawing functionality they offer for my iPad Pro as well as most of the features I am familiar with on my PC. Why isn’t Apple enabling the use of the pencil in Pages?,Congratulations to Microsoft for giving us apps well designed for the iPad.,5,TRUE,general,design,54,60,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,d1bb960b-64dd-4642-b783-30506d620669,a6b8da9e-4522-4a33-a46c-d8174415e712,Absolutely Splendid!,"I cannot express my gratitude! It’s a beautifully designed and constructed app. It definitely helps me as a student get things done, it’s difficult to stay off of my phone for 5 seconds but this makes it fun! Ever since I’ve started using it I have improved and gone past my own limits! I will definitely be using it a lot more for my upcoming school year :)",It’s a beautifully designed and constructed app.,5,TRUE,usability,design,20,26,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,cc14d6c3-f9be-44ad-9fb6-c97165096979,a744b54c-5657-4da2-8642-7d79f7802646,"If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it","“The enemy of a good plan is a perfect plan” Why would you completely reface the entire system that worked? Existing users didn’t need a change and the old system would still be “new” to new users since they’ve never used it or seen it before. I’ve used Evernote for years without issue. After this update, I now update a note on my phone and when I go to pull it up on my Windows desktop, the new additions aren’t there. Go back to my phone to find them, they’re gone! What’s the point of paying monthly for premium if I can’t even sync across devices? Services promised are undelivered, I deserve my money back. Also, when using check boxes, hitting “enter” to go to next line doesn’t create a new check box on next line like it used to. What a PITA! I have to add a new check box for every line when making a list. Sounds trivial but that old function was so efficient Was this new update just job security for your engineering team? “Oh it’s working too well and we have nothing to fix, better roll out a jacked up update” Please bring back the old system until you work the bugs out of this new one",What’s the point of paying monthly for premium if I can’t even sync across devices?,1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,64,68,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,9fc35ed3-d9b4-472a-9612-aacec17e69ea,a819e671-de53-430e-8ea4-0bb8b9b52384,Completely unusable for editing after the latest update,"After the latest update, I can’t put edits in balloons or see comments attached to bits of text. This makes Word completely unusable for my purposes - revising novels. I can’t believe MS has broken this app so badly.Update: It’s been over three weeks since this update that broke the edit functionality. Three times, level 3 support was supposed to call me to discuss the issue - the haven’t. Each time my ticket was closed without anyone speaking to me. I found out in round 2 that a bug report hadn’t even been created and I still don’t know if there’s one now. Their twitter account messages me every once in while to ask if the issue is resolved, and when I tell them it’s not, they go silent. I estimate I’ve spent about seven hours on the phone with them and I’m still not even sure the engineers are aware there’s an issue.","After the latest update, I can’t put edits in balloons or see comments attached to bits of text.",1,TRUE,general,text,92,96,negative
productivity,things-3,8400a21d-e0b9-44c9-a242-8ab68efd7e86,a81e8c27-a6a6-4c25-8bb4-75da38314822,Dream come True,"I am one of those who seldom spare time to write reviews. By the way in the 7+ years I have been an Apple products consumer, this is probably the third time at most I am writing a review for an App.I have dreamed for an app like this one many years before. I used to scan the App Store to download top rated apps, but I could never find the type of app I was looking for. They just weren’t practical. For instance sometimes you want to write down something that just popped in your head. You don’t want to worry about figuring out then if it’s a reminder or a To-do or just a note. You don’t want to worry about setting it for a specific day and a specific time. You just want to quickly jot it down in your To-dos/ reminder/ notes and be able to easily access it and take care of details later.I had given up on my hope of finding an app that would solve this type issue. So for the past few years, I had just been relying on the iOS default note app. I have been using this app now for a few months and it has everything I have ever dreamed of in a To-do/ reminder app. Honestly I am beyond satisfied. I have now found “the piece of resistance of my existence”!!",You don’t want to worry about figuring out then if it’s a reminder or a To-do or just a note.,5,TRUE,general,reminder,59,67,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,ead4ec77-e971-4b01-a15a-2578a9421f47,a84b1f27-47b0-4e2a-96ad-1271f24a6eca,Store Doesn’t Work,"Love the interface, general idea, and functionality of most of the app but the store is always flashing an error message. Sad because I can never get any new trees, which feels like a waste of money. Don’t know if I’d recommend anyone pay for this if you can only have the two default trees.","Love the interface, general idea, and functionality of most of the app but the store is always flashing an error message.",3,TRUE,usability,functionality,39,52,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,ead4ec77-e971-4b01-a15a-2578a9421f47,a84b1f27-47b0-4e2a-96ad-1271f24a6eca,Store Doesn’t Work,"Love the interface, general idea, and functionality of most of the app but the store is always flashing an error message. Sad because I can never get any new trees, which feels like a waste of money. Don’t know if I’d recommend anyone pay for this if you can only have the two default trees.","Love the interface, general idea, and functionality of most of the app but the store is always flashing an error message.",3,TRUE,usability,interface,10,19,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5ccde439-72f4-4224-ab3f-9f753766f16e,a87e7b23-642c-45db-a8b5-f7d6eeaed758,Good but could be better,"I love gmail and it’s much easier to manage than other apps but I don’t like how if I have dark mode on, gmail goes dark I like the lighter look, but I don’t want to have to change from light and dark mode every time I check an email. So I request that in settings, there is choice for light and dark mode. This way there i can have dark mode on but no dark mode in the app.",This way there i can have dark mode on but no dark mode in the app.,4,TRUE,efficiency,dark mode,27,36,negative
productivity,notability,bd1e0d67-12c1-476a-97c4-d794d0223564,a8be10fc-e1d1-4a91-9bea-f9e115535698,Great app,"I absolutely love this app. Between work, school, and life, this app helps with notes, and my planners for everything. It’s so much more convenient to carry my iPad around rather than a bunch of books. This app is very user friendly, making it very easy to take notes and convert from the pen to highlighter, etc. You can even search your own handwriting and text from a pdf that has been uploaded in the same file which makes it easy to go back and look for something specific instantly rather than scroll through pages of notes. Great app!!!Update: I recently tried to access my notes on my iPhone, but half of the files wouldn’t sync between the ipad and my phone, which was annoying. I had down time to study and couldn’t because they wouldn’t sync. The only way to fix was to duplicate the file on the ipad so it would sync to my phone. It wasn’t a huge deal for that day, but could potentially be a major issue down the line if you don’t have the original device you used for the notes.Other than that, I still think it’s a great app and recommend it to anyone who is switching to digital notes and who doesn’t want to carry around a bunch of binders/notebooks!",The only way to fix was to duplicate the file on the ipad so it would sync to my phone.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,sync,71,75,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,1f11605b-b601-4728-a4ad-0665165802da,a901632b-4c58-4bf0-82a7-f1f5eb54fecf,Notes not syncing on ios,"I’ve been a premium subscriber without much issue over the last 5 years but this week alone noticing so many bugs with the new update. I spent over an hour writing on my phone today only to get home and see that the note didn’t save at all or sync, even though I went through all the motions to click the green check mark to ensure it saved at least on the phone if not synced across all devices. I did neither. Now that note is lost. I’ve been running tests all evening on the on my phone and it simply won’t store a new note I create on my phone. It lets me create it and save it, but when I close the app and restart it’s gone. I’ve tried to let it sync to computer/desktop side and it simply won’t appear there. This is a MAJOR issue and not sure it makes sense to rely on this app anymore especially at the large cost for premium.",I’ve tried to let it sync to computer/desktop side and it simply won’t appear there.,1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,22,26,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,7ff0c861-9610-4551-83f7-c1d1db9ccfcb,a971dcd4-f86e-4eb3-b89b-bdbb378b1415,"some bugs, but otherwise great motivation","this app helps me motivate, as collecting all the trees and all the achievements has quickly become one of my major goals. i love certain features, such as the messages you can display while planting a tree, and the cute aesthetic display. the leaderboard is a great feature as well, since it motivates me to compete with my friends. however, there are bugs—i can't really plant group trees, as they either always close out, or the timer starts at a different time than the one i chose. customer service is good but spotty. helpers will reply rather quickly, but more often than not, the issue will not be fixed. if these bugs and glitches were fixed, this would be a perfect app!",customer service is good but spotty.,5,TRUE,general,customer service,1,17,negative
productivity,notability,fda7f865-c351-4c64-97b6-5c06be6f66ba,a9832e40-2708-4bd7-83c5-f888136a42ac,Possibly the greatest application for students,"Notability changed the game for me, I never even think about printing lecture slides and wasting paper. This is a must have for students, it allows you to essentially write on any pdf/ppt. You can even import images into your notes which makes it useful if I want to take a picture of something or even a screenshot of my textbook and import it. Also has tools for recording voice if you want to record a lecture and associate it with a particular note. Handy system for organizing and color coding topics/folders. Even syncs with most major cloud data services like google drive, Dropbox, etc. Tools to markup your notes are pretty intuitive and easy to use, has lots of useful tools to choose from. It’s very easy to study even if I don’t have my iPad since I can open this on my iPhone and everything syncs. Has a computer app too which costs more but it’s super easy to just airdrop notability notes to your laptop and open them there. I would highly recommend this if you intend to use your iPad for school.",It’s very easy to study even if I don’t have my iPad since I can open this on my iPhone and everything syncs.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,104,108,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,4f9ae5a0-32de-411f-8fe5-4b0a327d88f9,a99cdb1d-d52d-4ce1-92a4-553d1ecfcfd6,Love the app. Hate the new version.,"In many ways the new version of the app is really good. Faster and cleaner. But in important ways, it is steps backwards. Like someone didn’t know how the old app functioned. Number one and this is a big one the app used to allow you to hit share and Evernotes and it would take the title from the document the website, etc. No longer does that and everything has a blank title. Number two it used to be able to save stuff from the iTunes Store I would save the picture that accompanies it and it stop doing that again. Number three when you do the share and hit Evernotes tags are gone. Cant tag note.",Number two it used to be able to save stuff from the iTunes Store I would save the picture that accompanies it and it stop doing that again.,3,TRUE,usability,picture,84,91,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,0b8185c0-82af-4f4f-9f63-65f4db098321,a9b069ee-8d77-45f9-8f5b-989a51936783,Needs more,"Still waiting to be able to customize the left and right swipe. Would love to archive AND delete emails not just have 1 option for both swipes. UPDATED, THANK U FOR ADDING THIS FEATURE FINALLY!!! I have 5 email accounts and they all sorta forward to my main email. I often accidentally reply from my personal because my business emails forward to my personal acct. i would LOVEE to be able to reply from my personal email and just change the FROM to my biz one or hey maybe it can do it automatically!!!I also have a bunch of unread emails i cant even find. Is there a way to filter unread emails in the inbox?? When i search “unread” clearly it doesn't work i just wanna see all the unread emails so i can turn off that annoying badge. I scrolled as far as i can and it doesnt let me scroll any further so i guess theyre super old and i cant even find them. Come on google!!If I missed this option someone please let me know!",I also have a bunch of unread emails i cant even find.,4,TRUE,usability,unread email,24,36,negative
productivity,notability,a5c4da9e-0686-481a-a602-0250cd8b5b33,aa0d0c74-d6af-4684-85a0-aebda9afe43d,Best app for professional students,"I have used notability since I entered medical school and I think it is amazing for note taking and recording lectures from professors. All of the features are amazing and the latest update that added the choice of 1.25 speed during recording replay is amazing. My one problem with notability is that while there is a “go back 10 seconds” option while playing back recordings, there is not a “go forward 10 seconds” options. This makes it difficult to skip ahead since you are left to use the scrubber and that can get messy and cause you to miss things. I hope they see this feedback and make an already amazing app even better.4/12 Revised —- giving this app 2 stars now because they sent out an update that absolutely obliterated the app and SEVERAL times I have spent hours taking notes only for them to be erased. The text boxes are finicky as hell now and I am unable to click on a text box to adjust typing after I have started typing on it. Many times I am unable to even start a text box because it won’t realize I am trying to type. PLEASE FIX THIS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD I AM ALREADY TRYING TO DO PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL FROM MY QUARANTINE AND THIS IS MAKING IT INFINITELY WORSE.",All of the features are amazing and the latest update that added the choice of 1.25 speed during recording replay is amazing.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,recording,98,107,positive
productivity,things-3,706d00ee-8e31-4292-a325-f72e66cfeefe,aab5d0ad-b2a2-4a6c-8547-f7b5c0a446c0,The best personal task manager on the market.,"Things is hands down the best personal task manager on the market. With some pricing model and feature set additions, this could literally put some competitors out of business. Unfortunately I still need alternative software for managing my project teams. Below is what I think could take Things to the next level.➕Team Collaboration ➕Timestamped Comments➕File Attachments➕Subtask Alerts and DeadlinesSome additional “would like” features:➕Multiple lines for task titles so they don’t get cut off when longer.➕Easier access time tags on mobile. Ideally swipe-able like on the desktop app. ➕Kanban style horizontal view of heading lists on desktop. ➕More calendar view functionality.",Things is hands down the best personal task manager on the market.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,task manager,40,52,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ba88d66d-61fd-4d24-b130-cca84600a348,aabfbbde-28ad-47a6-8ee8-58e7a39d5850,"Great, found a potential bug","The application works great. The experience on iPad greatly resembles that of the experience on Mac OS X or Windows. I have a Bluetooth keyboard connected to the iPad. Everything works fine except when making a comment using the side panel comment feature, the backspace button does not work. Backspace continues to work in the normal body of the document as well as in all other applications. I am unsure if this is specific to my model keyboard, as I have only tried Word with this keyboard. But, I can say, that is the only place that backspace does not work. Otherwise, the application is great!","But, I can say, that is the only place that backspace does not work.",4,TRUE,efficiency,space,49,54,negative
productivity,things-3,560217e4-ab97-42c4-8db1-f70015b7399c,aacdbafe-3cfc-4f93-ae5d-5a2c0461ef8f,SOMETIMES SIMPLE IS BETTER,"I used the app „informant“ for years because they offered a integration of calender events in a task manager. But they have become greedy and changed to a subscription model with $25 a year.Compared to „informant“ and other task managers things 3 has a very simple but also very efficient user interface. Example: Instead of assigning priorities to tasks, things offers the possibility to drag tasks into the desired order e.g. according to importance.I ask the developer to keep this simplicity because sometimes are less possibilities more!But I’d like to propose some additional modifications:1. Assign tasks to „evening“ should be possible for all days2. Integrate the possibility to enter calendar events3. Add the possibility to use different colors for tasks4. Reminders should be possible for all future tasks on the desired date and time",But they have become greedy and changed to a subscription model with $25 a year.,4,TRUE,cost,subscription,46,58,negative
productivity,things-3,60fc7bbc-bc96-4aa6-9a39-565850ad2ddd,ab52b61d-02e3-4e77-9d90-de76a90558de,Pretty Good,Update: love that the notifications don’t disappear even when phone turns off. Thumbs up for that. Because if I miss notification or something happens. It stays until I proceed do some sort of action. Even if I open app notifications don’t disappear like other apps. Very happy just wish scheduling a reminder was a bit easier. Great App. Think it’s a bit confusing on how to make reminders especially when doing it for a year from now. But it seems reliable only wish it wud have an option for those that would like a nag reminder bcuz we all can not here the reminders go off f we are busy. Would like to see the option to change reminder alert & snooze options like Sorted 3. I do think it should have a better pop calendar view for easier choosing but I recommend the app highly,I do think it should have a better pop calendar view for easier choosing but I recommend the app highly,4,TRUE,compatibility,calendar,40,48,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,28b61963-b98d-49d6-8fdd-6e83feec8b94,ab6f7ada-d8c8-42f8-a9c8-d452775d653d,"Simple, I like it that way","For those who want a simple approach to the online world, this is the app for you. As I’ve heard others say, this very product designed by google has simply become the standard in the way email websites are presented today. There’s no doubt about it. The interface, I would say, is user friendly. The app itself is fast and from my time using it, I have experienced no bugs (that’s not to say they don’t exist, however.)There’s one minor inconvenience and I’m not even sure if this is a google classroom issue or a gmail issue. I use this service for schooling, and I rely on it much more these days because of the current state of the world, and consequently I have to do online schooling. Gmail and classroom don’t work together. I’ll receive an email hours after the assignment itself has been posted, so at times I’m not in the loop as to what I need to have turned in. When I do receive an email for classroom, I’ll tap the “open” button and it doesn’t take me directly to the assignment/announcement. All it does is open the app so now I have to dig through classroom to find it.Regardless, this app is great and if you want a simple approach to email, this app is the way to go.","The interface, I would say, is user friendly.",4,TRUE,compatibility,interface,5,14,positive
productivity,notability,b38ff99e-c0ec-4b48-aca1-2bdc5a2678d1,aba060fc-1730-4620-9233-015c5349a371,Has potential,"Been using this app for awhile now and the only two bad things I can say is1.  Needs better support for paper templates.  The default options are of little use and the hack of opening old notes and scrolling to find a page you imported, copy, going to a new note and pasting is to tedious.  Not to mention you get to do it all over again when you want a second page.  I just want to take notes and not lose focus.2.  Needs a more convenient eraser shortcut so you don’t have to change the tool or move your hand up 12” just to hit undo.  Perhaps tap with two fingers to undo or hold a finger from your other hand on a eraser tool (position on left/right) and then strikeout content to be erased with the Apple Pencil",Needs better support for paper templates.,2,TRUE,usability,paper,26,31,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,931a3a09-3b32-46d6-90ad-8e6ee5d5a96e,ac21053a-ffca-4200-8c5c-75a49a99db33,Nice but limited watch support,"I really wanted to like this app. I've been working to use my phone less and less but still need certain productivity and communication always available. For example, I track my billable hours. I hoped the Apple watch app for forest would allow me to simple tap to plant a tree. Unfortunately it does not. It only lets you see what is planted. This makes me grab my phone every time I want to start a new timer. Exactly what I'm trying to avoid. I have Apple watch apps to see important text message, phone calls, and track my hours. Unfortunately I will have to look elsewhere to find a pomodoro app that works better with the Apple watch.","I have Apple watch apps to see important text message, phone calls, and track my hours.",2,TRUE,usability,text,42,46,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5ccde439-72f4-4224-ab3f-9f753766f16e,ac5f4f35-cfc8-4336-9d71-8875ea41af98,Good but could be better,"I love gmail and it’s much easier to manage than other apps but I don’t like how if I have dark mode on, gmail goes dark I like the lighter look, but I don’t want to have to change from light and dark mode every time I check an email. So I request that in settings, there is choice for light and dark mode. This way there i can have dark mode on but no dark mode in the app.","So I request that in settings, there is choice for light and dark mode.",4,TRUE,usability,dark mode,62,71,negative
productivity,things-3,8baa6f2f-d556-48ab-854a-c1d9febff9ed,ac6d6c05-b947-4b34-9f1d-07ee375842bf,Overrated & flawed,"I wanted a to-do list that would integrate with my calendar, with easy to add tasks via Siri to my Apple Watch & something that could sync with my iPad & MacBook. Design wise I’m not impressed. Maybe 4 years ago this was a great design but maybe it needs re-evaluating because it’s far from perfect as the self-description mentions. Charging over double the price to also get the iPad option & then a further $50 for MacBook puts this App at a whopping $90 for full synchronization across devices which is ridiculously vain. Given on top of this the developer doesn’t spend much time to make real improvements then you just pay for them to be vain. Save your money and try something different.",Save your money and try something different.,1,TRUE,cost,money,11,16,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,5b73fd13-14eb-4c44-86a2-dbb0ba962ac3,ac7ea206-825f-46bd-a55e-3ff653abe830,Overall Great Note App,"I have been using Evernote since the beginning. I found the UI to be something that fit my needs better than other note taking apps. It has not always been super, and the changes over the years, but today it is a great app that can be customized to fit your needs. As stated not always super, but has grown to be a standard, and easy to use.",I found the UI to be something that fit my needs better than other note taking apps.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,note taking,68,79,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2aa24cd7-4d62-4e7d-aae7-3d6ae54b8784,ace69e2d-0c4a-4b3b-855b-291b82638729,Buggy,"When switching from vertical to horizontal, the mail view still stays vertical - meaning that the mail list on the left covers the left side of the open mail. You have force close and restart the app in horizontal view so it works normally. When you select multiple mails from the mail list, you can do nothing with your selection... In vertical view, the three dot menu doesn’t exist. In horizontal view, the three dot menu only works for the opened mail, instead of the selected mails. So, selecting mails doesn’t have a use at all... It is absurd to see a billion dollar company makes a mistake on such a key application. I really dislike Google, yet I can’t leave them...","When you select multiple mails from the mail list, you can do nothing with your selection...",3,TRUE,usability,list,46,50,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,caf4bb3e-7065-42ff-82dd-12bb732c95df,ad5f2223-3a2d-4f9f-af94-71249460a9c3,Best in class,"Out of all the note-taking and project organization tools I’ve used, Evernote still leads the pack by a wide margin. It can be as extensive or as simple as necessary. The new version 10 UX has really brought the app forward and synchronized usage across platforms. Looking forward to having the watch app back.",The new version 10 UX has really brought the app forward and synchronized usage across platforms.,5,TRUE,usability,new version,5,16,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,71115056-fa69-4891-a8ca-f6abc8cd5358,ad86f2a5-cdca-4278-8ef6-3221ebd31eae,"Good start, Lacking Features","I’m disappointed by this app for the ipad especially. I use my iPad Pro as a professional device and google apps just aren’t up to the task quite yet, especially the gmail app. Please work on updates so it can be used when multi-tasking on the iPad. Better attachment options as well would be a huge improvement since right now all that’s allowed is to attach from Drive Files and when they attach they are used as a link that needs shared as well instead of actually attaching a pdf/photo.Other then that the way the inbox and multiple accounts work is great. The fact that the signature from desktop apps is carried over is outstanding as well! Please please please just update the app to better support iPad work, multi-tasking, and attachment options/drag and drop from other apps.",Please work on updates so it can be used when multi-tasking on the iPad.,3,TRUE,compatibility,update,16,22,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,7768f310-f03f-499b-866f-4a44b9341d94,ad9c8ca7-1300-41d9-aa4a-21819eaeb4e7,Constantly changing UI by a team that doesn't listen to customers,"I've used Google and Gmail on the web but never felt their mobile apps really understood the mobile experience. Inbox was different and was a great app! Google shutdown Inbox and forced it’s users, with no warning to use Gmail. The UI in Gmail tries to be the same as the UI for the web in 1 / 20th the space. It doesn't do it well. It's confusing and difficult to use to be productive. If you have an email full of junk that you never check, then the Gmail app is for you. If you use email to communicate with friends or family, or for work use a better app and don't waste your time. I deleted Gmail and Inbox today and switched to Spark. And I won't be coming back. But don't tell my sister as she used to work there.",The UI in Gmail tries to be the same as the UI for the web in 1 / 20th the space.,1,TRUE,usability,space,76,81,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,608004eb-ec50-4652-b4f8-4a1e238579dc,adef38ec-4bd4-445d-8aa6-c028fd51e02c,So versatile!,"As a teacher, I know a lot of educators use Evernote for their classrooms.  However my primary use of this app is as a sewist to organize and catalog my pattern stash, make lists of patterns I want to buy, and to have materials needs at my fingertips! With the app on my phone I can quickly search designs by tag, pull up a photo of the pattern, and find the materials lists as well. It also prevents me from purchasing unnecessary duplicates.  ❤️❤️❤️","With the app on my phone I can quickly search designs by tag, pull up a photo of the pattern, and find the materials lists as well.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,design,47,53,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ef60de74-61e3-4125-b85d-bb4664815db8,adf4480d-f084-46a1-b1e1-b4e9789b8bfb,Good but has flaws,I am a PC user & was happy to get Word on iPhone and iPad. There are issues I wish would be addressed:  buttons on top of document don't say what they are and what they can do. I have to click each one to find the function I need. Saving a document to Dropbox is a horror in formatting. Tabs are too difficult. Why can't there be a simple tab button? Need one step to change fonts. These are a few complaints I have & I've used Word all my life. I may switch to Google docs as another user suggested.  It’s just not a user friendly menu.,Need one step to change fonts.,2,TRUE,usability,font,25,29,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,d60e99e2-8635-4025-89e2-d8d6ef39994d,af32c82a-9c2c-46c5-b344-6c772d0d1214,Normal Word functions from other devices except...,"Except I can’t change a default font... What?! It’s 2018 and I can’t change a default font on one device, but I can for all of the others? I was then told by admin that this was by DEFAULT. They actually chose to prohibit me from setting a default font on my iOS device. I am currently paying for a Microsoft 365 subscription across my devices to have them purposefully leave out normal functions like this. I just can’t, in good conscience, give a good review for an obvious blunder like this.",They actually chose to prohibit me from setting a default font on my iOS device.,2,TRUE,general,font,59,63,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5512d29b-8449-4ea1-bbf3-3eafcdd23656,af3cb9ee-a3f5-40e1-a036-fc523042a84a,"Overall, nice email app...","Overall, the functionality is nice. I like the layout and aesthetics. I was surprised at how far I had to dig for the simple task of adding or editing a (sub-)folder. Additionally, a plus side to the app is the ability to add multiple (non-)Google inboxes and have one app for all email. Love this feature. I did become quite annoyed when the app started incorrectly reporting the number of unread or outstanding emails with the badge icon. I had to verify on my laptop that I had either no emails in my inbox or all emails were read. I did this on my Gmail emails, Outlook email, and iCloud email. I keep my inboxes clean and I expect my apps to correctly report this too. I don't have time to be digging for a hidden unread email.","Overall, the functionality is nice.",3,TRUE,general,functionality,14,27,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,61fca2a3-5fba-4101-abfa-3a69972eb14f,af4456ea-0f88-42a1-9e10-61e2a2bf9250,"Good, but could use improvements","This is one of two email apps I use routinely due to its superior search features for information that I store/archive in gmail. In the current version of the iPad app, there’s too much white space on the left side of the screen. From the control panel piece to the far left, then the empty check boxes, I think that space can be better used. Suggest getting rid of the check boxes and expanding the email list to the left to make better use of screen real estate.",Suggest getting rid of the check boxes and expanding the email list to the left to make better use of screen real estate.,4,TRUE,usability,list,64,68,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,6acc4b99-e546-487e-95de-bc4a05f9e3d4,af5c2aa6-0b3d-4ce4-9899-cd51e8a96f3a,Awesome App,"This app has such a simple interface, and incentivizes its users to remain focus through their tasks. Despite the $2 price, this app proves to be worth it. There is a multitude of different plants one can choose to grow, which is quite entertaining. I also enjoy being able to raise my focusing time past 30 mins. Having more options makes this app worth the price. I don’t really have anything negative to say, so I guess that’s it.","This app has such a simple interface, and incentivizes its users to remain focus through their tasks.",5,TRUE,usability,interface,28,37,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,28a90daa-c16c-4bb7-9dc4-785be36f9109,afe7028c-99b2-45c3-b374-1ffc919f62ce,Full of bugs; subscription not worth it.,"I’ve been using Evernote for about a year, but recently I got fed up with suffering the multiple bugs and functionality issues. I use this app primarily for keeping a grocery list and jotting down notes, but it seems like every other time I open my grocery checklist there is a sync error and I need to manually reconcile the two copies that Evernote saved. Additionally, the app “reloads” the page every time I switch away or lock/unlock the phone, which makes entering or editing notes incredibly painstaking. I use Evernote on two devices and occasionally access the web app on my laptop. The web app access was not previously counted as a “synced” device, but after a recent update Evernote has been forcing me to either subscribe to their premium service or unsync one of my devices. After this experience, I’m done dealing with this app. Why would I pay a monthly subscription for Evernote when my iPhone comes with two perfectly functional reminders/notes apps? Sure, they don’t have quite as many features, but at least they WORK!",Why would I pay a monthly subscription for Evernote when my iPhone comes with two perfectly functional reminders/notes apps?,2,TRUE,cost,reminder,104,112,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0ba91efe-3916-4a85-b915-f7e50b9030b8,b018a25b-3490-4ffd-b1d4-7929da47ee0c,It works but is not geared to be fast at all,"Whenever you switch to the app from another one it takes like 5-10 seconds to accept any user input. When you start the app it takes about as long or longer. It doesn’t sync notes in the background, so unnecessarily uses data. I noticed the old IOS version did not have this problem as it only started after the “new version”, and these similarly frustrating issues are present on the new OSX version too.Since we can’t downgrade, I’m stuck with this new version, and when it does work it works well. But it is like trying to surf the web on a laptop from 2005. It works sometimes and not very well.","It doesn’t sync notes in the background, so unnecessarily uses data.",3,TRUE,compatibility,background,30,40,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,7ae37762-79a1-40e8-b5a2-c095f34acb0c,b051cb0c-3ec7-4c72-b490-b5794ad7cfe5,Memoirs,I’ve recently noticed that there are a lot more leaves on the ground than up in the treeSo if I have anything I want to pass on to my three sons I’d better get started. So I chose WORD to begin listing things of worth that I have learned on this planet. Found it easy to use and makes me look smarter than I really am.So ThanQ WORD..... see ya on the other side. Hope you will be there to record my next life,So I chose WORD to begin listing things of worth that I have learned on this planet.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,list,26,30,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,275827af-c2a0-44c4-99a2-cfed735d9df3,b165f5af-6c1a-481a-85fd-3cab6682f202,Blindsided,"I’ve used this app since 2013. My businesses, productivity and life is in this app. Occasionally I create a checklist or another document that needs to be printed. I just went to print a note and discovered printing for iPhone users is no longer supported. Printing, as a function, has been removed?!? It’s simply not efficient for me to have to travel with my laptop just to print. This app has been a huge part of my organization, productivity and routines that I’m simply in shock I can no longer print from my iPhone. Utterly disappointed. UPDATE: I put one star at first but came back with 4 stars because of the 7 years I have used and loved this app. If the print feature returns I’ll update to 5 stars.",Occasionally I create a checklist or another document that needs to be printed.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,document,46,54,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,275827af-c2a0-44c4-99a2-cfed735d9df3,b165f5af-6c1a-481a-85fd-3cab6682f202,Blindsided,"I’ve used this app since 2013. My businesses, productivity and life is in this app. Occasionally I create a checklist or another document that needs to be printed. I just went to print a note and discovered printing for iPhone users is no longer supported. Printing, as a function, has been removed?!? It’s simply not efficient for me to have to travel with my laptop just to print. This app has been a huge part of my organization, productivity and routines that I’m simply in shock I can no longer print from my iPhone. Utterly disappointed. UPDATE: I put one star at first but came back with 4 stars because of the 7 years I have used and loved this app. If the print feature returns I’ll update to 5 stars.",Occasionally I create a checklist or another document that needs to be printed.,4,TRUE,reliability,list,30,34,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a85c25cb-3bca-455f-a54a-4ae9c9168c41,b2458895-11aa-41e4-b327-0d711cf28bf9,It’s okay but could use some updates,"For the amount of money and intelligence the google team has, I’m actually quite surprised this email app isn’t off the charts awesome. For starters, they need to create a summary screen of all of your different email accounts similar to the iPhone email app. Right now it’s to cumbersome to see which account you are getting a notification for when you receive a new message. Apple does way better with their home screen. I do think the gmail app is better for setting up a professional signature, but that needs improvement too. There should be a function to change the font and to make letters bold and add variety like in the web version. Also, why can’t you pick a default font for the phone app (like the web version) for the body of the email? Strange. I’m hoping to see gmail come out with a much better version of this app soon considering how many people work from their phones anymore!",There should be a function to change the font and to make letters bold and add variety like in the web version.,3,TRUE,usability,font,42,46,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,dd9debee-91e9-469b-ad12-8ceb83d6bd7b,b247e741-114a-40e8-a0fa-23b1ff4629fd,"Breaks shortcuts, bad paste handling","I can’t use any default keyboard shortcuts in either the web app or desktop app. Why override the built-in behavior? Your changes aren’t helpful and prevent me from meaningfully navigating and selecting bodies of text without using a mouse or trackpad.Not to mention I can’t even paste my notes in effectively. When I copy multiple lines off text and paste them into Evernote they appear across multiple lines as expected, but when editing it’s revealed that the app considers the entire paste body as one line. For example, clicking the bulleted list button makes the entire multiline selection into a single bullet point, rather than each line becoming a bullet. To work around the bug I had to go across every single line and delete the previous white space (probably LF) and hit return again (possibly inserting CRLF?).As a note taking app I need copy+paste to “just work” as well as sensible keyboard shortcuts that don’t conflict with system ones.",Your changes aren’t helpful and prevent me from meaningfully navigating and selecting bodies of text without using a mouse or trackpad.,1,TRUE,usability,text,97,101,negative
productivity,notability,0303857b-453c-44f9-80da-e38c5c29c27a,b24edb85-db24-49f8-9321-c99354ec2c6d,I love this app but it skips with the apple pencil,"I have been using this app since it first came out. I keep trying other apps to see if I like another one better but I keep coming back to this one. There are only a few things that keep me from five stars and from looking around. First, the apple pencil skips and it is driving me crazy. Everything is up to date, the pencil cap is screwed and I have tried all of the suggestions to keep this from happening and it just keeps happening. Secondly, one of the reasons I was so excited about this app was to be able to look up my notes on my phone. Unfortunately, the app on my phone is its own app and not a version that syncs with my ipad. Third, when I upgraded my ipad some of my notes ended up in different files. I would also like to be able to convert the audio files associated with the notes and be able to share those as well. Those are the only things that I would fix. Other than that this is a solid app and one I have recommended to countless people both professionally and as a student.","Unfortunately, the app on my phone is its own app and not a version that syncs with my ipad.",4,TRUE,compatibility,sync,74,78,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1933e6a6-314f-4232-a3f7-2fd7ea6614e9,b28a80b0-c36b-4652-a8c2-3509a6c9cb80,"Good, but could be better EDIT: It’s better!","UPDATE: They *finally* added the ability to toggle “important” status. I have notifications set to “important only” so it’s a big deal to be able to manage this on the go. Also, the new layout is really nice. They’ve managed to bring most of the full gmail experience to the mobile app. My rating has increased accordingly. *********This app has made a lot of strides and improvements, but there’s a lot of functionality still missing. I have no idea why they continue to refuse to allow you to toggle the “important” status of emails from the app.  Adding that in alone would probably make me bump my review one, and maybe two, stars, and it seems like it’d be easy to do.","*********

This app has made a lot of strides and improvements, but there’s a lot of functionality still missing.",5,TRUE,general,functionality,86,99,positive
productivity,notability,824f4653-6b70-45ec-95b6-e5de917030e8,b30055bf-d96f-42ed-b42e-d7394af4ccdb,I’ve never had this issue before,"I’ve been using Notability for about 7 years now. As a student, it is important to make sure you don’t miss any information and sometimes that can be difficult if the professor goes too fast. One tool that I started using about 3 years ago was the microphone to record lectures. I loved it because I could follow along with what the professor was saying and what I wrote as well. Right now I’m really upset with Notability because of a bug. Recently I’ve been having problems when I completely close out of the app. Not only are my recordings getting deleted, but so are my notes!!! That’s a major problem that needs to be fixed immediately. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find an app quite like notability, so I will have to stick with good old fashioned pen and paper until this problem is resolved. I’ve also been having problems with the other tools. I usually have no problem with changing colors, font sizes, or anything related to that nature but I can’t even do that anymore! This isn’t a huge issue as I can still select the right tool, but it’s hard to organize my notes. I also can’t create subjects or dividers anymore which is driving me insane! It’s the beginning of the semester which means I need to be able to organize myself from the start to work efficiently throughout the rest of the semester. I’ve never had any issues with this app before, but these are some major problems that need to be fixed before I continue using it.","Not only are my recordings getting deleted, but so are my notes!!!",2,TRUE,effectiveness,recording,17,26,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,51390483-ca15-41e4-98e5-e5192da52691,b30d060e-da60-45db-9358-8097a6b85d9f,Happily Satisfied,"I use Evernote to haul around my crochet patterns in a mobile device. I used to print out pages of patterns and carry them in my craft bag, which is wasteful. But now I can purchase a pattern online, download and save to Evernote, and then sync the app so the pattern appears on my phone. My only complaint with Evernote is that the app does not stay open when the phone turns off.  When you use the Pinterest app, for example, the phone stays on, presumably while cooking a recipe, so you don’t have to turn on the phone over and over again to look at the recipe. Even if the phone does turn off, when you turn it back on, the phone returns to the Pinterest app and the article you were using. Evernote does not stay open when the phone turns off. This would not be so irritating to me except that I also have to re-open the Evernote app and search for my note/pattern AGAIN. It’s like opening the app for the first time, over and over again. I can’t imagine using this app to take notes during a lecture, only to have the phone turn offwhe you are listening,  and then have to turn on the phone again, open the app again, and search for the note you were just working on....again. First world problems, I know.","But now I can purchase a pattern online, download and save to Evernote, and then sync the app so the pattern appears on my phone.",4,TRUE,usability,sync,82,86,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,81dad8af-f48b-4fcb-9dff-b37b91e560bf,b391b40b-a77b-4c5f-a8d2-16919bf9100f,"User from the beginning, freezing is more of a problem now than ever","I starting using Evernote back when it was completely free and just starting to get some attention. It’s never become the full fledged info management device it promised to be, but I’ve been satisfied with it as a massive filing cabinet that holds thousands of notes and clippings. I also used it as a “quick ideas” note taker. But in the last few updates, the app has frozen every time I’ve used it, on two different iPads. I don’t trust it so much anymore and am backing up my notes elsewhere (I already use OneNote for writing). Apple notes has lock screen access for quick notes. Notion has also caught my attention with its flexible interface. But Evernote still shines with its search and OCR, if only I could get the darn thing to open and not hang up.","But in the last few updates, the app has frozen every time I’ve used it, on two different iPads.",3,TRUE,reliability,update,21,27,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,d57a817f-8208-45f5-bf10-21fcb8add5fa,b47c1321-2aee-48cb-b231-fd10dde39bbf,👍,"honestly, this app is amazing. when I first got this app it was because I needed reminders to not be on my phone all the time, and it works. The insensitive that if I play on my phone I’ll “kill” a tree is fantastic! if I just leave the app as the first thing I see when I open my phone, I’ll turn off my phone. no timer needed. and the addition of different plants I can buy is very fun. I would recommend the app to anyone looking to take breaks from their phones.","when I first got this app it was because I needed reminders to not be on my phone all the time, and it works.",5,TRUE,general,reminder,51,59,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,fb99fce8-b5d4-4632-953b-a29a05c77ffb,b49d4353-2f07-420a-aaab-7cc8bc17e87f,Best concentration app out there,"I’ve tried several methods to focus on studying or schoolwork, and this is the only thing that works for me. Even though the tree isn’t real, the thought of killing it hurts me worse than I would like to admit, and it really helps me focus!! And the sounds are so nice to listen to, it’s wonderful. I do have a suggestion though!! I wish that when we have our phone locked to preserve battery, we could see how much time we have left without unlocking our phone. That way, we don’t have to unlock our phone every time we wanna see how much time remains and we don’t break focus as easily. Just a suggestion!! The app is fantastic and I love it to death, good job","And the sounds are so nice to listen to, it’s wonderful.",5,TRUE,efficiency,list,31,35,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,3cc32a6d-af0d-4bdd-bc05-ad0ef52ddc99,b4bf9081-ae34-4c1a-9e50-939e16be8b43,Word for ipadOS is getting worse with every update,"Word's updates on iOS/ipadOS are getting progressively *worse* and are very, very, very  buggy.  It is not even funny anymore. I find myself spending most of my time wrangling with the program than actually typing text.  Simple things like - clicking to place the mouse - italicizing/boldfacing/underlining a phrase take 5-10 seconds to happen, or do not happen. Even plain typing can become an issue if you have the app open for 10-15 minutes straight: all of a sudden it freezes and refuses to let you type.  The only cure at that point is to kill the program and restart. And in the latest update, Review does not work correctly anymore. For example deleted phrases will still appear in the text (!) when you ask for a ""No Markup"" version.Microsoft seems more interested in releasing frequent ""updates"" than releasing a piece of software that fulfills its primary goal of letting people compose text.  It is so bad at this point that I find it much faster to compose everything in Pages and then export to Word in order to share with my colleagues.",For example deleted phrases will still appear in the text (!),1,TRUE,general,text,54,58,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,93d51892-c8e1-40a2-acba-419e6ed33f7c,b4c88c33-cee4-4d52-b4dd-18d571f984be,90% of What I Need,"I love this app! Downloaded in 2013, it sat unused for a couple years but I realized the scope and detail it can hold in a way that's easy to collect. I'm a researcher of all things and I wanted to like Timepage and Agenda. While those are far better looking apps, it's clunky going between the two. Outlook is my email client so I use Evernote to capture thoughts on the fly with sync, it's great. As I'm filling in web info, I can save to EN, browsing a good article to reverence - I just use the web clip function to keep organized. I'm always adding pics so I can recall the content of what and why I wanted to sabe a clip.In my job search, I created several notebooks, one called Career. In Career I have job descriptions, wording for keywords, LinkedIn for links, and Resume for well, resume summaries etc. The only feature I wish was prominent is the calendar. And ability to change the obnoxious green default color.This app is my default app. Wanted not to like it but I keep going back!","Outlook is my email client so I use Evernote to capture thoughts on the fly with sync, it's great.",4,TRUE,compatibility,sync,82,86,positive
productivity,notability,092fece2-1062-40b9-a3a6-7c71bb33dca5,b4c8989c-b39f-4dea-8632-7bb1d62ce919,Notability is great...but not on iPhone,"Writing a review of Notability is hard. On the one hand, I use it every single day on my iPad. I do a lot of reading/research for my job, so Notability has saved me from being buried under an endless pile of paper. I even pair it up with Scanbot so I can quickly scan materials in meetings and then have all my notes/handouts in a single place. Being able to search my handwriting is a game-changer! So is having access to my documents and notes everywhere, including my laptop, and having all changes and edits synced through iCloud. I’ve always wanted to go paperless with ubiquitous access to everything; Notability is my hub for that. Which brings me to my chief complaint about Notability: it’s iPhone app is terrible. It’s nice to see my notes on my phone if I need to skim something quickly on the go, but basic functionality is missing. You can’t search a document, highlight pages, see all the pages in a document—if you’re looking for something, you can only scroll until you find it. That’s ok if you’re talking about two pages of notes; but if you are looking at a 50 page journal article trying to find something, it’s ridiculous. Competitors have this functionality on iPhones, but Notability has never added it. I wish they would! I also wish they would format text-only notes like Google Docs, adjusting text size for a given display without affecting the formatting.","Competitors have this functionality on iPhones, but Notability has never added it.",4,TRUE,general,functionality,23,36,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,56d969db-6537-411b-a4b4-f6cee93333c3,b4d2aa1c-4a92-46bc-9029-78e8e40a020c,Disappointing App Support,I created a 100 page document on my PC using Word.  Saved it and opened it in this mobile app on my iPad.  Because of font substitution it is unreadable and I therefore could not edit it. Needed to make changes for a customer meeting. Tried contacting Microsoft for 3 days. Their Virtual Agent is a Microsoft embarrassment. When I finally got to a chat option an agent got on after an hour but never responded to my problem. Tried using the call back option and was informed I would receive a call back in 371 hours. Goodbye Microsoft. Hello Google Docs and Pages.,Because of font substitution it is unreadable and I therefore could not edit it.,5,TRUE,usability,font,12,16,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,4b3a86f2-1a35-41aa-9f3d-49503a8714d9,b52e35ce-4252-4c29-8a58-7333c70278ca,I’m not sure why this app has 4.7 stars,"So far, typing hasn’t been a huge issue, although it can be difficult to select multiple words at once without it selecting the entire document. Also, I can’t tap to move my cursor without it selecting the whole word. The worst part, though, is the drawing feature. It gets extremely laggy when using draw, and makes it impossible to scroll and sometimes the markings you make just up and disappear. It also jumps from eraser to pen a lot of the time, causing me to scribble all over the page. The app has a lot of bugs which is frustrating because Word is supposed to be the “standard” document program for most uses, so I have no choice but to use it at times.","It also jumps from eraser to pen a lot of the time, causing me to scribble all over the page.",3,TRUE,usability,page,89,93,negative
productivity,things-3,1dd82a0d-bd90-4379-913e-0fda21752d99,b5540974-bd70-4a8b-89b1-0b1df4f4728c,Nearly perfect iOS app,"I used ToDo on the iPhone with Toodledo on the web for years, and I was quite happy with it. However when I tried to update ToDo, as it was increasingly buggy, to ToDo Cloud, the install failed and I started looking around. And I am glad I did. I looked at many reviews and decided to give Things 3 a try.The tutorial is well done, and in 15 minutes I was fully up to speed. I then reentered about 100 tasks, although I could have imported them. I have to state that the interface is a joy to work with, and the final result was amazing. Read the reviews for product details, but this app defines what is great about iOS.  Clean, intuitive and fun. The integration with the calendar, in particular, is brilliant. After getting it set up on the iPhone, I purchased the iPad app.  Perfect integration and interface!My only quibbles... When I set an Inbox item to Today, and then I do not complete the task and clear the date, the task ends up in the Anytime folder. I think it should go back to the Inbox.  This is by design, and I have a workaround, but it is mildly annoying. Also, I would like to not display the Anytime folder, as I do not need it, but this is not customizable. I could use the real estate for another area or project.  But these are minor details. This is one of the best apps for iOS. Period.",Perfect integration and interface!,5,TRUE,compatibility,interface,25,34,positive
productivity,notability,e1700790-c6a3-4234-a974-12588c09c233,b5579010-0eab-47a7-83b7-1f22870f1d6e,"I want to love this app, but...","I really want to love this app. There are so many cool features that I do love, and it comes so highly recommended amongst other nursing students that I was sure this was “the” one.BUT... I’ve been using it for a week or two now, and I’ve found some MAJOR flaws.1. It keeps randomly crashing and closing without saving my last bit of information.2. The lines suddenly get stupid thin in the middle of writing, making my notes and pictures look wonky and hard to read when I print them. (Note: I tested my pencil using adobe sketch, thinking it was maybe a sensitivity issue with my pencil, but I couldn’t replicate the problem in adobe sketch. It is only happening in notability.)3. SEVERE lagging on my current 16 page (full of drawings/notes) document... so much to the point that I’m considering switching to GoodNotes, even though I just bought this app a week or two ago for $10-12 dollars and then spent another $2 or so for the feature to be able to search my handwritten notes.FIX IT! (I’ll update my rating if it’s fixed before I’m too fed up and switch to GoodNotes.)Update 1: I feel compelled to changed from 2 stars to 1. The dropping issue was only happening once every 45 minutes or so (at random). In the last 3 minutes, it has dropped every time I click paste 🤦‍♀️","The lines suddenly get stupid thin in the middle of writing, making my notes and pictures look wonky and hard to read when I print them.",1,TRUE,usability,picture,82,89,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a4f9c88f-3925-4cd0-84e7-d4cd72be7c67,b564df8d-5e62-4f9e-bcbf-254b8f1ceed1,Time to put this elephant out of its misery,"I don’t think any of the previous versions issues have been resolved but for some reason Evernote has been rewritten from the ground up with the best features slowly being added back. ——Evernote is my go to note taking app. I like being able to take a screen clipping, add some notes, set a reminder. Past that, it’s really fallen behind on the times. It’s just not very good at taking notes. Every little aspect of the note taking process is limited or tedious. It’s time for there to be live/instant as you type saving of notes. Also, sharing is a joke. No collaboration. No commenting. Annotations haven’t been updated in years and are basically useless on images and somewhat helpful on PDF’s. It has some of the worst outline note taking features out there. Lastly, it’s time to be able to record a meeting and have time synced notes that other users can comment and/or collaborate on. Seriously, sharing is useless.So why do I still use it?  Scan, clip or photo anything and everything and all the text in those images becomes searchable making it super easy to use Evernote as a big file dumpster and add a reminder to that note and you may not forget to renew your car registration.",Every little aspect of the note taking process is limited or tedious.,2,TRUE,efficiency,note taking,28,39,negative
productivity,notability,57944352-3b9a-4815-9ec5-8329e3a79034,b58c57ad-1560-4d7b-ba36-328bbd55daf5,I’ve never been so happy to pay for an app,"This app has everything I’ve ever wanted and more. I love all the thoughtful features and design tweaks. So many times while using it (after just having it less than a week) I’ve thought “I wonder if it can also do ____?” And every time answer is yes. Unlike many of the reviewers whose feedback I’ve read, I’m not a student (I WISH this had been around when I was a student) but a mid-career professional working on a variety of different projects with tons of meetings, calls and project documents to read — and this app is absolutely perfect for seamlessly tracking notes and details of meetings as well as marking up all the PDFs and Word documents I have to go through while keeping everything in one place. (And I can just slide all my PDF files from my computer into the Mac app window and they’re ready for mark up on my iPad! Fantastic). So many trees can be saved with this, ha. Could not be happier 🤗 it’s almost making work fun ;)",I love all the thoughtful features and design tweaks.,5,TRUE,general,design,40,46,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,80606d46-5a4d-4f08-9c4c-2abd6c780d81,b5cec5a0-91f3-4975-80f7-252fac409ec2,The latest update is the worst thing to happen to Evernote in 13 years,"That’s right. I’ve been using Evernote for 13 years. It’s been fantastic. I have thousands of pages of notes from work, school, conferences, lectures, etc that I’ve done for over a decade. They’ve recently updated the software and not only has it forced me to upgrade my membership with them because they only allow 2 devices, not 3 (like they had been doing up to now), but it has also completely slowed down the app. I’ve never had problems with the application lagging, but it seems that they’ve tried to connect the app to too many things that only power users (like me) might use. The result is that it’s constantly lagging and in many cases, not syncing or even loading. I’ve just written notes from a 2 hour management meeting which were completely lost because my iPad sleep screen went up and upon awaking my iPad, everything was lost! I cannot complain more vehemently since I’m now (finally) paying for a software that operates a thousand times worse than it did when I was using it for free!","The result is that it’s constantly lagging and in many cases, not syncing or even loading.",1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,67,71,negative
productivity,notability,de4fc36b-7243-436b-b15d-5581c769ba8a,b6092fa8-3de1-48d5-8c40-bfe6d22039aa,Suggestions for Developers,"There are some missing features that hold it back from 5 stars:1) When I take notes and annotate, I like to have multiple pens and highlighters out. There should be an option to add additional pens and highlighters to the toolbar. When rapidly taking notes, time is precious, and this would make it less tedious.2) inserting diagrams is too difficult. There should be a math or shape mode that you can toggle on and off that auto recognizes shapes and fixes them. Having an math text mode that auto recognizes math notation would also be fantastic ... p.s. OneNotes version of this is poorly executed. 3)**** when I record lectures, I am always slightly behind when note taking. If there were an advanced feature where we could choose where the audio track lines up with the notes, that would be spectacular. Revisited notes would be much superior and would be more like sitting through the lecture again.****4) there should be an option to directly add in PDFs to our notes. They could be added in as entire pages to the document, just integrating the PDF, or auto convert to an image to be pasted in. But working with PDFs in existing notes should be an option.","If there were an advanced feature where we could choose where the audio track lines up with the notes, that would be spectacular.",4,TRUE,compatibility,audio,67,72,positive
productivity,notability,b4c8d993-c2ed-47f4-adfb-695f2a2e3c32,b6854c52-5240-413a-82d9-7557bdedaa67,Great App,"Would be 5 stars however there is a frustrating bug. I run notability on an iPad Pro 2018 updated with iOS 13 beta. Sometimes when transferring text from a PDF in side by side notes (in-app side by side), the note will freeze up. The newly transferred text locks and everything in the note seems corrupted (severe lag, inability to properly use tools, inability to delete said text, etc). Using other devices to access the same file (through cloud) causes the app to crash. Saving grace has been to make a pdf export (to save what is on the file and “flatten” the image) then delete old note and create a new one using the PDF. Of course doing this removes the ability to edit the newly converted PDF notes. Creating a copy or exporting as a notability file just keeps the bug. The bug only happens on occasion but can really stress you out if you have homework due. Hope it will improve, otherwise a great app for productivity.","Sometimes when transferring text from a PDF in side by side notes (in-app side by side), the note will freeze up.",4,TRUE,usability,text,29,33,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,d5a24d48-3098-49b3-ac0f-5d7205a135e3,b6bc1021-0550-4a80-b80d-b9466d9dfe06,Incredible,It does everything I want which is surprising for Microsoft product. Word and Excel operate seamlessly with the desktop and everything syncs with one drive. I wish I’d spent the time to transition to this year’s ago.,Word and Excel operate seamlessly with the desktop and everything syncs with one drive.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,67,71,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,8004f462-1549-4dae-be2e-d4b9a4f15437,b6c20c7c-fbe0-45e4-bf57-e26faf46a368,"Great App, Helps Me Focus","I have been using Forest for about 2 years now. I love the premise of growing trees while I work and gaining coins to buy more trees. It makes my focus into a game as well. You do need to have a bit of discipline still if you aren’t using the deep focus mode, as without it you are able to access any app you want (I believe this is due to  new iOS’s restriction). I need to access my texts for work, so can’t use the deep focus mode or else my trees would die every time. But leaving the app up still gives me the reminder to focus when I open my phone. Love it!!!","I need to access my texts for work, so can’t use the deep focus mode or else my trees would die every time.",5,TRUE,efficiency,text,21,25,negative
productivity,notability,70424122-fd39-48c1-ba1a-40da5d077712,b6c981ab-9be2-416d-b173-6bf23b88a0da,Unremarkable and charges extra for handwriting recognition,"So, after purchasing the app itself for 9.99, I had to pay $1.99 extra for 3 pastel Colors (grape, strawberry, and mint) as a “themes,” and then another $1.99 to be able to convert handwriting to text. Maybe I'm being just grouchy, but I don't think the developer should be able to List all those features in the description without explaining that you have to pay more for them. Finding and using the app Settings and Controls is about as intuitive as GoodNotes5 (meaning that you’ll be reading lots of Help pages) and converting handwriting to text is not as easy as MyScript Nebo (in fact, it’s downright hard in Notability and you’ll be doing lots of editing). If a free trial period had been offered, I would not have bought this app. It is completely unremarkable. Use Apple’s free Notes instead. Use GoodNotes 5 for pdf import and markup instead.","If a free trial period had been offered, I would not have bought this app.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,free trial,6,16,negative
productivity,things-3,1c543445-7795-48b8-99a4-ddf344aa7db6,b6fe2797-b103-4302-ac13-9c44a3599bbc,So far so good!,"I recently got this app after trying out todoist premium, and this app is strides ahead of todoist. (Plus cheaper too at just a 1 time payment instead of a subscription based payment). So far I am loving this app. Has to do list, shows you your entire day and also syncs with your calendar so you only ever really need to use this app. Brings a great summary of your day and the UI is just amazing. Everything is so smooth and you’re not left digging through the setting or searching for a certain feature. Recommend completely!","Has to do list, shows you your entire day and also syncs with your calendar so you only ever really need to use this app.",5,TRUE,compatibility,calendar,68,76,positive
productivity,things-3,1c543445-7795-48b8-99a4-ddf344aa7db6,b6fe2797-b103-4302-ac13-9c44a3599bbc,So far so good!,"I recently got this app after trying out todoist premium, and this app is strides ahead of todoist. (Plus cheaper too at just a 1 time payment instead of a subscription based payment). So far I am loving this app. Has to do list, shows you your entire day and also syncs with your calendar so you only ever really need to use this app. Brings a great summary of your day and the UI is just amazing. Everything is so smooth and you’re not left digging through the setting or searching for a certain feature. Recommend completely!","Has to do list, shows you your entire day and also syncs with your calendar so you only ever really need to use this app.",5,TRUE,efficiency,sync,52,56,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9ff44550-2332-41d4-9453-351d1cfb4118,b814e06f-1e50-48da-bbd0-808047619374,Latest November Update is Terrible. WHY did you move & hide things?,"Everything is moved around and certain text options are now hidden, which makes it harder to get to. The new design took away the ability to QUICKLY and seamlessly type and format text. Now you have to dig to locate the things like the Indent button. I hate that I updated, but my stupid app kept crashing, now I have a bigger problem. Also, what’s with the RETURN button function? When I press “Return” (attempting to go to the next line), it does a “shift return” function instead of giving me a new paragraph line. It’s so annoying and inconvenient, especially when using bullet lists.Sadly, I’ll use something else until they revert back to the previous version, or change things around to make it simple again. Don’t try to fix things that weren’t broken. Smh. And where’s the option to make it dark without having to turn my whole iPad to dark mode? The new look is just so complicated. Disappointing update.",The new design took away the ability to QUICKLY and seamlessly type and format text.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,design,9,15,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5222125b-a193-4cfb-b5a5-1e10848aeb77,b834309a-2d98-4d77-8f20-ffa56a4ba2e7,"Readability, anyone?  So close.","UPDATE to UPDATE:  Disappointment continues as this app still does not match the text I’ve selected on my phone, contrary to what’s stated.  Better than before, but not anywhere close to the text size of Apple Mail or other apps, for that matter.  Simply put, Gmail app does not match the text size of your iPhone or iPad.  It’s improved some, but not the same.UPDATE:  Sooo disappointed to find that the update does not actually use the same text size as selected on the phone, as the developers now claim.  Granted, it’s and improvement, but doesn’t match other apps that use Dynamic Text sizing.  Sad.Still useless to me since the font size is sooo small.  Suggestion:  Let iOS handle your text, so default font sizes will carry over.As usual, I find Google to be strong on engines, but weak on experience.  So much potential here, guys.  Google, please work on your UX.  No doubt, this would be my main app if the font size match what I chose in iOS Settings.  Pleaaassseee!","No doubt, this would be my main app if the font size match what I chose in iOS Settings.",2,TRUE,usability,font,44,48,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5222125b-a193-4cfb-b5a5-1e10848aeb77,b834309a-2d98-4d77-8f20-ffa56a4ba2e7,"Readability, anyone?  So close.","UPDATE to UPDATE:  Disappointment continues as this app still does not match the text I’ve selected on my phone, contrary to what’s stated.  Better than before, but not anywhere close to the text size of Apple Mail or other apps, for that matter.  Simply put, Gmail app does not match the text size of your iPhone or iPad.  It’s improved some, but not the same.UPDATE:  Sooo disappointed to find that the update does not actually use the same text size as selected on the phone, as the developers now claim.  Granted, it’s and improvement, but doesn’t match other apps that use Dynamic Text sizing.  Sad.Still useless to me since the font size is sooo small.  Suggestion:  Let iOS handle your text, so default font sizes will carry over.As usual, I find Google to be strong on engines, but weak on experience.  So much potential here, guys.  Google, please work on your UX.  No doubt, this would be my main app if the font size match what I chose in iOS Settings.  Pleaaassseee!","No doubt, this would be my main app if the font size match what I chose in iOS Settings.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,font size,44,53,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,8c89aaeb-190a-4d59-8ecd-d18f2009e79c,b92b6165-f471-44ca-aeaf-501beee55812,So far Pretty Dope!,"I really love this concept it rocks i’ve been using it as a way to accomplish my goals and be better with my time management. I think it’s really cute that You get to grow a plant every time something happens. I also like that you can label what you did. I think what I’m gonna do with my gardens is if I plant a certain amount virtually, I will plant something in real life. I think that would be a great way to take it one step further hey sorry about that I was leaving a reminder",I think that would be a great way to take it one step further hey sorry about that I was leaving a reminder,5,TRUE,general,reminder,100,108,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,20d4d7fa-b4fd-4193-8ea0-c9cad4cd85b8,ba2c2c90-3fb1-4ef2-925e-11d6d32feea7,My daily writing app,"So. I really LOVED the old version. I am very happy to have the “undo” option because sometimes copy & paste doesn’t work. It’s just, I was used to the way the previous version looked. It was why I choose Evernote in the first place & my MAIN writing app. Can we adjust the new style a little?","It’s just, I was used to the way the previous version looked.",4,TRUE,usability,previous version,38,54,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,10e23ab8-bebb-4e8b-94c3-8949b9b4a9d0,ba5d6baa-4258-4c8a-862f-544708bedf83,Almost there for iPad Pro 12.9...,"Mouse support for Word is perplexing.  While the cursor adapts, sticks, & highlights menu items within the ribbon as one would expect; within the body of the text it’s a different story.  The body of the text is arguably the most important place to take advantage of the feature and annoyingly, there was an oversight here.  The round pointer never “sticks” and morphs into a vertical cursor which would provide a consistent experience with the native iPad apps that leverage this feature. Lastly, as a heavy MS 365 user I wholly expect more “pro” features on the iPad 12.9 in.  There’s a pay wall to use the “full set” of features on the 12.9 inch yet it just opens up to the mobile version. I would appreciate a few more of the desktop features (full support for envelop sizes; more menu options akin to the desktop version etc.).All that said, this is a solid product.  Typing on a 120Hz display is some how a bit more satisfying in Word specifically.  Please address the cursor support on priority and I can swallow the other stuff in the meantime, that said, I’ve only been waiting for full desktop parity since it’s release in 2018 -what’s the hold up?","The body of the text is arguably the most important place to take advantage of the feature and annoyingly, there was an oversight here.",4,TRUE,usability,text,17,21,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2c41cfbd-8147-4002-a0d4-af22eac92dcf,ba9d207b-90f3-4383-8be4-b53eece17d3a,New update is a problem!,"All promotional emails for ""All inboxes"" I'm receiving notifications for and they're going to my primary. I had them in promotions previously. When I'm logged in one account on my phone, I don't get a notification as it goes to my primary. But I need to see both emails and so this happens and it's very inconvenient!","All promotional emails for ""All inboxes"" I'm receiving notifications for and they're going to my primary.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,motion,8,14,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,b899267c-d826-4a6c-9866-05fc60380832,baaf588a-9b37-45d2-96ac-9d19378b75c1,"Writing Always Shifts, Hard to use on iPad","I love Word’s integration with the Apple Pencil. But I used to draw an image and insert it into word. Whenever I tried to write, it shifted my writing making it impossible to use it. Then an app update fixed this, but it is back again, worse than before! Also, could their be a desktop mode, which gives a desktop-like experience with all the features of the desktop Word on the mobile app? That would be so much easier and stop me from bringing my bulky old laptop everywhere I need to get serious Word work done. I can basically type a script or a document on my ipad and nothing more. Same with powerpoint and excel. Could we get a Publisher ios and macos app, too? Could the ios app have all the features listed? Thanks.","Then an app update fixed this, but it is back again, worse than before!",1,TRUE,effectiveness,update,13,19,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,3965b005-04de-444d-94e0-d6876473cde9,babd5c74-b533-476b-84a4-6f5a33fc1bd5,Unusable when I need it the most,"I have always used Word for as long as I can remember to write essays for school, create a resume for a job, or just to write random notes when needed. But right now I am so frustrated with Word. I have a brand new IPad and even paid for the high end keyboard so I could do my work for school. I downloaded this app because I thought it would work great for my many homework assignments and study guides I had to get done. But all it has done is frustrate me and make me want to throw the thing across the room! It has many great features (when logged in) and should be capable of handling my typing skills, but for some reason it can’t? The lag on this app is CRAZY bad. I can’t get anything done on bigger files where I have more than 15 pages and over 3,000 words...which is not even a lot?? The app is unusable, if I can’t type at the pace I need to with 3,000 words in my document then this app is a bust. Another great thing about the app is that even when you have the “Auto-Save” on, it likes to not save all of your work and make you start all over again! Even better when it crashes! I’ve seen these issues on forums that have come up from all the way back when the app launched. Come on Microsoft, I expected better.","I can’t get anything done on bigger files where I have more than 15 pages and over 3,000 words...which is not even a lot??",2,TRUE,effectiveness,page,69,73,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,d4ffbf60-7db5-4ff3-ae75-54df89d33847,baf3d11d-2b47-49cc-bf5f-1d5060fab503,AMAZING APP FOR STUDYING,"So I’m going to medical school right now and I have to study pretty much all night after 8 hours of classes. Its hard to not want to take a break and look at your phone. A innocent 5 min break turns into 30mins...etc. It’s something I see a lot of my friends do, but not me, thanks to this app! These guys give you such incentives with in app rewards and real life rewards (helping save the word by planting trees!!). I 100% recommend this to anyone who is trying to put real hours in. You'll be surprised how much you check your phone without realizing it. Its such a cheap price for the real life awards you will get with all your hard work you put in. I have a study group and this app has helped all of us. Thank you to the developers for making this !!",Its such a cheap price for the real life awards you will get with all your hard work you put in.,5,TRUE,cost,price,18,23,positive
productivity,notability,a5c4da9e-0686-481a-a602-0250cd8b5b33,bb1d55d7-0cc0-404e-a54f-d3517400c196,Best app for professional students,"I have used notability since I entered medical school and I think it is amazing for note taking and recording lectures from professors. All of the features are amazing and the latest update that added the choice of 1.25 speed during recording replay is amazing. My one problem with notability is that while there is a “go back 10 seconds” option while playing back recordings, there is not a “go forward 10 seconds” options. This makes it difficult to skip ahead since you are left to use the scrubber and that can get messy and cause you to miss things. I hope they see this feedback and make an already amazing app even better.4/12 Revised —- giving this app 2 stars now because they sent out an update that absolutely obliterated the app and SEVERAL times I have spent hours taking notes only for them to be erased. The text boxes are finicky as hell now and I am unable to click on a text box to adjust typing after I have started typing on it. Many times I am unable to even start a text box because it won’t realize I am trying to type. PLEASE FIX THIS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD I AM ALREADY TRYING TO DO PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL FROM MY QUARANTINE AND THIS IS MAKING IT INFINITELY WORSE.",Many times I am unable to even start a text box because it won’t realize I am trying to type.,2,TRUE,usability,text,40,44,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a704ab7b-50e1-4e66-b29e-b1a57883f7cf,bb1dab47-19b1-4801-8d51-192ce6ff6c5a,Sorting Problems,"I’ve used this app for years and have LOVED it!  One of my favorite features is the automatic sorting between Personal, Social, and Promotions. Unfortunately, starting a few weeks ago, gmail suddenly started letting promotion emails into my personal email tab!  These are from various companies, all of which used to automatically go into my promotions tab (ex: Madewell, JCrew,...). I’m not sure what has caused this, but it’s very frustrating!","One of my favorite features is the automatic sorting between Personal, Social, and Promotions.",4,TRUE,usability,motion,87,93,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,88697bd1-9b7a-48e1-adf2-8d3240a09cb8,bb7c0788-ac7d-46b1-a034-9867d7fce260,Word- office 365 for IOS,"SonnypleaseWorks great. It syncs with Word on my Mac immediately. I’m an Apple person and Pages, my first preference, will also sync with OneDrive. However, I think Word, Photos and all the rest of the Office 365 family syncs with OneDrive faster. Also, you get 1 TB of storage for free. I have files in OneDrive since 2014. Just create a Microsoft account. No commitment and no in app purchases. FREE. You can use OneDrive as your Time Machine. This is absolutely free. Apple gives you only 5 GB of iCloud for free. Once setup, there were no problems. I hope Apple is listening. 1 TB of cloud storage through OneDrive for free. Write in word on your iPhone, then continue the same file on your Mac. WORD is fantastic though I always loved PAGES. Microsoft has an excellent deal. Most colleges require it and give it for free through their IT department. For personal use, you can use Word and all the rest on 6 devices. If you want, there is sharing and so much more. Suddenly, I am preferring Word.",I hope Apple is listening.,5,TRUE,general,list,17,21,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,69b87115-564f-4ed3-a9d4-ed159f478a61,bb8efab8-1477-416e-a687-33d0101c899a,Crashes consistently,"This app would consistently crash in the middle of me typing an school assignment. I got very far in a paper and the app completely crashed. When I opened it back, the paper did not auto save as much as I had hoped. Please fix this as I find the app more convenient than Microsoft 365 online.","When I opened it back, the paper did not auto save as much as I had hoped.",5,TRUE,usability,paper,28,33,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,69b87115-564f-4ed3-a9d4-ed159f478a61,bb8efab8-1477-416e-a687-33d0101c899a,Crashes consistently,"This app would consistently crash in the middle of me typing an school assignment. I got very far in a paper and the app completely crashed. When I opened it back, the paper did not auto save as much as I had hoped. Please fix this as I find the app more convenient than Microsoft 365 online.","When I opened it back, the paper did not auto save as much as I had hoped.",5,TRUE,usability,auto save,42,51,negative
productivity,notability,6758d329-5279-4e8d-9e3a-b5232798b30d,bbd2d2fc-7b47-467d-b7df-736b0b32c39b,Deleting Audio Recording?!,"I’ve used this app for years and overall I love it, it’s changed my life and the way I study. However, there is a reoccurring issue I’ve noticed that has yet to be fixed. Sometimes when I go back to listen to a lecture I recorded, the audio will be completely silent, as if I recorded nothing for the entire length of the lecture. Thankfully my lectures are prerecorded videos, so I can go back and re-record the audio into notability but this is a HUGE pain and hassle, wasting so much time I don’t have because this issue has not been resolved. This first happened to me awhile ago, and today I noticed it with 2 of my recent notes. It may also have affected more of my notes, I haven’t checked every single one to see if I hear audio. Now I have to get into the habit of checking so I know to go back and re-record the same lecture again. PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE ASAP!!!!!!!","It may also have affected more of my notes, I haven’t checked every single one to see if I hear audio.",1,TRUE,general,audio,97,102,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,dd432d8c-e057-44ce-9ec5-0abaf2f56965,bc1e66aa-def5-4367-a228-c86d818d2933,Too Simple for Real Work,"If you use the default template for every document, this may be the program for you. If you use a template you created, then this is probably not for you. I created a template on my computer that uses 12 pt Georgia Pro as the font, justified text, and a 10 pt space between each paragraph. When I open it on iOS, I get 11 pt Calibri, text that is not justified, and no space between paragraph. Also, although fonts installed with AnyFont used to display fine. Now I get the following message: “There is insufficient memory or disk space. Word cannot display the requested font.” Files with installed fonts will not open. I tried it on my iPad and iPhone 7+.Once again, there is a new version with the same problem. I’ll uninstall it and try it again later. Not planning to renew Office 365 until it’s fixed.",Now I get the following message: “There is insufficient memory or disk space.,1,TRUE,reliability,space,72,77,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,4edea645-7dee-4f11-baac-02ac4964c2de,bc2ea111-ed11-47b3-8239-e389a7a03e03,It’s a great tool,"It’s a great tool for various different reasons. I think an interesting set of features would be a kind of automation, e.g., the ability to set up conditions so if I write certain words the note is added to certain folders or has certain reminders set to it or maybe even triggers a notification to specific people, etc.Also, something I think should be implemented is title caps in .… well, the TITLES of notes. Why is that not a thing? Or at least a toggleable setting?Lastly, why is it that the icon badge notification number is not at all connected to the actual trigger of the notification. I should open the app and it should be totally clear what the notification number is referring to, whether it’s reminders or updates or whatever. The user is just left adrift once he taps on the icon and then has no clue what triggered the notification. It’s just plain bad UX and your UX folks should really be talked to about that because it’s rather fundamental stuff they are missing.","Lastly, why is it that the icon badge notification number is not at all connected to the actual trigger of the notification.",5,TRUE,efficiency,badge notification,33,51,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a309c22d-1c1e-42ad-af80-3043a65c0684,bc4e47d9-c6c7-4944-9458-c9653fbdefd2,Amazing tbh,"Forest is such a great app to keep yourself focused because you end up feeling guilty if you let your tree die, not only that but it has tons of cute possible trees you can plant and make up your own mini forest. Honestly I recommend if you get distracted super easily like me and I think you’ll like the fact that it’s cute and helpful!  Also if you want to study with a friend you can do that too which I find really nice since sometimes you don’t want to study alone. All in all it is totally worth your money :)",All in all it is totally worth your money :),5,TRUE,cost,money,37,42,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,4f9ae5a0-32de-411f-8fe5-4b0a327d88f9,bccc08c2-8acc-4117-8f32-f3eaffe3c516,Love the app. Hate the new version.,"In many ways the new version of the app is really good. Faster and cleaner. But in important ways, it is steps backwards. Like someone didn’t know how the old app functioned. Number one and this is a big one the app used to allow you to hit share and Evernotes and it would take the title from the document the website, etc. No longer does that and everything has a blank title. Number two it used to be able to save stuff from the iTunes Store I would save the picture that accompanies it and it stop doing that again. Number three when you do the share and hit Evernotes tags are gone. Cant tag note.",Number three when you do the share and hit Evernotes tags are gone.,3,TRUE,efficiency,tag,54,57,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,ca2d33ed-49ca-49d9-8453-d71811a12f34,bd1079da-7ea3-4246-a209-573fed3ec11e,"Feature comparable, mostly but consistent problems app switching","It's Word, it mostly is feature comparable to the desktop version which is only annoying when you need the feature that is not present.When switching apps, like to Safari for research, and back on the iPad, Word consistently loses the ability to place the cursor - both with touch and an attached keyboard. Closing the document and reopening fixes it, but this is highly aggravating when trying to write away from a computer. Microsoft - there is a bug in your text engine that needs to be addressed. (Also, no feedback in app?)Problem has persisted across MANY updates on multiple devices and OS versions. Word is the only writing app where I see this behavior.Without this problem, a 4 star - the missing features from desktop prevent a five star (and the legacy quirks that echo back to decisions made when it was on Windows 95).",Problem has persisted across MANY updates on multiple devices and OS versions.,3,TRUE,compatibility,update,35,41,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,8a88eff3-282d-4e47-8ef0-f55e3025da6f,be6118a6-0ce9-4ae7-bd2d-bd323d29bf88,My Favorite Mail App,"I use Gmail on all of my apple devices. I struggled with Apple’s Mail application for years until I switched to Gmail. I love the simplistic yet versatile design and the way that it connects with my Google Calendar app to create appointments. I am always able to keep all of my mail organized and reference it later. A nice, simple way to keep on top of my email.",I love the simplistic yet versatile design and the way that it connects with my Google Calendar app to create appointments.,5,TRUE,compatibility,design,37,43,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,73501590-7454-4b74-9ebc-115bae306311,beacbf9e-6d58-41b8-850f-e582f47b6165,Need to turn off threading like webmail,"The functionality of the app isn't terrible, but only 1 star because there's no way to turn off email threads in the app. You can now send money as an attachment - but messages are forced into threads, which some of us just don't care for.  Clearly it must have been a big enough issue that the feature can be disabled in the browser version, so I can't imagine why it's not been ported to the mobile iOS app...Often I receive a simple 'OK' response message and don't wish to save it, so I want to delete it. But in the mobile app if I delete that message it moves the WHOLE thread to the trash.  And then you have the users who change subject matter in a reply to a different topic but don't alter the Subject of the email itself. I can't fix stupid nor can I fix their bad email habits. So give me a way to separate emails in my mobile inbox so I can have the same sanity I do when sitting at a PC.","The functionality of the app isn't terrible, but only 1 star because there's no way to turn off email threads in the app.",1,TRUE,efficiency,functionality,5,18,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,b1094280-2097-4880-aa18-a4fd43c9d776,c01d579c-2c82-4f81-bd19-fe0fc429fb31,Ok but not very user-friendly,"I like the idea to access my notes everywhere including my iPhone.But the user interface is not very user friendly. Notes look messy especially when editing both on my phone and the desktop version.UPDATE:I’m now on Apple Notes. There are two major reasons for me to ditch Evernote. First Evernote’s sync has quite dumb. It can’t integrate changes from two different sources at the same time. I run into every now and then when I edit a note on my phone while it’s offline. I get “conflicts”. Google Docs and Apple Notes don’t have that issue anymore and are passed that nonsense. Evernote is lagging behind here.Second, when you copy-paste from web pages - which I do all the time - it tries to be smart in keeping the formatting but in practice this confused the Evernote note editor leading to a note I can’t edit anymore - especially on IOS. Basically it makes it unusable for me.I really want Evernote to win, because I like the idea of an independent software. Apple can just change their mind and not focus on Apple Notes anymore because something else is more important to them, but Evernote needs to step up their game to stay relevant and keep me as a customer.",First Evernote’s sync has quite dumb.,1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,18,22,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,20b7e903-6907-485b-9207-219cc2abec41,c02a9ff2-24d5-4cfd-9d56-54812bda4ed3,Great app! Some improvements needed...,"Google really listened to the users and added a lot of the requested features that were missing from the app. That made me now uninstall Edison Mail and go back to the Gmail app. Way to go Google!A few things I'd love to see in future updates:1. The option to choose different sounds for notifications instead of the default one. A different sound for each account would be even better!2. Swipe to delete individual messages in the Trash folder. 3. An option to collapse nested labels on the sidebar instead of displaying a long list.4. An option for a unified inbox that shows all my accounts on the same inbox page, and even an option for ""All archives"", ""All Sent"", ""All Trash"" (like in the native iPhone Mail app).",Google really listened to the users and added a lot of the requested features that were missing from the app.,4,TRUE,usability,list,15,19,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,adc5b473-b55d-4148-b13d-4ff0072be12d,c03a1b65-3aa6-4371-a949-3ae516d48208,Sufficiently Meets it’s End,"This word app for the most part meets it’s end. I use it mostly for academic work writing papers, and all of my writing is done in either MLA or Chicago style. There are no issues when writing in MLA. However, when typing in Chicago, the page numbering gets a little funky. For whatever reason, you are unable to start the page numbering on the second page in the app. Thus, the title page ends up with a number, and the first page of the document ends up being page 2. I have been unable to resolve this issue on the app, so I have to send the document to a laptop/computer before submitting it. It is pretty inconvenient, but the app for the most part is great.","Thus, the title page ends up with a number, and the first page of the document ends up being page 2.",4,TRUE,efficiency,page,17,21,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,482bceb3-fad5-437f-92a5-2fecd7df5be1,c0434c36-82ed-41bc-87b3-df7af481cfa8,Rip for free users,Evernote’s been my regular note taking app for the last few years and it was amazing. But I use 4 devices so the new limitations for free users killed it. I started using iCloud notes again and it’s not bad. You can log in to iCloud on any device (via web browser) to access them and also lock notes. Honestly it seems like apple has been catching up - pages and numbers aren’t bad apps either (for personal/everyday use).,Honestly it seems like apple has been catching up - pages and numbers aren’t bad apps either (for personal/everyday use).,5,TRUE,general,page,53,57,positive
productivity,notability,38455d40-e573-4dc2-956f-dfc85f5a1488,c046ae4a-20b3-41ca-b1e6-658ba4a791d0,Awful Update FIXED!,"Zoom out feature was a terrible terrible idea. It is making work incredibly difficult and a lot less efficient. Can you at least give us an option to lock the zoom out feature at 100% and nothing less than that? Just like before the update? I really find no use to go below 100 percent and to play around with the pinch to get it to fit perfect on the page every time I zoom in to write with the pencil. It is nothing less than EXTREMELY annoying and unproductive. I’ve always advocated for this app because of its simplicity, design and friendly UI; now I cannot because of how devastating and irresponsible this update was to the rise of this app. At this point in time this application is not worth using or supporting and I will discontinue its use until this issue is resolved/addressed. Will revise comment when fixed**Update is fantastic!! Thank you for listening to the consumers. Back to my favourite note taking app. Keep up the good work!!",Just like before the update?,5,TRUE,general,update,22,28,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,506230e3-cc98-4233-be40-89e52d53990c,c061b764-c89b-4f79-b19a-9bc5a77e5382,Same word. Same problem,"A lot of people use word because its very standard. But I run into the same problem when I use it. Every update there’s a problem with the format. Everything that I had on page 2, is now partly on page 1. And what I had on part 3, is partly on page 2, and so forth, throughout all 200+pages of my document.  Try to call for support and reach someone who barely speaks English. I tell them what happens, and they say “so is it because you changed something in your document”? Yes, when I closed my document yesterday, it was formatted correctly. Then after I updated the app today, and opened it up and it was wrong, it must have been when I did it in the middle of the night.I will be switching to Apples pages. Thanks for the people who work really hard to make this work, it really is a great effort for the most part. But it’s just not fun doing this when the issue happens on my MacBook and my iPad. What’s the point of setting something up to be exactly how you want it, if a simple update changes everything? It’s nonsense.","What’s the point of setting something up to be exactly how you want it, if a simple update changes everything?",1,TRUE,compatibility,update,85,91,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,032d37f1-4a24-41c0-97b9-dafcb682ae56,c1220e2e-ce1f-4128-9758-ba394b4832e2,Love it,"This app is really great for helping me focus. I’m someone who has a lot of trouble focusing and doing my work, and this app has really helped. The encouragements and reminders to set the phone down help, and so do the rewards and the option to play rainforest sounds. It also makes staying focused rewarding, because you can get coins and buy new things to plant. If you are a person who has trouble focusing, I would highly recommend this app.","The encouragements and reminders to set the phone down help, and so do the rewards and the option to play rainforest sounds.",5,TRUE,usability,reminder,24,32,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,defe9db7-274a-4e78-8e4e-21d523858e0f,c16dde84-f159-4a77-936a-4d82862e5d3b,Photo access needs help.,I like the gmail app for iPhone for the most part. I especially like I can click on a link in any email and it will open in the chrome app. However my need for email is photo centric and the extremely limited access to photos is terribly. I am unable to send a short video at all. In addition I have thousands of photos on my phone so they are classified in different folders in my phone. The only pictures I can access are the ones by date. So if I was looking for something that was taken 9 months ago I would have to scroll back though all the photos since then. That’s just plain stupid. It’s even worse when I have to tell a client this app won’t let me access the photo so I’ll change emails and send to you. Not worth the hassle.,It’s even worse when I have to tell a client this app won’t let me access the photo so I’ll change emails and send to you.,2,TRUE,usability,photo,79,84,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,186f74ac-db08-40f8-9527-ed0d211ad457,c1ab43e2-f142-4a3a-ad1b-401b4dae68f9,IOS Version 10.0.3.  Is it Me?,"I’ve used Evernote since March 2014.  I updated to 10.0.3 a day ago & I regret it.  I use Evernote on my IOS iphone & I use it a lot.  Evernote on my phone was good before the update.  One day after the update I learn that Evernote does not have PRINTING / ADOBE PDF feature as was in the version before the update.  Also, the “Find in note” does not work in the notes created before the update but work in newly created notes.  Printing & Find A Note are two features that I can’t do without.  Evernote states in their documentation that PRINTING is not available yet in the IOS version.  The new updated version does have some nice editing features such as undo & more highlight & font colors & font sizing capabilities.  The inability to PRINT and the inability to make Adobe PDF’s is a game changer.  I’m not sure what I’m going to do.  I have almost 12,000 notes & for that reason, I’m hesitant to move on to something else.  I’m disappointed in the latest update.",The new updated version does have some nice editing features such as undo & more highlight & font colors & font sizing capabilities.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,update,9,15,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,bc21288c-c5a0-42f4-aefc-353435dc5e76,c1ef909c-c63c-4e8a-9e53-038c4a5bf257,No mark ALL as read,I am a very annoyed that the mobile version of this app does not have a select all button to allow you to select all emails and then mark all as read on your phone. I was stupid and have over 1000 unread emails that show up in the red notification bubble next to the app which is very annoying but the only way for me to get rid of this is to go through and click on every single email so that I can mark them as read which I am not about to do for 1000+ emails. I have done this on my computer but it does. It sync with my phone so I’m still stuck with it. It’s partly my fault but I’m still annoyed that the app doesn’t make things easily for me,It sync with my phone so I’m still stuck with it.,1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,4,8,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,596b3592-4424-426a-ab31-64e0e145489b,c221eecc-748c-4922-8682-fb69c7a90218,Notifications Glitch,"30 May 2020:  for the most part this app is great. Much better than the iPhone mail app. For years, though, I’ve had notification issues pertaining to unread emails. I’ve learned that deleting and reinstalling the app fixes the problem but that shouldn’t need to be done. As of today, I’ve reinstalled the app four times and that no longer works. The app shows I have 12 unread emails but that’s not the case. If this problem ever gets fixed it would be perfect. The app continuously shows one unread e-mail, whether I have zero, one, or more. That’s really frustrating! Also, it would be nice if I had the ability to quickly return to the inbox from the deleted items folder when it’s empty without having to navigate to the menu. Other e-mail apps offer this option.",The app shows I have 12 unread emails but that’s not the case.,2,TRUE,reliability,unread email,25,37,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,bfc007ee-a146-49ce-9fee-cd0b107d07ac,c340611e-087e-4337-9fcf-d93b97065db1,Mostly useful,"I think the best thing about this app is its ability to scan text on images and allow you to search that text. Years ago this seemed too advanced for my average self to obtain, but here it is. You can scan images on scannable and send them to Evernote, and bam, searchable document. You can organize all your junk and clear out the paper mess in your junk drawer.That said, I’m not using it anymore. You can’t scan the front and back of a business card at the same time, and if you want to add the back afterwards, you can’t use an image on your phone. You can’t copy an image from a business card and paste it to another. Basic editing of a note seems like a basic function to me. Why wouldn’t you be able to edit a note? The image scan is great, but I still need basic functions. Sometimes you need to use a workaround, but if the workaround fails then you get frustrated. I did.","You can scan images on scannable and send them to Evernote, and bam, searchable document.",3,TRUE,usability,document,81,89,positive
productivity,things-3,38dad080-746c-40f6-bb89-5542e29a5c98,c37ac86c-aa0f-4b72-9dc1-10d3303484b0,"Don’t let the price stop you, it is worth it!!!","I have ADHD and I procrastinate a lot. I tried every single app out there to help me get things done and non of them worked, most have so much going on that I end up overwhelmed and eventually stop using them. Things 3 is so simple to use yet so effective, it has the right amount of tools to organize my tasks, projects and plan my week, I actually enjoy going through the list of things I need to do. Turning tasks that require several steps into projects and working on each sub task independently it’s a game changer for me. I can also set up reminders so I stop missing bills deadlines or flights. Being able to add things into my inbox on my Apple Watch when I randomly remember something while in the shower is a big plus 🤣 I recently been using the desktop version and I love it. They also have the best customer service which is so important IMO.",I can also set up reminders so I stop missing bills deadlines or flights.,5,TRUE,usability,reminder,19,27,positive
productivity,things-3,18ab2ba8-89e8-41fa-8a26-83eca169b3df,c39d3e20-37b4-43a7-b828-18e12b217594,Finally,Been looking for a to do list app like this forever. Hesitated for awhile because of the price. After using it for a day wish I had gotten it much sooner. It’s exactly what I need and have always wanted.  In the end it’s just so elegantly designed.  The people who made this clearly put a ton of thought into it. Kudos!,In the end it’s just so elegantly designed.,5,TRUE,usability,design,35,41,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,f2a82ce4-8759-431c-bb6a-ab4e8c219538,c3c1d4df-399d-44c4-9528-8853c1280d55,Incredible! I’m amazed.,"In the first stage, you ignore the app. You continue procrastinating and slacking, the app serving only as a reminder of your ideal, more focused self.In the second stage, you open the app. You fail numerous times and your efforts come to little fruition, until finally one day, after a week of focus, you reach stage three. In this stage, you rely on the app to guide your focus. Things are actually getting done and you’re amazed at how such a simple thing has reigned in your potential for productivity. And the one day...One day, you reach the fourth and penultimate stage. You no longer need the app. Simply having the icon on your phone is enough to deter you from using your precious time doing anything extracurricular... including even using the app. All focus had finally become internalized, and the app, being a mere external vehicle, also seems to waste your potential for focus.In the final stage, your phone vanishes, app and all. I’ve obviously not reached this stage as I’m reviewing from my phone, but you get the point.App really does work, if you’re willing to put in the work yourself. Otherwise, it’s useless.","You fail numerous times and your efforts come to little fruition, until finally one day, after a week of focus, you reach stage three.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,tag,124,127,negative
productivity,notability,e9bb27f6-5437-4fee-8b92-5dc5cd58cd7c,c429efd1-6692-4192-82db-07366971ac72,Missing some helpful features,"Hi Notability Team! This is definitely my preferred app for note-taking! I love the UI. Just a few suggestions - A) please allow for rotation of inserted imagesB) please allow to link related notes so that we can flip from one file to another with backing out and reopening. This would be especially helpful when notes are ordered chronologically by Last Edited Date, instead of Date Created. C) please allow for adjustment of page margins and increase white space between pages. When using the grid paper, it’s difficult to distinguish between the grid lines and the page break marker.D) Please add Stickies to the root menu, like up next to the pens, etc., or allow them to be multi-select. I have a project where I have to add a ton of Stickies, and having to go through several layers of Stickies and select one-by-one was painful. Also, I love the last size and shape of Sticky is maintained in the next selection, but could you do the same for color too. It was also painful to have to change 50 sticky note colors one-by-one.  (Color coded notecards for a memorization “game”) - works amazingly except for the time it took to create them!E) Allow for the cursor to be placed manually on the page. When selecting the text option, the cursor automatically appears on the left margin (in the margin actually), and without a keyboard to Tab over, it cannot be moved. Thank you!",It was also painful to have to change 50 sticky note colors one-by-one.,4,TRUE,usability,color,54,59,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,1f2e231e-a721-4e3d-aa63-9e0f2eb54bb9,c465b342-83e1-46e2-9017-8b678b3f06dc,Not fully functional,"You can’t use this app without a subscription to office 365, but then it only gives you the functionality of Pages. You can’t edit paragraph styles or save templates. So you pay for the service and get the abilities of a free app. So might as well just use pages. There is one really frustrating thing from pages that made me try this out though. Outlining. Pages doesn’t recognize what you’ve done before like Microsoft. - at least in the ipad apps. So if you need to go past 1. , A., a. You’re stuck. The ruler and tabs in Pages are also garbage, so if you need to do a quick professional outline, get this for a day. But if Ipad is your sole computer - just use something else. Major corporations like Microsoft and Adobe switching to subscription only payment systems is bad for consumers. They have an industry standard hold on the market and therefore can do whatever they want. Luckily smaller companies are popping up - also Apple’s free products, but the lack of customizability is terrible on the iPad in general. Still feels like monopoly to me.",There is one really frustrating thing from pages that made me try this out though.,2,TRUE,usability,page,44,48,negative
productivity,things-3,5ae3f518-7f6d-4035-bff6-be0e285445be,c4b311bb-ff4b-45d6-8473-4dd8b2107b9d,"Almost perfect, solid, worth the money","I have used a lot of task management apps and I still think that many of them are great. Swipes was one of my favorites because I can snooze tasks for later, but Things has a unique approach to that same need that is actually simpler and much more effective. I’ve had to adjust some of my own habits to adapt to how Things is organized, but wow is it well thought out. It is deceptively simple at first glance, but it is so well designed that I’m constantly finding new uses and applications. My wife loves it too and she’s very picky and often doesn’t take to the things that I recommend. So the fact that both of us find it useful is a testament to the quality of the product. I’m hesitant to buy the desktop app because I think it’s fairly overpriced, I did do the free trial though and it is well-made. I was a little hesitant about the price of the mobile app as well, but after using it, I think that it is well worth the money and I wouldn’t say that about a lot of $10 apps.","It is deceptively simple at first glance, but it is so well designed that I’m constantly finding new uses and applications.",5,TRUE,general,design,61,67,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,cdeba9be-4794-4936-bbe3-dd0b15580aa8,c4e58576-4bc6-41dd-a874-ee6cdfe86399,Much better than iOS mail app,"I like having the interface mirrored to what I see on a desktop for gmail. One small complaint: all my contacts are carried over, but I commonly send emails to distribution lists/groups I’ve built in google contacts. The app doesn’t let me do that, so I end up writing emails, saving them in drafts, and then sending it from a desktop.",I like having the interface mirrored to what I see on a desktop for gmail.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,interface,19,28,positive
productivity,things-3,ef3112d4-915a-4c80-ac61-7ca5719fd1b9,c51276e9-9035-4499-bbd6-519350e9493e,Not worth the money,It’s a fine app but there are so many other free ones like wunderlist and 2Do and many more that do just as much if not more. I think price is fair for any app like this but when you have others that are free it’s just a waste of money in my opinion. So my low review is for the price not the app itself. Why spend the money if don’t have to. I already paid so can’t get refund but was expecting it to be so great and it’s really no different than the other top free ones out there.,So my low review is for the price not the app itself.,2,TRUE,cost,price,29,34,negative
productivity,notability,50d4503c-ee70-42b4-9204-18d7d484d49a,c676e5ab-ca68-4314-a855-182d93e54085,Slow iCloud delivery,"Love the app, so much that I’ve purchased almost everything it offers. It has tons of stuff in one app like a calendar (not free but not expensive) and color coded files for note taking. Two things I would need them to fix before I give it a full 5 stars is the iCloud storage. It works but it’s so slowwww. So slow that I begin to “download” all my notes well before a meeting or appointment, even it’s in the same device I wrote it on! Also, I mentioned files but the sub-file or folder takes all the files below it into that folder, even if it’s a different file! It messes up my notes for classes or work. Great app but has some serious issues. I’ve used it for awhile now that I will continue to use it, at least until the end of the year in hopes that they will fix these problems. If not, moleskin offers a bundle that I’ve been looking at and will start using that by the new year if those issues aren’t fixed.",It has tons of stuff in one app like a calendar (not free but not expensive) and color coded files for note taking.,4,TRUE,usability,note taking,104,115,positive
productivity,notability,f2e28d5d-7069-4b7b-8869-71c08d569f07,c689fb7d-2881-41eb-be48-95f601d8efae,"Trash Customer Service, Trash App (Will delete all of your notes!)","As I was notating my PDF on notability by using the text box options, all (and I mean all the 2 hours of notes that I have been taking) were instantly deleted. Every single text box and notes that I created on the multiple pages of PDF have been deleted and this is EXTREMELY frustrating for a graduate medical student and this should not have happen. No history on Notability that any edits were made on the PDF that I am on. I have the most updated version of the app as well so please don’t tell me that this is the issue. Contacted customer support but they do not reach out back to you. Basically nonexistent. To everyone else, please do not waste your money on this app and go with the other note taking app!","To everyone else, please do not waste your money on this app and go with the other note taking app!",1,TRUE,cost,money,44,49,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,fd0fa997-260f-4861-b871-5bfc3bb536c0,c6ee3f22-92c3-45b7-b418-d3ec4420d760,Great for collaborating across devices,"I have devices I use at home, at work, and volunteer places where I do not necessarily own all devices. I usually use a USB drive but, remembering where I keep that small USB drive is much burdensome. Many times, I could not locate my USB drive. Using OneDrive and having 5 users access is a convenience, the price, over $100 a year is a little high, thou. I litterally have access to more than 5 devices. Now, when my Phone becomes more than a phone, I really like to see Word to be more easy to edit text using iPhone. I tried editing text on a document using my iPhone, I was able to edit it. However, when I open it on a PC, the line that I typed in using my iPhone has a different format than other text in the same document. Selecting text, and editing tables or that with shapes are not very much easy on iPhone which might have a lot to do with iPhone structure. But, I really want to see improvement on this area which Microsoft could possibly eliminate barriers and add more user friendly features for Word on iPhone.","However, when I open it on a PC, the line that I typed in using my iPhone has a different format than other text in the same document.",3,TRUE,compatibility,text,109,113,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,d61ebb77-ce8a-4085-9bd6-5c5797f8200a,c708a7de-948a-4681-b141-53ac583582da,Super intuitive and usefully designed,"Very intuitive app, takes advantage of most, if not all, gmail features. Great user interface. Easy toggling between accounts. Definitely beats the native iPhone app once you adjust to how it works. If all your accounts are via gmail (I have a personal and business account through gmail), so that all of your email can be through this one app, then it’s a no-brainer! 🤠",Great user interface.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,interface,12,21,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,c8f1ee4b-5cf3-4454-b561-29dd8ccadc82,c772dad1-c4a0-4994-9dad-79842a4b758b,"Undo/Redo button, Font size and insert table bug",I typically use this for my college assignments and work. But now its completely useless and I’m very upset. The font size bug on my iPhone goes haywire. I can’t adjust the font size at all in the way I want it. It either blows up the whole screen or goes to a size 2pt. If I’m lucky to get it to Twitch* to the size I need the document doesn’t readjust itself as it usually would when you adjust the font size from 12 pages back to 2 pages.  The insert table bug is another factor cause once you add or delete that part of your table you can’t edit it. The undo/redo button bug makes all these other bugs add up together a complete nightmare to use Word as a whole which in all has defeated me and I’ve given up on doing my task. I’m quite frustrated and don’t see why this is an issue when I’ve used this app no problem in the past as my go to and now I literally can’t use it.,The font size bug on my iPhone goes haywire.,2,TRUE,compatibility,font,5,9,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,fdafb2a2-53c7-4ae6-a2af-2d36d5d704cb,c81ba294-c29f-4169-b676-7ce9924074cd,Evernote still the best for organizing and searching,"I have tried OneNote a few times to see if it was as good as Evernote.  OneNote has good editing tools within a note, but seems to be lacking when comes to FINDING your notes. I like Evernote’s search ability - select one ore more tags or a notebook - and then search within that context.  I like that you can see Evernote’s list of tags at a glance on the left - and then quickly see a list of those notes that have that tag.  And when you put in a search string, Evernote instantly shows you a list of notes that match, along with the first few lines of the note - even if what you’re searching for is within an embedded image (or PDF file since I have Premium).  This ability to quickly find what you’re looking for within a thousand notes is critical for me.  I don’t think ON is a replacement for Evernote for me - because of this alone.  I hope Evernote stays afloat for a long time to come!",I like that you can see Evernote’s list of tags at a glance on the left - and then quickly see a list of those notes that have that tag.,5,TRUE,usability,tag,44,47,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,fdafb2a2-53c7-4ae6-a2af-2d36d5d704cb,c81ba294-c29f-4169-b676-7ce9924074cd,Evernote still the best for organizing and searching,"I have tried OneNote a few times to see if it was as good as Evernote.  OneNote has good editing tools within a note, but seems to be lacking when comes to FINDING your notes. I like Evernote’s search ability - select one ore more tags or a notebook - and then search within that context.  I like that you can see Evernote’s list of tags at a glance on the left - and then quickly see a list of those notes that have that tag.  And when you put in a search string, Evernote instantly shows you a list of notes that match, along with the first few lines of the note - even if what you’re searching for is within an embedded image (or PDF file since I have Premium).  This ability to quickly find what you’re looking for within a thousand notes is critical for me.  I don’t think ON is a replacement for Evernote for me - because of this alone.  I hope Evernote stays afloat for a long time to come!",I like that you can see Evernote’s list of tags at a glance on the left - and then quickly see a list of those notes that have that tag.,5,TRUE,usability,list,36,40,positive
productivity,things-3,1a63df9b-2db7-44f1-afbb-8ec9c7a8b126,c869ce8a-1947-4528-82c7-4c80bd7eb199,Missing a few simple features.,"I just shelled out $80 to ditch Apple’s Reminders to switch to Things. Its difficult to leave the Apple ecosystem and their core iCloud apps with all their integrations. So an app like this needs to be worth it, besides the cost. I will upgrade my stars and become an advocate if I can. Here is my list:• I can’t sort lists? Either alphabetically, or by importance? I am using the areas feature, but even within those I will have long lists that I need to quickly be able to find tasks.• Saving projects when done for next year when they have to be completed again. If I just log them, they go in the basket and I risk loosing them, and having to recreate a lot of tasks.Features I like:• Apple Watch integration is great and more functional than Reminders. I like the status feature as a complication on my watch face. Not clear if the app benefits from the LTE availability yet. Hope so.Just started using it yesterday, so I will update my review as I use it.","Just started using it yesterday, so I will update my review as I use it.",3,TRUE,compatibility,update,44,50,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ff86b572-69aa-4c03-b859-ae82a1195d0b,c869e846-1b47-44fb-8563-a123fd483cd4,FONT SIZE iOS 11.3 iPhone,"Hello. Since the update before last, the font size is no longer available on my iOS 11.3 software iPhone. I even hit the search icon inside Word and typed it in. Still, to no avail. I google searched, and followed the instructions on your website. Even turned my phone sideways. Still, to no avail. I can see others are having an issue, too. I have an iOS tablet, and it shows up there. But I still need the app when traveling with my phone. Bummer. I will change my rating to 5 stars when this is fixed. ☻","Since the update before last, the font size is no longer available on my iOS 11.3 software iPhone.",3,TRUE,usability,font,35,39,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,ff86b572-69aa-4c03-b859-ae82a1195d0b,c869e846-1b47-44fb-8563-a123fd483cd4,FONT SIZE iOS 11.3 iPhone,"Hello. Since the update before last, the font size is no longer available on my iOS 11.3 software iPhone. I even hit the search icon inside Word and typed it in. Still, to no avail. I google searched, and followed the instructions on your website. Even turned my phone sideways. Still, to no avail. I can see others are having an issue, too. I have an iOS tablet, and it shows up there. But I still need the app when traveling with my phone. Bummer. I will change my rating to 5 stars when this is fixed. ☻","Since the update before last, the font size is no longer available on my iOS 11.3 software iPhone.",3,TRUE,compatibility,font size,35,44,negative
productivity,notability,f0491c0a-db54-45f2-93d7-e1ab99c66018,c8b1604f-1373-4482-9495-f2fd713dea56,"Great app, needs some love","Been using Notability for a few years and love it for handwriting on my iPad Pro. It’s my digital design notebook. But text is a bit of a mess and the UX is really in need of some work. Giving 3 stars to push devs into some movement on this front. I will say that they are incredibly judicious about bugs, though. Also I can’t stress enough how frustrating it is that notes can’t have the same name. I want to have a template section for new clients that I can just duplicate with pre-populated notes for different things but can’t because of this restriction. I could also see this being a problem for students and people in other fields who might have a similar workflow. It’s a bit silly.",It’s my digital design notebook.,3,TRUE,general,notebook,24,32,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,91f27c0e-7c6a-47f4-9749-30b900a43919,c90114a1-3b2e-4315-b08c-b3e37264a95e,Two problems to fix,"When taking a note, there are many problems with Voiceover. First, when swiping to the right, sometimes it skips over the title field & other times it skips over the multi-line text field. When typing in the field, you can’t move by letter or word & have it affect where the cursor is located. When The keyboard is brought up from simply looking at a note, the cursor is somewhere in the middle of the text already in it. Unlike most text fields, double tapping on it does not move the cursor to the start or the end of the text field. You also cannot listen to the entire note when the keyboard is available. This makes creating & editing notes inaccessible to Voiceover.   Sharing to Evernote takes a long time after entering text & choosing the folder. Once I hit save, a loading icon is shown while I have to wait for a long time to share it.    If these problems are solved, I will be satisfied with Evernote. Until Evernote is Voiceover accessible, I will use another note taking app that is accessible.",You also cannot listen to the entire note when the keyboard is available.,3,TRUE,usability,list,17,21,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7bfe1bd1-3eee-4a31-bf7d-7b18649bb808,c932be56-7e07-466e-8b71-e50e4f1e31fb,Celebration,I am so creative with my Evernote and I keep things so animated and beautiful for whatever I’m saying is accompanied with pictures.I able to keep everything so organized with all the projects I have. Each folder is an inspiration. I go into 2019 with ease and clarity..Thank-you.,I am so creative with my Evernote and I keep things so animated and beautiful for whatever I’m saying is accompanied with pictures.,5,TRUE,usability,picture,123,130,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,fdafb2a2-53c7-4ae6-a2af-2d36d5d704cb,c94c938f-405d-419e-8bcf-6ac2075607dc,Evernote still the best for organizing and searching,"I have tried OneNote a few times to see if it was as good as Evernote.  OneNote has good editing tools within a note, but seems to be lacking when comes to FINDING your notes. I like Evernote’s search ability - select one ore more tags or a notebook - and then search within that context.  I like that you can see Evernote’s list of tags at a glance on the left - and then quickly see a list of those notes that have that tag.  And when you put in a search string, Evernote instantly shows you a list of notes that match, along with the first few lines of the note - even if what you’re searching for is within an embedded image (or PDF file since I have Premium).  This ability to quickly find what you’re looking for within a thousand notes is critical for me.  I don’t think ON is a replacement for Evernote for me - because of this alone.  I hope Evernote stays afloat for a long time to come!",I like Evernote’s search ability - select one ore more tags or a notebook - and then search within that context.,5,TRUE,efficiency,tag,56,59,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,cf7db8c9-ac7b-45f0-8be9-a26c3cc72ca7,c9c1f3a0-a701-423e-81db-6c52d3d554ad,WORD,"Professional. Key. Necessity. This product is a highlight to my daily routine, making it easy to write and edit in a timely and efficient manner. Word is a huge help.I have added this as well as their other products to my digital workspace and feel that I have in effect “Armed myself” with the tools of the trade. These tools make light work of the tasks that constantly present themselves in daily writing projects, presentations, cause and effect layouts, and in simple Not-To-Forget notes that I always need.My digital workspace would not be complete nor nearly as effective without WORD. Two thumbs up and 5 Stars.",My digital workspace would not be complete nor nearly as effective without WORD.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,space,16,21,negative
productivity,things-3,d6dc616c-7cfa-41e0-a3fc-eb86dedfbf63,c9ed3942-c791-46af-84be-c57434248eba,Only One Day View on my Watch?!?!?,"I took the plunge and paid the $9.99 for this app and immediately regretted my purchase.  Wanted a to-do app that would sit in my complication area of my Apple Watch that Uses Siri to enter to-do’s.  Che k, it does that but.....and a big but...it sends the to-do to an “In Box” on the app on my iPhone.  I did see that I change from In Box to Today but it’s not easy to switch between them on my phone as the lettering is tiny (smaller than other words and sitting just above the task-that’s too easy to tap).  Then you have to go to your phone to move it to a day, and the app asks ‘are you sure you want to move this?’  Adding another few steps and time to a simple entry...that’s self defeating.  Then I CANNOT see anything beyond the current day’s to-do’s on my phone....I find that very limiting.  I need to be able to scroll down to at least a week’s worth of to-dos.   So I can PLAN for those events before that day...not a far fetched idea.  This app could be useful but at the moment( in my opinion) this app is better suited to the iPhone and NOT the Apple Watch.  I wish I could get my money back on this one.  Doesn’t do what I need or enough for the cost.",I wish I could get my money back on this one.,2,TRUE,cost,money,23,28,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,91d9259c-e7de-4c0b-be35-d9496a0186df,ca30416f-63ee-4456-9e5d-743ec926d635,Extremely unreliable. Disregard for user habits,"I have been a loyal customer with 9000+ notes and 5+ years of premium subscription. The recent overhaul has introduced so many bugs and ridiculous design failures which are forcing me to consider alternative services. Sync has become extremely unreliable; I’ve had my edits wiped out by sync failures. As of now, Evernote isn’t letting me move my notes to different notebooks, due to some inexplicable bug. Very helpful features that provide flexibility to working on and organizing notes have been eliminated, I guess in the name of tidiness: opening multiple main windows, changing the created date (so helpful for arranging the notes in the order I want), magnifying the words in the editing window (which now cannot be done without magnifying everything else, making it unreasonably cumbersome to operate the sidebar). Then there are countless bugs throughout the software that keeps giving you frustrating surprises. The recent major upgrade demonstrates the team's disregard for the working habits of established users, and also raises concerns about quality control. In so many respects the new version simply isn't ready, and it's unclear to me why the company would be in a rush to release an update. An option for reverting to the older version would be much, much appreciated. Right now, I do not recommend Evernote to any new user. The company has demonstrated its inability to deliver a consistent and reliable product.",The recent overhaul has introduced so many bugs and ridiculous design failures which are forcing me to consider alternative services.,1,TRUE,general,design,64,70,negative
productivity,things-3,bb828e1b-ab2d-42b8-9ba4-f1e60f7ad9ac,ca3889fd-2248-45ee-8e0b-58ffecfb6e31,Disappointing: the first 1 star review I have ever given,"I depend heavily on to do lists for my job, I previously have used the free versions of Wunderlist and Todoist to stay organized. Ultimately, I was very happy with Todoist but upon going into the App Store to update it, I stumbled upon things 3. I was intrigued by the positive reviews and design awards and saw this as an opportunity to improve my productivity (I really liked the fact that it could sync with your calendar and that you could add notes to an event). However, these two added benefits do not compensate for the lack of overall usability and functionality. A few of my complaints:-it is insanely challenging to schedule reoccurring events. With Wunderlist and Todoist I could just type “send monthly reports on the second Tuesday of every month” and it would automatically schedule it, or I could say “do blah blah tomorrow” and it would schedule it. This was the nicest feature that I would think a 50 dollar app would have-you can’t create due dates for subtasks. A lot of times I have a project that is due one day, but I have predecessors that must be completed on days prior, there is no way to arrange this in things (once again, a feature that free competing tools offer)-you can’t check off reoccurring events!!! This drives me nuts as it seems like such a simple feature. I schedule a reoccurring event and make it due a certain day, and although it shows up on that day, you can’t check it off so I don’t know if I’ve done it yet. And if I don’t complete it, it just goes away the next day soI don’t remember to do it. These are just a few of many usability complaints I have. However, I am happy to change my review pending the experience provided by the app is improved","Ultimately, I was very happy with Todoist but upon going into the App Store to update it, I stumbled upon things 3.",1,TRUE,reliability,update,80,86,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,27900807-a97f-4471-94ab-57ed6ddfa954,ca75af87-a297-4755-a75b-314a552589cd,Removed core gestures,I thought updates were supposed to make software better? Getting rid of swipe to archive/delete gesture is moronic. Now it takes me twice as long to do the same action. This is what happens when product/design teams are given too narrow of a scope - cycle of bs continues.,This is what happens when product/design teams are given too narrow of a scope - cycle of bs continues.,4,TRUE,security,design,35,41,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,7c9006df-f243-4c9d-99d7-d2cdd42c517b,caab3299-12c6-448b-9ba3-684a6a5a6efb,Gmail Review,"Gmail works great, the only thing that I had trouble with would be the ability to dismiss (mark read) emails. I also think that the display on gmail is nicer than Apple’s mail app because of their use of color and more modern feel. The fact that you can select which email that you want to use makes it a lot easier to send an email to a certain contact. While on Apple mail however, I find it harder to pick a certain email.","Gmail works great, the only thing that I had trouble with would be the ability to dismiss (mark read) emails.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,mark read,92,101,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,c7cba6eb-0d15-4ab9-b8e0-236298af989d,cad41156-87d5-46e2-93e8-9f2d355b6583,The only email!,"I am a developer and I can reassure you that this is the safest and best email there is out there. I do have many other email accounts, but gmail is now and always will be my main email as well as my backup email account for the rest. I can setup my kids emails with them and monitor all! Thank you Gmail","I do have many other email accounts, but gmail is now and always will be my main email as well as my backup email account for the rest.",5,TRUE,efficiency,backup,102,108,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5057962a-aa23-470e-8b13-16513293f137,cb279efd-03af-46ff-9e52-2114acb0fa58,Too invasive and annoying,"The Promotional tab now has advertisements that look like emails and if you delete them the app requests to know exactly why you removed it. Then under that there are preferred promotional emails that rise to top of the email list, which I assume are companies that pay Google to do this. When clicking a link within any email the app asks if you want to switch to (I.e. download and install) Chrome. Even if you select Do Not Ask Me Again, it’ll keep asking. And if you accidentally select Chrome it’ll go to the App Store and this delay you opening the link in Safari. Again, really annoying for them to cram Chrome down our throats. Lastly, now I’m seeing orange text asking me if I want to reply to messages that were received 5+ days ago. Even if I don’t want to reply there isn’t a way to dismiss the message so it’s always there until I delete it. Overall I’m just tired of Google telling me what’s best for me and sacrificing simplicity for their advertisements. I get it: they need to make money but there are better ways to do that. Uninstalled the app and likely won’t go back to it. I’m using the native iOS Mail app now.",I get it: they need to make money but there are better ways to do that.,1,TRUE,cost,money,29,34,negative
productivity,things-3,cdaab6c5-df55-45d7-85bb-66ae151e9428,cb44c24f-15fb-4782-bfaf-cde359c52eb4,"Great app, but not worth buying the same app 3 separate times for $10, $20 and $50","I love the app but if you have an iPhone, iPad and Mac, the price is absolutely ridiculous. Why should I have to buy the SAME APP 3 times with steadily increasing prices for each. Paying 2x as much for the SAME APP for the iPad, and 5x as much for SAME APP for the Mac, after already paying $10 for the iPhone app seems absolutely crazy to me",Why should I have to buy the SAME APP 3 times with steadily increasing prices for each.,3,TRUE,cost,price,72,77,negative
productivity,things-3,f1f3d348-7bd3-48a5-abbb-dd17f6ea72a8,cb7b7fca-b30d-42f3-b7d4-3dc6adeec4ad,Meh,"I’m disappointed in this app, especially for $10. I have no problem paying for an app when it’s worth it, but this isn’t. This app is based off of the GTD by David Allen, but is missing a bunch of essential parts of the system. 1. There’s no way to assign a tasks priority 2. There’s no way to estimate how long a task will take3. There’s no place to decide what energy level you need to do a particular task4. There’s no reference area for projects. It would be great to have a reference area where things could be tied to a specific project or task. For 1-3, you’d have to make at least 20 individual extra tags for these, which gets messy and isn’t as easy to see at a quick glance.","For 1-3, you’d have to make at least 20 individual extra tags for these, which gets messy and isn’t as easy to see at a quick glance.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,tag,58,61,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,64f9a986-b035-43dd-bad2-ad32abf82d1c,cbe29fb9-4e6c-46b4-8602-6f5a73f477a5,New Update Hurts My Eyes,"I have migraine and vision issues. The new, jarring, super white look makes my eyes hurt, especially when I have a migraine. With no color separation or clear boundary demarcation, it strains my eyes, if I have to spend any real time checking my email. I no longer use a desktop or laptop computer, so I depend on using the app. The new changes make it almost impossible for me to use, though, because it literally hurts my eyes and causes my vision to blur.Additionally, the placement of the option to change accounts in the previous version made sense. Where it is placed in the new version is not intuitive or user friendly. It now takes extra steps to pull up a separate screen in order to switch between accounts. This means I have to spend additional time on the stark white, visually unappealing app, which literally causes me pain, if I want to check my mail.This is a HORRIBLE update, that does not give any consideration for those with eye strain or vision problems. I won’t even go into the serious need to add options for color coding, for people who rely on visual cues to stay organized. Or the fact that nearly every other email app had a dark mode, at the very least. Please, please, PLEASE fix this!","This is a HORRIBLE update, that does not give any consideration for those with eye strain or vision problems.",1,TRUE,usability,update,20,26,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,fc396408-3449-48ef-8b0b-f33d59b1e144,cc440007-371a-4613-9650-0b7b3684f6ff,Almost OK,"I don’t trust Google for privacy, so I only use gmail for online shopping or gaming stuff, never for important things like personal business. That said I’m giving this a 1 star review because the app insists on opening links in its own browser even though I’ve set it to use Safari. Every time I need to reset a password or log into a site, I have to tap the link then tap the compass to actually get to the browser I want to use. This past week I was on a road trip and tapping the compass only worked about 20% of the time. The rest of the time it would load the company’s homepage or a 404 in Safari instead of the page that loaded in Google’s browser. I’m so tired of it I’m finally uninstalling the app.Beyond that there’s also no way to easily empty the social and promotion bins, but that’s just picking nits.",The rest of the time it would load the company’s homepage or a 404 in Safari instead of the page that loaded in Google’s browser.,1,TRUE,usability,page,54,58,negative
productivity,things-3,89f8092f-2c78-43a9-84ea-7f1fb305449e,cc693232-91de-42b2-8a2c-c5033bf4052d,Simple and effective,"I don’t write reviews, but the frustration I’ve felt over the years trying to find the right productivity task manager has been painful. I have tried literally every app and system out there, including the original system, Franklin Day planners. This app has less clutter and only the features you need with a thorough explanation of how you can use the feature. It has made my organization much easier for someone who tends to over plan and over think things. I hope you find it useful as well.","I don’t write reviews, but the frustration I’ve felt over the years trying to find the right productivity task manager has been painful.",5,TRUE,general,task manager,107,119,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,c1680352-5c09-47e8-a216-0767734a60aa,cc9101c0-4f91-4fe7-987b-400919d12c66,"Lousy design, lost functionality. Direct result of a monopoly","Update: The design is better, but now the app asks me if I want Chrome instead of Safari EVERY SINGLE TIME. Yes, even when the “ask me every time” switch is off. VERY annoying. Get it through your heads, I don’t need another browser on my iPhone. Original review: The design is loud and confusing, but I probably would have gotten used to it. However, basic cut-copy-paste between Gmail and, say, IPhones Notes DOESN'T WORK. Could it be because Google also sells a phone?  Also the image attachment puts the image right into the message... so unprofessional and 1990s. But since Google convinced everyone including me that their mail is most secure (doubtful), there's no motivation to go back to the better or offer these as preferences. I'm disappointed but not surprised","Update: The design is better, but now the app asks me if I want Chrome instead of Safari EVERY SINGLE TIME.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,design,13,19,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a85c25cb-3bca-455f-a54a-4ae9c9168c41,cca0a1e5-63c7-4219-8c62-78ae694e908e,It’s okay but could use some updates,"For the amount of money and intelligence the google team has, I’m actually quite surprised this email app isn’t off the charts awesome. For starters, they need to create a summary screen of all of your different email accounts similar to the iPhone email app. Right now it’s to cumbersome to see which account you are getting a notification for when you receive a new message. Apple does way better with their home screen. I do think the gmail app is better for setting up a professional signature, but that needs improvement too. There should be a function to change the font and to make letters bold and add variety like in the web version. Also, why can’t you pick a default font for the phone app (like the web version) for the body of the email? Strange. I’m hoping to see gmail come out with a much better version of this app soon considering how many people work from their phones anymore!","For the amount of money and intelligence the google team has, I’m actually quite surprised this email app isn’t off the charts awesome.",3,TRUE,reliability,money,19,24,negative
productivity,things-3,687fe639-b6cc-4cd0-a372-96ca83d87a0a,ccab2bce-6165-42b7-88e6-e32da2389661,Almost Perfect,"As expected, the design is beautiful in both how it looks and how it works. It lends itself to quickly getting down tasks and ideas and allowing you to do heavier organizing and scheduling when it makes sense to do so.As a former lover of Wunderlist, this is the only app that I’ve found to meet (and maybe exceed) that service.A few adjustments would make it the best to-do platform, hands down:- an option for a subscription. I would love to pay you on a reoccurring scheduling for access to all your apps, rather than paying for each app individually.- basic collaborative lists (shared, and assigned tasks)- able to check off reoccurring tasks early- address some infrequent flicking of the interface when moving between task lists (iPhone X)","As expected, the design is beautiful in both how it looks and how it works.",5,TRUE,efficiency,design,18,24,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,f7ea7fc9-84d1-479d-a91f-1a05e5d49002,cd258c29-bede-4b37-b3a6-93df9e40382d,I love this app,"This app has actually motivated me to stay off my phone while doing homework. It still allows music to be played in the background which is a huge plus, but also provides various types of relaxing white noise if you need it. The graphics are so charming, and you can save up to buy different style trees with the in app currency. I’ve been using Forest for about three years and have only let one tree die (by accident!), I truly mourned over if for a good few days. Not only does this keep you one task but it’s also for a good cause: our planet. I definitely recommend!","The graphics are so charming, and you can save up to buy different style trees with the in app currency.",5,TRUE,cost,graph,5,10,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,63a70660-fc19-4acf-b228-72fb4ec573c6,cd289d67-5280-4e96-a7b0-94c80a5411d4,Now I Can Link All My Accounts!,Something I didn’t like about the app back in the day- I couldn’t add my iCloud and Outlook emails. Now this client allows me to manage all of the accounts I use and I love it! The notifications are great and the organization is simple to master. My only constructive criticism: make it easier to see all linked profiles instead of having to swipe between various when there is more than 3.I am still waiting for a company to perfect the mobile “calendar” and I believe Google can do. That is something I would pay for!,I am still waiting for a company to perfect the mobile “calendar” and I believe Google can do.,5,TRUE,general,calendar,57,65,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,ba88d66d-61fd-4d24-b130-cca84600a348,cd29cd78-22c4-46c1-81c4-e77eb896972a,"Great, found a potential bug","The application works great. The experience on iPad greatly resembles that of the experience on Mac OS X or Windows. I have a Bluetooth keyboard connected to the iPad. Everything works fine except when making a comment using the side panel comment feature, the backspace button does not work. Backspace continues to work in the normal body of the document as well as in all other applications. I am unsure if this is specific to my model keyboard, as I have only tried Word with this keyboard. But, I can say, that is the only place that backspace does not work. Otherwise, the application is great!","Everything works fine except when making a comment using the side panel comment feature, the backspace button does not work.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,space,98,103,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,84fa48c1-6503-4b25-b65f-20a0f042a43f,cdd8b0c5-bf33-43cc-a0a2-4436b0d92e6d,Perfect note taking app,"Versatile and customizable. Fits whatever note taking needs you have. Easily sharable, searchable, and editable. Been using it for years. Will continue to use it for years to come",Fits whatever note taking needs you have.,5,TRUE,compatibility,note taking,15,26,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c2b809b9-7d6c-468f-95dd-b50ebf26ed6a,ce123390-6257-4748-9b36-be67e3630383,Advice,Hey Y’all should add folders inside of notebooks on the free version. That would be very helpful cause I love to write and having folders would keep everything organized and I thing that lots would enjoy that.On the other (ever)note (sorry couldn’t help myself) the free version has everything that I’ve been looking for. Paper is my best friend but once I found this I was overjoyed.,On the other (ever)note (sorry couldn’t help myself) the free version has everything that I’ve been looking for.,4,TRUE,compatibility,free version,58,70,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,df4191a8-7a6e-4672-954e-112fd831c7ed,ce27c63d-228f-48cb-8207-bec87bcdbccb,Makes iPad useful input device for Windows PCs,"Normally an iPad is used as a display device and sometimes as a controller.  It can be used as a camera, but is usually too bulky.  Using the notes feature, in conjunction with the editing features of the iPad camera system and the location detection, Evernote can create very useful documents that can be used on the PC.Management is enhanced by the ability to search for text or OCR images on the server.  Forcing synchronization is also a useful management tool although I often have trouble with synchronization on the PC.  The inability to control font size on the text entered on the iPad is still a problem.As new versions are released, the user interface seems to change, requiring retraining without any help.  Additionally, the user interface on the various platforms appears to becoming so different that it interferes with interoperability.",Management is enhanced by the ability to search for text or OCR images on the server.,3,TRUE,efficiency,text,53,57,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,5deb8eb8-bdd0-4bd3-9a95-68661980689f,cefadaf5-56fe-48ff-8d6d-0dbea66019e5,Horrible,"I would give this app zero stars if I could.  I really had high hopes for this app.  I've been using word for years and years.  Now, however, I don't have computer and that changes how word documents appear and print.  So, I decided to give the word app a try thinking it would do what it does on the PC or Mac.  Boy was I ever wrong.  It changed the layout of preexisting documents.  I can't change the margins on my document, as it cuts off part of my document.  What was once one page had now become a page and half and my hands are tied as to how to fix it.  Horrible, horrible app!!!",It changed the layout of preexisting documents.,1,TRUE,general,layout,16,22,positive
productivity,notability,6c7c580e-10a0-4431-bb44-d55ed68a626a,cf5e3e06-15bd-4273-a301-446a38118955,So far,"I only just got this today. It’s looking good though. It’s 3 star because it’s the first day, and it’s taken som work to figure it out. I figured it out, but it t took some doing. To the best of my knowledge the only ‘help’ options is a search within the app. A more intuitive help area or tutorials would be nice. The handwriting to text feature is really neat and pretty accurate. FYI-it can’t convert script and print at the same time-not a negative, just how it works. That you can’t partially erase a thing, only the whole work or shape. Not a deal breaker, but it’s worth knowing.I’m mildly disappointed that I can’t type or convert sideways text (if there’s a way please let me know. I couldn’t get the help o tell me).The thing that will add or subtract from the rating is when I try to move the file to a non-apple device and try to open it. Will update when I get around to trying it.",I’m mildly disappointed that I can’t type or convert sideways text (if there’s a way please let me know.,3,TRUE,usability,text,63,67,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,d84f2707-3d24-4aa8-b534-2f1c425a4c33,cf619699-c779-469b-a9d4-5e9dd0d66b0f,"Very Unreliable, Does Not Save","This app is an attempt to be what Word is on a computer. There is limited functionality, buggy interaction, and the save feature is terrible. I am a grad student who relies on Word for all my papers. Today, my second paper was erased by Microsoft Word and One Note. I had the auto save feature enabled and track changes enabled (because Word deleted my work before). I went to save my work manually (because I knew the auto save doesn’t work all the time), and it was grey. I could not turn auto save off, and it was not saving even though I had a stable internet connection in the library I always work from. So I saved a copy of the file to my device and it showed it save to my ipad. I restarted my application thinking all was fine, only to find none of my work saved, and that copy I made disappeared! I also found in trying to recover the files that there is no recover functionality and there hasn’t been since at least 2018 when another user reported the same problem. I lost almost 3 hours of work. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP! Stick to a computer until the developers get serious about the things we are serious about.","I went to save my work manually (because I knew the auto save doesn’t work all the time), and it was grey.",1,TRUE,usability,auto save,53,62,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,c8842251-528b-483d-b69f-d7da2868e067,cf9a0559-de85-4dca-9e98-71dc40b7ef9f,Fix bugs please,"The timer and stopwatch part has bugs. It’s not working properly. I suppose when you click on “timer”, the “timer” text will light up, the button moves to the left, and the “stopwatch” text will go dim. However when I click on “timer”, even though the button is moving correctly, the “timer” text is still dim, and the “stopwatch” text is still lit up. I can only click on the dimmed text “timer” to toggle the button. This does not make sense. Please ask your front end developers to try this feature themselves before launching the new version to production. Also, the “deep focus”, “plant together” and “count exceed” time buttons are not working at all. Why?I’ve heard this is a great app so I bought it but what’s going on with your software developers??",I can only click on the dimmed text “timer” to toggle the button.,1,TRUE,usability,text,32,36,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,298c5358-8da7-413f-92e7-da851d69b3fa,d06fbecd-e8a9-47e0-a20b-25cc1b7676c1,Awesome email service,"I love Gmail. I’ve used it for over 10yrs probably over 15 if I really think about it. I have never had any issues with any gmail account of mine. I absolutely LOVE that I can have google docs connected with my gmail. Everything is in 1 place, google calendar also is connected to my account so when I get email confirmations from work I can immediately just have that info placed in the calendar and have a reminder set with pure ease, and lastly I love that it’s connected to google drive. I keep ALL of my important documents that are complete plus all of my photos. Unlimited storage FOR FREE. You can’t go wrong. All of their apps work flawlessly together. It has made me staying organized in each of these areas incredibly simple. I couldn’t be happier.",I absolutely LOVE that I can have google docs connected with my gmail.,5,TRUE,compatibility,google docs,35,46,positive
productivity,notability,6885f35f-8654-4d2f-9557-367b581fa96a,d125dcc4-fb7b-487a-a37b-456abaa8a17d,Buggy,"I use notability for all my class notes. For the most part, it’s great. However, there is a critical bug in the app that really undermines my trust of this app. With some regularity, after I’ve poured in hours and hours into organizing my notes, I’ll find that notability has mysteriously messed up my handwritten annotations on different pages. There will be lots of text overlapping, things out of place, and the note is really no longer useable. It’s as if making lasso selections and moving things around on one page is interconnected and also moves random around things on different pages. Because notability doesn’t have a “revert to previous version” function or any kind of restoration capability, I find that the hours I’ve poured into my notes can be ruined all too often. To recover the note, I find myself spending another several hours separating the multiple overlapping texts and putting things back where I had originally put them. For the full price I paid for this app, it really should not be something I need to be dealing with.","There will be lots of text overlapping, things out of place, and the note is really no longer useable.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,text,23,27,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,3a927e0e-0e53-41af-b664-0d06f30aa17a,d1c4d000-b439-4589-bc87-4e4ccaa67a95,Useless now without 365 account,"Used all Microsoft products for years on my IPad and never had to pay for them again because I already bought them for my pc. Now with this new update, you must pay for a 365 account to even use the Word and Excel apps.  Why would I want to pay a monthly fee to use an app that I have already purchased the software for? I would essentially be purchasing the software every year with the cost of the subscription.  Stupidest thing Microsoft has ever done.  Will never purchase from them again.",I would essentially be purchasing the software every year with the cost of the subscription.,5,TRUE,cost,subscription,80,92,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ff6ba48a-d3ac-4e39-ad49-4ec855d049a7,d213024a-9fff-40c9-9069-f1ec76141f09,The best,"With dark mode support, this went from good to great. I loved this on my surface but ran into a number of problems with that device and switched to an iPad. So to see my favorite app working even better was a huge relief. I have hundreds of pages on OneNote and it works perfectly, dare I say better with Apple Pencil support and the Pro motion display. Microsoft continues to be a team player and make their software just work on whatever device you decide to work from, done like software professionals shoul. Looking at you GOOGLE.","I have hundreds of pages on OneNote and it works perfectly, dare I say better with Apple Pencil support and the Pro motion display.",5,TRUE,compatibility,motion,117,123,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,0e0abf65-8bef-4bd8-a24e-19f45951109f,d270648b-e77b-4d5b-a54c-004cc36bdeab,i love it!,"Not gonna lie, I NEVER buy apps. I always go for the free version. I actually first discovered Forest through the free Chrome extension and fell in love with it! I had planted so many trees that it was to the point where I was like, okay, time to get the app. I haven't regretted it! I even just got the 21 day coin booster, which is also well worth the extra $2. Instead of getting 43 coins for my regular 2-hour sessions, I get triple that amount for a great price! I wouldn't even mind paying a few extra dollars to make the booster permanent, if that was an option. I also love that it syncs to my laptop. In the chrome version I can block off certain websites while my tree is growing so I can stay on task, which I definitely need. I'm a full-time homeschool student and it is SO easy to get distracted, but with this app I just can't risk letting my little tree die! Overall it's a great app and I HIGHLY recommend!","Instead of getting 43 coins for my regular 2-hour sessions, I get triple that amount for a great price!",5,TRUE,cost,price,98,103,positive
productivity,notability,ac31fa3c-55c4-41b2-bea5-cdf73d8932bb,d2ebcb4c-77be-4c09-b1cc-e25b14dd3a90,I can see why this is #1,"Honestly, I was really debating on whether on not I should use Notability to take my notes or if I should use GoodNotes 5. In the end, I ended up getting both just to try them out, and what I found was that the UI for Notability was almost flawless for me. Being able to record audio on here is great, but I think the biggest factor for me was how it felt like writing notes in this app. It’s literally feels like I am just writing on paper. My handwriting on Goodnotes 5 just seemed messier and I noticed that they would try to alter my handwriting a bit. If I could make some suggestions, it would be nice if the highlighter could go under the words rather than over it. I would also love the option to just automatically switch back to pen mode after using the eraser (Useful tool in goodnotes). There would be times where I’m writing and the app doesn’t register it and would momentarily freeze a bit. But these are minor inconveniences. Overall, this is a great app to take notes on and annotate PDFs (what I mainly do). The partial eraser is amazing and the automatic backup is a extremely convenient. Definitely recommend it for college!","Being able to record audio on here is great, but I think the biggest factor for me was how it felt like writing notes in this app.",5,TRUE,usability,audio,22,27,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,6fd7a9e1-f1d0-4916-a156-3c3e56e127bf,d3049606-4ae7-4ff2-9727-54fbfdd4590e,Astounding for a Microsoft product,"For someone who is frustrated with the design of everything Microsoft, the Office iOS apps are astounding. Brilliantly designed to be ultra-lean at the same time as completely functional, and as easy to use and figure out as an early Apple product. Everything works as it is supposed to! Can the design team now be  reassigned to the desktop applications?",Can the design team now be  reassigned to the desktop applications?,5,TRUE,reliability,design,9,15,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d28932e1-fe36-4257-93e1-7806e71209b4,d3c9d07f-3c70-4e97-9554-b26bf89f3d97,"Evernote used to be so great, now payment problems","I’ve had Evernote for years. I don’t know how many incremental price increases I’ve happily acquiesced to. I was an early adopter of premium even. Everything was great, up until two months ago. Now the company is acting like I haven’t paid my subscription. It’s been on auto renew since 2014 with no issues. I have the iTunes receipts and everything. Last month they “apologized” for the inconvenience and agreed I was paid in full. I just received an email saying my “complimentary month” has expired. I’ve been downgraded to basic even though I sent them an email with the iTunes receipt attached four days ago. No response from customer service. iTunes is helping, but the best they can do is get me my money back. I just wish iTunes wasn’t shady now.",I don’t know how many incremental price increases I’ve happily acquiesced to.,1,TRUE,cost,price,35,40,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,0b0c4aec-d450-4398-a04e-7c1533ac86e5,d4479af7-bc25-41c6-b42b-b924493544ca,One drive,"This program is amazing, it lets me very easily access the same data and forms or documents that are on my laptop. The laptop almost seems to be antiquated, but with one drive in the shared data on all your devices is well worth the money. I love being able to have all of my devices at least the data on all those devices with me at all the time. Highly recommend One drive","The laptop almost seems to be antiquated, but with one drive in the shared data on all your devices is well worth the money.",5,TRUE,cost,money,119,124,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,5ea08258-ab17-4e1a-9a2b-07f86a67ff6b,d47a5f3a-b9d4-4b88-8b4c-031bb2e7c139,Removed Features and App performance Issues,I was charged for a renewed subscription and want to cancel that renewal and be refunded. I’ve used the app for 8 years and lost core functionality when the latest face lift was done to the app. I’ve tried to wait out the promised feature of being able to do a short cut global search like I could with command + J on the Mac. I had that feature and Apple Watch support.EditI received a refund. I really miss how amazing this app was and hope that the two main changes I addressed in my review will be fixed.,I was charged for a renewed subscription and want to cancel that renewal and be refunded.,4,TRUE,cost,subscription,29,41,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,ac1c8523-741f-47d6-91ff-4bb74b6cc6e9,d48bf58b-742f-48bd-874d-882de000dbfa,"Used to be great.  Now, its just another (expensive) note app","If you’re an experienced Evernote user, DO NOT UPGRADE!!!  If you’re on a free version, there is no longer any reason to pay for premium features as they’re taking them away.I’ve been an Evernote user, proponent, supporter for 6+ years.  It’s on my phone, my ipads, my macs, my macbooks.  It used to be a 1-stop, all-in-one platform.  Now, its just another note taking program.  This used to be the best note taking / productivity app of all time.  Now its just, meh, whatever.Evernote, you’ve really shot yourself in the foot.Please bring presentation mode back.  I have a premium account, just for that reason.  Now, I could probably get by with the free version.  Time to downgrade my account.  Thanks.","If you’re on a free version, there is no longer any reason to pay for premium features as they’re taking them away.",5,TRUE,general,free version,16,28,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,727b644b-573f-4210-bf47-10b44033cbfc,d4eb8a9e-b0ba-4e64-92b8-9ac88c9deca6,Glitchy and no one to contact for support,"Every time I open the gmail app it will crash and not allow me to play audio files. I got a new apple 11 pro and I used to be able to open audio files on my iPhone 10 all the time from the gmail app. Strangely enough it opens jpg and video files but not voice memos or audio. Crashes EVERY SINGLE TIME. I have deleted the app, restarted my phone, erased my app login info, and even factory reset my phone. And it STILL does this. Also having issues with the “gmail notes” on the note app. Where the notes don’t show sometimes. Gets glitchy, the screen won’t respond or won’t let me write anything down.” Zero issues with my phone except for these two google gmail related problems. And no one to contact for support! Please fix these bugs!! I use my audio files every day! And the crazy part is I know it’s the app because the audio files open on the apple mail app from the same google account!",And the crazy part is I know it’s the app because the audio files open on the apple mail app from the same google account!,1,TRUE,usability,audio,55,60,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a0d5238a-879c-4501-8fe6-d3b9806bd7df,d502a858-29e1-465e-8708-21352e802bef,Cheated,"I downloaded this app after its recent hype on Twitter. Basically they falsely advertised it as this sweet concept where you are able to grow a tree which reflects you- I assumed this app would give me great strides in self discovery. In reality: it is an app designed to have your phone on but also off limits. Overall, helpful and a nice way to redefine productivity- you can even spend the ""money"" you earn through staying off your phone on planting real trees! I would recommend this app to anyone I know with phone addiction problems.",In reality: it is an app designed to have your phone on but also off limits.,4,TRUE,usability,design,26,32,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,599c27b4-e2f4-4c3c-871b-e2ce5846f160,d50c24ab-97d0-4362-a3fa-73ac7dffc126,Just Wonderful.,"If you are the person who always has the running thoughts and cannot focus like me, this is a great app for you.It has beautiful designs to track how much time I have been focused on any task - those lovely trees have been motivated me a lot. And seeing them die saddens me, which more or less reminds me that I need to protect them by focusing on my tasks. Fundamentally, the visualisation of how I spent my time leaves no chance for me to find an excuse for not getting work done; now I am confident to say “hey, I have actually focused on my work a lot.”Moreover, once I have earned 2,500 coins, I can help Mother Earth to plant a REAL tree, which provides me another wonderful motivation to focus on my tasks.Join now, and enjoy contributing to the Global community by planting real trees and getting your work done.",It has beautiful designs to track how much time I have been focused on any task - those lovely trees have been motivated me a lot.,5,TRUE,usability,design,18,24,positive
productivity,things-3,687fe639-b6cc-4cd0-a372-96ca83d87a0a,d57df073-d556-4fef-b782-2dada1650630,Almost Perfect,"As expected, the design is beautiful in both how it looks and how it works. It lends itself to quickly getting down tasks and ideas and allowing you to do heavier organizing and scheduling when it makes sense to do so.As a former lover of Wunderlist, this is the only app that I’ve found to meet (and maybe exceed) that service.A few adjustments would make it the best to-do platform, hands down:- an option for a subscription. I would love to pay you on a reoccurring scheduling for access to all your apps, rather than paying for each app individually.- basic collaborative lists (shared, and assigned tasks)- able to check off reoccurring tasks early- address some infrequent flicking of the interface when moving between task lists (iPhone X)","A few adjustments would make it the best to-do platform, hands down:
- an option for a subscription.",5,TRUE,general,subscription,88,100,positive
productivity,things-3,c18c488f-c96d-497d-b103-368c62769093,d5a48fef-4815-4ee7-8c53-0ae19c9f3ed5,Needs Text Wrapping,"This is a great app for life management. Version 3 is amazing. That said, it is disappointing that it doesn’t have text wrapping, which would be great when trying to glance at my iPhone or other screen to see the full titles of my tasks without having to fully open them. A web version would also add appeal, but the basics of text wrapping are more important to my needs as of now. Hopefully this comes soon.","A web version would also add appeal, but the basics of text wrapping are more important to my needs as of now.",4,TRUE,general,text,56,60,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,dd432d8c-e057-44ce-9ec5-0abaf2f56965,d616c108-8aee-43d2-9dbf-0b29690624c2,Too Simple for Real Work,"If you use the default template for every document, this may be the program for you. If you use a template you created, then this is probably not for you. I created a template on my computer that uses 12 pt Georgia Pro as the font, justified text, and a 10 pt space between each paragraph. When I open it on iOS, I get 11 pt Calibri, text that is not justified, and no space between paragraph. Also, although fonts installed with AnyFont used to display fine. Now I get the following message: “There is insufficient memory or disk space. Word cannot display the requested font.” Files with installed fonts will not open. I tried it on my iPad and iPhone 7+.Once again, there is a new version with the same problem. I’ll uninstall it and try it again later. Not planning to renew Office 365 until it’s fixed.","Also, although fonts installed with AnyFont used to display fine.",1,TRUE,usability,font,16,20,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e8cc2111-51a3-47ef-8bc0-eec40cc36bf4,d6563416-3194-460c-b8ba-b0ced6f4aa70,Great email app for multiple accounts,"Thank you for a great app!Pros: Easy to use. Robust. I use it for multiple gmail accounts. Cons: sharing a web page page through this app is a little laborious. I wish it would put page title into email subject, and title, url and full page contents, or selected content, into email body.",Cons: sharing a web page page through this app is a little laborious.,5,TRUE,usability,page,21,25,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,e9e0377f-9ca0-4fd9-b1db-5f62f552a484,d6b3455b-39f4-4a49-92d0-e759e2166b84,Terrible utilities,"Hi Microsoft Office Team,It’s very hard to find things to edit the paper as you would on the desktop version. I really find it frustrating to look for the things that are very easy to find in the desktop version. I wouldn’t mind If ya’ll take a little more space to make editing paper easier. Also, the  icons/buttons for editing the papers are good for hand touch but I’m using and iPad Pro and I feel like it would be beneficial if the app has an option to get a compact version where the icons are smaller. This would give us more space to work with or it could give you guys more space to make editing the document easier.Thank you,",I wouldn’t mind If ya’ll take a little more space to make editing paper easier.,1,TRUE,usability,space,45,50,negative
productivity,notability,ae016157-2332-47c4-b30a-56a19da73d9c,d6bb0d1c-fef9-4558-9e36-9dcd19e086a6,Best App I ever used,I had this app for a few years now. I no longer use paper at all. This app has so many valuable features and has helped me in so many different ways. I can download my school books in pdf form and have it read to me. Screenshots I can write on. This app is literally my everything. From business management to school to personal life planning. I love it! It has only improved over the years and I am truly impressed. Best of all it is not a subscription based app which makes me so happy. This is the main reason why I have an iPad. I even had to make tutorial videos for other classmates and friends to learn how many tricks you can do with this app. Thank you for this app! It’s a life saver! I don’t have to keep up with paper and it saves me storage space in my home. Easy to go back and read notes I took years ago conveniently. Worth the buy!,Best of all it is not a subscription based app which makes me so happy.,5,TRUE,general,subscription,25,37,positive
productivity,things-3,518bbf9d-73f3-40d2-8592-67d59350d387,d6dcae2c-40b8-4910-875b-80dbd7d0f65b,Good,"It is a great app and easy to use. I wish that the reminders could be used like the apple reminders. For example, I need to do since and such task every Monday and Friday for the next 6 months. I would also like to see a price drop on the iPad version, last time I checked $20 for the same app is a bit much. Still, this app is great for deconstructing projects to help them get executed properly.","I would also like to see a price drop on the iPad version, last time I checked $20 for the same app is a bit much.",3,TRUE,cost,price,28,33,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,36c89aa9-00f8-4fef-a4eb-3f5c57ff296c,d7602b4f-03a5-449f-8f49-86a687c26e06,Kinda good but not really,I’m leaving a review bc I’ll get something for free but anyway. I like the app but not so much anymore. It used to kill your tree if you left it which was good and bad. If you needed to call or text someone your tree would die but it would still keep you from playing games. Now you can leave and do whatever so it kinda defeats the whole purpose of this app.,If you needed to call or text someone your tree would die but it would still keep you from playing games.,3,TRUE,efficiency,text,26,30,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,6b7c4912-8121-46ee-90b8-a5220616e52d,d792b506-cba0-4732-8699-a53deda4bad1,This app has been super helpful,"I love this app and it has been incredibly helpful in getting me to do my homework (which I often have trouble getting started even when I want to do it). I use it almost everyday. The only issue I have with this app is that recently it’s been crashing when I try to look at the tag analytics that shows you a graph of which tags you’re using the most, and I’d really like to see them bc I feel like it would be interesting as well as motivating. I can look at daily and weekly tags but monthly and yearly always crashes the app. Otherwise, great app",I can look at daily and weekly tags but monthly and yearly always crashes the app.,4,TRUE,usability,tag,32,35,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e56c6f9f-1d43-47fc-a2e7-4021f0cdb59c,d7a5fce0-f57a-486e-89f1-6585e45c4a94,Best note app I’ve ever used,"I love this app, especially the table function. I love to make lists and tables in my genealogy and game playing pastimes. I find it easy and logical in its functionality and always reliable. There is a quirk when using the checkoff box that is irritating. It changes the numbers to run in sequence. I found this out when I was trying to use it for my prescriptions and it kept changing the numbers. But that’s minor compared to the many other, easy ways I utilize this app. I highly recommend it.",I love to make lists and tables in my genealogy and game playing pastimes.,5,TRUE,general,list,16,20,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5057962a-aa23-470e-8b13-16513293f137,d7f44ddc-d19a-40ea-8e4a-abaa30c47b09,Too invasive and annoying,"The Promotional tab now has advertisements that look like emails and if you delete them the app requests to know exactly why you removed it. Then under that there are preferred promotional emails that rise to top of the email list, which I assume are companies that pay Google to do this. When clicking a link within any email the app asks if you want to switch to (I.e. download and install) Chrome. Even if you select Do Not Ask Me Again, it’ll keep asking. And if you accidentally select Chrome it’ll go to the App Store and this delay you opening the link in Safari. Again, really annoying for them to cram Chrome down our throats. Lastly, now I’m seeing orange text asking me if I want to reply to messages that were received 5+ days ago. Even if I don’t want to reply there isn’t a way to dismiss the message so it’s always there until I delete it. Overall I’m just tired of Google telling me what’s best for me and sacrificing simplicity for their advertisements. I get it: they need to make money but there are better ways to do that. Uninstalled the app and likely won’t go back to it. I’m using the native iOS Mail app now.","Lastly, now I’m seeing orange text asking me if I want to reply to messages that were received 5+ days ago.",1,TRUE,usability,text,31,35,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7ff7a965-36b5-4b48-aaa6-e3ee429ad289,d853a48f-e10c-4f45-a7e7-bda70548dd09,Share to Evernote is Broken,"I've been a long time premium evernote user (7+) years and truly an insufferable fanboy of the tool. With that out of the way, one of my favorite features on iOS that used to work every time without a hitch, the share to Evernote menu, only works 1 out of 4 tries. It's truly terrible because I might be reading a recipe and want to refer to it later in the evening. Normally, I'd share the page with evernote and without fail it would be waiting for me. Now I have to share, open the evernote app, refresh a couple of times. Sometimes the note is there, sometimes it seems lost to the ether. If I closed the page I wanted to scrape, now I have to try and remember the magic Google search terms I used to find the article. Please fix this!!","Normally, I'd share the page with evernote and without fail it would be waiting for me.",2,TRUE,general,page,25,29,positive
productivity,things-3,0350a36b-b6fc-4bcf-8336-b05b5fb197bc,d8acad8a-7c30-4161-b321-2c3468cb26a1,This is a premium app. Where are the premium functions?,"The Apple Watch app barely ever works (does not update with the phone app.)Where is the geofencing? Where is the reoccurring reminders? Where is sharing? Where is Alexa support? Why can’t I designate that when I open the app, it opens on a certain list? If I can’t decline the auto import of a task from another app, why even make me approve it? Am I supposed to be bowled over by exclusively by the UI of sparsity? I switched from Wunderlist to proactively prepare for when Microsoft nixes it completely, and I miss that near perfect product that was offered for free. Whereas with Things, I keep hoping that I’ve paid for a product that will get more feature rich, and I’m not seeing it.","Why can’t I designate that when I open the app, it opens on a certain list?",3,TRUE,usability,list,71,75,negative
productivity,things-3,48ed8227-ebd9-428a-a73d-5329dcdd0b5b,d96d4ab1-98f5-48a6-8dd5-c0b795d968c8,Needs UX improvements,"UPDATE: they have a share extension thing so that’s good. But the other things still haven’t been addressed. The new Things is visually beautiful, but needs a few UX improvements:- Show more than just one line of text per item. I shouldn’t have to tap into a task to read the whole thing. “Write shorter tasks” isn’t a good answer. - Show tasks that have a due date ABOVE those that don’t. The “someday” categorization to our those at the end of a project list requires additional taps. If I’ve given something a date, it’s MORE important than things that don’t have dates. - The app needs a share extension so that you can add items from other apps. (Update: they have one of these.)","The new Things is visually beautiful, but needs a few UX improvements:

- Show more than just one line of text per item.",2,TRUE,general,text,107,111,negative
productivity,things-3,5df698d6-eabd-406c-b2f7-c2e51bf70b82,d975bf0e-8922-46a6-83b8-07ff9c0a6224,Great upgrades!,Things has been doing great upgrades on this program now for sometime which are very appreciated. Love the Siri shortcuts. They are incredible with this app and makes it go superfast if you use them. Really enjoying the dark mode – especially black is  just gorgeous. Five stars. You get what you pay for and this is well worth it.,Really enjoying the dark mode – especially black is  just gorgeous.,5,TRUE,general,dark mode,21,30,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,98ae877d-bac7-4d82-bf32-435647d9c49f,d976cd4f-d8ba-431e-a753-994b15db9a89,Great way to encourage off time with your phone,If you’re like me you spend too much time looking at your phone. Many hours of the day checking social media or email or texts. This gives a small reward for even short intervals where you simply put it down. Family dinner is a great one. And other times I find this useful for keeping me off the phone long enough to allow me to fall asleep. I wish coins weren’t so hard to come by and the prices didn’t constantly go up. But it gives you something to strive for.,Many hours of the day checking social media or email or texts.,5,TRUE,general,text,57,61,negative
productivity,notability,9a8f9788-d652-4465-9569-49abd1466490,d97bbbac-2bd8-4bc2-adaf-45720d5ad485,Keep losing my data when using the text box,"I have been using Notability for years now, but I have never encountered this issue, that is, losing data. Making a text box has been more difficult than ever. This is another issue that I have noticed in this app from a very long time. Comparing to how users create a text box in GoodNotes 5, Notability is regarded as torture and time consuming. I don’t understand why I have to repeat the procedure over and over in order to have an accurate response. When I finally manage to create a text box, it often disappears once I try to create a new one. I hope you can fix this problem because most of my work depends on creating text boxes.I have lost information that equals four hours of searching and typing.Another issue is that Notability does not support the Arabic language. I really hope this can soon be fixed.","Comparing to how users create a text box in GoodNotes 5, Notability is regarded as torture and time consuming.",5,TRUE,usability,text,33,37,negative
productivity,things-3,ee828838-2e1e-45a5-aa80-d9a9c76e7ca2,da22c48e-f801-40de-8cf3-8a572505aa38,Do not buy! Misleading advertisement and overpriced,This app does not do what it advertise it for. You can only download google calendar events. You can not create any sub-tasks for the imported google calendar event. None of the google calendar events are editable or movable. You can only create one layer of sub-tasks for the tasks you created on their app. Not very usable for $10. And you have to pay $50 to sync it on Mac! Just a big scam all around. Not sure how it is Editor’s choice!  Do not buy!,None of the google calendar events are editable or movable.,1,TRUE,usability,calendar event,20,34,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,b791b458-b938-4367-9531-df33546f09d1,da3a79ff-50f1-421a-a9bd-39a05c65bdd5,Helps a bit,"This app helped a bit with my procrastination issues. I’m just the kind of person who will naturally find ways to not work, so that’s an achievement (ha). I just don’t like that it costs 60! coins to remove something off your timeline. I had a glitch while syncing the google chrome extension and this app, and it said planted this plant 4 times instead of just once. Now I’m broke and still don’t have enough to remove the other plants. I wish the process to delete plants would be free.","I had a glitch while syncing the google chrome extension and this app, and it said planted this plant 4 times instead of just once.",4,TRUE,compatibility,sync,22,26,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,04d474d6-ad98-4bac-a748-a31410c862cc,da82b887-7ece-4203-b1b2-7636ff904f7a,Worth the buy,"This app has helped me so much with my studying. Not only does it work as a timer, but it’s a great motivator to stay far away from my phone. There really isn’t anything that could be improved about it, it’s simplicity and cute graphics make it the perfect app. The best feature about this app is that once you save up enough coins from focusing, you can actually have a real tree planted. It’s the best app I have ever downloaded and it was well worth buying the full version.","There really isn’t anything that could be improved about it, it’s simplicity and cute graphics make it the perfect app.",5,TRUE,efficiency,graph,87,92,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,08f53116-5c3f-4a2a-ba46-5ce40ac1e91b,da9a303d-f11a-4c5b-9a8d-1290cda5d984,Increase real tree limit,"I absolutely love this app and I’ve been using it for years. However, the motivation I gain from using it comes from knowing my efforts will actually help the earth. Please increase the real tree limit (I’d be willing to pay more for this feature, even if it was on a subscription basis). I understand the need to make money, but I think there could be a way to make more money and plant more trees.Thank you for the great app,Jeremy","I understand the need to make money, but I think there could be a way to make more money and plant more trees.",5,TRUE,cost,money,31,36,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,fe1de9be-b625-4677-9f0b-fe7184c8a192,daa51461-33a3-4e11-a0a2-9d9a538e2ef5,"Great, but still needs more work","Thanks for such a useful app. I use it on iPad Pro mostly for note taking since direct export or printing from OneNote is not possible. This is when Word comes to play it’s great role with many options for typing and handwritten notes. Handwritten notes is a great miss of similar Apple apps. Nevertheless, I face small bugs in using word for note taking: after a while of writing typically for about 4 pages or so, pens, markers and the eraser mess up; they suffer from lag in response and also sometimes eraser makes writings and more strangely the pen tip size gets smaller on its own. Any fixes will be greatly appreciated.",This is when Word comes to play it’s great role with many options for typing and handwritten notes.,5,TRUE,compatibility,handwritten note,82,98,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,d85a853c-0048-4b7a-a206-c78429ec7c20,dabd0bbc-45b7-4d75-8055-202b63b072ce,Please include pause function,"Love this app and design!! My only complaint is that I wish you could have a pause option because I often plan to work for two hours but unexpected things happen in the middle of a session, so I let it run even though I was not working on the task. Flora also has this function, and I am still toggling between the two when recommending apps to friends. Thank you!",Love this app and design!!,3,TRUE,usability,design,19,25,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8ee8bdb8-243d-4759-a500-441eb367f02d,db47b7c2-bb2a-4655-aec9-6c2ef45698ea,Deletes Data in notes. Only way to recover is to pay...,"I’ve used this app for several years, and am now deleting it. I had been building up a list of contacts within the music industry, to which I came to find had been deleted without my doing. I tried to reach out to support, which was never available and only had greyed out boxes that you couldn’t click. Only solution I read online was to pay for the premium subscription so I could access my note history. So I bought the premium for $8, found my note with the contact info, and then immediately cancelled my subscription. Of course customer support was available on the landing page that I was lead to when canceling my subscription. Terrible customer support, and terrible data management.","I had been building up a list of contacts within the music industry, to which I came to find had been deleted without my doing.",1,TRUE,general,list,26,30,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,dfead6a4-4f28-4376-9bc2-10daf353ce63,db5c8e0a-748e-4605-a4f6-a7a50dc81760,Great for research and archiving,Evernote is a great tool for business. My only 2 requests would be easier access to tags and an easier process for providing feedback through the app.,My only 2 requests would be easier access to tags and an easier process for providing feedback through the app.,5,TRUE,usability,tag,46,49,negative
productivity,notability,f544232e-457d-4958-894f-86195c49f01b,dbbec667-e0c8-4645-bbe0-3193d452926b,"Great app, but...","If this was a free app it would have five out of five stars. It is easy to use, has some really awesome features and is really well designed. But because I payed $10 for it I am going to be more critical. The biggest issue I have with this app is the lack of tilt functionality. It really needs to have a setting to take advantage of tilt for brush size. That is one of my favorite things about the Apple Pencil and it is not taken advantage of in this app. Another thing I would like to have in this app is subfolders. I like order and I would like to be able to organize my notes in such a manner that I have large folders then more folders within my folders and so forth. Those are my two major complaints with this app. Overall though, I would recommend, I will definitely get my $10 out of this app.Dropped to one Star because the latest update has messed up the app. It is now glitching a lot and the notes won’t quit “syncing” with iCloud so I can’t access them. Very frustrating for an expensive app.","It is easy to use, has some really awesome features and is really well designed.",1,TRUE,usability,design,72,78,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,86b10378-e0a8-4b0b-8566-d409fda70de3,dbf7cf29-0590-4c67-b1a7-f1fb83ccea76,Frequent updates to hide bad reviews,"Once more, Google has ""updated"" this app without any real changes, as they've been doing almost weekly. The only real impact of this is that the pile of negative reviews immediately become reviews of ""previous versions"".I'm really confused why Google's designers seem to think we paid for a big screen so that massive expanses of it can display plain white. The most recent versions display less than 2/3 as many email headers or email text as before at the same font size, requiring a ridiculous amount of scrolling with no increased readability. It's very similar to the absolutely amateurish design update they did to Google Calendar.One of the more obnoxious changes is an inability to prevent automatic loading of images in messages. This allows spammers to confirm they have an active address and to know your rough location for their databases.Until several months ago, this was a five star app. The last several updates have removed vital functionality. In addition, they seem to be releasing a new update every couple of days with no noticeable changes, in what I can only assume is an attempt to minimize the impact of all be bad reviews (very few of them will then be for the ""current version""). Google should be deeply ashamed of its shoddy work on this app.",The last several updates have removed vital functionality.,1,TRUE,usability,update,18,24,negative
productivity,things-3,7893ea5d-87f2-4f11-88c8-872626caaa41,dc134477-54a0-448f-985e-73b6bf47b366,Worth the Money!,"I never write app reviews but this one is well worth the time. Easy to use. Easy to figure out. Not complicated like other productivity apps I have tried. Allows integration with iPhone calendar and widgets. I highly recommend it. It allows the user to keep it simple or go in-depth with check lists, tasks and/or projects. I like that you can personalize it to your own experience and your own needs. It’s not a one size fits all app that leaves you wanting more. I was leery of the price tag at first but for the cost of two Starbucks drinks I feel like my busy life is better managed. Thank you for making a great app.",Allows integration with iPhone calendar and widgets.,5,TRUE,compatibility,calendar,32,40,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0dbd3244-8286-4185-8727-2a9fb99f0840,dc1d29b7-27aa-41fd-8141-381c156876fe,Used to Praise this app,"This app has been a well loved staple, it’s been an easy to use and search place to create multiple lists. I’ve amassed an extensive restaurant guide for the greater Phoenix and Tucson areas. It’s my go to assist for passwords, copy and paste text for my work.  Suddenly, it logs me off. Every time I exit. Irritating, but not enough to change this well ingrained habit and love for the functionality of this app. It literally is a cornerstone of information I’ve stored for things I want to remember but don’t.  When I log in, I have an iPad and the iPhone 6s Plus. Haven’t upgraded or changed devices, yet now my phone is being recognized as a different device. Only one phone. Don’t want to unsync the iPad because it has a keyboard attached. So I’ve been unsyncing the same ONE iPhone and yet the next day it saw it as a different iPhone, after the app installed a thing where you cannot unsync more than two times was enforced. Couple months later, and I am LOCKED out. It won’t let me even sign in with the previously approved devices. So now, I’m not allowed to access my personal notes because you want a fee from me? Maybe I can log in on the iPad next month and transfer all of my notes to an app which won’t my data hostage for a few dollars. You’ve lost a loving user of over 6 years.","This app has been a well loved staple, it’s been an easy to use and search place to create multiple lists.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,list,101,105,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,6fa18501-22e6-4ce4-9062-d6ff42f60787,dcbb2704-92b5-413c-8f9c-9b5ae952b496,Why not like in Windows 10,Not bad but missing a lot of features. I would like to have the full version (ok less the more than one person working on a file at a time) and “pay” Microsoft for it. I am retired individual I can save to buy special items but can not afford monthly subscription services. This is available with windows 10 but not IOS.,I am retired individual I can save to buy special items but can not afford monthly subscription services.,5,TRUE,cost,subscription,84,96,negative
productivity,things-3,bf09156f-5d71-498f-8c79-3adb79eadef5,dd612352-0efe-478a-a4b1-9c3d207e6ca4,Contains the Essentials of Project Planning,"The app is very easy to use and understand.  No more paper lists to keep track of and updating. Connect personal family and life goals seamlessly with your career goals in order to easily organize and manage them all at your fingertips on your smartphone.  Projects at work are easily accessible, so enjoy your weekend and relax fully knowing that you can reorient yourself to what needs to be done and when on Monday morning before you start your day.  I needed a tool like this years ago, but better late than never.",No more paper lists to keep track of and updating.,5,TRUE,security,list,15,19,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,ab092ada-047a-456e-af69-46ea5fcc9912,dd660e9d-78a8-4f9d-a4cc-bb7e06b9eae2,Liked previous versions better,"I use Evernote to manage a long to do list document. Now in iOS, I can’t tap just anywhere in a note to put my cursor there. If I scroll from the bottom to the top of the list then tap, I get taken back to where my cursor last was. To type in a section I have to tap one section at a time until my cursor gets to where I want to type. Very annoying and counter intuitive.I will continue to use the app, since I pay for premium, but I hope they fix this issue.",I use Evernote to manage a long to do list document.,4,TRUE,usability,document,44,52,positive
productivity,notability,f32f2564-b8be-4e79-b7fd-a2b61035242f,ddc96416-40e4-4873-a8c4-3b8bbe2dc8fb,Love it!! But missing two key features,"This app is great for students in college!! It’s great when professors post their lectures because you can download them to the app and just fill in additional notes anywhere on the page! The app is very dynamic with the features it supplies for a spectacular note taking experience such as recording audio, inserting pictures, syncing data from iPad to MacBook, and more!Key feature recommendation: 1) Tabs:l would love to see this app implement the feature that Good Notes 4 has which is the tab function where you can have multiple documents open in a row of tabs at the top and also remembers where you are in the file when you want switch to another document. It is a bit inconvenient because sometimes l would transfer my notes to Good Notes 4 just to be able to switch between documents to study for exams. 2) Undo 2.0Hitting the back button sometimes can be slow especially when I’m writing notes at the bottom of the page or when the lecturer talks very fast. It would be great for the undo button to also be at the button of the page or even tap 2 fingers on the screen to undo. This app would be so fantastic with this feature and would easy and definitely be at the top of all note taking apps. Please please please add this feature to Notability!",It would be great for the undo button to also be at the button of the page or even tap 2 fingers on the screen to undo.,3,TRUE,usability,undo button,27,38,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,45db988b-665e-4b61-a047-1e5cdc934017,de149c70-52c5-4566-a4f3-ef075014dd4c,Encryption woes,"I’ve been an Evernote user since it’s inception. How long has it been since your iOS app stopped supporting 256 AES encryption? A couple of years? So I reluctantly switched to 128 AES. Then that stopped working too. So now the only way to open my encrypted notes on my iPhone and iPad is to log in using a mobile browser and then use Request Desktop Site. Of course the desktop site looks like crap and is cumbersome to use on mobile devices. Now on my iPad Pro the app crashes if I even try to enter the password for an encrypted note. Yes I’m using the most current version. This an age of mobile devices, both for business and personal use. It’s unacceptable that your iOS app lacks this crucial functionality. It seems to me that like some other SW companies Evernote is more enamored of it’s own brilliance and profits than of end user feedback and experience. Perhaps it’s time to move on.",It’s unacceptable that your iOS app lacks this crucial functionality.,2,TRUE,efficiency,functionality,56,69,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,c040713d-2fed-43ce-87ab-575c36b1544d,def252b1-62d7-4107-812d-90930929b140,"Great, but not could be so much better","I have a business account and a personal account. Some new features were released on the business one like the integration of chat , rooms and meet. I like the overall update and is good, but it could have some improvement.    > Need to have a way to let me be on a meeting and on a side window still chat or check email. Specially keeping the camera. The only way i can do some of that now is with separate google chat app only.    > When chatting with somebody, i would like to still have the bottom options of mail-chat-rooms-meet. Now they disappear and I can’t really switch easily between say a chat and an email or a meeting. I have to hit “back” and then go into a meeting.    > Also in the chat, when i get in, i have a full screen for the chat only, and I can’t really see the people. Again i have to constantly hit “back” and then select a new person. In iPhone things are a little bit worse. The app is good in general, well designed. But being google i have very high expectations :D","The app is good in general, well designed.",3,TRUE,general,design,34,40,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a85c25cb-3bca-455f-a54a-4ae9c9168c41,df3b879a-3679-4693-8c88-831c7894d0ee,It’s okay but could use some updates,"For the amount of money and intelligence the google team has, I’m actually quite surprised this email app isn’t off the charts awesome. For starters, they need to create a summary screen of all of your different email accounts similar to the iPhone email app. Right now it’s to cumbersome to see which account you are getting a notification for when you receive a new message. Apple does way better with their home screen. I do think the gmail app is better for setting up a professional signature, but that needs improvement too. There should be a function to change the font and to make letters bold and add variety like in the web version. Also, why can’t you pick a default font for the phone app (like the web version) for the body of the email? Strange. I’m hoping to see gmail come out with a much better version of this app soon considering how many people work from their phones anymore!","Also, why can’t you pick a default font for the phone app (like the web version) for the body of the email?",3,TRUE,usability,font,36,40,negative
productivity,things-3,d8a84b6a-9ee3-452c-b655-8a96971b55b1,dfb5e2d1-281b-4e49-b652-392727770c5f,iPhone version lacking features from Mac Version,"I am a longtime Todoist user, however, I didn’t want to renew my annual subscription, so I bought Things3 after reading several online articles. After spending a couple hours setting up all my projects (about 60 were tracked in Todoist), I found out that the most basic feature is missing - the ability to attach files/images. I am used to attaching pictures, pdf’s, barcodes, emails etc. into my Projects. This is very disappointing as I had really looked forward to using Things3 as my replacement to Todoist’s subscription. If this ability existed, this would be a 5-Star rating without hesitation.","I am used to attaching pictures, pdf’s, barcodes, emails etc.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,picture,24,31,positive
productivity,things-3,a2e0c9e9-61a0-45d7-b915-1039a2e28410,e06dcca1-1805-4a73-b80c-ca05646e8b7f,Works so well for me,I love this app. It works really well with the Getting Things Done method and the interface is very intuitive. It just meshes with the way my brain works so well. SO worth the money. I’m not sure how I managed without it before! The only drawback is that you can’t embed images or attachments (like you can in Evernote or Trello). That’s my only complaint though. Love everything else about it.,It works really well with the Getting Things Done method and the interface is very intuitive.,4,TRUE,usability,interface,66,75,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,87a6b8a2-11c4-4284-b2c4-e8d5d1f2595e,e0e04c8a-a3ae-45f0-8a07-8d3020f65cd0,Nothings wrong,"I love to write so i love this app. There is absolutely nothing wrong with it. No adds, totally safe, and likable. If you get this app I guarantee you’ll like it. There is no reason you should not like this game. You can make a Journal, recipe, notes, menu, and more! Or you could just have a black piece of paper. There’s a lot to do. If you like writing your in luck.  Have fun! 😝",Or you could just have a black piece of paper.,5,TRUE,general,paper,41,46,negative
productivity,notability,7adb7f41-2636-4351-a4bc-dc41b6ae61b8,e103d147-5f65-4c30-bb26-fddb3594bbca,Deleted my lecture notes,"I’m a college student that uses notability to write notes for every single class. For me, chemistry notes are especially exhaustive and long. I had created a chem note titled “lecture 19” and then when I moved on to the next lecture, I created a new note and accidentally named it “lecture 19” as well. Notability doesn’t allow for having the same name for two different notes so I changed one of them to “lecture 18” since I realized I had skipped over that number. When I finished writing, I exited out of the note to the main screed. Not only had both of the notes reverted back to being titled “Lecture 19” but when I tried to open them back up (since I had a feeling something was going to go wrong), Notability glitched and deleted both of my notes. Now, there is only one note titled “Lecture 19” in my files and its totally blank. The other 2 notes are nowhere to be seen, not even in recently deleted files. This app is great and has tons of useful features but is it really that hard to allow duplicate names on notes without things like this happening??","Now, there is only one note titled “Lecture 19” in my files and its totally blank.",1,TRUE,general,title,29,34,negative
productivity,things-3,ad176b9c-3ca4-466c-816c-b09175195500,e18e8d9a-cfd7-4cd9-a875-35f53277dd43,Disappointed,"I bought the iPhone version of Things 3. I loved the design of the app. I went to install it on my iPad Pro, and found I had to pay another $30. This is a very basic app, and all other cheaper to-do apps on the App Store come with iPhone and iPhone support in the same app. As I was thinking about buying the iPad version of the app, I went into the comments and saw there are no location based reminders. These are mobile devices that we take with us, and location based reminders is a foundation level todo app feature. I can’t believe it doesn’t have it. I use location based todos all the time. Looks like I won’t be using this app. I wasted $10 for an app I’ll never use.",I loved the design of the app.,1,TRUE,general,design,13,19,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,97e73bba-23d6-4db1-a816-116a79f0e2b5,e26deefd-e80e-4c31-a152-2c3b84eeb73c,"Missing Functions, Extreme Data Loss","I write reports for my work that are legally sensitive, and for this reason, I cannot store them in “the cloud” because, in reality, “the cloud” is just someone else’s computer.  As it turns out, my need for privacy is just too much for this MS Word app.  It works fine if you save all of your documents to OneDrive where Gates, China, and God and everyone can view them.  However, if you try to save anything locally, it’ll hang up and not save them.  You’ll have to force quit the app and when it reopens, your data will be gone.  This is so mind boggling stupid that it makes this app completely useless to me.  Thanks for the curryware, Microsoft.Lastly, this app is not Word — at least not the Word that you’d use on MacOS or Windows.  It is a scaled down version that is missing critical features, such as formatting functions.  On a number of occasions, I’ve had to save the document and move it to a PC just to fix a table in one of my work’s report templates.  For some reason, it displays correctly in Word on a PC, but looks like complete garbage in Word on the iPad.  So there you go!  Windows Word is not compatible with iPadOS Word!  Go figure!","It works fine if you save all of your documents to OneDrive where Gates, China, and God and everyone can view them.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,document,39,47,positive
productivity,things-3,ad176b9c-3ca4-466c-816c-b09175195500,e2879e05-6402-4fe5-a63c-0c8f20db7be6,Disappointed,"I bought the iPhone version of Things 3. I loved the design of the app. I went to install it on my iPad Pro, and found I had to pay another $30. This is a very basic app, and all other cheaper to-do apps on the App Store come with iPhone and iPhone support in the same app. As I was thinking about buying the iPad version of the app, I went into the comments and saw there are no location based reminders. These are mobile devices that we take with us, and location based reminders is a foundation level todo app feature. I can’t believe it doesn’t have it. I use location based todos all the time. Looks like I won’t be using this app. I wasted $10 for an app I’ll never use.","These are mobile devices that we take with us, and location based reminders is a foundation level todo app feature.",1,TRUE,general,reminder,67,75,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,e6e945ad-c53d-4a22-833e-42be2de6e686,e2cd1821-97cc-4a2b-8d21-f53e4b590ac0,Best $2 I’ve Spent,"Ok I never spend money on apps, but this was worth the $1.99. I got it because I saw so many studyblrs and studygrammers using it, and it looked really well designed. It’s really a good way to keep focused, but also to review and see how you’ve been spending your time. The tree system honestly is so cute and actually a good incentive to study, and seeing your garden is pretty satisfying. There are also some community events/features that motivate you too. Even if you are thinking about getting this app but feel like you stay focused pretty well on your own, go ahead and get it. Totally worth.","Ok I never spend money on apps, but this was worth the $1.99.",5,TRUE,cost,money,18,23,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b6c627ac-7959-4be8-969a-6195d80bf8bf,e3246ecb-29d8-40bf-bbd2-155aaf97b551,Gmail Lags! Badly...,"Ok, so the title is kind of all I need to say. Honestly, I had really high hopes for this app since I love the platform on google. It has a wide variety of options on your inbox look, your emails, and so much more.However, the Gmail app...First off, the account pictures were kind of horrible. Usually once someone updates their picture it immediately switches on the website. Not for the app.Some of the people I email like to change their pictures a lot. Not a problem!I’ve noticed that you have to have someone keep the same picture for about a month until the Gmail app actually updates it. If your friend changes it too much? Unfortunately, Gmail will just resort to a default picture, a random color (actually mostly a dark green color) with the first letter of their first name. Yeah. Horrible!Second, if you have multiple accounts and you just use the option “All Inboxes” Gmail will automatically sign you out if you don’t check that inbox separately. What an inconvenience.Third, if you accidentally swipe left on an email, it literally disappears forever. It took me forever to find the email. (Go to “All Mail” for accidentally archived emails.) To make matters worse, I don’t think you can even do this on a computer!Gmail Team, please take my comments into consideration. Thank you!",I’ve noticed that you have to have someone keep the same picture for about a month until the Gmail app actually updates it.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,update,113,119,negative
productivity,notability,e0b84f3f-99bf-4f9b-811b-7d6191bb6f97,e33b4e91-a567-4cf9-99aa-0952531eaab6,Keeps losing connection with the Apple Pencil.,"Any body who uses this app will tell you it’s great and I agree. There are plenty of things to love about this app but some of the issues make it really frustrating. One of them is that the Apple Pencil will not respond. It happens almost 30% of the time that as I put down the pencil to write, it miss the first couple of strokes. You can imagine how annoying that becomes. Another issue is the frequent unpredictable crashes. The app will crash pretty unexpectedly. Most of the times it’s when I use the text box. It has happened so many times that I’ve stopped using the text box.And another major issue is contacting their customer support. Every time I send a feedback they’ll send me one of those ‘we’re getting high volume’ emails. They say they’ll get back to me but they never do.I have only used this app for 2 months now. I’ll stick with it for this semester but I think I’ll move on to Good Notes or other alternative.",And another major issue is contacting their customer support.,1,TRUE,general,customer support,45,61,negative
productivity,notability,c04a9d2b-8351-42cf-89a3-c4e093afb9a8,e33dc4d7-ab08-4180-9ff2-c51440d65766,Awesome!,"Can we just get some options for highlighting, like if we want it above or behind the text? And templates!I love notability. I keep coming back from GoodNotes because it is just so much simpler and easier to navigate. I feel more ready to just start writing with notability and it’s easy to get fun colors for highlighters and text. Everything is more zoomed in and feels more natural to write on. I feel like I’m always zooming in on GoodNotes. Mind you, I have a 9.7 inch iPad which may affect my perspective of each app. I love the drag and hold feature.  I can create lines and shapes more accurately than in GoodNotes. I couldn’t draw pentagons or hexagons in GoodNotes which meant I used notability for organic chem. But it’s overall more seamless. I can make shapes with the highlighter or the pen. I only wish we had the option to see the highlighter behind the text or even for shading and coloring.",I feel more ready to just start writing with notability and it’s easy to get fun colors for highlighters and text.,5,TRUE,efficiency,text,110,114,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c36a87c7-fea6-43b6-b4d9-1355e19f8ceb,e3c6eca8-3d8c-4895-85d3-b0e9db40140f,Maybe time to switch,"I have been using Evernote for probably ten years. A couple years ago when it started to limit two devices, I tolerated since two devices are mostly enough. Once in a long while when I need to use a third device just to take a random note, I’d go to website and do it there. Unfortunately yesterday when attempted to do so, I found web version is counting as a device and being limited as well. I don’t really want to complain since I’ve used the free service for that many years. I understand the need to monetize otherwise the company will just die. However, there are so many alternatives which do exact the same in slightly different ways, but free and probably better performance. I think Evernote have missed the best time to grow revenue. Or has it ever figured out the best way to make money? Ads, selling goods, anybody remember Evernotes selling socks? Forcing users to buy or harassing users with premium upgrades are suboptimal business practice.Maybe it’s time for me to explore other options and start to switch. I’m afraid that one day Evernote is going to limit users to one device, and eventually die to competition. Sad but this is a brutal market.",Or has it ever figured out the best way to make money?,2,TRUE,cost,money,49,54,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,a2f8ff55-68ab-4955-86d9-813e300010cf,e3f252dc-e77e-491d-af11-2b28d66e5238,Lacking a little bit more capability,"I really want there to be a way to set a default font type and size, Times New Roman font is so popular, yet it’s all the way down the list. I know it’s alphabetically sorted, but have a separate section at the top with popular fonts at least. I would also like to be able to edit and create font styles. Having a short cut to different styles, sizes, fonts, colors, etc. would be super helpful. Hope these changes can be made sooner rather than later.","I really want there to be a way to set a default font type and size, Times New Roman font is so popular, yet it’s all the way down the list.",4,TRUE,usability,font,50,54,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,42226aa9-0de1-477a-8ab8-9cbc5c92fe87,e43935a5-d084-4cca-a2a0-61f8d29711e6,Great way to stay organized!,"Get rid of all the post-it notes and random notes on your calendar (electronic or paper) with reminders of things to do. Consolidate goals, accomplishments and worksheets into one easy- to-access tool. Evernote technology and availability on multiple platforms makes this a really great tool.",Get rid of all the post-it notes and random notes on your calendar (electronic or paper) with reminders of things to do.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,paper,83,88,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,64baf1fc-5539-44a3-80c1-64ff1aeef2b5,e47d7a00-8f30-439b-9512-e76c1b720d56,A powerful application,"This is one of the best apps out today!!  It is amazing that business is open and available even on the smallest of devices!!  I appreciate the fact that you have continued to move and push the bar when it comes to word processing software!  It is great to know that through the years, there has been a company that has been forward thinking, while still trying to hold fast to the things that make you unique!!!  From the integration of softwares (money, photo editing programs) and developing new and exciting ones!!I have and will always be a loyal customer!!  If you ever want a tester for the products, I will gladly apply!","From the integration of softwares (money, photo editing programs) and developing new and exciting ones!!",5,TRUE,usability,photo,43,48,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,4948c029-9908-4d09-94bd-b90a75cd3240,e53debca-ca97-4611-a973-1d753a28453e,Undo and Redo button PLEASE,"I'll be happy to give this one a five star if you ever add in a button for undo and redo. Currently if you shake the phone it will offer you an undo but that method is cumbersome. If I have to do a couple of undo it's a pretty slow method. Also on my older phone the accelerometer isnt working half the time so it's super frustrating to undoOther than my complaint with the undo / redo, I absolutely LOVE this app. The extra fee helps keep this app alive and pays for the developers to add new features. I completely understand the need to charge for a service. I use this app on a daily basis for everything. I've used other note taking app alternative but none comes close to what you offer in terms of ease of use and simplicity.",I've used other note taking app alternative but none comes close to what you offer in terms of ease of use and simplicity.,4,TRUE,usability,note taking,17,28,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,431d6f23-e919-49c9-820f-94916007ae0b,e585be89-f58c-41df-9546-9bca0d470a92,Full Feature Office Apps for iPad Pro (iOS 11),"I would like to see full feature functionality.  For example, I tried to create a Table of Contents at beginning of document, but it was not available.  What other functionality is not available???  Also, when I called Microsoft Support, there was not support for mobile devices.Microsoft, you need to step up your game to compete with modern trends.",I would like to see full feature functionality.,5,TRUE,general,functionality,34,47,positive
productivity,things-3,92cd4507-7648-49f0-a3bc-b0170ef719e8,e5e13bc2-5c07-4a9b-a801-37d9ac033d50,Just about perfect,"This app is exactly what you want from a task Managment tool.   Well designed and the more I’ve used it the more nice touches I find.    As an example I love having a link back to the original email In Apple mail using the Mac app or drag and drop on the iPad, but by some magic the app also includes a link back when I forward an email using the Things email service!   Well done!   Otherwise would love direct syncing to Alexa lists as well but just a fantastic product.",Otherwise would love direct syncing to Alexa lists as well but just a fantastic product.,5,TRUE,efficiency,sync,29,33,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,16701327-7d83-497b-89f8-4cc927c9a330,e5eb749c-0ab0-40d0-af08-763cd988a0bc,AMAZING!,"I didn’t even realize how much time I wasted on my phone instead of doing homework or whatever else I needed to get done. It’s so simple but so effective for me because believe me, you get very attached to your lil’ tree. The rewards are good enough to not be a distraction to being productive but also encourages you to be like “oh I’ll just plant a tree right now” to earn coins. I especially love the idea that with enough coins you can actually get a real tree planted too! Definitely worth the small price for the app.",Definitely worth the small price for the app.,5,TRUE,cost,price,28,33,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,6f56fe3e-bc1b-4c87-bcb3-52898350c1d6,e5f28b9e-2ebd-43ca-81ff-f87dd11977c4,Super effective - one request,"Love it. Having that extra incentive to keep going when you plant something with another person is lovely and I’m very grateful for that update. Everything about the app is wonderful !!!! I only have one request — can y’all make it so when a group timer is done and the tree is planted, exceeded time is counted (obviously when all parties have not exited the app)? And rather than requiring everybody have it turned on, have it so that it is an option to turn on “counting exceeded time” when creating a room? At least for two people? (since it is just my friend and I who plant together.) Thank you for this great app!!",Having that extra incentive to keep going when you plant something with another person is lovely and I’m very grateful for that update.,5,TRUE,efficiency,update,129,135,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,fb932e85-019e-4cc3-bfc9-c036b62c5ac1,e65d8bcf-187e-44b8-953d-d7effdd91a27,Good App but certain important elements missing,I like using the apps but it is missing some basic functionality.1) Split Screen Multitasking functionality should be added to the app. I often send emails in a foreign languages and I like to have a multilingual dictionary app in the split view to check words as I write. I see no obvious reason why this app doesn’t have split screen multitasking functionality. 2) I should be able to attach documents that are saved in the Files to email replies. As far as I can tell the email attachment functionality only works with documents that are saved to the drive and even then I don't think you can attach the document so much as share it from the drive. The only way to attach documents from files it share from the files app which always starts it as a new email. This is not great for continued collaboration and functionality. Please fix.,The only way to attach documents from files it share from the files app which always starts it as a new email.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,document,24,32,negative
productivity,notability,2d637665-5119-4901-9fcb-1430e1501b4c,e6c7cf8b-0124-4880-9179-0a869a6887ae,The perfect app for school/work!,"After my first semester as a freshman, I struggled with a heavy back pack. Having to carry many notebooks, binders, planners, and books was so exhausting. So i ended up buying an iPad and Notability literally saved me! I now have ALL of my notes and all of my assignments on the app. Notability also syncs to the cloud so you have everything with you even if you don’t have the device you took the notes on. You’re able to download your assignments and send them to the app to write on. My classes that provided fill in notes or had things on their website that was our responsibility to bring to class was now on my notability app. The ability to search key words from your handwritten notes is amazing. The ability to record lectures and play them back and watching yourself write it in realtime was very helpful when it comes to reviewing class material. Everything is so organized since you can create multiple color coded folders for anything you could think of.The only reason I shorted it a star is because I wish Notability had different writing tools. My notes are clean and neat but i wish the pen had a pencil option just to give another satisfying “real paper” look. I would also love to see a choice in the shape of the highlighter that would give a more squared off ends rather than the circle one it currently has.",Notability also syncs to the cloud so you have everything with you even if you don’t have the device you took the notes on.,4,TRUE,compatibility,sync,17,21,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,21996004-9549-45e5-b74f-64037d48ce60,e738f931-051f-4c25-99cd-71a130ad2788,Not best journal,"I had Evernote for few years and my biggest frustration is their limit of GB for pictures.  I’m heavy photographer and videographer and I felt this Evernote didn’t meet my needs it’s why I’m losing motivation in this app until Day One App changed their feature and upgraded for better by unlimited pictures and videos (Max 5 min per video) per entry with my journal and I jumped for 7 days free trial and fallen in love with this.  I paid $35 for unlimited a year.  Evernote isn’t best if you are looking for unlimited storage of picture and video with journal then Evernote isn’t for you.  It’s designed for journal, PPT or scanning any important to be saved. Evernote you need to do something to make changes.  If you make improve to attract customers, I suggest you think outside box!  You are losing more people, you are CLOSED minded people.",Evernote isn’t best if you are looking for unlimited storage of picture and video with journal then Evernote isn’t for you.,1,TRUE,usability,picture,65,72,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,58b04701-7c03-463c-8254-bfb385db2984,e74c3db2-df54-48c1-b2dc-2521e65dfbf3,Amazing app! Would recommend to any student.,I love this app. The only downside I can find is that landscape mode is not offered on my iPad Pro 2020. This can be incredibly annoying at times. I’m hoping to see the devs add this simple feature even if it only works for the “tree planting” page of the app. That’s my only complaint that I can find since having this app for 2 years. Overall my favorite study app. I just hope to see landscape options for the iPad are coming in an update soon.,I just hope to see landscape options for the iPad are coming in an update soon.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,update,68,74,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,58930ae1-6cad-4507-b8af-85d6d953e7ce,e7720fe4-ef70-46b5-9741-b09b77e2f2ec,Helpful but not as useful,"I love Microsoft word and always have. At this time I couldn’t afford a new computer so I converted my Ipad for all my needs. The Version is helpful with my papers and submitting my work. But sadly not very user friendly. Along with not a lot of options to organize/change layout/ or even change names on a folder. Checked out their help pages more than I should but still no solutions. If you can get passed the lack of creative movement, and cave to being slightly unorganized its still a sold 4 star app.",Along with not a lot of options to organize/change layout/ or even change names on a folder.,4,TRUE,usability,layout,52,58,negative
productivity,things-3,8dfbf973-12d6-4715-b4df-193ac974f348,e7f114f3-d554-4437-a750-cd22df423b93,I don't get the hype,"I bought this app because of the stellar reviews and because I am a fanatical list maker. Ultimately I'm disappointed I will not be buying the Mac version. First, it uses a proprietary sync method rather than iCloud. I'm not confident about the safety of my data. Second, you cannot add calendar events in the app like you can in fantastical. Third, the widget is useless compared to that of fantastical. Forth, although I like the option of lists inside of lists inside of lists, it's easy to get lost in the all white interface. Fifth, I feel the screen real estate is wasteful. Look at all that white space. The app has great potential and fixes several things I dislike about fantastical but also introduces more things I dislike than it fixes.","Forth, although I like the option of lists inside of lists inside of lists, it's easy to get lost in the all white interface.",3,TRUE,usability,interface,116,125,negative
productivity,things-3,391ae4e5-8d7e-4310-861c-4bd7ae79a201,e80cf8d2-0ec4-4b90-b255-91345b7324c7,Love the app but...,There needs to be color coding for different projects and the app icon is a little ugly for my taste. Otherwise great app,There needs to be color coding for different projects and the app icon is a little ugly for my taste.,3,TRUE,compatibility,color,19,24,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,40713a57-ba5f-4604-9c59-d902b450ffe2,e82e1d9f-1754-4788-9804-ad5f05035c9f,"The best email app, period","I’ve tried all the email apps out there for iOS, and this app just flat out works the best. I’m also estatic that the devs finally added support for iOS enlarged fonts. As a legally-blind person, this makes using the app 10x easier. And, finally, the app now takes full advantage of the iPhone X’s beautiful screen!That you, Gmail team, for designing such an amazing app! I rely on it every day.","And, finally, the app now takes full advantage of the iPhone X’s beautiful screen!",5,TRUE,usability,tag,43,46,positive
productivity,things-3,dd7ee3ce-a7d3-420c-a073-753198e0287f,e8359611-c6ff-4aff-b42c-392bbc5c0186,Still crashes quite often,"I have submitted several bug reports before and still experience several crashes months after my submissions. This is marketed and prices as a premium app, so I would suspect it won’t crash when simply opening from the background.","This is marketed and prices as a premium app, so I would suspect it won’t crash when simply opening from the background.",1,TRUE,cost,price,22,27,positive
productivity,notability,1f5da8bc-c837-43b4-bd85-f74ff246fc44,e84414a5-85f1-44c6-a9de-aead00ca2551,Almost perfect,"I love the ability to record and go back to a specific moment when I was note taking, the ability to rotate text and search through all my notes jut by typing in a word. The split view and custom color palette are great, but I still have one problem. The highlighters are too transparent and light! Please make an update that allows for different highlighter opacities and intensities! Also, please add an eraser option to only erase part of a stroke and not just the entire stroke, these are the only features that notability lacks that goodnotes has. In addition, please change the way files are saved so that they are more like folders instead of tabs/dividers and sections.","In addition, please change the way files are saved so that they are more like folders instead of tabs/dividers and sections.",3,TRUE,usability,divider,103,110,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,aa77e022-ea29-4b76-b338-63953f31ecaf,e8612c26-d4ad-4d40-ab53-aab1e9e0b3fb,NO SPLIT VIEW??,"I will change this review to 4 or 5 stars when Split View for the iPad is added. Like how can you have an email client on an iPad NOT have split view?? And an app from Google?? I had been using Apple Mail for YEARS until I saw all the great things I could do with the Gmail app from scheduling emails to adding other accounts (like iCloud and Yahoo!). After switching everything over yesterday, I opened a note and tried to open Gmail beside it and literally gasped when I realized it did not support Split View. This needs to be changed ASAP as plenty of your other Google Apps support it. It’s basically a useless app without Split View. Useless. Extremely disappointed. Seriously...please fix this or I will be forced to move back to Apple Mail.",Like how can you have an email client on an iPad NOT have split view??,1,TRUE,efficiency,split view,59,69,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f64f1f21-634c-4295-b244-c8c14e01ccf5,e881a629-4168-4c0f-8752-7e618bf370ea,Disappearing notes and no support,"I was an Evernote user for about 4 years and found it to be well designed, reliable, and useful for my daily note taking needs at work. Earlier this year, the app became buggier. I’m not sure if this instability coincided with a new version or what happened exactly, but my notes started to disappear into the void. I would take notes in a meeting and once I was back at my desk moments later, discover that everything I had just written was gone. It didn’t happen EVERY time, but it was frequent enough that I contacted support to see if there was anything that could be done about the issue. Support advised me that as a basic user, I did not qualify for support. After complaining to Evernote over Twitter, they told me they would open a helpdesk ticket, although this went no where. After an experience like this, any hope Evernote had of turning me into a subscriber is gone, and I’ve since deleted the app.","I was an Evernote user for about 4 years and found it to be well designed, reliable, and useful for my daily note taking needs at work.",2,TRUE,efficiency,note taking,110,121,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,1a3c1e28-3e42-4f23-b5bb-871414e11646,e8874db1-a2ad-4f9b-9634-340352ef2b50,Don’t update!,"If you use Evernote on an iPhone, don’t make the mistake of upgrading to the “new design.” It has bad bugs: try to edit a note and it randomly creates duplicates which only show up when you open Evernote on a computer. The default notebook does not stay on the one you just used, so every time you open the phone (after only five minutes, for example), you get caught creating a new note in the default notebook rather than the one you have been working in all day. The app freezes and crashes a lot...and much more. Evernote, I wish you had tested this before rolling it out...it’s a nightmare! I’ve loved the app for years, but didn’t need this aggravation right now, and it’s making work very hard. The old design worked. Please fix or let us go back to the previous version!",Please fix or let us go back to the previous version!,3,TRUE,general,previous version,37,53,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9ba29b94-a12b-4b29-98eb-4867763c08bc,e8d49e68-341e-4a03-9191-5a142ff46339,"Easy, fun, and beautiful","This app is very well made. It provides many options for different kinds of not taking; photos, drawing/writing with a stylus, audio and typing. There are lots of ways to share and organize them also.It would be even better if it allowed greater flexibility with organizing notes such as wrapping text around images or drawings, and being able to move images or drawings after placing them so your not forced to put them right after the last line of text. Also being able to change the size of the images and text. And the feature to change your profile picture is not very good. It doesn't allow you to crop very far and doesn't show what will be cropped out and what won't. Thanks for a great app overall though!","It provides many options for different kinds of not taking; photos, drawing/writing with a stylus, audio and typing.",4,TRUE,usability,photo,61,66,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9ba29b94-a12b-4b29-98eb-4867763c08bc,e8d49e68-341e-4a03-9191-5a142ff46339,"Easy, fun, and beautiful","This app is very well made. It provides many options for different kinds of not taking; photos, drawing/writing with a stylus, audio and typing. There are lots of ways to share and organize them also.It would be even better if it allowed greater flexibility with organizing notes such as wrapping text around images or drawings, and being able to move images or drawings after placing them so your not forced to put them right after the last line of text. Also being able to change the size of the images and text. And the feature to change your profile picture is not very good. It doesn't allow you to crop very far and doesn't show what will be cropped out and what won't. Thanks for a great app overall though!","It provides many options for different kinds of not taking; photos, drawing/writing with a stylus, audio and typing.",4,TRUE,usability,audio,100,105,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0dbd057e-3b76-40f7-912d-e1d9b8cae641,e96fa161-f32c-44db-be10-53cf00561113,Very angry,"I recently got a new iPhone. I was rather surprised when I logged in on my new device.  A screen pops up telling me I have to sign up for a 7.99 monthly subscription to get my things.  I am unable to get passed that screen.   I looked in help and found the plan comparisons - would have been much more helpful if the prices would have been listed along with the features- dahhhhh.  I have been to both the app support page and the developer web site and no where am I able to find somewhere to actually send an email.  All you get are a bunch of drop down screens to choose your issue. After all that, it asks if this was helpful.  Guess what, I clicked no it wasn’t.  Nothing happens.  Would have been nice if it would have finally given me a way to contact support.   If they options are available to get an email out and get a direct response from a living person, tell me where the link is hidden and buried.  Maybe Sasquatch has it. No one can find him either",A screen pops up telling me I have to sign up for a 7.99 monthly subscription to get my things.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,subscription,66,78,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e705c001-b630-4303-aa58-2a3c7ab9ecbf,e98cd04c-437f-4b85-a90e-1b6499218586,Looks just like my computer!,I really appreciate the UI and the similar functionality as the desktop version of Word!,I really appreciate the UI and the similar functionality as the desktop version of Word!,5,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,44,57,positive
productivity,notability,a5c4da9e-0686-481a-a602-0250cd8b5b33,ea1431d7-95b8-48e7-b131-ba4cc8772dd4,Best app for professional students,"I have used notability since I entered medical school and I think it is amazing for note taking and recording lectures from professors. All of the features are amazing and the latest update that added the choice of 1.25 speed during recording replay is amazing. My one problem with notability is that while there is a “go back 10 seconds” option while playing back recordings, there is not a “go forward 10 seconds” options. This makes it difficult to skip ahead since you are left to use the scrubber and that can get messy and cause you to miss things. I hope they see this feedback and make an already amazing app even better.4/12 Revised —- giving this app 2 stars now because they sent out an update that absolutely obliterated the app and SEVERAL times I have spent hours taking notes only for them to be erased. The text boxes are finicky as hell now and I am unable to click on a text box to adjust typing after I have started typing on it. Many times I am unable to even start a text box because it won’t realize I am trying to type. PLEASE FIX THIS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD I AM ALREADY TRYING TO DO PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL FROM MY QUARANTINE AND THIS IS MAKING IT INFINITELY WORSE.",I have used notability since I entered medical school and I think it is amazing for note taking and recording lectures from professors.,2,TRUE,usability,recording,101,110,positive
productivity,notability,a5c4da9e-0686-481a-a602-0250cd8b5b33,ea1431d7-95b8-48e7-b131-ba4cc8772dd4,Best app for professional students,"I have used notability since I entered medical school and I think it is amazing for note taking and recording lectures from professors. All of the features are amazing and the latest update that added the choice of 1.25 speed during recording replay is amazing. My one problem with notability is that while there is a “go back 10 seconds” option while playing back recordings, there is not a “go forward 10 seconds” options. This makes it difficult to skip ahead since you are left to use the scrubber and that can get messy and cause you to miss things. I hope they see this feedback and make an already amazing app even better.4/12 Revised —- giving this app 2 stars now because they sent out an update that absolutely obliterated the app and SEVERAL times I have spent hours taking notes only for them to be erased. The text boxes are finicky as hell now and I am unable to click on a text box to adjust typing after I have started typing on it. Many times I am unable to even start a text box because it won’t realize I am trying to type. PLEASE FIX THIS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD I AM ALREADY TRYING TO DO PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL FROM MY QUARANTINE AND THIS IS MAKING IT INFINITELY WORSE.",I have used notability since I entered medical school and I think it is amazing for note taking and recording lectures from professors.,2,TRUE,usability,note taking,85,96,positive
productivity,things-3,3aafc5f0-a13c-4782-b47e-3d843f82da7b,ea14bc5c-6bb7-49d5-a0c2-56871a91c720,One little request,I LOVE everything about this app! It helps me stay organized with both my family and work tasks/projects. My only request for improvement would be to add the ability to include photos. There have been plenty of moments where I’ve had to switch to another app because my visuals for a project were in another location.,My only request for improvement would be to add the ability to include photos.,4,TRUE,usability,photo,72,77,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,21996004-9549-45e5-b74f-64037d48ce60,eb1dfb13-6e40-4d6f-94ff-11d716e581a0,Not best journal,"I had Evernote for few years and my biggest frustration is their limit of GB for pictures.  I’m heavy photographer and videographer and I felt this Evernote didn’t meet my needs it’s why I’m losing motivation in this app until Day One App changed their feature and upgraded for better by unlimited pictures and videos (Max 5 min per video) per entry with my journal and I jumped for 7 days free trial and fallen in love with this.  I paid $35 for unlimited a year.  Evernote isn’t best if you are looking for unlimited storage of picture and video with journal then Evernote isn’t for you.  It’s designed for journal, PPT or scanning any important to be saved. Evernote you need to do something to make changes.  If you make improve to attract customers, I suggest you think outside box!  You are losing more people, you are CLOSED minded people.",I had Evernote for few years and my biggest frustration is their limit of GB for pictures.,1,TRUE,general,picture,82,89,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,8526eca2-eb5e-41de-9c0f-f718a65e683d,ebb35094-34ff-465f-8b6a-32ba2d07a77d,Best Email On The Internet!,"Gmail is just a great overall email. I have three email accounts but my gmail is the one that functions the best. It links with so many things and is easy to navigate. Google offers way more than just an email; photos, google trips, cloud storage the list goes on. But they all connect to gmail. Just give this one a try.","Google offers way more than just an email; photos, google trips, cloud storage the list goes on.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,photo,44,49,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,96ca1ab7-62e7-4f8c-aac9-fb37e8c6d473,ebc6b9dc-cf63-43d8-adbe-4bc27430bf78,Want to add an image? You’re SOL!,"You might think you’re adding a perfectly normal image to the document. Sure, it’s a little glitchy and hard to move images around, and god forbid you want to move an image to another page, but it functions. Sort of. You’ll find, though, that once you save your document and view it through anywhere but the Word app, half of the images are suddenly sideways, a few are upside down, and two of them have managed to migrate above the title of your document. The first two of those issues are likely due to the fact that the rotate image feature isn’t functional, but the second one? No idea. Besides all that, the app is incredibly glitchy and likes to do strange things when you accidentally tap the screen. The layout is weird and the UI is broken. I guess it functions fine for just text and basic formatting, but Google Docs is superior in just about every way. Just make all your documents there and convert them to Word format afterwards. It’ll save you a lot of headaches.",You might think you’re adding a perfectly normal image to the document.,2,TRUE,usability,document,63,71,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,eced8801-e09a-49f6-8535-fc9a2edf17e0,ec075a90-6563-4286-b6a8-fd5c6d66d5c4,Does a good Job 👌,I use the Gmail app everyday. I recommend👍. Didn’t want to give it 5 stars because there are some bugs in the app. When I click an email in IOS dark mode my text in an email will stay black instead of changing to white. So I gave it 4 stars because it still needs to iron out some wrinkles. But overall good job. 👍,When I click an email in IOS dark mode my text in an email will stay black instead of changing to white.,4,TRUE,reliability,dark mode,30,39,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4bd1853f-d26c-4b20-bcd6-200d44be1916,ec122a2f-9dde-4981-83c1-642e905e0a87,Good groupings,"I really like how Gmail will group your mail into inbox, social, promotions, and updates. It makes checking emails a lot easier, especially since with other mail services you have to read through all your emails without really knowing beforehand what each is going to be like.","I really like how Gmail will group your mail into inbox, social, promotions, and updates.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,motion,69,75,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,15331355-49d5-41ba-98eb-188b14ae83e2,ec1ffb1d-01b5-4726-96d9-d434338d3bfc,Very good app but pretty slow,"It’s a great app to edit documents. Easy to use and has all the features I need.The app is not perfect though.This app takes a while to start up. Google Docs only takes like 2 seconds while Word takes like 30 seconds to a minute.Another problem is syncing. Word always forces me to log in every Startup to my account in order to access my documents. while Google Docs (even if you didn’t use it in the while) simply brings up your documents. It doesn’t nag you to log in. Also Word should change their startup interface. It’s a bit laggy, slow, and simply needs a simplistic way to show documents. In google docs you see folders and files. Just tap to open. Word you have to go through many tabs.If Word fixes these mistakes, It would be a great competitor to Google Docs and I would use Word over Docs.","It’s a bit laggy, slow, and simply needs a simplistic way to show documents.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,list,48,52,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b02050f5-5046-4de7-bec2-45aa065f6ae2,ec683840-6e87-4045-aba8-912d4ccba592,Email and calendar integration,Allow the ability to link an email to the calendar events. Currently you have to save an email document to google drive and then attach it to the calendar event. It is not seamless. Many events are created just by reading an email. I would like the ability to look at a calendar event and then be able to quickly hit a link that would take me to the emails that pertain to that event. Also change the apps to allow the scheduling of calendar events while in the email app without switching. For example when reading an email you can schedule a calendar event on the email app.,Currently you have to save an email document to google drive and then attach it to the calendar event.,4,TRUE,usability,google drive,49,61,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b02050f5-5046-4de7-bec2-45aa065f6ae2,ec683840-6e87-4045-aba8-912d4ccba592,Email and calendar integration,Allow the ability to link an email to the calendar events. Currently you have to save an email document to google drive and then attach it to the calendar event. It is not seamless. Many events are created just by reading an email. I would like the ability to look at a calendar event and then be able to quickly hit a link that would take me to the emails that pertain to that event. Also change the apps to allow the scheduling of calendar events while in the email app without switching. For example when reading an email you can schedule a calendar event on the email app.,Currently you have to save an email document to google drive and then attach it to the calendar event.,4,TRUE,usability,calendar event,88,102,positive
productivity,things-3,a5e4f4b3-d4f4-4456-bc6d-2a50054c0255,ec8671d2-a6cf-4ec7-9f38-744be7e8a034,Earned a place on my dock,"This is a spectacular to-do app. I’ve tried many over the years and Things tops them all IMO. Great balance of features and style. Easy to use, fast, and flexible.Update: the devs keep providing great updates to an already amazing app. This is hands down the best to-do app on iOS period. I rely on Things every single day to keep me on track with everything. Thanks guys - truly. This app is a joy to use and is still on my dock to this day 🤗",Update: the devs keep providing great updates to an already amazing app.,5,TRUE,usability,update,39,45,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d8a389a7-6477-4bbc-a0d7-32b1d4c741bc,ecb81af0-5983-4e38-9fce-6a847c1214b1,Too stingy with their premium service.,"$70 a year to use this app, when there are FREE alternatives like Trello, Google Keep, and OneNote? That's more than the price of a Triple-A video game, and one of them I can have more long-term carefun with.I'm a college student with a low budget, i don't have time to be paying money to an app when there are other alternates. Even when you use their free service, they limit the possibilities of the app, and how much you can post within a month. You can't sync across devices which immediately lead me to uninstall this app. Everything this platform does is trying to get you to steal your money. They need to impress me before I start giving them a whopping $70 that I could be using for thick notebooks, food, tools, anything else this app probably can't do.I gave this a chance back in 2015 and regretted it, and I'm regretting it again. I don't care how incredible this app's features are, Evernote's team needs to understand that not everyone is rich enough to throw 70 dollars (EVERY YEAR) at an app that just writes stuff down. I'm sticking with OneNote. At least they have voice-to-text.",Everything this platform does is trying to get you to steal your money.,2,TRUE,security,money,66,71,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,c70a5552-2656-4651-b9b0-a9a467443a0d,ecec2d85-840f-4e72-b0dc-1d7b8d8110d3,Please make a dark mode option!,This app is amazing. Always helps me to respond quickly to work emails. I just wish there was a dark mode option. I check my emails early in the morning as soon as I wake up and my phone light practically blinds me! It helps wake me up quicker with the bright light but would definitely prefer to have a dark mode for the app.,It helps wake me up quicker with the bright light but would definitely prefer to have a dark mode for the app.,4,TRUE,usability,dark mode,89,98,positive
productivity,notability,2c6267e8-d8a6-45b2-b7d1-9fe4aa912a7a,ecfb03a3-2116-461a-86f7-d7fd7c1488a2,Best Note Taking App Available,"I love this app! The overall layout, note navigation and tool options are just the right set of features. Not too busy so that you spend time searching for stuff, but robust enough to perform most things you need.  The handwriting recognition is also the best. I've tried a number of other popular apps and the note taking experience is simply not as good. I use the app strictly on my iPad so cannot comment on the phone experience. But I find a tablet to be better  for most note taking apps.No app is perfect, so there are some tradeoffs. If you desire multilevel folder systems, this is not for you. However, I've never found that to be an issue. You still have to two folders levels and a nice search function. The backup system could also be improved. I like the ability to export everything to iCloud, but syncing between devices would be nice option.",The backup system could also be improved.,5,TRUE,usability,backup,5,11,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,83d87b8c-d1b0-42d2-b050-39d0cb695231,ed13be8e-cb55-459a-9e4c-982c1d7f58f3,Good app need more updates template,I love the app. The app need more colorful Minutes temple for non - profits group . More APA easy templates and more design research topics. More educational word documents for elementary and high teachers,More APA easy templates and more design research topics.,5,TRUE,compatibility,design,34,40,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,b899267c-d826-4a6c-9866-05fc60380832,ed7a2479-be76-48b6-85b1-699911ac0cc1,"Writing Always Shifts, Hard to use on iPad","I love Word’s integration with the Apple Pencil. But I used to draw an image and insert it into word. Whenever I tried to write, it shifted my writing making it impossible to use it. Then an app update fixed this, but it is back again, worse than before! Also, could their be a desktop mode, which gives a desktop-like experience with all the features of the desktop Word on the mobile app? That would be so much easier and stop me from bringing my bulky old laptop everywhere I need to get serious Word work done. I can basically type a script or a document on my ipad and nothing more. Same with powerpoint and excel. Could we get a Publisher ios and macos app, too? Could the ios app have all the features listed? Thanks.",Could the ios app have all the features listed?,1,TRUE,effectiveness,list,41,45,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e432cc06-40f0-457d-9151-e0e9f1b717d1,ed9ae9e5-3ea7-408e-ab8b-015c85d3f342,What happened to Evernote?,"I’ve used Evernote for years and have found it an indispensable part of my work life. The ability to organize documents quickly was ahead of its time when the cloud was just a twinkle in Apple’s eye. I had “Pocket” for my junk drawer, but Evernote was the reliable filing cabinet I could always come back to. Recently, the ability to utilize these filing features have undergone a dramatic change. More steps are needed to name a document, and the easy tagging features seem to have disappeared. Don’t get me started on finding old documents, a feature that was said to have improved. I’ve taken to using the iCloud more often with these changes. Maybe it’s for the best. Shame that Evernote has now become the junk drawer for those documents I don’t really care as much about. Hopefully fixes are coming, but at this point, I wouldn’t recommend this app.","More steps are needed to name a document, and the easy tagging features seem to have disappeared.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,document,33,41,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,1f1916e3-7454-433d-9096-ef358e702930,ee8221a2-c222-4bb3-beab-f50f6a006eeb,"Great, but new features are adding bloat","Generally one of my favorite apps, used for everything from writing research papers to keeping track of recipes. In the latest update the “Related Items” interface pops up way too fast. The addition of templates also seems to have slowed the process of getting started on a new note. Would be great to have “Don’t use templates”  as the default or an optional setting.",In the latest update the “Related Items” interface pops up way too fast.,4,TRUE,usability,interface,42,51,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5790094b-0f19-43fb-91ec-41dd317896ba,ee9876fd-51ef-4678-b9af-ecede7c773f3,Gmail,Like All Other types of emails companies send out to many emails to get the public to shop way to much . It over fills the emails of the public which is so annoying cause it takes up all the email address. All of the companies sending out all that Takes up all the other email spaces . No wonder That people in USA have become addicts to spending .,"All of the companies sending out all that 
Takes up all the other email spaces .",5,TRUE,general,space,73,78,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,186f74ac-db08-40f8-9527-ed0d211ad457,eebfb880-e842-42fb-ac6c-3b6ad341a82c,IOS Version 10.0.3.  Is it Me?,"I’ve used Evernote since March 2014.  I updated to 10.0.3 a day ago & I regret it.  I use Evernote on my IOS iphone & I use it a lot.  Evernote on my phone was good before the update.  One day after the update I learn that Evernote does not have PRINTING / ADOBE PDF feature as was in the version before the update.  Also, the “Find in note” does not work in the notes created before the update but work in newly created notes.  Printing & Find A Note are two features that I can’t do without.  Evernote states in their documentation that PRINTING is not available yet in the IOS version.  The new updated version does have some nice editing features such as undo & more highlight & font colors & font sizing capabilities.  The inability to PRINT and the inability to make Adobe PDF’s is a game changer.  I’m not sure what I’m going to do.  I have almost 12,000 notes & for that reason, I’m hesitant to move on to something else.  I’m disappointed in the latest update.",Evernote on my phone was good before the update.,5,TRUE,compatibility,update,42,48,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,95049cd0-1c00-4145-87b8-df607b48edec,eeff3092-cf9c-4867-9127-b3beeebccb8d,Doesn’t Clear Badge Notifications,"I’ve just started using this app again and I recall now why I had stopped. While I favor this app for email over others, I’m inclined to stop using it again if I can find one that doesn’t share this particular problem: it doesn’t clear badge icons once all new messages have been read or cleared. It seems to be a constant that once I’ve read or deleted any new messages indicated by a badge icon, the badge icon will remain. It’s annoying and it’s difficult to know at a glance when there are new messages that need my attention; this is pretty much the purpose of a mobile email app.","It seems to be a constant that once I’ve read or deleted any new messages indicated by a badge icon, the badge icon will remain.",3,TRUE,usability,badge icon,90,100,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,9aa9e902-59b6-499d-89e1-c6cb1de6f2c8,ef940271-c0de-41da-b14d-b37fc842e355,Awful,"I strongly dislike the Gmail app and until changes are made, I will be using a different mail application to view my Gmail on my IPhone. The look of the interface is awful. Red and white are the only color choices, the look of it is not aesthetically pleasing at all, it is boxy and ugly in appearance.  There is NO Spell Checker!!!! So frustrating. My iPhone settings have spell check on and with any other mail applications on my phone (Apple Mail, Outlook, and other mail apps) they will show you a misspelled word and correct it. Not the Gmail app. It won't highlight or underline or auto correct. I am using a different app for now. Hopefully Gmail will actually listen to people's issues with the app and attempt to resolve them.","Red and white are the only color choices, the look of it is not aesthetically pleasing at all, it is boxy and ugly in appearance.",1,TRUE,general,color,28,33,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1933e6a6-314f-4232-a3f7-2fd7ea6614e9,efa10210-89bc-4c74-a3ff-fc7c082861b9,"Good, but could be better EDIT: It’s better!","UPDATE: They *finally* added the ability to toggle “important” status. I have notifications set to “important only” so it’s a big deal to be able to manage this on the go. Also, the new layout is really nice. They’ve managed to bring most of the full gmail experience to the mobile app. My rating has increased accordingly. *********This app has made a lot of strides and improvements, but there’s a lot of functionality still missing. I have no idea why they continue to refuse to allow you to toggle the “important” status of emails from the app.  Adding that in alone would probably make me bump my review one, and maybe two, stars, and it seems like it’d be easy to do.","Also, the new layout is really nice.",5,TRUE,usability,layout,15,21,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,298c5358-8da7-413f-92e7-da851d69b3fa,efdc2d50-4297-4789-be90-225c5a377080,Awesome email service,"I love Gmail. I’ve used it for over 10yrs probably over 15 if I really think about it. I have never had any issues with any gmail account of mine. I absolutely LOVE that I can have google docs connected with my gmail. Everything is in 1 place, google calendar also is connected to my account so when I get email confirmations from work I can immediately just have that info placed in the calendar and have a reminder set with pure ease, and lastly I love that it’s connected to google drive. I keep ALL of my important documents that are complete plus all of my photos. Unlimited storage FOR FREE. You can’t go wrong. All of their apps work flawlessly together. It has made me staying organized in each of these areas incredibly simple. I couldn’t be happier.",I keep ALL of my important documents that are complete plus all of my photos.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,photo,71,76,positive
productivity,notability,e4a1951e-6278-49fa-94fe-a89fb03290c1,f005c4e0-08f6-483a-984b-46a82aa268b3,"Good before, getting crappier","Notability used to be great and is still what I use because most of my notes are now compiled onto this app. It costs a decent amount, but it was worth it in the beginning. Now they keep adding new stupid features and keep trying to make the app easier for note taking only to have it filled with bugs and errors. I just took a test and everytime I switched notes the app would delete some texts from my document. This caused me to have to redo all the text boxes and retype all the answers that were auto-deleted. The worst part? This kept happening so I couldn’t leave the document to view my other notes. This doesn’t even cover the bugs that havent been fixed since day 1, like holding down too long on the screen causing your writing to be turned into an object or straight line. NOTABILITY FIX YOUR SH**!!!!",This kept happening so I couldn’t leave the document to view my other notes.,3,TRUE,usability,document,45,53,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,5f0761f0-a0f5-4ce2-91d6-25d1de42d3c7,f014eab0-afaf-44e2-9f5d-828d67b748bf,Changed my thinking!,"I love to write. I use notebooks and i have also experimented with other note taking applications! However, evernote is by far the best and most sophisticated tool i have used. The sophistication comes from its simplicity. I always recommend people to start using evernote and keep notes for themselves. ♥️",I use notebooks and i have also experimented with other note taking applications!,5,TRUE,general,note taking,57,68,positive
productivity,notability,3d0b634c-d402-47e8-ba7d-bf6209fed826,f0612bfd-fccc-4bad-9ca7-23c5e1504905,Recording and syncing,This used to be my go to app for note taking. But for over a year now I have had problems with writing while using the recording feature. I even bought a brand new iPad Pro because I though it was the device space causing this issue it turns out I was wrong. They have issues with their iCloud syncing that they even a year later have not fixed. While writing and recording it will cause a syncing messages to come up while your using it making it unusable while it does that. You are missing what you want to record and unable to write turning that time. Even when it finishes syncing it will do it again a few minutes later once again interrupting you. I have tried everything recommended nothing worked. I even freshly installed my iPad with only this application and even on my new iPad Pro it did the same thing and it has 64gb of space and nothing else on it. I’m disappointed that even after a year they have not solved their problems do not waste your money on this app. Especially when the one feature that is supposed to make it more enticing then GoodNotes doesn’t even work.,Even when it finishes syncing it will do it again a few minutes later once again interrupting you.,1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,23,27,negative
productivity,notability,f2c42778-dd0e-4daa-b0bb-1b71dff4448b,f0cc3094-1882-4b59-9452-98d0802cc639,Absolutely the best note taking app for iPad,"I’ve been using this app for 6 years, all throughout high school and into my sophomore year of college. It is honestly the best app I’ve ever used for notes. It’s so easy to convert notes to PDFs and import almost any type of file, even pictures! It’s also great for writing, and I love that they have a left handed mode for all of us lefties. It makes it so much easier to write. There are also different types of paper that you can use to personalize your notes! The latest update allows you to view 2 notes at the same time, and you can write on one while recording the other! Definitely the best feature for me! The only things I would want to change is to add more colors and themes. The selection is already great of both, but I am a little bored with having to use the same selection over and over. I also think an improvement would be to let people create folders within folders or subjects. This would help me further organize my notes. Honestly though, I love everything about this app!","It’s so easy to convert notes to PDFs and import almost any type of file, even pictures!",5,TRUE,efficiency,picture,80,87,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,c74c04d3-6eb7-4593-92cd-786413e662ce,f0cccd65-a577-4359-b6c4-dda91956b23c,Amazing Focus Power,"As a writer, distractions can eat away at my focus, taking away precious writing time. My word counts suffer. I’ve found this app to my one of my important tools for productivity. With both the timer and the option to add notes to each session, I’m able to track how much I’m doing. The difference in not using the app and using it is very obvious. Thanks for making such a useful, clean app that doesn’t require a whole textbook to learn how to use.","Thanks for making such a useful, clean app that doesn’t require a whole textbook to learn how to use.",5,TRUE,usability,text,73,77,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f94ab76c-9a89-4fd9-bcea-d34f61fb11a4,f0f53a27-1f59-49d2-b7a7-6f2d8c6b8f8b,"Update???? Not really, it is worse!",Please don something about the way my phone opens to random notes. What happen to opening to notebooks and getting that choice. I click on one notebook and it opens to last posted and not the entire list in the stack. I hate this! I am have been a premium user for years and I want my old Evernote back!,What happen to opening to notebooks and getting that choice.,5,TRUE,usability,notebook,27,35,positive
productivity,notability,faa4847e-3d3c-484a-804a-cbe7d8088999,f11f7fbb-a9d5-4ad5-9b86-0fc26d7928e0,Great until it’s not,"My iPad goes to sleep with notability open to a note in progress - when I wake the device up, notability is closed, and upon reopening it, I find everything I just typed/photographed/drew has vanished. This isn’t the first time this has happened and it is completely inexcusable. This app isn’t worth a penny, much less $9, if it cannot consistently retain the information that is put into it. I do not have iCloud sync turned on. edit: not even an hour later, Notability froze while I was typing, stayed stuck for 1.5 minutes, sddenly closed, and had lost data when I reopened it. This is pathetic. Also, it would be nice to have an option for a pageless layout so that where we place images and their size aren’t impacted by having to either cram them onto a page or move them to the next page and leave a strangely large gap.",I do not have iCloud sync turned on.,1,TRUE,security,sync,22,26,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8ee8bdb8-243d-4759-a500-441eb367f02d,f122c426-740e-4194-a4c7-4dfffee3b044,Deletes Data in notes. Only way to recover is to pay...,"I’ve used this app for several years, and am now deleting it. I had been building up a list of contacts within the music industry, to which I came to find had been deleted without my doing. I tried to reach out to support, which was never available and only had greyed out boxes that you couldn’t click. Only solution I read online was to pay for the premium subscription so I could access my note history. So I bought the premium for $8, found my note with the contact info, and then immediately cancelled my subscription. Of course customer support was available on the landing page that I was lead to when canceling my subscription. Terrible customer support, and terrible data management.","So I bought the premium for $8, found my note with the contact info, and then immediately cancelled my subscription.",1,TRUE,cost,subscription,104,116,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,cde0c68b-e774-4910-a4d9-062bf7e3a172,f12a8c3f-1fec-4ae2-b0e8-7733cf3ddd05,It USED to be a decent app,"I pretty much use the free version of this app to import my own free fonts and type what I need for business. Ever since iOS updated, this app refuses to allow my downloaded fonts to function properly. Before my font disappeared, and they claimed to have fixed it. Now they claim there isn’t enough space to load the font...uh what? For an iPad that I use primarily for business, there is so much space on here that its laughable. Since its obvious the creators of this app have no intention of updating their app to function with the new iOS update, I will be deleting it and looking for another app I can use.","Ever since iOS updated, this app refuses to allow my downloaded fonts to function properly.",1,TRUE,compatibility,font,65,69,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e8cc2111-51a3-47ef-8bc0-eec40cc36bf4,f1ca10bc-4598-4be1-8e45-ff7c05fce991,Great email app for multiple accounts,"Thank you for a great app!Pros: Easy to use. Robust. I use it for multiple gmail accounts. Cons: sharing a web page page through this app is a little laborious. I wish it would put page title into email subject, and title, url and full page contents, or selected content, into email body.","I wish it would put page title into email subject, and title, url and full page contents, or selected content, into email body.",5,TRUE,usability,title,26,31,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,05c4c7fc-b2b1-4fd7-acdb-3d02f5aabd8a,f20e9a77-bfc1-4a85-b4c9-00e602ec292b,"Mostly, a good app","I like the Gmail app, I primarily use it for business conversation and job applications. I would give 5 stars if the app had a dark mode. By the way, I'm one of those who got screwed by Apple's latest update to iOS 13 because my device is now not supported, so I'm still using ios 12. However, I don't plan on upgrading to a new tablet anytime soon as mine works fine, so please consider a dark mode. And by the way, I have ios 13 on my iPhone 7, but Gmail has no dark mode there either.",I would give 5 stars if the app had a dark mode.,4,TRUE,usability,dark mode,39,48,negative
productivity,things-3,6b53a33e-cf87-4c9d-83c3-fbf334de7e10,f36806e9-1ecd-4092-a62e-a8441002ebfd,Love this app! A few suggestions:,"Overall, love this app and use it everyday to manage my projects and ToDos for each project.A few things about the design (less about the functionality, although it’s certainly related) that have bothered me over the years of using it:- Tags on items only show up as little icons in the Today or Inbox views. I’d love for them to show up color-coded and titled on the views and not just when you open each item.- Titles of Projects show up under each item, but not which area. This is a problem for me because I have multiple projects titled “To Do” essentially for each project Area I have. I’d love for them to show up on each item in the Inbox or Today view as “Area Name - Project Name”",This is a problem for me because I have multiple projects titled “To Do” essentially for each project Area I have.,4,TRUE,usability,title,59,64,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,aa0d619c-0892-402f-b839-d527bd5d30b7,f39e841d-6ae4-4322-b60f-0aca0b4c6e2b,Great organizational tool for all types of media,"It’s one of two apps that provide me enough benefit to justify a subscription. ‘Nuff said. (The other is YNAB, check it out.)One thing I’d change: what’s up with the new visual effects when I’m scrolling around? Very distracting. Otherwise impressive app.",It’s one of two apps that provide me enough benefit to justify a subscription.,5,TRUE,cost,subscription,66,78,positive
productivity,things-3,66ab59ef-b177-436d-9062-12dfb485b31b,f3a28379-ccdc-4da8-8c01-e66080acfb3c,Fantastic and reliable,"Of all the many task/project managers I’ve shelled out money for, this is the best money I’ve spent for an any app. The interface is simply perfect and dark mode sealed that deal on the look and feel!! The format is excellent, the notifications run reliably, the sync is flawless. Certainly there are things that would make it better, but I’m quite confident this app will always be my go to to keep my busy life in order. Great work!","The format is excellent, the notifications run reliably, the sync is flawless.",5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,62,66,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e44715df-20d1-4336-b40b-38913d3092ab,f3f55b74-489b-4fa6-ab5d-2f7573704e81,Grateful!!,"Shoulder injuries prevented me from using a keyboard. With this version of Word, I can dictate into the phone, answer emails in word, and copy them over.  I love to write, so this was such a blessing for me to be able to continue my writing. Thank you.I would like a undo button.",I would like a undo button.,5,TRUE,efficiency,undo button,16,27,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,09366fa5-8075-4ac0-a2c4-c94c72657dd8,f4a94876-bf4f-4674-b85a-9718752a286a,Update/upgrade PLEASE,"Hi my name is Deandrew Powell Update/upgrade gmail /gmail app/google gmail If you guys see this it be really appreciatedI just want to say that I have a problem, every day when I use gmail I keep getting spam emails from dating emails and porn emails  and it really annoying and I think it be a great idea if you guys made a update/upgrade to gmail on all phone gmail apps and laptop gmail. I think that for this update/upgrade you guys could add a new feature we’re it would work like this . It would be a new button we’re if you click this button it will stop all inappropriate emails and inappropriate spam emails from your emails account forever.And if something that shouldn’t be there happened to end up in there you can select it and move it into your regular emails group. And you have a amount of days until it’s deleted and blocked forever.It’s really annoying that I get porn emails and dating emails and pill emails every single day and I will an other people with my problems will really appreciated it if you guys could change and help with this problem.Please help And it be amazing if you can add this feature on all phone an pc and tablet and computer platforms forever.If you guys could do this it be really appreciated and I think other people would appreciate it to.Thanks for your help and hope y’all have a great day:DeAndrew Powell",I think that for this update/upgrade you guys could add a new feature we’re it would work like this .,1,TRUE,effectiveness,update,23,29,positive
productivity,notability,64b2d7c6-0995-43cc-9e84-2e60351a902c,f4b47b5e-89c5-4454-b144-c180d9fcb298,Extremely Dissapointed 😞,"When I initially purchased the Notability app I was really excited and looking forward to being able to use it across all of my Apple devices. Unfortunately I found out this wasn’t the case, in that in order to have the accessibility to my Notability notes on my iOS and on my Mac, I have to pay for the app twice. This information was not made clear when I purchased the app. Since I initially purchased the app I have now found the updated information about having to purchase the app on both platforms. Not only has this been an issue, but when contacting Notability for support, they only sent me an automated response email stating they received my email, but never got in touch with me. Due to the lack of support and no customer service, I would strongly discourage anyone to invest in this app. Yes the app has some great characteristics and does an ok job, but I’m finding that I can do the same thing on Word and it will actually work and I can access the document ANYWHERE and not have to pay more money to do so. I’m not happy with the overall support and dishonesty. I wish I could get a full refund due to the horrible experience and dishonesty I have encountered.","Due to the lack of support and no customer service, I would strongly discourage anyone to invest in this app.",1,TRUE,cost,customer service,35,51,negative
productivity,notability,59f4d3fb-4034-4270-9865-133b6a510cd6,f565e1f2-3945-47d1-a7c8-ae667ea50c76,Cutting off my notes / recordings,"This app doesn’t consistently record all of my notes. BEWARE! I used this for a 504 exception for class, I have permission to record my lectures. On *multiple* occasions this program has capped my notes and recording at 39 minutes and 57 seconds, despite the fact that I continued to record and take notes past that mark. I thought this issue had been fixed with an update but it is not fixed!! I also thought I had figured out the cause, closing my iPad before ending the recording. However, that doesn’t seem to be the case as I have been very careful to avoid doing that since I discovered it was a possible cause. This program is excellent *when it works*. Sadly, it is not reliable. Take back-up notes or use a different tool until they fix this. :(","I also thought I had figured out the cause, closing my iPad before ending the recording.",1,TRUE,usability,recording,79,88,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,cd71a57e-95d3-4ebe-93a5-e75b95e277f2,f58646bd-380b-449d-9ffb-ee47cbb90249,Can’t believe this is considered a productivity tool,"Despite the negative reviews on the new price structure, I ponied up and paid for Premium for a month because I need to move to a more paperless life in both business and academia.  I can’t believe how slow and clunky this product is.  Scanning text in is incredibly time consuming due to delays in translating scans to PDFs.  Scan function frequently  recognizes only part of a page, meaning multiple rescans necessary.  Marking up any documents takes 3x as long due to seconds wasted every time you need to translate from one tool to another.  All elements of marking up are glitchy - text box doesn’t always appear, no erase function (just delete entire edit), stylus writing is clunky, etc.  There is no way I can use this as a substitute for paper copy and hand marking.  This app is the equivalent of taking 15 minutes to solve a problem by text which could have been conveyed in 3 minutes of speech.  Super-disappointing.",Marking up any documents takes 3x as long due to seconds wasted every time you need to translate from one tool to another.,1,TRUE,usability,document,16,24,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,e35e7d3b-15c2-4c47-9788-25878c14c869,f5ac0e6b-444f-49af-b2b6-652559430ec1,Great app but the search needs help,"Word is definitely a must-have app.  The one downside to Word - and to me it’s a big one - is the kludgy search function.  You start to type a search word and the search begins.  Before you get the whole word in.  That would be fine, but you can’t keep typing while the search is running.  And at least on my phone and iPad, the search is not too fast.  So, if searching for, say “business” In a document, you watch in exasperation while Word reports how many times it found “bu” in your document and half a second later, “bus”.  By the time I get enough letters in to make the search actually useful, I’m ready to throw my phone.",The one downside to Word - and to me it’s a big one - is the kludgy search function.,4,TRUE,usability,search function,69,84,negative
productivity,notability,cd3c689e-fec4-49c5-bc16-c28530bb6746,f5c32514-ac01-4d57-bbfb-10fba516dcc1,It’s alright,"I’m taking Organic Chemistry and Physics right now and there’s not much of a difference between Notability and GoodNotes 5. I think I prefer Notability for the infinity scroll. It just works better with my thought process. The side bar with how my notes and classes are organized also works better for me in the tree format than GoodNotes. It’s really up to you and how you organize your notes/documents.I do have to warn you if you directly import lecture notes (it was originally a .docx), you’ll have weird cut offs and spacing AND most of the symbols weren’t showing up. I guess since they have to convert it to a special notability file type, some of it doesn’t translate properly. Maybe I’ll convert it to a odd first and then import to notability, but it took me too long to figure out that I was studying from incomplete notes and diagrams 🙃My physics notes were fine, but those were a PowerPoint converted to pdf. I think the problem lies with .doc -> notability file.",It’s really up to you and how you organize your notes/documents.,4,TRUE,general,document,55,63,positive
productivity,things-3,66ab59ef-b177-436d-9062-12dfb485b31b,f607e047-5513-4727-ac88-b09de5f0a740,Fantastic and reliable,"Of all the many task/project managers I’ve shelled out money for, this is the best money I’ve spent for an any app. The interface is simply perfect and dark mode sealed that deal on the look and feel!! The format is excellent, the notifications run reliably, the sync is flawless. Certainly there are things that would make it better, but I’m quite confident this app will always be my go to to keep my busy life in order. Great work!","Of all the many task/project managers I’ve shelled out money for, this is the best money I’ve spent for an any app.",5,TRUE,cost,money,56,61,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ad3e1b99-ffbe-45e1-8a09-e4333e881555,f62ea0b9-78bc-43ba-9cbe-a9b1b8e637f5,If you could fix one thing.....,I am so glad that i still get to use word on my iPad.  But It would make things A LOT easier if it wouldn’t exit out of my paper and load a different one every time i needed to exit to use google.  It is really annoying when i am doing a research paper to have to constantly have to reopen my paper every time i go to google.  And fine it has to reopen every time but go back to the same paper not some random one.  Just frustrated cause i know Microsoft and apple are more than capable of making this happen. Otherwise this is a five star app!!!,And fine it has to reopen every time but go back to the same paper not some random one.,4,TRUE,general,paper,62,67,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,5f5ef91c-45c4-45a7-9e34-4d41c2f25d37,f70ce109-7886-4fd7-869b-3190c91c5f22,Once again an app worked just fine until they updated it,"Can I get the old version back???Evernote was working near perfectly on my iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Recently, when launching Evernote it updated my apps. Simply, it’s a mess. Takes away longer to bring up a note, crashes repeatedly when hitting the back key, there’s no easy way now to bring up a selection of notes in a tab, every time I search, like 100+ times a day, it brings up a list of notebooks, not the default notebook that I always search in and it’s multiple clicks to get what you want. You keep hitting the search button because nothing has happened in 10 secs. Then the note populates......just a mess. If I was new to Evernote and downloaded this app, I would run for the hills.","Recently, when launching Evernote it updated my apps.",3,TRUE,reliability,update,38,44,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,90834edc-c08a-48c5-a191-0cbc2646a420,f782c244-d8e2-4767-8dcb-b598844e025c,Amazing customer service and great study tool,"I love this app for taking notes for my classes. I’ve since used it as a weekly and monthly planner making organizing classes so much easier. I love that I can have all my class notes and planners all in one spot. It’s easy to navigate through as well. The formatting for taking notes makes it easy to follow along in class without having to worry about organizing my notes. I use the class notes template and there’s even a section for questions which I’ve found very helpful as I tend to think of things during lecture but usually at inappropriate times. This template allows me to quickly jot down thoughts so I can ask the professor after class. I’ve only just started to use this app but I’m sure I’ll be using this note taking app well into graduate school. I had to use cengage for one of my college classes and it offered a 6month free trial and after trying to redeem that I ended up being charged for the full annual price. I reached out to customer service and got a response almost immediately with a refund and they honored the free trial as well. I’m beyond happy with this fast service and doing the right thing, I fully expected to be charged the full amount. The only thing I’d love to see is different highlighter colors!",The only thing I’d love to see is different highlighter colors!,5,TRUE,effectiveness,color,57,62,positive
productivity,things-3,ddbb5867-31e8-4266-83ab-6018c96b873a,f84d7a74-233f-45d2-b15f-c60179f89aef,"Thought the app was too pricey, until I got so much stuff done.","I was looking for an app that would help me stay on task with ease.  I downloaded so many task apps before but I couldn’t stay on task, I’d enter my list and just didn’t complete them.  Why did I took the risk of getting this expensive app?? Was I gullible ?  I guess so.  But something was different, I got stuff done !! everyday every week so far.  What you do is type any idea that comes up.  Then you move it around to whenever you want to compete it, that’s it!  But why is it so expensive for such a simple task ?  I gave it 5 stars because I competed every task that I’ve been listing for 1 month now.  My only suggestion is how about sharing the task with other people in household?  I just discovered that I can share the list by scrolling down so that it opens up a move task bar and clicking on the “. . .” .  I’m very happy with this app and of course there’s always room for improvement.",I just discovered that I can share the list by scrolling down so that it opens up a move task bar and clicking on the “.,5,TRUE,usability,list,40,44,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,b6af2aaf-f797-4c8d-a68b-2a9e45977882,f86431e1-b918-4ff0-92e5-7bc6c45d1f11,Keeps me focused ❤️,"I started using Forest because someone sent me the personality test and I thought it was the cutest thing. I looked more into the app and was honestly a bit skeptically that the growth of a virtual plant would motivate me to stay off my phone and focused. However, the cute layout won me over and I decided to give it a shot. I currently find myself staying off my phone for very productive and extended periods of time for the sake of my virtual forest, and I love it. I’m not sure what it is about the app that makes me care about my virtual plant, but it works and I’m noticeably more productive because of it. Keep up the creative content! Love and Håfa Adai from Guåhan","However, the cute layout won me over and I decided to give it a shot.",5,TRUE,efficiency,layout,19,25,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,2e18393b-23c7-4620-b00e-dba74873ad3a,f8db4837-40ff-4f03-bbf3-6a420dc671aa,New Version Breaks Editing Badly,"I don’t know why they felt the need to launch a “ground-up rewrite” of Microsoft Word, but Microsoft did, and it’s no better for it. Editing documents has become a nightmare of ghosted page images appearing in the top left corner of the screen, editing cursors refusing to move by touch—on an iPad...failing to move by TOUCH—and even the automatic spell checker is failing to show the red underline for misspelled words.I used to use Word on my iPad every day to handle my office documentation needs, but this new version is absolutely abysmal. I don’t understand how Microsoft QA/QC let this one fly.","I used to use Word on my iPad every day to handle my office documentation needs, but this new version is absolutely abysmal.",2,TRUE,general,new version,91,102,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0a737d21-537e-495a-ac3d-29d8bfe500b3,f98eb66a-af25-45d3-9947-917e673b0c4e,Apple Pencil and Annotations need Improvements,"I have iPad Pro and when annotating I want to be able to use my finger and not draw all over the document. Annotations: 	1. To be able to use just my finger or a mouse: 	2. zoom in	3. switch pages	4. select text... 	5. to use the Apple Pencil just for annotations. Notebooks and Apple Pencil- 	1. to use the Apple Pencil when writing in a notebook and have it 	change to text. PDF:	To be able to copy and paste from the PDF.	 Indexing PDF filesOther: After I highlight text to be able to have a Snippet of text in the note and then be able to write a note under it or comment on it and then click the highlighted text and be directed to the text.","Notebooks and Apple Pencil- 
	1. to use the Apple Pencil when writing in a notebook and have it 	change to text.",4,TRUE,usability,notebook,76,84,positive
productivity,things-3,3aa1173b-cd89-4710-9add-8730bb2b37c3,f9cedd47-394b-4742-9816-ec2df34d7771,"It’s OK, could be much better","Appreciated the ability to import my task list from another task management app. Not having a calendar view for future dates makes it difficult to plan too far out. Simply seeing a list by month is not helpful. Also, the extremely tiny font size in the iPhone version makes it virtually unusable to me. (I purchased the iPhone, iPad and OS X apps.) Please add the ability to change the text size. Almost every other app includes this capability, especially considering the price you’re charging. Still evaluating whether to keep this app or find something more robust for busy professionals.","Almost every other app includes this capability, especially considering the price you’re charging.",3,TRUE,cost,price,77,82,positive
productivity,notability,e3320e05-0da5-4eae-9980-d84a702d32d2,fa188e82-1f98-4ce7-abb5-7895d9c97fbb,Syncing big files is very poor,"I wanted to love Notability. It’s unique recording feature is perfect for lecture notes, and so I decided to give it a full month test, switching from another very well known note taking app and using Notability exclusively. The result, now that the month’s experiment has concluded, is that I’m switching back to the other app. Leaving aside all the countless comparisons and contrasts between these two apps, the deal breaker for me was that Notability’s syncing between iPhone, iPad, and Mac is awful. Any imported big file would only sync to one device, never appearing on all three. PDF imports were the worst—I would check literally DAYS later for a given pdf file to appear on ALL of my devices, only to have it stuck on the one device I originally imported it from. The only way to finally get some files to sync was to delete the Notability app and reinstall it, and even then it was only successful some of the time. As you might imagine, that workaround was beyond disappointing—it was incredibly inconvenient and completely untenable.Don’t get me wrong: Notability is still a very worthwhile purchase. There’s a lot to like about the features and its ease of use, and I’ll definitely be keeping it as my backup. And I’ll still use it whenever I need to combine note taking with recordings. But until the developers fix syncing, there’s no way that I could ever rely on this as my go-to app for notes or creative projects.",And I’ll still use it whenever I need to combine note taking with recordings.,5,TRUE,usability,note taking,50,61,positive
productivity,things-3,109d98b0-220d-4b0c-a988-7fc428c02432,fa35558a-9b90-43c4-8c56-d1b5c9d2b21b,Clearly Overated,"I’m new to the To Do and Planning Apps.I paid $10 because the app is #2 in the productivity category.The app is simple. Maybe too simple. I don’t understand why there is NO calendar view, this is a big miss. Also no sync option with iCloud or I missed something. You can’t assign a task to someone. No dashboard to indicate how many tasks are remaining and the percentage completed. Last point, the App icon is outdated and ugly compared to omnifocus or To-Do or any other planning apps. I see room for improvement.","I don’t understand why there is NO calendar view, this is a big miss.",2,TRUE,usability,calendar view,36,49,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,71a552d6-2843-4055-8a83-5cd30ec69b95,fa3e0fb4-01c8-4785-99e0-77638b13ea4c,Really liking Gmail so far,"I've used the same Yahoo account for around 15 years and always found their ads annoying. Wanted to switch to Gmail but it seemed like too much work after so much time. I've gradually begun the switch, and so far I really like it. I especially like it now that I have the phone app. I just could not read my Yahoo mail without getting annoyed and distracted by their cheap, low class ads. I realize a company has to make money but their sponsors all seem so trashy. I hope to get completely switched over to Gmail within the year.",I realize a company has to make money but their sponsors all seem so trashy.,5,TRUE,cost,money,33,38,negative
productivity,notability,f2c42778-dd0e-4daa-b0bb-1b71dff4448b,fa712787-4869-4b36-9d7a-dc7d78e5aabb,Absolutely the best note taking app for iPad,"I’ve been using this app for 6 years, all throughout high school and into my sophomore year of college. It is honestly the best app I’ve ever used for notes. It’s so easy to convert notes to PDFs and import almost any type of file, even pictures! It’s also great for writing, and I love that they have a left handed mode for all of us lefties. It makes it so much easier to write. There are also different types of paper that you can use to personalize your notes! The latest update allows you to view 2 notes at the same time, and you can write on one while recording the other! Definitely the best feature for me! The only things I would want to change is to add more colors and themes. The selection is already great of both, but I am a little bored with having to use the same selection over and over. I also think an improvement would be to let people create folders within folders or subjects. This would help me further organize my notes. Honestly though, I love everything about this app!",The only things I would want to change is to add more colors and themes.,5,TRUE,general,color,55,60,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,b7a44d83-0414-40e0-a465-c6419e063746,fa79d734-11a7-4e88-a96e-9418cba1b25f,Falls short... really short.,"When I downloaded this app I expected it to be as easy as my PC experience. I don’t expect perfections but I do expect functionality that doesn’t make me feel like I’d be better off typing papers in my notes and just waiting to retype it on my computer later. I thought it may have been a compatibility thing initially but I found that the app works great on my MacBook so this can’t be the case. I purchased an account specifically to be able to use my iPad to type papers (the account for my MacBook is through my university) and I kinda regret it. At this point, I wish I could just submit my papers via the pages application that apple offers. :( please make basic improvements to things such fluidity and basic functionality to change this opinion.","At this point, I wish I could just submit my papers via the pages application that apple offers.",2,TRUE,general,page,61,65,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,6101a8d6-679d-4b1f-8771-bef8f6614a93,fa8bcca5-31d7-4344-813c-f647f45756b0,Disappointed,"I downloaded this app to use for note taking in college. It’s very comfortable to use and the notes are easy to organize. However, the app consistently deletes portions of my work. Sometimes, for seemingly no reason at all, large quantities of a note will vanish. Occasionally the app will allow me to restore the lost text, but it is hit or miss. And since the app is only deleting part of the note, the lost text can’t be found in the trash. I’ve researched some to find a means of recovering this text, but it sounds like it is impossible. This app is completely unreliable. I have given it more than a fair shot, but have wasted far too much time rewriting notes. Do not get this app if you need it for important information or if you are taking live notes on anything.","I’ve researched some to find a means of recovering this text, but it sounds like it is impossible.",2,TRUE,general,text,57,61,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,506230e3-cc98-4233-be40-89e52d53990c,fb024103-3e06-4376-b4de-786ce2bab879,Same word. Same problem,"A lot of people use word because its very standard. But I run into the same problem when I use it. Every update there’s a problem with the format. Everything that I had on page 2, is now partly on page 1. And what I had on part 3, is partly on page 2, and so forth, throughout all 200+pages of my document.  Try to call for support and reach someone who barely speaks English. I tell them what happens, and they say “so is it because you changed something in your document”? Yes, when I closed my document yesterday, it was formatted correctly. Then after I updated the app today, and opened it up and it was wrong, it must have been when I did it in the middle of the night.I will be switching to Apples pages. Thanks for the people who work really hard to make this work, it really is a great effort for the most part. But it’s just not fun doing this when the issue happens on my MacBook and my iPad. What’s the point of setting something up to be exactly how you want it, if a simple update changes everything? It’s nonsense.",Every update there’s a problem with the format.,1,TRUE,security,update,7,13,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,7e1d7bee-5f3c-435b-88b5-57eecb835470,fb336740-d06d-48bd-b6ad-90d7c6b9dca6,Microsoft word is amazing!!!!,Love the fact I can synchronize this with my other devices. Very convenient to write my paper as a I sit in a waiting room on my phone and not have to bring a laptop. When I get home I can still finish my paper on my laptop with all prior work saved. You have a quick idea just jot it down on the sticky notepad. If you don’t want to type you can use the record feature.,When I get home I can still finish my paper on my laptop with all prior work saved.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,paper,39,44,positive
productivity,things-3,b258b656-80bf-4e58-abe0-4014d9299cd3,fbba88a2-340a-49a3-abc6-cfe13b4b6c29,Thank you 🙏🏼!,"This is by far the BEST To-Do app I have ever used and I’ve used quite a lot of them. I used Things a couple of years back and found the system kind of confusing and so ditched it, but this time around they’ve simplified, but yet made it super powerful at the same time.And the thing - no pun intended - I love the most is that I only had to pay once. No subscription model!!!! I don’t know if you guys ever plan to do this down the road, but I truly hope you don’t. I’d rather pay more once for outstanding software than have to pay monthly or yearly.This should be a lesson to all developer’s. Make outstanding software and sell it at a premium and people will buy it!Thank you Things team!",No subscription model!!!!,5,TRUE,general,subscription,4,16,negative
productivity,notability,45db3b0d-c05a-42d7-a81d-b61ff503ca49,fbff6d0b-0009-4aa9-b28e-e172d69921fa,Not as great as I thought it would be,"Many issues that I don’t like. The microphone function has a lot of potential but ultimately the only thing I can hear after recording in large lecture rooms are staticky background noises and the tapping of my pencil when I’m writing. The left handed mode doesn’t make much sense to me. I’m used to functions being on the top and now functions are on the bottom and don’t actually help with being left handed. There’s also A LOT of skipping that occurs which is incredibly annoying and there are times when I will be writing a letter but it is automatically changed to a shape. When I try press the back function to erase the shape, letters written before the shape are erased so I have to use the actual eraser. In instances like that, it would be nice to have a forward function because somethings are accidentally erased but now I have to completely rewrite it.The font size for pencil and higher are completely out of wack. I tend to write pretty hard so the writing gets very thick even though I have it on a thin setting and the examples of the thickness aren’t very representative. I also wish we had more control over the colors we prefer. All default colors are first which I only use black and it comes with a bunch of colors I don’t like but can’t delete them or change them to colors I’d prefer. I came from GoodNotes and I’m very use to their functions which might be the issue but since I paid for notability I actually want to use it.",The font size for pencil and higher are completely out of wack.,1,TRUE,usability,font,5,9,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,961cba1e-7ed8-4104-ac25-c98e972c8095,fc899d97-5892-422c-9a2d-ee3e31b90030,I love Gmail.,I joined Gmail since it's inception. There is good security protection of mails.  Plenty space to save mails.  Searching method is awesome.  All these years I have had no problems with Gmail.  There have been great improvement since.  They keep abreast with current Technology.  Lots of teaching tools are provided to suit members need.  I never have to pay a member ship fee nor for space.,I never have to pay a member ship fee nor for space.,5,TRUE,cost,space,47,52,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0877dc72-b915-49ae-af9b-fd49de658f51,fce9100d-528b-4d3b-b338-a8187340a5a3,Latest upgrade a total FAIL,"I want to change my rating from one star to Zero.I CANNOT STRESS STRONGLY ENOUGH HOW THE LATEST UPDATE OF EVERNOTE HAS COMPLETELY FOULED UP WHAT USED TO BE A FAVORITE APP.  DON’T YOU DEVELOPERS USE EVERNOTE?  (BTW I never use all caps, but this app now makes me want to scream, and feel free to substitue another word that begins with F for ‘fouled’ in my above statement.)I have been a premium Evernote user for several years.  I use it extensively, and have always found it easy to use.  However, the new version just updated to my iPad and I am so unhappy.  First of all, it is S-O-O-O S-L-O-W.  It takes forever to open the app, and once open, forever to open a Note.  I post a lot of articles from webpages or the Flipboard app, and in the previous version of Evernote, these appeared immediately to my list of notes.  I just sent a short article to Evernote from Flipboard that took 22 minutes to load.  Evernote just showed it in the Notes list with a spinning wheel of death.  Man, I hate it when software engineers turn something that worked well and that I enjoyed using into something that just aggravates and annoys me.  What a pity this has happened to Evernote.  Afternote:  in the tag list, the A-Z index has been removed, so to skip from Apple to Zebra tags requires scrolling through the entire tag list.  Why do you redesign features to make them less user optimized?  My former Evernote rating of 5 stars has been reduced to one.","However, the new version just updated to my iPad and I am so unhappy.",1,TRUE,compatibility,update,31,37,negative
productivity,notability,06a58dcd-1d5c-47f9-ad64-99a2b72fd566,fcf6b73b-cdef-49e0-9991-a64e609cde55,Best note taking and pdf annotating app; 2 potential improvements,"As a graduate student, I use notability on iPad to take notes and reading/annotating scientific papers (which are PDFs) everyday. Have been a user almost ever since notability was published many years ago. Also tried GoodNotes and PDF expert, but for my purposes, notability is the best in terms of ease of use (very intuitive and convenient and perfect Apple Pencil support) and better handwriting rendering.Two possible improvements:1. Need to have a better navigation support for pdf (textbooks). Annotating a pdf paper is no problem, but reading a 500-page long textbook can be a little painful in terms of navigating. Would be great if can support (recognize and could customize) outlines/super links. Also a thumbnail view support will be super helpful for a quick navigation and overview of the book.2. Need to have a better file management such as allow nested “dividers”. I need to read a lot of scientific papers on different topics and I want to store them accordingly. So I created “subjects” underneath “divider” called “papers” like: “genetics-general”, “genetics-asd”, “genetics-gwas”, ..., “machine learning- general “, “machine learning-nn” etc etc ... it’s very inconvenient.Other than the above two potential improvements, notability is perfect for my daily use. Thanks!","Annotating a pdf paper is no problem, but reading a 500-page long textbook can be a little painful in terms of navigating.",5,TRUE,usability,page,57,61,negative
productivity,notability,06a58dcd-1d5c-47f9-ad64-99a2b72fd566,fcf6b73b-cdef-49e0-9991-a64e609cde55,Best note taking and pdf annotating app; 2 potential improvements,"As a graduate student, I use notability on iPad to take notes and reading/annotating scientific papers (which are PDFs) everyday. Have been a user almost ever since notability was published many years ago. Also tried GoodNotes and PDF expert, but for my purposes, notability is the best in terms of ease of use (very intuitive and convenient and perfect Apple Pencil support) and better handwriting rendering.Two possible improvements:1. Need to have a better navigation support for pdf (textbooks). Annotating a pdf paper is no problem, but reading a 500-page long textbook can be a little painful in terms of navigating. Would be great if can support (recognize and could customize) outlines/super links. Also a thumbnail view support will be super helpful for a quick navigation and overview of the book.2. Need to have a better file management such as allow nested “dividers”. I need to read a lot of scientific papers on different topics and I want to store them accordingly. So I created “subjects” underneath “divider” called “papers” like: “genetics-general”, “genetics-asd”, “genetics-gwas”, ..., “machine learning- general “, “machine learning-nn” etc etc ... it’s very inconvenient.Other than the above two potential improvements, notability is perfect for my daily use. Thanks!","Annotating a pdf paper is no problem, but reading a 500-page long textbook can be a little painful in terms of navigating.",5,TRUE,efficiency,paper,18,23,negative
productivity,things-3,ddbb5867-31e8-4266-83ab-6018c96b873a,fd530a67-b635-4281-a4d6-017a28521bf7,"Thought the app was too pricey, until I got so much stuff done.","I was looking for an app that would help me stay on task with ease.  I downloaded so many task apps before but I couldn’t stay on task, I’d enter my list and just didn’t complete them.  Why did I took the risk of getting this expensive app?? Was I gullible ?  I guess so.  But something was different, I got stuff done !! everyday every week so far.  What you do is type any idea that comes up.  Then you move it around to whenever you want to compete it, that’s it!  But why is it so expensive for such a simple task ?  I gave it 5 stars because I competed every task that I’ve been listing for 1 month now.  My only suggestion is how about sharing the task with other people in household?  I just discovered that I can share the list by scrolling down so that it opens up a move task bar and clicking on the “. . .” .  I’m very happy with this app and of course there’s always room for improvement.",I gave it 5 stars because I competed every task that I’ve been listing for 1 month now.,5,TRUE,general,list,64,68,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,86efa250-6866-4d01-9983-bc4490ea9374,fd5e0f71-e291-4d6c-a76a-19d594e0d0a8,Use it for grocery lists,I put it on my phone so I could print my grocery list from it. Plus I like that I can increase the font size while still on my phone. And I ended up paying a little extra for columns which is priceless!!,I put it on my phone so I could print my grocery list from it.,5,TRUE,general,list,50,54,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b02050f5-5046-4de7-bec2-45aa065f6ae2,fd63e167-2ce1-43e8-8e5f-5d8699ad9f43,Email and calendar integration,Allow the ability to link an email to the calendar events. Currently you have to save an email document to google drive and then attach it to the calendar event. It is not seamless. Many events are created just by reading an email. I would like the ability to look at a calendar event and then be able to quickly hit a link that would take me to the emails that pertain to that event. Also change the apps to allow the scheduling of calendar events while in the email app without switching. For example when reading an email you can schedule a calendar event on the email app.,Also change the apps to allow the scheduling of calendar events while in the email app without switching.,4,TRUE,usability,calendar,49,57,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,5303f3e4-2749-4ec9-8ba8-1ffe884dd935,fd9c32e7-59fb-4c22-95c8-c32fe1bd36b6,Computer vs mobile vs tablet,"Hello, I’d like word in computer, you create a document, and you print it, I mean the basic. On mobile..nope. It’s like paint but blue themed. I mean there can be a lot of improvements and fixes. Also the app crashed my tablet like 3 times before even finishing the download. Ok other then that, I honestly didn’t like it. For a document it’s good you got the basics. But it isn’t enough like... ok maybe on my phone it might be bad and all that but i mean meh. But on the tablet (seeing the pictures in the App Store) it’s good I mean the same for computer but a little bit laggy and bugs and crashes. There can be a LOOT of différents if you could just work on it better.Ok. As an app. I can say meh. Not bad. Just less settings in the mob and tabs. But other then that crashes. Fix these and make the layout better :) also the app takes a lot to download and a lot to start it up. Make this a generator instead of a non deleting paper for like ever. Thanks for reading",Make this a generator instead of a non deleting paper for like ever.,4,TRUE,reliability,paper,49,54,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,78fec72f-cbc0-402d-980c-e35d06da4815,fdaed9f7-2fb0-4058-ad78-3f26c588e110,"In A Pinch, Word on My iPhone Works Well","Working on any small screen presents it’s challenges but I’m impressed with the way the Word interface operates. Just when I think a feature wouldn’t be included, I find it tucked away in a menu. So far so good with the iOS version for the iPhone 6s+.",Working on any small screen presents it’s challenges but I’m impressed with the way the Word interface operates.,5,TRUE,usability,interface,94,103,positive
productivity,things-3,10abe3c3-3248-43b3-817a-1f7dad27c9fa,fe587044-15cd-4467-84b3-23bfa5223064,"Sadly, this won’t quite do it for me","This is a beautiful app and I love how it approaches tasks and projects which is why I give it 3 stars instead of less.  But there isn’t enough functional integration with calendar to make this useful for me. I can see my calendar items but can’t open them or do anything with them which leaves me to have to jump to another app to work with meeting invites and other calendar items. This is a fatal flaw with this app for me, sadly. I’ve been on Informant Pro for years since that app integrates calendar and tasks so well. But have been trying to find something else that is more elegant and simpler. I thought this was going to be it until I discovered how severely limited it is with respect to calendar. Oh well, the search continues, and another $10 down the drain.Edit: I’ve come back again to Things 3 because it seems that I’ve become sort of hooked on how extraordinarily well it handles tasks. I’ve decided to try to live with using a separate calendar app along with Things and see how it goes. Hopefully in the future the authors will consider adding at least some ability to edit or even open calendar items in Things. Meanwhile I try this setup.",I’ve decided to try to live with using a separate calendar app along with Things and see how it goes.,3,TRUE,general,calendar,51,59,positive
productivity,things-3,ab389847-3d79-49a8-b8f2-b4d32c92bcbc,feccc25e-7170-44cf-93aa-d8a96bedf4e5,What they don’t tell you up front,"This app CANNOT sync lists with other Things 3 users. The ONLY share function it has is sending a plain text COPY of the list to someone via text message, email, etc. You have to BUY Things 3 for Mac AND iPad SEPARATELY and they are NOT cheap. That’s an ADDITIONAL $20 for the iPad version and another $50 for the Mac version.The “Areas” you can set up (which are just categories) don’t actually show you what’s IN those areas even though there’s supposed to be a drop down. Rudimentary application at best. Could be plenty better. This is NOT the solution to the reminders app. Definitely pass on this one unless you have $10 to throw away just to try it. THERE’S A REASON THEY DONT GIVE YOU A FREE TRIAL PEOPLE!! DONT BUY!!","The ONLY share function it has is sending a plain text COPY of the list to someone via text message, email, etc.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,text,51,55,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,9b8ad6a5-b0dc-4459-9cf1-0e8537528b51,fee496de-55ce-46b1-8a22-0bf20244db8d,Really keeps me focused!,"This app has helped me keep track of what I’ve been doing and how long I spend doing each thing. It’s really helpful that it lets me tag each plant I grow with what I was doing at the time. The only thing I wish was different is the bushes should cost a lower price than trees and it would be nice if we could add different ecosystems for the different forests (it’s a bit strange to see the cactus growing on green grass). Other than that, the app is really awesome with all the different hard modes and also more accommodating ones.",It’s really helpful that it lets me tag each plant I grow with what I was doing at the time.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,tag,37,40,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,52228f58-a6fd-4d38-9351-980c312583e9,ff06d771-da5c-4129-aa8f-4b6b383ced5c,Works fine but with an issue for large documents,"For a free app, it’s great. You can find most whatever you need for basic word processing. However, there is one problem. I am now working with a 900 page document. There is no quick way to get to a specific page or word in the document, and every time I open the app or work on a different document in-between, I have to restart the search from the beginning to get to where I left off. I have not found a search function specifically within the free Microsoft Word or any way to jump many pages ahead. I dread having to open on page 850. But for short documents it does the job easily and very well. I gave it five stars before I worked with a large document and discovered this issue. I’m still glad to have it.",I am now working with a 900 page document.,4,TRUE,usability,document,34,42,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,00177476-d8e7-4a8b-a57f-bdbd721002d6,ff1746b1-f52b-46a6-a3d4-5b5e44de4804,Daycare Provider,"Sometimes I need to write a quick reminder for the parents or a quick note about payments. This app comes in handy. I’m not able to take out the laptop or go to the desktop because my job requires my focus 100% of the time. In between art, experiments, nap time... I can get write it, print it and put it the children’s back packs.  Love it!",Sometimes I need to write a quick reminder for the parents or a quick note about payments.,5,TRUE,cost,reminder,35,43,positive
productivity,notability,a46bc249-bfa9-4ed3-a0d7-760d87dbaeb9,ffb2fad7-8868-4c2b-9e9a-20fb84ccb144,Indispensable,"I wouldn’t be able to do my job or make my podcast without this incredible app. Don’t get me wrong, it has a number of rough edges. But it has absolutely changed the way I get anything done and I don’t know what I’d do without it.My primary gripes are:a) you can only split the screen between two documents vertically, with no option for horizontal. This means instead of a short, but full-width slice of two documents, I get a uselessly tall and narrow view of both.b) lack of communication about severe bugs. I have not encountered any syncing problems, but the notability subreddit is rife with reports of users losing all of their notes due to some iCloud syncing bug. I have not seen any response from Notability to address this.c) lack of transparency about new features and plans. There seems to be no way to get a glimpse into what features are being planned and even a ballpark figure of when they might be expected. My pain with point A (above) would be a lot less if I knew such a feature was planned.However, I want to give a lot of credit for the recent uptick in patch note quality! The detailed patch notes are a wonderful view into what’s actually happening under the hood in this app that has become so important in my life. Please keep it up.Notability is an incredibly affordable app that can make a huge difference in how you organize and work with information. I can’t recommend it enough.","My primary gripes are:
a) you can only split the screen between two documents vertically, with no option for horizontal.",5,TRUE,usability,document,69,77,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,df4191a8-7a6e-4672-954e-112fd831c7ed,ffd17ce3-5842-4f5c-a285-06440829b16e,Makes iPad useful input device for Windows PCs,"Normally an iPad is used as a display device and sometimes as a controller.  It can be used as a camera, but is usually too bulky.  Using the notes feature, in conjunction with the editing features of the iPad camera system and the location detection, Evernote can create very useful documents that can be used on the PC.Management is enhanced by the ability to search for text or OCR images on the server.  Forcing synchronization is also a useful management tool although I often have trouble with synchronization on the PC.  The inability to control font size on the text entered on the iPad is still a problem.As new versions are released, the user interface seems to change, requiring retraining without any help.  Additionally, the user interface on the various platforms appears to becoming so different that it interferes with interoperability.","Additionally, the user interface on the various platforms appears to becoming so different that it interferes with interoperability.",3,TRUE,usability,interface,24,33,negative
productivity,things-3,1758d407-dc36-4088-920b-9d4662a6f56e,000afde0-5f23-4f65-bce5-e37ce10b43dc,Easy to use and robust,"Impressive user experience design! Use is intuitive and the number of taps to perform an action seems fewer than the other more expensive apps I tried. You can pretty much figure out how to use it on your own, but they include a very nice tutorial in the form of a project with a list of to do’s. Very easy way to get up and running fast. It has all the features that I was looking for except for location alerts. My workaround is to create a tag for my locations and just search that tag. It would be nice to get a push notification. OTOH, it seemed like having that on for an app that I tried may have been sucking battery. I’m not sure. One slick feature is that repeating to dos have a lot of flexibility. You can even schedule them to repeat based on when you complete the task. So instead of repeating every 7 weeks, for example, the next one comes due 7 weeks after you completed the previous one. Nice.",My workaround is to create a tag for my locations and just search that tag.,5,TRUE,usability,tag,30,33,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,ad5bbd55-a385-474f-a2ec-32af2dc00316,0047f7cf-336d-4a60-81ce-bc34dddd4766,Helpful,"This app is a really nice gentle reminder to stay focused and leave your phone alone. I especially like it in the morning to keep from getting distracted and have a better and more mindful morning routine. I’m sure I’m in the minority here, but as a biologist I was hoping for more real tree species so I could create a Forest of my favorites like tamarack, basswood, etc. in addition to the imaginary trees. otherwise I have no complaints.",This app is a really nice gentle reminder to stay focused and leave your phone alone.,5,TRUE,efficiency,reminder,34,42,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,4bfac7b1-01af-47b0-8c45-1965bf24bf2f,00d6c24d-2ec5-49fa-9ea0-b9f0a02be506,Update Problems,"The most recent update keeps crashing my app after seconds of opening it. I tried closing and reopening the app, turning off and on my phone, and deleting and redownloading the app but none of it worked. And now I lost all the trees I planted bc I deleted the app 😩 pls fix this I just bought the app a couple days ago",The most recent update keeps crashing my app after seconds of opening it.,1,TRUE,general,update,17,23,negative
productivity,things-3,cdaab6c5-df55-45d7-85bb-66ae151e9428,00e23514-9eb7-4772-95af-4ad8aa6fde26,"Great app, but not worth buying the same app 3 separate times for $10, $20 and $50","I love the app but if you have an iPhone, iPad and Mac, the price is absolutely ridiculous. Why should I have to buy the SAME APP 3 times with steadily increasing prices for each. Paying 2x as much for the SAME APP for the iPad, and 5x as much for SAME APP for the Mac, after already paying $10 for the iPhone app seems absolutely crazy to me","I love the app but if you have an iPhone, iPad and Mac, the price is absolutely ridiculous.",3,TRUE,cost,price,61,66,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,952bb593-1fb5-456e-aef6-f50ca81c8bf4,0132bca7-1dc2-4dcc-873a-1036d4cd1377,Doesn't remember your place!,"I've been using Evernote extensively for many years and now have almost 800 notes stored in it. But recent releases have a major bug and I am now contemplating a move away from Evernote. What is the bug? It doesn't remember the note or my position in the note once the screen turns off or I temporarily switch to another app.Imagine surfing to a web page in your browser, switching to your email app, and going back into the browser. Instead of seeing the same page you were on, instead you see the default home page and are forced to navigate back to the one you were reading. If this happened I suspect a lot of people would start using another browser instead.Evernote now operates in much the same way. The most frustrating example is this: When using Evernote to View a stored recipe, if my iPhone or iPad happens to turn off, when I turn it back on, I will lose my place in the recipe. Sometimes I even just see a list of notebooks and need to search for the recipe again.It's far easier to screen shot the recipe and reference that instead. If I have to go to that level of effort to make this app work for me, it might be just as easy to simply ditch Evernote altogether and migrate to another app to store ALL my notes.","Imagine surfing to a web page in your browser, switching to your email app, and going back into the browser.",3,TRUE,usability,page,26,30,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,d8ea97fe-d218-4a9d-8f3f-af2d3990397d,014e5d87-edb5-4d2d-a568-fb20286941cd,"Super simple, aesthetically pleasing and use it all the time","Probably one of my most used app of my phone. Its design is simple and nice to look at, and I really enjoy when they add new trees. I also like the feature that allows you to exit within ten seconds of planting your tree. It's nice that your phone is still accessible if you need it, but there's a gentle reminder to stop mindless using and checking.","It's nice that your phone is still accessible if you need it, but there's a gentle reminder to stop mindless using and checking.",5,TRUE,usability,reminder,84,92,positive
productivity,notability,f544232e-457d-4958-894f-86195c49f01b,01500d48-7f2c-4c75-93d1-92dbb9b7064e,"Great app, but...","If this was a free app it would have five out of five stars. It is easy to use, has some really awesome features and is really well designed. But because I payed $10 for it I am going to be more critical. The biggest issue I have with this app is the lack of tilt functionality. It really needs to have a setting to take advantage of tilt for brush size. That is one of my favorite things about the Apple Pencil and it is not taken advantage of in this app. Another thing I would like to have in this app is subfolders. I like order and I would like to be able to organize my notes in such a manner that I have large folders then more folders within my folders and so forth. Those are my two major complaints with this app. Overall though, I would recommend, I will definitely get my $10 out of this app.Dropped to one Star because the latest update has messed up the app. It is now glitching a lot and the notes won’t quit “syncing” with iCloud so I can’t access them. Very frustrating for an expensive app.",It really needs to have a setting to take advantage of tilt for brush size.,1,TRUE,reliability,tag,48,51,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4fe8e115-d6fa-49fd-a94b-b0c1a6cd5e2e,01d9d00b-ca20-4a38-89b0-647752af4d97,A truly terrible app,"I don’t write reviews but the gmail team sent me email saying Big Brother had seen I wasn’t using their app, so I had to try it. I use Apple email so I will compare.I have six email accounts (3 google, yahoo, att, Apple). Apple lets me see one integrated inbox or I can choose just one. Gmail makes you switch between each one every time by selecting a tiny circle on the bottom left or three lines at the upper left. Very cumbersome.Apple uses Settings for my email accounts, all easy to use and all the same to create. Gmail makes me go through hoops to attach the other accounts and the inbox for each account is tied to one of my google accounts, so they share inboxes and I have to decide which of my 3 gmails to use and remember for the other 3.Apple lets me see all the folders of all my email accounts and select them by showing a third window pane on the left. Gmail doesn’t do this at all. The list that comes up is only for the current of my 3 gmails. No folders from other accounts.Apple pops up a window for new email that fills middle third of screen with the inbox/email shown greyed out in background, a nice reminder of what I might be creating a new email for. Gmail fills the entire screen with a new email and on my large iPad Pro it is very, very annoying and jolts me so, I have to close it to remember what I was thinking.This was all in the first five minutes. I didn’t waste any more time, so look elsewhere for an in-depth review.",The list that comes up is only for the current of my 3 gmails.,1,TRUE,usability,list,5,9,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5da1bf5b-2af9-4e3c-a912-3e7d1be56afc,032186e8-e323-4be7-bc2f-a011ca485082,Works!,"I use this everywhere, for everything. I love how multipurpose it is. I appreciate being able to login anywhere in the world to get to my email. The ability to use this as a signin for other apps and computer programs is also a plus. The star feature in the email is nice, as well as creating categories and colors for various emails. No complaints. I’m a true fan.","The star feature in the email is nice, as well as creating categories and colors for various emails.",5,TRUE,usability,color,75,80,positive
productivity,things-3,91ddb3c6-b3cd-4db7-a757-b4658c47e9ad,034a61e0-8d70-4229-ae37-fb4108e61624,My All-In-One organizer,"Prior to Things, I used Notes for my checklists, Calendar for my appointments, and Reminders for categorical tasks that had to be done. Now with Things 3, I get to combine it all.My wife and I bought the phone version to give it a test run, and after experiencing it’s brilliant functionality, she decided to buy the iPad version. Now with ease we get to import our existing Calendar appointments, make new Inbox tasks, create multi-layered list/checklist projects, plan family events, add log records to our completed tasks, and, in short, organize our lives.Well done!","Prior to Things, I used Notes for my checklists, Calendar for my appointments, and Reminders for categorical tasks that had to be done.",5,TRUE,general,list,43,47,positive
productivity,notability,b0e9cff5-63d3-4d9b-8882-271b906164cd,03bb4cb7-d75c-4ad5-bb83-9029d42a7a3d,Unreliable!!,"I can’t tell you how many times I’ve needed to whip out my iPad quickly to access a note or file. Even sometimes in front of other people. And this unreliable app won’t work! First off, I was finally inspired to write a review because it deleted all my dividers (again!) but this time it won’t restore them. When you go to the website it acknowledges this is a problem and just says “we are working on it” but they are lost. Lost. All the time I took organizing my hundreds of notes into dividers and one update wipes it all away??? Please avoid this app if you plan to use it for long term storage of notes and as a daily note taking app.Another issue is the syncing, which is clearly related, but has many other problems. The syncing is so clunky and when it’s updating you can’t access the files. So let’s say I’m in an important meeting, I’m speaking to a room of people and quickly need to check a note... ah WiFi is off so I flick it on quickly because I also need internet, then I pop open notability and I CANT DO ANYTHING. I’m sick of it. Leaving this app. What a waste of money.",All the time I took organizing my hundreds of notes into dividers and one update wipes it all away???,1,TRUE,general,divider,58,65,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,df4191a8-7a6e-4672-954e-112fd831c7ed,041eb051-d68c-44b7-9df2-ec658f451520,Makes iPad useful input device for Windows PCs,"Normally an iPad is used as a display device and sometimes as a controller.  It can be used as a camera, but is usually too bulky.  Using the notes feature, in conjunction with the editing features of the iPad camera system and the location detection, Evernote can create very useful documents that can be used on the PC.Management is enhanced by the ability to search for text or OCR images on the server.  Forcing synchronization is also a useful management tool although I often have trouble with synchronization on the PC.  The inability to control font size on the text entered on the iPad is still a problem.As new versions are released, the user interface seems to change, requiring retraining without any help.  Additionally, the user interface on the various platforms appears to becoming so different that it interferes with interoperability.",The inability to control font size on the text entered on the iPad is still a problem.,3,TRUE,reliability,font size,26,35,negative
productivity,things-3,3bb514de-ed4c-44ca-8c91-19b5f20e2da6,0477f44d-dcb8-4cc1-84d7-f31bc0c3a957,Impressive app,"I rarely write reviews, but this app is worth it. The thought that has went into this app is astounding. Kudos to the author!Not a huge fan of purchasing for each device, but so much better than subscriptions which I will not do. One nice feature would be to sync to the Apple cloud instead of the Things cloud.","Not a huge fan of purchasing for each device, but so much better than subscriptions which I will not do.",5,TRUE,usability,subscription,71,83,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,2da54333-0a37-4cfe-9e10-e9debd42cce5,047ac8ae-122c-431f-acf0-3aa438f1a537,This Upgrade is Just Too Cute and not very functional,"I have used Evernote for more than 4 years and I have recommended it to co-workers and subordinates.  The most recent update is annoying. Everything takes more steps.  Adding tags to notes, returning to recently opened notes, moving notes to a frequent notebook.  Everything takes multiple steps and the functionality is now slower.  Using one of my templates takes 2 steps instead of one.  While the new interface is visually appealing, I prefer to go back to the last version if I can.  thank you.","While the new interface is visually appealing, I prefer to go back to the last version if I can.",4,TRUE,efficiency,interface,15,24,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,62631f1f-f48a-4872-b4dc-3ffbd73899c1,04dd5f69-e2c8-4d32-abf8-88f52bc6dc70,"Ouch.  Get additional collision insurance, this will crash multiple times per HOUR...","I have used the App for years.  I even started buying the upgraded app.  In the last 6 months or so, the usability has gone to nil.  On an iPad Pro (12.9) with ALL updates, this will crash every 2-3 minutes.  Yes, that often.  Most of the time, I am in split screen mode, maybe taht is the issue, but I am supposed to be able to use it like that!  Reading email and typing notes is a daily if not hourly task.  Based on this, I had waited to see if they addressed it.  Nope.  Over 6 months of AWFUL app performance.  I no longer pay, since I am transitioning to a new note taking app.  Evernote probably lost me for good.  I am sure based on the performance that I am not the only one.  Don’t pay for this app, you will be disappointed.","I no longer pay, since I am transitioning to a new note taking app.",1,TRUE,cost,note taking,52,63,positive
productivity,notability,971c4076-0e4e-4b05-8ea0-33c0848ef854,04f382e8-9821-4e5a-8f62-200fbf047e47,Editor response? Please,"This review/question was written on Jan 10th,2021Hi, I might not be 100% correct when I say this as I am still investigating my issue.  But, as of now I only have 1GB of data on my cellular plan.  I used it all in 3 days! Which is a bummer. I would always be able stretch my 1 GB for a month no problem. So my issue is that when I launch notability on my cell phone when I’m not on WiFi, I feel like it syncs all my notes, which is a lot.  Some notes contain pictures, audio recordings, and PDF’s that I markup. This is my question:  Does notability sync all of your notes when you launch the app? If so, this app is useless to me. The whole point of getting this app for me was to be able to access all of my files on my iPhone when I’m not at home on my Mac.  Or is there a setting where it can only sync recent notes.  Thanks",Or is there a setting where it can only sync recent notes.,1,TRUE,reliability,sync,41,45,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,6033ad2f-1de7-4006-8b7c-1e3675345155,0571a6d3-4ddd-4e6f-97fd-a45a170b3a31,"Great app, but not in Arabic","Forest is brilliant, but unfortunately for users who have Arabic set as their device’s operating language, the time log graphs all appear in reverse (starting from 23:00 instead of 0:00 and going downwards to 0:00). For example, let’s say I log ten minutes of focus time at 6AM, this will appear on the graph under 19:00. The hours and minutes are likewise flipped on parts of the application (giving the number of minutes as hours and displaying the number of hours as minutes).","For example, let’s say I log ten minutes of focus time at 6AM, this will appear on the graph under 19:00.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,graph,88,93,negative
productivity,notability,f32f2564-b8be-4e79-b7fd-a2b61035242f,0584b021-c31f-4f02-b531-1bd30a9b5cbb,Love it!! But missing two key features,"This app is great for students in college!! It’s great when professors post their lectures because you can download them to the app and just fill in additional notes anywhere on the page! The app is very dynamic with the features it supplies for a spectacular note taking experience such as recording audio, inserting pictures, syncing data from iPad to MacBook, and more!Key feature recommendation: 1) Tabs:l would love to see this app implement the feature that Good Notes 4 has which is the tab function where you can have multiple documents open in a row of tabs at the top and also remembers where you are in the file when you want switch to another document. It is a bit inconvenient because sometimes l would transfer my notes to Good Notes 4 just to be able to switch between documents to study for exams. 2) Undo 2.0Hitting the back button sometimes can be slow especially when I’m writing notes at the bottom of the page or when the lecturer talks very fast. It would be great for the undo button to also be at the button of the page or even tap 2 fingers on the screen to undo. This app would be so fantastic with this feature and would easy and definitely be at the top of all note taking apps. Please please please add this feature to Notability!",This app would be so fantastic with this feature and would easy and definitely be at the top of all note taking apps.,3,TRUE,efficiency,note taking,101,112,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4f6717d0-bd1a-49b9-b418-1df139be6065,058d73e6-44fe-44cb-bb5a-7a524c10a4cb,"Good, but one big flaw.","I use GMail often and don’t get me wrong, this is a great app, but there is one huge problem that happens very frequently for me on mobile. Often times I’ll see that I have an unread email and go into the app, but I cannot enter nor read the email because the app won’t let me. Also, for some reason, there would be no title or text from my inbox screen, and all the words would be crammed into the right side of the screen where the sender’s profile picture was. I don’t know why this happens, but besides this it is a great app and I’d recommend using it as your new email account. P.S. If this bug wouldn’t happen to me, I would have definitely given it five stars.","Often times I’ll see that I have an unread email and go into the app, but I cannot enter nor read the email because the app won’t let me.",4,TRUE,usability,unread email,37,49,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,dbf44aad-c6b7-4534-98f3-54e4b0204120,05a34ef7-bab8-4c98-a05d-f31ebe405209,It’s difficult,My documents information is highlighted blue and I can’t turn them back to the write background,My documents information is highlighted blue and I can’t turn them back to the write background,5,TRUE,usability,background,86,96,positive
productivity,things-3,1c84030b-e958-4302-80b8-11ac613e6ead,05c4ac6a-a001-453e-bb2d-76275d8abfe6,I have used them all...,"Things 3 is light years better than 2Do, Wunderlist, Trello, Tasker, Do It Tomorrow, etc. It may not have quite as many features as 2Do, and it may be more expensive than the free versions of Wunderlist, but it is flawless. The user interface is clean, well thought out, flexible and EASY TO USE. It feels fast and snappy when in use. I will say that my productivity has at least DOUBLED since I am now cranking through tasks instead of being frustrated by my system of organization. Other people have mentioned the amount of time that it took for Things 3 to come out, but I can only assume it is because of how well executed it was/is. Don’t hesitate to buy this app. I got it for my iPhone and iPad and think it is worth every dollar. I will be getting the MacBook version next.","Things 3 is light years better than 2Do, Wunderlist, Trello, Tasker, Do It Tomorrow, etc.",5,TRUE,general,list,48,52,positive
productivity,things-3,f13be753-3394-4149-a54e-10c001b65340,0614b318-c66c-4612-aec9-5e2e1ccb0abd,Getting better and better,"Things 3 is my go to app for keeping track of things. It’s simplistic, yet powerful, design is easy to use, easy on the eyes, and offers enough options to handle my needs. Five stars if the following two things can be added in the future. 1.) Ability to bulk tag on iOS. Don’t know why this isn’t an option but tagging items one by one is tedious and slow. We can select multiple items and move them to different areas, why can’t we add tags to these items? 2.) I know it’s a stretch, but location reminders would be the icing on the cake. I’d love to be able to tag things with a location and have them pop up when I’m there - I suppose things isn’t really designed this way though. Bonus points if you can add collaboration in someway to things 3. I’d love to share projects around the house with my wife.As it stands Things is a strong 4 Star app with 5 star potential. Keep the updates coming!","I know it’s a stretch, but location reminders would be the icing on the cake.",4,TRUE,usability,reminder,37,45,positive
productivity,notability,c5476b7d-1792-435a-911d-5ed774c90eec,068a0fd2-015e-44bf-a0dd-b6695061d66f,cut feature didnt paste,"Im using an ipad pro with 8gb free space. and currently 43% battery. I cut some handwritten notes from one note to transfer to another note and there was absolutely no memory of it no paste. And of course there was no way to undo it. other than that, I use it for med school. Notes are a pain to organize. I keep trying to move a group of notes beyond a folder but it ends up in the folder. I am sure I could figure it out but that’s too much effort. they should just make it more user friendly.Im giving it 3 stars becuse it’s so buggy now that it irritates me as much as goodnotes. when making dots with the highlighter, there is some weird cut into my perfect circle, like a block was taken out. for me, the best update so far has been the ability to pick more colors like how long ago? after that this app sits on the verge of annoying me.sometimes I stare at the app and wait for it to respond so i can copy stuff. maybe it cant’t handle all the files I have, which is about 15 gb. i definitely avoid this app for pdfs and use goodnotes 4.",I cut some handwritten notes from one note to transfer to another note and there was absolutely no memory of it no paste.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,handwritten note,12,28,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,8100fbd1-4949-4a3f-af83-056f93706cf9,071cfae5-6616-42bf-88c6-dcd975942076,Promo Mail Folder :/,"I would really appreciate (as I am sure a lot of people would) if you made it easier to clean out the promotions folder. A lot of emails accumulate in that folder and marking each one individually is just strenuous. I have emails from 2017 because I do not check that folder everyday. Honestly it would be so much more user friendly on the mobile app if that function was available. “Empty promotions folder”. Like it is for the trash can. The promotions folder is like unwanted mail (coupons and store ads) that you get everyday. Please, please, please make it easier to clean up. Thank you.",The promotions folder is like unwanted mail (coupons and store ads) that you get everyday.,3,TRUE,general,motion,8,14,negative
productivity,things-3,1ff488ce-9d1d-47d0-850b-75a50807f3c6,072e2097-d697-49c3-8141-ef9d20de2339,"Good, but Series 4 Complication Not Good","The “modular” Apple Watch complication is great, showing three tasks from the Today page. The “infograph modular” complication is a huge step backward, only showing one item, making it pretty useless!Fix this, and I will gladly change my review to 5 stars.","The “infograph modular” complication is a huge step backward, only showing one item, making it pretty useless!",3,TRUE,compatibility,graph,10,15,negative
productivity,notability,e8e2f10d-1f8e-4fda-b60d-4640037dce68,077af738-f29b-4135-8f65-8a3cee456a5c,Poor organization,"This app is good at rendering handwriting and I really like the color schemes (yellow on black, red on black). However, everything else is a disappointment: - not being able to test the product before purchase is a massive nuisance from the outset- dividers and subjects are neither intuitive nor sufficient for elaborate organization. For example, I cannot archive notes that I do not need on a regular basis. I can delete notes or keep them in my face. I cannot use the same name for a subject under two dividers. For example, I cannot have a 'General' subject under two different divisions. So I cannot have a catch-all for different teams or topics. Way too simplistic. - the reason I'm now writing this negative review and switching to a different note system is because ALL MY SUBJECTS AND DIVIDERS DISAPPEARED for no reason!!!! I invested a lot of effort trying to organize my written notes and now I need to do it all over again in a different system. For all the things people find annoying about Microsoft, my stuff never disappears randomly. Updated to 1 star since I can't even export it backup my files to PDF anymore. Took me forever to get all my content out! Massive waste of time and money!",Updated to 1 star since I can't even export it backup my files to PDF anymore.,1,TRUE,general,backup,48,54,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,255beadf-37ab-4177-9350-b7c769cd8ca0,079fab88-4c13-4ce1-b349-958b6f3d06e2,Great organizational tool for thoughts and ideas,Evernote helps capture and record random ideas and thoughts that normally would get lost on a sticky note or forgotten.  I also manage my personal tasks and professional tasks.  I have also set up notebook for inspirational and spiritual thoughts and quotes.  Evernote has given me a system to help manage my life better.,I have also set up notebook for inspirational and spiritual thoughts and quotes.,5,TRUE,general,notebook,20,28,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2bb759c2-cc8f-402a-afff-6ad546797153,07f85d60-f698-4abd-8d7b-aa4018ace3a5,Keep it simple to use!,"I just tried to forward an email and couldn’t see a forward button. Used to be an arrow. Instead I see archive and snooze and all these other stupid buttons. I use gmail for personal use. Used to love it but they keep changing it to where you have to learn symbols instead of the simple reply/forward text. I can learn symbols just don’t like them. Just keeps getting too complicated like outlook which I hate. Gmail is great for if you want to save emails and find them later. But they are trying to make it fancy - it’s email!! Write, send, attach. We have too many other apps to deal with. Keep email interface simple! App shows all the inboxes at same time whereas in computer I was able to see primary email.",Used to love it but they keep changing it to where you have to learn symbols instead of the simple reply/forward text.,2,TRUE,usability,text,114,118,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,b40867b8-1f5b-411e-93fb-614929087602,084f4301-d690-4fbe-a22f-5c26075710e1,Lost photos I uploaded for recipes,"I used to love Evernote until today. I bragged to all of my friends how great Evernote.  I use it for many things including as a recipe storage.  I am using Evernote basic.  However, today the App lost 2 of my recipes.  I’m very frustrated. I had a special pasta recipe I was going to make with my son.  I saw the photo of the recipe on my phone and when I clicked on it and opened it up the photo disappeared. I can’t seem to get it back in any way. I think this is a terrible thing to have happened.  I tried to organize my recipes electronically and pitched the hard copies. Now I have lost that recipe and another. I clicked on another recipe from the app and that photo disappeared as I opened it. I think I took these photos in 2015.  The app worked fine for a recipe photo I took in 2017 this morning but it losing older photos.  This is unacceptable. I stopped opening recipe notes and went to the webpage on my Mac to open other recipes and the browser version worked fine with the other pasta recipes I added the same day. But now I have wasted an hour trying to no avail to restore the image.  Because I’m a basic user, I’m not even able to email customer support.  The app appears to be garbage right now if it loses photos while the web browser does not.  I’m so disappointed.",I saw the photo of the recipe on my phone and when I clicked on it and opened it up the photo disappeared.,5,TRUE,reliability,photo,11,16,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,91d9259c-e7de-4c0b-be35-d9496a0186df,08bcdf8d-1bf0-4cf0-9c21-24d073ff378f,Extremely unreliable. Disregard for user habits,"I have been a loyal customer with 9000+ notes and 5+ years of premium subscription. The recent overhaul has introduced so many bugs and ridiculous design failures which are forcing me to consider alternative services. Sync has become extremely unreliable; I’ve had my edits wiped out by sync failures. As of now, Evernote isn’t letting me move my notes to different notebooks, due to some inexplicable bug. Very helpful features that provide flexibility to working on and organizing notes have been eliminated, I guess in the name of tidiness: opening multiple main windows, changing the created date (so helpful for arranging the notes in the order I want), magnifying the words in the editing window (which now cannot be done without magnifying everything else, making it unreasonably cumbersome to operate the sidebar). Then there are countless bugs throughout the software that keeps giving you frustrating surprises. The recent major upgrade demonstrates the team's disregard for the working habits of established users, and also raises concerns about quality control. In so many respects the new version simply isn't ready, and it's unclear to me why the company would be in a rush to release an update. An option for reverting to the older version would be much, much appreciated. Right now, I do not recommend Evernote to any new user. The company has demonstrated its inability to deliver a consistent and reliable product.","As of now, Evernote isn’t letting me move my notes to different notebooks, due to some inexplicable bug.",1,TRUE,reliability,notebook,65,73,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,84d83760-010f-4c94-91b7-61bb5d4e2fe7,08c4e12f-31bd-41f9-a9f6-77fb02ab7b3f,Really Motivating!,I have used this app on and off for years. It has worked so well in the past and I recently began using it again as my college graduation gets close. It’s renewed a desire to be focused and get stuff done. It has helped me feel ahead of my studies instead of behind. By taking my phone away I am able to get so much more done distraction free! Truly worth the small price for this app!,Truly worth the small price for this app!,5,TRUE,cost,price,23,28,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e2133f64-c992-4c1f-ac30-2467a33e88a7,08fd28ae-6d4f-4251-a3be-a6c746b28737,Evernote is the best,"I use Evernote to collect articles and take notes with photographs and audio at conferences.  I have the app on every device I have, cell phone, iPad, Chrome browser and can save any articles I encounter in newspapers, journals right to prenamed folders on Evernote with notes to remind myself what I thought the article is for.  I think this is an essential App and I absolutely love it.",I use Evernote to collect articles and take notes with photographs and audio at conferences.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,audio,72,77,positive
productivity,things-3,12304f46-5075-4be0-a114-a4bb70338a2e,091ddfb9-852d-4cc4-9dc2-8df5a8e3c67f,Big Things missing.,"It’s good. Pretty. But, just good. No collaboration. None. You can share your things with people and it sends it in a big text. They also offer a sync option, that is free (for now), and if you wanna collabo, then you have to sign in to the same account on two devices. That is super lame and I know that things knows this, cause why else would you offer this weird sync thing for things? I really do like paying up front for an app. This is a good model. I am going to keep things installed and I will keep adding to this weird list thing that doesn’t seem to be helping me with planning out my giant honey-do list and collaborating on it with my amazing wife. I’m trying to bring her in on this thing, things. It’s just not working though. Maybe I’m using the wrong app for my needs and I get that. This app is pretty tho. Like reallly pretty. I just want to find it as useful as it is pretty. Crossing my fingers for some serious rethinkin’ on collaboration.  🤞🏼Edit - while I still have things installed, I’m not really using it anymore. I am using Todoist (free version) and am able to collaborate with my incredible and awesome wife. I’m still holding out hope for things cause I’m pretty sure I’d pick it over Todoist if it had collabo. Exporting your things from things into other apps is a nightmare btw. I’m starting to wonder what things is for besides looking nice.",You can share your things with people and it sends it in a big text.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,text,64,68,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,4341d89a-89b0-4693-834c-c8e67b63400a,09221b77-a7b8-4306-81cf-30dd55ae5f8d,Great app to keep you on track,"I’ve enjoyed the gamification of my focused sessions with this app. It’s great to look back and see a visual representation of what you did each day, week, month and year. There’s also a graph that shows you where you spent your time during that period. As a creative person that can be easily distracted, this app has given me a great structure to help channel my energies.",There’s also a graph that shows you where you spent your time during that period.,5,TRUE,general,graph,16,21,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,558169d3-9acb-44d3-a301-53d83d71de45,096966d3-4cfd-425c-b468-b27a03cafac3,Very Enjoyable,"Very easy to navigate very good fonts pictures are very easy to sort out, overall had a great time with it.","Very easy to navigate very good fonts pictures are very easy to sort out, overall had a great time with it.",5,TRUE,usability,picture,39,46,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,ba6078b9-7752-46b3-bb8d-d9189e049b1b,0971e8ae-1264-4f52-9235-3108cec3afff,New Evernote is a nightmare,"I’ve been using Evernote for 10 years now and it used to be great until the new version came out this year. When I edit existing notes from my iPhone, it doesn’t save the changes. It looks saved, but when you leave the app and come back, they completely disappear. The revision history doesn’t even show the edits, and they don’t appear on the web. This is the most frustrating update I’ve ever seen and for the first time in 10 years, I’m migrating off of Evernote because losing work is unacceptable. Hours and hours of notes disappear. This needs to be fixed ASAP. Other issue (not as critical as above) is that Evernote took away the date shortcut from the desktop app to add the date in the Title line. It only works within the note. And they removed the feature to show dates with the short format.  Why would you remove a feature heavily used for so many years?",I’ve been using Evernote for 10 years now and it used to be great until the new version came out this year.,1,TRUE,usability,new version,77,88,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a52c058b-6a80-4eba-bf05-502ea57d9f06,0a70e8a9-97a9-4947-a1cc-7ff6ee6a01fe,"Great program, hate new app update","I never write reviews, but after having the new Evernote app crash on me multiple times in one afternoon, I am here. I love Evernote and use the app frequently to pull up recipes and scan household documents. I HATE the new version. It is slow, resets constantly and keeps crashing for no reason. It is becoming incredibly tedious to use. I want the old version back, which was AWESOME on my iPhone. PLEASE FIX!!!!!!","I never write reviews, but after having the new Evernote app crash on me multiple times in one afternoon, I am here.",4,TRUE,usability,write review,9,21,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,362a636e-3cdc-41a4-94be-4f46c0daf9f5,0b8cbf14-79c5-4352-bbad-157972097eed,Needs more animation,"I feel like more could be done to make it a cooler experience other than just keeping up with your tile management using simple pictures. Something simple like the trees could have more animation, trees could have some touch interaction outside of the timers, could use the phones gyroscope for some trees and have a toggle to turn it off if you’re concerned about battery etc. otherwise it’s good",I feel like more could be done to make it a cooler experience other than just keeping up with your tile management using simple pictures.,4,TRUE,general,picture,129,136,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,1b79a4bc-1ce6-4e66-975f-76106d176b98,0c0c78f7-b0d4-494b-9880-70e18105a272,MS Office 365,"This is the greatest thing ever for my school work. I work full-time, some overtime. I go to school full-time as well. I’m a busy Mom and wife too. When I have only a few minutes of time to spare and am not at my computer, I am able to work on my assignments little by little right on my iPhone. I save and send to my email all the changes and additions I’ve made to put the final paper, project, etc. together. Definitely recommend this to everyone out there who is in school.","I save and send to my email all the changes and additions I’ve made to put the final paper, project, etc.",5,TRUE,general,paper,86,91,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b783a405-c35a-40e2-aaae-ee032fdc39ce,0c2d57e4-aea9-40ab-bbbe-3e12d87458d2,Minimal attachment support,"I am very frustrated by the fact that I can only attach from the gallery, from recent google attachments and Google Drive. iOS and several third party apps offer file managers where I save my documents, but those cannot be accessed from my gmail. In fact, the only way I can attach those documents is by sharing to gmail from within the app that I used to generate the file. But this can only be done one file at a time, from one app at a time. Imagine the time it takes to send 3 or 4 files. And how inconvenient it is for my  recipient to receive 3 or 4 different emails.The only work-around I have is to use the gmail website from Safari, which does allow me to Browse my different file managers, but still only one file at a time. Come on Google!","In fact, the only way I can attach those documents is by sharing to gmail from within the app that I used to generate the file.",1,TRUE,compatibility,document,42,50,negative
productivity,notability,14510485-dfea-43d2-ae73-f4df8824080b,0d716452-026d-4059-9616-58d4e7034384,"Unreliable, try a different app.","I am incredibly disappointed with Notability. I have been using this app for about half a year since I began medical school and it has never failed me before this week. Three times in the past few days, Notability deleted whatever notes or writings I was working on. Auto-backup is completely useless and unhelpful (it’s not even automatic). iCloud backup doesn’t help either. It is not a storage issue. I still have 100+ GB of space, as well as 50+ GB iCloud. I was willing to excuse it the first two times, but after having another few hours of my life wasted, enough is enough. It’s unbelievable that the app does not even store the notes locally on my device. Notability appears to act as though I never wrote the notes in the first place. To any students out there. Look for a different note taking app. Notability is great when it actually works, but you don’t want to take the risk of having it fail on you. I’m currently exploring other options.",iCloud backup doesn’t help either.,1,TRUE,security,backup,8,14,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,728ba785-54f1-4f15-a986-bba298f1ff0d,0dabf567-9ccf-4de2-acb7-e9817409b613,Major Bug Alert!,"I have been using this app for quite some time and have found it very useful. But there is one major bug to be aware of! If you select all of the text in your document and want to change the font, then tap on the font list box to select your font... Naturally for me I start typing in the font list box to search for the font to use, my experience is it will overwrite all of your text. When  you hit undo, it has nothing to undo. All of your work will be lost! One way to get around it is to turn off auto save then discard any changes as you close your document but this doesn’t help if you have made important changes.Update: I had this bug on my iPad Pro 2nd gen, the bug still exists on my iPad Pro 3rd gen.","If you select all of the text in your document and want to change the font, then tap on the font list box to select your font...",1,TRUE,usability,font,71,75,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e9e0377f-9ca0-4fd9-b1db-5f62f552a484,0dfade8b-4cce-43a6-8f78-2ccdcef819ac,Terrible utilities,"Hi Microsoft Office Team,It’s very hard to find things to edit the paper as you would on the desktop version. I really find it frustrating to look for the things that are very easy to find in the desktop version. I wouldn’t mind If ya’ll take a little more space to make editing paper easier. Also, the  icons/buttons for editing the papers are good for hand touch but I’m using and iPad Pro and I feel like it would be beneficial if the app has an option to get a compact version where the icons are smaller. This would give us more space to work with or it could give you guys more space to make editing the document easier.Thank you,",I wouldn’t mind If ya’ll take a little more space to make editing paper easier.,1,TRUE,usability,paper,67,72,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,94308df7-500b-490a-b4b0-45b146082bdb,0dfde769-8ee6-4eec-b19b-ecf6f4397524,Great App,This is a great application. My only complaint so far is that I don’t have access to the graphics and shape outline sections. I would like to be able to play around with the word art more.,My only complaint so far is that I don’t have access to the graphics and shape outline sections.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,graph,61,66,negative
productivity,notability,5d0c5244-79d5-40b4-b628-2a432656f280,0e45777b-e9a3-4d6f-8a23-f8ef9248c876,Wonderful Notetaking App. Been using it for 7 years.,"Hello! Wanted to take the time to write a review for an app I use every day of my life as a medical student. I love every amenity of this app. With my experience, I would like to give the developers a few ideas about how to further improve it. - A quicker color picker would be lovely. For example, being able to place 2-3 Favorite Colors at the top of the screen on the ribbon (1 tap is all we need)! Similar (but better) than having a physical pen with 4 different colored inks. - Another option would be to long-press with our finger/Apple pencil on a color on the screen to switch to that color. Both methods of integration would be awesome. The concept of Longpressing would need a time threshold before it accepts the input as such, so a slider in milliseconds would be ideal. I recommend this for the “Shapes Detection” option also (because we hesitate sometimes..). - Gestures would be nice too! One that immediately comes to mind is double tapping = undo. - On my MacBook and iPad, the Text Box is a little wonky. It assumes I want the box to be a certain width and doesn’t automatically format my text within it. Some tweaks (or advice?) on that may be necessary..These are just quality of life adjustments I have noticed would really make the app absolutely perfect. It already is, but I’m all about human centered design. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.","It already is, but I’m all about human centered design.",4,TRUE,general,design,49,55,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a4c882b4-bd77-4cbc-ad93-5b24e4d96888,0e768176-8f07-4ed2-95c5-40127a093012,Attachments only from Google Drive 👎,"Every time I think Gmail is getting better, I am disappointed. I keep switching between the Outlook app and Gmail app. I want to stick with Gmail, but Outlook seems to have everything I need. For example, I love that you can switch between apps in the side menu of outlook. Previously in the gmail app you could switch accounts in the side menu as well, but they were horizontally pinned at the top which was inconvenient and ugly. Now it’s where the search bar is and that’s cool. So I downloaded it back, thinking it finally had everything that I needed. Now I’m deleting it again. I’m a college student and I send a lot of attachments over email. My main cloud drive is OneDrive because it is linked with my laptop and so I can automatically sync my documents to the cloud without having to manually save it there a bunch of times. The fact that Gmail only allows attachments from the Photo library and Google Drive is so frustrating. It’s also not just about me using outlook but sometimes I save documents directly to my phone or the Apple cloud. Gmail does not allow me to attach none of those documents. Just when I thought I had it all, I was disappointed again. I really like Gmail and it has nice features, but it isn’t not practical for what I need. Unfortunately, I have to go back to Outlook.",Gmail does not allow me to attach none of those documents.,3,TRUE,efficiency,document,49,57,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,7ecc1745-0992-4e7f-bb4e-5eb7a5fb3a39,0f0c86af-eaa4-4c4d-8a87-fec1f0a3f9b7,I really want to like this app,"I own two surface pros, a surface, and I’m subscribed to office, so I’m a heavy Word user. I carry my iPad Pro to class because it’s light weight and I use a specific iOS app for taking notes in some of my classes. As a university student, I write many papers. OneDrive allows me to access them from anywhere, but using Word on my iPad Pro is incredibly frustrating! The app freezes and crashes much too often. So much so that I can’t use it! Before, when I tried to use the Apple Pencil or touch the cursor in Word would go all over the place and and activate somewhere entirely different from where you’ve touched on the screen. The keyboard also randomly stopped working. These things don’t happen in other apps. Every update seems to fix one thing while adding new problems. I’m really hoping MS gets this straightened out as this is having a significant impact on my workflow.","As a university student, I write many papers.",2,TRUE,general,paper,39,44,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,47d1d895-6525-4e9c-8418-efc5b74c5e08,0f56b953-c42a-4529-b5b2-3f01945b3591,A very good app,"Microsoft word delivers very good functions. Not many people use it to all of its ability. It is a little difficult to navigate the system. I am writing an document (to prepare for a podcast) about minimalist and.  why I strongly support it. Word is better then google docs in many ways also. (More functions, has “lived” longer. Microsoft word prosA- more functions B- Lived longer (more popular in business )C- Easy to connect through one drive. Microsoft word cons - difficult to navigate system (take time)Bottom line- I do HIGHLY recommend Microsoft word for anyone that is looking for a trusted typing program.",Word is better then google docs in many ways also.,5,TRUE,efficiency,google docs,21,32,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a1adaca4-3f46-4322-b616-b1bf0f574e2f,0f8c45e5-9f27-42f2-af44-422bd0802b28,What were they thinking?,"Premium user here.  Tried to navigate around the new update and am so frustrated with it all.  Cant customize the left hand menu - it always opens to all notes. Speaking of the search function!  Didn’t they have any beta testers?  The search is horrible!  You put in a term and it gives suggestions, a few tags. It not a way to narrow to all notes with that term quickly.  To search properly you have to use search language which requires a lot of extra typing. This version had made tags worthless as you either have to keep entering searches with each tag or you enter a  keyword and a list of tags that include that keyword pops up but you can only select one tag at a time. Everything  takes more clicks to find something, do something, or import something.   They have also removed the ability to assign tags in the web clipper.  Not sure of what they had in mind with this update, but this version is worthless for my purposes.  I have over 2000 recipes in a notebook which are organized by tags.  By removing the clipper ability to assign tags and the search filter by multiple tags this is pretty useless.  Any suggestions on a replacement? Is there a way to restore to old version?  If I wasn’t already invested with so many files I would definitely look for another note keeping app.  They ruined it!",Tried to navigate around the new update and am so frustrated with it all.,1,TRUE,general,update,34,40,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,26796e92-9676-4196-860d-293ec888e6f0,0f8e2e75-ca0b-44e6-afef-e6477bee3773,Notifications,"Hey! I really love the idea of this app & am definitely eager to continue trying it out! Something I am having some difficulty with is being notified by the app when I have a note reminder set for a certain day. It shows up on my lock screen, but since my phone is unlocked by touch/fingerprint, I don’t always see those notifications because the process is so much quicker than with a passcode. This would be fine, except that the badge on the app hadn’t been registering any notifications until I open the app, so when I’ve gone for days without checking, I can find notes intended for days prior all accumulated & unread (one time there were 8). I would love to see this worked out, because I think it is such a great idea to be able to be reminded of certain notes at certain times & am interested in engaging with it. Thank you so much for your product! I wish you well.",Something I am having some difficulty with is being notified by the app when I have a note reminder set for a certain day.,4,TRUE,usability,reminder,92,100,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d2843c6a-d8e3-4c67-a39e-8104ae79d099,1021703c-861d-408c-884f-9d46621ff0fb,"Wonderful app, until the last update","This has been a wonderful app until the last update.  I can’t even highlight words anymore without the screen jumping and jumping and jumping.  I use an iPhone 10 btw.  Please fix this, it’s hindering my study and I have a subscription with ya’ll also.",This has been a wonderful app until the last update.,4,TRUE,compatibility,last update,41,52,negative
productivity,notability,7bd18ebd-32c9-4d25-bd25-8046522dbed4,1025d99e-8c39-47ba-b650-1c1f484844f2,Could use some updates,"Lately I’ve been having a weird problem where it wont let me highlight. But if I zoom all the way out then you can see my highlighted material, which is useless. There is a problem that halfway through writing it doesn’t recognize my pencil so I have exit out of the app, close out of it completely and re open it. Also I can’t even highlight on images I import to the document. Also, as someone who used GoodNotes for a while, I absolutely loved their feature where you could search a word out of the entire notebook and it would take you to that page. This app KINDA has that,  it it only works with text and not handwriting. You have to pay $3 extra for it and even at that it’s not even that great. I feel that there can be much better improvement to the app.If these don’t get fixed soon I’m going back to GoodNotes and not recommending this app to anyone anymore.","This app KINDA has that,  it it only works with text and not handwriting.",3,TRUE,usability,text,49,53,negative
productivity,things-3,45dd47ef-eca5-4541-acd9-3b024b17a76a,1048587e-8193-404e-8f32-d85c9a4efbba,Life Changing!,I NEVER write reviews but this app in the best $10 I have ever spent. It is exactly what I have been looking for to help manage my business & family life. Incredibly user friendly. Everything I need each day at a glance. Easy to sync with my calendar. I could not recommend this more! Thank you!,I NEVER write reviews but this app in the best $10 I have ever spent.,5,TRUE,cost,write review,9,21,positive
productivity,notability,14b72288-52bf-4c0c-af6f-cdd0d861137e,1083894d-59b5-456a-8314-9dac44ff6b93,Great but....,"I love this app. I am a college student that used this for the whole year of school and it was absolutely wonderful! Thank you for finally giving us the partial eraser and the ability to draw shapes. One thing I wish this app has is give us a choice of continual scroll down to a new page or swipe left/right to get a new page. It’s really hard at times to see when I’m at a bottom of a page as it’s “continual” and when I need to print something out, it’s cut and goes to the next page when I didn’t even know about it. If I had the choice of swiping for pages, it’ll be easier for me to know if I should start a paragraph/equation on that same page or go to a new page. Other than that, I really like Notability. Believe it or not, I have GoodNotes and Notability and I still prefer notability over GoodNotes. I guess it’s all about preference. All that to say, Ginger Labs, please think about including different page display options in future updates.","All that to say, Ginger Labs, please think about including different page display options in future updates.",5,TRUE,usability,page,70,74,negative
productivity,notability,50ae0e28-1089-4c08-9622-846a1505219c,10cd72c3-41fe-472e-a331-43a249741ea2,Needs more organizational ability,"I have seen several other complaints about notability needing better organization, so it is upsetting knowing that nothing has been done to address this issue. There needs to be some kind of additional their of organization that allows you to either 1) put the dividers into a folder. For instance, all my dividers have a bunch of subjects in them, and when i am done with this semester, I would like to be able to put those dividers into one large folder that says “fall 2020.” Or, 2) you could keep the dividers/subjects, but add another teir underneath subjects where you could subdivide specific lessons. All in all, the divider and subjects organization that is in place is too simplistic. I cannot recommend this app to someone who is doing most (potentially all) their school work on it. It just doesn’t have enough organization. Another issue is when you go to send a file to notability, it brings up a ton of subjects, all the subjects you have ever created. If you are using the subjects tab for weekly modules like I do, it gets very annoying to find the correct subject as I have around 50 (and i have only been using it for one semester).This app is nice to take notes in, but not long term. It has worked well for a single semester, but I do not know how I will be able to continue adding files with such a simplistic organization style.","All in all, the divider and subjects organization that is in place is too simplistic.",2,TRUE,usability,divider,17,24,positive
productivity,notability,50ae0e28-1089-4c08-9622-846a1505219c,10cd72c3-41fe-472e-a331-43a249741ea2,Needs more organizational ability,"I have seen several other complaints about notability needing better organization, so it is upsetting knowing that nothing has been done to address this issue. There needs to be some kind of additional their of organization that allows you to either 1) put the dividers into a folder. For instance, all my dividers have a bunch of subjects in them, and when i am done with this semester, I would like to be able to put those dividers into one large folder that says “fall 2020.” Or, 2) you could keep the dividers/subjects, but add another teir underneath subjects where you could subdivide specific lessons. All in all, the divider and subjects organization that is in place is too simplistic. I cannot recommend this app to someone who is doing most (potentially all) their school work on it. It just doesn’t have enough organization. Another issue is when you go to send a file to notability, it brings up a ton of subjects, all the subjects you have ever created. If you are using the subjects tab for weekly modules like I do, it gets very annoying to find the correct subject as I have around 50 (and i have only been using it for one semester).This app is nice to take notes in, but not long term. It has worked well for a single semester, but I do not know how I will be able to continue adding files with such a simplistic organization style.","All in all, the divider and subjects organization that is in place is too simplistic.",2,TRUE,general,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,614a611d-d6d0-4368-a191-bb48db32b122,10efac28-4238-4850-98af-89a1b52b17fb,Such a good app for students!!,As a college student who is on her phone far toooo much this app is amazing! There’s so much less temptation to check my phone when I know I’m growing a pretty flowery bush for my forest! And it’s crazy to see at the end of the month this whole lush forest!! Sometimes I’ll plant a tree for certain subjects and a bush for a different one to make sure I’m evenly studying! I have a friend who plants trees while she’s driving to make sure she doesn’t text and drive! The music the app has is pretty calming and easy to focus with!,I have a friend who plants trees while she’s driving to make sure she doesn’t text and drive!,5,TRUE,general,text,79,83,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,acd7eec9-ab26-4f69-85f2-16227b56c664,118b0b11-68d4-4d0d-925c-88c76f7772b5,I definitely recommend this app!,"This app is great and helps me stay focused! Unfortunately, I still have to motivate myself to plant a tree and start a task, but you can set reminders to plant a tree to help with this problem... I love how you can plant real trees in the world with this app and help the environment!🌲🌳🌴🌵There are also no extra fees included, which is great! There are some background sounds you can play, but I wish there were some more options... Overall, I think this is a great app that you guys should definitively check out! Good luck staying focused!! 😉🌲""Life is short, focus on what matters and let go of what doesn't.""","There are some background sounds you can play, but I wish there were some more options...",5,TRUE,usability,sounds,16,26,negative
productivity,things-3,29623b3e-a825-4ba6-9afd-d458634076d4,121a069e-b9ba-4422-99e4-3b8758133d27,Needs a calendar view,This app would be perfect with a calendar view so you can see a multi day event like on google calendar.,This app would be perfect with a calendar view so you can see a multi day event like on google calendar.,1,TRUE,efficiency,calendar view,34,47,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9ff44550-2332-41d4-9453-351d1cfb4118,12360082-e77f-4f55-8988-27bf4d4c53fb,Latest November Update is Terrible. WHY did you move & hide things?,"Everything is moved around and certain text options are now hidden, which makes it harder to get to. The new design took away the ability to QUICKLY and seamlessly type and format text. Now you have to dig to locate the things like the Indent button. I hate that I updated, but my stupid app kept crashing, now I have a bigger problem. Also, what’s with the RETURN button function? When I press “Return” (attempting to go to the next line), it does a “shift return” function instead of giving me a new paragraph line. It’s so annoying and inconvenient, especially when using bullet lists.Sadly, I’ll use something else until they revert back to the previous version, or change things around to make it simple again. Don’t try to fix things that weren’t broken. Smh. And where’s the option to make it dark without having to turn my whole iPad to dark mode? The new look is just so complicated. Disappointing update.","I hate that I updated, but my stupid app kept crashing, now I have a bigger problem.",1,TRUE,reliability,update,15,21,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,c565bb33-27ea-4f9c-9dd6-d331bfe39328,124a573e-a789-480d-90bb-8c7d3c90de87,Incredibly Frustrating and Inferior Version,"Word on iPad has so many missing features from the MacBook version.  With iPad having ample memory as well as a functional keyboard, why can’t the editing features, methods of saving documents to the cloud (Dropbox or Google Drive) be the same as on MacBook?  It almost insists on saving to “OneDrive” and every time it auto saves, there is a lag.  None of that seems to be a problem when using the MacBook.  Other apps are identical across platforms.  So Microsoft needs to update their iPad version of Word.  This app makes using iPad for editing/creating/publishing documents nearly impossible.","It almost insists on saving to “OneDrive” and every time it auto saves, there is a lag.",1,TRUE,usability,auto save,61,70,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,f271f998-6c74-4cc7-89f0-9e1408cf9484,1344429f-f693-4863-8339-c8fd0c81af54,App crashing after update,"Love this app, but since the last update, it is crashing all the time. If I am working in a document, every 5 to 10 minutes it will close out. Please address this and fix it.","Love this app, but since the last update, it is crashing all the time.",4,TRUE,reliability,last update,30,41,negative
productivity,notability,e3320e05-0da5-4eae-9980-d84a702d32d2,14f52e2e-f619-4a51-a2a8-a3239a5d33cf,Syncing big files is very poor,"I wanted to love Notability. It’s unique recording feature is perfect for lecture notes, and so I decided to give it a full month test, switching from another very well known note taking app and using Notability exclusively. The result, now that the month’s experiment has concluded, is that I’m switching back to the other app. Leaving aside all the countless comparisons and contrasts between these two apps, the deal breaker for me was that Notability’s syncing between iPhone, iPad, and Mac is awful. Any imported big file would only sync to one device, never appearing on all three. PDF imports were the worst—I would check literally DAYS later for a given pdf file to appear on ALL of my devices, only to have it stuck on the one device I originally imported it from. The only way to finally get some files to sync was to delete the Notability app and reinstall it, and even then it was only successful some of the time. As you might imagine, that workaround was beyond disappointing—it was incredibly inconvenient and completely untenable.Don’t get me wrong: Notability is still a very worthwhile purchase. There’s a lot to like about the features and its ease of use, and I’ll definitely be keeping it as my backup. And I’ll still use it whenever I need to combine note taking with recordings. But until the developers fix syncing, there’s no way that I could ever rely on this as my go-to app for notes or creative projects.",And I’ll still use it whenever I need to combine note taking with recordings.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,recording,67,76,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,0750e2a0-0a21-4914-a838-36523a8d5bcf,151233d1-0357-47fb-b8f6-4f0fd1ecb236,Unreliable and glitchy,"If you are hoping for a seamless transition between desktop and iPad, your expectations are already too high. This requires a subscription to use it in its entirety, but this should not come to any surprise. The formatting options are definitely limited, in comparison to the full desktop version. There is also an unreliable auto save feature, as twice, I have typed multi-page documents, which did not save, even when I manually saved. Unfortunately, there is no way, to my knowledge, to recover my work. Most of the time, when it does not auto save, it will start running very slowly, so I manually save, then initiate IT 101 (close and restart), which usually resolves the problem. Most of the time, it will load the completed document, but the two times it did not, it was pretty frustrating. If it was not this unreliable and glitchy, I would rate it higher.","This requires a subscription to use it in its entirety, but this should not come to any surprise.",2,TRUE,usability,subscription,17,29,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,cd5f804a-d095-4797-9e5d-24bd03684df6,15210a25-d2a5-483c-a17d-4a7006af3f98,Please update this app,"I’ve used this app for years hoping that at some point with an update that one day you guys would put an option to select all messages so that you can delete everything you don’t want with the push of one button rather than having to individually click each email you don’t want. With the abundance of junk mail coming through the promotions and social emails it creates a lot clutter. In my case, after a couple of days I’ll have 75 unread promotion emails and 50 social emails that I have to individually go down the list and select to be deleted instead of pressing one button to select all for a particular day then delete",With the abundance of junk mail coming through the promotions and social emails it creates a lot clutter.,4,TRUE,reliability,motion,55,61,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d46addd6-1275-41d0-89be-1be016297d00,15847791-ab35-47f9-8f13-bc1287c4cdb7,Very unstable and won’t save your notes,"This is the second day I use the app to write my new novel. The app suddenly turned into a blank page with the logo on it. I waited for minutes, nothing happened. I tried reopening the app, restarting my iphone, using cellular data, using vpn. The app is still frozen, nothing happened. So I have to reinstall the app. When I logged in, at least 30% of my first note are missing! And the second note just disappeared! I click the “check” on the top left corner to save the content every time after writing notes. But, still, hours of my work went missing. There’s nothing more frustrating than losing writing drafts. It’s ridiculous! Think about yourself seeing BSoD when you just finished 700 lines of codes. And it’s gone for good even you saved them. The app really is way much worse than disappointing.",The app suddenly turned into a blank page with the logo on it.,1,TRUE,usability,page,38,42,negative
productivity,things-3,22f92789-bb8e-40d8-9226-aa9ee8d1f202,15da041e-a7fd-452c-be63-fa40cebbc839,"Good, but could be great.","I’ve been through most todo apps. I downloaded this, tried it for a week, then had to switch back to 2Do. The app is missing crucial elements like the ability to set repeating reminders outside of numbered time frames. For example, you can repeat every x days, weeks, months, etc but not, say, every Tuesday and Thursday every 2 weeks. It also has no location based reminders, which the developers don’t seem to provide good reason for. Finally: there are no reasonable ways to attach things or url extensions easily. Even adding basic support to link a contact later so you can make a reminder like “text Steve later” and have that launch messages is something other apps can do. Overall it is a beautifully designed app, but until it’s functions match 2Do I can’t justify purchasing any more of the suite.","Overall it is a beautifully designed app, but until it’s functions match 2Do I can’t justify purchasing any more of the suite.",3,TRUE,general,design,29,35,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,38b4004e-ab51-47b7-a994-1a85244e0656,15e27589-5fef-4d39-977f-c97d5806aac7,Messy,"This is a big problem for students like me, the “open” section is very disorganized. Everything is just scattered, and to go to a folder, and then to a folder’s folder, etc., just to try and find the document that you open like 5 minutes ago! And then you don’t! That’s the next problem, the syncing is absolutely HORRIBLE. I can’t see my most recent documents because there isn’t! This is the sloppiest work I’ve seen from Microsoft, it’s like everywhere you look, it’s 5 times more complicated than in the computer version. And I’ve just started using this app, but I’ve seen the other reviews that say that the app also has, broken saving, it’s not user friendly, and very glitchy. A total ripoff and waste of your phone’s storage. And don’t get me started on the load times, you have to download it to your phone or whatever, but like, downloading... WHAT IS THIS THE 1990’S?!?!?!","That’s the next problem, the syncing is absolutely HORRIBLE.",1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,30,34,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,fe331f1d-5b65-44be-815b-b8a925b0f6ce,15f0cccf-fb42-49df-b221-61a02ea88dc7,Custom Default Template,"Okay. So this needs to be addressed, as my iPad Pro is my computer that I use. I pay for 365, so there is no reason for Microsoft to make using Apple devices inconvenient. Why why why is it not possible to create your own templates or layouts? Every time I write a new paper, which is very frequent, I’m forced to adjust the settings to look as I want them. This is extremely frustrating, and there is now way to edit their default templates and layouts. I read on a forum that it was “by design” and the only purposeful design choice I can think of is so that they design it to be inconvenient. Next, why is it that sometimes words will always be marked as spelled incorrectly when they are not? This happens every once in in awhile and the only way to fix it is to start the paper over when it happens. Or just deal with there being dotted red lines all over the paper. Fix these things and it’ll be perfect.",I read on a forum that it was “by design” and the only purposeful design choice I can think of is so that they design it to be inconvenient.,3,TRUE,compatibility,design,35,41,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a4f9c88f-3925-4cd0-84e7-d4cd72be7c67,16810281-bd93-492e-b768-74c303d92ef9,Time to put this elephant out of its misery,"I don’t think any of the previous versions issues have been resolved but for some reason Evernote has been rewritten from the ground up with the best features slowly being added back. ——Evernote is my go to note taking app. I like being able to take a screen clipping, add some notes, set a reminder. Past that, it’s really fallen behind on the times. It’s just not very good at taking notes. Every little aspect of the note taking process is limited or tedious. It’s time for there to be live/instant as you type saving of notes. Also, sharing is a joke. No collaboration. No commenting. Annotations haven’t been updated in years and are basically useless on images and somewhat helpful on PDF’s. It has some of the worst outline note taking features out there. Lastly, it’s time to be able to record a meeting and have time synced notes that other users can comment and/or collaborate on. Seriously, sharing is useless.So why do I still use it?  Scan, clip or photo anything and everything and all the text in those images becomes searchable making it super easy to use Evernote as a big file dumpster and add a reminder to that note and you may not forget to renew your car registration.","I like being able to take a screen clipping, add some notes, set a reminder.",2,TRUE,usability,reminder,68,76,positive
productivity,notability,f46c8f5c-6663-4137-a4f2-e8a36801ea42,16823000-e175-472b-8e42-7a428016c0f5,"Good app for note taking, but missing many essential features","I often get very frustrated using notability. I think that’s a good way to summarize things. I am a college student who likes to take notes using both the keyboard and my Apple Pencil. Notability seems to hate this. For some crazy reason, the notability text can never align itself with the notability grid. As a result, you get paragraphs of text that doesn’t follow the line / grid that you have chosen for the page. Text often create their own grids, at varying line heights, which makes the entire document very ugly. The sync is also on and off between my devices. I’ve had instances where I sat in lecture waiting for a page to sync from my mac to my iPad, but it never does. One time I waited 2 days before the pdf finally mysteriously appeared. There’s never a time where I can hit refresh and know for sure that all my notes are synced up.","Text often create their own grids, at varying line heights, which makes the entire document very ugly.",1,TRUE,general,document,84,92,negative
productivity,things-3,d9b19b90-7430-40a6-bd77-e1bd51b3a574,16993833-7ebb-4113-b4c4-00b7aaeca3b4,"Good from far, far from good","My life and that of my family runs on a series of Google Calendars, six separate calendars to be exact. I purchased this app for just under $10 in the hope that it would give me one place where I could integrate all my calendars, create ""to-do"" lists and keep it all organized and running in real time. Well I'm disappointed.1) While this app has a nice clean format, it's not intuitive when it comes to adding or removing calendars. WHY do I have to go into Settings to add or remove a calendar? AND why is Settings inconveniently located at the very bottom of my screen so Im scrolling for days?2) It has difficulty pulling in multiple Google Calendars from my phone. I have 6 calendars and this app will allow me to view 2.3) SLOW to refresh and reflect changes made in my Google calendar. If I have an appointment that I've deleted or rescheduled on my Google calendar now I expect to be able to make the change and hit a refresh button of some kind so the changes are updated in ""Things"". Nope. No refresh button ansnI will not see that change reflected in ""Things"" until the following day.  Bottom line: needs more work.",I have 6 calendars and this app will allow me to view 2.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,calendar,10,18,negative
productivity,notability,c6e35de5-ba65-4979-945f-4737fffa20b2,16c27338-a5ca-40b2-9c80-18126e8ed907,"Good, could use a few improvements.","I love the recording ability. Some areas for improvement:1. Night mode for white background of power points without disturbing animations, or their colors, or recording. Black font turns white in black background.2. When uploading power point to a subject from somewhere like Canvas, notability should have the class name plus folder or file before the user exits to go to notability. Saves further editing.3. When playing back a recording, for PowerPoint, the playback will follow you physically going forward through slides with arrows pointing in the direction you’re going and goes in sequence to how you move on to the next slide or when you write instead of manually trying to figure out where you’re at while listening to the recording. I have to note take chronologically to counter this effect and it’s cumbersome.4. Darker highlighter with neon color like Microsoft word.5. Ability to recover deleted items within 30 days like Apple’s “Notes”.6. Being able to cut, copy, or crop a power point slide and paste it where you want it.7. When adding notes by pen in a power point that already had a recording, notability should ask if you want to add it to the recording’s animation mark before moving on to the next slide.8. Being able to cut added drawings or notes and customizing their color for better memory stimulation or organization. Like color coding.There’s one more thing, but I forgot.......",I love the recording ability.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,recording,12,21,positive
productivity,things-3,10bbea54-9345-4659-b47f-35432054e392,16e68003-c9c0-4bed-916a-07b5d1fc3c57,Don’t upgrade from Things 2,"It’s not that Things 3 is a poor app, it’s just not worth the price if you have Things 2. It doesn’t offer enough functionality over Things 2. It’s mainly a UI revamp, which is fine. Once I started using Things 3, Things Cloud no longer worked with Things 2. This forced me to buy both the iPhone and the iPad versions, and theoretically, the Mac version- now It’s either write off $30 or throw in another $50.  This feels like a money grab.UPDATE: I got my $30 refunded and switched back to Things 2. By making the new version a separate purchase, the developers must think it’s good enough to get existing customers to buy it again. It isn’t good enough for that.","It’s not that Things 3 is a poor app, it’s just not worth the price if you have Things 2.",2,TRUE,cost,price,63,68,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a2671899-2949-40ec-8a4d-275ae68f288f,16f13532-8f13-4dfb-a06c-9a723d9f9d28,Love this app!,"I love this app, i have been writing since i was 11 or 12. When i began writing i used the app “This is Note” and they quit providing updates for it a few years back. When my ipod began to quit updating as well, i needed a plan other than just emailing the 600+ notes to myself. It gave me the option to upload them to EverNote, which has been great ever since.My only suggestion would be to make the different books easier to access in the beginning, i have OCD and keeping my personal notes, my ideas, and my books apart make it easier for me when i go back and reread my books. Especially because there are 6 of them and if i want to read them in order the way this is set up makes that difficult for me.",When i began writing i used the app “This is Note” and they quit providing updates for it a few years back.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,update,76,82,negative
productivity,notability,ec1bfd16-4b02-417b-b13c-395efaac80e6,1744c64d-0343-46ac-8e18-e5b41e61d9dc,iPad 4 Notability can’t open notes made on Notability for Mac anymore...,"For a couple years now I’ve loved Notability. I lead weekly mentoring small groups, so I make notes on Notability for MacBook and then view them on my iPad 4. The whole reason I’ve used Notability is that it’s been so easy to sync notes to my iPad. Sadly, this is no longer an option. The most recent version of Notability available for my perfectly functioning iPad 4(Notability version 8.4.7, iPad IOS version 10.3.3) is now apparently too old to sync with Notability for Mac (Notability version 4.1.3). When I try to open on my iPad a Notability file that was made on my Mac, I get an error saying “This note was created using a newer version of Notability that is not compatible with this version. Please upgrade Notability to open this note.”Very disappointing. Will sadly need to find another note taking platform if this isn’t fixed, because the syncing and compatibility between laptop and iPad is the whole reason I’ve used this app. Please help!! Will update review when fix is made.",The whole reason I’ve used Notability is that it’s been so easy to sync notes to my iPad.,2,TRUE,compatibility,sync,68,72,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d58e5bbd-6461-4d0f-90ad-33105ce072a2,177a2d45-1284-4cd4-8ee9-d50f912cc874,Loses notes,"The point of a notes app is that it store notes and be able to find them again. The search is generally worthless, you have to use tags religiously because that’s the only way you can find anything. I’ve had a note of list items for 5+ years that I referred to. Now I can’t find it via Search. Text I know is in it shows zero results. Worse, I scrolled through thousands of notes and can’t find it. It’s gone forever. And I paid money for this?!?Saving web pages is lousy. It throws 3 photos in the list view that rarely have anything to do with the page or are just some design graphic from the site. And don’t even try to edit that note, it will destroy everything. Searching for any content on it is a waste of time. Surely there’s a better notes app than this aging poorly-maintained junk.",It throws 3 photos in the list view that rarely have anything to do with the page or are just some design graphic from the site.,1,TRUE,compatibility,page,78,82,negative
productivity,notability,47c52d57-2a93-4b35-9198-2a07798129d7,1786bbaf-aa2e-46fe-a001-417e9b9e1722,Notebook GOAT,"I’m a PhD student in Computer Science and have used many note taking apps over the years. Hands down this is the best notebook app I’ve ever used because there are absolutely no pain points when using this app, and that takes a very clear vision for an app, and most companies miss the mark on that. The usability of moving things around a page is super intuitive and slick. I love the recording! OMG, finally you can just tap when to record and tap when to stop, and tap to resume etc, and the recording is tied to the state of your notes, so when you replay the recording you can see where you were. The recording feature on this is what sold me. A lot of other apps make u save a file each time you record, or pause... such a pain. There are a ton of other things i love about this app, but I gots to get back to it now, so I’ll leave it there. Thanks Notability !I love you guys. U make taking notes really fun for me, and that is really big for me right now cuz my life is pretty lame as a PhD student.",I love the recording!,5,TRUE,general,recording,12,21,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0c185685-25e9-4eda-82de-ff3047d9ca62,182a691e-9d28-4aa1-826c-4ae5bc662065,"Great, but the reloading....","I have used Evernote to manage virtually every list in my life for years. Love the app, but now it reloads the page every time I switch between apps, which is a HUGE pain while grocery shopping and checking things off the list, or when writing meal plans and checking ingredients from another Pinterest. Some level of page persistence would be greatly appreciated.",Some level of page persistence would be greatly appreciated.,4,TRUE,general,page,15,19,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c9a8265c-56b9-44ae-b194-28406936a085,1858e9f2-200c-454c-acd3-2c8d3875a440,"Daily Staple, but has issues - 2nd Opinion","I concur with the reviewer who has a similar review title to my own. I use Evernote for literally all my writing and have for over 4 years. The desktop versions work beautifully for both Mac and Windows, but the iOS version is buggy and has been for the past year. These bugs seem like minor issues that should’ve been taken care of awhile ago, for such a popular, premium app. In addition to the app closing each time you switch to another app or you put your phone to sleep (as mentioned by the previous reviewer), the app also has major issues with bulletpoint/numbered lists, especially when you use nested lists, as I do literally all the time. It fails to number consecutive items after you’ve hit “return”, sometimes it deletes a number associated with a previous item, and it also shifts entire blocks of text left or right when no such justification should occur. Overall, I love the app, I just would like to see these persistent headaches solved in future versions.",I concur with the reviewer who has a similar review title to my own.,4,TRUE,general,title,53,58,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,67da1de6-bee5-415c-9e31-7a1f9f73960e,18edee7f-4e52-4248-8bb4-dafe86626b82,Disregard for users,"I first rated Evernote one star because they did a bait-and-switch by reducing the functionality of the free version to extort those who had trusted them. Old news, though I expect this business model to treat its head again when they decide to double or triple prices.This weekend was worse. As I prepared for a multi-day hike in the remote (and offline) backcountry, I took extensive notes in Evernote. The day before I left, I updated my phone.I got to the trailhead, and loaded the note Id l’d worked on for days. Not on phone. It had been there last night!Evernote decided to upgrade its users with an upgrade that can’t read the already-downloaded notes. So I’m standing at the trailhead without my prepaid permit for the hike, the list of waypoints for my trip, detailed maps, notes on specific sites to visit, excerpts from others’ trip reports etc.Thanks Evernote!Oh and more fun. When I got home I looked at the new app and it still allows offline notebooks. But you can’t force them to download “more” – the help just says it can take “some time” and gives no means of prioritizing. It does not download in any sensible order I can see, like most recent, or default notebook first.Right now my data is held hostage on the Evernote server until they decide to give it to me.I guess the old business model is back... maybe they will allow me to retrieve it faster if I pay an additional fee?",Right now my data is held hostage on the Evernote server until they decide to give it to me.,1,TRUE,general,tag,30,33,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,22772169-27e6-4b7d-9836-33add602efd4,191a7335-b4ff-46de-8c92-5b8db2bf61bf,Great App: the best way to use Evernote,"This app is the best way to use Evernote. Far better than in a browser. Plus the Apple Watch app is very usable, unlike some other big name apps. Need to view recent notes on your watch? Check! Need to jot a quick note to Evernote on the Watch? Check!I find that Evernote on my iPad in particular is the very best interface for Evernote, and I’m a long-time Evernote user.Evernote in general rocks.","I find that Evernote on my iPad in particular is the very best interface for Evernote, and I’m a long-time Evernote user.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,interface,64,73,positive
productivity,things-3,6aa6d9a9-0b20-42a2-8460-49cae7ccb490,1930f5a2-9ea7-4941-9dfc-4a43cef29779,Repeat Problems,"Good app, but can't check off a repeating task the day before it is due. Can only check it off on the day it is due. So if you get it done a day or so early, you are out of luck. Another problem:  If I miss checking off a task on a particular day, it shows up on the next day, but there is no way to find the original due date. It just says due today. I’d like to go back and find what happened on the original due date, but there is no information available to lead me there. Please show the due date somewhere on tasks.","I’d like to go back and find what happened on the original due date, but there is no information available to lead me there.",4,TRUE,general,due date,60,68,negative
productivity,things-3,d7175e66-0e6a-4494-b139-cb79c730b2c0,19ef404a-06a7-4fbb-a933-4378431d789c,Best todo app,I have used them all instill use todoist at work as I am all pc and collaborate with others. But this app is so good if it’s share output was a little cleaner and the log could filter what I complete in a week I would use this for work as well it’s that good. Being able to set a deadline and reminders finally. Also love that repeated events don’t stay there in the way they go to the next time they are repeated why do so many todo apps get this wrong. I love areas and projects and lists very clear and concise with lots of options. Works great and the interface is beautiful with animations and thoughtful design. Keep up the great work guys.,Works great and the interface is beautiful with animations and thoughtful design.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,interface,21,30,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,6fa482a3-61cc-45d9-a407-c66712823778,1a269d99-76b7-47e5-8baa-ff404507f9b3,Need a timer ding,"So far I’m loving the app it’s really helping me stay on task and focused. The only things I think could make this app that much better are if you set your timer for 30 mins maybe have it make a “ding” sound when you’ve reached your 30 mins at the end of your timer. Or if your still studying after the timer has been set have the app count up and those extra 5 or 10 minutes that you were studying could count toward something bc what happens is I’ll tend to keep looking at my phone when the end is near (bc my phone locks and goes to sleep to save the battery so I can’t see the countdown timer) to make sure I’m not going over my timer bc what’s the point of studying if it’s not being counted and getting points for it. Right?! 😜 Seriously, I’m loving the app though and I’m loving the little tags that you can write your own notes on.","😜 Seriously, I’m loving the app though and I’m loving the little tags that you can write your own notes on.",4,TRUE,usability,tag,66,69,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,d838db2e-0b55-4a4c-b20f-3d52f2b01471,1a4e7f21-7e7f-462e-b06b-31891b6290de,Multiple application windows feature is still not supported,It’s been more than half a year since iPadOS 13 is released. Back then iPad started to support one APP running with multiple windows. Most mainstream APPs have been updated and support the new feature in split view up to now.I have lost patience waiting for Microsoft to provide such a basic feature to its users. I’m even skeptical if Microsoft deliberately delayed the feature update so that the experience and productivity of iPad doesn’t exceed that of Surface to much.I can hardly give the APP positive comments due to the incompetence of Microsoft living up to the standard that it ought to abide by.,Most mainstream APPs have been updated and support the new feature in split view up to now.,1,TRUE,usability,split view,71,81,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,9ea6ae24-47d7-47f5-89c7-49ef7d1e2598,1a8d5cd1-00b4-4d2e-805c-385b6d365f42,Word on the iPhone is cumbersome and ...,"First, at no fault of MS Word, the iPhone keyboard is a cruel trickster, one that was created in computer-primitive times and never updated. That said, Word vía the iPhone is cumbersome. It often takes forever to load and the screen often freezes. Editing — professional editing — is difficult because the tools aren’t responsive. Or cooperative. And, working with OneDrive is near impossible because it — OneDrive — doesn’t allow iPhone editing, thus you are required to copy your ms and past it in Word to edit, and then recopy so as to paste in back in OneDrive. IMO, it appears that MS should incorporate professional writers and editors into its Word planning sessions because Wors, whether on the iPhone or laptop, is administrative heavy and not designed for writers, editors or journalists. I think they should devise a Word version for such specific use, especially since so many of us use iPhones for creating, editing and sending copy — and photographs.","First, at no fault of MS Word, the iPhone keyboard is a cruel trickster, one that was created in computer-primitive times and never updated.",2,TRUE,efficiency,update,133,139,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,38e74e2f-6661-4612-a24e-0d7eaf4db1fc,1aa129d3-cd21-4bc9-9633-6305687d371d,Notification and Badging delays,"Gmail / Google is usually on top of things so I’m gonna give 4 stars because I know they’ll fix it. For past few days my email accounts on iOS and even web browser has been getting notification delays. I have many accounts and some are acting better then others. In general it takes 15-20 minutes after actually receiving the email for the notification to post. I can check that by simply polling for email in web. Obviously I don’t want to refresh chrome on desktop forever and I want to rely on notifications again. Unsure if it’s related to latest update or if gmail is just having issues lately. Downdetecotr / twitter seem to have people reporting the same issues. Also when I got into app and read everything the badge will stay the number of unread I had before I opened app. I have to kill and relaunch app to get the badge to clear. Sometimes a toast message says no connection but I can access web, and even other google apps on my phone. I’m guessing it’s service related and not app per se. which is why I’m giving a 4 for a great app but acknowledging that service issues are making the app hard to use.",Unsure if it’s related to latest update or if gmail is just having issues lately.,4,TRUE,compatibility,update,34,40,negative
productivity,notability,7eedb964-532a-4645-8d5f-439aacf5e0fa,1ac1c860-c4e8-4f85-9ab9-55512fc69908,Used to LOVE IT,"Honestly I started using notability about a year ago when I bought my iPad and I pencil used to LOVE IT and take it EVERYWHERE. It was amazing used to sync with my computer and phone, had so many capabilities and benefits Now I’m not as happy because as I’ve continued to use it issues have started to manifest... it tends to crash randomly causing me to lose the last several minutes of my notes. At some point when class notes have too many pages and images the images just got lost, they LITERALLY disappeared from the place I put them in and randomly moved pages, even though I only ever added pages at the bottom of my notes. Honestly I was so excited about this app I recommended it to everyone I know. Now I’m devastated I trusted it so much because ALL my notes from the entire year I’ve been using this application seem compromised. Honestly just keep using pages if you’re looking for something to do notes in. Not worth being able to use both written text and handwriting with the iPad. Hopefully pages will at some point develop the functionality of using iPad and I pencil for notes at the same time.",Not worth being able to use both written text and handwriting with the iPad.,2,TRUE,usability,text,42,46,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,cc14d6c3-f9be-44ad-9fb6-c97165096979,1af187cd-6155-438b-808b-4f25e2a82e70,"If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it","“The enemy of a good plan is a perfect plan” Why would you completely reface the entire system that worked? Existing users didn’t need a change and the old system would still be “new” to new users since they’ve never used it or seen it before. I’ve used Evernote for years without issue. After this update, I now update a note on my phone and when I go to pull it up on my Windows desktop, the new additions aren’t there. Go back to my phone to find them, they’re gone! What’s the point of paying monthly for premium if I can’t even sync across devices? Services promised are undelivered, I deserve my money back. Also, when using check boxes, hitting “enter” to go to next line doesn’t create a new check box on next line like it used to. What a PITA! I have to add a new check box for every line when making a list. Sounds trivial but that old function was so efficient Was this new update just job security for your engineering team? “Oh it’s working too well and we have nothing to fix, better roll out a jacked up update” Please bring back the old system until you work the bugs out of this new one","Services promised are undelivered, I deserve my money back.",1,TRUE,cost,money,49,54,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,93d51892-c8e1-40a2-acba-419e6ed33f7c,1b13fd45-e865-4ed5-80ee-071b26e3b04e,90% of What I Need,"I love this app! Downloaded in 2013, it sat unused for a couple years but I realized the scope and detail it can hold in a way that's easy to collect. I'm a researcher of all things and I wanted to like Timepage and Agenda. While those are far better looking apps, it's clunky going between the two. Outlook is my email client so I use Evernote to capture thoughts on the fly with sync, it's great. As I'm filling in web info, I can save to EN, browsing a good article to reverence - I just use the web clip function to keep organized. I'm always adding pics so I can recall the content of what and why I wanted to sabe a clip.In my job search, I created several notebooks, one called Career. In Career I have job descriptions, wording for keywords, LinkedIn for links, and Resume for well, resume summaries etc. The only feature I wish was prominent is the calendar. And ability to change the obnoxious green default color.This app is my default app. Wanted not to like it but I keep going back!","In my job search, I created several notebooks, one called Career.",4,TRUE,general,notebook,37,45,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,80102e60-367e-4ea1-ab63-996c0e0543ab,1b169a4e-6dcf-469d-8293-5d599e651bfe,"Big/bug issues cont. to 2019, since 2017.","Okay, you want us to pay a subscription. Why should we when your product is broken? $7.99. Any device bigger than 10.5 must pay that price. Students must pay for basic features that we should be able to do. I can understand storage. But the typical norm has a hefty price. That may seem like not an issue, but Pages and Google Doc offer free features that are the same but with full features without a price. The downside is storage. So, that’s the only big issue. Bugs time! After working for a while in the app itself, it becomes unresponsive, unreliable, and when you try to tap to a certain point to put the typing cursor, it has a mind of its own. It does not do what you want it to do. Now, that big issue I stated. That specific issue is not worthy of $8. More issues! It lags and crashes. Which explains further the unresponsive and unreliable part. $8’s. Again, it’s not worth it.I think it’s time schools such as the public and private need to adopt Pages and Google Doc. I have no issues there. But if Microsoft believes these issues are not a problem. Then your lost. I’m glad my school is providing my Office 365. $7.99, a rip off.",But the typical norm has a hefty price.,1,TRUE,cost,price,34,39,negative
productivity,things-3,605736da-1382-40d4-904a-2e3c219b1189,1be23f10-9717-4f49-bd1d-002578d8ac37,Hideous Calendar Layout,"I want to like this app because it contains some truly good features. The calendar layout is sloppy, and it borders on being lazy. Firstly, all of the information is bunched together with no separation between each event. The calendar list just feels rushed. Other applications in the App Store for far less at least ensure that their calendar items are aligned with one another - Things does not. My gripe might seem minor to most; however, visual aesthetics are important to me. If the calendar isn’t important, the app allows you to hide it. Question is, why would the developers deny users the ability to create spacing and align the list?",The calendar list just feels rushed.,5,TRUE,efficiency,list,14,18,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1a86a114-47a6-4605-a577-2535784d0955,1c1bd9f1-d43e-4a8f-991f-20b431ed7c4d,Notifications,"I Love the app. It is very easy to organize, and displays emails very well.I have never had a problem with it until recently. As of the last few updates, it seems that there is a constant badge on the icon of my gmail app, when I do not have any unread emails. When I go to check if I have any unread emails, there is nothing to be seen.I am a very organize person, and if there are badges on my apps, I will make sure to make them go away. This is becoming very irritating, but it is still a good app. 4 Stars","When I go to check if I have any unread emails, there is nothing to be seen.",4,TRUE,efficiency,unread email,34,46,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,cab66a25-2132-42d9-8122-44204e2a7f4b,1c27c6ff-e949-47dd-8190-47965526c8a8,About halfway there,"I use this app everyday and for the most part - it works if you’re doing basic documents. However, when working with bullets and numbering, sometimes it chokes if a custom spacing/tabbing has been setup using the desktop version of Word.If you create a graph such as a hierarchy in the desktop version, it will display in the iOS version but it cannot be modified - not even on the iPad Pro - which is what I use. It should cache your last document you worked on locally so that you don’t have to reload it when you return. This is important for iOS because of how you have to app switch. The funny thing is that before loading the app, I was able to access the more full featured web version of Word in Safari on iOS and it worked for the most part. Which led me to believe that there is still a lot of potential for the iOS version.For tables, there should be a button on the table to add more columns or rows - Apple’s Pages does that really well and saves the extra touches and strokes.A touch interface is just different than a mouse interface. I think if the product manager was forced to use the iOS version for a month they might make some changes to add features in a way that makes sense for a true touch environment even if it’s slightly different than the desktop version. More and more people are making a touch interface their primary device which means that fewer compromises will need to be made.",I use this app everyday and for the most part - it works if you’re doing basic documents.,4,TRUE,usability,document,80,88,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,8e503e8a-9570-4d4d-ba7e-9873f8aafbf8,1d06ade0-72db-4d98-b10c-9315de968a73,Basic stuff there but still a couple fixes,Sometimes when ur moving pictures around they don’t move or auto format super weird. Sometimes the keyboard disappears when ur moving pictures. The dictate feature is great and has helped me get my assignments don 10x faster.,Sometimes the keyboard disappears when ur moving pictures.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,picture,50,57,negative
productivity,notability,2a828cce-5c1f-4449-a937-6898b69ff042,1d51c24f-97f9-47dd-8c06-156f7affe4c8,"Average quality, high price","I use this app for work and school. I am a technical person I need a high quality software for pdf manipulation, edit text in pdf, markup pdf with annotations such as callouts, arrows and text bubbles, add hyperlinks within the text (such as clicking a hyperlink and getting taken to a referenced page), adding bookmark names to easily find pages, naming pages, change text alignment, select multiple annotations including text boxes and images, select multiple pages, etc. This app is not capable of any of the above. It can’t even convert RTF into a page. Useless. This is good if you want to simply write hand written notes, yet there’s free apps that can compete with that nonsense of a feature. i use this app to make use of the money I paid, which i bought simply to see if it’s useful because it has no free demo version of the app. No other way to find if it’s what you’re looking for. Who ever decided to make this number 1 is just a bunch of naive kids who don’t know what a powerful note taking app should be capable of. Hopefully they add a few features in the future to make this app worth the money. Maybe then I’d give it another star or two.",Hopefully they add a few features in the future to make this app worth the money.,2,TRUE,general,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,8a88eff3-282d-4e47-8ef0-f55e3025da6f,1d9a77ae-12ed-4617-8dc9-257a6b9bd499,My Favorite Mail App,"I use Gmail on all of my apple devices. I struggled with Apple’s Mail application for years until I switched to Gmail. I love the simplistic yet versatile design and the way that it connects with my Google Calendar app to create appointments. I am always able to keep all of my mail organized and reference it later. A nice, simple way to keep on top of my email.",I love the simplistic yet versatile design and the way that it connects with my Google Calendar app to create appointments.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,list,16,20,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,c7a3935e-0d5f-4615-99c5-3a286df3c04c,1dde950e-1556-4282-96e2-9973c0c55a83,It doesn’t seem to work as it should on the apple watch,I’ve been using this app for i don’t know maybe a year or so. It’s really helps me to refrain on over using my phone and actually be productive. Plus it’s super cute to see those trees grow and is fun to compete with my friends etc. I was super satisfied with it until i’ve tried it on my apple watch. It doesn’t work as it is shown in the preview photos on the app description and all I can see is the overview section. Could there be a way to solve this problem?,It doesn’t work as it is shown in the preview photos on the app description and all I can see is the overview section.,5,TRUE,usability,photo,47,52,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,49aec221-5ebb-409a-8e85-d47e2bbcd78a,1e0e92aa-6036-43ff-867a-68fc24317d6e,Amazing tool!,"The app is beautiful and so useful. I usually try out productivity tools only to abandon them within weeks. I have been using Forest consistently for months because of its excellent design, easy use, and stats on the work I’ve done. Using their tagging system helps me see what I’ve been up to, and their statistics show what days and times I tend to spend the most time focusing on tasks. Cannot recommend enough","I have been using Forest consistently for months because of its excellent design, easy use, and stats on the work I’ve done.",5,TRUE,usability,design,75,81,positive
productivity,things-3,b53795f1-8633-46e5-8700-80a93b97fd0d,1e6ee766-d51b-4361-96a2-330f29025387,Best planner and task manager!,This app has changed my life. I don’t forget to do things anymore. I just ask Siri on my watch to add a reminder. I go into things multiple times a day and I import my reminders and set when they’re do and any additional details I need and I am off!As someone with anxiety being able to see everything that I need to do laid out with deadlines really helps me.I can’t thank the developers enough I have purchased this app on every platform I use!,I just ask Siri on my watch to add a reminder.,5,TRUE,usability,reminder,38,46,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,56d6386c-1f57-43a4-a1e6-cbaced9a0694,1ee13da8-ae28-4aca-bb95-a9350673af3d,extreme frustration.,"I've been using evernote for years. Its been great. Recently lost a phone and had to go to an iphone 7. installed Evernote. It won't even open. Every time I open, I get the following error message ""Error: Problem connecting to Evernote. Please check your internet connection."" I get this message IMMEDIATELY on opening the app, BEFORE entering log-in credentials -- I don't even get that opportunity. I tried deleting and reinstalling the app. Same problem. So here's the really frustrating thing; I went to the web site to submit a bug-report. I navigated through the menus and got to the ""Please submit a ticket"" message. Great, right? I'll submit a ticket and they'll resolve this. Well I could find NO PLACE TO ACTUALLY SUBMIT THE TICKET. There was no button for it, there was no textbox to accept my input. There was lots of info about what to include, but nowhere to enter it. SO FRUSTRATING. :(","Please check your internet connection.""",1,TRUE,general,internet connection,19,38,negative
productivity,things-3,b7392acd-d7ca-4c32-bdc6-104938a4a667,1efab64e-6983-4ac9-8572-cfa1f058e63e,Finally!,"I first used Things years ago to GTD. After I discovered Wunderlist, I switched and loved the flexibility and the plethora of features it offered. Few years ago, a tragedy took place and Wunderlist fell victim to Microsoft who bought out and stopped updating the app. It then went off to attempt its own version of Wunderlist, only to release an underdeveloped, underperforming iteration that's probably doomed for the lack of user interest. To make a long story short, I was forced to find a replacement for my beloved Wunderlist (RIP). I searched high and low only to return to Things 3. I'm happy to acknowledge that it evolved into a prince, matching and at times surpassing Wunderlist. Things 3 is more elegant and user friendly then any other app I've tried. I'm happy to be home again. My dream is for Apple to recognize the value of Things 3 and purchase it. Only then can we be assured that this magnificent product will survive indefinitely. Apple, are you listening?!","To make a long story short, I was forced to find a replacement for my beloved Wunderlist (RIP).",5,TRUE,general,list,85,89,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,be585741-b860-4f05-9d31-41da8138f669,1f632af1-74a0-4749-bc94-d659ab22d138,Great When It Works,"I am using the newest iPad Pro and this app should definitely work on the top of the line device. All other apps works flawlessly. If I am typing a paper and about an hour and a half in, it always freezes on me. I have lost one important assignment because the app froze, I was not on WiFi (beyond the point when the app shouldn’t freeze to begin with), and I could not click on anything on the screen to at least copy the text. I had to completely get off of the app, delete it from recents, and go back onto the app where the paper was no more. It just happened to me again (luckily I was able to manually save before it froze even worse) and that was my tipping point to write a review.","If I am typing a paper and about an hour and a half in, it always freezes on me.",2,TRUE,usability,paper,18,23,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,7b9cfbd0-4f21-4bf5-9d15-a2b7c1e5dec8,20294dcd-da56-4b8d-ad02-1921a9f5e436,missing features create a big issue,"it is a pretty good software, it getts my things smoothly... the majority of the time, but when it doesn’t, the format of documents get all wonky and it doesnt have all the features i need. i am a student that hasteachers who are very particular on how they want their format for papers to be. for example since my computer doesnt work i use my iPad instead and when i try to do something like page layout, it doesnt allow me to skip the first page, which makes things very complicated for me. it needs to have all the features that the online word would have.",i am a student that hasteachers who are very particular on how they want their format for papers to be.,3,TRUE,general,paper,91,96,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,7e1d7bee-5f3c-435b-88b5-57eecb835470,20446251-8b6c-45bb-8528-5946b098bfd6,Microsoft word is amazing!!!!,Love the fact I can synchronize this with my other devices. Very convenient to write my paper as a I sit in a waiting room on my phone and not have to bring a laptop. When I get home I can still finish my paper on my laptop with all prior work saved. You have a quick idea just jot it down on the sticky notepad. If you don’t want to type you can use the record feature.,Love the fact I can synchronize this with my other devices.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,21,25,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,160adf6f-fb2d-4e27-9609-94453988a6c6,20cfd1ab-936d-4f17-a1c8-61b8a6b5325a,Can’t sync on iPad,"I love this app on iPhone. I’ve used it on iPad since the day it was made compatible. However, for 4 weeks now my sync hasn’ worked. It shows last sync ‘4 weeks ago’, and if I hit the Sync in preferences it crashes the app.I’m afraid to reinstall because I’ll lose a month of progress. I’m hoping an app update fixes sync and saves my trees. That would make the iPad app 5 stars, but until then I’m reluctant to use it again.","However, for 4 weeks now my sync hasn’ worked.",2,TRUE,compatibility,sync,29,33,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e62aef87-9702-4da4-a5ed-937507feee00,20daf316-a0ec-4540-bef1-dd9ff06d9f1e,Give Evernote Another Look,"Updated Review February 2021:If you’ve stepped back from using Evernote because its performance disappointed you, please come back and give it another look. I’ve been “all in” with Evernote for many years (since early 2012). It was because I was all-in that I lingered thru failed searches, missing notes, and lots and lots of lag.As the Evernote team has been rebuilding the app across  platforms, some features/functions disappeared for a while, but then came back impressively as the updates rolled out. The team has been transparent and responsive, and I’m glad I lingered...I’m enjoying the BEST EVERNOTE EVER!As I stated in my original review, Evernote is a true extension of my brain.Original Review:Dumbledore's Pensieve in my PocketEvernote is my notepad, planner, list-taker, journal, presentation portfolio, and keeper of all scraps of paper (important and notsomuch). It scans documents and Post-it notes, then recognizes my handwriting so I can search/find them later. Don't know what you'll use it for? Get it, and learn as you go!","It scans documents and Post-it notes, then recognizes my handwriting so I can search/find them later.",5,TRUE,usability,document,10,18,positive
productivity,things-3,8c23ecc5-9813-44c0-8dc6-b9eb6b134b3c,20e12fcf-1317-41ee-9523-8de14a745f56,Feels like pure perfection,"I rarely leave App Store reviews, but I have to for Things. I’ve tried almost every single productivity tool, task manager, etc. Have read books like “Getting Things Done” and “The Checklist Manifesto.” And it wasn’t until I discovered Things last week that I felt like finally, FINALLY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, something that “just works.” I don’t know how to explain it, but it feels like they’ve thought through every single little use-case. My tasks conform to what I need, whereas other apps I feel I have to conform to their rules/ environment. It’s the first task manager to feel like “My to-dos” rather than “the todos I keep in software XYZ”","I’ve tried almost every single productivity tool, task manager, etc.",5,TRUE,usability,task manager,51,63,positive
productivity,things-3,260d7bd2-cd52-4bae-bd98-3d2f00c6acc2,20f65dbf-f2a0-40f1-894b-5ac7b06ae9f3,I Like it!,"An intelligent and smartly designed feature-packed GTD/ Task Mngt app that promotes productivity through simplicity-Well Done Guys! For that, this app gets a 5 for Task Mngt in my view. The total freedom and flexibility to manage and navigate inside the native app is ‘Points on the Board’. And, then being able to import emails and other Mind-Mapping Projects/Tasks directly into Things 3 as To-Do’s is a Home-Run in my book!The Project Mngt aspect of Things however only gets a 3 rating. The addition of basic attributes needed in managing project and event-like activities to include start/finish dates for sub-tasks, dependancies,  attachments option available in the notes field coupled with basic views such as Calendar, Gantt, Kanban, TimeLine etc would a value based features for those of us that benefit from the visual perspectives and situational awareness these views bring. The above said, I’ still use Things 3 as ‘Central Station’ for integrating all my calendars and various Task app activities. That would not be my choice without the excellent design and interface Things 3 provides. Again, in that respect Things 3 gets a solid two thumbs-up.  Thanks guys!!Bill",That would not be my choice without the excellent design and interface Things 3 provides.,4,TRUE,general,interface,62,71,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,48255eba-8dca-41b5-ab68-7b4b9f0acacb,215d8577-e98a-4706-97c0-4a8f8b2a7781,Incredibly Laggy,"The primary focus of a word processor should be to put words on a page.  However, Word fails to do this with any speed.  I’m typing on an iPad with a magic keyboard, and am getting much better with my speed.  This is meaningless in Word, however, as I can type ten words out before Word finishes displaying the first.  At first, I thought this was due to it checking the data for predictions, and I’ve turned off all of those options and the result is the same.  I’m not sure why it is so hard to put priority on what I’m typing over checking the internet for what I should be typing according to Microsoft.  If I wasn’t using this attached to a OneDrive I’m sharing, I’d go to Pages in a heartbeat.",The primary focus of a word processor should be to put words on a page.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,page,67,71,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,f5c71eaf-c20e-49f8-82cf-f3cd44ce911e,216976b4-cffe-445a-8511-eb6723c9a1ca,The Good and the Bad,"The good is that I have yet to find another email app that handles the label/folder thing as well as Gmail’s native app. I can easily see my labels. I like the snooze feature as well. The bad is that it is clearly not a high priority for the company, as their work on this reminds me of kids out of high school with limited leadership. QA misses huge things regularly, implantation of new features is often clunky at best, and they frankly haven’t done much with it over these many many years. Currently cut & paste has big issues and they thrust their Meet functionality so in my face that I can’t even see my entire list of emails anymore. It’s literally almost an inch high of space to push for something that shouldn’t even be part of the Gmail mobile app at all! And this is par for the course with their updates over the last 10 years.  I hope they resolve these issues quickly. Meanwhile I’ll continue to look for an email app that handles labels/folders well instead.",It’s literally almost an inch high of space to push for something that shouldn’t even be part of the Gmail mobile app at all!,3,TRUE,efficiency,space,39,44,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,5338f8a3-ab63-43e7-993e-4ef5a7b1363f,221eee39-93cd-4027-831c-ba8fb3e7a58b,Get this app now thank me later,This app will save your life. I’m a college student and have a hard time focusing during my studies making it unproductive. This app legitimately raised my gpa from 3.6 to 3.78 because i couldn’t spend my study sessions on instagram. As a result my grades raised and i even spend less time studying because the time I’m spending is quality time. Plus i get rewarded with cute little trees for my effort love this app! Get it and thank me later!,This app legitimately raised my gpa from 3.6 to 3.78 because i couldn’t spend my study sessions on instagram.,5,TRUE,compatibility,tag,103,106,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a3413455-998d-417d-b772-3ac440772892,23d93094-e6ba-470c-be5a-eb15f5be44b1,App not stable and errors,And also dark mode. Where is that? There is no theme menu like so many others have said. Gmail also has stability issues for a single account. I get a strange black box with an exclamation point in it that says ERROR! Repeatedly. Then it goes away. The frustrating part is I never know when it will show up. Wifi here in Taipei Taiwan is very good. No problems with it or mobile data. I have a suggestion about dark mode. Just do a release with the theme in it or that explicitly names it in the relnotes. I don’t want to go back to the mail app. I just want what google said it would give for some time now. I also would like the ERROR! to go away.,And also dark mode.,3,TRUE,general,dark mode,10,19,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9ba29b94-a12b-4b29-98eb-4867763c08bc,24982696-ff1e-4b75-8324-9d5b3938bac6,"Easy, fun, and beautiful","This app is very well made. It provides many options for different kinds of not taking; photos, drawing/writing with a stylus, audio and typing. There are lots of ways to share and organize them also.It would be even better if it allowed greater flexibility with organizing notes such as wrapping text around images or drawings, and being able to move images or drawings after placing them so your not forced to put them right after the last line of text. Also being able to change the size of the images and text. And the feature to change your profile picture is not very good. It doesn't allow you to crop very far and doesn't show what will be cropped out and what won't. Thanks for a great app overall though!",Also being able to change the size of the images and text.,4,TRUE,usability,text,54,58,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,93d0dec4-b497-4cca-a6a7-cd6ab1b5a3ed,24a52eea-4061-4149-8497-436c39d0a147,CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE IT WORK FASTER FOR iPhone 7,"I updated but can I go back?  It’s slow and makes it less enjoyable to use on the iPhone 7.  In fact, it’s wasting a lot of time waiting for it to work. Sure, I plan to get a new phone... but if the update works for this phone and iOS it should be fast like I was before ... please.  I know there is a balance because they want to add new features but I’m not using anything new and it’s just not cool to slow people down on a simple thing like taking notes. I’m a paying customer that’s been using this for years.  Please don’t mess with what works .... At least let the old version be available for iPhone 7. Please. I’m a paying customer.UPDATE: I deleted and reinstalled, because it wasn’t loading at all. It is working better now ... but could be MUCH faster.",Please don’t mess with what works .... At least let the old version be available for iPhone 7.,3,TRUE,compatibility,old version,57,68,negative
productivity,things-3,8ab7812b-1642-4ba3-a27f-3e311d49f66a,25bde688-25dc-4623-befe-cea5e5a51e12,I wish...,"The dark mode is 👍, I just wish u could change the box color on the home page. It’s so boring looking just being white. If you give us color Options I will be forced to give 5 ⭐️’s","The dark mode is 👍, I just wish u could change the box color on the home page.",3,TRUE,compatibility,page,74,78,positive
productivity,things-3,8ab7812b-1642-4ba3-a27f-3e311d49f66a,25bde688-25dc-4623-befe-cea5e5a51e12,I wish...,"The dark mode is 👍, I just wish u could change the box color on the home page. It’s so boring looking just being white. If you give us color Options I will be forced to give 5 ⭐️’s","The dark mode is 👍, I just wish u could change the box color on the home page.",3,TRUE,usability,dark mode,5,14,positive
productivity,notability,2320ba3e-6270-4364-b2b2-93749d72574a,25dfad17-107d-4810-a283-54fd36b97cfb,Very good app but some improvements needed!,"Compared to One Note and Good Notes, this is the best app! However, there are several improvements to bemade that would make Notability incomparable to its competitors!Notability's Pros° Side by side Note layout: You can look at two separate notes/pdfs at the same time, which is awesome if you want to take notes on a separate pdf like a textbook.° Voice-Recording Feature: This lets you record audio while taking notes and lets you review it in sync with your notes afterwards.• Really easy to convert handwriting into text! Handwriting is also searchable° You can also create custom colors° Scissors tool lets you resize what you need and crop/rotate.• Overall, really easy userface!Improvements Needed!° Eraser! Please create an option to erase like a normal eraser instead of a stroke eraser! It's very frustrating when I'm trying to draw images for my school notes• Please make a shape recognition tool similar to OneNote or Good Notes 4! It's very hard to make good looking figuresin your app.° Highlighter! When you highlight in Notability, the highlight decreases the boldness of the pen color underneath.Please change this so that the pen maintains the same color when highlighted.° Please add more lined paper templates or let users add their own in. I'm a little tired of adding my own pdfs over and over again.",° Voice-Recording Feature: This lets you record audio while taking notes and lets you review it in sync with your notes afterwards.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,100,104,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,5303f3e4-2749-4ec9-8ba8-1ffe884dd935,25ebf28f-619e-4f0a-b80b-4341dfd19ae6,Computer vs mobile vs tablet,"Hello, I’d like word in computer, you create a document, and you print it, I mean the basic. On mobile..nope. It’s like paint but blue themed. I mean there can be a lot of improvements and fixes. Also the app crashed my tablet like 3 times before even finishing the download. Ok other then that, I honestly didn’t like it. For a document it’s good you got the basics. But it isn’t enough like... ok maybe on my phone it might be bad and all that but i mean meh. But on the tablet (seeing the pictures in the App Store) it’s good I mean the same for computer but a little bit laggy and bugs and crashes. There can be a LOOT of différents if you could just work on it better.Ok. As an app. I can say meh. Not bad. Just less settings in the mob and tabs. But other then that crashes. Fix these and make the layout better :) also the app takes a lot to download and a lot to start it up. Make this a generator instead of a non deleting paper for like ever. Thanks for reading",Fix these and make the layout better :) also the app takes a lot to download and a lot to start it up.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,layout,24,30,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,bbb47602-832b-4ba7-b085-8cbd828f1612,26620397-f73d-481f-93dd-2f53c461c2c1,Frustrating. I use when I have to.,"I have to have Word.  The work and general environment makes it the standard.  So, I use it.  This app is okay for simpler stuff.  It includes the most used features.  The frustration is with faults in the app.  First, the auto save seems to work with OneDrive, but not the others.  I feel I am being herded toward Microsoft.  It makes me hate OneDrive.  Second, if I am creating a document in Word, but switch off to a different app, coming back to Word means I wait while my document downloads from the cloud again.  Every. Single. Time.  When I tried to get around this by saving the doc to the iPad, I found a bug.  I created a doc, saved it to the iPad.  Then I created another doc, saved it to the iPad also.  While working with the second doc, if I switched to another app and then come back to Word, it reloads the first document! So, right now, if I am creating a simple document, I will use another app and just save as docx.  If it’s a complex doc that someone else created, I have to use Word.  And using an app only because I have to.... well that should tell you something.","So, right now, if I am creating a simple document, I will use another app and just save as docx.",2,TRUE,usability,document,42,50,positive
productivity,notability,d69880dd-7a23-4934-80f2-64e5bfef50ce,269ea19f-501a-4ffe-bf34-9d22688354ab,Not sure what the hype is all about..,"So, here’s the thing. There are a lot of note taking apps on the market. I feel like if you want a quality one, maybe you need to pay for it. So, I purchased this one and Good Notes. I’ve used Evernote and Microsoft OneNote as well. Nothing sets this apart from competitors besides the price. And please beware: that price for the iOS app does not include the desktop app. That’s a separate charge. You can’t access it through a browser either. That’s a huge negative in my opinion. Additionally, sometimes this app will crash (like during iOS updates) and you’ll lose your subjects and dividers. So, there’s a way to get your subjects back, but you’re out of luck with your dividers. What does this mean? It means that all of the classes you’ve set up for multiple semesters will be wiped out. Whatever was organized under is able to be obtained, but you have to go back through and sort all of it. Do you know what an incredibly awful and tedious task that is? When you contact their customer service, they’re basically just like “Oh, sorryyyyy yeah we don’t care.” If you’re still reading this, oh hey. One last final note: don’t waste your money. I’ve tried them all and think Microsoft OneNote is really the way to go. It’s free, you get cloud storage, the app on the computer is free, and you get full functionality of program. Recent updates means it does EXACTLY what notability does.","Additionally, sometimes this app will crash (like during iOS updates) and you’ll lose your subjects and dividers.",2,TRUE,usability,divider,105,112,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,19f7d3d8-b367-428c-8212-e63ab010f8ea,273ee757-7818-4551-bc49-bf8be91f891e,"Great app, slight improvements","I use Evernote .  It’s a great app.  I just wish that when you make lists, it’s easier to make subindentations from ordered lists to bullet points.Another issue is that when I make an ordered list and hit enter, I want spaces in between the numbers.  Not the immediate line after.Also if I could color individual Words instead of the whole line.","Another issue is that when I make an ordered list and hit enter, I want spaces in between the numbers.",5,TRUE,reliability,space,73,78,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,608004eb-ec50-4652-b4f8-4a1e238579dc,2771ac75-2cc2-4be0-a22d-8fee3b6bc111,So versatile!,"As a teacher, I know a lot of educators use Evernote for their classrooms.  However my primary use of this app is as a sewist to organize and catalog my pattern stash, make lists of patterns I want to buy, and to have materials needs at my fingertips! With the app on my phone I can quickly search designs by tag, pull up a photo of the pattern, and find the materials lists as well. It also prevents me from purchasing unnecessary duplicates.  ❤️❤️❤️","With the app on my phone I can quickly search designs by tag, pull up a photo of the pattern, and find the materials lists as well.",5,TRUE,compatibility,photo,73,78,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,608004eb-ec50-4652-b4f8-4a1e238579dc,2771ac75-2cc2-4be0-a22d-8fee3b6bc111,So versatile!,"As a teacher, I know a lot of educators use Evernote for their classrooms.  However my primary use of this app is as a sewist to organize and catalog my pattern stash, make lists of patterns I want to buy, and to have materials needs at my fingertips! With the app on my phone I can quickly search designs by tag, pull up a photo of the pattern, and find the materials lists as well. It also prevents me from purchasing unnecessary duplicates.  ❤️❤️❤️","With the app on my phone I can quickly search designs by tag, pull up a photo of the pattern, and find the materials lists as well.",5,TRUE,usability,tag,58,61,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3daf228c-be43-4dc6-888f-947905a4a553,2782c9f7-47cc-44fc-bced-5d3d83e7e903,"Great update, use it daily","I’ve been using Evernote for 8 years and the latest update has made it much more user friendly. I take meeting notes, track projects, clip web resources, and utilize several notebooks and numerous tags to easily find what I need. Also use Scannable often to file receipts and documents. A great system!","I take meeting notes, track projects, clip web resources, and utilize several notebooks and numerous tags to easily find what I need.",5,TRUE,usability,tag,102,105,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,03dc37fb-5030-44be-ac5e-4a0b258f1f8a,2806c4f9-21d4-4fbd-995b-de1d2015d5f0,Needs UI Enhancements,"For starters, please move the quick actions to the bottom of the screen. More and more of us are using iPhone Pro Max models and it makes reaching all the way up to the top of the screen to delete/mark as unread/ etc more more of a hassle to do compared to if the actions were near the bottom.Secondly, the “dark mode” seems to have an awkwardly subtle green/blue tint to it. It looks very uncomfortable and not true dark grey/grey. Thirdly, can the font color of the email lists be slightly whiter? It’s, again, awkward to have to really focus on text because the color different from the dark background to the slightly-less dark body text color isn’t contrasted enough. Lastly, please give us the option to choose the in-app browser OR forward us to safari directly. I understand the in-app browser is convenient but so is having those links open and stay in your tab history without having to take the extra step to “open in safari”Hope someone at Google reads this.","Thirdly, can the font color of the email lists be slightly whiter?",2,TRUE,efficiency,color,23,28,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,03dc37fb-5030-44be-ac5e-4a0b258f1f8a,2806c4f9-21d4-4fbd-995b-de1d2015d5f0,Needs UI Enhancements,"For starters, please move the quick actions to the bottom of the screen. More and more of us are using iPhone Pro Max models and it makes reaching all the way up to the top of the screen to delete/mark as unread/ etc more more of a hassle to do compared to if the actions were near the bottom.Secondly, the “dark mode” seems to have an awkwardly subtle green/blue tint to it. It looks very uncomfortable and not true dark grey/grey. Thirdly, can the font color of the email lists be slightly whiter? It’s, again, awkward to have to really focus on text because the color different from the dark background to the slightly-less dark body text color isn’t contrasted enough. Lastly, please give us the option to choose the in-app browser OR forward us to safari directly. I understand the in-app browser is convenient but so is having those links open and stay in your tab history without having to take the extra step to “open in safari”Hope someone at Google reads this.","Thirdly, can the font color of the email lists be slightly whiter?",2,TRUE,usability,font,18,22,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,141fb5d3-6bfd-4c7e-b3c2-774d30e013bb,281a4218-240d-4037-97b2-8e945996c128,New version is a disaster for this longtime premium user,"Evernote was a major part of my life for over 10 years. It was crucial for getting 2 books published. Alas, the recent versions, including the current one, is hardly even usable. Reliability is essential for an app like Evernote, and it has become utterly unreliable. E.g., I shared a webpage to Evernote 3 hours ago, and it still does not show up in the Evernote app on any of my devices (2 Macs, iPad, and iPhone). I need to annotate it, but it’s not there! I have sync’d multiple times on 3 devices. Will it ever show up?I had no choice but to look for alternatives. So far, Keep It is looking like a great replacement for Evernote. It’s taken a bit of adjustment in my workflow, but I’m loving it. It is faster, more reliable, and offers some other advantages as well, like the option to save a webpage as one long PDF, which brilliantly solves multiple problems Evernote has always had with saving webpages. BTW, The webpage I mentioned earlier was saved to Keep It immediately!The free Joplin app is supposed to be good, too, but seems to have a steeper learning curve.","BTW, The webpage I mentioned earlier was saved to Keep It immediately!",1,TRUE,general,page,13,17,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,342486b2-ed96-4f09-806a-83fc3d9b8c13,287f7ed2-c97f-4ab3-923b-2624bbe2c72e,It’s Great,"I use Evernote all the time.  I have a notebook for people that includes pictures.  I am a minister and I keep a lot of Bible study notes in a notebook. I have a notebook for my favorite vacation spot, Pigeon Forge, TN. I have a notebook on my home area, where I grew up. As you can see, I use it both for business and for pleasure. I love the idea that It is on my iPhone, my iPod, my iPad and my Apple desktop computer.",I am a minister and I keep a lot of Bible study notes in a notebook.,5,TRUE,usability,notebook,60,68,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3d9ef600-96ba-47c9-886c-58a9b9395828,28b17d12-1d5d-44e5-bd9c-25e62ed49eb5,Fantastic App!!!,"This has increased my productivity so much! I used to carry around a notebook that I had to constantly update between my computer and my phone. Now, this syncs all my devices with one location and is very versatile. I can’t express enough how valuable it is.",I used to carry around a notebook that I had to constantly update between my computer and my phone.,5,TRUE,compatibility,notebook,26,34,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,fe331f1d-5b65-44be-815b-b8a925b0f6ce,28c01e0b-a989-4532-af4b-7f0c2117d8a5,Custom Default Template,"Okay. So this needs to be addressed, as my iPad Pro is my computer that I use. I pay for 365, so there is no reason for Microsoft to make using Apple devices inconvenient. Why why why is it not possible to create your own templates or layouts? Every time I write a new paper, which is very frequent, I’m forced to adjust the settings to look as I want them. This is extremely frustrating, and there is now way to edit their default templates and layouts. I read on a forum that it was “by design” and the only purposeful design choice I can think of is so that they design it to be inconvenient. Next, why is it that sometimes words will always be marked as spelled incorrectly when they are not? This happens every once in in awhile and the only way to fix it is to start the paper over when it happens. Or just deal with there being dotted red lines all over the paper. Fix these things and it’ll be perfect.",This happens every once in in awhile and the only way to fix it is to start the paper over when it happens.,3,TRUE,general,paper,81,86,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,fd87eacd-aa32-40a6-b1be-38276e3fb4bd,28d825fd-b1fc-4689-a992-bed347d3a5af,Works alright half the time,"I use this app on my ipad pro 2020. I am a college student so I rely on writing papers on here. It works well a majority of the time, unless it doesn’t. When its functioning well, I can type fluidly and well, I don’t have to worry about saving until the end, and I love this app. But the other times, it will lag terribly, until it shuts down and I loose my papers. I also experience issues where I will save a document and it refuses to open, either coming up in all of the top of the keyboard characters such as !@#$%, or won’t open at all. This can be extremely frustrating when I am in the middle of a 6 page paper, I see the lag, and know it’s about to crash and there’s nothing I can do to stop it.",I am a college student so I rely on writing papers on here.,3,TRUE,usability,paper,45,50,positive
productivity,notability,06a58dcd-1d5c-47f9-ad64-99a2b72fd566,28f4ea75-a22e-40f5-b0c0-0d79c334ac84,Best note taking and pdf annotating app; 2 potential improvements,"As a graduate student, I use notability on iPad to take notes and reading/annotating scientific papers (which are PDFs) everyday. Have been a user almost ever since notability was published many years ago. Also tried GoodNotes and PDF expert, but for my purposes, notability is the best in terms of ease of use (very intuitive and convenient and perfect Apple Pencil support) and better handwriting rendering.Two possible improvements:1. Need to have a better navigation support for pdf (textbooks). Annotating a pdf paper is no problem, but reading a 500-page long textbook can be a little painful in terms of navigating. Would be great if can support (recognize and could customize) outlines/super links. Also a thumbnail view support will be super helpful for a quick navigation and overview of the book.2. Need to have a better file management such as allow nested “dividers”. I need to read a lot of scientific papers on different topics and I want to store them accordingly. So I created “subjects” underneath “divider” called “papers” like: “genetics-general”, “genetics-asd”, “genetics-gwas”, ..., “machine learning- general “, “machine learning-nn” etc etc ... it’s very inconvenient.Other than the above two potential improvements, notability is perfect for my daily use. Thanks!","Annotating a pdf paper is no problem, but reading a 500-page long textbook can be a little painful in terms of navigating.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,text,67,71,negative
productivity,notability,e8e2f10d-1f8e-4fda-b60d-4640037dce68,294b1ed9-9925-451c-83b8-9947c67ac0db,Poor organization,"This app is good at rendering handwriting and I really like the color schemes (yellow on black, red on black). However, everything else is a disappointment: - not being able to test the product before purchase is a massive nuisance from the outset- dividers and subjects are neither intuitive nor sufficient for elaborate organization. For example, I cannot archive notes that I do not need on a regular basis. I can delete notes or keep them in my face. I cannot use the same name for a subject under two dividers. For example, I cannot have a 'General' subject under two different divisions. So I cannot have a catch-all for different teams or topics. Way too simplistic. - the reason I'm now writing this negative review and switching to a different note system is because ALL MY SUBJECTS AND DIVIDERS DISAPPEARED for no reason!!!! I invested a lot of effort trying to organize my written notes and now I need to do it all over again in a different system. For all the things people find annoying about Microsoft, my stuff never disappears randomly. Updated to 1 star since I can't even export it backup my files to PDF anymore. Took me forever to get all my content out! Massive waste of time and money!",Massive waste of time and money!,1,TRUE,cost,money,27,32,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,507f6bcd-745b-4841-9127-c9ec2667456d,29cc272a-3de4-496f-a4ab-3279b052839f,New update,"The new update, though simpler to use. It sacrifices, the editing power the app had before. For instance, before at any given moment changing the spacing between lines was easy and intuitive if you used the pc version of it. I think this a problem that the user should be able to opt in, whether to have a simpler version or easy editing. Or designing it in a way that the user, can add on features, or just leave them off. This is obviously something that was overlooked when redesigning the new update.",This is obviously something that was overlooked when redesigning the new update.,4,TRUE,general,design,56,62,negative
productivity,notability,47c52d57-2a93-4b35-9198-2a07798129d7,29fbe0b5-efda-4360-9d24-65ddcfd1bab0,Notebook GOAT,"I’m a PhD student in Computer Science and have used many note taking apps over the years. Hands down this is the best notebook app I’ve ever used because there are absolutely no pain points when using this app, and that takes a very clear vision for an app, and most companies miss the mark on that. The usability of moving things around a page is super intuitive and slick. I love the recording! OMG, finally you can just tap when to record and tap when to stop, and tap to resume etc, and the recording is tied to the state of your notes, so when you replay the recording you can see where you were. The recording feature on this is what sold me. A lot of other apps make u save a file each time you record, or pause... such a pain. There are a ton of other things i love about this app, but I gots to get back to it now, so I’ll leave it there. Thanks Notability !I love you guys. U make taking notes really fun for me, and that is really big for me right now cuz my life is pretty lame as a PhD student.",The usability of moving things around a page is super intuitive and slick.,5,TRUE,usability,page,41,45,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,6fe6c0a6-cc3b-49c5-b667-6d1bbda467f0,2a14ec0f-4b92-40a3-988c-383634f6735b,Useful until i tried sharing my lists,Evernote had a great concept but has a poor price position. i started using it to make a basic list then tried to share it and let others modify it. I was disappointed to find out only premium members can allow shared lists to be modified.,Evernote had a great concept but has a poor price position.,4,TRUE,cost,price,45,50,negative
productivity,things-3,1a1413e1-2b9d-4989-8cf4-7fc3da73a4cc,2a1dd98d-be94-4f6a-ab56-a350e065414e,"Fantastic app, needs some work","I use Things every day and with all my reminders, but imo the lack of a calendar view can hurt the experience. Right now the only way to see future reminders is in upcoming view, which is fine, but going back and forth between today's view and upcoming view can be a real nuisance and take up much time since you can’t drag a reminder from today and just drop it in another date. for that, you need to change the date on the reminder’s setting which can be frustrating when there are a lot of them.With a proper calendar view though, this would be a non-issue. And aside from that, it would make seeing future reminders so much easier.","And aside from that, it would make seeing future reminders so much easier.",4,TRUE,efficiency,reminder,50,58,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,4d0b1b20-9d9a-4879-a215-caf368698dec,2a2f6482-4713-41d6-b386-9ea82f03e38c,Mixed feeling here used this for 6 years,I used the program allot but this last year with its updates messed me up. I lost an entire note book that took hours to write and it simply up and gone. On top of that I have been takin notes for two hour and lost about an hours worth of notes. It’s sad to think that evernote and their programmers care more about money then your well being. I even purchased their premium deal and they only give you a few gb of information each month. Not enough for a real note taker. I would invest in a new note takin app if you haven’t already paid for this one. After this semester I will go back to using windows documents. After a few years Evernote is more pricey any way. One note might work best so I hope you guys like my advice here. Google one note !!! It’s free and works better,After this semester I will go back to using windows documents.,3,TRUE,general,document,53,61,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,4f9ae5a0-32de-411f-8fe5-4b0a327d88f9,2a587c23-8825-4042-a9da-631f0c26dd98,Love the app. Hate the new version.,"In many ways the new version of the app is really good. Faster and cleaner. But in important ways, it is steps backwards. Like someone didn’t know how the old app functioned. Number one and this is a big one the app used to allow you to hit share and Evernotes and it would take the title from the document the website, etc. No longer does that and everything has a blank title. Number two it used to be able to save stuff from the iTunes Store I would save the picture that accompanies it and it stop doing that again. Number three when you do the share and hit Evernotes tags are gone. Cant tag note.",In many ways the new version of the app is really good.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,new version,18,29,positive
productivity,things-3,40ca4652-625c-4e79-8e63-cc62c450cdf9,2a645d91-ae06-4c95-b775-a60be0b359fa,It's the best out there,"This little app & the corresponding desktop app make such a difference. It's streamlined, efficient & minimalist, and yet it has more functionality than most of its competitors. It can take an enormous workload and make it feel manageable. The only thing missing is a calendar view for planning out future tasks. Hopefully they will integrate that soon!",The only thing missing is a calendar view for planning out future tasks.,5,TRUE,general,calendar view,29,42,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,eac85bfe-a3ec-4730-b82c-5c161f0446f7,2a7ce365-c3cf-4f21-a8e0-7927a15c992d,What this apps needs is TouchID and password,"It’s a very nifty app...very effective and I love the interface and how easy it is to use. However, I will be very elated if you could include the option to lock the app with password or TouchID. I will like to be able to give my phone to friends and not have to worry about them snooping through my email. The yahoo mail app on iOS has it and I don’t want to switch solely to yahoo because of this problem. I wish my request will be duly considered. Thank you!",It’s a very nifty app...very effective and I love the interface and how easy it is to use.,4,TRUE,efficiency,interface,55,64,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,63359afd-65e5-4ff3-a2ae-2409ce9f7e7c,2b8b5e36-770b-4a2a-b620-6aed416bcca1,This is a good app but,"I like this app and it’s worth the money.  I wish it were more user friendly in terms of pulling up files and using multiple files at a time. Some of the features with draw and using an iPen can be confusing.  Again, I still like using the app on iPad Pro.",I like this app and it’s worth the money.,5,TRUE,cost,money,36,41,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,fd0fa997-260f-4861-b871-5bfc3bb536c0,2baaa3b3-075a-4b17-be11-78301ea2641c,Great for collaborating across devices,"I have devices I use at home, at work, and volunteer places where I do not necessarily own all devices. I usually use a USB drive but, remembering where I keep that small USB drive is much burdensome. Many times, I could not locate my USB drive. Using OneDrive and having 5 users access is a convenience, the price, over $100 a year is a little high, thou. I litterally have access to more than 5 devices. Now, when my Phone becomes more than a phone, I really like to see Word to be more easy to edit text using iPhone. I tried editing text on a document using my iPhone, I was able to edit it. However, when I open it on a PC, the line that I typed in using my iPhone has a different format than other text in the same document. Selecting text, and editing tables or that with shapes are not very much easy on iPhone which might have a lot to do with iPhone structure. But, I really want to see improvement on this area which Microsoft could possibly eliminate barriers and add more user friendly features for Word on iPhone.","Selecting text, and editing tables or that with shapes are not very much easy on iPhone which might have a lot to do with iPhone structure.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,text,11,15,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,5b610bda-d3e7-461f-b2a3-b919586c8b19,2bfac623-11e1-43ca-bf76-bd80c951bb5d,It hurts to write this review,"I’m a longtime Evernote user, and for the first time am questioning if I will stay one after this horrendous overhaul.  How did you leave out tagging in your share extension?  How, after you did all this work to try to be more of a GTD system?  So many people rely on this feature, which has existed in IOS for YEARS.  And my new notes don’t sync.  I’m just ignoring the IOS version entirely until you clean your mess up.  But, to be clear, this is an absolute mess of a release.  This obviously wasn’t well tested with power users, or perhaps even standard users.  This reeks of some significant level of inexperience in your management hierarchy, or you have recently overhauled your engineering staff.  I honestly don’t care about the details, only the results.  Do better and I will change my review, but you need to do this quickly or you will be losing a lot of money.  As a longtime customer, I feel betrayed.",How did you leave out tagging in your share extension?,1,TRUE,compatibility,tag,23,26,positive
productivity,things-3,605736da-1382-40d4-904a-2e3c219b1189,2c159181-ad3e-48f9-90e5-93eb3713b538,Hideous Calendar Layout,"I want to like this app because it contains some truly good features. The calendar layout is sloppy, and it borders on being lazy. Firstly, all of the information is bunched together with no separation between each event. The calendar list just feels rushed. Other applications in the App Store for far less at least ensure that their calendar items are aligned with one another - Things does not. My gripe might seem minor to most; however, visual aesthetics are important to me. If the calendar isn’t important, the app allows you to hide it. Question is, why would the developers deny users the ability to create spacing and align the list?",Other applications in the App Store for far less at least ensure that their calendar items are aligned with one another - Things does not.,5,TRUE,cost,calendar,77,85,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,104ad24e-0ee4-4e0f-9c49-64de65d8a7b4,2c85fc7e-afd7-478b-8e8e-8f3c187fb003,New Version Broken,"The new updates break pencil support, causing stuttering when trying to rest your palm. The device also constantly shifts to the top, causing long lines through, along with this, since the eraser deleted the whole character, it makes it impossible to clean up the lines with out rewriting it all. The typing works fine and allows ease of use for basic documents. They also removed the infinite page so you’re limited on space when you’re only doing a pencil written document. Documented and reported it multiple times, no response.Avoid until it finally updates, perhaps even the basic notes app for handwritten notes",They also removed the infinite page so you’re limited on space when you’re only doing a pencil written document.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,space,58,63,negative
productivity,things-3,12304f46-5075-4be0-a114-a4bb70338a2e,2c8c0bd4-9baf-40c5-aa79-a7dd02c3a0dd,Big Things missing.,"It’s good. Pretty. But, just good. No collaboration. None. You can share your things with people and it sends it in a big text. They also offer a sync option, that is free (for now), and if you wanna collabo, then you have to sign in to the same account on two devices. That is super lame and I know that things knows this, cause why else would you offer this weird sync thing for things? I really do like paying up front for an app. This is a good model. I am going to keep things installed and I will keep adding to this weird list thing that doesn’t seem to be helping me with planning out my giant honey-do list and collaborating on it with my amazing wife. I’m trying to bring her in on this thing, things. It’s just not working though. Maybe I’m using the wrong app for my needs and I get that. This app is pretty tho. Like reallly pretty. I just want to find it as useful as it is pretty. Crossing my fingers for some serious rethinkin’ on collaboration.  🤞🏼Edit - while I still have things installed, I’m not really using it anymore. I am using Todoist (free version) and am able to collaborate with my incredible and awesome wife. I’m still holding out hope for things cause I’m pretty sure I’d pick it over Todoist if it had collabo. Exporting your things from things into other apps is a nightmare btw. I’m starting to wonder what things is for besides looking nice.","That is super lame and I know that things knows this, cause why else would you offer this weird sync thing for things?",1,TRUE,general,sync,97,101,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,eced8801-e09a-49f6-8535-fc9a2edf17e0,2cf580ec-cffd-41e1-b2fb-f676d30c4d66,Does a good Job 👌,I use the Gmail app everyday. I recommend👍. Didn’t want to give it 5 stars because there are some bugs in the app. When I click an email in IOS dark mode my text in an email will stay black instead of changing to white. So I gave it 4 stars because it still needs to iron out some wrinkles. But overall good job. 👍,When I click an email in IOS dark mode my text in an email will stay black instead of changing to white.,4,TRUE,usability,text,43,47,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,3965b005-04de-444d-94e0-d6876473cde9,2cf65fae-956c-4b48-925c-a09a438a7843,Unusable when I need it the most,"I have always used Word for as long as I can remember to write essays for school, create a resume for a job, or just to write random notes when needed. But right now I am so frustrated with Word. I have a brand new IPad and even paid for the high end keyboard so I could do my work for school. I downloaded this app because I thought it would work great for my many homework assignments and study guides I had to get done. But all it has done is frustrate me and make me want to throw the thing across the room! It has many great features (when logged in) and should be capable of handling my typing skills, but for some reason it can’t? The lag on this app is CRAZY bad. I can’t get anything done on bigger files where I have more than 15 pages and over 3,000 words...which is not even a lot?? The app is unusable, if I can’t type at the pace I need to with 3,000 words in my document then this app is a bust. Another great thing about the app is that even when you have the “Auto-Save” on, it likes to not save all of your work and make you start all over again! Even better when it crashes! I’ve seen these issues on forums that have come up from all the way back when the app launched. Come on Microsoft, I expected better.","The app is unusable, if I can’t type at the pace I need to with 3,000 words in my document then this app is a bust.",2,TRUE,general,document,83,91,negative
productivity,notability,a980c373-a7ba-4133-9afe-a82ba13a52cd,2e1dccad-4187-4815-a990-8e40d082b5a5,"Change is not good, progress is BS","I’ve been using this program for 3 years in my business. You’ve now updated it to the point that I can’t even figure out how to use it. I can’t make dotted lines, the thing is constantly shifting between modes while I’m trying to use it. Touch too hard something else happens, touch too soft nothing at all happens, move too fast not what you want, move too slow changes to something else!  I can’t copy pictures like I used to. the whole thing is a bunch of trash! give me my old version back!  If you thought you had a market for an entirely different operating system, then make an entirely different operating system and Call it  something else! Don’t change the operating system to the point that the people who used it can’t any longer use it!  Please tell me what competitor has software that works like yours used to!",give me my old version back!,1,TRUE,efficiency,old version,12,23,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,b40867b8-1f5b-411e-93fb-614929087602,2e324313-c802-4e28-adfe-5bfd17a6eee4,Lost photos I uploaded for recipes,"I used to love Evernote until today. I bragged to all of my friends how great Evernote.  I use it for many things including as a recipe storage.  I am using Evernote basic.  However, today the App lost 2 of my recipes.  I’m very frustrated. I had a special pasta recipe I was going to make with my son.  I saw the photo of the recipe on my phone and when I clicked on it and opened it up the photo disappeared. I can’t seem to get it back in any way. I think this is a terrible thing to have happened.  I tried to organize my recipes electronically and pitched the hard copies. Now I have lost that recipe and another. I clicked on another recipe from the app and that photo disappeared as I opened it. I think I took these photos in 2015.  The app worked fine for a recipe photo I took in 2017 this morning but it losing older photos.  This is unacceptable. I stopped opening recipe notes and went to the webpage on my Mac to open other recipes and the browser version worked fine with the other pasta recipes I added the same day. But now I have wasted an hour trying to no avail to restore the image.  Because I’m a basic user, I’m not even able to email customer support.  The app appears to be garbage right now if it loses photos while the web browser does not.  I’m so disappointed.",The app appears to be garbage right now if it loses photos while the web browser does not.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,photo,53,58,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,b0f309d9-deef-4429-a308-cf74f7432b13,2e4844e0-be88-4dd9-9496-2d0c130fccee,Good app,"The app is really helpful in managing daily tasks. One thing is not comfortable for me is that when I create a new note the focus is set to the note description, not title first. It is really annoying sometimes, especially when you want to create a quick note. Could you please implement this feature in the future releases  - setting focus on title first? Thank you!","One thing is not comfortable for me is that when I create a new note the focus is set to the note description, not title first.",4,TRUE,general,title,116,121,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,91f27c0e-7c6a-47f4-9749-30b900a43919,2e5e9e65-38d1-46bf-8a97-ec92f05fa190,Two problems to fix,"When taking a note, there are many problems with Voiceover. First, when swiping to the right, sometimes it skips over the title field & other times it skips over the multi-line text field. When typing in the field, you can’t move by letter or word & have it affect where the cursor is located. When The keyboard is brought up from simply looking at a note, the cursor is somewhere in the middle of the text already in it. Unlike most text fields, double tapping on it does not move the cursor to the start or the end of the text field. You also cannot listen to the entire note when the keyboard is available. This makes creating & editing notes inaccessible to Voiceover.   Sharing to Evernote takes a long time after entering text & choosing the folder. Once I hit save, a loading icon is shown while I have to wait for a long time to share it.    If these problems are solved, I will be satisfied with Evernote. Until Evernote is Voiceover accessible, I will use another note taking app that is accessible.","First, when swiping to the right, sometimes it skips over the title field & other times it skips over the multi-line text field.",3,TRUE,usability,text,118,122,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a1adaca4-3f46-4322-b616-b1bf0f574e2f,2e6f8640-b07f-45f8-8453-429d3f9ac329,What were they thinking?,"Premium user here.  Tried to navigate around the new update and am so frustrated with it all.  Cant customize the left hand menu - it always opens to all notes. Speaking of the search function!  Didn’t they have any beta testers?  The search is horrible!  You put in a term and it gives suggestions, a few tags. It not a way to narrow to all notes with that term quickly.  To search properly you have to use search language which requires a lot of extra typing. This version had made tags worthless as you either have to keep entering searches with each tag or you enter a  keyword and a list of tags that include that keyword pops up but you can only select one tag at a time. Everything  takes more clicks to find something, do something, or import something.   They have also removed the ability to assign tags in the web clipper.  Not sure of what they had in mind with this update, but this version is worthless for my purposes.  I have over 2000 recipes in a notebook which are organized by tags.  By removing the clipper ability to assign tags and the search filter by multiple tags this is pretty useless.  Any suggestions on a replacement? Is there a way to restore to old version?  If I wasn’t already invested with so many files I would definitely look for another note keeping app.  They ruined it!","You put in a term and it gives suggestions, a few tags.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,tag,51,54,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,fec68f53-d114-4229-a1d6-d297cbe58cf6,2ebe922d-0395-4178-a19a-cdcb2c4d12ef,Perfect for students who just can’t focus!,"I’m a high school student, and I use this app when I have to study or take notes. For those of you who aren’t interested in reading a really long review, here’s my summary: This app wards off distractions and is a perfect way to keep yourself focused! The in-app purchases are not at all necessary (I haven’t felt even the slightest bit tempted to spend money), so you should definitely give this app a try! Here’s the longer explanation:I originally heard about Forest from a friend after I told her how I was struggling to avoid getting distracted. It seemed like every time I tried to sit down and start working, a new notification popped up on my screen- whether it was a text message, an email, or a game alert- and I couldn’t stay focused.I love this app because it helps me stay on track and get work done. With the adorable game design aside, using this app is just super gratifying! Of course, the tiny trees are cute and it’s fun to grow your own forest, but this app isn’t just aesthetically pleasing: it’s extremely functional. It allows me to focus, avoid distractions, and succeed in school. There’s nothing you need to buy in order to use the app, so just download it and give it a try! If it doesn’t work for you, then you can just delete it, but it might end up being super useful for you, just as it was for me!","With the adorable game design aside, using this app is just super gratifying!",5,TRUE,usability,design,24,30,positive
productivity,notability,b96c9c2e-10d8-4b2c-a517-6aef18888fa9,2eddc89e-942d-45fe-a34e-db7746c14ba4,Unsolved Problems,"I purchased this program for school notes and have really started to regret the purchase. First problem - When I go back and add information to my notes, anything that I have previously highlighted is no longer highlighted because the highlighter stays in place in the note but the notes move.  This causes me to have to go back and re-highlight everything or not add to the note. Second problem - MANY times, when I try to crop or adjust photos I add, the program kicks me back to the top of the page several times. I end up having to close the program and go back into it. Sometimes this helps, sometimes it doesn’t.Third problem - The photos/screen shots that are added into the notes do not move with the area they are placed in the notes. If I add notes, I have to go back and move every single screenshot / photo.Fourth problem - Customer Service is horrible. I have tried to contact the company. It took them over 3 months to respond to one concern with no resolution to my concern but instead they told me they have exciting audio recording improvements on the way. Other concerns have gone with no response whatsoever.Is there a way to get a refund on this program? I am guessing if I asked, I wouldn’t get a response anyways.","Second problem - MANY times, when I try to crop or adjust photos I add, the program kicks me back to the top of the page several times.",1,TRUE,efficiency,page,117,121,negative
productivity,notability,2cee13c9-91fc-4c7f-9aee-64a703286cec,2f651a65-effa-425a-915c-e48601ff50b6,Needs improvement,"Have been using the app for the past several of month and it has its pros and cons compare to some other Pro: 1. it is great for handwritten notes and draw out ideas. Though compare to Nebo, its lacking on the drawing recognition ability where a hand-drawn shape can be recognized in computerized form (ex. an arrow cannot be recognized as an arrow but 2 separate lines instead).2. The amount of pens and color diversity it allows is pretty good3. Love the recording function where you can link the note with audio. Help especially if you need to fill in some missing notes later.Cons: 1. It is not suitable if you have a lot of document to read and want to add comments to it because the app does not allow “commenting” or “expandable notes” per say. Though you can adjust the size and font of your comments, but it will overlap with the PDF material. 2. If you like the good mix between hand written notes and typed notes in one document, there is a chance that those notes will overlap with each other and shift the page grid. This make things difficult especially if you want to edit the notes later on and find everything is overlapping with each other.Overall a good note taking app with some limitation",Love the recording function where you can link the note with audio.,3,TRUE,usability,recording,10,19,positive
productivity,notability,2cee13c9-91fc-4c7f-9aee-64a703286cec,2f651a65-effa-425a-915c-e48601ff50b6,Needs improvement,"Have been using the app for the past several of month and it has its pros and cons compare to some other Pro: 1. it is great for handwritten notes and draw out ideas. Though compare to Nebo, its lacking on the drawing recognition ability where a hand-drawn shape can be recognized in computerized form (ex. an arrow cannot be recognized as an arrow but 2 separate lines instead).2. The amount of pens and color diversity it allows is pretty good3. Love the recording function where you can link the note with audio. Help especially if you need to fill in some missing notes later.Cons: 1. It is not suitable if you have a lot of document to read and want to add comments to it because the app does not allow “commenting” or “expandable notes” per say. Though you can adjust the size and font of your comments, but it will overlap with the PDF material. 2. If you like the good mix between hand written notes and typed notes in one document, there is a chance that those notes will overlap with each other and shift the page grid. This make things difficult especially if you want to edit the notes later on and find everything is overlapping with each other.Overall a good note taking app with some limitation",Love the recording function where you can link the note with audio.,3,TRUE,usability,audio,62,67,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,86b10378-e0a8-4b0b-8566-d409fda70de3,2f933e64-8f1a-41fb-a634-f6c585c6a277,Frequent updates to hide bad reviews,"Once more, Google has ""updated"" this app without any real changes, as they've been doing almost weekly. The only real impact of this is that the pile of negative reviews immediately become reviews of ""previous versions"".I'm really confused why Google's designers seem to think we paid for a big screen so that massive expanses of it can display plain white. The most recent versions display less than 2/3 as many email headers or email text as before at the same font size, requiring a ridiculous amount of scrolling with no increased readability. It's very similar to the absolutely amateurish design update they did to Google Calendar.One of the more obnoxious changes is an inability to prevent automatic loading of images in messages. This allows spammers to confirm they have an active address and to know your rough location for their databases.Until several months ago, this was a five star app. The last several updates have removed vital functionality. In addition, they seem to be releasing a new update every couple of days with no noticeable changes, in what I can only assume is an attempt to minimize the impact of all be bad reviews (very few of them will then be for the ""current version""). Google should be deeply ashamed of its shoddy work on this app.","The only real impact of this is that the pile of negative reviews immediately become reviews of ""previous versions"".",1,TRUE,general,previous version,98,114,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,dd20d6b2-f229-41b9-8279-7ef75e89a78e,30550fef-78fc-4b78-9fe0-44e691824b91,What else would you use?,"The best mail app for iOS, and I’ve used a few. I’ve probably had at least one gmail account longer than most of the internet has been been alive. I’ve never seriously cleaned my inbox beyond deleting promotional mailings, and I don’t ever expect to run out of space. The app is incredibly stable with good functionality, allowing direct links between Chrome and other Google apps. For the same reason I use Apple products, I use Google web and location services. They’re the Apple of the web. ;-)","The app is incredibly stable with good functionality, allowing direct links between Chrome and other Google apps.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,40,53,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,92b3f746-ae54-44a5-be2d-dab6100f3dd2,306799d8-44e7-4350-8307-1fef3e6c9e70,Software great. Service lousy.,"I can’t imagine functioning without Evernote. It’s one app I use everyday. That said .. as others have said.. it’s impossible to get to customer support. There is also one very irritating formatting bug. When you share a link to a note, the web page of the note has a “Report Spam” button that sits over most of the note title. I’ve tried to report it, but other than the forums ..there no direct way to do so.",That said .. as others have said.. it’s impossible to get to customer support.,4,TRUE,general,customer support,62,78,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,f19f2bd6-7d08-4679-8f58-46432b4871f3,3079fc85-5d29-463a-ab2e-a43e85e760b7,Sets the standard for others,"Gmail App has developed into something special, but it is 'not there' yet. It is easy to use and try's maybe too hard to think for the user on data delivery.Improvements to labelling and temporary tracking of open conversations is needed. The conversation view is great but too inflexible with no ability to manage a single email alone. Calendar integration is poor, trying to be too smart. Overall this is the best app out there, hope it does not get more bloated. Well done Gmail team.",The conversation view is great but too inflexible with no ability to manage a single email alone.,4,TRUE,usability,conversation view,5,22,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,342486b2-ed96-4f09-806a-83fc3d9b8c13,3093378d-0997-466e-905f-db872146672d,It’s Great,"I use Evernote all the time.  I have a notebook for people that includes pictures.  I am a minister and I keep a lot of Bible study notes in a notebook. I have a notebook for my favorite vacation spot, Pigeon Forge, TN. I have a notebook on my home area, where I grew up. As you can see, I use it both for business and for pleasure. I love the idea that It is on my iPhone, my iPod, my iPad and my Apple desktop computer.","I have a notebook for my favorite vacation spot, Pigeon Forge, TN.",5,TRUE,general,notebook,10,18,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d397e0a9-e0f1-4ca4-9a81-1a60b2b3a16d,30a437ee-9280-4688-a9a9-e4051b579a9d,Struggles to be all in one workspace,"So far I love the fact that evernote lets you upload documents and you can search them later. However, after recent updates, the sketch option is not working properly for me with Apple Pencil. I used to use it with my notes to have graphical picture about what I have written and it used to help me remember my material. But now, it won’t let me hand write. After every pencil stroke I have to wait for 1 to 2 second to add second stroke to the letter. For an example it now takes me 3 seconds to write just a letter ‘R’ as it involves two strokes of pencil.",I used to use it with my notes to have graphical picture about what I have written and it used to help me remember my material.,4,TRUE,usability,graph,40,45,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,cab0b182-4423-46a1-bc16-157fc409f1b2,30b13ccd-11a6-4ba8-bb01-bb4f40da87ce,❤️❤️❤️,"My most favorite thing about my gmail is that it separates the social and promotional emails! I am a very busy, working, volunteering, trying to find a moment to myself, mother of 4... the last thing I need is to have to look through 100s of emails and not catch the important one from the school or whatever. But at the same time, if I need a Victoria secret coupon I can go to my promotional file and look up the last one very easily. A woman must have come up with this marvelous app because it is GENIUS! 😉",My most favorite thing about my gmail is that it separates the social and promotional emails!,5,TRUE,usability,motion,78,84,positive
productivity,notability,edc39137-ea6d-46c3-a7b4-24b5de8564dc,30ba1f06-45a9-4562-80ab-20bc08260267,Obsessed.... but have to fix some recent glitches,"My favorite app ever- changed my life while trying to juggle my crazy workload in grad school (I use it with my iPad so I can take notes with the Apple Pencil directly onto my slides)- amazing! The only thing though as of recently, Notability keeps freezing/unexpectedly quitting on me (I guess since the newest update?!). Luckily, other than losing a few seconds-minutes of recordings in class while trying to get the app back on, all material is recovered. However, it’s extremely frustrating and a nuisance when trying to obviously be productive. Also, there HAS to be a way for the developer to find a way to select/copy multiple pages at once, I can’t understand how that’s still not a tool on Notability at this point in time.... This is probably my biggest frustration with the app, because I need to transfer or delete 1+ slides pretty frequently (sometimes 50+ !!) and it makes it soo time consuming to do individually(not to mention, recently, ends up freezing and quitting while doing so!). With a few more updates this app will be EVEN MORE AMAZING!",With a few more updates this app will be EVEN MORE AMAZING!,5,TRUE,reliability,update,17,23,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,ae64acc0-24c2-4858-a29c-a4daddbf8a8b,317bbf9a-f503-4ca5-a852-825ff93f9e8c,FRUSTRATING!,"This is an excellent app overall but ever since one of the upgrades a couple of years ago it has some frustrating features. The main ones are that it’s no longer possible to search in a note directly from the search function. Instead you have to click the menu and then click “search in note,” two extra steps that were unnecessary before. More consequentially, when you do search in a note and find what you’re looking for, if you leave the app, even briefly, when you come back it resets to the top of the note and you lose your search and have to do it all over again if you were not done. This is really user unfriendly.I would have given the app 4, and without these issues maybe 5 stars, but I’m giving it a 1 star rating in hopes that they be more likely to pay attention!",The main ones are that it’s no longer possible to search in a note directly from the search function.,1,TRUE,usability,search function,86,101,positive
productivity,things-3,9ef384c5-426f-4da4-bce1-d5cafdc0b850,32669dc8-6399-4f5c-b170-cc46b4ec1894,Apple Watch Functionality Please,"Good app, would be even better to have the following added to Apple Watch for improved functionality:1. Ability to view the inbox and projects to manage tasks. Currently you can only see “today” tasks on the watch and that’s it! I can’t look at my phone all day at work to manage my tasks, but my watch is a little less noticeable and more convenient.2. Add the ability to set reminder times to tasks from Apple Watch. You can set start date and deadline date from the watch... but no timed reminders??3. On Mac/iPhone/Watch:  Add a category specifically for tags to streamline tag management. Currently you have to swipe down and search specifically far a tag you know exists, possibly among a large list of tags, or entering a task you know already has a specific tag applied and go through even more steps just to get to a tag management overlay.",You can set start date and deadline date from the watch... but no timed reminders??,3,TRUE,usability,reminder,73,81,positive
productivity,notability,e3320e05-0da5-4eae-9980-d84a702d32d2,32791c4a-8805-4228-8427-ab410b661d27,Syncing big files is very poor,"I wanted to love Notability. It’s unique recording feature is perfect for lecture notes, and so I decided to give it a full month test, switching from another very well known note taking app and using Notability exclusively. The result, now that the month’s experiment has concluded, is that I’m switching back to the other app. Leaving aside all the countless comparisons and contrasts between these two apps, the deal breaker for me was that Notability’s syncing between iPhone, iPad, and Mac is awful. Any imported big file would only sync to one device, never appearing on all three. PDF imports were the worst—I would check literally DAYS later for a given pdf file to appear on ALL of my devices, only to have it stuck on the one device I originally imported it from. The only way to finally get some files to sync was to delete the Notability app and reinstall it, and even then it was only successful some of the time. As you might imagine, that workaround was beyond disappointing—it was incredibly inconvenient and completely untenable.Don’t get me wrong: Notability is still a very worthwhile purchase. There’s a lot to like about the features and its ease of use, and I’ll definitely be keeping it as my backup. And I’ll still use it whenever I need to combine note taking with recordings. But until the developers fix syncing, there’s no way that I could ever rely on this as my go-to app for notes or creative projects.","There’s a lot to like about the features and its ease of use, and I’ll definitely be keeping it as my backup.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,backup,103,109,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,91f27c0e-7c6a-47f4-9749-30b900a43919,32c1dbdf-3345-44f0-8b62-a589326b0c2a,Two problems to fix,"When taking a note, there are many problems with Voiceover. First, when swiping to the right, sometimes it skips over the title field & other times it skips over the multi-line text field. When typing in the field, you can’t move by letter or word & have it affect where the cursor is located. When The keyboard is brought up from simply looking at a note, the cursor is somewhere in the middle of the text already in it. Unlike most text fields, double tapping on it does not move the cursor to the start or the end of the text field. You also cannot listen to the entire note when the keyboard is available. This makes creating & editing notes inaccessible to Voiceover.   Sharing to Evernote takes a long time after entering text & choosing the folder. Once I hit save, a loading icon is shown while I have to wait for a long time to share it.    If these problems are solved, I will be satisfied with Evernote. Until Evernote is Voiceover accessible, I will use another note taking app that is accessible.","Unlike most text fields, double tapping on it does not move the cursor to the start or the end of the text field.",3,TRUE,usability,text,13,17,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,47b6cc32-87a7-4e2c-8efe-104a0b3bb945,3334ec49-cbb5-41fd-9e23-0a0884edcb7e,Dark Mode Finally,"I’m happy to say that I can finally give this app 5 stars. I’ve been asking for dark mode for months. It can’t be that hard. I’m a developer, I know how easy it is to set colors. But today, they finally came through. I can finally and fully endorse this app.",I’ve been asking for dark mode for months.,5,TRUE,usability,dark mode,22,31,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,c681386e-423b-426b-b5f7-19c57f86e022,3352fe45-6f99-4957-a835-5d5671e1eef4,Decent App with a major flaw,"It’s been a month since iOS 11 was released to the masses. This means developers have had it in their hands much longer. Making an app compatible with a new major os release should be common practice. In this, Google has failed. The app badge notification does not work in iOS 11 for a lot of people. It’s in forums on Apple and Google support. Google hasn’t even acknowledged the problem. While the app is free, many rely on this with business accounts to perform daily tasks such as checking email from their mobile device. If the app indicates there are unread messages, it asks for time and attention. When this basic function doesn’t work, it wastes time and attention.","If the app indicates there are unread messages, it asks for time and attention.",1,TRUE,usability,unread message,32,46,negative
productivity,notability,fa0e9ca1-ea37-4b01-8d61-8003e7d344f5,3385b5aa-2788-4bb8-b228-450506fbc7e8,Love it but,"This app is awesome and I use it on a daily basis. I take a lot of notes using my keyboard but now I found myself using my apple pencil just as much. I notice if I am write using my Apple Pencil or even if I add a picture then decide to go back to jot something down above my writing, the text start to overlap my writing instead of my writing or picture sliding down like on Apple notes. I wish in the next update hopefully sooner than later this can be fixed because this seems to be a huge disadvantage over Apple notes. I would like whatever I write using handwriting or added picture to stay aligned with the text. You are able to use wrap around but even using that feature the text just keep moving down and the picture is no longer aligned with the text i placed it with. This would be an awesome update even if it's a way to turn it on or off would be greatly appreciated. Thank you",This would be an awesome update even if it's a way to turn it on or off would be greatly appreciated.,4,TRUE,general,update,26,32,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0877dc72-b915-49ae-af9b-fd49de658f51,33c6e54e-b920-4553-b35f-d4b8bf1c4a37,Latest upgrade a total FAIL,"I want to change my rating from one star to Zero.I CANNOT STRESS STRONGLY ENOUGH HOW THE LATEST UPDATE OF EVERNOTE HAS COMPLETELY FOULED UP WHAT USED TO BE A FAVORITE APP.  DON’T YOU DEVELOPERS USE EVERNOTE?  (BTW I never use all caps, but this app now makes me want to scream, and feel free to substitue another word that begins with F for ‘fouled’ in my above statement.)I have been a premium Evernote user for several years.  I use it extensively, and have always found it easy to use.  However, the new version just updated to my iPad and I am so unhappy.  First of all, it is S-O-O-O S-L-O-W.  It takes forever to open the app, and once open, forever to open a Note.  I post a lot of articles from webpages or the Flipboard app, and in the previous version of Evernote, these appeared immediately to my list of notes.  I just sent a short article to Evernote from Flipboard that took 22 minutes to load.  Evernote just showed it in the Notes list with a spinning wheel of death.  Man, I hate it when software engineers turn something that worked well and that I enjoyed using into something that just aggravates and annoys me.  What a pity this has happened to Evernote.  Afternote:  in the tag list, the A-Z index has been removed, so to skip from Apple to Zebra tags requires scrolling through the entire tag list.  Why do you redesign features to make them less user optimized?  My former Evernote rating of 5 stars has been reduced to one.",Evernote just showed it in the Notes list with a spinning wheel of death.,1,TRUE,general,list,38,42,negative
productivity,notability,f9464527-6d0d-43ed-b1d0-934d1ecaa3bc,34a5800d-2bcb-4236-9bba-a7fdfd557eb5,Missing important functionality,"I use this to take notes on an ipad and it is useful but missing some important functionality. The devs have shown on their Twitter they have been aware of this for months but have still made no move to address it. Currently there is no way to delete multiple pages at once from a document, merge documents, sort notes into more than 2 tiers of folders, or move cut and pasted images after they have been pasted once. Some of this functionality and likely more i haven’t yet come across is available on other versions of the app or on other apps, why not on iPad? The shop sells random colorful skins for your app and stickers only a middle schooler would find useful, if they are hurting so much for money, add useful features people have been asking for under a paid version. If they fixed the above issues and more I’d happily pay an extra dollar for that instead of distracting aesthetic changes.",I use this to take notes on an ipad and it is useful but missing some important functionality.,3,TRUE,compatibility,functionality,81,94,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,6acc4b99-e546-487e-95de-bc4a05f9e3d4,34f17596-b011-47c8-952c-e43d6ed8f80b,Awesome App,"This app has such a simple interface, and incentivizes its users to remain focus through their tasks. Despite the $2 price, this app proves to be worth it. There is a multitude of different plants one can choose to grow, which is quite entertaining. I also enjoy being able to raise my focusing time past 30 mins. Having more options makes this app worth the price. I don’t really have anything negative to say, so I guess that’s it.",Having more options makes this app worth the price.,5,TRUE,cost,price,46,51,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,368184fa-7751-43a3-bd41-eb26cc786913,35207536-dea1-4032-8aa0-bee4c895a3b0,"Very bullish on Evernote, iPad app needs more attention","After listening to several podcast with the new CEO of Evernote, Ian Small, I went back to the platform after a few years of experimenting with others. I was an original user of Evernote from the beginning and was thrilled to hear Ian’s discussions on the future of this great app.My reasoning for 3 stars on the iPad app is it is too similar to the iOS app and not taking full advantage of the larger screen real estate especially on the iPad Pro 12.9 and other functionality that the new iPadOS has to offere- split screen, etc... I would like to see a bit more love for the iPad which is an incredible tool for Evernote!  Keep the updates coming and I will be thrilled to change the rating to 4 or 5 starts as the iPhone/Mac app would be rates in my opinion.",Keep the updates coming and I will be thrilled to change the rating to 4 or 5 starts as the iPhone/Mac app would be rates in my opinion.,3,TRUE,compatibility,update,10,16,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,92b0c5d0-0a36-44f4-8b49-f0c302c6fd43,352b73bc-035d-4bf4-b8da-a8386976e357,Used to love it but after most recent update HATE IT,"I am veterinary resident. I have read a lot of journal articles, all of which come in the form a pdf. I am paying the annual subscription fee specifically for the pdf reading and annotation features. Evernote used to pretty good at this. I could upload the pdf into a note.  If I opened the pdf, I could read, zoom, navigate and select and copy text. Now when I open the pdf, I can only zoom. With the old Evernote annotation function, I could zoom and navigate easily, then use the highlight function to highlight important text. Now in the annotation function I can not zoom making it harder to read and nearly impossible to highlight text. Additionally, in the old version a little summary of annotations and highlighted text would be generate, so the next time I opened that pdf I have a lovely little summary of the stuff that was important to me. None of this is available in the most recent update and I hate it. I gave feedback to the Evernote team during beta testing and recently after the new release, but they clearly aren’t listening.","I gave feedback to the Evernote team during beta testing and recently after the new release, but they clearly aren’t listening.",1,TRUE,reliability,list,118,122,positive
productivity,things-3,f3324b4a-8e66-45d2-8ffe-1b825c7f2e00,359488d6-1856-4cfa-879f-bb482fd0d6b5,Major shortcoming - no sync,"I bought Things as a replacement for Wunderlist. It is missing one essential feature that makes it useless — no sync. Yes, you can sync between Mac and iOS — if you buy both (iPad OS is extra, which I don’t think is right, but that is a separate issue). But you have to be signed in to the same account and share everything for sync to work. What I wanted was to share some list between two different accounts — like a grocery list shared between my wife and me. Things cannot do that simple function like a lot of free apps can.",But you have to be signed in to the same account and share everything for sync to work.,1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,75,79,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,49a22c29-76d8-4feb-ac47-ca8d4d55cdf9,35cd845a-8bee-4eb1-9bda-d7b9ceaa8402,There’s no audible alarm when time’s up!!,How can you not have some sort of audible alarm when the time is up? I have to also set the countdown timer on my phone. Very poor design.,Very poor design.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,design,11,17,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,4d37217f-f4fb-4271-8718-f4346dcf1e14,3623d5af-82f7-445b-a35d-5ce2efc80116,For gods sake fix the safari extention,Seriously pay attention to the platforms you are claiming support for. The safari extention for this app makes it almost useless and not working on the blacklisted websites.,The safari extention for this app makes it almost useless and not working on the blacklisted websites.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,list,87,91,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,f5b98fda-993d-486f-99f7-8f8446971a0b,3627ea84-9bb4-4716-ad60-cb4bfdc0cd28,Scale,"Love the idea of this App.  And truth be told, I really like the App as well.  My big issue is the text doesn’t scale right.  My visual acuity is limited and the normal text is too small for me to see.  When I write a document on my phone I have to set the font size around 72 to read it.  It would be nice if the normal (12 point) font would actually show up on screen as 12 point instead of 0.5 point.  I know I can zoom the page to make text bigger, but then I have to scroll back and forth which is difficult for me to read.  I want the text to readjust to fit the boundaries of the screen.",It would be nice if the normal (12 point) font would actually show up on screen as 12 point instead of 0.5 point.,4,TRUE,general,font,43,47,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,0750e2a0-0a21-4914-a838-36523a8d5bcf,367246f4-9ef8-4367-b829-93c53ecac3ab,Unreliable and glitchy,"If you are hoping for a seamless transition between desktop and iPad, your expectations are already too high. This requires a subscription to use it in its entirety, but this should not come to any surprise. The formatting options are definitely limited, in comparison to the full desktop version. There is also an unreliable auto save feature, as twice, I have typed multi-page documents, which did not save, even when I manually saved. Unfortunately, there is no way, to my knowledge, to recover my work. Most of the time, when it does not auto save, it will start running very slowly, so I manually save, then initiate IT 101 (close and restart), which usually resolves the problem. Most of the time, it will load the completed document, but the two times it did not, it was pretty frustrating. If it was not this unreliable and glitchy, I would rate it higher.","There is also an unreliable auto save feature, as twice, I have typed multi-page documents, which did not save, even when I manually saved.",2,TRUE,reliability,document,82,90,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,38ae4e06-1836-436e-9edd-f256f8b38513,36974e1a-8b69-496d-896f-22efc1a1171f,I LOVE EVERNOTE! Great for college courses.,Very easy to use and convenient. I tried OneNote first because it’s free but I hated it. I would rather pay for Evernote than use OneNote. It’s very well designed and user friendly. It runs very smoothly and well worth the monthly subscription.,It runs very smoothly and well worth the monthly subscription.,5,TRUE,cost,subscription,50,62,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,c8842251-528b-483d-b69f-d7da2868e067,36f1f34c-d45f-4379-b3b8-7051f528c2d5,Fix bugs please,"The timer and stopwatch part has bugs. It’s not working properly. I suppose when you click on “timer”, the “timer” text will light up, the button moves to the left, and the “stopwatch” text will go dim. However when I click on “timer”, even though the button is moving correctly, the “timer” text is still dim, and the “stopwatch” text is still lit up. I can only click on the dimmed text “timer” to toggle the button. This does not make sense. Please ask your front end developers to try this feature themselves before launching the new version to production. Also, the “deep focus”, “plant together” and “count exceed” time buttons are not working at all. Why?I’ve heard this is a great app so I bought it but what’s going on with your software developers??",Please ask your front end developers to try this feature themselves before launching the new version to production.,1,TRUE,reliability,new version,90,101,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,f67edb5e-0828-4942-a99d-42db620cbec7,3706a33d-e3b5-436a-9daf-e65b0992f58d,It is NOT intuitive,"I’ve used email since the internet was accessed only through America Online and Prodigy. I’ve used computers since the early 1990’s. So when I say this app is both not intuitive AND a real pain... I’m not joking.I first used gmail as an additional, non employer-based email for teaching, since I was also using google drive. Much more recently, I added two additional gmail accounts for volunteer duties. The problems? 1- The icons are not self-explanatory so I have no idea what touching X or Y will do. There’s no way to “hover” over an icon to figure out what it does before I click it. 2- I set up one gmail account on my computer and then added it on both my iPad and iPhone. It alone would not coordinate with the same exact email on my computer. The other two accounts showed up. NOT good when I am thinking “no email” really means “no email”. Nope - it only meant I didn’t get the emails that I found (two weeks later!) In the gmail account on the computer.3- I sent out 6 mass mailings on that account today. I know they went out because one of the two included a BCC to me. But I cannot find “trash” to find them. I cannot find them inv”send”- but I got the BCC on my AOL account.4- I regret using gmail but I am stuck with it as it us on the newsletters I produce.So if you have other choices, try them. This app is more s pain in the ()&@ than it is worth.","I first used gmail as an additional, non employer-based email for teaching, since I was also using google drive.",1,TRUE,general,google drive,100,112,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,727b644b-573f-4210-bf47-10b44033cbfc,372adc69-4c65-4bbc-8f87-b5ba82f71c24,Glitchy and no one to contact for support,"Every time I open the gmail app it will crash and not allow me to play audio files. I got a new apple 11 pro and I used to be able to open audio files on my iPhone 10 all the time from the gmail app. Strangely enough it opens jpg and video files but not voice memos or audio. Crashes EVERY SINGLE TIME. I have deleted the app, restarted my phone, erased my app login info, and even factory reset my phone. And it STILL does this. Also having issues with the “gmail notes” on the note app. Where the notes don’t show sometimes. Gets glitchy, the screen won’t respond or won’t let me write anything down.” Zero issues with my phone except for these two google gmail related problems. And no one to contact for support! Please fix these bugs!! I use my audio files every day! And the crazy part is I know it’s the app because the audio files open on the apple mail app from the same google account!",Every time I open the gmail app it will crash and not allow me to play audio files.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,audio,72,77,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,727b644b-573f-4210-bf47-10b44033cbfc,3733591b-307d-4ac9-8720-c3fd22d8d0ea,Glitchy and no one to contact for support,"Every time I open the gmail app it will crash and not allow me to play audio files. I got a new apple 11 pro and I used to be able to open audio files on my iPhone 10 all the time from the gmail app. Strangely enough it opens jpg and video files but not voice memos or audio. Crashes EVERY SINGLE TIME. I have deleted the app, restarted my phone, erased my app login info, and even factory reset my phone. And it STILL does this. Also having issues with the “gmail notes” on the note app. Where the notes don’t show sometimes. Gets glitchy, the screen won’t respond or won’t let me write anything down.” Zero issues with my phone except for these two google gmail related problems. And no one to contact for support! Please fix these bugs!! I use my audio files every day! And the crazy part is I know it’s the app because the audio files open on the apple mail app from the same google account!",I use my audio files every day!,1,TRUE,general,audio,10,15,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,d813d39d-7567-4d1c-9d17-5f831703752c,374de8dd-17ac-46e1-90ca-9057fe27099d,Garbage. Not for students...,"If you’re a college student like myself and use your iPad for everything you do, you’ll be underwhelmed by the fact that you CAN NOT create or edit equations in Word. That’s right, you will have to use a computer to do that. Also, the user interface is in desperate need of a makeover. All the features that you want to use like changing font size, justification etc are all hidden under tabs with symbols that make no sense. Unfortunately this app is still the best document editor for the iPad so in summary, if you don’t have an iPad, just get a computer instead because this software is trash.","Also, the user interface is in desperate need of a makeover.",1,TRUE,usability,interface,16,25,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0ade8c5d-26c8-411a-b4db-1884a574cf8c,37a0199f-5a63-48fd-90b9-1c4a84a37cea,App going downhill,"I’ve used Evernote for years, but lately thinking of switching.  Major issues:  (1) search function used to be awesome t has been getting worse and worse; lately it is missing simple matches such as plural vs singular, incorrect spellings etc.  with all the text matching tech available today there is no excuse for this poor level of word matching. (2) I store all my recipes in the app and a super common use case is to create list from a recipe and or switch between 2 or more recipes that I am making at the same time; Evernote behavior for both of these is very time-wasting. On my phone c every time I switch away from Evernote (to add some items to the shopping list) when I return to the recipe it starts me back at the top of the recipe again.  Since many of my recipes are clipped from the web the actual recipe text may be V long due to clipping issues- so I may have to scroll 4-5-6 or more screens to get back to the list of ingredients. There’s just no excuse for losing y view location when I switch to another app for less than a minute. And most other apps are able to keep my view with no problem- for example e-commerce sites with long pages of product lists.In short Evernote should get the basics right before advanced “recommended items “ features that I don’t find particularly useful.",And most other apps are able to keep my view with no problem- for example e-commerce sites with long pages of product lists.,3,TRUE,usability,list,119,123,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,4d0b1b20-9d9a-4879-a215-caf368698dec,37e66fa7-4da6-4eec-bab9-c6798e79ab09,Mixed feeling here used this for 6 years,I used the program allot but this last year with its updates messed me up. I lost an entire note book that took hours to write and it simply up and gone. On top of that I have been takin notes for two hour and lost about an hours worth of notes. It’s sad to think that evernote and their programmers care more about money then your well being. I even purchased their premium deal and they only give you a few gb of information each month. Not enough for a real note taker. I would invest in a new note takin app if you haven’t already paid for this one. After this semester I will go back to using windows documents. After a few years Evernote is more pricey any way. One note might work best so I hope you guys like my advice here. Google one note !!! It’s free and works better,I used the program allot but this last year with its updates messed me up.,3,TRUE,usability,update,54,60,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,152e7267-9d8c-440e-9d86-7539ef257b8d,381f21ce-b069-471c-9004-f9af995929f4,Needs a mark all option.,"I’ve been using gmail for quite a while and it’s great, but it really needs a mark all option. I have so many emails in my junk folder and promotions folder that I loose track of the things that I wanted to see. I have a tight schedule and it just takes too long to sit there and try to delete them all.",I have so many emails in my junk folder and promotions folder that I loose track of the things that I wanted to see.,4,TRUE,usability,motion,48,54,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,08f53116-5c3f-4a2a-ba46-5ce40ac1e91b,389b57a5-78b4-48f2-90b8-3387b5457248,Increase real tree limit,"I absolutely love this app and I’ve been using it for years. However, the motivation I gain from using it comes from knowing my efforts will actually help the earth. Please increase the real tree limit (I’d be willing to pay more for this feature, even if it was on a subscription basis). I understand the need to make money, but I think there could be a way to make more money and plant more trees.Thank you for the great app,Jeremy","Please increase the real tree limit (I’d be willing to pay more for this feature, even if it was on a subscription basis).",5,TRUE,cost,subscription,103,115,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,bc3b873c-12b7-4ee4-82bc-c1b229f9f83a,39ccbd4d-fe09-4eeb-9dae-0272d6088b58,Terrible Update,"I’m a long-time Evernote user, and I use the app across multiple devices. I rely on it to organize notes and recipes, and also to track bookmarked articles that I want to reference later. The most recent iOS update has made the app completely unusable. Every action is painfully slow. It crashes often. And then when I finally get a note open (like a recipe, for example), if I switch between Evernote and another app, then Evernote completely restarts and I lose my place and have to search for the note again. This happens even if I switch apps for less then a minute. On top of that, I use Evernote primarily to bookmark webpages, not to clip them. When I open up a note, it’s unclear how to force the app to take me to the original webpage. Sometimes if I tap the note to edit it, Evernote launches its embedded browser (which is ridiculously slow). But other times when I tap the note, it goes into editing mode and there aren’t any options to navigate to the original webpage. I use Evernote to reference recipes several times a week, and I had to stop using my phone for that task. Instead, I search for the recipe using Google on my laptop because it’s faster. Obviously that totally defeats the purpose of having an app on my phone. I’ve never written an App Store review before, but I’m so disappointed in this update that I felt compelled to post something. Evernote is a great product, but this is a terrible app.","When I open up a note, it’s unclear how to force the app to take me to the original webpage.",2,TRUE,usability,page,88,92,negative
productivity,things-3,90fa3730-ce10-4404-825f-a14c2bf10682,39e11698-d90a-4f3f-a83c-db084530ad0f,Nearly Perfect,"For a couple years I’ve used 2Do as my go-to task manager. Things 3 doesn’t have all the bells and whistles that 2Do has, but it has nearly all the ones I used. Personally, the ability to color-code projects/lists was something I really enjoyed in 2Do and wish it was present in Things 3. I hope this is added soon. Pictures is also something I look forward to adding, as another way to visualize my tasks. Finally, I wish there was more integration into alternative calendar apps, such as Fantastical. Being able to link to and from my task-manager and my calendar is awesome, but it only links to native calendar. Hopefully this is expanded in the future. Overall, Things 3 has been an absolute joy to use, and I’ve almost completely migrated from 2Do because of the awesome interface.","Being able to link to and from my task-manager and my calendar is awesome, but it only links to native calendar.",4,TRUE,general,calendar,55,63,positive
productivity,notability,e9bb27f6-5437-4fee-8b92-5dc5cd58cd7c,3a2c8a0a-48c6-490e-a64b-d7877eab9484,Missing some helpful features,"Hi Notability Team! This is definitely my preferred app for note-taking! I love the UI. Just a few suggestions - A) please allow for rotation of inserted imagesB) please allow to link related notes so that we can flip from one file to another with backing out and reopening. This would be especially helpful when notes are ordered chronologically by Last Edited Date, instead of Date Created. C) please allow for adjustment of page margins and increase white space between pages. When using the grid paper, it’s difficult to distinguish between the grid lines and the page break marker.D) Please add Stickies to the root menu, like up next to the pens, etc., or allow them to be multi-select. I have a project where I have to add a ton of Stickies, and having to go through several layers of Stickies and select one-by-one was painful. Also, I love the last size and shape of Sticky is maintained in the next selection, but could you do the same for color too. It was also painful to have to change 50 sticky note colors one-by-one.  (Color coded notecards for a memorization “game”) - works amazingly except for the time it took to create them!E) Allow for the cursor to be placed manually on the page. When selecting the text option, the cursor automatically appears on the left margin (in the margin actually), and without a keyboard to Tab over, it cannot be moved. Thank you!","When using the grid paper, it’s difficult to distinguish between the grid lines and the page break marker.",4,TRUE,usability,paper,21,26,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,bbb47602-832b-4ba7-b085-8cbd828f1612,3a48bdb3-128b-44d8-98d6-51333ac74ff6,Frustrating. I use when I have to.,"I have to have Word.  The work and general environment makes it the standard.  So, I use it.  This app is okay for simpler stuff.  It includes the most used features.  The frustration is with faults in the app.  First, the auto save seems to work with OneDrive, but not the others.  I feel I am being herded toward Microsoft.  It makes me hate OneDrive.  Second, if I am creating a document in Word, but switch off to a different app, coming back to Word means I wait while my document downloads from the cloud again.  Every. Single. Time.  When I tried to get around this by saving the doc to the iPad, I found a bug.  I created a doc, saved it to the iPad.  Then I created another doc, saved it to the iPad also.  While working with the second doc, if I switched to another app and then come back to Word, it reloads the first document! So, right now, if I am creating a simple document, I will use another app and just save as docx.  If it’s a complex doc that someone else created, I have to use Word.  And using an app only because I have to.... well that should tell you something.","While working with the second doc, if I switched to another app and then come back to Word, it reloads the first document!",2,TRUE,effectiveness,document,114,122,positive
productivity,notability,22b4fa5b-f22c-414c-b20f-966c1daa2211,3a8eee30-23ea-4db5-a8af-34a7c83c4917,Nice app but needs a few things...,"UPDATE: Please fix “Add to this note.”  It takes forever (appox. 10-15 seconds) to copy pdf pages into notes, whereas it only took 2-3 seconds before iPad OS 13 update.——————————————————————————————-I’ve used Notability for 3 semesters in college now and find that it makes my iPad the most useful device I’ve ever purchased (I use it more than my phone or computer). However, because this is an Apple only application i feel that it would be better suited with some of the intuitive features one would find in an Apple only Application. For instance, if I have 2 notes that I feel at a later date contain enough overlapping information, I might like to merge them into a single note without having to re-download a copy of one into another via cloud storage. The convenience of being able to merge a note by “holding down” the note, as if to duplicate, would save a lot of time. As polished as the app is, I find myself saying to often, “I wish this app could do this or that.” As developers, please find out what these things are and add them as features.A few things the app is missing:-Easily merge notes within app-Ability to change the scalable circle into a different shape with a side gesture (applications for organic chemistry) such as a pentagon or hexagon.-Ability to select multiple pages at a time from the “all pages” view for copy and paste into a seperate note.","10-15 seconds) to copy pdf pages into notes, whereas it only took 2-3 seconds before iPad OS 13 update.",5,TRUE,efficiency,update,97,103,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,260beb9f-a4f3-446b-943b-c3c70dd92a61,3acd8cac-3265-4dd2-920a-cc57f4f2d195,Conversation View,Update: I give up. I recognize Google is never going to let me turn off conversation view. They win the review war. (meaningless updates to reset low ratings). I’ve deleted the gmail app and switched to the Yahoo! mail app to access my gmail. It looks like I’m not alone as conversation view complaints have dropped off. I was just hoping Google would respond to user complaints. I don’t know why.Why? Why? WHY??? Can't conversation view be turned off!WHY???!!! Do you insist on conversation view? It is a tangled spaghetti mess! I can find no reason for message order. Generally newer messages are at bottom but each message appears to have previous messages attached so it is loops inside of loops. JUST LET ME TURN IT OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <SCREAM!!!!!>,Can't conversation view be turned off!,1,TRUE,general,conversation view,7,24,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,d303c4d8-31ee-4d79-8245-174ec09e0c89,3ad8c663-43e4-4536-9aa5-1f9f82e5f920,"Great for moetmtings, not all","For most of my work it is great and easy to use. However, if I want to make a document with a lot of formatting, such as a resume or CV, then it doesn't work as well. I have not found a way to make tabs in the mobile version like I can on the desktop version. Would be great if it had the same functionality as the desktop version.",Would be great if it had the same functionality as the desktop version.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,35,48,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,38e3c42b-39d8-4474-ace4-87ddece1baab,3b2f3f55-ecf5-45ea-8eb2-faa881bbe38f,Great! But one suggestion...,Microsoft Word comes in handy on the iPhone and most features work well. One flaw it does have and the reason it’s only 4 star is the grammar and spelling features have some flaws with not recognizing certain words and sentence structures. Of course I’d always recommend double checking yourself first before blaming the program but there have been times in my college writing where I’ve had to ‘okay’ some grammatical highlights and add words to the dictionary.One suggestion I do have for the developers though would be to add a color search feature! When I write I will sometimes highlight or change the color of my font. Usually this helps me find particular places but now that I’m writing books it takes longer to find the right area and I find myself wishing I could color search and then navigate between colored sections more easily.,When I write I will sometimes highlight or change the color of my font.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,color,55,60,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e8c55597-eebf-45ba-a7b1-941e15b7eb88,3b741160-53c7-4d45-bcad-343b1f43b271,Subscription ended without warning,Have had subscription since 2012 and all of a sudden my subscription and my work are done   Sent request yesterday for a call.  Still waiting I have a lot of work on one drive and am very disappointed especially since it’s really not that very user friendly.  My other issue is that publisher is not a part of program for Mac user but the price is still the same.  Would love to get all my files back. Wish company would contact!!!,Have had subscription since 2012 and all of a sudden my subscription and my work are done   Sent request yesterday for a call.,3,TRUE,reliability,subscription,10,22,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c5eba971-11f3-446f-8d9a-acd0ac573813,3b77e8fd-5f13-4e22-8ed6-353eea4baeb2,Latest update is no bueno,"I love Evernote but this latest version really made it less valuable, not more. The sketch feature which I use everyday took three steps backward with this update. Here are some specifics that has decreased my user experience. In the new version, the Apple Pencil tap switch between eraser and pen doesn’t work. The sketch is not smooth like it was before. The tool bar for sketch at the bottom makes no sense because it is covered by by wrist (move it back to the top please). Now every time I have a sketch, I have to reset the pen size whereas before, it would default to the last pen size. Please roll it back as soon as possible to restore what was working perfectly before. From the reviews from others so far, I think this version is a bust.","In the new version, the Apple Pencil tap switch between eraser and pen doesn’t work.",3,TRUE,usability,new version,8,19,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,98387ecb-015b-4d50-a654-77fa75461603,3b7b0ce7-cdbb-4484-9782-0f65ba7951fb,Useful but Limited,"I’ve used Evernote for years now, and find it useful for a few reasons. I like grouping my notes into different notebooks, and I like the search function. There are a few limitations however. When your notes proliferate, as mine do, it can be hard to keep track of related content, even if they’re in the same notebook. I wish there was a way to hyperlink between different notes. Also, as a word processor, it doesn’t have the capacity to strike through text (even though it can underline, bold, and italicize). Most annoying, though, is the stubborn placement of the cursor at the BOTTOM of new notes, which means I’m always having to add extra lines and return to a previous point to write in the middle of the screen.","Also, as a word processor, it doesn’t have the capacity to strike through text (even though it can underline, bold, and italicize).",3,TRUE,efficiency,text,75,79,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,77ad5305-be1e-4e0e-88eb-84b23f290297,3b9ab839-ebfc-4ecd-8534-1ae0f80e6b37,Premium user just lost another audio file…,"Evernote is the most disappointing app I have ever used! Honestly, I have used it since 2012 multiple times a day. It was a necessity for me. The latest changes they have made to the app has made it completely unreliable, unusable and doubles your time for each step. I use it exclusively on iOS but I have heard from Mac users that the same thing happened to them. Multiple reports the customer service has just given lipservice to the actual problem. They recently did an update and did not address any of my issues. It is completely unusable with voiceover on iOS. I asked customer service for a refund of my yearly subscription and was denied. So basically, I have paid for a service that was changed without my knowledge and is unusable to me. They will never see another penny from me, that’s for sure.",Multiple reports the customer service has just given lipservice to the actual problem.,1,TRUE,reliability,customer service,22,38,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,e901a69e-27e7-413a-a1b2-2fbae04c2673,3bb6aaf5-02c2-425d-b681-ece1fd4ae25e,Missing Features,"This is a really good version of Word for iPad, but it is missing a few features that would be really helpful if I truly want to use my iPad as a computer. There is not a “Sort” option like the one that is available on desktop, so I can’t sort indexes or lists alphabetically. Also, the option to insert symbols (like the ≠, →, or ♥) is not available in the iOS app. I would love this app so much more if all of this was possible to do within the app.","There is not a “Sort” option like the one that is available on desktop, so I can’t sort indexes or lists alphabetically.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,list,100,104,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,4b5da2b3-5d42-44e9-ae03-f9b9aa047486,3bf6ef9e-08e1-4eca-af82-b0637250fc24,Creating Documents Are Easy,"I like the user interface. It's an easy-to-use app, especially for creating, editing, and share documents. I don't, however, know to select two or more documents together to export them both.",I like the user interface.,5,TRUE,general,interface,17,26,positive
productivity,notability,c04a9d2b-8351-42cf-89a3-c4e093afb9a8,3c4116a4-ead9-4b7b-9bd6-0bcb95896b0f,Awesome!,"Can we just get some options for highlighting, like if we want it above or behind the text? And templates!I love notability. I keep coming back from GoodNotes because it is just so much simpler and easier to navigate. I feel more ready to just start writing with notability and it’s easy to get fun colors for highlighters and text. Everything is more zoomed in and feels more natural to write on. I feel like I’m always zooming in on GoodNotes. Mind you, I have a 9.7 inch iPad which may affect my perspective of each app. I love the drag and hold feature.  I can create lines and shapes more accurately than in GoodNotes. I couldn’t draw pentagons or hexagons in GoodNotes which meant I used notability for organic chem. But it’s overall more seamless. I can make shapes with the highlighter or the pen. I only wish we had the option to see the highlighter behind the text or even for shading and coloring.",I couldn’t draw pentagons or hexagons in GoodNotes which meant I used notability for organic chem.,5,TRUE,usability,tag,20,23,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a0e0a6e8-7019-4bc8-afa3-03af9a1ca8eb,3c491467-43ba-4242-b4ba-ebdc2adcabba,Super Useful!,"This app has been a fun way to stay productive in the last few weeks of my school year! It’s very cute and I love the background sounds available while I work. My only problem has been when an alarm goes off or someone calls me that the app automatically closes and kills whatever I had planted at the time. It’s done this a few times regardless of me denying the call and leaving my phone at rest. Not a huge issue since it’s out of anyone’s control, just sad when I lose the coins that are already difficult to accumulate. Overall, this app has been a wonderful tool for me to balance my productivity and see where I’m devoting time throughout my week!",It’s very cute and I love the background sounds available while I work.,4,TRUE,usability,background,31,41,positive
productivity,things-3,4f2b25c6-646e-4b98-b379-c0649cecdc6e,3c50ebf5-041a-47b2-b8b2-4c85f8022d4c,Just As Good As The Other To Do Apps,"Give it to them - the marketing message on the App Store is well formulated, but when it comes down to it the functionality doesn’t justify the high price tag. If there was a deeper integration with the native iPhone calendar (e.g. slot a to do into a calendar event and schedule the precise time or to turn an email follow-up into a to do) I may think about it a bit differently. There is so much more that could be done including integration with the likes of Outlook or Gmail email apps. If you are a very simple to do list user and would like to group tasks by category, set general reminders then use the Reminders app on the iPhone or find a free / low-cost to do app. The price for this app simply is not justifiable.",The price for this app simply is not justifiable.,3,TRUE,cost,price,5,10,negative
productivity,notability,816f6986-0174-4fd6-98c5-5b9b174568ed,3c58b8cc-cc81-4bdb-8030-c4a2444fa679,iPad Pro 2018,"I generally like this app but it can be better. I used it with the new iPad, the one without the home button and it can get annoying at times because I can be writing something with my hand resting on the screen and when I take my hand off what I write just disappears, like it was never there. Thank god it only happens with one or two words and not a whole sentence. Also, when I write part of the tip of what I wrote just disappears. In addition, the app keeps freezing at times and sometimes the added pages don’t show on page preview.In general this is good app, although I wish that I could select multiple pages and insert multiple pictures. The app does the job.","In general this is good app, although I wish that I could select multiple pages and insert multiple pictures.",3,TRUE,general,picture,101,108,positive
productivity,things-3,c405cbe2-736b-42ed-b57c-a7ab698f4cd2,3c5b80a2-cfff-4091-b591-14bfcda5b13a,First impressions of Things 3,"Bought the Things desktop, iPad and IPhone apps today.  Was able to login to things cloud to get my Things 2 data imported and deleted the old applications. Trying to use Things 3 on The iPhone is unbearable when the calendar view is enabled.  It takes 10 seconds after you launch the application for anything to show on the screen. After that, it took an average of 73 seconds for the app to be usable.  The screen was frozen, I couldn’t add, change or mark items completed. I couldn’t scroll down on my list of things to do until the calendar came up.  Trying to navigate back from the Today category to other categories took over a minute and then navigating back to the today category took over three and a half minutes to populate the today list again and even then it wouldn’t scroll with finger movements without hanging.Disabling the calendar view fixed the speed issues, but leaves a dialogue box on the today screen asking you to allow Things to access the calendar.  Would recommend that they have that option configurable to remove the dialogue box and put that in the settings.I haven’t had time to test the iPad app or the desktop app yet but my initial impressions are that Things 3 iPhone app needs more work.",I couldn’t scroll down on my list of things to do until the calendar came up.,2,TRUE,efficiency,list,30,34,negative
productivity,things-3,605736da-1382-40d4-904a-2e3c219b1189,3c8ad858-a4b1-4638-ac31-bf3c1fbacf93,Hideous Calendar Layout,"I want to like this app because it contains some truly good features. The calendar layout is sloppy, and it borders on being lazy. Firstly, all of the information is bunched together with no separation between each event. The calendar list just feels rushed. Other applications in the App Store for far less at least ensure that their calendar items are aligned with one another - Things does not. My gripe might seem minor to most; however, visual aesthetics are important to me. If the calendar isn’t important, the app allows you to hide it. Question is, why would the developers deny users the ability to create spacing and align the list?","Question is, why would the developers deny users the ability to create spacing and align the list?",5,TRUE,usability,list,94,98,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,271b7aa7-9ac2-4075-843d-600ad4be82bd,3cb664a7-c53b-4c34-99f5-322f9cdc7c10,Recommendations,It would be nice if we could save documents to google drive or send copy full documents to here like we could do on kindle,It would be nice if we could save documents to google drive or send copy full documents to here like we could do on kindle,5,TRUE,usability,google drive,48,60,positive
productivity,things-3,8dde910c-b4cf-48d3-9578-8b22dd492491,3d02a426-7ba1-4d35-ada0-4ef8275a5fb5,"Intuitive, Flexible, and Rewarding","I used to have the original Things on my phone, but with a new phone and account, I decided to upgrade to Things 3 (as it’s the only Things that’s currently available). It’s a bit of a steep price compared to what I’m used to on the App Store, but every cent was worth it. Things 3 is remarkably intuitive - it’s very simple, simpler than it ever was in even Things 1, to get down a task that expresses exactly what you want it to. It’s also very flexible - the deeper you dive into it, the more little tricks you find to be able to customize your tasks endlessly, so you can make your workflow work for you. Finally, the app is surprisingly rewarding. Checking items off a list is a fun feeling in and of itself, but Things elevates that feeing with progress bars filling, notifications ticking down, and satisfying animations that complement every accomplishment you make.I highly recommend Things 3 to anyone interested in managing their work and lives a bit better.","It’s a bit of a steep price compared to what I’m used to on the App Store, but every cent was worth it.",5,TRUE,cost,price,23,28,negative
productivity,things-3,50d1ac32-c25b-4621-b90a-c000ab905d90,3d203bd0-3b63-4f95-9cb6-a89b901b64fb,Phone app is great,"I bought both the phone and Mac desktop app. The phone version is great. The Mac one works well but I would say it’s very slow to sync which is annoying because it was $50... I often have to completely close down the app and restart it again for it sync up correctly to changes made on the phone. Other than that I really enjoy the functionality, how it connects with your calendar and displays appointments along within your daily tasks so really nothing is missed.",The Mac one works well but I would say it’s very slow to sync which is annoying because it was $50...,3,TRUE,cost,sync,58,62,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7c408914-658e-4e95-80c1-17041a17d422,3d3a2617-ece2-4e6f-93a4-1a42c1f0e106,NEVERnote - Almost,"Another update and AGAIN the Reminder App Badge is STILL broken. Listen guys, I get it, you’re too stupid to have this work the first time, but after 4 updates it’s still as if you’re unable to find your own rear ends with both hands and a flashlight? This isn’t difficult guys - your app ALWAYS did this before the latest “let’s destroy our company” app update:1. An App Badge shouldn’t appear until the date AND time have been broached. If I want to be Reminded at 10am I shouldn’t have a badge before then (12:00am, which your lazy design currently does EVERY time). If that’s too “over your heads” just check out EVERY OTHER Reminder-type software ever created. I believe it’s possible that you’ll figure it out at some point. 2. The Reminder setting menu needs a day of the week reference in it, NOT JUST the month, date and time. Is it POSSIBLE that I might not know off the top of my head what date is a Monday 3 months from now? And is it POSSIBLE that my Reminders might have more to do with certain days of the week than they do with dates? Hmmm. Yeah, I bet that’s (again) why all other programs built for this kind of thing do that. Get a clue Evernote. You’re so close to becoming NEVERnote to me.","If I want to be Reminded at 10am I shouldn’t have a badge before then (12:00am, which your lazy design currently does EVERY time).",1,TRUE,reliability,design,97,103,negative
productivity,things-3,1d317e80-1469-4557-b719-d56ed4ab4934,3d6dffe5-a337-4c93-8613-e5707ceaafe5,Best in class - for me,"I know selecting a to-do app is sometimes a very personal thing. I’ve tried many over the years with my best one being pen and paper. That had a lot of advantages but very analog. I really struggled finding a digital version that really kept pace until I rediscovered Things. Yes, I evaluated it early on it didn’t make it. This latest version (3.6) is impressive and I’ve not looked back.  I use it for work and home and it has eased stress and made me much more efficient with time management. Highly recommend this app.",That had a lot of advantages but very analog.,5,TRUE,general,tag,24,27,positive
productivity,things-3,a2e0c9e9-61a0-45d7-b915-1039a2e28410,3db959f0-91fd-4371-a7ef-fd9604d3e0d3,Works so well for me,I love this app. It works really well with the Getting Things Done method and the interface is very intuitive. It just meshes with the way my brain works so well. SO worth the money. I’m not sure how I managed without it before! The only drawback is that you can’t embed images or attachments (like you can in Evernote or Trello). That’s my only complaint though. Love everything else about it.,SO worth the money.,4,TRUE,cost,money,14,19,positive
productivity,notability,d77d129a-8d5e-4574-bef5-54a11e6da560,3e0b9e01-669e-4911-b672-0365b139eeff,Good for handwritten notes,"The app works very well with either a finger or apple pencil. It provides pen and marker tools with easy control over color, and tip size. So it’s great for freestyle sketches. There is an eraser and a graphical selection tool that allow deleting, moving, and copying drawn lines. All this is great for simple handwritten sketches and annotations.More complex operations with graphics allow drawing straight lines, and placing text in arbitrary locations on the page, but both of these could be improved:The tool provides a way to draw a straight line, but it is awkward and not easy to use: to do that you draw a line by hand and then pause at the end of the line for a second. I wish the app would provide another “straight line” tool like most other drawing and desktop publishing apps, so selecting it will make all lines straight.Handling text annotations is also awkward if you want the text placed in specific locations. The placed text requires different handling for moving, copying and deleting. The tools that allow you to delete, copy and move drawn lines do not work on text. Instead, it has it’s own set of operations (for example, to delete, you pause on it with the pencil, then apply another click which opens up a menu - not easy or intuitive). I wish the app would allow to use the same erase and select tools that already exist for handling drawn lines.","It provides pen and marker tools with easy control over color, and tip size.",4,TRUE,usability,color,57,62,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,cb932750-1c5f-498d-9599-c29145805725,3e319ebe-f55a-4dc7-8ca3-3a7ce88b6999,Great app for a grad student,"I really like this app! I’m a full time student working on my doctor of Physical therapy and I study all the time. While I know that each hour spent studying has the great effect of increasing my knowledge, that’s not as tangible as watching my forest grow lol I’m more excited to study using the app because I want to have created a super impressive forest every week. The optional background noise is nice and the timer helps guide my focused time. Would definitely recommend",The optional background noise is nice and the timer helps guide my focused time.,5,TRUE,general,background,14,24,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,67cd2076-08a8-432d-b44d-9c9974c29949,3e98b381-8926-455e-8b92-abb57d2576fe,Give me an error when saving,"This would be much more useful if I could save my documents. I get an error every single time I try to save one to my google drive account where all of my school files and notes are saved. I almost never use this because of that. In order to save I have to export to email or another app directly. Makes it more of a hassle than its worth. If I need to edit and save something, I stick with the version on my laptop.",I get an error every single time I try to save one to my google drive account where all of my school files and notes are saved.,3,TRUE,usability,google drive,58,70,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,fc75434e-b302-4bf0-bf24-e4f28954a03f,3f66ca7a-6953-48b1-9486-be776203bd70,Amazing!,"as a young student, like myself, it can be hard to focus and not procrastinate. with this app, it takes care of that and helps the earth by planting real trees. trust me whoever is reading this, no i am not some bot or someone from this company. i am a real user of this app and it is worth your money. it would be nice to have the option to go into certain apps like calculator or calendar, but otherwise this app is life changing!!","it would be nice to have the option to go into certain apps like calculator or calendar, but otherwise this app is life changing!",5,TRUE,usability,calendar,80,88,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,cab66a25-2132-42d9-8122-44204e2a7f4b,3f6bf62a-6e5c-4c0b-b3c6-687cf72a2975,About halfway there,"I use this app everyday and for the most part - it works if you’re doing basic documents. However, when working with bullets and numbering, sometimes it chokes if a custom spacing/tabbing has been setup using the desktop version of Word.If you create a graph such as a hierarchy in the desktop version, it will display in the iOS version but it cannot be modified - not even on the iPad Pro - which is what I use. It should cache your last document you worked on locally so that you don’t have to reload it when you return. This is important for iOS because of how you have to app switch. The funny thing is that before loading the app, I was able to access the more full featured web version of Word in Safari on iOS and it worked for the most part. Which led me to believe that there is still a lot of potential for the iOS version.For tables, there should be a button on the table to add more columns or rows - Apple’s Pages does that really well and saves the extra touches and strokes.A touch interface is just different than a mouse interface. I think if the product manager was forced to use the iOS version for a month they might make some changes to add features in a way that makes sense for a true touch environment even if it’s slightly different than the desktop version. More and more people are making a touch interface their primary device which means that fewer compromises will need to be made.",More and more people are making a touch interface their primary device which means that fewer compromises will need to be made.,4,TRUE,usability,interface,41,50,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,2667ebb0-0ab9-49ed-a700-cf664f06e949,3fb09cf2-7022-4861-b8f3-cc9a91c750d6,Decent app but with a few issues,"The app does its job to keep me focused. However when I tried to edit the tag of intervals through the timeline/forest pages, the app shut itself down. There is no way to edit the tag once the interval is completed. Additionally, I can’t access the help center/FAQ thru Settings, the page loads endlessly.","Additionally, I can’t access the help center/FAQ thru Settings, the page loads endlessly.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,page,69,73,negative
productivity,notability,febd3d5a-32dd-4371-80fe-02a8454c3ea0,3ff6d3bf-e8f2-458c-a0bb-125ae12e196d,With the new update the app refreshes constantly and becomes very annoying to use,"I’ve used this app for about 3 years now for school, and it works very well with pretty much no issues. However, with the recent update the app will constantly refresh whenever I exit the app and I will have to wait for it to load again. This becomes very annoying as I find myself switching from different apps often. Split view is not very useful to me due to having to change my zoom level and zoom area on both apps constantly. I thought it might have something to do with background app refresh, but notability doesn’t even show up as one of the apps with that option. Sometimes even if less than a minute has passed since I exited notability, it will still refresh. This is incredibly annoying, and I cannot fathom why this change was made. This update took one of the most useful apps I had and made it an absolute chore to use. Please fix this, as I really want to give this app 5 stars due to how much it’s helped me over the years, but I can’t under the current circumstances",This update took one of the most useful apps I had and made it an absolute chore to use.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,update,6,12,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8692de10-3154-40f0-86ca-aa8a0e3cc534,3ffc27c6-2097-4af3-9256-b96768fbe00f,Evernote role in my life,"Evernote has become an important app within my productivity system. It’s part of daily routine primarily for storing templates, references and vital documents to complete any task. Evernote offers an array of features, focusing on the experience of the user within any capacity whether it be artistic, professional or personal. They have room to grow but I think they’re aware of that, I’m excited to see how they’ll stay ahead of their competitors.","It’s part of daily routine primarily for storing templates, references and vital documents to complete any task.",5,TRUE,general,document,82,90,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d8a21a02-f3fd-49a5-9132-cc55121393f4,401e5188-1f33-4314-808c-151b70b3b1da,Inside text tags,"I believe evernote is one of the best way to organise ideas and collect thoughts. there is something that will add a value to your application . I suggest to give ability to create tags inside the textnote , which helps a lot in preparing sessions and write books. thanks for your continues  improvement .","I suggest to give ability to create tags inside the textnote , which helps a lot in preparing sessions and write books.",4,TRUE,usability,tag,37,40,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,0b8185c0-82af-4f4f-9f63-65f4db098321,403d3abb-726f-4f66-9b69-7e3bb9c25e3b,Needs more,"Still waiting to be able to customize the left and right swipe. Would love to archive AND delete emails not just have 1 option for both swipes. UPDATED, THANK U FOR ADDING THIS FEATURE FINALLY!!! I have 5 email accounts and they all sorta forward to my main email. I often accidentally reply from my personal because my business emails forward to my personal acct. i would LOVEE to be able to reply from my personal email and just change the FROM to my biz one or hey maybe it can do it automatically!!!I also have a bunch of unread emails i cant even find. Is there a way to filter unread emails in the inbox?? When i search “unread” clearly it doesn't work i just wanna see all the unread emails so i can turn off that annoying badge. I scrolled as far as i can and it doesnt let me scroll any further so i guess theyre super old and i cant even find them. Come on google!!If I missed this option someone please let me know!",When i search “unread” clearly it doesn't work i just wanna see all the unread emails so i can turn off that annoying badge.,4,TRUE,efficiency,unread email,73,85,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,123fbeed-0947-44c3-88bc-6524d98bc7e9,408a2b52-1545-4916-9e1e-0409fbf40f76,I love it!,"I love this app, truly and whole heartily. I’m a chem with forensic major so sometimes getting myself to focus and study while practicing organic chemistry or any reactions can be hard. The application has a nice and easy layout along with the cute “forest” button where you can see the trees you have grown along with the time you’ve spent studying/focused throughout the day, week, month and year. It has a feature for users who like background noise, the free one is sounds of waves I believe. Overall, I’ve been able to do about 10+ hours of studying per week using this app.","It has a feature for users who like background noise, the free one is sounds of waves I believe.",5,TRUE,usability,background,37,47,positive
productivity,notability,50ae0e28-1089-4c08-9622-846a1505219c,40b04d4e-e158-4fb3-af67-d78eb7684070,Needs more organizational ability,"I have seen several other complaints about notability needing better organization, so it is upsetting knowing that nothing has been done to address this issue. There needs to be some kind of additional their of organization that allows you to either 1) put the dividers into a folder. For instance, all my dividers have a bunch of subjects in them, and when i am done with this semester, I would like to be able to put those dividers into one large folder that says “fall 2020.” Or, 2) you could keep the dividers/subjects, but add another teir underneath subjects where you could subdivide specific lessons. All in all, the divider and subjects organization that is in place is too simplistic. I cannot recommend this app to someone who is doing most (potentially all) their school work on it. It just doesn’t have enough organization. Another issue is when you go to send a file to notability, it brings up a ton of subjects, all the subjects you have ever created. If you are using the subjects tab for weekly modules like I do, it gets very annoying to find the correct subject as I have around 50 (and i have only been using it for one semester).This app is nice to take notes in, but not long term. It has worked well for a single semester, but I do not know how I will be able to continue adding files with such a simplistic organization style.",There needs to be some kind of additional their of organization that allows you to either 1) put the dividers into a folder.,2,TRUE,usability,divider,102,109,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6632b9b7-a286-4cbe-ae4e-98e382e51ec7,40c81c8f-612f-4963-ac7a-d3ae6d7482e4,Give users the option to change layout,"I previously gave this app a five star review. Logistically, it does what it is supposed to do. However updated after update google doesn’t create way for the user to change the color, layout or background of the app. I want to personalize things the way I want. Like in the recent update they moved the icon to switch accounts to the right of the screen. I also hate the new bright white background. This has been a huge annoyance. Little things like icon position, color of app background, font style should be able to be changed by the user. It’s 2019... create ways for users to personalize the app!","However updated after update google doesn’t create way for the user to change the color, layout or background of the app.",2,TRUE,compatibility,layout,90,96,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6632b9b7-a286-4cbe-ae4e-98e382e51ec7,40c81c8f-612f-4963-ac7a-d3ae6d7482e4,Give users the option to change layout,"I previously gave this app a five star review. Logistically, it does what it is supposed to do. However updated after update google doesn’t create way for the user to change the color, layout or background of the app. I want to personalize things the way I want. Like in the recent update they moved the icon to switch accounts to the right of the screen. I also hate the new bright white background. This has been a huge annoyance. Little things like icon position, color of app background, font style should be able to be changed by the user. It’s 2019... create ways for users to personalize the app!","However updated after update google doesn’t create way for the user to change the color, layout or background of the app.",2,TRUE,usability,color,83,88,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,cba648f2-4ab5-4522-9438-d69802ee0621,4119d52f-42ad-4997-8d70-0c3263843f02,"Love Word, but hate this new update, or whatever is causing my sudden problems","Don’t know what’s going on with the ability to use mobile view the last few days on my iPad mini. Mobile view turns into a narrow column on the right side of my screen, and it’s useless. Print view causes the letters to be too small. I use Word a lot. I auto sync between my laptop, phone and iPad. I need to be able to use Word with iPad. I cannot find any settings to fix this issue. Frustrating.","I auto sync between my laptop, phone and iPad.",5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,8,12,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,dd432d8c-e057-44ce-9ec5-0abaf2f56965,4133c7ab-d9b5-46e0-875d-76ee2e6a0633,Too Simple for Real Work,"If you use the default template for every document, this may be the program for you. If you use a template you created, then this is probably not for you. I created a template on my computer that uses 12 pt Georgia Pro as the font, justified text, and a 10 pt space between each paragraph. When I open it on iOS, I get 11 pt Calibri, text that is not justified, and no space between paragraph. Also, although fonts installed with AnyFont used to display fine. Now I get the following message: “There is insufficient memory or disk space. Word cannot display the requested font.” Files with installed fonts will not open. I tried it on my iPad and iPhone 7+.Once again, there is a new version with the same problem. I’ll uninstall it and try it again later. Not planning to renew Office 365 until it’s fixed.","I created a template on my computer that uses 12 pt Georgia Pro as the font, justified text, and a 10 pt space between each paragraph.",1,TRUE,general,graph,129,134,negative
productivity,things-3,d7175e66-0e6a-4494-b139-cb79c730b2c0,41663812-8d68-4390-b12d-b68d6a1e9873,Best todo app,I have used them all instill use todoist at work as I am all pc and collaborate with others. But this app is so good if it’s share output was a little cleaner and the log could filter what I complete in a week I would use this for work as well it’s that good. Being able to set a deadline and reminders finally. Also love that repeated events don’t stay there in the way they go to the next time they are repeated why do so many todo apps get this wrong. I love areas and projects and lists very clear and concise with lots of options. Works great and the interface is beautiful with animations and thoughtful design. Keep up the great work guys.,I love areas and projects and lists very clear and concise with lots of options.,5,TRUE,usability,list,31,35,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,160adf6f-fb2d-4e27-9609-94453988a6c6,41788f78-9ee8-4bed-bc2d-a1034d3902ed,Can’t sync on iPad,"I love this app on iPhone. I’ve used it on iPad since the day it was made compatible. However, for 4 weeks now my sync hasn’ worked. It shows last sync ‘4 weeks ago’, and if I hit the Sync in preferences it crashes the app.I’m afraid to reinstall because I’ll lose a month of progress. I’m hoping an app update fixes sync and saves my trees. That would make the iPad app 5 stars, but until then I’m reluctant to use it again.",I’m hoping an app update fixes sync and saves my trees.,2,TRUE,compatibility,update,19,25,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,67da1de6-bee5-415c-9e31-7a1f9f73960e,417b541c-5edb-4e29-affa-eea62c450afd,Disregard for users,"I first rated Evernote one star because they did a bait-and-switch by reducing the functionality of the free version to extort those who had trusted them. Old news, though I expect this business model to treat its head again when they decide to double or triple prices.This weekend was worse. As I prepared for a multi-day hike in the remote (and offline) backcountry, I took extensive notes in Evernote. The day before I left, I updated my phone.I got to the trailhead, and loaded the note Id l’d worked on for days. Not on phone. It had been there last night!Evernote decided to upgrade its users with an upgrade that can’t read the already-downloaded notes. So I’m standing at the trailhead without my prepaid permit for the hike, the list of waypoints for my trip, detailed maps, notes on specific sites to visit, excerpts from others’ trip reports etc.Thanks Evernote!Oh and more fun. When I got home I looked at the new app and it still allows offline notebooks. But you can’t force them to download “more” – the help just says it can take “some time” and gives no means of prioritizing. It does not download in any sensible order I can see, like most recent, or default notebook first.Right now my data is held hostage on the Evernote server until they decide to give it to me.I guess the old business model is back... maybe they will allow me to retrieve it faster if I pay an additional fee?",When I got home I looked at the new app and it still allows offline notebooks.,1,TRUE,compatibility,notebook,69,77,positive
productivity,notability,319a23b4-6e65-4225-aafb-91f39ae4c7f9,41a17242-3cd5-40d6-9276-3cb3b0d611c9,A few issues,"I love this app, but there seems to be introductions of new features without addressing some of the preexisting issues. Until I turned some features off, the iCloud syncing was extremely annoying. Every time you open the app, you would need to wait for your notes to download. If you were attempting to look for a specific note a day later, be prepared to wait for it to download. This is especially problematic if you’ve been using the app for a long time and thus have a lot of notes. Also, recently my dividers have been deleted upon opening the app. This is better than having my notes vanish and needing to troubleshoot to get them back, but as I stated previously I’ve been using this app for several years and have organized my notes by years. I had to create new dividers and then sort each subject into these new dividers because I should not have to search through all the subjects when I have taken the measures to not have to do so.","Also, recently my dividers have been deleted upon opening the app.",3,TRUE,compatibility,divider,19,26,negative
productivity,notability,9a8f9788-d652-4465-9569-49abd1466490,41a591d3-1d42-44da-928f-04a9428f6553,Keep losing my data when using the text box,"I have been using Notability for years now, but I have never encountered this issue, that is, losing data. Making a text box has been more difficult than ever. This is another issue that I have noticed in this app from a very long time. Comparing to how users create a text box in GoodNotes 5, Notability is regarded as torture and time consuming. I don’t understand why I have to repeat the procedure over and over in order to have an accurate response. When I finally manage to create a text box, it often disappears once I try to create a new one. I hope you can fix this problem because most of my work depends on creating text boxes.I have lost information that equals four hours of searching and typing.Another issue is that Notability does not support the Arabic language. I really hope this can soon be fixed.","Comparing to how users create a text box in GoodNotes 5, Notability is regarded as torture and time consuming.",5,TRUE,general,text box,33,41,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,1ea7b429-69df-443d-b344-7af838bece97,41acbc17-a617-4c9e-8863-fae312f90c20,Microphone,"I’m hoping the developers see this. I love the Word app. It allows me to take copious notes on my phone and sync them for better formatting on my computer. I use the free version every day and can usually figure out how to do what I need to do. Recently, a microphone icon was added to the lower right corner of the screen. This is causing a huge problem for me, as the text that I’m trying to proof at a glance as I type always seems to be BEHIND the icon. My keyboard already has a microphone (as all phone keyboards do), so the one that is covering my screen seems redundant and it’s blocking  the clear view of the text. It would be nice if it was transparent, or could be toggled on and off, or if you just put it somewhere else. Thanks for considering this.",I use the free version every day and can usually figure out how to do what I need to do.,4,TRUE,usability,free version,11,23,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,fb932e85-019e-4cc3-bfc9-c036b62c5ac1,41f080c5-55ff-49e6-862e-19e473f17966,Good App but certain important elements missing,I like using the apps but it is missing some basic functionality.1) Split Screen Multitasking functionality should be added to the app. I often send emails in a foreign languages and I like to have a multilingual dictionary app in the split view to check words as I write. I see no obvious reason why this app doesn’t have split screen multitasking functionality. 2) I should be able to attach documents that are saved in the Files to email replies. As far as I can tell the email attachment functionality only works with documents that are saved to the drive and even then I don't think you can attach the document so much as share it from the drive. The only way to attach documents from files it share from the files app which always starts it as a new email. This is not great for continued collaboration and functionality. Please fix.,1) Split Screen Multitasking functionality should be added to the app.,3,TRUE,efficiency,functionality,30,43,negative
productivity,notability,c6e35de5-ba65-4979-945f-4737fffa20b2,41f263fb-2d1d-4f39-af96-f50c9e01a208,"Good, could use a few improvements.","I love the recording ability. Some areas for improvement:1. Night mode for white background of power points without disturbing animations, or their colors, or recording. Black font turns white in black background.2. When uploading power point to a subject from somewhere like Canvas, notability should have the class name plus folder or file before the user exits to go to notability. Saves further editing.3. When playing back a recording, for PowerPoint, the playback will follow you physically going forward through slides with arrows pointing in the direction you’re going and goes in sequence to how you move on to the next slide or when you write instead of manually trying to figure out where you’re at while listening to the recording. I have to note take chronologically to counter this effect and it’s cumbersome.4. Darker highlighter with neon color like Microsoft word.5. Ability to recover deleted items within 30 days like Apple’s “Notes”.6. Being able to cut, copy, or crop a power point slide and paste it where you want it.7. When adding notes by pen in a power point that already had a recording, notability should ask if you want to add it to the recording’s animation mark before moving on to the next slide.8. Being able to cut added drawings or notes and customizing their color for better memory stimulation or organization. Like color coding.There’s one more thing, but I forgot.......",Being able to cut added drawings or notes and customizing their color for better memory stimulation or organization.,4,TRUE,usability,color,65,70,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0d71ae00-e218-4152-954e-ac7a8da4eef1,423936a8-c7d1-46bf-8e08-f68b0e0a153e,Version 10 is a deal breaker,"I’ve used Evernote since 2001 and have loved it, until they updated to version 10. I prefer to take handwritten notes. There’s plenty of science to back handwritten note taking and I want to stick with it. Previously I could take great note pages with Evernote. I’ve been doing that since the first Apple Pencil was released. But now the handwriting portion is absolutely terrible. The pages are sized/resized differently and the pencil recognition is extremely poor. It doesn’t track well with the pencil so my writing is not smooth or clear. Additionally the pressure sensitivity isn’t working anymore either.I’ve tried working with support but they haven’t come up with any acceptable solutions yet. I hate to go look for a new app and give up the 10 years of history that I have in Evernote, but that is where I am at currently. Hopefully they can fix it before that happens.","I’ve used Evernote since 2001 and have loved it, until they updated to version 10.",1,TRUE,general,update,61,67,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,cd71a57e-95d3-4ebe-93a5-e75b95e277f2,4271383e-a1fc-43ff-90a9-8468d57e8faf,Can’t believe this is considered a productivity tool,"Despite the negative reviews on the new price structure, I ponied up and paid for Premium for a month because I need to move to a more paperless life in both business and academia.  I can’t believe how slow and clunky this product is.  Scanning text in is incredibly time consuming due to delays in translating scans to PDFs.  Scan function frequently  recognizes only part of a page, meaning multiple rescans necessary.  Marking up any documents takes 3x as long due to seconds wasted every time you need to translate from one tool to another.  All elements of marking up are glitchy - text box doesn’t always appear, no erase function (just delete entire edit), stylus writing is clunky, etc.  There is no way I can use this as a substitute for paper copy and hand marking.  This app is the equivalent of taking 15 minutes to solve a problem by text which could have been conveyed in 3 minutes of speech.  Super-disappointing.",This app is the equivalent of taking 15 minutes to solve a problem by text which could have been conveyed in 3 minutes of speech.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,text,71,75,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,95405d58-1429-4d1c-89aa-b39c21a99142,42738084-b941-4e77-9ed1-9fea70c26600,A Bit Frustrated,"I use this app all the time. It’s a way for my husband and I to share ideas about vacations and to-do lists. However, it recently stopped letting me sync. If you don’t sync and open a note that was updated by another user it “modifies” the note in the worst way. I also am not able to get notifications from the app anymore either, which is especially annoying when my husband is trying to chat with me through the app. So I thought I would reach out to customer service to troubleshoot beyond their recommendations on their site. Since I’m not a paying customer I cannot submit a ticket. This is especially frustrating. They are sending a message that their non-paying customers aren’t important. I don’t want to look for another app with similar functions, but I may be forced to if they can’t fix the bugs.",If you don’t sync and open a note that was updated by another user it “modifies” the note in the worst way.,4,TRUE,compatibility,sync,14,18,negative
productivity,notability,aa18311a-b54a-47b2-b891-6021df10c41b,42bfe5a5-5e7e-4130-919a-21971492164e,Freezing and Crashing,"I use Notability daily in medical school, and while most of the time the app works great, I am giving this a 1 star review because of the frequent freezing and crashing I have been experiencing recently. Crashing mostly happens when I am trying to copy and paste pictures into my notes. But the true offense is the freezing. For example, I will be working on a schematic when my pen suddenly stops writing. Sometimes it randomly switches to the Scissors tool and makes me move the picture around instead, totally offsetting my labels and picture. The picture ends up in the foreground, covering up all my labels and drawings. To make matters worse, when I try to undo this, the Undo function freezes, along with the rest of the tool bar. Hours of work are ruined and cannot be recovered. Imagine my frustration and hesitance to do anything remotely involved in Notability again, for fear of wasting my time.","The picture ends up in the foreground, covering up all my labels and drawings.",1,TRUE,general,picture,5,12,positive
productivity,things-3,a7607508-b3bb-4d8a-b746-ae5c414e1d2c,42c60c1b-9b2e-42f6-8c3c-b1bcff39b097,Life Changing,"I’ve been looking for a simple way to manage the things I need to do in my life. At home, at work, projects, everything. I’ve read “Getting Things Done” and having physical inboxes and pieces of paper. I’ve tried using dozens of other apps. But nothing “sticks” quite like this app. It’s easy to use, fluid, fits very well with the GTD workflow without being too strict about it, and actually helps me get things done. The Siri integration is fantastic. Not sure if it is integrated with Alexa, which would be even better, but nonetheless. As a developer, I’m impressed and kudos to the team.",I’ve read “Getting Things Done” and having physical inboxes and pieces of paper.,5,TRUE,general,paper,75,80,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,c408e6e9-9dc2-4f72-9bf7-777c19cb3871,4303f139-035e-4955-9189-359a369cfa9b,Changes my document,I have wasted 2+ hours trying to send a document I updated! It sends the OLD document that I have even deleted from all files! I finally was able to save the new one but it changes the pictures around and un aligns them! I am extremely limited and am starting a business! I NEED these fliers to even get started! If they look like crap I can’t print them out!!!! I even took screen shots of what it’s doing! When I go to send a copy to my one drive it won’t let me bc SOMEONE IS EDITING MY DOCUMENT! All apps are closed out!!!! I am not HAPPY AT ALL AND GIVE THIS A 0 Star!!!!! This is costing me income!!!!!!!,I finally was able to save the new one but it changes the pictures around and un aligns them!,1,TRUE,usability,picture,59,66,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,5d2c5a34-3def-4e84-9897-32a27aff97b8,433e5f12-f7d9-49dc-8d01-627e4a99bb80,Native Markdown Please,"I LOVE Evernote. Literally changed my life. I use it to track my medical history, to organize my daily to-do list, and to keep track of movies and shows I want to watch. It is great for being able to organize my life at my computer desk and then take it with me on my phone. It’s invaluable as a CRM for my real estate business and a project management tool for my home repairs. But also serves as my scrap book for family milestones and personal journaling. My everything tool.Please add native markdown as a feature so I don’t have to use Bear Notes for my coding projects.","I use it to track my medical history, to organize my daily to-do list, and to keep track of movies and shows I want to watch.",5,TRUE,usability,list,66,70,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,2a14c7c6-b1a8-489d-8d86-2eebdb6fec7d,43f30921-1ade-414d-901e-7ba4953f2610,Will Try to Strong-Arm You into Subscribing,"Latest version will not let you edit or save unless you “subscribe” meaning pay $6 a month. I have no grievance against this, but I wanted the option to pay a one-time fee for the app (i.e. buy it once and don’t pay again until the next big update). After an online chat with a Microsoft rep who told me I could do this, paying for 365, having the download go wrong, and two more online chats...I learned that I could not do this. The App is subscription only. :-p My money was refunded. Word for Mac was my go-to word processing program on my laptop and I liked having it on my iPad. No longer. I am sick and tired of subscription services. Especially one that essentially wants me to pay “infinitum” to read any documents I create on my iPad!  There are plenty of far better word processing apps I can outright buy—and have, and will. Good-bye Word. And good-bye Microsoft. You’ll get no more $$$ from me.",:-p My money was refunded.,1,TRUE,cost,money,8,13,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f64f1f21-634c-4295-b244-c8c14e01ccf5,45389906-fa33-4c12-b016-dca90a6023cc,Disappearing notes and no support,"I was an Evernote user for about 4 years and found it to be well designed, reliable, and useful for my daily note taking needs at work. Earlier this year, the app became buggier. I’m not sure if this instability coincided with a new version or what happened exactly, but my notes started to disappear into the void. I would take notes in a meeting and once I was back at my desk moments later, discover that everything I had just written was gone. It didn’t happen EVERY time, but it was frequent enough that I contacted support to see if there was anything that could be done about the issue. Support advised me that as a basic user, I did not qualify for support. After complaining to Evernote over Twitter, they told me they would open a helpdesk ticket, although this went no where. After an experience like this, any hope Evernote had of turning me into a subscriber is gone, and I’ve since deleted the app.","I was an Evernote user for about 4 years and found it to be well designed, reliable, and useful for my daily note taking needs at work.",2,TRUE,usability,design,66,72,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e25b15b9-bb14-4fa6-a9c8-72d477d31eb2,45554e62-9590-42ae-ac29-04f07988f905,Bugs or bad features?,"UPDATE: both of these issues appear to be fixed in a recent update. Woo hoo!——Gmail app continues to be plagued by issues. Are they just bugs or did someone actually design them to work this way? Either is inexcusable in this case — these are both so pervasive and frustrating. 1) When I click a link in an email, the app pops up a question about which browser app to open the link in. I pick Safari (because I don’t have Chrome and I don’t want to install it). I also choose the option to NOT ask me every time. Guess what happens next time I click a link? It asks me which browser to use. And it does this EVERY TIME I click a link.2) On the iPad, it marks emails as unread too aggressively. When I archive or delete a message, it marks the next one as read — no matter what. If I’m not ready to read it yet, I always have to follow up with clicking the Unread button at the top. Even when I go into a folder to see its contents, the first email is marked as read. PLEASE ONLY MARK SOMETHING AS READ IF I INTERACT WITH THE ACTUAL EMAIL — click on it, scroll through it, etc.",Are they just bugs or did someone actually design them to work this way?,5,TRUE,general,design,44,50,negative
productivity,notability,98423e5c-446f-43d5-befe-b5273f2d2eb9,45c40570-74da-42f3-89cf-72cf8b261581,Great Note Taking.. sync issue dampens enthusiasm,"I love the App, does everything I want. Easy to export to other file type, drag and drop functionality , different font size etc . Love the app.Only complaint is cloud sync. Got to the point that every time I pulled my iPad out , I had ZERO FILES. They were all in the “unfiled notes section” and in the process of syncing. While in that process, you cannot even READ the note. If I happened to need my notes in a situation where I have no wi fi I would have been screwed. The times this happened was extremely inconvenient but took a few minutes to sync because I had access to wifi . After troubleshooting for a few days I gave up and completely disabled cloud sync.",After troubleshooting for a few days I gave up and completely disabled cloud sync.,3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,78,82,negative
productivity,things-3,9b73e9f3-6560-4430-a0e7-ed6fc373318a,45e3090c-f201-493a-b431-579d57d040f6,The task management app you've been longing for,"What can I say? This app is amazing. It is the task management app that I have been desperately waiting for, for so long. As someone who read Getting Things Done by David Allen and loved the idea of GTD but realized that it was far too complicated for daily use, I'm so excited to finally have an app that foregrounds the best parts of GTD while enabling all of the advanced aspects (if you really want them) with a phenomenal UI. Once you throw in the fact that this app syncs perfectly with the Mac version and my Google calendar, it just blows everything else away. This is as good as apps get.","It is the task management app that I have been desperately waiting for, for so long.",5,TRUE,general,task management,11,26,positive
productivity,notability,febd3d5a-32dd-4371-80fe-02a8454c3ea0,4619b540-7204-4a73-a8e1-f142879053eb,With the new update the app refreshes constantly and becomes very annoying to use,"I’ve used this app for about 3 years now for school, and it works very well with pretty much no issues. However, with the recent update the app will constantly refresh whenever I exit the app and I will have to wait for it to load again. This becomes very annoying as I find myself switching from different apps often. Split view is not very useful to me due to having to change my zoom level and zoom area on both apps constantly. I thought it might have something to do with background app refresh, but notability doesn’t even show up as one of the apps with that option. Sometimes even if less than a minute has passed since I exited notability, it will still refresh. This is incredibly annoying, and I cannot fathom why this change was made. This update took one of the most useful apps I had and made it an absolute chore to use. Please fix this, as I really want to give this app 5 stars due to how much it’s helped me over the years, but I can’t under the current circumstances","However, with the recent update the app will constantly refresh whenever I exit the app and I will have to wait for it to load again.",3,TRUE,compatibility,update,26,32,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,5a971988-031d-4f3d-bb1e-f6ce25f8bd97,461f39c7-e08b-4131-a963-094d774c031f,Buggy with IPad Pro 12.9”,"I have used word on iPad since the since it has been available, it is great on regular sized screens but on the iPad Pro 12.9” it is buggy.  I find it frustrating that the bigger screens require a paid subscription for less functions and quality.  Especially irritating is the fact that the font styles, word art, and font colors show as normal or bold text in black font, regardless of the setting.  These show  when printing, but it would be nice to know what your document looks like without having to go to print preview.  This app is going in the wrong direction, it used to be great, and now it has become mediocre.",I find it frustrating that the bigger screens require a paid subscription for less functions and quality.,3,TRUE,cost,subscription,62,74,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,2f92f256-3b98-49cf-b273-4327c1b6e2ed,470e4bac-26c9-4ff3-9a0c-6e329a891719,Still a Great App but some of the changes are frustrating,"Easy and extremely useful however once upon a time if I made a list with the ""check box"" once I was done checking off said items there was an option to delete all the Line items which had been checked off.  This feature has been removed for quite some time, I'm not sure why.  This simple option was quite helpful & time efficient.  Now I have to go Line item by line item to remove those which were checked.  It is quite annoying especially when there is an extra long ""to do"" or grocery list.  PLEASE please bring this back.  I honestly don't know why it was ever removed.","It is quite annoying especially when there is an extra long ""to do"" or grocery list.",4,TRUE,efficiency,list,80,84,negative
productivity,things-3,bb410d14-4a6f-4955-b67e-a1e6a25be003,4719c845-db62-4312-a69b-ab50ea0ec866,"It’s excellent, but too expensive for multiple devices","First of all, the ux is probably the best on the market (I’ve used at least 6-10 task tracking apps). The motion design, ease of use, synchronization across devices, little details etc....all good. That said, you shouldn’t have to pay for both iPad and iPhone versions. That’s breaking an existing model that we’ve all come to rightfully expect. Just one price people. Not two. I get having to pay more for the Mac version, but iOS devices should mean you pay only once. Otherwise, it’s pretty well thought out and executed.","The motion design, ease of use, synchronization across devices, little details etc....all good.",5,TRUE,general,design,12,18,positive
productivity,things-3,9ef384c5-426f-4da4-bce1-d5cafdc0b850,476ff132-afa8-4bae-bd41-a599c771bf5a,Apple Watch Functionality Please,"Good app, would be even better to have the following added to Apple Watch for improved functionality:1. Ability to view the inbox and projects to manage tasks. Currently you can only see “today” tasks on the watch and that’s it! I can’t look at my phone all day at work to manage my tasks, but my watch is a little less noticeable and more convenient.2. Add the ability to set reminder times to tasks from Apple Watch. You can set start date and deadline date from the watch... but no timed reminders??3. On Mac/iPhone/Watch:  Add a category specifically for tags to streamline tag management. Currently you have to swipe down and search specifically far a tag you know exists, possibly among a large list of tags, or entering a task you know already has a specific tag applied and go through even more steps just to get to a tag management overlay.",Add the ability to set reminder times to tasks from Apple Watch.,3,TRUE,usability,reminder,24,32,positive
productivity,things-3,5c596fc7-fb8e-476f-9951-087673c0d47d,47b546ae-607c-4839-ac4a-3c17d9a80178,Compatibility w/ Windows,"Until ""Things"" can work w/ ""Windows"", Todoist is the best ""To Do List"" app does far more than a pretty interface. Compatibility is where it's at since most businesses have Windows desktops as their standard.","Until ""Things"" can work w/ ""Windows"", Todoist is the best ""To Do List"" app does far more than a pretty interface.",1,TRUE,compatibility,interface,104,113,positive
productivity,notability,b603afad-63d0-4c6f-82d7-10b4b51d83f6,48198069-7d7d-4ff7-bf6d-947f68aedaad,Love it but hate how...,"I’ve been using Notability for years now and loved to see much more amazing and user friendly it has gotten. However with the latest updates, the app keeps closing on me at random times so I lose my most recent updates on my notes and my recordings. I hope this issue gets fixed soon.Some suggestions on how notability could be improved,1. Everyone uses powerpoint. If there are slides in a powerpoint that I don’t have I want to be able to take a picture quickly and have it come out in decent quality. OneNote has that amazing feature where as you take a photo of a slide, it automatically is able to resize and realign the photo so that it’s not all crooked. Currently right now, I have to download an app that does that for me so it would be nice if notability could add that feature.2. Having some free/blank space on the side where I can make additional notes so that I don’t have to write on my powerpoint slides. Sometimes the slides have too much material and it feels clustered to have to squeeze my notes onto it so it would be awesome if I could have space on the side to add notes. Maybe consider adding ways to insert different types of documents?3. Add more highlighting/drawing options. What I mean by this is, maybe besides just drawing lines you can add rectangles or circles. I know that you can insert figures but I feel like they are out of the way.",Maybe consider adding ways to insert different types of documents?,5,TRUE,usability,document,57,65,positive
productivity,notability,5185025e-d921-48cf-8c32-1e4aac0462e0,4826e200-a51b-400f-a0db-99d27e1df32c,Must fix autocorrect suggestions and add search in doc,"I use this app everyday as a student and I love it except a couple of things: the autocorrect feature, it suggests the most ridiculous words and phrases when I am just a letter or two off; and I need to be able to search for key words within a document. I mean if the phone and other apps can figure out autocorrect why can’t notability?!  There have been so many times when I remember a key word in a document but cannot find it by scrolling, being able to search would be very helpful (this applies to my typed notes and to imported .pdf files). And as another reviewer suggested, please allow for folders within subjects. Being able to further organize and use the same titles within different subjects/folders would be very beneficial. But first and foremost work on the autocorrect feature and search feature. You’ve got some work to do for a 5 star review! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE FIX THESE ISSUES!!!!!",Being able to further organize and use the same titles within different subjects/folders would be very beneficial.,3,TRUE,efficiency,title,49,54,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,eb365734-7652-4981-8789-4edceaaa9176,48b56c11-3636-4d6f-9931-3b2ee94fcd78,"Love this app, but here’s my only complaint","So experience wise, i think it’s great. The only thing i would change is how the tiles form with more trees you plant. Because the tiles keep growing at a rate higher than the amount of trees you plant, your forest is always looking emptier than it should, leaving you feeling unsatisfied.You could make the argument that the empty tiles incentivizes the users to plant more trees, but I’d wager that users will most likely use the app longer if they’re able to consistently feel that their forest is jampacked with trees, and not sparsely potted. If you’re a designer for the app reading this, hope this influences your decision to update the algorithm for the tiles. :)","If you’re a designer for the app reading this, hope this influences your decision to update the algorithm for the tiles.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,design,13,19,positive
productivity,things-3,b0b4b887-f82f-4d8b-aa9d-55ddda181dae,48b9e098-81ce-458c-b580-e346086d6b9b,I’m a convert! + !!!DARK MODE!!!,"After spending the last year trying many task managers I’ve finally settled on Things 3 for the foreseeable future. I was holding off trying it out because there was no dark mode (a non-negotiable feature for me) and now that they’ve added it, Things 3 has blown me away with it’s combination of powerful features and simple UI. All of the gestures became intuitive almost immediately. It’s simple enough for anyone new to task managers yet powerful enough for most power users.  The people who make this app have a keen understanding of design and have made something really special.",The people who make this app have a keen understanding of design and have made something really special.,5,TRUE,general,design,59,65,positive
productivity,notability,f16d5642-ec6c-4430-a71d-3851611d901f,48ebb43c-bf86-497e-9735-f8b3f637f973,One of the Better Note Apps,"Notability has been a definite upgrade to managing note taking regarding the amount of paper is saved. Since my use, I have contributed input and suggestions to making it the ultimate solution. From my experience, the convert to text is okay but if you do not write legibly it can make mistakes which takes away from your note taking. I wish the app would stick to a hierarchical filing system instead of useless (to me) divider system. And most of all, the recording feature is great but the playback and scrolling suuuuuucks. There should also be a skip forward button and the skip time settings should be customizable. Lastly, I wish the suggestion and input forum should have feed back from the developers from the most asked features. Recent updates with new features didn’t really answer to the user requests. Drawing shapes are cool but perhaps better bullet pointing features are more preferred.",Drawing shapes are cool but perhaps better bullet pointing features are more preferred.,4,TRUE,general,bullet point,44,56,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b02050f5-5046-4de7-bec2-45aa065f6ae2,498131f2-5e32-4571-a6cb-a2b297979417,Email and calendar integration,Allow the ability to link an email to the calendar events. Currently you have to save an email document to google drive and then attach it to the calendar event. It is not seamless. Many events are created just by reading an email. I would like the ability to look at a calendar event and then be able to quickly hit a link that would take me to the emails that pertain to that event. Also change the apps to allow the scheduling of calendar events while in the email app without switching. For example when reading an email you can schedule a calendar event on the email app.,For example when reading an email you can schedule a calendar event on the email app.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,calendar,54,62,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,56a6ec0f-cd00-460a-bad3-fbfb6c1d308b,4a128fb7-dde8-4961-8771-5df68b8cdb36,Needs a bug fixed,"I love MS Word for mobile and use it daily for writing. However, there’s a bug in the script. Somehow, there’s a delay between typing and what appears on the screen once the app has been running for a while. I thought maybe the delay came between a cloud backup and the mobile application. I shut down WiFi, cellular and turned on airplane mode - still the problem persists. The pause between commands to action causes a whole slew of cascading problems and the effectiveness of the app at performing its primary function is severely degraded. Please fix it!!",I thought maybe the delay came between a cloud backup and the mobile application.,5,TRUE,compatibility,backup,48,54,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,02ccb045-ed59-40f2-819c-2ddb6322dd17,4a387650-a320-4c32-bd31-1bf43f3a8a01,Love my lil trees!,"So cute, and helps me organize my time, I love that you can create tags. My tags are based on my college classes so it’s cool to see how much time I spend on each class. It’s also really effective to use the pomodoro technique for studying. I used to use my regular clock app but this has a portion dedicated to ‘break time’ and focused time, and they stay set to the time I used on the man before, unlike the clock app, where you have to keep switching the time. Idk, I highly recommend though!!","So cute, and helps me organize my time, I love that you can create tags.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,tag,68,71,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,56d6386c-1f57-43a4-a1e6-cbaced9a0694,4a654003-073f-498e-97da-1fbcab655aa5,extreme frustration.,"I've been using evernote for years. Its been great. Recently lost a phone and had to go to an iphone 7. installed Evernote. It won't even open. Every time I open, I get the following error message ""Error: Problem connecting to Evernote. Please check your internet connection."" I get this message IMMEDIATELY on opening the app, BEFORE entering log-in credentials -- I don't even get that opportunity. I tried deleting and reinstalling the app. Same problem. So here's the really frustrating thing; I went to the web site to submit a bug-report. I navigated through the menus and got to the ""Please submit a ticket"" message. Great, right? I'll submit a ticket and they'll resolve this. Well I could find NO PLACE TO ACTUALLY SUBMIT THE TICKET. There was no button for it, there was no textbox to accept my input. There was lots of info about what to include, but nowhere to enter it. SO FRUSTRATING. :(","There was no button for it, there was no textbox to accept my input.",1,TRUE,usability,text,42,46,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,ddeee259-1680-4f07-8fab-b28cf06d6f53,4b0ca51d-f601-400c-ad40-71aaea71d74c,Good app except the constant white screen of death,"I wish I could give this app five stars because it’s one of my favorites so far. I love the look and the ease and the functionality is great. I email frequently and this app makes it so easy. However, lately I’ve had difficulty responding to emails in existing threads. When I go to pull it up and reply, I get a blank white screen and no amount of closing the app or restarting my phone seems to do anything. Once that’s fixed, this app will be as close to perfect as one could get.",I love the look and the ease and the functionality is great.,4,TRUE,usability,functionality,38,51,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,40713a57-ba5f-4604-9c59-d902b450ffe2,4b0fa768-ba21-48f6-997d-60eaa2b1bf59,"The best email app, period","I’ve tried all the email apps out there for iOS, and this app just flat out works the best. I’m also estatic that the devs finally added support for iOS enlarged fonts. As a legally-blind person, this makes using the app 10x easier. And, finally, the app now takes full advantage of the iPhone X’s beautiful screen!That you, Gmail team, for designing such an amazing app! I rely on it every day.","That you, Gmail team, for designing such an amazing app!",5,TRUE,general,design,27,33,positive
productivity,notability,51ef9ff1-b627-4833-aaa6-d5247c637a21,4b83406c-c509-4bce-b70e-2f1aa4b3cc73,Best Notetaking App I found,"I’ve been using this app for years, and appreciate all the updates that have occurred since then. This app has sufficed all my note taking needs, in and out of the classroom. One feature I would like to see is the ability to rename recordings, and possibly to attach these recordings to individual pages. One thing I’ve tried doing this semester is have the recording function on while at a lecture, but having numerous recordings in a file that grows daily is difficult with the current set up. If you don’t remember the time stamp or recording number for a particular point, you have to guess and listen for a bit to see if it’s right. It’s either that, or guess based on the date the notes were recorded. If you could at least rename the audio files, the app would be more useful. It would also be nice if you could change the paper style of individual pages, as well as a feature that easily allows you to draw geometric shapes (adding a figure on top of a graph sticky or any other element get tricky when you click on the wrong one. Sometimes because of that, the graph background ends up on top, and the figure behind it, rendering it useless).There aren’t really any visible bugs with this version of the app, Would recommend for someone looking for a suitable note taking app, whether it’s handwritten or type. I think the addition of a few features would make it better.","Sometimes because of that, the graph background ends up on top, and the figure behind it, rendering it useless).",4,TRUE,usability,graph,32,37,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,47ca170f-d800-457d-9b0f-165bde54ef9a,4b9462a6-0c85-4e1c-b4c6-1e0c0def849d,I do love gmail but...,"I do love gmail but I wish there were so more options that a fairly standard with microsoft platforms. I don’t need all the priorities or labels. I do need to trim my family’s calendars at times & wish I had more flexibility with the calendar. Also wish that PDFs coming through gmail had more robust pdf options... seeing pages, adding or deleting pages, etc. and I wish I could move stuff from drive onto my computer desktop without having to download it...","Also wish that PDFs coming through gmail had more robust pdf options... seeing pages, adding or deleting pages, etc.",4,TRUE,efficiency,page,80,84,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,35924d9d-5e7a-4679-876d-59c5cdfe71a3,4b99e2df-2374-49b6-a5f4-e9f14c72bb3b,Stable old friend,"I have been an Evernote user since2011 and have seen many iterations of the program over the years. I have also searched for the “perfect” note taking app and have tried several other programs during this time. However, I keep coming back to Evernote as my home base because it does it all. The note taking is great, the saving internet information with Web Clipper is great, and the use of tags is great. Yes, there many other programs that can do similar things, but Evernote continues to be my home base because I can use it for both work and personal applications. Good job Evernote! Keep being the best note taking program out there!Ps: It would be great if you could add a to do task like Wunderlist use to be!",Keep being the best note taking program out there!,5,TRUE,usability,note taking,21,32,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,fe331f1d-5b65-44be-815b-b8a925b0f6ce,4bc708fa-95f2-42ac-b00e-d59ab5f6a497,Custom Default Template,"Okay. So this needs to be addressed, as my iPad Pro is my computer that I use. I pay for 365, so there is no reason for Microsoft to make using Apple devices inconvenient. Why why why is it not possible to create your own templates or layouts? Every time I write a new paper, which is very frequent, I’m forced to adjust the settings to look as I want them. This is extremely frustrating, and there is now way to edit their default templates and layouts. I read on a forum that it was “by design” and the only purposeful design choice I can think of is so that they design it to be inconvenient. Next, why is it that sometimes words will always be marked as spelled incorrectly when they are not? This happens every once in in awhile and the only way to fix it is to start the paper over when it happens. Or just deal with there being dotted red lines all over the paper. Fix these things and it’ll be perfect.",Why why why is it not possible to create your own templates or layouts?,3,TRUE,usability,layout,64,70,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,2677f41a-e193-4a42-98c4-086989afe99f,4bf27279-ec5e-4ea3-a548-7ab79f5496d7,Best there is - not without it’s problems,"The word app on iPad is, no doubt, the best way to write documents on the iPad. I have experimented with many other platforms, and the word app is simply the closest we’re gonna get to a computer-like experience on the iPad. It does have it’s limitations, however. There are a couple features that this app needs to encorporate to become more like the desktop version. But overall, I am happy with it. With the new mouse/trackpad compatibility that’s come to iPad’s through the 13.4 update, the iPad has taken one big leap forward in becoming an independent productivity tool. HOWEVER, the devlopers of productivity apps need to update their apps to encorporate the beautiful new mouse/trackpad updates! The quicker the better! The first writing apps that can encorporate that will easily be the new hype. At the moment, this app functions no different with a mouse :(.","HOWEVER, the devlopers of productivity apps need to update their apps to encorporate the beautiful new mouse/trackpad updates!",5,TRUE,efficiency,update,53,59,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,f3dc0dee-ef19-4139-b66c-e7b3ae734707,4c6d5893-9a74-4b7c-91c1-d7b93a9d34f4,😎😎Cool app,This app is really good. I am a kid and I use it to write stories on my computer (for fun). This app is really good at giving me replaced for the words I spell wrong. Overall I really like Microsoft. My dad has the surface pro and I have the surface pro four.  Microsoft does not have any problems with me. I like how it already has online pictures on the website. This may not be the best video chatting app ever but your lucky I won’t say garbage or this app is terrible to any of the Microsoft apps.,I like how it already has online pictures on the website.,5,TRUE,efficiency,picture,34,41,positive
productivity,notability,a3be743f-37bf-4679-9488-31862a32e434,4c7380b7-1cae-4edb-be9a-fb3a5a0800c4,Problems,"I like this app for all my PDF annotating. However, there is no iCloud Drive support. There’s iCloud syncing between the app on iOS and the Mac, but I can’t grab files from the iCloud Drive folder in my Mac like I can with many other annotating apps. I have to use another service, like OneDrive to be able to get to the files from my Mac. I don’t want to use the app on the Mac, I just want to get my files.Further, it only backs up when you close the document you’re working on and only when you keep the app open. If you close the app, it doesn’t backup. Further, deleting files in the app doesn’t delete the file from the backup service. Finally, the app doesn’t display pdf annotations that are written in other apps. I have to flatten the pdf first, then shared it with this app. Try telling a client to first flatten their pdf before sending it.","Further, deleting files in the app doesn’t delete the file from the backup service.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,backup,69,75,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,146ea5e6-73fc-426a-a91d-26b3736e56ec,4cabed2d-045b-4e96-ade2-85569e8af2f4,"Love it, but one problem","This app defiantly helped me a lot, and was very productive so I didn’t have to pull out my computer, I could just use my phone. I love that you can do many of the things you can do on the computer, and many of the features are very cool. However there is one problem that has kind of turned into a major turn-off for me: I can’t indent. I have had to resort to putting spaces, and then fixing it on my computer. I haven’t had this app very long (maybe 1 month), so maybe I just haven’t discovered how to indent. Even if I hadn’t, it still is too hard to find. Please fix this if it needs to fixed, or just tell me I’m and idiot and show me how to find it.","I have had to resort to putting spaces, and then fixing it on my computer.",4,TRUE,usability,space,33,38,negative
productivity,things-3,9d4bece0-2df5-429c-83e4-8824dd7ce4ce,4cbdab01-eeb2-4e74-89cc-5428e721f9f8,Things is amazing,"I have issues with short-term memory, so I need help staying on track. I have tried so many apps, and Things is by far the best for me. It has been particularly helpful in the normal recurring tasks throughout my week, much better than relying on my calendar app. It is very easy to create a task and set it for a date in the future with a custom repeat. Having Things as a complication on my Watch helps me to actually do the stuff I agreed to do!I could not get my Apple Watch to work as described, so I asked for help. It turned out I was doing it wrong, but Mick and Julia in Support were very patient with me, explaining and reviewing how it worked until I got it. I have Things on both my iPad and iPhone, and have given it as a gift. I recommend it very highly.","It has been particularly helpful in the normal recurring tasks throughout my week, much better than relying on my calendar app.",5,TRUE,usability,calendar,115,123,positive
productivity,notability,f16d5642-ec6c-4430-a71d-3851611d901f,4d69eccd-c72b-485b-88b0-4ee582dff84b,One of the Better Note Apps,"Notability has been a definite upgrade to managing note taking regarding the amount of paper is saved. Since my use, I have contributed input and suggestions to making it the ultimate solution. From my experience, the convert to text is okay but if you do not write legibly it can make mistakes which takes away from your note taking. I wish the app would stick to a hierarchical filing system instead of useless (to me) divider system. And most of all, the recording feature is great but the playback and scrolling suuuuuucks. There should also be a skip forward button and the skip time settings should be customizable. Lastly, I wish the suggestion and input forum should have feed back from the developers from the most asked features. Recent updates with new features didn’t really answer to the user requests. Drawing shapes are cool but perhaps better bullet pointing features are more preferred.",Notability has been a definite upgrade to managing note taking regarding the amount of paper is saved.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,note taking,52,63,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,9e9cd3ad-c851-46cb-998c-f13ab94f26e4,4d7976eb-1a9b-47aa-8d94-f16a50650a56,Horrid since update,Took away all the functionality. The ability to swap from social to primary easily is gone. Can’t intuitively switch from work to him addresses on the right panel as before. Now there is an obnoxious search bar taking up screen room. The drop down too swap inboxes is dumb and takes too many steps. Put it back where it was. The White is terrible on the eyes. Put back the colour. Now all emails jumble together and it’s harder to distinguish. They also take up more screen room per email than before. Worse in all this is it updated itself. And I don’t have auto updates on. So it’s extra irritating that I was forced to this. Terrible design. Who thought going backwards was a good idea.,Took away all the functionality.,1,TRUE,reliability,functionality,19,32,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8aab26b2-e960-42de-8b00-a4e29dc4fc19,4d993171-b632-4517-acd4-d9397ff76f5e,"9+ year user, increasingly dissatisfied","I’ve used Evernote for over 9 years. In fact, I remember walking by their small Palo Alto office when I got off the train visiting my gma in 2012. I used to be a paying subscriber, but noticed a concerning trend. The more expensive the Evernote became the worse the quality became too. I eventually stopped my subscription, but still used it nearly everyday. That’s slowly slipped to once a week. The most recent update has motivated me to write this review because of how awful it has become and how truly sadden i am to see how poorly Evernote has gotten from its humble roots. It’s buggy, laggy, and bloated with features. I don’t see them recovering from this absent a massive overhaul. I’ll be seeking another note taking app. Bye Evernote.","I eventually stopped my subscription, but still used it nearly everyday.",1,TRUE,general,subscription,25,37,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,cb268921-6b43-454a-952b-6ce3122189d3,4db3d377-496d-4fea-b66b-3d7985bb675a,Unusable,"I don’t know what the hype is all about. This app has numerous defects where if you deviate from the happy path, you can’t use it. Try saving to anything outside iPad.  Even when I save to iPad, it saves an empty file. They have a save as PDF function, but tell you t to use another software to do so, because it does not work. In addition the functionality is limited. It’s like, someone told the Microsoft CEO that mobile is the wave of the future and they quickly slapped together something that doesn’t work. They do have quick support, but they cannot solve most issues.",In addition the functionality is limited.,2,TRUE,general,functionality,17,30,negative
productivity,notability,7ced726e-234a-4bb7-ba48-96df980e0855,4dca0dd6-7844-4a72-90cb-6501c2bb71db,"Stanford Med Student: “Good, but can be EXCELLENT!”","As a med student @ Stanford, we have many DIFFERENT lecturers come at us fast and in lots of different ways— Notability is the REASON I invested in an iPad Pro. App = good in most ways, but needs to be more FLEXIBLE.PRO’s+Flexible, can do everything from Typing to Drawing diagrams+Great Tabs system, for keeping organized+Multimedia support: Can take pics on the fly, Record SoundCON’s — Lack of Self-Defined Pre-sets: (Typing AND Color Palettes)You only get 3 diff font “favorites” you can set for yourself when typing. Clear weakness when you need at LEAST 4-5 — for headings, titles, underlines, and Misc./other fonts for Emphasis. This also applies to Color Palettes with Pen Tool: you only get *2* pages of colors you can set, which is not enough for v. Colorful Organized notes!—Navigation still needs work: I would REALLY love to be able to move the sidebar for seeing which page I’m on to the bottom of the screen, so that I can scroll sideways like in a CPU taskbar. SUGGESTIONS:= if you like doing Notes your OWN way, this app is a lil limited. Great ideas and lots of awesome functions, but it really needs more flexibility in customization to be fully realized as a premier note-taking app.","Clear weakness when you need at LEAST 4-5 — for headings, titles, underlines, and Misc./other fonts for Emphasis.",3,TRUE,general,font,95,99,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,3bea7aed-71d1-46dd-8b80-540ae4b75da4,4dd7b87e-5621-464f-81bd-47bec61ca83b,"Great, but wish it had translate feature","I think the interface is clean and very easy to use. However, one feature that’s on the Gmail desktop version I wish was on the Gmail app is the language translate option. That feature is so useful, but I check my email on my phone more often than on my desktop, and would love that feature available. L",I think the interface is clean and very easy to use.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,interface,13,22,positive
productivity,notability,aa7866ad-e2ca-42db-b324-ec491b10dfe8,4df028d2-26b4-4eb1-880b-4d2c31d482ff,"Basic and plain, very disappointing","Using my Apple Pencil was fine most of the time, it looses connectivity then the app crashes. I attempted to import a photo I took on the page ; photo was fine, until I tried editing the photo and the app crashed again ! This was very frustrating as you can imagine. I hope someone reads my issues and resolves them, this was a waste of money ..... other functions are basic , on the positive side i do like the pages continue vertical as they get filled, I also like the ability to expand and turn pictures. Unfortunately no way to add a page to an existing document. Again I was left disappointed . Overall , I felt this app was for beginners and not for extensive note taking. I would recommend not buying it because it will disappoint you.....","I attempted to import a photo I took on the page ; photo was fine, until I tried editing the photo and the app crashed again !",1,TRUE,reliability,photo,25,30,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,fc20d3a3-b3e9-4f04-a865-3821a3cc1efb,4e25b7ff-a881-44b6-9d2b-305feb635780,Love the Ease and Flexibility of Word,"I’ve used Word for many years, and I love how easy it is to figure out and the new features you continue to add. I love to design simple items with Word using text boxes and just learned how to dictate information directly so Word can input it as text. Although it’s not perfect, I’m going to push the envelope on it. Keep the updates coming.",I love to design simple items with Word using text boxes and just learned how to dictate information directly so Word can input it as text.,5,TRUE,general,text box,47,55,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,7511aa75-b429-4ab8-a738-df7c9149292b,4e784d64-d50d-4966-bff5-ca1030d0e579,Inadequate,"I absolutely LOVED Inbox! It ran easily, smoothly and efficiently. It had bundles that you could sort emails into and it automatically sorted into important, promotions, etc., and with one click, could delete unwanted mail. It didn’t take over your phone or ipad. This Gmail app is glitchy, and no way to bundle anything, see all the same junk in one setting and permanently delete it. You literally have to delete one email at a time. I hate it. I get a bunch of unwanted junk email daily, and have missed important emails because I have to literally sit here and delete the same junk over and over again. I unsubscribe to email I didn’t even subscribe to in the first place, and email fills my inbox with unwanted unsubscribed emails. It’s completely frustrating! I didn’t see any improvement with the recent update. It isn’t going to make this app better with automatically filling in words I’d rather type myself thank you! I want the bundles back! I’m looking for a different email app.",I didn’t see any improvement with the recent update.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,update,46,52,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,47006b2d-b6ae-444d-922d-aec53abdf5b9,4e7fd924-80b8-4a61-ae48-27bb12bf4380,Word On Apple,"Using Word OnApple is just easy as it on Microsoft product, that is if you are already using before you switched to Apple.  I have been using Word on a variety of Apple products since spring of 2005.  I love Word.I find Word an easy product to use and to produce newsletters, church bulletins, Bible Class outline, sermons and even letters with photos that have edited in them.  There just so many thins that you can do that it would take me pages to list all the thins I have did in Word.  Just know Word for Apple is a powerful program that you who are reading this can use it. is a wonderful program and Ilove love it!  I use all the time..",There just so many thins that you can do that it would take me pages to list all the thins I have did in Word.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,list,73,77,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e2ef6eb5-d153-454d-b142-d247f43b6ca3,4ee151e5-b747-44b8-9814-048ffc123466,Efficient mail App,"I’ve been using the Gmail App for years now, and I love the ease of use it provides. You can have multiple gmail logins at the same time and toggle between them. Easy to read text and options allow you to easy manage your mailbox. Attachments are easily viewable no matter what type of file they may be (jpg., .pdf., or doc.) Overall a great way to have your gmail accounts on the go.",Easy to read text and options allow you to easy manage your mailbox.,5,TRUE,usability,text,14,18,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,58eb6edd-c5d1-4a45-bff6-0b1c18cd8b05,4f8266b2-6fad-4cbc-9ec3-1d0064599a82,Word,"This app is great to be able to create and edit documents on the iPad. It really words on all platforms and it sync in real time all your word that you saved to the OneDrive server. The only thing I’ll ask from this app is that there can be a feature that lets you double space the text format. Thanks, Microsoft - Techgreatness",It really words on all platforms and it sync in real time all your word that you saved to the OneDrive server.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,sync,41,45,positive
productivity,things-3,10fc3cd1-ed06-4add-a2c8-2cabbc94f335,4fe3c2aa-4505-4f60-a29f-fad8fb1500ba,Wonderful app!,"I got Things 3 to help keep myself organized while finishing University. It is a wonderful app and very aesthetically pleasing! Well done! I am very pleased with this app! It has been easy to learn and use! Thank you!My suggestions after a few weeks with it:Have some integration with the Calendar app or Fantastical to generate to-do’s when you create an event in the calendar and vice-versa. Also with subscribed calendar feeds. My school automatically generated a calendar feed for us to subscribe to that shows assignment due dates. That would be awesome if Things would generate to-do’s and due dates based on that. Basically, the more integration with Calendar or Fantastical, the better!",My school automatically generated a calendar feed for us to subscribe to that shows assignment due dates.,5,TRUE,general,calendar,37,45,positive
productivity,notability,bad31c5f-ca9d-45de-ae7b-f8e3852b4647,4feb89e5-617d-41d0-9829-51c70d15df57,Perfect For Students,"This app is my go to app for anything I do in school. It has made taking notes fun and easy. And now after using this app for a little over a year and a half, I can absolutely say that this is my favorite note taking app. Practically everything that I do for school is on this app, which when paired to my phone makes it a breeze to quickly scroll through my notes at any time. The writing feels fluid with great options for size and colors. Importing files and documents is extremely easy and fast. On tops of this, the line straitening and shape recognition is amazingly useful and easy, without being intrusive or correcting things that were not meant to be corrected. My one issue I have is with organization. Especially towards the end of the year when I have hundreds of notes and files, they can often be lost in the clutter. I have found ways around this by specifically labeling my files so all of my notes, quizzes, tests, and handouts are all sorted by category alphabetically, but I wish there was a way to put folders inside of subjects. This app is my favorite, but to make it the best it really needs a better way to organize files inside of subjects. Again, I cant imagine creating folders inside of subjects would be hard do and I really hope they include this soon in an update.",The writing feels fluid with great options for size and colors.,4,TRUE,usability,color,57,62,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,14126087-c741-4c79-ac9d-667c761c6740,504925db-4c87-4409-837d-608dfbc301e9,New update doesn’t let me get rid of Dark Mode,"Dark mode is great for when I don’t want to read emails or see anything. But unfortunately this does not fit my needs. In the latest update, the “Theme” option does not appear, and I am stuck in dark mode. It’s so hard to reas emails in this style. Please change.","In the latest update, the “Theme” option does not appear, and I am stuck in dark mode.",4,TRUE,compatibility,dark mode,77,86,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b220726d-d633-4a18-a016-2ae09aed81c3,5092a7e3-de14-4c16-9b1c-c2c220c5a51e,Spam mail problem solved!,"i appreciate your last update fix on spam mail, i'm glad that those spam mails are caught again in gmail's filter! 😊🙋🏻‍♂️ i'm so happy & reliefed from the tons of spams i useto get in the past 3 months. now my mails are properly seen and read by me, i really depend on gmail app in my everyday routine.(etc:) i been applying to a certain job & i sent all their required document copies,their replies,and their final approving for me to get that job through ""Gmail app"" yay!. also i noticed gmail is very handy in the middle east and very well known by most (i'm from kuwait) individuals/companies which makes life much easier for a gmail user.","i appreciate your last update fix on spam mail, i'm glad that those spam mails are caught again in gmail's filter!",3,TRUE,efficiency,last update,19,30,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,07867aac-9a1c-439f-811d-48c3102bffb0,50cee57f-7fbf-470e-8876-74f75da1dc4f,Good if you don’t mind random file deletion,"Been using it for a while and it’s been pretty good. Nice for organization. Recently I’ve been getting a bug on desktop that makes the letters look all wonky and overlapping. Not a big deal, I always just reload the page. Except sometimes the app decides to completely erase the note when this happens. Constant pop ups for allowing it to consume space on my mac along with constant pop ups to buy premium - why would I pay for an app that can’t even save my files properly? I’m done. Literally been using this app to take notes since middle school. I’m in college now, and would rather switch to google docs than deal with this anymore.","Not a big deal, I always just reload the page.",3,TRUE,general,page,42,46,negative
productivity,notability,18e035b7-9b40-4016-a560-1b67200334da,50ee3c90-b84a-4f2d-9340-365737e5e56e,I wish there were a couple different things,"I like this app. I got it because a friend used it during my organic chemistry class and it seemed to meet all her needs. However, after using it for a semester, I wish it had a couple things that I can’t seem to find in one app. I wish there was an option for how you wanted your folders to be displayed. The way the app has it now, doesn’t work for me. I like how my computer utilizes folders and there is another app that has this feature. I realize what works for me, might not work for someone else. That’s why, if there was an option template you could choose from it would accommodate more people. Also, I just noticed that I really like the contrast of the graphite look in my Books app. I take notes in some of my text books and a lot of times, I don’t want it to be bold like the pen option. Adding a graphite pencil option would be rad and I would love this app! Otherwise, this is a great app and I recommend it to anyone taking notes via Apple Pencil (never tried it without Apple Pencil)","I take notes in some of my text books and a lot of times, I don’t want it to be bold like the pen option.",3,TRUE,usability,text,28,32,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2d110727-5725-4e45-a7a5-4ed9b962fcf2,5121f42c-4b47-4ada-a54d-dfb114e0be20,Conversation issue and App signature,"The conversation has been listing the oldest email on the top so when a new email is sent, you have to scroll back to look for it. It would be better to list the newest email on the top of the conversation. The App for IPhone and IPad have the same signature. If you put down “sent from my iPhone” then it appears on the iPad as well. Can’t change it!! Pretty dumb. Yahoo automatically signs whether it is from iPhone or iPad.","The conversation has been listing the oldest email on the top so when a new email is sent, you have to scroll back to look for it.",4,TRUE,usability,list,27,31,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,126d9949-91e0-4384-bbcf-7566539daa9b,512e21f6-9c00-48aa-b791-6c10cc7c30d0,"Not bad, some oddities","I use Word a lot on my iPad so little quirks start to get old. With this one about half the time when I type an “n” it deletes some amount of text on the same line. Also in some cases when I am typing, the cursor jumps about half way up the page. No idea what causes that. I might get tired of this of If I had paid anything for it but you can’t beat a free app like this. Otherwise I have no trouble transferring documents to Word on my PC or sending documents elsewhere.",With this one about half the time when I type an “n” it deletes some amount of text on the same line.,5,TRUE,general,text,80,84,negative
productivity,notability,e90fe3a2-847f-4203-b792-7ddab8c5dee2,512e93ca-5186-4166-95e8-4a00bd6f64e0,Almost Great,"I have used Notability for over 3 years and have come to depend upon it for client meeting notes and recordings of classes I am taking. It almost scares me how dependent I am on Notability.  Here’s why.Every now and the, a glitch happens.  A common one is when I switch from one meeting to another, I close one note and open a new one.  Sometimes the recording function sends a message that the recording is being recovered.  Then, the recording attaches to the new note, so I am beginning a session with an unrelated recording.  Puzzling.A more concerning thing happened yesterday.  A notice on my iMac (2020 vintage) said I needed to update Notability, but when I selected the update option, I received a message that Notability was no longer on the App Store.  Still, the update option message persists.  Is this true?  The OSX version is no longer being updated?  If not, please fix the glitch on the App Store.Recent changes to the recording interface are obscure and perplexing... where are the user instructions?  I bet they exist somewhere, but why-o-why are they not on the web site?  No “get in touch with developers” option exists on the developer site, either.So... this is great software in so many ways, but the user connection and information about software changes is lackluster and indicative of a too-small organization to give users like me confidence you are going to be around for the long haul.",The OSX version is no longer being updated?,4,TRUE,reliability,update,36,42,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6d61b466-4a18-4a6c-85c8-d11dfec6be32,51a8c5ba-a83d-4dc0-9632-71f5010e47e4,Notification glitch - is it 12.3.1 issue or Gmail update,"There’s something wrong with Gmail notifications.  The number of unread emails stays at 2, and new email notifications are untimely - I find a lot of new emails when I open the app.  Google/Gmail needs to fix this problem.","The number of unread emails stays at 2, and new email notifications are untimely - I find a lot of new emails when I open the app.",5,TRUE,compatibility,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,663e633a-e7bd-4fb7-970a-e31458811caf,51dae501-82ce-4f02-a84e-7443dd952656,Broken,"I am using an iPhone XS. The app worked fine, but after the recent update, the tree dies whenever I get a notification. I didn’t even touch the phone, and the tree dies. Please fix.","The app worked fine, but after the recent update, the tree dies whenever I get a notification.",1,TRUE,compatibility,update,43,49,negative
productivity,things-3,1758d407-dc36-4088-920b-9d4662a6f56e,51e4835d-46fc-45e9-afde-9a8bc0de2698,Easy to use and robust,"Impressive user experience design! Use is intuitive and the number of taps to perform an action seems fewer than the other more expensive apps I tried. You can pretty much figure out how to use it on your own, but they include a very nice tutorial in the form of a project with a list of to do’s. Very easy way to get up and running fast. It has all the features that I was looking for except for location alerts. My workaround is to create a tag for my locations and just search that tag. It would be nice to get a push notification. OTOH, it seemed like having that on for an app that I tried may have been sucking battery. I’m not sure. One slick feature is that repeating to dos have a lot of flexibility. You can even schedule them to repeat based on when you complete the task. So instead of repeating every 7 weeks, for example, the next one comes due 7 weeks after you completed the previous one. Nice.",Impressive user experience design!,5,TRUE,effectiveness,design,28,34,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,8299e7df-fff1-41a6-8576-ad6bbc276f9a,51ea7b2e-d99c-4c8f-a31f-577ec1c0bdf3,So much potential!,"Anyone who needs to stay focused to study and or work on tasks, I recommend this app 100%! I think it can improve in some things though- I’d love to be able to sync my contacts from Gmail/Hotmail to get more friends. I’ve been trying to recommend this to my friends and I just end up taking a screenshot of my forest to explain the app. It’d be nice to have a way to share the app with my friends through the app. Where I press a link that will allow me to send a brief idea of the app. I would love to be able to send some type of nudge to friends when I’m looking for people to start a room with. It would be great if it did more analysis on my hours of focused time. For example, that it can tell me if I tend to stay more focused at a certain time of the day or how many hours total I’ve focused to a specific tag this week/month/year. I absolutely love it and I’m looking forward to seeing this app reach its full potential!",I think it can improve in some things though- I’d love to be able to sync my contacts from Gmail/Hotmail to get more friends.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,70,74,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,e545ff07-4548-4b25-b96f-3cc0f7bbef62,51fd6942-7fb0-4fbc-a17e-00dbad05cab9,I love this app...BUT,"I love this writing app. I do ALL my writing on it, no other app compares honestly. BUT at one point they decided to add the microphone thing in the corner screen. So when I type a good chunk of words, I can’t see, literally. I can’t see them in that little space and it’s really frustrating and I really want it taken away ASAP.",I can’t see them in that little space and it’s really frustrating and I really want it taken away ASAP.,5,TRUE,efficiency,space,33,38,negative
productivity,notability,14510485-dfea-43d2-ae73-f4df8824080b,5228a2c4-da16-46c4-9384-41f805081dab,"Unreliable, try a different app.","I am incredibly disappointed with Notability. I have been using this app for about half a year since I began medical school and it has never failed me before this week. Three times in the past few days, Notability deleted whatever notes or writings I was working on. Auto-backup is completely useless and unhelpful (it’s not even automatic). iCloud backup doesn’t help either. It is not a storage issue. I still have 100+ GB of space, as well as 50+ GB iCloud. I was willing to excuse it the first two times, but after having another few hours of my life wasted, enough is enough. It’s unbelievable that the app does not even store the notes locally on my device. Notability appears to act as though I never wrote the notes in the first place. To any students out there. Look for a different note taking app. Notability is great when it actually works, but you don’t want to take the risk of having it fail on you. I’m currently exploring other options.","I still have 100+ GB of space, as well as 50+ GB iCloud.",1,TRUE,efficiency,space,25,30,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,8d1f7b0a-aa12-4dc7-9886-06d2a6f995c1,52c73f72-8471-448e-982d-0ba4b573dd7d,You can FINALLY print!!!!,"It is a very good thing I chose to wait to write my review until after this last update. This app has come so far in the last year and has become so much easier to use! But printing has always been difficult - if at all possible sometimes :( Sometimes it would work and sometimes there was no option to print at all, depending on the latest update. This has all been while using the app on my Iphone. I have never had problems while using my PC.      This app is very organized and streamline.",It is a very good thing I chose to wait to write my review until after this last update.,5,TRUE,usability,last update,77,88,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,fc5d9089-03ec-4cd3-acdd-05f434812842,52fef227-2a9d-4d4a-8cb4-251c0aba51a0,Not so good on an iPad,"For me, MS Word on an iPad is borderline unusable for much more than reviewing and having my work read back to me. A greater intuitive interface for using some of the advanced features needs to be dev loved and d live red. There are just too many things I want to do and have no mouse to do them. Make it easier, PLEASE!I love MS Word and have been using it since the 80's. The audio read back feature is the best addition since ... not sure, it's that valuable. For a writer, and Word has ALWAYS been focused on writers, e.g. built-in gutter management, that audio replay feature is an important credible tool for improving quality and productivity. O hear my writing read out loud and be able to focus on the document and not dang. It makes my day. Just stumbled upon it a week or so ago. Wish I'd known about it sooner!","built-in gutter management, that audio replay feature is an important credible tool for improving quality and productivity.",2,TRUE,usability,audio,34,39,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,3efb961f-92e1-44cb-9522-f5fc0afa58e7,53a38d48-4137-4efd-a7e4-10088df4d4c3,Where the hell is dark mode,"Nothing but BS about a dark mode yet where the hell is it?? You'd think a big company such as Google could handle such a some thing. If they can't handle dark mode, how the hell can they handle ur mail.Update: 5.6.20 - finally DARK MODE!!! After the last update!! Took long enough for the app to enter into 2018. But all is well and the app works and looks great.",After the last update!!,5,TRUE,compatibility,last update,11,22,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,fdafb2a2-53c7-4ae6-a2af-2d36d5d704cb,53d97565-5ce4-49ae-9b30-dcda87c2f714,Evernote still the best for organizing and searching,"I have tried OneNote a few times to see if it was as good as Evernote.  OneNote has good editing tools within a note, but seems to be lacking when comes to FINDING your notes. I like Evernote’s search ability - select one ore more tags or a notebook - and then search within that context.  I like that you can see Evernote’s list of tags at a glance on the left - and then quickly see a list of those notes that have that tag.  And when you put in a search string, Evernote instantly shows you a list of notes that match, along with the first few lines of the note - even if what you’re searching for is within an embedded image (or PDF file since I have Premium).  This ability to quickly find what you’re looking for within a thousand notes is critical for me.  I don’t think ON is a replacement for Evernote for me - because of this alone.  I hope Evernote stays afloat for a long time to come!",I like Evernote’s search ability - select one ore more tags or a notebook - and then search within that context.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,text,108,112,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,bb2459bd-863f-433c-8cfa-acdfe2f6bbf4,53e7aa45-81f4-45fd-a6f7-8bc9c07c4fcd,Missing just one thing,I would give it five stars if I can place watermarks on the background of my work,I would give it five stars if I can place watermarks on the background of my work,5,TRUE,usability,background,61,71,negative
productivity,things-3,1c113a63-a9c0-4065-9102-28b14d82ec71,54447c88-17c6-4bce-868d-a0f21b2ea8c8,"Nice, but...","Really like the latest version of Things. Prior iterations were extremely frustrating to use, but glad to see things have been ironed out. My only quibble is the desire to check off items before they are due. Often times I find myself addressing a to-do item days before its scheduled due date—the UI should allow for that.",Often times I find myself addressing a to-do item days before its scheduled due date—the UI should allow for that.,3,TRUE,usability,due date,77,85,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e15d2734-623a-40f8-8409-c6bd54f0cc2b,5467c9b7-5d50-4e2d-b5f2-eaf37af36f12,Where did mobile view on the iPad go?,This feature was extremely useful while in split view. It’s baffling why Microsoft decided to remove it!,This feature was extremely useful while in split view.,5,TRUE,efficiency,split view,44,54,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,104ad24e-0ee4-4e0f-9c49-64de65d8a7b4,54681323-ef8b-40c7-bd2c-24dcdb08b8e2,New Version Broken,"The new updates break pencil support, causing stuttering when trying to rest your palm. The device also constantly shifts to the top, causing long lines through, along with this, since the eraser deleted the whole character, it makes it impossible to clean up the lines with out rewriting it all. The typing works fine and allows ease of use for basic documents. They also removed the infinite page so you’re limited on space when you’re only doing a pencil written document. Documented and reported it multiple times, no response.Avoid until it finally updates, perhaps even the basic notes app for handwritten notes","Avoid until it finally updates, perhaps even the basic notes app for handwritten notes",2,TRUE,effectiveness,update,24,30,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6ea45f50-952e-44ce-b348-be2be3c03280,54804d41-e3bd-4104-bb7e-7349db21231a,Horrible at sorting emails,"I reluctantly downloaded this app recently when my “Inbox” Gmail app was no longer supported. I hate it. I get so many notifications a day for promo emails. My settings say to send me notifications for “primary only” and somehow so many silly emails are getting sorted into Primary. I’m tired of hearing the notification noise, but if I turn notifications off, I’ll miss out on important emails. If I unsubscribe from the promos, I won’t have them when I need them. I’m SOL either way. This app is not organized as nicely as Inbox was. Inbox has bright colors and you could easily switch between “primary”, “promos”, “travel”, etc. it was extremely user friendly and organized perfectly. This app lacks all of those user friendly organization features. This app feels like any other email app, even the one that comes with your phone. There’s nothing special or handy about it. I’m not a fan.","Inbox has bright colors and you could easily switch between “primary”, “promos”, “travel”, etc.",2,TRUE,usability,color,18,23,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e029a3d1-a96b-4978-a836-0ce0c0df7e6c,54a4d61f-4e64-4f28-a691-d9a1e96e2745,Best mail app out there I know of,"This is my very first review ever. This smart app separates the real mail I want to know about from the not important, mostly annoying attempts of trying to sell me something. This saves me a lot of time. The rest is easily manageable, well designed, easy on the eye and it does the job I need it to do. That’s worth 5 stars for as good as it gets","The rest is easily manageable, well designed, easy on the eye and it does the job I need it to do.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,design,37,43,positive
productivity,things-3,c54f0f9d-dbfc-4b33-9aea-98facf0ef540,55963bba-3569-463a-b6f2-a703a7ef2c5e,Sync issues with watch,"I really like this app. I bought the iPhone app and am giving the Mac version a try with the trial. But the main issue I notice with both versions is their inconsistency with syncing across devices. I'll keep this review to just the phone and watch. Sometime items I have already cleared on the phone still show on the watch. It won't update. I will close the app on the watch and reopen it and still nothing. Sometimes it works great, other times it won't sync. This presents a breakdown in the efficiency of the app. Please fix this! And please sync with iCloud!!!!!",And please sync with iCloud!!!!,3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,12,16,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,ac1c8523-741f-47d6-91ff-4bb74b6cc6e9,55fb65e6-ba70-42af-9387-2741cf0d4d0c,"Used to be great.  Now, its just another (expensive) note app","If you’re an experienced Evernote user, DO NOT UPGRADE!!!  If you’re on a free version, there is no longer any reason to pay for premium features as they’re taking them away.I’ve been an Evernote user, proponent, supporter for 6+ years.  It’s on my phone, my ipads, my macs, my macbooks.  It used to be a 1-stop, all-in-one platform.  Now, its just another note taking program.  This used to be the best note taking / productivity app of all time.  Now its just, meh, whatever.Evernote, you’ve really shot yourself in the foot.Please bring presentation mode back.  I have a premium account, just for that reason.  Now, I could probably get by with the free version.  Time to downgrade my account.  Thanks.",This used to be the best note taking / productivity app of all time.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,note taking,26,37,negative
productivity,things-3,0e9fb62d-fc89-4c58-a331-fca7e2860350,564658e0-93fa-480f-9e86-187b122a4044,Wish there were pop-up alerts,"Pretty good app - I'm looking for a better solution than Reminders for iPhone, as the Reminders app is buggy and sketchy performance. This app, Things, is neat and well-arranged, with nice checkboxes to clear items from your to-do list, etc. which I appreciate. However, you have to go into the app to see what's next, with no alert pop-up anywhere that I can find. I need tasks to pop up and remind me to do this or that, sometimes at a specific time, and often more than once. Like a bill I need to pay, which I may remind myself a week before but need to wait to pay it until a few days later, so I need to have a second reminder so I don't forget.Bills are just one example (still haven't found a good bill-pay app, either) - it could be a purchase I need to make but now I won't have time today after work, so I have to postpone until tomorrow after work. Or it may be a phone call I have to make at a specific time.Overall, very good for keeping track of tasks, as long as you remember to look at it.","This app, Things, is neat and well-arranged, with nice checkboxes to clear items from your to-do list, etc.",3,TRUE,general,list,98,102,positive
productivity,things-3,8df113bc-6921-438e-93af-b59f983a0b1c,570864ef-0f5f-49c4-8b04-0a2c87cc9d4f,"Enjoying it so far, great design","Lives up to the idea that a product is perfect not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. In this case, taking away is more about how things hides all unnecessary distractions away from the user to make the app experience both easy and comfortable. There's plenty of functionality built in though, it's just not all up in your face. My only gripe, which I might even change my mind on anyway, is that there isn't a way to speed add tasks (having the cursor jump back up to the input field after you hit enter). So far this seems like not a big issue, and I actually kinda like that feature being gone because it slows you down as a user and requires you to be a bit more mindful and intentional with your plans. Great app 👍","There's plenty of functionality built in though, it's just not all up in your face.",5,TRUE,compatibility,functionality,19,32,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,b0a764a5-21b9-4677-b276-843d5f20ebc1,570f6895-f618-4194-ae11-0443103c8bf0,"So if you email is no longer active, that the account is open on. There is no way to cancel","It amazes me that college educated people cant design using critical thinking and the idea of ease for the consumer.Now my email account is closed, job related. I cant cancel my subscription.  I have no other recourse now but to give money to something I dont need.I guess evernote has become a tax.Ill never use them again and I will passionately discourage anybody from using it, ever.",I cant cancel my subscription.,4,TRUE,cost,subscription,18,30,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,2dfb5505-857a-4be8-9a64-0e1158898d36,5713a186-6c51-42e1-97c5-43bc6fb921e1,Great Concept but more could be done,"The concept of the app is great, but there are things that could be done to make it better! Few ideas: show the growing plant on the home screen to remind the user not to unlock phone.Make the new plants less expensive to buy from the store. It takes a lot of work to get to a new plant.Provide the option for a task list so that we can obtain points when we finish a set of tasks.",Provide the option for a task list so that we can obtain points when we finish a set of tasks.,4,TRUE,general,list,31,35,negative
productivity,notability,5f137e52-7610-4a19-84c8-6679e9b8509c,57829200-7c29-422b-85a2-9e5d3cbc4f47,Update glitchy,"Ever since the recent update, Notability has been glitchy. I hate the fact that highlights don’t highlight over my written notes. Every time I create a text box with one tap on the screen to type notes in, I can’t type no matter how many times I tap in the text box to see the blinking text line. I would have to hold down the screen to manually make text boxes to type. Even more frustrating, if I make some adjustments to the text box, I can’t type in it again. It makes note-taking in class really inconvenient and makes you stressed out even more during lectures. Why were these functions altered to begin with?I would also like the function of the pages to be viewed 2 pages per screen, like and actual notebook.","I would also like the function of the pages to be viewed 2 pages per screen, like and actual notebook.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,page,39,43,positive
productivity,notability,5f137e52-7610-4a19-84c8-6679e9b8509c,57829200-7c29-422b-85a2-9e5d3cbc4f47,Update glitchy,"Ever since the recent update, Notability has been glitchy. I hate the fact that highlights don’t highlight over my written notes. Every time I create a text box with one tap on the screen to type notes in, I can’t type no matter how many times I tap in the text box to see the blinking text line. I would have to hold down the screen to manually make text boxes to type. Even more frustrating, if I make some adjustments to the text box, I can’t type in it again. It makes note-taking in class really inconvenient and makes you stressed out even more during lectures. Why were these functions altered to begin with?I would also like the function of the pages to be viewed 2 pages per screen, like and actual notebook.","I would also like the function of the pages to be viewed 2 pages per screen, like and actual notebook.",2,TRUE,usability,notebook,94,102,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e76926c9-26e1-4b85-86e0-3b5e786382ce,58527da8-02be-4ca1-87ef-d2b7b3a0b54e,LOVE IT!!!!! Ideas tho....,Okay I rated 5 starz bc I love word I use it all the time for writing stories. Love how there are different fonts and all. But I love some thing u have like in the 2013 version how u can make the first letter as big as u like. Also I liek accessing images on the internet. Ideas... Well THX I luv word and hope u guys keep improving. Bye.,Love how there are different fonts and all.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,font,30,34,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,b40867b8-1f5b-411e-93fb-614929087602,59013151-d022-4600-92d8-da5f34231b51,Lost photos I uploaded for recipes,"I used to love Evernote until today. I bragged to all of my friends how great Evernote.  I use it for many things including as a recipe storage.  I am using Evernote basic.  However, today the App lost 2 of my recipes.  I’m very frustrated. I had a special pasta recipe I was going to make with my son.  I saw the photo of the recipe on my phone and when I clicked on it and opened it up the photo disappeared. I can’t seem to get it back in any way. I think this is a terrible thing to have happened.  I tried to organize my recipes electronically and pitched the hard copies. Now I have lost that recipe and another. I clicked on another recipe from the app and that photo disappeared as I opened it. I think I took these photos in 2015.  The app worked fine for a recipe photo I took in 2017 this morning but it losing older photos.  This is unacceptable. I stopped opening recipe notes and went to the webpage on my Mac to open other recipes and the browser version worked fine with the other pasta recipes I added the same day. But now I have wasted an hour trying to no avail to restore the image.  Because I’m a basic user, I’m not even able to email customer support.  The app appears to be garbage right now if it loses photos while the web browser does not.  I’m so disappointed.","Because I’m a basic user, I’m not even able to email customer support.",5,TRUE,usability,customer support,54,70,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,7dc49248-68d4-4c71-9715-a10ccfd108a3,59eaedab-b4a3-46da-8afa-88afb227d8c7,Where did my coins go???,"I was 1 coin away from having 900 coins, enough to buy a new tree and I was very excited. I planted a bush for 10 minutes and now I’m at 867?? You can only imagine my disappointment. Is it charging me to plant trees? If so, then it’s a dumb feature and just makes me want to stop using the app. If it was a bug on your part, then I want my coins back 😡 I worked hard for those. They’re not easy to accumulate. But overall, I’m giving this app 4 stars (5 if I get my coins back). When I was referred by a friend I thought it was silly but it’s literally the only thing that keeps from using my phone when studying. You’d think planting fake trees (you can also save up to plant a real tree) wouldn’t be motivation enough but it is!!! If you convince your friends to buy this app, you can create a room and study together and hold each other accountable! My friends and I compare the trees we have and are always eager to expand our forest. Great app! Just give me coins back 😫. A suggestion: bushes SHOULD NOT cost the same as trees. That’s ridiculous, especially when the price increases with every buy.","That’s ridiculous, especially when the price increases with every buy.",4,TRUE,cost,price,40,45,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,ece56d92-f8c6-4beb-893d-39597e6a043b,5a50ba3f-43dc-4362-a909-2c8ee1c63e75,I love Gmail!!,"Google suites is by far the absolute best set of tools I use for running my entire business and personal life! The switch to Google came effortlessly after Microsoft held my work hostage. Amazingly in the age of greed in profit Microsoft held my work hostage over 10 years worth of work document spreadsheets charts graphs etc. I can only look at them because my license had expired and to retrieve the work my only option was to Pay.I love the ease of use for Google sweet everything! It’s nice to have access to my work no matter where I am thank you so much for being a very ethical, professional, affordable, and very very user-friendly set of products! Thank you so much for making my life and my business so much easier to enjoy! Definitely five stars🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟",Amazingly in the age of greed in profit Microsoft held my work hostage over 10 years worth of work document spreadsheets charts graphs etc.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,ece56d92-f8c6-4beb-893d-39597e6a043b,5a50ba3f-43dc-4362-a909-2c8ee1c63e75,I love Gmail!!,"Google suites is by far the absolute best set of tools I use for running my entire business and personal life! The switch to Google came effortlessly after Microsoft held my work hostage. Amazingly in the age of greed in profit Microsoft held my work hostage over 10 years worth of work document spreadsheets charts graphs etc. I can only look at them because my license had expired and to retrieve the work my only option was to Pay.I love the ease of use for Google sweet everything! It’s nice to have access to my work no matter where I am thank you so much for being a very ethical, professional, affordable, and very very user-friendly set of products! Thank you so much for making my life and my business so much easier to enjoy! Definitely five stars🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟",Amazingly in the age of greed in profit Microsoft held my work hostage over 10 years worth of work document spreadsheets charts graphs etc.,5,TRUE,general,document,100,108,negative
productivity,things-3,3c65e106-6905-4c78-a558-89a55ccce74d,5ae298f2-fcec-48eb-ad5d-514d1dc78f7f,Limited,"This app is incredible for anything having to do with checklists or to-do lists. It really goes beyond other apps. However, there is no way to see a month view in this app, which is a big disadvantage. I’ve since switched to using a normal calendar app that has a decent checklist capability.","However, there is no way to see a month view in this app, which is a big disadvantage.",2,TRUE,usability,tag,82,85,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,ac1c8523-741f-47d6-91ff-4bb74b6cc6e9,5b11fa86-3640-4767-a590-8478742d9899,"Used to be great.  Now, its just another (expensive) note app","If you’re an experienced Evernote user, DO NOT UPGRADE!!!  If you’re on a free version, there is no longer any reason to pay for premium features as they’re taking them away.I’ve been an Evernote user, proponent, supporter for 6+ years.  It’s on my phone, my ipads, my macs, my macbooks.  It used to be a 1-stop, all-in-one platform.  Now, its just another note taking program.  This used to be the best note taking / productivity app of all time.  Now its just, meh, whatever.Evernote, you’ve really shot yourself in the foot.Please bring presentation mode back.  I have a premium account, just for that reason.  Now, I could probably get by with the free version.  Time to downgrade my account.  Thanks.","Now, its just another note taking program.",5,TRUE,usability,note taking,23,34,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5222125b-a193-4cfb-b5a5-1e10848aeb77,5b3f9fdb-76ff-4ee0-9bfb-7f6d7a8a5101,"Readability, anyone?  So close.","UPDATE to UPDATE:  Disappointment continues as this app still does not match the text I’ve selected on my phone, contrary to what’s stated.  Better than before, but not anywhere close to the text size of Apple Mail or other apps, for that matter.  Simply put, Gmail app does not match the text size of your iPhone or iPad.  It’s improved some, but not the same.UPDATE:  Sooo disappointed to find that the update does not actually use the same text size as selected on the phone, as the developers now claim.  Granted, it’s and improvement, but doesn’t match other apps that use Dynamic Text sizing.  Sad.Still useless to me since the font size is sooo small.  Suggestion:  Let iOS handle your text, so default font sizes will carry over.As usual, I find Google to be strong on engines, but weak on experience.  So much potential here, guys.  Google, please work on your UX.  No doubt, this would be my main app if the font size match what I chose in iOS Settings.  Pleaaassseee!",Still useless to me since the font size is sooo small.,2,TRUE,usability,font,31,35,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,47ddf28b-6f92-4215-87a1-72d58f87ac0f,5b7eb0ee-3d83-4458-8f3c-d7cd68222726,GIVE US DARK MODE ALREADY,"At this point, I’m convinced this is Google’s way of punishing iPhone users. They just want our corneas to burn every time we check our email.At first, it taunts you with a dark-background loading screen, giving you a false sense of hope for a fleeting moment of joy that MAYBE google has FINALLY given us Dark Mode support for Gmail. But then, as the loading screen disappears, the worst of your inner suspicions reveals itself to be true: your inbox, in SCORCHING BRIGHT WHITE.iOS 13 has been out since LAST SEPTEMBER.If Google can make CHROME support dark mode, there is NO REASON why our eyeballs should still be burned with this horrendous bright theme. This is your FLAGSHIP EMAIL APP, Google. I don’t want to see ONE MORE “update” that doesn’t include Dark Mode support. This has gone on long enough. GET IT TOGETHER or I’m deleting it from my phone to save my corneas from further destruction. Ridiculous.Update: Well folks, they released ANOTHER UPDATE WITHOUT DARK MODE today. So this is the last straw for me, I meant what I said. I’m deleting Gmail from my phone after using it for years because Google REFUSES to listen to what people actually want. I’m just gonna use the stock Apple Mail app because at least THEY support Dark Mode. BYE BYE GMAIL, GOOD RIDDANCE. MY EYEBALLS WILL FOREVER THANK ME 👋🏻👋🏻","If Google can make CHROME support dark mode, there is NO REASON why our eyeballs should still be burned with this horrendous bright theme.",1,TRUE,efficiency,dark mode,35,44,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,1f2e231e-a721-4e3d-aa63-9e0f2eb54bb9,5be82146-2dcd-431c-9bd2-11e6a7af4bbb,Not fully functional,"You can’t use this app without a subscription to office 365, but then it only gives you the functionality of Pages. You can’t edit paragraph styles or save templates. So you pay for the service and get the abilities of a free app. So might as well just use pages. There is one really frustrating thing from pages that made me try this out though. Outlining. Pages doesn’t recognize what you’ve done before like Microsoft. - at least in the ipad apps. So if you need to go past 1. , A., a. You’re stuck. The ruler and tabs in Pages are also garbage, so if you need to do a quick professional outline, get this for a day. But if Ipad is your sole computer - just use something else. Major corporations like Microsoft and Adobe switching to subscription only payment systems is bad for consumers. They have an industry standard hold on the market and therefore can do whatever they want. Luckily smaller companies are popping up - also Apple’s free products, but the lack of customizability is terrible on the iPad in general. Still feels like monopoly to me.",You can’t edit paragraph styles or save templates.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,graph,20,25,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1df17642-fdc6-4e5a-bf81-98b9c518c696,5bf6b6b7-c0d8-4fcb-9e13-0513b425eb2d,Dark Mode just doesn’t work,"Despite being on the latest iOS, having system-wide dark mode turned on, and having the latest version of the Gmail app, dark mode just doesn’t work. When I load the app, the splash screen that shows the Gmail logo *does* have a dark background. But once it loads my emails, it’s just the plain old bright white. I’ve checked in the settings within the app and there is no “Theme” option to be found, so that’s not it. I’ve tried turning the system-wide dark mode off and then on again, force-quitting Gmail, turning the phone off and on again, etc. Nothing works. It’s very frustrating. I like the app otherwise, but the inability to have dark mode working is a big negative.","I’ve tried turning the system-wide dark mode off and then on again, force-quitting Gmail, turning the phone off and on again, etc.",3,TRUE,usability,dark mode,36,45,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,0e0abf65-8bef-4bd8-a24e-19f45951109f,5c6eef5b-c01f-461f-b162-7310b017fe0d,i love it!,"Not gonna lie, I NEVER buy apps. I always go for the free version. I actually first discovered Forest through the free Chrome extension and fell in love with it! I had planted so many trees that it was to the point where I was like, okay, time to get the app. I haven't regretted it! I even just got the 21 day coin booster, which is also well worth the extra $2. Instead of getting 43 coins for my regular 2-hour sessions, I get triple that amount for a great price! I wouldn't even mind paying a few extra dollars to make the booster permanent, if that was an option. I also love that it syncs to my laptop. In the chrome version I can block off certain websites while my tree is growing so I can stay on task, which I definitely need. I'm a full-time homeschool student and it is SO easy to get distracted, but with this app I just can't risk letting my little tree die! Overall it's a great app and I HIGHLY recommend!",I also love that it syncs to my laptop.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,21,25,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ad119587-45dc-4bc9-bc7b-cd7c701da204,5d38e879-9102-4207-a8b9-784ea9a34d60,Won’t let me edit documents after subscription,"In order to use this app at all, you have to subscribe. I set up a subscription that would charge me monthly, but whenever I would try to use the app, it would say that I had no subscription with that email. It then gave me an option to sign up for a subscription through the App Store, and when I did, it says I already have one with that email. My subscription is also shown to be present on the App Store. So if I’m subscribed and going to be paying money to use this app, why does the app say I’m not? It made the app completely useless. It keeps claiming I have no subscription when I do, and won’t let me type anything.","It then gave me an option to sign up for a subscription through the App Store, and when I did, it says I already have one with that email.",1,TRUE,compatibility,subscription,44,56,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3503fc87-0e9e-4131-ac10-06badb46e74d,5d6e9116-0bde-4302-8e11-4832b0450450,Odd cursor behavior,"Edit: Opened it up this morning and tables aren't squished now. In fact, they are full size, which is amazing. Not sure what was going on before.I have always found Evernote reliable. I like the recent changes allowing easier and faster text formatting. Being able to use it free on only two devices is annoying, but not a deal-breaker.The scrolling, cursor, and pop up box  (copy, cut, paste, etc) movement drags. It's not exactly a lag. It's almost like a hover. I see this sort of thing a lot on websites, where they work well, but I don't need this fancy addition in my note-taking app. In landscape mode, the pop up box now covers up the text I select because the keyboard is so big (I have an iPhone SE).Also, in switching from portrait to layout and back, it doesn't keep your place. So you have to scroll to find where you were. :/","In landscape mode, the pop up box now covers up the text I select because the keyboard is so big (I have an iPhone SE).",4,TRUE,usability,text,53,57,positive
productivity,notability,092fece2-1062-40b9-a3a6-7c71bb33dca5,5d74ac62-44a3-4f83-b900-567454fcf53a,Notability is great...but not on iPhone,"Writing a review of Notability is hard. On the one hand, I use it every single day on my iPad. I do a lot of reading/research for my job, so Notability has saved me from being buried under an endless pile of paper. I even pair it up with Scanbot so I can quickly scan materials in meetings and then have all my notes/handouts in a single place. Being able to search my handwriting is a game-changer! So is having access to my documents and notes everywhere, including my laptop, and having all changes and edits synced through iCloud. I’ve always wanted to go paperless with ubiquitous access to everything; Notability is my hub for that. Which brings me to my chief complaint about Notability: it’s iPhone app is terrible. It’s nice to see my notes on my phone if I need to skim something quickly on the go, but basic functionality is missing. You can’t search a document, highlight pages, see all the pages in a document—if you’re looking for something, you can only scroll until you find it. That’s ok if you’re talking about two pages of notes; but if you are looking at a 50 page journal article trying to find something, it’s ridiculous. Competitors have this functionality on iPhones, but Notability has never added it. I wish they would! I also wish they would format text-only notes like Google Docs, adjusting text size for a given display without affecting the formatting.","I also wish they would format text-only notes like Google Docs, adjusting text size for a given display without affecting the formatting.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,text,31,35,positive
productivity,things-3,e6904dbe-0548-4ead-afd8-cd9da16e43b2,5db3b067-db2f-4549-8f1d-43799fd81619,"Great, if I lived in a bubble","The app is well designed and I imagine it would be very useful for people who only need a simple task list. Unfortunately, there are a few tough limits. The only calendar this will sync with is the native IOS calendar - if you use Google Calendar you can’t link it with this app. If you rely on other tools, like a CRM or project management tool, you can’t link those tools with Zapier or an API - Things doesn’t have one. These limits both came as a surprise (it’s 2018) and they became obvious 10 minutes after buying the app. I should have stuck with Todoist. Wasted $10.",The only calendar this will sync with is the native IOS calendar - if you use Google Calendar you can’t link it with this app.,2,TRUE,compatibility,sync,29,33,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,1c45f441-e501-4ad6-9eea-ee639a574aaa,5e455003-f00b-409c-b6e4-185429eb2d0a,Works across all platforms,"I love being able to add notes, and access all my study notes, personal motivations, shopping lists, and misc info across all platforms. I work on my laptop and a can later access notes on my phone. Love it.","I love being able to add notes, and access all my study notes, personal motivations, shopping lists, and misc info across all platforms.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,list,95,99,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,c1680352-5c09-47e8-a216-0767734a60aa,5e83559e-5c98-4220-83a3-d21c5107e60f,"Lousy design, lost functionality. Direct result of a monopoly","Update: The design is better, but now the app asks me if I want Chrome instead of Safari EVERY SINGLE TIME. Yes, even when the “ask me every time” switch is off. VERY annoying. Get it through your heads, I don’t need another browser on my iPhone. Original review: The design is loud and confusing, but I probably would have gotten used to it. However, basic cut-copy-paste between Gmail and, say, IPhones Notes DOESN'T WORK. Could it be because Google also sells a phone?  Also the image attachment puts the image right into the message... so unprofessional and 1990s. But since Google convinced everyone including me that their mail is most secure (doubtful), there's no motivation to go back to the better or offer these as preferences. I'm disappointed but not surprised","Original review: The design is loud and confusing, but I probably would have gotten used to it.",1,TRUE,usability,design,22,28,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e7df0c3b-8f0b-4f45-b0fb-a1ec252f8c7e,5f23455b-1ea4-479e-a52e-614e3ceccaa3,Font size issue.,"Got this app after friends recommended it and I’m loving it. I’m more organized and productive already. Love the notebook layout and the cross platform from Windows to iPhone.But there’s an issue that reallllly bothers me. Font sizes aren’t consistent across the app on Windows 10 and the iPhone app.I ran a test to see what font sizes corresponds to small, medium, and large. Small on iPhone is 10 on Windows app.Medium is 14. Large is 18.Except something written in “small” on an iPhone, when viewed on a PC and compared to something written in 10 on the Windows app, the text originally written on Windows is larger than the text written on iPhone, despite them both being “10”. If I highlight the text from the iPhone and then select 10 again, it will grow ever so slightly to match the PC font size of 10.The opposite happens if I write something in 10 on PC and then view it on an iPhone and compare it to something written in “small.” What is written in “small” is larger than what was written in 10 on the PC.This is really frustrating because it results in inconsistencies throughout your notes.I know you guys care about organization, design, and consistency. So please fix this issue.Other than that, the app is great, would be 5 stars, but this is really frustrating. You can’t have an app meant for organization have something as basic as font size be inconsistent like this.Thanks for reading this feedback.","If I highlight the text from the iPhone and then select 10 again, it will grow ever so slightly to match the PC font size of 10.",4,TRUE,compatibility,text,20,24,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e7df0c3b-8f0b-4f45-b0fb-a1ec252f8c7e,5f23455b-1ea4-479e-a52e-614e3ceccaa3,Font size issue.,"Got this app after friends recommended it and I’m loving it. I’m more organized and productive already. Love the notebook layout and the cross platform from Windows to iPhone.But there’s an issue that reallllly bothers me. Font sizes aren’t consistent across the app on Windows 10 and the iPhone app.I ran a test to see what font sizes corresponds to small, medium, and large. Small on iPhone is 10 on Windows app.Medium is 14. Large is 18.Except something written in “small” on an iPhone, when viewed on a PC and compared to something written in 10 on the Windows app, the text originally written on Windows is larger than the text written on iPhone, despite them both being “10”. If I highlight the text from the iPhone and then select 10 again, it will grow ever so slightly to match the PC font size of 10.The opposite happens if I write something in 10 on PC and then view it on an iPhone and compare it to something written in “small.” What is written in “small” is larger than what was written in 10 on the PC.This is really frustrating because it results in inconsistencies throughout your notes.I know you guys care about organization, design, and consistency. So please fix this issue.Other than that, the app is great, would be 5 stars, but this is really frustrating. You can’t have an app meant for organization have something as basic as font size be inconsistent like this.Thanks for reading this feedback.","If I highlight the text from the iPhone and then select 10 again, it will grow ever so slightly to match the PC font size of 10.",4,TRUE,compatibility,font,113,117,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a9e14485-7344-4d0d-a72f-dcb7edb963bd,5f24c611-4c28-41cf-aec0-fb4f8c830eaf,Worth it,"I admit, sometimes I’m not always committed to my work, but in those moments I’ll turn on this app and regardless of how motivated i feel I’ll do the work just because of this app. It’s not 100% effective in keeping you productive, you have to put in the effort as well, but it is definitely a way for you to go in the right direction of your goals. I did have to pay for this, but I don’t regret it, it’s worth it’s price.","I did have to pay for this, but I don’t regret it, it’s worth it’s price.",5,TRUE,cost,price,68,73,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,60f33148-69db-4850-b462-33e16f206813,5f5ca344-fc82-43fc-822e-fe17bf23161c,Reluctant but satisfied,"I have been reluctant to add the gmail app to my phone. I kept getting emails from gmail, and then from my phone saying my phone app wouldn't support gmail as well, so I finally switched over. It's cool but pretty much what you would expect. Switching between accounts is easy, and while at first I thought the pre-drafted responses they add for you were dumb, they're actually pretty good. Makes replying to emails much easier! I do find the ad placement annoying...I honestly feel like gmail should be getting enough data from my usage (and everyone's) that they don't really need ad money, but oh well. I guess you get what you pay for in this case.I also agree that it would be nice to customize the colors. I'm not sure why they picked red - blue seems to be a major theme in their other products, and red just reminds me of Target. Sorry google, they've had a claim to red for far too long.",I also agree that it would be nice to customize the colors.,4,TRUE,general,color,53,58,positive
productivity,things-3,1c1ed2cb-13b9-4c7e-8ebc-3d16b13f36c9,5f63ba07-a8c5-4478-9367-7b36bed00ae2,Great everywhere except terrible on watch,"Things is a great app on macs, iPhones and iPads. Unfortunately, it has never worked very well on Apple Watch. The functionality is minimal and slow, but acceptable. However, it is never up to date. Only when I delete Things from my watch and reinstall it do I have a chance of being up to date. It takes a very long time to do this, and it does not stay synced for more than a day.","The functionality is minimal and slow, but acceptable.",3,TRUE,usability,functionality,5,18,positive
productivity,things-3,ed199124-670d-4b5c-aa6b-28ef63921738,5f8066d5-2742-4191-bdf2-ad3939a5fce5,100% Would Recommend!,"What I love about this app is that it just keeps things simple. The layout is clean and makes total sense. I can manage my small to-dos and my more complicated tasks effortlessly; without having to dig through complicated menus. When you get the app, commit just 20 minutes to read the tutorial, brain-dump all your to-dos, and organize everything. There’s no learning curve so you’ll be soaring before you know it. Definitely worth the investment.",The layout is clean and makes total sense.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,layout,5,11,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f51bc670-d918-46f3-9d1b-db21ac118bae,5ff7f05b-5a43-4e67-aa4c-9c87e59573fe,Customer service and feedback stink,"I love the app and have paid for the program for 6+ years, but recently they updated the way you view PDF and take notes on PDFs with an apple pen. It's horrible. I sent them my feedback and my difficulties using PDFs now, and they have yet to get back to me. I messaged them three times about this through their customer service. Still nothing. I would stop paying for the software, but I have had it too long, and it would be so difficult to transfer the amount of information I have now. 🤷‍♂️ I'm frustrated. I rated four stars, but I might lower as the frustrations grow.",I messaged them three times about this through their customer service.,4,TRUE,general,customer service,54,70,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,bf258e84-6fc5-4422-ac30-108f2ddf996a,60294ec3-d1ce-4eed-9fae-071125397078,Study or die,"This app truly puts positive pressure on you to stay focused! If you open your phone while a tree is planted, but not grown, you will get a dead tree and that dead tree will be in your forest. A consistent reminder to do better. I have a horrible attention span and this app has been so helpful! I use for work too. I suggest buying coin multipliers if you are interested in many different types of trees :)",A consistent reminder to do better.,5,TRUE,general,reminder,14,22,negative
productivity,things-3,260d7bd2-cd52-4bae-bd98-3d2f00c6acc2,6090d9a8-ce11-4f33-9fa3-2ba8533a37ca,I Like it!,"An intelligent and smartly designed feature-packed GTD/ Task Mngt app that promotes productivity through simplicity-Well Done Guys! For that, this app gets a 5 for Task Mngt in my view. The total freedom and flexibility to manage and navigate inside the native app is ‘Points on the Board’. And, then being able to import emails and other Mind-Mapping Projects/Tasks directly into Things 3 as To-Do’s is a Home-Run in my book!The Project Mngt aspect of Things however only gets a 3 rating. The addition of basic attributes needed in managing project and event-like activities to include start/finish dates for sub-tasks, dependancies,  attachments option available in the notes field coupled with basic views such as Calendar, Gantt, Kanban, TimeLine etc would a value based features for those of us that benefit from the visual perspectives and situational awareness these views bring. The above said, I’ still use Things 3 as ‘Central Station’ for integrating all my calendars and various Task app activities. That would not be my choice without the excellent design and interface Things 3 provides. Again, in that respect Things 3 gets a solid two thumbs-up.  Thanks guys!!Bill",An intelligent and smartly designed feature-packed GTD/ Task Mngt app that promotes productivity through simplicity-Well Done Guys!,4,TRUE,effectiveness,design,28,34,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c2b809b9-7d6c-468f-95dd-b50ebf26ed6a,60b08773-5e18-4c5b-b931-9a232d6a92f1,Advice,Hey Y’all should add folders inside of notebooks on the free version. That would be very helpful cause I love to write and having folders would keep everything organized and I thing that lots would enjoy that.On the other (ever)note (sorry couldn’t help myself) the free version has everything that I’ve been looking for. Paper is my best friend but once I found this I was overjoyed.,"Hey 

Y’all should add folders inside of notebooks on the free version.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,notebook,42,50,positive
productivity,notability,9c893eb1-125b-47c5-a62a-91be1e25db74,60ba0510-5b79-4f9b-bba9-741ce80111ae,"Useful, but hard to organize","I’ve been using notability for school for about a year now. It’s great paired with the apple pencil, and all the features on that end of the app are fantastic. My chief complaint, however, comes from the organization of the app. For instance, I can’t have two documents of the same name within the app, which is annoying because I have to go back a year to delete/rename some old note to use the title again. The divider system works well, but the sections get crowded really quickly. It would be nice to have a different view instead of just just lists of documents that I have to scroll through. Lastly- and this seems to be a product of the latest update, there are some issues with renaming documents, namely not being able to.",It would be nice to have a different view instead of just just lists of documents that I have to scroll through.,3,TRUE,usability,list,64,68,negative
productivity,notability,9c893eb1-125b-47c5-a62a-91be1e25db74,60ba0510-5b79-4f9b-bba9-741ce80111ae,"Useful, but hard to organize","I’ve been using notability for school for about a year now. It’s great paired with the apple pencil, and all the features on that end of the app are fantastic. My chief complaint, however, comes from the organization of the app. For instance, I can’t have two documents of the same name within the app, which is annoying because I have to go back a year to delete/rename some old note to use the title again. The divider system works well, but the sections get crowded really quickly. It would be nice to have a different view instead of just just lists of documents that I have to scroll through. Lastly- and this seems to be a product of the latest update, there are some issues with renaming documents, namely not being able to.",It would be nice to have a different view instead of just just lists of documents that I have to scroll through.,3,TRUE,usability,document,73,81,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,052d0d5f-0fbc-405d-a1b3-2149e92060c7,60dc1acd-fb99-4af7-9331-f4ba8bf6a33f,Steadily getting worse,"I've been a paying Evernote customer for many years with a lot of my stuff in there but as time has gone on it's been more and more frustrating to use. Attachments won't download. Or you wait 5 minutes while it ""says"" it is downloading then gets done and nothing happens. Photos won't show. Try to bring up some reference document while you are working on something and every time your phone times out the app just can't seem to handle it and won't just leave the document/note open you were looking at - you start all over - search for the document AGAIN, wait for it to come up, etc. Search inexplicably can't find things where the title or tag has the exact word in it I'm searching for. And there have been times where I have REALLY needed to get to particular piece of information and just couldn't. That is extremely frustrating - that's the point of why I put stuff in there. This product started out awesome in the days when everyone was still using desktops. As we've progressed into to mobile era it just hasn't kept up. Trying to access my stuff in the phone app is a frustrating experience almost every time - and trying to use the site in a mobile browser is worse. I haven't put anything new in for quite some time because it just no longer fits well or just doesn't work simply with how I do things anymore in the mobile era, let alone the fact that the app in general just doesn't work well.",Search inexplicably can't find things where the title or tag has the exact word in it I'm searching for.,1,TRUE,usability,title,49,54,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6815721c-cece-4c32-962f-09e52b7fec26,60dfbde9-5df1-4f54-bfe3-28ae82a0febe,Good app but needs some updating,"We use gmail for our business and most is via the app. Either way, there needs to be some updating as far as the sent mail goes. When you send an email, it needs to go to sent, period. I don’t need it back in the inbox when someone replies. A reply is a reply. I also don’t need replies to said sent item stacking up. Each reply should be separate. I can’t add a photo to the mobile signature. If I tag something to be in a folder and I want to delete a reply to that item, it deletes the entire email. Why? The whole system needs to work more like Outlook to be fully functioning.","If I tag something to be in a folder and I want to delete a reply to that item, it deletes the entire email.",3,TRUE,reliability,tag,6,9,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,969beddb-c240-42fd-bfd3-a97b36946785,60eea0cb-ffd2-4893-a5c0-b9cdfe1642b5,Mobile layout,"So much easier to use with mobile layout.  Please keep it around this time.  You teased us a few months ago with it, then took it away.  Hopefully, it’s here to stay.",So much easier to use with mobile layout.,5,TRUE,usability,layout,35,41,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,eb0ebd28-aaed-41d8-b63c-77c537b4c46a,610e26b8-0c15-4ccf-a58e-22560c88d209,Elephant graveyard of digital content,"I am not an active user of Evernote. I am a paying customer, but I have been looking for an exit strategy for a while. Because it was difficult to export content from Evernote in a simple, satisfactory way, it had become my elephant graveyard of digital content.This new version will accelerate leaving Evernote behind for good. First impressions were not good. When a new note is selected, the screen flashes, usually twice, like graphics terminals from long ago. This is especially obvious in dark mode. Rendering is slow, with embedded images appearing after text even on a current-model iPad Pro. Web clipping is inferior to almost every other app, and done off-device. You can’t export without Internet, which is really stupid.I think there’s a good chance that this will be a watershed moment for Evernote the company, and not in a good way.","When a new note is selected, the screen flashes, usually twice, like graphics terminals from long ago.",1,TRUE,efficiency,graph,70,75,negative
productivity,notability,8b9a1669-ac18-4dde-b40e-305c9090ff7f,611c8733-2427-491c-8739-7be231c34200,Almost everything I could wish for.,"I love this app. It’s improved my studying a lot. Everything is simple and easy to use. Uploading my notes to my google drive easy and straight forward. The built in mic feature wonderful. Everything is amazing.  Expect one thing, when I get my professors PowerPoint lectures put on notability. Majority of the times it comes out perfectly fine. Other times, it comes out as if someone shook the entire slide, slid the words, pictures, and other graphics to one side shook them again. Change the colors fonts, and sometimes even put them upside down. It’s kinda a cruel evil joke because I can’t edit the slides to make them how they were intended. Unless I add a new page and re-write everything but i will also lose the pictures that were on that slide. Literally the only problem is that the formatting when getting slides from PowerPoint and putting them on notability is the biggest and only downside. Thats why its 4/5 stars on here and 8.5/10 on yelp.","Other times, it comes out as if someone shook the entire slide, slid the words, pictures, and other graphics to one side shook them again.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,graph,101,106,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,134ba54c-2bea-4834-a34a-64aaa25fafd2,617bbe47-3a11-4864-9d4c-73a15bace6ae,"Low graphic, not enough options to edit jungle",1. The trees in my jungle change location when I plant new ones or when I open the app next day. I don’t have a stable jungle it changes shape every time.2. My jungle graphic is low I can’t plant my trees where ever I want. I can’t edit my jungle.3. I can’t view my friends jungles to see how much they have accomplished.4. I would like a better visual graphic of my jungle with 360 degree view and zooming in and out.5. I would like to have animals in my jungle.,My jungle graphic is low I can’t plant my trees where ever I want.,3,TRUE,usability,graph,11,16,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,92b3f746-ae54-44a5-be2d-dab6100f3dd2,61a4825f-aefe-4633-9191-fa525429064e,Software great. Service lousy.,"I can’t imagine functioning without Evernote. It’s one app I use everyday. That said .. as others have said.. it’s impossible to get to customer support. There is also one very irritating formatting bug. When you share a link to a note, the web page of the note has a “Report Spam” button that sits over most of the note title. I’ve tried to report it, but other than the forums ..there no direct way to do so.","When you share a link to a note, the web page of the note has a “Report Spam” button that sits over most of the note title.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,page,42,46,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,7e65db1f-11e7-4042-b448-2492a4b6f39f,6215a0d3-3d21-40a4-adef-020d10c20ad8,Watch out it is very difficult to cancel!,I found this product very difficult to use on my iPad. I tried to cancel immediately. It was not easy to find out how to cancel. Had to type cancel my subscription in help and support and finally got a robot telling me I had to talk to am an agent. Now I am on the phone waiting to talk to an agent. Unless you are desperate for this app I would avoid it. What a hassle! The verbiage when signing up for the free trial said just go to settings. After waiting 20 minutes I was told I needed to contact apple store to cancel. Now I am on another hold while they try to contact apple store. I got a another robot that sent a link to cancel the subscription. Finally it was cancelled....I hope.,Had to type cancel my subscription in help and support and finally got a robot telling me I had to talk to am an agent.,1,TRUE,general,subscription,23,35,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,fb932e85-019e-4cc3-bfc9-c036b62c5ac1,624ba49b-18c4-47f2-87f5-848a0f7e6b6d,Good App but certain important elements missing,I like using the apps but it is missing some basic functionality.1) Split Screen Multitasking functionality should be added to the app. I often send emails in a foreign languages and I like to have a multilingual dictionary app in the split view to check words as I write. I see no obvious reason why this app doesn’t have split screen multitasking functionality. 2) I should be able to attach documents that are saved in the Files to email replies. As far as I can tell the email attachment functionality only works with documents that are saved to the drive and even then I don't think you can attach the document so much as share it from the drive. The only way to attach documents from files it share from the files app which always starts it as a new email. This is not great for continued collaboration and functionality. Please fix.,2) I should be able to attach documents that are saved in the Files to email replies.,3,TRUE,usability,document,31,39,negative
productivity,things-3,45dd47ef-eca5-4541-acd9-3b024b17a76a,628bb902-44ee-4d83-89ef-8eb92c355136,Life Changing!,I NEVER write reviews but this app in the best $10 I have ever spent. It is exactly what I have been looking for to help manage my business & family life. Incredibly user friendly. Everything I need each day at a glance. Easy to sync with my calendar. I could not recommend this more! Thank you!,Easy to sync with my calendar.,5,TRUE,security,sync,9,13,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,207d0b0a-76c0-41bf-a895-5c470f4fd6c0,62e57906-ed77-453f-934e-510efb5fdc03,Bugs,"UPDATE: yesterday I received a very important email about a job offer. I immediately responded (on my phone) accepting it. It required a very quick response time to secure the offer. However, today I opened gmail on my computer to see that THE APP DIDN’T SEND MY MESSAGE. I may lose this much-needed opportunity due to this app. I have never been so upset with an app in my life. PLEASE FIX IT. I’ve only used gmail before but I need to be able to access and send emails via the app. If these problems continue I will have to find a new email provider. Original: I never write reviews but this update is very frustrating. The app doesn’t register when I open or delete emails, so it shows new email notifications even when I don’t have any. It also doesn’t register or save drafts I write. Please fix it! My family and I used this app but the update makes it impossible.",Original: I never write reviews but this update is very frustrating.,1,TRUE,general,write review,19,31,negative
productivity,notability,a07021d0-760d-4bce-a715-c6975098ef39,62f4631a-b751-4432-9975-bc2bf1647845,So Good but needs more color!,"I love this app. I bought it years ago and never used it on my phone, but since getting an iPad it has become one of my most used apps both for work and for personal use. It works so well and I haven’t seen  any glitches or issues with the features. I will say the color choices for paper backgrounds are lacking and I would really love to see some improvements there. We should be able to choose the background from a full spectrum color palette like the pens and highlighters. Yes you could use the highlighter to change the paper color, but it only changes the section of the page that is currently on the screen. When you scroll down to continue your note and try to highlight in the new background colors, you end up overlapping the previously colored areas and end up with sections that are discolored. More line templates, like for handwritten check lists would also be appreciated. I don’t care about the themes, I’m happy with black, but to be honest the paid options aren’t even remotely tempting. Not good choices.",I will say the color choices for paper backgrounds are lacking and I would really love to see some improvements there.,5,TRUE,usability,color choices,34,39,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,317091c5-0ca1-40c4-8609-9eacf55a84cf,6304eb20-b693-41ed-85d9-a26411e8ce4c,The editing experience is terrible,"In most times, the prompt jumps to the very first line after a few second later whenever I touch the middle of the screen to edit a docx file. This is very annoying since my file is of 98 pages. Then I should pull down the scroll bar to the bottom of the document. This happens very often, especially when in Mobile view. The second thing is about the page loading steps or speed. By moving down the scroll bar the pages are loaded incrementally. But it has too many steps to the bottom page. Scrolling down the bar to the bottom of the screen loads pages a little. I couldn’t find a good way to jump to the bottom page at once. And this happens in Mobile view. The third frustrating thing is the reaction speed is not just slow, it’s really slow. When I type a character, say A, that appears in the screen after about 0.3~0.5s. This issue also has something to do with Mobile view, I think. The fourth is about moving the cursor with a long-touch. This not only related to Word but to all the other Office 365 applications I guess. This app adopting the obsolete way shows a convex glass  that zoom-in around the cursor when I long-touch the screen. Apple changed the way it moves the cursor since iOS 13 if I’m right. I’m not gonna explain it in detail here but the new way is much elegant and gives seamless experience in editing the text.",I couldn’t find a good way to jump to the bottom page at once.,2,TRUE,usability,page,50,54,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,157b6b7e-adb0-4494-90e3-6de4f15e2dbe,63339a98-fbfb-44d3-b039-9da1c550cd9c,Immediate Red Flag,"Downloaded this because 4 out of my 5 email accounts are gmail, but then I took a closer look. According to the developers, the last three updates were for the exact same thing. No bug squashing mentioned. No user-notified issues. No additional bells or whistles. Just the same exact reason for all three updates. So, I'm curious: are there different reasons for each update, and you guys are too lazy to specify them for us? Or are the people who are responsible for uploading the updates to the App Store trying to perfect their Keystone Cops impression? Or are all of these updates merely to collect the personal information you wish to sell to your ""partners""? I'll wait a few days to see if I get any kind of response before I delete the app, as a Google email agent should eventually be excellent.",Just the same exact reason for all three updates.,2,TRUE,compatibility,update,42,48,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,1f1916e3-7454-433d-9096-ef358e702930,633b0884-39f9-4df1-b9f4-31992615dba8,"Great, but new features are adding bloat","Generally one of my favorite apps, used for everything from writing research papers to keeping track of recipes. In the latest update the “Related Items” interface pops up way too fast. The addition of templates also seems to have slowed the process of getting started on a new note. Would be great to have “Don’t use templates”  as the default or an optional setting.","Generally one of my favorite apps, used for everything from writing research papers to keeping track of recipes.",4,TRUE,usability,paper,78,83,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,44f8fa2f-c1f6-42d2-9f87-506c3478a4bf,6390a77b-3222-46ef-8f3d-6e71f5ee3334,Working fine,"I noticed so many ""crashes"" comments that are only hours old. I have an iPhone XS with iOS 13.4.1 ( latest version) and have no problems with my gmail. My only complaint is it just now opened up in dark mode. I would like it back the other way. But I can't seem to get it out of dark mode without turning dark mode off for the whole phone!",My only complaint is it just now opened up in dark mode.,5,TRUE,usability,dark mode,47,56,negative
productivity,things-3,10abe3c3-3248-43b3-817a-1f7dad27c9fa,63a6d510-f889-468b-8d22-2f50199ab76e,"Sadly, this won’t quite do it for me","This is a beautiful app and I love how it approaches tasks and projects which is why I give it 3 stars instead of less.  But there isn’t enough functional integration with calendar to make this useful for me. I can see my calendar items but can’t open them or do anything with them which leaves me to have to jump to another app to work with meeting invites and other calendar items. This is a fatal flaw with this app for me, sadly. I’ve been on Informant Pro for years since that app integrates calendar and tasks so well. But have been trying to find something else that is more elegant and simpler. I thought this was going to be it until I discovered how severely limited it is with respect to calendar. Oh well, the search continues, and another $10 down the drain.Edit: I’ve come back again to Things 3 because it seems that I’ve become sort of hooked on how extraordinarily well it handles tasks. I’ve decided to try to live with using a separate calendar app along with Things and see how it goes. Hopefully in the future the authors will consider adding at least some ability to edit or even open calendar items in Things. Meanwhile I try this setup.",But there isn’t enough functional integration with calendar to make this useful for me.,3,TRUE,reliability,calendar,52,60,negative
productivity,notability,5d6cf7aa-f5e0-4064-a364-cd8cc76bfa21,63bda9c9-6d4c-44f8-b20b-1ff1706f66ed,needs to allow auto-backup on multiple devices,"Only been using Notability for a couple weeks but its inability to back up from multiple devices to one cloud account is really frustrating to me. I do everything through one cloud account and it’s not Dropbox or iCloud. It’s frustrating that I can’t just set up auto back up on each device to different directories on my cloud account or hey, why can’t I sync documents I am working on across multiple devices in the first place? iCloud sync is fine but I’d prefer the ability to be able to choose my cloud service of choice. Also, just on principle, I hate being forced to turn off auto-back up on another device because the developer has decided I should not have a choice. Just warn me of the risk and I’ll take the risk if I want. I know I won’t be editing files on 2 different devices *simultaneously* so I am not sure how I could accidentally write over a file that I didn’t want written over. I mean, how does iCloud sync work? Doesn’t it run the same risk? Maybe I’m just missing something. Just don’t appreciate being told what I can and can’t do.",iCloud sync is fine but I’d prefer the ability to be able to choose my cloud service of choice.,3,TRUE,cost,sync,8,12,positive
productivity,notability,e633e20a-07c1-4a5e-80b1-b104b6cf6a61,63ed9104-9cb0-44c3-951f-fbf3bcc70e28,Great app,"I have been using this app for over 3 years now and it has proven over and over again to deliver. My strongest uses are:+ In my profession as a elite level coach; class and calendar planning , documents that my athletes need signed and emailed, this app has it all in one.+ construction;2 years ago I started building my house, and this app has delivered over my expectations in my to do’s and project management. I have used it at every step of my construction, from having my blue prints always ready and on hand, zooming the blue prints where I need to show the builder modifications and additions, recording all inspection approvals, and even walking my electrician, plumber and low Voltage cable technician through all the spots in my house I wanted my light features / facets / TV, speakers, and cat cables connections to be. All those contractors were blown away by how easy and quick we both were on the same page. Later on, I just emailed each one of them a pdf version of the drawings we agreed on and there were no hiccups anywhere.I have even used it to show my painter what trims go which colors.+ family, household, and my non-profit board of directors at work, I ah e it all in this app.Everything organized in files and folders..., I cannot even start to think all the apps I would need to keep my life organized without Notability. Great product.",I have even used it to show my painter what trims go which colors.,5,TRUE,usability,color,60,65,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,73501590-7454-4b74-9ebc-115bae306311,63f44543-eeb0-4694-9be0-40b9ad72f546,Need to turn off threading like webmail,"The functionality of the app isn't terrible, but only 1 star because there's no way to turn off email threads in the app. You can now send money as an attachment - but messages are forced into threads, which some of us just don't care for.  Clearly it must have been a big enough issue that the feature can be disabled in the browser version, so I can't imagine why it's not been ported to the mobile iOS app...Often I receive a simple 'OK' response message and don't wish to save it, so I want to delete it. But in the mobile app if I delete that message it moves the WHOLE thread to the trash.  And then you have the users who change subject matter in a reply to a different topic but don't alter the Subject of the email itself. I can't fix stupid nor can I fix their bad email habits. So give me a way to separate emails in my mobile inbox so I can have the same sanity I do when sitting at a PC.","You can now send money as an attachment - but messages are forced into threads, which some of us just don't care for.",1,TRUE,general,money,18,23,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,f1836aad-8a29-4a22-996a-51d11c44925b,63f56892-8bc2-4129-b2a3-9649f8126b26,Best App Ever!!!!,"This app is no joke!!! Not only does this app keep you focused, but gives you a chance to help a real life organization with no out of pocket expenses. It helps you stay focused by planting a tree and if you exit the app it will die. You can create a list with the labels to make sure you get everything you need to do done. I would recommend this app to anyone who is looking for a new way to be more productive.",You can create a list with the labels to make sure you get everything you need to do done.,5,TRUE,general,list,18,22,positive
productivity,things-3,dd7ee3ce-a7d3-420c-a073-753198e0287f,6481eeb7-fcf5-415e-b698-ffcabc369ba6,Still crashes quite often,"I have submitted several bug reports before and still experience several crashes months after my submissions. This is marketed and prices as a premium app, so I would suspect it won’t crash when simply opening from the background.","This is marketed and prices as a premium app, so I would suspect it won’t crash when simply opening from the background.",1,TRUE,cost,background,110,120,positive
productivity,notability,371b4d00-dd68-4bf4-a947-fb5fd12694cf,6502a872-68b1-448a-aa45-df40e9159860,Overrated and over priced.,"I have been using this app due to all the positive feedback but that has not been my experience. After paying the extra $3 for the convert writing to text feature (which at this price should already be included) the feature works horribly. All my neat structure gets ruined by the way the program coverts the text. I have spend more time fighting with the app, than I have been able to work on my assignment. While the format might make you want to buy the app, please look at other apps, because this is a rip off of time and money. You are better off writing on an actual notebook! Trust me I am trying to use all of the iPads feature, but honestly all is does is make easy things more difficult than they should. Plus Good Notes has better themes.",You are better off writing on an actual notebook!,1,TRUE,general,notebook,41,49,negative
productivity,things-3,d20be63a-3ee2-47e7-807d-bf9ecc705f63,65164a14-e9c5-428b-b49f-0804b1a063ad,iOS app is crashy,"I love Things 3. I use it religiously on my iPhone, iPad, and MacBook Pro to keep my life in order. This is a review specific to stability of the iOS version.This app crashes a lot—around five full crashes per week. The main one occurs when I open the app in the morning to review my Today list. It’ll say something like “You have seven new tasks today” in yellow. If I hit Okay, there’s a good chance it crashes. Similarly if I open the app and rapidly check something off. There are other bugs too: I’ve had a few situations where the checkboxes are missing from the list of tasks and when I try interacting with a task the app crashes.I do love Things, and these don’t stop me from using it. Rather, they severely detract from an otherwise beautiful experience.",The main one occurs when I open the app in the morning to review my Today list.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,list,75,79,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,425cf10d-be25-48e3-81f4-e77be1db82a4,6518b8ec-3ba3-4b96-ba51-2ddc8dd4ce79,Good,"They are figuring out multi device functionality. Able to have personal and work accounts accessible from multiple devices. Makes accessing mundane, non-proprietary docs and notes a breeze on personal devices and personal docs you don’t mind sharing with an employer on work devices. Stayed away from this suite for a couple of years because sync functionality and controlling it was more work than it was worth; much improved now.",They are figuring out multi device functionality.,5,TRUE,general,functionality,36,49,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,71115056-fa69-4891-a8ca-f6abc8cd5358,65660db8-da6d-4114-b826-bec96cb62588,"Good start, Lacking Features","I’m disappointed by this app for the ipad especially. I use my iPad Pro as a professional device and google apps just aren’t up to the task quite yet, especially the gmail app. Please work on updates so it can be used when multi-tasking on the iPad. Better attachment options as well would be a huge improvement since right now all that’s allowed is to attach from Drive Files and when they attach they are used as a link that needs shared as well instead of actually attaching a pdf/photo.Other then that the way the inbox and multiple accounts work is great. The fact that the signature from desktop apps is carried over is outstanding as well! Please please please just update the app to better support iPad work, multi-tasking, and attachment options/drag and drop from other apps.","Please please please just update the app to better support iPad work, multi-tasking, and attachment options/drag and drop from other apps.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,update,27,33,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,1520da03-11fb-4b53-8d04-890f74f59110,660bff00-192f-4e63-9f71-ce2400a31127,WORD DOCUMENTS,"I like using “Word” to prepare documents.What I don’t like from my last experience:When editing a “text box” the zoom level goes in and out constantly when trying to correct the text.Then, in addition, when I click “mobile view” the alignment of the text box shows up differently.  Also some of my text was aligned differently — above the picture — and it was supposed to be below the picture.I also have problems hiding the keyboard to screenshot as well as accessing the keyboard to type.This is on my iPhone X that this takes place.",Also some of my text was aligned differently — above the picture — and it was supposed to be below the picture.,4,TRUE,usability,picture,58,65,negative
productivity,notability,2459a1b7-e992-48d5-a9d1-61c1783c07f5,66945def-996c-4698-bf56-7baa46b9e227,Notability needs to improve user interface and organization of notes,"I use this for medical school to take notes, and for the most part it is useful and helpful to write on the presentations and PDFs but there definitely needs to be some improvements to make it more user-friendly. The application needs to improve how subjects and categories are organized and accessible. It’s tedious to try and find an old note in a subject group, who wants to scroll through all 200 lectures on a sidebar? There needs to be a better filing system.  There should be a way to have more than one note open at a time and an easier way to switch between them. There also more options for the pencil types and colors, highlighters, better integration of images and ways to keep them  anchored in place. Also, a better search feature for PDFs of textbooks. Notability is falling behind compared to some other note taking apps available and overall needs to make more of an effort to allow users more abilities to customize their notes and even the application.","Also, a better search feature for PDFs of textbooks.",2,TRUE,usability,text,43,47,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6e8f2a24-bfff-4ddd-84de-0eda4c3803f2,66d7279a-e92d-45f3-bc25-08068359d8a3,Nice and Interactive,"I really like to be able to use my Gmail Calendar for family events. I use color coding and it integrates with my Outlook calendar for business. The color coding let’s me see who in the family has the event, daughter-ballet, son-football, Bible Study and do on. I am sure there will be more exciting things to come from Gmail calendaring.",I use color coding and it integrates with my Outlook calendar for business.,5,TRUE,usability,calendar,54,62,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,4cb3bfb9-7797-416d-93b2-177a468c436e,66e098c9-8474-4000-a1aa-69ff65787dc6,Update is not working,Since the most recent update I lose my tree when I get a notification even when my phone is locked. Please update and fix.,Since the most recent update I lose my tree when I get a notification even when my phone is locked.,1,TRUE,compatibility,update,23,29,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,28a90daa-c16c-4bb7-9dc4-785be36f9109,67384cbd-5a7f-4020-b483-0e84cbdb335c,Full of bugs; subscription not worth it.,"I’ve been using Evernote for about a year, but recently I got fed up with suffering the multiple bugs and functionality issues. I use this app primarily for keeping a grocery list and jotting down notes, but it seems like every other time I open my grocery checklist there is a sync error and I need to manually reconcile the two copies that Evernote saved. Additionally, the app “reloads” the page every time I switch away or lock/unlock the phone, which makes entering or editing notes incredibly painstaking. I use Evernote on two devices and occasionally access the web app on my laptop. The web app access was not previously counted as a “synced” device, but after a recent update Evernote has been forcing me to either subscribe to their premium service or unsync one of my devices. After this experience, I’m done dealing with this app. Why would I pay a monthly subscription for Evernote when my iPhone comes with two perfectly functional reminders/notes apps? Sure, they don’t have quite as many features, but at least they WORK!","I’ve been using Evernote for about a year, but recently I got fed up with suffering the multiple bugs and functionality issues.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,107,120,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,0193f20f-1370-494b-85fd-acd6573e66c3,674d5f33-e6a3-41fa-801d-1121b4451c28,Severely limited functionality,"I use my iPad for work, as I need to take high resolution videos and have quick access to apps. The Gmail app has such terribly limited usability in key areas. First, it is crazy that I cannot create bulleted or numbered lists. This seems like a key component to writing succinct emails and I am not sure why this is not included. Second, I cannot copy and paste tables from other Google apps and keep the formatting! We send programs to clients that we create in Google sheets, but we do not need to send the entire sheet at one time, only a part. You simply cannot do this without creating an entirely new sheet, and then sharing it with them, which is simply not functional. I would rather be able to copy and paste the section of the sheet that is necessary to use. Lastly, the emails I send from my iPad do not have the same formatting as the desktop site. Again, I am at a loss as to why this is the case. We have a specific signature that we need to use in order to send protected information, and I have to set this signature up again instead of it carrying over from my desktop accessibility. The only good thing about this app is that I can access my email from it. However, it severely limits my ability to send useful emails and this kills my productivity during work hours with my iPad.","First, it is crazy that I cannot create bulleted or numbered lists.",1,TRUE,efficiency,list,62,66,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d2a17e64-e854-44d8-bd8c-45f0fb92c8a8,6760e95d-f725-4e9c-a19f-3a7fcce4eccf,Latest update renders product close to useless,"Updated 10/03. Got the latest update today. Still loads slooow. I think it created more multiple copies of notes but it’s hard to tell. Need to spend some time on the Windows Desktop version, the one that hasn’t been “upgraded” yet, to see if I can fix this mess. I’ve been an Evernote user since 2014. This last update to the iPad version is awful. I wish I never downloaded it. Everything about it is sloooooow. You need to tap a note at least three times before it even attempts to load it, and the notebook is local even. When it does decide to load, twiddle you’re thumbs for a bit because.....slooooooowWhen you use the nearly useless web thing, won’t call it clipper that works well, it tells you next time you sync. Guess what it never seems to do with those pages?  Oh, and if it does......sloooooooow Try sending it pictures.  They note shows up from the email but the pictures. Its nearly to the point where I may have to use either Apple Notes or, god forbid, One Note. Can you re-release the old version as an upgrade to whatever you want to call this?","You need to tap a note at least three times before it even attempts to load it, and the notebook is local even.",1,TRUE,usability,notebook,89,97,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,05277bd6-973d-4610-9411-9135ec48d436,677d5131-1a3a-4cc9-9317-16946420a238,This app is dangerous,"The undo function in this app completely unreliable. Sometimes it works, but just as often it doesn’t and the slip of a finger can cost you hours or days of lost work. Recently, I had someone proof-read a speech I had spent days writing, and he accidentally deleted a key paragraph just an hour before i was supposed to give the speech, and we couldn’t get it back.I’ve talked to Microsoft about this, and each time I call they tell me to delete the app and reinstall it. The undo will work for a time after that, but soon enough the undo stops working and you won’t notice that it has stopped working until it’s too late.I have two colleagues at work who have had the exact same problem, and yet every time I call Microsoft they tell me I’m the only person who has reported this problem. If Microsoft doesn’t even recognize that the problem exists, that tells me they aren’t working on it.It’s too bad because otherwise I love the interface and I like writing on my iPad in MS Word.  But this program is a train wreck.",It’s too bad because otherwise I love the interface and I like writing on my iPad in MS Word.,2,TRUE,usability,interface,43,52,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,5709a697-2e7e-4fa1-ad85-66907b82da71,67daaf94-f9ed-4882-8a9e-1d193dac0b94,Why I didn’t use this version before?,"I’ve been using word and Microsoft office in general on and off.Now, I’m not a techy nor a office person. I am a blue collar worker. But the time for my performance review came and I wanted to present something more profesional than the handwritten typical pages. I tried “pages” in my iPad, google docs and then somebody said “they have a version of word for apple products”. Well, OMG...my review looks great, was super easy and that’s all I have to say.No more handwriting...profesional looking docs will be presented from now on :)  Me, happy.","I tried “pages” in my iPad, google docs and then somebody said “they have a version of word for apple products”.",5,TRUE,general,page,10,14,positive
productivity,things-3,8ac06bea-8f34-4aad-9d06-8ca8814ac16a,67f30dc1-7c14-4bb5-b7bc-4ceb442d8fc4,Not impressed,Just ok not worth the asking price.,Just ok not worth the asking price.,3,TRUE,cost,price,30,35,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2286c675-8387-4ce8-8d27-5e659c688569,6872b252-e442-4c96-827d-217f58e58821,Quality of updates goes up and down.,"Fairly decent mail app that keeps going downhill. There are constant annoyances from the constant redesign of the app. I think they have changed the way things work in this thing half a dozen times in the past year and a half. That is the reason why I cannot use it as my main mail app. This is more like a experiment, something to mess around with but it can’t be a daily driver. You just never know what it’s going to look like the next time they drop an update.I use it to check on secondary mail accounts since this app excels at having several Gmail accounts signed into it.",There are constant annoyances from the constant redesign of the app.,3,TRUE,efficiency,design,51,57,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,0f44e981-b690-48dd-8392-5f9f994847d8,68767768-cdb7-4d49-baa5-837a0d2bf88e,Adorably Motivational,"The cute little trees are just so adorable that I start wanting to put down my phone so I can unlock new ones! I am eagerly awaiting new trees to be added. The user interface is very simple and aesthetic. All in all it’s a great app; the only problem is that sometimes I run into situations where I plant a tree but then end up needing to use my phone for something (like if my mom calls or I have to look up something for homework) and can’t wait for the tree to finish. There is a feature where you can have the app continue counting time after the tree finshes growing, so you can work around the problem by planting a short-time tree and then just continuing to not disturb it. But it would be really great if there was some sort of pause feature, maybe with some limitation like not earning coins if you pause it so that people don’t take advantage of it to ‘cheat’ on their time. Or maybe something where you can erase or reset the time, so you don’t have to feel bad about killing a cute little tree when you actually legitimately needed to use your phone for a minute.",The user interface is very simple and aesthetic.,5,TRUE,usability,interface,10,19,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a64c859f-1f9b-42ac-8857-0402cc2630ae,68ca325c-29bf-4d0d-9ade-a57fe0964c14,Different Timing Options,"I really like the idea of planting trees and getting coins as rewards for staying off of my phone, but choosing how many minutes to set a goal for is hard because I never know how long something is going to last.  If I set it for 30 minutes but then get an important text message from my mom, I have to give up and kill my plant.  I would suggest having a mode that lets you just turn off your phone in the app for as long or as short of a time as you want without setting a goal.  And if we leave the app, it doesn’t kill the tree.  Just the amount of time we stay in the app without leaving it results in different colored plants and trees.  Like maybe 1-5 minutes could be a flower and maybe like 60 minutes could be a willow tree and so forth.","If I set it for 30 minutes but then get an important text message from my mom, I have to give up and kill my plant.",5,TRUE,general,text,54,58,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,df0aab8e-e197-4f8b-b179-f62b7fa973c9,68e29b89-9619-4ac6-abc9-fd311bfa4074,Mostly happy,"For the most part, Word for iPad has been fantastic. Granted, it is not as robust as the desktop version, but one would expect that to be the case. I do have a problem. Normally when I start a document, it remains the open document whenever I return to program, my last document edited remains the opened document. At some point that changed. I have a document that is 2 months old now reopening, and it is causing me problems. Last night I took minutes for a meeting, only to have those lost. I cannot find them anywhere. They are not in my recent documents, not auto saved, just gone. A two hour meeting with copious notes now missing. I had planned to come back to finish my notes and did not save them. What a mistake. It is disappointing that the program changed, and I am now struggling to come up with a document that no longer exists!","They are not in my recent documents, not auto saved, just gone.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,auto save,42,51,negative
productivity,notability,c512a434-21cb-4a39-8400-12c719eb7408,68f0ef44-19ed-415c-a8da-8b71be254fd2,WHAT?,"I haven’t been paying much attention to update when suddenly I realize that my Notability App is awesomely different.  I have been a long time user of this app and have loved it since day one.  I have experimented with other note taking apps but very quickly return to this workhorse of an app.  Now with the latest update I am blown away!  I love to write with my apple pen and being able to convert to text is extremely useful.  So far it has been flawless in conversion; however I am old school in my penmanship so that my work in my favor.  Being able to put notes side by side?  Since I convert all documents into files in Notability for meetings, to be able to pull up other documents alongside of the notes I am taking is absolutely amazing.  One thing that I am watching and am unsure of yet is that in watching battery consumption Notability seems to have suddenly become my primary drain, outstripping my FaceBook app.  So this is something that I will be watching since I tend to leave Notability running in the background.But overall I want to give a big shout of thanks to the developers for making a great app even better.",So this is something that I will be watching since I tend to leave Notability running in the background.,5,TRUE,compatibility,background,94,104,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,7edb25fa-a71a-448b-a64f-83f67668e766,691518a2-60a2-4983-a817-bf65c30feb15,Some great qualities and some negative,"I love how versatile Google is in general. They really have cornered every market digitally and I enjoy their mail app to a certain point. I hate the interface, I hate that you’re limited to what settings you can control from the app. Versus needing detailed settings you’ll have to go to the online site. It’s quick and responsive in my opinion. Always get my mail quickly. But I hate all the add on mailboxes. The sub folders are irritating. And I think just purely speaking of aesthetic and visual design, the look could use some modernization. It’s look reminds me of yahoo circa 1996. Both the online full email suite and the app.... could be designed wayyyy more savvy imho.","And I think just purely speaking of aesthetic and visual design, the look could use some modernization.",3,TRUE,usability,design,58,64,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7c408914-658e-4e95-80c1-17041a17d422,691ffe2a-e032-49cb-a5f4-8b0b23963ed6,NEVERnote - Almost,"Another update and AGAIN the Reminder App Badge is STILL broken. Listen guys, I get it, you’re too stupid to have this work the first time, but after 4 updates it’s still as if you’re unable to find your own rear ends with both hands and a flashlight? This isn’t difficult guys - your app ALWAYS did this before the latest “let’s destroy our company” app update:1. An App Badge shouldn’t appear until the date AND time have been broached. If I want to be Reminded at 10am I shouldn’t have a badge before then (12:00am, which your lazy design currently does EVERY time). If that’s too “over your heads” just check out EVERY OTHER Reminder-type software ever created. I believe it’s possible that you’ll figure it out at some point. 2. The Reminder setting menu needs a day of the week reference in it, NOT JUST the month, date and time. Is it POSSIBLE that I might not know off the top of my head what date is a Monday 3 months from now? And is it POSSIBLE that my Reminders might have more to do with certain days of the week than they do with dates? Hmmm. Yeah, I bet that’s (again) why all other programs built for this kind of thing do that. Get a clue Evernote. You’re so close to becoming NEVERnote to me.","This isn’t difficult guys - your app ALWAYS did this before the latest “let’s destroy our company” app update:
1.",1,TRUE,general,update,104,110,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,72d38c87-ec73-41f0-8482-0711d4588979,694c2e98-d429-4011-8774-0b34524fdf5a,Too much,"Honestly, the constant re-organization and added categories within Gmail have been irritating over these years, but the grain of rice is the new icon. I have a lot stored in Google so it’ll take some time, but I’ll be transitioning out of Gmail and into something simpler and more aesthetically appealing. I switched from Samsung to Apple years ago in favor of the cleaner and simpler design. These new icons have moved from their more minimal and organized-looking aesthetic to a loud maximalist aesthetic that is unappealing. I’ve removed the new Messenger from my homepages and will be doing the same with my gmail until I can permanently delete it.",These new icons have moved from their more minimal and organized-looking aesthetic to a loud maximalist aesthetic that is unappealing.,2,TRUE,general,list,100,104,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,804a7edf-5f71-4075-bd70-ed979de548d5,697f619e-e8e5-46c0-ba5c-d4f1d638cfc7,Very helpful,"Using forest has been a really good tool to cut back on my wasteful use of time. I find myself being more focused and present, which helps my moods and overall morale. I do wish it allowed you to have like 1 min to respond to a text before your tree dies. That part is a bit annoying. But I know texting is problematic for some people so I can see why it’s not allowed during a planting session. For me it was really to get me off FB and other time wasters. I struggle a lot with phone addiction and this has helped me to start developing better habits.",But I know texting is problematic for some people so I can see why it’s not allowed during a planting session.,4,TRUE,security,text,12,16,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,cd992038-1e4e-482c-a697-340895e283f9,699002a4-d486-4225-9234-8dbe318682b3,"Love Office; Heads Up, You Need OneDrive","I personally love Microsoft Word and consider myself a bit of an Office nerd, but I’m having trouble with the iOS version. Don’t get me wrong, I love it, but the changes in the way the ribbon is laid out between PC and iOS is somewhat disorienting. Furthermore, I have NO clue how to export these documents to anything other than using a link. I need to save my docs as PDFs, but there’s no way to do that! If you can help me fix this problem, I will gladly update to 5 stars.UPDATE: I had a thought and actually figured it out on my own. You have to install OneDrive to export as a PDF or save to Files. Now this is okay and I like Microsoft Word infinitely better than Google Docs, but I still wish you could export or save as from within the app itself.","If you can help me fix this problem, I will gladly update to 5 stars.",4,TRUE,general,update,52,58,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1cc16872-5178-463b-bd3c-f05ad9aa1e58,69e0a44c-65f2-43f0-bda4-c44a2c41a9a2,Are you kidding me??,"There are 2 huge things wrong with the gmail app that 80% of users hate and yet google continues to do updates on the app and completely ignore these 2 very crucial problems. 1- It doesn't allow you to turn off conversation view. It is awful. It's crazy to me that Google won't listen to thousands of complaints regarding this. In my job I will use the same subject line in many different conversations. So then it groups all of those emails together.  And many times important messages get lost in these lengthy ""conversations"".  Also to make it worse, I can’t label each of the emails separately.  It only allows you to label the entire “conversation” which doesn’t work for me since it groups together emails that have nothing to do with each other. 2- It won't allow you to add your signature right after your message.  It adds it at the very bottom of the string of conversations making it pointless to have a signature at all.  Someone would have to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the whole conversation to see your signature.  Who would do that??  How does google not see this as a problem?  And, do they mean to put the signature at the very bottom or is this a glitch?Google stop wasting time on STUPID updates like this last one or on producing cars, and actually fix your basic problems with gmail.","Google stop wasting time on STUPID updates like this last one or on producing cars, and actually fix your basic problems with gmail.",1,TRUE,reliability,update,36,42,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1d7b3fd7-e0b6-406e-a66b-3405f5fd237d,69e42155-1b63-491b-8c5e-8589294977c5,Functionally Superior / Terrible App Icon Design,I prefer this app over any other email client for the iPhone. It is very a lot easier to follow a thread of emails through this app than it is on the stock app that comes on an iPhone. My only suggestion is to change the app icon. It’s an eye sore to have the icon in my home screen with so much white space unused. It would look much better if the gmail icon was zoomed in to where there wasn’t any white space around the boarder of it. Even if you had to stretch it to fit.,It’s an eye sore to have the icon in my home screen with so much white space unused.,4,TRUE,usability,space,72,77,negative
productivity,things-3,fb1571f6-986e-45f1-9dc5-c7bc2bb65e6e,6a6bc6e6-45de-4448-a3ae-9898b167f58e,Great besides one BIG thing!,"I love the app and the design of it makes it nice to use. I wish there was an option to preview first line of notes so I didn’t have to go into the task every time... but that’s no the problem I needed to bring attention to. The main flaw of this app is the app icon itself. Hear me out. For as sleek at the design of the actual app is the icon doesn’t really reflect that and it just kinda looks ugly on my home screen so I wish some improvement could be made like modernizing the icon and then let us change it to match the theme we pick within the app. That is it, other than that great app I love it.",I love the app and the design of it makes it nice to use.,4,TRUE,usability,design,24,30,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,d84f2707-3d24-4aa8-b534-2f1c425a4c33,6a7fe56d-72e9-48cc-9e19-06a053f5d133,"Very Unreliable, Does Not Save","This app is an attempt to be what Word is on a computer. There is limited functionality, buggy interaction, and the save feature is terrible. I am a grad student who relies on Word for all my papers. Today, my second paper was erased by Microsoft Word and One Note. I had the auto save feature enabled and track changes enabled (because Word deleted my work before). I went to save my work manually (because I knew the auto save doesn’t work all the time), and it was grey. I could not turn auto save off, and it was not saving even though I had a stable internet connection in the library I always work from. So I saved a copy of the file to my device and it showed it save to my ipad. I restarted my application thinking all was fine, only to find none of my work saved, and that copy I made disappeared! I also found in trying to recover the files that there is no recover functionality and there hasn’t been since at least 2018 when another user reported the same problem. I lost almost 3 hours of work. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP! Stick to a computer until the developers get serious about the things we are serious about.","Today, my second paper was erased by Microsoft Word and One Note.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,paper,18,23,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0d71ae00-e218-4152-954e-ac7a8da4eef1,6ad51acc-a328-4dbe-9cdc-32bb749f2dd3,Version 10 is a deal breaker,"I’ve used Evernote since 2001 and have loved it, until they updated to version 10. I prefer to take handwritten notes. There’s plenty of science to back handwritten note taking and I want to stick with it. Previously I could take great note pages with Evernote. I’ve been doing that since the first Apple Pencil was released. But now the handwriting portion is absolutely terrible. The pages are sized/resized differently and the pencil recognition is extremely poor. It doesn’t track well with the pencil so my writing is not smooth or clear. Additionally the pressure sensitivity isn’t working anymore either.I’ve tried working with support but they haven’t come up with any acceptable solutions yet. I hate to go look for a new app and give up the 10 years of history that I have in Evernote, but that is where I am at currently. Hopefully they can fix it before that happens.",There’s plenty of science to back handwritten note taking and I want to stick with it.,1,TRUE,usability,note taking,47,58,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,36bbf6ed-6a4e-4368-b53f-3f1c70d8a009,6ad5da68-66d7-496c-bd34-1ee85003ff3b,Faulty Chrome extension,"This app used to be great, and its strongest point is the syncing between web browser and mobile app. While the mobile app still gets regular updates, the Chrome extension is no longer maintained. It stopped working in 2019 and was never updated. Trees planted in Chrome sessions are not synced, and the extension is really glitchy. Most of the distractions in WFH comes from web browsing. Developers, please fix the Chrome extension.EDIT: Devs got in touch to say the Chrome extension was updated. Well, it was not. Everything is still buggy. The screen is not responsive unless you close it and open again. Can't change tree species. Won't sync. Doesn't work at all.","This app used to be great, and its strongest point is the syncing between web browser and mobile app.",1,TRUE,security,sync,59,63,positive
productivity,notability,3c4b2022-c26f-45ec-b11a-f8b31c8f3aeb,6b2dcc20-fe2a-4ebf-a4ae-4e38c6c8502d,Best app for taking notes,"I have been using notability as my sole notebook for university. The integration within the iPad makes this app extremely efficient. The ability to be taking notes, hear something that I want to add a visual graphic for and quickly finding an image in split screen and instantly sending that image directly to the note I’m working on in Noteability, all without actually leaving my notes, is something that I use all the time. I import my textbooks into the app so that I can use the search feature to find things in the text and in my notes. I can’t say enough about how much I like this app. The UI is very simple and clean which means you spend less time trying to get the app to do what you want, and more time focusing on the lecture. In the year and a half that I’ve been using Noteability, I’ve only seen the app stutter or need to be restarted a few times on my iPad Pro so the app is very reliable.Definitely would recommend to anyone looking for a note taking app!",Definitely would recommend to anyone looking for a note taking app!,5,TRUE,efficiency,note taking,52,63,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,57153c3a-4578-4a95-866e-ac84c1aae73f,6b62b0be-bb33-4fa0-89ee-7f72ac2bec77,"A1 app, but maybe some updates would be needed","I absolutely love this app when I’m studying, the only downside is that I do sometimes have to text my friends for help on homework which can get tricky with the app. I also think it would be really cool to have a to do list on the app and set yourself a timer for each assignment. Maybe even a timer that blocks all apps on your phone once it reaches a certain time, like after school so the user can focus on his or her work! I love this app I just have to many wild ideas😂",I also think it would be really cool to have a to do list on the app and set yourself a timer for each assignment.,4,TRUE,general,list,54,58,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,240147ff-8ecc-43ad-b0c1-b513d283aa91,6ba19535-d4ac-44d9-99c0-f83591fc3f7d,"Good App, Could Be Improved","This is a pretty good app for helping people get off their phone during work, class, studying, etc.Some things that could be improved:1. If “taking a break” didn’t end the extra minutes you can get. As it is, the feature is useless because you may as well have just quit out of the app anyway.2. If you could take one break during the original time you had allotted. This would be useful for long work periods and/or if you just needed to make a quick phone call or text.3. Giving up should give you a dead tree and the alive trees you already earned. If you spend 60 minutes working, then have to end 5 minutes early for something, all your time working shouldn’t go to waste just because of that five minutes!3b. Dead trees also have “stages” based on how much time you gave up on, where giving up on less time gives you a smaller dead tree.","Dead trees also have “stages” based on how much time you gave up on, where giving up on less time gives you a smaller dead tree.",4,TRUE,general,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,783a08cb-edd0-4210-a30c-0028248f8ed5,6bb32072-1a0a-43a5-b42a-83efcde050cf,Review as requested by app.,"TOP LINE: Meh, so far. It looks pretty. It’s stable. It’s cheap. Poor user support and tutorial. Limited use compared to other “Pomodoro” type apps.  Buy if curious. Skip if you’re happy with your system.PRO: the app (1) looks pretty and (2) is stable within the current version of iOS (12.x.x). (3) Reasonable one-time price for most features.CON: (1) very weak tutorial. Much seems to be figure out as you go. (2) Poor user accessible support. Ex: App Settings -> FAQs -> blank page with spinning circle. Waited for a full minute. Still spinning. (3.) Arbitrary request for review instead of, “How are we doing?”  I’ve seen other apps, in their tutorial, mention they’d really appreciate a review but they don’t interrupt your workflow.NEUTRAL: I wish Apple didn’t restrict putting specific apps on the Whitelist. That would have been a great boon if possible. That said, I’d imagine the developers are more frustrated about that than I am.So that’s my review as requested.Hopefully, I’ll learn how to get more out of this app and will update my review at that point.",Ex: App Settings -> FAQs -> blank page with spinning circle.,3,TRUE,general,page,35,39,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,f3faaf89-e2c6-41d7-838f-b62a3e7f8d9b,6bd610a8-1c26-416a-ad3a-9719d3418f8f,Just the best email,"Sure they use our info and sell it off for marketing purposes and yea there’s rumors of them listening in on us, but let’s be real here. Google is the superpower of the internet. Best web browser, best email, best cloud storage, honestly the only thing I can even think to complain about is filtering my searches to show me things more for ad purposes than what I’m really searching for. Buts it’s free so.","Sure they use our info and sell it off for marketing purposes and yea there’s rumors of them listening in on us, but let’s be real here.",5,TRUE,security,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,notability,79ae1b42-5163-4359-a6af-dccc1dc5337f,6c0b4928-482e-41c9-b43e-bb78b1db6e43,I love this app but...,"I use this for note taking for my College classes. Very simple and easy to use. Like being able to make custom colors for pen.   But when I use the thicker pen option, after writing my apple pen, chunks of the writing just disappears... I contacted support with my issue, pictures and all, and I got no response. It’s been two months, and the issue persists. PLEASE fix this. If I am not able to read my writing because whole letters/chunks of letters randomly disappear AFTER the full writing was just there, this app is completely useless, because I do not have time to trace over countless pages of notes.UPDATE: After recent update, found out this app only gets worse and worse!!! Now icloud syncing takes over 30 minutes to load documents. it’s not my wifi, trust me. Every app / icloud itself works perfectly fine otherwise on its own. My favorite (and first) incident of this happening was when I started a timed test (open note). Went to go open my notes and they didn’t load!! the entirety of a 60 minute test!! so thanks for that C- grade. At this point, all of the issues with this app are NOT worth dealing with. Will be buying a new app that actually works.",Now icloud syncing takes over 30 minutes to load documents.,1,TRUE,compatibility,icloud sync,5,16,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,ea037e14-7d1f-45a6-a9b1-e0af66f5a72d,6c2cfbbc-8dff-49a4-bf72-ee698ccd610a,A “former” long-time user of Evernote,"I’ve used Evernote for many, many years and am a premium subscriber. I have over 1000 notes of all kinds in over a dozen notebooks. The app used to work flawlessly with great search function and seamless sync between devices. With the most recent update, it has become a pain to use, especially when I think about the monthly subscription that I send to them. The primary issue is with my desktop version running Windows 10. Newly created notes disappear and many times I’m unable to create a note at all requiring me to log out and log back in to create a new note. Horribly damaged functionality with the most recent update. I’ll give it a few more months to see if they can fix these issues. If not, I’ll be cancelling my subscription and looking for a new note keeping app. So sad and disappointed...","With the most recent update, it has become a pain to use, especially when I think about the monthly subscription that I send to them.",1,TRUE,cost,subscription,101,113,negative
productivity,notability,7c310f58-6b93-4e00-9ce9-a44caa5efd14,6c2f07b1-b9ac-4c6f-b223-1ddcbb2f0345,Latest updates ruined Notability,"Dear app developers, please go back to the old versions of picture handling and drawing in order to make this app remotely useful again. The app was incredibly useful and pretty much perfect about 1 year ago.My main use of Notability is taking pictures of lecture slides and using the highlighter or pencil tool to annotate these pictures. After this latest update, every time I try to write over the picture with the highlighter or pencil tool using my finger, Notability thinks I’m trying to move the picture and moves the picture instead of registering my annotations. This essentially makes the app useless for my purposes.In addition, a new update intended to allow us to draw clean shapes is making my drawing process a nightmare. If I take my time drawing a complex shape, Notability will automatically turn whatever I am drawing into a perfect circle (infuriating). So my secondary use of the app—drawing—is also now no longer feasible on Notability.UPDATE: Thank you very much for your reply, I appreciate it! I upgraded my review to 4 stars. Your new update is much better. There is still some minor glitching going on where, when I hit the “undo” button, it scrolls me up to the top of my document. For example, I insert a picture, draw on the picture, and hit “undo” twice, and instead of deleting the picture, Notability scrolls me up to the top of the document.","Dear app developers, please go back to the old versions of picture handling and drawing in order to make this app remotely useful again.",4,TRUE,general,picture,60,67,negative
productivity,notability,7c310f58-6b93-4e00-9ce9-a44caa5efd14,6c2f07b1-b9ac-4c6f-b223-1ddcbb2f0345,Latest updates ruined Notability,"Dear app developers, please go back to the old versions of picture handling and drawing in order to make this app remotely useful again. The app was incredibly useful and pretty much perfect about 1 year ago.My main use of Notability is taking pictures of lecture slides and using the highlighter or pencil tool to annotate these pictures. After this latest update, every time I try to write over the picture with the highlighter or pencil tool using my finger, Notability thinks I’m trying to move the picture and moves the picture instead of registering my annotations. This essentially makes the app useless for my purposes.In addition, a new update intended to allow us to draw clean shapes is making my drawing process a nightmare. If I take my time drawing a complex shape, Notability will automatically turn whatever I am drawing into a perfect circle (infuriating). So my secondary use of the app—drawing—is also now no longer feasible on Notability.UPDATE: Thank you very much for your reply, I appreciate it! I upgraded my review to 4 stars. Your new update is much better. There is still some minor glitching going on where, when I hit the “undo” button, it scrolls me up to the top of my document. For example, I insert a picture, draw on the picture, and hit “undo” twice, and instead of deleting the picture, Notability scrolls me up to the top of the document.","Dear app developers, please go back to the old versions of picture handling and drawing in order to make this app remotely useful again.",4,TRUE,usability,old version,44,55,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,0eebe2b9-0013-4dd3-af34-4d35cf3893bb,6d0efbc2-e40f-4d70-a8eb-a3a2c0a54aa3,I have to complain,"I like this App when I study. However, how could you update the App and increase almost all the popular trees without notice your users???! Please give me an answer.","However, how could you update the App and increase almost all the popular trees without notice your users???!",2,TRUE,usability,update,24,30,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,623fe54c-75c4-4d3b-82fd-72c7325b6da5,6d859de4-7493-46e0-9d7a-67f74b5a02b2,"Not Fully Functional, Even with Office 365 Supscription","This is a very basic app for limited use of creating Word documents. No grammar check. No easy way to format page or paragraph. Saving these documents has by far been my biggest problem. No matter what I use: iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive or the actual iPad, it takes too long for the document to save correctly. You can tell when there is no actual time stamp on the document. I notice this once I am ready to upload the document as an attachment to email, within an online class forum, to a job application or any other institution that may require me to upload or attach the document. Always says there’s not data in the file and therefore cannot be attached. Hours later, it magically saves and becomes a real document with data. This is with a strong internet connection be it using cellular data from the device or wi-fi, it doesn’t matter, it is always a pain. I thought I would be able to do more but this app is so basic, I may as well just use Google docs.",This is a very basic app for limited use of creating Word documents.,1,TRUE,general,document,59,67,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,05166622-d6e2-4c63-a091-443557c1ba8b,6d95c824-070a-466b-a9da-299d63cb8dca,Woohoo!,"Aspiring novelist here. I LOVE Word; I've got it on my laptop and my phone (no duh.)Anyway, it's really great for keeping your stories with you wherever you go and writing wherever you go, too. Yaaay! 😁BUT...There's no proper read mode, where you can't edit something. I'm sick of reading my document and accidentally tapping something that brings me back to further in the page. Do me a favor and add one, please? Otherwise, Word is great, but it's missing a few features...",Aspiring novelist here.,4,TRUE,general,list,14,18,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,43e1aef5-d46a-48bf-a672-cc8bf8410178,6dead894-5be5-4131-8c52-0a0bcc2cfd2a,"Works for email, no split screen","This app works well for email, particularly my corporate mail...however on the iPad there’s no split screen functionality. This severely limits multitasking and given that googles other apps can do it I’m shocked this one can’t. Even calendar allows a slide over... please add this and I’ll happily give that last star.",Even calendar allows a slide over... please add this and I’ll happily give that last star.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,calendar,6,14,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,42226aa9-0de1-477a-8ab8-9cbc5c92fe87,6f665958-fcc4-47c3-afea-9435901185b9,Great way to stay organized!,"Get rid of all the post-it notes and random notes on your calendar (electronic or paper) with reminders of things to do. Consolidate goals, accomplishments and worksheets into one easy- to-access tool. Evernote technology and availability on multiple platforms makes this a really great tool.",Get rid of all the post-it notes and random notes on your calendar (electronic or paper) with reminders of things to do.,5,TRUE,usability,calendar,59,67,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,42226aa9-0de1-477a-8ab8-9cbc5c92fe87,6f665958-fcc4-47c3-afea-9435901185b9,Great way to stay organized!,"Get rid of all the post-it notes and random notes on your calendar (electronic or paper) with reminders of things to do. Consolidate goals, accomplishments and worksheets into one easy- to-access tool. Evernote technology and availability on multiple platforms makes this a really great tool.",Get rid of all the post-it notes and random notes on your calendar (electronic or paper) with reminders of things to do.,5,TRUE,general,reminder,95,103,negative
productivity,things-3,5bcb2e04-97f9-4524-b069-bb826b355f3b,6f74c41e-1ba3-4444-a749-f8449b3e5dae,Best app out there,"Honestly everything about this app is amazing. The interactions. The seamless syncing between devices. The on boarding to-do lists leave you feeling inspired to get into a serious workflow to get things done and in order.I’ve tried a multitude of cheaper or free to-do list apps and had little to no success with them. This one actually encourages a workflow rather than just writing down things you haven’t done yet. Splash the cash, get into a routine with this thing, and see things done.Big love for this app.",The seamless syncing between devices.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,sync,14,18,positive
productivity,things-3,78b5f58c-3d1d-4b62-8079-3400b5d9065f,6fd2b602-22e4-4689-aeb4-c2c77436de2f,Could be better,"I really want to like this to do list app for my phone especially because it’s a pay-once and isn’t behind some subscription fee system. However, as nice as that UI may seem, I find this app a little too clumsy for my liking.",I really want to like this to do list app for my phone especially because it’s a pay-once and isn’t behind some subscription fee system.,2,TRUE,compatibility,subscription,113,125,positive
productivity,notability,7eedb964-532a-4645-8d5f-439aacf5e0fa,701b2cf6-fa77-4ba1-b5bc-47459c4662c1,Used to LOVE IT,"Honestly I started using notability about a year ago when I bought my iPad and I pencil used to LOVE IT and take it EVERYWHERE. It was amazing used to sync with my computer and phone, had so many capabilities and benefits Now I’m not as happy because as I’ve continued to use it issues have started to manifest... it tends to crash randomly causing me to lose the last several minutes of my notes. At some point when class notes have too many pages and images the images just got lost, they LITERALLY disappeared from the place I put them in and randomly moved pages, even though I only ever added pages at the bottom of my notes. Honestly I was so excited about this app I recommended it to everyone I know. Now I’m devastated I trusted it so much because ALL my notes from the entire year I’ve been using this application seem compromised. Honestly just keep using pages if you’re looking for something to do notes in. Not worth being able to use both written text and handwriting with the iPad. Hopefully pages will at some point develop the functionality of using iPad and I pencil for notes at the same time.",Honestly just keep using pages if you’re looking for something to do notes in.,2,TRUE,general,page,26,30,positive
productivity,notability,fda7f865-c351-4c64-97b6-5c06be6f66ba,703035e8-18d9-4211-867c-0c1aec8642df,Possibly the greatest application for students,"Notability changed the game for me, I never even think about printing lecture slides and wasting paper. This is a must have for students, it allows you to essentially write on any pdf/ppt. You can even import images into your notes which makes it useful if I want to take a picture of something or even a screenshot of my textbook and import it. Also has tools for recording voice if you want to record a lecture and associate it with a particular note. Handy system for organizing and color coding topics/folders. Even syncs with most major cloud data services like google drive, Dropbox, etc. Tools to markup your notes are pretty intuitive and easy to use, has lots of useful tools to choose from. It’s very easy to study even if I don’t have my iPad since I can open this on my iPhone and everything syncs. Has a computer app too which costs more but it’s super easy to just airdrop notability notes to your laptop and open them there. I would highly recommend this if you intend to use your iPad for school.",Handy system for organizing and color coding topics/folders.,5,TRUE,general,color,33,38,positive
productivity,notability,27aed435-3431-4232-92b9-10e0b863af1f,70b9c4cd-0aa7-49bc-8234-7c9e4ab4d0ab,"Best available, but not amazing 😕","Need more paper options; the ones you can download from the Dropbox are great, but are inconvenient to use and sometimes don’t work. When trying to duplicate those empty pages, it merely copies a blank page (nothing). Slightly ridiculous that you can’t name things the same name even when in different dividers. Ghosting bug occurs somewhat often, when holding down to create a line or shape the app hangs and reacts like pencil is still held down even when released. Ability to change page size would be a great feature.Definitely one of the best note-taking apps available, but that is saying more about how bad others are than how good this one is.","Need more paper options; the ones you can download from the Dropbox are great, but are inconvenient to use and sometimes don’t work.",3,TRUE,compatibility,paper,11,16,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d28932e1-fe36-4257-93e1-7806e71209b4,70c53f4b-8185-449d-ab81-60d55c6f5e0b,"Evernote used to be so great, now payment problems","I’ve had Evernote for years. I don’t know how many incremental price increases I’ve happily acquiesced to. I was an early adopter of premium even. Everything was great, up until two months ago. Now the company is acting like I haven’t paid my subscription. It’s been on auto renew since 2014 with no issues. I have the iTunes receipts and everything. Last month they “apologized” for the inconvenience and agreed I was paid in full. I just received an email saying my “complimentary month” has expired. I’ve been downgraded to basic even though I sent them an email with the iTunes receipt attached four days ago. No response from customer service. iTunes is helping, but the best they can do is get me my money back. I just wish iTunes wasn’t shady now.",Now the company is acting like I haven’t paid my subscription.,1,TRUE,cost,subscription,50,62,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6e8f2a24-bfff-4ddd-84de-0eda4c3803f2,70f6d367-0819-498a-948c-29174b25a230,Nice and Interactive,"I really like to be able to use my Gmail Calendar for family events. I use color coding and it integrates with my Outlook calendar for business. The color coding let’s me see who in the family has the event, daughter-ballet, son-football, Bible Study and do on. I am sure there will be more exciting things to come from Gmail calendaring.",I am sure there will be more exciting things to come from Gmail calendaring.,5,TRUE,usability,calendar,65,73,positive
productivity,notability,f32f2564-b8be-4e79-b7fd-a2b61035242f,71bfa603-a50e-45be-8f35-59148febd9a8,Love it!! But missing two key features,"This app is great for students in college!! It’s great when professors post their lectures because you can download them to the app and just fill in additional notes anywhere on the page! The app is very dynamic with the features it supplies for a spectacular note taking experience such as recording audio, inserting pictures, syncing data from iPad to MacBook, and more!Key feature recommendation: 1) Tabs:l would love to see this app implement the feature that Good Notes 4 has which is the tab function where you can have multiple documents open in a row of tabs at the top and also remembers where you are in the file when you want switch to another document. It is a bit inconvenient because sometimes l would transfer my notes to Good Notes 4 just to be able to switch between documents to study for exams. 2) Undo 2.0Hitting the back button sometimes can be slow especially when I’m writing notes at the bottom of the page or when the lecturer talks very fast. It would be great for the undo button to also be at the button of the page or even tap 2 fingers on the screen to undo. This app would be so fantastic with this feature and would easy and definitely be at the top of all note taking apps. Please please please add this feature to Notability!",It would be great for the undo button to also be at the button of the page or even tap 2 fingers on the screen to undo.,3,TRUE,general,page,71,75,positive
productivity,notability,a5fd3b73-0326-4f32-a348-e9ea2f5585b9,72093367-2dad-4e35-b64b-902a8da21045,Best notes app,"I’ve spent a lot of time trying different note taking apps on the iPad: Notes, Paper, Evernote and Notability, among others. Notability is my favorite, by far. Most of the time, I use Notability for taking technical notes, either following research papers, books, or my own narrative. Paper make it easy to make things pretty, but using it for technical notes has drawbacks: difficult to organize large numbers of notebooks, no scrolling - need to add/navigate pages, limited support for drawing shapes - snap to straight line and circle, but no resize, no curves, etc, no concept of layer beyond instrument. Notes is quite nice, and most portable, but lacking a first class object model and a clunky interface for drawing shapes. Evernote offers nothing beyond Notes, and the app can be slow and non-ergonomic in several ways. Notability is a pleasure to use: great notebook manager/explorer, powerful drawing tools, snap to lines, circles, curves, powerful object model allowing resize, moving, deleting.","Notes is quite nice, and most portable, but lacking a first class object model and a clunky interface for drawing shapes.",5,TRUE,usability,interface,93,102,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1b4bf00a-583c-4a36-bdeb-479364a97df8,72703dec-be31-4e54-9681-6db96bad1d7d,Going backward in time,"Update: After months of using us and multiple updates, I see zero improvement. There’s no formatting functionality, the text selection is atrocious, and the app truly drives me nuts. I wish I could give this negative stars. ———————-What gives, Google? You have the best engineers in the world. Why can’t you focus on user experience?I recently moved to GSuite and adopted this app to read my Gmail. I’m NOT impressed. The app makes it really difficult to select text when I need to edit something I’ve typed. For some reason, it jumps around and makes it challenging to select a specific word or put the cursor in the middle of a specific word to correct a misspelling. I don’t have this problem in other apps on the same device. In addition, there is no formatting capability. What the heck? I can’t even add bullets or bold face. When I copy/paste something in from another app, that pasted text retains whatever formatting was in the original version. There’s no way to clear formatting so that it looks like part of the email.I like the fact that it allows me to organize the email the same way that Gmail allows, but the level of effort necessary to compose a simple message is truly aggravating.","There’s no formatting functionality, the text selection is atrocious, and the app truly drives me nuts.",1,TRUE,usability,functionality,23,36,negative
productivity,things-3,947f8773-d1bd-40a6-8244-9a8b8ca1be61,72864e48-bfcb-498d-810c-058582a70e37,"Great app, but too expensive for multiple devices","This is probably the most perfect app for organizing I have ever used. It would be so much more useful if I could also have it installed on my iPad and desktop Mac, however the fact of having to pay for all of those three things separately, and that the desktop app is super expensive makes that impossible. There should be a bundle offered at a reduced price for people who want full functionality cross-platform.",There should be a bundle offered at a reduced price for people who want full functionality cross-platform.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,78,91,negative
productivity,things-3,ce66d108-a52e-4a9d-b6d2-ff8d19dfa19d,72b7bb5b-1b03-417b-abd5-9a305c01da76,Not intuitive: It’s hard to input alarms and tags,"2 of us have been using Things for several months on iPhone and iPad on a regular basis. However it’s still quite cumbersome to enter a simple task we want put in the right bucket...and for it to even show up on our radar! It is not quick or easy to see or input alarm times, or tags. I don’t like the way it hides to dos so easily (yet some groups I can’t I hide that I don’t want to delete - like their tips). The view of the categories is too BIG. We should also be able to make all tasks under it pull down in one list and show all the time or hit a button to hide them. The tags are annoying!!!!! It should work like file folders but doesn’t. For example I have tags for:Who- Me- Child A- Child B- Grandma etc Action- lap top- online - car- phone call Etc I don’t want to see every single item unless I click on the parent tag!!!! This makes it hard to do quick tasks also and keep them organized. To organize them in things everything takes way to long! Poor interface. WAy too expensive for what it is!I bought Thibgs for ipads, IPhone, + and imac!!! Why all these rave reviews??!","It is not quick or easy to see or input alarm times, or tags.",2,TRUE,usability,tag,57,60,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e437fd30-c43b-492f-b994-595a63c8561b,72db1254-0533-4477-b5d7-e6c729594148,Another Horrible Update - Please Go Back!,"This is an update from December 2020. Another irresponsible update results in poor UX/UI on my new iPhone Xr and iPad. With this update an entire stack disappeared on these devices, but thankfully it’s still there on desktop and in the cloud from logging in via browser. I’m seriously looking for an alternative to Evernote at this point :(Original Review: I used to love working with the Evernote app. Been using it since around 2011. I waited until I thought they were solid enough to buy a 1 year upgrade. Two months into my subscription, IT happened. THEY changed the look of the app (that was very close to perfect already) and made it hard to navigate, clunky and slow... Sometimes it takes 20-30 seconds for the app to respond now, and it regularly freezes -- then I have to close it and re-open again. Really? You guys think that is better than before?",Another irresponsible update results in poor UX/UI on my new iPhone Xr and iPad.,1,TRUE,general,update,23,29,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,558f5777-8a53-47a5-af2a-0a5504315223,7308cb0b-c495-4952-a0bf-9aa12cef362c,Amazing app for students!,"I learned about this app through numerous study blogs on Tumblr and Instagram. I noticed a lot of students who run those blogs use Forest to help them focus when working on assignments and studying.Out of curiosity, I downloaded this app and tried it myself. As a graduate student, I love this app. It allows me to set a specific time which correlates to a different tree that you plant. The cute graphics makes me motivated not to use my phone while on this app because it will kill my tree if I exit out of it. I’ve noticed I have been less distracted during those chunks of time I set on Forest. To all students who have trouble staying motivated and focused, try Forest out! :)",I learned about this app through numerous study blogs on Tumblr and Instagram.,5,TRUE,general,tag,72,75,positive
productivity,notability,c5476b7d-1792-435a-911d-5ed774c90eec,7312eeea-ec97-4b7a-bba8-38964d97ab89,cut feature didnt paste,"Im using an ipad pro with 8gb free space. and currently 43% battery. I cut some handwritten notes from one note to transfer to another note and there was absolutely no memory of it no paste. And of course there was no way to undo it. other than that, I use it for med school. Notes are a pain to organize. I keep trying to move a group of notes beyond a folder but it ends up in the folder. I am sure I could figure it out but that’s too much effort. they should just make it more user friendly.Im giving it 3 stars becuse it’s so buggy now that it irritates me as much as goodnotes. when making dots with the highlighter, there is some weird cut into my perfect circle, like a block was taken out. for me, the best update so far has been the ability to pick more colors like how long ago? after that this app sits on the verge of annoying me.sometimes I stare at the app and wait for it to respond so i can copy stuff. maybe it cant’t handle all the files I have, which is about 15 gb. i definitely avoid this app for pdfs and use goodnotes 4.",Im using an ipad pro with 8gb free space.,3,TRUE,usability,space,36,41,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,41543013-7632-448b-aa34-b126d8a9c33f,73608419-7971-4e63-92c1-39dc7b7c30cc,Cool & useful,But still have a problem the previous version was better I think  draw instruments was better,"But still have a problem the previous version was better 
I think  draw instruments was better",5,TRUE,reliability,previous version,30,46,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,2dd45c70-dec0-4700-9fd4-f894a2fefa44,7393ea60-061a-4af5-9825-e7cdb39ce432,I USE IT FOR MY POETRY,This app is Easy to use and understand. Auto save is a life saver and it automatically syncs to other devices you are logged in to and shows your work. Autocorrection and font settings are smooth. Love this app so far.,Auto save is a life saver and it automatically syncs to other devices you are logged in to and shows your work.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,48,52,positive
productivity,notability,bad31c5f-ca9d-45de-ae7b-f8e3852b4647,73944f89-04dc-4045-bac9-8623c784937e,Perfect For Students,"This app is my go to app for anything I do in school. It has made taking notes fun and easy. And now after using this app for a little over a year and a half, I can absolutely say that this is my favorite note taking app. Practically everything that I do for school is on this app, which when paired to my phone makes it a breeze to quickly scroll through my notes at any time. The writing feels fluid with great options for size and colors. Importing files and documents is extremely easy and fast. On tops of this, the line straitening and shape recognition is amazingly useful and easy, without being intrusive or correcting things that were not meant to be corrected. My one issue I have is with organization. Especially towards the end of the year when I have hundreds of notes and files, they can often be lost in the clutter. I have found ways around this by specifically labeling my files so all of my notes, quizzes, tests, and handouts are all sorted by category alphabetically, but I wish there was a way to put folders inside of subjects. This app is my favorite, but to make it the best it really needs a better way to organize files inside of subjects. Again, I cant imagine creating folders inside of subjects would be hard do and I really hope they include this soon in an update.",Importing files and documents is extremely easy and fast.,4,TRUE,usability,document,21,29,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9b8ef50f-bf0b-436e-b774-7d267af6b47a,73a4ea8e-6fcc-43ea-b9d1-f1169c4766a5,Powerful (minus) slow = unstoppable,"I cannot say enough great things about Evernote. It gives you everything you need from a notebook and spreadsheet. And I if you're still a pen and paper addict, don't worry, it collects that too. My clients don't want to see anything digital on the table when we meet. Instead I take notes by hand. However, to give those hand written notes, the advantages of digital, Lam I do is take a photo with Evernote. From there, even with my handwriting, everything has been searchable. Evernote gives the analog world the advantages of digital. The ONLY thing I can ask for is a faster loading page when I click on the app button. But let's be realistic, with all this power, there is bound to be some lag. Just wait for technology to catch up.Thanks EN team!",Evernote gives the analog world the advantages of digital.,4,TRUE,general,tag,42,45,positive
productivity,notability,2be7e495-a454-4d7f-a4c5-e2897a4be0f0,73bf75b8-9df7-4245-b592-5a954a124d3b,Review of Notability,"I have been using the product for more than a year and been very satisfied. I have recommended it to friends and colleagues. I use the handwriting tool almost exclusively for document entries, Note entries during meetings and conferences and rough drawing of diagrams.  There are a couple of additional options that would help me:1.  The ability to move and insert entries to keep similar entries together. Right now I can insert a new page but not insert large amount of information within a page.  2.  Some of my diagrams have long continuous lines.  Right now If I touch one dot on the line it removes the whole thing.  I would like to be able to refine the diagram without removing a whole section.  3. The volume of my saved documents has expanded and I would like to go more and more paperless. I think Notability would work for my goals. I am having difficulty searching for words above the Note level.  I would like an expansion and education on using Notability for a paperless system. Thank you for a good product.",I would like an expansion and education on using Notability for a paperless system.,4,TRUE,general,paper,67,72,negative
productivity,things-3,1bfe48f6-7247-4b90-9c63-106784560be8,73cd9c91-81cd-44ea-a3a9-4b1535dcde11,Too bright needs dark mode,"The app is good, but the user interface is too bright. It needs a dark mode badly.",It needs a dark mode badly.,1,TRUE,general,dark mode,12,21,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,62101fe7-7a69-4ae9-83f7-ea658bfd807c,747ee030-ea2a-4fbb-b069-b1bc1f446555,Use with Caution-Random Crashes Cause Data Lisa,"I have been using Microsoft word on pc, mac, and iPad for several years and mostly had a good experience. Until recently with the iPad app, which I use almost everyday. The app will randomly crash and delete hours worth of progress I had made on a document. It freezes, sits, and then force closes and when I reopen, my hard work is gone. I auto save to Dropbox, and after experiencing this crash issue multiple times, I periodically go in and out of documents to make sure they are saving, as well as check the menu bar to see that it says “changes are automatically saved to Dropbox.” Which it always does, even during that hour of work that didn’t save after the crash! Why is it telling me it’s saving when it’s really not? I don’t believe this a Dropbox issue, because word itself is crashing. Last time it crashed when I was exiting the document (doing my insane self-checking because I’m so paranoid about this problem). Just froze, and I knew that it was too late. There’s nothing more devastating. I’ve troubleshooted this problem, but no progress yet. I’m considering another word processor app at this point, but that would be inconvenient because no one else has Dropbox integration. Fix your app, please. This is ridiculous.",Last time it crashed when I was exiting the document (doing my insane self-checking because I’m so paranoid about this problem).,2,TRUE,security,document,45,53,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,cde0c68b-e774-4910-a4d9-062bf7e3a172,74f28b07-090f-4a03-a1c4-7be9ab21808c,It USED to be a decent app,"I pretty much use the free version of this app to import my own free fonts and type what I need for business. Ever since iOS updated, this app refuses to allow my downloaded fonts to function properly. Before my font disappeared, and they claimed to have fixed it. Now they claim there isn’t enough space to load the font...uh what? For an iPad that I use primarily for business, there is so much space on here that its laughable. Since its obvious the creators of this app have no intention of updating their app to function with the new iOS update, I will be deleting it and looking for another app I can use.","For an iPad that I use primarily for business, there is so much space on here that its laughable.",1,TRUE,usability,space,65,70,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,317091c5-0ca1-40c4-8609-9eacf55a84cf,75874bd4-791c-49ab-a043-c4fc6e2f861e,The editing experience is terrible,"In most times, the prompt jumps to the very first line after a few second later whenever I touch the middle of the screen to edit a docx file. This is very annoying since my file is of 98 pages. Then I should pull down the scroll bar to the bottom of the document. This happens very often, especially when in Mobile view. The second thing is about the page loading steps or speed. By moving down the scroll bar the pages are loaded incrementally. But it has too many steps to the bottom page. Scrolling down the bar to the bottom of the screen loads pages a little. I couldn’t find a good way to jump to the bottom page at once. And this happens in Mobile view. The third frustrating thing is the reaction speed is not just slow, it’s really slow. When I type a character, say A, that appears in the screen after about 0.3~0.5s. This issue also has something to do with Mobile view, I think. The fourth is about moving the cursor with a long-touch. This not only related to Word but to all the other Office 365 applications I guess. This app adopting the obsolete way shows a convex glass  that zoom-in around the cursor when I long-touch the screen. Apple changed the way it moves the cursor since iOS 13 if I’m right. I’m not gonna explain it in detail here but the new way is much elegant and gives seamless experience in editing the text.",I’m not gonna explain it in detail here but the new way is much elegant and gives seamless experience in editing the text.,2,TRUE,usability,text,118,122,positive
productivity,notability,6adc0e3a-ebe5-40a7-86e4-1870d7fd2e5b,75df71e9-9354-40e8-a637-4d5547a0e801,Update broke recording feature!,"You have to be freaking kidding me. The new audio update that is supposed to be so much better than how it was before messed up my recording! Seriously, I am so angry right now. I and our team have been using this app for several years and we have never had any problems recording, it was the most reliable app to us so I never looked for competitors. But as I was recording with the new update today, when I stopped recording, the audio stops at 1 hour, even though I recorded three and a half hours! And it was still showing the “recording icon” when I stopped it after two hours so no fault of mine! How can that be?! DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP right now if you’re looking for a reliable product! This is very bad and I will definitely look for another app in the future. I was relying on this recording for our team in a business meeting and you just messed it up. Thanks for nothing!",And it was still showing the “recording icon” when I stopped it after two hours so no fault of mine!,1,TRUE,usability,recording,31,40,negative
productivity,notability,e90fe3a2-847f-4203-b792-7ddab8c5dee2,75f34e1b-2b94-4a07-ab20-c09f623ac974,Almost Great,"I have used Notability for over 3 years and have come to depend upon it for client meeting notes and recordings of classes I am taking. It almost scares me how dependent I am on Notability.  Here’s why.Every now and the, a glitch happens.  A common one is when I switch from one meeting to another, I close one note and open a new one.  Sometimes the recording function sends a message that the recording is being recovered.  Then, the recording attaches to the new note, so I am beginning a session with an unrelated recording.  Puzzling.A more concerning thing happened yesterday.  A notice on my iMac (2020 vintage) said I needed to update Notability, but when I selected the update option, I received a message that Notability was no longer on the App Store.  Still, the update option message persists.  Is this true?  The OSX version is no longer being updated?  If not, please fix the glitch on the App Store.Recent changes to the recording interface are obscure and perplexing... where are the user instructions?  I bet they exist somewhere, but why-o-why are they not on the web site?  No “get in touch with developers” option exists on the developer site, either.So... this is great software in so many ways, but the user connection and information about software changes is lackluster and indicative of a too-small organization to give users like me confidence you are going to be around for the long haul.",Recent changes to the recording interface are obscure and perplexing... where are the user instructions?,4,TRUE,effectiveness,interface,33,42,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,35daa95f-d40b-4a67-b1d4-46e0c472137f,761b0f96-1204-40b8-8725-4cea0e627ccf,Missing some Important note taking features,It’s a great note taking app very light and functional and not as heavy as OneNote.It’s missing some features like timestamp well-timed me and recording audio so you can relate your notes to the audio taking when you are recording a meeting or recording a lecture.  I am not sure why I never know it is not adding this feature.Also their number Bullets feature needs some work as well. It will be nice if each note could allow bigger storage. Also regarding scanning there should be a way to convert to digital file from the phone like a picture that’s already taken from the document and convert it to a scanned document and flattened it using Evernote.,It’s a great note taking app very light and functional and not as heavy as OneNote.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,note taking,14,25,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,275827af-c2a0-44c4-99a2-cfed735d9df3,76320e19-2789-45a4-a366-a8f1ab17db7d,Blindsided,"I’ve used this app since 2013. My businesses, productivity and life is in this app. Occasionally I create a checklist or another document that needs to be printed. I just went to print a note and discovered printing for iPhone users is no longer supported. Printing, as a function, has been removed?!? It’s simply not efficient for me to have to travel with my laptop just to print. This app has been a huge part of my organization, productivity and routines that I’m simply in shock I can no longer print from my iPhone. Utterly disappointed. UPDATE: I put one star at first but came back with 4 stars because of the 7 years I have used and loved this app. If the print feature returns I’ll update to 5 stars.",If the print feature returns I’ll update to 5 stars.,4,TRUE,usability,update,35,41,positive
productivity,notability,921a8c19-c83c-4981-bfc1-9994c84ac2cb,76520da6-97c9-4183-be3d-f2970e3f9096,App-breaking glitch,"I like notability. Its an excellent note taking app. Unfortunately sometimes, (at random) , when I will try to upload a note to google drive the progress bar will never fill, causing me to have cancel. If I try again, the same thing will happen unless I restart the app. However, when I reopen the app, all of my work is completely erased from the pdf. This occurs when I annotate or write on top of PDF files from google drive. The glitch always occurs after attempting to upload the annotated file to Google Drive and running into an immobile progress bar. Once the upload fails, there is no way out, as exiting and reentering the note will recall the blank, non-annotated PDF. Now when this happens, I will typically take screenshots of every page to salvage as much as possible.I'm using a 2020 ipad pro running ios 14.1. It doesn't happen often, but it has a significant number of times—enough to cause a lot of headaches. I'm curious if anyone else has experienced this problem, or if this is something unique to my device. Thanks for reading and I hope this glitch will be sorted out soon, as it is pretty devastating after spending hours annotating a single PDF.","Now when this happens, I will typically take screenshots of every page to salvage as much as possible.",1,TRUE,general,page,67,71,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e29e8830-efc5-4b6d-9372-32b2c8b46b70,7673b09d-e69d-43f3-a8a5-3c1c44a3219a,Poor at MLA source formation,"I can no longer find an easier way to format my MLA sources in a double-spaced style. I am visually impaired, so I find using my iPad easier in general. I downloaded this app so I can type easier without paying, but it’s hard to find the type of source formatting compared to Word on Windows PC.",I can no longer find an easier way to format my MLA sources in a double-spaced style.,5,TRUE,efficiency,space,73,78,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,dca734e3-a06e-477e-b985-7214248cd9ef,77149c5e-47ae-4f92-83c6-099617208eca,Word on iPad Pro,"Using on my new iPad Pro. Works very much like PC version. I’m more of a visual person, so still have to get used to finding the menu items and there is a lot of touch and hold. Pulled out an old wireless Apple keyboard, synced it up and using more than PC!  BTW I’m 72 and still love learning new things.","Pulled out an old wireless Apple keyboard, synced it up and using more than PC!",4,TRUE,compatibility,sync,44,48,positive
productivity,notability,e4a1951e-6278-49fa-94fe-a89fb03290c1,77ac94b0-8c9a-4c5f-ba42-5beb36451ede,"Good before, getting crappier","Notability used to be great and is still what I use because most of my notes are now compiled onto this app. It costs a decent amount, but it was worth it in the beginning. Now they keep adding new stupid features and keep trying to make the app easier for note taking only to have it filled with bugs and errors. I just took a test and everytime I switched notes the app would delete some texts from my document. This caused me to have to redo all the text boxes and retype all the answers that were auto-deleted. The worst part? This kept happening so I couldn’t leave the document to view my other notes. This doesn’t even cover the bugs that havent been fixed since day 1, like holding down too long on the screen causing your writing to be turned into an object or straight line. NOTABILITY FIX YOUR SH**!!!!",I just took a test and everytime I switched notes the app would delete some texts from my document.,3,TRUE,usability,text,77,81,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7b0c88fe-f82d-4183-a7f9-ad5939923a33,77de9a15-4641-4999-92fe-053fec2dd9d1,Evernote is awesome digital tool storage,"Love Evernote used five basic notebooks for work and personal and love the premium storage of all receipts and paperwork filing cabinet. Love separate Scannable app for instantly storing scans. Also have a scanner in my desk. Love the tags and mapping and location based stuff. Reminders great forwarding of emails great, PDFs stored and web clipping. Love Apple Watch and laptop, phone iPad storage. Have 3,500 notes and can find everything instantly within a minute.",Love Evernote used five basic notebooks for work and personal and love the premium storage of all receipts and paperwork filing cabinet.,5,TRUE,general,notebook,31,39,positive
productivity,notability,e11806ce-be91-4c55-94e9-3c794cca367b,789cb0ff-181f-45de-9aa0-f392e9cc704c,Great but keeps freezing,"I have been using this app every day for the last 3 months. I am a student, so I need to take a copious amount of notes. I has been great, and I’ve been recommending it to other students. I love the colors, the different papers, the continuous scrolling, the erasing and cut features, the split screen views, and the ability to import/export PDFs very easily among other things. However, in the last week or so, it has been freezing on me. I updated the app, hoping it would fix the problem, but it has not. It seems to only happen when I have it in split screen view with two notes in notability and split screen view with another app. It also only happens on the note I am writing/working on. The other screen, be it another app or another note within notability, remains fully functional. In order to fix it, I need to close the app completely. I really love the app, but it’s very inconvenient when I am in class trying to take notes. Please fix this!",It seems to only happen when I have it in split screen view with two notes in notability and split screen view with another app.,4,TRUE,efficiency,split screen,43,55,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,d60e99e2-8635-4025-89e2-d8d6ef39994d,78d9321d-656c-4645-a29e-6b4015849635,Normal Word functions from other devices except...,"Except I can’t change a default font... What?! It’s 2018 and I can’t change a default font on one device, but I can for all of the others? I was then told by admin that this was by DEFAULT. They actually chose to prohibit me from setting a default font on my iOS device. I am currently paying for a Microsoft 365 subscription across my devices to have them purposefully leave out normal functions like this. I just can’t, in good conscience, give a good review for an obvious blunder like this.",Except I can’t change a default font...,2,TRUE,general,font,33,37,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e26ee4cc-5158-4cea-b083-114c4fcf50a9,79071c9b-397e-4dcc-b1b8-dd8d7f3f3042,Best app for writers,"I am a writer, and I write and edit pretty much every second of the day. Evernote makes it so easy to access my stories and my ideas within both my phone and my computer.I also have pictures of my characters that I can happily look at whenever I want to visualize what I’ve written better.Evernote is by far my favorite app. It’s so easy to use and is genuinely so beneficial to me.I would recommend this to everyone. Whether it me writing, drawing, work, or school. Evernote can help.",I also have pictures of my characters that I can happily look at whenever I want to visualize what I’ve written better.,5,TRUE,general,picture,13,20,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,27e40afc-3223-4602-9882-3f098fff8bd2,793b2731-de89-44f8-b12f-11d72f96e955,Great App- wish it could synch with Chrome extension,I love this app. I use it simultaneously on my phone and the Google Chrome extension on my laptop. I do wish that the Chrome extension would synch with the app- ex. Starting the timer on your phone also initiates it on Chrome. This would also prevent double-counting work time and prevent you from receiving double the number of coins for a single session. Is this feature on the way?,I do wish that the Chrome extension would synch with the app- ex.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,sync,43,47,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6af25463-5802-467f-9783-3ebd8b6da163,79dc92dd-0740-410c-a07b-507f86314130,Smooth Interface,"I enjoy this. Not sure what it is anyone would complain over or praise, as I can’t find anything dislikable about it. If the Google company reads this and is open to suggestions, I have one. A day and night scheme. By day, the layout design reflects that’s if day or what the user would apply as day, by night, same concept. I realize such effects could zap battery power but o think that should be up to the user if anything. Besides it would only happen within the app when it’s active, in theory at least. Great app thanks so much for making it.","By day, the layout design reflects that’s if day or what the user would apply as day, by night, same concept.",5,TRUE,usability,layout,13,19,positive
productivity,things-3,50d1ac32-c25b-4621-b90a-c000ab905d90,7a1cfc21-9eee-4e22-95c6-235758805f47,Phone app is great,"I bought both the phone and Mac desktop app. The phone version is great. The Mac one works well but I would say it’s very slow to sync which is annoying because it was $50... I often have to completely close down the app and restart it again for it sync up correctly to changes made on the phone. Other than that I really enjoy the functionality, how it connects with your calendar and displays appointments along within your daily tasks so really nothing is missed.",I often have to completely close down the app and restart it again for it sync up correctly to changes made on the phone.,3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,75,79,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,88c18e24-6779-4851-84b4-b989918d75a7,7a4efc0f-9aba-4ca1-9fd1-9f2085e67ec4,Essential tool for my small business and life,"Been using Evernote for five years plus now. Subscribe to the premium edition for the encryption and privacy protections. Use it to keep detailed information about clients. As well as my own life/hobbies. Photos. Audio. But mostly written records that are usually dictate. Powerful search abilities even if I don’t bother with tagging etc. I have always found it when I am needed. Use it on multi platform. Desktop computer, iPhone, iPad and it even logged in remotely via the web. Do you like Evernote apps for the platforms; add speed and I’m able to store key files locally (do not need Internet access).Have needed their tech-support a couple of times. Resolve the issue quickly. If I had it suggested to improve, I’d like to see better Apple Pen support have an apple pen capabilities in the iPad app. My guess is; they are probably working on that",Powerful search abilities even if I don’t bother with tagging etc.,5,TRUE,usability,tag,55,58,positive
productivity,things-3,8baa6f2f-d556-48ab-854a-c1d9febff9ed,7a64843f-52e1-488c-9e42-00928b4cbd5d,Overrated & flawed,"I wanted a to-do list that would integrate with my calendar, with easy to add tasks via Siri to my Apple Watch & something that could sync with my iPad & MacBook. Design wise I’m not impressed. Maybe 4 years ago this was a great design but maybe it needs re-evaluating because it’s far from perfect as the self-description mentions. Charging over double the price to also get the iPad option & then a further $50 for MacBook puts this App at a whopping $90 for full synchronization across devices which is ridiculously vain. Given on top of this the developer doesn’t spend much time to make real improvements then you just pay for them to be vain. Save your money and try something different.",Maybe 4 years ago this was a great design but maybe it needs re-evaluating because it’s far from perfect as the self-description mentions.,1,TRUE,compatibility,design,36,42,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,6a8ca11b-d66a-4bb3-b11c-28e180e385ac,7adb39b4-6734-46d4-86c0-a19249a177fc,Amazing app!,"I have been able to read countless of pages for school using this app. Not only does it have a friendly interface, but it also has lots of cute features such as being able to use coins collected to add to an array of plant life. If you choose not to use your coins like myself and save up, you can also help out a nonprofit organization by giving them coins to plant trees in 3rd world countries. I have tried many pomoduro timing apps before this, even my own Apple timer. But nothing seemed to work. This app has truly be able to save me from failing classes, but also helps me manage my school and social life. I was hesitant about investing money in this app at first but it truly has been a lifesaver. 10/10 would purchase. 👍",I have been able to read countless of pages for school using this app.,5,TRUE,general,page,39,43,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e89116d7-8b29-4355-8e68-8cece2608ea1,7aee0b6c-6e7f-46c8-9cda-b4d286249708,Vastly Inferior to the Desktop App,"I am at a lost for words as to why Microsoft chose to cripple their iOS Apps to the point where it is no better than Apple’s Free and Native Productivity Suite.  It won’t spellcheck, unable to access citations, outlook is super slow, the list goes on.  It is super basic even with a subscription.  I used to love Microsoft’s Productivity Suite when they weren’t moving towards subscription.  Now, I am super happy I have alternative free and paid Productivity Apps that easily exceed Microsoft and they don’t charge for monthly access.  Shame, this app along with their other apps could have been great.","It won’t spellcheck, unable to access citations, outlook is super slow, the list goes on.",2,TRUE,efficiency,list,77,81,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,f9744835-bfd7-4004-af03-96ac998acfce,7b0a1666-8cb6-4459-80a4-f87dd67a8545,"Unresponsive UI, no undo, multisetps to view whole message","Gmail has become very unresponsive to swipe commands since the UI redesign. It works poorly on my iPhone 6 S Plus, it worked fine before. Needs a button to show only unread email instead of doing a search for “is: unread” to do so. Let us use our delete key on our iPad keyboards to delete mail instead of “=“ to do so. Can't shake to undo if accidentally deleting emails, often longer messages or even just messages with images requires another step to view entire message. I pay for G-Suite services so it's not like I'm complaining about something I get to use for free. Horrible ever since they added Meet.",Needs a button to show only unread email instead of doing a search for “is: unread” to do so.,2,TRUE,usability,unread email,29,41,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,fef0c1d9-794e-48c5-a3e2-e01cf9552da5,7b419c18-a2cf-456b-b73f-ac36b50c5f40,"Pretty good, needs some updates","This app does its job - editing/formatting is limited to the more basic functions, so I recommend using this app to review/edit a document that’s already been started via desktop software instead of mobile app. But why is the default calendar template creating for year 2018? I can’t find where/how to change this setting. Would really prefer to not have to do this manually. Seems like a feature that would be helpful for the end user & simple for the developer to add.",But why is the default calendar template creating for year 2018?,4,TRUE,general,calendar,24,32,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5ef29766-218c-49bf-bef1-0374a7f6d87b,7b634c74-5f83-459a-a956-f0ca727d0f50,"Easy to use, convenient features","The user interface is easy to use and intuitive. The auto management of the various types of email are convenient. The ability to attach documents from other email is nice, but attaching documents from other non gmail sources is difficult if not impossible.",The user interface is easy to use and intuitive.,4,TRUE,usability,interface,10,19,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,70258158-c685-49ce-95fe-32abca1bb968,7c3e637b-c3a3-41a7-9b3e-b3fa04498b83,New update stuck on intro animation sequence,"I've been using Evernote for over six years now, and I love it more than any other note taking app. I’d rate it five stars if not for the latest update leaving me stranded on the intro animation sequence, unable to move to the main screen. This only happens on the iPad so I think it may be an error exclusive to that device. I'm really excited to get back to my favorite note-taking app again!","I've been using Evernote for over six years now, and I love it more than any other note taking app.",4,TRUE,usability,note taking,84,95,positive
productivity,things-3,4b795334-d87e-41bb-b0ca-3ee9290374f4,7c5ad709-4a1d-43dc-8b6d-5995db41c6ae,Almost perfect,"I love this app, although I think it could use just one more feature: an option to set a reminder days before the due dates. This app is more of a calendar app, in my opinion. It would be nice if the option was there so I can be reminded of what’s due days before it’s due date rather than hours before. I paid $10 for a tasking app, not a calendar app. Please fix.",It would be nice if the option was there so I can be reminded of what’s due days before it’s due date rather than hours before.,4,TRUE,usability,due date,94,102,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,661a1812-4854-4941-958a-d1a1dbc9b0e2,7c9b310c-240d-4c1a-92b7-9d91834f676a,Amazing app for writers!!,"This app is AMAZING! I have ambitions to be an author when I get older, and my dream is coming to life with word. There are hundreds of different formats, fonts, and other fun styles so you can write anything from a book report to a full on book! No complaints, I would hands down get word of you don’t already have it. :)","There are hundreds of different formats, fonts, and other fun styles so you can write anything from a book report to a full on book!",5,TRUE,usability,font,42,46,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ef4f9296-a098-494c-b373-127fd81b37af,7ceb6ebb-e91b-4238-a78d-713bc86c0ce7,Word search problem,"(1) Word search starts searching like crazy before you end typing the word/text you want to search for.  It will continue even when you try to stop it.  You go crazy too by clicking <cancel>, but it will continue until whatever, then, it suddenly stop its search and goes back to the document. Here, you must start all over again with the same frustration.(2) The solution is to use other text writing tool for writing exactly what you want, then past in the word/text search.(3) The difference between this ap and others is that you can copy something from outside sources and past it into your document.  You will be able to find the text you already copied into it when you use the way I described for text searching.  There are other apps that do not recognize texts you pasted into them from web pages or books.But I am thankful for the work you’ve done.",There are other apps that do not recognize texts you pasted into them from web pages or books.,3,TRUE,efficiency,page,80,84,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,6e54168b-89b0-4dee-bbd2-d7216f91e01b,7d36631e-8d3c-4532-9ae9-d69c095cb3ae,Love Evernote,I’ve been using Evernote for about 5 months now and I’m loving it! It’s great to have one place to look for most everything. Also I like to save articles. Before Evernote I saved them in many different places. As a result I was rarely able to find them again because I couldn’t remember where I had stored them. Now they’re all in one place & easy to find using Evernote’s search function. I admit I probably don’t use EN as efficiently as I could. It’s still a learning process. One improvement I’d like to see is the ability to add new tags when using my iPhone to save articles. Also it would be nice to have the ability to archive old notebooks that contain completed projects.,One improvement I’d like to see is the ability to add new tags when using my iPhone to save articles.,5,TRUE,usability,tag,59,62,positive
productivity,notability,9a44b7e5-4b97-442a-85b1-1d4956d96160,7d5b621e-298c-42db-8ebd-5cd5c1ba9131,Love it! Perfect for school!,"The only criticism I have is that I wish they had more long press perfect shapes other than straight lines, squares, triangles, and circles. I’d appreciate even a curved line for when I’m graphing. Other than that it’s been absolutely amazing. I never spend money on apps but this has been a dream with school notes. It keeps all my notes in one place, looking perfect and  organized. Instead of flipping through pages to find a specific note, I just look it up in the search bar and it recognizes my hand writing! And best of all I can record my lectures in case I need to remember something specific that I didn’t write down! And it syncs the recording to whatever you’re working so it’s easy to find a specific snippet of a 3 hour lecture. I’ve tried goodnote and one note and I still prefer notability. I even have it on my computer so it syncs all my notes.*TIP* You can type with this app but I highly recommend hand writing your notes as it’s proven to be more useful at learning and retaining material!",And it syncs the recording to whatever you’re working so it’s easy to find a specific snippet of a 3 hour lecture.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,8,12,positive
productivity,notability,9a44b7e5-4b97-442a-85b1-1d4956d96160,7d5b621e-298c-42db-8ebd-5cd5c1ba9131,Love it! Perfect for school!,"The only criticism I have is that I wish they had more long press perfect shapes other than straight lines, squares, triangles, and circles. I’d appreciate even a curved line for when I’m graphing. Other than that it’s been absolutely amazing. I never spend money on apps but this has been a dream with school notes. It keeps all my notes in one place, looking perfect and  organized. Instead of flipping through pages to find a specific note, I just look it up in the search bar and it recognizes my hand writing! And best of all I can record my lectures in case I need to remember something specific that I didn’t write down! And it syncs the recording to whatever you’re working so it’s easy to find a specific snippet of a 3 hour lecture. I’ve tried goodnote and one note and I still prefer notability. I even have it on my computer so it syncs all my notes.*TIP* You can type with this app but I highly recommend hand writing your notes as it’s proven to be more useful at learning and retaining material!",And it syncs the recording to whatever you’re working so it’s easy to find a specific snippet of a 3 hour lecture.,5,TRUE,compatibility,recording,18,27,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,08e575ec-1f53-4d2d-8976-939276492378,7e8d9148-83de-411c-b731-11352d1c6d1b,Still terrible,"Honestly, I think Google's updates amount to little more than review fraud. They've continually hit the reset button on overwhelmingly 1 star reviews by ""updating"" the app, yet hardly any of the updates have addressed the complaints which are largely macro issues. As a whole, it's still bad, and the one star reviewers are simply giving up on having to resubmit their reviews after each update. And look at the 5 star reviews - largely substance-free generic praise. I doubt most of them. Don't believe the 3+ star average. This app is a visual assault. It's hard to get past the nausea inducing aesthetics. Fewer emails to see at a glance, pointless avatars, ugh, the red! The check box was MUCH more intuitive than the initials/avatar circle that have replaced it. It's simply harder to read and process at a glance. Why did you bury the reply button? Most often, what I want to reply to is at the top. I shouldn't have to scroll down to reply. In general things that were intuitive aren't. It's not my job to figure this stuff out. It's your job to design it so I don't have to. This update is terrible all around. A mess. No amount of tweaks will save this update. Revert to the previous version. Really. It's that awful. And again, I don't believe the majority of the 5 star reviews.",No amount of tweaks will save this update.,1,TRUE,usability,update,36,42,negative
productivity,things-3,d8a84b6a-9ee3-452c-b655-8a96971b55b1,7e9e7390-1949-4755-8d2c-333fe2bd8b64,iPhone version lacking features from Mac Version,"I am a longtime Todoist user, however, I didn’t want to renew my annual subscription, so I bought Things3 after reading several online articles. After spending a couple hours setting up all my projects (about 60 were tracked in Todoist), I found out that the most basic feature is missing - the ability to attach files/images. I am used to attaching pictures, pdf’s, barcodes, emails etc. into my Projects. This is very disappointing as I had really looked forward to using Things3 as my replacement to Todoist’s subscription. If this ability existed, this would be a 5-Star rating without hesitation.",This is very disappointing as I had really looked forward to using Things3 as my replacement to Todoist’s subscription.,3,TRUE,compatibility,subscription,107,119,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,8a3d3b4c-3678-458d-b8ff-f17eab2f6525,7ea6fe9b-bf59-4cf8-8414-5eee6afa9e0b,Notifications,"I’m not receiving any push notifications when I receive new mail. It started when I added a second account to the app the beginning of this week. The app is updated to the latest version. I have a iPhone 11 with the latest iOS and have T-Mobile as my carrier. I’ve uninstalled the app and reinstalled. I’ve restarted the phone. I’ve turned notifications on and off for it. I’ve signed out of accounts and signed back in. Gmail is set to receive all incoming mail notifications. For the most part, I’m on Wifi. I thought it might’ve been because my phone is on low power mode but that’s not the case. Notifications were working for years since I’ve always set my phone to low battery mode and other apps still send notifications. Saw in the comments that some are experiencing this as well. Please advise.",The app is updated to the latest version.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,update,12,18,positive
productivity,things-3,9b73e9f3-6560-4430-a0e7-ed6fc373318a,7eb8479b-e5fe-4fa9-9671-47b969fad870,The task management app you've been longing for,"What can I say? This app is amazing. It is the task management app that I have been desperately waiting for, for so long. As someone who read Getting Things Done by David Allen and loved the idea of GTD but realized that it was far too complicated for daily use, I'm so excited to finally have an app that foregrounds the best parts of GTD while enabling all of the advanced aspects (if you really want them) with a phenomenal UI. Once you throw in the fact that this app syncs perfectly with the Mac version and my Google calendar, it just blows everything else away. This is as good as apps get.","Once you throw in the fact that this app syncs perfectly with the Mac version and my Google calendar, it just blows everything else away.",5,TRUE,compatibility,calendar,93,101,positive
productivity,notability,a46bc249-bfa9-4ed3-a0d7-760d87dbaeb9,7ee0d4c3-9428-46e9-aa93-40a15edbf2aa,Indispensable,"I wouldn’t be able to do my job or make my podcast without this incredible app. Don’t get me wrong, it has a number of rough edges. But it has absolutely changed the way I get anything done and I don’t know what I’d do without it.My primary gripes are:a) you can only split the screen between two documents vertically, with no option for horizontal. This means instead of a short, but full-width slice of two documents, I get a uselessly tall and narrow view of both.b) lack of communication about severe bugs. I have not encountered any syncing problems, but the notability subreddit is rife with reports of users losing all of their notes due to some iCloud syncing bug. I have not seen any response from Notability to address this.c) lack of transparency about new features and plans. There seems to be no way to get a glimpse into what features are being planned and even a ballpark figure of when they might be expected. My pain with point A (above) would be a lot less if I knew such a feature was planned.However, I want to give a lot of credit for the recent uptick in patch note quality! The detailed patch notes are a wonderful view into what’s actually happening under the hood in this app that has become so important in my life. Please keep it up.Notability is an incredibly affordable app that can make a huge difference in how you organize and work with information. I can’t recommend it enough.","This means instead of a short, but full-width slice of two documents, I get a uselessly tall and narrow view of both.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,document,60,68,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,298c5358-8da7-413f-92e7-da851d69b3fa,7faedeeb-12e3-4511-bbcc-c27901d264aa,Awesome email service,"I love Gmail. I’ve used it for over 10yrs probably over 15 if I really think about it. I have never had any issues with any gmail account of mine. I absolutely LOVE that I can have google docs connected with my gmail. Everything is in 1 place, google calendar also is connected to my account so when I get email confirmations from work I can immediately just have that info placed in the calendar and have a reminder set with pure ease, and lastly I love that it’s connected to google drive. I keep ALL of my important documents that are complete plus all of my photos. Unlimited storage FOR FREE. You can’t go wrong. All of their apps work flawlessly together. It has made me staying organized in each of these areas incredibly simple. I couldn’t be happier.",I keep ALL of my important documents that are complete plus all of my photos.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,document,28,36,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,7ad87e7e-bdb7-4097-9d72-369e169c7a18,7ff054e4-a0e0-4ffb-a3b4-731ec9c2428b,"Solid Performer, but could be better","I am an apple user across all platforms.  I wish the ipad version was more full featured.  Update this and it would easily be 5 stars.  Bottom line...it simply works, but need more functionality just like the desktop/laptop versions.Thanks.",I wish the ipad version was more full featured.,4,TRUE,usability,ipad version,12,24,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,4fa84367-9303-4bb1-9cb9-796f13e548b9,802c8efc-4732-4e7c-96fa-9fa76ae016f2,Amazing for focus,"Forest is a great way to detach from your phone during necessary moments in order to zone in on the work that’s been piling up on your desk. I’ve used it since high school, and as a busy college student now, I’m falling in love with it all over again. It’s a great (free) way to feel rewarded and extra productive after a long study session, or whatever type of work situation is applicable to you. Not to mention, the graphics and design is just downright pleasant. Thanks Forest!","Not to mention, the graphics and design is just downright pleasant.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,graph,21,26,positive
productivity,notability,e1f7090c-744e-44d9-af0c-319cad49454e,8035db60-6696-4cf7-94e1-d669b22dbf0e,A changed man! From a useless doodler to a power note-taker,"I really can't say enough about this app. I use it in every class for taking notes, doing homework, and presenting ideas to the other students. Very smooth syncing to iCloud, great importing abilities, and a beautiful interface with just the right amount of customization without being too “busy.” I’m in my fourth year of use and have yet to enjoy any competitor more. Especially since the recent update with the added PDF options (hyperlinks to different pages, searchable text, and highlighting the text itself, not just a handwritten highlighted overlay), this app is nearly perfect.I would consider myself a power user of Notability. My iPad is an academic tool for me, I rarely download games or browse social media on it. Of my time on the device, a solid 75-80% is spent on Notability. It is safe to say I have gone through and tested every option, played with every feature, and have used them all to their fullest extents.That being said, I have a few suggestions for improvements, and will update as I have new ideas:1. Please consider letting a note continue to record audio even if one goes back to the main menu and views something in another note. I end up cutting off my recordings all the time accidentally2. Connected to the above, TABBED NOTES. I actually switched to GoodNotes for a couple of months for a class that warranted this feature. It was so sad. 3. Handwritten hyperlinks!",Please consider letting a note continue to record audio even if one goes back to the main menu and views something in another note.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,audio,51,56,positive
productivity,things-3,bb828e1b-ab2d-42b8-9ba4-f1e60f7ad9ac,80559b7f-ee54-4fc6-b003-c54f7ef7753c,Disappointing: the first 1 star review I have ever given,"I depend heavily on to do lists for my job, I previously have used the free versions of Wunderlist and Todoist to stay organized. Ultimately, I was very happy with Todoist but upon going into the App Store to update it, I stumbled upon things 3. I was intrigued by the positive reviews and design awards and saw this as an opportunity to improve my productivity (I really liked the fact that it could sync with your calendar and that you could add notes to an event). However, these two added benefits do not compensate for the lack of overall usability and functionality. A few of my complaints:-it is insanely challenging to schedule reoccurring events. With Wunderlist and Todoist I could just type “send monthly reports on the second Tuesday of every month” and it would automatically schedule it, or I could say “do blah blah tomorrow” and it would schedule it. This was the nicest feature that I would think a 50 dollar app would have-you can’t create due dates for subtasks. A lot of times I have a project that is due one day, but I have predecessors that must be completed on days prior, there is no way to arrange this in things (once again, a feature that free competing tools offer)-you can’t check off reoccurring events!!! This drives me nuts as it seems like such a simple feature. I schedule a reoccurring event and make it due a certain day, and although it shows up on that day, you can’t check it off so I don’t know if I’ve done it yet. And if I don’t complete it, it just goes away the next day soI don’t remember to do it. These are just a few of many usability complaints I have. However, I am happy to change my review pending the experience provided by the app is improved","This was the nicest feature that I would think a 50 dollar app would have
-you can’t create due dates for subtasks.",1,TRUE,cost,due date,93,101,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,186f74ac-db08-40f8-9527-ed0d211ad457,80628acb-fefa-4c90-920f-eb0ec6da7044,IOS Version 10.0.3.  Is it Me?,"I’ve used Evernote since March 2014.  I updated to 10.0.3 a day ago & I regret it.  I use Evernote on my IOS iphone & I use it a lot.  Evernote on my phone was good before the update.  One day after the update I learn that Evernote does not have PRINTING / ADOBE PDF feature as was in the version before the update.  Also, the “Find in note” does not work in the notes created before the update but work in newly created notes.  Printing & Find A Note are two features that I can’t do without.  Evernote states in their documentation that PRINTING is not available yet in the IOS version.  The new updated version does have some nice editing features such as undo & more highlight & font colors & font sizing capabilities.  The inability to PRINT and the inability to make Adobe PDF’s is a game changer.  I’m not sure what I’m going to do.  I have almost 12,000 notes & for that reason, I’m hesitant to move on to something else.  I’m disappointed in the latest update.",I updated to 10.0.3 a day ago & I regret it.,5,TRUE,compatibility,update,3,9,negative
productivity,notability,0c851841-bd0c-4ffc-8c79-41ebd71b6660,807fe72b-ae0b-4f4b-8fa4-31cec54f6ec1,No automatic shape recognition.,"Generally really good, but sometimes I want to draw a plain circle or square (for a flowchart for example) using a shape recognition feature, such as that in GoodNotes. It’s really annoying and cumbersome to have to click the +  option and then search for the shape you want and crop the figure before adding it back to the notes page. Also I can’t have subjects with the same name, even if they are under different dividers. This means for school I can’t have 2 dividers for different courses with subsections by the same name. For example, if I want to organize my chemistry course into subsections, like “tests”, “lectures”, “homework”, etc. I can’t create another divider for a different course with those same subsections. Finally, there is no support for windows, only macs.",I can’t create another divider for a different course with those same subsections.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,divider,24,31,negative
productivity,notability,bfda806b-3020-4aa2-a57c-7eb3e99c23d3,8098dc6c-175d-4ebf-b692-386d7b0de29f,Many bugs throughout versions,"As functionality increases, so do the number of bugs. The bugs don’t get fixed and tend to get worse. Notability frequently freezes with the magnifier circle on an area you just highlighted/underlined/marked. You just have to tap the screen with your pencil to unfreeze it, but if you change from highlighter to pen, or vice versa, tapping causes whatever you just highlighted into pen. It was a small annoyance before, but it is happening more and more frequently. Notability likes to lose notes. Many of my peers have problems with this. I lost a weeks worth of notes from notability. Thankfully, I back up to google drive and iCloud. It was present in google drive, but not iCloud. The previous review stands. The problem occurs when people download the iOS app and causes malfunction on the iPad and computer. It is not due to low storage space, as there is plenty of storage space available. Basically, you have to deal with it until it magically stops...or doesn’t. Why keep using notability? Best we have, so we deal with the bugs. Previous review: Please fix the iCloud sync bug. The app decides to sync all my notes in the middle of class, preventing me from taking notes while the sync is happening. It is also duplicating many notes. This is only a problem for those of us who have purchased both iOS and OS. It is intensely frustrating.",Previous review: Please fix the iCloud sync bug.,2,TRUE,usability,sync,40,44,negative
productivity,notability,0cba5fab-81db-4a41-9ba0-8141eaaadb47,80db161e-8415-4dca-afd5-e32e73d3f9ed,Palm Rejection Problems Since Updating,"I can attest to the comments regarding the palm rejection issues after the recent update.  Since the update, anytime I attempt to take class notes with the Apple Pencil results in erratic screen behavior.  It will zoom in or out randomly, delete the last portion of what is written, or the screen will shift/shake.  This only occurs when I am trying to write and my palm is resting on the lower portion of the screen.  I have had some previous issues with palm rejection, mainly with the shifting of the screen or zoom but it has been manageable up until this update.  It has become basically unusable for me in terms of handwriting since the recent update and the handwriting feature is nearly the sole purpose for purchasing the app in my case.  I’ve basically had to resort to other apps for note taking because this has become nearly impossible to write on (unless I write without my palm on the screen and that is definitely not an alternative for me). After reading the previous comments, I have already performed a hard reset of my iPad (an iPad Pro 11” on iOS 12.3), turned off the palm rejection feature in Notability and turned it back on, and finally uninstalled the app completely then reinstalled.  None of these attempts have rendered any improvement.  Hopefully this is something that can be investigated by the developer and corrected quickly as this has been my preferred app for note taking.","Since the update, anytime I attempt to take class notes with the Apple Pencil results in erratic screen behavior.",3,TRUE,efficiency,update,11,17,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,83e45d80-440c-43c3-854b-32a4f34050c3,80f97781-a7da-4fe1-be1a-243e8dad5595,New Update Issues,The App released a recent update and the update has caused some serious issues. I primarily use Forest to stay off social media and other distractions. Until the most recent update if I got a call on my phone or a voicemail I could use my Apple Watch to answer or listen. Not anymore. I have never had a tree die until this update. I am very upset that I have had two trees die and I never touched my phone.As an aside the barrier to get new trees are a little to high. To many coins and diminishing returns.,Until the most recent update if I got a call on my phone or a voicemail I could use my Apple Watch to answer or listen.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,update,23,29,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,83e45d80-440c-43c3-854b-32a4f34050c3,80f97781-a7da-4fe1-be1a-243e8dad5595,New Update Issues,The App released a recent update and the update has caused some serious issues. I primarily use Forest to stay off social media and other distractions. Until the most recent update if I got a call on my phone or a voicemail I could use my Apple Watch to answer or listen. Not anymore. I have never had a tree die until this update. I am very upset that I have had two trees die and I never touched my phone.As an aside the barrier to get new trees are a little to high. To many coins and diminishing returns.,Until the most recent update if I got a call on my phone or a voicemail I could use my Apple Watch to answer or listen.,2,TRUE,usability,list,113,117,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,20a55dde-dd08-41d8-b6ec-b6442a3c0365,80f9e728-3371-412c-9193-d6cb55af9b98,Good for most things,"Update 2/18, I really like the new feature that lets me view documents in mobile mode, fitted to the screen. Much more handy, as I can now use it on my iPhone. I use this app a lot, the free version, and it’s good for most things. The full version can do more, but it’s prohibitively expensive. Still, all things considered, a good app. Wish they’d offer a better deal on the full version.","I use this app a lot, the free version, and it’s good for most things.",5,TRUE,usability,free version,27,39,positive
productivity,notability,5daef9ef-5c47-45ab-af83-8518c57c0563,8116fed5-a5e9-4079-9076-4be2b47e7263,Overall Fantastic,"So not much to say other than I adore this app so much. It’s laid out in a way that allows me to create notes exactly how I want and this is now how I turn in my assignments for school. Two requests is that they make the dividers a real folder structure so I can have the same name for different notes. For me, I am a college student and often I find myself making individual notes for each homework problem. This eventually gets tiring as I have to name the entire hw problem something super specific because “HW 3-19” is the name of a different homework note I did for another class... Really want that to change so I can have a consistent naming scheme that didn’t involve me putting the name of the class in front of the “HW” title. Also, really want a pencil tool like in Apple’s notes app. Literally, please just steal their tool, it’s so good and exactly what I wish notability had.",Two requests is that they make the dividers a real folder structure so I can have the same name for different notes.,4,TRUE,general,divider,36,43,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a4f9c88f-3925-4cd0-84e7-d4cd72be7c67,81364dae-4c35-4e80-9535-6016d4531285,Time to put this elephant out of its misery,"I don’t think any of the previous versions issues have been resolved but for some reason Evernote has been rewritten from the ground up with the best features slowly being added back. ——Evernote is my go to note taking app. I like being able to take a screen clipping, add some notes, set a reminder. Past that, it’s really fallen behind on the times. It’s just not very good at taking notes. Every little aspect of the note taking process is limited or tedious. It’s time for there to be live/instant as you type saving of notes. Also, sharing is a joke. No collaboration. No commenting. Annotations haven’t been updated in years and are basically useless on images and somewhat helpful on PDF’s. It has some of the worst outline note taking features out there. Lastly, it’s time to be able to record a meeting and have time synced notes that other users can comment and/or collaborate on. Seriously, sharing is useless.So why do I still use it?  Scan, clip or photo anything and everything and all the text in those images becomes searchable making it super easy to use Evernote as a big file dumpster and add a reminder to that note and you may not forget to renew your car registration.","——

Evernote is my go to note taking app.",2,TRUE,usability,note taking,26,37,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1d2cc9d1-63ef-4fad-8fb7-c2e0e8e8da33,821887e6-be83-44da-9880-d12b42249414,Best mail app in a weak field - could be awesome,"I’ve tried every mail app out there and while some have better features than gmail (snooze messages, Dropbox integration) most of them have fatal flaws around performance, reliability of syncing message or search changes that render them unusable- including apple’s iOS mail client. Gmail is the best of the field because it is fast and the most reliable. That said, it has a few things I’d love to see addressed to make it 5 stars:1) Freezing - the app occasionally hangs on the message list page, especially when going from landscape to portrait mode. Sometimes it recovers, other times you have to kill it. My guess is that it’s doing a remote call and the UI is waiting on it to finish when it shouldn’t be2) drilling into the to and from fields. Apple iOS makes this easy - you can click someone’s name to find their phone number from you contacts and call or text them. 3) replying or forwarding specific threads in messages is cumbersome. Gmail buries this action in an ellipsis when it needs its own small icon. Apples iOS app does this well4) unified inbox, starred and sent messages for multiple accounts - all the other apps do this well5) message snoozing - outlook for iOS and mail (fka gladly do) do this well6) Dropbox integration for file attachments",Apple iOS makes this easy - you can click someone’s name to find their phone number from you contacts and call or text them.,4,TRUE,usability,text,115,119,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,56d969db-6537-411b-a4b4-f6cee93333c3,824ae011-ec41-4883-a419-f760558eaf15,Disappointing App Support,I created a 100 page document on my PC using Word.  Saved it and opened it in this mobile app on my iPad.  Because of font substitution it is unreadable and I therefore could not edit it. Needed to make changes for a customer meeting. Tried contacting Microsoft for 3 days. Their Virtual Agent is a Microsoft embarrassment. When I finally got to a chat option an agent got on after an hour but never responded to my problem. Tried using the call back option and was informed I would receive a call back in 371 hours. Goodbye Microsoft. Hello Google Docs and Pages.,I created a 100 page document on my PC using Word.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,page,17,21,positive
productivity,notability,bfda806b-3020-4aa2-a57c-7eb3e99c23d3,82754f8b-e6bf-46f9-960a-68c132ff28a8,Many bugs throughout versions,"As functionality increases, so do the number of bugs. The bugs don’t get fixed and tend to get worse. Notability frequently freezes with the magnifier circle on an area you just highlighted/underlined/marked. You just have to tap the screen with your pencil to unfreeze it, but if you change from highlighter to pen, or vice versa, tapping causes whatever you just highlighted into pen. It was a small annoyance before, but it is happening more and more frequently. Notability likes to lose notes. Many of my peers have problems with this. I lost a weeks worth of notes from notability. Thankfully, I back up to google drive and iCloud. It was present in google drive, but not iCloud. The previous review stands. The problem occurs when people download the iOS app and causes malfunction on the iPad and computer. It is not due to low storage space, as there is plenty of storage space available. Basically, you have to deal with it until it magically stops...or doesn’t. Why keep using notability? Best we have, so we deal with the bugs. Previous review: Please fix the iCloud sync bug. The app decides to sync all my notes in the middle of class, preventing me from taking notes while the sync is happening. It is also duplicating many notes. This is only a problem for those of us who have purchased both iOS and OS. It is intensely frustrating.","It is not due to low storage space, as there is plenty of storage space available.",2,TRUE,efficiency,space,30,35,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,c097759f-175e-4553-8a4a-02e1ffcf167b,82d07855-8f1e-440f-90b2-bc4de664b4e6,From Google Inbox to Gmail,"I’m a faithful Inbox user, and my favorite feature is the ability to create reminders and set them to repeat. Reminders integrated with email (that can be snoozed) is extremely powerful! I was sad to learn Inbox would be going away, and happy to learn gmail would include some of the Inbox features. So today, I learned snoozing was included as a gmail enhancement. While not perfect, I can email myself a reminder and snooze it. Not bad.So why only a four star review? First, snooze is not fully functional yet. My repeat option is grayed out. Second, not all features of Inbox have made it to gmail. Once all is in place, then I will give five stars . :)","I’m a faithful Inbox user, and my favorite feature is the ability to create reminders and set them to repeat.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,reminder,77,85,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,0a4bf39a-b57a-49f6-b0f7-409649b03965,82e6c289-a3a2-4c75-8abd-0f46e2ffb8c9,"Great app, currency problem","I really like this app. It has a clean, easy to understand design, and the look of the trees you ""plant"" go well with it. I also like how the app shows your app use sessions in a virtual forest which is fun to look at. However, I feel like it takes too much currency to plant one real tree. You need 2500 in-app coins for a real tree to be planted. I tend to use the app for shorter sessions (15-30 minutes), but you get few coins per session (I get 4 coins for 10 minutes and around 20 for 30 minutes. Though this won't stop me from using the app, maybe there could be free ""powerups"" you can get for free, possibly by watching ads, that will allow you to receive more coins per session. Still, the app is great.","It has a clean, easy to understand design, and the look of the trees you ""plant"" go well with it.",4,TRUE,usability,design,36,42,positive
productivity,notability,df2f9716-1361-42aa-883e-7e14a45c60bb,83045a33-6dc4-407c-b31c-31f0483ea346,"Overall very good, a few suggestions though","The app is very good for handwriting, there is no complaint about most services that notability provides. However, there are a few revision that I think notability could consider.1. Add the ability for users to alter the orientation of the notes. This is because that when PDFs are imported, many of them are oriented in the wrong direction for reading. However, users can’t alter them inside the notability app, which means that users have to use another app to do so. This is very inefficient, and the fact that not many note taking apps can do this means that notability will get a head start advantage.2. Consider adding the ability to split screen in the “up and down” direction, not just side by side (or left and right). This design allows note taking in smaller devices on one screen more plausible.Please consider adding the above features!!","Consider adding the ability to split screen in the “up and down” direction, not just side by side (or left and right).",4,TRUE,effectiveness,split screen,32,44,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,08e575ec-1f53-4d2d-8976-939276492378,83425174-c3fd-432a-8eb1-e0fe6ca41b33,Still terrible,"Honestly, I think Google's updates amount to little more than review fraud. They've continually hit the reset button on overwhelmingly 1 star reviews by ""updating"" the app, yet hardly any of the updates have addressed the complaints which are largely macro issues. As a whole, it's still bad, and the one star reviewers are simply giving up on having to resubmit their reviews after each update. And look at the 5 star reviews - largely substance-free generic praise. I doubt most of them. Don't believe the 3+ star average. This app is a visual assault. It's hard to get past the nausea inducing aesthetics. Fewer emails to see at a glance, pointless avatars, ugh, the red! The check box was MUCH more intuitive than the initials/avatar circle that have replaced it. It's simply harder to read and process at a glance. Why did you bury the reply button? Most often, what I want to reply to is at the top. I shouldn't have to scroll down to reply. In general things that were intuitive aren't. It's not my job to figure this stuff out. It's your job to design it so I don't have to. This update is terrible all around. A mess. No amount of tweaks will save this update. Revert to the previous version. Really. It's that awful. And again, I don't believe the majority of the 5 star reviews.",This update is terrible all around.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,update,6,12,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,08e575ec-1f53-4d2d-8976-939276492378,83a80bed-a254-4e63-97d7-27bcf6b5681f,Still terrible,"Honestly, I think Google's updates amount to little more than review fraud. They've continually hit the reset button on overwhelmingly 1 star reviews by ""updating"" the app, yet hardly any of the updates have addressed the complaints which are largely macro issues. As a whole, it's still bad, and the one star reviewers are simply giving up on having to resubmit their reviews after each update. And look at the 5 star reviews - largely substance-free generic praise. I doubt most of them. Don't believe the 3+ star average. This app is a visual assault. It's hard to get past the nausea inducing aesthetics. Fewer emails to see at a glance, pointless avatars, ugh, the red! The check box was MUCH more intuitive than the initials/avatar circle that have replaced it. It's simply harder to read and process at a glance. Why did you bury the reply button? Most often, what I want to reply to is at the top. I shouldn't have to scroll down to reply. In general things that were intuitive aren't. It's not my job to figure this stuff out. It's your job to design it so I don't have to. This update is terrible all around. A mess. No amount of tweaks will save this update. Revert to the previous version. Really. It's that awful. And again, I don't believe the majority of the 5 star reviews.","Honestly, I think Google's updates amount to little more than review fraud.",1,TRUE,reliability,update,28,34,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,07eed6f7-886e-4933-ab32-4ab10ad71275,83c665a1-645b-4212-8247-076fc3c9e152,Annoying bug,"This is a great app - but there is one annoying bug I've noticed since the last update. Occasionally, notes would be duplicated after editing them without any input from me. I can remove the duplicate by closing the app in the app switcher, but the previous version of Evernote didn't have this problem. Please fix it, otherwise it's an excellent app! I'm on an iPhone X running iOS 11.2.5 .","I can remove the duplicate by closing the app in the app switcher, but the previous version of Evernote didn't have this problem.",5,TRUE,usability,previous version,76,92,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,ddc69d39-c36d-43b8-894d-05fd3337a6d3,845b6eee-9691-4c36-b1fc-3247cb919c31,"Account was hacked, was not notified","I have used Evernote for years, saving various pdf and other documents for both personal and work use. I received an email today notifying me of potential suspicious activity. When I logged into the website (I have only ever used the app) I was able to see previous login information. My account has been accessed across the globe for months, ranging from China, Ghana, the Caribbean, and the Middle East. Only an attempt today in Iran finally raised enough suspicion that I received an email. I have since changed my password and set up 2-step verification login. But the question is why only now? I have sensitive documents that have now been compromised, and looking at the activity I have no clue how many potential threats I have been opened up to. Never while using the app was I alerted or sent any emails warning of a potential threat, until now. I can only conclude that security must not be a priority for this company. Have lost all confidence in my information staying private.","I have used Evernote for years, saving various pdf and other documents for both personal and work use.",1,TRUE,usability,document,62,70,positive
productivity,notability,f9912399-3d3f-4130-ae45-b8e1728bcdb1,84be5cb6-0350-46fd-af30-5611511e285d,TERRIBLE UPDATE,"The new update has ruined notability for me. The app is lagging so bad now. Every time I go to highlight or make a straight line, it takes more than 5 seconds for the line to straighten out and it REALLY slows down my writing. I’ve tried restarting my iPad, but nothing is working. Highlighting and making straight lines used to take no time at all but now it’s a hassle to do those things. Also with all the “new shapes” we can supposedly do with the update, it’s messed up drawing circles. Anytime I try to draw a circle, I hold down the apple pen and it makes like octagons instead. It catches every single little deviation and makes straight lines. I basically have to draw the most perfect circle for it to work so what’s the point of making a feature that’s supposed to correct it for us? There’s no way I can draw a perfect circle on my own and now with the new update it the app won’t even correct it. Ugh I’m so frustrated.","Anytime I try to draw a circle, I hold down the apple pen and it makes like octagons instead.",1,TRUE,usability,tag,79,82,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,63a1d599-0944-47fc-abee-9de37a0639be,84ddad56-619c-4f3f-b211-f946f07bbbd6,I deeply hate this app,"Someone recommended Evernote to me at one point. I need to track them down and ask for an apology. A notes app should be quick and easy to use. When I open Evernote, however, it previews a note and then syncs for 10 seconds whenever I try to open the note.These recent updates are even worse, however. The app tries to get me to upgrade, which is fine, but it’s way of doing so renders the app pointless. Unless I update, the splash notification always pops up, no matter how many times I say no. Worse than that, the app won’t stop trying to show me its new features, no matter how many times I close and open the app. I haven’t been able to get into my notes more than once in the past six months, because the app gets stuck on the “new features” slideshow and doesn’t let me into my notes. I subscribe to several pro and premium editions of iOS apps. But why in the world would I subscribe to the pro edition of an app that behaves like malware?","When I open Evernote, however, it previews a note and then syncs for 10 seconds whenever I try to open the note.",1,TRUE,usability,preview,35,42,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,8e503e8a-9570-4d4d-ba7e-9873f8aafbf8,85064677-6912-4d22-a35f-c49d46c1c3cc,Basic stuff there but still a couple fixes,Sometimes when ur moving pictures around they don’t move or auto format super weird. Sometimes the keyboard disappears when ur moving pictures. The dictate feature is great and has helped me get my assignments don 10x faster.,Sometimes when ur moving pictures around they don’t move or auto format super weird.,4,TRUE,usability,picture,26,33,negative
productivity,notability,fda7f865-c351-4c64-97b6-5c06be6f66ba,851ae4b6-6853-4965-812a-662ff40979f9,Possibly the greatest application for students,"Notability changed the game for me, I never even think about printing lecture slides and wasting paper. This is a must have for students, it allows you to essentially write on any pdf/ppt. You can even import images into your notes which makes it useful if I want to take a picture of something or even a screenshot of my textbook and import it. Also has tools for recording voice if you want to record a lecture and associate it with a particular note. Handy system for organizing and color coding topics/folders. Even syncs with most major cloud data services like google drive, Dropbox, etc. Tools to markup your notes are pretty intuitive and easy to use, has lots of useful tools to choose from. It’s very easy to study even if I don’t have my iPad since I can open this on my iPhone and everything syncs. Has a computer app too which costs more but it’s super easy to just airdrop notability notes to your laptop and open them there. I would highly recommend this if you intend to use your iPad for school.","Notability changed the game for me, I never even think about printing lecture slides and wasting paper.",5,TRUE,usability,paper,98,103,positive
productivity,things-3,67d06903-9a65-4799-8919-40cda7f72823,8527af78-a26a-4863-8dcf-148d509f5b3a,Still like this app but need a calendar view,I am a new user but I’m really enjoying this app. My only complaint is I am a 2 phone person and I hate the idea of having to purchase the app for every device. There should be a set price for a cloud version across multiple devices and I wish I could see my schedule to do’s in full calendar view.,There should be a set price for a cloud version across multiple devices and I wish I could see my schedule to do’s in full calendar view.,5,TRUE,cost,calendar view,124,137,negative
productivity,notability,edc39137-ea6d-46c3-a7b4-24b5de8564dc,86a2822a-be44-4707-80e9-175ff60d7c74,Obsessed.... but have to fix some recent glitches,"My favorite app ever- changed my life while trying to juggle my crazy workload in grad school (I use it with my iPad so I can take notes with the Apple Pencil directly onto my slides)- amazing! The only thing though as of recently, Notability keeps freezing/unexpectedly quitting on me (I guess since the newest update?!). Luckily, other than losing a few seconds-minutes of recordings in class while trying to get the app back on, all material is recovered. However, it’s extremely frustrating and a nuisance when trying to obviously be productive. Also, there HAS to be a way for the developer to find a way to select/copy multiple pages at once, I can’t understand how that’s still not a tool on Notability at this point in time.... This is probably my biggest frustration with the app, because I need to transfer or delete 1+ slides pretty frequently (sometimes 50+ !!) and it makes it soo time consuming to do individually(not to mention, recently, ends up freezing and quitting while doing so!). With a few more updates this app will be EVEN MORE AMAZING!","The only thing though as of recently, Notability keeps freezing/unexpectedly quitting on me (I guess since the newest update?!).",5,TRUE,reliability,update,119,125,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,16faf130-e06c-400c-a4f2-4bfd7a967ec1,86f5b2e7-567a-407f-b752-ae2d85bbc523,Super annoying on mobile,"Not everyone has a computer that they can work on or take with them and thus tablets are their saving grace as they are cheaper and more portable. Many things are wrong with this version and are extremely annoying occurrences that honestly shouldn’t exist. For starters, the fact that you can’t select text without the keyboard popping up and blocking half of your screen is extremely annoying. You can’t scroll when something is selected without deselecting it. The time between selecting text and the menu containing “copy, paste, select all, etc.” is extremely slow and I have an iPad Pro that can 3D model so I know it’s not processing speed. These are the greatest annoyances among the many and need to be taken a look at.","For starters, the fact that you can’t select text without the keyboard popping up and blocking half of your screen is extremely annoying.",2,TRUE,usability,text,46,50,negative
productivity,notability,d69880dd-7a23-4934-80f2-64e5bfef50ce,872268ed-415e-4b15-aa25-64be15849279,Not sure what the hype is all about..,"So, here’s the thing. There are a lot of note taking apps on the market. I feel like if you want a quality one, maybe you need to pay for it. So, I purchased this one and Good Notes. I’ve used Evernote and Microsoft OneNote as well. Nothing sets this apart from competitors besides the price. And please beware: that price for the iOS app does not include the desktop app. That’s a separate charge. You can’t access it through a browser either. That’s a huge negative in my opinion. Additionally, sometimes this app will crash (like during iOS updates) and you’ll lose your subjects and dividers. So, there’s a way to get your subjects back, but you’re out of luck with your dividers. What does this mean? It means that all of the classes you’ve set up for multiple semesters will be wiped out. Whatever was organized under is able to be obtained, but you have to go back through and sort all of it. Do you know what an incredibly awful and tedious task that is? When you contact their customer service, they’re basically just like “Oh, sorryyyyy yeah we don’t care.” If you’re still reading this, oh hey. One last final note: don’t waste your money. I’ve tried them all and think Microsoft OneNote is really the way to go. It’s free, you get cloud storage, the app on the computer is free, and you get full functionality of program. Recent updates means it does EXACTLY what notability does.",Nothing sets this apart from competitors besides the price.,2,TRUE,cost,price,54,59,positive
productivity,notability,8acab6b7-eafe-415a-bc68-f41f35093f80,87a3cf5b-e1f9-4dce-b798-1b12d69a297d,Pasting clipboard img from Mac crashes app,"I like notability but I am giving it 1 star to bring awareness of this reoccurring issue. Every time I open notability for the first time and then try to paste a copied image from my Mac, the app would freeze on the loading screen and then crash. This has happened enough times for it be a nuisance and I hope it gets fixed. Details for the devs:Copied from Intel MacBook Pro to iPad Pro 2018. I used the built in screenshot feature on my Mac to copy the image and world then try to paste the image on a new note that has some writing on it. I would hold the page with my finger until the paste image button appears and then try to paste it. The error states a message along the lines of “notability had an error while trying to resize the insertion.” And would remain stuck until I force close the app and then restart. After restarting the app, if I repeat these steps again, then it would work.",I would hold the page with my finger until the paste image button appears and then try to paste it.,1,TRUE,usability,page,18,22,positive
productivity,things-3,82b2b768-b8ea-4188-a7c6-29fc888fddf6,87e646ae-4819-41c4-9a3f-1e813d6c324a,Almost Perfect!,"I have spent countless time and lots of money looking for the perfect app to keep myself organized. Things3 is almost perfect! I love the layout and user friendly interface. A few suggestions would make this app top notch. 1. Monthly and weekly views - This would be great for planning ahead and seeing your future calendars and future todos2. Recurring tasks - there are certain things I do on a particular day every week. It would be nice to only have to add the task once and have it recur as/if needed. 3. More personalization - themes, colors, etc would make this more fun...but definitely not necessary I love this app!",I love the layout and user friendly interface.,4,TRUE,general,interface,37,46,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,98ae877d-bac7-4d82-bf32-435647d9c49f,87e7c6d6-be6c-4589-a667-186af65c4552,Great way to encourage off time with your phone,If you’re like me you spend too much time looking at your phone. Many hours of the day checking social media or email or texts. This gives a small reward for even short intervals where you simply put it down. Family dinner is a great one. And other times I find this useful for keeping me off the phone long enough to allow me to fall asleep. I wish coins weren’t so hard to come by and the prices didn’t constantly go up. But it gives you something to strive for.,I wish coins weren’t so hard to come by and the prices didn’t constantly go up.,5,TRUE,cost,price,49,54,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,378ba0df-1a95-45ac-96fc-d78985477b5d,8808c656-e007-4aea-abfb-16f2651fb78a,Where did gmail go wrong?,"The older gmail used to be the ideal go to for email on the go, the last few versions of it have been terrible. When I was force upgraded to iOS 12 I my 2015 gmail stopped working. So I’ve had to basically relearn how to use it as it’s a completely different program.In the old versions if you wanted to attatch something you could click paperclip and then the dialog with albums appears and you could chose to navigate camera roll album or individually pic specific album where desired photos are. Now if I wanna attatch something I have to either scroll recent photos or click camera roll which opens the moments tab of photo library. There isn’t even an option to choose to either view album or photo library in moments tab.It makes something as simple as attatching past photos on the go a huge hassle, second option is using desktop to mount iPhone and find desired attatchment that way. Google used to have it together but their suite of apps has become a hot mess.",There isn’t even an option to choose to either view album or photo library in moments tab.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,photo,62,67,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,62631f1f-f48a-4872-b4dc-3ffbd73899c1,88329e43-1fd8-47e9-aa28-9008fe043935,"Ouch.  Get additional collision insurance, this will crash multiple times per HOUR...","I have used the App for years.  I even started buying the upgraded app.  In the last 6 months or so, the usability has gone to nil.  On an iPad Pro (12.9) with ALL updates, this will crash every 2-3 minutes.  Yes, that often.  Most of the time, I am in split screen mode, maybe taht is the issue, but I am supposed to be able to use it like that!  Reading email and typing notes is a daily if not hourly task.  Based on this, I had waited to see if they addressed it.  Nope.  Over 6 months of AWFUL app performance.  I no longer pay, since I am transitioning to a new note taking app.  Evernote probably lost me for good.  I am sure based on the performance that I am not the only one.  Don’t pay for this app, you will be disappointed.","Most of the time, I am in split screen mode, maybe taht is the issue, but I am supposed to be able to use it like that!",1,TRUE,reliability,split screen,27,39,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,61bdd6a0-68fa-40c6-b5a6-2d1ce9b9602a,88e6e3b2-04e1-48d7-9ea7-42068a2edddf,Bring back native Dark Mode and fix time outs,"Longtime Pro user of Evernote and love it. It’s great for my dream journal and all the other notes I need to take as well. I just really wish you didn’t get rid of native dark mode in the app. I like using dark mode in Evernote regardless of what my iPhone is doing. It is just much easier on my eyes and I’ve been using it that way forever. I’ve seen similar requests in the reviews to bring it back, and it really doesn’t seem like a big deal to do. Please consider it, it was a great touch and details like that matter when you’ve been using them forever.Also the app times out MUCH quicker now. I have also seen many others annoyed about this in the reviews. I, too, will be doing research in another app or browser, and quickly move back and forth between that and Evernote to make notes. It used to be no problem, but after these last updates, it essentially times out immediately upon shifting from Evernote to a different app. Coming back to Evernote, it might not have even saved what I had just written and it’s back to the top. Please fix this!I’ll gladly change my rating to 5 stars once these bugs and features are fixed. Please listen to your customers or they’ll start moving to the competitors who do.","It used to be no problem, but after these last updates, it essentially times out immediately upon shifting from Evernote to a different app.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,update,48,54,negative
productivity,things-3,10211062-2462-4feb-8896-945247080c65,891036b8-4611-4fa6-9c4a-5403d5a41883,New widgets…,"… are just okay. I LOVE that I can put them on my icon screens now, but Things only allows taking up two or four lines, not three. It doesn’t allow you to scroll through the list on the screen, only shows however many will fit from the top of the list. Also, it refuses to be below the icons if the last line is full (so my screen fits four icons across, but it only stays at the bottom of the screen if there are less than four on the last line).   It is a relatively new feature so I’m sure they’ll figure it out. But there’s also nowhere to send my bugs on the app so this will have to do.","It doesn’t allow you to scroll through the list on the screen, only shows however many will fit from the top of the list.",4,TRUE,usability,list,44,48,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,fd0fa997-260f-4861-b871-5bfc3bb536c0,8927b86e-4cba-4022-b99a-8af5383d4405,Great for collaborating across devices,"I have devices I use at home, at work, and volunteer places where I do not necessarily own all devices. I usually use a USB drive but, remembering where I keep that small USB drive is much burdensome. Many times, I could not locate my USB drive. Using OneDrive and having 5 users access is a convenience, the price, over $100 a year is a little high, thou. I litterally have access to more than 5 devices. Now, when my Phone becomes more than a phone, I really like to see Word to be more easy to edit text using iPhone. I tried editing text on a document using my iPhone, I was able to edit it. However, when I open it on a PC, the line that I typed in using my iPhone has a different format than other text in the same document. Selecting text, and editing tables or that with shapes are not very much easy on iPhone which might have a lot to do with iPhone structure. But, I really want to see improvement on this area which Microsoft could possibly eliminate barriers and add more user friendly features for Word on iPhone.","Now, when my Phone becomes more than a phone, I really like to see Word to be more easy to edit text using iPhone.",3,TRUE,reliability,text,97,101,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,450950e1-aaf5-4a08-9f1b-54c4b5eb00f0,895d6d7c-98cd-44ad-87b2-5c8095cd244e,"Make landscape, split view, and slide over view","I love this app, but it’s shocking that after years there is still NO support for landscape view, split view, and slide over view. Absolutely not ok for a 5 star rating. I take notes in landscape view a lot as a lot of people do, and it’s frustrating to have to go back to portrait view because forest does not support landscape view. While it’s a small annoyance of rotating my iPad 90 degrees every time I use forest, the annoyance grows overtime hence why I’m writing this lengthy review. I should be able to switch between my note taking app and still be in landscape mode after going to forest. I should be able to use slide over I can get a peek of the time I have left to focus while studying. But instead I have to rotate my iPad making some resistance to my workflow.",I should be able to switch between my note taking app and still be in landscape mode after going to forest.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,note taking,39,50,negative
productivity,things-3,264403dd-7438-473d-a9ac-703cec8e5466,8965c648-2194-463a-bc60-f09f0c48061b,No Tab for linked calendars?,"I only see start times for events, but not the end times, in ‘today’. I would love this app if there would be better integration with calendars, it’s so close to being a great mobile daily task manager. Surprises occur in the day and the ability to move things around for the day would be nice, if only I could see what time slots I have available... without having to switch between my calendar. Thanks for considering my suggestions.","I would love this app if there would be better integration with calendars, it’s so close to being a great mobile daily task manager.",5,TRUE,usability,task manager,120,132,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,822a90e2-45ca-4adb-8431-1e49d44c5702,896fc735-dcf3-4853-970c-184e82610301,"Daily staple, but has issues","I’ve used Evernote for years across all platforms - laptop, phone, and iPad. A while back they limited the free version to just two devices, so I dropped the iPad for my phone and laptop. I use Evernote for everything - work, personal notes, journal, recipes. Pretty much everything I ever write down goes into Evernote. I have no complaints about the desktop version, however the mobile app has been giving me so much trouble over the last year. It’s been a lot slower and crashes more often. None of my other phone apps do this, and my phone is running very smoothly, so I know it’s not the device. The other thing that really bothers me is that notes don’t stay open when the screen turns off or when you switch apps then switch back to Evernote. For example I use Evernote to store all my recipes, and while I’m cooking I’ll have the note with the recipe open, and then if I switch to my web browser to look up something, or my phone screen turns off, Evernote closes the note and it goes back to the main screen where all your notes are. This is super tedious and frustrating because then instead of looking at my phone to see what’s next in the recipe, I have to go back and search for the recipe again. It seems like a minor thing, but I think it’s pretty basic and should be addressed. If my phone was off for a long period of time I wouldn’t expect the note to stay open, but it’s always a matter of minutes if not less than a minute.","A while back they limited the free version to just two devices, so I dropped the iPad for my phone and laptop.",4,TRUE,general,free version,31,43,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,8b8e2da3-d230-4eed-8b4d-0d9af9a9a002,8a0cb450-36f9-4df8-ae80-924d6ce2bfd1,Definitely recommend! Read,"This is a great app, and I love it. You can draw on it, and it’s very useful! The only small thing is that the font you like won’t stay as recently used. It’s more like used 10 seconds ago, if you try to find your font every chapter. It would be very helpful if it could say: would you like to add a favorite font? That would be more than perfect. This app otherwise is incredibly supportive for what I write. It may get confusing at first, but once you start using it, you will handle it and teach others to use this. I love this app! I highly recommended it!","It’s more like used 10 seconds ago, if you try to find your font every chapter.",4,TRUE,usability,font,61,65,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,0d9262f6-261e-45e0-84d9-757f78bcbe27,8a6cbf7e-b337-4d99-bafd-238e0ba7bd50,Dark mode Plzzzz!!!,"I have dark mode enabled on my Gmail app and when I launch it, it shows The gmail logo with a dark background then it goes back to white. I just thought that was peculiar, outlook doesn’t do that so I was wondering if you guys could fix that by any chance? Also since iOS 13 now has dark mode and some users love it and it would be appreciated if Gmail could have a dark mode as well similar to dark mode already on Outlook.","I have dark mode enabled on my Gmail app and when I launch it, it shows The gmail logo with a dark background then it goes back to white.",5,TRUE,reliability,dark mode,8,17,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,7dd7a833-51a7-4f2e-a62c-0f55fa65395e,8a85f610-3c27-4cac-9ff4-c09fd1909c7d,Handles the basics,Handles the basics well but advanced features are not available unless you pay a ridiculously expensive subscription fee. Doesn’t work with Google Drive very well. Typical Microsoft tactics to force you to drink their cool aid and nobody else’s. Still it is a decent app in the free version and as you would expect it creates documents that are always interoperable with the desktop versions of Office. Other free WPS apps often have problems with that. That is why I give it four stars instead of three.,Handles the basics well but advanced features are not available unless you pay a ridiculously expensive subscription fee.,4,TRUE,cost,subscription,105,117,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e770683f-f0fa-4bed-909e-f30a8c8b1570,8aee4d17-1515-4e05-a5af-18594f01227a,Interface could use improvement,"I’ve been using the Gmail app for years now, both on my phone and my 9.7” iPad. It's mostly good, and I really like being able to tap directly into Gmail's powerful search capabilities. However, the UI changes I’ve seen on my iPad in recent updates has me reluctant to update my iPhone app.First, the handful of buttons on the left side of the iPad version wastes valuable horizontal screen space. You can see this clearly in the first screenshot currently shown on Gmail's App Store page. Below those buttons there's a strip of never-used white space that could otherwise be used for a wider messages list.My second UI complaint is with the messages list itself. Referring back to that same screenshot, I don't know how they got it to show all that information! Maybe it's the jumbo-sized iPad. On my 9.7"" screen, I rarely see the full subject line (it disappears into a ""...""), and the list of senders involved in a thread often disappears into a ""..."" as well. This makes it really frustrating to scan the list of emails for basic information. If those aforementioned side buttons were moved elsewhere, that strip of unused space on the left could be conscripted to make much of that more visible.Bottom line: I find the app really useful, but some UI optimizations could make it a much better place to manage email without resorting to the desktop app!","However, the UI changes I’ve seen on my iPad in recent updates has me reluctant to update my iPhone app.",4,TRUE,usability,update,56,62,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7ce44af7-8cc6-4d3d-8a5d-fabb2f6d7959,8b66feda-1e09-4323-bb7b-c72880674f8d,Keeps getting worse,"I have had Evernote since 2016. It used to be a pretty functional app, great for taking notes, keeping to do lists, and clipping articles and news from the web for later. It’s getting gradually worse and worse, especially with rendering and editing. The focus will jump around like crazy when you’re trying to select something to change, deleting one space may cause the entire note to change drastically (probably since there’s some weird behavior for resolving web HTML and Evernote’s internal formatting).I’m on an iPhone 11 Pro Max and on the latest app update, I was editing some webclip and the app was pretty much frozen. If you search by tag, you have to click on the small magnifying glass icon, touching the autocompleted phrase does nothing.I can only recommend this app if you’re keeping the most simple notes, with basic formatting; or dealing with basic images you don’t really care about, since they may get corrupted/broken.","I’m on an iPhone 11 Pro Max and on the latest app update, I was editing some webclip and the app was pretty much frozen.",2,TRUE,compatibility,update,51,57,negative
productivity,things-3,1e60e0cd-81a7-4ab6-ad34-84fc0267c805,8b6f441d-c47a-445b-9f3b-dae79529a95d,LOVE IT,"This is a fantastic app. Works perfectly, I’ve tried other apps like this one. Most cost more then this for a subscription. This one you just pay for it and it’s yours. If they ever decided to make a new better version and make us rebuy it I wouldn’t have a problem with that because this one is so good. I don’t usually rate apps unless they are way above average or way below average. This one is definitely the former. Thanks for such a great app!!",Most cost more then this for a subscription.,5,TRUE,general,subscription,32,44,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,95126cde-1e53-4283-af17-98076f40c73e,8b84a88f-1b3a-44df-abc1-792b59aa50ef,Terrible On iPad and Samsung Tablet,"This is not the Office 365 on Laptops. It is vastly inferior, freezes  constantly,  requiring deleting and re-installing the app to close a document. You don’t even give the user the benefit of a Files Tab to enable simple tasks like closing a file. After a page of typing, it becomes so sluggish — it’s impossible to use. I do not have the problem on Office Suite or Pages; it’s your systems programming.Microsoft should be ashamed of providing such an inferior and poor performing product. Today’s iPads and Samsung Tablets have the RAM and Hard Drive storage capacity for you to offer full blown word. You’re just trying to drive users to a Windows Tablet. This is not the same Word that runs under Windows — not even close.","After a page of typing, it becomes so sluggish — it’s impossible to use.",1,TRUE,usability,page,9,13,negative
productivity,notability,f2c42778-dd0e-4daa-b0bb-1b71dff4448b,8b85ab26-01df-4ff1-8aea-36ede9f6dbd7,Absolutely the best note taking app for iPad,"I’ve been using this app for 6 years, all throughout high school and into my sophomore year of college. It is honestly the best app I’ve ever used for notes. It’s so easy to convert notes to PDFs and import almost any type of file, even pictures! It’s also great for writing, and I love that they have a left handed mode for all of us lefties. It makes it so much easier to write. There are also different types of paper that you can use to personalize your notes! The latest update allows you to view 2 notes at the same time, and you can write on one while recording the other! Definitely the best feature for me! The only things I would want to change is to add more colors and themes. The selection is already great of both, but I am a little bored with having to use the same selection over and over. I also think an improvement would be to let people create folders within folders or subjects. This would help me further organize my notes. Honestly though, I love everything about this app!",There are also different types of paper that you can use to personalize your notes!,5,TRUE,usability,paper,35,40,positive
productivity,notability,9cbd305d-ea50-4cc9-8a48-d73ec9bfde62,8c4c30e6-d30f-4b47-8c28-568d9b91ea5a,Best Notes App I have EVER used.,"This app has transformed the way I study for college exams and take notes. Absolutely worth every penny, and I plan to use it for the rest of my life. So awesome to be able to draw pictures and then write text underneath in a never ending doc. Also inserting photos into the document and uploading to google drive within the app, is just so streamlined and I love it. I don’t always write reviews for apps but this one is an absolute must have. Beside college work I do 2D animation, this app is so incredibly good for developing scripts and comic strips as you can upload photos of any drawing you make on paper or make the drawings in app or make your sketches on another app and upload them to here. This enables me to keep all my ideas in one place and also creating concept maps is easier than ever. Thank you very much to the developer team, and I look forward to the updates and improvements you guys will make in the future.","Also inserting photos into the document and uploading to google drive within the app, is just so streamlined and I love it.",5,TRUE,usability,document,32,40,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,36231d59-a501-401e-a4ac-ca54353e9059,8c60cb7f-f823-46c5-aa0a-8d6c769a6076,Love it!!,Honestly I love this app it’s so cute and it’s a great way to stay focus. If you’re reading this to see if you should buy it- it’s definitely worth the money. As a really bad procrastinator I find it helpful for me to stay off my phone while trying to get homework done because I’m so motivated to get my forest all nice and pretty. It also has relaxing sounds and a nice timer ding and that is not obnoxious and annoying. So basically- get the app.,If you’re reading this to see if you should buy it- it’s definitely worth the money.,5,TRUE,cost,money,79,84,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b396f3e9-fdac-4cec-a384-fc852bd3eb96,8cb74fd0-119d-4b63-b3f8-7a4b54a12121,"Love the app, but stop changing my icons!","Gmail is a great app. Love the simplicity and ease of use. My biggest complaint is the changing of icons. I liked the envelope with a red edging. While the new icon shows google colors, it looks both childish and malevolent at the same time. Especially looks ugly on the notification bar...at first I thought a virus was on my phone until I realized gmail changed their look again.  They did the same with the photo icon. Silly to complain about icons, but I “liked” the old ones. They were streamlined; new design is cartoonish.","While the new icon shows google colors, it looks both childish and malevolent at the same time.",4,TRUE,efficiency,color,33,38,positive
productivity,things-3,ef3112d4-915a-4c80-ac61-7ca5719fd1b9,8cc8589e-9617-4ae6-b6a9-ae9bcddcad22,Not worth the money,It’s a fine app but there are so many other free ones like wunderlist and 2Do and many more that do just as much if not more. I think price is fair for any app like this but when you have others that are free it’s just a waste of money in my opinion. So my low review is for the price not the app itself. Why spend the money if don’t have to. I already paid so can’t get refund but was expecting it to be so great and it’s really no different than the other top free ones out there.,I think price is fair for any app like this but when you have others that are free it’s just a waste of money in my opinion.,2,TRUE,cost,money,105,110,positive
productivity,things-3,f81d88a4-eccf-4c79-9967-b61e6bcfd093,8cd456b4-b0a7-47f8-9f9c-9800728e9af0,Past Favorite,"Things was once my favorite task management app, but has failed to interstate with outlook and windows desktop. While it remains the cleanest and easiest, I have had to default to Tick Tick and Todoist.","Things was once my favorite task management app, but has failed to interstate with outlook and windows desktop.",3,TRUE,efficiency,task management,29,44,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,a2f8ff55-68ab-4955-86d9-813e300010cf,8ceb73eb-ad16-4086-972f-19af2b9efa6f,Lacking a little bit more capability,"I really want there to be a way to set a default font type and size, Times New Roman font is so popular, yet it’s all the way down the list. I know it’s alphabetically sorted, but have a separate section at the top with popular fonts at least. I would also like to be able to edit and create font styles. Having a short cut to different styles, sizes, fonts, colors, etc. would be super helpful. Hope these changes can be made sooner rather than later.","I really want there to be a way to set a default font type and size, Times New Roman font is so popular, yet it’s all the way down the list.",4,TRUE,usability,list,136,140,positive
productivity,things-3,ee828838-2e1e-45a5-aa80-d9a9c76e7ca2,8ced01de-9f7e-462c-94fe-b553c20fa792,Do not buy! Misleading advertisement and overpriced,This app does not do what it advertise it for. You can only download google calendar events. You can not create any sub-tasks for the imported google calendar event. None of the google calendar events are editable or movable. You can only create one layer of sub-tasks for the tasks you created on their app. Not very usable for $10. And you have to pay $50 to sync it on Mac! Just a big scam all around. Not sure how it is Editor’s choice!  Do not buy!,You can not create any sub-tasks for the imported google calendar event.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,calendar event,58,72,negative
productivity,notability,f544232e-457d-4958-894f-86195c49f01b,8d071508-614e-4b47-bff8-395ff2a5684c,"Great app, but...","If this was a free app it would have five out of five stars. It is easy to use, has some really awesome features and is really well designed. But because I payed $10 for it I am going to be more critical. The biggest issue I have with this app is the lack of tilt functionality. It really needs to have a setting to take advantage of tilt for brush size. That is one of my favorite things about the Apple Pencil and it is not taken advantage of in this app. Another thing I would like to have in this app is subfolders. I like order and I would like to be able to organize my notes in such a manner that I have large folders then more folders within my folders and so forth. Those are my two major complaints with this app. Overall though, I would recommend, I will definitely get my $10 out of this app.Dropped to one Star because the latest update has messed up the app. It is now glitching a lot and the notes won’t quit “syncing” with iCloud so I can’t access them. Very frustrating for an expensive app.",The biggest issue I have with this app is the lack of tilt functionality.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,60,73,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,1f11605b-b601-4728-a4ad-0665165802da,8d917a9d-3958-40bf-b3cd-4c5519738e33,Notes not syncing on ios,"I’ve been a premium subscriber without much issue over the last 5 years but this week alone noticing so many bugs with the new update. I spent over an hour writing on my phone today only to get home and see that the note didn’t save at all or sync, even though I went through all the motions to click the green check mark to ensure it saved at least on the phone if not synced across all devices. I did neither. Now that note is lost. I’ve been running tests all evening on the on my phone and it simply won’t store a new note I create on my phone. It lets me create it and save it, but when I close the app and restart it’s gone. I’ve tried to let it sync to computer/desktop side and it simply won’t appear there. This is a MAJOR issue and not sure it makes sense to rely on this app anymore especially at the large cost for premium.",I’ve been a premium subscriber without much issue over the last 5 years but this week alone noticing so many bugs with the new update.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,update,128,134,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3d1b94ca-dde1-4a10-8584-dbf0ea447fcf,8db28e0c-b52f-4dae-ba36-6f87535410cc,Every update / redesign makes things worse,"I have been a paying subscriber for more than 10 years. Every couple of years, they completely re-design the app, and keep adding useless features. E.g. reminders - who needs that in a note taking app ?Latest redesign is bug riddled and crashes constantly. App start takes much longer than it used to. I’m close to giving up on Evernote.——————Downgraded my review to 1 StarApp is so buggy on my iPhone, it’s basically useless. It crashes constantly, and repeatedly. One of the main reasons I got a paid account was to use offline notebooks. Well, that functionality is mostly broken. Downloads are so slow, and only take place while the app is open. Since I had to delete my app and re-install, all my notebooks have to download again. It syncs at a speed of maybe 5-10 notes per minute. But as soon as your device shuts the screen off, it stops syncing. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND SYNC. So you need to keep you device unlocked for hours to sync everything, if it doesn’t crash. It’s so crappy and ridiculous.——————Latest update still doesn’t fix iOS issues. App still crashes constantly, notes don’t pull up. It’s been completely useless for many weeks now.","So you need to keep you device unlocked for hours to sync everything, if it doesn’t crash.",1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,54,58,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,8b1977a7-53f0-420a-9a18-3518710f66cc,8e0888f8-d9c9-4240-9405-0b902f90949d,Lacks management tools,"Works extremely well so far as sending and receiving mail.  However it does not provide any tools to reorganize messages or delete more than one email at a time.  So if I inadvertently find my address added to a mailing list that floods my mailbox, something that happens frequently due to  sharing of my private info per obscure privacy “agreements”, I have to spend hours and days deleting messages one at a time to get rid of them, or access th account from a desktop app which isn’t always an option.  With this app I can use a search term to gather all the messages I don’t want, but then ther is nothing further I can do with the list.  Am I missing something?","With this app I can use a search term to gather all the messages I don’t want, but then ther is nothing further I can do with the list.",3,TRUE,usability,list,131,135,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,adc6ee22-4d78-4f57-8fac-7a57ce2cfbfd,8e227278-9659-429c-9265-5cc863fc8d59,Potential OneNote or Better,"I have been using OneNote to take the majority of my notes with until I realized that the Word app also had note taking capabilities. I like how Word still allows you to add more detailed figures and its in paper size. However, since I am only writing notes the software has a tendency to scroll to the top of the page since there is no text on the page. It’s annoying. I actually like note taking on Word more than OneNote, but it needs some improvements. I feel Word on iPad should be more like OneNote or OneNote be more like Word.","I actually like note taking on Word more than OneNote, but it needs some improvements.",3,TRUE,efficiency,note taking,17,28,negative
productivity,notability,bad31c5f-ca9d-45de-ae7b-f8e3852b4647,8e7be494-24c7-4759-bb7c-6422ae092efb,Perfect For Students,"This app is my go to app for anything I do in school. It has made taking notes fun and easy. And now after using this app for a little over a year and a half, I can absolutely say that this is my favorite note taking app. Practically everything that I do for school is on this app, which when paired to my phone makes it a breeze to quickly scroll through my notes at any time. The writing feels fluid with great options for size and colors. Importing files and documents is extremely easy and fast. On tops of this, the line straitening and shape recognition is amazingly useful and easy, without being intrusive or correcting things that were not meant to be corrected. My one issue I have is with organization. Especially towards the end of the year when I have hundreds of notes and files, they can often be lost in the clutter. I have found ways around this by specifically labeling my files so all of my notes, quizzes, tests, and handouts are all sorted by category alphabetically, but I wish there was a way to put folders inside of subjects. This app is my favorite, but to make it the best it really needs a better way to organize files inside of subjects. Again, I cant imagine creating folders inside of subjects would be hard do and I really hope they include this soon in an update.","And now after using this app for a little over a year and a half, I can absolutely say that this is my favorite note taking app.",4,TRUE,efficiency,note taking,113,124,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b2f09126-b40b-4329-a080-56363f65e90b,8e8f63b8-6a54-4f9a-a41e-b1c15541a8ad,Finally the app is worth using!,"My original review had the app as being mediocre. But now that you have finally allowed for conversation view to be turned off on the app...the app is FIANLLY usable. Email is easy to read and file. Oh, and making it able to use Chrome or Safari to view emailed links is another added touch. Google Synergy at its finest.",But now that you have finally allowed for conversation view to be turned off on the app...the app is FIANLLY usable.,4,TRUE,usability,conversation view,43,60,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,92b0c5d0-0a36-44f4-8b49-f0c302c6fd43,8e99f29d-195b-436d-a77d-f00b39d07c27,Used to love it but after most recent update HATE IT,"I am veterinary resident. I have read a lot of journal articles, all of which come in the form a pdf. I am paying the annual subscription fee specifically for the pdf reading and annotation features. Evernote used to pretty good at this. I could upload the pdf into a note.  If I opened the pdf, I could read, zoom, navigate and select and copy text. Now when I open the pdf, I can only zoom. With the old Evernote annotation function, I could zoom and navigate easily, then use the highlight function to highlight important text. Now in the annotation function I can not zoom making it harder to read and nearly impossible to highlight text. Additionally, in the old version a little summary of annotations and highlighted text would be generate, so the next time I opened that pdf I have a lovely little summary of the stuff that was important to me. None of this is available in the most recent update and I hate it. I gave feedback to the Evernote team during beta testing and recently after the new release, but they clearly aren’t listening.",Now in the annotation function I can not zoom making it harder to read and nearly impossible to highlight text.,1,TRUE,usability,text,107,111,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,e459351c-178a-43fc-b44c-47235af71175,8f05cb4d-2b37-455b-949e-5b4e87ca2860,LOVE LOVE LOVE😍😍,"Forest is one of my absolute favorite apps. I use it every day when I am doing my homework to help me get rid of my distractions. The tag feature is really cool and lets me see just how much time I am spending on certain subjects. I have just recently started using Forest to lock down my phone and track my other activities such as soccer practice, family dinners, and school. The only thing I wish would be different is if Forest would be more customizable so there would be more things you could do with the leaf coins you earn. More things to buy with the coins would give me A LOT more incentive to earn them. Even still this app most definitely completes its purpose and I will continue to build my forest.",The tag feature is really cool and lets me see just how much time I am spending on certain subjects.,5,TRUE,usability,tag,5,8,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,4eb88fad-6fad-459e-956f-d32fdb95977d,8f5e7cd7-acd5-4be6-a582-12ee081f8758,To early to tell but so far so good,"Sync to other mail accounts , will try and see .Speed has been good and photos were good.Lets see how files will be ?",Speed has been good and photos were good.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,photo,25,30,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,43e1aef5-d46a-48bf-a672-cc8bf8410178,8f90e4a1-9230-4de6-9f16-0746490560ca,"Works for email, no split screen","This app works well for email, particularly my corporate mail...however on the iPad there’s no split screen functionality. This severely limits multitasking and given that googles other apps can do it I’m shocked this one can’t. Even calendar allows a slide over... please add this and I’ll happily give that last star.","This app works well for email, particularly my corporate mail...however on the iPad there’s no split screen functionality.",4,TRUE,usability,functionality,109,122,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e3b9c460-e590-4ab8-901d-983a0ff9a3cf,8faf6a1d-bcb1-4a4e-bfdc-7fc161a1087f,Needs Paragraph Formatting Tool in Desktop Version,"This Word app omits the nifty paragraph formatting tool that’s in the desktop version. Not having this tool makes it difficult/impossible to edit the spacing and tab alignment formats in the document, which I need to do all the time when using Word.  This is incredibly frustrating because I know that I would get a lot of use out of this app for work on my large screen iPad Pro, but for some reason Microsoft and many other developers don’t date take the iPad very seriously as the legit stand alone computing device it is, and have some strange philosophy that real work is done only on a Laptop or Desktop and only allow you to gaze on your documents on iPad with frustration of being able to make any meaningful use of time editing them by omitting the critical tools needed for such editing.  I really hope Microsoft wastes little time equipping their iPad Office Suite of apps (or at least Word) with the same exact tools and level of function and use those programs have on Desktop/Laptop interfaces.",This Word app omits the nifty paragraph formatting tool that’s in the desktop version.,1,TRUE,usability,graph,35,40,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,5818a88d-19b6-41ab-9da8-fcdbaa5be6fb,8fee3774-26c2-40fc-8250-7be13d169192,A tool to centralize all my tasks and notes,"With the multiple insufficiencies of outlook for Mac - that we use at a group level, Evernote is my perfect tool for keeping ALL my tasks in the same place, from emails to answer, tasks I create, etc. I forward emails to my Evernote account several times a day to schedule the time to answer (could you add a function where we choose the default notebook to send email reminders to avoid the ‘@‘ step and set that, if no date is mentioned, the default is tomorrow?). I also have the comfort of having my notes everywhere with me on a handwritten format. I used to be a fan of paper notebooks but was losing them all. Solved now! Finally the scan document function is incredible and allows me to manage all my legal scanned contracts in the best possible way. WELL DONE team Evernote.",I used to be a fan of paper notebooks but was losing them all.,5,TRUE,general,paper,23,28,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,7a06b6c7-e1cd-4a07-9fe4-8496baec26d9,901544d1-c154-45ee-8359-2dbd1f3fb35d,"Could be better,,,","While the mobile version of Word is helpful for on the go typing, it lacks many of the aspects that make regular Word good.  For example, every ten minutes, the app shuts down. This would just be irritating, but in addition to the crash, the app deletes everything I typed in the two minutes before the crash. There is no way to recover this lost work, and I just have to retype everything. Every time I edit something, the Word app gives me an error, saying someone else has edited the document, and I need to review these changes. No one else is editing the document. Just me. the alert is very irritating and does not go away, even after I have ‘resolved the changes.’Final complaint...The spellcheck is horrendous in mobile Word. The iconic red line will appear under words like “and” and “the” when they are spelled correctly. It will autocorrect these words to “these” and “arm” but not correct actual misspellings of larger words. Overall, I wish the mobility and accessibility of mobile Word outweighed the negative aspects. Unfortunately, this is not the case, and I have had to deal with frustrating issues that make the experience less than ideal. I wish the functionality of regular Word would transfer to mobile Word. I think the app could be really useful if the technological issues were resolved.",I wish the functionality of regular Word would transfer to mobile Word.,3,TRUE,efficiency,functionality,12,25,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,64f9a986-b035-43dd-bad2-ad32abf82d1c,902175bf-fe18-4be6-a7fb-96263160ef52,New Update Hurts My Eyes,"I have migraine and vision issues. The new, jarring, super white look makes my eyes hurt, especially when I have a migraine. With no color separation or clear boundary demarcation, it strains my eyes, if I have to spend any real time checking my email. I no longer use a desktop or laptop computer, so I depend on using the app. The new changes make it almost impossible for me to use, though, because it literally hurts my eyes and causes my vision to blur.Additionally, the placement of the option to change accounts in the previous version made sense. Where it is placed in the new version is not intuitive or user friendly. It now takes extra steps to pull up a separate screen in order to switch between accounts. This means I have to spend additional time on the stark white, visually unappealing app, which literally causes me pain, if I want to check my mail.This is a HORRIBLE update, that does not give any consideration for those with eye strain or vision problems. I won’t even go into the serious need to add options for color coding, for people who rely on visual cues to stay organized. Or the fact that nearly every other email app had a dark mode, at the very least. Please, please, PLEASE fix this!","With no color separation or clear boundary demarcation, it strains my eyes, if I have to spend any real time checking my email.",1,TRUE,usability,color,9,14,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,b2091e02-c7c9-493b-b37b-b24f006b9151,908dfb2c-745e-423a-bf48-e0651ccaa5ac,Life changing,"I had this bad habit of checking a text and then being on my phone for hours. However, this app has changed all my habits. Knowing that I have the opportunity to help the environment just by staying focused helped me to focus on other things in my life. I’ve taken up new hobbies, resumed old ones, read over 10 books, and improved my study habits because of this app. I will admit that sometimes it’s a tad annoying if I need to answer a message or if I want to look something up for school, but this app serves its purpose, and I highly recommend it to everyone.",I had this bad habit of checking a text and then being on my phone for hours.,5,TRUE,general,text,36,40,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ce059956-8f29-47ac-94e2-5ef07d437543,90fd12e1-046b-4fe2-97d5-03395b539caa,"Soft Return doesn’t work, and Trackpad support iffy","I’m a playwright that made the jump from PC to iPad Pro, and it seems Word doesn’t support soft returns on iPad the way it does on PC. When you turn on paragraph marks it shows that there’s a soft return, but it doesn’t physically act as a soft return. Also, the trackpad support is very finnicky. It often (about every other instance in which I use the iPad) stops listening to the trackpad then I have to use my finger. The only workaround is swiping home then reopening, which gets very old very fast. Disappointed.",It often (about every other instance in which I use the iPad) stops listening to the trackpad then I have to use my finger.,2,TRUE,usability,list,69,73,negative
productivity,things-3,4232315e-a155-4562-a899-53c2458ba7a8,9182682d-0739-4d56-ba0f-37d70143a787,Back to Things,"When I first left the world of paper only task and calendar management (former Day-Timer and then Franklin Covey user for 20+ years), I kept searching for the “time management holy grail” that would replace my paper planner. I started with Things and then Things2.0 but kept hearing that it wasn’t being supported (unfounded rumors). I wandered to other programs such as Todoist (not a fan of karma), Wunderlist, etc.Then, I saw a video of Things 3. Elegant design, intuitive features, the ability to put notes right on the task or the project caught my attention and imagination again. The ability to shape the interface of projects to my areas of responsibility was a real plus. I think in roles and responsibilities and to access projects that way is a real bonus. The synch is almost immediate and very reliable. Kudos to the creators who went underground and hammered out an elegant piece of software that is now, coupled with iCal and Evernote, my big three! Note: if you could add photos, files and pdf.s to it, this would be amazing!","I wandered to other programs such as Todoist (not a fan of karma), Wunderlist, etc.",5,TRUE,general,list,74,78,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,d6506b31-142f-42fb-bbde-853536e6dbc6,91ad7187-7880-40ba-8286-b0c065330332,It helps so much,"I love using it to fall asleep to rain sounds and I use it to do online school nowadays. I have used ir for years. I first got it when it was free but it’s worth the money as long as you remember to open the app. But I wish it could go to 5 minutes and all the way up to 10 hours, because sometimes 2 hours it not enough time. It also needs more sounds I’m kinda getting sink of the same ones. But still amazing!💗",I first got it when it was free but it’s worth the money as long as you remember to open the app.,5,TRUE,cost,money,52,57,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,6032411d-a5c6-4bc8-aaad-99faf65c7b22,9208990e-3cf2-4f66-a98f-0c6660db7465,Achievement you can see,"The thing about Forest is it shows you a visual representation of the time you spend working. As you keep your hands off your phone and get some heads-down work done, you grow a tree, and the trees become a forest, and you see it add up. It’s very motivating. It also provides line graphs and timelines, which help me compare days and stay consistent. Definitely worth the price!",Definitely worth the price!,5,TRUE,cost,price,22,27,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6959ae2d-f1ad-4995-9db6-3bf717331f11,920e094a-3877-49ad-a86b-ddfd75d970e8,Needs a bit more finesse,"Coming from Inbox I found Gmail to be archaic. The functionality of Inbox was so smooth and robust I’m shocked that Google got rid of it and took a jump backward. I have been using Gmail since they closed Inbox and have found some workarounds for some of the functions; however, the Day, Week and Month breaks are not there mailing your inbox one long list of emails which can be a pain when you are trying to quickly look at yesterday’s emails. The groupings - Promos, Social, etc. - don’t stand out from other emails very well. I liked the important emails showing up at the top in Inbox. I am hopeful that more Inbox functionality will make it’s way to Gmail.",I am hopeful that more Inbox functionality will make it’s way to Gmail.,3,TRUE,general,functionality,30,43,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,6a7ceb98-c51c-44a1-88e0-84ed58679ccf,9267610e-72f4-4a74-ae60-93a490c3ac51,really helpful!!,"this app isn’t going to solve absolutely all of your problems if you’re a procrastinator like me- but it definitely helps! forest is a fun, cute, and encouraging way to get you off of your phone for certain periods of time (all of which you can customize). it’s worth the money honestly- and another cool feature that i loved was- you cant buy your way through it. after you purchase the app- there’s only two “in-app purchases” but both of which have very little effect on your tree growing and just give you little boosts of coin for new trees (i really love this feature as i didn’t want to feel as if the company wanted my money more than actually being a productivity app💕). i do wish that there were different kinds of bushes (10-15 -maybe 20- minute reward)- but that’s just a tiny detail ☺️ otherwise!! i really love the app and the concept it’s pushing💗",it’s worth the money honestly- and another cool feature that i loved was- you cant buy your way through it.,5,TRUE,cost,money,16,21,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,0549cf1c-ed17-494d-a060-f83d1db8691d,9268d703-36ec-4e2e-ae90-2083d5a5bf06,Forest,Amazing. 100% worth the money if you have enough motivation and self control to use the app but need extra help staying off your phone. Its enticing to watch your plants develop and your forest grow. It’s encouraging to see how productive you are. And it’s enlightening to see how many times you want to pick up your phone during a 15- or 30- minute period and experience the exceptional feeling of telling yourself no. I can’t even imagine how unproductive I was before this app. Hands-down one of the best few dollars I’ve ever spent.,100% worth the money if you have enough motivation and self control to use the app but need extra help staying off your phone.,5,TRUE,cost,money,16,21,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b02050f5-5046-4de7-bec2-45aa065f6ae2,927add23-2e56-4cde-9daf-1fdb75435610,Email and calendar integration,Allow the ability to link an email to the calendar events. Currently you have to save an email document to google drive and then attach it to the calendar event. It is not seamless. Many events are created just by reading an email. I would like the ability to look at a calendar event and then be able to quickly hit a link that would take me to the emails that pertain to that event. Also change the apps to allow the scheduling of calendar events while in the email app without switching. For example when reading an email you can schedule a calendar event on the email app.,Also change the apps to allow the scheduling of calendar events while in the email app without switching.,4,TRUE,usability,calendar event,49,63,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f8856a04-ec27-4b44-867f-1eec43a91d7f,92b84ce3-33a1-411b-bed2-2b011b977bae,Awesome. Handy. Practical. Awesome.,"I know I said awesome twice, but this is so insanely useful that I've used it more often than email. Crazy practical syncing between mobile and laptop and desktop files. So useful. I can think of an idea for a sketch or story on the go, make a note or audio recording to get the details and when I get home they're already waiting to be fleshed out on my desktop. The photo incorporation has proved handy as well. A#1!Now with being able to create full notes from my browser, I love Evernote more than everAwesome.",The photo incorporation has proved handy as well.,5,TRUE,general,photo,5,10,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8f252f10-0d58-48cc-9ee4-b34c078395fe,93089a77-9db8-4cc2-93d4-b4f3a7c72d57,Well designed app but too expensive,This app is no longer years before it’s time and has no hugely unique features they offer.  It’s all pretty standard so the price should reflect that.   This is the single most expensive app I had.   BY FAR!     It’s a great app if you can afford it but I just can’t.,It’s all pretty standard so the price should reflect that.,4,TRUE,cost,price,33,38,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,506230e3-cc98-4233-be40-89e52d53990c,930b71ed-9fa4-4e86-a651-ea7af05e2667,Same word. Same problem,"A lot of people use word because its very standard. But I run into the same problem when I use it. Every update there’s a problem with the format. Everything that I had on page 2, is now partly on page 1. And what I had on part 3, is partly on page 2, and so forth, throughout all 200+pages of my document.  Try to call for support and reach someone who barely speaks English. I tell them what happens, and they say “so is it because you changed something in your document”? Yes, when I closed my document yesterday, it was formatted correctly. Then after I updated the app today, and opened it up and it was wrong, it must have been when I did it in the middle of the night.I will be switching to Apples pages. Thanks for the people who work really hard to make this work, it really is a great effort for the most part. But it’s just not fun doing this when the issue happens on my MacBook and my iPad. What’s the point of setting something up to be exactly how you want it, if a simple update changes everything? It’s nonsense.","And what I had on part 3, is partly on page 2, and so forth, throughout all 200+pages of my document.",1,TRUE,general,document,93,101,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,2a07f800-c93f-49a5-9ed4-5275fe5de74d,9317a43d-5e69-4d71-88c3-b7790112126b,Good app but...,"It’s a great app. I’ve just had issues in the past with losing data. Not good when I put everything in there, especially work or family documents. Would love to be able to easily download the files and store on a drive simply for backup reasons.",Would love to be able to easily download the files and store on a drive simply for backup reasons.,4,TRUE,security,backup,84,90,positive
productivity,notability,d69880dd-7a23-4934-80f2-64e5bfef50ce,931874cc-8946-4330-88a3-0d9e25d7a62b,Not sure what the hype is all about..,"So, here’s the thing. There are a lot of note taking apps on the market. I feel like if you want a quality one, maybe you need to pay for it. So, I purchased this one and Good Notes. I’ve used Evernote and Microsoft OneNote as well. Nothing sets this apart from competitors besides the price. And please beware: that price for the iOS app does not include the desktop app. That’s a separate charge. You can’t access it through a browser either. That’s a huge negative in my opinion. Additionally, sometimes this app will crash (like during iOS updates) and you’ll lose your subjects and dividers. So, there’s a way to get your subjects back, but you’re out of luck with your dividers. What does this mean? It means that all of the classes you’ve set up for multiple semesters will be wiped out. Whatever was organized under is able to be obtained, but you have to go back through and sort all of it. Do you know what an incredibly awful and tedious task that is? When you contact their customer service, they’re basically just like “Oh, sorryyyyy yeah we don’t care.” If you’re still reading this, oh hey. One last final note: don’t waste your money. I’ve tried them all and think Microsoft OneNote is really the way to go. It’s free, you get cloud storage, the app on the computer is free, and you get full functionality of program. Recent updates means it does EXACTLY what notability does.",One last final note: don’t waste your money.,2,TRUE,cost,money,39,44,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,03016314-842b-4d67-8e67-0a936a4fd006,937801a4-3b09-406f-a97c-e39ace51b08f,Video and Picture-Sending Issue,"Every time i want to email videos and pictures, it only lets me email 4 photos at a time, and short videos. Im just hoping that in the next update, we can send as much pictures and videos as we want.","Im just hoping that in the next update, we can send as much pictures and videos as we want.",5,TRUE,efficiency,picture,61,68,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d3da057d-7bea-4636-8007-b012adfb9a56,940261b6-dd4e-4d19-9364-002940bde59f,Too slow.,"This is not for quick notes. The app takes way too long to open and load. Worst part is, creating a new note takes 10 seconds because it uploads the new note before you even write anything down. Idea itself is great, layout is great, but I had to reinstall the app 4 times now. It gets to a point where creating a new note or opening an old one is so slow that it’s quicker to just use the Apple notes app. You’d think it would be better if you used offline mode for the notes you need to access the most, but it actually makes it worse. Only solution is to reinstall the app after every 20 notes or so that you add, otherwise it gets slow to the point that it’s frustrating when you’re trying to get an idea down quickly.","Idea itself is great, layout is great, but I had to reinstall the app 4 times now.",2,TRUE,usability,layout,23,29,negative
productivity,things-3,79695b2a-f017-443f-a5b7-58b2d1b76f0c,941a5897-31f0-4445-b56e-2318bf7558ce,Supreme Improvement,"*after few months, its still a vast improvement. But I've also trialed OmniFocus during this time and think (suggestion box!) Things could really use the addition of adding a photo to a task. Its one major improvement that would help my way of using a task app out. Omni is better in this regard, things design is just so great though. ———-//— old reviewI grew to despise Things 2. This version is an absolute improvement to that P.O.S. that was v2. Things 2 had some great features, but was also super lacking and seemingly never updated with features that users requested. This new version appears to rectify some major  shortcomings I thought Things 2 had. I give 4 star for now, as I am adjusting to it from my hobbled together mix of reminders, calendars, notes, and evernote.","I give 4 star for now, as I am adjusting to it from my hobbled together mix of reminders, calendars, notes, and evernote.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,reminder,80,88,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,c876eec7-93c9-4906-b31d-27ec55418300,9462fd5a-39c2-4fed-af34-91050edcfb16,Extra motivation!,"Loving this app! It has the extra incentive of planting actual trees, and on a smaller scale adding trees to a little virtual forest. I like that it gives me a pretty reminder to connect with the natural world, as I focus on my priorities. The virtual forest gives me a clear visual of how much focused time I am spending on things and you can use it as a time tracker as well by using tags to see exactly what you are focusing on.","I like that it gives me a pretty reminder to connect with the natural world, as I focus on my priorities.",5,TRUE,usability,reminder,34,42,positive
productivity,things-3,90fa3730-ce10-4404-825f-a14c2bf10682,9469ae67-4bc5-458a-9556-44e1175e0ce8,Nearly Perfect,"For a couple years I’ve used 2Do as my go-to task manager. Things 3 doesn’t have all the bells and whistles that 2Do has, but it has nearly all the ones I used. Personally, the ability to color-code projects/lists was something I really enjoyed in 2Do and wish it was present in Things 3. I hope this is added soon. Pictures is also something I look forward to adding, as another way to visualize my tasks. Finally, I wish there was more integration into alternative calendar apps, such as Fantastical. Being able to link to and from my task-manager and my calendar is awesome, but it only links to native calendar. Hopefully this is expanded in the future. Overall, Things 3 has been an absolute joy to use, and I’ve almost completely migrated from 2Do because of the awesome interface.","Personally, the ability to color-code projects/lists was something I really enjoyed in 2Do and wish it was present in Things 3.",4,TRUE,usability,color,28,33,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,5b836772-30b4-4a95-91bc-5a9f019c3066,94a3f538-d26a-49e8-b751-afa9fa8eb994,Awesome Little App,"This app is one of my favorite apps on my phone. Its simplistic design allows me to easily use it and prevents me from getting distracted on my phone. I’d definitely say it does its job and it has its fun little reward system that keeps me wanting to stay focused. I would recommend to anyone who has a habit of picking up their phone purely out of habit. This is also a good tool to see how much time I spend on certain activities. Overall, it is fantastic easy to use productivity app.",Its simplistic design allows me to easily use it and prevents me from getting distracted on my phone.,5,TRUE,usability,design,16,22,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,490b7ae8-6484-40d1-a23f-c868a371d59c,94d470f6-62e0-41f1-80ed-5d1fbb3d8bf1,This is the only app I’ve ever truly loved,"I’ve never reviewed an app before, but I love this app so much. I downloaded it after my previous pomodoro timer app, tide, stopped timing correctly, which was literally all it had to do. The timer on this app works, with reliable notifications, and the “gamification” of being focused may seem silly, but it adds a cute and fun element to using a pomodoro timer. Also, the ability to tag how I spend my time (ex: work vs all other things) is an easy way to stay balanced. For instance, I can see if I’m falling behind on daily meditating even if it’s something I’m not conscious of. I can also see someone using this app not necessarily to boost concentration but as a way to literally bar yourself from using your phone for periods of time when you need to be present (ex: during a meeting or with a friend). One more thing I love: I just finished a project that took two months, and I went back and looked at my little forests for that time. Each lil tree helped me get that project done. It’s such a beautiful reminder that everything big happens with many tiny steps!",It’s such a beautiful reminder that everything big happens with many tiny steps!,5,TRUE,general,reminder,23,31,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2bacbb16-1033-403d-8f85-3028fc484392,9526d4e4-90fc-42cb-a48c-ab9309eee750,Deleting after 15 years of using Gmail,"For whatever reason, Google has taken it upon themselves to redesign the email experience.  For example, airline tickets are now presented in a way that is supposed to be helpful, but instead buriers and often even hides important details (like your connecting flight time!).  Just show me the email and quit trying to “redesign my viewing experience”!  It’s annoyingly and not helpful.  Finally, adding attachments has now become a baffling process!  I can’t just do a straightforward attachment in a reply.  If I attach a file, I have to go through an unnecessarily complicated process of finding it in a weird way that Google has decided to organize my photos from the app.  Yes, in a different way than Apple!","For whatever reason, Google has taken it upon themselves to redesign the email experience.",1,TRUE,general,design,63,69,negative
productivity,notability,fd894de4-3b35-4a7e-aa5e-34c5e54692a3,9574644f-6152-45b7-ac78-a217333be859,Need local saving option.,"This app requires share option to save document at local. This might not seems worng but it makes user to do export documents and reimport process when iCloud storage is full. This problem also leads user can't check all Notability documents in one place. Sharing option is good but I believe it's not right for the process for local save. I hope Notability allows user can choose the location for document. Or at leaset it should change user can modify document directory. Like iOS native File app, user can modify saving location without export process and it makes available to check all the documents at Recent tab.",This problem also leads user can't check all Notability documents in one place.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,document,57,65,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,40ade379-dec7-4fdd-b0d5-b64699701636,95a93252-596a-4d54-9fab-34836e862324,I use it for all of my writing,I have written toe books using Microsoft Word and my daughter uses it for school as well. The best money I spend in my opinion. I would recommend it to anyone.,The best money I spend in my opinion.,5,TRUE,cost,money,10,15,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,61bdd6a0-68fa-40c6-b5a6-2d1ce9b9602a,95ec02b8-93a9-4c50-964a-118bfb10f177,Bring back native Dark Mode and fix time outs,"Longtime Pro user of Evernote and love it. It’s great for my dream journal and all the other notes I need to take as well. I just really wish you didn’t get rid of native dark mode in the app. I like using dark mode in Evernote regardless of what my iPhone is doing. It is just much easier on my eyes and I’ve been using it that way forever. I’ve seen similar requests in the reviews to bring it back, and it really doesn’t seem like a big deal to do. Please consider it, it was a great touch and details like that matter when you’ve been using them forever.Also the app times out MUCH quicker now. I have also seen many others annoyed about this in the reviews. I, too, will be doing research in another app or browser, and quickly move back and forth between that and Evernote to make notes. It used to be no problem, but after these last updates, it essentially times out immediately upon shifting from Evernote to a different app. Coming back to Evernote, it might not have even saved what I had just written and it’s back to the top. Please fix this!I’ll gladly change my rating to 5 stars once these bugs and features are fixed. Please listen to your customers or they’ll start moving to the competitors who do.",I just really wish you didn’t get rid of native dark mode in the app.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,dark mode,49,58,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,7ac813ab-f1f6-475b-a95a-c74425164f19,9603da06-7d8a-433b-bba7-c6778ab680da,Truly a lifesaver!,"I have a very short attention span. In between studying, I often get distracted. Forest was a lifesaver! It kept me from getting distracted by my phone, so I was able to focus more on studying.Having started out with forest on my mac, I really enjoyed being able to blacklist and whitelist websites. I was really disappointed to have learned that it doesn’t work on other apple products, such as the ipad and iphone. I’d love to have this fixed since I still need some apps while studying, which I cannot open when in deep focus mode.","Having started out with forest on my mac, I really enjoyed being able to blacklist and whitelist websites.",4,TRUE,usability,list,79,83,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,adc6ee22-4d78-4f57-8fac-7a57ce2cfbfd,96d1fe35-ffe9-4c9b-a4ce-fe108b398d3d,Potential OneNote or Better,"I have been using OneNote to take the majority of my notes with until I realized that the Word app also had note taking capabilities. I like how Word still allows you to add more detailed figures and its in paper size. However, since I am only writing notes the software has a tendency to scroll to the top of the page since there is no text on the page. It’s annoying. I actually like note taking on Word more than OneNote, but it needs some improvements. I feel Word on iPad should be more like OneNote or OneNote be more like Word.","However, since I am only writing notes the software has a tendency to scroll to the top of the page since there is no text on the page.",3,TRUE,general,text,119,123,positive
productivity,things-3,6b7ffa01-976d-4fc1-9012-9b87d683af3e,9709f71f-4636-4628-a4a8-12d7d18c6fd4,Limited and Expensive,"Paying 65-80$ for a suite of eye candy...Overall there is not much of an improvement to justify the high cost, considering you have to buy three different apps.There is still  the same greedy pricing model essentially charging you 1.5 times more for the iPad version. Only reason this is not a universal app, is money. I don't see this scheme much anymore thankfully.There are some nice small additions and a wonderful interface but that is about it.The biggest issue with this software is the lack of real integration with Apple Reminders and Calendar. You essentially have to use one app or the other as far as Apple Reminders go. As for Calendar, it's nice seeing entries within Things 3, but you can't edit or interact with these. If the app were able to synch back and forth with Reminders and Calendar, I might use Things 3. This app is basically just a fancy task list with a very pretty interface...For 80$.","Only reason this is not a universal app, is money.",2,TRUE,cost,money,45,50,negative
productivity,notability,a5c4da9e-0686-481a-a602-0250cd8b5b33,9776bbb4-3cda-41da-a842-f1faf2a438d2,Best app for professional students,"I have used notability since I entered medical school and I think it is amazing for note taking and recording lectures from professors. All of the features are amazing and the latest update that added the choice of 1.25 speed during recording replay is amazing. My one problem with notability is that while there is a “go back 10 seconds” option while playing back recordings, there is not a “go forward 10 seconds” options. This makes it difficult to skip ahead since you are left to use the scrubber and that can get messy and cause you to miss things. I hope they see this feedback and make an already amazing app even better.4/12 Revised —- giving this app 2 stars now because they sent out an update that absolutely obliterated the app and SEVERAL times I have spent hours taking notes only for them to be erased. The text boxes are finicky as hell now and I am unable to click on a text box to adjust typing after I have started typing on it. Many times I am unable to even start a text box because it won’t realize I am trying to type. PLEASE FIX THIS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD I AM ALREADY TRYING TO DO PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL FROM MY QUARANTINE AND THIS IS MAKING IT INFINITELY WORSE.",All of the features are amazing and the latest update that added the choice of 1.25 speed during recording replay is amazing.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,update,48,54,positive
productivity,notability,9a4f2755-4cd7-4e85-b044-ea2042fc18dc,9788ecc2-a9e7-44a7-b608-2fb3a841172f,It has potential,"Okay so I do like this app but I have issues with it. I don’t ever write reviews but it’s $10!!!!-For it being a $10 app, I don’t like how it doesn’t have a rotate tool, if I write something sideways and mess up, I wish I could just turn it vs have to re-write it.-I don’t like how there isn’t a size for the eraser like there is for the other tools, I wish I could make it smaller/ bigger as I needed it to be.-This next one is probably my biggest problem with it, I wish it was more like good notes where I didn’t have to scroll to keep writing to the right because it can slow me down a lot specially if I scroll too much and have to position it just right (we all know how fast professors talk) so if there was a way the app could know you were at the end of your screen and scroll to the side, that’d be amazing.-My last problem is how it organizes subjects. I want there to be a way for you to have a more than two kinds of topics, because I do have my main subject, let’s say English and then inside of the divider I have lectures and reading but I want to be able to separate my readings even further into days but it’s impossible to make another divider inside the divider which is frustrating",I don’t ever write reviews but it’s $10!!!!,3,TRUE,cost,write review,14,26,negative
productivity,things-3,43d60bef-3c70-44fc-b25b-c8ddfa232664,97e2a90e-ee8a-47c8-846d-7b80480f5a14,I liked things 2... but,"I am very disappointed with Things three. I am a blind VoiceOver  user, and although  most buttons have been labeled there has been little to no thought put into the user experience for voiceover users. Most of the shortcuts available to cited users do not have an equivalent. It feels confusing and tedious to do most tasks with the app. Without selecting a task first, like one would with a keyboard it was not possible to assign it a due date or set it As a task for today.  Each item must be flicked past twice, once for the checklist button and once for the item, which could be rectified along with the swipe actions blind users cannot complete by implementing them in the rotor. It’s not worth my time or frustration to fight with this app","Without selecting a task first, like one would with a keyboard it was not possible to assign it a due date or set it As a task for today.",1,TRUE,usability,due date,99,107,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,51b597d7-505a-454c-a78a-c11d62fc9fde,97e3b887-6256-4a4b-a281-154aa2053626,"Great, But Two Things!","I LOVE Gmail on my phone! I can access my email faster and easier. The only problem I have is wallpaper. I wish there was a chance to choose wallpaper from your photos. There should also be a way to change your profile picture too on your phone. Besides those two things, this app is perfect!",I wish there was a chance to choose wallpaper from your photos.,5,TRUE,general,paper,41,46,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,d7d97f37-703c-44ff-9b45-7715e181cb4f,9868b87c-914c-487b-bc3a-f45be5c0b933,Keep up with the updates of any app.,"Technology keep advancing... if we don’t keep with the updates, we’ll pay the price! Some people are complaining of the upgrades of the apps and GMail is one of them!!! There is a reason the dinosaurs don’t exit anymore.","Technology keep advancing... if we don’t keep with the updates, we’ll pay the price!",5,TRUE,cost,price,79,84,positive
productivity,things-3,1dd82a0d-bd90-4379-913e-0fda21752d99,989e3d41-08b2-4806-b715-49e1c86f1568,Nearly perfect iOS app,"I used ToDo on the iPhone with Toodledo on the web for years, and I was quite happy with it. However when I tried to update ToDo, as it was increasingly buggy, to ToDo Cloud, the install failed and I started looking around. And I am glad I did. I looked at many reviews and decided to give Things 3 a try.The tutorial is well done, and in 15 minutes I was fully up to speed. I then reentered about 100 tasks, although I could have imported them. I have to state that the interface is a joy to work with, and the final result was amazing. Read the reviews for product details, but this app defines what is great about iOS.  Clean, intuitive and fun. The integration with the calendar, in particular, is brilliant. After getting it set up on the iPhone, I purchased the iPad app.  Perfect integration and interface!My only quibbles... When I set an Inbox item to Today, and then I do not complete the task and clear the date, the task ends up in the Anytime folder. I think it should go back to the Inbox.  This is by design, and I have a workaround, but it is mildly annoying. Also, I would like to not display the Anytime folder, as I do not need it, but this is not customizable. I could use the real estate for another area or project.  But these are minor details. This is one of the best apps for iOS. Period.","This is by design, and I have a workaround, but it is mildly annoying.",5,TRUE,general,design,12,18,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,2480fb55-0cf3-48ae-a7cc-2fe86f8dd948,98f144c6-740a-4d55-8bd5-5500e0a6b523,"Used paid subscription for years, but...","I have been a long time subscriber of Evernote, and have been very happy until the last update, before this one. Then everything went to he!!. I couldn’t get my notes or folders to load, I could see parts of them, but when I clicked on them they wouldn’t open. Support tried gallantly to help, escalating it to their top tier, going to the web version. Nope, nothing worked. They even had me try a beta product they had, nope, nope nope. I have to give them credit though, they really tried everything. They were great. Fortunately, I have Evernote also on my phone, which I hadn’t updated. So I can access my notes and folders from my iPhone. I figure I’ll try this update, because what do I have to lose?","I have been a long time subscriber of Evernote, and have been very happy until the last update, before this one.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,update,89,95,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,91d9259c-e7de-4c0b-be35-d9496a0186df,98f958f9-88df-4b23-b7f0-6c83d3fce03d,Extremely unreliable. Disregard for user habits,"I have been a loyal customer with 9000+ notes and 5+ years of premium subscription. The recent overhaul has introduced so many bugs and ridiculous design failures which are forcing me to consider alternative services. Sync has become extremely unreliable; I’ve had my edits wiped out by sync failures. As of now, Evernote isn’t letting me move my notes to different notebooks, due to some inexplicable bug. Very helpful features that provide flexibility to working on and organizing notes have been eliminated, I guess in the name of tidiness: opening multiple main windows, changing the created date (so helpful for arranging the notes in the order I want), magnifying the words in the editing window (which now cannot be done without magnifying everything else, making it unreasonably cumbersome to operate the sidebar). Then there are countless bugs throughout the software that keeps giving you frustrating surprises. The recent major upgrade demonstrates the team's disregard for the working habits of established users, and also raises concerns about quality control. In so many respects the new version simply isn't ready, and it's unclear to me why the company would be in a rush to release an update. An option for reverting to the older version would be much, much appreciated. Right now, I do not recommend Evernote to any new user. The company has demonstrated its inability to deliver a consistent and reliable product.","In so many respects the new version simply isn't ready, and it's unclear to me why the company would be in a rush to release an update.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,new version,25,36,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,cc0fc89a-2702-4c1c-9066-1af894fda35f,99326584-ba6c-4d04-a3ab-6f39ef1165a2,Huge issue plaguing the iOS app,"The experience on Gmail has been great up until the last month. The only emails I save are important documents or business emails that go as far back as 2018. Within the last month, every time I go on the app and refresh my emails, some of the ones that I have saved have randomly been deleted. As of Aug. 10th, all of my emails have been deleted. I have no filters on or anything like that. I’ve tried to find a solution on the Gmail Help forums and it seems like it’s a VERY common issue. The only response I got back was saying it’s probably an issue with the iOS Gmail app. So I’m leaving this review in hopes that if it is a bug, they fix it.",The only emails I save are important documents or business emails that go as far back as 2018.,1,TRUE,general,document,38,46,positive
productivity,notability,6c7c580e-10a0-4431-bb44-d55ed68a626a,995327c2-f0b9-42e1-8df4-f769dfaa3853,So far,"I only just got this today. It’s looking good though. It’s 3 star because it’s the first day, and it’s taken som work to figure it out. I figured it out, but it t took some doing. To the best of my knowledge the only ‘help’ options is a search within the app. A more intuitive help area or tutorials would be nice. The handwriting to text feature is really neat and pretty accurate. FYI-it can’t convert script and print at the same time-not a negative, just how it works. That you can’t partially erase a thing, only the whole work or shape. Not a deal breaker, but it’s worth knowing.I’m mildly disappointed that I can’t type or convert sideways text (if there’s a way please let me know. I couldn’t get the help o tell me).The thing that will add or subtract from the rating is when I try to move the file to a non-apple device and try to open it. Will update when I get around to trying it.",The handwriting to text feature is really neat and pretty accurate.,3,TRUE,efficiency,text,20,24,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,d40b98b6-3209-4373-8434-f525e69f84f9,996300c5-6e0b-4cea-97a8-fe913176f5e5,Google mail helps,"I have some vision difficulties so it is hard for me to make sense out of an e-mail if things are too busy. With this one, it makes it easier for me to get around on it. I really like music and google really helps me connect my you tube channels, google +, face book, and on. This way I can help bring goodness to others easier. Thank you google for your well set up designs to help everyone with the learning bonus by being a part of the cause!",Thank you google for your well set up designs to help everyone with the learning bonus by being a part of the cause!,5,TRUE,compatibility,design,39,45,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,14d98376-843e-44ae-9198-431c4728e489,99a72829-e84e-430b-8a44-aa09c04c78bf,"Word is, Word isn't","Not only have more recent versions of Word been completely re-organized so as to infuriate long time users like myself (and said changes made in a unintuitive, messy way), it's also introduced a strange new bugs in the process. Bugs that often can't be fixed with a simple undo command. This criticism holds true in varying degrees to all three versions I've used: the iOS app version, the Mac desktop version and rhe PC desktop version. The only reason I can give this the stars I do is that it remains necessary to use if, like me, you're working on documents that have to be shunted between some of the aforementioned platforms. If all you need is a iOS note taking app, though, Notability might be better. And if you just require desktop word processing software, one of the other freebie options like Open Office might be a better option for that. Alt-MS Words like Open Office were always buggier, back when, but all bets are off now since Microsoft has decided to put so little work/thought into their reworking of what seemed previously to be their only well-designed program.","If all you need is a iOS note taking app, though, Notability might be better.",2,TRUE,efficiency,note taking,26,37,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,16d34975-8120-4129-8321-edf23cb3973e,99bccd24-b670-4295-b700-bd1bbf98f57e,Prefer over the inbox app,"I always used the Gmail app until about a year ago when I was told about inbox for Gmail and how much better it was. I was enjoying the app until I started noticing the notification saying I have two emails would never go away. Even though I had logged into a computer to ensure I had 0 unread emails. An update came through and that still did not fix the issue. I decided after two months to go back to the Gmail app, and I have been satisfied ever since. I don't think I'll go back to the inbox app.",Even though I had logged into a computer to ensure I had 0 unread emails.,5,TRUE,usability,unread email,60,72,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,8fff3681-0492-475c-92e5-59bc1f62dda3,99f0d2de-f82a-4426-86c1-3b5cc6c91308,Love WORD Forever!,"I have always loved WORD! I became familiar with WORD decades ago as a Secretary, Administrative Assistant and Executive Assistant. The versatility of the program allows anyone with even half a brain to be productive...I know, I have half a brain most days. I also use WORD at home for all of my document creating needs. I print a lot of my favorite recipes and put them in a notebook. I do know what my life would be like, it was not pretty. It was painful. Anyway, just wanted you know how much I love WORD!",I print a lot of my favorite recipes and put them in a notebook.,5,TRUE,general,notebook,56,64,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,bf8e9a27-a11b-4118-ba9d-a7dc06399df5,9b53a191-572a-41bc-a596-fb6482cd3a39,Morivational App,"Cool app, love the concept but i was thinking if there was a way to limit time ON your phone as far as phone usage. Say you only want to spend 15 minutes on your phone instead of going over-time and end up spending hours! We set a time and when it is up we get a reminder to get off our phones and go back to studying! would love to see a feature like that",We set a time and when it is up we get a reminder to get off our phones and go back to studying!,5,TRUE,usability,reminder,42,50,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,409ad409-1135-44be-a6fa-a07c60987eac,9b57412a-33ef-45b3-b547-4113c192e918,It’s great it’s free. It’s Microsoft Word,"I like the go anywhere get the information. Is it perfect? well almost, maybe some addition tweaks to the reading mode, maybe choice of font size.  This feature may already be there. I like it more than competitors.  But the competition have their points.  Quip is cool for example. Microsoft when you need the format and features","well almost, maybe some addition tweaks to the reading mode, maybe choice of font size.",5,TRUE,usability,font size,78,87,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,1d4dc7e8-812e-4adb-b925-ee0f78a7c8b8,9b5c4ee1-a82a-4601-b719-f465d5aeccf9,"fix the bugs, please","I am a college student that uses this app to take notes in class with my Apple Pencil and this is just awful. It has a bug with its eraser where it will lock on the pen you are using making a mess of your notes (imagine writing with a real pencil but instead of erasing with your eraser you are scribbling in dark black all over your paper) or you can’t move the page when you are using the eraser tool, the eraser will keep trying to open the keyboard and the eraser will take control and erase most of what you had written. Also, the screen will just jump in the middle of a sentence you are writing to another page again making a mess of your notes. And some general misgivings is the time it takes to switch documents, and opening this app will sometimes will make part of the screen gray or black that you can’t make go away. If I didn’t need this for my school, I would find a new note taking app. please, for my sanity, fix the bugs.","Also, the screen will just jump in the middle of a sentence you are writing to another page again making a mess of your notes.",1,TRUE,usability,page,88,92,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,698379b7-a85e-43d3-b1aa-295eb2db75a5,9b6800ed-0533-4de9-9075-eaa2e211243e,Huge glitch with old emails showing up!,"Ever since this app updated it’s had really annoying glitches. The Gmail app keeps putting old emails in my primary folder that I previously had moved into different folders and/or deleted. Now I have random emails showing up that are from weeks ago showing up in my inbox! Plus I have 3 different google accounts linked to the gmail app, and the gmail app is now mixing up the emails amongst my google accounts! Emails that should be in my work email are now showing up in my personal email and vice versa! Yet if I go on my computer and open gmail, these emails are all in their folders in the correct google account as they should be. It’s such an irritating glitch and makes the app practically useless. Plus gmail got rid of the option to use Safari as your browser and to select more than one email at once! Come on gmail! Fix these issues!",Ever since this app updated it’s had really annoying glitches.,1,TRUE,reliability,update,21,27,negative
productivity,things-3,3aa1173b-cd89-4710-9add-8730bb2b37c3,9b83a3b0-dc2b-4014-bf8a-1647b0f55054,"It’s OK, could be much better","Appreciated the ability to import my task list from another task management app. Not having a calendar view for future dates makes it difficult to plan too far out. Simply seeing a list by month is not helpful. Also, the extremely tiny font size in the iPhone version makes it virtually unusable to me. (I purchased the iPhone, iPad and OS X apps.) Please add the ability to change the text size. Almost every other app includes this capability, especially considering the price you’re charging. Still evaluating whether to keep this app or find something more robust for busy professionals.","Also, the extremely tiny font size in the iPhone version makes it virtually unusable to me.",3,TRUE,usability,font,26,30,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,49f1b2be-cf46-464c-93a6-e1b86629872d,9b880d39-d093-4d05-b963-be82c82a0785,Thank you gmail !!!,Passwords and stuff are hard to remember so I almost lost my Instagram account but I logged into gmail and thank goodness I verified my gmail account with instagram because when I signed in there the email was to sign into my instragram !!!I didn’t lose my Instagram account I’ve had for awhile !!,I didn’t lose my Instagram account I’ve had for awhile !,5,TRUE,general,tag,21,24,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,52128f01-b702-40cb-a33d-312df4ca008a,9bb8a898-9172-4058-a329-3eafa0281d2a,trees are too expensive to be motivating,"Love this app and have been using it for years, but I feel like every time I log on to use it the price of unlocking new trees increases. This is super unmotivating because the rate at which you receive coins for your focused time compared to how much the trees cost is pretty unreasonable. Used to be great, but isn’t encouraging anymore, which defeats the purpose of the app 😞","Love this app and have been using it for years, but I feel like every time I log on to use it the price of unlocking new trees increases.",3,TRUE,cost,price,99,104,positive
productivity,notability,c43b5b27-da5e-4dcd-89de-a1a4d5ed83f2,9c10ac0e-a7ec-4bbd-bdac-3c6a312c72d9,If you want a long term note taking app save your money and don’t buy this app,"Simply put this app is only made for those who need a short term note taking app. Sure its formatting is sleek but when it comes down to it, this app is a massive headache to work with. There is an awful lack of organization options. Being able to only separate things into dividers and subjects is just not enough. I am in graduate school and organization is paramount to keeping me sane. When I look at my list of notes from all my courses jumbled up and having to scroll for ages till I hit the latest content makes me want to throw my device out of a moving car. Aside from the obvious lack of organization the app constantly has issues with transferring things such as lecture notes to the app. This is hands down the worst problem as it makes the app incredible hard to use and it makes me feel as though I have wasted my money. So long story short save your time and money and DO NOT buy this app.",Being able to only separate things into dividers and subjects is just not enough.,1,TRUE,general,divider,41,48,negative
productivity,things-3,5fb0e2b5-bdd4-4716-affd-8bdf8499657c,9c2dfce0-84d1-4651-976d-b03be16ebfac,Great app,"I was using planner pro for a bit, and as much as I liked its 7 day task based layout, the UI was clunky and there were certain things that you couldn't do. In things the layout is awesome. The ui is great and making new tasks for the right day/project/xyz is a breeze. If you like a snappy and well streamlined organizational app with flat design aesthetics, this is for you.EDIT: the most recent update of the app is broken with the most recent version of the iOS 12 beta - please fix this I need to plan some things!","If you like a snappy and well streamlined organizational app with flat design aesthetics, this is for you.",1,TRUE,usability,design,72,78,positive
productivity,notability,824f4653-6b70-45ec-95b6-e5de917030e8,9c8899a6-6421-424f-bbe8-98f20711abf2,I’ve never had this issue before,"I’ve been using Notability for about 7 years now. As a student, it is important to make sure you don’t miss any information and sometimes that can be difficult if the professor goes too fast. One tool that I started using about 3 years ago was the microphone to record lectures. I loved it because I could follow along with what the professor was saying and what I wrote as well. Right now I’m really upset with Notability because of a bug. Recently I’ve been having problems when I completely close out of the app. Not only are my recordings getting deleted, but so are my notes!!! That’s a major problem that needs to be fixed immediately. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find an app quite like notability, so I will have to stick with good old fashioned pen and paper until this problem is resolved. I’ve also been having problems with the other tools. I usually have no problem with changing colors, font sizes, or anything related to that nature but I can’t even do that anymore! This isn’t a huge issue as I can still select the right tool, but it’s hard to organize my notes. I also can’t create subjects or dividers anymore which is driving me insane! It’s the beginning of the semester which means I need to be able to organize myself from the start to work efficiently throughout the rest of the semester. I’ve never had any issues with this app before, but these are some major problems that need to be fixed before I continue using it.","I usually have no problem with changing colors, font sizes, or anything related to that nature but I can’t even do that anymore!",2,TRUE,usability,color,41,46,positive
productivity,notability,824f4653-6b70-45ec-95b6-e5de917030e8,9c8899a6-6421-424f-bbe8-98f20711abf2,I’ve never had this issue before,"I’ve been using Notability for about 7 years now. As a student, it is important to make sure you don’t miss any information and sometimes that can be difficult if the professor goes too fast. One tool that I started using about 3 years ago was the microphone to record lectures. I loved it because I could follow along with what the professor was saying and what I wrote as well. Right now I’m really upset with Notability because of a bug. Recently I’ve been having problems when I completely close out of the app. Not only are my recordings getting deleted, but so are my notes!!! That’s a major problem that needs to be fixed immediately. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to find an app quite like notability, so I will have to stick with good old fashioned pen and paper until this problem is resolved. I’ve also been having problems with the other tools. I usually have no problem with changing colors, font sizes, or anything related to that nature but I can’t even do that anymore! This isn’t a huge issue as I can still select the right tool, but it’s hard to organize my notes. I also can’t create subjects or dividers anymore which is driving me insane! It’s the beginning of the semester which means I need to be able to organize myself from the start to work efficiently throughout the rest of the semester. I’ve never had any issues with this app before, but these are some major problems that need to be fixed before I continue using it.","I usually have no problem with changing colors, font sizes, or anything related to that nature but I can’t even do that anymore!",2,TRUE,usability,font,49,53,negative
productivity,things-3,00c8f69d-05b6-48ba-8ce4-f069c07e728e,9d4f4081-bdef-41b8-b2e7-00a2c7baaf65,Syncing is Very Slow,"Syncing is not as instantaneously as they say it is. Their website says its fast, like really fast. More times than not I have to force quit the app and reload it so it pings the servers and pulls down any changes. Minutes will pass with no changes if I don’t do this. This honestly wouldn’t be such a big deal if the company didn’t brag about how fast their cloud sync is.",This honestly wouldn’t be such a big deal if the company didn’t brag about how fast their cloud sync is.,3,TRUE,reliability,sync,97,101,positive
productivity,things-3,e8f10b54-a1bd-43a2-a59b-b218b3bf0bab,9d86a3cd-d72e-410e-a013-011694dc6819,Best Productivity App I’ve Tried,"This app is well designed and easily worth the price. It’s saved me lots of energy and effort trying to keep things for home, work, and our teens squared away. The user experience and shortcuts are outstanding - it’s like they thought about all the scenarios a user might have and designed for those. ⭐️I’ve tried several productivity apps and always wind up back with post it’s everywhere. This app has outlasted any others I’ve tried. I have work projects and home projects and things quickly organized for each. Better yet, the integrated calendar and to do view helps me see what’s coming up. No more calendar entries in my calendar app for random tasks!There’s even a logbook that lets me see what I’ve checked off!When you download this, be sure to walk thru the “Meet Things” project you’ll see. I almost didn’t and discovered all sorts of advanced features and drag and drop shortcuts I might have missed otherwise. Enjoy!",The user experience and shortcuts are outstanding - it’s like they thought about all the scenarios a user might have and designed for those.,5,TRUE,usability,design,122,128,positive
productivity,things-3,bb98354d-6893-4f85-a518-618c30f731c3,9e8abbba-a08f-4fc7-9e5f-67f746e76afd,Used to be great app,"At some point the developer put out an update that does not allow the “note” field in items you create to be edited. For me this makes the app on my phone, largely useless. Very dissatisfied. When I called for tech support explaining the problem, they replied with instructions from the website which no longer work. I am on IOS 12, latest version on an iPhone XS Max.",At some point the developer put out an update that does not allow the “note” field in items you create to be edited.,1,TRUE,usability,update,40,46,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,58d7ddbf-8abb-41f6-b7f6-e974b70eb6c0,9ebc82e9-6d59-43e3-8829-8b1ba63cea41,Sending Google drive files,"I recently decided to try this GMAIL app and stop using the apple mail app for work and personal use on my IPhone. Everything went well and I really liked the GMAIL app setup, just looked nicer. My problem was when trying to send files for work through the GMAIL app it was a disaster! It kept sending everything as a darn google drive link that people couldn’t open, no matter how I “shared” it. I even looked online for a while to figure this out but nothing. Unless everyone you work with works with a gmail account, don’t even bother with this app. You will be frustrated after 1 day. Stick with the apple mail app to load and send your google drive files on your iPhone.","It kept sending everything as a darn google drive link that people couldn’t open, no matter how I “shared” it.",4,TRUE,reliability,google drive,38,50,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,3736243d-b947-4785-9258-4a5ab8ce054b,9ed284eb-6ecd-40a1-847c-4bf0b7f72bba,Would Be 5 Stars if Group Labels and Contact Syncing Would Work,"The group labels do not work when using the app. So, if you have groups you’ve created on your laptop, you won’t be able to use them on your iPhone. Super disappointing. In addition, it looks like you have to buy a 3rd party app to sync (and keep synced) your iPhone and Google contacts (including groups). For the hundreds of millions or billions of users that use Gmail and an iPhone, I have no idea why Google wouldn’t take this on to seamlessly sync these contacts to your gmail account if you are using the gmail native app. Please add these features!","In addition, it looks like you have to buy a 3rd party app to sync (and keep synced) your iPhone and Google contacts (including groups).",3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,63,67,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,85d2b138-c4f5-4f4f-b855-a4b2808d55db,9f238a86-7692-4152-a596-ef6f4c13f2ff,Version 10,Forget everything you knew about Evernote on iOS. This is the update all longtime users have begged and pleaded for; to no discernible effect. Everything from excellent font and image control to edit protection. I’ve been rewarded for hangin’tough.,Everything from excellent font and image control to edit protection.,5,TRUE,usability,font,27,31,positive
productivity,notability,668457c5-d408-46b5-a21b-b11c81bda13c,9f6c8e5f-2236-44d1-b462-2c105b292568,"Overall, A Really great app","Something that I really liked about notability was the simple and intuitive layout. This made it really easy for me to organize my notes and help me maintain order with my notes. Another thing that I really liked was all of the new updates that really helped with making things run more smoothly (i.e. the favorites bar, being able to search for key words within the notes themselves instead of just the title, and the magnifying glass). Some areas of improvement would be being able to adjust the shape of the magnifying box because there are sometimes when I’m trying to edit a specific place and the magnifying box just doesn’t fit right. Another thing would be to be able to open more than two notes at once. This would come in handy for those to do notes simultaneously on multiple sections. It would also be cool if when your in portrait mode for the notes you have the option to be able to stack the notes top of one another instead of seeing them side. Then one last area of adjustment would be to be able to have a bookmarked notes bar like how there is a bookmarked pages (within each notes) bar. It would make jumping between two desired note documents a little bit easier.Anyways, that’s it from me. Thank you for making a really great app. Totally looking foreword to what’s in store for the future of this app.",It would make jumping between two desired note documents a little bit easier.,5,TRUE,usability,document,48,56,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,19712f59-243b-43b3-8d71-2a8d2b235767,9f8a2885-c6d9-4666-b2ac-3b5e3776dc5d,Functionality is lacking on iPad.  Disappointing,"Planned obsolescence is something we all live with these days despite the constant pleas from every consumer to help us out of this insane merry-go-round of constant pocket-book draining practice.  We once bought a product and owned that product.  We had a choice to upgrade or not and we certainly had the ability to save our hard work on our computer without being forced to a cloud situation or internet connectivity for immediate access and privacy.  Now, we pay year after year and if we operate on an i-pad, like I do - we are penalized; not only with accessibility but with functionality.  I don’t like it and I know there are some fixes available but I sure do miss the halcyon days of simplicity and ease and more options than I now have decades after the fact because I choose to use an iPad.  Can’t say much good about Word these days.  Too bad.","Now, we pay year after year and if we operate on an i-pad, like I do - we are penalized; not only with accessibility but with functionality.",2,TRUE,cost,functionality,127,140,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,b377dfcc-0244-4695-aee6-68d814c13a1b,9f945f43-c092-4f36-ab4b-3d114fd9f505,I’m back after a 2 year absence,"I left due to cost. The old middle tier was perfect for me, and I was frustrated with the increased cost that I didn’t feel like I got my value from, because I am not a power user. I switched to OneNote. ON is ok, I was continually frustrated with 2 things. The most important, reliable sync. Evernote just works. I NEVER have to think about it, where with ON it was a constant source of “checking, worry, and troubleshooting.” The second thing was the ON web clipper. This is something I use every day, and Evernote’s web clipper is several classes above ON’s clipper. The combo of a great renewal deal and high frustration level, I’m back. And, what a breath of fresh air!","The most important, reliable sync.",5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,30,34,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,6d395648-fc9e-4ab5-9fc4-a93e4ce59a65,9fab1c5a-7f6d-470f-b46a-2b0af4922c21,Dark mode please!,I almost never write a review but I just had to for this. The app is great for what it is...a quick alternative when you need to write something on the go and you do not have your laptop or desktop available. I like the speech features where you can either say and it will write or it will read what you wrote. With that being said please can an update be done where I can change the physical page I’m writing on to be black or dark gray. Sometimes I get a whim to write something in the middle of the night but I don’t want to turn the lights on. The stark white page is so harsh on the eyes. You can change the color on MS word on the computer why not here?,The stark white page is so harsh on the eyes.,4,TRUE,usability,page,17,21,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,93de1ba5-a431-40b2-904a-4994d73cb590,9fcced1d-14c9-41ca-8399-abaad0fcfa9c,ok,"There’s a free version, so i honestly regret buying this. However, it’s a good app and does what it’s supposed to do.","There’s a free version, so i honestly regret buying this.",3,TRUE,cost,free version,11,23,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,23ef2811-f8ef-4e1d-9796-78972ecc54e1,9fdf2b0c-0389-4397-8dec-5c09ae92494d,Bring back editing,With recent updates they've removed the ability to edit documents without a 365 subscription. You can only read them. To save files to onedrive you need to separately download the OneDrive app. I understand that they should have a business model but why not just charge for iPad only since it's already a pain to edit on iPhone. Going to download google docs. :(P.S : Even though it says in the description that you can edit on devices that are smaller that 10 inches they still require you to purchase a subscription.,Going to download google docs.,4,TRUE,general,google docs,19,30,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,ac935303-963d-4cc2-85c0-c626b1e5f8b5,a0452fdd-c4e2-4773-b5d1-efbf96433c05,Loving it so far!,"I’ve only just gotten this app but it’s helped my productivity loads! The only problem is when I’m trying to use my phone as a calculator or texting a reply and suddenly my trees die, I wish there was a sort of a pause button on it (even though it’s fine the way it is). I also love how you can buy different trees but I wish there were more achievements that one could unlock, I find myself not having enough money to buy items (especially as the price goes up by 100 coins after every purchase). I also wish there was a setting for longer than 2 hours (I usually go out for longer than that but don’t bring my phone with me and I can’t help but lament the amount of coins I wasn’t getting). Besides that, everything is awesome and this app is definitely worth its price.","Besides that, everything is awesome and this app is definitely worth its price.",5,TRUE,cost,price,74,79,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,16cdedb7-49bb-45f2-9fad-1808f4dbc03f,a1103f6c-61e1-4425-8171-7cdec498535a,A sweet little app,"Pretty cool! I like this app and how you can also connect/compete with friends to see who can grow more trees (aka study more). Its super straight foreword. I do wish I could go to certain apps, like my calendar or notes app. I also wish there was a little tab that showed the requirements again. For example how long it takes to grow a tree or how long you have to focus until stopping the time wont result in a withered tree.","I do wish I could go to certain apps, like my calendar or notes app.",4,TRUE,compatibility,calendar,47,55,negative
productivity,things-3,f3324b4a-8e66-45d2-8ffe-1b825c7f2e00,a158c162-2e4f-4abe-bc96-68ad4a39dbdb,Major shortcoming - no sync,"I bought Things as a replacement for Wunderlist. It is missing one essential feature that makes it useless — no sync. Yes, you can sync between Mac and iOS — if you buy both (iPad OS is extra, which I don’t think is right, but that is a separate issue). But you have to be signed in to the same account and share everything for sync to work. What I wanted was to share some list between two different accounts — like a grocery list shared between my wife and me. Things cannot do that simple function like a lot of free apps can.","Yes, you can sync between Mac and iOS — if you buy both (iPad OS is extra, which I don’t think is right, but that is a separate issue).",1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,14,18,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,05c4c7fc-b2b1-4fd7-acdb-3d02f5aabd8a,a15ee398-6608-41a2-8222-d052a8944281,"Mostly, a good app","I like the Gmail app, I primarily use it for business conversation and job applications. I would give 5 stars if the app had a dark mode. By the way, I'm one of those who got screwed by Apple's latest update to iOS 13 because my device is now not supported, so I'm still using ios 12. However, I don't plan on upgrading to a new tablet anytime soon as mine works fine, so please consider a dark mode. And by the way, I have ios 13 on my iPhone 7, but Gmail has no dark mode there either.","However, I don't plan on upgrading to a new tablet anytime soon as mine works fine, so please consider a dark mode.",4,TRUE,usability,dark mode,106,115,negative
productivity,notability,aa18311a-b54a-47b2-b891-6021df10c41b,a2d109c6-d82c-42c2-a533-461c85c065f9,Freezing and Crashing,"I use Notability daily in medical school, and while most of the time the app works great, I am giving this a 1 star review because of the frequent freezing and crashing I have been experiencing recently. Crashing mostly happens when I am trying to copy and paste pictures into my notes. But the true offense is the freezing. For example, I will be working on a schematic when my pen suddenly stops writing. Sometimes it randomly switches to the Scissors tool and makes me move the picture around instead, totally offsetting my labels and picture. The picture ends up in the foreground, covering up all my labels and drawings. To make matters worse, when I try to undo this, the Undo function freezes, along with the rest of the tool bar. Hours of work are ruined and cannot be recovered. Imagine my frustration and hesitance to do anything remotely involved in Notability again, for fear of wasting my time.","Sometimes it randomly switches to the Scissors tool and makes me move the picture around instead, totally offsetting my labels and picture.",1,TRUE,usability,picture,75,82,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,07519233-2ab4-4b77-96cc-b774e48301b3,a2d88895-7310-408d-8dfc-6eaa1324640a,I am so happy I found this app!!!!,"Not only does this app help me stay productive with my school work, it also gives me a chance to help grow trees all around the world!! Which is pretty freaking cool!!! The one thing I wish it was able to do was keep me from getting into my other apps when I loose self control haha. But at the same time I’m also glad it allows me to still text my parents if I need to. Having the app going is always a friendly reminder to get back to work when I turn on my phone. Overall, I strongly recommend for people to get it!!",Having the app going is always a friendly reminder to get back to work when I turn on my phone.,4,TRUE,efficiency,reminder,43,51,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8aab26b2-e960-42de-8b00-a4e29dc4fc19,a311d947-7f69-4bb7-af22-ab530a71c455,"9+ year user, increasingly dissatisfied","I’ve used Evernote for over 9 years. In fact, I remember walking by their small Palo Alto office when I got off the train visiting my gma in 2012. I used to be a paying subscriber, but noticed a concerning trend. The more expensive the Evernote became the worse the quality became too. I eventually stopped my subscription, but still used it nearly everyday. That’s slowly slipped to once a week. The most recent update has motivated me to write this review because of how awful it has become and how truly sadden i am to see how poorly Evernote has gotten from its humble roots. It’s buggy, laggy, and bloated with features. I don’t see them recovering from this absent a massive overhaul. I’ll be seeking another note taking app. Bye Evernote.",I’ll be seeking another note taking app.,1,TRUE,general,note taking,25,36,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0cf17141-cd3f-4028-9fc5-3e797a017904,a312c75b-14f4-43f2-878f-2dcfea174224,It is good until they start asking for more money,"Evernote is good until they start asking for more money. All of the sudden, they will say your storage for a particular month (which is no different than any other month) is 75% full. Then they ask for more money to store your info. If you go through and clean up your files, permanently deleting files you no longer need, it won’t recognize that you decreased your files and increased your storage space and still asks for more money. Thus, asking for more money and giving NOTHING more. Then on top of this what should have taken 2 minutes will rob you of an hour or more of your life that you will never get back. I would have been better off using a mimeograph machine. I will be deleting this app ASAP.",I would have been better off using a mimeograph machine.,1,TRUE,general,graph,43,48,negative
productivity,things-3,c4572d24-81f0-41a7-af53-5bda556f3465,a3b3e1d7-c7e2-404d-9c26-0af6c66c5a4d,Doesn’t CrossDevice Refresh,"Been using this app almost a year, everything is pretty nice but when you add a list on your desktop app and don’t close it, it doesn’t sync with the cloud. I added my supermarket list today and I can’t see it on my phone because of this. The app should save and sync any content that you add.",The app should save and sync any content that you add.,2,TRUE,compatibility,sync,25,29,positive
productivity,things-3,21973020-6f93-480b-a39e-2ab8289cd8b7,a3c85bfd-7baa-4385-847f-6d3fc4d0bab2,"Elegant, useful To Do app","This app has exactly what is needed for an efficient, useful, and seamless To Do app. I read a review complaining about certain things it lacks; to me those are all of the useless bells and whistles that clutter up other similar apps while adding nothing in terms of my needs. Things has clearly been very well thought through. It’s exactly the app I needed for keeping track of personal and work tasks, recurring tasks, jotting down ideas, etc. The $10 price tag is completely worth it, especially since there is no monthly fee. (My previous app—which I had paid for—updated automatically, and sudden I couldn’t use it anymore without paying $6/month). I haven’t used Things for very long, but I am already a very loyal customer.","The $10 price tag is completely worth it, especially since there is no monthly fee.",5,TRUE,cost,price,9,14,positive
productivity,notability,777ac679-2bd9-45a0-9edb-48ee96a63e0a,a4126301-ee37-4cbb-9c07-9ed012a31d14,For the developers of Notability.,"This is a perfect app for taking notes. It is. BUT, each person is different. Each person has different preferences. And each person who are note takers are the ones who will most likely purchase your app. We need more customization. More options in paper settings. We should be able to make our own profile to space the lines. There's only a few choices. Color of the pages. We should be able to choose which color palette to use on the paper. The color of the pencils. Styles of strokes. Make everything customizable. Or put more choices. I would give you guys a five stars if you have put a lot of changes.Update: The undo button is small for ipad users. Sometimes when I press it it doesn't recognize it. I had to tap it almost 3 times. Like I said here it needs more customization. More colors in highlighter and pen.",More colors in highlighter and pen.,3,TRUE,general,color,6,11,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3d1b94ca-dde1-4a10-8584-dbf0ea447fcf,a4363c8d-9e52-4fb3-8725-26ec30e9aa86,Every update / redesign makes things worse,"I have been a paying subscriber for more than 10 years. Every couple of years, they completely re-design the app, and keep adding useless features. E.g. reminders - who needs that in a note taking app ?Latest redesign is bug riddled and crashes constantly. App start takes much longer than it used to. I’m close to giving up on Evernote.——————Downgraded my review to 1 StarApp is so buggy on my iPhone, it’s basically useless. It crashes constantly, and repeatedly. One of the main reasons I got a paid account was to use offline notebooks. Well, that functionality is mostly broken. Downloads are so slow, and only take place while the app is open. Since I had to delete my app and re-install, all my notebooks have to download again. It syncs at a speed of maybe 5-10 notes per minute. But as soon as your device shuts the screen off, it stops syncing. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND SYNC. So you need to keep you device unlocked for hours to sync everything, if it doesn’t crash. It’s so crappy and ridiculous.——————Latest update still doesn’t fix iOS issues. App still crashes constantly, notes don’t pull up. It’s been completely useless for many weeks now.","Well, that functionality is mostly broken.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,12,25,negative
productivity,notability,921a8c19-c83c-4981-bfc1-9994c84ac2cb,a463f2cd-cf30-4c17-b791-e70582c25be0,App-breaking glitch,"I like notability. Its an excellent note taking app. Unfortunately sometimes, (at random) , when I will try to upload a note to google drive the progress bar will never fill, causing me to have cancel. If I try again, the same thing will happen unless I restart the app. However, when I reopen the app, all of my work is completely erased from the pdf. This occurs when I annotate or write on top of PDF files from google drive. The glitch always occurs after attempting to upload the annotated file to Google Drive and running into an immobile progress bar. Once the upload fails, there is no way out, as exiting and reentering the note will recall the blank, non-annotated PDF. Now when this happens, I will typically take screenshots of every page to salvage as much as possible.I'm using a 2020 ipad pro running ios 14.1. It doesn't happen often, but it has a significant number of times—enough to cause a lot of headaches. I'm curious if anyone else has experienced this problem, or if this is something unique to my device. Thanks for reading and I hope this glitch will be sorted out soon, as it is pretty devastating after spending hours annotating a single PDF.",This occurs when I annotate or write on top of PDF files from google drive.,1,TRUE,general,google drive,63,75,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b0a2ac56-21be-4565-8c4d-1eccfd32e7ac,a4b1e71e-c022-44c3-b7ec-b4adaa09b322,Does what it has to do,"It’s an email application. I receive emails & I send emails just fine. I wish it had a “dark mode” or “night mode” for when it’s dark. Most of the time it’s late after studying, and I feel this mode would be effective in order to not get blinded by this vibrant white. Just a suggestion, I know a lot of people appreciate this dark mode on other applications.",I wish it had a “dark mode” or “night mode” for when it’s dark.,5,TRUE,efficiency,dark mode,18,27,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,3efb961f-92e1-44cb-9522-f5fc0afa58e7,a4d8ecfc-e0c6-4e2c-b6e0-9c3aaf3c5030,Where the hell is dark mode,"Nothing but BS about a dark mode yet where the hell is it?? You'd think a big company such as Google could handle such a some thing. If they can't handle dark mode, how the hell can they handle ur mail.Update: 5.6.20 - finally DARK MODE!!! After the last update!! Took long enough for the app to enter into 2018. But all is well and the app works and looks great.","If they can't handle dark mode, how the hell can they handle ur mail.",5,TRUE,reliability,dark mode,22,31,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,fc136b97-3670-4bbc-a052-71af0f931219,a4db20e8-b94d-4734-8a42-d45f5892607d,Love the app,However I’d love if we were able to attach documents from google drive. I can’t do that on the app - can only access the few most recent items/attachments in my drive. Should have the function to open up my google drive folders like we’re able to open up our camera roll. Please and thank you 🙏🙏🙏,However I’d love if we were able to attach documents from google drive.,4,TRUE,usability,google drive,59,71,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,03afa9f7-7ec5-4066-aa46-eaf0b3d3400e,a50b4842-37f7-4c1c-a7cd-4fbac160cda5,App is fine,This app is ok but I sometimes still use iPad or my laptop when I’m using this app on my phone. It’d be better if all of the devices can sync together or some other ways to prevent me from using other devices.,It’d be better if all of the devices can sync together or some other ways to prevent me from using other devices.,3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,42,46,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6632b9b7-a286-4cbe-ae4e-98e382e51ec7,a561b0be-ec9d-4a80-ab68-4e0879eff087,Give users the option to change layout,"I previously gave this app a five star review. Logistically, it does what it is supposed to do. However updated after update google doesn’t create way for the user to change the color, layout or background of the app. I want to personalize things the way I want. Like in the recent update they moved the icon to switch accounts to the right of the screen. I also hate the new bright white background. This has been a huge annoyance. Little things like icon position, color of app background, font style should be able to be changed by the user. It’s 2019... create ways for users to personalize the app!",I also hate the new bright white background.,2,TRUE,general,background,34,44,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,34bd741f-18ba-496e-a4b0-ff2a81486cac,a56d3cb1-82f0-4f3d-904b-d8d571dd77d9,So glitchy now,"This app used to have a few glitches here and there but it was mostly fine. Ever since this latest update came out it has been a complete nightmare to work with. The formatting for track changes and mobile view is a mess. Trying to comment or make track changes causes all kinds of glitches. Half the time I highlight words or phrases and attempt to add a comment there is not even a task bar that pops up with that option and every time I close out of the comments section it makes the entire word doc freeze for a solid minute. This, among many other things (mostly related to track changes and document editing). I have up to date software and a brand new iPad. This app is the only one that I have issues with.",Ever since this latest update came out it has been a complete nightmare to work with.,2,TRUE,usability,update,24,30,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,bf6f3c61-73bf-4ad0-bda6-5a7f225f171d,a58373e4-937d-48cc-b435-d84770b255b5,Love this app. Really does its job!,"I’ve used many pomodoro and focus timers, and none has been as engaging as Forest. This app makes me *really want* to complete my focus sessions, and I’ve been able to keep my attention on my work much better just out of habit now. Plus, it’s a very well-planned app with plenty of cute and colorful features that make it pleasant to use. Sometimes the English is a little bit botched, but that’s no issue. Love this app. Have annoyed many friends plugging it (lol)","Plus, it’s a very well-planned app with plenty of cute and colorful features that make it pleasant to use.",5,TRUE,general,color,60,65,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b4fba46b-df59-4b3e-9a19-df37a9c672f3,a5a6f8d7-e368-4ef8-8f17-61df2fb01108,"It’s great, but there’s a glitch","There’s a glitch I keep encountering where when my phone is horizontal and I open gmail, everything is pushed to one half of the screen, and then when I turn my phone vertical, it gets pushed even further to the side. The rest of the screen is just the background gray color.",The rest of the screen is just the background gray color.,4,TRUE,general,background,36,46,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,22f5f93f-6e40-43a6-ad52-eb34ebb5cc0c,a5b7fb0d-b7e7-4b1a-9d56-4c5e399a4c99,Hope you like badge app icons.,"Update: June 2020Badge app icon is always on whether you have mail or not. Plus, it’s always stuck on showing one new message, regardless of how many are actually in your inbox. Reached out to support and got no answer. Thankfully this isn't my primary email. Google is terrible and I would give zero stars if possible. Original review: This wasn't my favorite app on my phone but I used it a number of times daily. This recent update seems to have disabled badge app notifications. I have it turned on in my iOS Settings but they just don't work in the app itself. Very poor update, difficult to read the text and fonts, and generally just a step or five backwards for Google.","Very poor update, difficult to read the text and fonts, and generally just a step or five backwards for Google.",1,TRUE,efficiency,font,50,54,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4d7e5337-7eed-4c27-9adb-21e23f07fbe8,a66f4679-ecf4-40bf-a3f8-c8de8f6f6114,Preview suggestions,"No complaints, love the app, just a general question. For the previews all I want to know is could I just have the sender and subject for notifications? I really don’t want the content shown in my notifications when I turn the screen on to check something. It takes too much space on the screen. Thanks!",For the previews all I want to know is could I just have the sender and subject for notifications?,5,TRUE,general,preview,9,16,positive
productivity,things-3,20d1cab8-43eb-4180-aa0b-e230aaab6656,a71fced0-8021-42fb-8355-864fca40f4e1,iPhone and iPad are 2 different $20 apps?!,"I’ve accepted reluctantly that some iOS and Mac products have to be purchased twice like Notability, but now you’re telling me that I have to but the iOS product once for iPad and once for my iPhone. I enjoy the app, even for a simple product at a premium price but this seems extremely excessive to me.","I enjoy the app, even for a simple product at a premium price but this seems extremely excessive to me.",1,TRUE,cost,price,57,62,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,2b3d7889-0c75-429a-a042-cb2a91b41fbd,a77db459-e4ce-4ef2-8085-0afad7ea1e83,NOT Free,"The app looked really promising but won’t let you use it without a subscription. The iPhone is already really difficult to store files on, and Dropbox is all I can use to move files on and off this thing. I understand that software developers need to make money like the rest of the world but don’t advertise that the app is free if there’s catches. The description is misleading. It just says “unlock the full experience” with a subscription. And I’m sitting here thinking...”naw, I don’t need the FULL experience. Just wanna type a bit to pass the time!” But to save ANY work to Dropbox I have to pay for it despite that it’s free on any PC version of the software. What am I supposed to do with it otherwise? Type up phone-only notes? Mate, if I wanted to type up notes to keep on the phone I’d just use notepad. It is the current year; we sync our docs when we’re done editing them on the go!",It just says “unlock the full experience” with a subscription.,1,TRUE,efficiency,subscription,50,62,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e8a77c64-f6cf-4dbf-9c82-6d29bea63140,a77ec823-be93-4d1b-a3ec-9be5515952e2,Easy & dummy proof,"As much as I want to be Excel savvy it escapes me because I don’t use it enough. Therefore Word saves the day constantly for this “older” not old, in a hurry working mom who has a pretty big to do list. Honestly I’m very appreciative of Windows free templates, thank you Windows!","Therefore Word saves the day constantly for this “older” not old, in a hurry working mom who has a pretty big to do list.",5,TRUE,general,list,117,121,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,fbfa00c0-9bc3-4be5-add0-a3317b362b3e,a7b682c3-151e-48b9-90ad-39d556208752,Amazing app—poor UX changes,"I have been using this app for several years and love it. Use it all the time on my iPhone and occasionally on the Mac. (BTW: the syncing often fails and I end up with two slightly different versions of each changed note.)New dislike: list of notes now has lots of white space. Before I saw 8-10 notes (headings) on the screen, I now see 4. Much unnecessary scrolling. Why?? The note list option small/medium/large may be the solution, but it doesn’t appear to do anything.",New dislike: list of notes now has lots of white space.,4,TRUE,general,list,14,18,negative
productivity,notability,35fb9418-ca53-4abe-adb4-1afcca47e614,a7bf98b0-5b7d-4653-8337-b9b41df4fbfc,"Notability Rocks, but a few improvements would be nice.","Notability is my favorite note taking app on the i-pad. However it would be great to be able to have the option when adding pages to type in the number of pages you want to add, and then have notability add it. For example if I didn’t want to add 1 page, I could instead click on the option to add a set number of pages and then type in the number 12, and then notability would add 12 more pages.It would also be great when moving pictures you had the option to move them to a specific page, so that notability could move the picture to page twelve without anyone having to manually drag the picture to page 12.One more thing it would be amazing if notability users could design their own themes for a small fee. I know this app is for school use but a theme doesn’t impact the actual notes or organization of notability, so it would be cool if someone could make a kawaii theme, anime, lord of the rings, star wars, BTS, Black Pink, dragon, unicorn, etc.. Being able to do that would also make the user happier when using the app because they would be able to see a theme that they are obsessed with, every single time they had to open the notability app to take notes, so that would build a positive correlation with taking notes.",Notability is my favorite note taking app on the i-pad.,5,TRUE,general,note taking,27,38,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,f32eedc7-b26f-40a3-9c98-5e12dd5943a7,a7f6de5a-bc0f-4365-b987-5a66bcdef7cb,Notifications broken?,"I love this app. With each update it’s become so streamlined and efficient. I love that I can switch between email accounts with ease. And as a person who constantly hits the wrong button, having an “undo” for every action is extremely helpful. I also really like being able to delete an email from the notification banner so I don’t have to waste time opening the app and reading it if it’s unimportant. My one issue has been the notifications, specifically the red badge when you have new mail. I keep a clean inbox and it’s always satisfying when I have no new mail. I’m not sure if the newest update has a mistake or maybe it’s the new iOS, but the badges have been stuck and take a few days to catch up to reflect on actual new mail. It’s frustrating to see the app icon and think “oh I have mail” then open it and find no, that is incorrect. I’m hoping the issue will be fixed soon.",With each update it’s become so streamlined and efficient.,4,TRUE,efficiency,update,11,17,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,de4d945f-01c1-454e-a129-877e0d2d0c8d,a82a0934-5abc-47d7-815b-17a30233ed3a,New interface is great but it’s slow and glitchy,"As a long term Evernote user this major overhaul is a welcome improvement. I suppose it is to be expected because of the way the world of software works; this latest version of Evernote is not quite stable and it’s also too slow for my taste. I often open it to take a photo of a document and that is as likely to hang as not. Also, I am always sending items to Evernote from other applications, so when I open it, it’s in the process of importing those notes, and that means I need to wait for that to complete before I can effectively use it. As they smooth out those rough edges (I hope soon) I will be very happy to change my review back to 5 stars. Lastly, I miss the long-press menu where I could choose to create a new note, search, or scan a document before I even opened the app. I hope they are planning on bringing that back. Keep up the good work team Evernote. I am sure it took a herculean effort to bring out this major update to your app. After a few years of slow improvements and uncertainty, it looks like you are back on track.   I hope you continue putting significant effort into the app so that I can continue to use it for many more years",I am sure it took a herculean effort to bring out this major update to your app.,4,TRUE,general,update,62,68,positive
productivity,notability,cf20c967-a189-47b5-85fb-5cf8dda1a770,a872bb60-1091-47b6-b219-1b92cb4e19f8,Great app! But needs some improvements,"I have been using this app for about 6 month now for college. It is extremely useful with my iPad Pro! I have been able to almost completely replace all my books, laptop and notebook. It is a super convenient app that will allow you to have everything you need to study on the go on any device with the app. Although this app is pretty reliable, I have two complaints that I would like for them to be resolved. First, when trying to import a pdf file from the internet to a note that has been already written, and selecting “add to another note” there is a bug that misplaces the categories of the notes, so the “easy way” for selecting the note goes away, and you’re left scrolling through all of your notes until you find the one you want. Also, it would be a great addition if one could have two notes open at the same time, because sometimes you need to see a note while copying on a blank one. These are two minor bugs that can be resolved easily, as the app is constantly being updated, so do not hesitate to buy this app. Its really useful.","I have been able to almost completely replace all my books, laptop and notebook.",5,TRUE,general,notebook,72,80,positive
productivity,notability,6adec226-5ca3-4639-bc9b-46ab80449231,a91db326-e119-4ed6-84f5-38c422f9696c,Suggestions,"I like the new custom color update. Also, I love how I can move around my writing with the select tool, which is helpful for organic chemistry because I have to re-draw my structures all the time. I also use notability for PDF readings, and I like how it retains the PDF words still to keep it searchable. And its great that this app doesn't need to be in full screen, so I can have the web browser on the side while studying. However, I have a few suggestions: 1. An option to export the pdf without the notability edits. Is there a way to get back the original PDF without the notability edits?2.  I know there is a two-note viewing feature, but it's not that customizable. Like it would be great to have a note up and down as well instead of left and right only.  I don't know if this is an IOS problem because I know that multiscreen usage for iPad can only do left and right sharing as well.",I like the new custom color update.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,color,23,28,positive
productivity,notability,eef2c291-fffc-4c88-98d2-0f4abd90178f,a964d467-e190-4a28-b0f8-5b819b25cc5a,"Used to be great, but now iCloud sync has ruined it!","I am SO frustrated and I never write reviews but this has me fired up.  This is the 2nd time I have gotten ready to create a note and for whatever reason, iCloud sync has to re-sync my 680+ notes which has already been done in the past.  While this syncing is occurring, I am unable to do anything.  I use this app for work and school and right at this moment my productivity is NIL.  Since I have always backed up to Dropbox I figured I would just turn iCloud sync off.  Got a message asking me where I wanted to store my notes and I selected “on my device.”  After I did that I had a total of 10 notes. Why is iCloud holding my notes hostage???  Apparently I have to have iCloud sync enabled to access my other 670 notes.  It’s been over 20 minutes...still syncing.  OVER THIS!",Why is iCloud holding my notes hostage???,1,TRUE,usability,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,2326177e-9705-4aed-a9c2-b25db2d73092,a9af2058-1221-43e1-b8fa-7efb6109f673,Please fix ASAP,"I will switch my review to 5 stars as soon as the new update stops losing new notes. Since the new version came out I have lost two sets of study notes that are not saved in the note history edits. One note text did not sync 20 minutes worth of furious note taking. It is all lost. That was 2 days ago. Then today I was brainstorming for a project, and now Evernote shows an untitled note for each set of editing that I did. The original note with the edits is gone altogether. I have not changed my habits that I developed along the way as I have used Evernote. It is not a question of connectivity or issues on my end. It is an issue with the new update because the mistakes are not things that I can make. If this keeps up much longer I will have to switch platforms after 10 years.",Since the new version came out I have lost two sets of study notes that are not saved in the note history edits.,1,TRUE,efficiency,new version,11,22,positive
productivity,notability,58078c59-0ff7-4ad5-a68c-8b328361f809,aa43d9fc-a3ff-4423-a826-19c9ab3c2bf7,Reliable need more pen options please!,I sound crazy for this but my fiancé and I are both pursuing medical careers currently in school and we both purchase the iPad and pencil for this APP. It is a godsend for recording and taking notes when professors talk to fast especially veterans suffering from TBI. Lately updates were made and I am happy that they added the custom color changes for the pen and recently added automatic shapes! Great for Orgo btw. Only thing now missing is a couple different selection of pens.  please please please please give us an option on pen styles. Our handwriting isn’t great especially in a hurry (We don’t have time to convert everything we write in text)and with trying other note taking apps (just cause) I can see the pen type makes a huge difference. We come back to Notability for the reliability and recording as we write but please update just 2 or 3 different types of pen styles instead of the round and not round that is offered. Then you have created the perfect college/school/professional note taking app there is for sure!,Then you have created the perfect college/school/professional note taking app there is for sure!,3,TRUE,general,note taking,63,74,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,899b897a-9d1d-4e7c-a440-c7c0429b3790,aa712f20-9ecb-4282-b79f-5f08ee73cea6,Unread email,"My gmail is loading “unread email” in the thousands. I go into my labtop select all unread, highlight, and select read and then I confirm the bulk notification. It takes no more than 3 seconds for the unread emails number to start increasing. Right now I’m sitting on 5k unread emails. I have been going through this since yesterday.",It takes no more than 3 seconds for the unread emails number to start increasing.,5,TRUE,compatibility,unread email,41,53,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,19f7d3d8-b367-428c-8212-e63ab010f8ea,aa72d022-d61e-4bf5-b079-f3697bcabfb8,"Great app, slight improvements","I use Evernote .  It’s a great app.  I just wish that when you make lists, it’s easier to make subindentations from ordered lists to bullet points.Another issue is that when I make an ordered list and hit enter, I want spaces in between the numbers.  Not the immediate line after.Also if I could color individual Words instead of the whole line.",Also if I could color individual Words instead of the whole line.,5,TRUE,general,color,17,22,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,d073516d-8664-48cc-a1c8-368db66c634a,aa89357b-2805-4b89-824b-206c8478dfba,Love my trees but is it useful?,"There’s definitely a productive benefit to watching a tree grow and focusing on a specific task. That’s what this app does. So, for anyone who creates content, freelances, or is looking to build a skill, this is a SIMPLE way to monitor time and focus. But this is not a time management app. It’s barely a time tracker and more of a in-app store to buy digital trees. Maybe that’s all the app wants to be. And as someone who has a deep love for tamagotchis, Im into caring for a focus Forrest with different unlock-able trees. That’s totally my bag.  My issue is that there’s no real analytics behind how you’re spending your time. I’d love to be able to see how my time is being used. That stats they do show you are pretty shallow. I know the app doesn’t promise to be a habit tracker, I just see the potential of it being one. I want similar stats to programs like Mint or Instagram analytics. I also wish the animation and actual Forrest function was more dynamic. In all it’s an okay app but I think it could become awesome. P.s I wrote this review for a free tree.",I want similar stats to programs like Mint or Instagram analytics.,3,TRUE,usability,tag,50,53,negative
productivity,notability,9411e7f1-9426-478b-b0dd-884bb5756013,aa940dfa-e94a-474f-b054-72c8b49048d8,"Freezing, losing recordings","Overall, I have had a good experience with the app. The ability to record audio, and to have it match up with the notes taken is wonderful. But this also leads to my major frustration with the app. I use a 2018 iPad Pro 12.9”... with definitely enough “horse power” to usually avoid situations of freezing and app issues. Occasionally while taking notes on a PDF and recording audio during crucial lectures, the app will freeze and crash. Upon reopening the app, it will state that it is recovering the audio file... but never actually recovers it. The audio is lost. The ability to match up audio with handwritten notes is the best feature of the app, but if it can’t do this reliably, I will be forced to utilize other options. This has occurred even when Notability is the only app open. Does this happen every time? No. But the fact that this has occurred multiple times since my purchasing the app 6 months ago is too many times.","The ability to record audio, and to have it match up with the notes taken is wonderful.",1,TRUE,reliability,audio,23,28,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a1b7ee0e-76a0-4856-bbd4-0ce00d0127a6,aaca651f-ca6e-42d7-bd03-bc00a1867de2,Frustrated,"I’ve used gmail and it’s app for yrs. However with these resent new updates it’s been frustrating. For yrs I’ve always had it linked to my yahoo email and it was super convenient and easy for me to navigate through the different emails. But with this new update it’s like it’s syncing all of my email accounts together. So now my yahoo email is now synced with gmail, and my yahoo email is my priority account... I can’t tell my emails apart from one another because now it’s all under 1 email account which is the gmail account. There’s no option to separate the two (I’ve tried everything) I even deleted my yahoo account off gmail and placing it back on as a separate account and it still linked all the yahoo emails with my gmail account email. This is frustrating I can’t tell my emails apart because it’s like everything is under that one gmail account smh, it has to be another way..maybe something more simple an easy. Out of all the yrs I’ve had this app an linked emails this has NEVER happened before until now. This used to be my fav email app, there was never a problem in the past so why fix what wasn’t broken.",However with these resent new updates it’s been frustrating.,2,TRUE,general,update,31,37,negative
productivity,notability,1c0cffd8-8a07-46db-987f-6bb291117be2,ab3e979b-33bb-47bf-bfcc-2c373f6e15d0,Do one more update to highlighter and a few other suggestions,"Love the app and the updates provided. I would love to see the highlighter be updated again to provide a brighter color, like the one you’d get if you went over the same highlighter 2 times. Make it more vivid. Right now it looks like a wash of color almost pastel like. Would also like to see more options for customized colors maybe add 3-4 more slides for additional pen/highlighter colors. Also give us the option to change the pen size the way we want it; the fixed pen sizes provided are good, but can be annoying. I would like to be able to choose my own pen size. Would also like to see the option to view 2 pages at once,  kind of like how the Flexcil note taking app gives the option to view the pages side by side, and not have to have open the second page in a different window.",Right now it looks like a wash of color almost pastel like.,3,TRUE,general,color,35,40,positive
productivity,notability,a5c4da9e-0686-481a-a602-0250cd8b5b33,ab543945-684e-496b-a111-8b6389a7600e,Best app for professional students,"I have used notability since I entered medical school and I think it is amazing for note taking and recording lectures from professors. All of the features are amazing and the latest update that added the choice of 1.25 speed during recording replay is amazing. My one problem with notability is that while there is a “go back 10 seconds” option while playing back recordings, there is not a “go forward 10 seconds” options. This makes it difficult to skip ahead since you are left to use the scrubber and that can get messy and cause you to miss things. I hope they see this feedback and make an already amazing app even better.4/12 Revised —- giving this app 2 stars now because they sent out an update that absolutely obliterated the app and SEVERAL times I have spent hours taking notes only for them to be erased. The text boxes are finicky as hell now and I am unable to click on a text box to adjust typing after I have started typing on it. Many times I am unable to even start a text box because it won’t realize I am trying to type. PLEASE FIX THIS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD I AM ALREADY TRYING TO DO PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL FROM MY QUARANTINE AND THIS IS MAKING IT INFINITELY WORSE.",The text boxes are finicky as hell now and I am unable to click on a text box to adjust typing after I have started typing on it.,2,TRUE,usability,text,5,9,negative
productivity,things-3,c12824f5-5a07-4f6c-bcfc-d03bb9db3d81,ab6d732a-4f47-41ac-b9b1-84eae848d126,"Powerful, Beautiful and Intuitive","Beautifully designed and intuitive to use, this app could have come straight from Apple. I absolutely love looking at it, which is important from a organizational app, and has become integral to my daily routine.  Where I used to find myself forgetting to do boring tasks through out the day, this tool keeps me on track. I’ve tried a variety of options through out the years and this one, to me, combines simplicity of design with power of functionality better than any other. The only improvement I would like to suggest to developers is the ability to add pictures to tasks.","Beautifully designed and intuitive to use, this app could have come straight from Apple.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,design,13,19,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b9350ae5-22fa-492b-ae2e-651c2d1d38d5,ab9f7262-c72d-416f-908f-7314abd1603f,Allow Dark Mode Interface!,The App works fine. I get my emails much faster than the phone’s default mail app. I just wish there was a way to customize the interface display colors. Or at least a “dark” or “night” mode* It’s just too plain and white. But sometimes I check up on my emails at night and the dang app is too white and too bright even if I lower my display brightness. And i don’t want to got through the trouble of going to my phone settings and turning everything on to negative mode just for that app. Please Update this soon!,I just wish there was a way to customize the interface display colors.,4,TRUE,usability,color,64,69,positive
productivity,things-3,bddac195-a74b-479e-b194-f2d92bb9a78e,abcc32bb-7e2e-4d9c-932b-d8afa82be07b,Spectacular,"Heard about Things a while back but never looked much into it. I finally jumped on the bandwagon after a particularly frustrating bout with the stock iOS Reminders app.There's no going back. I love the way you enter todos, the flexibility with adding checklists, the ability to set reminders or not. And the depth of integration with the stock Calendar app is perfect. It brings in just what I need to see, just where and when I need to see it. But the best feature is the simple user interface. The only time the app did something unexpected, I immediately understood why. It's never crashed on me once. I also bought the macOS counterpart and the two sync immediately and flawlessly via Things Cloud. To get the whole package isn't cheap, as many have pointed out, but I'm more than satisfied that it's worth what I paid.",But the best feature is the simple user interface.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,interface,41,50,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,9a7b352a-afcb-405a-8c9a-1feb8af96149,ac49eea0-b3a4-49a7-b201-9e99b05afc88,Evaluation of Word,"I really like the program, easy to use and allows easy puntuation in spanish and use of the ñ. The @ signal is also conveniently located. The qwerty keyboard is small yet big enough to use with comfort. The only suggestion I offer is that a a back space erraser would be very helpful. Im sure there is enough room to add one. Aside from that It is great and practical.",The only suggestion I offer is that a a back space erraser would be very helpful.,5,TRUE,general,space,46,51,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,42631114-ad79-484b-97c7-1848d2006f87,ac502bbf-1db8-4959-bba0-fdb54ef99389,"Good, just one little thing","I just wish that there was a way to develop the white list feature on the app on iOS! There’s deep focus mode but if I’m on my iPad working on one app I wish I were able to whitelist that single app instead of disabling deep focus and basically not even needing Forest then in the first placeI love the app, it’s mission, and it’s features, and I even have it on my phone too! Just that one little thing I wish they could improve.",I just wish that there was a way to develop the white list feature on the app on iOS!,4,TRUE,compatibility,list,55,59,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6dc6af36-89a6-4e6d-9a9c-b13eccde4a7c,ac6109f1-ec68-4444-9919-60b946f15e86,"One Step Forward, Two Steps Back","The idea of adding the option for a single unified inbox would have been great if the ability to view single inboxes one at a time hadn’t been eliminated. Like others, I prefer to view personal and professional inboxes separately and can no longer do so, as this update has mashed them together. I am also not a fan of the new color scheme and will hope for a dark mode in the next update. Lastly, I continue to be puzzled why additional swipe functionality has not been added. I would like the ability to swipe long or short right and left for a total of four unique functions, rather than just one single option swiping in either direction.",I am also not a fan of the new color scheme and will hope for a dark mode in the next update.,1,TRUE,usability,dark mode,65,74,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,952bb593-1fb5-456e-aef6-f50ca81c8bf4,ad2b120b-33f1-493c-bf40-649d68b35c56,Doesn't remember your place!,"I've been using Evernote extensively for many years and now have almost 800 notes stored in it. But recent releases have a major bug and I am now contemplating a move away from Evernote. What is the bug? It doesn't remember the note or my position in the note once the screen turns off or I temporarily switch to another app.Imagine surfing to a web page in your browser, switching to your email app, and going back into the browser. Instead of seeing the same page you were on, instead you see the default home page and are forced to navigate back to the one you were reading. If this happened I suspect a lot of people would start using another browser instead.Evernote now operates in much the same way. The most frustrating example is this: When using Evernote to View a stored recipe, if my iPhone or iPad happens to turn off, when I turn it back on, I will lose my place in the recipe. Sometimes I even just see a list of notebooks and need to search for the recipe again.It's far easier to screen shot the recipe and reference that instead. If I have to go to that level of effort to make this app work for me, it might be just as easy to simply ditch Evernote altogether and migrate to another app to store ALL my notes.",Sometimes I even just see a list of notebooks and need to search for the recipe again.,3,TRUE,general,notebook,37,45,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,0f8e6c1c-6848-41fa-990e-1223156a1c4c,adcb78be-56b4-4673-b70d-b0f783ed9361,Solid email app,"Updating my review as they fixed pretty much all of what the most recent UI overhaul had initially jacked up. Seems that they actually listen to customer complaints and feedback. Only current complaint is a bug that I’m sure will be fixed soon: when you open a link, it asks which browser you want, and no matter what option you select with the “remember this choice” switch, it forgets your choice. It was annoying enough when I’d have to redo my selection any time a new update was installed, but now it’s stuck and I have to do it every tome I click a link.",Seems that they actually listen to customer complaints and feedback.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,list,26,30,positive
productivity,things-3,86d813ba-e633-43fe-9a8d-5977d5282af7,adf4d661-9c60-4216-a269-30487351d505,Decent but could be better,"Can we please get a dark mode? This app is too white. I use it often at night and my eyes hurt every time I’m in the app. I don’t want this app to ruin my eyes. A nice dark grey theme would be great.Can we get reminder notifications for each task? (No, the snooze function does not count.) I can’t believe the app is missing such an essential function. Why?I wish we could separate/group tasks in the Inbox by type. I have my daily tasks mixed in with my school/medical/etc. tasks. Messy. A clean divider between tasks in Inbox is needed.It doesn’t seem like the developer(s) reply to these reviews often so I hope someone at Things is listening.",Can we please get a dark mode?,3,TRUE,efficiency,dark mode,21,30,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,aadeffb8-593b-423a-90f1-346f0c1e8c34,ae0f753f-cc24-4a28-acf7-cb4e8e111557,Long time user,I’ve been a user off and on since 2011 and I still can’t believe they haven’t changed the keyboard layout to allow quick access to tab back and forth bullet points. When your in a rush to write a note down that is key. Having to press the “A=“ to get to typing formatting is just an extra step that is annoying and needs to change. Take OneNote for example. Everything you need to format your typing is quickly available. I realize that if you connect a keyboard to your iPad you can just press “tab” and “enter” to move around bullet points but on a phone it’s impossible. You have to press “A=“ to move bullet points around. Other than that I LOVE Evernote. I’ve found myself moving more to using OneNote though because of that. It’s a shame cause I rather be using Evernote.,You have to press “A=“ to move bullet points around.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,bullet point,32,44,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,eef226a3-ab3d-4d2b-9151-1f66541806e8,ae2c692e-bd78-4a2e-922e-f51008830dd4,Love data losses that Microsoft can do nothing about? Then this app is for you!,"I’m writing this review as a warning. I had about 10 Word documents saved on my phone. I do use this app from time to time whenever I feel like adding something to a document. But tonight, everything changed. I come back to the app so I can edit a document. However, when I tapped on it, an error message appeared saying, “Sorry, this document is stored on an unsupported server location.” Good thing I had a copy of the document... right? Nope! Every single one of my dox had the same error. I can no longer access these files from anywhere. All of my stuff is gone now. Forever.This has never happened to me or anyone I know before, but it has been an issue in the past. I looked up this issue, and found a few forum posts about this exact issue. And guess what Microsoft’s response was? Give up. There’s nothing they can do to help you if this happens. Just like that, you’re back to zero.If this didn’t happen, I absolutely would give this app maybe a 4-star rating. But since this happened, I don’t think I can trust Microsoft with my data anymore. NONE of this is my fault. I don’t know what to do with the app at this point, because I still might use it for future projects, but I’m terrified that this will happen again.",I do use this app from time to time whenever I feel like adding something to a document.,2,TRUE,usability,document,80,88,positive
productivity,things-3,a7ef50a1-1e9a-417f-be93-0744814da522,aea51355-bd3f-4a8f-9714-1a561bea854a,Over Hyped,"For what this app does, I really think it’s over priced and over hyped. It has some nice features like I can see my today list on my apple watch. It does what it says but its not really more than a simple list todo app. I really wish there was a calendar view. Like in ‘Upcoming’, if you could tap the calendar icon and actually see a calendar. There’s no way to see details more than a week in advance. So if you like to plan out your month, this isn’t the app for you. Also, when I am scheduling a repeating task on a specific day for the next week, the app doesn’t recognize the day. It always wants to repeat on Wednesday and I have to change it. Its minor, yes, but still annoying. Same thing with repeating a monthly task. It doesn’t recognize the date and I have to manually put it in. Honestly, I regret buying it. There are cheaper and better options on the app store.",It does what it says but its not really more than a simple list todo app.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,list,60,64,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,1bef294b-d149-4b15-b5f9-08f42076cc89,aeccc4cd-8b6a-4481-9842-cb5f42526bc5,Breaking Phone Addictions,"Great app to help disrupt the amount of time we’re glued to our phones. I know it’s helped me do more deep, focused work. It’s especially helpful if you can get friends to use the app, or join the Forest discord, findable via the Forest FB page. Those group trees, having other people counting on you to not check your phone and kill the group tree...it sounds ridiculous, but it’s surprisingly fun and effective.","It’s especially helpful if you can get friends to use the app, or join the Forest discord, findable via the Forest FB page.",5,TRUE,usability,page,119,123,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,c8842251-528b-483d-b69f-d7da2868e067,aed2e81d-defe-4149-a009-0622683d3e98,Fix bugs please,"The timer and stopwatch part has bugs. It’s not working properly. I suppose when you click on “timer”, the “timer” text will light up, the button moves to the left, and the “stopwatch” text will go dim. However when I click on “timer”, even though the button is moving correctly, the “timer” text is still dim, and the “stopwatch” text is still lit up. I can only click on the dimmed text “timer” to toggle the button. This does not make sense. Please ask your front end developers to try this feature themselves before launching the new version to production. Also, the “deep focus”, “plant together” and “count exceed” time buttons are not working at all. Why?I’ve heard this is a great app so I bought it but what’s going on with your software developers??","I suppose when you click on “timer”, the “timer” text will light up, the button moves to the left, and the “stopwatch” text will go dim.",1,TRUE,general,text,50,54,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,948944c0-cb26-45b1-9b01-57852840d1b5,af3fb29b-d1ae-4de4-99c0-8711b31e0578,Mobile version lacking,"Unless I’m mistaken, the iPad version lacks some basic features such as selecting text with the new trackpad functionality. I hope this gets fixed soon!","Unless I’m mistaken, the iPad version lacks some basic features such as selecting text with the new trackpad functionality.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,110,123,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,69b87115-564f-4ed3-a9d4-ed159f478a61,af5b51d7-8418-41d7-8b4b-0d52d997de85,Crashes consistently,"This app would consistently crash in the middle of me typing an school assignment. I got very far in a paper and the app completely crashed. When I opened it back, the paper did not auto save as much as I had hoped. Please fix this as I find the app more convenient than Microsoft 365 online.",I got very far in a paper and the app completely crashed.,5,TRUE,reliability,paper,21,26,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,d9bc1da8-11e1-431b-b1f2-2b1217aec8d8,af9dfac4-bd10-4a52-8f57-dea677d711a0,Word!!!!,"Kudos to Microsoft for implementing Office 365 for iOS. I am a person who is constantly on the go and having the ability to have your documents sync across all your devices is key.  Begin a document on your Mac/PC and then edit it on your commute and vice versa. Also, the tools featured in the mobile version are quite good but could be refined and I’m happy to see that Microsoft is always updating to try to make the system better. Keep up the good work.",I am a person who is constantly on the go and having the ability to have your documents sync across all your devices is key.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,89,93,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,25c7ec61-1e08-4411-951d-c94f240a1fd5,afaafc28-a36d-49fe-b60a-45f1001d62b1,Much better than the old,"I was an Evernote user from 2008 through 2016. I left because the competition caught them. However, I recently came back because it’s a very complete product, easy to use, and aesthetically pleasing. Spend the money, it’s worth it!","Spend the money, it’s worth it!",5,TRUE,general,money,11,16,positive
productivity,notability,63cccf44-760c-4796-be51-6bba3a53de98,b02245db-f0b5-42df-8282-0e0a55c088bd,Best note-taking app,"I’ve waited a long time to write this because I want to know an app fully before judging it. I’ve used Notability for the past 3+ years along with GoodNotes. I can confidently say that Notability is the superior app. Yes, there are many more features that I wish were present in both apps but, as a whole, this is the best note taking app. In its basic form, handwriting in the app is perfect. Whatever software that GoodNotes uses to try to improve your handwriting is incredibly annoying and causes it to look worse. Its not that way with Notability. What you write is what it shows. The file management style is much easier to follow than the endless folders in GoodNotes. Also, when major updates come, you don’t have to pay for it. Paper templates and being able to set your 3 most used colors and pen sizes right on the task bar will HOPEFULLY be coming to Notability soon. That is the biggest drawback I think. Having to do multiple touches every time I want to switch pen size can be annoying and when taking notes in lecture, can take up valuable time. Having those right on the top bar would be INVALUABLE. Other than that, this app is superior to GoodNotes in general.","Also, when major updates come, you don’t have to pay for it.",5,TRUE,efficiency,update,18,24,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,6400938f-faa5-40b4-a8c2-67edc931abc8,b0dbb23f-dae8-4c99-bdfc-259bdbbe7c3e,My best friend!,"Evernote keeps me organized, creative, and productive. I use it to store ideas, poems/creative writing, lists, plans...it’s everything Apple’s built-in notes app wishes it could be. The Note app I find really unreliable and I’ve lost plenty of important notes. Evernote has never lost a single thing I’ve made and is way easier to use, format, and look at. I love that it syncs easily across my devices too. I know I sound like a cheesy and thinly veiled advertisement but I seriously don’t know what I’d do without Evernote.","I use it to store ideas, poems/creative writing, lists, plans...it’s everything Apple’s built-in notes app wishes it could be.",5,TRUE,efficiency,list,50,54,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,af59676f-1f1e-41e6-8311-11accb9ea99c,b15cef81-9c96-4a98-b12c-c16571731410,Keeps You Accountable,"This app simultaneously irritates me and doesn’t, because it does its job so well! You set the timer as to how long you want to focus on something and a tree starts growing. If you close the app your tree will die. The only downside to it is now I can’t use my phone to procrastinate work. Oh, and, you can’t really change your music while growing a tree because leaving the app kills it. I like the in app sounds, too, they’re peaceful. You can mute them if you like, but I find myself listening to the bird chirping anyways.Long story short, I love it because it keeps me from getting distracted! (And you grow a cute tree)","You can mute them if you like, but I find myself listening to the bird chirping anyways.",5,TRUE,general,list,50,54,negative
productivity,notability,b10dca1a-7e57-47d1-a83e-525be315651c,b1a00e35-3f77-477a-9992-1f624042d0d6,Great!,"I would like to preface this by saying I'm a tradesman and use this app for taking notes for tests that mainly require specific labor knowledge that allows me to earn qualifications on a national level.That being said, I really appreciate the fact that I can use the Apple pencil to take notes and then the versatility of the app allows me to categorize, draw and convert hand writing to text.  Studies show that when you hand write information there is better retention than if you type it.  Here we can have the best of both worlds, especially if you're like me and have handwriting more akin to a doctor.The one thing I do wish could be a little easier is the shapes.  I use this app to make data tables and real basic ones at that (think excel spreadsheets). My frustration mainly stems from the fact that I can't simply do that all on one interface and that I can't find tools that do it for me.  I like a very orderly and even note style and my tables are usually pretty crooked at best.Maybe even if they just add a library of tables that you can edit in terms of sizes or number of cells on the ""+"" button.  That would be super helpful!Anyways other than that one gripe, it's a great app and I like the fact that I can use the cloud to sync notes on all my devices.  Hoping that these notes are gonna make a difference in my study habits and achievements!",My frustration mainly stems from the fact that I can't simply do that all on one interface and that I can't find tools that do it for me.,4,TRUE,compatibility,interface,82,91,negative
productivity,notability,971c4076-0e4e-4b05-8ea0-33c0848ef854,b2130c43-d98e-4ebe-8507-ad18797dad83,Editor response? Please,"This review/question was written on Jan 10th,2021Hi, I might not be 100% correct when I say this as I am still investigating my issue.  But, as of now I only have 1GB of data on my cellular plan.  I used it all in 3 days! Which is a bummer. I would always be able stretch my 1 GB for a month no problem. So my issue is that when I launch notability on my cell phone when I’m not on WiFi, I feel like it syncs all my notes, which is a lot.  Some notes contain pictures, audio recordings, and PDF’s that I markup. This is my question:  Does notability sync all of your notes when you launch the app? If so, this app is useless to me. The whole point of getting this app for me was to be able to access all of my files on my iPhone when I’m not at home on my Mac.  Or is there a setting where it can only sync recent notes.  Thanks","Some notes contain pictures, audio recordings, and PDF’s that I markup.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,recording,36,45,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,eacb41ee-aa3b-4785-8571-7e41f0226400,b24d31bb-7ff1-4159-a04c-f3dc1d6c14af,Still The Best!,"Evernote is still the best note-taking app out there. I've been using Evernote since 2014. I use it for literally EVERYTHING. Evernote's document camera is second to none, even better than OneNote. The quality of Evernote's document camera is comparable to that of a standard desktop scanner, but with the portability of just having the app on an iPhone.","Evernote's document camera is second to none, even better than OneNote.",5,TRUE,general,document,12,20,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,fac259f1-58f7-46b6-bce0-3a1ca26c4767,b25eac97-7374-4992-aac9-1ee552969ebf,Microsoft scam,"This app used to work, and would have all the functionality that word online used to have. However, Microsoft got greedy as usual and has changed things to demanding a paid subscription to use the app.It's unfortunate that word is the only halfway decent processor for formatting. Google docs is great, but does not do well with converting to a .doc format without screwing something up.Also, Microsoft doesn't actually give a damp about it's customers and clients, otherwise they would actually listen to the criticisms and make positive changes that don't make them even richer than they already are.","This app used to work, and would have all the functionality that word online used to have.",1,TRUE,efficiency,functionality,47,60,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a373311a-baad-448f-8d96-c966ef813f3e,b2b4ef11-93fb-4294-909f-756ace891178,Cluttered and hard to find emails,I feel like the designers of this version tried to go with a more sexy “Apple-ish” type look and sure...it looks nice but that’s about it. It’s so cluttered now to the point where I have to go to my main Google Account on my computer to check my emails otherwise it’s a hassle trying to find new important emails. I’d prefer my “primary” inbox emails being the only ones displayed when I open the app and if I decide I want to look at my “social” or “promotions” inbox then I can easily click on a tab to see them separately without having to jump through hoops in order to customize the layout. Hopefully the next iteration will bring back some of the ease of navigation from the last version (or at least the last version I had) while maintaining the newer “stylish” look.,I feel like the designers of this version tried to go with a more sexy “Apple-ish” type look and sure...it looks nice but that’s about it.,2,TRUE,general,design,17,23,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,f1e36a5f-aeeb-4dec-813c-1958c881c494,b33e31ad-4f98-4734-9312-97402f7472b8,New update removed so much space,"Why does every single app ALWAYS change the UI to waste so much space with completely redundant information?! The most recent update added a huge bar that takes up 1/4 of the screen that has two, enormous buttons: one that simply displays (with a limit of 99, for no discernible reason) how many unread emails you have across ALL folders; (Why are you trying to get me to read my spam emails? They’re in there for A REASON!) and the other button access Google Hangouts. (I have the Hangouts app on my phone, WHY do I need another way to access it?!)So, I ask again: just why are they making the app more complex, less useful, and more redundant, WHILE taking away your theirs screen?!",Why does every single app ALWAYS change the UI to waste so much space with completely redundant information?!,2,TRUE,efficiency,space,65,70,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,141fb5d3-6bfd-4c7e-b3c2-774d30e013bb,b3a0b97e-345f-4b6e-b119-6c6d86aec8ff,New version is a disaster for this longtime premium user,"Evernote was a major part of my life for over 10 years. It was crucial for getting 2 books published. Alas, the recent versions, including the current one, is hardly even usable. Reliability is essential for an app like Evernote, and it has become utterly unreliable. E.g., I shared a webpage to Evernote 3 hours ago, and it still does not show up in the Evernote app on any of my devices (2 Macs, iPad, and iPhone). I need to annotate it, but it’s not there! I have sync’d multiple times on 3 devices. Will it ever show up?I had no choice but to look for alternatives. So far, Keep It is looking like a great replacement for Evernote. It’s taken a bit of adjustment in my workflow, but I’m loving it. It is faster, more reliable, and offers some other advantages as well, like the option to save a webpage as one long PDF, which brilliantly solves multiple problems Evernote has always had with saving webpages. BTW, The webpage I mentioned earlier was saved to Keep It immediately!The free Joplin app is supposed to be good, too, but seems to have a steeper learning curve.",I have sync’d multiple times on 3 devices.,1,TRUE,general,sync,8,12,positive
productivity,notability,300bf051-084e-49e4-9f25-d2841f4d7de1,b3ed4d60-287d-4e8e-b56c-1487b535ebc6,Great app,"I love this app! I use it for all my classes and it saves me money on notebooks and it’s way easier for organization. However, I do wish there were a few other features. I wish I could make the eraser size smaller for when Im taking small notes on a class PowerPoint or drawing a diagram. It’s a pain in the rear when I’m trying to erase small arrows from my orgo notes and end up erasing a few bonds, too. Also, I’d like to be able to switch between the eraser that erases the whole line and an eraser that just erases what you touch. The former is great for notes but the latter would be great for diagrams. Another thing I wish the app had is a “switch to last color” option. I often switch between red and black in my notes and it would be nice if there was a one-click option to switch back and forth. I know I just listed a bunch of features I wished this app had, but the app is still well worth it without them. I highly recommend it.",Another thing I wish the app had is a “switch to last color” option.,4,TRUE,efficiency,color,55,60,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,86ecfcf6-8967-4b7a-8348-ef1a96ba791e,b43cd488-b7e4-4305-840a-56babeacc6dc,Love Evernote but . . .,"Evernote is great! I use to organize notes for graduate classes, files for work, and stuff for home.  We’ve even got a family cookbook that we share and add to. BUT I really wish that Evernote had the ability to lock a note or notebook.  It would be nice if we could lock notes regardless of the content: picture, audio file, video clip, file attachment, whatever. Please add this feature!",BUT I really wish that Evernote had the ability to lock a note or notebook.,4,TRUE,usability,notebook,67,75,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,67d732f8-3b6f-4123-8906-77c1264d9aab,b472124a-627d-47e1-acbf-8a966f0e5088,Works well but....,"For me the app works as it was designed to and does it quite well but there is one exception, conversation view. I hate this thing with a passion. I don't really understand why I can't have a choice to use it or not. The Apple email client gives you a choice. The Outlook app gives you a choice. Google, give me the option.","For me the app works as it was designed to and does it quite well but there is one exception, conversation view.",4,TRUE,usability,design,32,38,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,21dacf9a-bf57-4839-acd8-4ae54962e315,b4b3c97c-80ba-490f-8661-bcfc307743d2,Great app,I’ve been using app for about two yeas now and it works well for my basic needs. Happy with my customer service experience as well. I reached out on a Saturday night for account access issues and they (Jeffery) replied to me within 24 hours of my request. I should add that I’m not a premium user.,Happy with my customer service experience as well.,5,TRUE,general,customer service,15,31,positive
productivity,notability,98423e5c-446f-43d5-befe-b5273f2d2eb9,b4c2d0d4-bd93-4547-9c6c-caf49b5e854c,Great Note Taking.. sync issue dampens enthusiasm,"I love the App, does everything I want. Easy to export to other file type, drag and drop functionality , different font size etc . Love the app.Only complaint is cloud sync. Got to the point that every time I pulled my iPad out , I had ZERO FILES. They were all in the “unfiled notes section” and in the process of syncing. While in that process, you cannot even READ the note. If I happened to need my notes in a situation where I have no wi fi I would have been screwed. The times this happened was extremely inconvenient but took a few minutes to sync because I had access to wifi . After troubleshooting for a few days I gave up and completely disabled cloud sync.",They were all in the “unfiled notes section” and in the process of syncing.,3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,68,72,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,7e38352f-307c-4034-8e17-aea06eafc69f,b4c449ac-66f8-422e-a6c1-259b04dee0ff,New version not as good as the previous one,"Verdict:  if you want to/need to use Office across your devices, get this. If not, use Pages or Google Docs. They will both allow you to open & edit Word docs & Save docs as Word. Though it’s really handy to have Office products on my phone so I can edit files without having to go to my laptop, I’m not keen on the latest version of Word for iOS. It’s just clunkier to use. It took me quite a bit of poking around just to find the editing control menus. And when I copy & paste text into a new document, it only pastes the text, not any original formatting. I don’t see any paste options such as there are in Word for windows. Example: I have an email with text formatted as a table. Previously, if I copied & pasted into a new doc, it pasted as a table. Now, it just pastes the text with generic font & no formatting except paragraph breaks. I completely lose the table. It seems this app has gotten more bare-bones rather than feature-full. It’s good enough, but if I have an Office subscription, I expect a little more.","And when I copy & paste text into a new document, it only pastes the text, not any original formatting.",4,TRUE,reliability,text,25,29,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,0750e2a0-0a21-4914-a838-36523a8d5bcf,b55ec487-b763-4ad1-9ae8-47c633ea04ca,Unreliable and glitchy,"If you are hoping for a seamless transition between desktop and iPad, your expectations are already too high. This requires a subscription to use it in its entirety, but this should not come to any surprise. The formatting options are definitely limited, in comparison to the full desktop version. There is also an unreliable auto save feature, as twice, I have typed multi-page documents, which did not save, even when I manually saved. Unfortunately, there is no way, to my knowledge, to recover my work. Most of the time, when it does not auto save, it will start running very slowly, so I manually save, then initiate IT 101 (close and restart), which usually resolves the problem. Most of the time, it will load the completed document, but the two times it did not, it was pretty frustrating. If it was not this unreliable and glitchy, I would rate it higher.","Most of the time, it will load the completed document, but the two times it did not, it was pretty frustrating.",2,TRUE,usability,document,46,54,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,4cb3bfb9-7797-416d-93b2-177a468c436e,b57cae30-ec43-4bd7-a572-25da78670df2,Update is not working,Since the most recent update I lose my tree when I get a notification even when my phone is locked. Please update and fix.,Please update and fix.,1,TRUE,reliability,update,8,14,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,58d7ddbf-8abb-41f6-b7f6-e974b70eb6c0,b5e3f1cd-d948-4e34-9219-bd633e38fa24,Sending Google drive files,"I recently decided to try this GMAIL app and stop using the apple mail app for work and personal use on my IPhone. Everything went well and I really liked the GMAIL app setup, just looked nicer. My problem was when trying to send files for work through the GMAIL app it was a disaster! It kept sending everything as a darn google drive link that people couldn’t open, no matter how I “shared” it. I even looked online for a while to figure this out but nothing. Unless everyone you work with works with a gmail account, don’t even bother with this app. You will be frustrated after 1 day. Stick with the apple mail app to load and send your google drive files on your iPhone.",Stick with the apple mail app to load and send your google drive files on your iPhone.,4,TRUE,compatibility,google drive,53,65,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,c0f968e1-32ff-4a43-8d1e-dedf4d3a7238,b6461b46-d789-4d02-a846-a02210a4f153,Just fix it.,"Ive never had an issue with Microsoft products in general - however, the mobile versions just need some more love and attention. Simple bugs like being unable to insert a page or section break is a make it or break it deal for me and many other college students. Although the app gives the option to add these page/section breaks, it simply does not execute the function when told. Ive only been using the app for about 30 minutes and this bug was very easy to find. This goes to show that there are likely many others buried somewhere in the program.",Simple bugs like being unable to insert a page or section break is a make it or break it deal for me and many other college students.,3,TRUE,reliability,page,43,47,negative
productivity,notability,5f137e52-7610-4a19-84c8-6679e9b8509c,b6c8c022-0ef7-4563-944c-9dd85ed316ff,Update glitchy,"Ever since the recent update, Notability has been glitchy. I hate the fact that highlights don’t highlight over my written notes. Every time I create a text box with one tap on the screen to type notes in, I can’t type no matter how many times I tap in the text box to see the blinking text line. I would have to hold down the screen to manually make text boxes to type. Even more frustrating, if I make some adjustments to the text box, I can’t type in it again. It makes note-taking in class really inconvenient and makes you stressed out even more during lectures. Why were these functions altered to begin with?I would also like the function of the pages to be viewed 2 pages per screen, like and actual notebook.","Even more frustrating, if I make some adjustments to the text box, I can’t type in it again.",2,TRUE,usability,text box,58,66,negative
productivity,notability,18e035b7-9b40-4016-a560-1b67200334da,b7148c2a-94d7-4622-a79b-33b109854f1f,I wish there were a couple different things,"I like this app. I got it because a friend used it during my organic chemistry class and it seemed to meet all her needs. However, after using it for a semester, I wish it had a couple things that I can’t seem to find in one app. I wish there was an option for how you wanted your folders to be displayed. The way the app has it now, doesn’t work for me. I like how my computer utilizes folders and there is another app that has this feature. I realize what works for me, might not work for someone else. That’s why, if there was an option template you could choose from it would accommodate more people. Also, I just noticed that I really like the contrast of the graphite look in my Books app. I take notes in some of my text books and a lot of times, I don’t want it to be bold like the pen option. Adding a graphite pencil option would be rad and I would love this app! Otherwise, this is a great app and I recommend it to anyone taking notes via Apple Pencil (never tried it without Apple Pencil)","Also, I just noticed that I really like the contrast of the graphite look in my Books app.",3,TRUE,efficiency,graph,61,66,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,ab092ada-047a-456e-af69-46ea5fcc9912,b7164164-84a4-4e43-a2cf-9391e5f00658,Liked previous versions better,"I use Evernote to manage a long to do list document. Now in iOS, I can’t tap just anywhere in a note to put my cursor there. If I scroll from the bottom to the top of the list then tap, I get taken back to where my cursor last was. To type in a section I have to tap one section at a time until my cursor gets to where I want to type. Very annoying and counter intuitive.I will continue to use the app, since I pay for premium, but I hope they fix this issue.",I use Evernote to manage a long to do list document.,4,TRUE,usability,list,39,43,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,1fe800ce-0380-4cd8-aee2-55d6206ea193,b7a3d593-409a-400c-b52c-623b6b1a3c81,amazing for work!,"I am a hardcore procrastinator, and this has helped me work well!! I love that it’s designed like a game, with little trees and rewards you can win. By the way, the trees and shrubs are really cute, and I love seeing them and working to get them. I never buy apps for money or write reviews for them, but there’s a first time for everything and this app just deserves to be used by everyone! Well worth the $2.","I love that it’s designed like a game, with little trees and rewards you can win.",5,TRUE,usability,design,18,24,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,82e8a28d-5330-439e-b3d1-83530db4edbf,b7b90bc4-ec1a-4f5f-9874-4948e536b65a,Everything for everyone in one place,All the files and information for now to years back are all stored in here.  I don't have to through documents in multiple places and if a device should die everything is available immediately.,I don't have to through documents in multiple places and if a device should die everything is available immediately.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,document,25,33,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,7abe7950-3f0f-499a-86b5-d60034cea02a,b7e3ccb8-600b-46c6-81e6-0fa55615106b,You all must be bored,"First of all I like gmail, I use for all kinds of stuff. What I don’t like is the amount of pointless promotional emails I get on every single account. Even from sites I subscribe too. When I use the “tell us why” it doesn’t matter how many times I answer. It does not change. A few days ago I signed on and all my gmail accounts were gone and AGAIN I had to reset the usage WHY???!!!! every time you do this you mess me up for days. I’m currently forced to use gmail for work and gmail is no longer making me happy as there are constant changes being made and it’s turning into a bit of a nuisance. You all don’t really seem to listen. Life needs to be a bit more simple as we are facing some pretty extreme days. So you have forced me to start deleting pieces of my google life so things can be easier. Thanks but no thanks.",What I don’t like is the amount of pointless promotional emails I get on every single account.,1,TRUE,usability,motion,49,55,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,91d9259c-e7de-4c0b-be35-d9496a0186df,b8197450-f5d3-4fbc-9cbf-7ccde40aeaf2,Extremely unreliable. Disregard for user habits,"I have been a loyal customer with 9000+ notes and 5+ years of premium subscription. The recent overhaul has introduced so many bugs and ridiculous design failures which are forcing me to consider alternative services. Sync has become extremely unreliable; I’ve had my edits wiped out by sync failures. As of now, Evernote isn’t letting me move my notes to different notebooks, due to some inexplicable bug. Very helpful features that provide flexibility to working on and organizing notes have been eliminated, I guess in the name of tidiness: opening multiple main windows, changing the created date (so helpful for arranging the notes in the order I want), magnifying the words in the editing window (which now cannot be done without magnifying everything else, making it unreasonably cumbersome to operate the sidebar). Then there are countless bugs throughout the software that keeps giving you frustrating surprises. The recent major upgrade demonstrates the team's disregard for the working habits of established users, and also raises concerns about quality control. In so many respects the new version simply isn't ready, and it's unclear to me why the company would be in a rush to release an update. An option for reverting to the older version would be much, much appreciated. Right now, I do not recommend Evernote to any new user. The company has demonstrated its inability to deliver a consistent and reliable product.",Sync has become extremely unreliable; I’ve had my edits wiped out by sync failures.,1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,70,74,negative
productivity,notability,a3be743f-37bf-4679-9488-31862a32e434,b8a087d1-850f-44fa-a16c-a55c0c165859,Problems,"I like this app for all my PDF annotating. However, there is no iCloud Drive support. There’s iCloud syncing between the app on iOS and the Mac, but I can’t grab files from the iCloud Drive folder in my Mac like I can with many other annotating apps. I have to use another service, like OneDrive to be able to get to the files from my Mac. I don’t want to use the app on the Mac, I just want to get my files.Further, it only backs up when you close the document you’re working on and only when you keep the app open. If you close the app, it doesn’t backup. Further, deleting files in the app doesn’t delete the file from the backup service. Finally, the app doesn’t display pdf annotations that are written in other apps. I have to flatten the pdf first, then shared it with this app. Try telling a client to first flatten their pdf before sending it.","Further, it only backs up when you close the document you’re working on and only when you keep the app open.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,document,46,54,positive
productivity,notability,d92efc43-077e-4559-8b5c-025533c27c5b,b8d736ea-377a-4a92-add4-ed8062ef0478,Review and advises for next update,"Good job, and amazing app for taking notes on iPad.Advice for next updates: make drawing essential shapes easier while taking notes, for example if we draw a hexagon by hand completely, why we can’t convert it to perfect hexagon as will as we do with individual lines. For cutting tool, why we can’t cut the words and pictures that files contain, for example if we cut highlighted word and paste it, it's only cut -highlight-. Make it easier to cut and edit pictures and add some tools for this. Make  a variety in sticky notes colors, or add property that we can choose any color. Add arrows, so we can use it while we want to explain things. If we can link or attach another notes in notability that will be good to make connections between them, so we can access it easier and it will be more organized. Add more advanced property of selection, such as select many slides or sheets instead of select one by one.","Make  a variety in sticky notes colors, or add property that we can choose any color.",4,TRUE,usability,color,33,38,positive
productivity,things-3,f0f52efb-86ed-41a0-988a-0058f212e6c1,b8f00ed3-4bf7-487e-84fa-db0b1a6c241f,Essential Productivity for 6 years and counting,"I have used Things for nearly six years and have come to rely on it to manage my personal and professional life. While flashy GTD task-managers like Wunderlist have come and gone, Things has stayed remarkably simple and elegant while evolving with the times. Years ago I was annoyed that there weren’t flashy features or big UI updates, but over time I have come to respect and appreciate their commitment to being a reliable task management workhouse. The minimalist design is at once beautiful and functional. Thank you so much and please don’t ever go away!",The minimalist design is at once beautiful and functional.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,list,11,15,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,2326177e-9705-4aed-a9c2-b25db2d73092,b9323c62-3d0c-48e2-b141-cfa1673ac3ba,Please fix ASAP,"I will switch my review to 5 stars as soon as the new update stops losing new notes. Since the new version came out I have lost two sets of study notes that are not saved in the note history edits. One note text did not sync 20 minutes worth of furious note taking. It is all lost. That was 2 days ago. Then today I was brainstorming for a project, and now Evernote shows an untitled note for each set of editing that I did. The original note with the edits is gone altogether. I have not changed my habits that I developed along the way as I have used Evernote. It is not a question of connectivity or issues on my end. It is an issue with the new update because the mistakes are not things that I can make. If this keeps up much longer I will have to switch platforms after 10 years.",One note text did not sync 20 minutes worth of furious note taking.,1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,23,27,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,2326177e-9705-4aed-a9c2-b25db2d73092,b9323c62-3d0c-48e2-b141-cfa1673ac3ba,Please fix ASAP,"I will switch my review to 5 stars as soon as the new update stops losing new notes. Since the new version came out I have lost two sets of study notes that are not saved in the note history edits. One note text did not sync 20 minutes worth of furious note taking. It is all lost. That was 2 days ago. Then today I was brainstorming for a project, and now Evernote shows an untitled note for each set of editing that I did. The original note with the edits is gone altogether. I have not changed my habits that I developed along the way as I have used Evernote. It is not a question of connectivity or issues on my end. It is an issue with the new update because the mistakes are not things that I can make. If this keeps up much longer I will have to switch platforms after 10 years.",One note text did not sync 20 minutes worth of furious note taking.,1,TRUE,efficiency,text,10,14,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,3a9d3e82-9f1c-42c8-b099-7bcb3130943a,b9b8a5e2-ca44-49b6-a7db-ba3202171563,Auto save cannot be permanently disabled,"One star because, unless I am totally missing the option, and I have searched online and throughout the mobile app (excel included) there is no way to permanently disable the auto save feature. While this might be a good feature for some users, the ability to NOT have it forced on all users would be best. There are many times I might start editing a document and ten minutes in decide I don’t like the direction I am taking with my writing and want to go back and start back over where I was with my last INTENTIONAL save. Thanks Microsoft, because if this I unknowingly lost a needed version of a school research paper because of the auto save function. I should not have to manually toggle it off EVERY time I open a document and I should also not have to save a back up copy every time I want to work on a document to avoid the results of this crazy forced feature.","Thanks Microsoft, because if this I unknowingly lost a needed version of a school research paper because of the auto save function.",1,TRUE,general,paper,92,97,negative
productivity,things-3,55b539d0-063f-453c-ac75-ee131b6b93b9,ba209fd1-d0bd-4937-965f-4dffeff26259,Why didn’t I find this sooner?,"Let me start this by saying I’m one of those people that never leave written reviews. I had to give praise where praise is due though. First of all, I am a very visual person so even if I found an app with perfect functionality, I wouldn’t use it if I didn’t like how it looked. However, this app combines functionality with a nice sleek design that’s not only easy to look at but, easy to use. I’m SUPER picky about to-Do apps and I have been on a search for “the one” for literally years. I think I’ve found it though. They allow you to customize And organize your to-do’s in a myriad of ways. For instance, my favorite thing so far is the Ability to set “Projects” and in those projects, you can not only add notes and headings to keep the todos organized but, on the main screen of the app, there’s a small circle to show your progress on the todo’s inside. I absolutely love this app and had to let y’all know you did an amazing job.","However, this app combines functionality with a nice sleek design that’s not only easy to look at but, easy to use.",5,TRUE,compatibility,design,60,66,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,2379e4ec-d632-45e2-bd9f-62307a95d59a,ba354df7-e58a-4c7e-87d1-899c49fd4422,Customer service matches the app flaws!,"Spent over 8hours on a doc that didn’t save due to auto save shutting itself off/glitch.  Call in wait 17 minutes to speak to someone with a heavy accent to be told the iPad does not have a recovery feature due to iPad limitations.  She then proceeds to tell me I can send feedback to Microsoft to develop that feature.   I asked her how Microsoft can develop it, if it is not a capability on iPad, due to limitations.  She didn’t get it and repeated herself multiple times, as if I was the one not understanding the statements.The customer service matches the app.  Awful app features.  Awful service.  Don’t use it!",Spent over 8hours on a doc that didn’t save due to auto save shutting itself off/glitch.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,auto save,52,61,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,3312b1a9-6fba-4a24-8fbe-38e8b1b7f575,ba400cf4-7831-498a-b7be-373ba3771e5b,Solid but “Googly”,"Solid and reliable, but...Does not take advantage of APIs inherent to iOS so it feels like an app that doesn’t belong on the platform.  I wish it was designed to look and feel more like a native app.Also, one nitpick, as an inbox zero proponent, the graphic that appears when you have nothing in your inbox is tacky and unnecessary. Would you make it possible to remove that in the options?",Does not take advantage of APIs inherent to iOS so it feels like an app that doesn’t belong on the platform.,4,TRUE,compatibility,tag,20,23,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,79fd1e05-a3bf-470f-9c12-110f3c816441,ba4044cf-2bfd-4f35-9e60-508367f82a69,Sorts great.,Finding past emails is very fast.  Labels are far superior to folders.  Pop3 transfers are agonisingly slow.  Could it be that Gmail is deliberately obtuse in this service?  Other clients have a simple button to refresh pop3.  It's to believe that I have to go through two settings menus and a overfilled list of options to find this elementary convenience.  And there is no control of transfer frequency at all.  This inconvenience does not outweigh the other benefits of a well organized web based client.  It's just puzzling to find this use so neglected.,It's to believe that I have to go through two settings menus and a overfilled list of options to find this elementary convenience.,4,TRUE,efficiency,list,79,83,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,0438d272-6b4e-4662-be71-6e4d4d1c6b01,bab2f522-3be6-4767-bd1d-3cfba91ba9f7,Not really sure. #Usury ☹️,I love the Word App BUT what’s up with renting the Service. If you don’t buy a subscription you’re locked out of simple features like landscape. I believe a better way is to allow us to either buy features a la carte or sell the app altogether for one set price. Years of renting this app could become an exuberant expense; having paid into this App many times over in comparison to its worth  or original value.      And even if the argument is “you’re renting storage space...” that can be done on a yearly subscription like cloud space with iPhone users. Seems to be no reason for the over charging.       Hopefully this will change or another app comes and replaces this app. #USURY #UNFAIR,And even if the argument is “you’re renting storage space...” that can be done on a yearly subscription like cloud space with iPhone users.,5,TRUE,general,subscription,92,104,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4b398052-453e-4e4a-a1de-dceadcd38131,bab77567-82e6-4797-98f7-5ae089960e2a,Absolutely fantastic,"They had outdone themselves this time around, its not just the visual but the touch thats associated with certain functions like swiping to delete that has a change, absolutely fantastic. Great job on the look and the feel, love the compact look.Just hoping that you guys add dark mode too.Thank you!",Just hoping that you guys add dark mode too.,5,TRUE,general,dark mode,31,40,negative
productivity,things-3,4b795334-d87e-41bb-b0ca-3ee9290374f4,bad36ae3-0290-4d60-bd91-eb14c7e57fef,Almost perfect,"I love this app, although I think it could use just one more feature: an option to set a reminder days before the due dates. This app is more of a calendar app, in my opinion. It would be nice if the option was there so I can be reminded of what’s due days before it’s due date rather than hours before. I paid $10 for a tasking app, not a calendar app. Please fix.","I love this app, although I think it could use just one more feature: an option to set a reminder days before the due dates.",4,TRUE,general,due date,115,123,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,aa5c0df8-9f80-49c4-ae46-b18a4eec5384,bb345377-ca75-46d6-93f0-a2b1ee8cf16c,Bad offline support,"The app is great for organizing, while you are connected. But don’t pay for “Premium” just to get your notes available offline on your mobile. You will go and set to download all notes, set to synch always, not only on wifi, and check in Airplane mode and everything seems fine. But once you need access to your notes in a dead signal zone, nothing works. Search of notes does not work, it just spins and a blank screen. The same if you manually try to open any note from the list of notes, the notes titles show in the list, but opening the notes does not work, spins forever. I opened cases about this over time, the issue is still the same.Once you get signal back, everything gets back to normal immediately. Then you want to test in Airplane mode and it still seems to work. But wait until you really need it in a dead signal zone ...","You will go and set to download all notes, set to synch always, not only on wifi, and check in Airplane mode and everything seems fine.",2,TRUE,compatibility,sync,51,55,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a4f9c88f-3925-4cd0-84e7-d4cd72be7c67,bc1dcdc2-d373-4fff-9686-5b48f98e6056,Time to put this elephant out of its misery,"I don’t think any of the previous versions issues have been resolved but for some reason Evernote has been rewritten from the ground up with the best features slowly being added back. ——Evernote is my go to note taking app. I like being able to take a screen clipping, add some notes, set a reminder. Past that, it’s really fallen behind on the times. It’s just not very good at taking notes. Every little aspect of the note taking process is limited or tedious. It’s time for there to be live/instant as you type saving of notes. Also, sharing is a joke. No collaboration. No commenting. Annotations haven’t been updated in years and are basically useless on images and somewhat helpful on PDF’s. It has some of the worst outline note taking features out there. Lastly, it’s time to be able to record a meeting and have time synced notes that other users can comment and/or collaborate on. Seriously, sharing is useless.So why do I still use it?  Scan, clip or photo anything and everything and all the text in those images becomes searchable making it super easy to use Evernote as a big file dumpster and add a reminder to that note and you may not forget to renew your car registration.","Lastly, it’s time to be able to record a meeting and have time synced notes that other users can comment and/or collaborate on.",2,TRUE,compatibility,sync,64,68,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d8a389a7-6477-4bbc-a0d7-32b1d4c741bc,bc5ac747-689e-4749-baec-5af04d2df98a,Too stingy with their premium service.,"$70 a year to use this app, when there are FREE alternatives like Trello, Google Keep, and OneNote? That's more than the price of a Triple-A video game, and one of them I can have more long-term carefun with.I'm a college student with a low budget, i don't have time to be paying money to an app when there are other alternates. Even when you use their free service, they limit the possibilities of the app, and how much you can post within a month. You can't sync across devices which immediately lead me to uninstall this app. Everything this platform does is trying to get you to steal your money. They need to impress me before I start giving them a whopping $70 that I could be using for thick notebooks, food, tools, anything else this app probably can't do.I gave this a chance back in 2015 and regretted it, and I'm regretting it again. I don't care how incredible this app's features are, Evernote's team needs to understand that not everyone is rich enough to throw 70 dollars (EVERY YEAR) at an app that just writes stuff down. I'm sticking with OneNote. At least they have voice-to-text.","I'm a college student with a low budget, i don't have time to be paying money to an app when there are other alternates.",2,TRUE,cost,money,73,78,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,3312b1a9-6fba-4a24-8fbe-38e8b1b7f575,bc6d24fb-4328-4ad3-b49e-463be376ff0a,Solid but “Googly”,"Solid and reliable, but...Does not take advantage of APIs inherent to iOS so it feels like an app that doesn’t belong on the platform.  I wish it was designed to look and feel more like a native app.Also, one nitpick, as an inbox zero proponent, the graphic that appears when you have nothing in your inbox is tacky and unnecessary. Would you make it possible to remove that in the options?",I wish it was designed to look and feel more like a native app.,4,TRUE,usability,design,15,21,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,186f74ac-db08-40f8-9527-ed0d211ad457,bc6e1e43-9e74-4b52-84ae-47920890999e,IOS Version 10.0.3.  Is it Me?,"I’ve used Evernote since March 2014.  I updated to 10.0.3 a day ago & I regret it.  I use Evernote on my IOS iphone & I use it a lot.  Evernote on my phone was good before the update.  One day after the update I learn that Evernote does not have PRINTING / ADOBE PDF feature as was in the version before the update.  Also, the “Find in note” does not work in the notes created before the update but work in newly created notes.  Printing & Find A Note are two features that I can’t do without.  Evernote states in their documentation that PRINTING is not available yet in the IOS version.  The new updated version does have some nice editing features such as undo & more highlight & font colors & font sizing capabilities.  The inability to PRINT and the inability to make Adobe PDF’s is a game changer.  I’m not sure what I’m going to do.  I have almost 12,000 notes & for that reason, I’m hesitant to move on to something else.  I’m disappointed in the latest update.",The new updated version does have some nice editing features such as undo & more highlight & font colors & font sizing capabilities.,5,TRUE,usability,color,99,104,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,19f7d3d8-b367-428c-8212-e63ab010f8ea,bc7a27dd-be23-467d-9e4f-e1b1fa1b715f,"Great app, slight improvements","I use Evernote .  It’s a great app.  I just wish that when you make lists, it’s easier to make subindentations from ordered lists to bullet points.Another issue is that when I make an ordered list and hit enter, I want spaces in between the numbers.  Not the immediate line after.Also if I could color individual Words instead of the whole line.","I just wish that when you make lists, it’s easier to make subindentations from ordered lists to bullet points.",5,TRUE,usability,list,32,36,positive
productivity,notability,e496b988-616b-4cb4-8ed1-6be1e09bf37a,bc961963-7583-4fba-9d68-629225b2c321,Glitches & Bugs in the new iOS,"Let me start off by saying that Notability is by far the most enjoyable and efficient note taking experience I’ve had on the store. BUT.....Recently ever since the iOS 13 update, I feel like I’m tripping over mines that weren’t there before, like:- Notes won’t delete and will keep recreating themselves. - Palm rejection makes my notes into circles or straight lines, sometimes. - Can’t edit a title on first click, have to go out and do it on 2nd click. - Images get deleted if I delete a page before or after it. - When important a pdf and I select a certain page to import, if jumps me forward by 50 pages and I have to track back.- Massive overheating on the latest iPad Pro. Concerning to say the least. - Recordings keep getting lost or scrambled due to crashes. - OH THE CRASHES!- And countless more.....The app is not 100% ready for iOS 13 and it’s extremely annoying. And since they update only once or twice a month at best, I fear it’ll be sometime before it will be back to it’s old perfect self. Tl;Dr: it’s clunky and unreliable atm, and that may be due to the OS update, rather than the app itself.","- Can’t edit a title on first click, have to go out and do it on 2nd click.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,title,16,21,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b396f3e9-fdac-4cec-a384-fc852bd3eb96,bc966343-5711-498c-bc4f-3c9740da75cc,"Love the app, but stop changing my icons!","Gmail is a great app. Love the simplicity and ease of use. My biggest complaint is the changing of icons. I liked the envelope with a red edging. While the new icon shows google colors, it looks both childish and malevolent at the same time. Especially looks ugly on the notification bar...at first I thought a virus was on my phone until I realized gmail changed their look again.  They did the same with the photo icon. Silly to complain about icons, but I “liked” the old ones. They were streamlined; new design is cartoonish.",They were streamlined; new design is cartoonish.,4,TRUE,reliability,design,28,34,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,35c0f824-266c-43ad-b619-46b32c44825b,bc9b6a33-d314-4422-937a-063d0b82d82b,"Great, but unread messages glitch","It works great and I def prefer it over the Apple Mail app. However, there’s a glitch where sometimes I’ll open and read an email and go back to the inbox and it tells me I didn’t open it. Similarly, after the iOS 11 update, the red notification pops up and is incorrect. I have no unread emails, but have a red 2. Please fix the glitches!","I have no unread emails, but have a red 2.",4,TRUE,security,unread email,11,23,positive
productivity,things-3,6c1e363b-c173-4182-a3f5-1c23352e72e2,bcb3797d-aaa7-4140-9776-11a6f49c085a,Fantastic way to organize big projects or daily tasks,"The title says it all, this app is great. It allows you to create projects, repeating events, and organize them all either by date or by the area of life they relate to. Sounds complicated but the user interface is excellent and they provide a tutorial as well to make all the app has to offer as easy to utilize as possible. I love this app and practically depend on it to stay organized and on top of projects while also on track with daily tasks like working out and finishing work. It has amazing support for the Apple Watch, and many of its important functions can be used on the Apple Watch or simply by asking Siri. I can’t say enough great things about this app and I am grateful to the creators of it for giving the world such a wonderful and useful application.","The title says it all, this app is great.",5,TRUE,general,title,5,10,positive
productivity,things-3,89f8092f-2c78-43a9-84ea-7f1fb305449e,bcbe7f40-8e8e-49d2-afdd-cc2a60e0a463,Simple and effective,"I don’t write reviews, but the frustration I’ve felt over the years trying to find the right productivity task manager has been painful. I have tried literally every app and system out there, including the original system, Franklin Day planners. This app has less clutter and only the features you need with a thorough explanation of how you can use the feature. It has made my organization much easier for someone who tends to over plan and over think things. I hope you find it useful as well.","I don’t write reviews, but the frustration I’ve felt over the years trying to find the right productivity task manager has been painful.",5,TRUE,general,write review,9,21,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,74aabeed-2b4d-4930-976b-d0bc7a8e8efe,bd1172fb-11e4-40f5-a8e7-b34cb3955dda,Dictation crash,"I have loved Microsoft Word for about 20 years now. When it came out on iOS I was ecstatic since I barely have time to do any homework at home on my desktop. Just as I am dictating this review, I tend to dictate most written papers as well. In the latest update, every time You attempt to dictate, instead of actually type a paper, word crashes, whether it be on iPad or iPhone. Please fix this feature!!! This used to make my life so much easier now I have to resort to using an actual keyboard on my desktop to get stuff done rapidly.","In the latest update, every time You attempt to dictate, instead of actually type a paper, word crashes, whether it be on iPad or iPhone.",5,TRUE,general,update,15,21,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a9980453-c8ac-4d97-b8bf-7ef85fd0dbd6,bd262d9c-099c-413f-ae3a-6263a27ba12d,Overall a great app with a few flaws,"Gmail delivers a good email experience free of glitches and bugs that have plagued competitors that I've tested. The only issues I have with the app are:1) too many ads2) mediocre file attachment system. Just look at Outlook mobile. Then copy it. For example, why can't we look through the different photo albums on our iPhones when attaching photos? Instead it forces us into the Moments album only. Where's the support for attaching from other cloud services? Google drive is the only option. 3) not enough control over notifications. I'd like to be able to mute all email notifications except for messages that come from a certain person or are sent to a certain label (Google's name for inbox subfolders). Instead, the options for notifications are: all new mail, primary only or none. Why not give us more control? I only want to be notified of an email from my immediate family and a handful of others. Besides them everyone else can kindly wait until I choose to actively check my own email. I'd rather not be bombarded with constant notifications on my phone, tablet and watch for promotions, newsletters, etc.. And the ""primary only"" option relies on Google's ability to decide which of my messages are high priority, which Google isn't very good at. Resolve these three issues and this app gets 5 starts! Thanks!","For example, why can't we look through the different photo albums on our iPhones when attaching photos?",4,TRUE,effectiveness,photo,54,59,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,adc5b473-b55d-4148-b13d-4ff0072be12d,bd70d4b9-fd5f-4350-bb66-46d594529084,Sufficiently Meets it’s End,"This word app for the most part meets it’s end. I use it mostly for academic work writing papers, and all of my writing is done in either MLA or Chicago style. There are no issues when writing in MLA. However, when typing in Chicago, the page numbering gets a little funky. For whatever reason, you are unable to start the page numbering on the second page in the app. Thus, the title page ends up with a number, and the first page of the document ends up being page 2. I have been unable to resolve this issue on the app, so I have to send the document to a laptop/computer before submitting it. It is pretty inconvenient, but the app for the most part is great.","However, when typing in Chicago, the page numbering gets a little funky.",4,TRUE,usability,page,38,42,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2d904e21-44a1-4a67-bd64-4095f4c43b30,bdc515dd-bcc7-470a-84c4-26cae686c265,Good but could be better,"I like the app. It’s much easier than default iOS app. However, the actual composing of emails could be greatly improved with greater text editing options, more understandable attaching, special features more prominent, and the addition of some features from the desktop that are missing. Additionally, a slight redesign of the categories on the side would be nice...like bundles from Inbox.","Additionally, a slight redesign of the categories on the side would be nice...like bundles from Inbox.",4,TRUE,compatibility,design,26,32,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a00c1801-e355-4e3c-bd19-008ea17f1405,bedf3035-72c1-425c-82a6-f1be214d0c17,Essential for modern life,"This app allows users to redefine the way they use their phone: make your phone use intentional and your relationship with your phone will change. I am always looking to plant trees—which means I’m thinking ahead about how much I actually need to use my phone. Then, if I find that I do need to use my phone, but I’d still rather grow the tree, I hold on to that objective until the tree has grown. I’m using my phone because I want to, not because it’s there or because I can.",I am always looking to plant trees—which means I’m thinking ahead about how much I actually need to use my phone.,5,TRUE,usability,plant tree,24,34,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,3fd9b139-1c52-424c-b03f-018dbb404607,bf07f782-644b-4a3e-abd8-1812b35741a9,Almost perfect!!!,"I love this app! It really helps me focus! I recommend to everyone else who are having problems is to update to iOS 11. It fixed the problems. On 3 days of having it, it is the first app on my screen. Before Messages! But there is 1 minor problem. I forget things a lot and once I plant a tree I remember that I need to pair my Bluetooth devices including headphones to listen to the awesome quality music and when I go to pair them it kills my tree. Please make a 2 minute exception for leaving the app. But besides that it is perfect!",I recommend to everyone else who are having problems is to update to iOS 11.,5,TRUE,compatibility,update,60,66,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,d8a92346-7bb3-471a-acfd-797696d953f0,c0967bce-dc7e-41c5-824e-4a9cfe24ee11,HORRIBLE JUST USE GOOGLE DOCS,"I bought the subscription for this app for school this semester. However, during the course of the semester this app has decided NOT to AUTOSAVE MY ASSIGNMENTS and has deleted everything so that I had to redo all of it! Just tonight it deleted 5 pages of my 10 page final paper for school 10 minutes before it was suppose to be turned in. They need to fix the autosave feature because it clearly doesn’t work. Save your patience and tears and just use Google Docs. Thank you Microsoft Word for allowing me to pay you $7 a month to delete all my hard work!",Just tonight it deleted 5 pages of my 10 page final paper for school 10 minutes before it was suppose to be turned in.,1,TRUE,usability,paper,53,58,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,cb38a21a-8e0c-4164-b947-c72702f44fa6,c14432ee-70e5-4595-962a-2fbfc257cb5d,Mediocre.,"I'm not a power user by any means, but I do appreciate the ability to read an e-mail, respond if necessary, and move on.  That leads me to the two main points of contention w/ Gmail...the lack of an option for conversation (threaded) view and a different notification tone.The option to turn on/off conversation view is a big one for me. I don’t like replies/sent messages in my inbox. It clutters it up!Please...allow us to change the notification sound! It can’t be that difficult to add some tones to the app package or program in a way to access the built-in iOS sounds.",The option to turn on/off conversation view is a big one for me.,3,TRUE,general,conversation view,27,44,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,540ad1c8-930a-4b66-be99-f72d4cfe300d,c1594010-1e6b-474a-9b27-c71092113abc,Very good for a phone version.,"I have had this app for over a year now and i this would be my 3rd review. My first one was a one star, due to it loosing a couple of my papers. It could have been the way i saved them idk, but i lost some papers while using the app. Then i gave five stars twice, because i have not lost a paper on it since. Also, this app has a-lot of features almost like the computer version. Lastly its very smooth switching from paper to paper and overall a supreme app.","It could have been the way i saved them idk, but i lost some papers while using the app.",5,TRUE,usability,paper,62,67,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,8255b7be-f9ef-4936-9230-c38b45d97237,c17c3459-643e-44c6-ae74-0cb01af4267d,use google docs for multi-language use,I take clases in german and spanish. so it's much easier to use the international us keyboard layout. word on desktop works fine but microsoft could care less about it's users that use multiple languages at once for ios. google docs works flawlessly where as word's spellcheck breaks as soon as you try to switch languages. their brilliant answer is to change the language of the os every single time you want to work in other languages. I am going to stick to google docs and cancel my subscription to office 365. besides that the app is alright.,I am going to stick to google docs and cancel my subscription to office 365. besides that the app is alright.,3,TRUE,general,subscription,50,62,positive
productivity,notability,6b306e80-f5da-42f5-b02d-9ab52591f453,c1fe5b92-8e40-4a41-af9f-d69ecbeecd6c,Love Notability!,"I absolutely love Notability! The main reason I am writing this review though is because Notability could make one change. More fonts! Other word-processing applications like Word and Google Docs have access to hundreds of fonts, while Notability gives you.. maybe 20? I would love an update with more fonts!EDIT: Thank you GingerLabs for reaching out! I downloaded iFont and I’m in love with it! I’m so happy with all of the fonts available (I must have downloaded a hundred already)! I wish I’d known about this sooner, but I’m anything but disappointed! However, I have noticed that writing over images with the pencil and highlighter tools has gotten much more difficult. If I try to add dots or tiny lines, it deletes what I was trying to draw, and instead selects the image. From my experience before, I don’t recall being allowed to select images while using the pencil tool. Regardless if that statement is accurate, I would love a mode that is only drawing, and doesn’t allow text or the ability to select images. (Maybe like a drawing mode that can be toggled on and off from the top bar within the notes)",I would love an update with more fonts!,5,TRUE,general,font,34,38,positive
productivity,notability,6b306e80-f5da-42f5-b02d-9ab52591f453,c1fe5b92-8e40-4a41-af9f-d69ecbeecd6c,Love Notability!,"I absolutely love Notability! The main reason I am writing this review though is because Notability could make one change. More fonts! Other word-processing applications like Word and Google Docs have access to hundreds of fonts, while Notability gives you.. maybe 20? I would love an update with more fonts!EDIT: Thank you GingerLabs for reaching out! I downloaded iFont and I’m in love with it! I’m so happy with all of the fonts available (I must have downloaded a hundred already)! I wish I’d known about this sooner, but I’m anything but disappointed! However, I have noticed that writing over images with the pencil and highlighter tools has gotten much more difficult. If I try to add dots or tiny lines, it deletes what I was trying to draw, and instead selects the image. From my experience before, I don’t recall being allowed to select images while using the pencil tool. Regardless if that statement is accurate, I would love a mode that is only drawing, and doesn’t allow text or the ability to select images. (Maybe like a drawing mode that can be toggled on and off from the top bar within the notes)",I would love an update with more fonts!,5,TRUE,compatibility,update,17,23,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,284aa6be-ec72-4bd1-9b7f-c0a25db459d5,c22e2296-c519-4514-a5c6-60f85cd20a34,Has some bugs,"This is a good app, I use it to write handwritten notes for class. I use Pages to do typed notes but this is much better for handwriting. Unfortunately, it’s quite buggy but this is pretty much my only option for handwritten notes without paying for another app. So ill deal with it till they get it fixed.","This is a good app, I use it to write handwritten notes for class.",4,TRUE,usability,handwritten note,39,55,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,76f22d2e-67a7-40ac-a13f-86f94be4e573,c28d72aa-042e-4948-acac-bdb97f75dc8e,"Great filing system, minus the latest updates","Evernote is an incredible service, my go to for filing and managing all things in my life and business and I’ve been using it for 10 years. It simplifies my life, I like the ability to search for what I need and there it is, no complicated tagging and color coding needed which is what I believe sets evernote apart from other services. However, I STRONGLY dislike this latest iPhone app update in late 2020. The auto sensor in the camera feature is too sensitive, taking unnecessary photos making the process take longer than it needs to. The process of quickly snapping a photo and adding it to Evernote is no longer quick, seamless, and easy.","However, I STRONGLY dislike this latest iPhone app update in late 2020.",4,TRUE,compatibility,update,52,58,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,adc5b473-b55d-4148-b13d-4ff0072be12d,c30bec6a-0b50-4830-9ac1-646e5318644e,Sufficiently Meets it’s End,"This word app for the most part meets it’s end. I use it mostly for academic work writing papers, and all of my writing is done in either MLA or Chicago style. There are no issues when writing in MLA. However, when typing in Chicago, the page numbering gets a little funky. For whatever reason, you are unable to start the page numbering on the second page in the app. Thus, the title page ends up with a number, and the first page of the document ends up being page 2. I have been unable to resolve this issue on the app, so I have to send the document to a laptop/computer before submitting it. It is pretty inconvenient, but the app for the most part is great.","I use it mostly for academic work writing papers, and all of my writing is done in either MLA or Chicago style.",4,TRUE,usability,paper,43,48,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e8cc2111-51a3-47ef-8bc0-eec40cc36bf4,c363f13c-6608-40db-96c5-858e7e625244,Great email app for multiple accounts,"Thank you for a great app!Pros: Easy to use. Robust. I use it for multiple gmail accounts. Cons: sharing a web page page through this app is a little laborious. I wish it would put page title into email subject, and title, url and full page contents, or selected content, into email body.","I wish it would put page title into email subject, and title, url and full page contents, or selected content, into email body.",5,TRUE,general,page,21,25,negative
productivity,things-3,c54f0f9d-dbfc-4b33-9aea-98facf0ef540,c37146f5-c7e2-47a2-893b-75457fad359d,Sync issues with watch,"I really like this app. I bought the iPhone app and am giving the Mac version a try with the trial. But the main issue I notice with both versions is their inconsistency with syncing across devices. I'll keep this review to just the phone and watch. Sometime items I have already cleared on the phone still show on the watch. It won't update. I will close the app on the watch and reopen it and still nothing. Sometimes it works great, other times it won't sync. This presents a breakdown in the efficiency of the app. Please fix this! And please sync with iCloud!!!!!","Sometimes it works great, other times it won't sync.",3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,48,52,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,78d4495e-ad11-4de6-b4fc-1560d483bc8b,c3c5600f-947c-4a97-8e1d-e6f85c877f91,Dark Mode,"The app itself continues to run smooth and effortlessly. I have had no issues using gmail for iOS and as much as I want to like the native mail app for iOS, I keep coming back to this due to continued bugs and lack of push notifications. My only gripe at this point is the lack of dark mode. We have seen for a month now that dark mode is rolling out for iOS but as of now, it’s still not available. Most other top iOS apps have added the option or have automatically adjusted when dark mode is active on my iPhone 11. I’m running iOS 13.1.2 so I have the latest version.",Most other top iOS apps have added the option or have automatically adjusted when dark mode is active on my iPhone 11.,4,TRUE,compatibility,dark mode,83,92,positive
productivity,notability,51ef9ff1-b627-4833-aaa6-d5247c637a21,c3df0962-d334-4fb9-a723-a5122b22b8a6,Best Notetaking App I found,"I’ve been using this app for years, and appreciate all the updates that have occurred since then. This app has sufficed all my note taking needs, in and out of the classroom. One feature I would like to see is the ability to rename recordings, and possibly to attach these recordings to individual pages. One thing I’ve tried doing this semester is have the recording function on while at a lecture, but having numerous recordings in a file that grows daily is difficult with the current set up. If you don’t remember the time stamp or recording number for a particular point, you have to guess and listen for a bit to see if it’s right. It’s either that, or guess based on the date the notes were recorded. If you could at least rename the audio files, the app would be more useful. It would also be nice if you could change the paper style of individual pages, as well as a feature that easily allows you to draw geometric shapes (adding a figure on top of a graph sticky or any other element get tricky when you click on the wrong one. Sometimes because of that, the graph background ends up on top, and the figure behind it, rendering it useless).There aren’t really any visible bugs with this version of the app, Would recommend for someone looking for a suitable note taking app, whether it’s handwritten or type. I think the addition of a few features would make it better.","If you could at least rename the audio files, the app would be more useful.",4,TRUE,usability,audio,34,39,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,c69a18c7-b4f8-4ee5-a484-1b4a885ec40a,c41bb9a7-4965-4df7-8785-12c1ae038855,Current Version Is Nearly Unusable for Me,"Yeah, it’s that bad. What seem like relatively benign bugs take on outsized importance when they don’t get fixed for months, and they are crippling on an app as essential as Word. For example: Copy and paste? Can’t do it anymore (at least on an iPad Pro). That seems like essential functionality for a word processor, but apparently that’s not high up on Microsoft’s to do list for bug fixes. Another example: a bit harder to describe, but I have to try anyway. I have all sorts of problems with opening documents from the iOS Files app. I often can’t edit them at all, and instead have to open Word and go through the document picker. When I am able to work on a document, I can’t do things like italicize the font, or add a footnote. The app becomes mostly unresponsive (though I can still scroll and type). So yeah, what I’m basically saying is that it’s so buggy now, you can’t actually process words. It’s terrible. Pls fix this crucial app.","That seems like essential functionality for a word processor, but apparently that’s not high up on Microsoft’s to do list for bug fixes.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,27,40,positive
productivity,notability,d77d129a-8d5e-4574-bef5-54a11e6da560,c44f0e26-c6d5-4eff-a283-ec2933a596b7,Good for handwritten notes,"The app works very well with either a finger or apple pencil. It provides pen and marker tools with easy control over color, and tip size. So it’s great for freestyle sketches. There is an eraser and a graphical selection tool that allow deleting, moving, and copying drawn lines. All this is great for simple handwritten sketches and annotations.More complex operations with graphics allow drawing straight lines, and placing text in arbitrary locations on the page, but both of these could be improved:The tool provides a way to draw a straight line, but it is awkward and not easy to use: to do that you draw a line by hand and then pause at the end of the line for a second. I wish the app would provide another “straight line” tool like most other drawing and desktop publishing apps, so selecting it will make all lines straight.Handling text annotations is also awkward if you want the text placed in specific locations. The placed text requires different handling for moving, copying and deleting. The tools that allow you to delete, copy and move drawn lines do not work on text. Instead, it has it’s own set of operations (for example, to delete, you pause on it with the pencil, then apply another click which opens up a menu - not easy or intuitive). I wish the app would allow to use the same erase and select tools that already exist for handling drawn lines.","The tools that allow you to delete, copy and move drawn lines do not work on text.",4,TRUE,usability,text,78,82,negative
productivity,things-3,60259e67-e18c-4ea4-9edb-fae8cf648408,c4adeb2e-5ac4-447f-bdc9-b35278bf108a,Don’t hesitate!,"This is my second tour with Things 3, and I’m liking it quite a bit. No task manager is perfect, but I like the simplicity and flexibility of this one, especially the project-based headers feature. Being able to drag and drop email as a task is a killer feature! Also, some are put off by the pricing model, but if you’re paying annual subscriptions for Todoist or TickTick, then Things is less expensive.","No task manager is perfect, but I like the simplicity and flexibility of this one, especially the project-based headers feature.",4,TRUE,efficiency,task manager,4,16,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,80e83fc3-1b0f-4d1c-9782-aeb388c2f999,c4b0043d-ff3d-4369-9c27-7444385acab3,They broke it!,"Ok, so I’ve been a premium user with thousands of notes,and have been for years, and have recommended Evernote to everyone I know (to the extent that everyone at my last two workplaces is convinced that they pay me for marketing—or should, at any rate). But the iPhone app really has become quite unusable since the update a few months ago. Not only does it take eons to sync across devices (which it somehow suddenly can’t seem to be able to do anymore, despite having been able to for years), my biggest problem is the scanning. I used to use it extensively for scanning physical copies of documents i was working on. But not only have I not been able to do that (whatever they have done to tweak that, i now have to take ten photographs of a page to get something that is not blurred beyond legibility), what is infinitely worse is that there is only a 50% chance that any pictures you might have scanned will make it to Evernote. I.e. you can spend 30 minutes trying to take unblurred pictures of a few physical documents you are working with, Press ok, and half the time, find that the pictures have simply disappeared. I have stopped using the app on my iPhone altogether (because it is literally unusable), and am waiting for the day that developers decide to break the desktop app too.",I used to use it extensively for scanning physical copies of documents i was working on.,1,TRUE,usability,document,62,70,positive
productivity,notability,3d0b634c-d402-47e8-ba7d-bf6209fed826,c4b18fd5-af81-4061-b7a8-6761bb235ad6,Recording and syncing,This used to be my go to app for note taking. But for over a year now I have had problems with writing while using the recording feature. I even bought a brand new iPad Pro because I though it was the device space causing this issue it turns out I was wrong. They have issues with their iCloud syncing that they even a year later have not fixed. While writing and recording it will cause a syncing messages to come up while your using it making it unusable while it does that. You are missing what you want to record and unable to write turning that time. Even when it finishes syncing it will do it again a few minutes later once again interrupting you. I have tried everything recommended nothing worked. I even freshly installed my iPad with only this application and even on my new iPad Pro it did the same thing and it has 64gb of space and nothing else on it. I’m disappointed that even after a year they have not solved their problems do not waste your money on this app. Especially when the one feature that is supposed to make it more enticing then GoodNotes doesn’t even work.,While writing and recording it will cause a syncing messages to come up while your using it making it unusable while it does that.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,recording,19,28,negative
productivity,notability,01c46528-c13c-4ded-984f-b5372e7c97f8,c4cc00ed-f2a5-42cf-8ab5-0dd36f92e129,I love this app but the slow sync is ruining it for me,"So honestly in terms of usability and functionality, this is great! Couldn’t praise it more. However what kills it for me is the slow sync across devices.... sometimes i take some notes on my iPad and I want to access them on my MacBook and it’s faster to manually email myself the note than wait for the sync.... sometimes the sync is very fast, sometimes it doesn’t update for hours. And I did check the troubleshooting steps, and did everything until the point of having to logout of iCloud on my mac. Imo, this is too much to ask. Having to wipe all data on my mac so one app can maybe function.... every other app works...","So honestly in terms of usability and functionality, this is great!",3,TRUE,usability,functionality,39,52,positive
productivity,notability,2320ba3e-6270-4364-b2b2-93749d72574a,c51f5bd0-1297-425c-b975-5a9b386d915d,Very good app but some improvements needed!,"Compared to One Note and Good Notes, this is the best app! However, there are several improvements to bemade that would make Notability incomparable to its competitors!Notability's Pros° Side by side Note layout: You can look at two separate notes/pdfs at the same time, which is awesome if you want to take notes on a separate pdf like a textbook.° Voice-Recording Feature: This lets you record audio while taking notes and lets you review it in sync with your notes afterwards.• Really easy to convert handwriting into text! Handwriting is also searchable° You can also create custom colors° Scissors tool lets you resize what you need and crop/rotate.• Overall, really easy userface!Improvements Needed!° Eraser! Please create an option to erase like a normal eraser instead of a stroke eraser! It's very frustrating when I'm trying to draw images for my school notes• Please make a shape recognition tool similar to OneNote or Good Notes 4! It's very hard to make good looking figuresin your app.° Highlighter! When you highlight in Notability, the highlight decreases the boldness of the pen color underneath.Please change this so that the pen maintains the same color when highlighted.° Please add more lined paper templates or let users add their own in. I'm a little tired of adding my own pdfs over and over again.",Please change this so that the pen maintains the same color when highlighted.,5,TRUE,general,color,55,60,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,555376a3-d57e-41d1-8823-9f3d0cf323f2,c5422544-100d-456b-b4f9-2569dd48bbef,I need multiple instances running!,"this app at face value is fine, and does it’s job correctly. However, when I look over at the desktop version of Word and see how much better it is, it frustrates me to no end. This iPad has the same screen size, all the same details as a desktop minus the mouse. And yet, it feels so blatantly lacking compared to desktop. All you need to do is port the slam dunk you’ve already made and it would be leaps and bounds of an improvement.Also, I have to be able to run multiple instances of word on the iPad. If I’m writing a paper and I want to look at the outline I wrote at the same time, I cannot do that with this app. Please fix that!!!!","If I’m writing a paper and I want to look at the outline I wrote at the same time, I cannot do that with this app.",2,TRUE,usability,paper,18,23,negative
productivity,things-3,828b46e2-f492-4501-9366-9e30c6d09959,c56915e0-308a-4838-af9d-a7d17236d25b,"Great app but for me, missing connectivity","There’s no doubt that Things is an amazing application and well thought out. For my workflow, I’d really like the ability to work on tasks with others. Currently, you can only send a list. You can’t collaborate. Also. I love the “evening” feature BUT you can’t include it with your repeatable todos. So each day that I have to manually assign my evening todo to the “evening” category. This should get fixed. Another suggestion: be able to use natural language in the main section of the todo. Currently you have to first select the calendar picker to do this. And, while on the subject of the calendar picker- let’s have a “tomorrow” button in addition to the others. Now, those are my suggestions, but there are many, many things that are great in this app. Hopefully some of my other wants will be included in a future release.","And, while on the subject of the calendar picker- let’s have a “tomorrow” button in addition to the others.",3,TRUE,efficiency,calendar,34,42,positive
productivity,things-3,8d375a86-1654-4acc-87c9-903cd6a96776,c5fe1d42-825f-4b61-9dd1-d8498195dd97,Getting “Things” Done,"This app works well with the principles of the David Allen book Getting Things Done.  After listening to the audiobook and having the app suggested, my feeling of control in my life has improved drastically.  The “Inbox” and “Someday” categories are great for writing down those things that I think of at random times and forget later.","After listening to the audiobook and having the app suggested, my feeling of control in my life has improved drastically.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,audio,24,29,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,6032411d-a5c6-4bc8-aaad-99faf65c7b22,c65754fc-f70e-46dd-a049-2ceaa7233ca7,Achievement you can see,"The thing about Forest is it shows you a visual representation of the time you spend working. As you keep your hands off your phone and get some heads-down work done, you grow a tree, and the trees become a forest, and you see it add up. It’s very motivating. It also provides line graphs and timelines, which help me compare days and stay consistent. Definitely worth the price!","It also provides line graphs and timelines, which help me compare days and stay consistent.",5,TRUE,usability,graph,23,28,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e2713db8-c0c2-4781-b4e0-500798df974b,c65cf37c-e893-4105-85c4-aee34b9a959e,Only use it for the labels,"This is the only app I’ve found that supports Gmail’s labeling system, so this is what I use on my phone. There are so many things that I wish I did better - like scheduling emails, getting notified for important emails only, more customization, etc. But right now, the most *obnoxious* thing is that the notification bubbles don’t go away! I’ll read all of my emails, sort them, and close out Gmail, and it’ll still show the old number of unread emails for the next couple hours. It never clears out the notification bubble - it just updates the next time I get new emails. As someone who likes to clear out all of the badges numbers on my phone, it’s infuriating! I would switch clients in a heartbeat if they worked with Gmail’s labeling system.","I’ll read all of my emails, sort them, and close out Gmail, and it’ll still show the old number of unread emails for the next couple hours.",2,TRUE,general,unread email,100,112,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7b0c88fe-f82d-4183-a7f9-ad5939923a33,c72b8315-2d5a-483c-b156-c884c01bdd95,Evernote is awesome digital tool storage,"Love Evernote used five basic notebooks for work and personal and love the premium storage of all receipts and paperwork filing cabinet. Love separate Scannable app for instantly storing scans. Also have a scanner in my desk. Love the tags and mapping and location based stuff. Reminders great forwarding of emails great, PDFs stored and web clipping. Love Apple Watch and laptop, phone iPad storage. Have 3,500 notes and can find everything instantly within a minute.",Love the tags and mapping and location based stuff.,5,TRUE,usability,tag,10,13,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8d436a34-6e24-4b1f-ad5b-3e1b273741cf,c7315cce-1601-4bfe-bb31-b0bce7c4b66a,"The best filing system, ability to create your own journal, to do list","My life is on Evernote.  I have a a To Do list that includes my journal at the beginning, including pictures from the day’s activities, notes, thoughts, goals for the month, three months, for the year, to do list for the day, with check boxes and a daily list with check boxes, including exercise, reading, etc.  The filing system on Evernote enables you to pull up any saved information quickly and efficiently.  I have lost material infrequently when syncing between devices.",I have lost material infrequently when syncing between devices.,5,TRUE,usability,sync,40,44,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,e09f1c87-0e7f-4a7d-be1b-ae336677d6fa,c7b0eb45-703f-407a-9c9c-ea112b3d9778,"Great app, still has some rough edges","I’m a huge office fan; I think it’s among the best written software on the planet. However Word for iOS still needs to improve ease of use. My biggest gripe is with the cursor. Sometimes in the middle of editing documents the cursor just disappears. If I tap in a particular place the cursor may technically be there, allowing me to keep typing, but it is still invisible. Placing the cursor accurately using taps or long press+ zoom is truly fraught; it works much better in iOS’s native notes app. I frequently edit multilingual documents-English, Chinese, Burmese. Perhaps the bug appears more frequently in these contexts?",Perhaps the bug appears more frequently in these contexts?,4,TRUE,reliability,text,53,57,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,447472e6-4a85-428d-9725-ff24d8a07c43,c7b90133-cf73-4373-8aea-778004a45af0,Deleting after years,"I’m a long time user about to delete this app. I got a new phone and transferred my data but for some reason Evernote decided it was a new device and wouldn’t let me log in without upgrading or unsyncing another device. (There never was a third device.) It listed a laptop and two phones. One of the phones was marked as “this device” so I deleted the “other” phone. It informed me I have 2 device deletions remaining. It made me login again and I did my thing. As soon as I opened the app again, it informed me that there were too many devices connected. This time I deleted “both” phones, leaving me with 1 device deletion... except that there’s never been a third device! This has never happened with previous phone upgrades. Of course since I only have the basic plan I have no access to complain. So basically it’s not worth it. I may use it on my laptop just to keep the data, but basically the service is now untrustworthy and thus useless to me, so I will be looking for an alternative.",It listed a laptop and two phones.,2,TRUE,general,list,4,8,positive
productivity,things-3,56ef633a-8d8e-4df9-a3fe-496df0701beb,c7c2081a-6c49-464a-ac42-268026eb92a8,Your IOS Calenders best friend,"Easy to add an event, idea or future project.  Just what I needed for a quick plug.  On the calendar app, you can pick a flag color and the activities length of time.  This is just what I need for additional dates, such as appointments and that will not be repeating.  Very quick to just plug in reminders, which you will then be notified that entire day before it clears.  I’m going to have to recommend this to others if your looking to expand on your “to-do” applications.","On the calendar app, you can pick a flag color and the activities length of time.",5,TRUE,usability,calendar,8,16,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,9abbab21-a5fa-4805-a30f-c06e79d82cc2,c8d7aed9-b643-43b6-994a-906d0bd2e485,iOS 11 issue,"Great app options, just two more things** The ability to set specific sounds for incoming senders so I know immediately when I get a work email would be great.  **Still no option to ditch all social and promotion emails. PLEASE ADD an option in to delete all for promotions and social. Pending these two changes this would be an absolute 5 star app.",PLEASE ADD an option in to delete all for promotions and social.,4,TRUE,efficiency,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,fecf002f-5474-4e8f-a3c0-aef5c030de8b,c9dfd95f-1a8a-445c-89a7-3457b603c65d,Not Too Bad,"It can do surprising things, however. Today I used the “Notes” app on my iPhone 11 to compose a list of items, using the outline form that follows:___________Title of List: A. Category     1.  Item [Each item contained from one to eleven lines. All the lines in each item indented themselves properly, instead of going back to the document margin as appears here.]     2. Item     3. Item B.  Category ___________Category A contained 14 items, when I duly numbered from 1 to 14.  I wanted a paragraph separation between each item. (Most word-processing apps seem to struggle with this:  they all want item to follow item in the very next line, with no paragraph breaks. Lord knows, breaking a passage of any length into paragraphs makes assimilating the information much easier on the eye and on the brain.  But my main gripe is this:  when I printed out the gmail after sending it, each of my 14 categories in “A” was numbered “1”!  The same was the case for the 3 items in Category “B.”FIX THIS. KSSHRINK","(Most word-processing apps seem to struggle with this:  they all want item to follow item in the very next line, with no paragraph breaks.",3,TRUE,general,graph,126,131,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,a53428ae-9c31-4e46-a5d1-c12785fc0f6c,ca35bbaf-0446-4e46-a390-5c8083e67099,The program,"I use this app on my iPad. My iPad is a 64 bit. I've been using Word to write part of the book that I composed and the only problem is that it's taking up a lot of space.  I've had to delete so many pictures in order to make up the gigabytes. That's my only complaint. I would also like to be able to use the text boxes the same way you can use them on the desktop version. Other than that, I like it",I would also like to be able to use the text boxes the same way you can use them on the desktop version.,5,TRUE,usability,text,41,45,negative
productivity,notability,50d4503c-ee70-42b4-9204-18d7d484d49a,ca5e5da5-0164-45de-8a6b-20476033b83f,Slow iCloud delivery,"Love the app, so much that I’ve purchased almost everything it offers. It has tons of stuff in one app like a calendar (not free but not expensive) and color coded files for note taking. Two things I would need them to fix before I give it a full 5 stars is the iCloud storage. It works but it’s so slowwww. So slow that I begin to “download” all my notes well before a meeting or appointment, even it’s in the same device I wrote it on! Also, I mentioned files but the sub-file or folder takes all the files below it into that folder, even if it’s a different file! It messes up my notes for classes or work. Great app but has some serious issues. I’ve used it for awhile now that I will continue to use it, at least until the end of the year in hopes that they will fix these problems. If not, moleskin offers a bundle that I’ve been looking at and will start using that by the new year if those issues aren’t fixed.",It has tons of stuff in one app like a calendar (not free but not expensive) and color coded files for note taking.,4,TRUE,cost,calendar,40,48,positive
productivity,notability,50d4503c-ee70-42b4-9204-18d7d484d49a,ca5e5da5-0164-45de-8a6b-20476033b83f,Slow iCloud delivery,"Love the app, so much that I’ve purchased almost everything it offers. It has tons of stuff in one app like a calendar (not free but not expensive) and color coded files for note taking. Two things I would need them to fix before I give it a full 5 stars is the iCloud storage. It works but it’s so slowwww. So slow that I begin to “download” all my notes well before a meeting or appointment, even it’s in the same device I wrote it on! Also, I mentioned files but the sub-file or folder takes all the files below it into that folder, even if it’s a different file! It messes up my notes for classes or work. Great app but has some serious issues. I’ve used it for awhile now that I will continue to use it, at least until the end of the year in hopes that they will fix these problems. If not, moleskin offers a bundle that I’ve been looking at and will start using that by the new year if those issues aren’t fixed.",It has tons of stuff in one app like a calendar (not free but not expensive) and color coded files for note taking.,4,TRUE,usability,color,82,87,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,2da54333-0a37-4cfe-9e10-e9debd42cce5,ca9e8b31-a611-454d-92e0-a5459ca9b362,This Upgrade is Just Too Cute and not very functional,"I have used Evernote for more than 4 years and I have recommended it to co-workers and subordinates.  The most recent update is annoying. Everything takes more steps.  Adding tags to notes, returning to recently opened notes, moving notes to a frequent notebook.  Everything takes multiple steps and the functionality is now slower.  Using one of my templates takes 2 steps instead of one.  While the new interface is visually appealing, I prefer to go back to the last version if I can.  thank you.","Adding tags to notes, returning to recently opened notes, moving notes to a frequent notebook.",4,TRUE,usability,notebook,86,94,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,96ca1ab7-62e7-4f8c-aac9-fb37e8c6d473,cad75ba9-41df-4f4b-b87e-7b3803c5a5e5,Want to add an image? You’re SOL!,"You might think you’re adding a perfectly normal image to the document. Sure, it’s a little glitchy and hard to move images around, and god forbid you want to move an image to another page, but it functions. Sort of. You’ll find, though, that once you save your document and view it through anywhere but the Word app, half of the images are suddenly sideways, a few are upside down, and two of them have managed to migrate above the title of your document. The first two of those issues are likely due to the fact that the rotate image feature isn’t functional, but the second one? No idea. Besides all that, the app is incredibly glitchy and likes to do strange things when you accidentally tap the screen. The layout is weird and the UI is broken. I guess it functions fine for just text and basic formatting, but Google Docs is superior in just about every way. Just make all your documents there and convert them to Word format afterwards. It’ll save you a lot of headaches.","I guess it functions fine for just text and basic formatting, but Google Docs is superior in just about every way.",2,TRUE,compatibility,text,36,40,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4d91ec84-95e0-4bd9-80bb-29e839232bf7,cb1042cf-8b55-4ac8-bc55-3624b5afc920,Calendar Usage,"I know google has a calendar feature; however, I wish it was all inclusive like Outlook. It’s frustrating bringing up contacts and emails but have to do a separate browser for calendar.I do love that emails are divided up so I can look at my primary emails and updates and look at others later when I have more time.",It’s frustrating bringing up contacts and emails but have to do a separate browser for calendar.,4,TRUE,general,calendar,88,96,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,76f22d2e-67a7-40ac-a13f-86f94be4e573,cb231c5f-95c1-4c25-be09-1a6c6fa79c3b,"Great filing system, minus the latest updates","Evernote is an incredible service, my go to for filing and managing all things in my life and business and I’ve been using it for 10 years. It simplifies my life, I like the ability to search for what I need and there it is, no complicated tagging and color coding needed which is what I believe sets evernote apart from other services. However, I STRONGLY dislike this latest iPhone app update in late 2020. The auto sensor in the camera feature is too sensitive, taking unnecessary photos making the process take longer than it needs to. The process of quickly snapping a photo and adding it to Evernote is no longer quick, seamless, and easy.","The auto sensor in the camera feature is too sensitive, taking unnecessary photos making the process take longer than it needs to.",4,TRUE,general,photo,76,81,negative
productivity,things-3,10abe3c3-3248-43b3-817a-1f7dad27c9fa,cbadcced-3c24-4a8e-84b7-a060364eca9a,"Sadly, this won’t quite do it for me","This is a beautiful app and I love how it approaches tasks and projects which is why I give it 3 stars instead of less.  But there isn’t enough functional integration with calendar to make this useful for me. I can see my calendar items but can’t open them or do anything with them which leaves me to have to jump to another app to work with meeting invites and other calendar items. This is a fatal flaw with this app for me, sadly. I’ve been on Informant Pro for years since that app integrates calendar and tasks so well. But have been trying to find something else that is more elegant and simpler. I thought this was going to be it until I discovered how severely limited it is with respect to calendar. Oh well, the search continues, and another $10 down the drain.Edit: I’ve come back again to Things 3 because it seems that I’ve become sort of hooked on how extraordinarily well it handles tasks. I’ve decided to try to live with using a separate calendar app along with Things and see how it goes. Hopefully in the future the authors will consider adding at least some ability to edit or even open calendar items in Things. Meanwhile I try this setup.",I’ve been on Informant Pro for years since that app integrates calendar and tasks so well.,3,TRUE,usability,calendar,64,72,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,8ce49dbe-2d2c-4eac-adad-4602d75c34c4,cc669060-5ace-4f3b-b6e3-d5fd269f5704,Where’s my emails go?,"It’s highly frustrating to not be able to go very far back in any of my folders, accessing a paltry number of emails. Even when I’m going through my Primary inbox and delete a bunch of emails, it doesn’t load older ones. I’m stuck with a very limited view of my emails, which can be highly problematic. This also happens when I use the search function. On a separate issue, I don’t get notified about all emails coming into my primary inbox, which has caused me to miss that someone wrote to me until days later. I am not the most business-oriented person and am self-admittedly not good about checking my email daily and it would be really wonderful if this app helped me stay on my correspondence as it is supposed to do.",This also happens when I use the search function.,3,TRUE,usability,search function,34,49,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,fecf002f-5474-4e8f-a3c0-aef5c030de8b,cc76ec58-b777-4148-8e2d-cce72ed233ee,Not Too Bad,"It can do surprising things, however. Today I used the “Notes” app on my iPhone 11 to compose a list of items, using the outline form that follows:___________Title of List: A. Category     1.  Item [Each item contained from one to eleven lines. All the lines in each item indented themselves properly, instead of going back to the document margin as appears here.]     2. Item     3. Item B.  Category ___________Category A contained 14 items, when I duly numbered from 1 to 14.  I wanted a paragraph separation between each item. (Most word-processing apps seem to struggle with this:  they all want item to follow item in the very next line, with no paragraph breaks. Lord knows, breaking a passage of any length into paragraphs makes assimilating the information much easier on the eye and on the brain.  But my main gripe is this:  when I printed out the gmail after sending it, each of my 14 categories in “A” was numbered “1”!  The same was the case for the 3 items in Category “B.”FIX THIS. KSSHRINK",I wanted a paragraph separation between each item.,3,TRUE,general,graph,16,21,negative
productivity,things-3,08870b95-8c86-4ceb-b48d-75c2451b4522,cc79b6fe-abf2-491f-afe0-d7c1fd3a125b,iCal,"Love the interface, but I live in my calendar.  Alas, Things does not.","Love the interface, but I live in my calendar.",1,TRUE,general,interface,10,19,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,c5248ccb-57d5-498a-a30b-9c54c7e1ccc1,cc9d1b2c-00fe-4896-b6c9-72c2cf9f8a5e,Gmail App Suggestions,"The Gmail app is pretty good, I don't have any issues with it.  I do however have a few suggestions that could make it better.1) On the iPad version, can you make it so that all folders (not just Primary, Social, Promotions, etc. but also Starred, Snoozed, Important, Sent, Spam, Trash and so on) can be displayed in the left most navigation column under the hamburger menu?  Therefore, if I wanted to see all of my starred or important email messages, I could do so without having to click on the hamburger icon.2) I think it would be a great idea if there is an Archived folder so I don't have to go into All Mail to access my archived messages.3) When sending attachments through the app, can you include support for attaching files from drives other than Google Drive (such as OneDrive, Dropbox, Adobe Document Cloud, iCloud Drive, etc.)?  Currently, when sending Word documents saved in OneDrive on my iPhone or iPad, I have to do so through the native iOS mail app because Gmail can only attach files saved in Google Drive.","1) On the iPad version, can you make it so that all folders (not just Primary, Social, Promotions, etc.",4,TRUE,usability,motion,91,97,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,35924d9d-5e7a-4679-876d-59c5cdfe71a3,cd78fb3f-6fb2-4aca-8540-cd9fd58e848b,Stable old friend,"I have been an Evernote user since2011 and have seen many iterations of the program over the years. I have also searched for the “perfect” note taking app and have tried several other programs during this time. However, I keep coming back to Evernote as my home base because it does it all. The note taking is great, the saving internet information with Web Clipper is great, and the use of tags is great. Yes, there many other programs that can do similar things, but Evernote continues to be my home base because I can use it for both work and personal applications. Good job Evernote! Keep being the best note taking program out there!Ps: It would be great if you could add a to do task like Wunderlist use to be!","The note taking is great, the saving internet information with Web Clipper is great, and the use of tags is great.",5,TRUE,usability,note taking,5,16,positive
productivity,notability,5d0c5244-79d5-40b4-b628-2a432656f280,cd88a2ff-220d-411e-93e8-91e92835a5b6,Wonderful Notetaking App. Been using it for 7 years.,"Hello! Wanted to take the time to write a review for an app I use every day of my life as a medical student. I love every amenity of this app. With my experience, I would like to give the developers a few ideas about how to further improve it. - A quicker color picker would be lovely. For example, being able to place 2-3 Favorite Colors at the top of the screen on the ribbon (1 tap is all we need)! Similar (but better) than having a physical pen with 4 different colored inks. - Another option would be to long-press with our finger/Apple pencil on a color on the screen to switch to that color. Both methods of integration would be awesome. The concept of Longpressing would need a time threshold before it accepts the input as such, so a slider in milliseconds would be ideal. I recommend this for the “Shapes Detection” option also (because we hesitate sometimes..). - Gestures would be nice too! One that immediately comes to mind is double tapping = undo. - On my MacBook and iPad, the Text Box is a little wonky. It assumes I want the box to be a certain width and doesn’t automatically format my text within it. Some tweaks (or advice?) on that may be necessary..These are just quality of life adjustments I have noticed would really make the app absolutely perfect. It already is, but I’m all about human centered design. Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.",It assumes I want the box to be a certain width and doesn’t automatically format my text within it.,4,TRUE,reliability,text,85,89,negative
productivity,notability,3a002c4e-3be8-41bd-beae-3077e7b0547b,cda8d38d-6b34-474f-b48c-6d809f9513fe,"This is the one -You can stop looking now, get Notability","I’m a scientist, back in school, going to grad school soon. I spent whatever it took to check out all of the notes apps, and Notability is the best. I can record a lecture or seminar, while I’m taking notes, I can draw molecular structures, I can import PowerPoint slides and annotate them. If my page/slide is pretty crowded, I can create a “sticky” and take notes on it, and I can move it around when I need to see what is under it. I have made entire multimedia presentations with this app. You can save your page as a PDF, or I’ll even just take a screenshot of what I want to present or turn in, crop the margins, and use that. I can have sections of slides and book pages, or a picture of a handout, then work the problem out with my Apple Pencil, and turn it all in as one convenient PDF or pic I can email to my professors. The interface is much more flexible than Microsoft apps, and plays better with other apps and platforms. Seriously, I use the crap out of this thing. I checked out all of the common note apps, and this one is just more capable and adaptable than any of the others. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️","You can save your page as a PDF, or I’ll even just take a screenshot of what I want to present or turn in, crop the margins, and use that.",5,TRUE,usability,page,19,23,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8db55604-786f-4ba7-889f-16c3f919d8c7,cdaba435-ac4e-49ce-b86f-85db60fdc36b,Evernote review & suggestion,"I have been using Evernote on my iPhone for several years. I put all my notes in it instead of using paper. I have always loved this App. Unfortunately, the latest update to this program has made it very frustrating to use. I never close this App. I just hop around to other Apps while Evernote continues to remain open. What’s frustrating about its latest revision is that every time I hop to another App and come back to Evernote, a circle spins around in the center of my screen and the same note that was open before is refreshed. I think Evernote is syncing and I have to wait until it is finished. This is not how it was before. I believe the syncing should be done only after the App is closed and reopened later. I honestly think this latest change of OVER SYNCING was a bad idea and the program should be changed back to he way it was. I find this OVER SYNCING to be so frustrating that I have begun searching for another App for my notes.",I put all my notes in it instead of using paper.,1,TRUE,usability,paper,43,48,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,697b1d51-7df5-458a-93de-fb8849d1ff9d,cdc4f821-ec01-49a1-a605-33c49413b055,ALMOST PERFECT,"I LOVE EVERNOTE. Been an active user since 2012...but for some reason lately i'm scared to edit notes on the mobile app since I keep having sync issues where either 1. my note wouldnt even save after i check it again later on, or 2. it'll constantly have a ""conflicting note entry"" error message showing two versions of the note which is super frustrating since I have to confirm which is the most recent and sometimes i accidentally edit an older version not realizing a newer conflicting version was saved below the older version, making it a hassle to verify what i accidentally added to the old version that should be in the new one...if that makes sense? – basically, the functionality with syncing between devices is not very reliable. PLEASE FIX!","– basically, the functionality with syncing between devices is not very reliable.",4,TRUE,usability,functionality,18,31,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4fc86e98-0e4b-4625-b38f-0b76df72376e,cdfd8548-a125-4217-8800-b98fc9701b92,Doesn’t let you log in,"I’ve only had this problem with the gmail app as of a few weeks ago, every time I try to log in it prompts me to clear my cookies and cache. I have quite a few passwords saved on my browser that I don’t want to go through the hassle of re-imputing/go through the whole “forgot password” lengthy process, and I don’t get why it’s necessary for me to do so. The pop up page tells me what cookies are, but not why they need them cleared. Doesn’t seem very intuitive, and is quite frustrating that I can’t log into my gmail account on my phone without going to a private browser tab on Safari or Chrome. Guess I won’t be using this app anymore 👎🏻","The pop up page tells me what cookies are, but not why they need them cleared.",1,TRUE,security,page,12,16,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,93d0dec4-b497-4cca-a6a7-cd6ab1b5a3ed,ce16e3a5-c72d-4baa-bea6-d6e88f986200,CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE IT WORK FASTER FOR iPhone 7,"I updated but can I go back?  It’s slow and makes it less enjoyable to use on the iPhone 7.  In fact, it’s wasting a lot of time waiting for it to work. Sure, I plan to get a new phone... but if the update works for this phone and iOS it should be fast like I was before ... please.  I know there is a balance because they want to add new features but I’m not using anything new and it’s just not cool to slow people down on a simple thing like taking notes. I’m a paying customer that’s been using this for years.  Please don’t mess with what works .... At least let the old version be available for iPhone 7. Please. I’m a paying customer.UPDATE: I deleted and reinstalled, because it wasn’t loading at all. It is working better now ... but could be MUCH faster.","Sure, I plan to get a new phone... but if the update works for this phone and iOS it should be fast like I was before ... please.",3,TRUE,usability,update,47,53,negative
productivity,things-3,66ab59ef-b177-436d-9062-12dfb485b31b,ce695e9d-a902-492f-aaad-4093441a9e26,Fantastic and reliable,"Of all the many task/project managers I’ve shelled out money for, this is the best money I’ve spent for an any app. The interface is simply perfect and dark mode sealed that deal on the look and feel!! The format is excellent, the notifications run reliably, the sync is flawless. Certainly there are things that would make it better, but I’m quite confident this app will always be my go to to keep my busy life in order. Great work!",The interface is simply perfect and dark mode sealed that deal on the look and feel!!,5,TRUE,general,interface,5,14,positive
productivity,things-3,86f16451-e722-467e-82b0-dabd0c851833,ce7c5403-ff86-4f27-a8ef-26c9582b05e0,Needs minutes option for reminders.,"Only needs an option to select by the minute for reminders. Right now, you can only set reminders in 5 minute increments (example: 10:30 am 10:35 am, 10:40 am, etc.)Ability to set as 1 minute increments (10:31 am 10:32 am, 10:33 am, etc.) would make Things 3 absolutely perfect.","Right now, you can only set reminders in 5 minute increments (example: 10:30 am 10:35 am, 10:40 am, etc.)",5,TRUE,compatibility,reminder,29,37,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,153f4eca-b6c3-4ea9-9230-d637a7e4df97,cecbb1dc-5ed3-4312-b6f8-410897486a3e,New layout issues,"New layout is faster than the old app, but clunky and missing features. Most importantly, there is no ""select all"" option. Categories are divided up, and it takes a search just to get to my general inbox instead of ""primary."" The search algorithm could use some work, and they need to work on what emails they choose to notify me about. Why am I receiving notifications from gmail from my ""promotions"" folder but when my employer or family members email me I get no notification? Visually, each email takes up way too much room on the screen and the colored logos to the left of each email are an eyesore.","Visually, each email takes up way too much room on the screen and the colored logos to the left of each email are an eyesore.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,color,71,76,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a3ccdc7f-eb1b-49be-aac4-e135c895e1db,cece6518-f8bf-4ce3-a4f7-75cf1122f53c,Forest app review,"This app has CHANGED MY LIFE!!! It helped me leave the procrastiNATION nation and become sooooo much more organized with my time. It made me enjoy doing work and actually have free time. I absolutely love the design and ideology behind it. It also offers sounds that make it easier for you to focus, and frankly they’re the only sounds that have actually just been background noise and not distracting. Plus, you get break time after every increment of work time that you do. Even though it costs money, it is TOTALLY WORTH IT!!! Additionally, the money goes to help plant real trees, which makes you feel great about the small amount spent. I love this app!!!!!!","Even though it costs money, it is TOTALLY WORTH IT!!!",5,TRUE,cost,money,22,27,positive
productivity,notability,777ac679-2bd9-45a0-9edb-48ee96a63e0a,cf3653cc-4eb8-435a-b24c-5a39ad488a79,For the developers of Notability.,"This is a perfect app for taking notes. It is. BUT, each person is different. Each person has different preferences. And each person who are note takers are the ones who will most likely purchase your app. We need more customization. More options in paper settings. We should be able to make our own profile to space the lines. There's only a few choices. Color of the pages. We should be able to choose which color palette to use on the paper. The color of the pencils. Styles of strokes. Make everything customizable. Or put more choices. I would give you guys a five stars if you have put a lot of changes.Update: The undo button is small for ipad users. Sometimes when I press it it doesn't recognize it. I had to tap it almost 3 times. Like I said here it needs more customization. More colors in highlighter and pen.",Update: The undo button is small for ipad users.,3,TRUE,general,undo button,13,24,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,0438d272-6b4e-4662-be71-6e4d4d1c6b01,cfa40a8e-14a2-491f-9b66-26b5a6a36a38,Not really sure. #Usury ☹️,I love the Word App BUT what’s up with renting the Service. If you don’t buy a subscription you’re locked out of simple features like landscape. I believe a better way is to allow us to either buy features a la carte or sell the app altogether for one set price. Years of renting this app could become an exuberant expense; having paid into this App many times over in comparison to its worth  or original value.      And even if the argument is “you’re renting storage space...” that can be done on a yearly subscription like cloud space with iPhone users. Seems to be no reason for the over charging.       Hopefully this will change or another app comes and replaces this app. #USURY #UNFAIR,I believe a better way is to allow us to either buy features a la carte or sell the app altogether for one set price.,5,TRUE,cost,price,112,117,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7cd11381-33d2-4d64-ad27-c6cf50a87eae,cfa43fd8-919c-4ce6-aa75-68b0edd766c9,"Catches my brain, holds it close","I can’t live without Evernote. Almost literally. I use it for work and personal life. I still see my coworkers writing their to-do lists down, making fresh ones every time the lists get too crossed off. Darn fools. Evernote! I have it installed across all my devices. It’s genius. The shortcuts are crucial and keep me super organized (work to-do list, personal to-do list, grocery list, etc). And I’m able to share notes with coworkers so they too can benefit from the rough notes I caught during our endless meeting. EV Developers - two requests: 1. Spreadsheet in Evernote please! Not just the ability to insert a table. That’s clunky. 2. Subfolders / notebooks that can be within other notebooks. Would make me even more organized. Especially for work.",Subfolders / notebooks that can be within other notebooks.,5,TRUE,usability,notebook,14,22,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,9b7a8ef5-ae13-4627-a71d-3169cc038340,cfbd8183-dfef-4a31-b8f2-844a20fe00e2,Ads in your inbox,"After using the Inbox by Gmail app since its inception, I was alarmed to be notified that Inbox would be phased out in early 2019. Inbox told me to download the new Gmail app. Functionally, the new Gmail app is fine; it is aesthetically pleasing, and it incorporates many of Inbox’s best features. Unfortunately, it has integrated paid ads into your inbox. The ads inflate the already-high number of promotion and ad emails you likely receive, and they are effectively unwanted spam. To make matters worse, there isn’t a clear way to unsubscribe from them. This seems a clever way to avoid international email spam laws, but it’s clearly contrary to the spirit of such laws. These ads are unsolicited messages that live in your inbox, even if they aren’t technically emails. So thanks, Google. You’re killing arguably the best email app available, and funneling users into more unwanted advertisements.","The ads inflate the already-high number of promotion and ad emails you likely receive, and they are effectively unwanted spam.",1,TRUE,compatibility,motion,47,53,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,251522d0-9534-4ae4-b54b-c7130acf29bd,cfcd45c9-915a-4906-9510-52497ed37b82,Love the app- one small change suggestion,On Iphone when I’m doing a numbered list-1. 2. 3. Etc - it autoformats when I do 1 then select the period button. But if I type 1 then double space to input the period it does not auto format. Just a suggestion! Thanks! Love this app!!! My whole brain is in here :),But if I type 1 then double space to input the period it does not auto format.,5,TRUE,usability,space,29,34,negative
productivity,things-3,92110db8-1cdd-4a0f-aa36-97c98e05d340,cfcf8433-9cbe-4de5-a9f6-77260732b954,Pretty lame,"Missing two things to be great. For whatever insane reason you can’t mark a future task as complete. This basic functionality not being there completely escapes me. Why can’t you mark a future task as complete?  The other thing is being able to mark any task as in progress. Again a basic thing. I use Things to keep track of my bills. If I have a $200 electric bill and I pay $100, there’s no way to mark that task as in progress. No way. Add these two simple and basic things please.Update after update and they simply refuse to add the most basic functionality to the app. Also why no ability to change the icon?  I’m thinking for the price people pay for this app that function should be there. But it’s not. Yet people continue to use this app and ignore others out there. Haven’t a clue why.",Update after update and they simply refuse to add the most basic functionality to the app.,1,TRUE,compatibility,update,14,20,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,83227ef1-dee1-4d67-97f9-c048c0f230a1,d0122dbe-0395-4dec-a471-2bc6087e0a2f,Really keeps me off of my phone,"A few years ago I downloaded this app on my tablet and loved it. So as soon as I got a device capable of installing the app again, I did! There is just something so rewarding about growing a tree while doing something I actually need to do. I have been known to turn it on in serious study mode or when out with friends so I can really be in the moment.Since the last time I used this, they have added some new capabilities. You can tag trees to say what you were doing while growing your tree. You can use the app with your friends to really make your group focus or actually spend time with each other. And, one of my favorites, you can use the virtual coins you earn from growing trees to plant a tree in real life.If I have one criticism, it is that they set point values for new trees and real trees entirely too high. It is very hard to raise enough coins to unlock even one new tree type let alone get the funds to plant a tree in real life!",You can tag trees to say what you were doing while growing your tree.,5,TRUE,general,tag,9,12,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,2347b9c2-de6e-461f-9e04-24130d8a346b,d0864b5d-06dd-44d2-89f2-270fae77aa2b,Goodbye Microsoft Word,"I’ve used this app since 2015, and after numerous horrible updates, it’s completely nonfunctional now. You might as well just make this app $50 from the get go, as you cannot edit your existing documents, save, or even type without a crappy Office subscription. Even worse, I can’t make edits to documents that were actually editable long before these horrible updates.This “feature” of requiring a subscription has been introduced before, and was met with strong negativity so it was soon rolled back. Unfortunately, that was not the case here, and it seems people just accept mediocrity and forced payment now. Even if I can’t even type, it sure is a good thing I can copy my documents, and paste them onto a better app. But who knows—maybe there’ll be a $10 fee for the in the next update. Goodbye Microsoft Word!","Even worse, I can’t make edits to documents that were actually editable long before these horrible updates.",1,TRUE,general,update,100,106,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,ff6ba48a-d3ac-4e39-ad49-4ec855d049a7,d086a43b-9128-48a1-8153-b47cd7181c25,The best,"With dark mode support, this went from good to great. I loved this on my surface but ran into a number of problems with that device and switched to an iPad. So to see my favorite app working even better was a huge relief. I have hundreds of pages on OneNote and it works perfectly, dare I say better with Apple Pencil support and the Pro motion display. Microsoft continues to be a team player and make their software just work on whatever device you decide to work from, done like software professionals shoul. Looking at you GOOGLE.","I have hundreds of pages on OneNote and it works perfectly, dare I say better with Apple Pencil support and the Pro motion display.",5,TRUE,compatibility,page,20,24,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,fe331f1d-5b65-44be-815b-b8a925b0f6ce,d0bc1bef-0f2b-4ff1-84ef-0d9911d65a97,Custom Default Template,"Okay. So this needs to be addressed, as my iPad Pro is my computer that I use. I pay for 365, so there is no reason for Microsoft to make using Apple devices inconvenient. Why why why is it not possible to create your own templates or layouts? Every time I write a new paper, which is very frequent, I’m forced to adjust the settings to look as I want them. This is extremely frustrating, and there is now way to edit their default templates and layouts. I read on a forum that it was “by design” and the only purposeful design choice I can think of is so that they design it to be inconvenient. Next, why is it that sometimes words will always be marked as spelled incorrectly when they are not? This happens every once in in awhile and the only way to fix it is to start the paper over when it happens. Or just deal with there being dotted red lines all over the paper. Fix these things and it’ll be perfect.",Or just deal with there being dotted red lines all over the paper.,3,TRUE,general,paper,61,66,positive
productivity,things-3,2d495393-8541-4e50-b06c-87acefe253db,d15dd8e9-2834-4dd4-ad16-c0a6fcd9bf1c,"Was Hesitant, Now a Fan","I’ve used many a task manager app/system before, and after some time I just fade off without any significant result. But a friend convinced me to take the plunge, and I’m glad I did. The app is gorgeous to look at (honestly slicker than some first party iPhone apps), but it’s got a hidden complexity that allows you to dive in as much (or as little) as you want. Lately it’s been keeping my head on straight at work with multiple concurrent projects, and it’s become a fun challenge to complete everything on my Today page. You definitely get what you pay for!","I’ve used many a task manager app/system before, and after some time I just fade off without any significant result.",5,TRUE,usability,task manager,18,30,negative
productivity,notability,c43b5b27-da5e-4dcd-89de-a1a4d5ed83f2,d1a2d30b-6b04-4722-8703-a83671d2d098,If you want a long term note taking app save your money and don’t buy this app,"Simply put this app is only made for those who need a short term note taking app. Sure its formatting is sleek but when it comes down to it, this app is a massive headache to work with. There is an awful lack of organization options. Being able to only separate things into dividers and subjects is just not enough. I am in graduate school and organization is paramount to keeping me sane. When I look at my list of notes from all my courses jumbled up and having to scroll for ages till I hit the latest content makes me want to throw my device out of a moving car. Aside from the obvious lack of organization the app constantly has issues with transferring things such as lecture notes to the app. This is hands down the worst problem as it makes the app incredible hard to use and it makes me feel as though I have wasted my money. So long story short save your time and money and DO NOT buy this app.",This is hands down the worst problem as it makes the app incredible hard to use and it makes me feel as though I have wasted my money.,1,TRUE,cost,money,129,134,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,4da69d77-bdd6-4195-ac68-03c848adecdd,d26727e8-5b2a-4582-a127-6b0ecb959fad,Awesome Work app,"As a grad student, I need something that’s going to help me focus for a period of time, and that lets me take a break, while pushing me to get back to work. This app, does just that. I’m able to work for 30mins and break for 5, and do it all over again. I get much more work done this way. Not to mention, I can “plant” trees in the process. Or I can challenge my friends and earn money. Whatever motivates you, this app will help maximize your motivation.",Or I can challenge my friends and earn money.,5,TRUE,cost,money,40,45,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d6428d5f-790a-42e6-ad90-1aeb3be3a4d2,d26e0e6d-3ad3-410c-a4e0-2b234d912b56,Old favorite now being replaced,"I’ve been using Evernote for 5 years. I’m sure it’s been discounted at times but it was a premium app that I paid to download at the time that I installed it per the recommendation of another user. I always felt it was worth the cost - more reliable and more features than Apple’s notes app. But in the past week I’ve had a “sync error” that has completely erased several notes. Some of these were notes I’ve had running for 3+ years that I’ll never be able to retrieve. It’s happened several times now in the past week. I’m not willing to risk losing anymore valuable information so I’m switching to a higher rated notes app. My fault for not backing up my notes, but be warned.",But in the past week I’ve had a “sync error” that has completely erased several notes.,2,TRUE,reliability,sync,34,38,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,fac45ac2-e262-4fbb-8546-f3bad77bf61a,d28947f8-cc45-4aae-ad1b-01161c918182,"Works well enough, but some polish would make it great.","I use my iPad Pro for school and for the most part the Word app fulfills most of my needs. Right now some trackpad/mouse support would be fantastic. Almost every app I use already utilizes the features in the recent update, but for some reason my Office apps don’t. It’s a bit frustrating when changing the circular pointer into a line for fine-tuned editing works in something like the Brave browser on day 1 but here we are a few weeks in and an app like Word doesn’t support it yet. Would love to see you guys make your apps shine, and it would definitely increase productivity too.","Almost every app I use already utilizes the features in the recent update, but for some reason my Office apps don’t.",4,TRUE,compatibility,update,68,74,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,93d51892-c8e1-40a2-acba-419e6ed33f7c,d2d39d05-3f16-4bcb-8bbc-394d0ad3b22a,90% of What I Need,"I love this app! Downloaded in 2013, it sat unused for a couple years but I realized the scope and detail it can hold in a way that's easy to collect. I'm a researcher of all things and I wanted to like Timepage and Agenda. While those are far better looking apps, it's clunky going between the two. Outlook is my email client so I use Evernote to capture thoughts on the fly with sync, it's great. As I'm filling in web info, I can save to EN, browsing a good article to reverence - I just use the web clip function to keep organized. I'm always adding pics so I can recall the content of what and why I wanted to sabe a clip.In my job search, I created several notebooks, one called Career. In Career I have job descriptions, wording for keywords, LinkedIn for links, and Resume for well, resume summaries etc. The only feature I wish was prominent is the calendar. And ability to change the obnoxious green default color.This app is my default app. Wanted not to like it but I keep going back!",I'm a researcher of all things and I wanted to like Timepage and Agenda.,4,TRUE,usability,page,57,61,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,cc14d6c3-f9be-44ad-9fb6-c97165096979,d3c6200f-46ca-4477-af02-9d8fb16da68c,"If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it","“The enemy of a good plan is a perfect plan” Why would you completely reface the entire system that worked? Existing users didn’t need a change and the old system would still be “new” to new users since they’ve never used it or seen it before. I’ve used Evernote for years without issue. After this update, I now update a note on my phone and when I go to pull it up on my Windows desktop, the new additions aren’t there. Go back to my phone to find them, they’re gone! What’s the point of paying monthly for premium if I can’t even sync across devices? Services promised are undelivered, I deserve my money back. Also, when using check boxes, hitting “enter” to go to next line doesn’t create a new check box on next line like it used to. What a PITA! I have to add a new check box for every line when making a list. Sounds trivial but that old function was so efficient Was this new update just job security for your engineering team? “Oh it’s working too well and we have nothing to fix, better roll out a jacked up update” Please bring back the old system until you work the bugs out of this new one",I have to add a new check box for every line when making a list.,1,TRUE,usability,list,60,64,negative
productivity,notability,3d9f3be5-b29c-43dd-89b6-baf08108a02e,d3f2e626-a386-4abc-9b11-ca4c8eb59710,Great app! Recommendations though,"I love this app and it is literally my go-to for taking notes on class slides that I download as a pdf. The layout is clean, I love how easy it is to add to google drive, onedrive, etc. and I love how simple and clean it is. However, I really. REALLY wish Notability would take the time to hear some recommendations for improvement from me.1. I would love ways to organize beyond just folder, subject and notes. Maybe adding the ability to put mini folders within a folder? I say this because I want to be able to be able to make folders for work and school. Then, in school I would make a folder for each year. Then, inside that folder, I would make subjects for each course and then notes for each lecture. Please developers! This function is so important!2. When I download PDF slides, please make it so that we can add a HORIZONTAL page. Right now, there seems to be no way of doing that....I sometimes add a page on the lecture slides (which are horizontal pages) but adds long and vertical ones instead... please please please add this feature. I love this app so much and have been using it for years! However, these two lack of features is really beginning to catch up and making it really difficult for me... hope this works out!","When I download PDF slides, please make it so that we can add a HORIZONTAL page.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,page,76,80,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2bacbb16-1033-403d-8f85-3028fc484392,d3fce9a6-d55c-4286-99a6-c4264eda3fec,Deleting after 15 years of using Gmail,"For whatever reason, Google has taken it upon themselves to redesign the email experience.  For example, airline tickets are now presented in a way that is supposed to be helpful, but instead buriers and often even hides important details (like your connecting flight time!).  Just show me the email and quit trying to “redesign my viewing experience”!  It’s annoyingly and not helpful.  Finally, adding attachments has now become a baffling process!  I can’t just do a straightforward attachment in a reply.  If I attach a file, I have to go through an unnecessarily complicated process of finding it in a weird way that Google has decided to organize my photos from the app.  Yes, in a different way than Apple!",Just show me the email and quit trying to “redesign my viewing experience”!,1,TRUE,general,design,46,52,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,7d64be7f-27ed-4d02-8f46-80a0b0f15b08,d4bb6242-0dc2-47f0-8509-ac354714d40f,What doc am I viewing?,"I am using the paid version of the app via 360 subscription.  I am using an iPad Pro.   My biggest complaint is that the file names are truncated.  I have a lot of (Standard operating procedures). Which the documents name is the same up front but different in the back.For example windows-server-2008-active-directory-setup; windows-server-2008-dns-setup.I see: windows-ser....-setup,  so how do I know which is which?I have no idea what SOP I need to view without launching the document.  There is a huge white empty space to the right of the documents column.  Why can’t we extend that column out so we can see file names?  Or implement a word wrap.",I am using the paid version of the app via 360 subscription.,3,TRUE,cost,subscription,48,60,positive
productivity,notability,fd37e126-8668-44ad-8375-b26b7539a4c2,d4d8fe6a-82c4-49f4-8aef-a79b991bb129,Fantastic App for College/University,"Along with the apple pen, I have been using this app for about 8 months and have absolutely loved it. It has made my final year of my undergraduate studies so much easier. I do not use a notebook anymore and have saved so much paper. The easily accessible colors and easy to use eraser has allowed me to organize my notes beautifully. This app has many features, such as straightening lines, and cutting and moving objects and words with ease. The resizing feature is perfect too!  I absolutely love the fact that you can download files and write on them. I have downloaded many PowerPoints and notes from my professors and taken my own notes that were clear and organized. I usually have messy notes due to my handwriting but this app makes it extremely easy to make everything legible and memorable. I strongly suggest this for anyone in college/university right now. It will be your best friend.",I do not use a notebook anymore and have saved so much paper.,5,TRUE,usability,paper,56,61,negative
productivity,things-3,6b7ffa01-976d-4fc1-9012-9b87d683af3e,d502433e-14e8-4c8d-b481-419dda4526aa,Limited and Expensive,"Paying 65-80$ for a suite of eye candy...Overall there is not much of an improvement to justify the high cost, considering you have to buy three different apps.There is still  the same greedy pricing model essentially charging you 1.5 times more for the iPad version. Only reason this is not a universal app, is money. I don't see this scheme much anymore thankfully.There are some nice small additions and a wonderful interface but that is about it.The biggest issue with this software is the lack of real integration with Apple Reminders and Calendar. You essentially have to use one app or the other as far as Apple Reminders go. As for Calendar, it's nice seeing entries within Things 3, but you can't edit or interact with these. If the app were able to synch back and forth with Reminders and Calendar, I might use Things 3. This app is basically just a fancy task list with a very pretty interface...For 80$.",There are some nice small additions and a wonderful interface but that is about it.,2,TRUE,usability,interface,53,62,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e9e0377f-9ca0-4fd9-b1db-5f62f552a484,d51f506b-5b79-4e3f-ac18-a8bb0123c611,Terrible utilities,"Hi Microsoft Office Team,It’s very hard to find things to edit the paper as you would on the desktop version. I really find it frustrating to look for the things that are very easy to find in the desktop version. I wouldn’t mind If ya’ll take a little more space to make editing paper easier. Also, the  icons/buttons for editing the papers are good for hand touch but I’m using and iPad Pro and I feel like it would be beneficial if the app has an option to get a compact version where the icons are smaller. This would give us more space to work with or it could give you guys more space to make editing the document easier.Thank you,",This would give us more space to work with or it could give you guys more space to make editing the document easier.,1,TRUE,efficiency,space,25,30,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,cde0c68b-e774-4910-a4d9-062bf7e3a172,d5e18875-7025-41aa-b9eb-57f2052a6fd0,It USED to be a decent app,"I pretty much use the free version of this app to import my own free fonts and type what I need for business. Ever since iOS updated, this app refuses to allow my downloaded fonts to function properly. Before my font disappeared, and they claimed to have fixed it. Now they claim there isn’t enough space to load the font...uh what? For an iPad that I use primarily for business, there is so much space on here that its laughable. Since its obvious the creators of this app have no intention of updating their app to function with the new iOS update, I will be deleting it and looking for another app I can use.","Before my font disappeared, and they claimed to have fixed it.",1,TRUE,usability,font,11,15,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,7d5e2686-e2e5-4c60-a97b-006f12b5f298,d5f4df57-781f-4acf-8a6f-9897842e332d,❤️What you should use instead of Microsoft word ❤️,Ya’ll just use pages if you have a apple device. If you don’t you can just use google docs <3,If you don’t you can just use google docs <3,5,TRUE,general,google docs,31,42,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a67814bd-dc26-44f9-bc4b-c27bfa77e778,d613b9ff-1dfb-473b-b3d2-4fb7ca74e387,"Great idea, great app, a number of annoying things","It’s a great app. I would easily put 5/5 if not only for annoying little nuances that make it more difficult to use. I went online to see if any of the issues I experienced were already addressed in the past. Turns out, many of them were addressed a long time ago (like 5-6 years back) - and the  Evernote team simply does not seem to care to fix them.   For instance, tables are not mobile friendly. Like at all. You have to swipe back and forth to navigate. You can’t change the size of pictures. You can’t create a table on the app. There are only 3 font sizes. You can’t select thumbnail for your notebooks and notes, it selects it for you - which is pretty irritating. The size of annotations are not uniform which means they may appear smaller or bigger depending on the size of your picture.. Etcetera, etcetera...Evernote team! Is it that difficult to fix all of this?!? It’s been taking you guys years now. Maybe you should hire new developers?","You can’t select thumbnail for your notebooks and notes, it selects it for you - which is pretty irritating.",4,TRUE,reliability,notebook,37,45,positive
productivity,notability,b10dca1a-7e57-47d1-a83e-525be315651c,d68caa33-edde-413d-b170-a051a2d30c51,Great!,"I would like to preface this by saying I'm a tradesman and use this app for taking notes for tests that mainly require specific labor knowledge that allows me to earn qualifications on a national level.That being said, I really appreciate the fact that I can use the Apple pencil to take notes and then the versatility of the app allows me to categorize, draw and convert hand writing to text.  Studies show that when you hand write information there is better retention than if you type it.  Here we can have the best of both worlds, especially if you're like me and have handwriting more akin to a doctor.The one thing I do wish could be a little easier is the shapes.  I use this app to make data tables and real basic ones at that (think excel spreadsheets). My frustration mainly stems from the fact that I can't simply do that all on one interface and that I can't find tools that do it for me.  I like a very orderly and even note style and my tables are usually pretty crooked at best.Maybe even if they just add a library of tables that you can edit in terms of sizes or number of cells on the ""+"" button.  That would be super helpful!Anyways other than that one gripe, it's a great app and I like the fact that I can use the cloud to sync notes on all my devices.  Hoping that these notes are gonna make a difference in my study habits and achievements!","Anyways other than that one gripe, it's a great app and I like the fact that I can use the cloud to sync notes on all my devices.",4,TRUE,compatibility,sync,101,105,positive
productivity,things-3,5e8639fc-acec-4449-847f-fd9a885a4219,d690f40b-12e5-4685-8645-0d092121daf9,Location based reminders,Pros:Beautiful UI.  Functional organization system. Cons: No location reminders. Sync with proprietary service instead of iCloud.,"Cons: 
No location reminders.",3,TRUE,efficiency,location reminder,11,28,negative
productivity,notability,777ac679-2bd9-45a0-9edb-48ee96a63e0a,d6ec520b-4c94-4190-a13b-7e96c44c5733,For the developers of Notability.,"This is a perfect app for taking notes. It is. BUT, each person is different. Each person has different preferences. And each person who are note takers are the ones who will most likely purchase your app. We need more customization. More options in paper settings. We should be able to make our own profile to space the lines. There's only a few choices. Color of the pages. We should be able to choose which color palette to use on the paper. The color of the pencils. Styles of strokes. Make everything customizable. Or put more choices. I would give you guys a five stars if you have put a lot of changes.Update: The undo button is small for ipad users. Sometimes when I press it it doesn't recognize it. I had to tap it almost 3 times. Like I said here it needs more customization. More colors in highlighter and pen.",More options in paper settings.,3,TRUE,usability,paper,17,22,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,32bafd2b-fa79-488e-8d6a-46bfa0203006,d726b93f-3717-4931-a4db-fd2b5e0da176,Terrible New Icon!!!!,"What’s with all these tech companies destroying their app icons this week?Facebook messenger and now Gmail?? The entire function of an app icon is that it is a visual aid to find and launch apps quickly. Color is a critical part of this. Google has slowly rolled out icons with all the same BRYG making it more confusing to know which is which - a seemingly small issue until you open them 50x/day... with the cognitive dissonance. This on top of the recent data harvesting and antitrust accusations makes me rethink using these products altogether. The red white gmail icon was fine. The blue Gcal logo I assume is next?? Now all look the same! Even in browser tabs! And like a child designed them. I was one of the first gmail beta users by invite and this is super disappointing, and makes me distrust the app dev team going forward.",And like a child designed them.,2,TRUE,general,design,18,24,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,fb932e85-019e-4cc3-bfc9-c036b62c5ac1,d86bc1c5-e88d-402c-8e67-36e5e75e0398,Good App but certain important elements missing,I like using the apps but it is missing some basic functionality.1) Split Screen Multitasking functionality should be added to the app. I often send emails in a foreign languages and I like to have a multilingual dictionary app in the split view to check words as I write. I see no obvious reason why this app doesn’t have split screen multitasking functionality. 2) I should be able to attach documents that are saved in the Files to email replies. As far as I can tell the email attachment functionality only works with documents that are saved to the drive and even then I don't think you can attach the document so much as share it from the drive. The only way to attach documents from files it share from the files app which always starts it as a new email. This is not great for continued collaboration and functionality. Please fix.,I often send emails in a foreign languages and I like to have a multilingual dictionary app in the split view to check words as I write.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,split view,100,110,positive
productivity,things-3,9483f22b-e7a7-43ff-95ce-bb66756a533f,d8710510-4b0e-43ed-a049-e119fcbb1f71,Please add tag filter buttons,Really would like the option to show some buttons which filter certain tags alongside Projects. Eg: I have things tagged #buy in multiple projects and when I'm at the shops then I want to easily see all of them. Same with #important. I want to see them all but not have to always remember to search the tag. The visual cue of seeing it there would remind me.,Really would like the option to show some buttons which filter certain tags alongside Projects.,4,TRUE,usability,tag,72,75,negative
productivity,things-3,0d6dae2d-629b-455d-8625-926e1172ef18,d8988fd9-5d3d-4c7d-837b-1b4fc6086347,Changed My Relationship to the Word “Responsibility”,"It’s the weirdest feeling, but I actually LIKE responsibilities now! With Things I tell myself “I GET to do this...” even if it’s not all that interesting.There’s something about the way it’s designed that makes it truly remarkable for the user.This company clearly takes pride in what they do. This app is by far the most inspiring tool I’ve ever used.Life can be challenging, but Things makes it infinitely more fun and engaging. I feel like I’m playing a video game while using it.I’ve had so many disparate ways of managing my responsibilities, and to think that I could actually find an app to use on my phone to sync my priorities into one place seemed like a bad idea since I already spend so much time on it.But the time I spend on Things is easily the best use of my time throughout the day, and I’m always thinking of how to use it more intelligently.I am so grateful for this app and I really hope to use it for the rest of my life. Seriously. Keep it up guys!!!",There’s something about the way it’s designed that makes it truly remarkable for the user.,5,TRUE,general,design,38,44,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,7dc49248-68d4-4c71-9715-a10ccfd108a3,d8a92c47-50d8-4c3d-83ae-384de03ee45f,Where did my coins go???,"I was 1 coin away from having 900 coins, enough to buy a new tree and I was very excited. I planted a bush for 10 minutes and now I’m at 867?? You can only imagine my disappointment. Is it charging me to plant trees? If so, then it’s a dumb feature and just makes me want to stop using the app. If it was a bug on your part, then I want my coins back 😡 I worked hard for those. They’re not easy to accumulate. But overall, I’m giving this app 4 stars (5 if I get my coins back). When I was referred by a friend I thought it was silly but it’s literally the only thing that keeps from using my phone when studying. You’d think planting fake trees (you can also save up to plant a real tree) wouldn’t be motivation enough but it is!!! If you convince your friends to buy this app, you can create a room and study together and hold each other accountable! My friends and I compare the trees we have and are always eager to expand our forest. Great app! Just give me coins back 😫. A suggestion: bushes SHOULD NOT cost the same as trees. That’s ridiculous, especially when the price increases with every buy.",Is it charging me to plant trees?,4,TRUE,cost,plant tree,22,32,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,682a1fe4-ab08-495a-820d-0ee23e2d73ed,d8e83c2c-687d-4043-a0a7-439d97f7d7c1,"Engaging, creative and fun time mgmt tool",I usually use an online Pomodoro timer to help me focus and stay on task. However on my new IPad I was unable to get their notifications plus I was still playing on my phone. As a first year medical student my new lifestyle is mainly studying. I needed a time management and focus tool that would help make studying less painful. 😩 I heard about Forest and was skeptical at first. I did not want to pay for the app since I am cheap and thought I could do it on my own using alternative ways. However I was not successful and decided to buy this app. Since purchasing Forest I have no regrets! 😊 I enjoy the ability to track and visually see my progress. I am a visual learner and am positively reinforced by the forest I am growing and enjoy earning money to unlock more features of the app. What sold me was the social impact of the app where you can plant a tree. Love it! Highly recommend and so worth the money spent. Would definitely buy it again.,I am a visual learner and am positively reinforced by the forest I am growing and enjoy earning money to unlock more features of the app.,5,TRUE,general,money,97,102,positive
productivity,notability,6e34ee0e-140d-4fe6-93eb-7da7e951d599,d8ebc39e-8ac4-4ca7-b5db-00db15943dd0,"If I loved this app any more than I do, I may need hospitalization...","I've been using Notability for years. I've used it to organized my life. It have has enabled me to organized huge projects, doodle branding logo’s and album covers, send PDFs to other people download PDF's from Dropbox and mark recommendations. Save PDF’s of manuals for my business.This app is why I own an iPad.I have been asked how I am able to type so quickly -the autofill is amazing. I made a suggestion to Ginger-labs to include staff paper (music paper) as a paper choice and they sent me a template to use! This means I am able to organize quick music notation that is searchable by my titles. I've used this app as my ""voice"" in public places when I was temporarily mute to give answers quickly and making the font large for others to read. This app has been a God send. Ginger-Labs Rock!",I made a suggestion to Ginger-labs to include staff paper (music paper) as a paper choice and they sent me a template to use!,5,TRUE,usability,paper,53,58,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,95899f97-597e-4e96-a2de-b82afe8cd175,d9349a9c-ded4-48a2-b444-7746b8235143,Helps Me Read More,"I learned early on that ebooks were not for me because of my tendency to get distracted by the other features of the device. Even dedicated e-readers failed to keep me focused on the page because of their tempting note-taking and highlighting features.So I stuck with time-tested paper books. But even then the nearness of my phone made reading more challenging.Forest helps me ignore my phone. It’s such a seemingly simple psychological trick, but it works: pick up my phone, kill a tree. It doesn’t matter that it’s not a real tree. The app successfully games my mind into behaving as if it were.I highly recommend Forest if you, like me, feel your phone takes up too much of your attention.",So I stuck with time-tested paper books.,5,TRUE,usability,paper,29,34,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,42343f3d-9f11-453c-bec2-71b7b06b91e5,d9424a1c-5d27-4704-bd91-032346b32c54,Old Version of App had more options,"I like the WORD APP but this paid for version doesn’t enable me to choose right, left or center placement of paragraphs. Also the download image on the insert page isn’t there!","I like the WORD APP but this paid for version doesn’t enable me to choose right, left or center placement of paragraphs.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,graph,114,119,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,7e779a2e-0fd3-4376-b823-16d1e79063ad,d9603bbb-367f-43cc-99f4-ae07bbe17cc8,Could be better,"Forest view should list all forest tiles(days) in one map, so you can see all your accomplishments. (Ok this is a feature - you’ve got to go into the forest view and click the calendar icon)Also it should keep track of how many breaks you’ve taken and recommend a longer after the fourth (like pomodoro). And it would be nice to bind an activity tag to a tree type automatically.The app and the safari extension sadly don’t count down time together. If they did, I would use the extension.Bug: in counting exceeded mode, the counter keeps going even after you start the break timer.","Forest view should list all forest tiles(days) in one map, so you can see all your accomplishments.",3,TRUE,general,list,20,24,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c7172159-cdb9-4d66-9194-b9eb9ee66443,d96c997c-cec9-4394-8c76-85b0bca0956e,"Love it, but 1 request","S app is very awesome and I love it as I have used Evernote on my Mac for multiple years. However, I would very much like to see the written notes area be scrollable and not fixed. Such a feature would make it more similar to the notes function of the Notes app that is preinstalled on all iOS devices. Making it scrollable would greatly benefit the functionality of Evernote by allowing written notes of a lengthy nature to be made. Thank you!",Making it scrollable would greatly benefit the functionality of Evernote by allowing written notes of a lengthy nature to be made.,4,TRUE,usability,functionality,48,61,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,efaffbdb-02f4-4eb0-9283-d671d43c7189,d97893f1-0733-48ae-b56f-6a61daedbc3c,This is NOT free. False advertising!,"What is the purpose of allowing people to download this app “free” but preventing them from even being able to type in a document. I get a message telling me I can edit and save with an Office 365 subscription. I have never needed all the advanced features because i just use the app once a month or so for personal notes and to print things that are too complex printing from the internet without all the advertisements and webpage junk too. Like a simple recipe. I’ll copy the text and insert a picture of it. That is all I do with this and have used it for free for years, but suddenly i can’t even create a new plain document because I have to pay for a subscription??? These tactics are why I no longer use most of Microsoft products or operating systems anymore. We even got rid of paying for Xbox because of their intrusion and unrealistic pricing. Nice job Microsoft. Your efforts to make people pay are backfiring. I “might” have considered paying sometime in the future if I needed the more advanced features, out of loyalty for how helpful it had been so far. That’s what I do with other apps. Not this one. Never again.",We even got rid of paying for Xbox because of their intrusion and unrealistic pricing.,1,TRUE,cost,list,72,76,negative
productivity,notability,536fbda2-7c69-4cd5-8e6c-05b3adc4bc2e,d9804fe5-7ea0-4a5f-a1f6-018f086b1f57,Unparalleled Note-Taking App,"I got this app when it was in the developmental stage and I loved it back then. I couldn’t even imagine the potential this app could have. Every single update brings amazement to my eyes. This is the simplest yet most amazing note taking app you could possibly ever hope for. I am currently college student and I can’t even begin to explain how this app has aided me in my academic journey. You can record lectures simultaneously while writing down notes and then go back and see exactly when the lecturer was talking when you wrote down a certain note. That in itself is amazing. Additionally, this app also allows you to search keywords for your handwriting (yes it’s even capable of reading terrible handwriting like mine). What else could you ask for in an app? This app does everything that you could ever want while taking notes, and then some. Overall, this app deserves much more than 5 stars and I want to personally thank the creators and developers for making this app a possibility and for aiding me in me academic career.",This is the simplest yet most amazing note taking app you could possibly ever hope for.,5,TRUE,usability,note taking,39,50,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,899b897a-9d1d-4e7c-a440-c7c0429b3790,d9f23b89-1228-4ce9-b904-29469363e9c1,Unread email,"My gmail is loading “unread email” in the thousands. I go into my labtop select all unread, highlight, and select read and then I confirm the bulk notification. It takes no more than 3 seconds for the unread emails number to start increasing. Right now I’m sitting on 5k unread emails. I have been going through this since yesterday.",My gmail is loading “unread email” in the thousands.,5,TRUE,usability,unread email,22,34,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,05ca853d-9e91-45e6-adc8-522aa8a323ec,da112d10-4157-4796-99a0-8d4c12c81cb1,Dark mode and themes,"Perfectly fine app, just inconsistent throughout updates with the feature where I can choose between the dark/light themes. Seems to have disappeared after I updated today. I’d like a dark mode theme that doesn’t change the background of the email.",I’d like a dark mode theme that doesn’t change the background of the email.,4,TRUE,general,background,52,62,positive
productivity,things-3,bf09156f-5d71-498f-8c79-3adb79eadef5,da6ebb26-ac98-4d6a-ae02-1287b9d5fd99,Contains the Essentials of Project Planning,"The app is very easy to use and understand.  No more paper lists to keep track of and updating. Connect personal family and life goals seamlessly with your career goals in order to easily organize and manage them all at your fingertips on your smartphone.  Projects at work are easily accessible, so enjoy your weekend and relax fully knowing that you can reorient yourself to what needs to be done and when on Monday morning before you start your day.  I needed a tool like this years ago, but better late than never.",No more paper lists to keep track of and updating.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,paper,9,14,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1ff295f8-d656-49ac-8f43-d6b47e3b461c,da7781e1-9522-42ed-9775-eb9315131682,Overall good but the attachment option is annoying!,"I am always a big fan of google products. However, there is a very unpleasant case since I switched to working with IPAD. When I tried to attach a pdf to my email. The gmail app has only three options, from photo gallery, recently attached files, google drive. However, I NEED TO UPLOAD my file from the LOCAL IPAD DRIVE. GMAIL does not allow this option. Can the developers fix it? I did some internet search, many people are complaining. But this issue has not be fixed yet.....","The gmail app has only three options, from photo gallery, recently attached files, google drive.",4,TRUE,compatibility,google drive,84,96,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,157b6b7e-adb0-4494-90e3-6de4f15e2dbe,dac53268-4ab7-4c44-868a-2aeeda4f09f2,Immediate Red Flag,"Downloaded this because 4 out of my 5 email accounts are gmail, but then I took a closer look. According to the developers, the last three updates were for the exact same thing. No bug squashing mentioned. No user-notified issues. No additional bells or whistles. Just the same exact reason for all three updates. So, I'm curious: are there different reasons for each update, and you guys are too lazy to specify them for us? Or are the people who are responsible for uploading the updates to the App Store trying to perfect their Keystone Cops impression? Or are all of these updates merely to collect the personal information you wish to sell to your ""partners""? I'll wait a few days to see if I get any kind of response before I delete the app, as a Google email agent should eventually be excellent.","According to the developers, the last three updates were for the exact same thing.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,update,45,51,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,88697bd1-9b7a-48e1-adf2-8d3240a09cb8,dc1b40ab-0a46-421d-9c5d-0eb3ed62f9ff,Word- office 365 for IOS,"SonnypleaseWorks great. It syncs with Word on my Mac immediately. I’m an Apple person and Pages, my first preference, will also sync with OneDrive. However, I think Word, Photos and all the rest of the Office 365 family syncs with OneDrive faster. Also, you get 1 TB of storage for free. I have files in OneDrive since 2014. Just create a Microsoft account. No commitment and no in app purchases. FREE. You can use OneDrive as your Time Machine. This is absolutely free. Apple gives you only 5 GB of iCloud for free. Once setup, there were no problems. I hope Apple is listening. 1 TB of cloud storage through OneDrive for free. Write in word on your iPhone, then continue the same file on your Mac. WORD is fantastic though I always loved PAGES. Microsoft has an excellent deal. Most colleges require it and give it for free through their IT department. For personal use, you can use Word and all the rest on 6 devices. If you want, there is sharing and so much more. Suddenly, I am preferring Word.","I’m an Apple person and Pages, my first preference, will also sync with OneDrive.",5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,63,67,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,97ac4997-eb78-42b4-b89a-0965ef86b4a9,dc5f6fd7-08be-4cac-aaba-b1b21a76f90e,Constant Sync Issues,"I use Word on my iPad to type thousands of words per week, and it works great for this purpose. The features and structure of the app are excellent, and provide everything you need in a mobile word processing program. My issue is OneDrive. Seconds into typing in a document, I see the error “Error syncing. Sign into your account” and after signing in, I see the error again. Clicking out of the error message doesn’t work, either. And the worst part? It IS syncing. I can watch it show up on my laptop as I type. This is a seriously annoying bug and I wish Microsoft would look into it.","Seconds into typing in a document, I see the error “Error syncing.",1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,59,63,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,5594348b-b368-4bc8-a68c-32e79156fc94,dcf900ca-59d1-462c-b04a-649a28e9b4a2,Makes it easy to stay on track,"I have tried several things to try to stay focus and not get distracted working from home.  I have tried timers, alarms, etc.  The Forest app works so much better!  The reminders that flash on screen to stay on task help me to do just that.  I don’t stop to fold laundry until my break, because I don’t want to kill my growing tree.  Getting a new tree each time I complete an allotted amount of time seems small, but I find myself looking forward to it and checking to see how many have grown so far in the day.  I also find I like collecting the coins to buy new types of trees.  Really fantastic, game changing app.  You really have to try it!!!",The reminders that flash on screen to stay on task help me to do just that.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,reminder,5,13,positive
productivity,things-3,0350a36b-b6fc-4bcf-8336-b05b5fb197bc,dd049c47-4a1f-4f2f-8d76-d8eab0020a6e,This is a premium app. Where are the premium functions?,"The Apple Watch app barely ever works (does not update with the phone app.)Where is the geofencing? Where is the reoccurring reminders? Where is sharing? Where is Alexa support? Why can’t I designate that when I open the app, it opens on a certain list? If I can’t decline the auto import of a task from another app, why even make me approve it? Am I supposed to be bowled over by exclusively by the UI of sparsity? I switched from Wunderlist to proactively prepare for when Microsoft nixes it completely, and I miss that near perfect product that was offered for free. Whereas with Things, I keep hoping that I’ve paid for a product that will get more feature rich, and I’m not seeing it.",The Apple Watch app barely ever works (does not update with the phone app.),3,TRUE,usability,update,49,55,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,921774c0-d709-4eca-afaf-d3620f18509e,dd53e061-6f65-411f-9b2f-80134de170ac,A solid app with minor flaws,"This app essentially carries the vast majority of the same functionality as the desktop version. However, one nitpick I would love to see fixed is to have the “Times New Roman” font up at the top of the font list in a “commonly used” section, the way it is for desktop.",This app essentially carries the vast majority of the same functionality as the desktop version.,5,TRUE,usability,functionality,60,73,positive
productivity,things-3,591a25b8-b537-42e0-9e5f-bcc34a2e0e3d,dd59b51f-23e6-4d72-8ba9-219a3f59e4a5,"Looks great, Widget broken?","This app is undoubtedly pretty and probably very useful. However, I was hoping for a task app that I could view from my Today page. All the widget shows me is the “New Task” button. I’d like to see my to-dos from the Today page widget. I’m disappointed that the widget doesn’t have much functionality. I hope that the developers make the widget more user-friendly so users can see their to-dos without opening the app. 3/5 stars because the main function I was hoping for was not available. Will revise review if this is addressed.","However, I was hoping for a task app that I could view from my Today page.",3,TRUE,general,page,70,74,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,a518a585-99b6-49f7-858a-1eaf86f33876,dd66db38-ba81-44a0-bfd6-2707fbc315e1,WORD.,"I use WORD on my iPad all the time. I love that I can copy and paste so many things that I want to keep easy at hand. I can write letters, reminders, and much, much more and can print anything I have on it in just seconds. If I could give this app a 10 I would do it in a heartbeat.","I can write letters, reminders, and much, much more and can print anything I have on it in just seconds.",5,TRUE,usability,reminder,22,30,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ca2d33ed-49ca-49d9-8453-d71811a12f34,dd9f8cbe-1664-491e-8f08-a6498e35f8ce,"Feature comparable, mostly but consistent problems app switching","It's Word, it mostly is feature comparable to the desktop version which is only annoying when you need the feature that is not present.When switching apps, like to Safari for research, and back on the iPad, Word consistently loses the ability to place the cursor - both with touch and an attached keyboard. Closing the document and reopening fixes it, but this is highly aggravating when trying to write away from a computer. Microsoft - there is a bug in your text engine that needs to be addressed. (Also, no feedback in app?)Problem has persisted across MANY updates on multiple devices and OS versions. Word is the only writing app where I see this behavior.Without this problem, a 4 star - the missing features from desktop prevent a five star (and the legacy quirks that echo back to decisions made when it was on Windows 95).",Microsoft - there is a bug in your text engine that needs to be addressed.,3,TRUE,reliability,text,36,40,negative
productivity,notability,fa0e9ca1-ea37-4b01-8d61-8003e7d344f5,ddb3bef3-aefe-4d6d-8b91-ec1329171167,Love it but,"This app is awesome and I use it on a daily basis. I take a lot of notes using my keyboard but now I found myself using my apple pencil just as much. I notice if I am write using my Apple Pencil or even if I add a picture then decide to go back to jot something down above my writing, the text start to overlap my writing instead of my writing or picture sliding down like on Apple notes. I wish in the next update hopefully sooner than later this can be fixed because this seems to be a huge disadvantage over Apple notes. I would like whatever I write using handwriting or added picture to stay aligned with the text. You are able to use wrap around but even using that feature the text just keep moving down and the picture is no longer aligned with the text i placed it with. This would be an awesome update even if it's a way to turn it on or off would be greatly appreciated. Thank you",I would like whatever I write using handwriting or added picture to stay aligned with the text.,4,TRUE,usability,picture,58,65,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,dcb5ac03-9da2-4cb5-a77f-1f4b44c96743,ddb6a712-3ca3-4f2d-9d20-7e494463eb34,Weird bug with iOS 11,"Since I’ve upgraded to iOS 11 the apps notification badge icon on the app won’t disappear, even after going through all my messages. Other than this bug, everything else has worked great for me. Been using this for my Gmail emails for a while now!","Since I’ve upgraded to iOS 11 the apps notification badge icon on the app won’t disappear, even after going through all my messages.",4,TRUE,compatibility,badge icon,53,63,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e7df0c3b-8f0b-4f45-b0fb-a1ec252f8c7e,ddd452b6-0168-413b-a607-6fed13b2b24a,Font size issue.,"Got this app after friends recommended it and I’m loving it. I’m more organized and productive already. Love the notebook layout and the cross platform from Windows to iPhone.But there’s an issue that reallllly bothers me. Font sizes aren’t consistent across the app on Windows 10 and the iPhone app.I ran a test to see what font sizes corresponds to small, medium, and large. Small on iPhone is 10 on Windows app.Medium is 14. Large is 18.Except something written in “small” on an iPhone, when viewed on a PC and compared to something written in 10 on the Windows app, the text originally written on Windows is larger than the text written on iPhone, despite them both being “10”. If I highlight the text from the iPhone and then select 10 again, it will grow ever so slightly to match the PC font size of 10.The opposite happens if I write something in 10 on PC and then view it on an iPhone and compare it to something written in “small.” What is written in “small” is larger than what was written in 10 on the PC.This is really frustrating because it results in inconsistencies throughout your notes.I know you guys care about organization, design, and consistency. So please fix this issue.Other than that, the app is great, would be 5 stars, but this is really frustrating. You can’t have an app meant for organization have something as basic as font size be inconsistent like this.Thanks for reading this feedback.",Love the notebook layout and the cross platform from Windows to iPhone.,4,TRUE,general,layout,19,25,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9419ecbb-6ba4-4804-b54e-b44f2e722bd3,de26f6be-cc3c-4e09-88e4-40619e93d541,"Evernote for iOS has some big improvements, but ...","The best new feature is the “add note” “pop up” menu with all options you need for a note — text, images, links, drawings, etc in one place.  The app seems significantly slower than the prior version.  It took me an average of 15 seconds to start a new note.  Also, it appears to save multiple versions of the same note if you switch to another app and then go back to what you were doing in Evernote.  You get an error message saying you have conflicts.  I found as many of five versions of the same note.","The best new feature is the “add note” “pop up” menu with all options you need for a note — text, images, links, drawings, etc in one place.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,text,93,97,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,31c9d148-5fd4-494a-b09e-8f57cf8aa0c3,de511913-35c5-4e4a-a47f-3cf510594068,"LOVE, but please fix this bug!","My go to mail app. Love it. Use it exclusively. BUT my home screen notification badge has stopped updating itself. If I have 6 unread emails and check all the messages, it still has a red circle ""6"" for the rest of the day. I'm a product of this built habit, but gosh darnit does it frustrate my expectation and habitual brain.","If I have 6 unread emails and check all the messages, it still has a red circle ""6"" for the rest of the day.",5,TRUE,usability,unread email,13,25,negative
productivity,notability,f5681fc2-f280-4626-a7db-cf65ee3f2bf2,dede2020-7f5a-4cab-9302-838203a1535b,Erases parts of sentences in handwritten notes,"Previously I absolutely loved this app. I used GoodNotes all through first half of medical school, and craved the customizable options for folders that I later discovered in Notability. This app had been indispensable in my studies, until I noticed that some words in my handwritten notes document go missing. For instance there is a sentence and a few words are deleted. Or, part of the words from one sentence appear superimposed on another page. I haven’t noticed an entire page go missing yet, but the mere fact that this occurs has removed my comfort and confidence in electronic note taking. The stakes are way too high ands too much to lose. I will add a possible caveat, the document in question is nearly 600 pages, and perhaps Notability is unable to manage such heavy files.","This app had been indispensable in my studies, until I noticed that some words in my handwritten notes document go missing.",1,TRUE,usability,document,104,112,negative
productivity,notability,d69880dd-7a23-4934-80f2-64e5bfef50ce,df2daff3-25a6-48d4-9311-cb2043e9e984,Not sure what the hype is all about..,"So, here’s the thing. There are a lot of note taking apps on the market. I feel like if you want a quality one, maybe you need to pay for it. So, I purchased this one and Good Notes. I’ve used Evernote and Microsoft OneNote as well. Nothing sets this apart from competitors besides the price. And please beware: that price for the iOS app does not include the desktop app. That’s a separate charge. You can’t access it through a browser either. That’s a huge negative in my opinion. Additionally, sometimes this app will crash (like during iOS updates) and you’ll lose your subjects and dividers. So, there’s a way to get your subjects back, but you’re out of luck with your dividers. What does this mean? It means that all of the classes you’ve set up for multiple semesters will be wiped out. Whatever was organized under is able to be obtained, but you have to go back through and sort all of it. Do you know what an incredibly awful and tedious task that is? When you contact their customer service, they’re basically just like “Oh, sorryyyyy yeah we don’t care.” If you’re still reading this, oh hey. One last final note: don’t waste your money. I’ve tried them all and think Microsoft OneNote is really the way to go. It’s free, you get cloud storage, the app on the computer is free, and you get full functionality of program. Recent updates means it does EXACTLY what notability does.","So, there’s a way to get your subjects back, but you’re out of luck with your dividers.",2,TRUE,general,divider,79,86,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,668888c3-fc8b-44a9-87da-a72b113c2795,df85644b-e79a-4d4c-86ba-27a7620ea279,No support if there are errors,"User beware!! Apparently, if you tap “report not spam” on an email in your spam folder, the email does not go into, inbox, trash, personal, all mail, promotions, important, flagged, draft, etc. It just disappears from existence. Reloading the application doesn’t work, desktop version doesn’t work, etc. there’s a huge thread on the google help center discussion board about it! This is a common bug that google won’t address. Further commenting on the thread, or any thread dealing with the issue is blocked. There is no article about it in the self help center for common questions, and no actual person available to help. There’s no email to submit a question or concern, no chat; nothing. Google workplace does have customer service care......for a fee. The email I lost was from a potential employer about my application. Part of the screening process is a timely response to the email. The email that has been wiped from existence. I just took a massive loss for myself and my family because of a bug that they won’t take responsibility for.",Google workplace does have customer service care......for a fee.,1,TRUE,cost,customer service,28,44,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,07867aac-9a1c-439f-811d-48c3102bffb0,dfa32c4d-5ba9-4e20-91e0-afa6e5f387db,Good if you don’t mind random file deletion,"Been using it for a while and it’s been pretty good. Nice for organization. Recently I’ve been getting a bug on desktop that makes the letters look all wonky and overlapping. Not a big deal, I always just reload the page. Except sometimes the app decides to completely erase the note when this happens. Constant pop ups for allowing it to consume space on my mac along with constant pop ups to buy premium - why would I pay for an app that can’t even save my files properly? I’m done. Literally been using this app to take notes since middle school. I’m in college now, and would rather switch to google docs than deal with this anymore.","I’m in college now, and would rather switch to google docs than deal with this anymore.",3,TRUE,usability,google docs,48,59,negative
productivity,things-3,d2a6dd2c-eb89-4de9-867e-8cf50d097a23,dfec609d-d061-460f-8e6a-573f4a45bbf9,Can’t Live Without This App,"Things has finally combined everything I need into one app to manage my entire day. It is the most robust app on the market for managing task, projects and daily agenda. With the ability to use Siri and sync by the cloud, it is my lifeline to staying productive and stress-free! Literally it’s the one app I could not live without!","With the ability to use Siri and sync by the cloud, it is my lifeline to staying productive and stress-free!",5,TRUE,usability,sync,34,38,positive
productivity,notability,9c5df02d-ec20-46c7-8885-3b7bf77c27c7,dff34e69-3dd1-4ee9-9526-cd598b8a7980,Has gotten very bad over the years,Ive been using notability since 2017. I brought both the MacBook and iPad version. I have been having a lot of difficulty with this app as of recent. It cannot store enough storage. Recently my transcribed notes on lectures are not being saved and hours of podcasting have been erased. I tried to contact notability for the past 6 months and they keep telling me “I’m so sorry for the long wait of response because we are getting a number of emails” (go figure) and then dont reply to my question. Then someone reply’s with “is your iCloud synced” or something of that sort that is of no help and then a bunch of “sorry” but they dont fix the many issues. I am going to switch my note taking app which I really did not want to do. Only because I work really hard to get my notes transcribed and organized and notability has too many errors. I suggest you find another note taking app if you take a lot of notes. Customer service is of no help either.,I am going to switch my note taking app which I really did not want to do.,2,TRUE,usability,note taking,25,36,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,3adc1f1c-fc7c-40a2-831d-f23b84123f95,e0a8902b-5668-40ef-b28e-4076fde01af5,Helpful/inspiring app,"This is fun to use and inspires me to not only focus but to get things done. I’m strangely inspired to get digital trees planted. It’s probably due to the colorful interface. My suggestions are when I start planting a tree give me 2 options. 1) is to allow me to select whether i can interact with my phone during the planting. I know the app is about focusing and ignoring my phone but sometimes my focus involves working on my phone and sometimes it doesn't. I know this is in my settings but it would be nice to have a toggle available to select when I start planting my tree. 2) the app works by setting a predetermined time which counts down. It would be nice to start planting with no set time limit and I just tell the app when I’m done and the app determines how large of a tree I grew. Overall, I’m loving this app.",It’s probably due to the colorful interface.,4,TRUE,general,color,26,31,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,3adc1f1c-fc7c-40a2-831d-f23b84123f95,e0a8902b-5668-40ef-b28e-4076fde01af5,Helpful/inspiring app,"This is fun to use and inspires me to not only focus but to get things done. I’m strangely inspired to get digital trees planted. It’s probably due to the colorful interface. My suggestions are when I start planting a tree give me 2 options. 1) is to allow me to select whether i can interact with my phone during the planting. I know the app is about focusing and ignoring my phone but sometimes my focus involves working on my phone and sometimes it doesn't. I know this is in my settings but it would be nice to have a toggle available to select when I start planting my tree. 2) the app works by setting a predetermined time which counts down. It would be nice to start planting with no set time limit and I just tell the app when I’m done and the app determines how large of a tree I grew. Overall, I’m loving this app.",It’s probably due to the colorful interface.,4,TRUE,efficiency,interface,35,44,positive
productivity,notability,8b9a1669-ac18-4dde-b40e-305c9090ff7f,e0d370d9-9b29-48dd-95be-278700aaa850,Almost everything I could wish for.,"I love this app. It’s improved my studying a lot. Everything is simple and easy to use. Uploading my notes to my google drive easy and straight forward. The built in mic feature wonderful. Everything is amazing.  Expect one thing, when I get my professors PowerPoint lectures put on notability. Majority of the times it comes out perfectly fine. Other times, it comes out as if someone shook the entire slide, slid the words, pictures, and other graphics to one side shook them again. Change the colors fonts, and sometimes even put them upside down. It’s kinda a cruel evil joke because I can’t edit the slides to make them how they were intended. Unless I add a new page and re-write everything but i will also lose the pictures that were on that slide. Literally the only problem is that the formatting when getting slides from PowerPoint and putting them on notability is the biggest and only downside. Thats why its 4/5 stars on here and 8.5/10 on yelp.",Unless I add a new page and re-write everything but i will also lose the pictures that were on that slide.,5,TRUE,usability,picture,74,81,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,c69a18c7-b4f8-4ee5-a484-1b4a885ec40a,e0f585ff-741a-4774-b2eb-949284770e9c,Current Version Is Nearly Unusable for Me,"Yeah, it’s that bad. What seem like relatively benign bugs take on outsized importance when they don’t get fixed for months, and they are crippling on an app as essential as Word. For example: Copy and paste? Can’t do it anymore (at least on an iPad Pro). That seems like essential functionality for a word processor, but apparently that’s not high up on Microsoft’s to do list for bug fixes. Another example: a bit harder to describe, but I have to try anyway. I have all sorts of problems with opening documents from the iOS Files app. I often can’t edit them at all, and instead have to open Word and go through the document picker. When I am able to work on a document, I can’t do things like italicize the font, or add a footnote. The app becomes mostly unresponsive (though I can still scroll and type). So yeah, what I’m basically saying is that it’s so buggy now, you can’t actually process words. It’s terrible. Pls fix this crucial app.","When I am able to work on a document, I can’t do things like italicize the font, or add a footnote.",1,TRUE,usability,document,29,37,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,d2c20083-f1ac-4e7e-a7e7-832048a19a2e,e1980c7e-85b0-4b38-86b3-1dd99dc5285c,Bring back Inbox,"Been a Gmail user since it was an invite-only beta. I think that was 12 or 13 years ago. Happily used Gmail for that entire time. When Inbox was introduced, it was a huge step forward in design and intuition, compartmentalizing my otherwise disorganized inbox and helping me sort things out and find old emails faster.This new Gmail is abysmal. It's ugly, it's cluttered, it doesn't have what made inbox fantastic, and, my personal (least) favorite, ads. Because that's what I wanted when trying to scroll through my personal email account - ad revenue for a corporation that most certainly does not need it.Come on, Google. You're better than this. Would have given one star, but I want you to fix this. I don't want to find another email service - I just want a decent layout back.",I don't want to find another email service - I just want a decent layout back.,2,TRUE,usability,layout,67,73,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8ee8bdb8-243d-4759-a500-441eb367f02d,e27376b2-9dce-4956-9d86-e45c9086f95e,Deletes Data in notes. Only way to recover is to pay...,"I’ve used this app for several years, and am now deleting it. I had been building up a list of contacts within the music industry, to which I came to find had been deleted without my doing. I tried to reach out to support, which was never available and only had greyed out boxes that you couldn’t click. Only solution I read online was to pay for the premium subscription so I could access my note history. So I bought the premium for $8, found my note with the contact info, and then immediately cancelled my subscription. Of course customer support was available on the landing page that I was lead to when canceling my subscription. Terrible customer support, and terrible data management.",Only solution I read online was to pay for the premium subscription so I could access my note history.,1,TRUE,cost,subscription,56,68,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,ac1c8523-741f-47d6-91ff-4bb74b6cc6e9,e2abcf61-7c23-4dca-9779-fb70fccc1ab8,"Used to be great.  Now, its just another (expensive) note app","If you’re an experienced Evernote user, DO NOT UPGRADE!!!  If you’re on a free version, there is no longer any reason to pay for premium features as they’re taking them away.I’ve been an Evernote user, proponent, supporter for 6+ years.  It’s on my phone, my ipads, my macs, my macbooks.  It used to be a 1-stop, all-in-one platform.  Now, its just another note taking program.  This used to be the best note taking / productivity app of all time.  Now its just, meh, whatever.Evernote, you’ve really shot yourself in the foot.Please bring presentation mode back.  I have a premium account, just for that reason.  Now, I could probably get by with the free version.  Time to downgrade my account.  Thanks.","Now, I could probably get by with the free version.",5,TRUE,cost,free version,39,51,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d9471c49-550e-4b46-b8fd-0d3bb2decae9,e2da876a-e9ce-4604-a57c-b6e48d9af5e8,Many crashes - lost data,"I use Evernote for my main todo list among other things.As such, I need to cut paste and move bullet point line items around from As to Bs etc.With this latest revision I have had many crashes just trying to do simple cut paste moves. In some cases after the crash the clipboard was still in memory. In other cases it was lost. This is horrible. Just get to the basics",I use Evernote for my main todo list among other things.,4,TRUE,usability,list,33,37,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,fa93aee2-1313-42b4-abbb-28c1605b4a27,e2dfb908-86fe-4505-ae76-d37b5a6546be,Cute Little App,"This is a great concept! It definitely has helped keep me focused, and I love the fact that I am helping plant trees. One thing I will say is that you have to stay focused for a lot of hours before you can actually plant a real tree. Also, you have to use the same focus points if you want to purchase different styles of trees. I think it would help if it took less time to plant a real tree and maybe if there were different points earned to change the style of tree you plant. Just a thought. Overall though, great app!","It definitely has helped keep me focused, and I love the fact that I am helping plant trees.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,plant tree,81,91,positive
productivity,notability,f9912399-3d3f-4130-ae45-b8e1728bcdb1,e2e7cd05-ecfd-44ac-97de-724cb11e7918,TERRIBLE UPDATE,"The new update has ruined notability for me. The app is lagging so bad now. Every time I go to highlight or make a straight line, it takes more than 5 seconds for the line to straighten out and it REALLY slows down my writing. I’ve tried restarting my iPad, but nothing is working. Highlighting and making straight lines used to take no time at all but now it’s a hassle to do those things. Also with all the “new shapes” we can supposedly do with the update, it’s messed up drawing circles. Anytime I try to draw a circle, I hold down the apple pen and it makes like octagons instead. It catches every single little deviation and makes straight lines. I basically have to draw the most perfect circle for it to work so what’s the point of making a feature that’s supposed to correct it for us? There’s no way I can draw a perfect circle on my own and now with the new update it the app won’t even correct it. Ugh I’m so frustrated.",It catches every single little deviation and makes straight lines.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,straight line,52,65,positive
productivity,things-3,92110db8-1cdd-4a0f-aa36-97c98e05d340,e2ece1fe-c390-4b7b-b7c6-5197d1460fb1,Pretty lame,"Missing two things to be great. For whatever insane reason you can’t mark a future task as complete. This basic functionality not being there completely escapes me. Why can’t you mark a future task as complete?  The other thing is being able to mark any task as in progress. Again a basic thing. I use Things to keep track of my bills. If I have a $200 electric bill and I pay $100, there’s no way to mark that task as in progress. No way. Add these two simple and basic things please.Update after update and they simply refuse to add the most basic functionality to the app. Also why no ability to change the icon?  I’m thinking for the price people pay for this app that function should be there. But it’s not. Yet people continue to use this app and ignore others out there. Haven’t a clue why.",I’m thinking for the price people pay for this app that function should be there.,1,TRUE,cost,price,22,27,negative
productivity,things-3,605736da-1382-40d4-904a-2e3c219b1189,e2fd8bd2-99fb-442f-abe1-61bf0b2e600c,Hideous Calendar Layout,"I want to like this app because it contains some truly good features. The calendar layout is sloppy, and it borders on being lazy. Firstly, all of the information is bunched together with no separation between each event. The calendar list just feels rushed. Other applications in the App Store for far less at least ensure that their calendar items are aligned with one another - Things does not. My gripe might seem minor to most; however, visual aesthetics are important to me. If the calendar isn’t important, the app allows you to hide it. Question is, why would the developers deny users the ability to create spacing and align the list?","The calendar layout is sloppy, and it borders on being lazy.",5,TRUE,general,calendar,5,13,negative
productivity,things-3,605736da-1382-40d4-904a-2e3c219b1189,e2fd8bd2-99fb-442f-abe1-61bf0b2e600c,Hideous Calendar Layout,"I want to like this app because it contains some truly good features. The calendar layout is sloppy, and it borders on being lazy. Firstly, all of the information is bunched together with no separation between each event. The calendar list just feels rushed. Other applications in the App Store for far less at least ensure that their calendar items are aligned with one another - Things does not. My gripe might seem minor to most; however, visual aesthetics are important to me. If the calendar isn’t important, the app allows you to hide it. Question is, why would the developers deny users the ability to create spacing and align the list?","The calendar layout is sloppy, and it borders on being lazy.",5,TRUE,usability,layout,14,20,negative
productivity,notability,24443b33-04f8-41cc-aa16-f7b20de45cd8,e30beabd-a86d-4fd9-9148-ef1e0c471704,Incredible App! A couple minor formatting issues but still Superb,"Never had a note-taking app this dynamic and fluid. Highly responsive and well designed. Would recommend 10/10. My only problems with the app is:1. Line spacing glitch. Every note has a break in the lined paper background where two lines are very close together which is frustrating because it throws off the neatness of your notes. Not a functionality issue, just an aesthetic one.2. Picture placement. Sometimes I’ll take screenshots of pictures I’m not able to just drag over, and put them in my notes, but Notability makes the picture “jump” to predefined places and won’t let me put the pictures exactly where I want them. It’s frustrating because the pictures almost always “jump” a few lines up near totally unrelated notes. I tried disabling text wrap to no success.Other than that, fantastic app, I use it every single day in Engineering School and it is easily able to keep up with my course load!",I tried disabling text wrap to no success.,4,TRUE,usability,text,19,23,negative
productivity,notability,1f5da8bc-c837-43b4-bd85-f74ff246fc44,e36ee8cf-bd98-41fa-b9d3-4a055fdce97f,Almost perfect,"I love the ability to record and go back to a specific moment when I was note taking, the ability to rotate text and search through all my notes jut by typing in a word. The split view and custom color palette are great, but I still have one problem. The highlighters are too transparent and light! Please make an update that allows for different highlighter opacities and intensities! Also, please add an eraser option to only erase part of a stroke and not just the entire stroke, these are the only features that notability lacks that goodnotes has. In addition, please change the way files are saved so that they are more like folders instead of tabs/dividers and sections.","The split view and custom color palette are great, but I still have one problem.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,color,27,32,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,342486b2-ed96-4f09-806a-83fc3d9b8c13,e3bf9e0b-64eb-4d10-9b68-2cb665f806d9,It’s Great,"I use Evernote all the time.  I have a notebook for people that includes pictures.  I am a minister and I keep a lot of Bible study notes in a notebook. I have a notebook for my favorite vacation spot, Pigeon Forge, TN. I have a notebook on my home area, where I grew up. As you can see, I use it both for business and for pleasure. I love the idea that It is on my iPhone, my iPod, my iPad and my Apple desktop computer.",I have a notebook for people that includes pictures.,5,TRUE,usability,picture,44,51,negative
productivity,notability,661acb9d-5001-494f-83db-48c4f597d2f2,e409ad57-6430-4b55-a0e4-5b0097983f39,Love it but issues,"#1:  Right now there’s an issue with text box.  If I accidentally click it, it lags and crashes.#2:  If I insert an image, it lags.#3:  If I move an image, it lags.#4:  I use the backup feature to my OneDrive.  I got a notification to turn my backup back on which to me meant “oh I need to sign back into my account again”.  It then turned on the Apple cloud backup which proceeded to delete everything.  To me I freaked out as I had no idea why my stuff was being deleted.  A representative then said I had to let it finish deleting everything since the “backup” was to move everything to cloud, delete everything here and then get everything back.  Oh and if it gets deleted on cloud it gets deleted here.  I would like a feature to never have a pop up prompting me to turn on cloud backup again as I don’t need stress before my exams from a counterintuitive backup mechanic.",#1:  Right now there’s an issue with text box.,4,TRUE,reliability,text,38,42,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,2e87cb24-2635-4097-b55e-69e2aced9eed,e415262f-6f3e-4e75-a06b-71a1d6635874,Many of the features not working in IOS,"Trying to type a paper using the MLA formatting guideline provided by word and the spacing all off and funky with letters overlapping. Every time I try to set text spacing by hitting the text spacing icon that appear when I type it into the help search bar, it takes me literally nowhere and does absolutely nothing. This is all coming after I spent twenty minutes trying to figure out why setting my text body to TIMES NEW ROMAN appeared as literally Calibri font, which went away after I restarted the app and opened a new document to finally get the font to look right. I wouldn’t normally give a one star just for this, but my teacher literally gives an automatic D if an essay is not correctly formatted and I’m panicking.",Trying to type a paper using the MLA formatting guideline provided by word and the spacing all off and funky with letters overlapping.,1,TRUE,efficiency,paper,18,23,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,426d7167-107f-4564-b85e-e0d47548f60f,e44182fe-2735-432f-a793-bd573e5ba97c,Help me a lot while studying for finals,"To be honest, I was always on my phone, like it is just hard for me to not to use it for a period of time. And that’s not good for me during the final study dead week. My friend introduced this app to me and this is the first time I have ever spent money on an app (definitely worth the 2 dollars). Planting a tree is quite a fun thing to do and when I saw that I put down my phone and plant a tree healthily, I feel that I have accomplished something for the day:)",My friend introduced this app to me and this is the first time I have ever spent money on an app (definitely worth the 2 dollars).,5,TRUE,cost,money,82,87,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,81012329-66bd-49a3-95f5-cbc04f560bd7,e47759fd-a45f-4dc0-b56e-abcf64e30249,Getting Better,So i was very sad to see Inbox going away but the new look and some features of gmail have made it better. Gmail is actually better for me on the iPad Pro. I like how you can see all you emails on the side bar and have a full email opened on the right hand side of the screen. Making the switch easier. Thank you so getting rid of the hideous red theme we had to deal with for years. Next add a dark mode or customer color themes.,Next add a dark mode or customer color themes.,4,TRUE,usability,dark mode,12,21,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a4c882b4-bd77-4cbc-ad93-5b24e4d96888,e492b06f-d4a8-427b-ad5a-bd51831ac8cf,Attachments only from Google Drive 👎,"Every time I think Gmail is getting better, I am disappointed. I keep switching between the Outlook app and Gmail app. I want to stick with Gmail, but Outlook seems to have everything I need. For example, I love that you can switch between apps in the side menu of outlook. Previously in the gmail app you could switch accounts in the side menu as well, but they were horizontally pinned at the top which was inconvenient and ugly. Now it’s where the search bar is and that’s cool. So I downloaded it back, thinking it finally had everything that I needed. Now I’m deleting it again. I’m a college student and I send a lot of attachments over email. My main cloud drive is OneDrive because it is linked with my laptop and so I can automatically sync my documents to the cloud without having to manually save it there a bunch of times. The fact that Gmail only allows attachments from the Photo library and Google Drive is so frustrating. It’s also not just about me using outlook but sometimes I save documents directly to my phone or the Apple cloud. Gmail does not allow me to attach none of those documents. Just when I thought I had it all, I was disappointed again. I really like Gmail and it has nice features, but it isn’t not practical for what I need. Unfortunately, I have to go back to Outlook.",It’s also not just about me using outlook but sometimes I save documents directly to my phone or the Apple cloud.,3,TRUE,usability,document,64,72,positive
productivity,things-3,b765c9e9-2f40-4e60-818d-d5b4aaef92a9,e496d737-56e1-48d5-86e2-26f371abc765,Had for over 7 years,"I love this app.  It helps me stay organized and do projects that need to get done in easy broken dish steps.   I can set deadlines for myself, make certain tasks repeat, and even create different areas of responsibility so that it’s every easy to see where certain things need to get done.    I can even create checklists inside my to-do’s for those items that have multiple steps.   It’s always worked well and synced properly even through all these years.  It’s been one of my most-used apps and is worth every penny.",It’s always worked well and synced properly even through all these years.,5,TRUE,general,sync,29,33,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,596b3592-4424-426a-ab31-64e0e145489b,e4cb8266-ac93-4f1e-b3ea-0ab63a95fa95,Notifications Glitch,"30 May 2020:  for the most part this app is great. Much better than the iPhone mail app. For years, though, I’ve had notification issues pertaining to unread emails. I’ve learned that deleting and reinstalling the app fixes the problem but that shouldn’t need to be done. As of today, I’ve reinstalled the app four times and that no longer works. The app shows I have 12 unread emails but that’s not the case. If this problem ever gets fixed it would be perfect. The app continuously shows one unread e-mail, whether I have zero, one, or more. That’s really frustrating! Also, it would be nice if I had the ability to quickly return to the inbox from the deleted items folder when it’s empty without having to navigate to the menu. Other e-mail apps offer this option.","For years, though, I’ve had notification issues pertaining to unread emails.",2,TRUE,usability,unread email,63,75,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,38e98658-3b2c-486a-b6d5-4a7ae6d1acd0,e5346c9a-a059-4cb2-8b02-5dfc4c6ab8a2,Awesome,"Word is amazing ,so far I wrote 6 essays and they all were turned out awesome , cause of word ,a nd these are the resons1.it does word count for me!2.there are a lot of amazing fonts and colors to choose from3.i used advertising document for my garage sale and it was a big hit!!!","2.there are a lot of amazing fonts and colors to choose from
3.i used advertising document for my garage sale and it was a big hit!!",5,TRUE,usability,color,40,45,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,d8f27e9b-0c43-4025-9e09-bdeab195e11e,e57b7ddd-b86e-4969-bc12-8b5e4823070c,Always makes me better,"Every now and then I think I no longer need Forest. I can just work without a timer. I can stay off the interwebs—I’m an adult. Inevitably my work slugs, suffere, slows to a stuttering halt. And then I remind myself that I got Forest for a reason, and I use it for a reason. It works. I stay on task, I plant all my trees, and I’m far more productive with than without it. I’ve done this cycle enough to know I’m better off just keeping this on my home page, so I always have easy access.","I’ve done this cycle enough to know I’m better off just keeping this on my home page, so I always have easy access.",5,TRUE,usability,page,81,85,positive
productivity,notability,98423e5c-446f-43d5-befe-b5273f2d2eb9,e5aaf40d-40c0-4107-807c-ad61b1b11762,Great Note Taking.. sync issue dampens enthusiasm,"I love the App, does everything I want. Easy to export to other file type, drag and drop functionality , different font size etc . Love the app.Only complaint is cloud sync. Got to the point that every time I pulled my iPad out , I had ZERO FILES. They were all in the “unfiled notes section” and in the process of syncing. While in that process, you cannot even READ the note. If I happened to need my notes in a situation where I have no wi fi I would have been screwed. The times this happened was extremely inconvenient but took a few minutes to sync because I had access to wifi . After troubleshooting for a few days I gave up and completely disabled cloud sync.",The times this happened was extremely inconvenient but took a few minutes to sync because I had access to wifi .,3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,78,82,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,defe9db7-274a-4e78-8e4e-21d523858e0f,e5c0f193-9340-41c1-ab68-3e1694baf59e,Photo access needs help.,I like the gmail app for iPhone for the most part. I especially like I can click on a link in any email and it will open in the chrome app. However my need for email is photo centric and the extremely limited access to photos is terribly. I am unable to send a short video at all. In addition I have thousands of photos on my phone so they are classified in different folders in my phone. The only pictures I can access are the ones by date. So if I was looking for something that was taken 9 months ago I would have to scroll back though all the photos since then. That’s just plain stupid. It’s even worse when I have to tell a client this app won’t let me access the photo so I’ll change emails and send to you. Not worth the hassle.,In addition I have thousands of photos on my phone so they are classified in different folders in my phone.,2,TRUE,usability,photo,33,38,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,8100fbd1-4949-4a3f-af83-056f93706cf9,e5e70099-beb9-4f33-8cfd-fd8ee4dde20e,Promo Mail Folder :/,"I would really appreciate (as I am sure a lot of people would) if you made it easier to clean out the promotions folder. A lot of emails accumulate in that folder and marking each one individually is just strenuous. I have emails from 2017 because I do not check that folder everyday. Honestly it would be so much more user friendly on the mobile app if that function was available. “Empty promotions folder”. Like it is for the trash can. The promotions folder is like unwanted mail (coupons and store ads) that you get everyday. Please, please, please make it easier to clean up. Thank you.",“Empty promotions folder”.,3,TRUE,general,motion,11,17,positive
productivity,notability,a7bfcd72-406a-423d-8246-0a7a2e5aa022,e5f78496-fcb2-4def-8679-553a27b2f0b4,Left handed problem,"I love this app, and use it constantly. It is so useful, and having the ability to write or type is fantastic in a scholastic or general note taking environment. But I have a problem.I am left handed. If I write or draw going left to write, and my hand is touching the screen, the NOTE SWITCHER tap pops out, and leaves me without being able to see what I was doing on that side. If I am drawing a straight line and holding it down to make it perfect, this tab makes such a thing impossible. I have to click out, undo, and awkwardly hold my pencil so that I don’t reactivate the tab again to fix the line. This is the ultimate time waster, and super frustrating. I want to turn the NOTE SWITCHER off. It is an excessive attempt to streamline the app to make it easier to switch between notes. I am sure someone out there in the world appreciates this, but as a left handed individual with a hand that touches paper/the screen when they write, it is the ultimate time waster, and highly frustrating. I can activate the NOTE SWITCHER up to fifteen times in one minute. If the notes are time sensitive, it wastes vital time to undo and re-do. Losing out on important information. Or makes ultimately useless illegible notes that will not be understood in the future. I’m not saying to get rid of this feature, but to have the chance to turn it off if you don’t need it.","It is so useful, and having the ability to write or type is fantastic in a scholastic or general note taking environment.",2,TRUE,usability,note taking,98,109,positive
productivity,notability,dbeb4cf8-3039-4b82-8373-4fa7bc95dd17,e637c384-95de-4c08-aafc-2e9a13e1d106,"Great, with a few annoyances.","I love the app, it allows me to take notes MOSTLY the way I want too.The two most significant annoyances is not being able to move, or type anywhere on the screen.   If I type it, I have to use spaces to align it underneath text or images I’ve drawn.  I can’t type it, switch to something else, grab the text and move it where I want too.The second is that when typing, it wants to capitalize the first character no matter what I do.  I’m an adult and quite capable of capitalizing the things I want capitalized.   Since a lot of my typed notes are those of programming commands where case is sensitive, it’s really annoying to have to type the first letter twice, arrow over, delete the first letter, and then carry on just to convince it that I know what I’m doing.","If I type it, I have to use spaces to align it underneath text or images I’ve drawn.",3,TRUE,usability,space,29,34,negative
productivity,things-3,e27c6e8c-ecb8-48d5-a283-68a6f31b153a,e672dac4-81ec-4485-9315-fa3a1ccc7566,Great app. Works like a charm. Gorgeously designed.,Things 3 is fantastic. Beautiful and has many bells and whistles so you can view specific tasks and have them also show up in your today box on the day you want it to.Only wish one could change the font size for at times it seems a little small.But all in all - Fantastic!,Only wish one could change the font size for at times it seems a little small.,5,TRUE,efficiency,font size,32,41,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,5b7e93a4-59c2-484a-a0af-047eb63bf493,e689c6df-1729-45b6-8159-c340beef0b58,Favorite App for keeping track of almost everything,"I have about 30 ‘notebooks’ with names ranging from ‘Auto’ to ‘Weather.’   When I use discipline to add important information or pictures or recordings, it makes a great place for reminders and a visual searchable journal as well.  I think the ability to see overall as well as in a linear fashion, the ongoing notes, helps me feel comparable using Evernote.  Other note saving programs feel either too loose or too constraining.  Thank you for a solid program that is great to use even in the free version.  Happy there has not been a big switcheroo like some other programs have done. ( making it uncomfortable to use a free version ). Grateful.",( making it uncomfortable to use a free version ).,5,TRUE,general,free version,36,48,positive
productivity,notability,2c6267e8-d8a6-45b2-b7d1-9fe4aa912a7a,e6aaa7e6-f285-46ca-be8d-94333a0515db,Best Note Taking App Available,"I love this app! The overall layout, note navigation and tool options are just the right set of features. Not too busy so that you spend time searching for stuff, but robust enough to perform most things you need.  The handwriting recognition is also the best. I've tried a number of other popular apps and the note taking experience is simply not as good. I use the app strictly on my iPad so cannot comment on the phone experience. But I find a tablet to be better  for most note taking apps.No app is perfect, so there are some tradeoffs. If you desire multilevel folder systems, this is not for you. However, I've never found that to be an issue. You still have to two folders levels and a nice search function. The backup system could also be improved. I like the ability to export everything to iCloud, but syncing between devices would be nice option.","I like the ability to export everything to iCloud, but syncing between devices would be nice option.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,sync,56,60,positive
productivity,notability,e257578c-d11e-49f1-ba7a-c5ca479da7ad,e6b7b9bf-2655-467d-ba6b-c2f66c9ce61d,Please develop feature - insert blank space,"I suggest developing 2 features that I found would be very handy for note taking. One is a feature that would allow users to insert blank space in between notes. Sometime after writing down pages of notes, I find myself needing some extra blank space/blank lines somewhere in the written notes in order to add notes. Currently Notability allows adding a new page but that is not helpful for situation where the user wants to add space/lines in the middle of a page of written notes. Both Goodnotes and Onenote have similar features.Two is the ability to choose landscape page. It is extremely annoying that Notability doesn’t offer landscape page when wider page is needed.",One is a feature that would allow users to insert blank space in between notes.,3,TRUE,usability,space,57,62,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,2a07f800-c93f-49a5-9ed4-5275fe5de74d,e77f6341-17d9-4cda-a49e-0f2378bd209c,Good app but...,"It’s a great app. I’ve just had issues in the past with losing data. Not good when I put everything in there, especially work or family documents. Would love to be able to easily download the files and store on a drive simply for backup reasons.","Not good when I put everything in there, especially work or family documents.",4,TRUE,general,document,68,76,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,defe9db7-274a-4e78-8e4e-21d523858e0f,e7b895e8-c38a-4286-8558-972e4d1f332f,Photo access needs help.,I like the gmail app for iPhone for the most part. I especially like I can click on a link in any email and it will open in the chrome app. However my need for email is photo centric and the extremely limited access to photos is terribly. I am unable to send a short video at all. In addition I have thousands of photos on my phone so they are classified in different folders in my phone. The only pictures I can access are the ones by date. So if I was looking for something that was taken 9 months ago I would have to scroll back though all the photos since then. That’s just plain stupid. It’s even worse when I have to tell a client this app won’t let me access the photo so I’ll change emails and send to you. Not worth the hassle.,The only pictures I can access are the ones by date.,2,TRUE,general,picture,10,17,positive
productivity,things-3,4232315e-a155-4562-a899-53c2458ba7a8,e7c43d3a-31f9-4ff5-9886-e94caf93b926,Back to Things,"When I first left the world of paper only task and calendar management (former Day-Timer and then Franklin Covey user for 20+ years), I kept searching for the “time management holy grail” that would replace my paper planner. I started with Things and then Things2.0 but kept hearing that it wasn’t being supported (unfounded rumors). I wandered to other programs such as Todoist (not a fan of karma), Wunderlist, etc.Then, I saw a video of Things 3. Elegant design, intuitive features, the ability to put notes right on the task or the project caught my attention and imagination again. The ability to shape the interface of projects to my areas of responsibility was a real plus. I think in roles and responsibilities and to access projects that way is a real bonus. The synch is almost immediate and very reliable. Kudos to the creators who went underground and hammered out an elegant piece of software that is now, coupled with iCal and Evernote, my big three! Note: if you could add photos, files and pdf.s to it, this would be amazing!",The ability to shape the interface of projects to my areas of responsibility was a real plus.,5,TRUE,efficiency,interface,26,35,positive
productivity,things-3,f13be753-3394-4149-a54e-10c001b65340,e7dec52a-55cf-4197-ab45-3672af0243e5,Getting better and better,"Things 3 is my go to app for keeping track of things. It’s simplistic, yet powerful, design is easy to use, easy on the eyes, and offers enough options to handle my needs. Five stars if the following two things can be added in the future. 1.) Ability to bulk tag on iOS. Don’t know why this isn’t an option but tagging items one by one is tedious and slow. We can select multiple items and move them to different areas, why can’t we add tags to these items? 2.) I know it’s a stretch, but location reminders would be the icing on the cake. I’d love to be able to tag things with a location and have them pop up when I’m there - I suppose things isn’t really designed this way though. Bonus points if you can add collaboration in someway to things 3. I’d love to share projects around the house with my wife.As it stands Things is a strong 4 Star app with 5 star potential. Keep the updates coming!",Keep the updates coming!,4,TRUE,effectiveness,update,10,16,negative
productivity,notability,777ac679-2bd9-45a0-9edb-48ee96a63e0a,e7f7103b-8241-4676-8998-48299297d738,For the developers of Notability.,"This is a perfect app for taking notes. It is. BUT, each person is different. Each person has different preferences. And each person who are note takers are the ones who will most likely purchase your app. We need more customization. More options in paper settings. We should be able to make our own profile to space the lines. There's only a few choices. Color of the pages. We should be able to choose which color palette to use on the paper. The color of the pencils. Styles of strokes. Make everything customizable. Or put more choices. I would give you guys a five stars if you have put a lot of changes.Update: The undo button is small for ipad users. Sometimes when I press it it doesn't recognize it. I had to tap it almost 3 times. Like I said here it needs more customization. More colors in highlighter and pen.",We should be able to make our own profile to space the lines.,3,TRUE,general,space,46,51,positive
productivity,things-3,42c6526f-3735-4db7-9498-2999b8184a51,e8c0f2f5-0658-4c39-a539-7781190fbe2e,Can you answer the following and let us know if you are working on this to implement?,"Support for images in tasks really needs to be added to Things. This is a huge feature that is lacking – at the moment I link to an Evernote note, however this is not ideal, and I really wish the developers would listen to the users and add support for attachments to tasks. Whilst this would bring complications to Things Cloud (a brilliant and fast service), I think many users would be willing to pay a small yearly subscription for this feature.Windows/web support. Whilst I know that this will likely never happen, it’s worth a try as it’s quite a requested feature.Natural language input in the task line. This would make it a lot quicker to add tasks into Things.Better search. Whilst search works, well, in Things, it would be great if it was more powerful, allowing us to search for certain due dates.Filters. Being able to quickly bring up a customized view, like in Todoist, would be a amazing addition to Things. I often find myself wanting to see tasks that are due in the next 7 days with the school tag, however I cannot do this in Things.Better reminders. Currently, reminders disappear on the notification screen after a while, and do not stay there. In addition to this, location reminders would be a great addition.Markdown in task notes. Often, I want to include a little more information about a task. Things only allows you to add notes in plain text – the ability to use markdown would be great","In addition to this, location reminders would be a great addition.",3,TRUE,reliability,location reminder,22,39,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b02050f5-5046-4de7-bec2-45aa065f6ae2,e8f18e8b-73dd-4847-80b5-7cb9f632b821,Email and calendar integration,Allow the ability to link an email to the calendar events. Currently you have to save an email document to google drive and then attach it to the calendar event. It is not seamless. Many events are created just by reading an email. I would like the ability to look at a calendar event and then be able to quickly hit a link that would take me to the emails that pertain to that event. Also change the apps to allow the scheduling of calendar events while in the email app without switching. For example when reading an email you can schedule a calendar event on the email app.,Allow the ability to link an email to the calendar events.,4,TRUE,compatibility,calendar,43,51,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b02050f5-5046-4de7-bec2-45aa065f6ae2,e8f18e8b-73dd-4847-80b5-7cb9f632b821,Email and calendar integration,Allow the ability to link an email to the calendar events. Currently you have to save an email document to google drive and then attach it to the calendar event. It is not seamless. Many events are created just by reading an email. I would like the ability to look at a calendar event and then be able to quickly hit a link that would take me to the emails that pertain to that event. Also change the apps to allow the scheduling of calendar events while in the email app without switching. For example when reading an email you can schedule a calendar event on the email app.,Allow the ability to link an email to the calendar events.,4,TRUE,compatibility,calendar event,43,57,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,9987c30b-6223-4460-8405-f5ee233855ca,e8ff7ebf-88cb-4805-a390-3fb807d6dc27,Very helpful,I love the way the app looks! It’s very simple and not distracting. When I do go look back to see how much time I have left there are reminders for me to go back to my work. There are also sounds of nature that helps my space not become to quiet but has a noise that helps me focus! I love how I have the option on deep focus cause then I end up not going on my phone cuz I want to get the coins. It’s also nice to have it as a game too so I can make my forest. I love that we can earn coins for new species and earn enough coins to plant a real tree!,There are also sounds of nature that helps my space not become to quiet but has a noise that helps me focus!,5,TRUE,usability,space,47,52,positive
productivity,notability,6b306e80-f5da-42f5-b02d-9ab52591f453,e9b52346-c35e-4e40-b4bd-554c8cee980a,Love Notability!,"I absolutely love Notability! The main reason I am writing this review though is because Notability could make one change. More fonts! Other word-processing applications like Word and Google Docs have access to hundreds of fonts, while Notability gives you.. maybe 20? I would love an update with more fonts!EDIT: Thank you GingerLabs for reaching out! I downloaded iFont and I’m in love with it! I’m so happy with all of the fonts available (I must have downloaded a hundred already)! I wish I’d known about this sooner, but I’m anything but disappointed! However, I have noticed that writing over images with the pencil and highlighter tools has gotten much more difficult. If I try to add dots or tiny lines, it deletes what I was trying to draw, and instead selects the image. From my experience before, I don’t recall being allowed to select images while using the pencil tool. Regardless if that statement is accurate, I would love a mode that is only drawing, and doesn’t allow text or the ability to select images. (Maybe like a drawing mode that can be toggled on and off from the top bar within the notes)","Regardless if that statement is accurate, I would love a mode that is only drawing, and doesn’t allow text or the ability to select images.",5,TRUE,usability,text,103,107,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a24e7fb1-a91b-4f76-8df5-be1d896d0bdf,e9f6d0ab-83de-46fc-b3d4-a304c6d3d4e5,Veeery bad for writing,"This app is works well in general, but writing emails on it is a terrible experience. I can’t move the writing cursor on the text I’m writing without it going all the way down. Just try answering an email with a large chain of “replies”, and after typing some lines, try to go with the cursor somewhere on the text, you just can’t. It scrolls to the bottom! Also, if you click at the end of the line to move the cursor there, is ALWAYS highlights the last word in red, as if “misspelled”, and anything you type will overwrite the word. Also, you can’t deselect the highlighted text, no matter how many times you touch it. It always reselects.",I can’t move the writing cursor on the text I’m writing without it going all the way down.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,text,40,44,negative
productivity,notability,3b967706-ba0e-4ff1-b635-8242538507e0,ea31f5d4-65c1-4143-b533-c3830ba5ca74,Gamechanger,"I have been using this app for about a week and it is an absolute game changer. The ability to sync notes between my iPad and my iPhone is just amazing. You can share and import documents with virtually every other app imaginable and it has saved me SO much time at work by just keeping me better organized. I love the fact that you can rearrange your notes on the fly. It makes so much sense sense whereas with traditional pen and paper you are limited have to scratch entire sections out or worst-case have to start all over on a new piece of paper. I am able to download, markup, and share statistics and documents with my team almost instantly.This app also seems to improve my handwriting somehow.. Even when compared with other similar apps my handwriting just seems to look much better using Notability.",The ability to sync notes between my iPad and my iPhone is just amazing.,5,TRUE,usability,sync,16,20,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,77a5f212-1e79-42b4-aa27-a456eef89ae3,ea7bee7f-9269-4c36-a822-3f5938f5511d,Not getting notifications,"I’ve used gmail since 2012 and had relatively no issues with it but for the last month, I haven’t been getting badge notifications on my home screen. I get the notifications on the top of my phone and lock screen but not badge. I even checked all my setting and I have badge notifications turned on... not sure if it’s my phone or the app but otherwise I love this app",I even checked all my setting and I have badge notifications turned on... not sure if it’s my phone or the app but otherwise I love this app,5,TRUE,effectiveness,badge notification,42,60,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,c8f1ee4b-5cf3-4454-b561-29dd8ccadc82,eac8e4e3-7166-4364-8255-078e5ff651ab,"Undo/Redo button, Font size and insert table bug",I typically use this for my college assignments and work. But now its completely useless and I’m very upset. The font size bug on my iPhone goes haywire. I can’t adjust the font size at all in the way I want it. It either blows up the whole screen or goes to a size 2pt. If I’m lucky to get it to Twitch* to the size I need the document doesn’t readjust itself as it usually would when you adjust the font size from 12 pages back to 2 pages.  The insert table bug is another factor cause once you add or delete that part of your table you can’t edit it. The undo/redo button bug makes all these other bugs add up together a complete nightmare to use Word as a whole which in all has defeated me and I’ve given up on doing my task. I’m quite frustrated and don’t see why this is an issue when I’ve used this app no problem in the past as my go to and now I literally can’t use it.,The font size bug on my iPhone goes haywire.,2,TRUE,compatibility,font size,5,14,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,6c306909-b90d-4673-a315-96458f783646,eac9ede1-27a5-4b87-a343-7f6dfc26a300,"Great for productivity, wish it weren’t so stingy","First of all, I think this app is great, it really helps me with productivity and focus. I switched from flora to forest because flora didn’t have any variety of trees/plants unless you bought them, and forest seemed to have that option. But it turns out, they mostly don’t. You have to earn new trees very very slowly which I find annoying since I paid money for the app up front. So I wish they would unlock new ones a little bit more quickly.",You have to earn new trees very very slowly which I find annoying since I paid money for the app up front.,4,TRUE,cost,money,80,85,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a7623054-db69-4d13-bd6c-a6a099f940cd,eafa7eca-38b4-4196-b6e1-f4aa54dfc35a,Increasingly frustrated,"I’ve been too tied into Gmail to switch to another service but I’m now getting close to taking that step anyway. Instead of getting easier to use, the app, and the service in general, just gets more and more obtuse. Why do so many mails disappear or become near impossible to track? Why does gmail confound the order of threads? Why can’t I access a list of contacts? Why is there no clear and easy way to sign out of the app?  And now when I sign in on the web to try to do things that I can’t do with the app, why am I sent to an app version? Please do some concrete user-testing on the app/service and improve the design.",Please do some concrete user-testing on the app/service and improve the design.,2,TRUE,usability,design,73,79,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,cea64d04-4bd2-4887-a0ff-2d7f6dd8907e,eb197ca0-97e5-407c-b723-73352d454e9a,Excellent,"Love word. It connects with my other Microsoft apps, is slick for editing, and is fast. The only thing I’m not a fan of is the new icon...but that doesn’t have much to do with the functionality. ☺️",The only thing I’m not a fan of is the new icon...but that doesn’t have much to do with the functionality.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,93,106,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,0579d144-fa8f-4f63-b29d-bd714b2b1794,eba13a72-2f51-4624-b78e-f7668c3267d5,update messed everything up,"I really liked this app but the latest update has messed everything up. My trees keep dying when I haven’t touched my phone at all, it seems like getting too many texts or notifications while the tree is growing kills it. Please fix, I really loved this app, it helps me so much to get through the work day but it’s sooo frustrating to not touch my phone for the entire time only for my tree to die anyways.",I really liked this app but the latest update has messed everything up.,2,TRUE,compatibility,update,40,46,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,80606d46-5a4d-4f08-9c4c-2abd6c780d81,ebc397ba-afb3-4ff5-aaa3-fe404cb0ffe1,The latest update is the worst thing to happen to Evernote in 13 years,"That’s right. I’ve been using Evernote for 13 years. It’s been fantastic. I have thousands of pages of notes from work, school, conferences, lectures, etc that I’ve done for over a decade. They’ve recently updated the software and not only has it forced me to upgrade my membership with them because they only allow 2 devices, not 3 (like they had been doing up to now), but it has also completely slowed down the app. I’ve never had problems with the application lagging, but it seems that they’ve tried to connect the app to too many things that only power users (like me) might use. The result is that it’s constantly lagging and in many cases, not syncing or even loading. I’ve just written notes from a 2 hour management meeting which were completely lost because my iPad sleep screen went up and upon awaking my iPad, everything was lost! I cannot complain more vehemently since I’m now (finally) paying for a software that operates a thousand times worse than it did when I was using it for free!","I have thousands of pages of notes from work, school, conferences, lectures, etc that I’ve done for over a decade.",1,TRUE,general,page,21,25,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,43036e30-93c9-440d-9767-df4f01f84760,ebd68ae8-9cc5-4fb4-8ac5-48a42d129f95,Very handy app,"I get a lot of use out of this app. I write, and edit for another writer, in my spare time. I don’t want a computer. With this app, I don’t need one. I can use a phone and an iPad and get the same functionality.",I can use a phone and an iPad and get the same functionality.,5,TRUE,usability,functionality,48,61,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a52c058b-6a80-4eba-bf05-502ea57d9f06,ebde4e7f-9178-4d33-ba7e-c9db71d0fb16,"Great program, hate new app update","I never write reviews, but after having the new Evernote app crash on me multiple times in one afternoon, I am here. I love Evernote and use the app frequently to pull up recipes and scan household documents. I HATE the new version. It is slow, resets constantly and keeps crashing for no reason. It is becoming incredibly tedious to use. I want the old version back, which was AWESOME on my iPhone. PLEASE FIX!!!!!!",I love Evernote and use the app frequently to pull up recipes and scan household documents.,4,TRUE,general,document,82,90,positive
productivity,notability,fd894de4-3b35-4a7e-aa5e-34c5e54692a3,ebeaf6a1-2cba-42bb-a209-9142e8588959,Need local saving option.,"This app requires share option to save document at local. This might not seems worng but it makes user to do export documents and reimport process when iCloud storage is full. This problem also leads user can't check all Notability documents in one place. Sharing option is good but I believe it's not right for the process for local save. I hope Notability allows user can choose the location for document. Or at leaset it should change user can modify document directory. Like iOS native File app, user can modify saving location without export process and it makes available to check all the documents at Recent tab.",Or at leaset it should change user can modify document directory.,3,TRUE,usability,document,47,55,negative
productivity,things-3,4c4d8ad8-8c9b-4160-8ee7-1c9c6d755039,ebfafc70-a4ab-4c23-935a-40168fe6402f,Rip off!,"Deceptive business practices, run from this rip off company!This is incompatible with older versions. Forces a $50 upgrade and doesn’t have a path to return to the old version. I’ll be contesting this charge. Immoral business practices. On OSX it showed that I had the latest version, until I upgraded the iPhone app. Then it wanted a $50 upgrade. For an app that only gets occasional use after a couple years, it’s not worth it.  So sad.",Forces a $50 upgrade and doesn’t have a path to return to the old version.,1,TRUE,cost,old version,63,74,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,d61ebb77-ce8a-4085-9bd6-5c5797f8200a,ec13ffd8-10b6-4cf2-9a65-fcc898dcd344,Super intuitive and usefully designed,"Very intuitive app, takes advantage of most, if not all, gmail features. Great user interface. Easy toggling between accounts. Definitely beats the native iPhone app once you adjust to how it works. If all your accounts are via gmail (I have a personal and business account through gmail), so that all of your email can be through this one app, then it’s a no-brainer! 🤠","Very intuitive app, takes advantage of most, if not all, gmail features.",5,TRUE,security,tag,32,35,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,a9f9ad4b-b206-4eae-9c9f-f3c8b811fd60,ec3bb42e-6396-4819-9c75-9a15dd878fac,Same as Previous header WONT GO AWAY,"Works great on my iPad Pro with my student subscription. Almost perfect EXCEPT for one very important thing for a graduate student such as myself. There is no option to adjust headers “same as previous” options. For my assignments, it is required that I have multiple headings in my paper. I have to have a cover page (header 1), title page (header 2) and the body of my paper (header 3). I have tried the “page break” options and “different first page” options with no avail. If I am overlooking this PLEASE inform me of what to do... because as of now, I am working/typing on my iPad and formatting on my Dell desktop (ugh - been trying to get rid of that thing since 2011 - glad I kept it for now but save me please).",Works great on my iPad Pro with my student subscription.,3,TRUE,efficiency,subscription,44,56,positive
productivity,things-3,38dad080-746c-40f6-bb89-5542e29a5c98,ec5eaf95-5eec-4901-85f6-85f66dd61766,"Don’t let the price stop you, it is worth it!!!","I have ADHD and I procrastinate a lot. I tried every single app out there to help me get things done and non of them worked, most have so much going on that I end up overwhelmed and eventually stop using them. Things 3 is so simple to use yet so effective, it has the right amount of tools to organize my tasks, projects and plan my week, I actually enjoy going through the list of things I need to do. Turning tasks that require several steps into projects and working on each sub task independently it’s a game changer for me. I can also set up reminders so I stop missing bills deadlines or flights. Being able to add things into my inbox on my Apple Watch when I randomly remember something while in the shower is a big plus 🤣 I recently been using the desktop version and I love it. They also have the best customer service which is so important IMO.",They also have the best customer service which is so important IMO.,5,TRUE,general,customer service,25,41,positive
productivity,things-3,95a09a72-6149-4697-92d2-3e7927c6cab4,ec7f8501-6897-4c57-af80-2a7f597acefc,Beautifully designed but..,"This is by far the most beautifully designed app I’ve ever used to manage my to-do-lists without sacrificing functionality. The feature I find most helpful is the ‘Upcoming’ tab where you can set up the app to pull data from all your calendars and list them chronologically in a compact color-coded format. I would have given the app 5 stars if the Upcoming tab listed ALL the future month’s tasks. Unfortunately, as of now, the Upcoming tab only lists the first 14 tasks/items which makes this app unusable and pointless to look at usually after the first week of the future month in my case. There is not even a way to expand the list to see the rest of your tasks beyond item # 14 when you are in the Upcoming tab, which is probably a bug. I would have given this app 4 stars if it was closer to the usual $3-4 price range but for around $9 I expected much more.",This is by far the most beautifully designed app I’ve ever used to manage my to-do-lists without sacrificing functionality.,3,TRUE,usability,list,84,88,positive
productivity,notability,6adc0e3a-ebe5-40a7-86e4-1870d7fd2e5b,ecaa97e8-326c-46f1-b5fd-5de0020f5d20,Update broke recording feature!,"You have to be freaking kidding me. The new audio update that is supposed to be so much better than how it was before messed up my recording! Seriously, I am so angry right now. I and our team have been using this app for several years and we have never had any problems recording, it was the most reliable app to us so I never looked for competitors. But as I was recording with the new update today, when I stopped recording, the audio stops at 1 hour, even though I recorded three and a half hours! And it was still showing the “recording icon” when I stopped it after two hours so no fault of mine! How can that be?! DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP right now if you’re looking for a reliable product! This is very bad and I will definitely look for another app in the future. I was relying on this recording for our team in a business meeting and you just messed it up. Thanks for nothing!",The new audio update that is supposed to be so much better than how it was before messed up my recording!,1,TRUE,compatibility,recording,96,105,positive
productivity,things-3,4232315e-a155-4562-a899-53c2458ba7a8,ece2cb66-60fe-4788-bc76-1d56f4fc29cd,Back to Things,"When I first left the world of paper only task and calendar management (former Day-Timer and then Franklin Covey user for 20+ years), I kept searching for the “time management holy grail” that would replace my paper planner. I started with Things and then Things2.0 but kept hearing that it wasn’t being supported (unfounded rumors). I wandered to other programs such as Todoist (not a fan of karma), Wunderlist, etc.Then, I saw a video of Things 3. Elegant design, intuitive features, the ability to put notes right on the task or the project caught my attention and imagination again. The ability to shape the interface of projects to my areas of responsibility was a real plus. I think in roles and responsibilities and to access projects that way is a real bonus. The synch is almost immediate and very reliable. Kudos to the creators who went underground and hammered out an elegant piece of software that is now, coupled with iCal and Evernote, my big three! Note: if you could add photos, files and pdf.s to it, this would be amazing!",The synch is almost immediate and very reliable.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,5,9,positive
productivity,notability,f2c42778-dd0e-4daa-b0bb-1b71dff4448b,edee8612-915c-46e2-8b2e-fae105bc22d3,Absolutely the best note taking app for iPad,"I’ve been using this app for 6 years, all throughout high school and into my sophomore year of college. It is honestly the best app I’ve ever used for notes. It’s so easy to convert notes to PDFs and import almost any type of file, even pictures! It’s also great for writing, and I love that they have a left handed mode for all of us lefties. It makes it so much easier to write. There are also different types of paper that you can use to personalize your notes! The latest update allows you to view 2 notes at the same time, and you can write on one while recording the other! Definitely the best feature for me! The only things I would want to change is to add more colors and themes. The selection is already great of both, but I am a little bored with having to use the same selection over and over. I also think an improvement would be to let people create folders within folders or subjects. This would help me further organize my notes. Honestly though, I love everything about this app!","The latest update allows you to view 2 notes at the same time, and you can write on one while recording the other!",5,TRUE,reliability,recording,95,104,positive
productivity,things-3,965a44db-029e-4567-9548-dcc719bd67c9,eea5a2b1-a530-4704-bdd0-ab9c1189f594,"Awesome, but for custom cloud service","This is an excellent app! Most of what I would have written here has already been written by so many people in their reviews. The only thing I dislike about this app is the need to sync my todos with the Things Cloud. Why not just use iCloud? Agreed that it’s just a simple toggle to turn on or off the syncing, but it just becomes one more place, one more cloud provider where our data gets distributed to. Any way the backup/sync solution could be made to work with iCloud itself?",Any way the backup/sync solution could be made to work with iCloud itself?,4,TRUE,compatibility,sync,20,24,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a86a8613-d7b1-428b-b40d-d6602f7435e7,eeba4c7f-807f-41d8-b181-dd851e595110,THE IPHONE MAILBOX DOESNT EVEN WORK PROPERLY,"I sent myself a photo on gmail so I could have it on my phone instead of my pc, and it literally just says the file name and file type.I’m done. I’m downloading gmail mail app.iPhone is so effing stupid in every way. SO little customization, battery dies so quickly, so many bugs and this error with the mail, trash default mail app too in all, etc.But the worst thing about iPhone  is how little there is, again. Can’t customize lock screen can’t customize certain text tones for certain people, etc etc etc etc etc.","I sent myself a photo on gmail so I could have it on my phone instead of my pc, and it literally just says the file name and file type.",5,TRUE,general,photo,17,22,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a86a8613-d7b1-428b-b40d-d6602f7435e7,ef3e80f2-416c-4dcc-a113-20cb32505348,THE IPHONE MAILBOX DOESNT EVEN WORK PROPERLY,"I sent myself a photo on gmail so I could have it on my phone instead of my pc, and it literally just says the file name and file type.I’m done. I’m downloading gmail mail app.iPhone is so effing stupid in every way. SO little customization, battery dies so quickly, so many bugs and this error with the mail, trash default mail app too in all, etc.But the worst thing about iPhone  is how little there is, again. Can’t customize lock screen can’t customize certain text tones for certain people, etc etc etc etc etc.","Can’t customize lock screen can’t customize certain text tones for certain people, etc etc etc etc etc.",5,TRUE,usability,text,53,57,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,6ba77dd0-e714-4e9e-93a1-034b969ecb6c,ef77a73e-b650-4aeb-90cf-9f119e030a8a,Your joking.,"I get it. From my understanding, you want people to pay money for a better usage on the apps office 365 is connected to, as well as making it easier in general. Problem 1. Some idiot thought it was a fantastic idea to do this, and not put the actual app on iPhone. Problem 2. The word on my account, as reference, will not let me type unless I save it to my cloud, which I need an office subscription to do. Thus, I can’t actually do anything. Problem 3. Some features on the computer version of word don’t appear on the phone version of word or the tablet version of word. What members of your company thought that was a good idea? Final problem I have. People who go to school, like me, usually need to do their work at home, and they don’t have money for a computer, nonetheless for an office subscription. Gosh dang it man, just, at least let us type. That’s all I ask.                                     -ComosGaming","The word on my account, as reference, will not let me type unless I save it to my cloud, which I need an office subscription to do.",3,TRUE,general,subscription,113,125,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,8d5a8991-f962-4752-b2f6-8b4444a5d4c0,efc4a470-3745-47dc-962d-7e6b37cf86f8,WHY is Word slowing down?,"Lately, I find my fingertips moving far faster than Microsoft Word can keep up. Also WHY haven’t your coders fixed the sensitivity of the text selection function? Nearly every time I just want to scroll up or down on the screen, Word seems to react as if my fingertip is trying to select the words I move my finger over. I absolutely HATE the selection functionality right now. Perhaps I can pay for an alternative rival to Word.",I absolutely HATE the selection functionality right now.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,33,46,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,2d392efa-e9b4-4894-ad8f-1ccaeecf79d2,f0cb2782-015a-4a6d-9b6d-925157d280a0,Hey I can do stuff sometimes !,"I have a horrid problem with procrastinating, and with me working on becoming a freelance writer. My procrastination has become my kryptonite. This app although simple keeps me from “sending a quick message” or “checking my ig feed for a sec”. The guilt of killing a tree is too much for my soft heart. It has a decent reward system with being able to unlock new tree designs and organize your forest! Though I wish the app gave you a little more coins with each tree you plant.",It has a decent reward system with being able to unlock new tree designs and organize your forest!,5,TRUE,usability,design,66,72,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5512d29b-8449-4ea1-bbf3-3eafcdd23656,f1327f93-e6a3-459c-808d-ff2269d65261,"Overall, nice email app...","Overall, the functionality is nice. I like the layout and aesthetics. I was surprised at how far I had to dig for the simple task of adding or editing a (sub-)folder. Additionally, a plus side to the app is the ability to add multiple (non-)Google inboxes and have one app for all email. Love this feature. I did become quite annoyed when the app started incorrectly reporting the number of unread or outstanding emails with the badge icon. I had to verify on my laptop that I had either no emails in my inbox or all emails were read. I did this on my Gmail emails, Outlook email, and iCloud email. I keep my inboxes clean and I expect my apps to correctly report this too. I don't have time to be digging for a hidden unread email.",I don't have time to be digging for a hidden unread email.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,unread email,46,58,negative
productivity,notability,0c851841-bd0c-4ffc-8c79-41ebd71b6660,f1395584-2894-40da-b584-d2858f34238b,No automatic shape recognition.,"Generally really good, but sometimes I want to draw a plain circle or square (for a flowchart for example) using a shape recognition feature, such as that in GoodNotes. It’s really annoying and cumbersome to have to click the +  option and then search for the shape you want and crop the figure before adding it back to the notes page. Also I can’t have subjects with the same name, even if they are under different dividers. This means for school I can’t have 2 dividers for different courses with subsections by the same name. For example, if I want to organize my chemistry course into subsections, like “tests”, “lectures”, “homework”, etc. I can’t create another divider for a different course with those same subsections. Finally, there is no support for windows, only macs.","Also I can’t have subjects with the same name, even if they are under different dividers.",3,TRUE,usability,divider,81,88,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,317091c5-0ca1-40c4-8609-9eacf55a84cf,f2a29cba-72f1-494b-8be8-9a254e78e99f,The editing experience is terrible,"In most times, the prompt jumps to the very first line after a few second later whenever I touch the middle of the screen to edit a docx file. This is very annoying since my file is of 98 pages. Then I should pull down the scroll bar to the bottom of the document. This happens very often, especially when in Mobile view. The second thing is about the page loading steps or speed. By moving down the scroll bar the pages are loaded incrementally. But it has too many steps to the bottom page. Scrolling down the bar to the bottom of the screen loads pages a little. I couldn’t find a good way to jump to the bottom page at once. And this happens in Mobile view. The third frustrating thing is the reaction speed is not just slow, it’s really slow. When I type a character, say A, that appears in the screen after about 0.3~0.5s. This issue also has something to do with Mobile view, I think. The fourth is about moving the cursor with a long-touch. This not only related to Word but to all the other Office 365 applications I guess. This app adopting the obsolete way shows a convex glass  that zoom-in around the cursor when I long-touch the screen. Apple changed the way it moves the cursor since iOS 13 if I’m right. I’m not gonna explain it in detail here but the new way is much elegant and gives seamless experience in editing the text.",The second thing is about the page loading steps or speed.,2,TRUE,efficiency,page,31,35,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,5a70108c-ee39-4d8a-bc35-5493d143f70c,f2cd4c46-1c51-4f65-9c40-f22c478aa0aa,Great for studying,"Honestly, I’m the type of person who just suddenly goes on my phone or laptop in the middle of doing homework, projects, etc. It’s especially been a problem since this new school year started. This app has helped me quite a lot, though sometimes I forget to plant a tree before I begin completing assignments. It’s helped with decreasing the amount of time I spend on schoolwork, and makes me feel like I’m doing so much more. Whenever I do reach over to my phone and am about to do something besides studying, like scrolling through Instagram, I’d open it and see the tree on my screen. Then, I’d ask myself, “Do I really want the tree to die?” I’d say no. In the beginning of using this app, I was always close to using my phone while the tree is growing. I began to develop a mentality after a few days that I should finish my homework before going on my phone and do other things. Of course, I sometimes still do it when I don’t use Forest, but I feel as if I’ve lessened the amount. This is the first productivity app I’ve used, and I’ve always seen people recommend it. It’s definitely an app worth the money. You can use it on your laptop or computer as well, as a Chrome extension (which is what I started out with). It’s simple to use, and has a minimalistic aesthetic that I really enjoy. Overall, it’s a great app.","It’s simple to use, and has a minimalistic aesthetic that I really enjoy.",5,TRUE,usability,list,37,41,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,540ad1c8-930a-4b66-be99-f72d4cfe300d,f2e0045f-dccb-49a9-b915-69830f533ae7,Very good for a phone version.,"I have had this app for over a year now and i this would be my 3rd review. My first one was a one star, due to it loosing a couple of my papers. It could have been the way i saved them idk, but i lost some papers while using the app. Then i gave five stars twice, because i have not lost a paper on it since. Also, this app has a-lot of features almost like the computer version. Lastly its very smooth switching from paper to paper and overall a supreme app.",Lastly its very smooth switching from paper to paper and overall a supreme app.,5,TRUE,efficiency,paper,39,44,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,c3ad3819-a6b5-41e7-8ed7-6191b2a8a9e2,f31ec7a8-fa4e-4125-a9ba-d2999995a8c8,Decent app but ads appear in your inbox,"The app appears to have most of not all of the functionality of the gmail website and is relatively nice to use, but ads are something I find unacceptable in a mail app. The default mail app doesn’t give me ads and the only functionality that I really gain by using the gmail app is the inbox sorting. However, if I don’t want the sorting, can’t find a way to view my inbox unsorted unless I’m viewing a mixed mailbox of all my accounts. Maybe I’m just used to the default mail app, but the gmail app just gives fancy features I rarely find I need on mobile. If you need features like “send later” or other nice gmail features on your phone, and don’t mind ads, then the app is fine. I usually prefer to write emails on the computer anyway, so many of the features of the app are unnecessary for me and I absolutely detest the ads in my inbox, so I won’t be using it.",The default mail app doesn’t give me ads and the only functionality that I really gain by using the gmail app is the inbox sorting.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,55,68,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,6fd7a9e1-f1d0-4916-a156-3c3e56e127bf,f4036b4c-bbc1-45f6-baf3-59fdb6887351,Astounding for a Microsoft product,"For someone who is frustrated with the design of everything Microsoft, the Office iOS apps are astounding. Brilliantly designed to be ultra-lean at the same time as completely functional, and as easy to use and figure out as an early Apple product. Everything works as it is supposed to! Can the design team now be  reassigned to the desktop applications?","For someone who is frustrated with the design of everything Microsoft, the Office iOS apps are astounding.",5,TRUE,security,design,40,46,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,9734265e-4348-462f-86bd-d13898136c71,f487fa31-8c43-49f9-9cd0-3abcd2d3c77d,Badge notifications,"Please please please please please please please fix the badge notifications!!!!! They don’t always go away when all the emails have been read. I find myself going opening and closing the app in order to get rid of the notification after I’ve already read the email. I have multiple accounts and sometimes I’m not sure which account the notification is referring to when I know I’ve read all the messages. So again, PLEASE fix this issue and the app is 5 stars. Thanks for your consideration.",Please please please please please please please fix the badge notifications!!!!!,4,TRUE,general,badge notification,58,76,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,7f1b6d5e-60e3-46cd-a8a0-90bdcc3b80d8,f4a7f9c7-538b-41ab-8a69-7cdd72145ca0,Weird problems when replying to emails on iPhone,"In general, I really love Gmail! However, I have this weird problem that I can’t seem to find anyone else has. On my iPhone, when I am replying to an email, I will write a paragraph by using the microphone feature. And if I go back to edit it, the cursor gets moved to the end of the paragraph after the first character is corrected. It is so annoying. It takes forever to edit a paragraph that I have dictated into my phone.I have looked all over the Internet and I can’t find out if anybody else has this problem. It would make this app so much better. Because I reply a lot on my phone to emails.","On my iPhone, when I am replying to an email, I will write a paragraph by using the microphone feature.",4,TRUE,usability,graph,66,71,positive
productivity,things-3,79695b2a-f017-443f-a5b7-58b2d1b76f0c,f4c8078f-796a-4a9c-9d76-0f4be3490a92,Supreme Improvement,"*after few months, its still a vast improvement. But I've also trialed OmniFocus during this time and think (suggestion box!) Things could really use the addition of adding a photo to a task. Its one major improvement that would help my way of using a task app out. Omni is better in this regard, things design is just so great though. ———-//— old reviewI grew to despise Things 2. This version is an absolute improvement to that P.O.S. that was v2. Things 2 had some great features, but was also super lacking and seemingly never updated with features that users requested. This new version appears to rectify some major  shortcomings I thought Things 2 had. I give 4 star for now, as I am adjusting to it from my hobbled together mix of reminders, calendars, notes, and evernote.",Things could really use the addition of adding a photo to a task.,4,TRUE,efficiency,photo,50,55,negative
productivity,notability,7b481e8c-f8bd-4764-a57a-6a6be3a94954,f4e62bc1-2140-492d-8f78-e6c53b79f0e3,"Program hangs, a lot","There is so much to love about this app, but I cannot get past the point that it’s primary purpose is to be a note taker, and, when being used for it’s primary purpose, it hangs. A lot. When you are in the middle of taking notes, and the software freezes, you have to stop taking notes, you have to stop paying attention to what is being said or shown on the PowerPoint presentation, and you have to attend to your notetaking program which won’t let you take notes. You end up missing significant chunks of what you purchased the app to help you chronicle in the first place.  Sometimes the hang resolves after a minute or so of doing nothing. Other times the only way I can get Notability to work again is to power off my iPad and power it back on. This, of course, takes so long that it is intolerably intrusive. I am running Notability on a new 2018 iPad Pro with the latest software update.  Again, if your main purpose is for taking notes during a lecture or a meeting or a conversation, you cannot rely on this program.",I am running Notability on a new 2018 iPad Pro with the latest software update.,5,TRUE,compatibility,update,73,79,positive
productivity,things-3,6b53a33e-cf87-4c9d-83c3-fbf334de7e10,f56225a5-4a0b-4863-a58e-ae4391652f7a,Love this app! A few suggestions:,"Overall, love this app and use it everyday to manage my projects and ToDos for each project.A few things about the design (less about the functionality, although it’s certainly related) that have bothered me over the years of using it:- Tags on items only show up as little icons in the Today or Inbox views. I’d love for them to show up color-coded and titled on the views and not just when you open each item.- Titles of Projects show up under each item, but not which area. This is a problem for me because I have multiple projects titled “To Do” essentially for each project Area I have. I’d love for them to show up on each item in the Inbox or Today view as “Area Name - Project Name”",I’d love for them to show up color-coded and titled on the views and not just when you open each item.,4,TRUE,usability,title,46,51,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,3a26ec59-fb31-411b-a5b8-60117533634e,f5a15ecf-4f24-4ac8-bccb-1c8d05179678,Best App Ever,I'm able to see documents that I've previously worked on but one little thing: more fonts and colors. It's amazing but more fonts and colors.,It's amazing but more fonts and colors.,5,TRUE,efficiency,color,33,38,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,506230e3-cc98-4233-be40-89e52d53990c,f6c034ed-b7c9-42ac-9746-67b96507f423,Same word. Same problem,"A lot of people use word because its very standard. But I run into the same problem when I use it. Every update there’s a problem with the format. Everything that I had on page 2, is now partly on page 1. And what I had on part 3, is partly on page 2, and so forth, throughout all 200+pages of my document.  Try to call for support and reach someone who barely speaks English. I tell them what happens, and they say “so is it because you changed something in your document”? Yes, when I closed my document yesterday, it was formatted correctly. Then after I updated the app today, and opened it up and it was wrong, it must have been when I did it in the middle of the night.I will be switching to Apples pages. Thanks for the people who work really hard to make this work, it really is a great effort for the most part. But it’s just not fun doing this when the issue happens on my MacBook and my iPad. What’s the point of setting something up to be exactly how you want it, if a simple update changes everything? It’s nonsense.","Everything that I had on page 2, is now partly on page 1.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,page,26,30,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,05ed8cd0-e1df-4c22-8213-1b2fb82186c6,f6ed56eb-5f24-4b8e-bc75-0cd180698de2,iOS discrimination,I paid about 2 dollars for this and it doesn’t work. The timer still goes on and the tree still grows as I’m using other apps. The app whitelist setting for some reason doesn’t work for iOS. Fix this!,The app whitelist setting for some reason doesn’t work for iOS.,1,TRUE,efficiency,list,14,18,negative
productivity,things-3,df38a4ec-35ea-4983-8a0e-927f138b1815,f6ffc497-d1de-4c66-8739-9ae52b7e432f,Mostly very good...,"I recently switched to Things when app-maker Appigo forced its Todo users into a subscription-based ‘update’.I very much like the look and functionality of Things, but by far my most-used feature is setting up recurring events, and Things is FAR more unwieldy than Todo used to be. I say “used to be” because Todo stripped that feature from the non-subscription ‘update’, a huge reason why I switched to Things.Anyway, what was a very useful and easy-to-use feature in Todo now takes many more key presses in Things.Please take a cue and streamline that feature... Also, it would be helpful to be able to back-date tasks.","I say “used to be” because Todo stripped that feature from the non-subscription ‘update’, a huge reason why I switched to Things.",4,TRUE,usability,subscription,68,80,negative
productivity,things-3,dc19973e-32ac-45d9-b359-e561a3f8a2f9,f703ab23-f12e-492f-96fb-bd4a9a318835,NOT RECOMMENDED,Things is great.  Except that you cannot delete list items. You must erase each character (backspace) One. By. One. For. Every. Single. Character. In. Every. List. NOT RECOMMENDED.,"You must erase each character (backspace) 
One.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,space,36,41,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c52390ae-c914-4c42-88aa-11b69aa1031e,f734ef16-7bc8-46a2-9ebd-c1b0ed6a48f8,Missing basic features,"I used to use Evernote as it had a system for my notes both personal and work related. I could store information that I needed to reference later, etc. However it is not what I consider to be a well rounded app. As no app that makes you have to use another is considered all that great. Not being able to create reoccurring reminders is just ridiculous. This is a very basic feature for a task app to have. I simply stopped using the app altogether because I had to use other sources to make tasks and be reminded of especially when they are monthly or weekly repeating. I even periodically login just to see if this feature has been added, it hasn’t. The app really needs updated to meet this basic need, and no emailing repeating tasks to the user is not sufficient at all. As not every one is on their email constantly some only check certain times a day based on their schedules. The whole point of having an app that features task or to do items is to have push notifications for you to get reminded of the task or even projects you need to get done. No one should have to go in and manually set them up for every single day when they are repeating.","The app really needs updated to meet this basic need, and no emailing repeating tasks to the user is not sufficient at all.",3,TRUE,usability,update,22,28,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,8e33f764-9f86-4f9f-b8f0-e1b81c4038f1,f736dfd9-d3d5-4110-970b-088be4935453,Great app! Would love more options!,"I don’t know if it would defeat the purpose of the app for most, but I’d like there to be a function to be able to make phone calls or texts. I don’t use my phone for calls or texts unless it’s important and I hate not being able to use it to write or call back right away. Since the app is working for me I’ve avoided doing it but today I finally had to kill a tree to call someone back. I like that I can at least accept calls and it doesn’t kill the trees. I know some people can’t stop texting or talking and maybe having this function would be detrimental to the intended use but it would be nice. I think people’s main problem in all honestly is social media, then text messages.","I think people’s main problem in all honestly is social media, then text messages.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,text,69,73,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f64f1f21-634c-4295-b244-c8c14e01ccf5,f799e671-bc78-4182-ab04-3e69c2d27e9e,Disappearing notes and no support,"I was an Evernote user for about 4 years and found it to be well designed, reliable, and useful for my daily note taking needs at work. Earlier this year, the app became buggier. I’m not sure if this instability coincided with a new version or what happened exactly, but my notes started to disappear into the void. I would take notes in a meeting and once I was back at my desk moments later, discover that everything I had just written was gone. It didn’t happen EVERY time, but it was frequent enough that I contacted support to see if there was anything that could be done about the issue. Support advised me that as a basic user, I did not qualify for support. After complaining to Evernote over Twitter, they told me they would open a helpdesk ticket, although this went no where. After an experience like this, any hope Evernote had of turning me into a subscriber is gone, and I’ve since deleted the app.","I’m not sure if this instability coincided with a new version or what happened exactly, but my notes started to disappear into the void.",2,TRUE,general,new version,51,62,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,ea037e14-7d1f-45a6-a9b1-e0af66f5a72d,f7af6264-22e4-4423-8b97-f75883dbe604,A “former” long-time user of Evernote,"I’ve used Evernote for many, many years and am a premium subscriber. I have over 1000 notes of all kinds in over a dozen notebooks. The app used to work flawlessly with great search function and seamless sync between devices. With the most recent update, it has become a pain to use, especially when I think about the monthly subscription that I send to them. The primary issue is with my desktop version running Windows 10. Newly created notes disappear and many times I’m unable to create a note at all requiring me to log out and log back in to create a new note. Horribly damaged functionality with the most recent update. I’ll give it a few more months to see if they can fix these issues. If not, I’ll be cancelling my subscription and looking for a new note keeping app. So sad and disappointed...",The app used to work flawlessly with great search function and seamless sync between devices.,1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,73,77,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,8f8c35d8-3212-402c-9523-aac4d5bdd4ec,f7cd73bc-d2c0-438e-ae67-9a60bc6f3a16,Great! Just one suggestion...,"Love the app! SUPERB, A+ just like any other Google app / product. Was wondering if there was a way to ADD an email to contact list from the app. I can add it on a computer but there’s no feature on the app. I lose some emails to spam when it really isn’t spam. Would love any feedback or help about this. Thank You",Was wondering if there was a way to ADD an email to contact list from the app.,4,TRUE,general,contact list,61,65,positive
productivity,things-3,c81c8120-8e0a-43e4-ac9f-a2d8af3ccc45,f7ce5091-69fa-482d-9fba-a0046ae84a49,Beware before importing tasks,"I wish there was a trial version. I paid the app fee and was getting to know the app. I thought it would sync with my Reminders app and then sync with my outlook account.  Tasks I created did not end up in the outlook app. I imported tasks into Things 3 and all tasks were marked as completed in the Reminders app and subsequently my Outloon account. The dates and times of those tasks did not import in the Things 3 app. I'm now going to screenshot the imported tasks, delete this app and then redo the tasks in the Reminders app. If I was using this app on my phone and not trying to sync with reminders and outlook, I would really like this app. I do like the upcoming view and being able to see a list of upcoming tasks and events sorted by months. It was not hard to enter a task.","If I was using this app on my phone and not trying to sync with reminders and outlook, I would really like this app.",3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,55,59,negative
productivity,notability,6b306e80-f5da-42f5-b02d-9ab52591f453,f85aa0d9-c8d0-412e-b58b-3f4668782ac6,Love Notability!,"I absolutely love Notability! The main reason I am writing this review though is because Notability could make one change. More fonts! Other word-processing applications like Word and Google Docs have access to hundreds of fonts, while Notability gives you.. maybe 20? I would love an update with more fonts!EDIT: Thank you GingerLabs for reaching out! I downloaded iFont and I’m in love with it! I’m so happy with all of the fonts available (I must have downloaded a hundred already)! I wish I’d known about this sooner, but I’m anything but disappointed! However, I have noticed that writing over images with the pencil and highlighter tools has gotten much more difficult. If I try to add dots or tiny lines, it deletes what I was trying to draw, and instead selects the image. From my experience before, I don’t recall being allowed to select images while using the pencil tool. Regardless if that statement is accurate, I would love a mode that is only drawing, and doesn’t allow text or the ability to select images. (Maybe like a drawing mode that can be toggled on and off from the top bar within the notes)",I’m so happy with all of the fonts available (I must have downloaded a hundred already)!,5,TRUE,cost,font,30,34,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d2843c6a-d8e3-4c67-a39e-8104ae79d099,f883defc-7aac-4d11-95b3-5940f12eeb51,"Wonderful app, until the last update","This has been a wonderful app until the last update.  I can’t even highlight words anymore without the screen jumping and jumping and jumping.  I use an iPhone 10 btw.  Please fix this, it’s hindering my study and I have a subscription with ya’ll also.","Please fix this, it’s hindering my study and I have a subscription with ya’ll also.",4,TRUE,general,subscription,55,67,negative
productivity,notability,940bd9ff-c28f-44b7-add1-c46bd4d18f6d,f88a4745-7bcf-48b5-a234-3783a292c810,Notability is a great note taking platform but it has too many glitches!,"Overall great for taking notes and easy to use. However this app still need a lot of improvements. It doesn’t save your notes on an account so if you lose ur iPad or broke it, u cant restore your notes. Storing the notes on third party platform is too complicate, takes up too much space and hard to retrieve. It should have an account for each customer so we can access it everywhere like notion or google docs and the note can be stored in one place. Also there so many glitches. I am always scare to lose my chemistry notes since there been times where they just disappear. There should have some kind of history retrieve option like google doc. This app cost like $11 dollars when I purchase it, there shouldn’t be so many critical issues. Like notion and google docs is free and they r so much better at keeping your notes safe. Please get these critical issues fix! Other than that it a great platform for the note taking experience.",Other than that it a great platform for the note taking experience.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,note taking,45,56,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,c869db62-0925-4849-b250-daae5cb3c370,f8b0b288-ef39-4518-bbbe-514a0cb4b11a,Amazing app!,"Been using it for years and continue to be happy with it. Issues fixed promptly. Very helpful timer, great interface, and a dev team that really cares about their product. Tags and analytics are well worth it for me, and with forest you get an actual physical representation of the work you’ve done. Best timer app I’ve ever used and plan to stick around for years to come.","Very helpful timer, great interface, and a dev team that really cares about their product.",5,TRUE,usability,interface,27,36,positive
productivity,notability,1ef50e0a-6091-40d3-9c63-943bbef695a7,f8b2adc9-05b5-43bc-8573-6cd2fd683c97,Great for everything except organizing.,"I use this app for all my schoolwork. Its ability to have to notes open at a time has been essential. I have been able to have power point slides open on one half of my screen and my notes on the other, and then easily copy and paste diagrams from power points into my notes. Another amazing feature is the ability to search your own handwriting. This has made it considerably easier to search for a specific topic, when my notes become many pages long. The only downside to this app is its lack of organization. You can only create one layer of folders. Meaning instead of being able to have sub folders for each of my classes such as exams, quizzes, homework, notes, etc. I am only able to divide my content by semester and class. I really hope they add the ability to create sub folders to help with organization. Because have 30+ notes for one subject isn’t very efficient,","This has made it considerably easier to search for a specific topic, when my notes become many pages long.",5,TRUE,efficiency,page,96,100,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,58791bfa-922e-4d56-bc2d-c56062e0c46f,f90c632d-a9f8-4133-a34c-df4707d04320,No Times New Roman,"This app used to be functional.  It was never as good as the original, but that was to be expected.  It left a lot to be desired in terms of editing options, and really only provides what the developers perceive as the bare minimum.  But it was fine.Not anymore.  As of sometime after December, Times New Roman is no longer a font option.  Seeing how I use my IOS device for schoolwork exclusively, and Times New Roman is required for many formats (APA being the one I use), this app is now useless. I’m going to have to cancel my subscription, find another app to type all my papers on, and pray to every deity I know that the developers don’t lose more brain cells than the ones at word apparently have.","As of sometime after December, Times New Roman is no longer a font option.",1,TRUE,compatibility,font,63,67,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,b7d6ec5a-6c8d-4bb7-a4ee-6b3387d9463f,f95ed421-4576-4e78-a713-4646151346a6,Worth of Word,"I have worked with Word since it first came out.... many years go.  It has grown and developed as new needs have come along.  I Have tried a few others but the bottom line is that I NEED. WORD.  It does what I need and I need what it does.  I was at a real disadvantage when the iPad would not use it... I was about to give up on Apple and go back to total Microsoft.  Since the new versions come together on the cloud to offer ability to use documents and speed sheets across the big Divide,  I can use documents at home that were created at work... etc.  you know what I mean or you would not have made them compatible.  Actually I find myself using iPad more and more... to the point that it is not just an aid, but is quickly becoming my main tool.  Keep up the good work.",I was at a real disadvantage when the iPad would not use it...,5,TRUE,usability,tag,25,28,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,31a81c54-66ef-4603-9e71-01fdf6ddcfb5,f9bc15eb-6927-4a06-bc40-8bf29075a906,Annoying little things,"Good as far as taking notes concern. Two things annoyed me after I downloaded it on my phone.1. It shows me a blank page after I decide not to sync with more than 2 devices. I need to force quit, open and sign in again.2. Creating new labels - It took me quite a while to figure out how to add a label. Tried myself - didn’t work. Read support article from Evernote, I was doing exactly as what the article suggests. Find another article, the answer is that I need to click on “return” after the label. Umm.. I may do it if I’m using my laptop, but who knows I need to click on return key. I was clicking outside the text line... So, Evernote, if you cannot change the method of saving, at least improve your support center instruction.",It shows me a blank page after I decide not to sync with more than 2 devices.,3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,48,52,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1c9194dd-106d-438a-8768-981880158b78,faa6b593-26e3-47c1-bda8-7514054867eb,HATE IT!!!,"I had a version of gmail for several years, but in attempting to fix a problem I deleted it, and when I wanted to reinstall I got this version.  The old one had an inbox for most mail, one for spam, as I remember that was it.  No unnecessarily complicated divisions like “Social”, “Promotions”, etc.  Now I never know where to look for mail I’m most interested in.  Also, the old version let me click on multiple emails and delete them as a group.  Sometimes I can do that now, other times it will let me choose several emails but when I hit trash it will arbitrarily choose another email to move (thankfully it DOES let me undo).  Another charming feature is, when I move something from spam and then click a link it WILL NOT open.  When I click on the “to view this message as a web page click here” nothing happens.  I would download a different email app if not for the complication of changing my address, may be forced to anyway as I find myself becoming agitated every time I deal with this one!",When I click on the “to view this message as a web page click here” nothing happens.,1,TRUE,usability,page,52,56,negative
productivity,things-3,e8f10b54-a1bd-43a2-a59b-b218b3bf0bab,fabf3f2b-d14e-4eaf-8e4f-0417e76490ba,Best Productivity App I’ve Tried,"This app is well designed and easily worth the price. It’s saved me lots of energy and effort trying to keep things for home, work, and our teens squared away. The user experience and shortcuts are outstanding - it’s like they thought about all the scenarios a user might have and designed for those. ⭐️I’ve tried several productivity apps and always wind up back with post it’s everywhere. This app has outlasted any others I’ve tried. I have work projects and home projects and things quickly organized for each. Better yet, the integrated calendar and to do view helps me see what’s coming up. No more calendar entries in my calendar app for random tasks!There’s even a logbook that lets me see what I’ve checked off!When you download this, be sure to walk thru the “Meet Things” project you’ll see. I almost didn’t and discovered all sorts of advanced features and drag and drop shortcuts I might have missed otherwise. Enjoy!",This app is well designed and easily worth the price.,5,TRUE,cost,price,48,53,positive
productivity,things-3,e8f10b54-a1bd-43a2-a59b-b218b3bf0bab,fabf3f2b-d14e-4eaf-8e4f-0417e76490ba,Best Productivity App I’ve Tried,"This app is well designed and easily worth the price. It’s saved me lots of energy and effort trying to keep things for home, work, and our teens squared away. The user experience and shortcuts are outstanding - it’s like they thought about all the scenarios a user might have and designed for those. ⭐️I’ve tried several productivity apps and always wind up back with post it’s everywhere. This app has outlasted any others I’ve tried. I have work projects and home projects and things quickly organized for each. Better yet, the integrated calendar and to do view helps me see what’s coming up. No more calendar entries in my calendar app for random tasks!There’s even a logbook that lets me see what I’ve checked off!When you download this, be sure to walk thru the “Meet Things” project you’ll see. I almost didn’t and discovered all sorts of advanced features and drag and drop shortcuts I might have missed otherwise. Enjoy!",This app is well designed and easily worth the price.,5,TRUE,cost,design,18,24,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,0e4259b9-35ac-4899-aab8-473a4ded5809,facccbe3-99dc-4900-9862-e5ffd8cf11c3,Amazing!,"I’ve always had trouble with being mindful and remaining on task for periods of time. As a PhD student who constantly reads academic articles and 100+ textbook pages, this app has done wonders for my productivity. Did a bit of research on the company that plants actual trees and they seem legitimate in my opinion! Being able to plant trees in real life with the in-app currency you earn is a huge motivator as well.","As a PhD student who constantly reads academic articles and 100+ textbook pages, this app has done wonders for my productivity.",5,TRUE,usability,text,66,70,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a335b861-f99a-465c-8906-3710d6b0f76c,faf3ea7a-e940-4ded-970f-c9daa9b7c12e,Don’t know why I haven’t posted a review before lol,"Been using Evernote since I was about 12. I’m 20 now, I’ve written a whole book, poems, songs, to do lists, random lists - I use Evernote for everything!!!! I have about 580 notes and some of them are just pages long. This app helped me get through High School. If Evernote were ever to shut down as an app I would be completely heartbroken. My life’s work is on the app. I’m so beyond appreciative of the people working hard behind the scenes to make this app stay alive and well. I’m completely in love with Evernote and I hope one day I get a chance to thank to de developer of this app. THANK YOU!",I have about 580 notes and some of them are just pages long.,5,TRUE,general,page,50,54,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b396f3e9-fdac-4cec-a384-fc852bd3eb96,fafc8f9d-0942-4a5d-8f7e-6ab580dccca0,"Love the app, but stop changing my icons!","Gmail is a great app. Love the simplicity and ease of use. My biggest complaint is the changing of icons. I liked the envelope with a red edging. While the new icon shows google colors, it looks both childish and malevolent at the same time. Especially looks ugly on the notification bar...at first I thought a virus was on my phone until I realized gmail changed their look again.  They did the same with the photo icon. Silly to complain about icons, but I “liked” the old ones. They were streamlined; new design is cartoonish.",They did the same with the photo icon.,4,TRUE,general,photo,28,33,negative
productivity,notability,df2f9716-1361-42aa-883e-7e14a45c60bb,fb3fb4ba-0b24-4d82-aa42-83357617dd5b,"Overall very good, a few suggestions though","The app is very good for handwriting, there is no complaint about most services that notability provides. However, there are a few revision that I think notability could consider.1. Add the ability for users to alter the orientation of the notes. This is because that when PDFs are imported, many of them are oriented in the wrong direction for reading. However, users can’t alter them inside the notability app, which means that users have to use another app to do so. This is very inefficient, and the fact that not many note taking apps can do this means that notability will get a head start advantage.2. Consider adding the ability to split screen in the “up and down” direction, not just side by side (or left and right). This design allows note taking in smaller devices on one screen more plausible.Please consider adding the above features!!","This is very inefficient, and the fact that not many note taking apps can do this means that notability will get a head start advantage.",4,TRUE,usability,tag,132,135,negative
productivity,notability,df2f9716-1361-42aa-883e-7e14a45c60bb,fb3fb4ba-0b24-4d82-aa42-83357617dd5b,"Overall very good, a few suggestions though","The app is very good for handwriting, there is no complaint about most services that notability provides. However, there are a few revision that I think notability could consider.1. Add the ability for users to alter the orientation of the notes. This is because that when PDFs are imported, many of them are oriented in the wrong direction for reading. However, users can’t alter them inside the notability app, which means that users have to use another app to do so. This is very inefficient, and the fact that not many note taking apps can do this means that notability will get a head start advantage.2. Consider adding the ability to split screen in the “up and down” direction, not just side by side (or left and right). This design allows note taking in smaller devices on one screen more plausible.Please consider adding the above features!!","This is very inefficient, and the fact that not many note taking apps can do this means that notability will get a head start advantage.",4,TRUE,general,note taking,54,65,negative
productivity,notability,2be7e495-a454-4d7f-a4c5-e2897a4be0f0,fb5542c5-7bc7-4b9d-9364-89b5d6cc32fb,Review of Notability,"I have been using the product for more than a year and been very satisfied. I have recommended it to friends and colleagues. I use the handwriting tool almost exclusively for document entries, Note entries during meetings and conferences and rough drawing of diagrams.  There are a couple of additional options that would help me:1.  The ability to move and insert entries to keep similar entries together. Right now I can insert a new page but not insert large amount of information within a page.  2.  Some of my diagrams have long continuous lines.  Right now If I touch one dot on the line it removes the whole thing.  I would like to be able to refine the diagram without removing a whole section.  3. The volume of my saved documents has expanded and I would like to go more and more paperless. I think Notability would work for my goals. I am having difficulty searching for words above the Note level.  I would like an expansion and education on using Notability for a paperless system. Thank you for a good product.",The volume of my saved documents has expanded and I would like to go more and more paperless.,4,TRUE,usability,document,24,32,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,cd71a57e-95d3-4ebe-93a5-e75b95e277f2,fb82dc22-0d8f-44b4-af9c-cb87dc287227,Can’t believe this is considered a productivity tool,"Despite the negative reviews on the new price structure, I ponied up and paid for Premium for a month because I need to move to a more paperless life in both business and academia.  I can’t believe how slow and clunky this product is.  Scanning text in is incredibly time consuming due to delays in translating scans to PDFs.  Scan function frequently  recognizes only part of a page, meaning multiple rescans necessary.  Marking up any documents takes 3x as long due to seconds wasted every time you need to translate from one tool to another.  All elements of marking up are glitchy - text box doesn’t always appear, no erase function (just delete entire edit), stylus writing is clunky, etc.  There is no way I can use this as a substitute for paper copy and hand marking.  This app is the equivalent of taking 15 minutes to solve a problem by text which could have been conveyed in 3 minutes of speech.  Super-disappointing.",Scanning text in is incredibly time consuming due to delays in translating scans to PDFs.,1,TRUE,efficiency,text,10,14,negative
productivity,notability,c6e35de5-ba65-4979-945f-4737fffa20b2,fb8e1db5-5e2b-445d-b2bd-c9fa4fe1f8a3,"Good, could use a few improvements.","I love the recording ability. Some areas for improvement:1. Night mode for white background of power points without disturbing animations, or their colors, or recording. Black font turns white in black background.2. When uploading power point to a subject from somewhere like Canvas, notability should have the class name plus folder or file before the user exits to go to notability. Saves further editing.3. When playing back a recording, for PowerPoint, the playback will follow you physically going forward through slides with arrows pointing in the direction you’re going and goes in sequence to how you move on to the next slide or when you write instead of manually trying to figure out where you’re at while listening to the recording. I have to note take chronologically to counter this effect and it’s cumbersome.4. Darker highlighter with neon color like Microsoft word.5. Ability to recover deleted items within 30 days like Apple’s “Notes”.6. Being able to cut, copy, or crop a power point slide and paste it where you want it.7. When adding notes by pen in a power point that already had a recording, notability should ask if you want to add it to the recording’s animation mark before moving on to the next slide.8. Being able to cut added drawings or notes and customizing their color for better memory stimulation or organization. Like color coding.There’s one more thing, but I forgot.......",Black font turns white in black background.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,background,33,43,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3180ec27-9f31-4ade-b2df-c4f80b9df1ba,fb92c582-cb60-4607-98b6-30cb76e4f7f3,It’s time to be honest,"I love this company, but, their iOS application is getting objectively worse with every revision. Redesigns are always met with backlash, I am not concerned with this. Bugs and glitches I am fine with and they are a normal part of the process; But, many intentional choices they consistently make are simply bad.In addition to constantly chasing markets, leading to feature bloat which nobody has ever asked for.The app becomes less and less capable of doing even the most basic tasks that it needs to do. - Speed first and foremost has slowed down exponentially each revision, despite the speed of devices increasing significantly.- Data integrity has become increasingly questionable with each revision. - Basic editing and markup continues to become harder and harder each and every time the interface is redesign.-UX and usability with this latest revision also make absolutely no sense. For instance; they went from previously having a full screen readable view, to wasting a full 1/3 of the screen over the forehead and chin with completely blank space that serves no purpose at all.","Redesigns are always met with backlash, I am not concerned with this.",2,TRUE,general,design,3,9,positive
productivity,things-3,7d05f0a1-7f60-4390-b1de-a3e1891187b6,fbbd4b81-6017-4803-b3b6-1c132d42cb61,Good task/project app; iffy sync,"Things 3 is a great looking, well designed app. I’ve used for years, and have been pretty happy. But periodically their Things Cloud sync causes problems. Reliability isn’t what it should be. Recently I spent a day working on a multi-part project which I ticked off on my Mac. But in evening review of tasks, none of the project, sub tasks, or checklists were marked complete on any other device. And this isn’t the first time. Sometimes sync seems stalled on a device. Their sync service is a blemish on an otherwise polished app.",Sometimes sync seems stalled on a device.,4,TRUE,general,sync,11,15,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,86efa250-6866-4d01-9983-bc4490ea9374,fbc32f16-44d0-422e-9958-7b13c25564e6,Use it for grocery lists,I put it on my phone so I could print my grocery list from it. Plus I like that I can increase the font size while still on my phone. And I ended up paying a little extra for columns which is priceless!!,And I ended up paying a little extra for columns which is priceless!,5,TRUE,cost,price,59,64,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,38703b4b-7204-4fa6-88c7-1e84eb072027,fbfea3ca-a231-4f47-a5d0-8edf440d0cdc,Productivity app that you’ll never regret purchasing!!,"Forest is the best productivity app if you have trouble staying off your phone when trying to focus on a task. It has amazing features where you can categorize different tasks so that you never over-dedicate too much time in one category. I love how this app is constantly evolving, rolling out newer user-friendly layouts and adding more tree species to keep users engaged. As a college student, this app has revolutionized my studying and has significantly improved my GPA. Thank you forest!!!","I love how this app is constantly evolving, rolling out newer user-friendly layouts and adding more tree species to keep users engaged.",5,TRUE,usability,layout,77,83,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,df516011-2225-42dd-b060-bd944b2dcb52,fc6bdc50-ed31-4c50-9896-659ce8b61000,The most flexible tool,The new update is AWESOME!There are many alternatives to Evernote but none provides the same combination of features. It can swallow any content you want to store (from web pages to pictures containing text and scans) in the simplest possible way.,It can swallow any content you want to store (from web pages to pictures containing text and scans) in the simplest possible way.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,text,85,89,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,20662ece-68db-45a3-bdb8-d3e917bbffff,fd02fb25-f146-4bd4-aeeb-f6fd8ccf4bbf,Life Saving!,"I have ADD and have been having to work-from-home due to COVID 19. I’ve had a terrible time regulating my distractions since at home. Something about Forest’s simple design really worked to keep me off of my phone, and break a cycle of bad habits. It feels good to be back in control of where I spend my attention 🙌 Hope any ADD sufferers out there can find a little help through this.","Something about Forest’s simple design really worked to keep me off of my phone, and break a cycle of bad habits.",5,TRUE,general,design,33,39,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,8229de41-087d-443f-91cf-84516cdc9059,fd29f9db-26e5-4174-be5a-e988da3b063a,"This used to be an amazing, simple app.","Many people have mentioned that it is now difficult to see separate email accounts, but it is easy, just tap your icon and it will let you switch accounts, then make sure that “inbox” is selected in the menu sidebar. Nonetheless, I have another issue wheneveryou try to compose an email, 1/2 of the screen is taken up by the keyboard, acceptable, but then the other 1/2 minus a sliver barely 50 pixels tall takes up the rest of the screen. This is barely enough to see two lines of text, which would be acceptable if you could still scroll, but no. It insists you look at the top line. This makes it impossible to write any email longer than a single word.","This is barely enough to see two lines of text, which would be acceptable if you could still scroll, but no.",1,TRUE,efficiency,text,43,47,positive
productivity,things-3,3e26e14b-ac42-414a-9e98-f8b889aa2fd6,fd397ada-1e74-4d4a-8b8f-78356cbad9ed,pay before you even get to try it. Just lost $10 on an app,"I thought this would be good, it says editors choice right? You have to apparently buy before you can even see anything. Offer a free trial maybe??? 3days even at least? now I am stuck with an app I won’t use. Smart for their company’s account not for the rest of us that maybe this app isn’t a good fit for.",Offer a free trial maybe???,1,TRUE,general,free trial,9,19,positive
productivity,notability,c6884911-b69f-44aa-a707-b014e57780b6,fd99ab9b-e8ce-49ac-aa6d-8412b4bb8e78,"Was already wonderful sketch app, now even better","Wow, what an update!The ability to partially erase and “style” (ie change the line color) my shapes makes this an even more wonderful app for drawing and sketching...I have used and loved Notability for years—While I have the full suite of Adobe apps for composition and drawing, I usually end up going to Notability for ease of use and the ability to have many pages of sketches in one document (vs having to export each image individually with the Adobe apps.) Being able to generate perfect shapes and then easily modify them with the partial eraser is going to be such a time saver! To be able  quickly create and then rotate and resize a perfect ellipse is amazing! The addition of dot paper is another wonderful feature—I can use it to build sketches and then turn off the dots when I’m finished.Even though there is only a PDF export option, I work around this by taking screen shots of my images and then finishing them up in Adobe. Also, if you have Acrobat pro, you can use “edit file” in tools to work with your text and images.A big, huge thanks to the developers for putting so much thought and heart into this release. I’m your customer for life.(My only feature request for “someday” would be the ability center/justify all the text within a text box...)","Also, if you have Acrobat pro, you can use “edit file” in tools to work with your text and images.",5,TRUE,usability,text,83,87,positive
productivity,notability,beb3d484-b0db-436b-b1d1-95578b8fc090,fdb0ec7e-1596-4ca0-b16c-891ca2d010a0,Needs better organization,"This app is very helpful, especially the feature to record lectures. I can stay on top of what my professor says easier, and use the Apple Pencil to highlight or emphasize certain points. There is a bit of a delay for the notes and the audio, so when I click on a note, I know to automatically hit the “rewind 10 seconds” button, but I just deal with it because it is so helpful regardless. However, while the recording ability is the star feature of this app, the other features need improvement.1. Since more classes are taking place online due to the pandemic, there should be an option to record lectures using the iPad’s internal microphone. Right now, I play the lectures on my phone and record audio with the iPad, since I do not have a better option.2. Second, and my biggest gripe with the app is ORGANIZATION. Although you can have subjects, and place notes in the subjects, I want the ability to make folders within the subjects. A lot of my subjects in school are so complex - with labs and assignments in addition to lecture notes and different subtopics, the ability to make folders within subjects is seriously ESSENTIAL. The most I can do is change the name at the beginning of the file to reflect what kind of material it is (ex: Lab 1, Assignemnt 2, etc.) but the ability to make folders really holds this app behind. I still use it for the recording feature, but the lack of organizational options available is really frustrating.","I still use it for the recording feature, but the lack of organizational options available is really frustrating.",3,TRUE,efficiency,recording,24,33,negative
productivity,notability,06a58dcd-1d5c-47f9-ad64-99a2b72fd566,fe0fa242-c55a-4d7d-8af1-1664c1619127,Best note taking and pdf annotating app; 2 potential improvements,"As a graduate student, I use notability on iPad to take notes and reading/annotating scientific papers (which are PDFs) everyday. Have been a user almost ever since notability was published many years ago. Also tried GoodNotes and PDF expert, but for my purposes, notability is the best in terms of ease of use (very intuitive and convenient and perfect Apple Pencil support) and better handwriting rendering.Two possible improvements:1. Need to have a better navigation support for pdf (textbooks). Annotating a pdf paper is no problem, but reading a 500-page long textbook can be a little painful in terms of navigating. Would be great if can support (recognize and could customize) outlines/super links. Also a thumbnail view support will be super helpful for a quick navigation and overview of the book.2. Need to have a better file management such as allow nested “dividers”. I need to read a lot of scientific papers on different topics and I want to store them accordingly. So I created “subjects” underneath “divider” called “papers” like: “genetics-general”, “genetics-asd”, “genetics-gwas”, ..., “machine learning- general “, “machine learning-nn” etc etc ... it’s very inconvenient.Other than the above two potential improvements, notability is perfect for my daily use. Thanks!",Need to have a better navigation support for pdf (textbooks).,5,TRUE,reliability,text,51,55,negative
productivity,things-3,5b8b77e3-5eb4-471d-ad53-2e22beff73ac,fe4a3049-a311-463a-bad0-3b571ccd7243,Not worth the price,"My boyfriend recommended this to me - he got it when it was free. And that's a good price for it. Because to be honest, this doesn't do anything more special than typical To Do lists. Google tasks is literally the same thing and it's free. Nothing personal - but I honest don't understand what I paid for. Can the developers tell me what makes this more special than any other to do list? Cause maybe I'm missing something...What would be great, is if we could add photos to our to do lists. That's something most to do apps don't do. But, this wasn't worth buying. It's a good app - but not worth $9.99 or even $1.99 to be honest. Just get Google Tasks - it's exactly the same thing.","Cause maybe I'm missing something...

What would be great, is if we could add photos to our to do lists.",1,TRUE,efficiency,photo,79,84,positive
productivity,things-3,560217e4-ab97-42c4-8db1-f70015b7399c,ff2e8d2c-88bd-4b2e-85df-eb1150ea5a75,SOMETIMES SIMPLE IS BETTER,"I used the app „informant“ for years because they offered a integration of calender events in a task manager. But they have become greedy and changed to a subscription model with $25 a year.Compared to „informant“ and other task managers things 3 has a very simple but also very efficient user interface. Example: Instead of assigning priorities to tasks, things offers the possibility to drag tasks into the desired order e.g. according to importance.I ask the developer to keep this simplicity because sometimes are less possibilities more!But I’d like to propose some additional modifications:1. Assign tasks to „evening“ should be possible for all days2. Integrate the possibility to enter calendar events3. Add the possibility to use different colors for tasks4. Reminders should be possible for all future tasks on the desired date and time",Compared to „informant“ and other task managers things 3 has a very simple but also very efficient user interface.,4,TRUE,efficiency,task manager,35,47,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,d8c618fa-2564-47bb-94f6-3e6071d0b854,ff745ce7-f43f-41df-8427-c5a60b8aa77a,Amazing tool for students!,"I have a hard time trying to focus on studying and doing homework, especially when my boyfriend texts me often through the iMessage app. Though this happens, my friend recommended this app to me and I have fallen in love with it! We even have friendly competitions to see how many plants we’ve planted and it gets really exciting when we compare the different plants/trees we have unlocked. I love being rewarded with little trinkets and cute items so this was perfect! I manage my time and study more while being rewarded for it! Love this app!","I have a hard time trying to focus on studying and doing homework, especially when my boyfriend texts me often through the iMessage app.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,text,97,101,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5de94a47-1be9-46f3-927e-910b7593dd09,ffe84a4e-1f28-410a-95c3-6bdde1c445b7,Works Great,"Easy to get all of my email on my iPhone, including home and work gmail, yahoo, and iCloud. I’m so glad the dark mode is working on this and google calendar. Sometimes the badge number takes some time to go away, but that has improved a lot. I think it must be indicating unread mail in the trash, because it has reset for me immediately after emptying the trash. Maybe that will help developers fix that minor issue?",I’m so glad the dark mode is working on this and google calendar.,5,TRUE,efficiency,calendar,57,65,positive
productivity,things-3,44967f1e-f3a9-4c5f-985a-fba18d001839,fffb5c62-be9b-475d-a5c2-76cef4ea1730,Great app that helps me stay productive!,"This application has helped me in numerous ways. It’s attractive UI and intuitive workflow make it a joy to use. The ability to use Siri to add items to may inbox make it possible to capture “things” in a multitude of situations.My only complaints are... the tagging feature is kinda hobbled by the fact that you don’t ever see tags unless you filter by them or tap a specific tag. The macOS version show the tags up front and center. When viewing my today list, it would be nice to immediately be able to see what tasks are tagged with... even if just a color coded dot next to the task(with different colors being assigned to different tags).I’d also love to see some location services integration. It would be awesome to be able to assign a location to tasks and have the tasks give notifications when at that location.I love the app so far! I have it on my iPhone and iPad and will likely also get the macOS version.",The macOS version show the tags up front and center.,4,TRUE,general,tag,28,31,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b6c627ac-7959-4be8-969a-6195d80bf8bf,0029552f-6367-4552-b26b-a507ed50bb04,Gmail Lags! Badly...,"Ok, so the title is kind of all I need to say. Honestly, I had really high hopes for this app since I love the platform on google. It has a wide variety of options on your inbox look, your emails, and so much more.However, the Gmail app...First off, the account pictures were kind of horrible. Usually once someone updates their picture it immediately switches on the website. Not for the app.Some of the people I email like to change their pictures a lot. Not a problem!I’ve noticed that you have to have someone keep the same picture for about a month until the Gmail app actually updates it. If your friend changes it too much? Unfortunately, Gmail will just resort to a default picture, a random color (actually mostly a dark green color) with the first letter of their first name. Yeah. Horrible!Second, if you have multiple accounts and you just use the option “All Inboxes” Gmail will automatically sign you out if you don’t check that inbox separately. What an inconvenience.Third, if you accidentally swipe left on an email, it literally disappears forever. It took me forever to find the email. (Go to “All Mail” for accidentally archived emails.) To make matters worse, I don’t think you can even do this on a computer!Gmail Team, please take my comments into consideration. Thank you!","Ok, so the title is kind of all I need to say.",1,TRUE,general,title,12,17,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,bc3b873c-12b7-4ee4-82bc-c1b229f9f83a,0111c8f3-5156-44f0-9ae7-006af6df62ee,Terrible Update,"I’m a long-time Evernote user, and I use the app across multiple devices. I rely on it to organize notes and recipes, and also to track bookmarked articles that I want to reference later. The most recent iOS update has made the app completely unusable. Every action is painfully slow. It crashes often. And then when I finally get a note open (like a recipe, for example), if I switch between Evernote and another app, then Evernote completely restarts and I lose my place and have to search for the note again. This happens even if I switch apps for less then a minute. On top of that, I use Evernote primarily to bookmark webpages, not to clip them. When I open up a note, it’s unclear how to force the app to take me to the original webpage. Sometimes if I tap the note to edit it, Evernote launches its embedded browser (which is ridiculously slow). But other times when I tap the note, it goes into editing mode and there aren’t any options to navigate to the original webpage. I use Evernote to reference recipes several times a week, and I had to stop using my phone for that task. Instead, I search for the recipe using Google on my laptop because it’s faster. Obviously that totally defeats the purpose of having an app on my phone. I’ve never written an App Store review before, but I’m so disappointed in this update that I felt compelled to post something. Evernote is a great product, but this is a terrible app.","I’ve never written an App Store review before, but I’m so disappointed in this update that I felt compelled to post something.",2,TRUE,reliability,update,80,86,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,623fe54c-75c4-4d3b-82fd-72c7325b6da5,01163e18-6d14-4b1d-8ef4-061e79fee291,"Not Fully Functional, Even with Office 365 Supscription","This is a very basic app for limited use of creating Word documents. No grammar check. No easy way to format page or paragraph. Saving these documents has by far been my biggest problem. No matter what I use: iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive or the actual iPad, it takes too long for the document to save correctly. You can tell when there is no actual time stamp on the document. I notice this once I am ready to upload the document as an attachment to email, within an online class forum, to a job application or any other institution that may require me to upload or attach the document. Always says there’s not data in the file and therefore cannot be attached. Hours later, it magically saves and becomes a real document with data. This is with a strong internet connection be it using cellular data from the device or wi-fi, it doesn’t matter, it is always a pain. I thought I would be able to do more but this app is so basic, I may as well just use Google docs.","Hours later, it magically saves and becomes a real document with data.",1,TRUE,usability,document,52,60,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,623fe54c-75c4-4d3b-82fd-72c7325b6da5,01c16454-5833-4194-9b1a-8f6df048d1c7,"Not Fully Functional, Even with Office 365 Supscription","This is a very basic app for limited use of creating Word documents. No grammar check. No easy way to format page or paragraph. Saving these documents has by far been my biggest problem. No matter what I use: iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive or the actual iPad, it takes too long for the document to save correctly. You can tell when there is no actual time stamp on the document. I notice this once I am ready to upload the document as an attachment to email, within an online class forum, to a job application or any other institution that may require me to upload or attach the document. Always says there’s not data in the file and therefore cannot be attached. Hours later, it magically saves and becomes a real document with data. This is with a strong internet connection be it using cellular data from the device or wi-fi, it doesn’t matter, it is always a pain. I thought I would be able to do more but this app is so basic, I may as well just use Google docs.",No easy way to format page or paragraph.,1,TRUE,general,graph,35,40,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,930089f0-001c-41f8-9bbf-0c7c7229d036,01f59abb-9b09-41ce-b2e6-c5843e896400,5 stars but could be better,"Giving five stars for putting a noble idea into an app. But there are places where you feel that the app could have been better. It mostly makes use of the not so flexible ecosystem of Ios. But, i would have loved some innovative idea on how can they make this app more useful. I cant even check my urgent texts, if I do my tree dies, so probably they want to fix that part. Provide more free music and personally that rain music is literally distracting. But anyways Kudos to the team for helping me stay focused and plant a tree.","I cant even check my urgent texts, if I do my tree dies, so probably they want to fix that part.",5,TRUE,usability,text,29,33,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,e8c55597-eebf-45ba-a7b1-941e15b7eb88,01f8d761-8ee0-4b89-b0db-1555e36d7f63,Subscription ended without warning,Have had subscription since 2012 and all of a sudden my subscription and my work are done   Sent request yesterday for a call.  Still waiting I have a lot of work on one drive and am very disappointed especially since it’s really not that very user friendly.  My other issue is that publisher is not a part of program for Mac user but the price is still the same.  Would love to get all my files back. Wish company would contact!!!,My other issue is that publisher is not a part of program for Mac user but the price is still the same.,3,TRUE,cost,price,80,85,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7cd11381-33d2-4d64-ad27-c6cf50a87eae,03d856c7-e1c4-494e-8738-6c25b0bb0940,"Catches my brain, holds it close","I can’t live without Evernote. Almost literally. I use it for work and personal life. I still see my coworkers writing their to-do lists down, making fresh ones every time the lists get too crossed off. Darn fools. Evernote! I have it installed across all my devices. It’s genius. The shortcuts are crucial and keep me super organized (work to-do list, personal to-do list, grocery list, etc). And I’m able to share notes with coworkers so they too can benefit from the rough notes I caught during our endless meeting. EV Developers - two requests: 1. Spreadsheet in Evernote please! Not just the ability to insert a table. That’s clunky. 2. Subfolders / notebooks that can be within other notebooks. Would make me even more organized. Especially for work.","I still see my coworkers writing their to-do lists down, making fresh ones every time the lists get too crossed off.",5,TRUE,general,list,46,50,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,9aa9e902-59b6-499d-89e1-c6cb1de6f2c8,03fc1dba-75ea-41ed-a32f-51e28976fc0b,Awful,"I strongly dislike the Gmail app and until changes are made, I will be using a different mail application to view my Gmail on my IPhone. The look of the interface is awful. Red and white are the only color choices, the look of it is not aesthetically pleasing at all, it is boxy and ugly in appearance.  There is NO Spell Checker!!!! So frustrating. My iPhone settings have spell check on and with any other mail applications on my phone (Apple Mail, Outlook, and other mail apps) they will show you a misspelled word and correct it. Not the Gmail app. It won't highlight or underline or auto correct. I am using a different app for now. Hopefully Gmail will actually listen to people's issues with the app and attempt to resolve them.",The look of the interface is awful.,1,TRUE,general,interface,17,26,negative
productivity,notability,aa7866ad-e2ca-42db-b324-ec491b10dfe8,0470d2d6-2b29-42a4-a563-8970611fb6f6,"Basic and plain, very disappointing","Using my Apple Pencil was fine most of the time, it looses connectivity then the app crashes. I attempted to import a photo I took on the page ; photo was fine, until I tried editing the photo and the app crashed again ! This was very frustrating as you can imagine. I hope someone reads my issues and resolves them, this was a waste of money ..... other functions are basic , on the positive side i do like the pages continue vertical as they get filled, I also like the ability to expand and turn pictures. Unfortunately no way to add a page to an existing document. Again I was left disappointed . Overall , I felt this app was for beginners and not for extensive note taking. I would recommend not buying it because it will disappoint you.....",Unfortunately no way to add a page to an existing document.,1,TRUE,usability,document,51,59,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,a47a4cdc-3c82-48e9-b2bf-92c9d47b0383,04de7aeb-bf3a-4353-b3cc-da39d08dd2c9,a good document app,"This version of Word has improved a lot over the past year, and is one of my most used apps for writing essays and research papers.Please add the option for full dark mode when working on documents.",Please add the option for full dark mode when working on documents.,4,TRUE,usability,dark mode,32,41,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,8429bbac-d7b0-4011-be85-6d3097d15acb,052c0f17-87d2-4632-9cb1-05df45bcc805,"I’ve had this app for years: charming, peaceful, practical","This was the first non-free app I purchased and have always felt it was a good investment. As someone who is affectionate about plants and a fan of gameified productivity, I was immediately attracted to the mechanic of growing a forest while concentrating on work. I’m motivated to collect a bunch of well designed little trees and get my work/reading/concentrating done! Doesn’t work for all tasks/situations, but my little forest is ready to grow whenever I need an extra kick to put my phone down and finish something.",I’m motivated to collect a bunch of well designed little trees and get my work/reading/concentrating done!,5,TRUE,efficiency,design,42,48,negative
productivity,things-3,1c543445-7795-48b8-99a4-ddf344aa7db6,053b53eb-6414-4b10-82a5-4f8096017763,So far so good!,"I recently got this app after trying out todoist premium, and this app is strides ahead of todoist. (Plus cheaper too at just a 1 time payment instead of a subscription based payment). So far I am loving this app. Has to do list, shows you your entire day and also syncs with your calendar so you only ever really need to use this app. Brings a great summary of your day and the UI is just amazing. Everything is so smooth and you’re not left digging through the setting or searching for a certain feature. Recommend completely!",(Plus cheaper too at just a 1 time payment instead of a subscription based payment).,5,TRUE,cost,subscription,57,69,positive
productivity,notability,fa0e9ca1-ea37-4b01-8d61-8003e7d344f5,05523233-0c77-49c8-bc81-bbf4fe3c0ff9,Love it but,"This app is awesome and I use it on a daily basis. I take a lot of notes using my keyboard but now I found myself using my apple pencil just as much. I notice if I am write using my Apple Pencil or even if I add a picture then decide to go back to jot something down above my writing, the text start to overlap my writing instead of my writing or picture sliding down like on Apple notes. I wish in the next update hopefully sooner than later this can be fixed because this seems to be a huge disadvantage over Apple notes. I would like whatever I write using handwriting or added picture to stay aligned with the text. You are able to use wrap around but even using that feature the text just keep moving down and the picture is no longer aligned with the text i placed it with. This would be an awesome update even if it's a way to turn it on or off would be greatly appreciated. Thank you",I wish in the next update hopefully sooner than later this can be fixed because this seems to be a huge disadvantage over Apple notes.,4,TRUE,efficiency,update,20,26,positive
productivity,notability,a4522416-e107-4130-b0fd-24ab9d6645da,05b6f410-e7de-45b4-8aa0-5002f8249e4d,Perfect but missing ability to create folders,"This app lets you add pages to PDF, add PDFs to existing notes, add photos, annotate stuff, make geometric shapes, highlight and so much more. The only big problem is the lack of the ability to create subfolders. You can only create subjects and dividers which is just horrible. Also a note or subfolder can’t be named the same. So my notes have to hang long names which is super annoying. And I just want to be able to group my notes like I want and create as many subfolders as my heart desires. I just don’t understand why they don’t have this functionality. Dont think it’d be too hard to execute. Shame really because it takes away from what is otherwise a perfect app!",I just don’t understand why they don’t have this functionality.,3,TRUE,usability,functionality,50,63,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,0663535b-a724-499d-aeff-608633aa2f6f,05d3e6ff-4c27-4182-8015-5266aba07f76,Inbox app better than gmail but it’s being taken away. 😔,"I’ve been using Inbox since it was created. Now it’s going away this month, forcing me to go back to the Gmail app, but without all the features of Inbox. The biggest thing Inbox has that Gmail doesn’t is the ability to bulk delete/archive the tab groups. It groups Promotions and other tabs, but with Gmail, swiping simply hides the group until next time. I still have to swipe each individual email to delete. With Inbox, I could delete or archive the entire group with 1 swipe. Inbox also let me pin emails to the inbox, rather than just starring them. I also want to see the Gmail app have swipe options. Currently, it is either archive or delete no matter if you swipe to the left of right. I want both where I can choose the function for each swipe direction. Outlook also has this feature. Wish you wouldn’t ask us to switch to Gmail when you haven’t added all the same features. Got some work to do Gmail Developers!!","It groups Promotions and other tabs, but with Gmail, swiping simply hides the group until next time.",3,TRUE,usability,motion,14,20,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4a10cea5-0d55-47c4-a256-e4e74f58d00a,05f86918-52da-424f-8ace-40cb0b32f75d,If you love Gmail but you have an Apple,You will wrong into problems when trying to attach more than one file. Under the possible attachment are pictures and files in google drive only. Is very disappointing to have to open browser and use gmail from there.,Under the possible attachment are pictures and files in google drive only.,4,TRUE,usability,google drive,57,69,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,a9f9ad4b-b206-4eae-9c9f-f3c8b811fd60,06af9933-e29b-48ce-a225-31416df0d4ca,Same as Previous header WONT GO AWAY,"Works great on my iPad Pro with my student subscription. Almost perfect EXCEPT for one very important thing for a graduate student such as myself. There is no option to adjust headers “same as previous” options. For my assignments, it is required that I have multiple headings in my paper. I have to have a cover page (header 1), title page (header 2) and the body of my paper (header 3). I have tried the “page break” options and “different first page” options with no avail. If I am overlooking this PLEASE inform me of what to do... because as of now, I am working/typing on my iPad and formatting on my Dell desktop (ugh - been trying to get rid of that thing since 2011 - glad I kept it for now but save me please).","I have to have a cover page (header 1), title page (header 2) and the body of my paper (header 3).",3,TRUE,general,title,41,46,positive
productivity,things-3,70672091-79b3-40f6-9149-5c6bb0e19a9c,06e02d01-98dd-460c-9495-e7ab920339fb,Best App!!,"Absolutely seamless! I’ve tried a ton of apps like this but always resorted to just using my notes app until I found this.  Things makes it easy to stay organized and manage different goals/projects/to-dos — especially being able to add a todo when it comes to mind and then later adding more details. Very clean layout, easy to use. Love that it works with my calendar. 100% worth it.",Love that it works with my calendar.,5,TRUE,efficiency,calendar,28,36,positive
productivity,things-3,1c84030b-e958-4302-80b8-11ac613e6ead,079231f5-c3a0-4cd9-8d70-1bd3570b4d03,I have used them all...,"Things 3 is light years better than 2Do, Wunderlist, Trello, Tasker, Do It Tomorrow, etc. It may not have quite as many features as 2Do, and it may be more expensive than the free versions of Wunderlist, but it is flawless. The user interface is clean, well thought out, flexible and EASY TO USE. It feels fast and snappy when in use. I will say that my productivity has at least DOUBLED since I am now cranking through tasks instead of being frustrated by my system of organization. Other people have mentioned the amount of time that it took for Things 3 to come out, but I can only assume it is because of how well executed it was/is. Don’t hesitate to buy this app. I got it for my iPhone and iPad and think it is worth every dollar. I will be getting the MacBook version next.","The user interface is clean, well thought out, flexible and EASY TO USE.",5,TRUE,usability,interface,10,19,positive
productivity,notability,e8f4b548-c573-430d-8ee2-03c99711884c,07c247fd-344f-4b78-95d7-a88162646835,Great app but...,"This is THE BEST note taking app I have ever used. Unfortunately, with the last update half of my notes are in limbo re-downloading from iCloud. I’ve done the suggested ways to recover my notes up to #10. I’m terrified of loosing all the work I have done since this issue started so I haven’t gone beyond turning iCloud off and on again in the app. I’m in my last semester of nursing school and I need my notes so I don’t end up accidentally killing someone when we are allowed back in the hospitals. Yes, I have contacted support (weeks ago). No, no one has gotten back to me about this issue. A similar iCloud thing happened about a year ago. I guess I just have to wait for them to push out another update? Additionally, the app just freezes now. Can’t scroll, can’t type, cant write. I have to close it out and open it again crossing my fingers that it kept recording while it was unresponsive. I really need this app to release my notes from limbo. I’m about to start studying for the NCLEX, and I need to access all of my work.",I guess I just have to wait for them to push out another update?,3,TRUE,general,update,58,64,positive
productivity,things-3,9ab0497b-03ca-4b1f-98bc-36e4c58ae97c,07d739e9-0a1d-4036-b379-a7b8fd1b3423,Fantastic app,Love the ease of use on all platforms. The hot key to enter a task on the Mac and Siri integration oniOs make for very quick capture. My only wish is for a better look at project over time. There’s the upcoming section but it doesn’t show Today. I’d like a view if today and the upcoming for a specific project. I suppose I could use tags but I’m not sure that would give me what I’m envisioning. This is a small need. Things and TaskPaper combined are a great way to plan and track.,I suppose I could use tags but I’m not sure that would give me what I’m envisioning.,4,TRUE,usability,tag,23,26,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b344f000-57a0-4939-ad0e-05764e56d5f8,08bdedeb-7285-4d3e-97a4-e15e92061426,How’s That Replacement For Inbox?,"When Google decided to decommissionInbox and go with Gmail I was perplexed. But we were promised the same functionality, so what the hell, I guess I’ll give it a try. Well, let me tell you, I’m beyond disappointed.For starters, Inbox would organize all emails into neat categories: Promotions, Purchases, important stuff, and what not. Everything other than important stuff didn’t trigger a notification which is fine by me because I get a ton of spam. It was easier to clean up too.Next, visually Inbox was far better organized. Emails had visual cues, reminders and things related to your calendar had a different layout, etc. Again, it made your inbox easier to organize.There was also the “Done” functionality. Essentially it meant that with one click you could make an email disappear from the main view but it wasn’t deleted. Just moved somewhere else.None of that exists for Gmail. Quite frankly, Gmail hasn’t changed since it was released (visual, layout, etc). I’m not one for fix what ain’t broken but for the love of god, could we step into the 21st century? I understand wanting to be simplistic but too much simplicity doesn’t give you much flexibility.Long story short, I’m moving to Outbox because at least their app gives me some room to organize in an easy, user friendly way which Gmail really doesn’t.Very disappointed, Google.","But we were promised the same functionality, so what the hell, I guess I’ll give it a try.",2,TRUE,reliability,functionality,31,44,positive
productivity,things-3,6b7ffa01-976d-4fc1-9012-9b87d683af3e,08d50460-8532-419d-bee5-8632903efaaa,Limited and Expensive,"Paying 65-80$ for a suite of eye candy...Overall there is not much of an improvement to justify the high cost, considering you have to buy three different apps.There is still  the same greedy pricing model essentially charging you 1.5 times more for the iPad version. Only reason this is not a universal app, is money. I don't see this scheme much anymore thankfully.There are some nice small additions and a wonderful interface but that is about it.The biggest issue with this software is the lack of real integration with Apple Reminders and Calendar. You essentially have to use one app or the other as far as Apple Reminders go. As for Calendar, it's nice seeing entries within Things 3, but you can't edit or interact with these. If the app were able to synch back and forth with Reminders and Calendar, I might use Things 3. This app is basically just a fancy task list with a very pretty interface...For 80$.",This app is basically just a fancy task list with a very pretty interface...For 80$.,2,TRUE,cost,interface,65,74,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,87eff9f9-06b2-4cb3-b558-46a0d0bfca0b,092dd724-befc-4c75-b7e5-b9570a0d72c3,My #1 App,"Evernote occupied the first place on my Home Screen. Top left, first page. It’s my peripheral catch-all brain. I am a doctor and I use it to sort all the various teachings and articles I have accumulated over the years. Recipes, receipts, travel itineraries, daily diary, poems, home mortgage info.. all there. PDFs, word docs, Powerpoints... every imaginable file type. All conveniently accessible from my phone, iPad, and laptop with seamless sinking across devices and platforms. This is the FIRST review I have ever written, and I wrote it because I would combust if Evernote’s amazing app ceased to exist. I’d go from a very high-functioning to a VERY low-functioning human being.","Top left, first page.",5,TRUE,general,page,17,21,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,adc6ee22-4d78-4f57-8fac-7a57ce2cfbfd,0941c36b-f67c-4bc3-8309-f6a3f25e432d,Potential OneNote or Better,"I have been using OneNote to take the majority of my notes with until I realized that the Word app also had note taking capabilities. I like how Word still allows you to add more detailed figures and its in paper size. However, since I am only writing notes the software has a tendency to scroll to the top of the page since there is no text on the page. It’s annoying. I actually like note taking on Word more than OneNote, but it needs some improvements. I feel Word on iPad should be more like OneNote or OneNote be more like Word.",I like how Word still allows you to add more detailed figures and its in paper size.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,paper,74,79,positive
productivity,things-3,a7ef50a1-1e9a-417f-be93-0744814da522,09ecf7ea-b920-4b75-833e-4f9f0a914b40,Over Hyped,"For what this app does, I really think it’s over priced and over hyped. It has some nice features like I can see my today list on my apple watch. It does what it says but its not really more than a simple list todo app. I really wish there was a calendar view. Like in ‘Upcoming’, if you could tap the calendar icon and actually see a calendar. There’s no way to see details more than a week in advance. So if you like to plan out your month, this isn’t the app for you. Also, when I am scheduling a repeating task on a specific day for the next week, the app doesn’t recognize the day. It always wants to repeat on Wednesday and I have to change it. Its minor, yes, but still annoying. Same thing with repeating a monthly task. It doesn’t recognize the date and I have to manually put it in. Honestly, I regret buying it. There are cheaper and better options on the app store.",I really wish there was a calendar view.,3,TRUE,general,calendar,27,35,negative
productivity,things-3,a7ef50a1-1e9a-417f-be93-0744814da522,09ecf7ea-b920-4b75-833e-4f9f0a914b40,Over Hyped,"For what this app does, I really think it’s over priced and over hyped. It has some nice features like I can see my today list on my apple watch. It does what it says but its not really more than a simple list todo app. I really wish there was a calendar view. Like in ‘Upcoming’, if you could tap the calendar icon and actually see a calendar. There’s no way to see details more than a week in advance. So if you like to plan out your month, this isn’t the app for you. Also, when I am scheduling a repeating task on a specific day for the next week, the app doesn’t recognize the day. It always wants to repeat on Wednesday and I have to change it. Its minor, yes, but still annoying. Same thing with repeating a monthly task. It doesn’t recognize the date and I have to manually put it in. Honestly, I regret buying it. There are cheaper and better options on the app store.",I really wish there was a calendar view.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,calendar view,27,40,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,f2a82ce4-8759-431c-bb6a-ab4e8c219538,09f81362-4ec1-412b-87bf-4f64c6dc21c0,Incredible! I’m amazed.,"In the first stage, you ignore the app. You continue procrastinating and slacking, the app serving only as a reminder of your ideal, more focused self.In the second stage, you open the app. You fail numerous times and your efforts come to little fruition, until finally one day, after a week of focus, you reach stage three. In this stage, you rely on the app to guide your focus. Things are actually getting done and you’re amazed at how such a simple thing has reigned in your potential for productivity. And the one day...One day, you reach the fourth and penultimate stage. You no longer need the app. Simply having the icon on your phone is enough to deter you from using your precious time doing anything extracurricular... including even using the app. All focus had finally become internalized, and the app, being a mere external vehicle, also seems to waste your potential for focus.In the final stage, your phone vanishes, app and all. I’ve obviously not reached this stage as I’m reviewing from my phone, but you get the point.App really does work, if you’re willing to put in the work yourself. Otherwise, it’s useless.","In the second stage, you open the app.",5,TRUE,general,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,notability,f46c8f5c-6663-4137-a4f2-e8a36801ea42,0a1119ee-6140-486d-a7b3-7ae818c2df34,"Good app for note taking, but missing many essential features","I often get very frustrated using notability. I think that’s a good way to summarize things. I am a college student who likes to take notes using both the keyboard and my Apple Pencil. Notability seems to hate this. For some crazy reason, the notability text can never align itself with the notability grid. As a result, you get paragraphs of text that doesn’t follow the line / grid that you have chosen for the page. Text often create their own grids, at varying line heights, which makes the entire document very ugly. The sync is also on and off between my devices. I’ve had instances where I sat in lecture waiting for a page to sync from my mac to my iPad, but it never does. One time I waited 2 days before the pdf finally mysteriously appeared. There’s never a time where I can hit refresh and know for sure that all my notes are synced up.",The sync is also on and off between my devices.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,sync,5,9,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,ec6629b7-79c4-4801-9bf0-aff2eeab9c14,0a4153a0-1f70-4195-bec8-4e299daa0d82,Great app needs no groups support,"App is very great. You can customize whether to archive the email or delete it.   It is very streamlined and efficient.There are some issues.There is no way to send an email to your work group to let them know that you have a change in the document or update them on a change in an event.Attachments need to be more than just photos supporting apples new file I would be very useful.In general, If you’re trying to send a simple email to one contract it is extremely useful however if you’re trying to manage you work contacts and group management you’re better off using the native app.",Attachments need to be more than just photos supporting apples new file I would be very useful.,4,TRUE,compatibility,photo,39,44,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,b0a764a5-21b9-4677-b276-843d5f20ebc1,0a43a9d8-729c-4c60-aefd-2ee811024907,"So if you email is no longer active, that the account is open on. There is no way to cancel","It amazes me that college educated people cant design using critical thinking and the idea of ease for the consumer.Now my email account is closed, job related. I cant cancel my subscription.  I have no other recourse now but to give money to something I dont need.I guess evernote has become a tax.Ill never use them again and I will passionately discourage anybody from using it, ever.",I have no other recourse now but to give money to something I dont need.,4,TRUE,cost,money,42,47,negative
productivity,notability,092fece2-1062-40b9-a3a6-7c71bb33dca5,0b0e2679-a93b-42df-865d-9a2c4e4b71b3,Notability is great...but not on iPhone,"Writing a review of Notability is hard. On the one hand, I use it every single day on my iPad. I do a lot of reading/research for my job, so Notability has saved me from being buried under an endless pile of paper. I even pair it up with Scanbot so I can quickly scan materials in meetings and then have all my notes/handouts in a single place. Being able to search my handwriting is a game-changer! So is having access to my documents and notes everywhere, including my laptop, and having all changes and edits synced through iCloud. I’ve always wanted to go paperless with ubiquitous access to everything; Notability is my hub for that. Which brings me to my chief complaint about Notability: it’s iPhone app is terrible. It’s nice to see my notes on my phone if I need to skim something quickly on the go, but basic functionality is missing. You can’t search a document, highlight pages, see all the pages in a document—if you’re looking for something, you can only scroll until you find it. That’s ok if you’re talking about two pages of notes; but if you are looking at a 50 page journal article trying to find something, it’s ridiculous. Competitors have this functionality on iPhones, but Notability has never added it. I wish they would! I also wish they would format text-only notes like Google Docs, adjusting text size for a given display without affecting the formatting.",I’ve always wanted to go paperless with ubiquitous access to everything; Notability is my hub for that.,4,TRUE,usability,paper,26,31,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,1ea7b429-69df-443d-b344-7af838bece97,0b30315e-e56f-48c0-98c5-52d33fc572a7,Microphone,"I’m hoping the developers see this. I love the Word app. It allows me to take copious notes on my phone and sync them for better formatting on my computer. I use the free version every day and can usually figure out how to do what I need to do. Recently, a microphone icon was added to the lower right corner of the screen. This is causing a huge problem for me, as the text that I’m trying to proof at a glance as I type always seems to be BEHIND the icon. My keyboard already has a microphone (as all phone keyboards do), so the one that is covering my screen seems redundant and it’s blocking  the clear view of the text. It would be nice if it was transparent, or could be toggled on and off, or if you just put it somewhere else. Thanks for considering this.","This is causing a huge problem for me, as the text that I’m trying to proof at a glance as I type always seems to be BEHIND the icon.",4,TRUE,usability,text,47,51,negative
productivity,notability,e8e2f10d-1f8e-4fda-b60d-4640037dce68,0b7b20ae-57f7-46cf-8a0a-6d86e62a0560,Poor organization,"This app is good at rendering handwriting and I really like the color schemes (yellow on black, red on black). However, everything else is a disappointment: - not being able to test the product before purchase is a massive nuisance from the outset- dividers and subjects are neither intuitive nor sufficient for elaborate organization. For example, I cannot archive notes that I do not need on a regular basis. I can delete notes or keep them in my face. I cannot use the same name for a subject under two dividers. For example, I cannot have a 'General' subject under two different divisions. So I cannot have a catch-all for different teams or topics. Way too simplistic. - the reason I'm now writing this negative review and switching to a different note system is because ALL MY SUBJECTS AND DIVIDERS DISAPPEARED for no reason!!!! I invested a lot of effort trying to organize my written notes and now I need to do it all over again in a different system. For all the things people find annoying about Microsoft, my stuff never disappears randomly. Updated to 1 star since I can't even export it backup my files to PDF anymore. Took me forever to get all my content out! Massive waste of time and money!","This app is good at rendering handwriting and I really like the color schemes (yellow on black, red on black).",1,TRUE,usability,color,65,70,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e6485cb1-0b09-4bb9-afbf-283c54230068,0ba866f3-55a5-4507-92f9-8b13ed8f1eba,I want blue!,"Maybe this is a trivial thing to give one star over, but I had the mailbox app that became the inbox app, when it was bought by google. It remained a calm blue color, which stresses me out less when I have to check email. Today my Inbox app told me “for better and more features” I should install and use the new and improved Gmail app. So I did. I opened it up to that horrendous angry red that makes me want to gore people like I’m the bull at Pamplona. I don’t want to gore people. I don’t want to be even more stressed when I open email. I want blue. Or green. Or maybe purple. Can we skin it with some cooler calmer colors? Anything but red, though preferably also not orange. Yellow could be ok... but no red. Red=one star reviews because I cannot even.",Can we skin it with some cooler calmer colors?,1,TRUE,general,color,40,45,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,ef607858-9065-4856-b159-8065a857b494,0c082c0d-8e80-4059-b818-f7fa396915a9,Great app! Just needs one thing...,"Alright, I absolutely LOVE Gmail! It’s so easy to get all of your email in one place, everywhere! I just think Gmail needs one thing: Dark Mode. Just like basically every other Google app has dark mode, so why shouldn’t Gmail? Like I said, great app... just needs a little personalization.","Just like basically every other Google app has dark mode, so why shouldn’t Gmail?",5,TRUE,usability,dark mode,48,57,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e1d4b873-5001-4b23-900c-612d4dad77dc,0c71c096-cf86-471b-9fdf-a7f124fac49a,Desktop App Needs Better Security,"I absolutely love Evernote. I’ve been a premium member since 2012. One of my biggest complaints that they still have not addressed is the security issues. Specifically relating to the desktop app. The mobile version allows you to set a time that it automatically logs you out. Unfortunately, the desktop doesn’t. That leaves your content vulnerable to people who wish to access your content without your permission should you step away from your computer and forget to log out. Yes I know I could use a screensaver to achieve a similar layer of security but that blocks me from everything on my computer. I don’t know why this is possible on the mobile app but not in the desktop. Also, Evernote does not allow you to set additional layers of security for notes or notebooks. You can encrypt text in a note but it doesn’t save that password in an admin settings area. So if you forget or lose the password you lose access to your content. These are sloppy and unrefined security issue if you ask me. I believe Evernote should address these issues and by doing so it can add tremendous value to their overall product.","Also, Evernote does not allow you to set additional layers of security for notes or notebooks.",4,TRUE,security,notebook,85,93,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,2347b9c2-de6e-461f-9e04-24130d8a346b,0c79540a-c923-47b2-a0c8-ebad97e22c89,Goodbye Microsoft Word,"I’ve used this app since 2015, and after numerous horrible updates, it’s completely nonfunctional now. You might as well just make this app $50 from the get go, as you cannot edit your existing documents, save, or even type without a crappy Office subscription. Even worse, I can’t make edits to documents that were actually editable long before these horrible updates.This “feature” of requiring a subscription has been introduced before, and was met with strong negativity so it was soon rolled back. Unfortunately, that was not the case here, and it seems people just accept mediocrity and forced payment now. Even if I can’t even type, it sure is a good thing I can copy my documents, and paste them onto a better app. But who knows—maybe there’ll be a $10 fee for the in the next update. Goodbye Microsoft Word!",But who knows—maybe there’ll be a $10 fee for the in the next update.,1,TRUE,cost,update,63,69,positive
productivity,notability,c512a434-21cb-4a39-8400-12c719eb7408,0c84b805-9d41-4d69-a1f1-304ae46757ae,WHAT?,"I haven’t been paying much attention to update when suddenly I realize that my Notability App is awesomely different.  I have been a long time user of this app and have loved it since day one.  I have experimented with other note taking apps but very quickly return to this workhorse of an app.  Now with the latest update I am blown away!  I love to write with my apple pen and being able to convert to text is extremely useful.  So far it has been flawless in conversion; however I am old school in my penmanship so that my work in my favor.  Being able to put notes side by side?  Since I convert all documents into files in Notability for meetings, to be able to pull up other documents alongside of the notes I am taking is absolutely amazing.  One thing that I am watching and am unsure of yet is that in watching battery consumption Notability seems to have suddenly become my primary drain, outstripping my FaceBook app.  So this is something that I will be watching since I tend to leave Notability running in the background.But overall I want to give a big shout of thanks to the developers for making a great app even better.",Now with the latest update I am blown away!,5,TRUE,compatibility,update,21,27,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b370cb9e-6baf-44da-bca7-362a45034634,0c8b124e-b123-48ae-a0ba-5bdf582c8a4e,This App is amazing!,"Hey Google! I got an update for you!• Share videos within people you talk to• Send Voice • an option for video quality!It’ll be a great idea for sending videos to relatives, because it could show better what you do than sharing a photo!It’ll be a great idea for sending voice messages on gmail also! It’s a new way to contact people!An option for video quality is also a great idea! Mostly since updates have bugs, there’s a chance you could change quality! With mostly editing apps! ( Please read this)","It’ll be a great idea for sending videos to relatives, because it could show better what you do than sharing a photo!",5,TRUE,usability,photo,112,117,positive
productivity,things-3,38c751dc-1e15-4fb6-b1a2-b5066c5efd43,0c924c61-4e7e-4d54-8700-3eda699753a9,Slowed down a pinch when opening,"In one of the recent updates I noticed the speed of Things go down a little bit when it’s first opened. I’m not sure what happened, but I do miss when it used to open a little faster. Not a huge deal, but I would like it if you all would try to increase the speed when it’s opened.",In one of the recent updates I noticed the speed of Things go down a little bit when it’s first opened.,4,TRUE,general,update,22,28,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,eb365734-7652-4981-8789-4edceaaa9176,0dfee870-9ae8-47be-94d7-728ff6546a5c,"Love this app, but here’s my only complaint","So experience wise, i think it’s great. The only thing i would change is how the tiles form with more trees you plant. Because the tiles keep growing at a rate higher than the amount of trees you plant, your forest is always looking emptier than it should, leaving you feeling unsatisfied.You could make the argument that the empty tiles incentivizes the users to plant more trees, but I’d wager that users will most likely use the app longer if they’re able to consistently feel that their forest is jampacked with trees, and not sparsely potted. If you’re a designer for the app reading this, hope this influences your decision to update the algorithm for the tiles. :)","If you’re a designer for the app reading this, hope this influences your decision to update the algorithm for the tiles.",4,TRUE,general,update,86,92,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,3152e666-df3a-4cfd-a042-a5a60cbc2e37,0e2e30af-69cd-4888-ad9c-47e600de521e,This is the wrost scam I have found yet on iTunes.,"I spent good money to have Microsoft word and power point for college papers and for writing reports at work. I use the macbook pro at home for some reports but 99% for college papers. I used an ipad AIr mostly for reports at work for work related material. I finally purchased an ipad pro 12.9 and a Logitech keyboard case thinking this was going to be a huge upgrade having a seperate keyboard. It turns out the Microsoft technicaial support isn't very helpful and even worse than that, They want me to pay 9.99 a month for the rest of forever to use it. I am very angry having alerady paid for the use of word on a device now they want me to pay for another device. I will not. They have lost a customer forever. I rate this app a zero even though I had to pick one star.",I use the macbook pro at home for some reports but 99% for college papers.,1,TRUE,general,paper,68,73,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,dd9debee-91e9-469b-ad12-8ceb83d6bd7b,0e484beb-5b9b-4346-9582-247d68f8389b,"Breaks shortcuts, bad paste handling","I can’t use any default keyboard shortcuts in either the web app or desktop app. Why override the built-in behavior? Your changes aren’t helpful and prevent me from meaningfully navigating and selecting bodies of text without using a mouse or trackpad.Not to mention I can’t even paste my notes in effectively. When I copy multiple lines off text and paste them into Evernote they appear across multiple lines as expected, but when editing it’s revealed that the app considers the entire paste body as one line. For example, clicking the bulleted list button makes the entire multiline selection into a single bullet point, rather than each line becoming a bullet. To work around the bug I had to go across every single line and delete the previous white space (probably LF) and hit return again (possibly inserting CRLF?).As a note taking app I need copy+paste to “just work” as well as sensible keyboard shortcuts that don’t conflict with system ones.",As a note taking app I need copy+paste to “just work” as well as sensible keyboard shortcuts that don’t conflict with system ones.,1,TRUE,usability,note taking,6,17,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0ba91efe-3916-4a85-b915-f7e50b9030b8,0e4b2383-5f1d-4861-b093-cd6813d25427,It works but is not geared to be fast at all,"Whenever you switch to the app from another one it takes like 5-10 seconds to accept any user input. When you start the app it takes about as long or longer. It doesn’t sync notes in the background, so unnecessarily uses data. I noticed the old IOS version did not have this problem as it only started after the “new version”, and these similarly frustrating issues are present on the new OSX version too.Since we can’t downgrade, I’m stuck with this new version, and when it does work it works well. But it is like trying to surf the web on a laptop from 2005. It works sometimes and not very well.","It doesn’t sync notes in the background, so unnecessarily uses data.",3,TRUE,efficiency,sync,12,16,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a1adaca4-3f46-4322-b616-b1bf0f574e2f,0e7f1f94-2630-4463-be08-ec5598374065,What were they thinking?,"Premium user here.  Tried to navigate around the new update and am so frustrated with it all.  Cant customize the left hand menu - it always opens to all notes. Speaking of the search function!  Didn’t they have any beta testers?  The search is horrible!  You put in a term and it gives suggestions, a few tags. It not a way to narrow to all notes with that term quickly.  To search properly you have to use search language which requires a lot of extra typing. This version had made tags worthless as you either have to keep entering searches with each tag or you enter a  keyword and a list of tags that include that keyword pops up but you can only select one tag at a time. Everything  takes more clicks to find something, do something, or import something.   They have also removed the ability to assign tags in the web clipper.  Not sure of what they had in mind with this update, but this version is worthless for my purposes.  I have over 2000 recipes in a notebook which are organized by tags.  By removing the clipper ability to assign tags and the search filter by multiple tags this is pretty useless.  Any suggestions on a replacement? Is there a way to restore to old version?  If I wasn’t already invested with so many files I would definitely look for another note keeping app.  They ruined it!",Is there a way to restore to old version?,1,TRUE,general,old version,30,41,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7c408914-658e-4e95-80c1-17041a17d422,0ecb26dd-4280-4174-894f-1eb26412320c,NEVERnote - Almost,"Another update and AGAIN the Reminder App Badge is STILL broken. Listen guys, I get it, you’re too stupid to have this work the first time, but after 4 updates it’s still as if you’re unable to find your own rear ends with both hands and a flashlight? This isn’t difficult guys - your app ALWAYS did this before the latest “let’s destroy our company” app update:1. An App Badge shouldn’t appear until the date AND time have been broached. If I want to be Reminded at 10am I shouldn’t have a badge before then (12:00am, which your lazy design currently does EVERY time). If that’s too “over your heads” just check out EVERY OTHER Reminder-type software ever created. I believe it’s possible that you’ll figure it out at some point. 2. The Reminder setting menu needs a day of the week reference in it, NOT JUST the month, date and time. Is it POSSIBLE that I might not know off the top of my head what date is a Monday 3 months from now? And is it POSSIBLE that my Reminders might have more to do with certain days of the week than they do with dates? Hmmm. Yeah, I bet that’s (again) why all other programs built for this kind of thing do that. Get a clue Evernote. You’re so close to becoming NEVERnote to me.",Another update and AGAIN the Reminder App Badge is STILL broken.,1,TRUE,reliability,update,9,15,negative
productivity,notability,c04a9d2b-8351-42cf-89a3-c4e093afb9a8,0ed2a3d3-a858-4d7d-8ae1-7b69bbc7a6af,Awesome!,"Can we just get some options for highlighting, like if we want it above or behind the text? And templates!I love notability. I keep coming back from GoodNotes because it is just so much simpler and easier to navigate. I feel more ready to just start writing with notability and it’s easy to get fun colors for highlighters and text. Everything is more zoomed in and feels more natural to write on. I feel like I’m always zooming in on GoodNotes. Mind you, I have a 9.7 inch iPad which may affect my perspective of each app. I love the drag and hold feature.  I can create lines and shapes more accurately than in GoodNotes. I couldn’t draw pentagons or hexagons in GoodNotes which meant I used notability for organic chem. But it’s overall more seamless. I can make shapes with the highlighter or the pen. I only wish we had the option to see the highlighter behind the text or even for shading and coloring.","Can we just get some options for highlighting, like if we want it above or behind the text?",5,TRUE,effectiveness,text,87,91,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d58e5bbd-6461-4d0f-90ad-33105ce072a2,0f1b1c8e-1141-4c3c-af6c-f8b953425401,Loses notes,"The point of a notes app is that it store notes and be able to find them again. The search is generally worthless, you have to use tags religiously because that’s the only way you can find anything. I’ve had a note of list items for 5+ years that I referred to. Now I can’t find it via Search. Text I know is in it shows zero results. Worse, I scrolled through thousands of notes and can’t find it. It’s gone forever. And I paid money for this?!?Saving web pages is lousy. It throws 3 photos in the list view that rarely have anything to do with the page or are just some design graphic from the site. And don’t even try to edit that note, it will destroy everything. Searching for any content on it is a waste of time. Surely there’s a better notes app than this aging poorly-maintained junk.","The search is generally worthless, you have to use tags religiously because that’s the only way you can find anything.",1,TRUE,usability,tag,52,55,negative
productivity,things-3,c746755b-0861-401a-b7af-17ce81e5476c,0f7a52e1-d271-48a4-9e75-d05a5bdf930a,Great Design for getting things done!,"I've just started using the app. The tutorial was very informative and made it really easy to get oriented with Things.  I LOVE the design! For me, it's intuitive and easy to use. I've tried many different to-do apps and Things seems to get the layout right. So far, i think it is worth the purchase. I'd recommend it!",I've tried many different to-do apps and Things seems to get the layout right.,5,TRUE,usability,layout,66,72,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,81722d44-ab23-4062-b441-417924f0ea6d,1155ec48-806c-45a1-91d5-9e71a1a4e811,Huge Leap Forward,"The latest redesigned Gmail is a massive improvement over the previous version. I loved Inbox and am happy to see some of my favorite features integrated neatly into Gmail.The unified inbox feature with easy media access is amazing.Awesome, thank you!",The latest redesigned Gmail is a massive improvement over the previous version.,5,TRUE,usability,design,14,20,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,2b45dcca-21b1-4ce2-b3c5-2cc73d357cbf,11fe56fc-842d-428f-8342-6764a461ad3a,The Best,"I have been in and out of school since 2011, first with my undergrad and now I am in a graduate program. With these two programs there has been a lot of paper writing especially on the APA format. I have used Word for all of them and have to say this by far has been the best experience. The addition with auto saving, researcher for journal articles and various templates had proven to most effective for writing papers.",With these two programs there has been a lot of paper writing especially on the APA format.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,paper,49,54,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f849e9ed-b533-4d4e-8fcf-adebf5e8bb63,12441db6-9cbb-45d0-aab5-cb80549663e2,Option to increase font size,"Please gives us an option to increase font size. Other than that, the app is great. At least have it in sync with the system wide font settings so it would change according to everything else.",Please gives us an option to increase font size.,4,TRUE,general,font,39,43,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,becf3b6f-25a5-45f6-859a-e1e20bff4881,124aa542-a53e-4ea0-afb0-2189eaca3609,NEW VERSION IS FRUSTRATING!,"I procrastinated updating to the new style version for months, because I depended heavily on this app and loved it. I finally caved and have been using it for about a month now. And it just frustrates me! The badge notification for new mail doesn't always go away after all messages are read. Adding attachments is cumbersome now; it automatically imbeds them in your message and you have to individually select each to make it an actual attachment - and the app always freezes; I have to close it out and reopen it to get them attached properly. The option of ""mark as unread/read"" no longer exists (SINCERELY miss that). Also, if I open a new email from iPhone's drop-down notifications (banner), I can read it in the gmail app fine - but the app keeps it as unread until I re-open the app from the home screen and view the email again. I don't get it?! Those are my biggest complaints. I like just being able to swipe to delete, but that convenience isn't worth the loss of the other features and the frustration.",The badge notification for new mail doesn't always go away after all messages are read.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,badge notification,5,23,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,d84f2707-3d24-4aa8-b534-2f1c425a4c33,12947f17-e528-4acd-a82f-d108650e54b2,"Very Unreliable, Does Not Save","This app is an attempt to be what Word is on a computer. There is limited functionality, buggy interaction, and the save feature is terrible. I am a grad student who relies on Word for all my papers. Today, my second paper was erased by Microsoft Word and One Note. I had the auto save feature enabled and track changes enabled (because Word deleted my work before). I went to save my work manually (because I knew the auto save doesn’t work all the time), and it was grey. I could not turn auto save off, and it was not saving even though I had a stable internet connection in the library I always work from. So I saved a copy of the file to my device and it showed it save to my ipad. I restarted my application thinking all was fine, only to find none of my work saved, and that copy I made disappeared! I also found in trying to recover the files that there is no recover functionality and there hasn’t been since at least 2018 when another user reported the same problem. I lost almost 3 hours of work. DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP! Stick to a computer until the developers get serious about the things we are serious about.",I had the auto save feature enabled and track changes enabled (because Word deleted my work before).,1,TRUE,usability,auto save,11,20,positive
productivity,notability,73dc4313-dcc2-465c-9940-72ce0b7639a2,12a71f39-860a-4bf5-a629-e49a27166e5c,Good app but recently don’t work as before,"I have this app for almost a year. I can say that at the time I purchased it, no app could complete with this. However recently I am facing issue. It does not save some pdf files or sometime crashes. Sometimes I open send a pdf file from an email attachment and when I open it it is a blank file. Another recent problem, the app freezes and wont respond. My ipad is a one year old so I don’t think the issue is from my ipad. I have seen similar reviews by other customers here. Hope they resolve the issues fast otherwise I am forced to leave this app.Another suggestion, it would be great if one can have side by side pages. I am doing my calculations on the app and sometimes i need to have an equation in few pages back to check. It is a pain to go back and force between pages. It would be awesome to have side by side pages selectively.Final note, i would give 5 star if there were no problem and app was working like before.","Another suggestion, it would be great if one can have side by side pages.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,page,68,72,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,db34017e-1fd2-4253-b285-6c4ad530c63b,131cff47-47e3-44f5-843b-d0c6ee63648d,Long time user,"Usually this is app perfect. We’ve been using the paid version for a while now and it’s been very convenient being able to access our notes on different devices. There are two things that we really hope you guys consider. We have an issue with duplicates being created about 40% of the time since this new update. It’s always happened but Its def been happening more since the update, either way it’s not that big of an issue. Besides that, our main request is that you guys bring back the Apple Watch app. Never actually got a chance to use it but I can see it being extremely helpful. Once that’s implemented we would happily give you the 5 stars 🤟🏽🤟🏽🤟🏽","It’s always happened but Its def been happening more since the update, either way it’s not that big of an issue.",4,TRUE,reliability,update,64,70,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,5f0761f0-a0f5-4ce2-91d6-25d1de42d3c7,13730c7c-32ed-492c-9679-2d730b323f70,Changed my thinking!,"I love to write. I use notebooks and i have also experimented with other note taking applications! However, evernote is by far the best and most sophisticated tool i have used. The sophistication comes from its simplicity. I always recommend people to start using evernote and keep notes for themselves. ♥️",I use notebooks and i have also experimented with other note taking applications!,5,TRUE,usability,notebook,7,15,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,33e84113-5084-4eb3-8c72-1d861127ab4a,13c6667f-e16f-4249-9fae-b61ee833d976,Fonts don’t work,"I have used MS Word since my first IBM XT Green Screen Computer back in grad school.  I have been a faithful user and was a dedicated windows user for years.  I now use the Apple family of products.  I use MS Word on my iMac and an iPad when I travel for presentations.After creating a PowerPoint preserntation on my iMac, I then access it using Dropbox on my iPad to use with a projector.  Using MS provided themes, I used MS fonts.  The fonts are not available on the iPad version, even after using all of the gyrations suggested for loading custom fonts on the iPad.  I have even stood on my head and typed with my left hand trying to use all of the different methods I have researched to make this work.Bottom line I have found, since iOS updated to v. 14 (I have 14.2), the problems seems to have been attributed to a needed update for MS365.  This dates back months and MS has not made the fix. I am not an isolated problem - from what I’ve read, this is common.  Get it together, MS.  Make it work.Additional: Laggy, buggy performance on an iPad Pro fully updated and running MSO365.  Again, get it together MS.  Make it work.","Bottom line I have found, since iOS updated to v. 14 (I have 14.2), the problems seems to have been attributed to a needed update for MS365.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,update,37,43,negative
productivity,things-3,337366a9-a0a5-4cb5-9f74-318381380192,13fcdc69-38c2-4eb1-beac-8bb078a7af9c,Unintuitive,"Terribly unintuitive. Difficult to add reminders and no way to add more than one reminder for a single to-do. Confusing nomenclature: groups vs. tags vs. projects; Does Anytime header show to-dos with any due date or no due date? If no due date, then what is the difference between the Anytime and Sometime header?",Confusing nomenclature: groups vs. tags vs. projects; Does Anytime header show to-dos with any due date or no due date?,1,TRUE,efficiency,due date,96,104,negative
productivity,things-3,337366a9-a0a5-4cb5-9f74-318381380192,13fcdc69-38c2-4eb1-beac-8bb078a7af9c,Unintuitive,"Terribly unintuitive. Difficult to add reminders and no way to add more than one reminder for a single to-do. Confusing nomenclature: groups vs. tags vs. projects; Does Anytime header show to-dos with any due date or no due date? If no due date, then what is the difference between the Anytime and Sometime header?",Confusing nomenclature: groups vs. tags vs. projects; Does Anytime header show to-dos with any due date or no due date?,1,TRUE,general,tag,36,39,negative
productivity,things-3,f13be753-3394-4149-a54e-10c001b65340,141bacf4-5993-428f-989c-6cd4db1306a1,Getting better and better,"Things 3 is my go to app for keeping track of things. It’s simplistic, yet powerful, design is easy to use, easy on the eyes, and offers enough options to handle my needs. Five stars if the following two things can be added in the future. 1.) Ability to bulk tag on iOS. Don’t know why this isn’t an option but tagging items one by one is tedious and slow. We can select multiple items and move them to different areas, why can’t we add tags to these items? 2.) I know it’s a stretch, but location reminders would be the icing on the cake. I’d love to be able to tag things with a location and have them pop up when I’m there - I suppose things isn’t really designed this way though. Bonus points if you can add collaboration in someway to things 3. I’d love to share projects around the house with my wife.As it stands Things is a strong 4 Star app with 5 star potential. Keep the updates coming!","I know it’s a stretch, but location reminders would be the icing on the cake.",4,TRUE,general,location reminder,28,45,positive
productivity,things-3,5412a0ff-e451-4c56-9011-63dae15bf5f4,14374d5c-d2ad-41ec-8e7c-91ada154ff8d,Font too small to read without glasses on an iPhone,Lots of positives as has been detailed by others. BUT font can not be adjusted and is way too small to be read on iPhone without glasses!,BUT font can not be adjusted and is way too small to be read on iPhone without glasses!,3,TRUE,usability,font,5,9,positive
productivity,notability,6c3fa3c7-e543-475e-97da-34e32806eef5,143c6a97-317d-474a-9e70-142801cf3867,Big problem w Apple note taking app,"I’m not sure who is responsible for this design flaw.  If someone could contact me I’d really appreciate it.  This is mainly with Notes for iPad but it happens with Noteability as well.  I can be typing away, as I normally do and I type fairly fast and then suddenly, without meaning to, I’ve just deleted the whole last paragraph I’ve written.  How does this happen?  Because suddenly the space bar shrinks in size and the portion that was on the right side becomes an “undo” button.  So, I think I’m hitting the space bar, which I do a lot as I type.  This happens so fast.  I’ve never before had to pay attention to a changing space bar.  Who needs an “undo” button anyhow?  Oh, I’m writing this complaint hoping Apple folks will see it and realize that their Notes for iPad doesn’t leave a way to leave a review.",I’m not sure who is responsible for this design flaw.,3,TRUE,general,design,42,48,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,97387037-0052-44dc-91c5-31446fb0eaa3,143d0e07-2425-49af-bf82-4fa5231ce2b0,love the app,"I love this app. I write tons of random stories about my characters, and it’s so perfect for school work too. Recently though, I’ve been experiencing a bug that won’t allow me to increase the size of the font! I try to make it bigger, but then it just goes back to size 1 or 2. I usually use sizes 12 to 18 and this is very bothersome. Can you please fix this with the next update?Otherwise, this is my favourite app for writing essays and/or stories!","Recently though, I’ve been experiencing a bug that won’t allow me to increase the size of the font!",4,TRUE,reliability,font,95,99,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a64c859f-1f9b-42ac-8857-0402cc2630ae,146d405d-cfa8-4aed-bb6b-84513e94ea9b,Different Timing Options,"I really like the idea of planting trees and getting coins as rewards for staying off of my phone, but choosing how many minutes to set a goal for is hard because I never know how long something is going to last.  If I set it for 30 minutes but then get an important text message from my mom, I have to give up and kill my plant.  I would suggest having a mode that lets you just turn off your phone in the app for as long or as short of a time as you want without setting a goal.  And if we leave the app, it doesn’t kill the tree.  Just the amount of time we stay in the app without leaving it results in different colored plants and trees.  Like maybe 1-5 minutes could be a flower and maybe like 60 minutes could be a willow tree and so forth.",Just the amount of time we stay in the app without leaving it results in different colored plants and trees.,5,TRUE,usability,color,84,89,positive
productivity,notability,b3ba49a9-a434-4a7b-b941-cf74144635ac,16228867-1f81-4cb4-93d4-0508162bfbff,Amazing Navigation and Design,"I’m obsessed with this app. I use it on my iPad for all my classes, as well as creative projects, any readings I want to do, and regular note taking. I absolutely love the functionality and navigation. You can search your own handwriting (don’t have to convert it to text), can import and export files (images, screenshots, PDFs, MS Word, etc.) all with extreme ease (this works incredibly with airdrop). I also love being able to switch between notes, have multiple notes open on one screen, and having my favorite writing utensils saved as a toolbar. The backup/sync works very well. I absolutely love being able to cut out and move around/paste my handwriting, it makes super neat notes that are simple to organize and clean up if you do make mistakes while writing. All of this allows me to take notes instead of typing, with all the ease and perks of electronic files. The only thing I would like to see is an option to not layer the highlighter if you lift your pen. Other than that, this is essentially my entire office now.",I absolutely love the functionality and navigation.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,23,36,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,48f11024-67c6-43a4-a0f4-37e9982bf209,1629604e-ee8c-473a-9058-3b3b8fe3e7a9,Good,"Good app. There is one problem for me with the app.. You can only encrypt and edit encrypted text on computer. There is no option to do this on mobile. You can view items encrypted on computer, but cannot make changes or create new encrypted data. But other than that, a great note taking app!","But other than that, a great note taking app!",4,TRUE,usability,note taking,30,41,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,0c6a2977-fdc4-487a-af93-f317d67f8df2,162a3507-e1e9-4ee6-a7a9-c3cb1ee428ea,Great (and cute) app!!,I use this app during the school year and really helps me stay off my phone while I’m trying to study and do homework. I don’t want to kill those little trees!! But this is great if you struggle with being attached to your phone when you really need to be working. If you’re motivated by achievements and hitting a certain amount of hours for staying focused this is the app to use! Plus you get to see your progress and pick what types of trees you want to grow! Forest is all really easy to use and you can sync to multiple devices so you can stay focused anywhere and get all the trees! Plus it’s just a really calming color scheme. Excellent!,Plus it’s just a really calming color scheme.,5,TRUE,usability,color,33,38,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,f61d768e-a4ff-4eab-8a93-6a459522260e,1634187c-3430-433b-b6db-8a2db693d4cd,Backspacing or deleting text causes app to freeze In iOS,"When you forward an email and you try to use the backspace to delete some content, for example a signature of one of the thread participants, the app will freeze.   You can’t even close the draft, you have to force quit the app.  It also happens to certain text when composing a new email.  When it gets to some part of the text you are deleting, it just freezes and the only thing to do is force quit.  Some text can be deleted without an issue, but trying to delete other text will cause the app to freeze.   There are other reviews with the same issue.  I have sent feedback and posted on the community.","When it gets to some part of the text you are deleting, it just freezes and the only thing to do is force quit.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,text,34,38,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0ade8c5d-26c8-411a-b4db-1884a574cf8c,16572c0b-005d-45f4-84f3-976245361c71,App going downhill,"I’ve used Evernote for years, but lately thinking of switching.  Major issues:  (1) search function used to be awesome t has been getting worse and worse; lately it is missing simple matches such as plural vs singular, incorrect spellings etc.  with all the text matching tech available today there is no excuse for this poor level of word matching. (2) I store all my recipes in the app and a super common use case is to create list from a recipe and or switch between 2 or more recipes that I am making at the same time; Evernote behavior for both of these is very time-wasting. On my phone c every time I switch away from Evernote (to add some items to the shopping list) when I return to the recipe it starts me back at the top of the recipe again.  Since many of my recipes are clipped from the web the actual recipe text may be V long due to clipping issues- so I may have to scroll 4-5-6 or more screens to get back to the list of ingredients. There’s just no excuse for losing y view location when I switch to another app for less than a minute. And most other apps are able to keep my view with no problem- for example e-commerce sites with long pages of product lists.In short Evernote should get the basics right before advanced “recommended items “ features that I don’t find particularly useful.",And most other apps are able to keep my view with no problem- for example e-commerce sites with long pages of product lists.,3,TRUE,efficiency,page,102,106,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,5fcbb6b8-d290-4c26-9e19-25f5caa61a84,169a393c-a6a9-4e5c-97fe-a342208e7502,bug report：mulitple level bulletpoint malfunctions,"Big fan of your product. Here is one thing that to be fixed for the mobile version: second level bullet point indentation doesn’t always appear. When it does, backspacing operations will jump the line to a new line. Very annoying bug please fix it!",Here is one thing that to be fixed for the mobile version: second level bullet point indentation doesn’t always appear.,4,TRUE,usability,bullet point,73,85,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,2326177e-9705-4aed-a9c2-b25db2d73092,16bffd9a-0ff9-414b-9d91-a9884ec16dac,Please fix ASAP,"I will switch my review to 5 stars as soon as the new update stops losing new notes. Since the new version came out I have lost two sets of study notes that are not saved in the note history edits. One note text did not sync 20 minutes worth of furious note taking. It is all lost. That was 2 days ago. Then today I was brainstorming for a project, and now Evernote shows an untitled note for each set of editing that I did. The original note with the edits is gone altogether. I have not changed my habits that I developed along the way as I have used Evernote. It is not a question of connectivity or issues on my end. It is an issue with the new update because the mistakes are not things that I can make. If this keeps up much longer I will have to switch platforms after 10 years.",One note text did not sync 20 minutes worth of furious note taking.,1,TRUE,general,note taking,56,67,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a0835e19-d541-489a-bc11-908ee34ce4d9,173b5680-2539-4cf6-9fce-719284ec24be,"It’s adorable, easy to use, and motivating!","I tend to get easily distracted by social media apps, but this app has definitely given me incentive to stay focused by motivating me to plant more trees. The design of the app is concise and cute, and I did not have a hard time understanding the app and using it to aid me in my life. I would recommend this to anyone who wants to get away from distractions whilst studying, working, or even doing chores.","The design of the app is concise and cute, and I did not have a hard time understanding the app and using it to aid me in my life.",5,TRUE,efficiency,design,5,11,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,d6a6f11d-410d-4353-bb01-47d54b5bd36e,177233ba-c35f-4af0-9f11-ca557d2f201a,Worth every penny,"I bought this app on a whim while searching for ways to stop me from procrastinating. This app turned out to be such a bliss. The coins took a bit long to gather, however that makes every purchase of a new plant, bush/flowers or sounds a more treasured and thought out experience. You can sync your records to use across devices as well. Would totally recommend it.",You can sync your records to use across devices as well.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,9,13,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6dc6af36-89a6-4e6d-9a9c-b13eccde4a7c,17c29db0-c1fb-48ef-8a7b-0aba0b97061e,"One Step Forward, Two Steps Back","The idea of adding the option for a single unified inbox would have been great if the ability to view single inboxes one at a time hadn’t been eliminated. Like others, I prefer to view personal and professional inboxes separately and can no longer do so, as this update has mashed them together. I am also not a fan of the new color scheme and will hope for a dark mode in the next update. Lastly, I continue to be puzzled why additional swipe functionality has not been added. I would like the ability to swipe long or short right and left for a total of four unique functions, rather than just one single option swiping in either direction.","Lastly, I continue to be puzzled why additional swipe functionality has not been added.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,55,68,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,3a9d3e82-9f1c-42c8-b099-7bcb3130943a,17df30c2-e838-4232-8caf-729c7bbb11ed,Auto save cannot be permanently disabled,"One star because, unless I am totally missing the option, and I have searched online and throughout the mobile app (excel included) there is no way to permanently disable the auto save feature. While this might be a good feature for some users, the ability to NOT have it forced on all users would be best. There are many times I might start editing a document and ten minutes in decide I don’t like the direction I am taking with my writing and want to go back and start back over where I was with my last INTENTIONAL save. Thanks Microsoft, because if this I unknowingly lost a needed version of a school research paper because of the auto save function. I should not have to manually toggle it off EVERY time I open a document and I should also not have to save a back up copy every time I want to work on a document to avoid the results of this crazy forced feature.","Thanks Microsoft, because if this I unknowingly lost a needed version of a school research paper because of the auto save function.",1,TRUE,efficiency,auto save,113,122,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e2f5e54e-1ad3-44fe-982e-034be3504290,1857f3e2-7f6b-4298-8651-8c33f15707e4,Will NOT work with Apple Pencil,"This app could not be more frustrating with the Apple Pencil. It moves my words as I write, randomly deletes phrases and words, most of the time won’t let me select the eraser, the keyboard comes up randomly as I write, and just now, when I finally got it to select the eraser, it erased everything on the page ABOVE where I dragged the eraser! So it didn’t erase what I wanted to erase, but erased everything I wrote above that line. What’s more, the undo button won’t work so I literally have to rewrite everything when it deletes or erases my work. On top of all that, it completely freezes all the time, forcing me to wait for it to catch up, or I have to shut it down and reopen, or it quits on its own. I won’t be using Word anymore.","What’s more, the undo button won’t work so I literally have to rewrite everything when it deletes or erases my work.",1,TRUE,efficiency,undo button,18,29,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,2a14c7c6-b1a8-489d-8d86-2eebdb6fec7d,1870ecc6-d8ac-4548-9f8d-d8b0f57e0779,Will Try to Strong-Arm You into Subscribing,"Latest version will not let you edit or save unless you “subscribe” meaning pay $6 a month. I have no grievance against this, but I wanted the option to pay a one-time fee for the app (i.e. buy it once and don’t pay again until the next big update). After an online chat with a Microsoft rep who told me I could do this, paying for 365, having the download go wrong, and two more online chats...I learned that I could not do this. The App is subscription only. :-p My money was refunded. Word for Mac was my go-to word processing program on my laptop and I liked having it on my iPad. No longer. I am sick and tired of subscription services. Especially one that essentially wants me to pay “infinitum” to read any documents I create on my iPad!  There are plenty of far better word processing apps I can outright buy—and have, and will. Good-bye Word. And good-bye Microsoft. You’ll get no more $$$ from me.",buy it once and don’t pay again until the next big update).,1,TRUE,cost,update,52,58,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,153f4eca-b6c3-4ea9-9230-d637a7e4df97,18abd213-ed5a-42c9-b1c5-a69151d0cca1,New layout issues,"New layout is faster than the old app, but clunky and missing features. Most importantly, there is no ""select all"" option. Categories are divided up, and it takes a search just to get to my general inbox instead of ""primary."" The search algorithm could use some work, and they need to work on what emails they choose to notify me about. Why am I receiving notifications from gmail from my ""promotions"" folder but when my employer or family members email me I get no notification? Visually, each email takes up way too much room on the screen and the colored logos to the left of each email are an eyesore.","New layout is faster than the old app, but clunky and missing features.",3,TRUE,general,layout,5,11,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f6a8767c-55f7-4bc7-b89e-8c0d80f9f321,193b0582-17da-45a0-98eb-b9610934c375,You finally managed to break it. Wow. Congrats!,"The list of broken features, both in iOS and Mac version, is a long one. You people think that by rounding the buttons and changing the way things look, you are allowed to break everything? 1) camera is faster in iOS than it used to be, but caveat!, it takes garbage pictures. 2) impossible to force a synch and much slower to do so by itself now 3) can’t edit certain shared folders now. And on and on. 4) not able to upload pictures from Apple photos into Evernote anymore. Either this is fixed very soon, or this is the last year I pay for a subscription. Next time you feel like changing the way things look, but you don’t have anything interesting to add or improve in terms of functionality, just don’t do anything.","The list of broken features, both in iOS and Mac version, is a long one.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,list,5,9,negative
productivity,notability,45db3b0d-c05a-42d7-a81d-b61ff503ca49,19af3c49-7e1c-45e4-8d56-10456ae929e5,Not as great as I thought it would be,"Many issues that I don’t like. The microphone function has a lot of potential but ultimately the only thing I can hear after recording in large lecture rooms are staticky background noises and the tapping of my pencil when I’m writing. The left handed mode doesn’t make much sense to me. I’m used to functions being on the top and now functions are on the bottom and don’t actually help with being left handed. There’s also A LOT of skipping that occurs which is incredibly annoying and there are times when I will be writing a letter but it is automatically changed to a shape. When I try press the back function to erase the shape, letters written before the shape are erased so I have to use the actual eraser. In instances like that, it would be nice to have a forward function because somethings are accidentally erased but now I have to completely rewrite it.The font size for pencil and higher are completely out of wack. I tend to write pretty hard so the writing gets very thick even though I have it on a thin setting and the examples of the thickness aren’t very representative. I also wish we had more control over the colors we prefer. All default colors are first which I only use black and it comes with a bunch of colors I don’t like but can’t delete them or change them to colors I’d prefer. I came from GoodNotes and I’m very use to their functions which might be the issue but since I paid for notability I actually want to use it.",I also wish we had more control over the colors we prefer.,1,TRUE,general,color,42,47,positive
productivity,notability,bd1e0d67-12c1-476a-97c4-d794d0223564,19b1eadd-affb-4f86-80e9-a931a1c18eec,Great app,"I absolutely love this app. Between work, school, and life, this app helps with notes, and my planners for everything. It’s so much more convenient to carry my iPad around rather than a bunch of books. This app is very user friendly, making it very easy to take notes and convert from the pen to highlighter, etc. You can even search your own handwriting and text from a pdf that has been uploaded in the same file which makes it easy to go back and look for something specific instantly rather than scroll through pages of notes. Great app!!!Update: I recently tried to access my notes on my iPhone, but half of the files wouldn’t sync between the ipad and my phone, which was annoying. I had down time to study and couldn’t because they wouldn’t sync. The only way to fix was to duplicate the file on the ipad so it would sync to my phone. It wasn’t a huge deal for that day, but could potentially be a major issue down the line if you don’t have the original device you used for the notes.Other than that, I still think it’s a great app and recommend it to anyone who is switching to digital notes and who doesn’t want to carry around a bunch of binders/notebooks!",I had down time to study and couldn’t because they wouldn’t sync.,5,TRUE,reliability,sync,61,65,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,3ea1b12f-7a0a-42b0-80eb-d7fca7de6d3e,1b06e65a-f5f4-48d7-8748-2468e913d081,"Pitifully slow, conversation view  is stupid","Update: the new version doesn’t let you turn off any google account on your device. Delete. It's usually faster for me to get my laptop, sign in, open a browser, and check gmail that way than use this app. Loses connection to server often (the only app on my phone for which this is a problem). Reminds me of AOL. Also, what rat-b*stard-idiot decided that the moronic conversation view was the only option? How does the top web mail service have the most useless and counterproductive iPhone app available? Did AOL give you this app as a present so people would keep using their bonehead service????","Also, what rat-b*stard-idiot decided that the moronic conversation view was the only option?",2,TRUE,effectiveness,conversation view,55,72,positive
productivity,things-3,109d98b0-220d-4b0c-a988-7fc428c02432,1b899c30-2aa8-48ed-9b9b-7919e3ab1408,Clearly Overated,"I’m new to the To Do and Planning Apps.I paid $10 because the app is #2 in the productivity category.The app is simple. Maybe too simple. I don’t understand why there is NO calendar view, this is a big miss. Also no sync option with iCloud or I missed something. You can’t assign a task to someone. No dashboard to indicate how many tasks are remaining and the percentage completed. Last point, the App icon is outdated and ugly compared to omnifocus or To-Do or any other planning apps. I see room for improvement.",Also no sync option with iCloud or I missed something.,2,TRUE,compatibility,sync,9,13,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0c185685-25e9-4eda-82de-ff3047d9ca62,1b90ccab-18e6-43b6-87ce-a833d7a86345,"Great, but the reloading....","I have used Evernote to manage virtually every list in my life for years. Love the app, but now it reloads the page every time I switch between apps, which is a HUGE pain while grocery shopping and checking things off the list, or when writing meal plans and checking ingredients from another Pinterest. Some level of page persistence would be greatly appreciated.",I have used Evernote to manage virtually every list in my life for years.,4,TRUE,general,list,48,52,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,22fa8ba6-c070-4165-9535-9c376f25c44e,1be226b6-0dc7-4043-a138-425059f58253,One of my favorite apps...,"Update:I mistakenly said this app was missing a feature which it actually does have. I wouldn’t have noticed if it wasn’t for the quick and friendly response by the app developer. That just goes to show that these guys really do care about their users’ experience. ...This is a great app. It helps keep me away from the phone. The previous version gave you extra coins if you stayed off your phone longer than your set time. Now it only gives you coins based on your set time. The drawback to this is that you have to repeatedly go back and set a new goal once the time is up if you want to be rewarded. That means being distracted by having to reach your phone. Overall, a useful app, just a little less than before.",The previous version gave you extra coins if you stayed off your phone longer than your set time.,5,TRUE,usability,previous version,5,21,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,7f1b6d5e-60e3-46cd-a8a0-90bdcc3b80d8,1bf2cc69-d65d-4cdb-b59c-6b6b3dec559e,Weird problems when replying to emails on iPhone,"In general, I really love Gmail! However, I have this weird problem that I can’t seem to find anyone else has. On my iPhone, when I am replying to an email, I will write a paragraph by using the microphone feature. And if I go back to edit it, the cursor gets moved to the end of the paragraph after the first character is corrected. It is so annoying. It takes forever to edit a paragraph that I have dictated into my phone.I have looked all over the Internet and I can’t find out if anybody else has this problem. It would make this app so much better. Because I reply a lot on my phone to emails.",It takes forever to edit a paragraph that I have dictated into my phone.,4,TRUE,general,graph,32,37,negative
productivity,things-3,ba105a9f-8b08-405d-bb1e-94e330c2496e,1dad670a-e932-4121-97b9-33143a8f35fc,The Essential To Do App,"Instead of boosting my productivity, my previous task management app had so many customization options that it actually ate away at my time.  It became a procrastination tool. I could spend an hour entering dates, setting up filters, and customizing views only to realize at the end of that time that I hadn’t actually gotten anything done. In contrast, Things 3 is wonderfully simple and clarifying. It’s as powerful as my previous app, but it strips out all the distractions and the fussiness, leaving pure, easy-to-access essentials: tagging, scheduling & project organizing. The scheduling feature has been the real game changer for me. The app tracks due dates (if you have them) but—more importantly— you can also add a schedule date for each task. The interface makes it very easy to add, move, & view tasks in the schedule (while keeping due dates fixed). So you can plan your time (and easily rearrange that plan as needed). If you’re a GTD person, you can still use that methodology with Things 3 projects & tags. But I find that I do better by adding the accountability of a scheduled list of things that I want to get done on a particular day or in a particular week. Things 3 helps me organize and manage that schedule better than anything else I’ve found. And it gives me the powerhouse organization tool I need without sucking me down a rabbit hole of customization options.","If you’re a GTD person, you can still use that methodology with Things 3 projects & tags.",5,TRUE,general,tag,85,88,positive
productivity,things-3,965a44db-029e-4567-9548-dcc719bd67c9,1db450bb-08cc-43f8-b443-8e2bfe156c6c,"Awesome, but for custom cloud service","This is an excellent app! Most of what I would have written here has already been written by so many people in their reviews. The only thing I dislike about this app is the need to sync my todos with the Things Cloud. Why not just use iCloud? Agreed that it’s just a simple toggle to turn on or off the syncing, but it just becomes one more place, one more cloud provider where our data gets distributed to. Any way the backup/sync solution could be made to work with iCloud itself?",The only thing I dislike about this app is the need to sync my todos with the Things Cloud.,4,TRUE,security,sync,56,60,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e89116d7-8b29-4355-8e68-8cece2608ea1,1dfb7c39-f541-41ea-b36c-7f14b6c3840e,Vastly Inferior to the Desktop App,"I am at a lost for words as to why Microsoft chose to cripple their iOS Apps to the point where it is no better than Apple’s Free and Native Productivity Suite.  It won’t spellcheck, unable to access citations, outlook is super slow, the list goes on.  It is super basic even with a subscription.  I used to love Microsoft’s Productivity Suite when they weren’t moving towards subscription.  Now, I am super happy I have alternative free and paid Productivity Apps that easily exceed Microsoft and they don’t charge for monthly access.  Shame, this app along with their other apps could have been great.",It is super basic even with a subscription.,2,TRUE,usability,subscription,31,43,positive
productivity,notability,9a44b7e5-4b97-442a-85b1-1d4956d96160,1e897dd5-cc1a-4654-9fb8-fe1add093257,Love it! Perfect for school!,"The only criticism I have is that I wish they had more long press perfect shapes other than straight lines, squares, triangles, and circles. I’d appreciate even a curved line for when I’m graphing. Other than that it’s been absolutely amazing. I never spend money on apps but this has been a dream with school notes. It keeps all my notes in one place, looking perfect and  organized. Instead of flipping through pages to find a specific note, I just look it up in the search bar and it recognizes my hand writing! And best of all I can record my lectures in case I need to remember something specific that I didn’t write down! And it syncs the recording to whatever you’re working so it’s easy to find a specific snippet of a 3 hour lecture. I’ve tried goodnote and one note and I still prefer notability. I even have it on my computer so it syncs all my notes.*TIP* You can type with this app but I highly recommend hand writing your notes as it’s proven to be more useful at learning and retaining material!","Instead of flipping through pages to find a specific note, I just look it up in the search bar and it recognizes my hand writing!",5,TRUE,reliability,page,29,33,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,6d395648-fc9e-4ab5-9fc4-a93e4ce59a65,1f4cdf30-ad7e-4936-ac94-ec42898444ef,Dark mode please!,I almost never write a review but I just had to for this. The app is great for what it is...a quick alternative when you need to write something on the go and you do not have your laptop or desktop available. I like the speech features where you can either say and it will write or it will read what you wrote. With that being said please can an update be done where I can change the physical page I’m writing on to be black or dark gray. Sometimes I get a whim to write something in the middle of the night but I don’t want to turn the lights on. The stark white page is so harsh on the eyes. You can change the color on MS word on the computer why not here?,With that being said please can an update be done where I can change the physical page I’m writing on to be black or dark gray.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,update,36,42,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,aae9a685-b3b6-4fed-969e-7c4bea78e9ca,1f4e31dc-cecd-43fc-b8bd-25e36823cb76,Effective but can be improved,"I’ve been using the app for a few years and love how it motivates me to stay on task. That said, I think it’s time for this app to do far more to really facilitate better focus.The Pomodoro Technique is effective for a lot of people because you can move between productive time and small breaks. The way this app works, however, is that if you want to plant a tree to its full size you need to focus for two hours straight otherwise it dies or you get a small, not as cute looking tree stub. Frankly, I don’t know anyone nowadays who does that. That’s 1/12 of the whole day already. As a student, I need breaks like most people do. Other productivity apps have this option and I think the devs should consider incorporating a Pomodoro Technique option when you decide to focus for longer than 25 minutes.This is frustrating because I slaved away to earn 1000 coins on buying a cute tree that I can’t focus long enough for. To contextualize, you get 5-6 coins per 20min study and the number of coins earned increases the longer you study in one session. You can imagine how many hours I spent with this app to buy a few trees. These days though, the shrubs are clearly more valuable because the focus-time for those is 20 min at most. Please consider incorporating a Pomodoro Technique mechanic. Just to note, I suggested this in-app but received no response which is why I’m finally posting a review.","To contextualize, you get 5-6 coins per 20min study and the number of coins earned increases the longer you study in one session.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,text,7,11,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,df0aab8e-e197-4f8b-b179-f62b7fa973c9,1f80ba83-9d28-40c0-9c11-f70ff3263f24,Mostly happy,"For the most part, Word for iPad has been fantastic. Granted, it is not as robust as the desktop version, but one would expect that to be the case. I do have a problem. Normally when I start a document, it remains the open document whenever I return to program, my last document edited remains the opened document. At some point that changed. I have a document that is 2 months old now reopening, and it is causing me problems. Last night I took minutes for a meeting, only to have those lost. I cannot find them anywhere. They are not in my recent documents, not auto saved, just gone. A two hour meeting with copious notes now missing. I had planned to come back to finish my notes and did not save them. What a mistake. It is disappointing that the program changed, and I am now struggling to come up with a document that no longer exists!","They are not in my recent documents, not auto saved, just gone.",4,TRUE,efficiency,document,27,35,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,fac259f1-58f7-46b6-bce0-3a1ca26c4767,1fccb3b4-fe34-401f-8001-81ab0e7ccb07,Microsoft scam,"This app used to work, and would have all the functionality that word online used to have. However, Microsoft got greedy as usual and has changed things to demanding a paid subscription to use the app.It's unfortunate that word is the only halfway decent processor for formatting. Google docs is great, but does not do well with converting to a .doc format without screwing something up.Also, Microsoft doesn't actually give a damp about it's customers and clients, otherwise they would actually listen to the criticisms and make positive changes that don't make them even richer than they already are.","However, Microsoft got greedy as usual and has changed things to demanding a paid subscription to use the app.",1,TRUE,general,subscription,83,95,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,7892569d-c755-4e0b-a5bd-55f4050f64b1,20114aa3-0733-475c-a718-fba3bc92007c,Review,"I’ve been using Word for many years and I loved it until I got my own laptop and downloaded it. I never had so many issues with my life just trying to do my school work. Word has a constant habit of logging me out and deactivating everything. It asks me to sign in which I do, but still keeps everything deactivated so I have to buy a subscription to activate everything! I never had that happen before and this is a constant problem. Super shady and I’m beyond disappointed. I’m just trying to work on my essay and Word makes it a hassle when it shouldn’t have to.","It asks me to sign in which I do, but still keeps everything deactivated so I have to buy a subscription to activate everything!",1,TRUE,cost,subscription,93,105,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,84439459-599e-4398-8bd6-dda78c9ca48f,206e2a0f-4a28-47a3-b9d5-8c3b4b2f945b,LIFESAVER,"This app has changed my life!! As someone who struggles to concentrate, I find myself getting easily lost down the rabbit hole of social media, web browsing, texting, etc. With Forest, when my mind wanders I’m snapped back to reality and am reminded of the task I need to be working on. The app is also beautifully designed and has an easily accessible interface, making me want to use it even more!!","As someone who struggles to concentrate, I find myself getting easily lost down the rabbit hole of social media, web browsing, texting, etc.",5,TRUE,usability,text,128,132,negative
productivity,things-3,5c9341c7-3f92-4210-bb68-04d6d9f0f933,20bf0793-8be3-45c4-b932-b3c5bfc98c96,I want to like it more ~ but...,"I like parts of Things but really hate other parts.  I don’t like the way it handles repeated items at all.  That is pretty messy and really really confusing.  Plus, you can’t complete a repeated item until it’s due. I don’t bother putting any repeat items in Things I dislike the repeat functionality so very much. As far as a simple list/todo it works, kinda fine, but feels cluttered, and makes you open and close things to find something. It really doesn’t make my life any easier or less complicated because the Things app is complicated enough for both of us.  Things on the watch is nice, and syncs between the iphone really fast between my IPhone X and watch 4.  The complications are also pretty nice.  The watch only shows whatever is up for  “Today”.   Today and tomorrow would be better, or even add your in box. Nothing scheduled before today is visible on the watch. Useless. The other 2 things I don’t like about Things is you can punch, tap, click, deep press on an item to edit it until you are blue in the face before you hit it just right & the keyboard pops up so you can edit it.  While messing around with that idiocy you can often hit the check box with one tap completing an item. Luckily it wanders over to the log book where it takes 2-3 taps to put it back in today.  Brilliant.  All in all I have tried over and over to like this, but it doesn’t do anything better, and other apps do everything Things does much better, cleaner and more efficiently. I have given up trying to force myself to like Things and moved on to a better app that isn’t as cluttered & such an irritant.",I don’t bother putting any repeat items in Things I dislike the repeat functionality so very much.,1,TRUE,usability,functionality,72,85,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,3435c579-44ce-4ffe-966a-2622cbb164e4,22377882-3c11-42bf-b7d0-d677a0d51f63,Fixed it,Thank you for fixing the problem of not being able to sort between the different gmail accounts. The app is now a million times better. Thanks for listening to your users! 😚,Thanks for listening to your users!,5,TRUE,cost,list,12,16,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,3152e666-df3a-4cfd-a042-a5a60cbc2e37,224bd258-8a02-4cfa-93ca-6785a01dc753,This is the wrost scam I have found yet on iTunes.,"I spent good money to have Microsoft word and power point for college papers and for writing reports at work. I use the macbook pro at home for some reports but 99% for college papers. I used an ipad AIr mostly for reports at work for work related material. I finally purchased an ipad pro 12.9 and a Logitech keyboard case thinking this was going to be a huge upgrade having a seperate keyboard. It turns out the Microsoft technicaial support isn't very helpful and even worse than that, They want me to pay 9.99 a month for the rest of forever to use it. I am very angry having alerady paid for the use of word on a device now they want me to pay for another device. I will not. They have lost a customer forever. I rate this app a zero even though I had to pick one star.",I spent good money to have Microsoft word and power point for college papers and for writing reports at work.,1,TRUE,cost,paper,71,76,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,33e84113-5084-4eb3-8c72-1d861127ab4a,228bb287-66cd-453e-ab4c-ce9b8436cec8,Fonts don’t work,"I have used MS Word since my first IBM XT Green Screen Computer back in grad school.  I have been a faithful user and was a dedicated windows user for years.  I now use the Apple family of products.  I use MS Word on my iMac and an iPad when I travel for presentations.After creating a PowerPoint preserntation on my iMac, I then access it using Dropbox on my iPad to use with a projector.  Using MS provided themes, I used MS fonts.  The fonts are not available on the iPad version, even after using all of the gyrations suggested for loading custom fonts on the iPad.  I have even stood on my head and typed with my left hand trying to use all of the different methods I have researched to make this work.Bottom line I have found, since iOS updated to v. 14 (I have 14.2), the problems seems to have been attributed to a needed update for MS365.  This dates back months and MS has not made the fix. I am not an isolated problem - from what I’ve read, this is common.  Get it together, MS.  Make it work.Additional: Laggy, buggy performance on an iPad Pro fully updated and running MSO365.  Again, get it together MS.  Make it work.","Additional: Laggy, buggy performance on an iPad Pro fully updated and running MSO365.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,update,59,65,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,88d2de9d-7e6b-4f87-bce7-6cfdc0cc71cf,22a92b4f-68a9-4b8c-88a1-282ab03e3275,Used to like it a lot,"I never write reviews for apps but because gmail is so essential to me I decided to write one.Gmail is integrated into my daily life. It was great to use and have a sleek design that makes everything pretty simple. Sure it takes some adapting but that’s just with any new app.However with whatever new update there is constant crashing. Whenever I swipe to a new email too quickly it crashes! What gives? I read emails frequently and quickly skimming emails is ESSENTIAL to me. Not being able to do that is a pain.Overall a pretty good app, just lately not so much.",I never write reviews for apps but because gmail is so essential to me I decided to write one.,3,TRUE,general,write review,9,21,positive
productivity,notability,2c6267e8-d8a6-45b2-b7d1-9fe4aa912a7a,22b3b902-fe01-4abc-b7eb-f906a4355670,Best Note Taking App Available,"I love this app! The overall layout, note navigation and tool options are just the right set of features. Not too busy so that you spend time searching for stuff, but robust enough to perform most things you need.  The handwriting recognition is also the best. I've tried a number of other popular apps and the note taking experience is simply not as good. I use the app strictly on my iPad so cannot comment on the phone experience. But I find a tablet to be better  for most note taking apps.No app is perfect, so there are some tradeoffs. If you desire multilevel folder systems, this is not for you. However, I've never found that to be an issue. You still have to two folders levels and a nice search function. The backup system could also be improved. I like the ability to export everything to iCloud, but syncing between devices would be nice option.","The overall layout, note navigation and tool options are just the right set of features.",5,TRUE,efficiency,layout,13,19,negative
productivity,notability,d859105d-7e29-44a3-a202-d96ae32a872e,23560588-802c-486a-9ebd-8dedf93af974,Last update trashed the import ability to existing notes.,"I am a daily user of Notability and the latest update has broken my ability to import PDFs from email to an existing note.Document importing from email to existing notes does not work. Need fixed please. Last update really fouled it up and made the process much more complicated.UPDATE! Really disappointed in Notability. No response from developer to emails or reviews. Also used their FB page to send posts also. I have been using this app for almost 5 years. Hugely disappointing that there has been no response. The last update killed the app. No importing of PDFs to existing notes. When they do manage to import they go to a completely different note  not a new note, but a completely different existing note. One star review now down from 5 stars. If this app gets updated I would use it, but in its current state it is now unusable. I have downloaded GoodNotes 5 and will start using it. I use this app daily so I need something I can use.UPDATE#2 Two updates later and the import into existing notes is still broken. And still no response from the developer to emails, posts, or reviews.UPDATE #3 Developer finally fixed the import function which allows me to continue to use the app. I still won’t rate above 3 Stars due to the lack of Customer service. I would hope that they test further any additional updates prior to release.",The last update killed the app.,3,TRUE,general,last update,5,16,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,5f5ef91c-45c4-45a7-9e34-4d41c2f25d37,23b86e8d-a5fd-4871-92a8-91977fb4a21b,Once again an app worked just fine until they updated it,"Can I get the old version back???Evernote was working near perfectly on my iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Recently, when launching Evernote it updated my apps. Simply, it’s a mess. Takes away longer to bring up a note, crashes repeatedly when hitting the back key, there’s no easy way now to bring up a selection of notes in a tab, every time I search, like 100+ times a day, it brings up a list of notebooks, not the default notebook that I always search in and it’s multiple clicks to get what you want. You keep hitting the search button because nothing has happened in 10 secs. Then the note populates......just a mess. If I was new to Evernote and downloaded this app, I would run for the hills.",Can I get the old version back???,3,TRUE,general,old version,15,26,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1ac05016-98fa-4b75-a0f3-9a7185e90c4e,23bd1530-398d-4620-a784-3f07713eb5b0,Notification red dot...,"I use this app on my iPhone. It drives me CRAZY that after I check all my emails, the red notification dot stays there. I even close the app, reopen it, go to all my inboxes assuring there no unread emails, which there never is... then it “might” go away then. Other times it takes up to 10 minutes! I used to think it was crappy service (I have Sprint) but it does it at home using my WiFi also. Seems like a little thing but it seriously makes me want to pull my hair out. The other thing is when I get an email, I click on the banner notification and it just buffers. The email itself doesn’t show up for at least 5 minutes. On WiFi and the Sprint network. I open another app that uses the web, works great. It’s this app! I HATE IT!","I even close the app, reopen it, go to all my inboxes assuring there no unread emails, which there never is... then it “might” go away then.",2,TRUE,reliability,unread email,73,85,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,7007397f-2b05-406f-8715-1e585cfae2af,23ddf4c6-1cac-4e51-8635-c4ce9c83b05b,Not bad but need a few tweaks,"This program allows me to use an iPad Pro for writing draft articles, which I complete on my Windows desktop. Saving files on my One Drive has opened up much greater flexibility for my workflow.A couple of things I wish were here, brought over from the full featured Word. Wish I could use the thesaurus, and would like to make changes to the dictionary. The word “diesel” is used a lot in marine journalism, yet this app always changes it to Diesel, not sure why it needs to be with a capital letter. It is silly but I can’t change it in the dictionary.After some time writing, the cursor really lows down and inserts a period followed by a capital to begin the next sentence, even when I am in the middle of a sentence. Only way out is to close the program, get it out of the background and start Word again.I wish I could assign font styles (i.e., titles and subtitles) from this app, which might allow me to complete the entire workflow through sending it off to my user without needing to complete it on my desktop. Not a big deal, but will be useful when I am on the road again after this pandemic is over. Would save my needing to massage it on the desktop.","Only way out is to close the program, get it out of the background and start Word again.",4,TRUE,reliability,background,57,67,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ffc61f32-e2cc-4346-912b-7fb8e52ac301,23fea072-96ac-4bf1-b68f-41ae491f801b,Time wasting,"It continually reverts to a document I created months ago instead of the last thing I was working on. Even when switching from one application to another it goes to that same old doc!!?? I have to wast valuable time switching back ..... why is that? And features it used to have it doesn’t ? Then I was charred twice for & had to cancel one then BOTH stopped working!I don’t understand why, once I get used to something why does it have to change?? Why do I have to sign in or I feel like I’m penalized? I just want to pay one time for something, set it up so I can be productive & b done. When I find something I am deleting this subscription",When I find something I am deleting this subscription,1,TRUE,general,subscription,42,54,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,dfdb02c7-9061-4a72-8611-eb480f2e29ce,24beb806-bf71-45e4-ada1-f14b89077fc9,Trees are pricey!,"I downloaded this app because I liked the idea of planting actual trees, but the cost of that option is pretty high compared to the coin output. The design is pleasant, but, again, the different tree types take a lot to save up to. I don’t find myself using it that much.","The design is pleasant, but, again, the different tree types take a lot to save up to.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,design,5,11,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,66b222a5-30ad-4e62-8ac2-e8fefa356337,24c67cd0-e6b2-4845-add8-c255226cca93,The. Worst. Production. App. EVER!,"Every time I use this app, I hate it more and more. I do not understand why Microsoft and Apple will not agree on an iPad version that is actually functional for more than just typing words. I just spent the last two weeks designing a form in the full laptop version using tools from the Developer menu. 98% of the fields I entered DO NOT WORK. The ONLY field that works is the text entry field. The drop down menu field? Nope. The image box field? Nope. The text entry field over a solid line? Nope. Text entry field in a table? Nope. Just a text entry field in regular old Normal mode. Completely USELESS! Now, I get to carry my full-sized work laptop in every room of a building for requirements gathering. Thank you, Microsoft and Apple, for NOTHING! I’ll just use Adobe....",I just spent the last two weeks designing a form in the full laptop version using tools from the Developer menu.,1,TRUE,security,design,33,39,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,98abcfb7-9be5-41a9-a28f-572899c54700,252368e3-4a27-44c9-8c00-98f9c337391b,Completely Changed the Way I Study,"I cannot recommend this app enough. I always struggle to stay focused while studying or working. What I really love about working with Forest is that you don’t have to focus for hours on end. I keep my timer at 25 minutes, and the timer goes off just as my mind starts to wonder. I also really love that they provide a break timer right away, so then I can make sire I’m not on my phone for hours before I start working again. Also you help plant trees, so what’s not to love.","Also you help plant trees, so what’s not to love.",5,TRUE,general,plant tree,15,25,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,fd87eacd-aa32-40a6-b1be-38276e3fb4bd,252d9860-2cc5-469e-b26c-fa9b6be67d0e,Works alright half the time,"I use this app on my ipad pro 2020. I am a college student so I rely on writing papers on here. It works well a majority of the time, unless it doesn’t. When its functioning well, I can type fluidly and well, I don’t have to worry about saving until the end, and I love this app. But the other times, it will lag terribly, until it shuts down and I loose my papers. I also experience issues where I will save a document and it refuses to open, either coming up in all of the top of the keyboard characters such as !@#$%, or won’t open at all. This can be extremely frustrating when I am in the middle of a 6 page paper, I see the lag, and know it’s about to crash and there’s nothing I can do to stop it.","But the other times, it will lag terribly, until it shuts down and I loose my papers.",3,TRUE,reliability,paper,79,84,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,c04d6222-6f46-4a06-b7f2-33f08be67b88,25a33a21-164c-4891-8778-4974d7db0154,It is useful,Not too sure if it is worth the price,Not too sure if it is worth the price,3,TRUE,cost,price,33,38,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,303e3509-d6ae-4500-83f0-c2a9baa24507,25d8c353-8c47-4079-a86c-c4b117aa58b3,"Best of best, particularly in Apple pad pro, exciting APP.","Always the same, best of best software for business documents. Great and wonderful experiences to see Word files at iPad. Evolved and well adapted to touch interface. Further, with pen, now more powerful than ever.",Evolved and well adapted to touch interface.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,interface,35,44,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,134ba54c-2bea-4834-a34a-64aaa25fafd2,26dabf7d-6bae-4cab-b7b1-90bf09d73a4b,"Low graphic, not enough options to edit jungle",1. The trees in my jungle change location when I plant new ones or when I open the app next day. I don’t have a stable jungle it changes shape every time.2. My jungle graphic is low I can’t plant my trees where ever I want. I can’t edit my jungle.3. I can’t view my friends jungles to see how much they have accomplished.4. I would like a better visual graphic of my jungle with 360 degree view and zooming in and out.5. I would like to have animals in my jungle.,I would like a better visual graphic of my jungle with 360 degree view and zooming in and out.,3,TRUE,usability,graph,30,35,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,29606378-2c43-43f6-8473-27f7766e6254,27c9be27-bdaf-4934-a338-84c2094c0791,My review for word,Word is awesome! I love it. You can change the font and color and write lots of fun adventures to share without your family! I think everyone will enjoy this!                        -Elizabeth Cole,You can change the font and color and write lots of fun adventures to share without your family!,5,TRUE,effectiveness,color,29,34,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ec95ab14-bda3-47bc-966e-6c90dbc9f3ab,286ae35b-de4f-433f-921c-ce24db377283,FRUSTRATING,"I had a regular subscription, ran out of space (1G) so I bought the pro (5G), THEN it tells you, oh, you really do not actually get 5G, unless you create 5 different accounts on 5 different devices. Grrr. So I go to create my 2nd account on a 2nd device. Can I? Oh, HELL NO!!! DOES NOT ALLOW THAT. Gives you a typical runaround. With the pro can I at least get some of the advanced features? Oh, HELL NO!!! So now I am out of space, paying for 5G and only getting 1G. Thanks so much!! Should I just turn over my car keys and my wallet to you too? Afterall, this is a robbery, right?","So now I am out of space, paying for 5G and only getting 1G.",5,TRUE,usability,space,20,25,negative
productivity,notability,df2f9716-1361-42aa-883e-7e14a45c60bb,2890ce88-05cc-412a-9aee-bb6a6a0f3ebd,"Overall very good, a few suggestions though","The app is very good for handwriting, there is no complaint about most services that notability provides. However, there are a few revision that I think notability could consider.1. Add the ability for users to alter the orientation of the notes. This is because that when PDFs are imported, many of them are oriented in the wrong direction for reading. However, users can’t alter them inside the notability app, which means that users have to use another app to do so. This is very inefficient, and the fact that not many note taking apps can do this means that notability will get a head start advantage.2. Consider adding the ability to split screen in the “up and down” direction, not just side by side (or left and right). This design allows note taking in smaller devices on one screen more plausible.Please consider adding the above features!!",This design allows note taking in smaller devices on one screen more plausible.,4,TRUE,usability,design,6,12,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,727b644b-573f-4210-bf47-10b44033cbfc,2a3f2265-f8d2-42a9-8cea-bd2a702f6015,Glitchy and no one to contact for support,"Every time I open the gmail app it will crash and not allow me to play audio files. I got a new apple 11 pro and I used to be able to open audio files on my iPhone 10 all the time from the gmail app. Strangely enough it opens jpg and video files but not voice memos or audio. Crashes EVERY SINGLE TIME. I have deleted the app, restarted my phone, erased my app login info, and even factory reset my phone. And it STILL does this. Also having issues with the “gmail notes” on the note app. Where the notes don’t show sometimes. Gets glitchy, the screen won’t respond or won’t let me write anything down.” Zero issues with my phone except for these two google gmail related problems. And no one to contact for support! Please fix these bugs!! I use my audio files every day! And the crazy part is I know it’s the app because the audio files open on the apple mail app from the same google account!",I got a new apple 11 pro and I used to be able to open audio files on my iPhone 10 all the time from the gmail app.,1,TRUE,general,audio,56,61,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c48cada6-99d7-44b0-8c89-dd169f910c6d,2a696daf-1f7d-4f34-9acb-f27dcae05d81,Used to be so great. What happened???,"Love Evernote, but wish IOS version was better, especially when it comes to tags and their functionality.——Use to love Evernote. But with every update I like it less and less. It crashes and breaks more often then it works.","Love Evernote, but wish IOS version was better, especially when it comes to tags and their functionality.",5,TRUE,efficiency,tag,77,80,negative
productivity,notability,668457c5-d408-46b5-a21b-b11c81bda13c,2a97b8d3-e556-4c6e-bc09-43d0069ab344,"Overall, A Really great app","Something that I really liked about notability was the simple and intuitive layout. This made it really easy for me to organize my notes and help me maintain order with my notes. Another thing that I really liked was all of the new updates that really helped with making things run more smoothly (i.e. the favorites bar, being able to search for key words within the notes themselves instead of just the title, and the magnifying glass). Some areas of improvement would be being able to adjust the shape of the magnifying box because there are sometimes when I’m trying to edit a specific place and the magnifying box just doesn’t fit right. Another thing would be to be able to open more than two notes at once. This would come in handy for those to do notes simultaneously on multiple sections. It would also be cool if when your in portrait mode for the notes you have the option to be able to stack the notes top of one another instead of seeing them side. Then one last area of adjustment would be to be able to have a bookmarked notes bar like how there is a bookmarked pages (within each notes) bar. It would make jumping between two desired note documents a little bit easier.Anyways, that’s it from me. Thank you for making a really great app. Totally looking foreword to what’s in store for the future of this app.","the favorites bar, being able to search for key words within the notes themselves instead of just the title, and the magnifying glass).",5,TRUE,usability,title,103,108,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,2cfb6998-152d-49a0-93a8-2355158ce56e,2ace6a39-cc7c-44e0-bce4-615d7e2fc9fe,"Subscription issues, issues, issues...","While the apps work as described (unintuitive) the subscription keeps being the greatest challenge. Mostly when I try to log in it doesn’t work due to “suspicious activity” What, me logging in is suspicious? Now I wanted to share the family subscription with my son...Again, suspicious activity. So I was asked to recover the account!?!? Recover from What? I filled out the online form multiple times and always got denied. Than I went to the help center that is managed by a bot. Trying to get a human on the line was impossible as it asked me eventually every time to log in to my account...What?! Are you kidding me? That’s my problem, you don’t let me back in!!! Than found a phone number searching online, from there it took more than an hour after speaking to several people to finally get the “right” rep. His advice: Go fill out the online form again and everything will be fine...😳😫😂😖Yep, Microsoft at its best... right?! Let’s see if I ever get back in. This way I probably can never get out of their subscription...Even while I am not able to use the apps...Great, Customer first...","Now I wanted to share the family subscription with my son...Again, suspicious activity.",1,TRUE,general,subscription,34,46,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0d3c1c53-c1a4-456d-adea-9b705dc0fa2e,2b73c8bc-9c95-462e-88f0-42dfda2447f1,Used to be amazing but is getting worse with every update.,"First of all, I hate subscriptions. But I’m fairly happy with the features of the basic (free) account, especially since I have used Evernote for nearly a decade. My only real complaint these days is the unreliability of the app. I have an iPhone XR and an iPad 7th generation, both are brand new. Yet even on these devices, if I turn off the screen while Evernote is open, it’s a guarantee that when I unlock the screen again, it will have crashed and closed. Every. Single. Time. Therefore, it is very unreliable unless you are going to leave your device screen on the entire time. I still rated it 3 stars because it has a lot of nice features for a note taking app, and if they ever fix the reliability issues it will once again be one of the best in my opinion.","First of all, I hate subscriptions.",3,TRUE,cost,subscription,22,34,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,3db8a19e-67d0-4761-af67-d66252248a8f,2b802293-8713-457a-ae16-5c2b1561354c,Amazing if you make too many excuses!! :),"Alright, I’ll be honest here. I’ve only had this app for maybe a week. However, like many people, I’m a big procrastinator and I always make excuses to not get things done. As much as I hate to admit, I am definitely a little addicted to my phone. Forest does help with this, so long as you have the little bit of money to spend on it and just a little determination to change things. Forest gives me a little extra motivation to put my phone down for some time every day, and get things done. I would recommend using their other apps too, and I would really recommend to anyone that has the same problems that I do. Thank you to the developer(s) of forest for helping us all out a little, I hope this app can become more popular! :)","Forest does help with this, so long as you have the little bit of money to spend on it and just a little determination to change things.",5,TRUE,cost,money,67,72,negative
productivity,notability,6b306e80-f5da-42f5-b02d-9ab52591f453,2b8b19d8-d4c5-42dc-8a07-879cfeb12cf6,Love Notability!,"I absolutely love Notability! The main reason I am writing this review though is because Notability could make one change. More fonts! Other word-processing applications like Word and Google Docs have access to hundreds of fonts, while Notability gives you.. maybe 20? I would love an update with more fonts!EDIT: Thank you GingerLabs for reaching out! I downloaded iFont and I’m in love with it! I’m so happy with all of the fonts available (I must have downloaded a hundred already)! I wish I’d known about this sooner, but I’m anything but disappointed! However, I have noticed that writing over images with the pencil and highlighter tools has gotten much more difficult. If I try to add dots or tiny lines, it deletes what I was trying to draw, and instead selects the image. From my experience before, I don’t recall being allowed to select images while using the pencil tool. Regardless if that statement is accurate, I would love a mode that is only drawing, and doesn’t allow text or the ability to select images. (Maybe like a drawing mode that can be toggled on and off from the top bar within the notes)","Other word-processing applications like Word and Google Docs have access to hundreds of fonts, while Notability gives you.. maybe 20?",5,TRUE,usability,font,89,93,negative
productivity,notability,9376171b-ef83-4561-bba4-c73a2a60a271,2b924db0-6956-459a-b87a-c6461f11efe7,frustrating bugs galore,"I am shocked to encounter so many frustrating bugs in a piece of software that is so lauded?! The textbox functionality is just a wreck: suddenly the textbox will not allow me to type anymore, just clicks with no response; the bounding box will resize on its own after each revision; I can only select one word no matter how many times I click and hold and select, with handles disappearing; when clicking to start a textbox it starts wherever it likes, cutting and pasting can also be random; and how about that extra space added at the beginning of the textbox content no matter what. I am having to spend so much time trying to do the most basic word-processing, it becomes unusable. Besides the textbox issues, the display/app is slow to refresh repeatedly--I delete a page using the sidebar, but it won't reflect it until I've closed/opened it again; I add a page but swiping left won't reveal it. Surely disappointed as I was looking forward to the audio functionality.",Surely disappointed as I was looking forward to the audio functionality.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,59,72,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,971a72c1-c9c7-4c29-a4b2-b4534286cd6f,2c04f17c-369e-4061-804d-1979ce2f4b67,Found a fix for issue below,"I’m not a paid user which means I’m allowed to have two devices connected to my account. I ONLY use my iPhone and MacBook. When I log into one and then try to log onto the second device, the second device says that I have to unsync a device to continue using it. If I’m logging in from my iPhone, Evernote will say that my MacBook and iPhone are already connected and that I need to remove one of them to use my iPhone.. Same thing happens when I log in from my MacBook. It’ll say my iPhone and MacBook are already connected and I’ll need to remove one of them to continue on my MacBook. I ONLY have two devices that I’ve ever connected to Evernote. For some reason, Evernote registers my devices as new ones every time I switch devices. I‘ve already used my two unsyncs this month and it’s only April 10th. Don’t be fooled — free users, you’re only allowed to use one device 🙄 I’ll be on the hunt for a replacement app.Edit: I found a fix! I logged onto Evernote through my web browser and revoked access to my “three” devices. Evernote will log you out of all devices and you’ll be able to sign in again. Not sure how how long this fix will last but for now, I’m able to use both my MacBook and phone.Edit 2: Evernote has confused my 2 devices as 3 again. I’ll be on the lookout for another app.",I‘ve already used my two unsyncs this month and it’s only April 10th.,2,TRUE,general,sync,28,32,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b6c627ac-7959-4be8-969a-6195d80bf8bf,2cc80c32-3079-4228-964c-1493fb367c85,Gmail Lags! Badly...,"Ok, so the title is kind of all I need to say. Honestly, I had really high hopes for this app since I love the platform on google. It has a wide variety of options on your inbox look, your emails, and so much more.However, the Gmail app...First off, the account pictures were kind of horrible. Usually once someone updates their picture it immediately switches on the website. Not for the app.Some of the people I email like to change their pictures a lot. Not a problem!I’ve noticed that you have to have someone keep the same picture for about a month until the Gmail app actually updates it. If your friend changes it too much? Unfortunately, Gmail will just resort to a default picture, a random color (actually mostly a dark green color) with the first letter of their first name. Yeah. Horrible!Second, if you have multiple accounts and you just use the option “All Inboxes” Gmail will automatically sign you out if you don’t check that inbox separately. What an inconvenience.Third, if you accidentally swipe left on an email, it literally disappears forever. It took me forever to find the email. (Go to “All Mail” for accidentally archived emails.) To make matters worse, I don’t think you can even do this on a computer!Gmail Team, please take my comments into consideration. Thank you!",I’ve noticed that you have to have someone keep the same picture for about a month until the Gmail app actually updates it.,1,TRUE,general,picture,58,65,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a1a4f1cc-3e76-42e0-bf42-c7b88c5f111e,2d957c41-425e-4fe2-902d-3ee5208feca8,Incredibly Useful Time-Management App,"I normally don’t write reviews, but this application deserves an exception. At first I thought it might be somewhat useful; I’ve not found that Forest is an integral and important part of my life. The minimal reward sequencing of Forest, planting a virtual “tree” when you’ve completed an adjustable time commitment to stay away from your phone is a friendly and positive reminder to avoid distraction. The fact that the Forest application actually plants trees when you’ve accrued enough focus currency makes this a wholly incredible idea. I would recommend it to anyone who finds themselves scrolling away valuable minutes and hours of their lives.","I normally don’t write reviews, but this application deserves an exception.",5,TRUE,general,write review,18,30,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,f61d768e-a4ff-4eab-8a93-6a459522260e,2df54820-b4ae-4cc0-b25b-48a51efe180e,Backspacing or deleting text causes app to freeze In iOS,"When you forward an email and you try to use the backspace to delete some content, for example a signature of one of the thread participants, the app will freeze.   You can’t even close the draft, you have to force quit the app.  It also happens to certain text when composing a new email.  When it gets to some part of the text you are deleting, it just freezes and the only thing to do is force quit.  Some text can be deleted without an issue, but trying to delete other text will cause the app to freeze.   There are other reviews with the same issue.  I have sent feedback and posted on the community.",It also happens to certain text when composing a new email.,1,TRUE,usability,text,28,32,negative
productivity,notability,9cbd305d-ea50-4cc9-8a48-d73ec9bfde62,2e6fb770-7851-48f2-80c5-f4a5fa0e67cd,Best Notes App I have EVER used.,"This app has transformed the way I study for college exams and take notes. Absolutely worth every penny, and I plan to use it for the rest of my life. So awesome to be able to draw pictures and then write text underneath in a never ending doc. Also inserting photos into the document and uploading to google drive within the app, is just so streamlined and I love it. I don’t always write reviews for apps but this one is an absolute must have. Beside college work I do 2D animation, this app is so incredibly good for developing scripts and comic strips as you can upload photos of any drawing you make on paper or make the drawings in app or make your sketches on another app and upload them to here. This enables me to keep all my ideas in one place and also creating concept maps is easier than ever. Thank you very much to the developer team, and I look forward to the updates and improvements you guys will make in the future.","Also inserting photos into the document and uploading to google drive within the app, is just so streamlined and I love it.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,photo,16,21,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,62d05518-f652-4427-ace3-f70dd82290c3,2f27701b-3b58-43bd-9de6-c4d1669d0e87,A “Free” App You Have to Pay to Use,"Your update says you’ve “only” done bug fixes. That’s not true. Now we need a subscription to CREATE, to EDIT, and to SAVE documents? I’m a college student, and I only downloaded Word to type up papers (on the go), save, and send the document(s) for printing or upload it(them) to my professor. I don’t need a subscription that comes with all of the other fancy Word abilities & apps I’ll never use.Now I have to pay to use the edit & save buttons? $6.99+/month for the “create” & “save” buttons? Microsoft is already rich, there’s no need to be greedy. Apple has the greedy part covered.","Now we need a subscription to CREATE, to EDIT, and to SAVE documents?",1,TRUE,general,subscription,15,27,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,3831247d-ff2e-4fe1-9b4b-0a69744455fa,2f9e3662-c874-4071-9967-7cea39d28cd0,Very upset,"I don’t have time to dwell on the thousands of tiny things that bother me on this app, but just know that using this app will give you stress headaches. If you have auto-save on, it will work well for ~20 minutes and then it will take about 5 seconds for any typed character to show up. It is completely unusable. This went away when I turned auto save off. I was halfway through typing up a midterm essay when I found out that this app will close any open files if you open a new file on accident. And it will NOT prompt you to save the open file. You will lose all unsaved data. There is no way to recover any of it.",This went away when I turned auto save off.,2,TRUE,general,auto save,30,39,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,e6c6af6a-2c9a-406a-8169-03102bdd201e,2fa955ce-9e8c-4dc4-af17-60230e9b7282,This app is amazing,"This app has been with me for more than 2 college years and I use it almost everyday. It helps me focus my attention when studying and never get bored with using the app. This app just looks more soothing and comfortable to me than flora.Some suggestions:-some tree species can only be gotten doing some activities, but can they be available after the activities? Maybe made them available in store with a higher price? Or maybe we need to pay money to get them?",Maybe made them available in store with a higher price?,5,TRUE,cost,price,50,55,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,18dcb1c4-709c-4afd-a2e5-a89b8637545f,30103a59-9e76-439c-bb67-eaae3a3280c8,Props & Praise,This has single-handedly been the smartest investment of app space in a long time. It’s also been a long time coming. I always struggle with being in and on my phone too much. This app has revolutionized the way I interact with my phone and the world. Less and more respectfully. The reward of planting trees in a garden you care for by optimizing your IRL time is fantastic. Highly recommended to anyone looking to up their productivity game.,This has single-handedly been the smartest investment of app space in a long time.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,space,62,67,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,bf186fe3-5035-4c3d-a218-690d2f8c464b,30a6254c-eb80-4371-93f3-223bf8fde725,Really really helps.,This app really helps me refrain myself to focus for longer periods of time. I like to spend at least 20 minutes a day intentionally phone free and thh huh is app is amazing for starting slow and working your way up to even hours off your phone if you want. It does it with rewards (new trees! Hurray!) you can also donate points you make to plant real trees. It’s user friendly and the interface is also calming. Highly recommend ✨🥰✨,It’s user friendly and the interface is also calming.,5,TRUE,efficiency,interface,28,37,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,2a94fe83-1b7f-42c4-82f6-fb3ee2460759,30cfc200-da90-408b-85ff-06ad44340523,Recent update Document bug,"Hi,I am a professional writer and have used Microsoft Word my whole career to write my material. I really enjoy the app because it allows me to write material often in a more comfortable way than sitting behind my desk.In a recent update however, I noticed that blank documents open with a number now at the top of the screen. Example Document (46). I do not save blank documents and when I open a blank page it should read Document (1) every time because like I said, I don’t save blank documents. Perhaps developers cam fix this issue via a software update? Otherwise, this is an extremely useful app and a major time saver. Thanks for your time.","In a recent update however, I noticed that blank documents open with a number now at the top of the screen.",5,TRUE,compatibility,update,13,19,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,bc5e9d2d-af53-4522-8efe-020f1a454276,3149a5fb-3e7e-4b5e-a277-531b28196f3b,Microsoft Word...,"Okay... so I guess I should start by saying that Word is one of my favorite word processors. HOWEVER, I only use it for school assignments (currently) because... well...See, I am an author, and I publish Kindle books. I want to be able to publish them right from my iPad. (The Pages format isn’t supported in KDP.) And guess what this version of Word doesn’t have? Bookmarks. I need bookmarks to create a Table of Contents. It’s on the computer version of Word... why not anywhere else? Pages for iPad has that feature. On my computer Pages doesn’t have it (because it can’t update to the latest software blah blah blah...) but Word does! Are you kidding???Once iPad Word gets a Table of Contents and Bookmarks feature, I MIGHT switch over to Word from Pages. So please Microsoft, add this! Otherwise, the app is fine and I haven’t experienced any other problems.",On my computer Pages doesn’t have it (because it can’t update to the latest software blah blah blah...) but Word does!,4,TRUE,general,update,56,62,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,c12d7fe6-1fcc-412f-a1ee-d53efce3ca9a,3182c8cf-375f-4f6c-b39c-f2ef69b3e145,No good,"The last revision converted all Windows products into a basic viewer with zero interface. You cannot save or input data, just open a file and see. They use your interest in the your file to require the purchase of a subscription in order to interface.",The last revision converted all Windows products into a basic viewer with zero interface.,5,TRUE,usability,interface,80,89,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8dc269aa-ba68-4c08-bdd7-8a82ef6d3b17,323e4d0e-ec20-4022-adb1-ecd0b391984f,Revolutionized my leadership,"John Maxwell says that you should read, write, and file EVERYDAY. This unquestionably is the app which allows you to do just that. And best of all, it's free! Add copied text right into a new note. All your data is available on any device that you have Evernote installed. Move seamlessly between iPhone and multiple computers which are instantly synced. Just plain AWESOME!!As a pastor, this is an invaluable tool allowing me to keep a daily prayer journal, sermon ideas, prayer requests, and note taking all in the same  program!!!As an adult with ADHD, Evernote is a place I can offload my brain, and get all those random thoughts, things I’m supposed to remember, and stuff I don’t want to forget, a place to land and be organized. It also provides for me a stable platform to GTD (Get Things Done) using available GTD templates which greatly aid in my focus and organization. I cannot write anything negative for Evernote. So I won't even try!  Get it!",Move seamlessly between iPhone and multiple computers which are instantly synced.,5,TRUE,reliability,sync,75,79,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,11f4e1b6-6609-4e93-9f99-29c696c5e9c6,3263cb85-136a-4eca-a7a8-e27ef4561342,Reminders have disappeared,"I'm a premium user and love the ability to clip and save articles and notes in different notebooks, I use Evernote to save information for upcoming travel, local restaurants and lots of other stuff. I used to use the reminders feature, but that seems to have disappeared in a recent update. I can still create a note and attach a reminder, but this doesn't have the same reminders functionality, for instance when I go to a list of reminders, nothing is listed. I still love the app but have had to find other apps for easy to-do lists and reminders.",I still love the app but have had to find other apps for easy to-do lists and reminders.,4,TRUE,general,reminder,79,87,positive
productivity,notability,6adc0e3a-ebe5-40a7-86e4-1870d7fd2e5b,32b4644c-24f3-454e-b222-95eb177bfce9,Update broke recording feature!,"You have to be freaking kidding me. The new audio update that is supposed to be so much better than how it was before messed up my recording! Seriously, I am so angry right now. I and our team have been using this app for several years and we have never had any problems recording, it was the most reliable app to us so I never looked for competitors. But as I was recording with the new update today, when I stopped recording, the audio stops at 1 hour, even though I recorded three and a half hours! And it was still showing the “recording icon” when I stopped it after two hours so no fault of mine! How can that be?! DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP right now if you’re looking for a reliable product! This is very bad and I will definitely look for another app in the future. I was relying on this recording for our team in a business meeting and you just messed it up. Thanks for nothing!",I was relying on this recording for our team in a business meeting and you just messed it up.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,recording,23,32,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,47d1d895-6525-4e9c-8418-efc5b74c5e08,34114560-dc41-428a-bd0b-8e99a1954293,A very good app,"Microsoft word delivers very good functions. Not many people use it to all of its ability. It is a little difficult to navigate the system. I am writing an document (to prepare for a podcast) about minimalist and.  why I strongly support it. Word is better then google docs in many ways also. (More functions, has “lived” longer. Microsoft word prosA- more functions B- Lived longer (more popular in business )C- Easy to connect through one drive. Microsoft word cons - difficult to navigate system (take time)Bottom line- I do HIGHLY recommend Microsoft word for anyone that is looking for a trusted typing program.",I am writing an document (to prepare for a podcast) about minimalist and.,5,TRUE,general,list,65,69,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,eaa7057b-91c7-4938-b70d-b62d7dd02dfd,344a7dc8-d6b7-46b9-95a7-8a6d89e476a0,Great,"I love that I can access my email through the app without having to be on my laptop/desktop. The only bummer is the mail icon you see on the bottom of the screen. I wish that it would work when I click it that it’ll take me to my primary email page. When I’m in the promotions page and I get an incoming email, if I click on the mail icon nothing happens. I then would have to click on the triple line then primary. It would be nice if the icon can do that for me.","When I’m in the promotions page and I get an incoming email, if I click on the mail icon nothing happens.",4,TRUE,usability,motion,20,26,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d28932e1-fe36-4257-93e1-7806e71209b4,34bd4c7c-781a-4756-a8cb-4767f8476374,"Evernote used to be so great, now payment problems","I’ve had Evernote for years. I don’t know how many incremental price increases I’ve happily acquiesced to. I was an early adopter of premium even. Everything was great, up until two months ago. Now the company is acting like I haven’t paid my subscription. It’s been on auto renew since 2014 with no issues. I have the iTunes receipts and everything. Last month they “apologized” for the inconvenience and agreed I was paid in full. I just received an email saying my “complimentary month” has expired. I’ve been downgraded to basic even though I sent them an email with the iTunes receipt attached four days ago. No response from customer service. iTunes is helping, but the best they can do is get me my money back. I just wish iTunes wasn’t shady now.",No response from customer service.,1,TRUE,general,customer service,18,34,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,4a863b4b-67d5-4bd9-974a-6b290440055d,35035f92-3c0a-4610-a68c-fde6a70f47f2,Seriously improved my productivity / Please make friends more user-friendly,"I use this app to keep me from getting distracted and to track how much time I spend on each task I’m working on. I love the variety of trees/bushes you can plant, the ability to add tags and see your productivity over time, and the group planting function. One thing I would love to see is the ability to search, sort, and favorite/group friends as well as mass select friends when inviting to plant a bush or tree. It’s tedious going through the list and picking everybody one by one, or having to scroll through a long list to find a particular friend.","It’s tedious going through the list and picking everybody one by one, or having to scroll through a long list to find a particular friend.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,list,32,36,negative
productivity,things-3,1ff488ce-9d1d-47d0-850b-75a50807f3c6,35578d4c-2872-4f75-82f0-eb85de5e97cc,"Good, but Series 4 Complication Not Good","The “modular” Apple Watch complication is great, showing three tasks from the Today page. The “infograph modular” complication is a huge step backward, only showing one item, making it pretty useless!Fix this, and I will gladly change my review to 5 stars.","The “modular” Apple Watch complication is great, showing three tasks from the Today page.",3,TRUE,usability,page,85,89,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,41275ad1-4efa-4dc5-a0ba-eab4cf2d3003,357360bf-cbae-468d-b9c9-4fe52e6de904,Everything I was looking for,"This is an amazing productivity timer! It’s better than any others that I have tried. I love the cute graphics and fun concept. I have two suggestions. I wish you got extra coins when you grow trees with friends. Because it is easier for your tree to die, I think there should be a better reward at the end. I also wish there were more even more trees to unlock, that the bushes were less expensive in the store than the trees (because they are smaller and less cool) and that I could whitelist some phone apps that help me be productive. But even with those tiny suggestions, this app is amazing, and I will keep using it.",I love the cute graphics and fun concept.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,graph,17,22,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,260beb9f-a4f3-446b-943b-c3c70dd92a61,358dea3e-145c-4c97-a07c-d599c7a9b0b7,Conversation View,Update: I give up. I recognize Google is never going to let me turn off conversation view. They win the review war. (meaningless updates to reset low ratings). I’ve deleted the gmail app and switched to the Yahoo! mail app to access my gmail. It looks like I’m not alone as conversation view complaints have dropped off. I was just hoping Google would respond to user complaints. I don’t know why.Why? Why? WHY??? Can't conversation view be turned off!WHY???!!! Do you insist on conversation view? It is a tangled spaghetti mess! I can find no reason for message order. Generally newer messages are at bottom but each message appears to have previous messages attached so it is loops inside of loops. JUST LET ME TURN IT OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <SCREAM!!!!!>,Do you insist on conversation view?,1,TRUE,general,conversation view,18,35,negative
productivity,things-3,5f86a3b1-51a1-44cb-be77-c3443649b477,35a41f6d-5b7b-4a35-9da0-af55a7855069,Remove core functions for complicated,"If you have a lot of time to devote to your to-do app, you’ll love this one. I’ve had it for many years and have put up with their arbitrary design changes and love affair with their own cleverness for too long. And try searching their website for help, good luck with that. Why for the love of all that’s good, would you remove the ability to create repeating events in iOS?  It’s a core functionality, not creating events via email.","It’s a core functionality, not creating events via email.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,13,26,positive
productivity,notability,6cbd7c25-5682-43eb-9b47-aca0c8e3bcf3,37be9e1b-e8cd-4ae5-a2a4-14a4c78b6736,I wish I would not have spent the almost $10 for this,"I bought it because I really thought it was going to be easier than GoodNotes. It is not. In zoom mode the zoom shadow  jumps to the end of the line, and your writing moves to the left, making you to lift the pen and see where you were. If you keep writing without moving your pen to the left of the window, you end up writing away from your previous word. Confusing and unproductive. The cool part is the recording feature, which allows you to record starting at that point on your note. The other thing is the eraser:  it sticks. This is one feature that GoodNotes has better than this one. The eraser function stops once you are finished erasing, and you can continue writing. I wish it had also the ability to control the thickness of the pen with numbers (.35,.40,...). Three stars for this app.","The cool part is the recording feature, which allows you to record starting at that point on your note.",3,TRUE,usability,recording,22,31,positive
productivity,things-3,df38a4ec-35ea-4983-8a0e-927f138b1815,37d94639-7d4d-4dee-b413-c03a23a7fe7f,Mostly very good...,"I recently switched to Things when app-maker Appigo forced its Todo users into a subscription-based ‘update’.I very much like the look and functionality of Things, but by far my most-used feature is setting up recurring events, and Things is FAR more unwieldy than Todo used to be. I say “used to be” because Todo stripped that feature from the non-subscription ‘update’, a huge reason why I switched to Things.Anyway, what was a very useful and easy-to-use feature in Todo now takes many more key presses in Things.Please take a cue and streamline that feature... Also, it would be helpful to be able to back-date tasks.",I recently switched to Things when app-maker Appigo forced its Todo users into a subscription-based ‘update’.,4,TRUE,general,subscription,82,94,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,08e575ec-1f53-4d2d-8976-939276492378,37dcab63-b07c-4c10-99ea-eabe68472261,Still terrible,"Honestly, I think Google's updates amount to little more than review fraud. They've continually hit the reset button on overwhelmingly 1 star reviews by ""updating"" the app, yet hardly any of the updates have addressed the complaints which are largely macro issues. As a whole, it's still bad, and the one star reviewers are simply giving up on having to resubmit their reviews after each update. And look at the 5 star reviews - largely substance-free generic praise. I doubt most of them. Don't believe the 3+ star average. This app is a visual assault. It's hard to get past the nausea inducing aesthetics. Fewer emails to see at a glance, pointless avatars, ugh, the red! The check box was MUCH more intuitive than the initials/avatar circle that have replaced it. It's simply harder to read and process at a glance. Why did you bury the reply button? Most often, what I want to reply to is at the top. I shouldn't have to scroll down to reply. In general things that were intuitive aren't. It's not my job to figure this stuff out. It's your job to design it so I don't have to. This update is terrible all around. A mess. No amount of tweaks will save this update. Revert to the previous version. Really. It's that awful. And again, I don't believe the majority of the 5 star reviews.",It's your job to design it so I don't have to.,1,TRUE,general,design,18,24,negative
productivity,things-3,a4c9161e-c4ba-4e9c-8552-b98c69793fba,38ce386d-df55-4021-bae0-bede3c9c718c,Amazing app and a GTD essential,This app is the only one that worked for me. I love the fact that I can press Ctrl and Space anytime to capture a thought. It’s my favorite feature. I take meeting notes in the project section instead of using another note taking app. I wish they would add a feature or make it a rich text in the notes only. So I can make the dates of the meetings bold and add Bullet points for the notes taken.,I wish they would add a feature or make it a rich text in the notes only.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,text,51,55,positive
productivity,things-3,0fcf7434-23dc-4ab2-a28e-780f0d88644c,38e92fd4-58f5-47d2-a4dc-ee55ffec176c,Excellent GTD App,"I’ve bounced back and forth between dozens of ways to implement the GTD workflow system, but Things has to be the easiest, most streamlined way I’ve found. The integration with Calendars, Mail, and Siri makes recording tasks easy, while the interface helps me keep an eye on everything I need to do. I really think it’s a great app at a great price.",I really think it’s a great app at a great price.,5,TRUE,cost,price,44,49,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,58b04701-7c03-463c-8254-bfb385db2984,393a38d9-f27e-449c-970e-13bdc8d78ca9,Amazing app! Would recommend to any student.,I love this app. The only downside I can find is that landscape mode is not offered on my iPad Pro 2020. This can be incredibly annoying at times. I’m hoping to see the devs add this simple feature even if it only works for the “tree planting” page of the app. That’s my only complaint that I can find since having this app for 2 years. Overall my favorite study app. I just hope to see landscape options for the iPad are coming in an update soon.,I’m hoping to see the devs add this simple feature even if it only works for the “tree planting” page of the app.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,page,98,102,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,c889c7c2-8ce0-4883-8a8a-5bd1b0bef5e9,3962c0cb-5e46-48e5-84bf-4a83193988b4,Love the app.,"I like to separate some accounts from my Apple mail client so this makes it easy to do so. Never have issues with it. Only issue is with the new update, the badge app icon notifications don’t update very well. Seems like every time I clear my inbox I still have that little icon outside the app telling me I have a couple emails when I don’t. Please fix. Also it would be nice if the app didn’t keep telling me the app works best with fewer than 5 accounts. I’m well aware that’s true but I use all 5 accounts regularly and I don’t plan on getting rid of one so it would be nice to not have this notification every time I open the app.  Otherwise a great app. - Update it appears both issues are still happening in the update. Hopefully these will get fixed soon???? - update again, still no fix. My rating is now a zero until the app is fixed. Next step is to download a third party mail client.","Only issue is with the new update, the badge app icon notifications don’t update very well.",1,TRUE,cost,update,28,34,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1b4bf00a-583c-4a36-bdeb-479364a97df8,3986cd1e-e37a-4074-9742-d3af36fac6ef,Going backward in time,"Update: After months of using us and multiple updates, I see zero improvement. There’s no formatting functionality, the text selection is atrocious, and the app truly drives me nuts. I wish I could give this negative stars. ———————-What gives, Google? You have the best engineers in the world. Why can’t you focus on user experience?I recently moved to GSuite and adopted this app to read my Gmail. I’m NOT impressed. The app makes it really difficult to select text when I need to edit something I’ve typed. For some reason, it jumps around and makes it challenging to select a specific word or put the cursor in the middle of a specific word to correct a misspelling. I don’t have this problem in other apps on the same device. In addition, there is no formatting capability. What the heck? I can’t even add bullets or bold face. When I copy/paste something in from another app, that pasted text retains whatever formatting was in the original version. There’s no way to clear formatting so that it looks like part of the email.I like the fact that it allows me to organize the email the same way that Gmail allows, but the level of effort necessary to compose a simple message is truly aggravating.","When I copy/paste something in from another app, that pasted text retains whatever formatting was in the original version.",1,TRUE,usability,text,62,66,positive
productivity,things-3,5479dd98-6b81-4162-a5a7-635da1e2a6a3,39a7b716-973d-4104-b49e-59beae305da9,watch app is useless,"what’s the point of having to physically interact with the watch to add a to-do, once for the voice (not so bad) but what’s infuriating is the necessary 2nd tap that allows u to add it to the ONLY VIEW/FOLDER ur able to see on ur watch face.. no other way to change folder besides the today view and if u add a new to-do, u have to tap for it to be added into today. otherwise it disappears into an inbox that u can never see from ur watch. that’s so backwards, fix this and i’ll fix my review.2nd edit - even if u check off a task, there’s absolutely no way to undo that edit or check on ur finished tasks from ur watch, this apple watch app is more frustrating than it is useful. zero practical functionality",zero practical functionality,1,TRUE,general,functionality,16,29,negative
productivity,things-3,c405cbe2-736b-42ed-b57c-a7ab698f4cd2,39f9c94a-5264-407d-992b-cc4071f1bcbc,First impressions of Things 3,"Bought the Things desktop, iPad and IPhone apps today.  Was able to login to things cloud to get my Things 2 data imported and deleted the old applications. Trying to use Things 3 on The iPhone is unbearable when the calendar view is enabled.  It takes 10 seconds after you launch the application for anything to show on the screen. After that, it took an average of 73 seconds for the app to be usable.  The screen was frozen, I couldn’t add, change or mark items completed. I couldn’t scroll down on my list of things to do until the calendar came up.  Trying to navigate back from the Today category to other categories took over a minute and then navigating back to the today category took over three and a half minutes to populate the today list again and even then it wouldn’t scroll with finger movements without hanging.Disabling the calendar view fixed the speed issues, but leaves a dialogue box on the today screen asking you to allow Things to access the calendar.  Would recommend that they have that option configurable to remove the dialogue box and put that in the settings.I haven’t had time to test the iPad app or the desktop app yet but my initial impressions are that Things 3 iPhone app needs more work.",Trying to use Things 3 on The iPhone is unbearable when the calendar view is enabled.,2,TRUE,usability,calendar,61,69,negative
productivity,things-3,c405cbe2-736b-42ed-b57c-a7ab698f4cd2,39f9c94a-5264-407d-992b-cc4071f1bcbc,First impressions of Things 3,"Bought the Things desktop, iPad and IPhone apps today.  Was able to login to things cloud to get my Things 2 data imported and deleted the old applications. Trying to use Things 3 on The iPhone is unbearable when the calendar view is enabled.  It takes 10 seconds after you launch the application for anything to show on the screen. After that, it took an average of 73 seconds for the app to be usable.  The screen was frozen, I couldn’t add, change or mark items completed. I couldn’t scroll down on my list of things to do until the calendar came up.  Trying to navigate back from the Today category to other categories took over a minute and then navigating back to the today category took over three and a half minutes to populate the today list again and even then it wouldn’t scroll with finger movements without hanging.Disabling the calendar view fixed the speed issues, but leaves a dialogue box on the today screen asking you to allow Things to access the calendar.  Would recommend that they have that option configurable to remove the dialogue box and put that in the settings.I haven’t had time to test the iPad app or the desktop app yet but my initial impressions are that Things 3 iPhone app needs more work.",Trying to use Things 3 on The iPhone is unbearable when the calendar view is enabled.,2,TRUE,efficiency,calendar view,61,74,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,54519040-d94f-4b9d-bac6-1a3f00fe01fa,3a500813-e5d1-4154-8c70-2b0a01794f4e,Still bugged,"Still can’t disable combined inboxes, so I see my porn next to my work emails. Still opens up meet links in Gmail, which is so ridiculously stupid I can’t fathom it. Makes both Gmail and Meet unusable for me on mobile. And they’re proud of forcing Meet on you where you don’t want it. Just bad product design.Update:Raising to 3 stars. Meet links now route through Gmail (probably to track you across accounts/apps), but they at least go to Meet correctly now, rather than trying to shoehorn two unrelated apps into one. This effectively addresses one of my primary concerns, albeit in a roundabout and flawed way, since a Meet link has to be redirected from an unrelated app, taking extra time, hurting the UX and adding an unrelated app in the application history. At least I can reinstall and use the app again... but still missing the beat here by trying to shoehorn unrelated apps together.",Just bad product design.,3,TRUE,general,design,18,24,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,342486b2-ed96-4f09-806a-83fc3d9b8c13,3a60de18-da96-45f3-b2f6-950e039f5d8c,It’s Great,"I use Evernote all the time.  I have a notebook for people that includes pictures.  I am a minister and I keep a lot of Bible study notes in a notebook. I have a notebook for my favorite vacation spot, Pigeon Forge, TN. I have a notebook on my home area, where I grew up. As you can see, I use it both for business and for pleasure. I love the idea that It is on my iPhone, my iPod, my iPad and my Apple desktop computer.",I have a notebook for people that includes pictures.,5,TRUE,general,notebook,10,18,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,15a22003-ab13-4595-9724-879479564a0a,3a90d567-cf68-4f37-bfd0-fbae9f36bec8,"Thank you, creators","I love this app! It's adorable and helps me focus and motivated to work on whatever I should be doing and to stay away from social media and texting. I don't realize how much I check my phone until I plant a tree! There are a couple of things I don't understand, though: when you successfully grow a tree for 30 minutes, you get 10 seeds, but when you successfully grow a tree for 2 hours, you get 31 seeds. Shouldn't it be 40 or more to reward the person for staying focused for a longer period of time? It would also be nice to see a full weeks’ forest and a couple of other features, maybe like blocking certain apps while working with your phone or something?",It's adorable and helps me focus and motivated to work on whatever I should be doing and to stay away from social media and texting.,4,TRUE,usability,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,things-3,bcd375db-b00d-48ec-afa7-e3f5664e6cc8,3b14e1c9-c12a-4352-9b7b-27a4420ccff5,Perfect as is!,"Thank you Things 3 for such a great app. Perfect as is! Please don’t be like Airmail and Fantastical, who took away features of their app to charge a subscription fee to use them again. Things 3 makes my life more organized and productive. Thank you! Please stay the same forever!!!","Please don’t be like Airmail and Fantastical, who took away features of their app to charge a subscription fee to use them again.",5,TRUE,compatibility,subscription,95,107,negative
productivity,things-3,56ef633a-8d8e-4df9-a3fe-496df0701beb,3b3950df-5ff7-46bb-a8ed-73bda179b34d,Your IOS Calenders best friend,"Easy to add an event, idea or future project.  Just what I needed for a quick plug.  On the calendar app, you can pick a flag color and the activities length of time.  This is just what I need for additional dates, such as appointments and that will not be repeating.  Very quick to just plug in reminders, which you will then be notified that entire day before it clears.  I’m going to have to recommend this to others if your looking to expand on your “to-do” applications.","On the calendar app, you can pick a flag color and the activities length of time.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,color,42,47,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,c8f1ee4b-5cf3-4454-b561-29dd8ccadc82,3be99b89-a83a-4c68-8d11-26b61c9da8f8,"Undo/Redo button, Font size and insert table bug",I typically use this for my college assignments and work. But now its completely useless and I’m very upset. The font size bug on my iPhone goes haywire. I can’t adjust the font size at all in the way I want it. It either blows up the whole screen or goes to a size 2pt. If I’m lucky to get it to Twitch* to the size I need the document doesn’t readjust itself as it usually would when you adjust the font size from 12 pages back to 2 pages.  The insert table bug is another factor cause once you add or delete that part of your table you can’t edit it. The undo/redo button bug makes all these other bugs add up together a complete nightmare to use Word as a whole which in all has defeated me and I’ve given up on doing my task. I’m quite frustrated and don’t see why this is an issue when I’ve used this app no problem in the past as my go to and now I literally can’t use it.,I can’t adjust the font size at all in the way I want it.,2,TRUE,usability,font,20,24,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,9987c30b-6223-4460-8405-f5ee233855ca,3c3c9a4f-9d3e-4adc-8d9d-9281ae2b3a08,Very helpful,I love the way the app looks! It’s very simple and not distracting. When I do go look back to see how much time I have left there are reminders for me to go back to my work. There are also sounds of nature that helps my space not become to quiet but has a noise that helps me focus! I love how I have the option on deep focus cause then I end up not going on my phone cuz I want to get the coins. It’s also nice to have it as a game too so I can make my forest. I love that we can earn coins for new species and earn enough coins to plant a real tree!,When I do go look back to see how much time I have left there are reminders for me to go back to my work.,5,TRUE,general,reminder,67,75,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e7df0c3b-8f0b-4f45-b0fb-a1ec252f8c7e,3d045561-81b2-48b9-a407-11c00700eb93,Font size issue.,"Got this app after friends recommended it and I’m loving it. I’m more organized and productive already. Love the notebook layout and the cross platform from Windows to iPhone.But there’s an issue that reallllly bothers me. Font sizes aren’t consistent across the app on Windows 10 and the iPhone app.I ran a test to see what font sizes corresponds to small, medium, and large. Small on iPhone is 10 on Windows app.Medium is 14. Large is 18.Except something written in “small” on an iPhone, when viewed on a PC and compared to something written in 10 on the Windows app, the text originally written on Windows is larger than the text written on iPhone, despite them both being “10”. If I highlight the text from the iPhone and then select 10 again, it will grow ever so slightly to match the PC font size of 10.The opposite happens if I write something in 10 on PC and then view it on an iPhone and compare it to something written in “small.” What is written in “small” is larger than what was written in 10 on the PC.This is really frustrating because it results in inconsistencies throughout your notes.I know you guys care about organization, design, and consistency. So please fix this issue.Other than that, the app is great, would be 5 stars, but this is really frustrating. You can’t have an app meant for organization have something as basic as font size be inconsistent like this.Thanks for reading this feedback.","If I highlight the text from the iPhone and then select 10 again, it will grow ever so slightly to match the PC font size of 10.",4,TRUE,usability,font size,113,122,positive
productivity,notability,6adc0e3a-ebe5-40a7-86e4-1870d7fd2e5b,3d4054f3-5333-461e-98d9-ccd86ad243d6,Update broke recording feature!,"You have to be freaking kidding me. The new audio update that is supposed to be so much better than how it was before messed up my recording! Seriously, I am so angry right now. I and our team have been using this app for several years and we have never had any problems recording, it was the most reliable app to us so I never looked for competitors. But as I was recording with the new update today, when I stopped recording, the audio stops at 1 hour, even though I recorded three and a half hours! And it was still showing the “recording icon” when I stopped it after two hours so no fault of mine! How can that be?! DO NOT DOWNLOAD THIS APP right now if you’re looking for a reliable product! This is very bad and I will definitely look for another app in the future. I was relying on this recording for our team in a business meeting and you just messed it up. Thanks for nothing!",The new audio update that is supposed to be so much better than how it was before messed up my recording!,1,TRUE,usability,audio,9,14,negative
productivity,things-3,239f4ff8-5b42-4bf1-9233-7147d54cb687,3d9d513d-2267-4ba1-8ecd-d9fbaae68d86,Nice but needs more,Does not allow you to add photos to your lists or projects.,Does not allow you to add photos to your lists or projects.,3,TRUE,efficiency,photo,27,32,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,260beb9f-a4f3-446b-943b-c3c70dd92a61,3dd3aff5-dcdd-4646-a34d-374bff1d3664,Conversation View,Update: I give up. I recognize Google is never going to let me turn off conversation view. They win the review war. (meaningless updates to reset low ratings). I’ve deleted the gmail app and switched to the Yahoo! mail app to access my gmail. It looks like I’m not alone as conversation view complaints have dropped off. I was just hoping Google would respond to user complaints. I don’t know why.Why? Why? WHY??? Can't conversation view be turned off!WHY???!!! Do you insist on conversation view? It is a tangled spaghetti mess! I can find no reason for message order. Generally newer messages are at bottom but each message appears to have previous messages attached so it is loops inside of loops. JUST LET ME TURN IT OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <SCREAM!!!!!>,It looks like I’m not alone as conversation view complaints have dropped off.,1,TRUE,reliability,conversation view,32,49,positive
productivity,things-3,61c2d35c-595b-46ea-802e-1637ec73f2d6,3e8b8387-ce47-452d-9f95-31e25b15e1e2,Wish it was better for the visually impaired,I think this app is fantastic but it saddens me you can’t change things to different colors and make it work better for ppl like me who are visually impaired. I tried so many and most are to cluttered yet they offer diff fonts and colors and then this is the opposite. I hope the devs would really consider adding a feature like this.,I tried so many and most are to cluttered yet they offer diff fonts and colors and then this is the opposite.,3,TRUE,general,color,73,78,negative
productivity,things-3,61c2d35c-595b-46ea-802e-1637ec73f2d6,3e8b8387-ce47-452d-9f95-31e25b15e1e2,Wish it was better for the visually impaired,I think this app is fantastic but it saddens me you can’t change things to different colors and make it work better for ppl like me who are visually impaired. I tried so many and most are to cluttered yet they offer diff fonts and colors and then this is the opposite. I hope the devs would really consider adding a feature like this.,I tried so many and most are to cluttered yet they offer diff fonts and colors and then this is the opposite.,3,TRUE,efficiency,font,63,67,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,358c1eb2-3d8f-408b-9863-f0a53c965620,3ef80ad2-2363-489e-aa0f-76d98699d541,"Useful, helpful, needs some improvements...","Thank you for Forest. I appreciate the motivation the app creates to stay focused.Several things are bothersome. I’m a tablet user, and I have an attached keyboard. It is not helpful to be limited to portrait view only. That’s kind of primitive, like early 2000s. Please add landscape view.Second, it seems counterintuitive to have a support page that requires you to scan the page you are looking at to get to FAQs. Scan with what? Another device? Why would you assume I would have two devices? I suppose I can figure out a way to screenshot and then use it to get to support, but that’s not the solution I would expect from a Stanford guy.Also, the Contact Us link do not create an email or go to a support fill-in form. It does nothing. So, you get to read my support request here. Please fix that.I also found the app a little hard to work with at the start. The flow from operation to setup to reports to settings were not very easy to navigate. I still have some difficulty with this, and I think this can be improved.Thank you for the productivity improvement that Forest brings. Keep upping the good work.","Second, it seems counterintuitive to have a support page that requires you to scan the page you are looking at to get to FAQs.",3,TRUE,usability,page,53,57,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,cde0c68b-e774-4910-a4d9-062bf7e3a172,3f74ed98-aa3e-459c-b486-91bb0df5499e,It USED to be a decent app,"I pretty much use the free version of this app to import my own free fonts and type what I need for business. Ever since iOS updated, this app refuses to allow my downloaded fonts to function properly. Before my font disappeared, and they claimed to have fixed it. Now they claim there isn’t enough space to load the font...uh what? For an iPad that I use primarily for business, there is so much space on here that its laughable. Since its obvious the creators of this app have no intention of updating their app to function with the new iOS update, I will be deleting it and looking for another app I can use.",I pretty much use the free version of this app to import my own free fonts and type what I need for business.,1,TRUE,reliability,free version,23,35,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,cde0c68b-e774-4910-a4d9-062bf7e3a172,3f74ed98-aa3e-459c-b486-91bb0df5499e,It USED to be a decent app,"I pretty much use the free version of this app to import my own free fonts and type what I need for business. Ever since iOS updated, this app refuses to allow my downloaded fonts to function properly. Before my font disappeared, and they claimed to have fixed it. Now they claim there isn’t enough space to load the font...uh what? For an iPad that I use primarily for business, there is so much space on here that its laughable. Since its obvious the creators of this app have no intention of updating their app to function with the new iOS update, I will be deleting it and looking for another app I can use.",I pretty much use the free version of this app to import my own free fonts and type what I need for business.,1,TRUE,usability,font,70,74,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,03e703b1-ec9e-44fb-b00d-bdb9fe887a9d,4000fc44-a8a0-4aea-addd-ec923967ce5c,UNREADABLE,"I got this app only because iOS’s native mailing app doesn’t allow you to use all the custom options you can set in Gmail desktop, such as the alias, a feature which has helped me out a lot. When I came to drop this review, I saw a featured review from a legally blind person who said they had the issue fixed, but either google must have rolled that back right quick or he had his system set globally for larger text. I’m not going to make my entire phone and every other app’s text exceedingly humongous just so I can have less eye strain in this one. Get it together google and give us a slider or something just for your app",I’m not going to make my entire phone and every other app’s text exceedingly humongous just so I can have less eye strain in this one.,3,TRUE,usability,text,61,65,negative
productivity,notability,89880bde-5def-40ab-b071-65ba8e80e0cc,401e886c-2149-4639-8654-1477bf0aa72e,"Good but limited, need to improvement!!","Notability is such a great app, but it has a lot of limitations. Starting with how bad is the storage system and the compatibility. I write and draw on my iPad but when I want to read and study at my laptop it is messed plus you need no pay more... ridiculous.As a student we use a lot of pdf and we write a lot, and the limitations that most disturbs me has been the big problem with “inserting” PDF. I recommend they make an update to make able to insert “pdf printout” and you’ll still have room for draw/write. Also they need to update the app we are in 21th century, why you want to imitate a paper?? It should be endless for all sizes the noteability pages it’s goes down and it’s good, but it could be awesome if you could go left & right endlessly too. PLEASE MAKE THESE CHANGES, PDF PRINTOUT AND ENDLESS PAGES FOR ALL DIRECTIONS AND YOU’LL HAVE THE BEST APP AT THE MARKET.",I recommend they make an update to make able to insert “pdf printout” and you’ll still have room for draw/write.,5,TRUE,compatibility,update,26,32,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,0920b8b2-a08e-47bc-a339-6985eae15fd7,405fef85-0080-4c66-be84-3c0eed267c58,Needs some work,"Overall, the app is fine and generally gets the job done for most tasks. It does all the basics and not much more. I use this app for school, making regular docs for notes - nothing fancy. One or two hours into typing and the text skips, then immediately freezes. It takes about 3-4 seconds for each letter to appear on the screen thereafter. I have to delete the app, download, sign back in and pick up where I left off just to have this problem happen again in another hour. I’ve talked to Apple about it being an Ipad pro or even Magic Keyboard problem but I don’t have the problem in any other app. Please fix soon!","One or two hours into typing and the text skips, then immediately freezes.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,text,38,42,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,dc46ee6d-e12f-4553-be33-f5272d604227,408bcd21-5ef8-4acb-9e23-c09d28b75710,Scammers,"Evernote is not really reliable and it’s vulnerable to scammers. A month ago the Russian idiots hacked into my Evernote demanding me to pay $400 into a Bitcoin address with 5 days ultimatum or else all my sensitive info will be given to those that knows how to use my info. The hackers not only entered my account, they changed one of my documents to Russian language and left my password and all my documents as proof that they have my info. I changed my password and they still have access to my account as I write now while Evernote did nothing to protect there users info. Despite the fact that I deleted the app I still receive an email alerts that someone has signed in to my account but provided nothing to stop these fools. Anyway, I’ve transferred all my documents out of there...they can do whatever they like with the account.","Anyway, I’ve transferred all my documents out of there...they can do whatever they like with the account.",1,TRUE,security,document,33,41,positive
productivity,notability,b603afad-63d0-4c6f-82d7-10b4b51d83f6,40a9200f-9e7c-449b-b4e8-83bf7c176ac5,Love it but hate how...,"I’ve been using Notability for years now and loved to see much more amazing and user friendly it has gotten. However with the latest updates, the app keeps closing on me at random times so I lose my most recent updates on my notes and my recordings. I hope this issue gets fixed soon.Some suggestions on how notability could be improved,1. Everyone uses powerpoint. If there are slides in a powerpoint that I don’t have I want to be able to take a picture quickly and have it come out in decent quality. OneNote has that amazing feature where as you take a photo of a slide, it automatically is able to resize and realign the photo so that it’s not all crooked. Currently right now, I have to download an app that does that for me so it would be nice if notability could add that feature.2. Having some free/blank space on the side where I can make additional notes so that I don’t have to write on my powerpoint slides. Sometimes the slides have too much material and it feels clustered to have to squeeze my notes onto it so it would be awesome if I could have space on the side to add notes. Maybe consider adding ways to insert different types of documents?3. Add more highlighting/drawing options. What I mean by this is, maybe besides just drawing lines you can add rectangles or circles. I know that you can insert figures but I feel like they are out of the way.",Having some free/blank space on the side where I can make additional notes so that I don’t have to write on my powerpoint slides.,5,TRUE,usability,space,24,29,positive
productivity,notability,9a8f9788-d652-4465-9569-49abd1466490,40b0e160-720d-4209-b4ba-7fc1948e6633,Keep losing my data when using the text box,"I have been using Notability for years now, but I have never encountered this issue, that is, losing data. Making a text box has been more difficult than ever. This is another issue that I have noticed in this app from a very long time. Comparing to how users create a text box in GoodNotes 5, Notability is regarded as torture and time consuming. I don’t understand why I have to repeat the procedure over and over in order to have an accurate response. When I finally manage to create a text box, it often disappears once I try to create a new one. I hope you can fix this problem because most of my work depends on creating text boxes.I have lost information that equals four hours of searching and typing.Another issue is that Notability does not support the Arabic language. I really hope this can soon be fixed.","When I finally manage to create a text box, it often disappears once I try to create a new one.",5,TRUE,usability,text,35,39,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7ce44af7-8cc6-4d3d-8a5d-fabb2f6d7959,40cfd460-4058-4f77-9d4d-6b09dac6b71e,Keeps getting worse,"I have had Evernote since 2016. It used to be a pretty functional app, great for taking notes, keeping to do lists, and clipping articles and news from the web for later. It’s getting gradually worse and worse, especially with rendering and editing. The focus will jump around like crazy when you’re trying to select something to change, deleting one space may cause the entire note to change drastically (probably since there’s some weird behavior for resolving web HTML and Evernote’s internal formatting).I’m on an iPhone 11 Pro Max and on the latest app update, I was editing some webclip and the app was pretty much frozen. If you search by tag, you have to click on the small magnifying glass icon, touching the autocompleted phrase does nothing.I can only recommend this app if you’re keeping the most simple notes, with basic formatting; or dealing with basic images you don’t really care about, since they may get corrupted/broken.","It used to be a pretty functional app, great for taking notes, keeping to do lists, and clipping articles and news from the web for later.",2,TRUE,general,list,78,82,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,234aff75-c7b4-499c-81ad-c8e02d10e9af,4163cc1b-fe40-4da7-b36c-0acb69a17198,Update is not working so smoothly.,"I’ve been using this app for about two years for work and I have never had an issue. I am not sure if it is the app itself or the new iOS update, but my app keeps showing that I have a notification when there is none. I checked my mail multiple times, both on my phone and on my laptop and I have no unread messages. I cannot find where this notification is coming from. I guess I can say thanks though, because it gave me the chance to completely clean out my gmail. I’m really disappointed with this.","I checked my mail multiple times, both on my phone and on my laptop and I have no unread messages.",3,TRUE,usability,unread message,83,97,negative
productivity,notability,2fcfefa0-4fd3-4b39-b85e-d74aa47ce699,41b4101b-1a30-432c-ac3d-287ed7513f77,Crashing,"This has been my go-to note taking app for several years now. However, just within the last month I have experienced two significant problems. One caused me to have to delete the app because i could not get it to load. Once I re-installed it, everything came back. But it was inconvenient and I needed my note taking app to quickly take notes on a conversation I was having. The second happened today: suddenly, all of my categories disappeared. On both devices. Gone. I still have all the notes, but now I apparently need to reorganize them. I’m a little worried about using this as my primary note taking app going forward. I would think twice about paying the money for this app if you haven’t purchased it already.",I would think twice about paying the money for this app if you haven’t purchased it already.,2,TRUE,cost,money,38,43,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,6b022bf7-ae8a-49bb-b734-327a926fb97f,4224c3cf-b008-4f26-a350-d15fc348c754,New update is fantastic,Very happy to be a premium user. What a great way to engineer all that functionality in one app. You’ll get great press about this!  The ability to create templates and use them as easily as EV has set this up is great. Thank you!!,What a great way to engineer all that functionality in one app.,5,TRUE,general,functionality,39,52,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e6485cb1-0b09-4bb9-afbf-283c54230068,42323d7a-976c-474d-bc18-9c9ca1ad19b4,I want blue!,"Maybe this is a trivial thing to give one star over, but I had the mailbox app that became the inbox app, when it was bought by google. It remained a calm blue color, which stresses me out less when I have to check email. Today my Inbox app told me “for better and more features” I should install and use the new and improved Gmail app. So I did. I opened it up to that horrendous angry red that makes me want to gore people like I’m the bull at Pamplona. I don’t want to gore people. I don’t want to be even more stressed when I open email. I want blue. Or green. Or maybe purple. Can we skin it with some cooler calmer colors? Anything but red, though preferably also not orange. Yellow could be ok... but no red. Red=one star reviews because I cannot even.","It remained a calm blue color, which stresses me out less when I have to check email.",1,TRUE,security,color,25,30,negative
productivity,things-3,1edc7aaa-6f0f-49e1-8cb0-a0b83a54285a,425bb5ee-0f3b-40be-a1ea-eaaf06b1dd72,"Effective, but not for the price",Not worthy of a payment given the current functionality.,Not worthy of a payment given the current functionality.,2,TRUE,cost,functionality,43,56,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,77c85bf6-2ae3-4247-9671-284dd10a7c49,42cfea2f-e5c1-411c-96ef-5e0e79bebaea,Loved Evernote...until the most recent update,"I've been using Evernote for a decade, mostly on ipad, iphone, and chromebook. It was a perfect solution for taking notes during classes, webinars, meetings, and lab work. It was a lovely drafting tool for writing articles and stories, email. It even helped me with household and business management like drafting business plans, project plans, task lists. I loved the improvements they'd made over the years. I could depend on my notes to be available whenever, wherever, and to hold minimal formatting so I could easily copy to websites and publish. It. Was. Awesome. This release of the ios version eliminated printing, an essential element for proper editing of my writing and the best tool for clear communication on creative and practical projects at home and work. Now, Evernote is less useful than Onenote and more expensive. I am sorely disappointed with their choice to eliminate my ability to share a note with my printer. I've got until January (when my subscription re-ups) to transition. I'm already trying other solutions. It was worth the price until they broke my systems by eliminating such a basic function for writing and note taking! No Bueno, Evernote team!",It was worth the price until they broke my systems by eliminating such a basic function for writing and note taking!,1,TRUE,cost,price,18,23,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,73f9e2f9-f014-4851-bae8-93a39d587c88,42fbd72f-a594-4997-b5ec-8bab9c4e861d,Tags,It keeps erasing the tags. I wish I can use the catergories more freely. The app just doesn’t have many functions. I need to use my phone occasionally during my project but a tree dies if I use my phone....,It keeps erasing the tags.,3,TRUE,usability,tag,22,25,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,d813d39d-7567-4d1c-9d17-5f831703752c,432d793e-b51a-492a-81f7-242855369644,Garbage. Not for students...,"If you’re a college student like myself and use your iPad for everything you do, you’ll be underwhelmed by the fact that you CAN NOT create or edit equations in Word. That’s right, you will have to use a computer to do that. Also, the user interface is in desperate need of a makeover. All the features that you want to use like changing font size, justification etc are all hidden under tabs with symbols that make no sense. Unfortunately this app is still the best document editor for the iPad so in summary, if you don’t have an iPad, just get a computer instead because this software is trash.","All the features that you want to use like changing font size, justification etc are all hidden under tabs with symbols that make no sense.",1,TRUE,usability,font,53,57,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,65fb95e8-e783-4467-83d7-7c8c99e31ce5,435da25d-6fd1-4376-a857-9f3576d256f4,Love the app but the theme tab isn’t on the app,"I love the app and I have been using it on my smartphone for many years now, but up to now, I can’t seem to change the theme within the app to dark mode. I’ve done my research and on IOS devices with OS 11 and higher should have a toggle to automatically put dark mode. However I haven’t found that anywhere in the app. Would love to give 5 stars but haven’t received help on it",I’ve done my research and on IOS devices with OS 11 and higher should have a toggle to automatically put dark mode.,4,TRUE,general,dark mode,106,115,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,36bbf6ed-6a4e-4368-b53f-3f1c70d8a009,4394ed64-f4a8-40f9-94c9-c14a961ef2f4,Faulty Chrome extension,"This app used to be great, and its strongest point is the syncing between web browser and mobile app. While the mobile app still gets regular updates, the Chrome extension is no longer maintained. It stopped working in 2019 and was never updated. Trees planted in Chrome sessions are not synced, and the extension is really glitchy. Most of the distractions in WFH comes from web browsing. Developers, please fix the Chrome extension.EDIT: Devs got in touch to say the Chrome extension was updated. Well, it was not. Everything is still buggy. The screen is not responsive unless you close it and open again. Can't change tree species. Won't sync. Doesn't work at all.","Trees planted in Chrome sessions are not synced, and the extension is really glitchy.",1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,42,46,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,c729d8b3-a340-43a6-bc50-08d35eaf977b,43cde172-b36a-4c11-b37b-e515fd08c977,Radddd,"Love this beast. Use this app all the time, writing essays on the bus, after school, even during class if needed. The portability of having it on my phone makes it that much more advantageous to have than my laptop.",The portability of having it on my phone makes it that much more advantageous to have than my laptop.,5,TRUE,usability,tag,71,74,positive
productivity,things-3,e27c6e8c-ecb8-48d5-a283-68a6f31b153a,43f8b5bc-733a-4ec1-a67e-e8f837f789d9,Great app. Works like a charm. Gorgeously designed.,Things 3 is fantastic. Beautiful and has many bells and whistles so you can view specific tasks and have them also show up in your today box on the day you want it to.Only wish one could change the font size for at times it seems a little small.But all in all - Fantastic!,Only wish one could change the font size for at times it seems a little small.,5,TRUE,usability,font,32,36,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,b40867b8-1f5b-411e-93fb-614929087602,443baa94-a061-420f-8c76-ee5385330f8e,Lost photos I uploaded for recipes,"I used to love Evernote until today. I bragged to all of my friends how great Evernote.  I use it for many things including as a recipe storage.  I am using Evernote basic.  However, today the App lost 2 of my recipes.  I’m very frustrated. I had a special pasta recipe I was going to make with my son.  I saw the photo of the recipe on my phone and when I clicked on it and opened it up the photo disappeared. I can’t seem to get it back in any way. I think this is a terrible thing to have happened.  I tried to organize my recipes electronically and pitched the hard copies. Now I have lost that recipe and another. I clicked on another recipe from the app and that photo disappeared as I opened it. I think I took these photos in 2015.  The app worked fine for a recipe photo I took in 2017 this morning but it losing older photos.  This is unacceptable. I stopped opening recipe notes and went to the webpage on my Mac to open other recipes and the browser version worked fine with the other pasta recipes I added the same day. But now I have wasted an hour trying to no avail to restore the image.  Because I’m a basic user, I’m not even able to email customer support.  The app appears to be garbage right now if it loses photos while the web browser does not.  I’m so disappointed.",I clicked on another recipe from the app and that photo disappeared as I opened it.,5,TRUE,efficiency,photo,51,56,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,95405d58-1429-4d1c-89aa-b39c21a99142,44ec4e7d-b7a6-40de-a8ea-96eec125fc98,A Bit Frustrated,"I use this app all the time. It’s a way for my husband and I to share ideas about vacations and to-do lists. However, it recently stopped letting me sync. If you don’t sync and open a note that was updated by another user it “modifies” the note in the worst way. I also am not able to get notifications from the app anymore either, which is especially annoying when my husband is trying to chat with me through the app. So I thought I would reach out to customer service to troubleshoot beyond their recommendations on their site. Since I’m not a paying customer I cannot submit a ticket. This is especially frustrating. They are sending a message that their non-paying customers aren’t important. I don’t want to look for another app with similar functions, but I may be forced to if they can’t fix the bugs.",If you don’t sync and open a note that was updated by another user it “modifies” the note in the worst way.,4,TRUE,efficiency,update,44,50,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,98387ecb-015b-4d50-a654-77fa75461603,44f42dad-740d-4008-ab21-1a55d252b76e,Useful but Limited,"I’ve used Evernote for years now, and find it useful for a few reasons. I like grouping my notes into different notebooks, and I like the search function. There are a few limitations however. When your notes proliferate, as mine do, it can be hard to keep track of related content, even if they’re in the same notebook. I wish there was a way to hyperlink between different notes. Also, as a word processor, it doesn’t have the capacity to strike through text (even though it can underline, bold, and italicize). Most annoying, though, is the stubborn placement of the cursor at the BOTTOM of new notes, which means I’m always having to add extra lines and return to a previous point to write in the middle of the screen.","When your notes proliferate, as mine do, it can be hard to keep track of related content, even if they’re in the same notebook.",3,TRUE,general,notebook,119,127,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a8f56eca-d41f-4a52-a610-4b2115a76c41,451d0ffa-e9ad-40e0-b139-50c9495ea9b2,Don't need to see how many unread bundled emails,"Love the app. Overall works well. Only two issues I have seen, 1) When replying to a long threaded email (say 20 replies or more) it does not load. I have to go back to an older email in the conversation and reply to that. 2) My biggest issue is the number badge showing unread messages includes messages that are bundles under promotions or fiance. I don't want to see that's. Old Gmail, before it became Inbox, did not do this.  Those emails don't pop up as push notifications, so why would I want my badge icon to show me the total number including them? At least give me the option to turn if off if I want. Would give instant 5 star if I had that option.","Those emails don't pop up as push notifications, so why would I want my badge icon to show me the total number including them?",4,TRUE,effectiveness,badge icon,73,83,negative
productivity,things-3,18ab2ba8-89e8-41fa-8a26-83eca169b3df,4530e831-c86b-4ea5-bee9-f0f969e66876,Finally,Been looking for a to do list app like this forever. Hesitated for awhile because of the price. After using it for a day wish I had gotten it much sooner. It’s exactly what I need and have always wanted.  In the end it’s just so elegantly designed.  The people who made this clearly put a ton of thought into it. Kudos!,Hesitated for awhile because of the price.,5,TRUE,cost,price,37,42,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,bbfd79ba-0e29-401e-9942-7677703f35aa,4544a719-5754-48a8-8392-e96b738b3f10,Amazing!,"I am the type of person who hates spending money on apps but I heard about this one and decided to try it out. I was very hesitant at first but after trying it out for a week, I am absolutely in love! It has amazing features, doesn’t crash, and helps me stay focused and on track!! I love all the features, I just wish they could add more ring tone/ notification sounds! 10/10 would recommend to anyone trying to get their life back together!",I am the type of person who hates spending money on apps but I heard about this one and decided to try it out.,5,TRUE,cost,money,44,49,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,91f27c0e-7c6a-47f4-9749-30b900a43919,45ad44cf-65f3-418e-91e9-b52961e48cd4,Two problems to fix,"When taking a note, there are many problems with Voiceover. First, when swiping to the right, sometimes it skips over the title field & other times it skips over the multi-line text field. When typing in the field, you can’t move by letter or word & have it affect where the cursor is located. When The keyboard is brought up from simply looking at a note, the cursor is somewhere in the middle of the text already in it. Unlike most text fields, double tapping on it does not move the cursor to the start or the end of the text field. You also cannot listen to the entire note when the keyboard is available. This makes creating & editing notes inaccessible to Voiceover.   Sharing to Evernote takes a long time after entering text & choosing the folder. Once I hit save, a loading icon is shown while I have to wait for a long time to share it.    If these problems are solved, I will be satisfied with Evernote. Until Evernote is Voiceover accessible, I will use another note taking app that is accessible.","Until Evernote is Voiceover accessible, I will use another note taking app that is accessible.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,note taking,60,71,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,743d4a67-db32-46b4-b390-8621a2d07e87,45d0557b-6ac7-4f6a-b3ec-87102a862e88,Major defect: sometimes modifications are not save to file when exiting file.,"This app has a major defect that makes it unreliable as a word editor.  Sporadically and unpredictably, it does not save modifications to the file upon closing the file.   I do have auto save on, and even tried turning that off and manually saving the file, and it states that it is saving the file, but it does not save the changes. I had suspected this issue over the last year as i am writing a manuscript for a book and noticed certain things were not as i remember them.I verified it several times this week by backing up the modifications directly to google cloud prior to closing the file on this word app.  I compared and the mods were missing. It is completely unpredictable and i have found no way to improve consistency.  Any word editor should have 100% reliability in this area. Unfortunately i will have to continue writing the manuscript on Google docs in the cloud because of this issue with this word app. I say unfortunately because it can get slow due to the size of the file and the formatting is not as full featured.This bug needs to be addressed as a critical bug.  Otherwise this app is not usable as a word editor for reliable documentation.  I have no idea how many of those mods over the last year are missing in the current docs.(On a positive note, the interface and formatting are great.)","(On a positive note, the interface and formatting are great.)",1,TRUE,general,interface,26,35,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,64f9a986-b035-43dd-bad2-ad32abf82d1c,462a40b0-1f5f-43f2-a9a6-d1a81828e282,New Update Hurts My Eyes,"I have migraine and vision issues. The new, jarring, super white look makes my eyes hurt, especially when I have a migraine. With no color separation or clear boundary demarcation, it strains my eyes, if I have to spend any real time checking my email. I no longer use a desktop or laptop computer, so I depend on using the app. The new changes make it almost impossible for me to use, though, because it literally hurts my eyes and causes my vision to blur.Additionally, the placement of the option to change accounts in the previous version made sense. Where it is placed in the new version is not intuitive or user friendly. It now takes extra steps to pull up a separate screen in order to switch between accounts. This means I have to spend additional time on the stark white, visually unappealing app, which literally causes me pain, if I want to check my mail.This is a HORRIBLE update, that does not give any consideration for those with eye strain or vision problems. I won’t even go into the serious need to add options for color coding, for people who rely on visual cues to stay organized. Or the fact that nearly every other email app had a dark mode, at the very least. Please, please, PLEASE fix this!","Additionally, the placement of the option to change accounts in the previous version made sense.",1,TRUE,general,previous version,69,85,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,4d6cadca-cefb-4cc3-8d35-72182959fdd1,4631e0dc-f8e9-44b4-b45a-948d49effa11,Updated: iPadOS pointer support still doesn’t work,"I was pleased to see the update from a few days ago that mentioned iPad pointer support, but sadly it’s still unusable and my last review (below) still stands. Maybe third time’s a charm? MSFT - if you need any help testing basic text editing functionality just let me know!————I’ve been waiting for iPad pointer support for the months since it was announced as imminent. Now that it’s here, it creates a constant tug of war between what Word wants to do and the way the iPad cursor works in other apps (e.g. Notes, any other Apple app). The cursor does now change shape - that’s new - but it doesn’t cooperate with actual editing.Try entering a non-dictionary word and then placing the cursor between any two letters of that word - Word decides to select the entire word instead, every time. Try opening one of the built-in templates - such as “Make a List” - and then positioning the cursor anywhere within the text for item 1 or 2 on the list - Word selects all the text for both items 1 and 2 instead of positioning the cursor. You end up having to resort to touch, or using cursor keys.It doesn’t look as if anyone tested basic editing functionality, and it’s barely better than before pointer “support” was added. I’d be using it all the time otherwise. Hopefully it’s fixed soon.","It doesn’t look as if anyone tested basic editing functionality, and it’s barely better than before pointer “support” was added.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,51,64,negative
productivity,things-3,85582807-90c2-42cb-b086-1d13f06201e5,464c763a-334d-48cb-8b58-db28daed5b3a,A Magnificent Task Application,"I used to use Wunderlist but UI felt a bit stiff to me. I’ve been on the hunt for a good to do app and I’ve tried others that didn’t really grip me well enough until coming across Things 3. It had a very simplistic and fluid UI that I’m fond of and all the easy-to-remember shortcut keys make assembling a good task with due dates, project assignment, tags, sub tasks a breeze. I’m definitely sticking with this one now that I can sync over the cloud and have the mobile version mirror my current objectives.",I’m definitely sticking with this one now that I can sync over the cloud and have the mobile version mirror my current objectives.,5,TRUE,general,sync,54,58,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,9672a2e2-8fad-4c51-96e2-443a5d452585,4718d683-a50d-4ff6-986c-910b755c687f,Missing key features you expect from MS Word,"I'm having to use Word on iPad temporarily, and the lack of layout options, proper borders, etc., severely impacts my productivity.  Something as simple as the Before and After spacing for paragraphs is missing, which is a feature that I've had to use in almost every document created in Word, as it is needed for neat and proper formatting.Word for iPad is incredibly disappointing, and the alternatives like Pages and Google Docs are also severely lacking in necessary features, making it needlessly difficult to properly format documents on the iPad.When I turned to Word for my work, it was meant to destroy these inferior programs, not join them. Bring balance to the workload, not leave it in darkness.","I'm having to use Word on iPad temporarily, and the lack of layout options, proper borders, etc., severely impacts my productivity.",2,TRUE,general,layout,61,67,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1bdc5145-d2b9-4542-8025-c55232716a30,4773a35c-fc6a-4fb6-9b7c-717db56ae66e,App Badge icon Bug,"Hello, my name is Jose and I am using an iPhone 6 and I’m currently running iOS 11.0.3. I love the Gmail Application; however, I’ve noticed that recently my App Badge icon has been displaying the number ‘9’ which would suggest that I have 9 unread emails. However, I have gone through my entire email section and I do not have any unread emails. I’m not sure if it’s a small bug.","However, I have gone through my entire email section and I do not have any unread emails.",4,TRUE,usability,unread email,76,88,negative
productivity,things-3,a585a24e-3324-4071-94d0-a3b459367099,47b26b8b-b3ad-4890-bf34-98818ccda863,Crashing,Great app but crashes immediately on launch after most recent update.,Great app but crashes immediately on launch after most recent update.,1,TRUE,reliability,update,63,69,negative
productivity,notability,2c6267e8-d8a6-45b2-b7d1-9fe4aa912a7a,47dea6cb-3880-498a-8a31-e10b320cdce5,Best Note Taking App Available,"I love this app! The overall layout, note navigation and tool options are just the right set of features. Not too busy so that you spend time searching for stuff, but robust enough to perform most things you need.  The handwriting recognition is also the best. I've tried a number of other popular apps and the note taking experience is simply not as good. I use the app strictly on my iPad so cannot comment on the phone experience. But I find a tablet to be better  for most note taking apps.No app is perfect, so there are some tradeoffs. If you desire multilevel folder systems, this is not for you. However, I've never found that to be an issue. You still have to two folders levels and a nice search function. The backup system could also be improved. I like the ability to export everything to iCloud, but syncing between devices would be nice option.",But I find a tablet to be better  for most note taking apps.,5,TRUE,usability,note taking,44,55,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1cc16872-5178-463b-bd3c-f05ad9aa1e58,484bcd1b-8cf5-49c6-89a9-cd7ba833361a,Are you kidding me??,"There are 2 huge things wrong with the gmail app that 80% of users hate and yet google continues to do updates on the app and completely ignore these 2 very crucial problems. 1- It doesn't allow you to turn off conversation view. It is awful. It's crazy to me that Google won't listen to thousands of complaints regarding this. In my job I will use the same subject line in many different conversations. So then it groups all of those emails together.  And many times important messages get lost in these lengthy ""conversations"".  Also to make it worse, I can’t label each of the emails separately.  It only allows you to label the entire “conversation” which doesn’t work for me since it groups together emails that have nothing to do with each other. 2- It won't allow you to add your signature right after your message.  It adds it at the very bottom of the string of conversations making it pointless to have a signature at all.  Someone would have to scroll all the way down to the bottom of the whole conversation to see your signature.  Who would do that??  How does google not see this as a problem?  And, do they mean to put the signature at the very bottom or is this a glitch?Google stop wasting time on STUPID updates like this last one or on producing cars, and actually fix your basic problems with gmail.",It's crazy to me that Google won't listen to thousands of complaints regarding this.,1,TRUE,general,list,36,40,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,b47acd91-71e0-4e6a-a94e-faf40f540b11,4850bf24-cfdd-49fc-9d25-4eb70f8046e2,Still No Landscaping mode,"I see update after update where they claim “bug fixes”, but I never see any improvements. Are these developers even still working on this app or do they just keep releasing the same app claiming “bug fixes”?I still can’t believe there is no landscape mode for this app. It claims to be an app to help you focus and stay productive, but if I’m going to be doing that, I’m going to be using my iPad in landscape mode and there’s absolutely no support for it. That is just crazy and very lazy app development","I see update after update where they claim “bug fixes”, but I never see any improvements.",1,TRUE,compatibility,update,7,13,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,c1a6625d-293c-488f-a714-270221cf7e9c,487203ca-52ed-43e3-a9b4-69d2044d0c65,Great for breaking bad phone habits.,"I often have trouble putting my phone down when I need to, in social contexts and at work. In order to better focus on things I have to do, I like to use this app to encourage myself to put my phone away and handle business. So far, it’s been great! The use of a growing tree reminds me that my time is being well spent, and the ability to assign notes to it helps me stay encouraged in breaking my phone habits.","I often have trouble putting my phone down when I need to, in social contexts and at work.",5,TRUE,general,text,73,77,negative
productivity,things-3,3aa1173b-cd89-4710-9add-8730bb2b37c3,4886037f-811b-42eb-ba8c-cf1e072839bb,"It’s OK, could be much better","Appreciated the ability to import my task list from another task management app. Not having a calendar view for future dates makes it difficult to plan too far out. Simply seeing a list by month is not helpful. Also, the extremely tiny font size in the iPhone version makes it virtually unusable to me. (I purchased the iPhone, iPad and OS X apps.) Please add the ability to change the text size. Almost every other app includes this capability, especially considering the price you’re charging. Still evaluating whether to keep this app or find something more robust for busy professionals.",Appreciated the ability to import my task list from another task management app.,3,TRUE,general,task management,61,76,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,48d537bc-43c9-43a6-99b2-205c1c22707d,48b6b997-4b66-4fc9-81cc-46a481312f38,"Lost all my work, no auto save!","I read the marketing “create with confidence” tagline and like a fool believed it.  After installing Word for iPad, I used it to make important edits to a document or an international project charter, putting in nearly 2 hours of changes trying to meet a deadline. I thought the iPad version and cloud storage would help me do that. In the end, it caused me to lose all my work and miss the deadline.  When I opened the document it reverted to the original unedited version, discarding every change I had made!  I showed up on a Skype conference with people on two continents waiting for my delivery and had to explain that I lost all my work. They couldn’t believe it, nor could I!  How do I cancel this stinking Office 365 subscription and get a refund?  I will never ever use it again. Maybe fine for grade school students, but not for professionals whose career and reputation depend upon it.",I read the marketing “create with confidence” tagline and like a fool believed it.,1,TRUE,general,marketing,47,50,negative
productivity,notability,300bf051-084e-49e4-9f25-d2841f4d7de1,48b8b986-06eb-4df9-8d3a-ab7ef5337e21,Great app,"I love this app! I use it for all my classes and it saves me money on notebooks and it’s way easier for organization. However, I do wish there were a few other features. I wish I could make the eraser size smaller for when Im taking small notes on a class PowerPoint or drawing a diagram. It’s a pain in the rear when I’m trying to erase small arrows from my orgo notes and end up erasing a few bonds, too. Also, I’d like to be able to switch between the eraser that erases the whole line and an eraser that just erases what you touch. The former is great for notes but the latter would be great for diagrams. Another thing I wish the app had is a “switch to last color” option. I often switch between red and black in my notes and it would be nice if there was a one-click option to switch back and forth. I know I just listed a bunch of features I wished this app had, but the app is still well worth it without them. I highly recommend it.",I use it for all my classes and it saves me money on notebooks and it’s way easier for organization.,4,TRUE,usability,notebook,54,62,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,d60e99e2-8635-4025-89e2-d8d6ef39994d,49ac58dd-5456-4798-85ce-8264a69889ea,Normal Word functions from other devices except...,"Except I can’t change a default font... What?! It’s 2018 and I can’t change a default font on one device, but I can for all of the others? I was then told by admin that this was by DEFAULT. They actually chose to prohibit me from setting a default font on my iOS device. I am currently paying for a Microsoft 365 subscription across my devices to have them purposefully leave out normal functions like this. I just can’t, in good conscience, give a good review for an obvious blunder like this.","It’s 2018 and I can’t change a default font on one device, but I can for all of the others?",2,TRUE,efficiency,font,40,44,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6af25463-5802-467f-9783-3ebd8b6da163,49b87bb6-2a0e-4bf6-ac65-8c50ad687ac5,Smooth Interface,"I enjoy this. Not sure what it is anyone would complain over or praise, as I can’t find anything dislikable about it. If the Google company reads this and is open to suggestions, I have one. A day and night scheme. By day, the layout design reflects that’s if day or what the user would apply as day, by night, same concept. I realize such effects could zap battery power but o think that should be up to the user if anything. Besides it would only happen within the app when it’s active, in theory at least. Great app thanks so much for making it.","By day, the layout design reflects that’s if day or what the user would apply as day, by night, same concept.",5,TRUE,efficiency,design,20,26,positive
productivity,notability,3d0b634c-d402-47e8-ba7d-bf6209fed826,49f312d7-7c6d-4fba-97c7-93009a44574a,Recording and syncing,This used to be my go to app for note taking. But for over a year now I have had problems with writing while using the recording feature. I even bought a brand new iPad Pro because I though it was the device space causing this issue it turns out I was wrong. They have issues with their iCloud syncing that they even a year later have not fixed. While writing and recording it will cause a syncing messages to come up while your using it making it unusable while it does that. You are missing what you want to record and unable to write turning that time. Even when it finishes syncing it will do it again a few minutes later once again interrupting you. I have tried everything recommended nothing worked. I even freshly installed my iPad with only this application and even on my new iPad Pro it did the same thing and it has 64gb of space and nothing else on it. I’m disappointed that even after a year they have not solved their problems do not waste your money on this app. Especially when the one feature that is supposed to make it more enticing then GoodNotes doesn’t even work.,They have issues with their iCloud syncing that they even a year later have not fixed.,1,TRUE,efficiency,sync,36,40,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ad119587-45dc-4bc9-bc7b-cd7c701da204,4a47f299-0a44-401d-a762-519f9315e43c,Won’t let me edit documents after subscription,"In order to use this app at all, you have to subscribe. I set up a subscription that would charge me monthly, but whenever I would try to use the app, it would say that I had no subscription with that email. It then gave me an option to sign up for a subscription through the App Store, and when I did, it says I already have one with that email. My subscription is also shown to be present on the App Store. So if I’m subscribed and going to be paying money to use this app, why does the app say I’m not? It made the app completely useless. It keeps claiming I have no subscription when I do, and won’t let me type anything.","It keeps claiming I have no subscription when I do, and won’t let me type anything.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,subscription,29,41,negative
productivity,things-3,56ef633a-8d8e-4df9-a3fe-496df0701beb,4aae9495-d30f-4359-a176-a3523cbf6272,Your IOS Calenders best friend,"Easy to add an event, idea or future project.  Just what I needed for a quick plug.  On the calendar app, you can pick a flag color and the activities length of time.  This is just what I need for additional dates, such as appointments and that will not be repeating.  Very quick to just plug in reminders, which you will then be notified that entire day before it clears.  I’m going to have to recommend this to others if your looking to expand on your “to-do” applications.","Very quick to just plug in reminders, which you will then be notified that entire day before it clears.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,reminder,28,36,negative
productivity,notability,a5c4da9e-0686-481a-a602-0250cd8b5b33,4af87d47-c0c6-4d41-8734-27195984525b,Best app for professional students,"I have used notability since I entered medical school and I think it is amazing for note taking and recording lectures from professors. All of the features are amazing and the latest update that added the choice of 1.25 speed during recording replay is amazing. My one problem with notability is that while there is a “go back 10 seconds” option while playing back recordings, there is not a “go forward 10 seconds” options. This makes it difficult to skip ahead since you are left to use the scrubber and that can get messy and cause you to miss things. I hope they see this feedback and make an already amazing app even better.4/12 Revised —- giving this app 2 stars now because they sent out an update that absolutely obliterated the app and SEVERAL times I have spent hours taking notes only for them to be erased. The text boxes are finicky as hell now and I am unable to click on a text box to adjust typing after I have started typing on it. Many times I am unable to even start a text box because it won’t realize I am trying to type. PLEASE FIX THIS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD I AM ALREADY TRYING TO DO PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL FROM MY QUARANTINE AND THIS IS MAKING IT INFINITELY WORSE.",The text boxes are finicky as hell now and I am unable to click on a text box to adjust typing after I have started typing on it.,2,TRUE,usability,text box,5,13,negative
productivity,notability,24443b33-04f8-41cc-aa16-f7b20de45cd8,4b2032ad-eab6-4e0e-95ed-6689400f9b5e,Incredible App! A couple minor formatting issues but still Superb,"Never had a note-taking app this dynamic and fluid. Highly responsive and well designed. Would recommend 10/10. My only problems with the app is:1. Line spacing glitch. Every note has a break in the lined paper background where two lines are very close together which is frustrating because it throws off the neatness of your notes. Not a functionality issue, just an aesthetic one.2. Picture placement. Sometimes I’ll take screenshots of pictures I’m not able to just drag over, and put them in my notes, but Notability makes the picture “jump” to predefined places and won’t let me put the pictures exactly where I want them. It’s frustrating because the pictures almost always “jump” a few lines up near totally unrelated notes. I tried disabling text wrap to no success.Other than that, fantastic app, I use it every single day in Engineering School and it is easily able to keep up with my course load!","Not a functionality issue, just an aesthetic one.",4,TRUE,reliability,functionality,7,20,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,498ad414-adb3-4685-b9a6-a6ad914a8264,4b62ffd5-3c74-467d-8bd9-b9acca0ff4b1,GREAT APP,this is such a great app for helping to stay motivated and on task- especially with the start on doing school at home because of COVID-19. this app is definitely worth the cheap price. there’s is an option to turn on “strict mode” which kills the plant if you even exit the app which helps limit distractions on your device. love this app and love how i am able to track my progress and total study minutes as well! :),this app is definitely worth the cheap price.,5,TRUE,cost,price,40,45,positive
productivity,notability,a07021d0-760d-4bce-a715-c6975098ef39,4bb10b78-f45d-407b-9b26-7c8264b3e7d4,So Good but needs more color!,"I love this app. I bought it years ago and never used it on my phone, but since getting an iPad it has become one of my most used apps both for work and for personal use. It works so well and I haven’t seen  any glitches or issues with the features. I will say the color choices for paper backgrounds are lacking and I would really love to see some improvements there. We should be able to choose the background from a full spectrum color palette like the pens and highlighters. Yes you could use the highlighter to change the paper color, but it only changes the section of the page that is currently on the screen. When you scroll down to continue your note and try to highlight in the new background colors, you end up overlapping the previously colored areas and end up with sections that are discolored. More line templates, like for handwritten check lists would also be appreciated. I don’t care about the themes, I’m happy with black, but to be honest the paid options aren’t even remotely tempting. Not good choices.","More line templates, like for handwritten check lists would also be appreciated.",5,TRUE,general,list,49,53,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0a3135af-dd8c-4e74-bf25-58f3f98b3fd1,4bf6c7db-9a9b-4261-81ad-6dcd23379dec,Not a fan of latest upgrade,"I use Evernote a lot to collect my recipes on. It works great for that, and also some lists I keep. I actually moved my many paper recipes to it, using the internet of scans. No problems with that at all. My issue is that it has slowed down with the last update. Made it a bit prettier but it seems to be sluggish now searching. I have no issues with speed on any other apps. Still love it but.....",My issue is that it has slowed down with the last update.,4,TRUE,general,last update,46,57,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,cab66a25-2132-42d9-8122-44204e2a7f4b,4c2419ef-5e8c-405d-8a5c-d1e2660b6bac,About halfway there,"I use this app everyday and for the most part - it works if you’re doing basic documents. However, when working with bullets and numbering, sometimes it chokes if a custom spacing/tabbing has been setup using the desktop version of Word.If you create a graph such as a hierarchy in the desktop version, it will display in the iOS version but it cannot be modified - not even on the iPad Pro - which is what I use. It should cache your last document you worked on locally so that you don’t have to reload it when you return. This is important for iOS because of how you have to app switch. The funny thing is that before loading the app, I was able to access the more full featured web version of Word in Safari on iOS and it worked for the most part. Which led me to believe that there is still a lot of potential for the iOS version.For tables, there should be a button on the table to add more columns or rows - Apple’s Pages does that really well and saves the extra touches and strokes.A touch interface is just different than a mouse interface. I think if the product manager was forced to use the iOS version for a month they might make some changes to add features in a way that makes sense for a true touch environment even if it’s slightly different than the desktop version. More and more people are making a touch interface their primary device which means that fewer compromises will need to be made.",A touch interface is just different than a mouse interface.,4,TRUE,efficiency,interface,9,18,positive
productivity,things-3,82b2b768-b8ea-4188-a7c6-29fc888fddf6,4cae0768-292b-47f3-8ef4-6756764425d8,Almost Perfect!,"I have spent countless time and lots of money looking for the perfect app to keep myself organized. Things3 is almost perfect! I love the layout and user friendly interface. A few suggestions would make this app top notch. 1. Monthly and weekly views - This would be great for planning ahead and seeing your future calendars and future todos2. Recurring tasks - there are certain things I do on a particular day every week. It would be nice to only have to add the task once and have it recur as/if needed. 3. More personalization - themes, colors, etc would make this more fun...but definitely not necessary I love this app!","Monthly and weekly views - This would be great for planning ahead and seeing your future calendars and future todos
2.",4,TRUE,general,calendar,90,98,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0cf17141-cd3f-4028-9fc5-3e797a017904,4da75b5b-0c2f-4df8-bddd-673ba647dcda,It is good until they start asking for more money,"Evernote is good until they start asking for more money. All of the sudden, they will say your storage for a particular month (which is no different than any other month) is 75% full. Then they ask for more money to store your info. If you go through and clean up your files, permanently deleting files you no longer need, it won’t recognize that you decreased your files and increased your storage space and still asks for more money. Thus, asking for more money and giving NOTHING more. Then on top of this what should have taken 2 minutes will rob you of an hour or more of your life that you will never get back. I would have been better off using a mimeograph machine. I will be deleting this app ASAP.",Evernote is good until they start asking for more money.,1,TRUE,cost,money,51,56,negative
productivity,notability,ef718b7c-b1db-40fa-9789-e4936ae4cbc0,4e0ac294-73c5-4216-b2f6-24f2cfaef1b1,Wonderful Organizing App,"After using this app for about two months, I just don’t know how I lived without it. I use it at work everyday and in my personal life. It makes note taking fun and more understandable with the ability to organize into subjects and notes and the ability to color, Oh the wonderful ability to Color!! I change pencil widths, colors, and use the highlighter often to make my notes memorable. I use an Apple IPad Pro 12.9 inch. it’s almost as big as a sheet of paper which makes it much easier for me to read, but even a Smaller iPad would work fine because you can zoom in while taking notes or while just reading your notes. A Truly remarkable app. It even has the ability to translate your chicken scratch to regular text. If you want to take notes on your iPad, get this app. You will Love it!","I change pencil widths, colors, and use the highlighter often to make my notes memorable.",5,TRUE,usability,color,25,30,positive
productivity,notability,9a8f9788-d652-4465-9569-49abd1466490,4f140b20-5f3d-4541-85e3-eef60727b1fc,Keep losing my data when using the text box,"I have been using Notability for years now, but I have never encountered this issue, that is, losing data. Making a text box has been more difficult than ever. This is another issue that I have noticed in this app from a very long time. Comparing to how users create a text box in GoodNotes 5, Notability is regarded as torture and time consuming. I don’t understand why I have to repeat the procedure over and over in order to have an accurate response. When I finally manage to create a text box, it often disappears once I try to create a new one. I hope you can fix this problem because most of my work depends on creating text boxes.I have lost information that equals four hours of searching and typing.Another issue is that Notability does not support the Arabic language. I really hope this can soon be fixed.",Making a text box has been more difficult than ever.,5,TRUE,usability,text box,10,18,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,7e38352f-307c-4034-8e17-aea06eafc69f,4f49f74b-9396-4ea8-9908-7c1d48eecf61,New version not as good as the previous one,"Verdict:  if you want to/need to use Office across your devices, get this. If not, use Pages or Google Docs. They will both allow you to open & edit Word docs & Save docs as Word. Though it’s really handy to have Office products on my phone so I can edit files without having to go to my laptop, I’m not keen on the latest version of Word for iOS. It’s just clunkier to use. It took me quite a bit of poking around just to find the editing control menus. And when I copy & paste text into a new document, it only pastes the text, not any original formatting. I don’t see any paste options such as there are in Word for windows. Example: I have an email with text formatted as a table. Previously, if I copied & pasted into a new doc, it pasted as a table. Now, it just pastes the text with generic font & no formatting except paragraph breaks. I completely lose the table. It seems this app has gotten more bare-bones rather than feature-full. It’s good enough, but if I have an Office subscription, I expect a little more.","Now, it just pastes the text with generic font & no formatting except paragraph breaks.",4,TRUE,general,font,43,47,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,7e38352f-307c-4034-8e17-aea06eafc69f,4f49f74b-9396-4ea8-9908-7c1d48eecf61,New version not as good as the previous one,"Verdict:  if you want to/need to use Office across your devices, get this. If not, use Pages or Google Docs. They will both allow you to open & edit Word docs & Save docs as Word. Though it’s really handy to have Office products on my phone so I can edit files without having to go to my laptop, I’m not keen on the latest version of Word for iOS. It’s just clunkier to use. It took me quite a bit of poking around just to find the editing control menus. And when I copy & paste text into a new document, it only pastes the text, not any original formatting. I don’t see any paste options such as there are in Word for windows. Example: I have an email with text formatted as a table. Previously, if I copied & pasted into a new doc, it pasted as a table. Now, it just pastes the text with generic font & no formatting except paragraph breaks. I completely lose the table. It seems this app has gotten more bare-bones rather than feature-full. It’s good enough, but if I have an Office subscription, I expect a little more.","Now, it just pastes the text with generic font & no formatting except paragraph breaks.",4,TRUE,general,graph,75,80,negative
productivity,things-3,60fc7bbc-bc96-4aa6-9a39-565850ad2ddd,4fa903c5-d9aa-4d3b-9b4c-8425be0da64a,Pretty Good,Update: love that the notifications don’t disappear even when phone turns off. Thumbs up for that. Because if I miss notification or something happens. It stays until I proceed do some sort of action. Even if I open app notifications don’t disappear like other apps. Very happy just wish scheduling a reminder was a bit easier. Great App. Think it’s a bit confusing on how to make reminders especially when doing it for a year from now. But it seems reliable only wish it wud have an option for those that would like a nag reminder bcuz we all can not here the reminders go off f we are busy. Would like to see the option to change reminder alert & snooze options like Sorted 3. I do think it should have a better pop calendar view for easier choosing but I recommend the app highly,Think it’s a bit confusing on how to make reminders especially when doing it for a year from now.,4,TRUE,general,reminder,43,51,negative
productivity,things-3,e8f10b54-a1bd-43a2-a59b-b218b3bf0bab,5011ecf9-bb13-4510-b5ec-cf0119460c47,Best Productivity App I’ve Tried,"This app is well designed and easily worth the price. It’s saved me lots of energy and effort trying to keep things for home, work, and our teens squared away. The user experience and shortcuts are outstanding - it’s like they thought about all the scenarios a user might have and designed for those. ⭐️I’ve tried several productivity apps and always wind up back with post it’s everywhere. This app has outlasted any others I’ve tried. I have work projects and home projects and things quickly organized for each. Better yet, the integrated calendar and to do view helps me see what’s coming up. No more calendar entries in my calendar app for random tasks!There’s even a logbook that lets me see what I’ve checked off!When you download this, be sure to walk thru the “Meet Things” project you’ll see. I almost didn’t and discovered all sorts of advanced features and drag and drop shortcuts I might have missed otherwise. Enjoy!",The user experience and shortcuts are outstanding - it’s like they thought about all the scenarios a user might have and designed for those.,5,TRUE,usability,user experience,5,20,positive
productivity,notability,c6e35de5-ba65-4979-945f-4737fffa20b2,503dc5cb-5505-413b-aed6-721ae632867b,"Good, could use a few improvements.","I love the recording ability. Some areas for improvement:1. Night mode for white background of power points without disturbing animations, or their colors, or recording. Black font turns white in black background.2. When uploading power point to a subject from somewhere like Canvas, notability should have the class name plus folder or file before the user exits to go to notability. Saves further editing.3. When playing back a recording, for PowerPoint, the playback will follow you physically going forward through slides with arrows pointing in the direction you’re going and goes in sequence to how you move on to the next slide or when you write instead of manually trying to figure out where you’re at while listening to the recording. I have to note take chronologically to counter this effect and it’s cumbersome.4. Darker highlighter with neon color like Microsoft word.5. Ability to recover deleted items within 30 days like Apple’s “Notes”.6. Being able to cut, copy, or crop a power point slide and paste it where you want it.7. When adding notes by pen in a power point that already had a recording, notability should ask if you want to add it to the recording’s animation mark before moving on to the next slide.8. Being able to cut added drawings or notes and customizing their color for better memory stimulation or organization. Like color coding.There’s one more thing, but I forgot.......",Black font turns white in black background.,4,TRUE,efficiency,font,7,11,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c605d3c7-b3ab-490e-b561-18ee45794ae4,50bf10dd-37a9-4d59-acfd-045152977f0d,Best note app ever!!!,"I am a premium Evernote user and have been pretty dissatisfied with Evernote for the past year. If you have a a lot of notes, forget about using it. I’ve has to delete and reinstall just to get my notes to sync. Support has been horrific responding in 3-5 days and they would tell me the same thing: delete and reinstall the app. I have lost lots of productivity due to having to delete and reinstall Evernote just to get my updated notes. Not recommended and will be discontinuing my premium account. I have been a user since 2008.",I’ve has to delete and reinstall just to get my notes to sync.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,58,62,negative
productivity,things-3,10bbea54-9345-4659-b47f-35432054e392,5122125d-2617-49c7-9e1b-94c2029d7560,Don’t upgrade from Things 2,"It’s not that Things 3 is a poor app, it’s just not worth the price if you have Things 2. It doesn’t offer enough functionality over Things 2. It’s mainly a UI revamp, which is fine. Once I started using Things 3, Things Cloud no longer worked with Things 2. This forced me to buy both the iPhone and the iPad versions, and theoretically, the Mac version- now It’s either write off $30 or throw in another $50.  This feels like a money grab.UPDATE: I got my $30 refunded and switched back to Things 2. By making the new version a separate purchase, the developers must think it’s good enough to get existing customers to buy it again. It isn’t good enough for that.","By making the new version a separate purchase, the developers must think it’s good enough to get existing customers to buy it again.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,new version,15,26,negative
productivity,notability,58078c59-0ff7-4ad5-a68c-8b328361f809,51849963-987b-4593-a7b7-6992431b698e,Reliable need more pen options please!,I sound crazy for this but my fiancé and I are both pursuing medical careers currently in school and we both purchase the iPad and pencil for this APP. It is a godsend for recording and taking notes when professors talk to fast especially veterans suffering from TBI. Lately updates were made and I am happy that they added the custom color changes for the pen and recently added automatic shapes! Great for Orgo btw. Only thing now missing is a couple different selection of pens.  please please please please give us an option on pen styles. Our handwriting isn’t great especially in a hurry (We don’t have time to convert everything we write in text)and with trying other note taking apps (just cause) I can see the pen type makes a huge difference. We come back to Notability for the reliability and recording as we write but please update just 2 or 3 different types of pen styles instead of the round and not round that is offered. Then you have created the perfect college/school/professional note taking app there is for sure!,It is a godsend for recording and taking notes when professors talk to fast especially veterans suffering from TBI.,3,TRUE,usability,recording,21,30,positive
productivity,things-3,d6a137c6-deee-4b66-abc1-06fcbe7d3e69,5203e02e-3f77-4da0-9f1a-4e1329c1e8ba,Ok,"Overpriced, and they don’t accept refunds?","Overpriced, and they don’t accept refunds?",2,TRUE,cost,price,5,10,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8db55604-786f-4ba7-889f-16c3f919d8c7,521db291-6b2d-4813-9c85-f1bff1cf5038,Evernote review & suggestion,"I have been using Evernote on my iPhone for several years. I put all my notes in it instead of using paper. I have always loved this App. Unfortunately, the latest update to this program has made it very frustrating to use. I never close this App. I just hop around to other Apps while Evernote continues to remain open. What’s frustrating about its latest revision is that every time I hop to another App and come back to Evernote, a circle spins around in the center of my screen and the same note that was open before is refreshed. I think Evernote is syncing and I have to wait until it is finished. This is not how it was before. I believe the syncing should be done only after the App is closed and reopened later. I honestly think this latest change of OVER SYNCING was a bad idea and the program should be changed back to he way it was. I find this OVER SYNCING to be so frustrating that I have begun searching for another App for my notes.",I believe the syncing should be done only after the App is closed and reopened later.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,sync,15,19,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,783a08cb-edd0-4210-a30c-0028248f8ed5,52b8d8b7-060a-4784-b4f6-2a13ab33f1a3,Review as requested by app.,"TOP LINE: Meh, so far. It looks pretty. It’s stable. It’s cheap. Poor user support and tutorial. Limited use compared to other “Pomodoro” type apps.  Buy if curious. Skip if you’re happy with your system.PRO: the app (1) looks pretty and (2) is stable within the current version of iOS (12.x.x). (3) Reasonable one-time price for most features.CON: (1) very weak tutorial. Much seems to be figure out as you go. (2) Poor user accessible support. Ex: App Settings -> FAQs -> blank page with spinning circle. Waited for a full minute. Still spinning. (3.) Arbitrary request for review instead of, “How are we doing?”  I’ve seen other apps, in their tutorial, mention they’d really appreciate a review but they don’t interrupt your workflow.NEUTRAL: I wish Apple didn’t restrict putting specific apps on the Whitelist. That would have been a great boon if possible. That said, I’d imagine the developers are more frustrated about that than I am.So that’s my review as requested.Hopefully, I’ll learn how to get more out of this app and will update my review at that point.",(3) Reasonable one-time price for most features.,3,TRUE,cost,price,25,30,positive
productivity,things-3,10bbea54-9345-4659-b47f-35432054e392,52d4e3a3-0e22-4d1b-a2f1-ed25a42ca0a3,Don’t upgrade from Things 2,"It’s not that Things 3 is a poor app, it’s just not worth the price if you have Things 2. It doesn’t offer enough functionality over Things 2. It’s mainly a UI revamp, which is fine. Once I started using Things 3, Things Cloud no longer worked with Things 2. This forced me to buy both the iPhone and the iPad versions, and theoretically, the Mac version- now It’s either write off $30 or throw in another $50.  This feels like a money grab.UPDATE: I got my $30 refunded and switched back to Things 2. By making the new version a separate purchase, the developers must think it’s good enough to get existing customers to buy it again. It isn’t good enough for that.",This feels like a money grab.,2,TRUE,cost,money,19,24,negative
productivity,things-3,10abe3c3-3248-43b3-817a-1f7dad27c9fa,5350201a-4407-4a72-a74f-b7aa9f24c4d7,"Sadly, this won’t quite do it for me","This is a beautiful app and I love how it approaches tasks and projects which is why I give it 3 stars instead of less.  But there isn’t enough functional integration with calendar to make this useful for me. I can see my calendar items but can’t open them or do anything with them which leaves me to have to jump to another app to work with meeting invites and other calendar items. This is a fatal flaw with this app for me, sadly. I’ve been on Informant Pro for years since that app integrates calendar and tasks so well. But have been trying to find something else that is more elegant and simpler. I thought this was going to be it until I discovered how severely limited it is with respect to calendar. Oh well, the search continues, and another $10 down the drain.Edit: I’ve come back again to Things 3 because it seems that I’ve become sort of hooked on how extraordinarily well it handles tasks. I’ve decided to try to live with using a separate calendar app along with Things and see how it goes. Hopefully in the future the authors will consider adding at least some ability to edit or even open calendar items in Things. Meanwhile I try this setup.",Hopefully in the future the authors will consider adding at least some ability to edit or even open calendar items in Things.,3,TRUE,general,calendar,101,109,positive
productivity,notability,9a29db0c-b67b-479b-a751-34469987c7f3,537fc315-b23c-4ca8-8ab9-f0822a1b3f15,"Improvements come at glacial pace, if at all","After using this app for three years, it’s apparent that app improvements come at an extremely slow pace, and mostly not at all. I’m surprised considering how many people and educational institutions use this app, and that it was ranked no.1 in the App Store here and there. It took years ... YEARS ... to see the option of custom colors.Ginger labs has a feedback page where users can vote for ideas and leave a remark about why a new feature would be useful or important. Most of the dozens of ideas on that page would be legitimately great changes — helping to polish up the shortcomings and limitations of Notability.Despite seeing those listed for over a year, it’s safe to say that almost none of them are being implemented. App and feature improvements are rare. It’s disappointing to see user after user remark (in reviews and on their feedback page) about vitally needed improvements and to see them ultimately ignored.","Despite seeing those listed for over a year, it’s safe to say that almost none of them are being implemented.",3,TRUE,cost,list,22,26,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,4d0b1b20-9d9a-4879-a215-caf368698dec,53d782e9-5165-4837-90c8-166352f358f6,Mixed feeling here used this for 6 years,I used the program allot but this last year with its updates messed me up. I lost an entire note book that took hours to write and it simply up and gone. On top of that I have been takin notes for two hour and lost about an hours worth of notes. It’s sad to think that evernote and their programmers care more about money then your well being. I even purchased their premium deal and they only give you a few gb of information each month. Not enough for a real note taker. I would invest in a new note takin app if you haven’t already paid for this one. After this semester I will go back to using windows documents. After a few years Evernote is more pricey any way. One note might work best so I hope you guys like my advice here. Google one note !!! It’s free and works better,After a few years Evernote is more pricey any way.,3,TRUE,cost,price,36,41,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,080c117f-677c-4117-9543-79648946e802,5491723d-8398-46df-9a14-2a96c22bbd81,Badge Notification Won’t Go Away,"I’ve had the app for years and it hasn’t given me any problems, until recently. Whenever I open new mail, the badge notification doesn’t go away. No matter how many times I refresh my inbox, or even refresh it through my computer, the badge stays there until I get another new email. Then the badge number updates to the number of new emails, and we’re back to square one on the badge not going away.  It’s so annoying and distracting to have the badge not update after I’ve read my mail! Please fix this, thank you!! :)","Whenever I open new mail, the badge notification doesn’t go away.",3,TRUE,reliability,badge notification,31,49,negative
productivity,notability,ec05ad78-54ac-4e43-a9c4-d7dd0bb4cf4f,54a645dd-3ec9-4679-98f5-29301a97d031,Great university study tool with a couple issues,"I was using OneNote on a Surface tablet until the digitizer stopped working. I decided to try using an iPad Pro instead, since they’re lighter. Notability was the only app to offer most of the same functionality as OneNote on a Windows tablet. There are many things that I prefer about Notability, but there are a few issues that prevent me from giving it more stars: first, I would like the ability to create a group of commonly used highlighters/pens for marking up documents. I have a system of using certain colors to represent certain things, and I would like to be able to organize all those highlighters and pens into a group where I determine the order and placement. If that is possible in Notability, I haven’t been able to figure it out. Secondly, I use Notability in a setting where I’m regularly working with several languages (including RTL - Right to Left languages like Hebrew, Aramaic, Arabic). Notability does not have good support for combining multiple languages in one document at this time, especially not mixed English-Hebrew or English-Aramaic. Please give Notability the ability to recognize and format RTL languages. I can do that natively on most Apple apps, and many 3rd party apps, so the inability to do that on Notability really sticks out. Please improve these issues, and I will gladly give it a 5 star rating. In fact, if those two issues are fixed, I won’t even miss using OneNote for most of my coursework.",Notability was the only app to offer most of the same functionality as OneNote on a Windows tablet.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,55,68,positive
productivity,notability,0303857b-453c-44f9-80da-e38c5c29c27a,54a68d7e-d265-443d-8c18-750400f18597,I love this app but it skips with the apple pencil,"I have been using this app since it first came out. I keep trying other apps to see if I like another one better but I keep coming back to this one. There are only a few things that keep me from five stars and from looking around. First, the apple pencil skips and it is driving me crazy. Everything is up to date, the pencil cap is screwed and I have tried all of the suggestions to keep this from happening and it just keeps happening. Secondly, one of the reasons I was so excited about this app was to be able to look up my notes on my phone. Unfortunately, the app on my phone is its own app and not a version that syncs with my ipad. Third, when I upgraded my ipad some of my notes ended up in different files. I would also like to be able to convert the audio files associated with the notes and be able to share those as well. Those are the only things that I would fix. Other than that this is a solid app and one I have recommended to countless people both professionally and as a student.",I would also like to be able to convert the audio files associated with the notes and be able to share those as well.,4,TRUE,efficiency,audio,45,50,positive
productivity,things-3,ad0d54c1-b108-4b7a-92ff-3833373b4f22,54c5e204-f689-431e-b719-2bc4c28ac0fd,It’s okay but not for me,It’s a great to do list but a big thing for me is also being able to view imported/synced calendar events and reminders. They show on the app when you open it but do not show on the widget or the watch. Would have rated higher if this was fixed.,It’s a great to do list but a big thing for me is also being able to view imported/synced calendar events and reminders.,3,TRUE,usability,sync,84,88,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,e4f5386f-a93f-4158-9619-5a8330f5401c,54e6e847-f34d-467d-b538-f27b54b2c52b,Requires too much work,"Yeah, it keeps you off your phone, but you have to manually plant trees and they only last up to 2 hours. Which means you have to check it every 2 hours. I would rather stay off it the whole day and come back to a beautiful forest.The one really cool thing is that you can save up “money” to plant real trees across the globe.","Yeah, it keeps you off your phone, but you have to manually plant trees and they only last up to 2 hours.",3,TRUE,general,plant tree,61,71,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2896d56b-2192-4411-80b4-06ca3d74b3d0,556ea29e-21bd-4824-9d3f-11d3c6d6e447,Lack of control over notifications and sorting means bye bye gmail app,"I have been using inbox exclusively since my fiancée showed me the app 3 years ago.I like the control it gives me over how I view my inbox as well as what push notifications I am sent.Google is getting rid of inbox at the end of March and I downloaded (again) the gmail app thinking that major improvements had been brought and it would give me the same level of control.Day 14: I still can not stand this stuffed inbox. Even emails I have set up to be sent to folders are set as labels now and still appear in the main mail box until I archive them.This makes things like nest or memberships with lots of update emails a massive jam and each email now has to be individually taken care of instead of allowing the system to deal with it.Only social and promotions have been brought over to gmail and they work okay. I do not enjoy seeing sponsored ads in the depths of my personal email, but hey, it’s google after all.Managing multiple email addresses has become smoother yet more cumbersome at the same time. I can easily see all mail boxes at the same time but now I need to do 3 times the work due to the folder issues because I am flooded with notifications I wasn’t receiving before.All and all I am going to follow how my work email is set up and utilize outlook.Sorry google but you had it with inbox for me but gmail won’t cut it.",Only social and promotions have been brought over to gmail and they work okay.,1,TRUE,usability,motion,20,26,positive
productivity,notability,2cee13c9-91fc-4c7f-9aee-64a703286cec,5599ced1-2eb5-4841-87ee-18068533ec32,Needs improvement,"Have been using the app for the past several of month and it has its pros and cons compare to some other Pro: 1. it is great for handwritten notes and draw out ideas. Though compare to Nebo, its lacking on the drawing recognition ability where a hand-drawn shape can be recognized in computerized form (ex. an arrow cannot be recognized as an arrow but 2 separate lines instead).2. The amount of pens and color diversity it allows is pretty good3. Love the recording function where you can link the note with audio. Help especially if you need to fill in some missing notes later.Cons: 1. It is not suitable if you have a lot of document to read and want to add comments to it because the app does not allow “commenting” or “expandable notes” per say. Though you can adjust the size and font of your comments, but it will overlap with the PDF material. 2. If you like the good mix between hand written notes and typed notes in one document, there is a chance that those notes will overlap with each other and shift the page grid. This make things difficult especially if you want to edit the notes later on and find everything is overlapping with each other.Overall a good note taking app with some limitation","The amount of pens and color diversity it allows is pretty good
3.",3,TRUE,general,color,24,29,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,ce39441c-8046-49a9-90dc-de986bde33f4,55f97054-6f54-4c5f-abc0-d01b3c3fcd20,Customer support is lacking,Premium subscriber with many years of happy use.  After extended chat session I never could get the rep to acknowledge what the actual problem is.  I have set this app up on multiple devices syncing successfully via 3rd party compatible app and am quite familiar.  Can not get any straight answers.  Tried to forward email that proves device was added and screenshot of error message saying the account was not authenticated .... the email bounces back saying the ticket number included in previous message from support rep could not be found.  With no phone support... and automation that kicks back conflicting info I am beginning to wonder what is going on.  The message from this... if it works.. great app!  If you have a problem .. ???  Too bad...,I have set this app up on multiple devices syncing successfully via 3rd party compatible app and am quite familiar.,2,TRUE,compatibility,sync,44,48,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,490b7ae8-6484-40d1-a23f-c868a371d59c,5600e29a-05c7-498e-98e2-56e5682b7d87,This is the only app I’ve ever truly loved,"I’ve never reviewed an app before, but I love this app so much. I downloaded it after my previous pomodoro timer app, tide, stopped timing correctly, which was literally all it had to do. The timer on this app works, with reliable notifications, and the “gamification” of being focused may seem silly, but it adds a cute and fun element to using a pomodoro timer. Also, the ability to tag how I spend my time (ex: work vs all other things) is an easy way to stay balanced. For instance, I can see if I’m falling behind on daily meditating even if it’s something I’m not conscious of. I can also see someone using this app not necessarily to boost concentration but as a way to literally bar yourself from using your phone for periods of time when you need to be present (ex: during a meeting or with a friend). One more thing I love: I just finished a project that took two months, and I went back and looked at my little forests for that time. Each lil tree helped me get that project done. It’s such a beautiful reminder that everything big happens with many tiny steps!","Also, the ability to tag how I spend my time (ex: work vs all other things) is an easy way to stay balanced.",5,TRUE,general,tag,22,25,positive
productivity,things-3,21973020-6f93-480b-a39e-2ab8289cd8b7,5632b14a-86d8-4d86-b869-3f71abca59ee,"Elegant, useful To Do app","This app has exactly what is needed for an efficient, useful, and seamless To Do app. I read a review complaining about certain things it lacks; to me those are all of the useless bells and whistles that clutter up other similar apps while adding nothing in terms of my needs. Things has clearly been very well thought through. It’s exactly the app I needed for keeping track of personal and work tasks, recurring tasks, jotting down ideas, etc. The $10 price tag is completely worth it, especially since there is no monthly fee. (My previous app—which I had paid for—updated automatically, and sudden I couldn’t use it anymore without paying $6/month). I haven’t used Things for very long, but I am already a very loyal customer.","(My previous app—which I had paid for—updated automatically, and sudden I couldn’t use it anymore without paying $6/month).",5,TRUE,cost,update,39,45,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,b1094280-2097-4880-aa18-a4fd43c9d776,563c5604-2f71-48ce-afd7-209b8084a49f,Ok but not very user-friendly,"I like the idea to access my notes everywhere including my iPhone.But the user interface is not very user friendly. Notes look messy especially when editing both on my phone and the desktop version.UPDATE:I’m now on Apple Notes. There are two major reasons for me to ditch Evernote. First Evernote’s sync has quite dumb. It can’t integrate changes from two different sources at the same time. I run into every now and then when I edit a note on my phone while it’s offline. I get “conflicts”. Google Docs and Apple Notes don’t have that issue anymore and are passed that nonsense. Evernote is lagging behind here.Second, when you copy-paste from web pages - which I do all the time - it tries to be smart in keeping the formatting but in practice this confused the Evernote note editor leading to a note I can’t edit anymore - especially on IOS. Basically it makes it unusable for me.I really want Evernote to win, because I like the idea of an independent software. Apple can just change their mind and not focus on Apple Notes anymore because something else is more important to them, but Evernote needs to step up their game to stay relevant and keep me as a customer.",But the user interface is not very user friendly.,1,TRUE,usability,interface,14,23,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,fe63cf6f-0bc8-45c8-858f-15cfb79aaa0b,565b5724-fc66-47ae-b1c7-2d7dc799de49,love love love!,"I always struggled with focusing, and using this app to set small intervals for myself has really helped. I love seeing my forest grow, because it’s a reminder of all the work that I’ve done. However, the only thing that I’d like from this app is for horizontal orientation. I usually use this app on my ipad, and since I like to see the countdown, it’s hard to keep my device propped up vertically. Other than that, it’s totally perfect!","I love seeing my forest grow, because it’s a reminder of all the work that I’ve done.",5,TRUE,general,reminder,46,54,positive
productivity,things-3,5f86a3b1-51a1-44cb-be77-c3443649b477,56b6db52-eac4-4000-ad8f-33f0f404ed2d,Remove core functions for complicated,"If you have a lot of time to devote to your to-do app, you’ll love this one. I’ve had it for many years and have put up with their arbitrary design changes and love affair with their own cleverness for too long. And try searching their website for help, good luck with that. Why for the love of all that’s good, would you remove the ability to create repeating events in iOS?  It’s a core functionality, not creating events via email.",I’ve had it for many years and have put up with their arbitrary design changes and love affair with their own cleverness for too long.,2,TRUE,general,design,65,71,negative
productivity,notability,661acb9d-5001-494f-83db-48c4f597d2f2,56c7be68-704f-4a6f-95b1-c7da97e2e4b7,Love it but issues,"#1:  Right now there’s an issue with text box.  If I accidentally click it, it lags and crashes.#2:  If I insert an image, it lags.#3:  If I move an image, it lags.#4:  I use the backup feature to my OneDrive.  I got a notification to turn my backup back on which to me meant “oh I need to sign back into my account again”.  It then turned on the Apple cloud backup which proceeded to delete everything.  To me I freaked out as I had no idea why my stuff was being deleted.  A representative then said I had to let it finish deleting everything since the “backup” was to move everything to cloud, delete everything here and then get everything back.  Oh and if it gets deleted on cloud it gets deleted here.  I would like a feature to never have a pop up prompting me to turn on cloud backup again as I don’t need stress before my exams from a counterintuitive backup mechanic.",#4:  I use the backup feature to my OneDrive.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,backup,16,22,positive
productivity,things-3,92110db8-1cdd-4a0f-aa36-97c98e05d340,56eeb87f-999b-48c6-b1f1-b1d38347778a,Pretty lame,"Missing two things to be great. For whatever insane reason you can’t mark a future task as complete. This basic functionality not being there completely escapes me. Why can’t you mark a future task as complete?  The other thing is being able to mark any task as in progress. Again a basic thing. I use Things to keep track of my bills. If I have a $200 electric bill and I pay $100, there’s no way to mark that task as in progress. No way. Add these two simple and basic things please.Update after update and they simply refuse to add the most basic functionality to the app. Also why no ability to change the icon?  I’m thinking for the price people pay for this app that function should be there. But it’s not. Yet people continue to use this app and ignore others out there. Haven’t a clue why.",Update after update and they simply refuse to add the most basic functionality to the app.,1,TRUE,compatibility,functionality,66,79,negative
productivity,notability,2d637665-5119-4901-9fcb-1430e1501b4c,57402f88-d3d0-4f4f-9dfb-f3aeb3fc7b7b,The perfect app for school/work!,"After my first semester as a freshman, I struggled with a heavy back pack. Having to carry many notebooks, binders, planners, and books was so exhausting. So i ended up buying an iPad and Notability literally saved me! I now have ALL of my notes and all of my assignments on the app. Notability also syncs to the cloud so you have everything with you even if you don’t have the device you took the notes on. You’re able to download your assignments and send them to the app to write on. My classes that provided fill in notes or had things on their website that was our responsibility to bring to class was now on my notability app. The ability to search key words from your handwritten notes is amazing. The ability to record lectures and play them back and watching yourself write it in realtime was very helpful when it comes to reviewing class material. Everything is so organized since you can create multiple color coded folders for anything you could think of.The only reason I shorted it a star is because I wish Notability had different writing tools. My notes are clean and neat but i wish the pen had a pencil option just to give another satisfying “real paper” look. I would also love to see a choice in the shape of the highlighter that would give a more squared off ends rather than the circle one it currently has.","Having to carry many notebooks, binders, planners, and books was so exhausting.",4,TRUE,efficiency,notebook,22,30,negative
productivity,things-3,79695b2a-f017-443f-a5b7-58b2d1b76f0c,57c3c1ed-878c-4080-b200-4f6dc41da564,Supreme Improvement,"*after few months, its still a vast improvement. But I've also trialed OmniFocus during this time and think (suggestion box!) Things could really use the addition of adding a photo to a task. Its one major improvement that would help my way of using a task app out. Omni is better in this regard, things design is just so great though. ———-//— old reviewI grew to despise Things 2. This version is an absolute improvement to that P.O.S. that was v2. Things 2 had some great features, but was also super lacking and seemingly never updated with features that users requested. This new version appears to rectify some major  shortcomings I thought Things 2 had. I give 4 star for now, as I am adjusting to it from my hobbled together mix of reminders, calendars, notes, and evernote.","Omni is better in this regard, things design is just so great though.",4,TRUE,general,design,39,45,positive
productivity,things-3,ab389847-3d79-49a8-b8f2-b4d32c92bcbc,57d1197c-fe76-489c-a613-ed637424b0f3,What they don’t tell you up front,"This app CANNOT sync lists with other Things 3 users. The ONLY share function it has is sending a plain text COPY of the list to someone via text message, email, etc. You have to BUY Things 3 for Mac AND iPad SEPARATELY and they are NOT cheap. That’s an ADDITIONAL $20 for the iPad version and another $50 for the Mac version.The “Areas” you can set up (which are just categories) don’t actually show you what’s IN those areas even though there’s supposed to be a drop down. Rudimentary application at best. Could be plenty better. This is NOT the solution to the reminders app. Definitely pass on this one unless you have $10 to throw away just to try it. THERE’S A REASON THEY DONT GIVE YOU A FREE TRIAL PEOPLE!! DONT BUY!!",This app CANNOT sync lists with other Things 3 users.,2,TRUE,general,sync,17,21,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,7f13f7cc-dae4-4d62-9687-59c1e901873f,57effa19-5e01-4ad0-af6d-eab41dfc83fb,"Confusing, slow and bad",I just got the gmail app and wanted to change my profile picture I clicked on it the app and it didn’t load. I clicked on it three or four more times and it still didn’t load meanwhile I have an iPhone X which has a high processor so there must have been a major bug please fix it.,I just got the gmail app and wanted to change my profile picture I clicked on it the app and it didn’t load.,5,TRUE,usability,picture,58,65,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,186f74ac-db08-40f8-9527-ed0d211ad457,582ef18f-0b41-4be3-959b-fa3eab9635a6,IOS Version 10.0.3.  Is it Me?,"I’ve used Evernote since March 2014.  I updated to 10.0.3 a day ago & I regret it.  I use Evernote on my IOS iphone & I use it a lot.  Evernote on my phone was good before the update.  One day after the update I learn that Evernote does not have PRINTING / ADOBE PDF feature as was in the version before the update.  Also, the “Find in note” does not work in the notes created before the update but work in newly created notes.  Printing & Find A Note are two features that I can’t do without.  Evernote states in their documentation that PRINTING is not available yet in the IOS version.  The new updated version does have some nice editing features such as undo & more highlight & font colors & font sizing capabilities.  The inability to PRINT and the inability to make Adobe PDF’s is a game changer.  I’m not sure what I’m going to do.  I have almost 12,000 notes & for that reason, I’m hesitant to move on to something else.  I’m disappointed in the latest update.",The new updated version does have some nice editing features such as undo & more highlight & font colors & font sizing capabilities.,5,TRUE,general,font,94,98,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,47006b2d-b6ae-444d-922d-aec53abdf5b9,584c3043-c4b4-48fb-aad8-c7caff602667,Word On Apple,"Using Word OnApple is just easy as it on Microsoft product, that is if you are already using before you switched to Apple.  I have been using Word on a variety of Apple products since spring of 2005.  I love Word.I find Word an easy product to use and to produce newsletters, church bulletins, Bible Class outline, sermons and even letters with photos that have edited in them.  There just so many thins that you can do that it would take me pages to list all the thins I have did in Word.  Just know Word for Apple is a powerful program that you who are reading this can use it. is a wonderful program and Ilove love it!  I use all the time..",There just so many thins that you can do that it would take me pages to list all the thins I have did in Word.,5,TRUE,general,page,64,68,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,317091c5-0ca1-40c4-8609-9eacf55a84cf,58561909-9558-4783-aab2-0a3d563a46be,The editing experience is terrible,"In most times, the prompt jumps to the very first line after a few second later whenever I touch the middle of the screen to edit a docx file. This is very annoying since my file is of 98 pages. Then I should pull down the scroll bar to the bottom of the document. This happens very often, especially when in Mobile view. The second thing is about the page loading steps or speed. By moving down the scroll bar the pages are loaded incrementally. But it has too many steps to the bottom page. Scrolling down the bar to the bottom of the screen loads pages a little. I couldn’t find a good way to jump to the bottom page at once. And this happens in Mobile view. The third frustrating thing is the reaction speed is not just slow, it’s really slow. When I type a character, say A, that appears in the screen after about 0.3~0.5s. This issue also has something to do with Mobile view, I think. The fourth is about moving the cursor with a long-touch. This not only related to Word but to all the other Office 365 applications I guess. This app adopting the obsolete way shows a convex glass  that zoom-in around the cursor when I long-touch the screen. Apple changed the way it moves the cursor since iOS 13 if I’m right. I’m not gonna explain it in detail here but the new way is much elegant and gives seamless experience in editing the text.",This is very annoying since my file is of 98 pages.,2,TRUE,usability,page,46,50,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5f76eacb-e479-4007-b94e-1139d36a740b,58d3f39a-d39b-467d-990b-34ffc5925c88,No dark mode available for iPhone XS below only iPhone 12,My wife has the iPhone 11 and her gmail has the dark mode.  We taught it must be something on google servers that does it by user but we checked her iPad and the dark mode option is not there.  Both devices running the latest iOS.  In my iPhone running the same app version and iOS version; i do not have the dark mode option.  Reinstalled the app reset it yet still the option is not there.  Looked at a friend who is using an iPhoneX and also running the same version of app and iOS and it too does not have the dark mode option.  Seems dark mode is only available for users that have an iPhone 11. Not sure why this is the case.,Seems dark mode is only available for users that have an iPhone 11.,3,TRUE,general,dark mode,7,16,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,82eef399-40fd-4246-85ed-e5caa52b4b04,595f2f0a-9c6d-41d4-a9a4-d39df32fe7d7,Unusable disaster,"I use Evernote in my small business to make and organize all information for each of my clients. It’s been great for keeping all my notes, including typed notes, sketches, and photos (with their notes) in one place on my iPad. With the latest upgrade, though, the app is now unusable. A note goes blank with any edit, and can only be retrieved by closing and reopening the app, which takes forever when your client is standing there. Inserting checkboxes (or anything else) is unbelievably clunky and buggy. The sketch function is plagued with lags and disfunction. I am currently working on finding another solution for my needs, because it’s clear to me that Evernote is circling the drain. I cannot recommend this app to anyone. Get out now while you still can.","It’s been great for keeping all my notes, including typed notes, sketches, and photos (with their notes) in one place on my iPad.",1,TRUE,general,photo,80,85,positive
productivity,notability,0437efa4-b459-493c-b887-eff0fc3d5cea,59ca1f4d-8d11-442f-be9a-76fde6086007,"A staple, but disappointing","Update: I have used this app for YEARS now through high school, college, and now medical school. I love the app and appreciate it to no ends. However, one ongoing issue I have noticed is its unreliability with downloading ppt files to PDF within the app from Canvas. I don’t know if it’s a problem with communication with canvas or just a general issue with converting to pdf within the app, but it’s annoying to have to convert all my lecture notes to pdf on my MacBook then transfer them to my iPad. It’s so unreliable I don’t think I can use only my iPad anymore, which is what my goal was. Anyway, long story short: I love this app, but it’s been frustrating for about the past year or two. The new update added better pencil integration, ,earning now it has actual pressure sensitivity rather than just the way they did it before which was through speed sensitivity determining the weight of the line drawn. This combined with the other amazing aspects of this app that I have always enjoyed make this my favorite app ever. I use it in college to take notes and annotate presentations during lecture as well as at work for taking notes during meetings or as a work log. It is simply an amazing app, well worth the money, and I look forward to continue using it with my iPad Pro through medical school. Thank you ginger labs!!!","It is simply an amazing app, well worth the money, and I look forward to continue using it with my iPad Pro through medical school.",3,TRUE,cost,money,45,50,positive
productivity,notability,35fb9418-ca53-4abe-adb4-1afcca47e614,59e2ecd6-6a5b-40cd-8f85-58f048be306d,"Notability Rocks, but a few improvements would be nice.","Notability is my favorite note taking app on the i-pad. However it would be great to be able to have the option when adding pages to type in the number of pages you want to add, and then have notability add it. For example if I didn’t want to add 1 page, I could instead click on the option to add a set number of pages and then type in the number 12, and then notability would add 12 more pages.It would also be great when moving pictures you had the option to move them to a specific page, so that notability could move the picture to page twelve without anyone having to manually drag the picture to page 12.One more thing it would be amazing if notability users could design their own themes for a small fee. I know this app is for school use but a theme doesn’t impact the actual notes or organization of notability, so it would be cool if someone could make a kawaii theme, anime, lord of the rings, star wars, BTS, Black Pink, dragon, unicorn, etc.. Being able to do that would also make the user happier when using the app because they would be able to see a theme that they are obsessed with, every single time they had to open the notability app to take notes, so that would build a positive correlation with taking notes.",One more thing it would be amazing if notability users could design their own themes for a small fee.,5,TRUE,cost,design,62,68,positive
productivity,things-3,6694e538-8382-4908-970b-4260f3575db1,5a3bea97-73b8-44dc-bc8d-da69bb99f1e6,One of the Best,Definitely one of the best “to do” apps. The iPad version is pricey but worthy of the price. ( The desktop version is priced higher than I think it should be). The use interface is nearly as perfect as you can get. The updates make it better and better.,The use interface is nearly as perfect as you can get.,5,TRUE,usability,interface,9,18,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a23a8d7f-1af6-46d2-8729-6d265259cea2,5a9d03ea-c670-4968-aa08-eceb63eec0d3,Great app for focusing!,"I tried a number of different apps to block distractions or restrict access to the internet. The first one to really work was Forest. By making the experience of blocking out my other apps look and feel like a game, Forest made it so that I felt much more motivated to turn away from the distractions. Plus the forests you grow are cute and they become very satisfying reminders of how productive you were.I do wish there were more trees in general.",Plus the forests you grow are cute and they become very satisfying reminders of how productive you were.,5,TRUE,efficiency,reminder,68,76,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,bf211c88-d002-44f5-9a2c-0f67955bb3f0,5b1e93fc-2886-4da0-94f0-c72d4ae89b77,Love my little boy,"This daddy went home to be with Jesus five years ago leaving behind a seven year old son.  The father who died of a heart attack cold only wish his children knew how my he loved them. This photo taken six years earlier is a reminder to the son he left behind, how much daddy loves you”!","This photo taken six years earlier is a reminder to the son he left behind, how much daddy loves you”!",5,TRUE,efficiency,reminder,41,49,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8ee8bdb8-243d-4759-a500-441eb367f02d,5c48e5ba-b222-4b1a-8804-3d4e13f1641d,Deletes Data in notes. Only way to recover is to pay...,"I’ve used this app for several years, and am now deleting it. I had been building up a list of contacts within the music industry, to which I came to find had been deleted without my doing. I tried to reach out to support, which was never available and only had greyed out boxes that you couldn’t click. Only solution I read online was to pay for the premium subscription so I could access my note history. So I bought the premium for $8, found my note with the contact info, and then immediately cancelled my subscription. Of course customer support was available on the landing page that I was lead to when canceling my subscription. Terrible customer support, and terrible data management.","Terrible customer support, and terrible data management.",1,TRUE,general,customer support,10,26,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,245cf69f-5bc7-4330-b611-5f5d85738ae9,5d048901-faa9-44a7-afb1-f6b29a10265c,I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!,"I got this when it was still free and they just started and almost 2 years later I’m so close to buying a real tree, only 500 coins later. (It should be noted I wasn’t using it consistently for a while). It’s so worth the money, it actually forces your to study or get to your task and you feel so good about yourself afterwards!  I definitely recommend this app if you have trouble staying off your phone while studying and what to do something good for the planet!!","It’s so worth the money, it actually forces your to study or get to your task and you feel so good about yourself afterwards!",5,TRUE,cost,money,19,24,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,19f7d3d8-b367-428c-8212-e63ab010f8ea,5d444724-d4d7-45fc-a3b4-1fc4036eb4c0,"Great app, slight improvements","I use Evernote .  It’s a great app.  I just wish that when you make lists, it’s easier to make subindentations from ordered lists to bullet points.Another issue is that when I make an ordered list and hit enter, I want spaces in between the numbers.  Not the immediate line after.Also if I could color individual Words instead of the whole line.","Another issue is that when I make an ordered list and hit enter, I want spaces in between the numbers.",5,TRUE,usability,list,46,50,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,d2f75c76-8b22-41ca-9198-35a95cb97a96,5d9b2815-e328-4b33-8b5d-7ef4b4fe9472,Warning about adding emails to your gmail,"You will run out of memory faster because the other accounts you can add will add to your memory with ALL google products. I was enticed to add my yahoo account to a gmail address last year.  What happened is that I’ve had gmail since 2005 and love it. I lost my free “legacy” added memory because I had to upgrade or I’d lose my emails.I spent hours going through my messages and deleting them because I received warnings if I didn’t upgrade soon, messages would disappear and if I did upgrade I’d lose my free space.  I upgraded and I have my memory back on Apple products but for about a month or two on my Windows 10 laptop that I use for business, it was still showing that warning.  Eventually  it synced. So before you put all your emails in your gmail feed, check out if the “new gmail”will eat your memory and force an upgrade $$$$ before memory runs out and it’s pay to play. I’ve been a huge fan but I didn’t understand the takeaway of legacy memory. It was supposed to be lifetime but if I added on, it was gone and that’s what happened to “do no harm”",Eventually  it synced.,3,TRUE,general,sync,16,20,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,90834edc-c08a-48c5-a191-0cbc2646a420,5dd383f7-572c-4071-80a5-a15b999279a2,Amazing customer service and great study tool,"I love this app for taking notes for my classes. I’ve since used it as a weekly and monthly planner making organizing classes so much easier. I love that I can have all my class notes and planners all in one spot. It’s easy to navigate through as well. The formatting for taking notes makes it easy to follow along in class without having to worry about organizing my notes. I use the class notes template and there’s even a section for questions which I’ve found very helpful as I tend to think of things during lecture but usually at inappropriate times. This template allows me to quickly jot down thoughts so I can ask the professor after class. I’ve only just started to use this app but I’m sure I’ll be using this note taking app well into graduate school. I had to use cengage for one of my college classes and it offered a 6month free trial and after trying to redeem that I ended up being charged for the full annual price. I reached out to customer service and got a response almost immediately with a refund and they honored the free trial as well. I’m beyond happy with this fast service and doing the right thing, I fully expected to be charged the full amount. The only thing I’d love to see is different highlighter colors!",I reached out to customer service and got a response almost immediately with a refund and they honored the free trial as well.,5,TRUE,reliability,customer service,18,34,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,3267bfc2-c158-46be-a0bb-3f2c33b8c654,5df8bf4f-2756-4ff3-8443-bd185ebc3ef1,"I do like it, but would like to do more. Need to do something with losing things from backup/ sync","I’m not sure how to do things. There’s probably a lot more that I could be doing with it. I would have liked to have a physical text book manual to help me out. So many things change. I like to use Microsoft. Why hasn’t any company come up with fixing the flaws in back up and sync, because when you delete things, then do a back up and sync, you lose the deleted stuff.",I would have liked to have a physical text book manual to help me out.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,text,39,43,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a6d54563-ab64-4ee9-a481-71f9448e486a,5e9cb91d-9e2b-4763-9c4c-4a36d7e2a33e,"Easy, motivating, effective","I downloaded the app for work productivity, but it’s made me hyper-aware of how often I actually pick up my phone. For any task, just having the reminder that my phone is not currently available to me is extremely helpful. I’m realizing that I waste a ton of time that stems from, say, just looking at a text that could wait until later. Moral: don’t think this app isn’t useful because you’re not at a desk all day. It has countless uses. I agree with what other users have said about gamification being a good motivator, and the user interface is very appealing. Creating and naming tags produces helpful data. For instance, if you’re concerned about work-life balance, you can see a colorful pie chart with a few simple clicks. One thing: I’m fine with how the trees become more “expensive” as time passes. However, it can take a long, long time to gain sufficient coins after awhile. I’m not asking for instant and easy gratification, because that’s contrary to the spirit of the app. I think adding more achievement bonuses (that don’t depend on having friends that use the app or on leaderboard performance) would be great. Unlocking achievements is also rewarding and something to strive for, so I’d love to see more!",Creating and naming tags produces helpful data.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,tag,21,24,positive
productivity,things-3,553311ef-0b0d-4ef6-b7a8-167ad99f79f2,5e9f9e07-219d-4a01-a3e8-ed81c930e53a,Overpriced for cross platform,Things is perfectly fine at creating lists to get things done. The price for the iPhone app is high but acceptable for what it does. Unfortunately if you want to use this between other devices the price goes up and up. It costs $50 for me to use this on my Mac. Throw in another $20 for my iPad. What a joke. Pay more than a AAA game to remind me to go to the post office. Don’t bother with this app unless you want to burn money. The app design is also not excellent. They skip a lot of little details and it’s visually very bare bones and not always intuitive. It’s not anywhere close to 4.8 stars. I assume they are farming for their reviews.,The app design is also not excellent.,1,TRUE,usability,design,9,15,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,63a1d599-0944-47fc-abee-9de37a0639be,5ed313d4-fe4c-4aca-9adf-81c6ac60e13b,I deeply hate this app,"Someone recommended Evernote to me at one point. I need to track them down and ask for an apology. A notes app should be quick and easy to use. When I open Evernote, however, it previews a note and then syncs for 10 seconds whenever I try to open the note.These recent updates are even worse, however. The app tries to get me to upgrade, which is fine, but it’s way of doing so renders the app pointless. Unless I update, the splash notification always pops up, no matter how many times I say no. Worse than that, the app won’t stop trying to show me its new features, no matter how many times I close and open the app. I haven’t been able to get into my notes more than once in the past six months, because the app gets stuck on the “new features” slideshow and doesn’t let me into my notes. I subscribe to several pro and premium editions of iOS apps. But why in the world would I subscribe to the pro edition of an app that behaves like malware?","These recent updates are even worse, however.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,update,14,20,negative
productivity,things-3,10fc3cd1-ed06-4add-a2c8-2cabbc94f335,60c0251e-91a7-46e7-9a7e-445c2b338ff0,Wonderful app!,"I got Things 3 to help keep myself organized while finishing University. It is a wonderful app and very aesthetically pleasing! Well done! I am very pleased with this app! It has been easy to learn and use! Thank you!My suggestions after a few weeks with it:Have some integration with the Calendar app or Fantastical to generate to-do’s when you create an event in the calendar and vice-versa. Also with subscribed calendar feeds. My school automatically generated a calendar feed for us to subscribe to that shows assignment due dates. That would be awesome if Things would generate to-do’s and due dates based on that. Basically, the more integration with Calendar or Fantastical, the better!",That would be awesome if Things would generate to-do’s and due dates based on that.,5,TRUE,general,due date,60,68,negative
productivity,things-3,947f8773-d1bd-40a6-8244-9a8b8ca1be61,60c8bf1b-e3c2-436e-921b-ecf6c487aaa7,"Great app, but too expensive for multiple devices","This is probably the most perfect app for organizing I have ever used. It would be so much more useful if I could also have it installed on my iPad and desktop Mac, however the fact of having to pay for all of those three things separately, and that the desktop app is super expensive makes that impossible. There should be a bundle offered at a reduced price for people who want full functionality cross-platform.",There should be a bundle offered at a reduced price for people who want full functionality cross-platform.,4,TRUE,cost,price,47,52,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,33e84113-5084-4eb3-8c72-1d861127ab4a,61010703-7c99-451f-b268-20daa462e9df,Fonts don’t work,"I have used MS Word since my first IBM XT Green Screen Computer back in grad school.  I have been a faithful user and was a dedicated windows user for years.  I now use the Apple family of products.  I use MS Word on my iMac and an iPad when I travel for presentations.After creating a PowerPoint preserntation on my iMac, I then access it using Dropbox on my iPad to use with a projector.  Using MS provided themes, I used MS fonts.  The fonts are not available on the iPad version, even after using all of the gyrations suggested for loading custom fonts on the iPad.  I have even stood on my head and typed with my left hand trying to use all of the different methods I have researched to make this work.Bottom line I have found, since iOS updated to v. 14 (I have 14.2), the problems seems to have been attributed to a needed update for MS365.  This dates back months and MS has not made the fix. I am not an isolated problem - from what I’ve read, this is common.  Get it together, MS.  Make it work.Additional: Laggy, buggy performance on an iPad Pro fully updated and running MSO365.  Again, get it together MS.  Make it work.","The fonts are not available on the iPad version, even after using all of the gyrations suggested for loading custom fonts on the iPad.",2,TRUE,compatibility,font,5,9,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,9a1fcc34-3f3f-4365-9187-20a417ff48c9,615dd25b-c059-4d50-a01a-a2c0e8a2986e,App get worse with time.,"UPDATE: Switched to using Pages. I don’t have any of the issues. You chased off a decades-long user. Known bugs don’t get fixed. I’m tired of never being able to see font colors, the weird way it fills in only certain words with only the end letter while I’m typing so I’ll end up with “anotherr” “whichh” “believee” and so on. I’ve had it with it stubbornly and randomly deciding Is In and It need to be capitalized in the middle of the sentence. I want to be able to copy/paste/cut/change the font size/color/highlight if I navigate away from Word or something else takes over the screen for a moment (such as a phone call).Screw this app, screw the developers. It’s gotten steadily worse since the update allowing us to turn off drawing with the Apple Pencil. I’m shopping around for other apps: meanwhile, Pages is miles ahead in terms of doing what I need a word processor to do. I hope the app team is always right on the edge of a sneeze that just won’t come, with a pebble in all of their shoes they can’t get out but can always feel. I’m taking 30 years of loyalty elsewhere.",It’s gotten steadily worse since the update allowing us to turn off drawing with the Apple Pencil.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,update,38,44,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,ddfdba85-7e6c-4338-b9fd-436edb567879,616b7063-1722-4203-bec3-f985f28565e8,The Authentic Word Experience,"If you’re looking for the Authentic Word Experience™️, look no further! With an incredibly optimized UI, excellent file management, high levels of customization for your documents, a subscription-to-use cost, and even the trademark 30-minute startup time AND the frequent lag spikes that the Windows version has, Microsoft Word for iOS has (almost) everything the Windows version has!Except for changing default formatting. And the ability to change auto save frequency.Order now and get 1x10⁻¹% off!",And the ability to change auto save frequency.,3,TRUE,usability,auto save,27,36,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,4f9ae5a0-32de-411f-8fe5-4b0a327d88f9,6190c30f-5527-454e-a757-cce380cb30f4,Love the app. Hate the new version.,"In many ways the new version of the app is really good. Faster and cleaner. But in important ways, it is steps backwards. Like someone didn’t know how the old app functioned. Number one and this is a big one the app used to allow you to hit share and Evernotes and it would take the title from the document the website, etc. No longer does that and everything has a blank title. Number two it used to be able to save stuff from the iTunes Store I would save the picture that accompanies it and it stop doing that again. Number three when you do the share and hit Evernotes tags are gone. Cant tag note.",Cant tag note.,3,TRUE,usability,tag,6,9,negative
productivity,notability,42870527-6106-4485-acbf-d3c6bf505b63,61b57ff9-d942-4ac0-8f09-2b69c58e05f1,It is okay,"I think it is a great software to create and write your notes that will be in pdf.The reason for my low rating is when you have to deal with documents that one uses across multiple platforms.  I want to use the documents on a PC with PDF annotator and an IPad when I am away at meetings and conferences.  Every time I have to edit a PDF I have to import the document (meaning a new copy) and then have to use this on my PC to add more notes.  These added stuff on my PC do not carry back, I have to import the document again.Wish they would just let me share document via BOX for both storing and accessing and just be able to edit one copy of document across multiple platforms and multiple applicationsAs someone else mentioned for their not using notability “ gathered bad synching across multiple devices is a big issue","These added stuff on my PC do not carry back, I have to import the document again.",5,TRUE,efficiency,document,68,76,negative
productivity,notability,e8f4b548-c573-430d-8ee2-03c99711884c,61e38703-af73-4dd5-9ea2-cdfb673c97cc,Great app but...,"This is THE BEST note taking app I have ever used. Unfortunately, with the last update half of my notes are in limbo re-downloading from iCloud. I’ve done the suggested ways to recover my notes up to #10. I’m terrified of loosing all the work I have done since this issue started so I haven’t gone beyond turning iCloud off and on again in the app. I’m in my last semester of nursing school and I need my notes so I don’t end up accidentally killing someone when we are allowed back in the hospitals. Yes, I have contacted support (weeks ago). No, no one has gotten back to me about this issue. A similar iCloud thing happened about a year ago. I guess I just have to wait for them to push out another update? Additionally, the app just freezes now. Can’t scroll, can’t type, cant write. I have to close it out and open it again crossing my fingers that it kept recording while it was unresponsive. I really need this app to release my notes from limbo. I’m about to start studying for the NCLEX, and I need to access all of my work.","Unfortunately, with the last update half of my notes are in limbo re-downloading from iCloud.",3,TRUE,usability,last update,25,36,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1b4bf00a-583c-4a36-bdeb-479364a97df8,62a2b1f6-98fe-4f9d-98b6-8b86072640c7,Going backward in time,"Update: After months of using us and multiple updates, I see zero improvement. There’s no formatting functionality, the text selection is atrocious, and the app truly drives me nuts. I wish I could give this negative stars. ———————-What gives, Google? You have the best engineers in the world. Why can’t you focus on user experience?I recently moved to GSuite and adopted this app to read my Gmail. I’m NOT impressed. The app makes it really difficult to select text when I need to edit something I’ve typed. For some reason, it jumps around and makes it challenging to select a specific word or put the cursor in the middle of a specific word to correct a misspelling. I don’t have this problem in other apps on the same device. In addition, there is no formatting capability. What the heck? I can’t even add bullets or bold face. When I copy/paste something in from another app, that pasted text retains whatever formatting was in the original version. There’s no way to clear formatting so that it looks like part of the email.I like the fact that it allows me to organize the email the same way that Gmail allows, but the level of effort necessary to compose a simple message is truly aggravating.","There’s no formatting functionality, the text selection is atrocious, and the app truly drives me nuts.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,text,42,46,negative
productivity,notability,ce5f92f0-79e8-4a60-95d1-214bd9f0fc6f,62ce4ab9-bc87-4284-8fd3-8c12014d46fa,A few suggestions,"I really like this note taking app. Here are some of my suggestions to make it even better.1. handwriting recognition is awesome, but I totally didn’t expect that Notability doesn’t support recognition of text in photos. All of my classes are taking online nowadays and the majority of my notes are screenshots of class materials coupled with my handwritten annotations. There are tons of important information in the photos I uploaded and it’s really annoying to me that I cannot find these materials through the search function.2. The magnification function is cool. Even though I don’t use it a lot, I can see why it might be handy for other customers. However, the position of the magnification button is quite annoying. It’s at the bottom right corner and it’s not subject to customized change. Even with palm rejection, I still find myself accidentally touch it quite often. This can be really annoying and break the flow of smooth note taking experience.","1. handwriting recognition is awesome, but I totally didn’t expect that Notability doesn’t support recognition of text in photos.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,photo,123,128,positive
productivity,notability,ce5f92f0-79e8-4a60-95d1-214bd9f0fc6f,62ce4ab9-bc87-4284-8fd3-8c12014d46fa,A few suggestions,"I really like this note taking app. Here are some of my suggestions to make it even better.1. handwriting recognition is awesome, but I totally didn’t expect that Notability doesn’t support recognition of text in photos. All of my classes are taking online nowadays and the majority of my notes are screenshots of class materials coupled with my handwritten annotations. There are tons of important information in the photos I uploaded and it’s really annoying to me that I cannot find these materials through the search function.2. The magnification function is cool. Even though I don’t use it a lot, I can see why it might be handy for other customers. However, the position of the magnification button is quite annoying. It’s at the bottom right corner and it’s not subject to customized change. Even with palm rejection, I still find myself accidentally touch it quite often. This can be really annoying and break the flow of smooth note taking experience.","1. handwriting recognition is awesome, but I totally didn’t expect that Notability doesn’t support recognition of text in photos.",4,TRUE,security,text,115,119,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8710bea8-4b0f-4499-9962-87531ff2ff5d,63349553-1cb1-4279-b47d-9a7a9db818df,Evernote is a disaster,"I have pretty much lived in Evernote for many years personally and business. I have gotten rid of all my file cabinets notebooks scratch pads, everything goes and Evernote. This update is a disaster, when I create a note it is duplicated a dozen times. Evernote Support told me to make sure my other Evernote apps are not open, I have done that and they still get duplicated a dozen times. I tried tonight to update my Windows version of Evernote thinking that might fix my problems, all that did was create problems on my Windows version like I’m having on my iOS version. Presently I am actually taking my notes in Apple‘s notes, then I copy paste into Evernote.. Evernote please fix this I am too deep into Evernote to change something else.","I have gotten rid of all my file cabinets notebooks scratch pads, everything goes and Evernote.",1,TRUE,general,notebook,43,51,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a3ccdc7f-eb1b-49be-aac4-e135c895e1db,63514358-2aa0-4e3c-8333-85759b2682e6,Forest app review,"This app has CHANGED MY LIFE!!! It helped me leave the procrastiNATION nation and become sooooo much more organized with my time. It made me enjoy doing work and actually have free time. I absolutely love the design and ideology behind it. It also offers sounds that make it easier for you to focus, and frankly they’re the only sounds that have actually just been background noise and not distracting. Plus, you get break time after every increment of work time that you do. Even though it costs money, it is TOTALLY WORTH IT!!! Additionally, the money goes to help plant real trees, which makes you feel great about the small amount spent. I love this app!!!!!!",I absolutely love the design and ideology behind it.,5,TRUE,usability,design,23,29,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,63a1d599-0944-47fc-abee-9de37a0639be,6393c3c3-754a-429e-8a35-0a47a7d9a236,I deeply hate this app,"Someone recommended Evernote to me at one point. I need to track them down and ask for an apology. A notes app should be quick and easy to use. When I open Evernote, however, it previews a note and then syncs for 10 seconds whenever I try to open the note.These recent updates are even worse, however. The app tries to get me to upgrade, which is fine, but it’s way of doing so renders the app pointless. Unless I update, the splash notification always pops up, no matter how many times I say no. Worse than that, the app won’t stop trying to show me its new features, no matter how many times I close and open the app. I haven’t been able to get into my notes more than once in the past six months, because the app gets stuck on the “new features” slideshow and doesn’t let me into my notes. I subscribe to several pro and premium editions of iOS apps. But why in the world would I subscribe to the pro edition of an app that behaves like malware?","Unless I update, the splash notification always pops up, no matter how many times I say no.",1,TRUE,general,update,10,16,positive
productivity,things-3,1c666563-19d3-46fc-ae08-c90cfa652a41,64a80948-0a37-46ec-914c-2b77a7eb497d,Great app. Beautiful and functional. Some bugs remain.,"Wonderful app that is almost perfect. Always room for improvement though. Dark mode is okay but the colors are a too bright. Rich text in notes would be great, at least bold and italic. Watch fails to update with new today tasks, lagging the iPhone, and making it catch up requires that I uninstall and reinstall the watch app.",Dark mode is okay but the colors are a too bright.,4,TRUE,general,color,27,32,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8df3917f-c0dd-44ec-898f-e417fde0b0c8,64ded663-f12d-4e93-8b4d-9cf674b4ab67,When is outline mode coming?,"I’ve been a premium Evernote religiously for over 8 years now and appreciate all it has done for me. It is by far the best app in this category. But I seriously can’t wait for them to finally bring in the outline (drop down/toggle) mode. It has been a popular demand for years, and unfortunately it has been largely ignored by Evernote. Next on the list is mind mapping! With these features Evernote will hands down dominate multiple categories of apps.",Next on the list is mind mapping!,4,TRUE,general,list,13,17,negative
productivity,notability,f5681fc2-f280-4626-a7db-cf65ee3f2bf2,65032ad6-7e4a-42e1-894b-f20e297a017e,Erases parts of sentences in handwritten notes,"Previously I absolutely loved this app. I used GoodNotes all through first half of medical school, and craved the customizable options for folders that I later discovered in Notability. This app had been indispensable in my studies, until I noticed that some words in my handwritten notes document go missing. For instance there is a sentence and a few words are deleted. Or, part of the words from one sentence appear superimposed on another page. I haven’t noticed an entire page go missing yet, but the mere fact that this occurs has removed my comfort and confidence in electronic note taking. The stakes are way too high ands too much to lose. I will add a possible caveat, the document in question is nearly 600 pages, and perhaps Notability is unable to manage such heavy files.","I will add a possible caveat, the document in question is nearly 600 pages, and perhaps Notability is unable to manage such heavy files.",1,TRUE,efficiency,document,35,43,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3a371667-46a3-46ea-abff-6e87060e1ce0,650dd542-ec6a-4748-a753-3598aa8033d6,Bad Design Change,"I used to love Evernote, having used it for a couple of years. I am a Premium member, and used it for school work and personal life...I used it for everything. I used it on my iPhone, iPad mini, iPad Pro, and MacBook Pro.But, I am very disappointed with the recent updates. Besides performance issues, my main concern is about the horrible design change, primarily the removal of two functions that I used on a regular basis.First, I am sad about the loss of the Card View option. Anyone with common sense on design and visual efficiency would know how convenient and fast the card view is for users. I can't believe that Evernote is willing to give up one of its most valuable characteristics just to follow the bad design of another popular note app. Card View is so important to me, especially on my iPads. It was so easy and fast for me to visually grasp all my notes. Now, it takes forever to scroll through the single line of notes. Evernote, where is your common sense and sense of design and efficiency?Second, I am sad about the loss of Presentation mode. That was one of the functions that drew me into being a Premium member. I also used it to take screenshots of my notes. The formatting in the Presentation mode gives a perfect appearance to screenshots. Now...it is all gone.Please give me back these functions that I care about and value. I need them. This app is losing its soul... Please give me a response or send me the older version!","But, I am very disappointed with the recent updates.",1,TRUE,efficiency,update,45,51,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,0b1da976-4ba1-413b-8079-60ba25491b87,660677c7-fe61-4dc2-ac5d-d1cc6469cc2b,I don’t hate it,"But this is of the crappier updates I've seen. Ever. And I love google. And my iPad. Since the update, the font size has dropped way down. It’s squint size. I tried going to settings accessibility and increasing the size. It works everywhere except on gmail! Those are the only directions I’ve been able to find. It also arbitrarily changes size during a conversation. Sometimes when people reply to me, the formatting breaks down into gobbledygook. I am considering going to another app.Does anyone know how to send a closed attachment? They are displayed wide open in the body of my email. I prefer to let my recipients click on them from the subject line to open when they choose. Full display also means wonky fun when they have to print text/photos from the body of the email vs. opening up a nice dedicated attachment.Of course, it’s a complete mystery why you can’t bulk delete in this day and age. I’ve been using gmail forever. But I never really cared much for the iPad app. I think I may be done with it.",Full display also means wonky fun when they have to print text/photos from the body of the email vs. opening up a nice dedicated attachment.,2,TRUE,usability,photo,64,69,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,dbcc6823-2f6e-4a5e-b619-95f002514805,665fc808-fc10-46eb-bb78-462b08ddef6e,Great!,"As a stressed out highschool student this app helps a ton. I can keep track of what I work on and for how long, and get a little tree along with it. I do wish more free plants were available or a break option since the app if pretty minimalistic. I just think there could be more options like colors of the trees or background colors and such. But overall it’s a really useful tool that’s helped me get through my school years!",I just think there could be more options like colors of the trees or background colors and such.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,color,47,52,positive
productivity,things-3,560217e4-ab97-42c4-8db1-f70015b7399c,669690a3-4743-4e1e-9e6c-2a493d922098,SOMETIMES SIMPLE IS BETTER,"I used the app „informant“ for years because they offered a integration of calender events in a task manager. But they have become greedy and changed to a subscription model with $25 a year.Compared to „informant“ and other task managers things 3 has a very simple but also very efficient user interface. Example: Instead of assigning priorities to tasks, things offers the possibility to drag tasks into the desired order e.g. according to importance.I ask the developer to keep this simplicity because sometimes are less possibilities more!But I’d like to propose some additional modifications:1. Assign tasks to „evening“ should be possible for all days2. Integrate the possibility to enter calendar events3. Add the possibility to use different colors for tasks4. Reminders should be possible for all future tasks on the desired date and time",I used the app „informant“ for years because they offered a integration of calender events in a task manager.,4,TRUE,usability,task manager,97,109,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ef4f9296-a098-494c-b373-127fd81b37af,66fd1dcf-b104-4e1f-a1eb-711d2c8c7b60,Word search problem,"(1) Word search starts searching like crazy before you end typing the word/text you want to search for.  It will continue even when you try to stop it.  You go crazy too by clicking <cancel>, but it will continue until whatever, then, it suddenly stop its search and goes back to the document. Here, you must start all over again with the same frustration.(2) The solution is to use other text writing tool for writing exactly what you want, then past in the word/text search.(3) The difference between this ap and others is that you can copy something from outside sources and past it into your document.  You will be able to find the text you already copied into it when you use the way I described for text searching.  There are other apps that do not recognize texts you pasted into them from web pages or books.But I am thankful for the work you’ve done.","You go crazy too by clicking <cancel>, but it will continue until whatever, then, it suddenly stop its search and goes back to the document.",3,TRUE,reliability,document,132,140,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,ce9bec33-d093-48c9-b12e-b20a6ffc7a00,6757591a-c8dc-4b49-a8a7-06f2d6b5aa92,Disappointing!,I have loved this app but the recent update has almost ruined it for me. I don’t receive notifications when my tree is dying and if I even try to respond to a text notification by pulling down (which used to be find) the tree immediately dies. And the non “deep focus” mode makes 0 sense. Please address these issues. I used to love this app.,I have loved this app but the recent update has almost ruined it for me.,3,TRUE,usability,update,38,44,positive
productivity,things-3,7719c3d3-0b94-42a8-bb9e-cadf4e919fb3,67c06ec0-d6e3-44f1-b941-06d5eabdef0f,Loads everything twice on my X.,"For some reason, it loads every single page, dialog box, etc twice. I've deleted and reinstalled it. It's so frustrating. It even loads the keyboard twice.","For some reason, it loads every single page, dialog box, etc twice.",2,TRUE,usability,page,40,44,positive
productivity,notability,3d0b634c-d402-47e8-ba7d-bf6209fed826,67f6c0fa-cbbb-408c-8b05-f5263a444be8,Recording and syncing,This used to be my go to app for note taking. But for over a year now I have had problems with writing while using the recording feature. I even bought a brand new iPad Pro because I though it was the device space causing this issue it turns out I was wrong. They have issues with their iCloud syncing that they even a year later have not fixed. While writing and recording it will cause a syncing messages to come up while your using it making it unusable while it does that. You are missing what you want to record and unable to write turning that time. Even when it finishes syncing it will do it again a few minutes later once again interrupting you. I have tried everything recommended nothing worked. I even freshly installed my iPad with only this application and even on my new iPad Pro it did the same thing and it has 64gb of space and nothing else on it. I’m disappointed that even after a year they have not solved their problems do not waste your money on this app. Especially when the one feature that is supposed to make it more enticing then GoodNotes doesn’t even work.,But for over a year now I have had problems with writing while using the recording feature.,1,TRUE,efficiency,recording,74,83,positive
productivity,things-3,553311ef-0b0d-4ef6-b7a8-167ad99f79f2,684a978b-9b77-46a8-9853-8b8b791142a6,Overpriced for cross platform,Things is perfectly fine at creating lists to get things done. The price for the iPhone app is high but acceptable for what it does. Unfortunately if you want to use this between other devices the price goes up and up. It costs $50 for me to use this on my Mac. Throw in another $20 for my iPad. What a joke. Pay more than a AAA game to remind me to go to the post office. Don’t bother with this app unless you want to burn money. The app design is also not excellent. They skip a lot of little details and it’s visually very bare bones and not always intuitive. It’s not anywhere close to 4.8 stars. I assume they are farming for their reviews.,Unfortunately if you want to use this between other devices the price goes up and up.,1,TRUE,cost,price,65,70,negative
productivity,things-3,aabd6d33-b8ea-41fe-9ffc-226d5650dca2,68c96c5c-70b5-4d9e-9803-b25c98be3fcc,Can’t save anything... app is a  waste of time,Like title says. It can’t save.... write a long list and waste your time because it won’t be there next time you open it. Trash programming with garbage results.,Like title says.,1,TRUE,general,title,6,11,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,81012329-66bd-49a3-95f5-cbc04f560bd7,68ce91b9-d0b8-44ca-aef4-5928320e6eb0,Getting Better,So i was very sad to see Inbox going away but the new look and some features of gmail have made it better. Gmail is actually better for me on the iPad Pro. I like how you can see all you emails on the side bar and have a full email opened on the right hand side of the screen. Making the switch easier. Thank you so getting rid of the hideous red theme we had to deal with for years. Next add a dark mode or customer color themes.,Next add a dark mode or customer color themes.,4,TRUE,efficiency,color,34,39,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0ba91efe-3916-4a85-b915-f7e50b9030b8,68fe9709-932d-45ae-ad3e-d0030095898b,It works but is not geared to be fast at all,"Whenever you switch to the app from another one it takes like 5-10 seconds to accept any user input. When you start the app it takes about as long or longer. It doesn’t sync notes in the background, so unnecessarily uses data. I noticed the old IOS version did not have this problem as it only started after the “new version”, and these similarly frustrating issues are present on the new OSX version too.Since we can’t downgrade, I’m stuck with this new version, and when it does work it works well. But it is like trying to surf the web on a laptop from 2005. It works sometimes and not very well.","Since we can’t downgrade, I’m stuck with this new version, and when it does work it works well.",3,TRUE,usability,new version,47,58,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,13d9bd3b-7a18-463a-9db0-e2637e67c67d,692c41ae-f610-4223-a6a7-5d3762fac489,Basic and missing features,"Please add the inbox-swipe features that inbox app has/had — swipe right to snooze and swipe left to archive. I really like the snooze feature from inbox and now on gmail desktop bit it is impossible to find here and takes at least 3 taps. An accidental swipe in either direction on this layout is supremely annoying. Why does it archive by swiping either direction?? I’ve accidentally archived quite a few emails but why isn’t there an archive folder if that’s where they are going? It’s a pain to retrieve them from all mail and then put them back in the inbox.Also why can’t I mark an email as unread? This is such a basic feature and I can’t find it anywhere.I will really miss the Inbox app — this new gmail app feels so bare bones and like I have to work to do anythingUpdating on 4/21: it’s nice to have snooze now, but why does my “everything” (btw this label is really confusing please call it what it is, an inbox) folder show a bunch of emails that I’ve snoozed or archived on other devices? If I compare my iPad and my iPhone gmail apps side by side, they show different everything inboxes. This is supremely annoying. It seems like the iPad app just doesn’t understand that I’ve snoozed or archived emails elsewhere. I don’t even want to use Gmail on my iPad because its cognitively draining to figure out why all these emails I thought I snoozed are in front of me.",An accidental swipe in either direction on this layout is supremely annoying.,2,TRUE,efficiency,layout,49,55,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a54bd7dc-3292-4293-a312-59a6bdb8804c,6941c3c2-1149-4291-81e8-58c71fc607fa,"No dark mode, APIs, or anything new at all","This “a/b suuuuuuper slow update speed for all apps” thing gets really old. I’m not interested in wasting time using an app that doesn’t get updated quickly to support new features and enhancements. I opened the app, dark mode didn’t toggle, and then I deleted the app. 2.5 weeks later and still no toggle even. Unacceptable tbh.I don’t have the patience for this a/b testing or snail paced feature updating anymore. All it really does it just circumnavigate App Store rules and policies technically. maybe I’ll come back next year and try again and see where the app is at then. But for now? Sticking with stock mail app. Should’ve known better.This app certainly DOES NOT have all the new features — so don’t expect it. All you can expect is that it has your gmail account and that you receive your email perfectly fine as far as I can tell. That’s literally it, though. Nothing extra, nothing special. Worth about 2 stars I think.",This “a/b suuuuuuper slow update speed for all apps” thing gets really old.,2,TRUE,general,update,27,33,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,bc452c85-dddb-4f57-881d-2ec382189d19,696f38f3-bc43-470b-9c54-edfa3eb04e89,good,"it is good. not LIFE changing, but I appreciate the motivation to get off of my phone. the first day I had it, I used it for almost 7 hours. second day, only about 2. 3 seems to be the average for a regular school day. it really depends on if I have tests or anything to study for, and if it’s a weekend, etc. I like that we can note what the time is used for... you can plan out time to “relax” (I use that for when I meditate, which, granted, is not often, but hey!) and stuff. I think that it is too hard to get coins. I earned some 200 odd coins via the first day’s 7 hours. any sort of new sounds, or the next tree variation, is 500 coins. that’s a LOT of use that the developers are asking for one app. it just gets a little old with the only default sound being the forest...good price. I am happy to spend $2 once for it. I am pleased that there is no subscription or further pushes to make in-app purchases. hope you make plant and sound upgrades a little more accessible. other than that, great app for what you pay.",I am pleased that there is no subscription or further pushes to make in-app purchases.,4,TRUE,cost,subscription,31,43,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,38e3c42b-39d8-4474-ace4-87ddece1baab,697633c9-b9c0-449f-a693-1d6a6ac6b18e,Great! But one suggestion...,Microsoft Word comes in handy on the iPhone and most features work well. One flaw it does have and the reason it’s only 4 star is the grammar and spelling features have some flaws with not recognizing certain words and sentence structures. Of course I’d always recommend double checking yourself first before blaming the program but there have been times in my college writing where I’ve had to ‘okay’ some grammatical highlights and add words to the dictionary.One suggestion I do have for the developers though would be to add a color search feature! When I write I will sometimes highlight or change the color of my font. Usually this helps me find particular places but now that I’m writing books it takes longer to find the right area and I find myself wishing I could color search and then navigate between colored sections more easily.,When I write I will sometimes highlight or change the color of my font.,4,TRUE,usability,font,67,71,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,16d8bcc6-704a-4af5-b244-bcacf4faeabe,698f2323-9673-4eae-b63e-c59abc680baa,Why is it that gmail is blocking me from enabling 2FA to my Fortnite account?,"Recently I’ve been trying to get 2FA to work in my Fortnite account today, but it doesn’t send the email from Epic Games. I’ve been doing this for ages, almost a week by now, but it still wouldn’t let me. What was the bug: ever since the new update of gmail came out, things started to get a little buggy for people, including me. I’ve been trying to enable 2FA to my Fortnite account so that I can do cash tournaments or something like that, but it feels like I’m being blocked by it. I’ve been using all of the Authenticator apps that Fortnite told me to use, but still wouldn’t work. I really beg you to fix this bug so I can enable 2FA in peace, because doing the cash cup can basically help me and my family on the struggles we are still going through in life. So please, fix this bug.","What was the bug: ever since the new update of gmail came out, things started to get a little buggy for people, including me.",3,TRUE,general,update,38,44,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,905dc261-a3a5-4c1b-bb03-002e928e176a,69afa595-ec74-469c-9d16-f274c37d242e,A couple words about Word,"I like the fact that when you close a Word document it automatically saves your work. I have st many a document in the past failing to hit save before closing.I also like the selection of fonts.Lastly, I think it’s a big improvement to have the documents organized by recents and searchable by title. Both extremely helpful.","Lastly, I think it’s a big improvement to have the documents organized by recents and searchable by title.",5,TRUE,usability,title,101,106,positive
productivity,things-3,605736da-1382-40d4-904a-2e3c219b1189,6abcc0fa-82d8-4092-aeb9-125ff58537a5,Hideous Calendar Layout,"I want to like this app because it contains some truly good features. The calendar layout is sloppy, and it borders on being lazy. Firstly, all of the information is bunched together with no separation between each event. The calendar list just feels rushed. Other applications in the App Store for far less at least ensure that their calendar items are aligned with one another - Things does not. My gripe might seem minor to most; however, visual aesthetics are important to me. If the calendar isn’t important, the app allows you to hide it. Question is, why would the developers deny users the ability to create spacing and align the list?","If the calendar isn’t important, the app allows you to hide it.",5,TRUE,usability,calendar,8,16,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,9f437448-b8d5-421e-b5df-7a06247f6287,6af96353-edb2-4dae-8e6e-6b24d289b02a,"Love GMAIL...However,","I swear by gmail for its’ spam filtering and the organized way it looks compared to using other email platforms. BUT-It is soooo frustrating how difficult it is to access gmail CONTACTS through the mobile app. Even when I go through the loop holes of logging in through the web browser on my phone, I still can’t access it. I select “go to contacts” and it refreshes back to the same page endlessly. I also really don’t like how the FORWARD EMAIL option is not in plan sight. Nor is the reply option. What the heck? I have to search around and remember that the 3 little dots at the top right of the email will show me those options. WHY? The basic function of emailing is replying and forwarding communications to others. Why is the gmail app so terribly “simplified” that it’s so hard to use and find what you need just to function quickly and efficiently?",I select “go to contacts” and it refreshes back to the same page endlessly.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,page,61,65,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,9d1f0822-af81-4099-8af2-0b693aa2b602,6b1543bc-e139-44e5-bb2f-d9a50e24d7a1,Auto Recovery Is A Joke,"I hop around from document to document often, and sometimes this means forgetting to save a draft before I close the app. Sometimes Word will reopen the draft I was just working on, sometimes it will take me to a draft I was working on two weeks ago. I’ve lost a lot of work this way and I’m very tired of it. I’m considering switching over to the notepad completely if Word doesn’t get its act together. I pay too much money for a 365 subscription for this to be happening.",I pay too much money for a 365 subscription for this to be happening.,5,TRUE,cost,subscription,32,44,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,b44e2bf5-69d0-41d4-b13a-95c0cd20d068,6b58f727-63ac-491c-ac37-61e258fd6171,Mostly wonderful,I love the app. It helps me a lot with staying off my phone. One thing I would like to request is that we could manually rearrange the trees in our forest so we can put the different species into a nice pattern of our choosing. I also wish we could have a round forest instead of square and that we could change the color of the grass. And I would like to be able to make the forest snowy at any time of year. Thank you.,I also wish we could have a round forest instead of square and that we could change the color of the grass.,4,TRUE,general,color,89,94,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0a3135af-dd8c-4e74-bf25-58f3f98b3fd1,6bb1982d-19ba-4694-a0e8-94fa3cd057af,Not a fan of latest upgrade,"I use Evernote a lot to collect my recipes on. It works great for that, and also some lists I keep. I actually moved my many paper recipes to it, using the internet of scans. No problems with that at all. My issue is that it has slowed down with the last update. Made it a bit prettier but it seems to be sluggish now searching. I have no issues with speed on any other apps. Still love it but.....","I actually moved my many paper recipes to it, using the internet of scans.",4,TRUE,general,paper,26,31,positive
productivity,things-3,42c6526f-3735-4db7-9498-2999b8184a51,6bcfa4cd-b176-4e2e-9a93-e0fa7278fd8c,Can you answer the following and let us know if you are working on this to implement?,"Support for images in tasks really needs to be added to Things. This is a huge feature that is lacking – at the moment I link to an Evernote note, however this is not ideal, and I really wish the developers would listen to the users and add support for attachments to tasks. Whilst this would bring complications to Things Cloud (a brilliant and fast service), I think many users would be willing to pay a small yearly subscription for this feature.Windows/web support. Whilst I know that this will likely never happen, it’s worth a try as it’s quite a requested feature.Natural language input in the task line. This would make it a lot quicker to add tasks into Things.Better search. Whilst search works, well, in Things, it would be great if it was more powerful, allowing us to search for certain due dates.Filters. Being able to quickly bring up a customized view, like in Todoist, would be a amazing addition to Things. I often find myself wanting to see tasks that are due in the next 7 days with the school tag, however I cannot do this in Things.Better reminders. Currently, reminders disappear on the notification screen after a while, and do not stay there. In addition to this, location reminders would be a great addition.Markdown in task notes. Often, I want to include a little more information about a task. Things only allows you to add notes in plain text – the ability to use markdown would be great","I often find myself wanting to see tasks that are due in the next 7 days with the school tag, however I cannot do this in Things.",3,TRUE,general,tag,90,93,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,92f9bcf6-ba73-4609-a1f9-a2dbd7484982,6bd69041-536a-4520-a2cd-4227c46f0862,Decrease in Quality Recently & Counterproductive Chrome-to-iOS Sync Issues,"PROBLEM: You must improve Chrome-to-app syncing so that we can use and reap the gold rewards for using the chrome extension on multiple devices AND this app on multiple devices. Currently, users are punished (by losing gold) when they run the extension and app simultaneously. For an app rated at #2 in productivity, this seems counterproductive.TIMELINE: This has been an issue for over a year now (there is a Chrome extension complaint about this from Feb 2019). We paid for this app. That means you have the funds to dedicate resources to improving the Forest application. SOLUTION: If you’re worried about players getting gold too quickly by using multiple devices, then input an algorithm that first recognizes when multiple decides are running a session simultaneously. If a user has only one device, then they earn gold normally, with no change to the rate. The gold earned from any simultaneously-running extra devices (eg extensions or app) should be at a lesser rate.I’ve used this app for over a year now, and it’s been good for the most part. However, the Forest app developers need to get it together. For a paid app, I expect better.PROBLEM: App developers have ceased giving users motivators for lengthier sessions. All the new trees have just one stage for all session lengths. That’s laziness. SOLUTION: Make multiple stages for new trees.Low rating to get app dev attention.",All the new trees have just one stage for all session lengths.,2,TRUE,usability,tag,34,37,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,767a6da4-4f79-44eb-995e-9d0ebfc98a49,6c5f8ca4-6285-4b2e-a27c-74e005bcdd93,"Good app, but not perfect","This app is very helpful for on-the-go purposes, but I would prefer if it were more like the computer version.  For example, if you make a mistake (like the wrong font, etc.), on a whole section, it is very hard to correct, because you cannot select one sentence or one paragraph, you can only select either one word, or every single word you’ve written in that document.  Thus, if you do make a mistake, you have to either correct each word individually, or back-space and re-write everything in the section.  Obviously, this makes it hard to edit, so you have to be very aware of what you’re doing.","Thus, if you do make a mistake, you have to either correct each word individually, or back-space and re-write everything in the section.",4,TRUE,efficiency,space,92,97,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,fbfa00c0-9bc3-4be5-add0-a3317b362b3e,6c85c1ef-abe8-4f57-8c4f-0ecaa99ad5ae,Amazing app—poor UX changes,"I have been using this app for several years and love it. Use it all the time on my iPhone and occasionally on the Mac. (BTW: the syncing often fails and I end up with two slightly different versions of each changed note.)New dislike: list of notes now has lots of white space. Before I saw 8-10 notes (headings) on the screen, I now see 4. Much unnecessary scrolling. Why?? The note list option small/medium/large may be the solution, but it doesn’t appear to do anything.","The note list option small/medium/large may be the solution, but it doesn’t appear to do anything.",4,TRUE,general,list,10,14,negative
productivity,notability,a980c373-a7ba-4133-9afe-a82ba13a52cd,6cae92b3-43fc-4f49-881d-ef39825d55ba,"Change is not good, progress is BS","I’ve been using this program for 3 years in my business. You’ve now updated it to the point that I can’t even figure out how to use it. I can’t make dotted lines, the thing is constantly shifting between modes while I’m trying to use it. Touch too hard something else happens, touch too soft nothing at all happens, move too fast not what you want, move too slow changes to something else!  I can’t copy pictures like I used to. the whole thing is a bunch of trash! give me my old version back!  If you thought you had a market for an entirely different operating system, then make an entirely different operating system and Call it  something else! Don’t change the operating system to the point that the people who used it can’t any longer use it!  Please tell me what competitor has software that works like yours used to!",I can’t copy pictures like I used to.,1,TRUE,usability,picture,14,21,negative
productivity,notability,aa18311a-b54a-47b2-b891-6021df10c41b,6cd66824-4f7a-401c-8c44-e162cd6204c0,Freezing and Crashing,"I use Notability daily in medical school, and while most of the time the app works great, I am giving this a 1 star review because of the frequent freezing and crashing I have been experiencing recently. Crashing mostly happens when I am trying to copy and paste pictures into my notes. But the true offense is the freezing. For example, I will be working on a schematic when my pen suddenly stops writing. Sometimes it randomly switches to the Scissors tool and makes me move the picture around instead, totally offsetting my labels and picture. The picture ends up in the foreground, covering up all my labels and drawings. To make matters worse, when I try to undo this, the Undo function freezes, along with the rest of the tool bar. Hours of work are ruined and cannot be recovered. Imagine my frustration and hesitance to do anything remotely involved in Notability again, for fear of wasting my time.",Crashing mostly happens when I am trying to copy and paste pictures into my notes.,1,TRUE,reliability,picture,60,67,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,83e45d80-440c-43c3-854b-32a4f34050c3,6cee7d7d-6708-454b-b95d-302897021b2e,New Update Issues,The App released a recent update and the update has caused some serious issues. I primarily use Forest to stay off social media and other distractions. Until the most recent update if I got a call on my phone or a voicemail I could use my Apple Watch to answer or listen. Not anymore. I have never had a tree die until this update. I am very upset that I have had two trees die and I never touched my phone.As an aside the barrier to get new trees are a little to high. To many coins and diminishing returns.,The App released a recent update and the update has caused some serious issues.,2,TRUE,compatibility,update,27,33,positive
productivity,things-3,192cfcf7-f893-49c9-ba75-42dd5b80fee4,6cf1c32c-f59d-4180-89c5-7add0ae02ede,Please Solve,"I’ve written other reviews of this app, all positive.  But there are 2 flaws in this app.  #1.  The app imports what is on your apple calendar and syncs it.  But there is no other information.  I think it should be a “link” that opens a up a new page within the app that gives further info (like the link to a google meet)2#.  COLLABORATION. Maybe your lazy, lack of funding, too hard.  Whatever.  What you have created is on the brink of being PERFECT.  There are not many apps that can say that.  The reality is that people’s lives are connected with others, and there needs to be a way to work with a spouse, boss, etc.  I think you guys are be serious contenders against the other scheduling app.  But this is a must.",The app imports what is on your apple calendar and syncs it.,4,TRUE,reliability,sync,52,56,positive
productivity,things-3,e445806a-c6dd-4a6f-8d78-ec4956b04679,6d5c1b4e-ada8-44aa-a486-08b2eca86f79,Do not install if you're not planning to buy desktop version,"I have been using previous version of Things for desktop and for iPhone quite for a few years. When I saw the update, I was excited and wanted to check what's new inside. I have bought the iOS version of Things 3 and started using it. But when I opened an old version of Things on my desktop, it said that I cannot use it anymore with the new Things 3 (something with sync issues) and basically forced me to buy a new version of this advanced to do list for $50. Which, of course, I am not planning to do, because I have already paid quite a lot for previous versions, and, let's be honest with yourselves, no to-do list in the world, no matter how advanced, should cost $50 (unless you're in the Valley).",I have been using previous version of Things for desktop and for iPhone quite for a few years.,1,TRUE,usability,previous version,19,35,negative
productivity,notability,73270ffd-2c94-486f-9e98-711f61494614,6dad59f1-74fb-4504-b4c5-20ba98187a39,Greatest note taking app,"The app is phenomenal when it comes to note taking. It lets you keep your notes organized and categorized based on what you’re doing. The app is also great when it comes to ignoring palm detection, to the point i no longer use paper and pencil unless it deals with drawing, all my notes are now done on my iPad. The cool thing about the app too, is that even using the iPad mini, if you turn it horizontally the app feels almost similar to a notebook (if you edit your paper right). The only complain I have is the lack of integration with other devices that aren’t in the apple eco system. Sure you can sync your notes to your google drive, but it’s complicated and a big headache to deal with. It would be nice if they offered an online version to check and sync all your notes, so you can pull them up when your iPad isn’t around. Other then that, the app is amazing! Compared to any other note apps I’ve used, I can live with that small inconvenience for now.","Sure you can sync your notes to your google drive, but it’s complicated and a big headache to deal with.",4,TRUE,usability,sync,14,18,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d9bc9171-0d94-4697-9a73-fec30298c973,6ddabf70-2c21-4eb2-ab89-08784690f158,I have adhd and Evernote saved my life,Maybe that’s dramatic but I have nothing bad to say. I have never consistently used a note taking or organizational app ever. I just can’t (maybe fickle human. Maybe adhd). Evernote changed the game in that sense for me.,I have never consistently used a note taking or organizational app ever.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,note taking,34,45,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4f465b0f-fbe1-4cdf-acba-9b4da21d6882,6df7dc0d-0715-4e28-bb1e-0cd1d82c071e,Get with the times,"One should be able to swipe right to mark an email read. It’s pretty much an industry standard these days. Even the terrible Blackberry email app I have to use for work has this function. Software engineers: I know this is easy to change, please fixEdit: 4 stars since they fixed this. Still missing some functionality like a “show only unread emails” filter.",Still missing some functionality like a “show only unread emails” filter.,4,TRUE,usability,functionality,20,33,negative
productivity,things-3,3aa1173b-cd89-4710-9add-8730bb2b37c3,6e081776-e851-4bb7-b13e-db7f9c5fd076,"It’s OK, could be much better","Appreciated the ability to import my task list from another task management app. Not having a calendar view for future dates makes it difficult to plan too far out. Simply seeing a list by month is not helpful. Also, the extremely tiny font size in the iPhone version makes it virtually unusable to me. (I purchased the iPhone, iPad and OS X apps.) Please add the ability to change the text size. Almost every other app includes this capability, especially considering the price you’re charging. Still evaluating whether to keep this app or find something more robust for busy professionals.",Not having a calendar view for future dates makes it difficult to plan too far out.,3,TRUE,general,calendar view,14,27,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,4a533770-107a-4cbe-bce5-ef79e2435b7f,6e88ef16-b0c0-4639-be18-52f6bd8f0972,Word app,This is so convenient for my quick journal documents for school! With a toddler it can be difficult to work on my laptop with being interrupted by little fingers attacking my screen lol but this app was easy to download and work plus! it synced to my printer with no problem.,it synced to my printer with no problem.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,4,8,positive
productivity,notability,c6884911-b69f-44aa-a707-b014e57780b6,6ead738b-3e9d-4ae5-918e-d430acb5b163,"Was already wonderful sketch app, now even better","Wow, what an update!The ability to partially erase and “style” (ie change the line color) my shapes makes this an even more wonderful app for drawing and sketching...I have used and loved Notability for years—While I have the full suite of Adobe apps for composition and drawing, I usually end up going to Notability for ease of use and the ability to have many pages of sketches in one document (vs having to export each image individually with the Adobe apps.) Being able to generate perfect shapes and then easily modify them with the partial eraser is going to be such a time saver! To be able  quickly create and then rotate and resize a perfect ellipse is amazing! The addition of dot paper is another wonderful feature—I can use it to build sketches and then turn off the dots when I’m finished.Even though there is only a PDF export option, I work around this by taking screen shots of my images and then finishing them up in Adobe. Also, if you have Acrobat pro, you can use “edit file” in tools to work with your text and images.A big, huge thanks to the developers for putting so much thought and heart into this release. I’m your customer for life.(My only feature request for “someday” would be the ability center/justify all the text within a text box...)","Wow, what an update!",5,TRUE,effectiveness,update,14,20,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b02050f5-5046-4de7-bec2-45aa065f6ae2,6f9599c1-d6eb-46ff-a646-fd72ef9e99d4,Email and calendar integration,Allow the ability to link an email to the calendar events. Currently you have to save an email document to google drive and then attach it to the calendar event. It is not seamless. Many events are created just by reading an email. I would like the ability to look at a calendar event and then be able to quickly hit a link that would take me to the emails that pertain to that event. Also change the apps to allow the scheduling of calendar events while in the email app without switching. For example when reading an email you can schedule a calendar event on the email app.,For example when reading an email you can schedule a calendar event on the email app.,4,TRUE,usability,calendar event,54,68,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,379dab2c-8bd2-4757-a6be-3365bebf015a,6faaf205-cea7-4ff8-88fc-abe7690297f7,Love the app but I have a suggestion,"I absolutely love that the app helps me focus on my work while still being able to play background noise that isn’t too distracting! I would love it if for the trees you planted you could put multiple tags on it (for example I separate my tags based on the school subject I’m doing rather than the activity) because sometimes when I’m done with an assignment I’ll do something else for a different subject, but I can’t mark that down on the tags section. It’s not a deal breaker, but I would love if that would be implemented into the app.",I absolutely love that the app helps me focus on my work while still being able to play background noise that isn’t too distracting!,5,TRUE,effectiveness,background,89,99,positive
productivity,things-3,4c10c2dd-037c-413d-a10c-67c9ae17c052,6fb9cac9-f6d0-469b-9161-bcb0cf09c1e6,Terrible App!,"I paid for this app. The app doesn’t save the dates I put in. It keeps turning all the dates back to November 3rd. So I tried to change the dates to the correct ones again and I come back to the app, the birthdays aren’t on repeat anymore and everything is set to happen on November 3rd even though I set everything to happen on specific dates. I’ve spent hours trying to fix the dates. When I come back to the app it removes everything I’ve done!!! I want my money back!!",I want my money back!,1,TRUE,cost,money,11,16,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a52c058b-6a80-4eba-bf05-502ea57d9f06,6fe705f8-0378-47ca-a108-120d437e6e06,"Great program, hate new app update","I never write reviews, but after having the new Evernote app crash on me multiple times in one afternoon, I am here. I love Evernote and use the app frequently to pull up recipes and scan household documents. I HATE the new version. It is slow, resets constantly and keeps crashing for no reason. It is becoming incredibly tedious to use. I want the old version back, which was AWESOME on my iPhone. PLEASE FIX!!!!!!","I want the old version back, which was AWESOME on my iPhone.",4,TRUE,reliability,old version,12,23,negative
productivity,things-3,8c23ecc5-9813-44c0-8dc6-b9eb6b134b3c,701510af-cb5d-4516-a239-00893e93f6c7,Feels like pure perfection,"I rarely leave App Store reviews, but I have to for Things. I’ve tried almost every single productivity tool, task manager, etc. Have read books like “Getting Things Done” and “The Checklist Manifesto.” And it wasn’t until I discovered Things last week that I felt like finally, FINALLY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, something that “just works.” I don’t know how to explain it, but it feels like they’ve thought through every single little use-case. My tasks conform to what I need, whereas other apps I feel I have to conform to their rules/ environment. It’s the first task manager to feel like “My to-dos” rather than “the todos I keep in software XYZ”",It’s the first task manager to feel like “My to-dos” rather than “the todos I keep in software XYZ”,5,TRUE,general,task manager,16,28,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,de4d945f-01c1-454e-a129-877e0d2d0c8d,705bed73-0710-4d13-b818-9885b1f05d6b,New interface is great but it’s slow and glitchy,"As a long term Evernote user this major overhaul is a welcome improvement. I suppose it is to be expected because of the way the world of software works; this latest version of Evernote is not quite stable and it’s also too slow for my taste. I often open it to take a photo of a document and that is as likely to hang as not. Also, I am always sending items to Evernote from other applications, so when I open it, it’s in the process of importing those notes, and that means I need to wait for that to complete before I can effectively use it. As they smooth out those rough edges (I hope soon) I will be very happy to change my review back to 5 stars. Lastly, I miss the long-press menu where I could choose to create a new note, search, or scan a document before I even opened the app. I hope they are planning on bringing that back. Keep up the good work team Evernote. I am sure it took a herculean effort to bring out this major update to your app. After a few years of slow improvements and uncertainty, it looks like you are back on track.   I hope you continue putting significant effort into the app so that I can continue to use it for many more years",I often open it to take a photo of a document and that is as likely to hang as not.,4,TRUE,reliability,document,38,46,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,4f1f12a2-74c9-41ed-af21-b484dbea4c75,7067a782-825d-4966-bbef-58c8ed9e7eb4,No technical support,"I've used Evernote for years. Unfortunately, they have restricted their website so that it is basically impossible to get technical support unless you are a premium member. I left my membership lapse for a few months while I knew I wouldn't use it. Unfortunately, when I went into my account shortly before I planned to reinstate it, I noticed a glitch with templates. This would not be a huge deal, but I am extremely frustrated by the shoddy setup of evernotes support.There are two options for support. The first is to go to ""support"" on the Evernote website and then select your problem. There was nothing about my problem there.The second option is to select ""contact us"" on the app or website, and then choose between email or phone. This is 2019, so I went with the non-phone option. This then takes you through a series of drop down menus to select the subject of your email. I did this, and was repeatedly given a message to file a report about my issue. There was no link, note was there an obviou way to do this in the note or on the templates page.After devoting a couple of hours to the sisyphean task, I gave up. I'm hesitant to reinstate my premium account, as well. I don't really want to pay $60 for additional services to a company that doesn't even stand behind their self-proclaimed basic ones.","There was no link, note was there an obviou way to do this in the note or on the templates page.",1,TRUE,security,page,92,96,positive
productivity,notability,a5fd3b73-0326-4f32-a348-e9ea2f5585b9,70cf0d97-2864-45a9-a85a-62c58a79cc81,Best notes app,"I’ve spent a lot of time trying different note taking apps on the iPad: Notes, Paper, Evernote and Notability, among others. Notability is my favorite, by far. Most of the time, I use Notability for taking technical notes, either following research papers, books, or my own narrative. Paper make it easy to make things pretty, but using it for technical notes has drawbacks: difficult to organize large numbers of notebooks, no scrolling - need to add/navigate pages, limited support for drawing shapes - snap to straight line and circle, but no resize, no curves, etc, no concept of layer beyond instrument. Notes is quite nice, and most portable, but lacking a first class object model and a clunky interface for drawing shapes. Evernote offers nothing beyond Notes, and the app can be slow and non-ergonomic in several ways. Notability is a pleasure to use: great notebook manager/explorer, powerful drawing tools, snap to lines, circles, curves, powerful object model allowing resize, moving, deleting.","Most of the time, I use Notability for taking technical notes, either following research papers, books, or my own narrative.",5,TRUE,efficiency,paper,90,95,positive
productivity,things-3,e8f10b54-a1bd-43a2-a59b-b218b3bf0bab,7146cd90-b506-4940-95fb-2bd7613a8103,Best Productivity App I’ve Tried,"This app is well designed and easily worth the price. It’s saved me lots of energy and effort trying to keep things for home, work, and our teens squared away. The user experience and shortcuts are outstanding - it’s like they thought about all the scenarios a user might have and designed for those. ⭐️I’ve tried several productivity apps and always wind up back with post it’s everywhere. This app has outlasted any others I’ve tried. I have work projects and home projects and things quickly organized for each. Better yet, the integrated calendar and to do view helps me see what’s coming up. No more calendar entries in my calendar app for random tasks!There’s even a logbook that lets me see what I’ve checked off!When you download this, be sure to walk thru the “Meet Things” project you’ll see. I almost didn’t and discovered all sorts of advanced features and drag and drop shortcuts I might have missed otherwise. Enjoy!",No more calendar entries in my calendar app for random tasks!,5,TRUE,general,calendar,9,17,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,025ab259-3109-4142-a042-8a509588edf7,716c9b5b-2cb4-4a68-a255-187eb68df871,Major issue & no way to get Google’s attention,"There is a major problem with the new desktop version of Gmail. Unfortunately with the new configurations of google platforms, there is no way to contact Google by direct email with problems/questions — only help is through “help topics.” When emailing a group of contacts I’ve created (a mailing list), if I have multiple email addresses for any given contact ONLY ONE of those email addresses receives my email. What’s more, which email gmail decides to send to seems totally random. In my case, sending out a mailing to parents for a sports booster club — I have a contact card for each player; that contact card has both parents’ individual email addresses on it — only one of those parents receives the email. This has caused some problems with our communication regarding practices and fundraisers. It is so unlike google to have such a big issue and no customer service to back it up. What’s going on???!!PLEASE FIX THIS GOOGLE!!!!",It is so unlike google to have such a big issue and no customer service to back it up.,1,TRUE,reliability,customer service,56,72,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,07eed6f7-886e-4933-ab32-4ab10ad71275,718710f4-c60b-435e-a296-a108a0e144a0,Annoying bug,"This is a great app - but there is one annoying bug I've noticed since the last update. Occasionally, notes would be duplicated after editing them without any input from me. I can remove the duplicate by closing the app in the app switcher, but the previous version of Evernote didn't have this problem. Please fix it, otherwise it's an excellent app! I'm on an iPhone X running iOS 11.2.5 .",This is a great app - but there is one annoying bug I've noticed since the last update.,5,TRUE,general,last update,76,87,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3d1b94ca-dde1-4a10-8584-dbf0ea447fcf,71951533-4a43-4332-bb8f-66b361b5eb88,Every update / redesign makes things worse,"I have been a paying subscriber for more than 10 years. Every couple of years, they completely re-design the app, and keep adding useless features. E.g. reminders - who needs that in a note taking app ?Latest redesign is bug riddled and crashes constantly. App start takes much longer than it used to. I’m close to giving up on Evernote.——————Downgraded my review to 1 StarApp is so buggy on my iPhone, it’s basically useless. It crashes constantly, and repeatedly. One of the main reasons I got a paid account was to use offline notebooks. Well, that functionality is mostly broken. Downloads are so slow, and only take place while the app is open. Since I had to delete my app and re-install, all my notebooks have to download again. It syncs at a speed of maybe 5-10 notes per minute. But as soon as your device shuts the screen off, it stops syncing. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND SYNC. So you need to keep you device unlocked for hours to sync everything, if it doesn’t crash. It’s so crappy and ridiculous.——————Latest update still doesn’t fix iOS issues. App still crashes constantly, notes don’t pull up. It’s been completely useless for many weeks now.",It syncs at a speed of maybe 5-10 notes per minute.,1,TRUE,efficiency,sync,4,8,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2b08a514-a67c-478e-bfdd-0f64f4cf69ff,71e35d1f-95e5-46d0-a415-12d9b6ff7bef,Features wanted,I use my main Gmail account via the iPhone’s mail app instead of Google’s app because of missing conveniences. I would like to be able to mark an email as “unread” after opening. This highlights it in the list. The most important feature I want is to “unthread” and separate emails (into single emails) that are part of a chain of replies. This is very important if you are selling things on Craigslist or eBay. I know it’s possible to do this on a computer w/ Gmail but not via the Google app for phone. I would also like to edit the subject line of an email sent to me to make it easier to find in the future (most people write crappy subject lines).,This highlights it in the list.,3,TRUE,general,list,27,31,negative
productivity,notability,c512a434-21cb-4a39-8400-12c719eb7408,7271273f-c1be-463f-923c-c4d00589bc55,WHAT?,"I haven’t been paying much attention to update when suddenly I realize that my Notability App is awesomely different.  I have been a long time user of this app and have loved it since day one.  I have experimented with other note taking apps but very quickly return to this workhorse of an app.  Now with the latest update I am blown away!  I love to write with my apple pen and being able to convert to text is extremely useful.  So far it has been flawless in conversion; however I am old school in my penmanship so that my work in my favor.  Being able to put notes side by side?  Since I convert all documents into files in Notability for meetings, to be able to pull up other documents alongside of the notes I am taking is absolutely amazing.  One thing that I am watching and am unsure of yet is that in watching battery consumption Notability seems to have suddenly become my primary drain, outstripping my FaceBook app.  So this is something that I will be watching since I tend to leave Notability running in the background.But overall I want to give a big shout of thanks to the developers for making a great app even better.",I haven’t been paying much attention to update when suddenly I realize that my Notability App is awesomely different.,5,TRUE,general,update,41,47,positive
productivity,things-3,60fc7bbc-bc96-4aa6-9a39-565850ad2ddd,72c049ba-c89c-4ac4-a5e2-15eb26e86d82,Pretty Good,Update: love that the notifications don’t disappear even when phone turns off. Thumbs up for that. Because if I miss notification or something happens. It stays until I proceed do some sort of action. Even if I open app notifications don’t disappear like other apps. Very happy just wish scheduling a reminder was a bit easier. Great App. Think it’s a bit confusing on how to make reminders especially when doing it for a year from now. But it seems reliable only wish it wud have an option for those that would like a nag reminder bcuz we all can not here the reminders go off f we are busy. Would like to see the option to change reminder alert & snooze options like Sorted 3. I do think it should have a better pop calendar view for easier choosing but I recommend the app highly,I do think it should have a better pop calendar view for easier choosing but I recommend the app highly,4,TRUE,efficiency,calendar view,40,53,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,157b6b7e-adb0-4494-90e3-6de4f15e2dbe,72d2acd7-3874-4a9d-908c-3b26ff3d990e,Immediate Red Flag,"Downloaded this because 4 out of my 5 email accounts are gmail, but then I took a closer look. According to the developers, the last three updates were for the exact same thing. No bug squashing mentioned. No user-notified issues. No additional bells or whistles. Just the same exact reason for all three updates. So, I'm curious: are there different reasons for each update, and you guys are too lazy to specify them for us? Or are the people who are responsible for uploading the updates to the App Store trying to perfect their Keystone Cops impression? Or are all of these updates merely to collect the personal information you wish to sell to your ""partners""? I'll wait a few days to see if I get any kind of response before I delete the app, as a Google email agent should eventually be excellent.","So, I'm curious: are there different reasons for each update, and you guys are too lazy to specify them for us?",2,TRUE,general,update,55,61,negative
productivity,notability,5565d178-f21f-4062-bce7-a11c8339235b,72e70524-b162-4ca8-9f24-5daa6bb8a191,"I LOVE this app, but...","I’ve been taking notes on my iPad through notability for about a little over a year now. It’s definitely come in handy during high school. I’m a college freshman now, and with hybrid/online classes at my university I’ve definitely been relying more on this app. Especially for my psychology class.Recently I've been having issues with Notability. I’ll open that app, it seems to work fine. I’ll press the “new motel option, and it seems to work fine. Then when I go to change the paper formatting, the app freezes, closes, and shuts down my entire iPad. This has been happening for a little over a week. Some days it works, but it crashes the majority of the time :(It’s really frustrating because I NEED to take notes for my psych class, especially with an upcoming exam. I’ve done everything I could think of to prevent this problem (restarted iPad, backed up notes, deleted notability, redownload and restore notes, given it time to work on its own, etc.). It’s just upsetting, especially since 1) this app is about $8 and 2) the last update was suppose to fix this bug.","It’s just upsetting, especially since 1) this app is about $8 and 2) the last update was suppose to fix this bug.",2,TRUE,efficiency,last update,74,85,negative
productivity,notability,5565d178-f21f-4062-bce7-a11c8339235b,72e70524-b162-4ca8-9f24-5daa6bb8a191,"I LOVE this app, but...","I’ve been taking notes on my iPad through notability for about a little over a year now. It’s definitely come in handy during high school. I’m a college freshman now, and with hybrid/online classes at my university I’ve definitely been relying more on this app. Especially for my psychology class.Recently I've been having issues with Notability. I’ll open that app, it seems to work fine. I’ll press the “new motel option, and it seems to work fine. Then when I go to change the paper formatting, the app freezes, closes, and shuts down my entire iPad. This has been happening for a little over a week. Some days it works, but it crashes the majority of the time :(It’s really frustrating because I NEED to take notes for my psych class, especially with an upcoming exam. I’ve done everything I could think of to prevent this problem (restarted iPad, backed up notes, deleted notability, redownload and restore notes, given it time to work on its own, etc.). It’s just upsetting, especially since 1) this app is about $8 and 2) the last update was suppose to fix this bug.","It’s just upsetting, especially since 1) this app is about $8 and 2) the last update was suppose to fix this bug.",2,TRUE,cost,update,79,85,negative
productivity,notability,e9bb27f6-5437-4fee-8b92-5dc5cd58cd7c,72ee38d9-77c7-4641-a6ca-db5eab556c76,Missing some helpful features,"Hi Notability Team! This is definitely my preferred app for note-taking! I love the UI. Just a few suggestions - A) please allow for rotation of inserted imagesB) please allow to link related notes so that we can flip from one file to another with backing out and reopening. This would be especially helpful when notes are ordered chronologically by Last Edited Date, instead of Date Created. C) please allow for adjustment of page margins and increase white space between pages. When using the grid paper, it’s difficult to distinguish between the grid lines and the page break marker.D) Please add Stickies to the root menu, like up next to the pens, etc., or allow them to be multi-select. I have a project where I have to add a ton of Stickies, and having to go through several layers of Stickies and select one-by-one was painful. Also, I love the last size and shape of Sticky is maintained in the next selection, but could you do the same for color too. It was also painful to have to change 50 sticky note colors one-by-one.  (Color coded notecards for a memorization “game”) - works amazingly except for the time it took to create them!E) Allow for the cursor to be placed manually on the page. When selecting the text option, the cursor automatically appears on the left margin (in the margin actually), and without a keyboard to Tab over, it cannot be moved. Thank you!","Also, I love the last size and shape of Sticky is maintained in the next selection, but could you do the same for color too.",4,TRUE,general,color,115,120,positive
productivity,things-3,6694e538-8382-4908-970b-4260f3575db1,74e582e6-e841-4b90-b4f7-ca920bb79f33,One of the Best,Definitely one of the best “to do” apps. The iPad version is pricey but worthy of the price. ( The desktop version is priced higher than I think it should be). The use interface is nearly as perfect as you can get. The updates make it better and better.,The updates make it better and better.,5,TRUE,efficiency,update,5,11,positive
productivity,notability,3bad9027-6e20-478d-a554-216d09cf3c37,74f381c2-5c51-4c5f-b8e8-035bc92d0102,Am I doing something wrong?,"I have been using this app for many years on my iPad and iPhone with little to no problems.But for the past couple months whenever I open the app all of my subjects will say 0 notes, and there will be a subject titled “unfiled notes” with hundreds of notes in it - all waiting to be downloaded from the cloud.I then have to wait for a very long time for them all to download and re-organize themselves back to the correct subjects - however a lot of times I do not have access to WiFi so they wont download at all and the app is useless to me.I understand this is most likely an issue with iCloud sync which i use to access my notes on my iPhone when necessary. I tried turning off iCloud sync to see if that would fix it, but then most of my notes were just gone completely, upon turning it back on they appear to all be there, but still downloading and re-organizing.There should be an “offline access” option or, even better, a proper syncing plan (like being able to pick a time to synchronize such as overnight).Am I just doing something wrong?",I understand this is most likely an issue with iCloud sync which i use to access my notes on my iPhone when necessary.,3,TRUE,reliability,sync,55,59,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,98387ecb-015b-4d50-a654-77fa75461603,74f89672-5409-462a-bde3-8e2e22747323,Useful but Limited,"I’ve used Evernote for years now, and find it useful for a few reasons. I like grouping my notes into different notebooks, and I like the search function. There are a few limitations however. When your notes proliferate, as mine do, it can be hard to keep track of related content, even if they’re in the same notebook. I wish there was a way to hyperlink between different notes. Also, as a word processor, it doesn’t have the capacity to strike through text (even though it can underline, bold, and italicize). Most annoying, though, is the stubborn placement of the cursor at the BOTTOM of new notes, which means I’m always having to add extra lines and return to a previous point to write in the middle of the screen.","I like grouping my notes into different notebooks, and I like the search function.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,notebook,41,49,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,98387ecb-015b-4d50-a654-77fa75461603,74f89672-5409-462a-bde3-8e2e22747323,Useful but Limited,"I’ve used Evernote for years now, and find it useful for a few reasons. I like grouping my notes into different notebooks, and I like the search function. There are a few limitations however. When your notes proliferate, as mine do, it can be hard to keep track of related content, even if they’re in the same notebook. I wish there was a way to hyperlink between different notes. Also, as a word processor, it doesn’t have the capacity to strike through text (even though it can underline, bold, and italicize). Most annoying, though, is the stubborn placement of the cursor at the BOTTOM of new notes, which means I’m always having to add extra lines and return to a previous point to write in the middle of the screen.","I like grouping my notes into different notebooks, and I like the search function.",3,TRUE,usability,search function,67,82,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5e824ca0-5fad-4613-b9f9-fa717f87eb09,753b2327-08c4-485c-ad00-352db62f9cb5,Now my Gmail app also crashes on launch,"Every single time. Just like google photos. These used to be my favorite apps. Now they just crash. No update available for either, nor had I recently updated. They just stopped working. :-(",Just like google photos.,5,TRUE,general,photo,18,23,negative
productivity,notability,b0e9cff5-63d3-4d9b-8882-271b906164cd,755160c9-3572-44bb-8b18-388aa871236a,Unreliable!!,"I can’t tell you how many times I’ve needed to whip out my iPad quickly to access a note or file. Even sometimes in front of other people. And this unreliable app won’t work! First off, I was finally inspired to write a review because it deleted all my dividers (again!) but this time it won’t restore them. When you go to the website it acknowledges this is a problem and just says “we are working on it” but they are lost. Lost. All the time I took organizing my hundreds of notes into dividers and one update wipes it all away??? Please avoid this app if you plan to use it for long term storage of notes and as a daily note taking app.Another issue is the syncing, which is clearly related, but has many other problems. The syncing is so clunky and when it’s updating you can’t access the files. So let’s say I’m in an important meeting, I’m speaking to a room of people and quickly need to check a note... ah WiFi is off so I flick it on quickly because I also need internet, then I pop open notability and I CANT DO ANYTHING. I’m sick of it. Leaving this app. What a waste of money.",The syncing is so clunky and when it’s updating you can’t access the files.,1,TRUE,usability,sync,5,9,negative
productivity,notability,bad31c5f-ca9d-45de-ae7b-f8e3852b4647,7572383f-90b9-4a93-8b1f-f6addd872f7f,Perfect For Students,"This app is my go to app for anything I do in school. It has made taking notes fun and easy. And now after using this app for a little over a year and a half, I can absolutely say that this is my favorite note taking app. Practically everything that I do for school is on this app, which when paired to my phone makes it a breeze to quickly scroll through my notes at any time. The writing feels fluid with great options for size and colors. Importing files and documents is extremely easy and fast. On tops of this, the line straitening and shape recognition is amazingly useful and easy, without being intrusive or correcting things that were not meant to be corrected. My one issue I have is with organization. Especially towards the end of the year when I have hundreds of notes and files, they can often be lost in the clutter. I have found ways around this by specifically labeling my files so all of my notes, quizzes, tests, and handouts are all sorted by category alphabetically, but I wish there was a way to put folders inside of subjects. This app is my favorite, but to make it the best it really needs a better way to organize files inside of subjects. Again, I cant imagine creating folders inside of subjects would be hard do and I really hope they include this soon in an update.","Again, I cant imagine creating folders inside of subjects would be hard do and I really hope they include this soon in an update.",4,TRUE,reliability,update,123,129,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5f76eacb-e479-4007-b94e-1139d36a740b,758ac189-294c-46f1-901f-f7a4abfd396e,No dark mode available for iPhone XS below only iPhone 12,My wife has the iPhone 11 and her gmail has the dark mode.  We taught it must be something on google servers that does it by user but we checked her iPad and the dark mode option is not there.  Both devices running the latest iOS.  In my iPhone running the same app version and iOS version; i do not have the dark mode option.  Reinstalled the app reset it yet still the option is not there.  Looked at a friend who is using an iPhoneX and also running the same version of app and iOS and it too does not have the dark mode option.  Seems dark mode is only available for users that have an iPhone 11. Not sure why this is the case.,We taught it must be something on google servers that does it by user but we checked her iPad and the dark mode option is not there.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,dark mode,103,112,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,48f11024-67c6-43a4-a0f4-37e9982bf209,75d9d9a6-8f9e-4f45-9dd6-69fbaec75090,Good,"Good app. There is one problem for me with the app.. You can only encrypt and edit encrypted text on computer. There is no option to do this on mobile. You can view items encrypted on computer, but cannot make changes or create new encrypted data. But other than that, a great note taking app!",There is one problem for me with the app.. You can only encrypt and edit encrypted text on computer.,4,TRUE,efficiency,text,84,88,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9b8ef50f-bf0b-436e-b774-7d267af6b47a,7603ece1-0f23-4d62-a213-f7eeebf24649,Powerful (minus) slow = unstoppable,"I cannot say enough great things about Evernote. It gives you everything you need from a notebook and spreadsheet. And I if you're still a pen and paper addict, don't worry, it collects that too. My clients don't want to see anything digital on the table when we meet. Instead I take notes by hand. However, to give those hand written notes, the advantages of digital, Lam I do is take a photo with Evernote. From there, even with my handwriting, everything has been searchable. Evernote gives the analog world the advantages of digital. The ONLY thing I can ask for is a faster loading page when I click on the app button. But let's be realistic, with all this power, there is bound to be some lag. Just wait for technology to catch up.Thanks EN team!","But let's be realistic, with all this power, there is bound to be some lag.",4,TRUE,general,list,17,21,negative
productivity,notability,a5c4da9e-0686-481a-a602-0250cd8b5b33,760f0164-0516-48fe-ad72-4e450ddb709c,Best app for professional students,"I have used notability since I entered medical school and I think it is amazing for note taking and recording lectures from professors. All of the features are amazing and the latest update that added the choice of 1.25 speed during recording replay is amazing. My one problem with notability is that while there is a “go back 10 seconds” option while playing back recordings, there is not a “go forward 10 seconds” options. This makes it difficult to skip ahead since you are left to use the scrubber and that can get messy and cause you to miss things. I hope they see this feedback and make an already amazing app even better.4/12 Revised —- giving this app 2 stars now because they sent out an update that absolutely obliterated the app and SEVERAL times I have spent hours taking notes only for them to be erased. The text boxes are finicky as hell now and I am unable to click on a text box to adjust typing after I have started typing on it. Many times I am unable to even start a text box because it won’t realize I am trying to type. PLEASE FIX THIS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD I AM ALREADY TRYING TO DO PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL FROM MY QUARANTINE AND THIS IS MAKING IT INFINITELY WORSE.",Many times I am unable to even start a text box because it won’t realize I am trying to type.,2,TRUE,efficiency,text box,40,48,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,d8a07eed-c985-4355-9c8d-e72f8ec1aa0b,764357de-5771-43e0-a0dc-58f43e44b1b4,Problem after update,"Update: It has been fixed....I can only scroll down to about the 20th email. The app won’t let me see older emails unless I use the search function to find them. This only happens on my primary tab, the promotions tab works fine.",The app won’t let me see older emails unless I use the search function to find them.,5,TRUE,usability,search function,56,71,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,52228f58-a6fd-4d38-9351-980c312583e9,76b027fd-24c1-4c17-8c58-58332e8530ac,Works fine but with an issue for large documents,"For a free app, it’s great. You can find most whatever you need for basic word processing. However, there is one problem. I am now working with a 900 page document. There is no quick way to get to a specific page or word in the document, and every time I open the app or work on a different document in-between, I have to restart the search from the beginning to get to where I left off. I have not found a search function specifically within the free Microsoft Word or any way to jump many pages ahead. I dread having to open on page 850. But for short documents it does the job easily and very well. I gave it five stars before I worked with a large document and discovered this issue. I’m still glad to have it.",But for short documents it does the job easily and very well.,4,TRUE,efficiency,document,15,23,positive
productivity,notability,2be7e495-a454-4d7f-a4c5-e2897a4be0f0,76f4f245-147a-4aa5-995e-b0a7084d21f0,Review of Notability,"I have been using the product for more than a year and been very satisfied. I have recommended it to friends and colleagues. I use the handwriting tool almost exclusively for document entries, Note entries during meetings and conferences and rough drawing of diagrams.  There are a couple of additional options that would help me:1.  The ability to move and insert entries to keep similar entries together. Right now I can insert a new page but not insert large amount of information within a page.  2.  Some of my diagrams have long continuous lines.  Right now If I touch one dot on the line it removes the whole thing.  I would like to be able to refine the diagram without removing a whole section.  3. The volume of my saved documents has expanded and I would like to go more and more paperless. I think Notability would work for my goals. I am having difficulty searching for words above the Note level.  I would like an expansion and education on using Notability for a paperless system. Thank you for a good product.",The volume of my saved documents has expanded and I would like to go more and more paperless.,4,TRUE,usability,paper,84,89,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,adc5b473-b55d-4148-b13d-4ff0072be12d,7705d478-48ba-410a-a498-d9cc74070072,Sufficiently Meets it’s End,"This word app for the most part meets it’s end. I use it mostly for academic work writing papers, and all of my writing is done in either MLA or Chicago style. There are no issues when writing in MLA. However, when typing in Chicago, the page numbering gets a little funky. For whatever reason, you are unable to start the page numbering on the second page in the app. Thus, the title page ends up with a number, and the first page of the document ends up being page 2. I have been unable to resolve this issue on the app, so I have to send the document to a laptop/computer before submitting it. It is pretty inconvenient, but the app for the most part is great.","Thus, the title page ends up with a number, and the first page of the document ends up being page 2.",4,TRUE,general,title,11,16,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d58e5bbd-6461-4d0f-90ad-33105ce072a2,7727a312-e583-4fdd-9da5-a77e81172de1,Loses notes,"The point of a notes app is that it store notes and be able to find them again. The search is generally worthless, you have to use tags religiously because that’s the only way you can find anything. I’ve had a note of list items for 5+ years that I referred to. Now I can’t find it via Search. Text I know is in it shows zero results. Worse, I scrolled through thousands of notes and can’t find it. It’s gone forever. And I paid money for this?!?Saving web pages is lousy. It throws 3 photos in the list view that rarely have anything to do with the page or are just some design graphic from the site. And don’t even try to edit that note, it will destroy everything. Searching for any content on it is a waste of time. Surely there’s a better notes app than this aging poorly-maintained junk.",I’ve had a note of list items for 5+ years that I referred to.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,list,20,24,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,de4917d7-534f-43c8-85e5-e71f4284e00f,783c6655-7a31-48e1-b19e-dbdd2a421d54,The best ever!!!,"I think you guys are absolute geniuses or mind readers.  How else could you design an app that’s perfect in every way for everyone?  If I ever figure out how you motivate your staff and energize your workers, I’m gonna make sure everybody knows about it.  Why keep something this wonderful to yourselves?A well satisfied customer!!!",How else could you design an app that’s perfect in every way for everyone?,5,TRUE,general,design,20,26,positive
productivity,notability,fda7f865-c351-4c64-97b6-5c06be6f66ba,78566b0d-2e26-418c-8cc8-08d5adeae621,Possibly the greatest application for students,"Notability changed the game for me, I never even think about printing lecture slides and wasting paper. This is a must have for students, it allows you to essentially write on any pdf/ppt. You can even import images into your notes which makes it useful if I want to take a picture of something or even a screenshot of my textbook and import it. Also has tools for recording voice if you want to record a lecture and associate it with a particular note. Handy system for organizing and color coding topics/folders. Even syncs with most major cloud data services like google drive, Dropbox, etc. Tools to markup your notes are pretty intuitive and easy to use, has lots of useful tools to choose from. It’s very easy to study even if I don’t have my iPad since I can open this on my iPhone and everything syncs. Has a computer app too which costs more but it’s super easy to just airdrop notability notes to your laptop and open them there. I would highly recommend this if you intend to use your iPad for school.","Even syncs with most major cloud data services like google drive, Dropbox, etc.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,google drive,53,65,positive
productivity,notability,98423e5c-446f-43d5-befe-b5273f2d2eb9,7873c2b8-09be-4d41-acb9-4ddcc0c02c06,Great Note Taking.. sync issue dampens enthusiasm,"I love the App, does everything I want. Easy to export to other file type, drag and drop functionality , different font size etc . Love the app.Only complaint is cloud sync. Got to the point that every time I pulled my iPad out , I had ZERO FILES. They were all in the “unfiled notes section” and in the process of syncing. While in that process, you cannot even READ the note. If I happened to need my notes in a situation where I have no wi fi I would have been screwed. The times this happened was extremely inconvenient but took a few minutes to sync because I had access to wifi . After troubleshooting for a few days I gave up and completely disabled cloud sync.",Only complaint is cloud sync.,3,TRUE,compatibility,sync,25,29,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,cf96e9eb-0927-410b-82bd-1d4db45c9d6a,788ef664-20b5-4a71-ad3e-de56b128a2d5,Notifications aren’t working,Gmail notifications do not work I do not understand why you lied about sending notifications when you get mail. I  want a feature where you can change the color of your widget that you created in the last update.,I  want a feature where you can change the color of your widget that you created in the last update.,4,TRUE,usability,last update,89,100,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,df0aab8e-e197-4f8b-b179-f62b7fa973c9,78ab187a-34b1-46e1-8f0c-1a1d7c1df73c,Mostly happy,"For the most part, Word for iPad has been fantastic. Granted, it is not as robust as the desktop version, but one would expect that to be the case. I do have a problem. Normally when I start a document, it remains the open document whenever I return to program, my last document edited remains the opened document. At some point that changed. I have a document that is 2 months old now reopening, and it is causing me problems. Last night I took minutes for a meeting, only to have those lost. I cannot find them anywhere. They are not in my recent documents, not auto saved, just gone. A two hour meeting with copious notes now missing. I had planned to come back to finish my notes and did not save them. What a mistake. It is disappointing that the program changed, and I am now struggling to come up with a document that no longer exists!","I have a document that is 2 months old now reopening, and it is causing me problems.",4,TRUE,general,document,10,18,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,b40867b8-1f5b-411e-93fb-614929087602,78f608af-0dfe-472f-b986-c6244662f0a9,Lost photos I uploaded for recipes,"I used to love Evernote until today. I bragged to all of my friends how great Evernote.  I use it for many things including as a recipe storage.  I am using Evernote basic.  However, today the App lost 2 of my recipes.  I’m very frustrated. I had a special pasta recipe I was going to make with my son.  I saw the photo of the recipe on my phone and when I clicked on it and opened it up the photo disappeared. I can’t seem to get it back in any way. I think this is a terrible thing to have happened.  I tried to organize my recipes electronically and pitched the hard copies. Now I have lost that recipe and another. I clicked on another recipe from the app and that photo disappeared as I opened it. I think I took these photos in 2015.  The app worked fine for a recipe photo I took in 2017 this morning but it losing older photos.  This is unacceptable. I stopped opening recipe notes and went to the webpage on my Mac to open other recipes and the browser version worked fine with the other pasta recipes I added the same day. But now I have wasted an hour trying to no avail to restore the image.  Because I’m a basic user, I’m not even able to email customer support.  The app appears to be garbage right now if it loses photos while the web browser does not.  I’m so disappointed.",The app worked fine for a recipe photo I took in 2017 this morning but it losing older photos.,5,TRUE,usability,photo,34,39,positive
productivity,notability,f2c42778-dd0e-4daa-b0bb-1b71dff4448b,793cb35d-98ee-4e44-8a0e-9dd5f41713ed,Absolutely the best note taking app for iPad,"I’ve been using this app for 6 years, all throughout high school and into my sophomore year of college. It is honestly the best app I’ve ever used for notes. It’s so easy to convert notes to PDFs and import almost any type of file, even pictures! It’s also great for writing, and I love that they have a left handed mode for all of us lefties. It makes it so much easier to write. There are also different types of paper that you can use to personalize your notes! The latest update allows you to view 2 notes at the same time, and you can write on one while recording the other! Definitely the best feature for me! The only things I would want to change is to add more colors and themes. The selection is already great of both, but I am a little bored with having to use the same selection over and over. I also think an improvement would be to let people create folders within folders or subjects. This would help me further organize my notes. Honestly though, I love everything about this app!","The latest update allows you to view 2 notes at the same time, and you can write on one while recording the other!",5,TRUE,effectiveness,update,12,18,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4bc8fbaa-19d1-4ccc-ad94-b9c0845affd3,794684c7-5b32-414f-8d66-38b8010fdc43,Good for gmail on the go,"I love gmail in a laptop/desktop browser , and the mobile app captures most of the functionality I like from there. A few things get left out, like ability to create new labels, but all the advanced search and applying existing labels work. Smooth user experience.",Smooth user experience.,5,TRUE,general,user experience,8,23,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,72d38c87-ec73-41f0-8482-0711d4588979,797041c7-3c1a-46ac-ae80-b1c2f5752b81,Too much,"Honestly, the constant re-organization and added categories within Gmail have been irritating over these years, but the grain of rice is the new icon. I have a lot stored in Google so it’ll take some time, but I’ll be transitioning out of Gmail and into something simpler and more aesthetically appealing. I switched from Samsung to Apple years ago in favor of the cleaner and simpler design. These new icons have moved from their more minimal and organized-looking aesthetic to a loud maximalist aesthetic that is unappealing. I’ve removed the new Messenger from my homepages and will be doing the same with my gmail until I can permanently delete it.",I’ve removed the new Messenger from my homepages and will be doing the same with my gmail until I can permanently delete it.,2,TRUE,general,page,44,48,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3d1b94ca-dde1-4a10-8584-dbf0ea447fcf,7a01c5c5-3b9b-448e-8fa6-6fc2a2e34012,Every update / redesign makes things worse,"I have been a paying subscriber for more than 10 years. Every couple of years, they completely re-design the app, and keep adding useless features. E.g. reminders - who needs that in a note taking app ?Latest redesign is bug riddled and crashes constantly. App start takes much longer than it used to. I’m close to giving up on Evernote.——————Downgraded my review to 1 StarApp is so buggy on my iPhone, it’s basically useless. It crashes constantly, and repeatedly. One of the main reasons I got a paid account was to use offline notebooks. Well, that functionality is mostly broken. Downloads are so slow, and only take place while the app is open. Since I had to delete my app and re-install, all my notebooks have to download again. It syncs at a speed of maybe 5-10 notes per minute. But as soon as your device shuts the screen off, it stops syncing. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND SYNC. So you need to keep you device unlocked for hours to sync everything, if it doesn’t crash. It’s so crappy and ridiculous.——————Latest update still doesn’t fix iOS issues. App still crashes constantly, notes don’t pull up. It’s been completely useless for many weeks now.","Since I had to delete my app and re-install, all my notebooks have to download again.",1,TRUE,efficiency,notebook,53,61,negative
productivity,things-3,e7f92068-b3ed-4adc-88fc-fc0351ba1f44,7a209682-a4c4-46fb-8450-6318eac965f2,People need to learn how to review,"Why do people leave bad reviews for apps that never promised a feature? Review what is there, not what isn’t. If you were looking for collaboration you wasted money on Things because it’s not a feature. Stop screwing up the ratings because it doesn’t do something they never promised! It’s not fair to the developer to leave a 1-star review for a missing feature they never promised.",If you were looking for collaboration you wasted money on Things because it’s not a feature.,5,TRUE,cost,money,50,55,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,bc3b873c-12b7-4ee4-82bc-c1b229f9f83a,7acf7d0b-03f9-4d7c-8ea1-bff24246b64b,Terrible Update,"I’m a long-time Evernote user, and I use the app across multiple devices. I rely on it to organize notes and recipes, and also to track bookmarked articles that I want to reference later. The most recent iOS update has made the app completely unusable. Every action is painfully slow. It crashes often. And then when I finally get a note open (like a recipe, for example), if I switch between Evernote and another app, then Evernote completely restarts and I lose my place and have to search for the note again. This happens even if I switch apps for less then a minute. On top of that, I use Evernote primarily to bookmark webpages, not to clip them. When I open up a note, it’s unclear how to force the app to take me to the original webpage. Sometimes if I tap the note to edit it, Evernote launches its embedded browser (which is ridiculously slow). But other times when I tap the note, it goes into editing mode and there aren’t any options to navigate to the original webpage. I use Evernote to reference recipes several times a week, and I had to stop using my phone for that task. Instead, I search for the recipe using Google on my laptop because it’s faster. Obviously that totally defeats the purpose of having an app on my phone. I’ve never written an App Store review before, but I’m so disappointed in this update that I felt compelled to post something. Evernote is a great product, but this is a terrible app.",The most recent iOS update has made the app completely unusable.,2,TRUE,usability,update,21,27,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,d8a07eed-c985-4355-9c8d-e72f8ec1aa0b,7ade8bf7-6f37-49b0-8b4e-97e2a32fd1d0,Problem after update,"Update: It has been fixed....I can only scroll down to about the 20th email. The app won’t let me see older emails unless I use the search function to find them. This only happens on my primary tab, the promotions tab works fine.","This only happens on my primary tab, the promotions tab works fine.",5,TRUE,usability,motion,45,51,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,d8a7a8ce-4939-49f4-b2a7-2ea98b6bbae7,7af73822-f632-4625-a469-17538c6e2a42,Dynamic font resizing gone wrong!,"This is the only app that cannot adjust to font sizing set on the iPhone! I have set the size to 2 and it’s a terrible user experience. All other apps adapt beautifully and render them well on the UI. This has been the case for ages! Common google,  Fix this please!Otherwise, all Gmail features work seamlessly well.",This is the only app that cannot adjust to font sizing set on the iPhone!,4,TRUE,general,font,44,48,negative
productivity,notability,971c4076-0e4e-4b05-8ea0-33c0848ef854,7b0c038b-3653-49ab-854b-ab96387e7218,Editor response? Please,"This review/question was written on Jan 10th,2021Hi, I might not be 100% correct when I say this as I am still investigating my issue.  But, as of now I only have 1GB of data on my cellular plan.  I used it all in 3 days! Which is a bummer. I would always be able stretch my 1 GB for a month no problem. So my issue is that when I launch notability on my cell phone when I’m not on WiFi, I feel like it syncs all my notes, which is a lot.  Some notes contain pictures, audio recordings, and PDF’s that I markup. This is my question:  Does notability sync all of your notes when you launch the app? If so, this app is useless to me. The whole point of getting this app for me was to be able to access all of my files on my iPhone when I’m not at home on my Mac.  Or is there a setting where it can only sync recent notes.  Thanks","Some notes contain pictures, audio recordings, and PDF’s that I markup.",1,TRUE,general,picture,20,27,positive
productivity,notability,971c4076-0e4e-4b05-8ea0-33c0848ef854,7b0c038b-3653-49ab-854b-ab96387e7218,Editor response? Please,"This review/question was written on Jan 10th,2021Hi, I might not be 100% correct when I say this as I am still investigating my issue.  But, as of now I only have 1GB of data on my cellular plan.  I used it all in 3 days! Which is a bummer. I would always be able stretch my 1 GB for a month no problem. So my issue is that when I launch notability on my cell phone when I’m not on WiFi, I feel like it syncs all my notes, which is a lot.  Some notes contain pictures, audio recordings, and PDF’s that I markup. This is my question:  Does notability sync all of your notes when you launch the app? If so, this app is useless to me. The whole point of getting this app for me was to be able to access all of my files on my iPhone when I’m not at home on my Mac.  Or is there a setting where it can only sync recent notes.  Thanks","Some notes contain pictures, audio recordings, and PDF’s that I markup.",1,TRUE,efficiency,audio,30,35,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a8209c18-7c90-4382-aa92-465724ee7f8b,7bae7a15-33f6-4a92-8a00-b2b1f684d29a,App crashes when I change the tag.,"I have been using Forest since the beginning of the year and it’s very useful for me to stay focused while I’m studying and not use my phone while I’m sleeping. I use the tags feature a lot to track how I’m using my time. However, with today’s (11/4)  update, I can’t change the tags without the app crashing. Please look into this. Thank you","However, with today’s (11/4)  update, I can’t change the tags without the app crashing.",2,TRUE,compatibility,tag,58,61,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,0750e2a0-0a21-4914-a838-36523a8d5bcf,7c171480-9120-4afe-bbd0-214c9f66bb4b,Unreliable and glitchy,"If you are hoping for a seamless transition between desktop and iPad, your expectations are already too high. This requires a subscription to use it in its entirety, but this should not come to any surprise. The formatting options are definitely limited, in comparison to the full desktop version. There is also an unreliable auto save feature, as twice, I have typed multi-page documents, which did not save, even when I manually saved. Unfortunately, there is no way, to my knowledge, to recover my work. Most of the time, when it does not auto save, it will start running very slowly, so I manually save, then initiate IT 101 (close and restart), which usually resolves the problem. Most of the time, it will load the completed document, but the two times it did not, it was pretty frustrating. If it was not this unreliable and glitchy, I would rate it higher.","There is also an unreliable auto save feature, as twice, I have typed multi-page documents, which did not save, even when I manually saved.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,page,77,81,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4d7e5337-7eed-4c27-9adb-21e23f07fbe8,7cfb2430-32a2-4411-bfed-7c96fff2e82e,Preview suggestions,"No complaints, love the app, just a general question. For the previews all I want to know is could I just have the sender and subject for notifications? I really don’t want the content shown in my notifications when I turn the screen on to check something. It takes too much space on the screen. Thanks!",It takes too much space on the screen.,5,TRUE,usability,space,19,24,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a1b7ee0e-76a0-4856-bbd4-0ce00d0127a6,7d430f98-4e5c-4533-97af-93bf64807d94,Frustrated,"I’ve used gmail and it’s app for yrs. However with these resent new updates it’s been frustrating. For yrs I’ve always had it linked to my yahoo email and it was super convenient and easy for me to navigate through the different emails. But with this new update it’s like it’s syncing all of my email accounts together. So now my yahoo email is now synced with gmail, and my yahoo email is my priority account... I can’t tell my emails apart from one another because now it’s all under 1 email account which is the gmail account. There’s no option to separate the two (I’ve tried everything) I even deleted my yahoo account off gmail and placing it back on as a separate account and it still linked all the yahoo emails with my gmail account email. This is frustrating I can’t tell my emails apart because it’s like everything is under that one gmail account smh, it has to be another way..maybe something more simple an easy. Out of all the yrs I’ve had this app an linked emails this has NEVER happened before until now. This used to be my fav email app, there was never a problem in the past so why fix what wasn’t broken.","So now my yahoo email is now synced with gmail, and my yahoo email is my priority account...",2,TRUE,usability,sync,30,34,positive
productivity,things-3,7893ea5d-87f2-4f11-88c8-872626caaa41,7d9900ce-b48d-43da-99df-202958fb82dc,Worth the Money!,"I never write app reviews but this one is well worth the time. Easy to use. Easy to figure out. Not complicated like other productivity apps I have tried. Allows integration with iPhone calendar and widgets. I highly recommend it. It allows the user to keep it simple or go in-depth with check lists, tasks and/or projects. I like that you can personalize it to your own experience and your own needs. It’s not a one size fits all app that leaves you wanting more. I was leery of the price tag at first but for the cost of two Starbucks drinks I feel like my busy life is better managed. Thank you for making a great app.","It allows the user to keep it simple or go in-depth with check lists, tasks and/or projects.",5,TRUE,usability,list,64,68,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,7338d495-5b7f-4db0-8e16-b2a23693240e,7ddc092b-fe7a-4cc7-8def-9cae374b6b08,Best Productivity App Ever!,"I very rarely spend money on virtual things, but this app is definitely worth the $2. I have never been this productive in my life. The sheer quality of this app is amazing. Forest has a beautiful Graphical User Interface. I end up spending the most time on my phone using this app, if you don’t count Safari and Messages. Forest has a feature that displays a graph that implicates your productivity throughout the day. The feature that breaks down how much time you spend on individual activities is also quite useful and interesting. It’s genuinely a great app.My only complaint is that you cannot rearrange the order of your tags, or the order that they show up in the pie graph. Also the Time Line tab is a bit useless. Other then that, this app is perfect.","I very rarely spend money on virtual things, but this app is definitely worth the $2.",5,TRUE,cost,money,21,26,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4d91ec84-95e0-4bd9-80bb-29e839232bf7,7de1a1b6-e971-4073-8fe5-9d7a70b8f87c,Calendar Usage,"I know google has a calendar feature; however, I wish it was all inclusive like Outlook. It’s frustrating bringing up contacts and emails but have to do a separate browser for calendar.I do love that emails are divided up so I can look at my primary emails and updates and look at others later when I have more time.","I know google has a calendar feature; however, I wish it was all inclusive like Outlook.",4,TRUE,usability,calendar,21,29,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,c0f968e1-32ff-4a43-8d1e-dedf4d3a7238,7ded9a01-af60-4413-8db2-cc61a117fc1d,Just fix it.,"Ive never had an issue with Microsoft products in general - however, the mobile versions just need some more love and attention. Simple bugs like being unable to insert a page or section break is a make it or break it deal for me and many other college students. Although the app gives the option to add these page/section breaks, it simply does not execute the function when told. Ive only been using the app for about 30 minutes and this bug was very easy to find. This goes to show that there are likely many others buried somewhere in the program.","Although the app gives the option to add these page/section breaks, it simply does not execute the function when told.",3,TRUE,general,page,48,52,negative
productivity,notability,51ef9ff1-b627-4833-aaa6-d5247c637a21,7ee917b0-dcf1-4a2c-b575-c61db8cc3405,Best Notetaking App I found,"I’ve been using this app for years, and appreciate all the updates that have occurred since then. This app has sufficed all my note taking needs, in and out of the classroom. One feature I would like to see is the ability to rename recordings, and possibly to attach these recordings to individual pages. One thing I’ve tried doing this semester is have the recording function on while at a lecture, but having numerous recordings in a file that grows daily is difficult with the current set up. If you don’t remember the time stamp or recording number for a particular point, you have to guess and listen for a bit to see if it’s right. It’s either that, or guess based on the date the notes were recorded. If you could at least rename the audio files, the app would be more useful. It would also be nice if you could change the paper style of individual pages, as well as a feature that easily allows you to draw geometric shapes (adding a figure on top of a graph sticky or any other element get tricky when you click on the wrong one. Sometimes because of that, the graph background ends up on top, and the figure behind it, rendering it useless).There aren’t really any visible bugs with this version of the app, Would recommend for someone looking for a suitable note taking app, whether it’s handwritten or type. I think the addition of a few features would make it better.","One feature I would like to see is the ability to rename recordings, and possibly to attach these recordings to individual pages.",4,TRUE,security,recording,58,67,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0877dc72-b915-49ae-af9b-fd49de658f51,7f7f7b68-21ef-4ec0-8e3a-04ed33995357,Latest upgrade a total FAIL,"I want to change my rating from one star to Zero.I CANNOT STRESS STRONGLY ENOUGH HOW THE LATEST UPDATE OF EVERNOTE HAS COMPLETELY FOULED UP WHAT USED TO BE A FAVORITE APP.  DON’T YOU DEVELOPERS USE EVERNOTE?  (BTW I never use all caps, but this app now makes me want to scream, and feel free to substitue another word that begins with F for ‘fouled’ in my above statement.)I have been a premium Evernote user for several years.  I use it extensively, and have always found it easy to use.  However, the new version just updated to my iPad and I am so unhappy.  First of all, it is S-O-O-O S-L-O-W.  It takes forever to open the app, and once open, forever to open a Note.  I post a lot of articles from webpages or the Flipboard app, and in the previous version of Evernote, these appeared immediately to my list of notes.  I just sent a short article to Evernote from Flipboard that took 22 minutes to load.  Evernote just showed it in the Notes list with a spinning wheel of death.  Man, I hate it when software engineers turn something that worked well and that I enjoyed using into something that just aggravates and annoys me.  What a pity this has happened to Evernote.  Afternote:  in the tag list, the A-Z index has been removed, so to skip from Apple to Zebra tags requires scrolling through the entire tag list.  Why do you redesign features to make them less user optimized?  My former Evernote rating of 5 stars has been reduced to one.","However, the new version just updated to my iPad and I am so unhappy.",1,TRUE,compatibility,new version,14,25,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,47ddf28b-6f92-4215-87a1-72d58f87ac0f,7f93f366-ea66-45c7-b24f-9b1acce1f8b8,GIVE US DARK MODE ALREADY,"At this point, I’m convinced this is Google’s way of punishing iPhone users. They just want our corneas to burn every time we check our email.At first, it taunts you with a dark-background loading screen, giving you a false sense of hope for a fleeting moment of joy that MAYBE google has FINALLY given us Dark Mode support for Gmail. But then, as the loading screen disappears, the worst of your inner suspicions reveals itself to be true: your inbox, in SCORCHING BRIGHT WHITE.iOS 13 has been out since LAST SEPTEMBER.If Google can make CHROME support dark mode, there is NO REASON why our eyeballs should still be burned with this horrendous bright theme. This is your FLAGSHIP EMAIL APP, Google. I don’t want to see ONE MORE “update” that doesn’t include Dark Mode support. This has gone on long enough. GET IT TOGETHER or I’m deleting it from my phone to save my corneas from further destruction. Ridiculous.Update: Well folks, they released ANOTHER UPDATE WITHOUT DARK MODE today. So this is the last straw for me, I meant what I said. I’m deleting Gmail from my phone after using it for years because Google REFUSES to listen to what people actually want. I’m just gonna use the stock Apple Mail app because at least THEY support Dark Mode. BYE BYE GMAIL, GOOD RIDDANCE. MY EYEBALLS WILL FOREVER THANK ME 👋🏻👋🏻",I’m deleting Gmail from my phone after using it for years because Google REFUSES to listen to what people actually want.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,list,85,89,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,03dc37fb-5030-44be-ac5e-4a0b258f1f8a,80154579-781e-4cee-a5ef-202615a42ff6,Needs UI Enhancements,"For starters, please move the quick actions to the bottom of the screen. More and more of us are using iPhone Pro Max models and it makes reaching all the way up to the top of the screen to delete/mark as unread/ etc more more of a hassle to do compared to if the actions were near the bottom.Secondly, the “dark mode” seems to have an awkwardly subtle green/blue tint to it. It looks very uncomfortable and not true dark grey/grey. Thirdly, can the font color of the email lists be slightly whiter? It’s, again, awkward to have to really focus on text because the color different from the dark background to the slightly-less dark body text color isn’t contrasted enough. Lastly, please give us the option to choose the in-app browser OR forward us to safari directly. I understand the in-app browser is convenient but so is having those links open and stay in your tab history without having to take the extra step to “open in safari”Hope someone at Google reads this.","Thirdly, can the font color of the email lists be slightly whiter?",2,TRUE,general,list,42,46,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,d058ea0a-2948-490b-9a36-7c652a13b055,801accf3-08fc-4d94-91a4-9c0855e63838,Awesome,"This is an amazing app from many aspects. First of all, it really helps you stop procrastinating and get your work done. If you start growing a tree and then go back on your phone while it is in “tree mode”, you will have a dead tree in your forest, which is sad. If you try and go back on your phone, you will see the tree that you are growing and you automatically just turn off your phone to save the tree. Second, this is great because by growing trees and doing work, actual trees are planted, which helps keep our planet alive!!This app is 100% worth the money and your time. Don’t waste another second procrastinating, just get it and spread the word!",This app is 100% worth the money and your time.,5,TRUE,cost,money,28,33,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c401f784-eccb-4882-924f-b1cb2bd54f64,80db0681-c534-4146-bdc3-72ec4c529d94,Crucial to my lifestyle. One issue,"I love this app. The organization of notebooks is essential to my lifestyle. I use notebooks for school, work, and my writing hobby, as well as my songwriting. If evernote randomly vanished one day, I’d be in trouble. I absolutely love the app. I have it on my iPhone 6 and my Macbook. It works great on both, with one reoccurring bug. On the iPhone, the app crashes every time I lock my phone. Even if I lock it for 2 seconds just to test this theory, it will crash without fail. Fortunately, it ALWAYS saves the note before closing the app (props to you, devs). But because the app does use a hefty amount of battery while using it, I like to lock my phone between writing things down. But every time I do that, I have to launch the app again and load up the note. I’ve tried uninstalling and reinstalling, but to no avail. That’s my only complaint. I encourage everyone in my circle to use the app. I’ve never paid a cent to use it, and I’m nowhere near where I need to be to require premium. So I find it’s well worth the app space and little glitches.","I use notebooks for school, work, and my writing hobby, as well as my songwriting.",5,TRUE,general,notebook,7,15,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,07e1c71a-8c1c-4f4c-b737-793237417ee5,80f12286-56a0-4a29-a4de-3c4d601a1615,2 Stars for Okay,"I previously used Inbox for Gmail which was by far my favorite. Now that its been discontinued or no longer supported whatever I am forced to use this now. Don’t get me wrong I like the app’s interface and gestures also the predictive text thing it does too when typing out an email. Even the separate folders. The main reason for the 3 stars this app desperately needs a delete all function the selecting one email at a time to delete is time consuming and in my words just plain ridiculous. I don’t want to spend 15-30 minutes clearing out junk, spam, promotions or social. I am person that likes to keep my devices minimal. So until the delete all function is added I’ll keep this at 2 stars. Other than that no other problems.",Don’t get me wrong I like the app’s interface and gestures also the predictive text thing it does too when typing out an email.,2,TRUE,usability,interface,37,46,positive
productivity,notability,7c310f58-6b93-4e00-9ce9-a44caa5efd14,8101d253-2908-41d0-aef6-cfb8096222b5,Latest updates ruined Notability,"Dear app developers, please go back to the old versions of picture handling and drawing in order to make this app remotely useful again. The app was incredibly useful and pretty much perfect about 1 year ago.My main use of Notability is taking pictures of lecture slides and using the highlighter or pencil tool to annotate these pictures. After this latest update, every time I try to write over the picture with the highlighter or pencil tool using my finger, Notability thinks I’m trying to move the picture and moves the picture instead of registering my annotations. This essentially makes the app useless for my purposes.In addition, a new update intended to allow us to draw clean shapes is making my drawing process a nightmare. If I take my time drawing a complex shape, Notability will automatically turn whatever I am drawing into a perfect circle (infuriating). So my secondary use of the app—drawing—is also now no longer feasible on Notability.UPDATE: Thank you very much for your reply, I appreciate it! I upgraded my review to 4 stars. Your new update is much better. There is still some minor glitching going on where, when I hit the “undo” button, it scrolls me up to the top of my document. For example, I insert a picture, draw on the picture, and hit “undo” twice, and instead of deleting the picture, Notability scrolls me up to the top of the document.","In addition, a new update intended to allow us to draw clean shapes is making my drawing process a nightmare.",4,TRUE,usability,update,20,26,negative
productivity,notability,871fd83e-67bc-4aad-98c5-41ff45aa4d62,81230f08-de9c-4824-89d5-fe35f0963a48,Incredibly Versatile,"I have been using this app for about six months, primarily for school, and absolutely love it. The different paper options (lined, graphing) allow me to keep my notes legible, and the different pen colors are perfect for differentiating my notes from class notes. Additionally, the ability to create subjects for different classes or tasks provides much needed organization. The ability to import documents into specific notes and mark them up (notes, underlining, highlighting) is invaluable to me, and the “straight-line” feature keeps my documents from becoming chaotic. On top of this, the ability to search my handwritten notes is an absolute lifesaver when I am reading through multiple documents. I use the MacOS app as well, and it works seamlessly with this app. Because of its “simplicity,” I prefer to use use this app for all note taking—typed or handwritten. The “outlining” style (bullets or numbers) is superior to word processing software because the indentations are uniform and it is easy to color-code. Furthermore, the copy/paste feature in this app has never given me trouble, and I never have to worry about different fonts, sizes or hyperlinks. Aside from the iOS notes app, I have not tried any other note taking app. However, because I am so satisfied with this app I do not anticipate having to try any of them out.","Because of its “simplicity,” I prefer to use use this app for all note taking—typed or handwritten.",5,TRUE,usability,note taking,67,78,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0dbd3244-8286-4185-8727-2a9fb99f0840,81409f08-3be6-4253-9c8b-8d1da617cd71,Used to Praise this app,"This app has been a well loved staple, it’s been an easy to use and search place to create multiple lists. I’ve amassed an extensive restaurant guide for the greater Phoenix and Tucson areas. It’s my go to assist for passwords, copy and paste text for my work.  Suddenly, it logs me off. Every time I exit. Irritating, but not enough to change this well ingrained habit and love for the functionality of this app. It literally is a cornerstone of information I’ve stored for things I want to remember but don’t.  When I log in, I have an iPad and the iPhone 6s Plus. Haven’t upgraded or changed devices, yet now my phone is being recognized as a different device. Only one phone. Don’t want to unsync the iPad because it has a keyboard attached. So I’ve been unsyncing the same ONE iPhone and yet the next day it saw it as a different iPhone, after the app installed a thing where you cannot unsync more than two times was enforced. Couple months later, and I am LOCKED out. It won’t let me even sign in with the previously approved devices. So now, I’m not allowed to access my personal notes because you want a fee from me? Maybe I can log in on the iPad next month and transfer all of my notes to an app which won’t my data hostage for a few dollars. You’ve lost a loving user of over 6 years.","Irritating, but not enough to change this well ingrained habit and love for the functionality of this app.",1,TRUE,reliability,functionality,81,94,positive
productivity,things-3,a71878ec-ea09-4a43-a9bb-7cdc3d78e590,8143f3b6-cb60-4f4e-a258-71f6be670357,Good but missing few options,"*Update* I've downgraded the rating from a 4 to a 2 because after using it for sometime, I find that there's no single view that shows all the tasks making it easy to miss tomorrow morning's task if you're looking at the Today folder. And the Upcoming view does not show Todays tasks. Switching views every day to see what's in Today's list and Upcoming is cumbersome and gets in the way of productivity. Until those is addressed I have stopped using Things and trying other alternatives.1. I really miss the option to have a sound / chime when a task is marked completed like Wunderlist 2. Miss the smart text input that understands words like tomorrow or next Thursday. Todoist and Remember The Milk do this well 3. Ability to have a shared project for collaboration. Wunderlist does this well4. Ability to add attachments 5. Location based notifications",Miss the smart text input that understands words like tomorrow or next Thursday.,2,TRUE,usability,text,16,20,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,c389e20f-75c4-4309-a13d-6d8693edc80c,81683fc6-eaf4-4fbb-a232-7b9bb10e3bb0,Evernote is my most important productivity tool,"I really don’t know how anybody gets by without an electronic notebook that can be accessed from multiple devices like Evernote. With the free text search, and smart use of tags, I can instantly pull up information when and where I need it. I use the paid version so I can access my data on multiple devices and offline. Totally worth it!",I really don’t know how anybody gets by without an electronic notebook that can be accessed from multiple devices like Evernote.,4,TRUE,compatibility,notebook,63,71,positive
productivity,things-3,bf1c93c7-973a-4349-94bb-c76d07e3f023,81c7e713-5938-487e-85f5-f4e0aeceae24,"By far the best tasks/reminders app, but...","I feel really guilty giving this app only 2 stars, to be honest. Things 3 is clean, fast, easy to use, efficient, and quite frankly makes more sense to me than any other reminders app. The widgets are better than Apple Reminders widgets, too!However... my iPhone is not my only device, and this app is NOT worth the $80(!) it costs to get it on all my devices. $50 for the Mac app, $20 for iPad, AND $10 for the iOS/watchOS version? It feels absolutely ridiculous and greedy, considering it’s the SAME APP just blown up for different form factors. If you have an Apple Silicon Mac you’re better off just running the iPhone version of the app on your Mac.Until this is resolved, I just can’t bring myself to switch wholly from Apple Reminders to Things 3, no matter how much better the interface is - I need the ability to have everything sync across all my devices. I’m just absolutely not going to spend $80 to get that functionality.","Things 3 is clean, fast, easy to use, efficient, and quite frankly makes more sense to me than any other reminders app.",2,TRUE,usability,reminder,106,114,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d8a21a02-f3fd-49a5-9132-cc55121393f4,82a3cb85-1cce-4b62-9213-28385cdc3b9b,Inside text tags,"I believe evernote is one of the best way to organise ideas and collect thoughts. there is something that will add a value to your application . I suggest to give ability to create tags inside the textnote , which helps a lot in preparing sessions and write books. thanks for your continues  improvement .","I suggest to give ability to create tags inside the textnote , which helps a lot in preparing sessions and write books.",4,TRUE,usability,text,53,57,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,ea037e14-7d1f-45a6-a9b1-e0af66f5a72d,83803f87-7491-43b9-b955-4fa7e16199fd,A “former” long-time user of Evernote,"I’ve used Evernote for many, many years and am a premium subscriber. I have over 1000 notes of all kinds in over a dozen notebooks. The app used to work flawlessly with great search function and seamless sync between devices. With the most recent update, it has become a pain to use, especially when I think about the monthly subscription that I send to them. The primary issue is with my desktop version running Windows 10. Newly created notes disappear and many times I’m unable to create a note at all requiring me to log out and log back in to create a new note. Horribly damaged functionality with the most recent update. I’ll give it a few more months to see if they can fix these issues. If not, I’ll be cancelling my subscription and looking for a new note keeping app. So sad and disappointed...",The app used to work flawlessly with great search function and seamless sync between devices.,1,TRUE,compatibility,search function,44,59,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,60c854f6-ee1f-4bba-a792-8cd8965e04d5,83e97885-e2a6-4d1f-9b45-e3c9f9e1a3f9,Great for business!,"This free version of Microsoft Word is simple to use and has tons of unique features, such as the pen and highlighter tools!Overall a great app, and I would recommend it to anybody.*oh god I sound like I’m in an advertisement video*But, seriously. It’s a cool app.","This free version of Microsoft Word is simple to use and has tons of unique features, such as the pen and highlighter tools!",5,TRUE,reliability,free version,6,18,positive
productivity,things-3,9b62af9a-17e3-4ce9-aaea-f534913a6bcf,84415e83-1870-463d-a23a-e0a5ff1a80dd,Soooo much better than the reminders app,"They didn’t even ask me for a review, I felt compelled because it’s just a great app. This app makes organizing literally any personal project, ongoing or one-time, very easy. It’s simple yet customizable if/when/where I need. I have one “project” as a shopping list and one as a to-do list. Every time I think “wouldn’t it be great if this app did X”, X is always there and easy to do. Like the ability to repeat tasks on a custom interval, specifying whether that interval is regularly repeating or measured from the time of last completion. The latter is the default, which is usually good if you don’t care... but if you do care, the option is there, and it’s easy to do. It’s just little stuff like that. Take it from a software developer, getting those little things right is not easy",I have one “project” as a shopping list and one as a to-do list.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,list,36,40,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,fc5d9089-03ec-4cd3-acdd-05f434812842,8442babf-129c-4acf-a504-4974370f83e4,Not so good on an iPad,"For me, MS Word on an iPad is borderline unusable for much more than reviewing and having my work read back to me. A greater intuitive interface for using some of the advanced features needs to be dev loved and d live red. There are just too many things I want to do and have no mouse to do them. Make it easier, PLEASE!I love MS Word and have been using it since the 80's. The audio read back feature is the best addition since ... not sure, it's that valuable. For a writer, and Word has ALWAYS been focused on writers, e.g. built-in gutter management, that audio replay feature is an important credible tool for improving quality and productivity. O hear my writing read out loud and be able to focus on the document and not dang. It makes my day. Just stumbled upon it a week or so ago. Wish I'd known about it sooner!","The audio read back feature is the best addition since ... not sure, it's that valuable.",2,TRUE,usability,audio,5,10,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,38ae4e06-1836-436e-9edd-f256f8b38513,84932212-8d24-48b9-9bb8-570abafa1a8c,I LOVE EVERNOTE! Great for college courses.,Very easy to use and convenient. I tried OneNote first because it’s free but I hated it. I would rather pay for Evernote than use OneNote. It’s very well designed and user friendly. It runs very smoothly and well worth the monthly subscription.,It’s very well designed and user friendly.,5,TRUE,usability,design,16,22,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,7f618e07-825f-4d19-b8c0-acd68f6b9ec6,84dd9d3c-bef8-4752-a243-e6447f545c94,The Best Productivity App,"Forest is a rewarding productivity app, and if you use it enough, you can help the environment. You can use the “coins” it rewards you for planting virtual trees when you are being productive to actually plant trees in the world. There’s a lot of in app purchases as well but they are all for customization of the virtual trees you plant in the app, so it’s okay. If you want to become more productive and want to help the earth, I recommend this app first!",You can use the “coins” it rewards you for planting virtual trees when you are being productive to actually plant trees in the world.,5,TRUE,general,plant tree,109,119,positive
productivity,notability,71314594-3108-4fc2-82fd-69b9c686585a,850a4749-16bb-46b5-9bfd-b110e746f196,This would be a 5 star app if...,"I really like this app a lot. It’s easy to use, the functionality and responsiveness is great. The only problem I have with it is it’s file structure. Currently Notability has Dividers that hold Subjects, and Subjects that hold Notes (documents, PDFs, etc). Dividers and hold multiple Subjects, but that’s where it stops. Subjects need to be able to hold Subjects as well, so that (for example)one can have a category (Divider) such as “Quarterly Meetings” which contains monthly categories (Subjects), and within the monthly categories are sub categories (Subjects) for financial, projects, etc. The current organization is too flat. If you can fix this (and other apps have fixed it) this will be 5 stars.","Currently Notability has Dividers that hold Subjects, and Subjects that hold Notes (documents, PDFs, etc).",3,TRUE,usability,document,85,93,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,2725f800-ad76-4296-a636-48450dd4f399,852d4224-128f-49c6-b03d-5287e45d09dd,Doesn’t work anymore.,"This was one of my favorite apps, but it just doesn’t work anymore. I keep installing the latest updates hoping that the glitches will be fixed, but it seems to just be getting worse. Hopefully the developers will be able to sort it out.","I keep installing the latest updates hoping that the glitches will be fixed, but it seems to just be getting worse.",1,TRUE,usability,update,30,36,negative
productivity,notability,f094b39a-23bd-44bc-8af5-d7b798c080dd,8589d9a2-4d90-4c11-830c-7f37b4ab36d4,Classroom paradise plus perfect PDFs markup app,"This app is constantly evolving and today I can't imagine myself teaching in a classroom without it.  It is a true digital blackboard plus with the new presentation mode it became even better than ever with laser pointer including the ability to let the laser tail ghost on for a while longer, thumbs up really.  I just wish that the laser pointer could be make larger as an extra option to make it yet better.I was looking at other apps to save markup PDFs on smaller file sizes that the gigantic ones saved by iPad native app, then I discovered that Notability can easily do it with no subscriptions required. Just the perfect app to annotate PDFs, add Giff, images, voice redords, video links, web links and after all this save a small PDF read only copy that can be easily shared by email.  Just great to make corrections on student's papers and share them back.Such an amazing app, thanks a lot and please keep the good work !",Just great to make corrections on student's papers and share them back.,5,TRUE,general,paper,45,50,positive
productivity,things-3,8aa401d9-ce61-4c71-b0dc-e304bb55e865,85b141fe-cded-4ee1-91f7-1e3e41523d21,Great Improvement,"I really like the look and feel of the app. Very intuitive and useful options.  But, But, But the lack of location based tasks is inconvenient adding another layer to a streamlined app.  To know I have a task because of a reminder does no good when you just past it’s location minutes or hours ago.  Having to have some tasks in 2Do / Reminders does not add to Thinks ease use.  Please add location services ASAP to complete this App.  Wouldn’t hurt to add a dark mode either.Update: dark mode so appreciated.  Pls let location based alerts come soon.",Wouldn’t hurt to add a dark mode either.,3,TRUE,general,dark mode,24,33,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,a53428ae-9c31-4e46-a5d1-c12785fc0f6c,85c10b9f-e68e-4ea2-b4de-4afe4c6aa3ba,The program,"I use this app on my iPad. My iPad is a 64 bit. I've been using Word to write part of the book that I composed and the only problem is that it's taking up a lot of space.  I've had to delete so many pictures in order to make up the gigabytes. That's my only complaint. I would also like to be able to use the text boxes the same way you can use them on the desktop version. Other than that, I like it",I've been using Word to write part of the book that I composed and the only problem is that it's taking up a lot of space.,5,TRUE,efficiency,space,117,122,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,3dca2209-0a3b-47c0-90f3-2d7c7fd110ea,862ecd6a-5fc3-4d84-9fa7-648575ae7d2e,📝Worth It🌱,"I had a hard time focusing on my work and I always got distracted by my phone. This app helped me stay away from my phone, study better, and even relax better. I listen to the sound effects it has to offer and it helps me focus on what I want to accomplish. I recommend it to those who need something to get them in the “zone.” Also, I think it’s nice how they want to give back to the Earth too.💚🌎💙",I listen to the sound effects it has to offer and it helps me focus on what I want to accomplish.,5,TRUE,usability,list,3,7,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,bbd42159-65ac-4dde-848a-38876ac34b5f,879312b3-e032-477c-afe5-9ea140e103c8,Almost perfect,"Evernote is definitely great, but given that tablets were supposed to replace notebooks, not laptops, when are you going to give me an option for writing with a stylus? Creatives are looking for organization too and I function better when I can use the page freely...",Creatives are looking for organization too and I function better when I can use the page freely...,4,TRUE,usability,page,85,89,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e4de7a5c-34e9-428a-a524-b56f52692d86,88657c03-e2e7-4b31-a2ca-f5f4f3f752bf,Sometimes doesn't save data,"I was loving this for a while, that is until it lost an entire day of data. I had to retype it all from scratch. Just use the pull down, switch files, then switch back, oops, your data wasn't saved. I see on the internet this is quite common. The fix from Apple? ""Try rebooting."" The fix from Microsoft? ""Use one drive to save."" Both companies should be ashamed. Your customers are losing data here! And the cost, OMG. All I wanted was one little feature in word that would allow me to track and review changes. Nope, gotta but the whole entire monthly subscription at a ridiculous cost.","Nope, gotta but the whole entire monthly subscription at a ridiculous cost.",1,TRUE,cost,subscription,42,54,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,7ad87e7e-bdb7-4097-9d72-369e169c7a18,890ba4e2-f9d1-4e9a-bcf8-d0e9e47a7851,"Solid Performer, but could be better","I am an apple user across all platforms.  I wish the ipad version was more full featured.  Update this and it would easily be 5 stars.  Bottom line...it simply works, but need more functionality just like the desktop/laptop versions.Thanks.","Bottom line...it simply works, but need more functionality just like the desktop/laptop versions.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,46,59,positive
productivity,things-3,bddac195-a74b-479e-b194-f2d92bb9a78e,8a538cfc-e7d1-410d-b996-d22abd77f02e,Spectacular,"Heard about Things a while back but never looked much into it. I finally jumped on the bandwagon after a particularly frustrating bout with the stock iOS Reminders app.There's no going back. I love the way you enter todos, the flexibility with adding checklists, the ability to set reminders or not. And the depth of integration with the stock Calendar app is perfect. It brings in just what I need to see, just where and when I need to see it. But the best feature is the simple user interface. The only time the app did something unexpected, I immediately understood why. It's never crashed on me once. I also bought the macOS counterpart and the two sync immediately and flawlessly via Things Cloud. To get the whole package isn't cheap, as many have pointed out, but I'm more than satisfied that it's worth what I paid.","I love the way you enter todos, the flexibility with adding checklists, the ability to set reminders or not.",5,TRUE,usability,reminder,92,100,positive
productivity,notability,beb3d484-b0db-436b-b1d1-95578b8fc090,8aa59832-c92d-4ed4-bb30-dface888ea3f,Needs better organization,"This app is very helpful, especially the feature to record lectures. I can stay on top of what my professor says easier, and use the Apple Pencil to highlight or emphasize certain points. There is a bit of a delay for the notes and the audio, so when I click on a note, I know to automatically hit the “rewind 10 seconds” button, but I just deal with it because it is so helpful regardless. However, while the recording ability is the star feature of this app, the other features need improvement.1. Since more classes are taking place online due to the pandemic, there should be an option to record lectures using the iPad’s internal microphone. Right now, I play the lectures on my phone and record audio with the iPad, since I do not have a better option.2. Second, and my biggest gripe with the app is ORGANIZATION. Although you can have subjects, and place notes in the subjects, I want the ability to make folders within the subjects. A lot of my subjects in school are so complex - with labs and assignments in addition to lecture notes and different subtopics, the ability to make folders within subjects is seriously ESSENTIAL. The most I can do is change the name at the beginning of the file to reflect what kind of material it is (ex: Lab 1, Assignemnt 2, etc.) but the ability to make folders really holds this app behind. I still use it for the recording feature, but the lack of organizational options available is really frustrating.","Right now, I play the lectures on my phone and record audio with the iPad, since I do not have a better option.",3,TRUE,usability,audio,55,60,positive
productivity,things-3,46b2536a-4075-4a1e-ac51-651fc4f0a94f,8ab1991d-03d8-4ebb-a417-96333a39d05f,Useless reminder notifications,"Three stars for a beautiful, intuitive app that is fantastic for quickly adding tasks to your to do list. I was looking to this app to replace both Apple's pre-installed Reminders app and Todoist, which is far too expensive for a list app. I love using Things, however the one issue that makes this not so great is the way notifications work when you set up a reminder for a specific task. The reminder will go off and show on your lock screen, but as soon as you unlock your phone the reminder is gone. And then you forget about it! I would really love the option for it to stick to the screen instead of disappearing from existence. It does the opposite of reminding me to do something!Besides that, the interface is lovely and I highly recommend the app, especially if the above Notifications gripe doesn't bother you.","Besides that, the interface is lovely and I highly recommend the app, especially if the above Notifications gripe doesn't bother you.",3,TRUE,compatibility,interface,19,28,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,c0827ef4-48e0-4e8a-b940-12583c6e94c5,8abd19d1-a1d6-42e2-87d2-88c2cad548b0,Forest App Review,"This app is a great app for productivity, especially for students who are behind on classes and want to stop procrastinating. I think this app is definitely worth the money! There are only three changes I think could take place to make the app a 5⭐️ rating!I think Deep Focus mode is great, but I think they could ask you for a list of allowed apps that you can use during Deep Focus Mode. I also think that they could add more free trees considering you have to pay for the app, and I think that they could add more details to trees that take a while to earn, like the 120 minute version of a tree.Overall, I think this app is great for people who want to get off of their phone and enjoy the moment or be productive!","I think Deep Focus mode is great, but I think they could ask you for a list of allowed apps that you can use during Deep Focus Mode.",4,TRUE,efficiency,list,72,76,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,9aa9e902-59b6-499d-89e1-c6cb1de6f2c8,8b7777a4-0630-46ea-bd54-19ddb362eb5e,Awful,"I strongly dislike the Gmail app and until changes are made, I will be using a different mail application to view my Gmail on my IPhone. The look of the interface is awful. Red and white are the only color choices, the look of it is not aesthetically pleasing at all, it is boxy and ugly in appearance.  There is NO Spell Checker!!!! So frustrating. My iPhone settings have spell check on and with any other mail applications on my phone (Apple Mail, Outlook, and other mail apps) they will show you a misspelled word and correct it. Not the Gmail app. It won't highlight or underline or auto correct. I am using a different app for now. Hopefully Gmail will actually listen to people's issues with the app and attempt to resolve them.",Hopefully Gmail will actually listen to people's issues with the app and attempt to resolve them.,1,TRUE,reliability,list,31,35,negative
productivity,things-3,5fb0e2b5-bdd4-4716-affd-8bdf8499657c,8c7b82c8-3992-43da-ae3a-a7193b254071,Great app,"I was using planner pro for a bit, and as much as I liked its 7 day task based layout, the UI was clunky and there were certain things that you couldn't do. In things the layout is awesome. The ui is great and making new tasks for the right day/project/xyz is a breeze. If you like a snappy and well streamlined organizational app with flat design aesthetics, this is for you.EDIT: the most recent update of the app is broken with the most recent version of the iOS 12 beta - please fix this I need to plan some things!",In things the layout is awesome.,1,TRUE,general,layout,15,21,positive
productivity,notability,c57f3373-add1-46ac-abc0-36aeb43c3ae6,8c9fc508-f396-4b7f-b251-78e4d95e4c0e,Major issues with syncing,"I have been having SERIOUS issues with how my notes sync across devices and between ios and my macbook.  Overall notability is a potentially great note-taking platform.  I found the way notes can be organized to be really helpful.  I left One Note for Notability and would be completely happy with it EXCEPT.  Every time i open notability on a different device (i have phone, macbook, imac and ipad) it completely rearranges all of my notes.  The dividers disappear, the order of the notes changes, the subject colors are reset, most of my notes (about 200) get moved into the unfiled subject.  Sometimes, if i wait about an hour, they get moved back into the original subjects - but who wants to sit there and wait that long.  It’s INCREDIBLY frustrating.  And now all of my important notes are in notability so i’m constantly worried that one day i’m going to open the app and everything is going to be gone (which has actually happened several times, but I was able to recover using help from their website - something which i have had to access way more than i should).  Giving it 3 stars...for potential.",I have been having SERIOUS issues with how my notes sync across devices and between ios and my macbook.,3,TRUE,security,sync,53,57,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,458cf08c-a345-4f98-b66d-b820bef1a651,8cafbe12-e380-4f08-8035-e23282394c0d,Downhill slide,"Google seems to be confused as to why people use their products and what helps user retention. Before the latest update it was easy to visually see which email inbox I was in, and which from the list I needed to select. Now all of them have a default profile icon (Really? Not even using the existing profile picture on my main account.)Secondly they’ve shipped their latest version which crashes after just a few seconds in the app. It’s been a week now and still no fix. Seems to me like this should be higher priority, based on how many other reviews are complaining about the same thing.Very disappointed, Google seems to be getting too complacent, and I’ll be considering my options for the first time in years.",Not even using the existing profile picture on my main account.),1,TRUE,general,picture,37,44,negative
productivity,notability,5d6cf7aa-f5e0-4064-a364-cd8cc76bfa21,8ceace40-af44-46ad-9424-c2b08b559a29,needs to allow auto-backup on multiple devices,"Only been using Notability for a couple weeks but its inability to back up from multiple devices to one cloud account is really frustrating to me. I do everything through one cloud account and it’s not Dropbox or iCloud. It’s frustrating that I can’t just set up auto back up on each device to different directories on my cloud account or hey, why can’t I sync documents I am working on across multiple devices in the first place? iCloud sync is fine but I’d prefer the ability to be able to choose my cloud service of choice. Also, just on principle, I hate being forced to turn off auto-back up on another device because the developer has decided I should not have a choice. Just warn me of the risk and I’ll take the risk if I want. I know I won’t be editing files on 2 different devices *simultaneously* so I am not sure how I could accidentally write over a file that I didn’t want written over. I mean, how does iCloud sync work? Doesn’t it run the same risk? Maybe I’m just missing something. Just don’t appreciate being told what I can and can’t do.","I mean, how does iCloud sync work?",3,TRUE,usability,sync,25,29,positive
productivity,things-3,41097caf-e6c8-4988-94f4-0db0eb39096d,8d0b0743-be2c-4510-83c3-39fe98af85cb,Best but can be improved,"This is no doubt the best reminder app so far. However, certain things can be improved. The one I want to mention the most is the calendar view. Currently the Upcoming category only provides list view,  but it will be better if a calendar monthly view is provided which will give user a general feeling of which days are busy and which days are not, so user can plan accordingly. Thanks.",The one I want to mention the most is the calendar view.,5,TRUE,general,calendar view,43,56,positive
productivity,things-3,8aa401d9-ce61-4c71-b0dc-e304bb55e865,8d84d966-9bf9-40c6-bdde-f2a32ec89c70,Great Improvement,"I really like the look and feel of the app. Very intuitive and useful options.  But, But, But the lack of location based tasks is inconvenient adding another layer to a streamlined app.  To know I have a task because of a reminder does no good when you just past it’s location minutes or hours ago.  Having to have some tasks in 2Do / Reminders does not add to Thinks ease use.  Please add location services ASAP to complete this App.  Wouldn’t hurt to add a dark mode either.Update: dark mode so appreciated.  Pls let location based alerts come soon.",Update: dark mode so appreciated.,3,TRUE,usability,dark mode,9,18,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,6028e390-d614-4751-a9d3-98b5a78c19c3,8d8591b5-fb8c-4d03-bcaa-061d1455dfc3,Great app,"Love the fact that it’s a free app, as a student I don’t have a lot of spare cash so THANK YOU. It’s easy to use for school assignments, inserting pictures and tables. It’s not always convenient to carry my laptop everywhere I go, so I love the fact that I can easily open my mobile app, start an assignment and then get home to pull it up on my laptop, edit and submit. It’s really a time saver for a full time Mom and student.","It’s easy to use for school assignments, inserting pictures and tables.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,picture,52,59,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a704ab7b-50e1-4e66-b29e-b1a57883f7cf,8dabe6a6-254c-425b-b55f-cdfb5de7dbe1,Sorting Problems,"I’ve used this app for years and have LOVED it!  One of my favorite features is the automatic sorting between Personal, Social, and Promotions. Unfortunately, starting a few weeks ago, gmail suddenly started letting promotion emails into my personal email tab!  These are from various companies, all of which used to automatically go into my promotions tab (ex: Madewell, JCrew,...). I’m not sure what has caused this, but it’s very frustrating!","Unfortunately, starting a few weeks ago, gmail suddenly started letting promotion emails into my personal email tab!",4,TRUE,effectiveness,motion,76,82,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,1f5215ab-3f83-401d-bb75-c79565c8c674,8e049084-3d1e-4449-adec-12ceb32cd598,No more tree growth for different times,Having your tree at different stages for different times was a good incentive for focusing longer. New trees have no growth stages and its sad,New trees have no growth stages and its sad,1,TRUE,general,tag,27,30,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a247170b-87f0-4471-8f42-b00396efbd64,8e1c8ddb-bc51-4724-b7ff-4895b0fcafde,"Something is missing, but it’s easy to navigate and helps with Organization","The GMail app is easy to navigate and definitely helps with keeping my business organized.  However, there should be prompts for formatting such as: bullets, indentation, and so on. Attempting to add bullets, there was a need to copy and paste from the Pages app to get the bullet points.  Hoping that the app can host those capabilities moving forward.Thank you.","Attempting to add bullets, there was a need to copy and paste from the Pages app to get the bullet points.",4,TRUE,general,bullet point,93,105,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ce059956-8f29-47ac-94e2-5ef07d437543,8ebb9b42-c3f2-4d60-90b4-d751daf45238,"Soft Return doesn’t work, and Trackpad support iffy","I’m a playwright that made the jump from PC to iPad Pro, and it seems Word doesn’t support soft returns on iPad the way it does on PC. When you turn on paragraph marks it shows that there’s a soft return, but it doesn’t physically act as a soft return. Also, the trackpad support is very finnicky. It often (about every other instance in which I use the iPad) stops listening to the trackpad then I have to use my finger. The only workaround is swiping home then reopening, which gets very old very fast. Disappointed.","When you turn on paragraph marks it shows that there’s a soft return, but it doesn’t physically act as a soft return.",2,TRUE,reliability,graph,22,27,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,157b6b7e-adb0-4494-90e3-6de4f15e2dbe,8ef11d08-bfcb-4b73-b7ea-ec812af834a2,Immediate Red Flag,"Downloaded this because 4 out of my 5 email accounts are gmail, but then I took a closer look. According to the developers, the last three updates were for the exact same thing. No bug squashing mentioned. No user-notified issues. No additional bells or whistles. Just the same exact reason for all three updates. So, I'm curious: are there different reasons for each update, and you guys are too lazy to specify them for us? Or are the people who are responsible for uploading the updates to the App Store trying to perfect their Keystone Cops impression? Or are all of these updates merely to collect the personal information you wish to sell to your ""partners""? I'll wait a few days to see if I get any kind of response before I delete the app, as a Google email agent should eventually be excellent.","Or are all of these updates merely to collect the personal information you wish to sell to your ""partners""?",2,TRUE,usability,update,21,27,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,23851694-fb19-43c6-8f27-4cf5c3067a60,8ef26efe-0128-4a1a-a4d6-353815f17456,Photo attachment improvements,I enjoy the app overall. It is easy to keep things organized and send and receive emails quickly. I also like how drafts are always saved so I can come back to work on them later.I’d really love if I could attach photos from specific albums instead of having to scroll through my entire camera rolls. It would also be nice to have more control over the recent attachments functions. Specifically the ability to choose from a “most used” attachments list. Also the ability remove unwanted attachments from the recent attachments list,Also the ability remove unwanted attachments from the recent attachments list,3,TRUE,usability,list,74,78,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,2daf4f24-4ed3-426d-ab22-7b8c5ef1d1f5,8f137ac0-03bb-4b62-ac2e-fbfc164829ab,"Love the app, but Inability to unlock new trees and extension on chrome","I loved the idea of the app and how it would boost your productivity with a healthy idea. Bought Forest yesterday and was super excited to synchronize my phone with the computer, but apparently the trees you get from the computer don’t get transferred to the phone, so it’s like you have two different accounts. That didn’t bother me as much, since I was looking forward on the idea of getting new trees, but that didn’t seem possible. I don’t know if it’s a bug, but it’s very disappointing for a payed app to show a lot of different options but not actually deliver them. I hope this gets solved on an update or so, because I did really love the idea, it’s just not working the way it should.","I hope this gets solved on an update or so, because I did really love the idea, it’s just not working the way it should.",2,TRUE,general,update,31,37,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,efaffbdb-02f4-4eb0-9283-d671d43c7189,8f413087-5163-43d2-ba4a-3d99e2cdd7c0,This is NOT free. False advertising!,"What is the purpose of allowing people to download this app “free” but preventing them from even being able to type in a document. I get a message telling me I can edit and save with an Office 365 subscription. I have never needed all the advanced features because i just use the app once a month or so for personal notes and to print things that are too complex printing from the internet without all the advertisements and webpage junk too. Like a simple recipe. I’ll copy the text and insert a picture of it. That is all I do with this and have used it for free for years, but suddenly i can’t even create a new plain document because I have to pay for a subscription??? These tactics are why I no longer use most of Microsoft products or operating systems anymore. We even got rid of paying for Xbox because of their intrusion and unrealistic pricing. Nice job Microsoft. Your efforts to make people pay are backfiring. I “might” have considered paying sometime in the future if I needed the more advanced features, out of loyalty for how helpful it had been so far. That’s what I do with other apps. Not this one. Never again.",I get a message telling me I can edit and save with an Office 365 subscription.,1,TRUE,security,subscription,67,79,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,d8a7a8ce-4939-49f4-b2a7-2ea98b6bbae7,8f4bfe54-9306-4827-b0b5-222d162d19b2,Dynamic font resizing gone wrong!,"This is the only app that cannot adjust to font sizing set on the iPhone! I have set the size to 2 and it’s a terrible user experience. All other apps adapt beautifully and render them well on the UI. This has been the case for ages! Common google,  Fix this please!Otherwise, all Gmail features work seamlessly well.",I have set the size to 2 and it’s a terrible user experience.,4,TRUE,general,user experience,46,61,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,d1d633c0-7567-48a1-9712-05d9d0aaf2e5,8f647513-2997-4b44-a6d5-79a2c2dacfa0,More BUGS,"The latest version for iPad has some aggravating bugs!For example, when it has a suggested completed word at the top of the keyboard, and I select the word, it skips a space.But then again, it could be the exceptionally poor latest upgrade from Apple.  Apple, the legends in their own minds, decided to add 3 different keyboard styles.  However, none of them were the old one that worked fine.  Now, EVERY keyboard generates errors/bugs when simply typing basic words.  I️ this is just one example when I️ type “I”Crappy testing and QA!","For example, when it has a suggested completed word at the top of the keyboard, and I select the word, it skips a space.",2,TRUE,usability,space,115,120,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,cc83f610-1d14-4417-9b4b-2a4c4d5f8dc5,8fb6aa87-1d20-4eff-9402-ab62de56bc8b,My Favorite App!,"I purchased this app years ago and I’m so glad that I did! What is it about the idea of a little virtual tree dying on my screen that is so persuasive? My phone used to be one of my biggest distractions and i would check it constantly at work or while studying. It’s a hard habit to break and I tried many tricks and techniques before finding Forest. Now I have a much more healthy relationship with my phone! I’m so grateful for that. With the updates over the past few years, this app has been fine-tuned into the perfect product that is worthy of the investment.","With the updates over the past few years, this app has been fine-tuned into the perfect product that is worthy of the investment.",5,TRUE,general,update,10,16,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,ec686702-cfdb-4d0a-834c-763705b4c47f,8fd9fb14-2bde-46b0-aa1f-23ef3c2cdc97,This has been a great app; problems with Box,I use word on my ipad all the time and can most things that I can do on my iMac (except for interface with bibliography software). It is a very useful app.I am having a major struggle with opening documents that I am storing in Box.  I literally have to delete and redownload the app every time I open up a PowerPoint or Word document.  In the past I could simply relogin to box from the Word or PowerPoint app and I could access my box files.  Now the only recourse is to delete and redownload the app.  Please fix!,I use word on my ipad all the time and can most things that I can do on my iMac (except for interface with bibliography software).,3,TRUE,compatibility,interface,93,102,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ec686702-cfdb-4d0a-834c-763705b4c47f,8fd9fb14-2bde-46b0-aa1f-23ef3c2cdc97,This has been a great app; problems with Box,I use word on my ipad all the time and can most things that I can do on my iMac (except for interface with bibliography software). It is a very useful app.I am having a major struggle with opening documents that I am storing in Box.  I literally have to delete and redownload the app every time I open up a PowerPoint or Word document.  In the past I could simply relogin to box from the Word or PowerPoint app and I could access my box files.  Now the only recourse is to delete and redownload the app.  Please fix!,I use word on my ipad all the time and can most things that I can do on my iMac (except for interface with bibliography software).,3,TRUE,effectiveness,graph,114,119,negative
productivity,notability,e1f7090c-744e-44d9-af0c-319cad49454e,8fe0675c-acdd-4100-b195-05e9b458680c,A changed man! From a useless doodler to a power note-taker,"I really can't say enough about this app. I use it in every class for taking notes, doing homework, and presenting ideas to the other students. Very smooth syncing to iCloud, great importing abilities, and a beautiful interface with just the right amount of customization without being too “busy.” I’m in my fourth year of use and have yet to enjoy any competitor more. Especially since the recent update with the added PDF options (hyperlinks to different pages, searchable text, and highlighting the text itself, not just a handwritten highlighted overlay), this app is nearly perfect.I would consider myself a power user of Notability. My iPad is an academic tool for me, I rarely download games or browse social media on it. Of my time on the device, a solid 75-80% is spent on Notability. It is safe to say I have gone through and tested every option, played with every feature, and have used them all to their fullest extents.That being said, I have a few suggestions for improvements, and will update as I have new ideas:1. Please consider letting a note continue to record audio even if one goes back to the main menu and views something in another note. I end up cutting off my recordings all the time accidentally2. Connected to the above, TABBED NOTES. I actually switched to GoodNotes for a couple of months for a class that warranted this feature. It was so sad. 3. Handwritten hyperlinks!","I end up cutting off my recordings all the time accidentally

2.",5,TRUE,general,recording,25,34,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b0a2ac56-21be-4565-8c4d-1eccfd32e7ac,90182309-ebb1-4fef-977c-3b7709828e2e,Does what it has to do,"It’s an email application. I receive emails & I send emails just fine. I wish it had a “dark mode” or “night mode” for when it’s dark. Most of the time it’s late after studying, and I feel this mode would be effective in order to not get blinded by this vibrant white. Just a suggestion, I know a lot of people appreciate this dark mode on other applications.","Just a suggestion, I know a lot of people appreciate this dark mode on other applications.",5,TRUE,general,dark mode,59,68,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,5b610bda-d3e7-461f-b2a3-b919586c8b19,90790212-7216-41ad-bdf2-71ab35863605,It hurts to write this review,"I’m a longtime Evernote user, and for the first time am questioning if I will stay one after this horrendous overhaul.  How did you leave out tagging in your share extension?  How, after you did all this work to try to be more of a GTD system?  So many people rely on this feature, which has existed in IOS for YEARS.  And my new notes don’t sync.  I’m just ignoring the IOS version entirely until you clean your mess up.  But, to be clear, this is an absolute mess of a release.  This obviously wasn’t well tested with power users, or perhaps even standard users.  This reeks of some significant level of inexperience in your management hierarchy, or you have recently overhauled your engineering staff.  I honestly don’t care about the details, only the results.  Do better and I will change my review, but you need to do this quickly or you will be losing a lot of money.  As a longtime customer, I feel betrayed.","Do better and I will change my review, but you need to do this quickly or you will be losing a lot of money.",1,TRUE,cost,money,103,108,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,8ef344ba-9b4e-44e3-9e87-7effa8750fde,909c2fed-7a01-4b03-922f-42758fb32f07,"Good, but not as good as the PC version","I like this, it helps me do my writing on the go or in bed when I don’t feel like going to the computer. My only problem, however, is that there are some features the PC version has that you can’t use on the mobile app. For example, indenting only one line of a paragraph (though, that may already be something you can do that I just haven’t figured out). Also, I’m not sure there’s a way to highlight more than one word without highlighting the entire document. It’s pretty good, but I just can’t do as much here as I can on my computer.","For example, indenting only one line of a paragraph (though, that may already be something you can do that I just haven’t figured out).",4,TRUE,usability,graph,47,52,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4bf07297-a39b-4a90-8dad-82438b9e1374,911725a6-eb54-4d16-8590-c932ea34471a,Mostly Good,"Most of my opinions on Gmail app for iOS are good. I'm a mostly Mac/iPhone/iPad person in a PC/Android world. I prefer the Google set of apps because it allows me to maneuver a bit better in this dichotomy. Also I like the material design on the Google apps better. The Gmail app specifically needs improvement in viewing previous replies, especially those that come in while you might be replying. I often miss replies because of the way responses are displayed. In the app it's very difficult to figure out who replied when during an active conversation that often includes more than two responders. I do like how social and promotion emails are separated, although I'd prefer to tweak those settings. There very well may be a control but it's not obvious if there is, nor have I gone looking.",Also I like the material design on the Google apps better.,4,TRUE,general,design,26,32,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,7338d495-5b7f-4db0-8e16-b2a23693240e,91540429-d053-42df-8950-e52ca5df3bcb,Best Productivity App Ever!,"I very rarely spend money on virtual things, but this app is definitely worth the $2. I have never been this productive in my life. The sheer quality of this app is amazing. Forest has a beautiful Graphical User Interface. I end up spending the most time on my phone using this app, if you don’t count Safari and Messages. Forest has a feature that displays a graph that implicates your productivity throughout the day. The feature that breaks down how much time you spend on individual activities is also quite useful and interesting. It’s genuinely a great app.My only complaint is that you cannot rearrange the order of your tags, or the order that they show up in the pie graph. Also the Time Line tab is a bit useless. Other then that, this app is perfect.",Forest has a feature that displays a graph that implicates your productivity throughout the day.,5,TRUE,usability,graph,38,43,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,bf87ed8f-b0fd-46ab-b580-564ce29be670,915b2e24-3798-47f3-8cd5-1b73b6eb32ba,love this! but....,"i love gmail, super nice interface and truly filters out your emails for what is important. my only request is that when you pull down on an email notification, along with archiving and replying you can mark the email as READ. this would be really nice because sometimes i only need to read a header of an email and mark it as read and it would be really nice to be able to do that from a notification instead of having to go into the app. hope you see this! i’ll update this to five stars if this happens.","i love gmail, super nice interface and truly filters out your emails for what is important.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,interface,26,35,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,368bf31e-4e7c-470c-a5b5-14a5f84b8043,919ccabc-b23e-4169-b0de-44306fbc00a5,Good Free App/ Awful When upgraded,Evernote's device limit was why i upgraded to the plus.. yet the apps themselves didn't upgrade but my bank account did.. and of course there is no one to talk on the phone and help me out. Interesting how fast money is taken out and how slow help is actually given. So now i have paid $35 for an app that won't even let me use it.,Interesting how fast money is taken out and how slow help is actually given.,5,TRUE,cost,money,22,27,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,f7774735-42f2-4ee6-8864-698d075fb983,91d787ee-1589-446f-b3b2-a08a653406ae,Don’t make your problems my problem,"Just because YOU can’t keep YOUR app secure to hackers doesn’t mean you get the right to lock me out of an account that I had for 15 years. That account was my whole life with over 50 accounts linked to it. I don’t remember the security question I set when I was 12 and now I have ZERO other options to recover my account. Provide some customer service. This isn’t a Snapchat account, it’s email. This is people’s entire lives linked to a password that YOU failed to protect and now I have to spends days of my life going through every app on my phone to correct YOUR mistake. I won’t make the mistake of using Gmail twice....all of that rant can be summarized as... you need more recovery options.",Provide some customer service.,1,TRUE,general,customer service,14,30,positive
productivity,notability,f46c8f5c-6663-4137-a4f2-e8a36801ea42,921aeda5-3f2f-431e-9ac5-8b4a944fcb10,"Good app for note taking, but missing many essential features","I often get very frustrated using notability. I think that’s a good way to summarize things. I am a college student who likes to take notes using both the keyboard and my Apple Pencil. Notability seems to hate this. For some crazy reason, the notability text can never align itself with the notability grid. As a result, you get paragraphs of text that doesn’t follow the line / grid that you have chosen for the page. Text often create their own grids, at varying line heights, which makes the entire document very ugly. The sync is also on and off between my devices. I’ve had instances where I sat in lecture waiting for a page to sync from my mac to my iPad, but it never does. One time I waited 2 days before the pdf finally mysteriously appeared. There’s never a time where I can hit refresh and know for sure that all my notes are synced up.",There’s never a time where I can hit refresh and know for sure that all my notes are synced up.,1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,86,90,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,d20325e2-2936-445c-98a5-346d92192729,9253cc1d-738d-47a8-b349-3e9b62e0d361,Upgrade Added Bugs,"Today’s upgrade added new bugs, making its use so unpleasant, I am deleting the app and using the web version.  One bug is probably considered a feature: automatically marking a message as read when the message above it is deleted.  I prefer to mark them when I read them, not when the system automatically opens them.  The second bug is that it asks me which browser to use every time I click a link in the message, even though I told it (repeatedly) not to ask me every time.The previous version worked well, though I wanted auto-opening when using my tablet in portrait.  It, too, had a bug: jumping messages in my queue.  When loading many messages, it would often balk and skip from the next in line to older messages from weeks, months, or years ago.","The previous version worked well, though I wanted auto-opening when using my tablet in portrait.",1,TRUE,general,previous version,5,21,positive
productivity,notability,871fd83e-67bc-4aad-98c5-41ff45aa4d62,929f9fc7-2de3-4ee1-a5ff-2e005fadc2c6,Incredibly Versatile,"I have been using this app for about six months, primarily for school, and absolutely love it. The different paper options (lined, graphing) allow me to keep my notes legible, and the different pen colors are perfect for differentiating my notes from class notes. Additionally, the ability to create subjects for different classes or tasks provides much needed organization. The ability to import documents into specific notes and mark them up (notes, underlining, highlighting) is invaluable to me, and the “straight-line” feature keeps my documents from becoming chaotic. On top of this, the ability to search my handwritten notes is an absolute lifesaver when I am reading through multiple documents. I use the MacOS app as well, and it works seamlessly with this app. Because of its “simplicity,” I prefer to use use this app for all note taking—typed or handwritten. The “outlining” style (bullets or numbers) is superior to word processing software because the indentations are uniform and it is easy to color-code. Furthermore, the copy/paste feature in this app has never given me trouble, and I never have to worry about different fonts, sizes or hyperlinks. Aside from the iOS notes app, I have not tried any other note taking app. However, because I am so satisfied with this app I do not anticipate having to try any of them out.","On top of this, the ability to search my handwritten notes is an absolute lifesaver when I am reading through multiple documents.",5,TRUE,general,handwritten note,42,58,negative
productivity,notability,871fd83e-67bc-4aad-98c5-41ff45aa4d62,929f9fc7-2de3-4ee1-a5ff-2e005fadc2c6,Incredibly Versatile,"I have been using this app for about six months, primarily for school, and absolutely love it. The different paper options (lined, graphing) allow me to keep my notes legible, and the different pen colors are perfect for differentiating my notes from class notes. Additionally, the ability to create subjects for different classes or tasks provides much needed organization. The ability to import documents into specific notes and mark them up (notes, underlining, highlighting) is invaluable to me, and the “straight-line” feature keeps my documents from becoming chaotic. On top of this, the ability to search my handwritten notes is an absolute lifesaver when I am reading through multiple documents. I use the MacOS app as well, and it works seamlessly with this app. Because of its “simplicity,” I prefer to use use this app for all note taking—typed or handwritten. The “outlining” style (bullets or numbers) is superior to word processing software because the indentations are uniform and it is easy to color-code. Furthermore, the copy/paste feature in this app has never given me trouble, and I never have to worry about different fonts, sizes or hyperlinks. Aside from the iOS notes app, I have not tried any other note taking app. However, because I am so satisfied with this app I do not anticipate having to try any of them out.","On top of this, the ability to search my handwritten notes is an absolute lifesaver when I am reading through multiple documents.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,document,120,128,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,fbf8b826-9947-4e82-b96d-e53b85545918,92a44ac4-59b5-4996-9950-6f9f6412e2d5,Issue since the beginning,"I use Evernote for a lot. Mostly keeping lists of things to do or buy. I wish it did not act like it was restarting every time you switch to a different app and back again. It always wigs out like I’m asking it to do too much, and then reloads the note I was in. So annoying.",Mostly keeping lists of things to do or buy.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,list,16,20,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,2dbe8a6f-d1d9-4f27-8ad7-9ad967d33b11,93095ba7-44e3-47be-9175-9cb7f1d30437,It’s Word,"What more can you say, arguably the best place to write stuff. It’s got all of the features I would expect so it’s better than using google docs.",It’s got all of the features I would expect so it’s better than using google docs.,5,TRUE,general,google docs,71,82,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,7ee47ea0-6775-452a-b623-c1793be3d8e4,9356efca-dd03-4f4c-a443-ba40984e6853,Deleted multiple papers with no recovery options,"It will randomly decide to save my document as a blank sheet, with no history or recovery options available. I'm a student, and it has deleted two papers so far. It's close to impossible to relay how much that has sucked. It's my belief that a word processing program's top priority should be to NOT lose the work put into it, and all else falls into a lesser category. I'm certainly up for someone to troubleshoot this and I'll change my review if it gets fixed, but so far nobody has been able to fix it, or reached out to me. Seems I'm done using Microsoft Word for the foreseeable future.","I'm a student, and it has deleted two papers so far.",1,TRUE,general,paper,39,44,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,93d51892-c8e1-40a2-acba-419e6ed33f7c,9397d8aa-a439-4ff2-9551-a0cc8eac78be,90% of What I Need,"I love this app! Downloaded in 2013, it sat unused for a couple years but I realized the scope and detail it can hold in a way that's easy to collect. I'm a researcher of all things and I wanted to like Timepage and Agenda. While those are far better looking apps, it's clunky going between the two. Outlook is my email client so I use Evernote to capture thoughts on the fly with sync, it's great. As I'm filling in web info, I can save to EN, browsing a good article to reverence - I just use the web clip function to keep organized. I'm always adding pics so I can recall the content of what and why I wanted to sabe a clip.In my job search, I created several notebooks, one called Career. In Career I have job descriptions, wording for keywords, LinkedIn for links, and Resume for well, resume summaries etc. The only feature I wish was prominent is the calendar. And ability to change the obnoxious green default color.This app is my default app. Wanted not to like it but I keep going back!",The only feature I wish was prominent is the calendar.,4,TRUE,efficiency,calendar,46,54,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,1f1b6279-d810-4d35-9469-556758743261,93c76f87-9374-4b63-9955-f4b88b321e51,Stop holding my data hostage Evernote!,"You charge me every month for the service. Yet you hold all my data hostage. You don’t allow for easy export or integration to the productivity programs I use such as ACT!, Microsoft outlook, Microsoft Excel and all my other productivity tools. I purchased this primarily for the business card scan using the camera on my phone, but you don’t allow for an easy export of all of the business cards captured into my contact manager namely Swiftpage ACT!, even though you charge me every month for this service. Another bait & switch  feature was the integration with LinkedIn. However when I’m scanning a business card less than 5% of the time does the application properly connect with LinkedIn and allow me to send an invitation. You have a lot of false claims about the functionality of this service.",Yet you hold all my data hostage.,1,TRUE,general,tag,29,32,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d397e0a9-e0f1-4ca4-9a81-1a60b2b3a16d,94ca1dc3-2110-46d6-b668-fb86d3569677,Struggles to be all in one workspace,"So far I love the fact that evernote lets you upload documents and you can search them later. However, after recent updates, the sketch option is not working properly for me with Apple Pencil. I used to use it with my notes to have graphical picture about what I have written and it used to help me remember my material. But now, it won’t let me hand write. After every pencil stroke I have to wait for 1 to 2 second to add second stroke to the letter. For an example it now takes me 3 seconds to write just a letter ‘R’ as it involves two strokes of pencil.",I used to use it with my notes to have graphical picture about what I have written and it used to help me remember my material.,4,TRUE,usability,picture,50,57,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,7ecc1745-0992-4e7f-bb4e-5eb7a5fb3a39,95073cfa-3ad4-4495-92a7-f1513a2d6baa,I really want to like this app,"I own two surface pros, a surface, and I’m subscribed to office, so I’m a heavy Word user. I carry my iPad Pro to class because it’s light weight and I use a specific iOS app for taking notes in some of my classes. As a university student, I write many papers. OneDrive allows me to access them from anywhere, but using Word on my iPad Pro is incredibly frustrating! The app freezes and crashes much too often. So much so that I can’t use it! Before, when I tried to use the Apple Pencil or touch the cursor in Word would go all over the place and and activate somewhere entirely different from where you’ve touched on the screen. The keyboard also randomly stopped working. These things don’t happen in other apps. Every update seems to fix one thing while adding new problems. I’m really hoping MS gets this straightened out as this is having a significant impact on my workflow.",Every update seems to fix one thing while adding new problems.,2,TRUE,reliability,update,7,13,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,6099f257-7fd7-4cb7-a412-ff7e9f3e8e45,957c3267-6498-47ed-93da-7b9df36ccdc5,First impressions,"Really cool concept and not for a bad price. I have started off with low sets of time away like 15-30 minutes but I want to build up to an hour of straight studying. However, some parts of the app are a little finicking and navigating is a little weird, definitely there can be some changes to make the app easier and prettier to start and navigate through.",Really cool concept and not for a bad price.,5,TRUE,cost,price,39,44,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,5a70108c-ee39-4d8a-bc35-5493d143f70c,96b33238-103c-46d1-9b1a-a86bb6f8f5c9,Great for studying,"Honestly, I’m the type of person who just suddenly goes on my phone or laptop in the middle of doing homework, projects, etc. It’s especially been a problem since this new school year started. This app has helped me quite a lot, though sometimes I forget to plant a tree before I begin completing assignments. It’s helped with decreasing the amount of time I spend on schoolwork, and makes me feel like I’m doing so much more. Whenever I do reach over to my phone and am about to do something besides studying, like scrolling through Instagram, I’d open it and see the tree on my screen. Then, I’d ask myself, “Do I really want the tree to die?” I’d say no. In the beginning of using this app, I was always close to using my phone while the tree is growing. I began to develop a mentality after a few days that I should finish my homework before going on my phone and do other things. Of course, I sometimes still do it when I don’t use Forest, but I feel as if I’ve lessened the amount. This is the first productivity app I’ve used, and I’ve always seen people recommend it. It’s definitely an app worth the money. You can use it on your laptop or computer as well, as a Chrome extension (which is what I started out with). It’s simple to use, and has a minimalistic aesthetic that I really enjoy. Overall, it’s a great app.",It’s definitely an app worth the money.,5,TRUE,efficiency,money,34,39,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,f4736cd8-a060-44bc-bcd6-3e314ab8dba9,9715909c-b10b-426e-9169-b03bfe3cb99e,Helps you stay motivated and focused!,"I am a full time college student and have always struggled with staying focused. This app has taught me to stay more focused and productive. It’s really nice to be able to grow a tree in your forest and see the stats over the day, week, and month.I have seen a positive improvement in my grades using this app, mainly because I am on a more consistent “studying schedule”. I like the 25 minute studying, then a 5 minute break method. Additionally, they have some nice background noises you can play while studying. Overall, a really good app to hold yourself accountable and stay focused.","Additionally, they have some nice background noises you can play while studying.",5,TRUE,usability,background,35,45,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,874c054f-257c-413b-a153-546b37d9026e,971d0d21-4a01-459c-9158-2e6745d4cf7e,Great app! Small gripe...,"Great app. Works well. Only complaint is that when you open it, the homepage starts in “all notes” view which can be cluttered and confusing. Wish it started out with the main page of seeing all the notebooks in their categories rather than the unorganized notes page. Please make it an option?",Wish it started out with the main page of seeing all the notebooks in their categories rather than the unorganized notes page.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,notebook,58,66,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,874c054f-257c-413b-a153-546b37d9026e,971d0d21-4a01-459c-9158-2e6745d4cf7e,Great app! Small gripe...,"Great app. Works well. Only complaint is that when you open it, the homepage starts in “all notes” view which can be cluttered and confusing. Wish it started out with the main page of seeing all the notebooks in their categories rather than the unorganized notes page. Please make it an option?",Wish it started out with the main page of seeing all the notebooks in their categories rather than the unorganized notes page.,4,TRUE,general,page,35,39,negative
productivity,things-3,69d44a5e-218f-4f55-8a99-6cca55d43ca1,97435d65-e5c2-4134-bf98-02efe0caf751,Incredible Planner for Students,"I was originally skeptical on paying $7 on a todo list app, but I’ve come to realize how great of an investment this was. I’m able to create many different headers in a project to categorize different classes I am taking! I no longer use a physical planner because this app takes care of that problem. The ease of use, simplicity, and great functionality is what led me to rating this app at 5 stars. Definitely worth the price!",Definitely worth the price!,5,TRUE,cost,price,22,27,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,2a14c7c6-b1a8-489d-8d86-2eebdb6fec7d,9817fabd-d6d8-45bd-964f-b01d500ffa29,Will Try to Strong-Arm You into Subscribing,"Latest version will not let you edit or save unless you “subscribe” meaning pay $6 a month. I have no grievance against this, but I wanted the option to pay a one-time fee for the app (i.e. buy it once and don’t pay again until the next big update). After an online chat with a Microsoft rep who told me I could do this, paying for 365, having the download go wrong, and two more online chats...I learned that I could not do this. The App is subscription only. :-p My money was refunded. Word for Mac was my go-to word processing program on my laptop and I liked having it on my iPad. No longer. I am sick and tired of subscription services. Especially one that essentially wants me to pay “infinitum” to read any documents I create on my iPad!  There are plenty of far better word processing apps I can outright buy—and have, and will. Good-bye Word. And good-bye Microsoft. You’ll get no more $$$ from me.",The App is subscription only.,1,TRUE,general,subscription,12,24,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,47b6cc32-87a7-4e2c-8efe-104a0b3bb945,9836067d-dbba-405a-8f93-feab7a259d06,Dark Mode Finally,"I’m happy to say that I can finally give this app 5 stars. I’ve been asking for dark mode for months. It can’t be that hard. I’m a developer, I know how easy it is to set colors. But today, they finally came through. I can finally and fully endorse this app.","I’m a developer, I know how easy it is to set colors.",5,TRUE,cost,color,47,52,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ebed2806-1498-4d79-aae3-84370bd7047c,984481cc-8d02-40e1-87bb-99b71dab7732,Good App that could be better.,"This app is really good, and really close to the Windows Microsoft word. However, it's not quite like it because it lacks a lot of features that enhance user experience. Also, it can be a bit frustrating to get it to act right. Well, it's a phone/tablet version; so, what do you expect? But it'd be great to throw in very close to 100% of the features of the Windows version. That's why I decided to punch off two stars. Do something about it, app owners, and I'd throw in both stars.","However, it's not quite like it because it lacks a lot of features that enhance user experience.",3,TRUE,usability,user experience,81,96,positive
productivity,notability,b96c9c2e-10d8-4b2c-a517-6aef18888fa9,984fe47b-92e7-46f7-80be-e42adadc0bd1,Unsolved Problems,"I purchased this program for school notes and have really started to regret the purchase. First problem - When I go back and add information to my notes, anything that I have previously highlighted is no longer highlighted because the highlighter stays in place in the note but the notes move.  This causes me to have to go back and re-highlight everything or not add to the note. Second problem - MANY times, when I try to crop or adjust photos I add, the program kicks me back to the top of the page several times. I end up having to close the program and go back into it. Sometimes this helps, sometimes it doesn’t.Third problem - The photos/screen shots that are added into the notes do not move with the area they are placed in the notes. If I add notes, I have to go back and move every single screenshot / photo.Fourth problem - Customer Service is horrible. I have tried to contact the company. It took them over 3 months to respond to one concern with no resolution to my concern but instead they told me they have exciting audio recording improvements on the way. Other concerns have gone with no response whatsoever.Is there a way to get a refund on this program? I am guessing if I asked, I wouldn’t get a response anyways.","Second problem - MANY times, when I try to crop or adjust photos I add, the program kicks me back to the top of the page several times.",1,TRUE,compatibility,photo,59,64,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,9aac0ac9-bdd8-42a2-88c0-648d6f6b2cfd,984fe632-4815-46af-8552-6cca28bb995a,Attachment,"I acknowledge that one star is a severe response to an issue I experienced with one function. However, this was a pretty critical function when I needed it, and this app is the industry leader with so many reviews that a one star review is the best way that I can think of to bring attention to the issue.I was attempting to attach an important, time sensitive document to an email in Gmail. I had it saved in both the iCloud file directory and Drive. I could not access the iCloud file directory from Gmail, and the app would only include the file from Drive as a link (at least, that was my understanding from the pop-up messages I received). It was vital that the file be sent as an attachment, so I ended up adding my Gmail account to Mail and using that.I had only been using Gmail since Inbox was discontinued, and I haven’t found it to be exceptionally better than Mail. With this issue, I may not return to Gmail.","I was attempting to attach an important, time sensitive document to an email in Gmail.",1,TRUE,reliability,document,57,65,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,3211e153-7907-4bd1-9666-79e97b038baa,986a0936-c606-4ea7-8ad5-4658a920a385,It feels like a game! But I have a question,"This app does not feel like a boring list of obligations.  It feels like an actual game!  This is mainly due to the amount of work that went into the actual design of the game.  By making the trees appealing, you feel like you want to get as many of them as possible and after getting the trees you want, you feel a sense of care for your garden tycoon.  It’s worth every penny because you also know that your money is in good hands that are willing to help the world by planting real trees.  However, I have a question:  How do you change the color of the oak tree?  I have seen so many people changing it but I can’t seem to find a way.",This app does not feel like a boring list of obligations.,5,TRUE,general,list,38,42,positive
productivity,things-3,a7ef50a1-1e9a-417f-be93-0744814da522,99c3e1ac-a545-470d-88b3-caf13b4d6183,Over Hyped,"For what this app does, I really think it’s over priced and over hyped. It has some nice features like I can see my today list on my apple watch. It does what it says but its not really more than a simple list todo app. I really wish there was a calendar view. Like in ‘Upcoming’, if you could tap the calendar icon and actually see a calendar. There’s no way to see details more than a week in advance. So if you like to plan out your month, this isn’t the app for you. Also, when I am scheduling a repeating task on a specific day for the next week, the app doesn’t recognize the day. It always wants to repeat on Wednesday and I have to change it. Its minor, yes, but still annoying. Same thing with repeating a monthly task. It doesn’t recognize the date and I have to manually put it in. Honestly, I regret buying it. There are cheaper and better options on the app store.",It has some nice features like I can see my today list on my apple watch.,3,TRUE,general,list,51,55,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,defe9db7-274a-4e78-8e4e-21d523858e0f,99c6a007-a3c3-4fc6-98fc-1a6119ac451b,Photo access needs help.,I like the gmail app for iPhone for the most part. I especially like I can click on a link in any email and it will open in the chrome app. However my need for email is photo centric and the extremely limited access to photos is terribly. I am unable to send a short video at all. In addition I have thousands of photos on my phone so they are classified in different folders in my phone. The only pictures I can access are the ones by date. So if I was looking for something that was taken 9 months ago I would have to scroll back though all the photos since then. That’s just plain stupid. It’s even worse when I have to tell a client this app won’t let me access the photo so I’ll change emails and send to you. Not worth the hassle.,However my need for email is photo centric and the extremely limited access to photos is terribly.,2,TRUE,usability,photo,30,35,positive
productivity,things-3,90fa3730-ce10-4404-825f-a14c2bf10682,9a4cbd5e-9e0c-482c-b214-abfce78b49a4,Nearly Perfect,"For a couple years I’ve used 2Do as my go-to task manager. Things 3 doesn’t have all the bells and whistles that 2Do has, but it has nearly all the ones I used. Personally, the ability to color-code projects/lists was something I really enjoyed in 2Do and wish it was present in Things 3. I hope this is added soon. Pictures is also something I look forward to adding, as another way to visualize my tasks. Finally, I wish there was more integration into alternative calendar apps, such as Fantastical. Being able to link to and from my task-manager and my calendar is awesome, but it only links to native calendar. Hopefully this is expanded in the future. Overall, Things 3 has been an absolute joy to use, and I’ve almost completely migrated from 2Do because of the awesome interface.","Overall, Things 3 has been an absolute joy to use, and I’ve almost completely migrated from 2Do because of the awesome interface.",4,TRUE,general,interface,120,129,negative
productivity,notability,c62ec5bd-a652-44dd-a41f-0b98480469ee,9ae6b0ee-efa1-4afb-aa72-246d97f93be2,"I like it, but it crashes a lot","Update 3: crashes whenever I try to keyword search in a textbook. I’m so over this app.Update 2: losing another star - randomly stops picking up my writing in the middle of words, so FRUSTRATING...going back to GoodNotes.Update: lost a star because the app keeps freezing as I’m writing notes with my apple pencil. Like, the page won’t move as I try to move it around with my fingers and I have to close the app and start over again. Also, it’s randomly changing the highlight color to black after I highlight words. These things are driving me crazy and making it really hard to be productive. Happens every few seconds at this point.——I’ve had a number of issues with the app freezing and crashing. Also, just some annoying features that could be improved. The feature where you can draw a line and hold at the end to straighten it is a nice concept, but horrible if I’m writing a word and the app thinks I’m trying to draw a line. Then it opens this weird magnifying glass thing, I hit “undo” and it won’t erase the line, it just erases the last word I had written. It’s a pain in the butt...I wish it was like GoodNotes where there was a separate option to straighten highlight lines and a separate feature to draw lines. Overall I do like Notability except for the crashing and these minor feature issues.",Update 3: crashes whenever I try to keyword search in a textbook.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,text,57,61,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,8ce8229f-b9cb-4f51-aa81-4c2315e0573d,9afa49cc-9e57-4110-b352-0bf5340790b9,Phone passcode requirement,"Several months ago the Gmail app, which was so conveniently located in the most used bar on the phone, demanded a passcode.  I couldn’t figure out what this was. I entered my password, the only thing I had, that didn’t work. Someone suggested putting a passcode on my phone. Well that did indeed work, however now I have the annoyance of entering the passcode every time I access my phone. Not going to do that. The phone is a handy tool for me and your app has become “unhandy”. That’s a shame because our work email is hosted by Gmail.   I have off-loaded the app.  No sense in it taking up space on my phone when it cannot be used. Why did you Gmail people think you had a right to make me put a passcode on my whole phone?NOT HAPPENING!",No sense in it taking up space on my phone when it cannot be used.,1,TRUE,usability,space,26,31,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,45ddbded-b1f6-4106-8539-c8e0674be8e7,9b1a2184-614d-475b-8ea8-6e8de804b9ef,Eric,"I usually don’t write reviews, but I knew I had to write one for this app. At first, I had doubt. I’m they guy who constantly checks his phone for no reason and gets distracted. I planted the first tree, and magically, it just worked. I did longer trees and it helped me get off my phone for the whole night! The app makes you plant a tree, and you can’t exit the app for however long you set it. If you finish planting the tree, it goes in your forest. However, if you leave the app, the tree withers and shows up on your forest as well. You can use this with friends, coop, and gain coins for ever tree planted and achievement completed. Not only that, it is a relaxing app that has a selection of calming music(beach sounds, forest, etc). I believe the reason that this work is psychology. It makes you want to finish the tree and get coins, any brag you your friends about how many trees you planted. It puts pressure on you to not give up which I think is genius. Overall, this is probably one of my best purchases ever.","I usually don’t write reviews, but I knew I had to write one for this app.",5,TRUE,general,write review,17,29,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,4d6cadca-cefb-4cc3-8d35-72182959fdd1,9b3564b2-b73d-414c-9df1-79d9b4fde08a,Updated: iPadOS pointer support still doesn’t work,"I was pleased to see the update from a few days ago that mentioned iPad pointer support, but sadly it’s still unusable and my last review (below) still stands. Maybe third time’s a charm? MSFT - if you need any help testing basic text editing functionality just let me know!————I’ve been waiting for iPad pointer support for the months since it was announced as imminent. Now that it’s here, it creates a constant tug of war between what Word wants to do and the way the iPad cursor works in other apps (e.g. Notes, any other Apple app). The cursor does now change shape - that’s new - but it doesn’t cooperate with actual editing.Try entering a non-dictionary word and then placing the cursor between any two letters of that word - Word decides to select the entire word instead, every time. Try opening one of the built-in templates - such as “Make a List” - and then positioning the cursor anywhere within the text for item 1 or 2 on the list - Word selects all the text for both items 1 and 2 instead of positioning the cursor. You end up having to resort to touch, or using cursor keys.It doesn’t look as if anyone tested basic editing functionality, and it’s barely better than before pointer “support” was added. I’d be using it all the time otherwise. Hopefully it’s fixed soon.",MSFT - if you need any help testing basic text editing functionality just let me know!,2,TRUE,general,functionality,56,69,negative
productivity,notability,f2682a68-f5b5-4e50-a477-c49f9f353019,9b473419-478b-49e9-8cd1-ff0fef41f5c3,Best app for school,I am in grad school and utilize this app more than anything else. I use it on my iPad Pro with the Apple Pencil and absolutely love it. It is especially useful b/c I use PDF versions of my textbooks and am able to select useful texts from my book and bring it over onto the PPT that I am using and it works great. The voice recording function is awesome and I love how it goes along with my note taking so I can select certain aspects of my notes and it goes to the exact spot in the recording that I took down the notes instead of me having to cycle through the recording to find the section that I need to hear again. I had to reach out to customer service about the app and they responded the next day with useful tips that worked. The updates keep getting better. Thank you and keep up the good work!!!,I had to reach out to customer service about the app and they responded the next day with useful tips that worked.,5,TRUE,general,customer service,23,39,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,141dd838-d8a1-4f52-a94c-1ca176b18a88,9b753ce3-9348-454d-bf0a-8f0fa43326c9,Makes my stupid giant phone worth it,"I just “upgraded” from the iPhone SE to the XS. I hate everything about it, except that it’s big enough to use this functional version of Word on the train. Microsoft is quietly killing it with their suite of products and the price point is great.This is a true productivity app. It’s great.",Microsoft is quietly killing it with their suite of products and the price point is great.,5,TRUE,general,price,70,75,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,343a2209-f944-4d29-8a96-6b1604118e19,9bdd4a77-304d-487f-908a-54ec2075abbf,Must have,"This is really the only viable way to type documents. It makes sense, and has the specifications (e.g. margins, fonts, size, etc.) well organized. It almost makes me feel bad for people who don’t have it, but that’s their decision.","margins, fonts, size, etc.)",5,TRUE,general,font,10,14,positive
productivity,things-3,ba105a9f-8b08-405d-bb1e-94e330c2496e,9c318bdb-58fe-4240-b1a1-5bae716f96af,The Essential To Do App,"Instead of boosting my productivity, my previous task management app had so many customization options that it actually ate away at my time.  It became a procrastination tool. I could spend an hour entering dates, setting up filters, and customizing views only to realize at the end of that time that I hadn’t actually gotten anything done. In contrast, Things 3 is wonderfully simple and clarifying. It’s as powerful as my previous app, but it strips out all the distractions and the fussiness, leaving pure, easy-to-access essentials: tagging, scheduling & project organizing. The scheduling feature has been the real game changer for me. The app tracks due dates (if you have them) but—more importantly— you can also add a schedule date for each task. The interface makes it very easy to add, move, & view tasks in the schedule (while keeping due dates fixed). So you can plan your time (and easily rearrange that plan as needed). If you’re a GTD person, you can still use that methodology with Things 3 projects & tags. But I find that I do better by adding the accountability of a scheduled list of things that I want to get done on a particular day or in a particular week. Things 3 helps me organize and manage that schedule better than anything else I’ve found. And it gives me the powerhouse organization tool I need without sucking me down a rabbit hole of customization options.",The app tracks due dates (if you have them) but—more importantly— you can also add a schedule date for each task.,5,TRUE,usability,due date,16,24,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,58930ae1-6cad-4507-b8af-85d6d953e7ce,9c528f63-51d5-423d-bbfe-e97017a5e3c9,Helpful but not as useful,"I love Microsoft word and always have. At this time I couldn’t afford a new computer so I converted my Ipad for all my needs. The Version is helpful with my papers and submitting my work. But sadly not very user friendly. Along with not a lot of options to organize/change layout/ or even change names on a folder. Checked out their help pages more than I should but still no solutions. If you can get passed the lack of creative movement, and cave to being slightly unorganized its still a sold 4 star app.",The Version is helpful with my papers and submitting my work.,4,TRUE,efficiency,paper,32,37,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,17a1101f-f0c4-41ea-9e4e-acc6498c25cb,9c8c3a53-7b43-4ba5-869f-e051c3de7b7a,Better than outlook,"I cant believe an saying this but its better app than outlook. Doesn’t lag and i love that it segregates emails by promotions, primary and system updates. This was the thing i was looking in good email app and gmail does a better job than outlook in this. Bring in dark mode and the app will be perfect.","Doesn’t lag and i love that it segregates emails by promotions, primary and system updates.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,motion,56,62,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d58e5bbd-6461-4d0f-90ad-33105ce072a2,9d3bc1f1-25e3-4f51-a957-6793314c02d9,Loses notes,"The point of a notes app is that it store notes and be able to find them again. The search is generally worthless, you have to use tags religiously because that’s the only way you can find anything. I’ve had a note of list items for 5+ years that I referred to. Now I can’t find it via Search. Text I know is in it shows zero results. Worse, I scrolled through thousands of notes and can’t find it. It’s gone forever. And I paid money for this?!?Saving web pages is lousy. It throws 3 photos in the list view that rarely have anything to do with the page or are just some design graphic from the site. And don’t even try to edit that note, it will destroy everything. Searching for any content on it is a waste of time. Surely there’s a better notes app than this aging poorly-maintained junk.",Saving web pages is lousy.,1,TRUE,usability,page,12,16,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,458cf08c-a345-4f98-b66d-b820bef1a651,9da78c08-7159-49f9-87e8-5bbed49538eb,Downhill slide,"Google seems to be confused as to why people use their products and what helps user retention. Before the latest update it was easy to visually see which email inbox I was in, and which from the list I needed to select. Now all of them have a default profile icon (Really? Not even using the existing profile picture on my main account.)Secondly they’ve shipped their latest version which crashes after just a few seconds in the app. It’s been a week now and still no fix. Seems to me like this should be higher priority, based on how many other reviews are complaining about the same thing.Very disappointed, Google seems to be getting too complacent, and I’ll be considering my options for the first time in years.","Before the latest update it was easy to visually see which email inbox I was in, and which from the list I needed to select.",1,TRUE,usability,list,101,105,positive
productivity,things-3,8a8f77f5-c669-437e-821c-a0954d55b5d3,9daa5187-7b5f-4a8c-aa34-bd3822e39c97,GTD,"I really like using Things it kind of helps me get a lot of things done actually.  Pro:  it allows you to separate different tasks, thoughts and reminders in different sections.  This is a helpful tool for me to have.Con:  I wish there was a better integration with the Calendar to were you would be able to see your deadline tasks or scheduled reminders with in your actual calendar app.  2.  For the today screen I believe it would be Very helpful if all of the tasks or reminders that were due for that particular day would all go up to the top of the view that way you wouldn’t have to scroll down all the time to see what is actually due today.","Pro:  it allows you to separate different tasks, thoughts and reminders in different sections.",4,TRUE,efficiency,reminder,63,71,positive
productivity,things-3,2594e0ba-71b3-4dbd-91f6-2767d03ffa05,9db2213c-07a4-41d1-9cfe-d0363f56a117,Please allow lists to be shared,"I love this app. The design is clean and functional, it’s packed with features, but user friendly and easy to get started. I only have one request: shareable lists! This app is better than wunderlist, and waaaaay better than reminders (even with the iOS 13 update) but both of those apps have the ability to share lists, something I find very useful for a family list with my wife for managing our home and our two kids, and sharing lists with my teams at work. It’s the only thing missing from this wonderful app. Add it, and I’ll gladly change this review to 5 stars. Don’t add it, and I’ll continue loving your product (just not as much).","The design is clean and functional, it’s packed with features, but user friendly and easy to get started.",4,TRUE,usability,design,5,11,positive
productivity,notability,b0e9cff5-63d3-4d9b-8882-271b906164cd,9e8bd673-08f5-4c6b-b053-ad6a58dfe71e,Unreliable!!,"I can’t tell you how many times I’ve needed to whip out my iPad quickly to access a note or file. Even sometimes in front of other people. And this unreliable app won’t work! First off, I was finally inspired to write a review because it deleted all my dividers (again!) but this time it won’t restore them. When you go to the website it acknowledges this is a problem and just says “we are working on it” but they are lost. Lost. All the time I took organizing my hundreds of notes into dividers and one update wipes it all away??? Please avoid this app if you plan to use it for long term storage of notes and as a daily note taking app.Another issue is the syncing, which is clearly related, but has many other problems. The syncing is so clunky and when it’s updating you can’t access the files. So let’s say I’m in an important meeting, I’m speaking to a room of people and quickly need to check a note... ah WiFi is off so I flick it on quickly because I also need internet, then I pop open notability and I CANT DO ANYTHING. I’m sick of it. Leaving this app. What a waste of money.","Another issue is the syncing, which is clearly related, but has many other problems.",1,TRUE,compatibility,sync,22,26,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a3ccdc7f-eb1b-49be-aac4-e135c895e1db,9eab29cf-9b60-48a6-b6b7-9b2fef9b9a91,Forest app review,"This app has CHANGED MY LIFE!!! It helped me leave the procrastiNATION nation and become sooooo much more organized with my time. It made me enjoy doing work and actually have free time. I absolutely love the design and ideology behind it. It also offers sounds that make it easier for you to focus, and frankly they’re the only sounds that have actually just been background noise and not distracting. Plus, you get break time after every increment of work time that you do. Even though it costs money, it is TOTALLY WORTH IT!!! Additionally, the money goes to help plant real trees, which makes you feel great about the small amount spent. I love this app!!!!!!","Additionally, the money goes to help plant real trees, which makes you feel great about the small amount spent.",5,TRUE,general,money,19,24,positive
productivity,things-3,0ed6552a-5580-4235-8657-445af0c2e581,9f0d481c-89c0-4ae9-8eb7-1d91a5b439b5,Missing a couple of things to make this compatible with persons who suffer from ADHD,"Things 3 isn’t a bad app, but it’s missing some things. - Location based reminders, this is the one thing the stock reminders app has the upper hand on compared to Things.- Attaching files for specific reminders i.e. attaching a screenshot for a long reminder that cannot be copy and pasted into text.- Handing off reminders to iPad.- Being able to mirror or send off reminders to Google calendar.- Only one notification for a reminder isn’t enough.- Persistent notifications for timed reminders.This app has features really desired in other apps but is missing the chance to give it that “flair” it’s missing from besting other to-do apps. It’s a “meh” from me, not super ADHD friendly.",attaching a screenshot for a long reminder that cannot be copy and pasted into text.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,text,80,84,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,ba3861dd-0f99-4dcf-baf8-d374774cd647,9f21830e-cc29-4a1f-9528-1efa109f5aef,Fun way to track daily activity!,"This is a great tool for those of you that build motivational momentum throughout the day by seeing your progress accumulate.  Once you’re familiar with the interface, it’s a quick tap to start tracking.A few requests to improve the app:   Allow users to modify the alerts when the timer ends.  Currently, when a timer ends the notifications are a little too subtle so it’s easy to go over your time.  If users can modify the alert notifications with a different tone or vibration sequence, that would make it much easier to allow yourself to focus on your work without having to worry about missing your intervals.   Add apple watch complications showing time left and letting you start timers.","Once you’re familiar with the interface, it’s a quick tap to start tracking.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,interface,31,40,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,ea0f4efe-c218-4f64-8255-3f6387807ed6,9f9951ab-8fcb-43a5-8114-1148e71b93f6,Here we go again,"I've been using Evernote for a long time. After the last huge update I was really happy that certain things were fixed and the app looked great. However, the ability to edit notes saved from webpages has been removed. I therefore am unable to make adjustments to the formatting or add notes on my recipes. This is a huge disappointment for me. I like to preserve the look of a website (which is lost when you ""simplify formatting"") but the page never translates perfectly into a note or there will be extra elements on the bottom or blocking the note. I didn't mind making edits to make the notes look better, but now I also have no option for adding my own comments. A comment bubble feature could be useful, but some things would make sense directly in the note. I'm also annoyed that there was no warning to this update, so my desktop app restarted abruptly to install the new version and I lost a BUNCH of changes that I had made.","However, the ability to edit notes saved from webpages has been removed.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,page,50,54,positive
productivity,things-3,1c666563-19d3-46fc-ae08-c90cfa652a41,9ff8e99e-d8c9-4341-a4a6-1a21ef4a4404,Great app. Beautiful and functional. Some bugs remain.,"Wonderful app that is almost perfect. Always room for improvement though. Dark mode is okay but the colors are a too bright. Rich text in notes would be great, at least bold and italic. Watch fails to update with new today tasks, lagging the iPhone, and making it catch up requires that I uninstall and reinstall the watch app.","Rich text in notes would be great, at least bold and italic.",4,TRUE,usability,text,6,10,negative
productivity,notability,14b72288-52bf-4c0c-af6f-cdd0d861137e,a00231a3-e812-4dce-ae4f-549b048ab747,Great but....,"I love this app. I am a college student that used this for the whole year of school and it was absolutely wonderful! Thank you for finally giving us the partial eraser and the ability to draw shapes. One thing I wish this app has is give us a choice of continual scroll down to a new page or swipe left/right to get a new page. It’s really hard at times to see when I’m at a bottom of a page as it’s “continual” and when I need to print something out, it’s cut and goes to the next page when I didn’t even know about it. If I had the choice of swiping for pages, it’ll be easier for me to know if I should start a paragraph/equation on that same page or go to a new page. Other than that, I really like Notability. Believe it or not, I have GoodNotes and Notability and I still prefer notability over GoodNotes. I guess it’s all about preference. All that to say, Ginger Labs, please think about including different page display options in future updates.",One thing I wish this app has is give us a choice of continual scroll down to a new page or swipe left/right to get a new page.,5,TRUE,usability,page,85,89,negative
productivity,things-3,7d05f0a1-7f60-4390-b1de-a3e1891187b6,a01fa67e-03f8-4f5e-af50-b03309efbae8,Good task/project app; iffy sync,"Things 3 is a great looking, well designed app. I’ve used for years, and have been pretty happy. But periodically their Things Cloud sync causes problems. Reliability isn’t what it should be. Recently I spent a day working on a multi-part project which I ticked off on my Mac. But in evening review of tasks, none of the project, sub tasks, or checklists were marked complete on any other device. And this isn’t the first time. Sometimes sync seems stalled on a device. Their sync service is a blemish on an otherwise polished app.","Things 3 is a great looking, well designed app.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,design,35,41,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,8f0e63de-9df9-4836-859a-35f335e25b1b,a0388421-f8bd-4283-93c3-70cff33f8cb9,Great app!,"I wish I could give this 10 stars because I’m actually getting things done!!! I love it! Every time I think about messing with my phone I think, “No! You’re hurting the environment!” Lol. I wish they had one for journaling your eating habits or completing tasks. I would totally pay for an app like that! Maybe you could feed farm animals as you complete your food diary and you could send money to feeding America or something. Or you could be running a digital marathon by completing tasks and send money to St. Judes or something. Either way. This app and the sleeping app have made two of the worst parts of my day into the most enjoyable parts of my day! Keep making more apps! I’ll pay for all of them!! Amazing amazing amazing!!!",Maybe you could feed farm animals as you complete your food diary and you could send money to feeding America or something.,5,TRUE,general,money,86,91,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,96ca1ab7-62e7-4f8c-aac9-fb37e8c6d473,a07a6203-7491-4209-a4bd-c364c96f2edb,Want to add an image? You’re SOL!,"You might think you’re adding a perfectly normal image to the document. Sure, it’s a little glitchy and hard to move images around, and god forbid you want to move an image to another page, but it functions. Sort of. You’ll find, though, that once you save your document and view it through anywhere but the Word app, half of the images are suddenly sideways, a few are upside down, and two of them have managed to migrate above the title of your document. The first two of those issues are likely due to the fact that the rotate image feature isn’t functional, but the second one? No idea. Besides all that, the app is incredibly glitchy and likes to do strange things when you accidentally tap the screen. The layout is weird and the UI is broken. I guess it functions fine for just text and basic formatting, but Google Docs is superior in just about every way. Just make all your documents there and convert them to Word format afterwards. It’ll save you a lot of headaches.",Just make all your documents there and convert them to Word format afterwards.,2,TRUE,general,document,20,28,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e2b2a426-6d42-4247-93a9-2aa69a0b3c06,a0859b3a-904c-4e14-b572-2f5e53041e35,Syncs well with Dropbox,I write stories on my IPad and sync to my PC which has the full Word program and I can edit better for publishing. Not an ideal situation but I love my IPad and it works well for me.,I write stories on my IPad and sync to my PC which has the full Word program and I can edit better for publishing.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,32,36,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5f5ea139-933d-47cc-b057-0f11ef554351,a08f46c5-d663-4c61-943d-c2ceb725150e,Don’t like the upgrade,"I had to get a new iPhone because mine got a virus, and when I downloaded the new gmail app, I could no longer switch easily between my two gmail accounts.  One account I use to absorb  “spam” mail and the other is a business account. I need notifications on the business account but don’t want them on the “spam” account because I literally get hundreds of messages a day.  I can’t figure out with this new upgrade how to get notified for one and not the other!  So I just turned off the spam account.  Now when I need to get into it (which I do, occasionally) I have to jump through hoops just to open it!   I’m not tech savvy... maybe it’s just me... but the old version was so easy even I could figure out how to use it.",I’m not tech savvy... maybe it’s just me... but the old version was so easy even I could figure out how to use it.,1,TRUE,usability,old version,53,64,positive
productivity,things-3,8697b500-4a6c-48c8-96df-381a3ddd814c,a0d59aa9-3354-4eb4-ae09-9818cc69f5c8,can not upload image,Comparing with OmniFocus，Things can not upload image or photo,Comparing with OmniFocus，Things can not upload image or photo,3,TRUE,cost,photo,57,62,positive
productivity,notability,b809e031-ebf1-4222-9bc3-7430e9a1d636,a1396ec8-6e77-4c8e-8736-2b91635045fc,Excellent for classroom instructors,"I am a math professor, and have been using Notability in the classroom (with my iPad connected to a projector) for a couple of years. It has been an excellent tool; I post my notes online after each class so students can access them. I also occasionally record videos using Notability (on my Mac, by connecting my iPad to it) for students. Now with the addition of Presentation Mode, it looks much better, since the students don’t see me selecting different pens & colors, etc.  The laser pointer, while it sounds minor, is incredibly useful, especially when recording videos for my students (in class I can point at things on the screen; now I can do that when recording videos too). My school is moving to online-only instruction for the rest of the semester due to the Coronavirus, so now I will be making videos for all my classes using Notability. Thanks for the updates to this fantastic tool at just the right time!",Thanks for the updates to this fantastic tool at just the right time!,5,TRUE,effectiveness,update,16,22,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,33e84113-5084-4eb3-8c72-1d861127ab4a,a17035cc-5831-483c-9a83-293f97e06964,Fonts don’t work,"I have used MS Word since my first IBM XT Green Screen Computer back in grad school.  I have been a faithful user and was a dedicated windows user for years.  I now use the Apple family of products.  I use MS Word on my iMac and an iPad when I travel for presentations.After creating a PowerPoint preserntation on my iMac, I then access it using Dropbox on my iPad to use with a projector.  Using MS provided themes, I used MS fonts.  The fonts are not available on the iPad version, even after using all of the gyrations suggested for loading custom fonts on the iPad.  I have even stood on my head and typed with my left hand trying to use all of the different methods I have researched to make this work.Bottom line I have found, since iOS updated to v. 14 (I have 14.2), the problems seems to have been attributed to a needed update for MS365.  This dates back months and MS has not made the fix. I am not an isolated problem - from what I’ve read, this is common.  Get it together, MS.  Make it work.Additional: Laggy, buggy performance on an iPad Pro fully updated and running MSO365.  Again, get it together MS.  Make it work.","Using MS provided themes, I used MS fonts.",2,TRUE,general,font,37,41,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0349b81e-83a9-4f7e-b2f4-5171acb958fa,a178d6fa-8fc7-46b8-ad81-585a41c7b4e7,My go-to app,To organize my life. It has made a world of difference in getting things done and keeping track of all my info.Only improvement I can think of would be a calendar view or easy linkage thereto.,Only improvement I can think of would be a calendar view or easy linkage thereto.,5,TRUE,reliability,calendar view,44,57,negative
productivity,notability,7eb662d4-f3d6-4bba-b050-d84953199c0f,a1b5f502-0b70-457d-a5cc-f51840975d99,"Great concept, needs improvement functionally","This is a great app! It has greatly simplified and improved my note taking experience in grad school. My notes are more organized because I can write directly on my power points. This has made the material easier to comprehend/absorb and easily accessible for review.HOWEVER, I consistently having glitching and freezing while working in the app. It stops responding and I have to completely close down the app then go back into it. This is very frustrating when I am in the middle of a lecture and miss taking notes because the app froze.Also, you must have an Apple Pencil or writing device. The text boxes are just terrible and just not feasible for quick note taking.",The text boxes are just terrible and just not feasible for quick note taking.,3,TRUE,general,text box,5,13,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,95405d58-1429-4d1c-89aa-b39c21a99142,a20fc9aa-2a99-4b84-851b-49682e99b601,A Bit Frustrated,"I use this app all the time. It’s a way for my husband and I to share ideas about vacations and to-do lists. However, it recently stopped letting me sync. If you don’t sync and open a note that was updated by another user it “modifies” the note in the worst way. I also am not able to get notifications from the app anymore either, which is especially annoying when my husband is trying to chat with me through the app. So I thought I would reach out to customer service to troubleshoot beyond their recommendations on their site. Since I’m not a paying customer I cannot submit a ticket. This is especially frustrating. They are sending a message that their non-paying customers aren’t important. I don’t want to look for another app with similar functions, but I may be forced to if they can’t fix the bugs.","However, it recently stopped letting me sync.",4,TRUE,compatibility,sync,41,45,negative
productivity,things-3,01ae58f6-b59b-4a70-b1d0-0f46bf8e3dca,a29b35d7-ca26-46fe-8363-07006b340b2f,No location based reminders,"I don't import iOS reminders especially the ones that are location dependant. Also, I have started to use Agenda for taking notes because Things doesn't fit that bill. Other than that, this is one of the best task management apps that I have ever used. Great design.","Other than that, this is one of the best task management apps that I have ever used.",5,TRUE,general,task management,42,57,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,c6278b3f-0888-41a3-a2f4-f8615388b3ca,a2c8973f-c9a0-4565-89c3-91dd51b3d112,"Mostly ok, but various stupid UI things","The biggest problem I have with the Gmail app is that cut and paste is entirely broken. It just doesn’t work most of the time.  I am constantly needing to go back to Apple mail just to copy a piece of an email I need to keep somewhere (like in Notes).  The UI also does really stupid things like NOT SHOW THE TIME an email was sent, if the email is older than today.  It is some idiot UI designers idea of being minimalist for no good reason.  I use the app because I have to, because there isn’t anything better that doesn’t harvest your data for monetization. Since google is already harvesting the data for monetization just by using gmail, it is a moot point to try to avoid them.",It is some idiot UI designers idea of being minimalist for no good reason.,3,TRUE,general,list,51,55,negative
productivity,notability,3dd4f1ab-9433-49b1-91c9-5391373063f8,a36326fb-4fec-45b0-97ab-4641da97a58d,"*updated* Fixed some glitches, bad changes, needs more","*new update* they fixed some import issues and the search error. It’s working so much better I love it. *Update* I changed the rating to two stars because now the search function doesn't work like it used to. Also, I need more organizational tools. It would be perfect if I could have a divider labeled under a divider. For example, main divider --> dividers A, B, & C along with their respective subjects... A must-have for medical school. I had to give it 4 stars because when I try to edit/arrange my subjects it randomly renames, rearranges, or recolors the subjects. When you have many subjects, and no time to tinker with the errors, it can throw the entire organization off. It can also mean you're studying the wrong thing. Other than that, it is amazing how fluid everything else is on this app.","I had to give it 4 stars because when I try to edit/arrange my subjects it randomly renames, rearranges, or recolors the subjects.",5,TRUE,general,color,111,116,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,329bf6dc-f442-4c61-9055-4b65811f3bb9,a41cb2af-56e4-44c2-9685-bbe69b8263e6,"For old software, it’s surprisingly immature","I’ve used Evernote since it’s early days. Honestly I would have a hard time living without it.  But it’s surprisingly quirky for such an old product.  For example the iPhone, iPad, and PC versions seem like they came from different companies.  I couldn’t tell you how to search via tag on my iPad but it’s simple on the PC. I started with Evernote on the Mac and recently switched to the PC.  It was pretty different.  Why?The editor is basic which is fine but it’s too basic. Creating tables is too hard. There should be more formatting options.  And the dictionary is odd.  Add something to the dictionary and the red underline doesn’t go away.  And why doesnt the Windows version support touch screens?It’s a great concept.  I love the web clipper.  I’m glad to be able to access my notes on different devices.  But I wish it worked more consistently across those devices. I wish I had more formatting options.",I couldn’t tell you how to search via tag on my iPad but it’s simple on the PC.,3,TRUE,efficiency,tag,39,42,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,abd6fc6c-021e-481b-a6b8-a9bb0ef9da34,a441fb69-2f2d-4c7a-a34a-f1ea7603842e,Cute and effective!,"I’m a novice gardener and nerd out about anything nature. The different plants motivate me to keep using the app. It would be kind of cool if there was information about each plant. I would have given the app 5 stars if it blocked out the sound of notifications. I enabled the feature that leaving the app would kill my plant, however; they pop up. Other than that it’s a fun experience to tag activity and focus a bit.",Other than that it’s a fun experience to tag activity and focus a bit.,4,TRUE,usability,tag,42,45,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,fd0fa997-260f-4861-b871-5bfc3bb536c0,a462b853-fb1e-4cb6-be79-8c3f608926d8,Great for collaborating across devices,"I have devices I use at home, at work, and volunteer places where I do not necessarily own all devices. I usually use a USB drive but, remembering where I keep that small USB drive is much burdensome. Many times, I could not locate my USB drive. Using OneDrive and having 5 users access is a convenience, the price, over $100 a year is a little high, thou. I litterally have access to more than 5 devices. Now, when my Phone becomes more than a phone, I really like to see Word to be more easy to edit text using iPhone. I tried editing text on a document using my iPhone, I was able to edit it. However, when I open it on a PC, the line that I typed in using my iPhone has a different format than other text in the same document. Selecting text, and editing tables or that with shapes are not very much easy on iPhone which might have a lot to do with iPhone structure. But, I really want to see improvement on this area which Microsoft could possibly eliminate barriers and add more user friendly features for Word on iPhone.","I tried editing text on a document using my iPhone, I was able to edit it.",3,TRUE,usability,document,27,35,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,fd0fa997-260f-4861-b871-5bfc3bb536c0,a462b853-fb1e-4cb6-be79-8c3f608926d8,Great for collaborating across devices,"I have devices I use at home, at work, and volunteer places where I do not necessarily own all devices. I usually use a USB drive but, remembering where I keep that small USB drive is much burdensome. Many times, I could not locate my USB drive. Using OneDrive and having 5 users access is a convenience, the price, over $100 a year is a little high, thou. I litterally have access to more than 5 devices. Now, when my Phone becomes more than a phone, I really like to see Word to be more easy to edit text using iPhone. I tried editing text on a document using my iPhone, I was able to edit it. However, when I open it on a PC, the line that I typed in using my iPhone has a different format than other text in the same document. Selecting text, and editing tables or that with shapes are not very much easy on iPhone which might have a lot to do with iPhone structure. But, I really want to see improvement on this area which Microsoft could possibly eliminate barriers and add more user friendly features for Word on iPhone.","I tried editing text on a document using my iPhone, I was able to edit it.",3,TRUE,usability,text,17,21,positive
productivity,things-3,bee1b091-7a6d-42bb-a633-967571977407,a4e1e4d7-6750-455d-a2ce-bded9a235a73,Disappointed,"I’ve been using Sorted 3 for a few months. With the reviews and black mode I decided to try it out. Ugh. What a waste of 10 bucks. The UX is horrible and the fonts and font sizes are horrible. Can’t easily switch between days. Going back to Sorted, a far superior app (except for the lack of black mode).",The UX is horrible and the fonts and font sizes are horrible.,1,TRUE,usability,font,28,32,negative
productivity,things-3,bee1b091-7a6d-42bb-a633-967571977407,a4e1e4d7-6750-455d-a2ce-bded9a235a73,Disappointed,"I’ve been using Sorted 3 for a few months. With the reviews and black mode I decided to try it out. Ugh. What a waste of 10 bucks. The UX is horrible and the fonts and font sizes are horrible. Can’t easily switch between days. Going back to Sorted, a far superior app (except for the lack of black mode).",The UX is horrible and the fonts and font sizes are horrible.,1,TRUE,general,font size,38,47,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,db431b55-66c9-4383-9344-8ed689a90538,a5164a87-0c96-453b-9745-ef8034bb7630,Life-Saver for Schoolwork!,"I absolutely LOVE Evernote and it has been a life-saver with my schoolwork, especially since everything is going remote. The ability to pair it with Scannable— another favorite— and then convert my homework directly to a PDF saves my teachers and me a ton of time! I was snapping a picture of each page of my math assignment and then submitting every JPEG. Not only was it time consuming and tedious, but it looked terrible. With Evernote, I can scan all of my pages into one PDF document that my teacher can grade much more quickly and that I can submit much more easily. I especially love the Google Classroom feature that allows me to import Evernote PDFs directly to my assignments. My few requests are:1. Allow ‘tabs’ within the notebooks. I have separate notebooks for each of my classes, but the ability to break down those notebooks even further into units or subjects would be awesome!2. Allow importing to Canvas, Schoology, or other school apps. It would only improve this already incredible system!Thank you, Evernote, for making my life as a student and the lives of my teachers so much easier! Every student needs this app on their iPad or even phone, and I know it will be staying on mine.",I was snapping a picture of each page of my math assignment and then submitting every JPEG.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,page,34,38,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,db431b55-66c9-4383-9344-8ed689a90538,a5164a87-0c96-453b-9745-ef8034bb7630,Life-Saver for Schoolwork!,"I absolutely LOVE Evernote and it has been a life-saver with my schoolwork, especially since everything is going remote. The ability to pair it with Scannable— another favorite— and then convert my homework directly to a PDF saves my teachers and me a ton of time! I was snapping a picture of each page of my math assignment and then submitting every JPEG. Not only was it time consuming and tedious, but it looked terrible. With Evernote, I can scan all of my pages into one PDF document that my teacher can grade much more quickly and that I can submit much more easily. I especially love the Google Classroom feature that allows me to import Evernote PDFs directly to my assignments. My few requests are:1. Allow ‘tabs’ within the notebooks. I have separate notebooks for each of my classes, but the ability to break down those notebooks even further into units or subjects would be awesome!2. Allow importing to Canvas, Schoology, or other school apps. It would only improve this already incredible system!Thank you, Evernote, for making my life as a student and the lives of my teachers so much easier! Every student needs this app on their iPad or even phone, and I know it will be staying on mine.",I was snapping a picture of each page of my math assignment and then submitting every JPEG.,5,TRUE,general,picture,18,25,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,928194f2-9c74-43d6-9fca-14e73935e643,a5355e24-7070-4f6f-b953-9cea2136f198,Learning to use,"I have used this app since there was only a single species of tree and the number of tree planted represents the number of sessions. I found it really straight forward, clear and satisfying. Then it upgrades to having different species and the tree grows into different stages to reflect the sessions. I personally find this to be more complicate and less clear because it is less easy to see how many sessions I have done. I was very upset because I really loved how the app was before. But I could not find an app that is similar to the before version so I start to use this again and hopefully I will get used to it. Still love the concept though.",Then it upgrades to having different species and the tree grows into different stages to reflect the sessions.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,tag,81,84,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,90834edc-c08a-48c5-a191-0cbc2646a420,a54c4edc-d9cf-4126-9ca5-f2417c8ebd38,Amazing customer service and great study tool,"I love this app for taking notes for my classes. I’ve since used it as a weekly and monthly planner making organizing classes so much easier. I love that I can have all my class notes and planners all in one spot. It’s easy to navigate through as well. The formatting for taking notes makes it easy to follow along in class without having to worry about organizing my notes. I use the class notes template and there’s even a section for questions which I’ve found very helpful as I tend to think of things during lecture but usually at inappropriate times. This template allows me to quickly jot down thoughts so I can ask the professor after class. I’ve only just started to use this app but I’m sure I’ll be using this note taking app well into graduate school. I had to use cengage for one of my college classes and it offered a 6month free trial and after trying to redeem that I ended up being charged for the full annual price. I reached out to customer service and got a response almost immediately with a refund and they honored the free trial as well. I’m beyond happy with this fast service and doing the right thing, I fully expected to be charged the full amount. The only thing I’d love to see is different highlighter colors!",I’ve only just started to use this app but I’m sure I’ll be using this note taking app well into graduate school.,5,TRUE,general,note taking,72,83,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a6c81ee7-f58e-42af-ad5c-28bf85bf2afa,a60c4320-206f-4f00-b900-af27b8d65fe1,Love Forest; Lackluster Apple Watch functionality,"Forest provides a fun way to stay motivated while staying on task - an important strategy in a distracted world. My one challenge with the app (and it’s a big one) is the lackluster Apple Watch functionality. I read the Forest dev team’s rationale behind not supporting starting planting from the Apple Watch, however this functionality is critical for people who are trying to fully reduce the need to pick up their phone in the first place. The capability exists in other apps (e.g. Focus) and I highly encourage Forest to consider adding this to keep loyal users like me hooked.",My one challenge with the app (and it’s a big one) is the lackluster Apple Watch functionality.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,82,95,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,601e2a85-78ac-4986-8d4b-d8dc82f604af,a644f1f5-9081-4cfc-91e2-07fac75ccd10,Conversation View Ruins Otherwise Good App,"I use the app sparingly and only then because of how it interfaces with my Gmail account. The app would be one of, if not the best for email if you could turn off the inane and infuriating conversation view.Google offers the option to turn off conversation view on the web version of Gmail but continues to ignore hundreds of thousands of complaints and requests from users for several years by not making it available on their mobile apps.Countless users have documented tales of lost emails and important email that they didn’t know they had received because of it was grouped and hidden with other email in a “conversation.” Yet Google has remained defiant in not offering the option to turn off conversation view in their mobile apps.Google has made numerous “improvements” to the look and feel of this app over the years while ignoring this major issue for so many users.Most other email apps offer the capability for users to choose to have conversation view on or off. For some reason only Google knows - because they have also refused to give any explanation to their loyal customers - the Gmail app remains a less than viable offering for anyone who doesn’t want to deal with the hassles and vulnerabilities of conversation view.",I use the app sparingly and only then because of how it interfaces with my Gmail account.,2,TRUE,compatibility,interface,57,66,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,38e98658-3b2c-486a-b6d5-4a7ae6d1acd0,a681b7b1-55ef-4fe0-8403-09785c8372b1,Awesome,"Word is amazing ,so far I wrote 6 essays and they all were turned out awesome , cause of word ,a nd these are the resons1.it does word count for me!2.there are a lot of amazing fonts and colors to choose from3.i used advertising document for my garage sale and it was a big hit!!!","2.there are a lot of amazing fonts and colors to choose from
3.i used advertising document for my garage sale and it was a big hit!!",5,TRUE,usability,font,30,34,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,4ae7c39e-534f-457e-a47d-df8d316615a9,a686f2bb-7cba-4c8d-ac9a-7b255f80d86c,It works as well as the PC version!,"I’m writing an autobiography I have nearly a hundred pages written. If I query grammar it takes about 20 seconds to identify problems. If I query spelling it takes less then 20 seconds. All the pagination options are available, search and replace, change fonts and size. All the features that make Word a great program are in my iPhone. Which is where I chose to write my book! Thank you","All the pagination options are available, search and replace, change fonts and size.",5,TRUE,usability,font,70,74,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,1f5215ab-3f83-401d-bb75-c79565c8c674,a6f2ac64-0439-4486-999c-51c95f883ff9,No more tree growth for different times,Having your tree at different stages for different times was a good incentive for focusing longer. New trees have no growth stages and its sad,Having your tree at different stages for different times was a good incentive for focusing longer.,1,TRUE,reliability,tag,32,35,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,155cfc44-4ff8-427a-93ff-417c9ef37d2f,a78f83cc-5b20-4e4a-94f1-82c89c5380d6,Great tool to use while studying,"I often get distracted by my phone while studying, but I no longer have this problem thanks to this app. My desire to grow more trees is stronger than watching videos of people cutting soap on instagram. I only wish that there was a timer to for breaks (rewards is not required ofc). I have a problem with taking long breaks and think a timer for breaks in the app would make the transition from break time to study time a little smoother. Love this app!",My desire to grow more trees is stronger than watching videos of people cutting soap on instagram.,5,TRUE,general,tag,92,95,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,4ae7c39e-534f-457e-a47d-df8d316615a9,a7c58274-9455-47d6-a212-a410d675132c,It works as well as the PC version!,"I’m writing an autobiography I have nearly a hundred pages written. If I query grammar it takes about 20 seconds to identify problems. If I query spelling it takes less then 20 seconds. All the pagination options are available, search and replace, change fonts and size. All the features that make Word a great program are in my iPhone. Which is where I chose to write my book! Thank you",I’m writing an autobiography I have nearly a hundred pages written.,5,TRUE,general,graph,23,28,positive
productivity,things-3,241ef3b7-7501-49eb-904f-11afedbf3e81,a8cdbc85-b74a-4f6b-b123-9d49120f7d69,Nice todo/checklist app,"This is a pretty basic todo or checklist style app that does what it does really well.  It got an Apple design award I suspect for its slick interface and uses Apple’s latest and greatest features like drag and drop which is helpful in doing things in less steps and makes using the app more intuitive.  But it’s not that powerful.  So, it’s a bit more form over substance. It’s not really a task manager like Omnifocus that can handle custom views and lots of nested and sub tasks, etc.  Omnifocus is a bit more substance over form. So, I use Omnifocus for work to manage hundreds of pending projects and tasks and Things 3 for my personal small checklists.",This is a pretty basic todo or checklist style app that does what it does really well.,4,TRUE,usability,list,37,41,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,97ac4997-eb78-42b4-b89a-0965ef86b4a9,a8f75898-f334-4241-86b3-7e1cc2289a06,Constant Sync Issues,"I use Word on my iPad to type thousands of words per week, and it works great for this purpose. The features and structure of the app are excellent, and provide everything you need in a mobile word processing program. My issue is OneDrive. Seconds into typing in a document, I see the error “Error syncing. Sign into your account” and after signing in, I see the error again. Clicking out of the error message doesn’t work, either. And the worst part? It IS syncing. I can watch it show up on my laptop as I type. This is a seriously annoying bug and I wish Microsoft would look into it.",It IS syncing.,1,TRUE,efficiency,sync,7,11,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2b08a514-a67c-478e-bfdd-0f64f4cf69ff,a9575de6-b80c-4490-92b9-4114e4212a64,Features wanted,I use my main Gmail account via the iPhone’s mail app instead of Google’s app because of missing conveniences. I would like to be able to mark an email as “unread” after opening. This highlights it in the list. The most important feature I want is to “unthread” and separate emails (into single emails) that are part of a chain of replies. This is very important if you are selling things on Craigslist or eBay. I know it’s possible to do this on a computer w/ Gmail but not via the Google app for phone. I would also like to edit the subject line of an email sent to me to make it easier to find in the future (most people write crappy subject lines).,This is very important if you are selling things on Craigslist or eBay.,3,TRUE,general,list,59,63,positive
productivity,notability,572dbb3b-f6f9-4c80-97c6-6da25d82a2c5,a9b86ab2-0d5f-4351-8859-779f9c902ff5,Highlighting,"I’ve been using Notability now for 2 and a half month since the COVID-19 self quarantine happened. Well, I like what I can do with it so far, but very disappointed with the basic thing like highlighting text. Why did you guys thought it was a good idea to have that option behind text on not remain on the word itself?  Meaning all of your hard work of highlighting your notes is all a wast of time because the moment you add more notes above the highlighted texts, or put a space above it everything gets messed up. All my highlighted notes are highlighted no more. And all I am left with is a bunch of marking colors on the paper. This is terrible. The highlighted texts should remain highlighted regardless of whether you shift the words around, add a space above it for a few words shouldn’t matter.So the question is why did you make the highlights behind the text. This leaves us nothing but stain papers. This app has soooo much potential. Please fix this issue ASAP.",This leaves us nothing but stain papers.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,paper,34,39,positive
productivity,things-3,88550269-62cb-45ed-8924-4ab75ac9f503,aa27b678-6ff1-4384-86a9-8c15d1a63ce9,AMAZING,I am someone that always needs a planner and I buy about 5 different ones a year because I can never find ONE that does everything I need it to. THIS ONE DOES. It’s amazing. I usually can’t use my phone for reminders and things because I would rather use paper and pen but this is a total game changer. I’m so incredibly happy I downloaded it.,I usually can’t use my phone for reminders and things because I would rather use paper and pen but this is a total game changer.,5,TRUE,compatibility,reminder,34,42,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,623fe54c-75c4-4d3b-82fd-72c7325b6da5,aa4aa857-c8f8-41a0-b755-bc2831fc4fc9,"Not Fully Functional, Even with Office 365 Supscription","This is a very basic app for limited use of creating Word documents. No grammar check. No easy way to format page or paragraph. Saving these documents has by far been my biggest problem. No matter what I use: iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive or the actual iPad, it takes too long for the document to save correctly. You can tell when there is no actual time stamp on the document. I notice this once I am ready to upload the document as an attachment to email, within an online class forum, to a job application or any other institution that may require me to upload or attach the document. Always says there’s not data in the file and therefore cannot be attached. Hours later, it magically saves and becomes a real document with data. This is with a strong internet connection be it using cellular data from the device or wi-fi, it doesn’t matter, it is always a pain. I thought I would be able to do more but this app is so basic, I may as well just use Google docs.","This is with a strong internet connection be it using cellular data from the device or wi-fi, it doesn’t matter, it is always a pain.",1,TRUE,usability,internet connection,23,42,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,79edfa3f-b0dc-4fa8-a050-c6a3beeb4e1a,aa60e235-6c46-4297-947a-8ef23637ef96,Not worth downloading.,"I’m so unhappy with this app. Whenever I open it, it instantly opens random documents I don’t want to open and will not close them so I have to wait for them to load fully (takes minutes) in order for me to even close them. Editing documents is a PAIN, and the zoom function, numbering functions are all buggy and do not work properly. Zooming will make the screen move constantly so I can’t see what I am typing, when you set up numbering 1. 2. 3. It will automatically do this, but not allow you to space between the lines without creating a number. I use this app because I am a college student who’s very busy, I need this to work on my phone but I’ll be deleting it after this quarter is done. I’ll just go to the library and use their computers to do my work since it seems that Microsoft is incapable of developing an app that can function properly.","It will automatically do this, but not allow you to space between the lines without creating a number.",2,TRUE,general,space,53,58,negative
productivity,notability,9a8f9788-d652-4465-9569-49abd1466490,aad0e298-c437-43ac-b1a0-780fe2004f9a,Keep losing my data when using the text box,"I have been using Notability for years now, but I have never encountered this issue, that is, losing data. Making a text box has been more difficult than ever. This is another issue that I have noticed in this app from a very long time. Comparing to how users create a text box in GoodNotes 5, Notability is regarded as torture and time consuming. I don’t understand why I have to repeat the procedure over and over in order to have an accurate response. When I finally manage to create a text box, it often disappears once I try to create a new one. I hope you can fix this problem because most of my work depends on creating text boxes.I have lost information that equals four hours of searching and typing.Another issue is that Notability does not support the Arabic language. I really hope this can soon be fixed.",I hope you can fix this problem because most of my work depends on creating text boxes.,5,TRUE,usability,text,77,81,negative
productivity,notability,f16d5642-ec6c-4430-a71d-3851611d901f,ab6713f7-cc1c-4eb5-94cd-156a7ee52e1a,One of the Better Note Apps,"Notability has been a definite upgrade to managing note taking regarding the amount of paper is saved. Since my use, I have contributed input and suggestions to making it the ultimate solution. From my experience, the convert to text is okay but if you do not write legibly it can make mistakes which takes away from your note taking. I wish the app would stick to a hierarchical filing system instead of useless (to me) divider system. And most of all, the recording feature is great but the playback and scrolling suuuuuucks. There should also be a skip forward button and the skip time settings should be customizable. Lastly, I wish the suggestion and input forum should have feed back from the developers from the most asked features. Recent updates with new features didn’t really answer to the user requests. Drawing shapes are cool but perhaps better bullet pointing features are more preferred.",I wish the app would stick to a hierarchical filing system instead of useless (to me) divider system.,4,TRUE,security,divider,87,94,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,7e38352f-307c-4034-8e17-aea06eafc69f,ab71fd97-b9fe-4c5a-b927-87bb0d77b95f,New version not as good as the previous one,"Verdict:  if you want to/need to use Office across your devices, get this. If not, use Pages or Google Docs. They will both allow you to open & edit Word docs & Save docs as Word. Though it’s really handy to have Office products on my phone so I can edit files without having to go to my laptop, I’m not keen on the latest version of Word for iOS. It’s just clunkier to use. It took me quite a bit of poking around just to find the editing control menus. And when I copy & paste text into a new document, it only pastes the text, not any original formatting. I don’t see any paste options such as there are in Word for windows. Example: I have an email with text formatted as a table. Previously, if I copied & pasted into a new doc, it pasted as a table. Now, it just pastes the text with generic font & no formatting except paragraph breaks. I completely lose the table. It seems this app has gotten more bare-bones rather than feature-full. It’s good enough, but if I have an Office subscription, I expect a little more.",Example: I have an email with text formatted as a table.,4,TRUE,usability,text,31,35,negative
productivity,notability,588a6a47-33df-46a8-b16b-f248ecd786b8,abd1ddaa-aabf-4b95-bcaa-5cc300bd1697,iCloud backup and syncing are big issues,"This app is great and I used it when I first got my iPad. It has great features and I love the improvements that were made a bit ago. I switched to a different app to try it out for a bit and I’ve decided to use both for different things. However, after trying to get my notability notes organized to use it again I realized the syncing is a huge problem. It currently says I have 500 notes unfiled and then it takes forever to “refile” them and sometimes leaves about 20 or so unfiled. I’m actually kind of worried because I just got a new iPad so I’m prepared to lose those notes because even after reconnecting iCloud it just isn’t working. Please fix, I remember this being an issue before too. I would go to pull up notes and couldn’t because it was loading from iCloud...sometimes for an hour.","However, after trying to get my notability notes organized to use it again I realized the syncing is a huge problem.",3,TRUE,usability,sync,91,95,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,bfc007ee-a146-49ce-9fee-cd0b107d07ac,abf43ccc-70e8-40d7-bd0b-5ef9e1c49ac7,Mostly useful,"I think the best thing about this app is its ability to scan text on images and allow you to search that text. Years ago this seemed too advanced for my average self to obtain, but here it is. You can scan images on scannable and send them to Evernote, and bam, searchable document. You can organize all your junk and clear out the paper mess in your junk drawer.That said, I’m not using it anymore. You can’t scan the front and back of a business card at the same time, and if you want to add the back afterwards, you can’t use an image on your phone. You can’t copy an image from a business card and paste it to another. Basic editing of a note seems like a basic function to me. Why wouldn’t you be able to edit a note? The image scan is great, but I still need basic functions. Sometimes you need to use a workaround, but if the workaround fails then you get frustrated. I did.",I think the best thing about this app is its ability to scan text on images and allow you to search that text.,3,TRUE,usability,text,62,66,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,de5bafdc-21b8-40a9-8f36-ec7f1fdab01e,ac25bcc0-4d9c-4fcf-9455-88b65ec33a58,Pretty Good for A Lazy Dude,"As a healthcare administrator, I enjoy brainstorming and documenting ideas. Sometimes an inspiration will come in without an expectation, and I need to write it down immediately. This app serves my need.  What I enjoy most about evernote is that all the notes are synced almost immediately. I can work a document I was writing on my phone with my laptop and vice versa. What I don’t like is the security. It’s not a secret that Evernote’s database had been breached, and user information was leaked by the perpetrators. This is always in my mind when I write about sensitive subject on Evernote. For a person who just want to write fun ideas, this is a convenient tool to make that journey easier.",I can work a document I was writing on my phone with my laptop and vice versa.,4,TRUE,usability,document,14,22,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,5a84eca0-2aa9-4517-a3b6-2ee7594c51d0,ac472ffa-81ff-4170-bc59-f32b673a316a,Not for me,"I feel like this is a concentration tracking app more than a productivity app. You plant a tree for every task you wish to concentrate on and if you break your focus (leave the app) the tree will wither. The problem here is that I need to concentrate on work, to work I need to use my phone. This app allows you to create a white list of apps that are required for your task, however this feature is not available in IOS devices. This renders the app to be nothing more than a tea timer and a graph depicting how many times you set the tea timer. You are allowed to create your own tags, but you can’t assign a task to your session until after the session is over, this means that if you read a book 7 days in a row you plant 7 trees instead of continue to water the same tree to keep it alive. I only bought this to be a visualization of my consistency with the various aspects of my life, but the app doesn’t work this way. I don’t see why this app isn’t free with ads considering that one of its most important features does not work on iPhones.","This app allows you to create a white list of apps that are required for your task, however this feature is not available in IOS devices.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,list,39,43,negative
productivity,things-3,7d05f0a1-7f60-4390-b1de-a3e1891187b6,ac89db1c-34a9-40e2-898b-6872d7dd5252,Good task/project app; iffy sync,"Things 3 is a great looking, well designed app. I’ve used for years, and have been pretty happy. But periodically their Things Cloud sync causes problems. Reliability isn’t what it should be. Recently I spent a day working on a multi-part project which I ticked off on my Mac. But in evening review of tasks, none of the project, sub tasks, or checklists were marked complete on any other device. And this isn’t the first time. Sometimes sync seems stalled on a device. Their sync service is a blemish on an otherwise polished app.",Their sync service is a blemish on an otherwise polished app.,4,TRUE,usability,sync,7,11,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,5ad359ea-170e-44dc-96a1-65f2ec441867,accaa4ff-940b-484f-bb12-6be64c63b0a4,Difficulty trying to upgrade to premium,"Not sure where the disconnect is but Customer service has been awful and incompetent with solving my issue. I have been using Evernote for 7 years. Have been paying for the Plus membership as it’s one of those apps that’s essential for my working day. I have to upload some documents that requires me to upgrade to premium. I’d like to upgrade for just a month. But it seems because I have began the subscription via iTunes, Evernote is unable to help me. Time is ticking and I’ve wasted too many hours trying to volley conversations between Apple and Evernote. I’m not a computer person but I would imagine someone working in either of these companies should know the solution. It’s come to a point where I will be switching to another iCloud service to hold my data as this silliness makes me believe the company shouldn’t be holding my data anyway.",I have to upload some documents that requires me to upgrade to premium.,1,TRUE,usability,document,23,31,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f849e9ed-b533-4d4e-8fcf-adebf5e8bb63,accfebcf-45ec-4d41-b00c-e2d9e2cc0819,Option to increase font size,"Please gives us an option to increase font size. Other than that, the app is great. At least have it in sync with the system wide font settings so it would change according to everything else.",At least have it in sync with the system wide font settings so it would change according to everything else.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,font,47,51,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0f93bf7d-f13c-4961-87e8-0339e54c3f10,ad121b40-0f09-4833-b802-3830497f91aa,I was a worse person without Evernote,"“If old memories still make you cry, write them down carefully and completely.”  - Jordan PetersonFor the last 5 years, I’ve been more purposeful with journaling...  Really trying to narrate the goings on around me.  It has helped me understand my life in a way I didn’t before.  Random little moments have had a great impact because I’ve taken the time to type them out, creatively, in a way that made me excited to read and reminisce months and years later.Evernote is why I started journaling.  It’s easy and accessible, wherever I am.  It syncs across devices... it’s in the cloud so I never have to worry about misplacing it... it’s just better than a journal book.  When I get old and my grandkids want to read about my life, I think it’s unlikely that they’ll care if my writing is on real paper with a pen.  They’ll be able interested in the thoughts I had... they’ll be interested in my heart.  Typed out, it’s easier to understand.Thanks Evernote!",It syncs across devices... it’s in the cloud so I never have to worry about misplacing it... it’s just better than a journal book.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,4,8,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,03886578-526c-4eae-99d9-79dbac3b31b9,ad3573ec-eae5-492b-81a7-a274289b981e,Great for writing,One recommendation I would love to see added is a way to quickly scroll to the bottom and back to the top. Sometimes my documents can get long and I just want to easily be able to scroll to the very bottom.,Sometimes my documents can get long and I just want to easily be able to scroll to the very bottom.,5,TRUE,usability,document,14,22,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,80dc6d28-4594-4b63-a33a-3ae045272f94,ad427a11-e4e5-4660-b8bc-b7510af78e2c,Word,The Word system has always been my favorite word processing. It has always been easy and understandable. I have no desire to use any other unless the builtins start getting so complicated that I will just quit writing. I hope the updates don’t put me out of business as many others have. I am not much on changes as I find myself resisting unnecessary changes. Of course there will be and I will try to adapt to the best of my ability.Larry,I hope the updates don’t put me out of business as many others have.,5,TRUE,general,update,12,18,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,0b1da976-4ba1-413b-8079-60ba25491b87,ad52cda1-a23a-4d96-b184-505cdb6962d2,I don’t hate it,"But this is of the crappier updates I've seen. Ever. And I love google. And my iPad. Since the update, the font size has dropped way down. It’s squint size. I tried going to settings accessibility and increasing the size. It works everywhere except on gmail! Those are the only directions I’ve been able to find. It also arbitrarily changes size during a conversation. Sometimes when people reply to me, the formatting breaks down into gobbledygook. I am considering going to another app.Does anyone know how to send a closed attachment? They are displayed wide open in the body of my email. I prefer to let my recipients click on them from the subject line to open when they choose. Full display also means wonky fun when they have to print text/photos from the body of the email vs. opening up a nice dedicated attachment.Of course, it’s a complete mystery why you can’t bulk delete in this day and age. I’ve been using gmail forever. But I never really cared much for the iPad app. I think I may be done with it.","Since the update, the font size has dropped way down.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,font,23,27,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,736c900a-ed04-488a-844c-6046c6845d3e,ad99f37c-9b3e-4c5e-9479-8b4d78de40ed,"Great idea, mediocre app","Despite the fact that all different trees cost literal dollars unless you want to use the app every day for a year (Your trees are far too expensive, Forest.) The app itself is also lacking for anything more than bare bones functionality. They could have easily hit a homerun, but opted instead, for a single probably because it was cheaper to produce. Oh, and they bribed me to write this review by giving me one of their expensive bushes. Weak.",The app itself is also lacking for anything more than bare bones functionality.,2,TRUE,usability,functionality,66,79,positive
productivity,things-3,f13be753-3394-4149-a54e-10c001b65340,ae47cc25-0d66-4f6a-ae76-797301f64cbf,Getting better and better,"Things 3 is my go to app for keeping track of things. It’s simplistic, yet powerful, design is easy to use, easy on the eyes, and offers enough options to handle my needs. Five stars if the following two things can be added in the future. 1.) Ability to bulk tag on iOS. Don’t know why this isn’t an option but tagging items one by one is tedious and slow. We can select multiple items and move them to different areas, why can’t we add tags to these items? 2.) I know it’s a stretch, but location reminders would be the icing on the cake. I’d love to be able to tag things with a location and have them pop up when I’m there - I suppose things isn’t really designed this way though. Bonus points if you can add collaboration in someway to things 3. I’d love to share projects around the house with my wife.As it stands Things is a strong 4 Star app with 5 star potential. Keep the updates coming!",Ability to bulk tag on iOS.,4,TRUE,reliability,tag,17,20,positive
productivity,notability,f8fc9c8d-5a07-4173-9c67-7b2004674c6e,ae72f948-eca4-41b8-bc11-99e13a29f264,Lacking HARD PAGE BREAK,"I actually love this app and gave it 1 star simply to attract attention of developers, or hopefully get the answer if i just missed the tool.It amazing note app. The search tool, work with images, easy sketching, and even whole books, make it very useful; i see it potentially as a main platform for my work. BUT. There are no hard page break (at least i searched everywhere in app and google without luck). This is absolutely devastating (especially for those who use a lot of images), because when you edit info/add text/add image/etc to the previous page, EVERYTHING is shifting below (by everything i mean text is shifting, but as text moves you have to move all the images below so it aligns again) There should be a simple tool (that even Word has), to add hard/permanent  page break, so it locks the next pages intact, and you can edit pages above without any changes in all that follows. With so much functionality for work with images in your app, it seems essential to add this feature. PLEASE ADD IT, and you have me forever. (Please let me know, if that option is already exist and I’m not ever of it)Also a bit more visible regular page break, so it visually separate pages, just a tiny one will make a big differenceTHANKS.",There are no hard page break (at least i searched everywhere in app and google without luck).,1,TRUE,general,page,19,23,negative
productivity,things-3,1e6b6a73-fa70-47c9-a5c4-902c4b9f681c,af3eb884-96d1-4477-a105-1d3e0cb51bdd,Brilliant!,"I have to admit, it was a huge bummer when Wunderlist announced they would soon cease to exist. I spent a lot of time looking for alternatives, couldn’t really find one I liked — until I decided to give the newly updated Things a try. Now I can’t imagine going back! It is clean, useful and elegant. Just what a list app should be. Also easy and fun to use. Bonus points for how smoothly all my Wunderlist data transferred over. Also, props to their tech support for responding with the exact steps I needed to sync old data with new.","I spent a lot of time looking for alternatives, couldn’t really find one I liked — until I decided to give the newly updated Things a try.",5,TRUE,reliability,update,118,124,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0dbd3244-8286-4185-8727-2a9fb99f0840,af858ccf-19e8-407d-9c82-beaff329a2c5,Used to Praise this app,"This app has been a well loved staple, it’s been an easy to use and search place to create multiple lists. I’ve amassed an extensive restaurant guide for the greater Phoenix and Tucson areas. It’s my go to assist for passwords, copy and paste text for my work.  Suddenly, it logs me off. Every time I exit. Irritating, but not enough to change this well ingrained habit and love for the functionality of this app. It literally is a cornerstone of information I’ve stored for things I want to remember but don’t.  When I log in, I have an iPad and the iPhone 6s Plus. Haven’t upgraded or changed devices, yet now my phone is being recognized as a different device. Only one phone. Don’t want to unsync the iPad because it has a keyboard attached. So I’ve been unsyncing the same ONE iPhone and yet the next day it saw it as a different iPhone, after the app installed a thing where you cannot unsync more than two times was enforced. Couple months later, and I am LOCKED out. It won’t let me even sign in with the previously approved devices. So now, I’m not allowed to access my personal notes because you want a fee from me? Maybe I can log in on the iPad next month and transfer all of my notes to an app which won’t my data hostage for a few dollars. You’ve lost a loving user of over 6 years.",Don’t want to unsync the iPad because it has a keyboard attached.,1,TRUE,general,sync,17,21,negative
productivity,things-3,6694e538-8382-4908-970b-4260f3575db1,b045a7fa-f87e-476e-9a19-62444091930d,One of the Best,Definitely one of the best “to do” apps. The iPad version is pricey but worthy of the price. ( The desktop version is priced higher than I think it should be). The use interface is nearly as perfect as you can get. The updates make it better and better.,( The desktop version is priced higher than I think it should be).,5,TRUE,cost,price,26,31,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,507f6bcd-745b-4841-9127-c9ec2667456d,b0563629-e897-4e38-a8f9-d6cd62161eeb,New update,"The new update, though simpler to use. It sacrifices, the editing power the app had before. For instance, before at any given moment changing the spacing between lines was easy and intuitive if you used the pc version of it. I think this a problem that the user should be able to opt in, whether to have a simpler version or easy editing. Or designing it in a way that the user, can add on features, or just leave them off. This is obviously something that was overlooked when redesigning the new update.","The new update, though simpler to use.",4,TRUE,security,update,9,15,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,0e9e4a51-1e91-4682-ac2d-088d9a54ac87,b0c88b8d-0964-411b-8386-a396e2338f03,Don’t trust auto save,"Very frustrating when you’re working on an outline for an hour and it never saved. I got used to trusting the auto-save but that hour of work didn’t save at all. There are some other issues, like switching fonts in outlines that some how was there and then disappeared. Please make this as reliable as the desktop versions and also with the same steps as the desktop. I have never had an issue where I couldn’t get back what was lost but in this case it doesn’t work the same as the desktop version.","There are some other issues, like switching fonts in outlines that some how was there and then disappeared.",3,TRUE,general,font,45,49,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,415deefb-61ed-4c7c-b32a-a8d6eff13b33,b0dc0483-6196-4347-abb8-979ae5a4e778,Please consider,"In the all notes section the date comes before the title which is annoying when scrolling for something specific. Also there is no way to tell from this screen which notes are in what notebook. Please include on the note snapshot. Also the sorter button for placing notes is at the top of the new note not at the bottom. If it was at the bottom I could place it when I was finished with the note and I wouldn’t have to scroll at the way to the beginning. Doing this causes the note to reopen, for example a list, at the top of the list by the title, instead of picking up at the bottom where I most likely left off. Does the job but not intuitively user friendly.",In the all notes section the date comes before the title which is annoying when scrolling for something specific.,3,TRUE,efficiency,title,52,57,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2fc6d379-410d-4923-8e3c-677dd84a0fbb,b1161a93-8a9a-4590-bf94-55d22f544fb9,Dark mode,"The dark mode theme just randomly turned on. Finally!! It did it for my 11pro but my work phone, 6s, still doesn’t have it. I’m not sure why people's reviews says the app crashes I’ve never had that problem on either phone or iPad.  No other problems with the app just kept waiting on dark mode before I wrote this. That’s again Google.",No other problems with the app just kept waiting on dark mode before I wrote this.,5,TRUE,usability,dark mode,53,62,positive
productivity,things-3,239075a9-88db-474d-98ed-cfa3167e0fc4,b117c3e0-b21c-45bb-9b77-dda90d6245b9,Be aware,"This app is only a glorified todo list, it uses your in phone calendar to show you events so you really can’t create an event in the app. Also the tasks you make you can’t even see the times placed on them until you edit them again. There is also no calendar view. 😑 this is a 1 dollar app",There is also no calendar view.,1,TRUE,general,calendar view,18,31,negative
productivity,notability,0c851841-bd0c-4ffc-8c79-41ebd71b6660,b11d04c5-2a8d-4d78-a013-fe694e0eb971,No automatic shape recognition.,"Generally really good, but sometimes I want to draw a plain circle or square (for a flowchart for example) using a shape recognition feature, such as that in GoodNotes. It’s really annoying and cumbersome to have to click the +  option and then search for the shape you want and crop the figure before adding it back to the notes page. Also I can’t have subjects with the same name, even if they are under different dividers. This means for school I can’t have 2 dividers for different courses with subsections by the same name. For example, if I want to organize my chemistry course into subsections, like “tests”, “lectures”, “homework”, etc. I can’t create another divider for a different course with those same subsections. Finally, there is no support for windows, only macs.",This means for school I can’t have 2 dividers for different courses with subsections by the same name.,3,TRUE,general,divider,38,45,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d28932e1-fe36-4257-93e1-7806e71209b4,b12464b7-902b-4914-b149-559731072db3,"Evernote used to be so great, now payment problems","I’ve had Evernote for years. I don’t know how many incremental price increases I’ve happily acquiesced to. I was an early adopter of premium even. Everything was great, up until two months ago. Now the company is acting like I haven’t paid my subscription. It’s been on auto renew since 2014 with no issues. I have the iTunes receipts and everything. Last month they “apologized” for the inconvenience and agreed I was paid in full. I just received an email saying my “complimentary month” has expired. I’ve been downgraded to basic even though I sent them an email with the iTunes receipt attached four days ago. No response from customer service. iTunes is helping, but the best they can do is get me my money back. I just wish iTunes wasn’t shady now.","iTunes is helping, but the best they can do is get me my money back.",1,TRUE,cost,money,58,63,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,81ce8c9d-4f82-4ba3-b008-d0bf5e03373d,b38fe987-699f-4958-aa4d-6ea4a05f78ba,So Happy To Have Word Again,"The one thing I missed most about switching to Mac in 2006 was losing Word. The Mac version for desktop always fell short so I moved onto Gdocs, which tends to be laggy with minimal functionality and a boring UI. Imagine my excitement when I saw Word was back for iPad. The interface is pleasing and the functionality is robust without being in-your-face. It's great to have Word back, I use it every day. Access to OneDrive is A+, too.",The interface is pleasing and the functionality is robust without being in-your-face.,5,TRUE,efficiency,functionality,35,48,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,b0a764a5-21b9-4677-b276-843d5f20ebc1,b4221c01-bed2-4e68-8a15-4acce6c0088a,"So if you email is no longer active, that the account is open on. There is no way to cancel","It amazes me that college educated people cant design using critical thinking and the idea of ease for the consumer.Now my email account is closed, job related. I cant cancel my subscription.  I have no other recourse now but to give money to something I dont need.I guess evernote has become a tax.Ill never use them again and I will passionately discourage anybody from using it, ever.",It amazes me that college educated people cant design using critical thinking and the idea of ease for the consumer.,4,TRUE,usability,design,48,54,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,fb932e85-019e-4cc3-bfc9-c036b62c5ac1,b43b59d7-ebd8-4897-abf6-0f016b892455,Good App but certain important elements missing,I like using the apps but it is missing some basic functionality.1) Split Screen Multitasking functionality should be added to the app. I often send emails in a foreign languages and I like to have a multilingual dictionary app in the split view to check words as I write. I see no obvious reason why this app doesn’t have split screen multitasking functionality. 2) I should be able to attach documents that are saved in the Files to email replies. As far as I can tell the email attachment functionality only works with documents that are saved to the drive and even then I don't think you can attach the document so much as share it from the drive. The only way to attach documents from files it share from the files app which always starts it as a new email. This is not great for continued collaboration and functionality. Please fix.,I like using the apps but it is missing some basic functionality.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,52,65,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,9fc35ed3-d9b4-472a-9612-aacec17e69ea,b4efe469-d517-4113-9eb7-eb72cb77b3f7,Completely unusable for editing after the latest update,"After the latest update, I can’t put edits in balloons or see comments attached to bits of text. This makes Word completely unusable for my purposes - revising novels. I can’t believe MS has broken this app so badly.Update: It’s been over three weeks since this update that broke the edit functionality. Three times, level 3 support was supposed to call me to discuss the issue - the haven’t. Each time my ticket was closed without anyone speaking to me. I found out in round 2 that a bug report hadn’t even been created and I still don’t know if there’s one now. Their twitter account messages me every once in while to ask if the issue is resolved, and when I tell them it’s not, they go silent. I estimate I’ve spent about seven hours on the phone with them and I’m still not even sure the engineers are aware there’s an issue.","After the latest update, I can’t put edits in balloons or see comments attached to bits of text.",1,TRUE,reliability,update,18,24,positive
productivity,notability,8b9a1669-ac18-4dde-b40e-305c9090ff7f,b4f8aee1-bd97-4a5d-b0e9-30632eb133b7,Almost everything I could wish for.,"I love this app. It’s improved my studying a lot. Everything is simple and easy to use. Uploading my notes to my google drive easy and straight forward. The built in mic feature wonderful. Everything is amazing.  Expect one thing, when I get my professors PowerPoint lectures put on notability. Majority of the times it comes out perfectly fine. Other times, it comes out as if someone shook the entire slide, slid the words, pictures, and other graphics to one side shook them again. Change the colors fonts, and sometimes even put them upside down. It’s kinda a cruel evil joke because I can’t edit the slides to make them how they were intended. Unless I add a new page and re-write everything but i will also lose the pictures that were on that slide. Literally the only problem is that the formatting when getting slides from PowerPoint and putting them on notability is the biggest and only downside. Thats why its 4/5 stars on here and 8.5/10 on yelp.",Unless I add a new page and re-write everything but i will also lose the pictures that were on that slide.,5,TRUE,general,page,20,24,negative
productivity,things-3,6aa6d9a9-0b20-42a2-8460-49cae7ccb490,b5092dab-1ce0-4e4a-b9fd-a99f8d809cfb,Repeat Problems,"Good app, but can't check off a repeating task the day before it is due. Can only check it off on the day it is due. So if you get it done a day or so early, you are out of luck. Another problem:  If I miss checking off a task on a particular day, it shows up on the next day, but there is no way to find the original due date. It just says due today. I’d like to go back and find what happened on the original due date, but there is no information available to lead me there. Please show the due date somewhere on tasks.",Please show the due date somewhere on tasks.,4,TRUE,efficiency,due date,17,25,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,507f6bcd-745b-4841-9127-c9ec2667456d,b540539f-30ee-4d81-9377-d10be2116db0,New update,"The new update, though simpler to use. It sacrifices, the editing power the app had before. For instance, before at any given moment changing the spacing between lines was easy and intuitive if you used the pc version of it. I think this a problem that the user should be able to opt in, whether to have a simpler version or easy editing. Or designing it in a way that the user, can add on features, or just leave them off. This is obviously something that was overlooked when redesigning the new update.",This is obviously something that was overlooked when redesigning the new update.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,update,74,80,negative
productivity,things-3,49f65e57-9a1e-4f82-8376-11db605429d2,b55d5156-c248-43df-9d04-d303a073708b,"Excellent, except","Please allow more than 1 item to be displayed on Graph modular’s center complication, it provides space for richer detail. Using Apple Watch series 4","Please allow more than 1 item to be displayed on Graph modular’s center complication, it provides space for richer detail.",1,TRUE,usability,space,99,104,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,e890968c-3ff4-4d68-b43a-da574090ac05,b567cf56-406b-47a0-827a-ab33aaf7757d,Fantastic!,"I use it to get some study time in. I have a huge procrastination problem and had my doubts since I never spend money on apps, but i caved in and spent the two dollars and THANK GOD I DID. One, if I don’t use the app i feel guilty since i spent money on it. Two, there are goals within the app, like growing a real tree and customizing the trees you plant in your forest which makes it kind of fun. Three, you see all of your focus progress and it makes you feel like a focus BEAST. It makes you really appreciate the effort you put into your work, whether it be school or your job or whatever. Definitely recommend, coming from a big cheapo! Thank you forest team for promoting healthy habits, I could never be more grateful","One, if I don’t use the app i feel guilty since i spent money on it.",5,TRUE,cost,money,57,62,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,fb932e85-019e-4cc3-bfc9-c036b62c5ac1,b5bc9f80-26be-49fa-87c0-baa5389e65f3,Good App but certain important elements missing,I like using the apps but it is missing some basic functionality.1) Split Screen Multitasking functionality should be added to the app. I often send emails in a foreign languages and I like to have a multilingual dictionary app in the split view to check words as I write. I see no obvious reason why this app doesn’t have split screen multitasking functionality. 2) I should be able to attach documents that are saved in the Files to email replies. As far as I can tell the email attachment functionality only works with documents that are saved to the drive and even then I don't think you can attach the document so much as share it from the drive. The only way to attach documents from files it share from the files app which always starts it as a new email. This is not great for continued collaboration and functionality. Please fix.,I see no obvious reason why this app doesn’t have split screen multitasking functionality.,3,TRUE,general,functionality,77,90,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,122ec160-997f-403d-b10f-afa7411cf787,b5c06221-5ce9-493a-9aa6-bed0f5abbf7c,Create Event Feature,"Great app. Simple, easy to use. Recommend a new update where you can quickly create a calendar event from an email which posts to your google calendar. I know this feature is available on the computer application with the click of a button, but it’s not on the mobile app (at least I can’t find it, which indicates it’s not user freiendly). I presume most people use the mobile version, so anticipate this would be very useful in an updated version.",Recommend a new update where you can quickly create a calendar event from an email which posts to your google calendar.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,calendar event,55,69,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,7ed2a224-04bf-493b-8628-1915496d7f13,b5d19ed0-0795-437d-b7fb-ca6936178706,Great app but they don’t know who they want,"I keep getting ads about using Evernote business but I don’t want their service for business. I do use it for business but I don’t think they understand what I want as a business owner. I use it for myself, I don’t have a team, although I imagine I will at some point, I don’t think that this would even serve my team if I had one. there’s only one thing I want out of the premium service and that is being able to use the app on all my devices. That really should be a free service. It’s stupid the way you guys do it. It’s incredibly frustrating.I’ll make this easy for you Evernote. The only way I would pay a higher price for what you offer is if you provided mind mapping or flow charting in my note taking. There isn’t really a great option out there and it would allow me to see everything all at once. You guys should consider all the ways people can take notes and I think this would be the next frontier.You guys also could make it easier to make charts and graphs. I think those two things would be worth the price.",The only way I would pay a higher price for what you offer is if you provided mind mapping or flow charting in my note taking.,2,TRUE,compatibility,price,35,40,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,53a256b8-7d5e-4991-8ec7-415728015f21,b5dfc415-abfa-44e4-bd11-5e8630bbd21e,Please fix signature issue,"In terms of basic functionality, the app works well enough for me. However, an issue I have recently run into (and which apparently has been a long-standing complaint by other users) is the fact that the signature appears at the bottom of an entire conversation thread (quoted text) by default. On the web, there is an option to make it so the signature appears at the end of your reply BEFORE quoted text, but this option is not available in the app. There are reviews from the end of 2017 and earlier this year complaining about this issue, and I have seen forum posts online regarding this issue going back even a bit further than that. While this may not be a problem for some users, it can be very frustrating for other users who use Gmail for professional/business communications, so I believe this issue warrants greater attention from the Google team than it is currently being given.","In terms of basic functionality, the app works well enough for me.",2,TRUE,usability,functionality,19,32,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,5e8d3fa1-476e-4714-af4c-12d7aa6504bf,b5ff480e-6ebf-4988-8ad9-e3a12226d0d4,Ouch.,"I really don’t want to sound like a hater, but Word on iOS is just, well... not so good. Within only minutes of installing the latest update, I encountered two bugs that were somewhat serious. The undo function didn’t work, and attempting to use iOS dictation crashed the app. Every. Time. Other less serious quirks, but long-standing and frustrating ones: The cursor always stops blinking after a few seconds of inactivity, and most often disappears altogether. Selecting text is unresponsive and jumpy. Trying to select a single word or short phrase is much harder than it has to be. Worse is that the sync and save are pretty awful. I too frequently have edits not get saved, and have even had entire documents (representing hours of work) disappear altogether. I don’t need that. Nobody needs that. So I use Google Docs and or Apple Pages now, and I’m quite happy with them. Sorry, Microsoft. I wish you well, but I gotta do what I gotta do.",Selecting text is unresponsive and jumpy.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,text,11,15,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,dd432d8c-e057-44ce-9ec5-0abaf2f56965,b652cfa5-dc7b-48cb-8996-3fa1ae13c304,Too Simple for Real Work,"If you use the default template for every document, this may be the program for you. If you use a template you created, then this is probably not for you. I created a template on my computer that uses 12 pt Georgia Pro as the font, justified text, and a 10 pt space between each paragraph. When I open it on iOS, I get 11 pt Calibri, text that is not justified, and no space between paragraph. Also, although fonts installed with AnyFont used to display fine. Now I get the following message: “There is insufficient memory or disk space. Word cannot display the requested font.” Files with installed fonts will not open. I tried it on my iPad and iPhone 7+.Once again, there is a new version with the same problem. I’ll uninstall it and try it again later. Not planning to renew Office 365 until it’s fixed.",Word cannot display the requested font.” Files with installed fonts will not open.,1,TRUE,general,font,35,39,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e437fd30-c43b-492f-b994-595a63c8561b,b6556a08-bfc3-4b63-9df3-a66ed628a774,Another Horrible Update - Please Go Back!,"This is an update from December 2020. Another irresponsible update results in poor UX/UI on my new iPhone Xr and iPad. With this update an entire stack disappeared on these devices, but thankfully it’s still there on desktop and in the cloud from logging in via browser. I’m seriously looking for an alternative to Evernote at this point :(Original Review: I used to love working with the Evernote app. Been using it since around 2011. I waited until I thought they were solid enough to buy a 1 year upgrade. Two months into my subscription, IT happened. THEY changed the look of the app (that was very close to perfect already) and made it hard to navigate, clunky and slow... Sometimes it takes 20-30 seconds for the app to respond now, and it regularly freezes -- then I have to close it and re-open again. Really? You guys think that is better than before?","Two months into my subscription, IT happened.",1,TRUE,cost,subscription,20,32,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,87adcec5-8c31-4ca1-9985-54d7cfa456e6,b6ac4094-b8e9-497e-adac-f8db128d0c7b,WAV playback broken in iOS 13,"Gmail team, this app is my life and my company runs on it. With the recent iOS update and gmail update the WAV playback is broken. App just crashes every time we try to play a wav attachment on an email. Unfortunately this is the only format we get our company voicemails in. Can’t listen to them. Currently using Outlook app until this is fixed. Please fix!",Can’t listen to them.,5,TRUE,efficiency,list,7,11,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,08d74637-422c-45f0-9e76-27855e6ffdb2,b6aee322-d1a1-4ac7-b9d1-8f2c639bd336,Pretty Good But,"This is a fabulous app but I thought that you could only get coins by planting trees but it turns out that you can also by something that doubles the coins you get after you complete a task. I mean we've already paid $1.99 for this app and the app have a choice to pay another $0.99 or $1.99 for double coins for a certain period of time!!! I think the app should say that the only way to get coins is to plant trees, not cheat to get double coins for only one tree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! But yeah apart from that the app is quite useful for me. You should definitely get this app.","I think the app should say that the only way to get coins is to plant trees, not cheat to get double coins for only one tree!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!",4,TRUE,effectiveness,plant tree,65,75,negative
productivity,notability,eef54c36-3c89-43b7-b1ff-5cbebfe1247b,b6cfd4ea-9401-4d88-be97-2291baec54e0,Great app but could be improved for teaching,"I gladly bought this app as I use it to teach University classes. It allows me to write with my ApplePencil while projecting my notes from the iPad, so after every lecture I have an editable version of the notes and I can produce a PDF. Also, I can include multimedia contents, and images from the web.However I found difficult importing external PDF in an open note as a page, and if this is the first page I cannot remove it anymore. Also, the app could be improved with a couple of very helpful additions: 1) to re-use the notes the following academic year, I would like to be able to “hide” part of the notes, to “unhide” one line at a time as I explain the notes; 2) an even better option would be to be able to create a greyed-out version of the notes in order to re-write on them during the class, i.e. as if I was writing for the first time. A found a workaround using semi-transparent boxes to overlay to the notes, but now this feature seemed gone with the latest updates, which is disappointing since updates shoul “add” and not remove features. I hope someone from the developing team is reading these reviews .","However I found difficult importing external PDF in an open note as a page, and if this is the first page I cannot remove it anymore.",4,TRUE,efficiency,page,71,75,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,61bdd6a0-68fa-40c6-b5a6-2d1ce9b9602a,b70b1b8a-724e-48fb-917c-41c451febaf6,Bring back native Dark Mode and fix time outs,"Longtime Pro user of Evernote and love it. It’s great for my dream journal and all the other notes I need to take as well. I just really wish you didn’t get rid of native dark mode in the app. I like using dark mode in Evernote regardless of what my iPhone is doing. It is just much easier on my eyes and I’ve been using it that way forever. I’ve seen similar requests in the reviews to bring it back, and it really doesn’t seem like a big deal to do. Please consider it, it was a great touch and details like that matter when you’ve been using them forever.Also the app times out MUCH quicker now. I have also seen many others annoyed about this in the reviews. I, too, will be doing research in another app or browser, and quickly move back and forth between that and Evernote to make notes. It used to be no problem, but after these last updates, it essentially times out immediately upon shifting from Evernote to a different app. Coming back to Evernote, it might not have even saved what I had just written and it’s back to the top. Please fix this!I’ll gladly change my rating to 5 stars once these bugs and features are fixed. Please listen to your customers or they’ll start moving to the competitors who do.",I like using dark mode in Evernote regardless of what my iPhone is doing.,2,TRUE,usability,dark mode,14,23,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,eacae212-231a-4e07-bebd-89efedd4f144,b71a9fc3-da64-4528-871e-a794cef27984,Practical,"In a world where everything is designed to pull our focus towards screens, this app provides an excellent way to combat this issue. In a very simple, cheeky, way. The plants provide a feeling of satisfaction, and the best part, you receive precious time for your tasks. Whether your trying to take time for yourself, study, read, or perhaps taking on the chore of showering under 5 minutes, this app is ideal for every situation.","In a world where everything is designed to pull our focus towards screens, this app provides an excellent way to combat this issue.",5,TRUE,cost,design,32,38,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e432cc06-40f0-457d-9151-e0e9f1b717d1,b75aba01-9289-40e9-96a9-28d3e5991917,What happened to Evernote?,"I’ve used Evernote for years and have found it an indispensable part of my work life. The ability to organize documents quickly was ahead of its time when the cloud was just a twinkle in Apple’s eye. I had “Pocket” for my junk drawer, but Evernote was the reliable filing cabinet I could always come back to. Recently, the ability to utilize these filing features have undergone a dramatic change. More steps are needed to name a document, and the easy tagging features seem to have disappeared. Don’t get me started on finding old documents, a feature that was said to have improved. I’ve taken to using the iCloud more often with these changes. Maybe it’s for the best. Shame that Evernote has now become the junk drawer for those documents I don’t really care as much about. Hopefully fixes are coming, but at this point, I wouldn’t recommend this app.","More steps are needed to name a document, and the easy tagging features seem to have disappeared.",2,TRUE,efficiency,tag,56,59,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,dd20d6b2-f229-41b9-8279-7ef75e89a78e,b7c24f8a-d94f-4c10-a956-651a7152ff2b,What else would you use?,"The best mail app for iOS, and I’ve used a few. I’ve probably had at least one gmail account longer than most of the internet has been been alive. I’ve never seriously cleaned my inbox beyond deleting promotional mailings, and I don’t ever expect to run out of space. The app is incredibly stable with good functionality, allowing direct links between Chrome and other Google apps. For the same reason I use Apple products, I use Google web and location services. They’re the Apple of the web. ;-)","I’ve never seriously cleaned my inbox beyond deleting promotional mailings, and I don’t ever expect to run out of space.",5,TRUE,usability,space,115,120,positive
productivity,things-3,cbaf577f-f2dc-4d71-ac81-42ad45f1977a,b7e7711e-ce0e-4a26-85b7-7a4a9295c0a0,"Rating Multiple Costs across Apple devices, Not App itself!","I just paid $10 for the iPhone version cuz I like the format, the good reviews & Editors Choice. So this morning I’m on my iPad & lo & behold I have to pay another $20 to sync across the devices. Really?? Don’t know too many developers that do that..You pay one fee & you can pick up on your other devices..I didn’t do enough research & the few reviews highlighted that I read, had no mention of this. Developer claims costs involved! No.. the sucker punch is if you can afford an iPhone and an iPad you must be loaded, and since our app is award winning, we will stick you for it!",So this morning I’m on my iPad & lo & behold I have to pay another $20 to sync across the devices.,1,TRUE,efficiency,sync,75,79,negative
productivity,notability,9c893eb1-125b-47c5-a62a-91be1e25db74,b7f65d0e-22bd-428b-97bb-87378e6147fd,"Useful, but hard to organize","I’ve been using notability for school for about a year now. It’s great paired with the apple pencil, and all the features on that end of the app are fantastic. My chief complaint, however, comes from the organization of the app. For instance, I can’t have two documents of the same name within the app, which is annoying because I have to go back a year to delete/rename some old note to use the title again. The divider system works well, but the sections get crowded really quickly. It would be nice to have a different view instead of just just lists of documents that I have to scroll through. Lastly- and this seems to be a product of the latest update, there are some issues with renaming documents, namely not being able to.","The divider system works well, but the sections get crowded really quickly.",3,TRUE,effectiveness,divider,5,12,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a237aef5-03cc-4312-a491-0c5eee8dba4b,b802e3a3-8b76-47fc-a59c-dc877a433d76,Why Get Rid of a Good Thing?,"Why would you get rid of Inbox? It was so much neater and more efficient than the Gmail app, which is why I used that instead. It grouped all like emails into their own folders, and it did it without me having to do it every time the email arrived. I also had several folders that I separated certain emails from my regular emails for specific reasons, mainly making them easier to find. With Gmail, I have to scroll through because they are all lumped together. No meat tidy folders for financial emails, entertainment emails, work related emails, etc. And what’s the deal with my promotions? There are ads???? You can’t delete everything in the promotions all at once. I don’t have time to go through and do it individually. If you set up Gmail like Inbox, it would be so much more seamless. Now all the separate folders I had I have to find in Gmail. Should have kept Inbox. This is a mess.",And what’s the deal with my promotions?,1,TRUE,general,motion,32,38,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,5b7e93a4-59c2-484a-a0af-047eb63bf493,b807e57e-3c94-42de-89b9-c119800c770b,Favorite App for keeping track of almost everything,"I have about 30 ‘notebooks’ with names ranging from ‘Auto’ to ‘Weather.’   When I use discipline to add important information or pictures or recordings, it makes a great place for reminders and a visual searchable journal as well.  I think the ability to see overall as well as in a linear fashion, the ongoing notes, helps me feel comparable using Evernote.  Other note saving programs feel either too loose or too constraining.  Thank you for a solid program that is great to use even in the free version.  Happy there has not been a big switcheroo like some other programs have done. ( making it uncomfortable to use a free version ). Grateful.",Thank you for a solid program that is great to use even in the free version.,5,TRUE,usability,free version,64,76,positive
productivity,notability,42870527-6106-4485-acbf-d3c6bf505b63,b8a8042d-979f-46f2-8ba6-1a683ba5daae,It is okay,"I think it is a great software to create and write your notes that will be in pdf.The reason for my low rating is when you have to deal with documents that one uses across multiple platforms.  I want to use the documents on a PC with PDF annotator and an IPad when I am away at meetings and conferences.  Every time I have to edit a PDF I have to import the document (meaning a new copy) and then have to use this on my PC to add more notes.  These added stuff on my PC do not carry back, I have to import the document again.Wish they would just let me share document via BOX for both storing and accessing and just be able to edit one copy of document across multiple platforms and multiple applicationsAs someone else mentioned for their not using notability “ gathered bad synching across multiple devices is a big issue",I want to use the documents on a PC with PDF annotator and an IPad when I am away at meetings and conferences.,5,TRUE,efficiency,document,19,27,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,260beb9f-a4f3-446b-943b-c3c70dd92a61,b8b1d2ba-15ec-41fc-840c-5ec8ce07817f,Conversation View,Update: I give up. I recognize Google is never going to let me turn off conversation view. They win the review war. (meaningless updates to reset low ratings). I’ve deleted the gmail app and switched to the Yahoo! mail app to access my gmail. It looks like I’m not alone as conversation view complaints have dropped off. I was just hoping Google would respond to user complaints. I don’t know why.Why? Why? WHY??? Can't conversation view be turned off!WHY???!!! Do you insist on conversation view? It is a tangled spaghetti mess! I can find no reason for message order. Generally newer messages are at bottom but each message appears to have previous messages attached so it is loops inside of loops. JUST LET ME TURN IT OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <SCREAM!!!!!>,I recognize Google is never going to let me turn off conversation view.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,conversation view,54,71,positive
productivity,things-3,d3eaea24-8aa4-4be4-a2c0-54fbf34d8a87,b8e08fdf-c5b0-4461-a205-9ba1a9bd2987,The last time I’ll switch to-do list apps,"If you find yourself switching between personal to-do list apps often because nothing feels “quite right”, you should try Things 3. It has completely replaced and simplified my Trello process, which I had relied on religiously for the last two years, but never felt perfect. Things keeps me focused on what I want to be focused on while integrating with my behemoth catch-all list, but without overwhelming me like looking at all my Trello cards did. Seamless integration with iCal calendars was not something I was looking for, but now wouldn’t want to live without. I would spend 10x what I paid for this app, it’s that spot-on in terms of flexibility and reliability.","If you find yourself switching between personal to-do list apps often because nothing feels “quite right”, you should try Things 3.",5,TRUE,usability,list,55,59,negative
productivity,things-3,90fa3730-ce10-4404-825f-a14c2bf10682,b9216af5-9f7e-4a5a-b21f-f2dc5ae16c20,Nearly Perfect,"For a couple years I’ve used 2Do as my go-to task manager. Things 3 doesn’t have all the bells and whistles that 2Do has, but it has nearly all the ones I used. Personally, the ability to color-code projects/lists was something I really enjoyed in 2Do and wish it was present in Things 3. I hope this is added soon. Pictures is also something I look forward to adding, as another way to visualize my tasks. Finally, I wish there was more integration into alternative calendar apps, such as Fantastical. Being able to link to and from my task-manager and my calendar is awesome, but it only links to native calendar. Hopefully this is expanded in the future. Overall, Things 3 has been an absolute joy to use, and I’ve almost completely migrated from 2Do because of the awesome interface.","Finally, I wish there was more integration into alternative calendar apps, such as Fantastical.",4,TRUE,compatibility,calendar,61,69,positive
productivity,things-3,f13be753-3394-4149-a54e-10c001b65340,b96874e9-18a2-4dc8-9e70-d9b2008915e7,Getting better and better,"Things 3 is my go to app for keeping track of things. It’s simplistic, yet powerful, design is easy to use, easy on the eyes, and offers enough options to handle my needs. Five stars if the following two things can be added in the future. 1.) Ability to bulk tag on iOS. Don’t know why this isn’t an option but tagging items one by one is tedious and slow. We can select multiple items and move them to different areas, why can’t we add tags to these items? 2.) I know it’s a stretch, but location reminders would be the icing on the cake. I’d love to be able to tag things with a location and have them pop up when I’m there - I suppose things isn’t really designed this way though. Bonus points if you can add collaboration in someway to things 3. I’d love to share projects around the house with my wife.As it stands Things is a strong 4 Star app with 5 star potential. Keep the updates coming!","It’s simplistic, yet powerful, design is easy to use, easy on the eyes, and offers enough options to handle my needs.",4,TRUE,usability,design,32,38,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,3312b1a9-6fba-4a24-8fbe-38e8b1b7f575,b97dcf95-626b-4f03-8d7f-ab5e2aba0a24,Solid but “Googly”,"Solid and reliable, but...Does not take advantage of APIs inherent to iOS so it feels like an app that doesn’t belong on the platform.  I wish it was designed to look and feel more like a native app.Also, one nitpick, as an inbox zero proponent, the graphic that appears when you have nothing in your inbox is tacky and unnecessary. Would you make it possible to remove that in the options?","Also, one nitpick, as an inbox zero proponent, the graphic that appears when you have nothing in your inbox is tacky and unnecessary.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,graph,52,57,negative
productivity,things-3,f7f3d945-257d-481d-b27c-8335536666c5,b99a1183-ce55-4f41-acd0-842efceb2b04,Clean. Well designed. Powerful.,"These guys are rock! I love how every single detail was thought through and designed in this app.In the meantime, in our interconnected online world, it would be obvious to see some API for other developers, or at least some integrations with ifttt, or similar services.It would be nice to have some coaching push notifications. Something like: you did 5 todos today. 80% of your original plan, for tomorrow, try to plan less and make it 100%. it's better to do everything done from today and then go to an upcoming folder if you have time left.Thanks for your great work!",I love how every single detail was thought through and designed in this app.,5,TRUE,general,design,56,62,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,783a08cb-edd0-4210-a30c-0028248f8ed5,b9ba8edb-df29-4ae7-a1ae-27d62cc87240,Review as requested by app.,"TOP LINE: Meh, so far. It looks pretty. It’s stable. It’s cheap. Poor user support and tutorial. Limited use compared to other “Pomodoro” type apps.  Buy if curious. Skip if you’re happy with your system.PRO: the app (1) looks pretty and (2) is stable within the current version of iOS (12.x.x). (3) Reasonable one-time price for most features.CON: (1) very weak tutorial. Much seems to be figure out as you go. (2) Poor user accessible support. Ex: App Settings -> FAQs -> blank page with spinning circle. Waited for a full minute. Still spinning. (3.) Arbitrary request for review instead of, “How are we doing?”  I’ve seen other apps, in their tutorial, mention they’d really appreciate a review but they don’t interrupt your workflow.NEUTRAL: I wish Apple didn’t restrict putting specific apps on the Whitelist. That would have been a great boon if possible. That said, I’d imagine the developers are more frustrated about that than I am.So that’s my review as requested.Hopefully, I’ll learn how to get more out of this app and will update my review at that point.","Hopefully, I’ll learn how to get more out of this app and will update my review at that point.",3,TRUE,usability,update,64,70,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9ff44550-2332-41d4-9453-351d1cfb4118,b9e151b7-16c2-4eb5-b5ba-bd03d2030c41,Latest November Update is Terrible. WHY did you move & hide things?,"Everything is moved around and certain text options are now hidden, which makes it harder to get to. The new design took away the ability to QUICKLY and seamlessly type and format text. Now you have to dig to locate the things like the Indent button. I hate that I updated, but my stupid app kept crashing, now I have a bigger problem. Also, what’s with the RETURN button function? When I press “Return” (attempting to go to the next line), it does a “shift return” function instead of giving me a new paragraph line. It’s so annoying and inconvenient, especially when using bullet lists.Sadly, I’ll use something else until they revert back to the previous version, or change things around to make it simple again. Don’t try to fix things that weren’t broken. Smh. And where’s the option to make it dark without having to turn my whole iPad to dark mode? The new look is just so complicated. Disappointing update.","Sadly, I’ll use something else until they revert back to the previous version, or change things around to make it simple again.",1,TRUE,usability,previous version,62,78,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,31a81c54-66ef-4603-9e71-01fdf6ddcfb5,b9efd09d-42a7-4fd4-ac5a-7db1f05d020b,Annoying little things,"Good as far as taking notes concern. Two things annoyed me after I downloaded it on my phone.1. It shows me a blank page after I decide not to sync with more than 2 devices. I need to force quit, open and sign in again.2. Creating new labels - It took me quite a while to figure out how to add a label. Tried myself - didn’t work. Read support article from Evernote, I was doing exactly as what the article suggests. Find another article, the answer is that I need to click on “return” after the label. Umm.. I may do it if I’m using my laptop, but who knows I need to click on return key. I was clicking outside the text line... So, Evernote, if you cannot change the method of saving, at least improve your support center instruction.",It shows me a blank page after I decide not to sync with more than 2 devices.,3,TRUE,compatibility,page,21,25,negative
productivity,notability,9411e7f1-9426-478b-b0dd-884bb5756013,bac74290-6eaf-4e8d-925b-47040b97d370,"Freezing, losing recordings","Overall, I have had a good experience with the app. The ability to record audio, and to have it match up with the notes taken is wonderful. But this also leads to my major frustration with the app. I use a 2018 iPad Pro 12.9”... with definitely enough “horse power” to usually avoid situations of freezing and app issues. Occasionally while taking notes on a PDF and recording audio during crucial lectures, the app will freeze and crash. Upon reopening the app, it will state that it is recovering the audio file... but never actually recovers it. The audio is lost. The ability to match up audio with handwritten notes is the best feature of the app, but if it can’t do this reliably, I will be forced to utilize other options. This has occurred even when Notability is the only app open. Does this happen every time? No. But the fact that this has occurred multiple times since my purchasing the app 6 months ago is too many times.","Occasionally while taking notes on a PDF and recording audio during crucial lectures, the app will freeze and crash.",1,TRUE,efficiency,recording,46,55,negative
productivity,things-3,6b53a33e-cf87-4c9d-83c3-fbf334de7e10,bac7f274-fd1a-471d-9ddd-bd8a8201ecf5,Love this app! A few suggestions:,"Overall, love this app and use it everyday to manage my projects and ToDos for each project.A few things about the design (less about the functionality, although it’s certainly related) that have bothered me over the years of using it:- Tags on items only show up as little icons in the Today or Inbox views. I’d love for them to show up color-coded and titled on the views and not just when you open each item.- Titles of Projects show up under each item, but not which area. This is a problem for me because I have multiple projects titled “To Do” essentially for each project Area I have. I’d love for them to show up on each item in the Inbox or Today view as “Area Name - Project Name”",I’d love for them to show up color-coded and titled on the views and not just when you open each item.,4,TRUE,general,color,30,35,negative
productivity,notability,c43b5b27-da5e-4dcd-89de-a1a4d5ed83f2,bb9b852a-b052-4072-9866-a9f7c999b4bb,If you want a long term note taking app save your money and don’t buy this app,"Simply put this app is only made for those who need a short term note taking app. Sure its formatting is sleek but when it comes down to it, this app is a massive headache to work with. There is an awful lack of organization options. Being able to only separate things into dividers and subjects is just not enough. I am in graduate school and organization is paramount to keeping me sane. When I look at my list of notes from all my courses jumbled up and having to scroll for ages till I hit the latest content makes me want to throw my device out of a moving car. Aside from the obvious lack of organization the app constantly has issues with transferring things such as lecture notes to the app. This is hands down the worst problem as it makes the app incredible hard to use and it makes me feel as though I have wasted my money. So long story short save your time and money and DO NOT buy this app.",Simply put this app is only made for those who need a short term note taking app.,1,TRUE,usability,note taking,66,77,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d2a17e64-e854-44d8-bd8c-45f0fb92c8a8,bc95c55e-9b5f-444d-a3d7-909729cb1302,Latest update renders product close to useless,"Updated 10/03. Got the latest update today. Still loads slooow. I think it created more multiple copies of notes but it’s hard to tell. Need to spend some time on the Windows Desktop version, the one that hasn’t been “upgraded” yet, to see if I can fix this mess. I’ve been an Evernote user since 2014. This last update to the iPad version is awful. I wish I never downloaded it. Everything about it is sloooooow. You need to tap a note at least three times before it even attempts to load it, and the notebook is local even. When it does decide to load, twiddle you’re thumbs for a bit because.....slooooooowWhen you use the nearly useless web thing, won’t call it clipper that works well, it tells you next time you sync. Guess what it never seems to do with those pages?  Oh, and if it does......sloooooooow Try sending it pictures.  They note shows up from the email but the pictures. Its nearly to the point where I may have to use either Apple Notes or, god forbid, One Note. Can you re-release the old version as an upgrade to whatever you want to call this?",Can you re-release the old version as an upgrade to whatever you want to call this?,1,TRUE,general,old version,24,35,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0dbd057e-3b76-40f7-912d-e1d9b8cae641,bc96ff25-f5a3-4442-81ba-010a69ee7e52,Very angry,"I recently got a new iPhone. I was rather surprised when I logged in on my new device.  A screen pops up telling me I have to sign up for a 7.99 monthly subscription to get my things.  I am unable to get passed that screen.   I looked in help and found the plan comparisons - would have been much more helpful if the prices would have been listed along with the features- dahhhhh.  I have been to both the app support page and the developer web site and no where am I able to find somewhere to actually send an email.  All you get are a bunch of drop down screens to choose your issue. After all that, it asks if this was helpful.  Guess what, I clicked no it wasn’t.  Nothing happens.  Would have been nice if it would have finally given me a way to contact support.   If they options are available to get an email out and get a direct response from a living person, tell me where the link is hidden and buried.  Maybe Sasquatch has it. No one can find him either",I have been to both the app support page and the developer web site and no where am I able to find somewhere to actually send an email.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,page,37,41,negative
productivity,notability,871fd83e-67bc-4aad-98c5-41ff45aa4d62,bccb1a4b-a175-4e51-a432-3bcbfc690b9b,Incredibly Versatile,"I have been using this app for about six months, primarily for school, and absolutely love it. The different paper options (lined, graphing) allow me to keep my notes legible, and the different pen colors are perfect for differentiating my notes from class notes. Additionally, the ability to create subjects for different classes or tasks provides much needed organization. The ability to import documents into specific notes and mark them up (notes, underlining, highlighting) is invaluable to me, and the “straight-line” feature keeps my documents from becoming chaotic. On top of this, the ability to search my handwritten notes is an absolute lifesaver when I am reading through multiple documents. I use the MacOS app as well, and it works seamlessly with this app. Because of its “simplicity,” I prefer to use use this app for all note taking—typed or handwritten. The “outlining” style (bullets or numbers) is superior to word processing software because the indentations are uniform and it is easy to color-code. Furthermore, the copy/paste feature in this app has never given me trouble, and I never have to worry about different fonts, sizes or hyperlinks. Aside from the iOS notes app, I have not tried any other note taking app. However, because I am so satisfied with this app I do not anticipate having to try any of them out.","Aside from the iOS notes app, I have not tried any other note taking app.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,note taking,58,69,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,4eb73579-1d4e-4d95-9407-22ed254835ef,bccc65db-f9dc-4637-992f-cce400edf461,As Effective as You Are Honest With It,"Forest has been a good tool for preserving both my productivity and phone battery. The pie chart it provides (after you tag each session with a category) also helps break down where your time on Forest is going. As a more competitive person, having a ranking system between my friends and I is helpful. Having more trees and bushes is something I enjoy looking forward to; the last update was a fun experience. While I understand the idea of an increasing 100 coin cost with each tree bought, I found myself taking a mental L after prices started going beyond 1000.Otherwise animated trees. That’d be amazing, and I wouldn’t mind earning a ton for coins for those.Something that might be fun to see in the future are personal challenges. I enjoy the achievements and their rewards offered by the app (i.e. X consecutive days rewards and X many days’ worth of focus time for coins), and it would be nice to see more of them. Reward variety in the form of exclusive trees/bushes or planting actual trees is also something that’d be cool to have.TL;DR: effective app. More trees (animated trees? ✨) and bushes to purchase/earn and more achievements with rewards would be cool.",The pie chart it provides (after you tag each session with a category) also helps break down where your time on Forest is going.,5,TRUE,efficiency,tag,38,41,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,fd0fa997-260f-4861-b871-5bfc3bb536c0,bcce290d-c0f5-4120-af7c-605da8889432,Great for collaborating across devices,"I have devices I use at home, at work, and volunteer places where I do not necessarily own all devices. I usually use a USB drive but, remembering where I keep that small USB drive is much burdensome. Many times, I could not locate my USB drive. Using OneDrive and having 5 users access is a convenience, the price, over $100 a year is a little high, thou. I litterally have access to more than 5 devices. Now, when my Phone becomes more than a phone, I really like to see Word to be more easy to edit text using iPhone. I tried editing text on a document using my iPhone, I was able to edit it. However, when I open it on a PC, the line that I typed in using my iPhone has a different format than other text in the same document. Selecting text, and editing tables or that with shapes are not very much easy on iPhone which might have a lot to do with iPhone structure. But, I really want to see improvement on this area which Microsoft could possibly eliminate barriers and add more user friendly features for Word on iPhone.","Using OneDrive and having 5 users access is a convenience, the price, over $100 a year is a little high, thou.",3,TRUE,cost,price,64,69,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,ef4f9296-a098-494c-b373-127fd81b37af,bd331906-b296-4642-a812-b4203fdad4ff,Word search problem,"(1) Word search starts searching like crazy before you end typing the word/text you want to search for.  It will continue even when you try to stop it.  You go crazy too by clicking <cancel>, but it will continue until whatever, then, it suddenly stop its search and goes back to the document. Here, you must start all over again with the same frustration.(2) The solution is to use other text writing tool for writing exactly what you want, then past in the word/text search.(3) The difference between this ap and others is that you can copy something from outside sources and past it into your document.  You will be able to find the text you already copied into it when you use the way I described for text searching.  There are other apps that do not recognize texts you pasted into them from web pages or books.But I am thankful for the work you’ve done.",(3) The difference between this ap and others is that you can copy something from outside sources and past it into your document.,3,TRUE,usability,document,121,129,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,4377ccd0-3721-4b89-95c5-24b0fd29afec,bd6f5330-a3a9-45a0-af5b-258af25fcefd,The only thing that stops me from mindlessly scrolling,"When I catch myself procrastinating studying by scrolling mindlessly on tumblr, Twitter, Instagram, reddit, etc... I know it’s time to plant a tree in this app. Even just setting a 20 minute timer helps me break the spell and stay focused on something meaningful. I’ve never killed a tree once and I’m gonna keep it that way lol. Such a cute app, I totally recommend.","When I catch myself procrastinating studying by scrolling mindlessly on tumblr, Twitter, Instagram, reddit, etc...",5,TRUE,general,tag,93,96,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,17a6a051-83dd-4d82-8414-a9848d95a78b,bd93e3f4-0098-44c6-936b-9d864fa74e06,Definitely worth a try,"I wish there was more variety of trees, and I don't like the leader board it seems to incentivize cheating for somebody like me who uses the app to track my deep work sessions instead of just being off my phone. If you just want to stay off your phone through the day this app is great although I'm not sure how much of an incentive planting trees is. Would love a separate app that focuses more on tracking and gamifing actual progress of important projects and endeavors, but for now the pretty tree scape and pie graphs are enough to keep me going. Ps, leaderboards for specific tags might be a cool way to break things up a bit","Ps, leaderboards for specific tags might be a cool way to break things up a bit",4,TRUE,general,tag,31,34,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,b7a44d83-0414-40e0-a465-c6419e063746,be3060f8-2f09-49e5-82bd-30aad02a663a,Falls short... really short.,"When I downloaded this app I expected it to be as easy as my PC experience. I don’t expect perfections but I do expect functionality that doesn’t make me feel like I’d be better off typing papers in my notes and just waiting to retype it on my computer later. I thought it may have been a compatibility thing initially but I found that the app works great on my MacBook so this can’t be the case. I purchased an account specifically to be able to use my iPad to type papers (the account for my MacBook is through my university) and I kinda regret it. At this point, I wish I could just submit my papers via the pages application that apple offers. :( please make basic improvements to things such fluidity and basic functionality to change this opinion.","At this point, I wish I could just submit my papers via the pages application that apple offers.",2,TRUE,general,paper,46,51,positive
productivity,notability,de4fc36b-7243-436b-b15d-5581c769ba8a,be4c17c1-be9b-4b30-a57b-6cbb435f5ce6,Suggestions for Developers,"There are some missing features that hold it back from 5 stars:1) When I take notes and annotate, I like to have multiple pens and highlighters out. There should be an option to add additional pens and highlighters to the toolbar. When rapidly taking notes, time is precious, and this would make it less tedious.2) inserting diagrams is too difficult. There should be a math or shape mode that you can toggle on and off that auto recognizes shapes and fixes them. Having an math text mode that auto recognizes math notation would also be fantastic ... p.s. OneNotes version of this is poorly executed. 3)**** when I record lectures, I am always slightly behind when note taking. If there were an advanced feature where we could choose where the audio track lines up with the notes, that would be spectacular. Revisited notes would be much superior and would be more like sitting through the lecture again.****4) there should be an option to directly add in PDFs to our notes. They could be added in as entire pages to the document, just integrating the PDF, or auto convert to an image to be pasted in. But working with PDFs in existing notes should be an option.",Having an math text mode that auto recognizes math notation would also be fantastic ... p.s.,4,TRUE,usability,text,16,20,positive
productivity,things-3,86f16451-e722-467e-82b0-dabd0c851833,be725ac6-137f-4a3f-9ebe-09c596f6b914,Needs minutes option for reminders.,"Only needs an option to select by the minute for reminders. Right now, you can only set reminders in 5 minute increments (example: 10:30 am 10:35 am, 10:40 am, etc.)Ability to set as 1 minute increments (10:31 am 10:32 am, 10:33 am, etc.) would make Things 3 absolutely perfect.",Only needs an option to select by the minute for reminders.,5,TRUE,general,reminder,50,58,positive
productivity,things-3,3aa1173b-cd89-4710-9add-8730bb2b37c3,be83fbad-c347-45b6-99c6-57d9119335ee,"It’s OK, could be much better","Appreciated the ability to import my task list from another task management app. Not having a calendar view for future dates makes it difficult to plan too far out. Simply seeing a list by month is not helpful. Also, the extremely tiny font size in the iPhone version makes it virtually unusable to me. (I purchased the iPhone, iPad and OS X apps.) Please add the ability to change the text size. Almost every other app includes this capability, especially considering the price you’re charging. Still evaluating whether to keep this app or find something more robust for busy professionals.",Please add the ability to change the text size.,3,TRUE,general,text,38,42,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,f0824d28-93ca-487c-a496-9fa5a71b81af,bf9d10d1-8190-4ba2-8288-9c05f90543f2,"Excellent app, amazing customer service","I am indebted to this app for getting me through grad school, but the reason I'm reviewing is because I'm so impressed by the customer service. I'm Jewish and was offput by the Santa hat that appeared on the app icon a few days ago. I wrote to the developers and they responded very quickly and agreed to make it an optional feature. I really appreciate their sensitivity to this matter and willingness to adjust the app settings so everyone can use it comfortably. Super stellar customer service. Thank you! It really means a lot.",Super stellar customer service.,5,TRUE,efficiency,customer service,15,31,positive
productivity,things-3,40ca4652-625c-4e79-8e63-cc62c450cdf9,bfe8ed2a-7ca3-4f5b-ae3c-bce2431ad119,It's the best out there,"This little app & the corresponding desktop app make such a difference. It's streamlined, efficient & minimalist, and yet it has more functionality than most of its competitors. It can take an enormous workload and make it feel manageable. The only thing missing is a calendar view for planning out future tasks. Hopefully they will integrate that soon!","It's streamlined, efficient & minimalist, and yet it has more functionality than most of its competitors.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,63,76,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,b7c18dd7-2b09-45ef-8c33-b0c30e849f10,bffb19f5-7d5e-4b53-90f0-3ac295c60ac2,Problem with the latest update,"I love this app! I use it everyday, but the latest update has done something weird. Every time I click the little microphone button, to the left of the space bar, it kicks me out of the app. Sometimes I get back into my document, after it kicks me out, to find that it has deleted my latest progress.I love this app, but this problem is making it hard to work with.","Every time I click the little microphone button, to the left of the space bar, it kicks me out of the app.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,space,69,74,positive
productivity,notability,fd37e126-8668-44ad-8375-b26b7539a4c2,c040387d-fe00-484e-93e5-14c6aebe54f8,Fantastic App for College/University,"Along with the apple pen, I have been using this app for about 8 months and have absolutely loved it. It has made my final year of my undergraduate studies so much easier. I do not use a notebook anymore and have saved so much paper. The easily accessible colors and easy to use eraser has allowed me to organize my notes beautifully. This app has many features, such as straightening lines, and cutting and moving objects and words with ease. The resizing feature is perfect too!  I absolutely love the fact that you can download files and write on them. I have downloaded many PowerPoints and notes from my professors and taken my own notes that were clear and organized. I usually have messy notes due to my handwriting but this app makes it extremely easy to make everything legible and memorable. I strongly suggest this for anyone in college/university right now. It will be your best friend.",The easily accessible colors and easy to use eraser has allowed me to organize my notes beautifully.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,color,23,28,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ad92ec5e-aefc-42b3-a6b7-2da358b29b88,c066fcc2-5db2-4ce9-a9a4-c4cd139e01f4,Great App,"This App makes my iPad so much more useful. I depend on Word for so much and really appreciate the folks at MS for keeping it updated and working wonderfully! The reason I don't give it 5 Stars is because often the updates render it useless for a few scary days. At least it gets fixed eventually, but aren't the bugs supposed to be worked out before releasing an update? Also it would be better if, as some other reviewers have noted, the app would remember the last font used and just start off with that instead of requiring me to always go back and reset the font with every new doc created.","At least it gets fixed eventually, but aren't the bugs supposed to be worked out before releasing an update?",5,TRUE,general,update,102,108,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,2667ebb0-0ab9-49ed-a700-cf664f06e949,c15875e4-db6b-40bf-83ca-8f17e49c0e53,Decent app but with a few issues,"The app does its job to keep me focused. However when I tried to edit the tag of intervals through the timeline/forest pages, the app shut itself down. There is no way to edit the tag once the interval is completed. Additionally, I can’t access the help center/FAQ thru Settings, the page loads endlessly.","However when I tried to edit the tag of intervals through the timeline/forest pages, the app shut itself down.",3,TRUE,usability,tag,34,37,negative
productivity,notability,ac31fa3c-55c4-41b2-bea5-cdf73d8932bb,c16aa43b-a0d7-4732-b4ab-05091443a94c,I can see why this is #1,"Honestly, I was really debating on whether on not I should use Notability to take my notes or if I should use GoodNotes 5. In the end, I ended up getting both just to try them out, and what I found was that the UI for Notability was almost flawless for me. Being able to record audio on here is great, but I think the biggest factor for me was how it felt like writing notes in this app. It’s literally feels like I am just writing on paper. My handwriting on Goodnotes 5 just seemed messier and I noticed that they would try to alter my handwriting a bit. If I could make some suggestions, it would be nice if the highlighter could go under the words rather than over it. I would also love the option to just automatically switch back to pen mode after using the eraser (Useful tool in goodnotes). There would be times where I’m writing and the app doesn’t register it and would momentarily freeze a bit. But these are minor inconveniences. Overall, this is a great app to take notes on and annotate PDFs (what I mainly do). The partial eraser is amazing and the automatic backup is a extremely convenient. Definitely recommend it for college!",The partial eraser is amazing and the automatic backup is a extremely convenient.,5,TRUE,efficiency,backup,49,55,positive
productivity,things-3,c81c8120-8e0a-43e4-ac9f-a2d8af3ccc45,c338fd3c-7eb9-4577-af26-ffd0d20c9694,Beware before importing tasks,"I wish there was a trial version. I paid the app fee and was getting to know the app. I thought it would sync with my Reminders app and then sync with my outlook account.  Tasks I created did not end up in the outlook app. I imported tasks into Things 3 and all tasks were marked as completed in the Reminders app and subsequently my Outloon account. The dates and times of those tasks did not import in the Things 3 app. I'm now going to screenshot the imported tasks, delete this app and then redo the tasks in the Reminders app. If I was using this app on my phone and not trying to sync with reminders and outlook, I would really like this app. I do like the upcoming view and being able to see a list of upcoming tasks and events sorted by months. It was not hard to enter a task.",I do like the upcoming view and being able to see a list of upcoming tasks and events sorted by months.,3,TRUE,efficiency,list,53,57,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6932c4f1-7e1a-456f-aca3-e63e1958c1ac,c3c1e2bc-be3e-4c21-8ac4-657d30f8ff1f,Notifications not working,"I’m not sure if this is an iOS 11 issue or what, but notifications are no longer working properly. I’ve used (and loved) the gmail app for a long time, but recently it’s become a big enough pain I’m considering switching to a different app. I’m an “inbox zero” kind of guy. So when I go in and check all my emails and archive them and leave nothing in my inbox and close my app and it still shows a red badge on the gmail icon with 3 or so unread emails, it’s maddening. Sometimes I’ll pull my phone out 20 minutes later and it will still show unread emails, I’ll check, and it’ll still be zero. Ack!! Totally defeats the purpose of a badge icon with number indicators. It’s making me waste so much time, feel so inefficient, and making me question why I continue using what feels like a broken app. I close the app often, regularly keep the app and my iOS updated, and power off my phone frequently. And none of it seems to help.","I close the app often, regularly keep the app and my iOS updated, and power off my phone frequently.",4,TRUE,usability,update,58,64,positive
productivity,things-3,6a46ac71-68c3-44a5-b38d-afce4a6627af,c3cf5dc6-35ed-44aa-8661-8b53f0707ddf,I'm unsatisfied.,"I don't enjoy the gestures- it's not intuitive to hide basic function. I'd rather be presented with options as I create an event than them being hidden. The setup of the lost areas is weird, still adjusting.  In the name of simplicity I find the overall interface confusing. I also find the lack of a few features disappointing. Where are the location based reminders? Why do I have to keep clicking different menus to add a specific event time? I need reminded. That's the whole point of buying this. It should be easy and obvious. If this had a trial, I probably wouldn't have bought it.  The integration of the apple default to do list was a big +1 for me, but I can't just use Siri as it says. You use Siri, she ads it to your default list app. Then later you have to hit a button in the tasks app that imports the task. Just auto import!!! Why is deleting a task not one of the quick swipe options? This is something you find in most other apps, such as email, so please understand there is a reason to follow convention. Overall, I bought this because I wanted to avoid a subscription to some of the alternative organizational apps. However, at the moment, I find myself disappointed and wishing I would have just ponied up a few extra dollars. Edit: the apple watch implementation is spot on and may really save this app for me. Again, I still want this to be more active notification wise, but I really like it on Apple watch now that I've set it as a complication.","Overall, I bought this because I wanted to avoid a subscription to some of the alternative organizational apps.",3,TRUE,cost,subscription,52,64,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,0807af24-2967-4f35-85d2-0da40649288d,c3de956c-d43b-497f-837a-6930d627e271,Not as robust as the windows version,"I use an iPad Pro 12"" 2018. When you want to change text or edit text, you get caught up in Apples junk way of either going to the front of the word or the end of the word. I don’t blame Microsoft technically for that flaw which Apple should just copy Androids keyboard but the rest of trying to navigate around words to get to the exact spot is cumbersome and not productive ever. I have to delete words or tap 3-7 times to get to the exact spot I need. The other limitation is creating a new page on an existing document and continue with the design, word won’t or it’s grayed out.","The other limitation is creating a new page on an existing document and continue with the design, word won’t or it’s grayed out.",3,TRUE,usability,page,40,44,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1a86a114-47a6-4605-a577-2535784d0955,c413af3d-c45b-4445-9dc0-cc5020b4a6f8,Notifications,"I Love the app. It is very easy to organize, and displays emails very well.I have never had a problem with it until recently. As of the last few updates, it seems that there is a constant badge on the icon of my gmail app, when I do not have any unread emails. When I go to check if I have any unread emails, there is nothing to be seen.I am a very organize person, and if there are badges on my apps, I will make sure to make them go away. This is becoming very irritating, but it is still a good app. 4 Stars","As of the last few updates, it seems that there is a constant badge on the icon of my gmail app, when I do not have any unread emails.",4,TRUE,general,unread email,121,133,negative
productivity,notability,fd894de4-3b35-4a7e-aa5e-34c5e54692a3,c43336cf-2358-41df-95b7-330d100b000c,Need local saving option.,"This app requires share option to save document at local. This might not seems worng but it makes user to do export documents and reimport process when iCloud storage is full. This problem also leads user can't check all Notability documents in one place. Sharing option is good but I believe it's not right for the process for local save. I hope Notability allows user can choose the location for document. Or at leaset it should change user can modify document directory. Like iOS native File app, user can modify saving location without export process and it makes available to check all the documents at Recent tab.",I hope Notability allows user can choose the location for document.,3,TRUE,usability,document,59,67,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1d0d2719-3279-4717-b644-ac2db27937d8,c45961ad-97fe-44e7-b70a-f6e708a83c00,Not ready for Inbox users until remainder show up inline with email,"I totally get why Google is killing Inbox for Gmail. Inbox was a test bed for features that would eventually make it into Gmail, and now that the test is done, it’s much more efficient to support a single email product.  I believe in the long run the long run, this will be a win/win for everybody. Unfortunately, they left out a feature that is critical to my and other users’ workflows. My email inbox is my to do list. I only look there to decide what I need to do. Inbox for Gmail engrained this workflow and it is close to flawless. Google suggests to use Tasks for a workaround. This is not close to the same. Now I have to look at two places and triage what is the most important thing to work on.With Inbox, it takes just a couple of clicks to add a reminder. Once saved, it shows up in your inbox in line with the other emails. Or you can set a future date and it will be hidden until that time. The only true workaround I’ve found is to email myself whenever I need a reminder. This takes several more steps (New email, to: me, subject: something to do, Send, when email arrives, click it and snooze until the appropriate time). This takes more effort and feels like a hacky solution. Google, please, for the love of every one of your loyal guinea pigs who helped to improve Gmail’s usability,  add the reminder feature before cutting off access to Inbox!","With Inbox, it takes just a couple of clicks to add a reminder.",2,TRUE,reliability,reminder,55,63,negative
productivity,notability,59d1e812-f2fc-4dbc-a447-f2786b9b23f1,c4655f98-aad6-42ec-8d70-5bb9bdca9710,Very useful but...,"Overall I think this app is great and I use it everyday. Sure it could use a little more in the aesthetics department, but as a note taking app it functions well. The one thing I’d request is being allowed to put subjects within subjects. The reason for my rating though is because of file transfers, which in my mind is a large part of functionality to any given note app. Usually uploads occur flawlessly to my google drive and happen within seconds, but every now and then it’ll randomly take 15min. Sometimes the app just closes when I try to transfer files and I have to restart it. If you’re a student who uses canvas, be wary of direct uploads, sometimes it just doesn’t go through. 95% of the time this app transfers files just fine, that 5% of the time though has cost me grades.","Usually uploads occur flawlessly to my google drive and happen within seconds, but every now and then it’ll randomly take 15min.",3,TRUE,general,google drive,40,52,negative
productivity,notability,f9912399-3d3f-4130-ae45-b8e1728bcdb1,c49891d2-4e8d-44f4-bd61-e6c8611a54e2,TERRIBLE UPDATE,"The new update has ruined notability for me. The app is lagging so bad now. Every time I go to highlight or make a straight line, it takes more than 5 seconds for the line to straighten out and it REALLY slows down my writing. I’ve tried restarting my iPad, but nothing is working. Highlighting and making straight lines used to take no time at all but now it’s a hassle to do those things. Also with all the “new shapes” we can supposedly do with the update, it’s messed up drawing circles. Anytime I try to draw a circle, I hold down the apple pen and it makes like octagons instead. It catches every single little deviation and makes straight lines. I basically have to draw the most perfect circle for it to work so what’s the point of making a feature that’s supposed to correct it for us? There’s no way I can draw a perfect circle on my own and now with the new update it the app won’t even correct it. Ugh I’m so frustrated.",Highlighting and making straight lines used to take no time at all but now it’s a hassle to do those things.,1,TRUE,usability,straight line,25,38,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,5709a697-2e7e-4fa1-ad85-66907b82da71,c4e9c225-49dd-4efa-9123-ef90d6e27d51,Why I didn’t use this version before?,"I’ve been using word and Microsoft office in general on and off.Now, I’m not a techy nor a office person. I am a blue collar worker. But the time for my performance review came and I wanted to present something more profesional than the handwritten typical pages. I tried “pages” in my iPad, google docs and then somebody said “they have a version of word for apple products”. Well, OMG...my review looks great, was super easy and that’s all I have to say.No more handwriting...profesional looking docs will be presented from now on :)  Me, happy.",But the time for my performance review came and I wanted to present something more profesional than the handwritten typical pages.,5,TRUE,efficiency,page,125,129,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b6c627ac-7959-4be8-969a-6195d80bf8bf,c596f4a7-d748-4b96-a1fa-d58b52a03d5d,Gmail Lags! Badly...,"Ok, so the title is kind of all I need to say. Honestly, I had really high hopes for this app since I love the platform on google. It has a wide variety of options on your inbox look, your emails, and so much more.However, the Gmail app...First off, the account pictures were kind of horrible. Usually once someone updates their picture it immediately switches on the website. Not for the app.Some of the people I email like to change their pictures a lot. Not a problem!I’ve noticed that you have to have someone keep the same picture for about a month until the Gmail app actually updates it. If your friend changes it too much? Unfortunately, Gmail will just resort to a default picture, a random color (actually mostly a dark green color) with the first letter of their first name. Yeah. Horrible!Second, if you have multiple accounts and you just use the option “All Inboxes” Gmail will automatically sign you out if you don’t check that inbox separately. What an inconvenience.Third, if you accidentally swipe left on an email, it literally disappears forever. It took me forever to find the email. (Go to “All Mail” for accidentally archived emails.) To make matters worse, I don’t think you can even do this on a computer!Gmail Team, please take my comments into consideration. Thank you!","However, the Gmail app...

First off, the account pictures were kind of horrible.",1,TRUE,usability,picture,51,58,negative
productivity,notability,98423e5c-446f-43d5-befe-b5273f2d2eb9,c598ef23-1f43-439a-8140-21d24a3d0292,Great Note Taking.. sync issue dampens enthusiasm,"I love the App, does everything I want. Easy to export to other file type, drag and drop functionality , different font size etc . Love the app.Only complaint is cloud sync. Got to the point that every time I pulled my iPad out , I had ZERO FILES. They were all in the “unfiled notes section” and in the process of syncing. While in that process, you cannot even READ the note. If I happened to need my notes in a situation where I have no wi fi I would have been screwed. The times this happened was extremely inconvenient but took a few minutes to sync because I had access to wifi . After troubleshooting for a few days I gave up and completely disabled cloud sync.","Easy to export to other file type, drag and drop functionality , different font size etc .",3,TRUE,usability,font size,76,85,positive
productivity,notability,98423e5c-446f-43d5-befe-b5273f2d2eb9,c598ef23-1f43-439a-8140-21d24a3d0292,Great Note Taking.. sync issue dampens enthusiasm,"I love the App, does everything I want. Easy to export to other file type, drag and drop functionality , different font size etc . Love the app.Only complaint is cloud sync. Got to the point that every time I pulled my iPad out , I had ZERO FILES. They were all in the “unfiled notes section” and in the process of syncing. While in that process, you cannot even READ the note. If I happened to need my notes in a situation where I have no wi fi I would have been screwed. The times this happened was extremely inconvenient but took a few minutes to sync because I had access to wifi . After troubleshooting for a few days I gave up and completely disabled cloud sync.","Easy to export to other file type, drag and drop functionality , different font size etc .",3,TRUE,usability,functionality,50,63,positive
productivity,notability,7ced726e-234a-4bb7-ba48-96df980e0855,c5eb769a-ae4e-4e23-b56d-a1a93cc957c7,"Stanford Med Student: “Good, but can be EXCELLENT!”","As a med student @ Stanford, we have many DIFFERENT lecturers come at us fast and in lots of different ways— Notability is the REASON I invested in an iPad Pro. App = good in most ways, but needs to be more FLEXIBLE.PRO’s+Flexible, can do everything from Typing to Drawing diagrams+Great Tabs system, for keeping organized+Multimedia support: Can take pics on the fly, Record SoundCON’s — Lack of Self-Defined Pre-sets: (Typing AND Color Palettes)You only get 3 diff font “favorites” you can set for yourself when typing. Clear weakness when you need at LEAST 4-5 — for headings, titles, underlines, and Misc./other fonts for Emphasis. This also applies to Color Palettes with Pen Tool: you only get *2* pages of colors you can set, which is not enough for v. Colorful Organized notes!—Navigation still needs work: I would REALLY love to be able to move the sidebar for seeing which page I’m on to the bottom of the screen, so that I can scroll sideways like in a CPU taskbar. SUGGESTIONS:= if you like doing Notes your OWN way, this app is a lil limited. Great ideas and lots of awesome functions, but it really needs more flexibility in customization to be fully realized as a premier note-taking app.","Clear weakness when you need at LEAST 4-5 — for headings, titles, underlines, and Misc./other fonts for Emphasis.",3,TRUE,general,title,59,64,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,c0807d8d-c925-4840-91a1-929b55d261da,c6615a34-7d4b-40b5-b8f3-5fcf3bf379c3,Life Saver,"The only reason why I wrote my essays in high school and am currently writing my college essays is because of this app. It allows me to put down my phone for an hour and have no choice but to start these papers. And soon after two or three rounds I’ve got a workable first draft and some plants to show for it! When I was in a class is didn’t want to be in I would also plant a tree, so when I picked up my phone out of boredom and there was nothing to do on it, I would have a tree growing and that was a subtle reminder to leave my phone a lone.Definitely recommend :)",It allows me to put down my phone for an hour and have no choice but to start these papers.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,4df04ff7-4ce3-4180-8ee3-c3ecd208f8bd,c698a3fa-0dc0-485b-b58b-2d53f2e5bee9,Annoying,"Trying to do my homework and it just freezes up and won’t open my document. Get your crap together, you take money every month from me.","Get your crap together, you take money every month from me.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,money,34,39,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,52228f58-a6fd-4d38-9351-980c312583e9,c6cf3a53-7bec-4fb7-8802-d9638d81efa3,Works fine but with an issue for large documents,"For a free app, it’s great. You can find most whatever you need for basic word processing. However, there is one problem. I am now working with a 900 page document. There is no quick way to get to a specific page or word in the document, and every time I open the app or work on a different document in-between, I have to restart the search from the beginning to get to where I left off. I have not found a search function specifically within the free Microsoft Word or any way to jump many pages ahead. I dread having to open on page 850. But for short documents it does the job easily and very well. I gave it five stars before I worked with a large document and discovered this issue. I’m still glad to have it.",I dread having to open on page 850.,4,TRUE,general,page,27,31,positive
productivity,things-3,ce66d108-a52e-4a9d-b6d2-ff8d19dfa19d,c71abc4b-875f-415f-ac97-d99e4faed573,Not intuitive: It’s hard to input alarms and tags,"2 of us have been using Things for several months on iPhone and iPad on a regular basis. However it’s still quite cumbersome to enter a simple task we want put in the right bucket...and for it to even show up on our radar! It is not quick or easy to see or input alarm times, or tags. I don’t like the way it hides to dos so easily (yet some groups I can’t I hide that I don’t want to delete - like their tips). The view of the categories is too BIG. We should also be able to make all tasks under it pull down in one list and show all the time or hit a button to hide them. The tags are annoying!!!!! It should work like file folders but doesn’t. For example I have tags for:Who- Me- Child A- Child B- Grandma etc Action- lap top- online - car- phone call Etc I don’t want to see every single item unless I click on the parent tag!!!! This makes it hard to do quick tasks also and keep them organized. To organize them in things everything takes way to long! Poor interface. WAy too expensive for what it is!I bought Thibgs for ipads, IPhone, + and imac!!! Why all these rave reviews??!",We should also be able to make all tasks under it pull down in one list and show all the time or hit a button to hide them.,2,TRUE,usability,list,68,72,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,00c6d7a6-578f-4b2d-9269-472405eb0337,c7400e36-a44c-4881-9b26-5f142db279b1,WORD,Word is zee best!It helps with everything I need to write down. I use for pictures too. I use word a lot. If I need to print anything I always use Word 😍🥰😁,I use for pictures too.,5,TRUE,usability,picture,11,18,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,30eaa0cc-3aa8-4492-bd65-57ae53d71546,c75378ae-e602-4982-afba-e1aef3089905,I love this app hate the last update.,As my title says I love this app. However I need a new update. For ever sense the last update every time I check/read my email the app still tells me I have an email. I have to sign in and out to make it go away. It comes back the second I get another email.,For ever sense the last update every time I check/read my email the app still tells me I have an email.,5,TRUE,usability,last update,20,31,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b783a405-c35a-40e2-aaae-ee032fdc39ce,c756d3db-9bcd-421e-938a-ae38cc0045c6,Minimal attachment support,"I am very frustrated by the fact that I can only attach from the gallery, from recent google attachments and Google Drive. iOS and several third party apps offer file managers where I save my documents, but those cannot be accessed from my gmail. In fact, the only way I can attach those documents is by sharing to gmail from within the app that I used to generate the file. But this can only be done one file at a time, from one app at a time. Imagine the time it takes to send 3 or 4 files. And how inconvenient it is for my  recipient to receive 3 or 4 different emails.The only work-around I have is to use the gmail website from Safari, which does allow me to Browse my different file managers, but still only one file at a time. Come on Google!","iOS and several third party apps offer file managers where I save my documents, but those cannot be accessed from my gmail.",1,TRUE,general,document,70,78,negative
productivity,things-3,241ef3b7-7501-49eb-904f-11afedbf3e81,c77f5ef9-c1a8-4c89-ac2a-e0ea0684930b,Nice todo/checklist app,"This is a pretty basic todo or checklist style app that does what it does really well.  It got an Apple design award I suspect for its slick interface and uses Apple’s latest and greatest features like drag and drop which is helpful in doing things in less steps and makes using the app more intuitive.  But it’s not that powerful.  So, it’s a bit more form over substance. It’s not really a task manager like Omnifocus that can handle custom views and lots of nested and sub tasks, etc.  Omnifocus is a bit more substance over form. So, I use Omnifocus for work to manage hundreds of pending projects and tasks and Things 3 for my personal small checklists.","It’s not really a task manager like Omnifocus that can handle custom views and lots of nested and sub tasks, etc.",4,TRUE,efficiency,task manager,19,31,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,623fe54c-75c4-4d3b-82fd-72c7325b6da5,c7f2e610-1caa-4294-913f-9569e1e3aa28,"Not Fully Functional, Even with Office 365 Supscription","This is a very basic app for limited use of creating Word documents. No grammar check. No easy way to format page or paragraph. Saving these documents has by far been my biggest problem. No matter what I use: iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive or the actual iPad, it takes too long for the document to save correctly. You can tell when there is no actual time stamp on the document. I notice this once I am ready to upload the document as an attachment to email, within an online class forum, to a job application or any other institution that may require me to upload or attach the document. Always says there’s not data in the file and therefore cannot be attached. Hours later, it magically saves and becomes a real document with data. This is with a strong internet connection be it using cellular data from the device or wi-fi, it doesn’t matter, it is always a pain. I thought I would be able to do more but this app is so basic, I may as well just use Google docs.","No matter what I use: iCloud, Google Drive, OneDrive or the actual iPad, it takes too long for the document to save correctly.",1,TRUE,usability,document,100,108,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,af7a4e86-5f5d-44a9-97aa-d7bf1806ff5b,c84914bc-07ac-4f98-b350-4c4592027f61,Layout,I wish the layout was the same as on desktop.,I wish the layout was the same as on desktop.,5,TRUE,general,layout,12,18,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,186f74ac-db08-40f8-9527-ed0d211ad457,c8978286-8716-4d01-94ca-bd7ad30eaff9,IOS Version 10.0.3.  Is it Me?,"I’ve used Evernote since March 2014.  I updated to 10.0.3 a day ago & I regret it.  I use Evernote on my IOS iphone & I use it a lot.  Evernote on my phone was good before the update.  One day after the update I learn that Evernote does not have PRINTING / ADOBE PDF feature as was in the version before the update.  Also, the “Find in note” does not work in the notes created before the update but work in newly created notes.  Printing & Find A Note are two features that I can’t do without.  Evernote states in their documentation that PRINTING is not available yet in the IOS version.  The new updated version does have some nice editing features such as undo & more highlight & font colors & font sizing capabilities.  The inability to PRINT and the inability to make Adobe PDF’s is a game changer.  I’m not sure what I’m going to do.  I have almost 12,000 notes & for that reason, I’m hesitant to move on to something else.  I’m disappointed in the latest update.","Also, the “Find in note” does not work in the notes created before the update but work in newly created notes.",5,TRUE,usability,update,72,78,negative
productivity,things-3,bf1c93c7-973a-4349-94bb-c76d07e3f023,c8b3697a-c906-4ec3-9961-7f730caa9d5e,"By far the best tasks/reminders app, but...","I feel really guilty giving this app only 2 stars, to be honest. Things 3 is clean, fast, easy to use, efficient, and quite frankly makes more sense to me than any other reminders app. The widgets are better than Apple Reminders widgets, too!However... my iPhone is not my only device, and this app is NOT worth the $80(!) it costs to get it on all my devices. $50 for the Mac app, $20 for iPad, AND $10 for the iOS/watchOS version? It feels absolutely ridiculous and greedy, considering it’s the SAME APP just blown up for different form factors. If you have an Apple Silicon Mac you’re better off just running the iPhone version of the app on your Mac.Until this is resolved, I just can’t bring myself to switch wholly from Apple Reminders to Things 3, no matter how much better the interface is - I need the ability to have everything sync across all my devices. I’m just absolutely not going to spend $80 to get that functionality.",I’m just absolutely not going to spend $80 to get that functionality.,2,TRUE,cost,functionality,56,69,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,7a51aa06-9e6d-4ef3-980c-8fe76151652d,c91acb90-3569-4073-a0f6-1997c199aff0,Makes me want to be productive!,"I really enjoy using this app! I recently got it and I used it on the first day I got it. I think the features it has is cool, too. There are different settings for the background noise and they start you out with rainfall outside a window. (You have to “earn” the others with the coins you make). Another feature I thought is helpful is the ‘deep focus’ setting that you can put the app on and if you leave the app, then your tree or bush withers and dies. It kind of forces you to put down your phone or else the thing that shows that you’ve done your work is gone.I like being able to label the trees or bushes with the task I completed as well. My forest is growing!The only thing I don’t like as much is how you have to wait for a long time to unlock a different type of bush or tree. It’ll probably take a week to two weeks of like, an hour in order to unlock a new tree. :/Overall, I really enjoy this app! (Please let me have a new tree).",There are different settings for the background noise and they start you out with rainfall outside a window.,4,TRUE,usability,background,38,48,positive
productivity,things-3,90fa3730-ce10-4404-825f-a14c2bf10682,c98710f3-82e2-4efe-9e0f-4a3b18a4139a,Nearly Perfect,"For a couple years I’ve used 2Do as my go-to task manager. Things 3 doesn’t have all the bells and whistles that 2Do has, but it has nearly all the ones I used. Personally, the ability to color-code projects/lists was something I really enjoyed in 2Do and wish it was present in Things 3. I hope this is added soon. Pictures is also something I look forward to adding, as another way to visualize my tasks. Finally, I wish there was more integration into alternative calendar apps, such as Fantastical. Being able to link to and from my task-manager and my calendar is awesome, but it only links to native calendar. Hopefully this is expanded in the future. Overall, Things 3 has been an absolute joy to use, and I’ve almost completely migrated from 2Do because of the awesome interface.",For a couple years I’ve used 2Do as my go-to task manager.,4,TRUE,general,task manager,46,58,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,016eb1aa-77b4-485e-a91a-8982faf94589,caa0dd31-0ca6-4973-96a7-95dc6342112e,Great for focusing!,"This app was recommended by my professor as a way to guilt yourself into focusing. The pure aesthetics of building a forest is what separates this from other productivity apps, and seeing progress in the form of nature is visually and mentally pleasing. I have no complaints about the inner workings of the app, but I did take off a star for the purchases aspect. Getting a new tree takes a lot of time or money, and it can be discouraging. There should be an easier option to unlock different species of trees. Other than that, this app has put me on track for this semester and I do really enjoy using it!","Getting a new tree takes a lot of time or money, and it can be discouraging.",4,TRUE,cost,money,43,48,negative
productivity,things-3,c7c8509b-a867-4fd7-9982-0c34c2eb4b06,cabfd1c1-f9dc-41e7-a8a7-98f66ad2e9f2,A bit overrated and expensive.,"Expensive when you consider you need to pay separately for iPhone, iPad and osx. Most todo apps at least include all ios versions. To get this on your phone and iPad you'll end up paying $30. Why? They're the same OS. Apple watch complication also needs some work. Right now its just a shortcut to the app with no relevant information. I used Clear for many years and it is by far a simpler app without all the functionally but waaaaay more fun to use and unique. Also cheaper and takes care of all devices. Sometimes I feel like I'm spending more time creating todo lists in this app than actually getting things done. If you don't have an apple watch consider something like Google keep. Enough functionality to compete with this this app, syncing on all decices and free.",Sometimes I feel like I'm spending more time creating todo lists in this app than actually getting things done.,3,TRUE,usability,list,60,64,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,9ff44550-2332-41d4-9453-351d1cfb4118,caf2550b-6589-4845-9207-b26960a5b440,Latest November Update is Terrible. WHY did you move & hide things?,"Everything is moved around and certain text options are now hidden, which makes it harder to get to. The new design took away the ability to QUICKLY and seamlessly type and format text. Now you have to dig to locate the things like the Indent button. I hate that I updated, but my stupid app kept crashing, now I have a bigger problem. Also, what’s with the RETURN button function? When I press “Return” (attempting to go to the next line), it does a “shift return” function instead of giving me a new paragraph line. It’s so annoying and inconvenient, especially when using bullet lists.Sadly, I’ll use something else until they revert back to the previous version, or change things around to make it simple again. Don’t try to fix things that weren’t broken. Smh. And where’s the option to make it dark without having to turn my whole iPad to dark mode? The new look is just so complicated. Disappointing update.",And where’s the option to make it dark without having to turn my whole iPad to dark mode?,1,TRUE,usability,dark mode,80,89,positive
productivity,things-3,86d813ba-e633-43fe-9a8d-5977d5282af7,cb62f0c6-44b3-42a8-aadf-279e0dd373ee,Decent but could be better,"Can we please get a dark mode? This app is too white. I use it often at night and my eyes hurt every time I’m in the app. I don’t want this app to ruin my eyes. A nice dark grey theme would be great.Can we get reminder notifications for each task? (No, the snooze function does not count.) I can’t believe the app is missing such an essential function. Why?I wish we could separate/group tasks in the Inbox by type. I have my daily tasks mixed in with my school/medical/etc. tasks. Messy. A clean divider between tasks in Inbox is needed.It doesn’t seem like the developer(s) reply to these reviews often so I hope someone at Things is listening.",A clean divider between tasks in Inbox is needed.,3,TRUE,general,divider,9,16,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,a53428ae-9c31-4e46-a5d1-c12785fc0f6c,cb937bbf-07d5-47ab-80c4-e8e841e573d6,The program,"I use this app on my iPad. My iPad is a 64 bit. I've been using Word to write part of the book that I composed and the only problem is that it's taking up a lot of space.  I've had to delete so many pictures in order to make up the gigabytes. That's my only complaint. I would also like to be able to use the text boxes the same way you can use them on the desktop version. Other than that, I like it",I would also like to be able to use the text boxes the same way you can use them on the desktop version.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,text box,41,49,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5da7db68-34ce-4c47-a20d-0576429eb4b9,cb957514-76e8-4a91-8a42-220b4705a20e,Where are my groups?!,"I had been using the basic iPhone mail for years, but decided to try this hoping that I would be able to easily send messages to the groups that I had created on my gmail contacts, but on this app they are nowhere to be found! Why can’t I just start typing the name of a group and have it show up the same way it does when I am on the computer? I like the design and the functionality is good, but not having the groups seems like a huge oversight. And I don’t want to have to sync my google contacts with my iPhone contacts, I have them separate for a reason. Fix the group issue and I would gladly change this to a five star rating.","I like the design and the functionality is good, but not having the groups seems like a huge oversight.",2,TRUE,general,functionality,27,40,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,14c1db28-3d2a-49c0-ac1d-36cd8ae989b4,cbdd0b27-51f2-4429-8713-35d6324db5f9,4 stars instead of 5 for convenience,"The only reason I got this app was to be able to access my sent mail from my phone since using the default iOS mail app with gmail doesn’t allow it. So that was a headache that could have been avoided if Apple and Google could get on the same page. Aside from having to download an app to get full functionality of Gmail, it’s great and I like it better than the default iOS app.","Aside from having to download an app to get full functionality of Gmail, it’s great and I like it better than the default iOS app.",4,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,50,63,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d397e0a9-e0f1-4ca4-9a81-1a60b2b3a16d,cbe55bbb-2eef-4156-8b02-0db4bb52afa8,Struggles to be all in one workspace,"So far I love the fact that evernote lets you upload documents and you can search them later. However, after recent updates, the sketch option is not working properly for me with Apple Pencil. I used to use it with my notes to have graphical picture about what I have written and it used to help me remember my material. But now, it won’t let me hand write. After every pencil stroke I have to wait for 1 to 2 second to add second stroke to the letter. For an example it now takes me 3 seconds to write just a letter ‘R’ as it involves two strokes of pencil.",So far I love the fact that evernote lets you upload documents and you can search them later.,4,TRUE,efficiency,document,54,62,positive
productivity,notability,e9bb27f6-5437-4fee-8b92-5dc5cd58cd7c,ccb92739-aa5d-45ec-b0fe-0901250468af,Missing some helpful features,"Hi Notability Team! This is definitely my preferred app for note-taking! I love the UI. Just a few suggestions - A) please allow for rotation of inserted imagesB) please allow to link related notes so that we can flip from one file to another with backing out and reopening. This would be especially helpful when notes are ordered chronologically by Last Edited Date, instead of Date Created. C) please allow for adjustment of page margins and increase white space between pages. When using the grid paper, it’s difficult to distinguish between the grid lines and the page break marker.D) Please add Stickies to the root menu, like up next to the pens, etc., or allow them to be multi-select. I have a project where I have to add a ton of Stickies, and having to go through several layers of Stickies and select one-by-one was painful. Also, I love the last size and shape of Sticky is maintained in the next selection, but could you do the same for color too. It was also painful to have to change 50 sticky note colors one-by-one.  (Color coded notecards for a memorization “game”) - works amazingly except for the time it took to create them!E) Allow for the cursor to be placed manually on the page. When selecting the text option, the cursor automatically appears on the left margin (in the margin actually), and without a keyboard to Tab over, it cannot be moved. Thank you!",C) please allow for adjustment of page margins and increase white space between pages.,4,TRUE,usability,page,35,39,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,18800a3e-e9f3-4fac-9d7e-7049d08a3e75,cd37b52e-d569-4bb1-9cab-3ec06c49822f,I can’t paste into Evernote,"I use Evernote as my daily journal. I found I am unable to paste scripture verses into my entry, as I have done for years. Please fix! On the other hand, I love the sketching tools - amazing! Would be great to add more colors ;)",Would be great to add more colors ;),5,TRUE,general,color,28,33,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,2cc4de11-7358-403f-a31b-7a20e88a5413,cd9e22c2-6749-4db1-803f-5e4846178d36,So helpful,This app has helped me study so much! I was always the person who checked on their phone every other second while studying but after Forest I’ve only twice killed a tree in three months and planted about 150 trees. I never thought a virtual tree would help me study! (But one con is that everytime you buy a new tree the price of a new type of tree goes up but overall a perfect app),(But one con is that everytime you buy a new tree the price of a new type of tree goes up but overall a perfect app),5,TRUE,cost,price,55,60,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a4f9c88f-3925-4cd0-84e7-d4cd72be7c67,cdff2cc4-7430-4df1-8f6b-8fb3f1b9e1ce,Time to put this elephant out of its misery,"I don’t think any of the previous versions issues have been resolved but for some reason Evernote has been rewritten from the ground up with the best features slowly being added back. ——Evernote is my go to note taking app. I like being able to take a screen clipping, add some notes, set a reminder. Past that, it’s really fallen behind on the times. It’s just not very good at taking notes. Every little aspect of the note taking process is limited or tedious. It’s time for there to be live/instant as you type saving of notes. Also, sharing is a joke. No collaboration. No commenting. Annotations haven’t been updated in years and are basically useless on images and somewhat helpful on PDF’s. It has some of the worst outline note taking features out there. Lastly, it’s time to be able to record a meeting and have time synced notes that other users can comment and/or collaborate on. Seriously, sharing is useless.So why do I still use it?  Scan, clip or photo anything and everything and all the text in those images becomes searchable making it super easy to use Evernote as a big file dumpster and add a reminder to that note and you may not forget to renew your car registration.",It has some of the worst outline note taking features out there.,2,TRUE,usability,note taking,34,45,negative
productivity,things-3,67d06903-9a65-4799-8919-40cda7f72823,ce298ad2-07a7-42f7-9d52-d15402dd08a0,Still like this app but need a calendar view,I am a new user but I’m really enjoying this app. My only complaint is I am a 2 phone person and I hate the idea of having to purchase the app for every device. There should be a set price for a cloud version across multiple devices and I wish I could see my schedule to do’s in full calendar view.,There should be a set price for a cloud version across multiple devices and I wish I could see my schedule to do’s in full calendar view.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,price,23,28,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,55baacda-6121-4b47-a12d-c00eae9f26ed,ce7fc01a-2ab2-4125-bac8-b30873e2d371,Not 100% functional with iPad Pro 4th Gen Magic Keyboard,"When using the mouse on the magic keyboard, I can’t click some things like paragraph spacing and font and must manually click it. That’s my only grievance with the app","When using the mouse on the magic keyboard, I can’t click some things like paragraph spacing and font and must manually click it.",4,TRUE,usability,graph,80,85,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,cde0c68b-e774-4910-a4d9-062bf7e3a172,ceba621c-ce0b-435e-ae5b-e7c3de96dcdb,It USED to be a decent app,"I pretty much use the free version of this app to import my own free fonts and type what I need for business. Ever since iOS updated, this app refuses to allow my downloaded fonts to function properly. Before my font disappeared, and they claimed to have fixed it. Now they claim there isn’t enough space to load the font...uh what? For an iPad that I use primarily for business, there is so much space on here that its laughable. Since its obvious the creators of this app have no intention of updating their app to function with the new iOS update, I will be deleting it and looking for another app I can use.",Now they claim there isn’t enough space to load the font...uh what?,1,TRUE,effectiveness,font,53,57,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,cde0c68b-e774-4910-a4d9-062bf7e3a172,ceba621c-ce0b-435e-ae5b-e7c3de96dcdb,It USED to be a decent app,"I pretty much use the free version of this app to import my own free fonts and type what I need for business. Ever since iOS updated, this app refuses to allow my downloaded fonts to function properly. Before my font disappeared, and they claimed to have fixed it. Now they claim there isn’t enough space to load the font...uh what? For an iPad that I use primarily for business, there is so much space on here that its laughable. Since its obvious the creators of this app have no intention of updating their app to function with the new iOS update, I will be deleting it and looking for another app I can use.",Now they claim there isn’t enough space to load the font...uh what?,1,TRUE,reliability,space,35,40,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,f845809f-0ad8-4753-bfd9-68cb18e857af,cef866c9-e474-42c5-97ce-9b718b9d78e4,"Student account stopped working, can’t login, and microsoft customer support is terrible.","My password stopped working for some reason, but I can’t retrieve it because I need to contact my IT department at school... Great! First off, other than using my University email, my University has absolutely nothing to do with the microsoft accounts. I’m simply just using my school email. Secondly, because of COVID-19 , my tech department isn’t around very much. So, now I’m stuck without word because no one can help. Thanks Microsloft. Great job making it impossible for students to retrieve their account and/or change passwords. Also, great job really sticking it to the user with this subscription garbage.","Also, great job really sticking it to the user with this subscription garbage.",1,TRUE,effectiveness,subscription,58,70,positive
productivity,notability,c512a434-21cb-4a39-8400-12c719eb7408,cf08cdb1-cc7d-4ad4-9ea6-3ef2efb0b6a9,WHAT?,"I haven’t been paying much attention to update when suddenly I realize that my Notability App is awesomely different.  I have been a long time user of this app and have loved it since day one.  I have experimented with other note taking apps but very quickly return to this workhorse of an app.  Now with the latest update I am blown away!  I love to write with my apple pen and being able to convert to text is extremely useful.  So far it has been flawless in conversion; however I am old school in my penmanship so that my work in my favor.  Being able to put notes side by side?  Since I convert all documents into files in Notability for meetings, to be able to pull up other documents alongside of the notes I am taking is absolutely amazing.  One thing that I am watching and am unsure of yet is that in watching battery consumption Notability seems to have suddenly become my primary drain, outstripping my FaceBook app.  So this is something that I will be watching since I tend to leave Notability running in the background.But overall I want to give a big shout of thanks to the developers for making a great app even better.",I have experimented with other note taking apps but very quickly return to this workhorse of an app.,5,TRUE,general,note taking,32,43,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d8a389a7-6477-4bbc-a0d7-32b1d4c741bc,d05b2871-ea26-4787-83a2-847183996282,Too stingy with their premium service.,"$70 a year to use this app, when there are FREE alternatives like Trello, Google Keep, and OneNote? That's more than the price of a Triple-A video game, and one of them I can have more long-term carefun with.I'm a college student with a low budget, i don't have time to be paying money to an app when there are other alternates. Even when you use their free service, they limit the possibilities of the app, and how much you can post within a month. You can't sync across devices which immediately lead me to uninstall this app. Everything this platform does is trying to get you to steal your money. They need to impress me before I start giving them a whopping $70 that I could be using for thick notebooks, food, tools, anything else this app probably can't do.I gave this a chance back in 2015 and regretted it, and I'm regretting it again. I don't care how incredible this app's features are, Evernote's team needs to understand that not everyone is rich enough to throw 70 dollars (EVERY YEAR) at an app that just writes stuff down. I'm sticking with OneNote. At least they have voice-to-text.","That's more than the price of a Triple-A video game, and one of them I can have more long-term carefun with.",2,TRUE,cost,price,22,27,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,e8978173-f034-4a78-b1b5-78026e976a07,d06894e6-e49c-4020-aa1b-2ca08ee3c2e5,The worst user experience in any app,"This thing is dumb, buggy, inefficient, poorly designed and makes look bad Apple and the iPhone/iPad. Please use your brains before submitting an incomplete and buggy app for use.","This thing is dumb, buggy, inefficient, poorly designed and makes look bad Apple and the iPhone/iPad.",5,TRUE,general,design,48,54,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4d1da271-baa5-44ac-afc6-721d3b51c987,d0e618d4-e9b9-4b37-a68c-b1e41ddda83e,"Great mail app, few improvements.","I’m a big fan of Gmail, however the new update needs to be fixed. For starters, there’s no more light mode. You’re stuck in dark mode, and person, I don’t like the look. Would be better if there was just a toggle button. Secondly, it would be great if you could fix the “no connection” issue. And finally, it would definitely be great if you could add a mark all as read button. Other than that, it works fine for me.","You’re stuck in dark mode, and person, I don’t like the look.",4,TRUE,compatibility,dark mode,17,26,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,dd432d8c-e057-44ce-9ec5-0abaf2f56965,d221c809-179d-4d28-8ca8-c02906132781,Too Simple for Real Work,"If you use the default template for every document, this may be the program for you. If you use a template you created, then this is probably not for you. I created a template on my computer that uses 12 pt Georgia Pro as the font, justified text, and a 10 pt space between each paragraph. When I open it on iOS, I get 11 pt Calibri, text that is not justified, and no space between paragraph. Also, although fonts installed with AnyFont used to display fine. Now I get the following message: “There is insufficient memory or disk space. Word cannot display the requested font.” Files with installed fonts will not open. I tried it on my iPad and iPhone 7+.Once again, there is a new version with the same problem. I’ll uninstall it and try it again later. Not planning to renew Office 365 until it’s fixed.","When I open it on iOS, I get 11 pt Calibri, text that is not justified, and no space between paragraph.",1,TRUE,compatibility,graph,98,103,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0c36a035-a93a-4210-a038-901719a51eef,d277b2bd-5592-4ef4-b026-503aaafc827e,Still the best - have tried all others,"Too many Evernote haters out there, but no serious competition. The power of what this app can do with notes and attachments is unrivaled. Apparently the company has struggled, which makes me nervous, but the app still has more features and is easier to use than its competitors. Developers: Please improve encryption options! And make it easier to export notes to other formats. Thx for listening.",Thx for listening.,5,TRUE,general,list,9,13,positive
productivity,things-3,9ea251e7-6966-45fc-9bac-3ab74e698697,d2b359a7-4994-451c-bcfc-bce6e34fad13,In my 80’s  Best I’ve Ever Seen,"I have very little money I can spend now that I’m retired; took a chance that this would help me with my organizing.  BEST MONEY I’ve ever spent.  Each time I use it I learn something new and each time it shows me it is put on my lists EASIER than I had been trying to get it accomplished.  This #3 thinks better than I do; it’s really helping me accomplish my chores and is so easy to use and rearrange...and I’m always rearranging my priorities.  This is a no brainer.... I’m so happy and lucky that I purchased this....it’s really worth the money.  Thank you to those who thought this up, it is an amazing help.",This is a no brainer.... I’m so happy and lucky that I purchased this....it’s really worth the money.,5,TRUE,general,money,96,101,positive
productivity,things-3,a434eca1-23a5-4942-9cd3-f1fc40416e4e,d2b3bb32-24be-4b91-83f9-73dae71ee837,"Nice, but fonts are too small for me",Can we get some ability to adjust the fonts?  Thanks.,Can we get some ability to adjust the fonts?,2,TRUE,usability,font,39,43,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,0d6177bd-7b2a-441a-9a34-330e2772b077,d2fab579-2920-44a2-8e18-c91d9938d8c5,Suggestion,"Would be nice if one could change background color to something that doesn't fatigue the eye so much. Also, a ""Read-To-Me"" function would be extremely helpful.",Would be nice if one could change background color to something that doesn't fatigue the eye so much.,4,TRUE,usability,background,35,45,positive
productivity,notability,7eedb964-532a-4645-8d5f-439aacf5e0fa,d3a89bfe-2002-4fd4-8f3e-ae0bb868f47e,Used to LOVE IT,"Honestly I started using notability about a year ago when I bought my iPad and I pencil used to LOVE IT and take it EVERYWHERE. It was amazing used to sync with my computer and phone, had so many capabilities and benefits Now I’m not as happy because as I’ve continued to use it issues have started to manifest... it tends to crash randomly causing me to lose the last several minutes of my notes. At some point when class notes have too many pages and images the images just got lost, they LITERALLY disappeared from the place I put them in and randomly moved pages, even though I only ever added pages at the bottom of my notes. Honestly I was so excited about this app I recommended it to everyone I know. Now I’m devastated I trusted it so much because ALL my notes from the entire year I’ve been using this application seem compromised. Honestly just keep using pages if you’re looking for something to do notes in. Not worth being able to use both written text and handwriting with the iPad. Hopefully pages will at some point develop the functionality of using iPad and I pencil for notes at the same time.",Hopefully pages will at some point develop the functionality of using iPad and I pencil for notes at the same time.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,page,11,15,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a9e3322c-c31d-4ea8-849a-e63af85d317c,d3f08036-1a74-4657-8b4e-4313f78d3e75,Update has removed basic functionality,"Just updated the app and now I’ve lost even the simplest of functionality from this app. It was bad enough that there wasn’t a quick way to multi-select emails for deletion, but now it’s unnecessarily complicated. You have to press and hold every single email to get a check mark to delete!  It was bad enough when you had to find one to do this with before, but then you got at least got the option to select multiple emails for deletion or moving from there. Now it’s ALL of them you have to press and hold on. I don’t understand why the developers would keep moving backwards in features, rather than making it easier, and an overall better user experience. Guess it’s back to using the website only for emails. This used to be my preferred email app, even though the delete function was inferior to Apple’s mail. Everything else was better. Slowly this app has gotten more and more basic and it’s simply no longer useful to use.",Just updated the app and now I’ve lost even the simplest of functionality from this app.,1,TRUE,reliability,update,6,12,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a9e3322c-c31d-4ea8-849a-e63af85d317c,d3f08036-1a74-4657-8b4e-4313f78d3e75,Update has removed basic functionality,"Just updated the app and now I’ve lost even the simplest of functionality from this app. It was bad enough that there wasn’t a quick way to multi-select emails for deletion, but now it’s unnecessarily complicated. You have to press and hold every single email to get a check mark to delete!  It was bad enough when you had to find one to do this with before, but then you got at least got the option to select multiple emails for deletion or moving from there. Now it’s ALL of them you have to press and hold on. I don’t understand why the developers would keep moving backwards in features, rather than making it easier, and an overall better user experience. Guess it’s back to using the website only for emails. This used to be my preferred email app, even though the delete function was inferior to Apple’s mail. Everything else was better. Slowly this app has gotten more and more basic and it’s simply no longer useful to use.",Just updated the app and now I’ve lost even the simplest of functionality from this app.,1,TRUE,reliability,functionality,61,74,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,207d0b0a-76c0-41bf-a895-5c470f4fd6c0,d4183055-4613-40dc-899e-62a0ad3d3e62,Bugs,"UPDATE: yesterday I received a very important email about a job offer. I immediately responded (on my phone) accepting it. It required a very quick response time to secure the offer. However, today I opened gmail on my computer to see that THE APP DIDN’T SEND MY MESSAGE. I may lose this much-needed opportunity due to this app. I have never been so upset with an app in my life. PLEASE FIX IT. I’ve only used gmail before but I need to be able to access and send emails via the app. If these problems continue I will have to find a new email provider. Original: I never write reviews but this update is very frustrating. The app doesn’t register when I open or delete emails, so it shows new email notifications even when I don’t have any. It also doesn’t register or save drafts I write. Please fix it! My family and I used this app but the update makes it impossible.",Original: I never write reviews but this update is very frustrating.,1,TRUE,compatibility,update,42,48,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,ce1e9c9a-78d2-43d7-8cb6-7911d7022240,d438bab6-bd06-459d-bd9f-6166b2ff8e10,Always am productive...when I use it,"This app is indeed a God-send, but if I don’t bother to try to use it or ignore the notifications I don’t end up being nearly as productive. This app helps me feel good about myself because I’m not just being lazy all the time when I use it but I’m still not into the habit of using it. I’d say GET IT if you struggle with being productive for sure, but it’s only going to work if you work to make getting on it a HABIT. But honestly it helped me so much even if I struggle getting on it. Definitely worth the money and definitely some of the best money I’ve spent.",Definitely worth the money and definitely some of the best money I’ve spent.,5,TRUE,cost,money,22,27,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,c7a3935e-0d5f-4615-99c5-3a286df3c04c,d4a70eab-173c-4ae7-9466-1babe72e1a47,It doesn’t seem to work as it should on the apple watch,I’ve been using this app for i don’t know maybe a year or so. It’s really helps me to refrain on over using my phone and actually be productive. Plus it’s super cute to see those trees grow and is fun to compete with my friends etc. I was super satisfied with it until i’ve tried it on my apple watch. It doesn’t work as it is shown in the preview photos on the app description and all I can see is the overview section. Could there be a way to solve this problem?,It doesn’t work as it is shown in the preview photos on the app description and all I can see is the overview section.,5,TRUE,usability,preview,39,46,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,00b9510f-d596-46d6-91b2-87fbaf81c939,d4a83044-529e-4298-b620-5fe9563abf02,WARNING: Word IOS crashes regularly on a stock iPhone XS,"Word IOS has been crashing all morning. Is it the new IOS update? I don’t know, and I don’t care. Apple and Microsoft? You’re Apple and Microsoft. Get your you-know-what together. What I know is, I keep losing work, and that is completely unacceptable. It’s the very reason I now pay for an annual subscription instead of using the open source workalikes. You are failing me just like they did, and that is... utterly ridiculous.And I hear not-a-word about this? No one’s contacted me. The problem hasn’t been corrected. It’s been many months since I posted this. I have a completely stock iPhone XS, and nearly every time I sit down for a writing session, it crashes. What this means is usually that I have to write a sentence or two over again, but... RIDICULOUS. This is Microsoft Word. It just goes to show how much the big corporations care about the little people. Not like we weren’t warned, huh?",It’s the very reason I now pay for an annual subscription instead of using the open source workalikes.,1,TRUE,general,subscription,46,58,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0cf17141-cd3f-4028-9fc5-3e797a017904,d4d90c2b-d1f6-4efb-859b-1b6e943af016,It is good until they start asking for more money,"Evernote is good until they start asking for more money. All of the sudden, they will say your storage for a particular month (which is no different than any other month) is 75% full. Then they ask for more money to store your info. If you go through and clean up your files, permanently deleting files you no longer need, it won’t recognize that you decreased your files and increased your storage space and still asks for more money. Thus, asking for more money and giving NOTHING more. Then on top of this what should have taken 2 minutes will rob you of an hour or more of your life that you will never get back. I would have been better off using a mimeograph machine. I will be deleting this app ASAP.","Thus, asking for more money and giving NOTHING more.",1,TRUE,general,money,23,28,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5222125b-a193-4cfb-b5a5-1e10848aeb77,d4eeafb4-ffbe-414b-80c5-e2cf305501fa,"Readability, anyone?  So close.","UPDATE to UPDATE:  Disappointment continues as this app still does not match the text I’ve selected on my phone, contrary to what’s stated.  Better than before, but not anywhere close to the text size of Apple Mail or other apps, for that matter.  Simply put, Gmail app does not match the text size of your iPhone or iPad.  It’s improved some, but not the same.UPDATE:  Sooo disappointed to find that the update does not actually use the same text size as selected on the phone, as the developers now claim.  Granted, it’s and improvement, but doesn’t match other apps that use Dynamic Text sizing.  Sad.Still useless to me since the font size is sooo small.  Suggestion:  Let iOS handle your text, so default font sizes will carry over.As usual, I find Google to be strong on engines, but weak on experience.  So much potential here, guys.  Google, please work on your UX.  No doubt, this would be my main app if the font size match what I chose in iOS Settings.  Pleaaassseee!","Simply put, Gmail app does not match the text size of your iPhone or iPad.",2,TRUE,compatibility,text,42,46,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,adc5b473-b55d-4148-b13d-4ff0072be12d,d51bf0bd-b5be-4864-a41d-67dbc2803c6c,Sufficiently Meets it’s End,"This word app for the most part meets it’s end. I use it mostly for academic work writing papers, and all of my writing is done in either MLA or Chicago style. There are no issues when writing in MLA. However, when typing in Chicago, the page numbering gets a little funky. For whatever reason, you are unable to start the page numbering on the second page in the app. Thus, the title page ends up with a number, and the first page of the document ends up being page 2. I have been unable to resolve this issue on the app, so I have to send the document to a laptop/computer before submitting it. It is pretty inconvenient, but the app for the most part is great.","For whatever reason, you are unable to start the page numbering on the second page in the app.",4,TRUE,usability,page,50,54,negative
productivity,notability,ae4c384a-458c-44a3-b2ca-9dfc017655dc,d530769f-dbb4-41ba-9bcd-4cd8dda8c95e,I love the app but...,"I am a second year medical student and I use notability for all of my note taking needs. I use my Apple Pencil to take notes in class as well as record so that I can go back to listen to lectures. As of late, this app keeps “sticking” and becomes unresponsive. I literally have to exit the app and re- enter just to resume work. It is frustrating since sometimes the app crashes before it could store which means that when I re-open the app my work is lost and I have to start again.Developers please fix with a new update. Additional please add more paper designs and inks. I’ve been using this app for a long time and I am getting by the paper and ink options.  One note has beautiful glitter ink that is so vibrant. It is time to step up optics of notability. I would love to keep using the app into residency....",I’ve been using this app for a long time and I am getting by the paper and ink options.,2,TRUE,usability,paper,66,71,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0d71ae00-e218-4152-954e-ac7a8da4eef1,d5996e03-7abc-4dc2-90f4-fa1c6a90dd5d,Version 10 is a deal breaker,"I’ve used Evernote since 2001 and have loved it, until they updated to version 10. I prefer to take handwritten notes. There’s plenty of science to back handwritten note taking and I want to stick with it. Previously I could take great note pages with Evernote. I’ve been doing that since the first Apple Pencil was released. But now the handwriting portion is absolutely terrible. The pages are sized/resized differently and the pencil recognition is extremely poor. It doesn’t track well with the pencil so my writing is not smooth or clear. Additionally the pressure sensitivity isn’t working anymore either.I’ve tried working with support but they haven’t come up with any acceptable solutions yet. I hate to go look for a new app and give up the 10 years of history that I have in Evernote, but that is where I am at currently. Hopefully they can fix it before that happens.",I prefer to take handwritten notes.,1,TRUE,usability,handwritten note,18,34,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,dd4cb4cc-9ee8-4a55-a415-b9c6b9b576d4,d5c42910-e4d0-489f-b0a3-87be81f33cbd,"Great, but just one thing","This is a great app to work on essays and all other sorts of documents. However, there’s only one thing I’m not fond of: the docs don’t automatically save. When you tap the back arrow for the first time after creating a doc, it gives you the options of either Save or Delete. If you accidentally hit the delete button, that’s it, your doc is gone. I’ve had that happen to me a few times. To me it’s not good because if I had written a long paper with many pages, and then tried to save it, you could accidentally press that delete button and all your hard work and progress will be lost. Of course you got to pay attention to what you’re doing. But still I think an extra warning tab like “Are you sure you want to delete this doc?” should be added, or just have the docs saved automatically.",This is a great app to work on essays and all other sorts of documents.,4,TRUE,usability,document,62,70,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,a53428ae-9c31-4e46-a5d1-c12785fc0f6c,d5ddec6b-deb1-4faa-93f5-44079b57780f,The program,"I use this app on my iPad. My iPad is a 64 bit. I've been using Word to write part of the book that I composed and the only problem is that it's taking up a lot of space.  I've had to delete so many pictures in order to make up the gigabytes. That's my only complaint. I would also like to be able to use the text boxes the same way you can use them on the desktop version. Other than that, I like it",I've had to delete so many pictures in order to make up the gigabytes.,5,TRUE,usability,picture,28,35,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b344f000-57a0-4939-ad0e-05764e56d5f8,d5ff34e8-0360-4b46-86cb-37d3cea62cf4,How’s That Replacement For Inbox?,"When Google decided to decommissionInbox and go with Gmail I was perplexed. But we were promised the same functionality, so what the hell, I guess I’ll give it a try. Well, let me tell you, I’m beyond disappointed.For starters, Inbox would organize all emails into neat categories: Promotions, Purchases, important stuff, and what not. Everything other than important stuff didn’t trigger a notification which is fine by me because I get a ton of spam. It was easier to clean up too.Next, visually Inbox was far better organized. Emails had visual cues, reminders and things related to your calendar had a different layout, etc. Again, it made your inbox easier to organize.There was also the “Done” functionality. Essentially it meant that with one click you could make an email disappear from the main view but it wasn’t deleted. Just moved somewhere else.None of that exists for Gmail. Quite frankly, Gmail hasn’t changed since it was released (visual, layout, etc). I’m not one for fix what ain’t broken but for the love of god, could we step into the 21st century? I understand wanting to be simplistic but too much simplicity doesn’t give you much flexibility.Long story short, I’m moving to Outbox because at least their app gives me some room to organize in an easy, user friendly way which Gmail really doesn’t.Very disappointed, Google.","For starters, Inbox would organize all emails into neat categories: Promotions, Purchases, important stuff, and what not.",2,TRUE,security,motion,72,78,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,506230e3-cc98-4233-be40-89e52d53990c,d61410da-9304-4998-806d-e7532e47142a,Same word. Same problem,"A lot of people use word because its very standard. But I run into the same problem when I use it. Every update there’s a problem with the format. Everything that I had on page 2, is now partly on page 1. And what I had on part 3, is partly on page 2, and so forth, throughout all 200+pages of my document.  Try to call for support and reach someone who barely speaks English. I tell them what happens, and they say “so is it because you changed something in your document”? Yes, when I closed my document yesterday, it was formatted correctly. Then after I updated the app today, and opened it up and it was wrong, it must have been when I did it in the middle of the night.I will be switching to Apples pages. Thanks for the people who work really hard to make this work, it really is a great effort for the most part. But it’s just not fun doing this when the issue happens on my MacBook and my iPad. What’s the point of setting something up to be exactly how you want it, if a simple update changes everything? It’s nonsense.","And what I had on part 3, is partly on page 2, and so forth, throughout all 200+pages of my document.",1,TRUE,usability,page,40,44,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6e8f2a24-bfff-4ddd-84de-0eda4c3803f2,d7ba4d5e-021b-4d0f-af06-8b39cb9bdf36,Nice and Interactive,"I really like to be able to use my Gmail Calendar for family events. I use color coding and it integrates with my Outlook calendar for business. The color coding let’s me see who in the family has the event, daughter-ballet, son-football, Bible Study and do on. I am sure there will be more exciting things to come from Gmail calendaring.",I use color coding and it integrates with my Outlook calendar for business.,5,TRUE,usability,color,7,12,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8a817ad2-bde6-4e9c-9229-4eb84d7a7ea8,d8039f3f-4ea6-49e2-a97f-bac3888e491a,Best note app,I have been an Evernote user for years. It is by far the best app for taking and keeping notes. Happy that Siri will now put notes here. One request-- when a tag is added while using iPhone X it will not apply to the note or become a permanent tag. I have to go to my Mac to add tags. It would be nice to do it from my iPhone or any device. Thank you for your good work.,One request-- when a tag is added while using iPhone X it will not apply to the note or become a permanent tag.,5,TRUE,compatibility,tag,22,25,positive
productivity,things-3,b236cb4a-b2ce-4a6c-a247-0260089dec03,d85b4cac-55c3-4e3d-849c-fc79257c438e,Life changing,"Things sits at the top of my widget panel to help guide me through every day.I use it to keep track of appointments, for making grocery lists, as an Apple Reminders replacement, for scheduling work, for making fast notes... you name it. And the logbook. My goodness. It’s amazing how much more productive you become using this app and with the logbook, Things allows you to see it. Best part is there are no nickel-and-dime tactics nor subscriptions. Pay once and that’s it. I highly recommend taking the tutorial it comes with. It takes about 20 minutes and shows you everything.Apple should really consider hiring the developer of this app to overhaul the Reminders app. Just saying.",Best part is there are no nickel-and-dime tactics nor subscriptions.,5,TRUE,general,subscription,55,67,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,d6ffd859-d11e-4885-8cab-896938ead29b,d8c151e5-d719-40b8-bf53-2de622242612,Thumbs up to Word,"Great app to write stories and many fonts to choose from. You can insert a photo and make your device read it out loud. Great format options. There’s a lot of templates word provides like recipes or slideshows. Great work for Microsoft! One little tweak: Sometimes when you type something you need to wait a few seconds for it to reappear. Very annoying, but it could just be a glitch. I have no problem in writing on other apps. Overall a great app!",Great app to write stories and many fonts to choose from.,4,TRUE,cost,font,37,41,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,ce0b54c8-da63-4361-8a29-e8adde359550,d920b66e-c7c6-4ca7-bd5a-9f781b8d74a2,Great,The app is very nice to use. I have an email through school and a personal email. I can sign in to both emails on the app and switch back and forth between accounts very easily. Deleting old emails is easy and there is plenty of color on the page.  Their calendar app is solid too.,Their calendar app is solid too.,5,TRUE,general,calendar,7,15,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6632b9b7-a286-4cbe-ae4e-98e382e51ec7,d921110b-fb5b-4b9e-93fb-b6ea03aeb8a6,Give users the option to change layout,"I previously gave this app a five star review. Logistically, it does what it is supposed to do. However updated after update google doesn’t create way for the user to change the color, layout or background of the app. I want to personalize things the way I want. Like in the recent update they moved the icon to switch accounts to the right of the screen. I also hate the new bright white background. This has been a huge annoyance. Little things like icon position, color of app background, font style should be able to be changed by the user. It’s 2019... create ways for users to personalize the app!","Little things like icon position, color of app background, font style should be able to be changed by the user.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,font,60,64,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6632b9b7-a286-4cbe-ae4e-98e382e51ec7,d921110b-fb5b-4b9e-93fb-b6ea03aeb8a6,Give users the option to change layout,"I previously gave this app a five star review. Logistically, it does what it is supposed to do. However updated after update google doesn’t create way for the user to change the color, layout or background of the app. I want to personalize things the way I want. Like in the recent update they moved the icon to switch accounts to the right of the screen. I also hate the new bright white background. This has been a huge annoyance. Little things like icon position, color of app background, font style should be able to be changed by the user. It’s 2019... create ways for users to personalize the app!","Little things like icon position, color of app background, font style should be able to be changed by the user.",2,TRUE,general,color,35,40,positive
productivity,notability,ce5f92f0-79e8-4a60-95d1-214bd9f0fc6f,d9998952-5c3e-48b9-bba3-a38331e74ba7,A few suggestions,"I really like this note taking app. Here are some of my suggestions to make it even better.1. handwriting recognition is awesome, but I totally didn’t expect that Notability doesn’t support recognition of text in photos. All of my classes are taking online nowadays and the majority of my notes are screenshots of class materials coupled with my handwritten annotations. There are tons of important information in the photos I uploaded and it’s really annoying to me that I cannot find these materials through the search function.2. The magnification function is cool. Even though I don’t use it a lot, I can see why it might be handy for other customers. However, the position of the magnification button is quite annoying. It’s at the bottom right corner and it’s not subject to customized change. Even with palm rejection, I still find myself accidentally touch it quite often. This can be really annoying and break the flow of smooth note taking experience.",This can be really annoying and break the flow of smooth note taking experience.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,note taking,58,69,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a6d54563-ab64-4ee9-a481-71f9448e486a,da1a67ee-83ed-4413-b7a8-c024737b74f8,"Easy, motivating, effective","I downloaded the app for work productivity, but it’s made me hyper-aware of how often I actually pick up my phone. For any task, just having the reminder that my phone is not currently available to me is extremely helpful. I’m realizing that I waste a ton of time that stems from, say, just looking at a text that could wait until later. Moral: don’t think this app isn’t useful because you’re not at a desk all day. It has countless uses. I agree with what other users have said about gamification being a good motivator, and the user interface is very appealing. Creating and naming tags produces helpful data. For instance, if you’re concerned about work-life balance, you can see a colorful pie chart with a few simple clicks. One thing: I’m fine with how the trees become more “expensive” as time passes. However, it can take a long, long time to gain sufficient coins after awhile. I’m not asking for instant and easy gratification, because that’s contrary to the spirit of the app. I think adding more achievement bonuses (that don’t depend on having friends that use the app or on leaderboard performance) would be great. Unlocking achievements is also rewarding and something to strive for, so I’d love to see more!","I’m realizing that I waste a ton of time that stems from, say, just looking at a text that could wait until later.",5,TRUE,general,text,82,86,negative
productivity,things-3,4232315e-a155-4562-a899-53c2458ba7a8,da6d5892-09c3-42af-bf58-265c40a57192,Back to Things,"When I first left the world of paper only task and calendar management (former Day-Timer and then Franklin Covey user for 20+ years), I kept searching for the “time management holy grail” that would replace my paper planner. I started with Things and then Things2.0 but kept hearing that it wasn’t being supported (unfounded rumors). I wandered to other programs such as Todoist (not a fan of karma), Wunderlist, etc.Then, I saw a video of Things 3. Elegant design, intuitive features, the ability to put notes right on the task or the project caught my attention and imagination again. The ability to shape the interface of projects to my areas of responsibility was a real plus. I think in roles and responsibilities and to access projects that way is a real bonus. The synch is almost immediate and very reliable. Kudos to the creators who went underground and hammered out an elegant piece of software that is now, coupled with iCal and Evernote, my big three! Note: if you could add photos, files and pdf.s to it, this would be amazing!","Elegant design, intuitive features, the ability to put notes right on the task or the project caught my attention and imagination again.",5,TRUE,usability,design,9,15,positive
productivity,things-3,10abe3c3-3248-43b3-817a-1f7dad27c9fa,dabd6193-30a9-432c-9e1b-d215a4112dc4,"Sadly, this won’t quite do it for me","This is a beautiful app and I love how it approaches tasks and projects which is why I give it 3 stars instead of less.  But there isn’t enough functional integration with calendar to make this useful for me. I can see my calendar items but can’t open them or do anything with them which leaves me to have to jump to another app to work with meeting invites and other calendar items. This is a fatal flaw with this app for me, sadly. I’ve been on Informant Pro for years since that app integrates calendar and tasks so well. But have been trying to find something else that is more elegant and simpler. I thought this was going to be it until I discovered how severely limited it is with respect to calendar. Oh well, the search continues, and another $10 down the drain.Edit: I’ve come back again to Things 3 because it seems that I’ve become sort of hooked on how extraordinarily well it handles tasks. I’ve decided to try to live with using a separate calendar app along with Things and see how it goes. Hopefully in the future the authors will consider adding at least some ability to edit or even open calendar items in Things. Meanwhile I try this setup.",I thought this was going to be it until I discovered how severely limited it is with respect to calendar.,3,TRUE,usability,calendar,97,105,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,db05d235-856e-4b8b-810d-5e3d0d44c2c2,dacf1395-129c-4c6f-bc18-56250d5e37c0,"Well, It Worked Before The Update, Anyway","I started using the app when gmail stopped working in Safari on my phone (and my frustration with that might be coloring things a bit here).  For a while, the app was fine (minor problems with scrolling gestures opening emails and the like, but generally good).  However, it now immediately crashes when opened, following the latest update.Ive tried searching the help site, but all I come up with are a bunch of community threads full of people reporting similar issues with no resolution, hence leaving a review.  I’m reluctant to download another browser just for email.  Please, please fix.",I started using the app when gmail stopped working in Safari on my phone (and my frustration with that might be coloring things a bit here).,2,TRUE,usability,color,113,118,negative
productivity,things-3,5e390cc1-f1f5-4815-b9b5-1fde0e90a2b7,dadb98e9-78b5-4565-b030-6a5304f856c9,Easy to use,Finally decided to move on trying a new app to keep track of my to do list. After a little research i decided to try Things 3. It ended up being a very good decision. This app is easy to use. I have converted over to it completely. I even set it up to keep track of the TV programs i am watching. I am glad i made this move to start using it.10/21 update: now i am really into this app 100% i decided to delete my reminder app. This app has motivated me to keep up with my projects and to do list referring to it as my day passes. Great app.,This app has motivated me to keep up with my projects and to do list referring to it as my day passes.,5,TRUE,usability,list,65,69,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,b4cc1390-23ae-4e19-984a-608aee92d6c7,db1463bd-7e4b-4f3b-922e-57963fba7e9f,One major flaw: Adjusting text,"Everything about this app works, except for adjusting text. If you try to center a section of text, it centers the entire document, and when you try to reverse that, it unfolds everything. I was trying to make it so that there was one line of centered and bolder text, and a paragraph below it that was aligned to the left, and I could not do it. I really hope Microsoft fixes this issue.","If you try to center a section of text, it centers the entire document, and when you try to reverse that, it unfolds everything.",4,TRUE,general,text,35,39,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,727b644b-573f-4210-bf47-10b44033cbfc,db249b1e-4602-41f8-8979-f0e5a6e48fa5,Glitchy and no one to contact for support,"Every time I open the gmail app it will crash and not allow me to play audio files. I got a new apple 11 pro and I used to be able to open audio files on my iPhone 10 all the time from the gmail app. Strangely enough it opens jpg and video files but not voice memos or audio. Crashes EVERY SINGLE TIME. I have deleted the app, restarted my phone, erased my app login info, and even factory reset my phone. And it STILL does this. Also having issues with the “gmail notes” on the note app. Where the notes don’t show sometimes. Gets glitchy, the screen won’t respond or won’t let me write anything down.” Zero issues with my phone except for these two google gmail related problems. And no one to contact for support! Please fix these bugs!! I use my audio files every day! And the crazy part is I know it’s the app because the audio files open on the apple mail app from the same google account!",Strangely enough it opens jpg and video files but not voice memos or audio.,1,TRUE,usability,audio,70,75,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a75dd9de-2798-4df5-8a26-5781d1aab72d,db254422-478e-4b90-862c-3a1cafc752c7,Brilliant in its simplicity,"This is the only app that I have tried that that succeeds in keeping  me away from my phone when I'm supposed to be working. Instead of tracking usage like other apps(many of which require intrusive location permissions), it takes a completely different approach that actually works. If you fail or cheat, your tree dies and you get to keep the dead ones in your forest forever. It's much more fun than a bunch of charts and reminders...and surprisingly more effective.",It's much more fun than a bunch of charts and reminders...and surprisingly more effective.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,reminder,47,55,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,1d7b3fd7-e0b6-406e-a66b-3405f5fd237d,db83dea2-2e9e-471f-847d-006278abc8d6,Functionally Superior / Terrible App Icon Design,I prefer this app over any other email client for the iPhone. It is very a lot easier to follow a thread of emails through this app than it is on the stock app that comes on an iPhone. My only suggestion is to change the app icon. It’s an eye sore to have the icon in my home screen with so much white space unused. It would look much better if the gmail icon was zoomed in to where there wasn’t any white space around the boarder of it. Even if you had to stretch it to fit.,It would look much better if the gmail icon was zoomed in to where there wasn’t any white space around the boarder of it.,4,TRUE,general,space,91,96,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,c0a4bebe-8862-4b97-96ac-3eb5fa9e5ee9,dbd8b1c4-24a8-42c1-abd8-84b9a55d3eca,Increases productivity,"Forest has helped me stay present over dinner, at work and in my leisure time. I didn't realize how much I actually look at my phone until I started setting time frames to leave it alone and allow trees to grow. I've even scored one real tree planted so far, which is cool. My friends who are with me in body appreciate it. My friends and family in mind who text me do not. I'm okay with that. I've read four books this month and been more efficient at life.I would like to see some upgrades such as an option to save different tree types as labeled for different activities (cherry blossom for studying, birdhouse for cleaning...etc.) and seeing a large grid of all trees ever with a zoom function. Graphics could be better. However, it serves the purpose for which it was created. Recommended!Update: I’d also like the option to grow trees for up to 8 hours at a time. Why the limit to 2 hours?",My friends and family in mind who text me do not.,4,TRUE,general,text,35,39,negative
productivity,notability,f46c8f5c-6663-4137-a4f2-e8a36801ea42,dbe8b2e1-f418-47a3-8597-697f4f6db294,"Good app for note taking, but missing many essential features","I often get very frustrated using notability. I think that’s a good way to summarize things. I am a college student who likes to take notes using both the keyboard and my Apple Pencil. Notability seems to hate this. For some crazy reason, the notability text can never align itself with the notability grid. As a result, you get paragraphs of text that doesn’t follow the line / grid that you have chosen for the page. Text often create their own grids, at varying line heights, which makes the entire document very ugly. The sync is also on and off between my devices. I’ve had instances where I sat in lecture waiting for a page to sync from my mac to my iPad, but it never does. One time I waited 2 days before the pdf finally mysteriously appeared. There’s never a time where I can hit refresh and know for sure that all my notes are synced up.","As a result, you get paragraphs of text that doesn’t follow the line / grid that you have chosen for the page.",1,TRUE,efficiency,page,106,110,positive
productivity,notability,f46c8f5c-6663-4137-a4f2-e8a36801ea42,dbe8b2e1-f418-47a3-8597-697f4f6db294,"Good app for note taking, but missing many essential features","I often get very frustrated using notability. I think that’s a good way to summarize things. I am a college student who likes to take notes using both the keyboard and my Apple Pencil. Notability seems to hate this. For some crazy reason, the notability text can never align itself with the notability grid. As a result, you get paragraphs of text that doesn’t follow the line / grid that you have chosen for the page. Text often create their own grids, at varying line heights, which makes the entire document very ugly. The sync is also on and off between my devices. I’ve had instances where I sat in lecture waiting for a page to sync from my mac to my iPad, but it never does. One time I waited 2 days before the pdf finally mysteriously appeared. There’s never a time where I can hit refresh and know for sure that all my notes are synced up.","As a result, you get paragraphs of text that doesn’t follow the line / grid that you have chosen for the page.",1,TRUE,general,graph,26,31,negative
productivity,notability,d77d129a-8d5e-4574-bef5-54a11e6da560,dc0e0b04-3fd1-4cc7-84b6-26bbd819500d,Good for handwritten notes,"The app works very well with either a finger or apple pencil. It provides pen and marker tools with easy control over color, and tip size. So it’s great for freestyle sketches. There is an eraser and a graphical selection tool that allow deleting, moving, and copying drawn lines. All this is great for simple handwritten sketches and annotations.More complex operations with graphics allow drawing straight lines, and placing text in arbitrary locations on the page, but both of these could be improved:The tool provides a way to draw a straight line, but it is awkward and not easy to use: to do that you draw a line by hand and then pause at the end of the line for a second. I wish the app would provide another “straight line” tool like most other drawing and desktop publishing apps, so selecting it will make all lines straight.Handling text annotations is also awkward if you want the text placed in specific locations. The placed text requires different handling for moving, copying and deleting. The tools that allow you to delete, copy and move drawn lines do not work on text. Instead, it has it’s own set of operations (for example, to delete, you pause on it with the pencil, then apply another click which opens up a menu - not easy or intuitive). I wish the app would allow to use the same erase and select tools that already exist for handling drawn lines.","There is an eraser and a graphical selection tool that allow deleting, moving, and copying drawn lines.",4,TRUE,usability,graph,26,31,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,d8ea97fe-d218-4a9d-8f3f-af2d3990397d,dc6b45cb-8379-4ea4-8bf7-30d2491a4fd4,"Super simple, aesthetically pleasing and use it all the time","Probably one of my most used app of my phone. Its design is simple and nice to look at, and I really enjoy when they add new trees. I also like the feature that allows you to exit within ten seconds of planting your tree. It's nice that your phone is still accessible if you need it, but there's a gentle reminder to stop mindless using and checking.","Its design is simple and nice to look at, and I really enjoy when they add new trees.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,design,5,11,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,728ba785-54f1-4f15-a986-bba298f1ff0d,dc8f7e77-d47b-4027-ae16-4abfe731995d,Major Bug Alert!,"I have been using this app for quite some time and have found it very useful. But there is one major bug to be aware of! If you select all of the text in your document and want to change the font, then tap on the font list box to select your font... Naturally for me I start typing in the font list box to search for the font to use, my experience is it will overwrite all of your text. When  you hit undo, it has nothing to undo. All of your work will be lost! One way to get around it is to turn off auto save then discard any changes as you close your document but this doesn’t help if you have made important changes.Update: I had this bug on my iPad Pro 2nd gen, the bug still exists on my iPad Pro 3rd gen.","Naturally for me I start typing in the font list box to search for the font to use, my experience is it will overwrite all of your text.",1,TRUE,general,font,40,44,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e437fd30-c43b-492f-b994-595a63c8561b,dcebd83e-5cea-4d76-ac80-1b7e1958c4a6,Another Horrible Update - Please Go Back!,"This is an update from December 2020. Another irresponsible update results in poor UX/UI on my new iPhone Xr and iPad. With this update an entire stack disappeared on these devices, but thankfully it’s still there on desktop and in the cloud from logging in via browser. I’m seriously looking for an alternative to Evernote at this point :(Original Review: I used to love working with the Evernote app. Been using it since around 2011. I waited until I thought they were solid enough to buy a 1 year upgrade. Two months into my subscription, IT happened. THEY changed the look of the app (that was very close to perfect already) and made it hard to navigate, clunky and slow... Sometimes it takes 20-30 seconds for the app to respond now, and it regularly freezes -- then I have to close it and re-open again. Really? You guys think that is better than before?",This is an update from December 2020.,1,TRUE,general,update,12,18,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6cbeea39-26ae-43e0-89b9-902b45f54106,dd2f1948-17d0-4615-8b76-e789a0346891,"Good & fast, but missing key capabilities","I like but can’t use the Gmail app as it lacks perhaps the best feature of The Gmail web version: the ability to quickly file/tag items by typing the first few letters of the folder/tag! If you have dozens to hundreds of folders/tags like I do using this app is torture. Also, the lack of ability to customize the swipe options (both directions Archive by default?!?) is silly. I’m paying to use and love Superhuman materially for these two differentiating mobile features and I’d even pay Google for this capability, as I love the unparalleled speed of Gmail search, Smart Replies and other features that many other mobile mail clients lack. Google please fix!",If you have dozens to hundreds of folders/tags like I do using this app is torture.,3,TRUE,usability,tag,43,46,negative
productivity,things-3,3a117237-f65b-40dc-9473-e6a16cff5d6c,dd3a2736-6383-4544-9b5b-10601a67e504,Disappointed,"*UPDATE #1When adding a new to do, start with hitting “today” then add reminder and work your way up to today or this evening and you don’t have to keep going back in to add different settings! Yay! Still playing...So disappointed. I am currently using Alarmed and REALLY like it. Except for 2 things: 1. They do not update it anymore and 2. It really isn't organized. I thought Things 3 looked so very organized so thought I would make the change over. It IS organized but I would like a nag me option when I need to be reminded continually until an item is completed. It is also cumbersome to set a to do and not be able to set reminder, date, time, note, category all on same “screen”. I would really rather not see my to do until the time/alarm I set goes off. For example: If I have 5 things “to do” today but only one due at 9:00 am. I don’t want to see the badge app red number say 5 I want it to say 1 because it is only 9 am still. (I am still playing and learning. Maybe there is a better way of doing what I need?) The other items become due throughout the day at various time of alarm set...For the price I paid I’m disappointed and would liked to have had a free version 7 day trial or something. Maybe an update will include the above complaints? I am going to keep using it in hopes it grows on me. It is just so different and well you know....change isn’t easy ;) Looking forward to updating stars after I use it for a while and decide if it is worth it to buy the iPad version...",Maybe an update will include the above complaints?,2,TRUE,compatibility,update,10,16,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,3aabe974-c8cc-4b34-b32e-83ace0d78d99,ddfab6e9-67a0-4bb8-bfb8-737457fe2fed,Very User Friendly,It is very easy to send an email through this app.  I do find that sending pictures using the share feature takes longer to send and show up in my sent folder than it does when I attach the pictures from inside the app itself.  This is no major issue for me but it may be an issue for someone who needs to send photos to a customer quickly.,This is no major issue for me but it may be an issue for someone who needs to send photos to a customer quickly.,5,TRUE,general,photo,84,89,negative
productivity,notability,349d48e5-0d75-4a91-b973-e6fb41a1286d,de054d3e-d704-4047-a902-c3fbdfe843d6,Good but eh,"With the price tag like this for an app I expected more. It’s buggy at times with the apple pencil and doesn’t have as many features as I would have liked. You pay 9$ for an app and then you have to pay for themes which is dumb. Oh and theres no account where all your stuff is saved in case something happens so you have to back everything up all the time, for an app like this where all your important notes are I would think OBVIOUSLY theres a login account where your stuff is saved but there isn’t. If for some reason the app gets deleted and you didn’t back up your stuff, it’s gone for good. Another thing that’s annoying for me in particular is i write with my paper slanted and sometimes turning my whole ipad back and forth when i’m getting work done gets annoying so just tilting the paper in the app would be so much easier. Lastly, there should be an option to switch the eraser so that you can erase just part of something instead of the whole thing. Besides these issues i use it everyday for school and it gets the job done and organizes everything nicely",With the price tag like this for an app I expected more.,3,TRUE,efficiency,tag,16,19,negative
productivity,notability,4022cd65-9449-4e31-8b13-1f3ee3d7ed1e,de522610-e9ce-494d-89e9-c1a9c906d64f,A Wonderful Addition to Student Life,"I am a university student like many of the users on this app, and I purchased this with hopes that I could take neater, more organized, weightless notes. This should improve the speed of my note-taking, and I LOVE that I can record audio such as a lecture, and take notes while doing it and play it back! This will definitely come in handy. However, I really would like to see some improvements to the text visuals. There is currently no way to properly center the text, or align the text to the right; The default is permanently set to left alignment. Also, there is no way to adjust the line spacing. Being able to adjust the text alignment and spacing between lines of text would be highly useful for typing papers or whatnot in APA or MLA format, or even simply to adjust the aesthetics of the note. I’m sure these additions would appeal to the many other student-users.  Overall, the app is already exciting and enjoyable to use, and I look forward to testing it out in the coming weeks.","There is currently no way to properly center the text, or align the text to the right; The default is permanently set to left alignment.",4,TRUE,usability,text,50,54,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e3b78697-d851-41d0-b687-16ff03bbd94b,de947969-f8ce-4d0f-94ec-53fde74fd5e3,Newest update suggestions,"Long-time user. Big fan.I always appreciate the hard work that Evernote puts into making the app great, and trust that the team will give due consideration to the feedback that follows:As many have mentioned: Newest update demotes Shortcuts to the same status as any other notebook. Would be best to bring the shortcut button back to the bottom navigation for quick access. Another workflow gripe: I liked how the Title would be determined by the first sentence typed in the note (without having to type a Title separately). Minor, but saves time.Another thing I haven’t seen mentioned: the tagging process is a little clunky now. I liked how you didn’t have to search or scroll or a tag. You could type it, and it would either predict a pre-existing tag or you can just type a new one.There may be more to notice, but everything else seems smooth enough so far. Clean design, and still runs fast on an iPhone 11 Pro. Cheers!",Another thing I haven’t seen mentioned: the tagging process is a little clunky now.,4,TRUE,usability,tag,45,48,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,7d438c74-5fb3-49a2-b68a-ff7281ccfe2b,dea95dde-b915-491a-b9ea-d7713ab88590,Excellent for encouraging me to focus,"A lot of times I find myself checking my phone Just Because. I have things to do, or people to be with, but I feel that obligation from habit to check an email or text or social media. This app is a gentle smack on the hand when I lift my phone to put it down and stay present. I use it at work, at dinners, and when working at home on my side hustle. It’s a cute and sustainable way to do good.","I have things to do, or people to be with, but I feel that obligation from habit to check an email or text or social media.",5,TRUE,general,text,103,107,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b6c627ac-7959-4be8-969a-6195d80bf8bf,deb940fe-0bdb-468f-8bf0-592b2f0b166e,Gmail Lags! Badly...,"Ok, so the title is kind of all I need to say. Honestly, I had really high hopes for this app since I love the platform on google. It has a wide variety of options on your inbox look, your emails, and so much more.However, the Gmail app...First off, the account pictures were kind of horrible. Usually once someone updates their picture it immediately switches on the website. Not for the app.Some of the people I email like to change their pictures a lot. Not a problem!I’ve noticed that you have to have someone keep the same picture for about a month until the Gmail app actually updates it. If your friend changes it too much? Unfortunately, Gmail will just resort to a default picture, a random color (actually mostly a dark green color) with the first letter of their first name. Yeah. Horrible!Second, if you have multiple accounts and you just use the option “All Inboxes” Gmail will automatically sign you out if you don’t check that inbox separately. What an inconvenience.Third, if you accidentally swipe left on an email, it literally disappears forever. It took me forever to find the email. (Go to “All Mail” for accidentally archived emails.) To make matters worse, I don’t think you can even do this on a computer!Gmail Team, please take my comments into consideration. Thank you!",Usually once someone updates their picture it immediately switches on the website.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,picture,36,43,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,b6c627ac-7959-4be8-969a-6195d80bf8bf,deb940fe-0bdb-468f-8bf0-592b2f0b166e,Gmail Lags! Badly...,"Ok, so the title is kind of all I need to say. Honestly, I had really high hopes for this app since I love the platform on google. It has a wide variety of options on your inbox look, your emails, and so much more.However, the Gmail app...First off, the account pictures were kind of horrible. Usually once someone updates their picture it immediately switches on the website. Not for the app.Some of the people I email like to change their pictures a lot. Not a problem!I’ve noticed that you have to have someone keep the same picture for about a month until the Gmail app actually updates it. If your friend changes it too much? Unfortunately, Gmail will just resort to a default picture, a random color (actually mostly a dark green color) with the first letter of their first name. Yeah. Horrible!Second, if you have multiple accounts and you just use the option “All Inboxes” Gmail will automatically sign you out if you don’t check that inbox separately. What an inconvenience.Third, if you accidentally swipe left on an email, it literally disappears forever. It took me forever to find the email. (Go to “All Mail” for accidentally archived emails.) To make matters worse, I don’t think you can even do this on a computer!Gmail Team, please take my comments into consideration. Thank you!",Usually once someone updates their picture it immediately switches on the website.,1,TRUE,general,update,22,28,positive
productivity,things-3,55b539d0-063f-453c-ac75-ee131b6b93b9,dedcd56e-ebff-4e6f-996e-a42cf998db18,Why didn’t I find this sooner?,"Let me start this by saying I’m one of those people that never leave written reviews. I had to give praise where praise is due though. First of all, I am a very visual person so even if I found an app with perfect functionality, I wouldn’t use it if I didn’t like how it looked. However, this app combines functionality with a nice sleek design that’s not only easy to look at but, easy to use. I’m SUPER picky about to-Do apps and I have been on a search for “the one” for literally years. I think I’ve found it though. They allow you to customize And organize your to-do’s in a myriad of ways. For instance, my favorite thing so far is the Ability to set “Projects” and in those projects, you can not only add notes and headings to keep the todos organized but, on the main screen of the app, there’s a small circle to show your progress on the todo’s inside. I absolutely love this app and had to let y’all know you did an amazing job.","However, this app combines functionality with a nice sleek design that’s not only easy to look at but, easy to use.",5,TRUE,efficiency,functionality,28,41,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,91f27c0e-7c6a-47f4-9749-30b900a43919,df0650e5-fc79-4f0e-b979-880a93b475d3,Two problems to fix,"When taking a note, there are many problems with Voiceover. First, when swiping to the right, sometimes it skips over the title field & other times it skips over the multi-line text field. When typing in the field, you can’t move by letter or word & have it affect where the cursor is located. When The keyboard is brought up from simply looking at a note, the cursor is somewhere in the middle of the text already in it. Unlike most text fields, double tapping on it does not move the cursor to the start or the end of the text field. You also cannot listen to the entire note when the keyboard is available. This makes creating & editing notes inaccessible to Voiceover.   Sharing to Evernote takes a long time after entering text & choosing the folder. Once I hit save, a loading icon is shown while I have to wait for a long time to share it.    If these problems are solved, I will be satisfied with Evernote. Until Evernote is Voiceover accessible, I will use another note taking app that is accessible.",Sharing to Evernote takes a long time after entering text & choosing the folder.,3,TRUE,usability,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,notability,24443b33-04f8-41cc-aa16-f7b20de45cd8,df430ecc-65c3-43a1-a347-9ce67e9e6cbb,Incredible App! A couple minor formatting issues but still Superb,"Never had a note-taking app this dynamic and fluid. Highly responsive and well designed. Would recommend 10/10. My only problems with the app is:1. Line spacing glitch. Every note has a break in the lined paper background where two lines are very close together which is frustrating because it throws off the neatness of your notes. Not a functionality issue, just an aesthetic one.2. Picture placement. Sometimes I’ll take screenshots of pictures I’m not able to just drag over, and put them in my notes, but Notability makes the picture “jump” to predefined places and won’t let me put the pictures exactly where I want them. It’s frustrating because the pictures almost always “jump” a few lines up near totally unrelated notes. I tried disabling text wrap to no success.Other than that, fantastic app, I use it every single day in Engineering School and it is easily able to keep up with my course load!",Highly responsive and well designed.,4,TRUE,usability,design,28,34,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,a9f9ad4b-b206-4eae-9c9f-f3c8b811fd60,df5c28e0-1e75-40b8-9206-67912dd48267,Same as Previous header WONT GO AWAY,"Works great on my iPad Pro with my student subscription. Almost perfect EXCEPT for one very important thing for a graduate student such as myself. There is no option to adjust headers “same as previous” options. For my assignments, it is required that I have multiple headings in my paper. I have to have a cover page (header 1), title page (header 2) and the body of my paper (header 3). I have tried the “page break” options and “different first page” options with no avail. If I am overlooking this PLEASE inform me of what to do... because as of now, I am working/typing on my iPad and formatting on my Dell desktop (ugh - been trying to get rid of that thing since 2011 - glad I kept it for now but save me please).",I have tried the “page break” options and “different first page” options with no avail.,3,TRUE,usability,page,19,23,negative
productivity,things-3,4b795334-d87e-41bb-b0ca-3ee9290374f4,dfa70bb3-eb30-4205-86a3-cddc53952854,Almost perfect,"I love this app, although I think it could use just one more feature: an option to set a reminder days before the due dates. This app is more of a calendar app, in my opinion. It would be nice if the option was there so I can be reminded of what’s due days before it’s due date rather than hours before. I paid $10 for a tasking app, not a calendar app. Please fix.","I love this app, although I think it could use just one more feature: an option to set a reminder days before the due dates.",4,TRUE,cost,reminder,90,98,positive
productivity,notability,2320ba3e-6270-4364-b2b2-93749d72574a,dfd726e9-f468-4414-861e-d7e0b391416e,Very good app but some improvements needed!,"Compared to One Note and Good Notes, this is the best app! However, there are several improvements to bemade that would make Notability incomparable to its competitors!Notability's Pros° Side by side Note layout: You can look at two separate notes/pdfs at the same time, which is awesome if you want to take notes on a separate pdf like a textbook.° Voice-Recording Feature: This lets you record audio while taking notes and lets you review it in sync with your notes afterwards.• Really easy to convert handwriting into text! Handwriting is also searchable° You can also create custom colors° Scissors tool lets you resize what you need and crop/rotate.• Overall, really easy userface!Improvements Needed!° Eraser! Please create an option to erase like a normal eraser instead of a stroke eraser! It's very frustrating when I'm trying to draw images for my school notes• Please make a shape recognition tool similar to OneNote or Good Notes 4! It's very hard to make good looking figuresin your app.° Highlighter! When you highlight in Notability, the highlight decreases the boldness of the pen color underneath.Please change this so that the pen maintains the same color when highlighted.° Please add more lined paper templates or let users add their own in. I'm a little tired of adding my own pdfs over and over again.","Handwriting is also searchable
° You can also create custom colors
° Scissors tool lets you resize what you need and crop/rotate.",5,TRUE,usability,color,61,66,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,efa3b025-40f9-4f1e-8137-15d71f1f3a72,dfdcbd23-7168-4735-b3e1-0912a6cfd235,Cutest Trees and Quality Time,"I absolutely love using Forest! I found that I was able to track what subjects/activities I was dedicating time to all in a beautiful layout. The extra motive to stay focused by not being allowed to access my phone was great, though at times difficult if I needed to access a picture/document (but that is more of a matter of planning beforehand). I always recommend Forest to people who, like me, aim to boost their productivity with focused pomodoros! And besides that, you get to grow beautiful trees that add up over time! Happy tree growing and caring for our planet!",I found that I was able to track what subjects/activities I was dedicating time to all in a beautiful layout.,5,TRUE,usability,layout,103,109,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,d6ffd859-d11e-4885-8cab-896938ead29b,e074cc72-308b-4cc4-8c13-4df640155ea3,Thumbs up to Word,"Great app to write stories and many fonts to choose from. You can insert a photo and make your device read it out loud. Great format options. There’s a lot of templates word provides like recipes or slideshows. Great work for Microsoft! One little tweak: Sometimes when you type something you need to wait a few seconds for it to reappear. Very annoying, but it could just be a glitch. I have no problem in writing on other apps. Overall a great app!",You can insert a photo and make your device read it out loud.,4,TRUE,efficiency,photo,18,23,positive
productivity,notability,3d9f3be5-b29c-43dd-89b6-baf08108a02e,e0f7fcbb-b39a-4ee6-bfe6-beff01b040e1,Great app! Recommendations though,"I love this app and it is literally my go-to for taking notes on class slides that I download as a pdf. The layout is clean, I love how easy it is to add to google drive, onedrive, etc. and I love how simple and clean it is. However, I really. REALLY wish Notability would take the time to hear some recommendations for improvement from me.1. I would love ways to organize beyond just folder, subject and notes. Maybe adding the ability to put mini folders within a folder? I say this because I want to be able to be able to make folders for work and school. Then, in school I would make a folder for each year. Then, inside that folder, I would make subjects for each course and then notes for each lecture. Please developers! This function is so important!2. When I download PDF slides, please make it so that we can add a HORIZONTAL page. Right now, there seems to be no way of doing that....I sometimes add a page on the lecture slides (which are horizontal pages) but adds long and vertical ones instead... please please please add this feature. I love this app so much and have been using it for years! However, these two lack of features is really beginning to catch up and making it really difficult for me... hope this works out!","The layout is clean, I love how easy it is to add to google drive, onedrive, etc.",5,TRUE,usability,google drive,54,66,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,d1389d75-d988-42df-970c-4fbb025ed997,e143c600-4e94-4633-8731-969b790188f7,Okay,"I don’t like how there’s no timer when you’re on the lock screen. You have to physically go into the app to see how much time you have left. However, when you unlock your phone to do that, it counts it as “looking at your phone” so your time gets broken up.I also don’t like how every time you buy something, the prices of everything else go up. That’s the opposite of a motivating factor to me.","I also don’t like how every time you buy something, the prices of everything else go up.",3,TRUE,general,price,57,62,negative
productivity,things-3,087a6072-a929-4496-a951-60a57290fc48,e17c8c3c-c13d-40b7-8ced-1866fb490d37,Needs to use color for information,"Good but I would like to choose an alternative background color. It’s shocking when you look at all the organization apps in the iTunes Store and see so little use of color. Color could also be used to provide information- what’s urgent, what’s done etc. as the excellent app “Clear” does.",It’s shocking when you look at all the organization apps in the iTunes Store and see so little use of color.,3,TRUE,general,color,103,108,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,5e8d3fa1-476e-4714-af4c-12d7aa6504bf,e17f7059-000b-47b2-84a7-35077e2f886f,Ouch.,"I really don’t want to sound like a hater, but Word on iOS is just, well... not so good. Within only minutes of installing the latest update, I encountered two bugs that were somewhat serious. The undo function didn’t work, and attempting to use iOS dictation crashed the app. Every. Time. Other less serious quirks, but long-standing and frustrating ones: The cursor always stops blinking after a few seconds of inactivity, and most often disappears altogether. Selecting text is unresponsive and jumpy. Trying to select a single word or short phrase is much harder than it has to be. Worse is that the sync and save are pretty awful. I too frequently have edits not get saved, and have even had entire documents (representing hours of work) disappear altogether. I don’t need that. Nobody needs that. So I use Google Docs and or Apple Pages now, and I’m quite happy with them. Sorry, Microsoft. I wish you well, but I gotta do what I gotta do.",Worse is that the sync and save are pretty awful.,2,TRUE,general,sync,19,23,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,fc5d9089-03ec-4cd3-acdd-05f434812842,e1a7dd09-d5bc-4136-a7be-6cc80dc39823,Not so good on an iPad,"For me, MS Word on an iPad is borderline unusable for much more than reviewing and having my work read back to me. A greater intuitive interface for using some of the advanced features needs to be dev loved and d live red. There are just too many things I want to do and have no mouse to do them. Make it easier, PLEASE!I love MS Word and have been using it since the 80's. The audio read back feature is the best addition since ... not sure, it's that valuable. For a writer, and Word has ALWAYS been focused on writers, e.g. built-in gutter management, that audio replay feature is an important credible tool for improving quality and productivity. O hear my writing read out loud and be able to focus on the document and not dang. It makes my day. Just stumbled upon it a week or so ago. Wish I'd known about it sooner!",A greater intuitive interface for using some of the advanced features needs to be dev loved and d live red.,2,TRUE,efficiency,interface,21,30,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,2fede9df-19e2-46de-933c-1a9356bd9385,e1b0ced6-97aa-4d7d-8e65-8e525f84aa9c,The updates and tree variety keep me hooked,"I have a newborn son, and we have a routine. He wakes me up about an hour to two hours before I’d normally be up for work. I plant a two-hour tree with Forest and I play with my boy. It was hard at first, because babies don’t appear terribly interesting at times, and I’ve had such a long-time habit of checking the morning news on my phone. But when I plant a tree in the morning, I am so focused on my boy and no longer tempted to read or check my phone. He has my complete attention. My wife and I also plant trees right before we sit down to dinner with our kids or watch a movie with them. Forest really helps us to be and stay present with our family. I’ve tried other apps that had similar concepts of growing plants and trees, and when they stopped updating I got bored.  Forest has a wonderful variety and updates that have kept me hooked and interested.",My wife and I also plant trees right before we sit down to dinner with our kids or watch a movie with them.,5,TRUE,general,plant tree,20,30,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,7518e4f2-48ce-4f22-a7a5-9439529c3a2a,e1cd1543-9ec0-45d9-93eb-988c1958eecf,LOVE IT! But one tiny tiny thing...,"...I have a long list of folders that I use to sort and archive all my email, but when I’m on my app and scroll to the bottom of my nearly 100 folder list, I have to scroll all the way back up to change main folders.  I would like it if clicking my avatar in the slide menu would refresh my folder list and put me “back to top” of my folder list. That’s all. I have been with Gmail since the beginning. I LOVE IT!!!  And I really like Keep, as well.",I would like it if clicking my avatar in the slide menu would refresh my folder list and put me “back to top” of my folder list.,5,TRUE,general,list,81,85,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,07e1c71a-8c1c-4f4c-b737-793237417ee5,e1f9d36f-624a-439b-baa5-8189b3e2b719,2 Stars for Okay,"I previously used Inbox for Gmail which was by far my favorite. Now that its been discontinued or no longer supported whatever I am forced to use this now. Don’t get me wrong I like the app’s interface and gestures also the predictive text thing it does too when typing out an email. Even the separate folders. The main reason for the 3 stars this app desperately needs a delete all function the selecting one email at a time to delete is time consuming and in my words just plain ridiculous. I don’t want to spend 15-30 minutes clearing out junk, spam, promotions or social. I am person that likes to keep my devices minimal. So until the delete all function is added I’ll keep this at 2 stars. Other than that no other problems.","I don’t want to spend 15-30 minutes clearing out junk, spam, promotions or social.",2,TRUE,effectiveness,motion,65,71,negative
productivity,notability,f4f9b7ee-14cd-470c-9f92-3c9e5feba587,e42ac335-d913-4e65-be72-e42a3b039f11,Best way to take notes. Used this app all through High School and continue to use in College.,"Been using this app for 6 years now and I absolutely love it! My notes are organized and neat. I used this app all through high school and use it now in college to take notes in class (on an IPad, I wouldn’t recommend taking notes on a phone). The voice recording function is super helpful as I have an accommodation to record lectures and the app will show me what I was writing as the lecture was happening. You can also import files into the app and write directly on them, which is super helpful for study guides and other documents for class that you don’t want to worry about getting lost in a stack of binder papers. This app has kept my school work organized and, honestly, kept me sane. I highly recommended this app for note taking!",I highly recommended this app for note taking!,5,TRUE,usability,note taking,35,46,positive
productivity,things-3,3bb514de-ed4c-44ca-8c91-19b5f20e2da6,e482998d-25da-42da-8f12-06b4ab4cfe9b,Impressive app,"I rarely write reviews, but this app is worth it. The thought that has went into this app is astounding. Kudos to the author!Not a huge fan of purchasing for each device, but so much better than subscriptions which I will not do. One nice feature would be to sync to the Apple cloud instead of the Things cloud.","I rarely write reviews, but this app is worth it.",5,TRUE,general,write review,10,22,positive
productivity,notability,1c0cffd8-8a07-46db-987f-6bb291117be2,e4eac2f7-8bb6-45b7-98a8-ddd2bbde4c06,Do one more update to highlighter and a few other suggestions,"Love the app and the updates provided. I would love to see the highlighter be updated again to provide a brighter color, like the one you’d get if you went over the same highlighter 2 times. Make it more vivid. Right now it looks like a wash of color almost pastel like. Would also like to see more options for customized colors maybe add 3-4 more slides for additional pen/highlighter colors. Also give us the option to change the pen size the way we want it; the fixed pen sizes provided are good, but can be annoying. I would like to be able to choose my own pen size. Would also like to see the option to view 2 pages at once,  kind of like how the Flexcil note taking app gives the option to view the pages side by side, and not have to have open the second page in a different window.",Would also like to see more options for customized colors maybe add 3-4 more slides for additional pen/highlighter colors.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,color,52,57,negative
productivity,things-3,5f81cd8f-a9b7-4362-9fc9-24a9ad9a13cb,e4fdf526-2339-4252-b564-46cbece0d55e,Having fun doing to-dos,"I’ve been using the Swipes app for a while now and like it a lot, so I was super bummed when I got an Apple Watch and realized that Swipes does not support it. I was sooo happy to find this app. Some of its features remind me of Swipes, but it also has way more functionality without being totally cumbersome. If you are the kind of person that loves to-do apps, you will likely love this app. I have been having a lot of fun with my to-dos and really appreciate the Apple Watch integration. Thank you Things 3 folks!!","Some of its features remind me of Swipes, but it also has way more functionality without being totally cumbersome.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,functionality,68,81,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,c2427939-148f-4abf-bab7-45bd0fb3af33,e5cad69f-9309-4e97-8551-e8aaa7c8603d,I wasn’t sure I was a fan until...,I read the review from the sight challenged guy or gal. I hope that was a real review. I almost got a little teary eyed when the writer expressed such an emotional gratitude for being so responsive. My experience has been ok with this app but hesitant. I kept the iPhone mail as my primary comfort level until I got used to these mailbox categories. The one thing I noticed that I liked better than the other iPhone mail is that I receive an alert first on this app before my iPhone mail app. Thank you for the efficiency.,I almost got a little teary eyed when the writer expressed such an emotional gratitude for being so responsive.,5,TRUE,reliability,motion,69,75,positive
productivity,things-3,822de3a4-7b85-4dc4-8bf8-76c2726978d8,e5cf1a3e-e7df-4652-aa27-169d5c49ee52,Wish I wouldn’t have bought it,I thought this app would be a good alternative to the Apple Reminders app which I used religiously and was annoyed with the revamp. However sadly this is more of an “organizer” than a reminder app. To the developers out there — did you know that iPhones allow you to vibrate and flash banners across the screen to remind people of things??!! Sadly this app doesn’t take advantage of such straightforward methods. Thinking ill probably just delete it and go back to the reminders app.,Sadly this app doesn’t take advantage of such straightforward methods.,1,TRUE,compatibility,tag,34,37,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2056ffc7-7a75-45d0-87d9-94d1447b36fa,e6aced01-869b-4599-b14a-f13fadc8f2a8,The best email to organize your life,"I have used a couple other emails, but I love the Way, it incorporates into my calendar for scheduling. The labels are so helpful when you’re looking for a particular email. I love to file previous emails into folders, so I can refer to them later on if I have a problem with the company.","I have used a couple other emails, but I love the Way, it incorporates into my calendar for scheduling.",5,TRUE,compatibility,calendar,80,88,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,317091c5-0ca1-40c4-8609-9eacf55a84cf,e6c17dbf-156a-4cc3-91b5-e1f2b8539a21,The editing experience is terrible,"In most times, the prompt jumps to the very first line after a few second later whenever I touch the middle of the screen to edit a docx file. This is very annoying since my file is of 98 pages. Then I should pull down the scroll bar to the bottom of the document. This happens very often, especially when in Mobile view. The second thing is about the page loading steps or speed. By moving down the scroll bar the pages are loaded incrementally. But it has too many steps to the bottom page. Scrolling down the bar to the bottom of the screen loads pages a little. I couldn’t find a good way to jump to the bottom page at once. And this happens in Mobile view. The third frustrating thing is the reaction speed is not just slow, it’s really slow. When I type a character, say A, that appears in the screen after about 0.3~0.5s. This issue also has something to do with Mobile view, I think. The fourth is about moving the cursor with a long-touch. This not only related to Word but to all the other Office 365 applications I guess. This app adopting the obsolete way shows a convex glass  that zoom-in around the cursor when I long-touch the screen. Apple changed the way it moves the cursor since iOS 13 if I’m right. I’m not gonna explain it in detail here but the new way is much elegant and gives seamless experience in editing the text.",Scrolling down the bar to the bottom of the screen loads pages a little.,2,TRUE,general,page,58,62,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,3399c210-09fc-4bac-be1b-bfa80013e3ae,e6ecf00b-0bd1-43d7-8f7b-a05ab52517f0,It actually gets you to keep studying,"For me, the hardest part about studying is actually committing and doing it. Like everything is all set up for you to do it, but you just don’t start because you just don’t really want to. Well, I find that timing myself  gets and keeps me in the mood to get my school work done as well as manage how much of each class I do. It keeps track you your progress and depending on what tags you use, it can also show you what you study the most. Also I really like nature and I’m so down to plant a tree to keep me focused. Though, if there is one improvement I would want in the app, it would be that you get more money the longer you study. Like a significant amount more. It’s kind of a let down to see that you got 35 coins for studying or committing your time to something for an hour and thirty minutes.","Though, if there is one improvement I would want in the app, it would be that you get more money the longer you study.",5,TRUE,cost,money,92,97,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,2480fb55-0cf3-48ae-a7cc-2fe86f8dd948,e6f666bf-4247-49be-be56-e120445366d0,"Used paid subscription for years, but...","I have been a long time subscriber of Evernote, and have been very happy until the last update, before this one. Then everything went to he!!. I couldn’t get my notes or folders to load, I could see parts of them, but when I clicked on them they wouldn’t open. Support tried gallantly to help, escalating it to their top tier, going to the web version. Nope, nothing worked. They even had me try a beta product they had, nope, nope nope. I have to give them credit though, they really tried everything. They were great. Fortunately, I have Evernote also on my phone, which I hadn’t updated. So I can access my notes and folders from my iPhone. I figure I’ll try this update, because what do I have to lose?","I have been a long time subscriber of Evernote, and have been very happy until the last update, before this one.",3,TRUE,general,last update,84,95,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,64b0874f-0db7-476e-b039-8b1c07647280,e7963bf7-d2e6-4393-b062-f0f888065ea4,Really great...but I wish the whitelist app feature worked,"I struggle with phone addiction and I find this app so useful...but I also actually am required by my job to use a one or two apps very frequently. I bought Forest BECAUSE an online review mentioned a whitelist app feature. When I tried to turn it on I got an in-app error message saying that this feature was not available in iOS, and suggested using the Work With Phone feature instead. That works...kinda meh for me so I hope the whitelist feature works at some point in the future. If it does I’ll come back and rate 5 stars.",I bought Forest BECAUSE an online review mentioned a whitelist app feature.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,list,59,63,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,0c6a2977-fdc4-487a-af93-f317d67f8df2,e87f5147-a9aa-474f-a45b-737647d3d53d,Great (and cute) app!!,I use this app during the school year and really helps me stay off my phone while I’m trying to study and do homework. I don’t want to kill those little trees!! But this is great if you struggle with being attached to your phone when you really need to be working. If you’re motivated by achievements and hitting a certain amount of hours for staying focused this is the app to use! Plus you get to see your progress and pick what types of trees you want to grow! Forest is all really easy to use and you can sync to multiple devices so you can stay focused anywhere and get all the trees! Plus it’s just a really calming color scheme. Excellent!,Forest is all really easy to use and you can sync to multiple devices so you can stay focused anywhere and get all the trees!,5,TRUE,security,sync,46,50,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,9fc35ed3-d9b4-472a-9612-aacec17e69ea,e9fa7538-8442-4e36-b627-2737292a052d,Completely unusable for editing after the latest update,"After the latest update, I can’t put edits in balloons or see comments attached to bits of text. This makes Word completely unusable for my purposes - revising novels. I can’t believe MS has broken this app so badly.Update: It’s been over three weeks since this update that broke the edit functionality. Three times, level 3 support was supposed to call me to discuss the issue - the haven’t. Each time my ticket was closed without anyone speaking to me. I found out in round 2 that a bug report hadn’t even been created and I still don’t know if there’s one now. Their twitter account messages me every once in while to ask if the issue is resolved, and when I tell them it’s not, they go silent. I estimate I’ve spent about seven hours on the phone with them and I’m still not even sure the engineers are aware there’s an issue.",Update: It’s been over three weeks since this update that broke the edit functionality.,1,TRUE,reliability,functionality,74,87,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,9fc35ed3-d9b4-472a-9612-aacec17e69ea,e9fa7538-8442-4e36-b627-2737292a052d,Completely unusable for editing after the latest update,"After the latest update, I can’t put edits in balloons or see comments attached to bits of text. This makes Word completely unusable for my purposes - revising novels. I can’t believe MS has broken this app so badly.Update: It’s been over three weeks since this update that broke the edit functionality. Three times, level 3 support was supposed to call me to discuss the issue - the haven’t. Each time my ticket was closed without anyone speaking to me. I found out in round 2 that a bug report hadn’t even been created and I still don’t know if there’s one now. Their twitter account messages me every once in while to ask if the issue is resolved, and when I tell them it’s not, they go silent. I estimate I’ve spent about seven hours on the phone with them and I’m still not even sure the engineers are aware there’s an issue.",Update: It’s been over three weeks since this update that broke the edit functionality.,1,TRUE,reliability,update,47,53,negative
productivity,things-3,8400a21d-e0b9-44c9-a242-8ab68efd7e86,ea637336-581e-4d65-bc5e-a6d46af53fe4,Dream come True,"I am one of those who seldom spare time to write reviews. By the way in the 7+ years I have been an Apple products consumer, this is probably the third time at most I am writing a review for an App.I have dreamed for an app like this one many years before. I used to scan the App Store to download top rated apps, but I could never find the type of app I was looking for. They just weren’t practical. For instance sometimes you want to write down something that just popped in your head. You don’t want to worry about figuring out then if it’s a reminder or a To-do or just a note. You don’t want to worry about setting it for a specific day and a specific time. You just want to quickly jot it down in your To-dos/ reminder/ notes and be able to easily access it and take care of details later.I had given up on my hope of finding an app that would solve this type issue. So for the past few years, I had just been relying on the iOS default note app. I have been using this app now for a few months and it has everything I have ever dreamed of in a To-do/ reminder app. Honestly I am beyond satisfied. I have now found “the piece of resistance of my existence”!!",I have been using this app now for a few months and it has everything I have ever dreamed of in a To-do/ reminder app.,5,TRUE,reliability,reminder,106,114,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,ad92ec5e-aefc-42b3-a6b7-2da358b29b88,ea7cdfff-50f0-46b2-b666-33957ead9975,Great App,"This App makes my iPad so much more useful. I depend on Word for so much and really appreciate the folks at MS for keeping it updated and working wonderfully! The reason I don't give it 5 Stars is because often the updates render it useless for a few scary days. At least it gets fixed eventually, but aren't the bugs supposed to be worked out before releasing an update? Also it would be better if, as some other reviewers have noted, the app would remember the last font used and just start off with that instead of requiring me to always go back and reset the font with every new doc created.",I depend on Word for so much and really appreciate the folks at MS for keeping it updated and working wonderfully!,5,TRUE,effectiveness,update,83,89,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,2bb759c2-cc8f-402a-afff-6ad546797153,ea8c1f2e-0453-4d5d-8670-6a503182084f,Keep it simple to use!,"I just tried to forward an email and couldn’t see a forward button. Used to be an arrow. Instead I see archive and snooze and all these other stupid buttons. I use gmail for personal use. Used to love it but they keep changing it to where you have to learn symbols instead of the simple reply/forward text. I can learn symbols just don’t like them. Just keeps getting too complicated like outlook which I hate. Gmail is great for if you want to save emails and find them later. But they are trying to make it fancy - it’s email!! Write, send, attach. We have too many other apps to deal with. Keep email interface simple! App shows all the inboxes at same time whereas in computer I was able to see primary email.",Keep email interface simple!,2,TRUE,general,interface,12,21,positive
productivity,things-3,1801fc4d-e6c7-4d77-9371-5f686de54e1d,eac4dc2d-fcb4-4ea4-8aa0-678f0459b710,"UI, GTD and Features","First of all This app is great and definitely worth the money you paying.For GTD users:I can assure you that there is no app that can help you to implement full GTD in your life like Things! It is simple, ubiquitous, action oriented and a good planner.About features:There are some missing features that can improve this app way more.- text recognition for tags, projects and due dates. when I type my to-do it will be greatly for me to just add my tags, choose between my projects and set a due date just by typing some symbols like # or @- sharing project with people who has things too. If I and my friends or family want to do a similar project why shouldn’t we see all to-dos and plans together in one platform.- attach files from Dropbox, iCloud and etc. There is no need to attach files directly into Things, but it’ll be helpful if I could go to files or folders I need right from Things.",First of all This app is great and definitely worth the money you paying.,5,TRUE,general,money,57,62,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,05ea503f-7bbb-4909-8032-d14fdcd369c4,ead1c2be-0db4-4aab-9e94-18b9ccfdbb84,You can do better,"Whenever someone leaves an extremely low star review, I always think they are mad. I half-expect them to write in all-caps, yell at the screen, and use exclamations points everywhere. So first of all, I’m totally chill. I just bought a brand new iPad Pro and I downloaded 10 different email apps to test them out and see which one was the best for me. I am actually pumped!Reasons for low-star review: - UNCLEAN: When you clear your inbox, you want your eyes to be directed toward the most important information. Unfortunately, I found my eyes locked on the least important information while I was using the app. - FOLDER USAGE: I added something to a folder and it disappeared completely. (Toggling between my folder list from the “move to” option) 	Obviously I understand some of this could be not knowing how to use the app, but there was no instruction on how to use it when I opened it. I also come from an engineering background, and am really good at this stuff. If I can’t figure it out, who can?I had really hoped that customizability would be better and more abundant as well.These are my biggest complaints. IT’S GOOGLE! I really have enjoyed a lot of their products. I use Google Calendar more than the calendar from Apple. Although it’s not perfect, it’s better than the Apple calendar. I guess I just thought they were the elite, so I held them to a higher standard.Thank you",I use Google Calendar more than the calendar from Apple.,2,TRUE,general,calendar,37,45,positive
productivity,things-3,e1e87f23-dd18-4996-a52a-09dc9d88cba5,eae0caa7-8f07-4e75-86c6-11b753806a3f,I cannot believe it,"After all this time, the updated version of Things is finally here. And it seems like the exact same app from so many years ago, with a very slightly modified UI. There are still no location-based alerts, among many other things people have been asking for for years. Yes, there are changes, and many of them are good. It's better than it was. But I would not have upgraded, had I known how similar the new version would be. I suppose it's *ok* as a todo app, but so many other todo apps have surpassed Things at this point that I don't think I will keep using it. I'm disappointed.","After all this time, the updated version of Things is finally here.",1,TRUE,usability,update,26,32,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0ade8c5d-26c8-411a-b4db-1884a574cf8c,eb31b9bf-c82e-46f3-90ea-f750b9bfa428,App going downhill,"I’ve used Evernote for years, but lately thinking of switching.  Major issues:  (1) search function used to be awesome t has been getting worse and worse; lately it is missing simple matches such as plural vs singular, incorrect spellings etc.  with all the text matching tech available today there is no excuse for this poor level of word matching. (2) I store all my recipes in the app and a super common use case is to create list from a recipe and or switch between 2 or more recipes that I am making at the same time; Evernote behavior for both of these is very time-wasting. On my phone c every time I switch away from Evernote (to add some items to the shopping list) when I return to the recipe it starts me back at the top of the recipe again.  Since many of my recipes are clipped from the web the actual recipe text may be V long due to clipping issues- so I may have to scroll 4-5-6 or more screens to get back to the list of ingredients. There’s just no excuse for losing y view location when I switch to another app for less than a minute. And most other apps are able to keep my view with no problem- for example e-commerce sites with long pages of product lists.In short Evernote should get the basics right before advanced “recommended items “ features that I don’t find particularly useful.",with all the text matching tech available today there is no excuse for this poor level of word matching.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,text,14,18,negative
productivity,things-3,cfe95a24-209b-4184-87d6-3d59fb3a7a9d,eb41d072-d301-45eb-be1d-6fd3de46f263,Things App,"The best most useful app I have ever used on IPhone. It ties everything together. Before I had to use Notes, reminders & calendar. It was so much work I wouldn’t enter things half of the time. Now I can capture everything and work on it immediately or save it to work on later. I recommend reading the book getting things done by Dave Allen to really make this app even more useful.","Before I had to use Notes, reminders & calendar.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,reminder,28,36,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,27765967-cc58-4ad1-b09f-863a1a4e9633,eb589691-769f-41ba-ade3-e2f3d488fec9,Can’t Believe I Waited So Long To Embrace Gmail,"I’ve actually had a Gmail account for several years, but never really used it...until now. I didn’t like that you could not sort emails by Sender in Gmail, so I stubbornly stuck with Yahoo. But finally got tired of the multiple Yahoo security breaches and  endless ads and switched over. I can’t believe I waited so long. Gmail is a superior email client that is both powerful and easy to use. Plus, the interface is super clean. Even using the Gmail app on my iPad.I’d still like to be able to sort emails by Sender. Even so, I hardly miss that feature.","Plus, the interface is super clean.",5,TRUE,usability,interface,11,20,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,0d71ae00-e218-4152-954e-ac7a8da4eef1,eb833699-be39-48cd-af1a-3d9138dc98ce,Version 10 is a deal breaker,"I’ve used Evernote since 2001 and have loved it, until they updated to version 10. I prefer to take handwritten notes. There’s plenty of science to back handwritten note taking and I want to stick with it. Previously I could take great note pages with Evernote. I’ve been doing that since the first Apple Pencil was released. But now the handwriting portion is absolutely terrible. The pages are sized/resized differently and the pencil recognition is extremely poor. It doesn’t track well with the pencil so my writing is not smooth or clear. Additionally the pressure sensitivity isn’t working anymore either.I’ve tried working with support but they haven’t come up with any acceptable solutions yet. I hate to go look for a new app and give up the 10 years of history that I have in Evernote, but that is where I am at currently. Hopefully they can fix it before that happens.",There’s plenty of science to back handwritten note taking and I want to stick with it.,1,TRUE,general,handwritten note,35,51,positive
productivity,things-3,8d212447-e07f-4f77-ac7d-a4acc6ff62a1,ec19f304-027c-4be4-a835-47f3d36c7da2,Disappointing to a long time Things 2 user,"I’ve used Things 2 for many years and finally took the plunge and purchased Things 3 because of its ability to integrate with Calendars. I have to say- I’m very disappointed. Cons:1. The Today view in Things 3 now looks like a big cluttered mess because To-Do’s in different areas aren’t divided off into different sections. You can’t even change the font color. So, things I need to do at work and things I need to do at home aren’t easily and quickly visually distinguishable when looking at my day. This is a big set back from Things 2.2. There’s a nice new feature to move To-Dos to “This Evening.” But, after the end of the day, things that were scheduled for evening, move back to the same cluttered mess with all the other to-do’s. I’d really like to see an upgrade that allows scheduled recurring to dos to be created under the “this evening” heading. For example, I always go to the gym at night. I’d like that reminder to appear there rather than have to move it every day.   Pros:1. The calendar integration is very well done2. The ability to set alerts/alarms within a to-do is great. Previously in Things 2, I was unable to do thisOverall:If you really like Things 2 and aren’t sure whether or not to pay $10, don’t do it. I’m going back to Things 2 unless they update this app with some options to change the appearance of different Areas and fix some other bugs.",You can’t even change the font color.,2,TRUE,usability,color,32,37,negative
productivity,things-3,a2c2b21f-df62-47b8-8447-d776a52d4716,ec42a191-e6eb-4e71-a5fa-bfbdd3d1a9cd,Quality through and through,"With so many apps in the same space, you’ve got to stand out in some way. This does a great job balancing straightforward tasks, customization, usability, and aesthetics. Then you get bonuses like Siri integration and recently email to-dos. Of all the to-do apps I’ve used, this has been the most enjoyable and more importantly, has actually helped me be organized and get things done better. (And I’ve kept with it!)","With so many apps in the same space, you’ve got to stand out in some way.",5,TRUE,usability,space,31,36,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,15331355-49d5-41ba-98eb-188b14ae83e2,ecf66fa3-4cb0-47a2-bb29-849f1b601c61,Very good app but pretty slow,"It’s a great app to edit documents. Easy to use and has all the features I need.The app is not perfect though.This app takes a while to start up. Google Docs only takes like 2 seconds while Word takes like 30 seconds to a minute.Another problem is syncing. Word always forces me to log in every Startup to my account in order to access my documents. while Google Docs (even if you didn’t use it in the while) simply brings up your documents. It doesn’t nag you to log in. Also Word should change their startup interface. It’s a bit laggy, slow, and simply needs a simplistic way to show documents. In google docs you see folders and files. Just tap to open. Word you have to go through many tabs.If Word fixes these mistakes, It would be a great competitor to Google Docs and I would use Word over Docs.",Also Word should change their startup interface.,4,TRUE,general,interface,39,48,negative
productivity,notability,2320ba3e-6270-4364-b2b2-93749d72574a,ed2937cc-32b0-4ce2-9073-8d163f7ead9b,Very good app but some improvements needed!,"Compared to One Note and Good Notes, this is the best app! However, there are several improvements to bemade that would make Notability incomparable to its competitors!Notability's Pros° Side by side Note layout: You can look at two separate notes/pdfs at the same time, which is awesome if you want to take notes on a separate pdf like a textbook.° Voice-Recording Feature: This lets you record audio while taking notes and lets you review it in sync with your notes afterwards.• Really easy to convert handwriting into text! Handwriting is also searchable° You can also create custom colors° Scissors tool lets you resize what you need and crop/rotate.• Overall, really easy userface!Improvements Needed!° Eraser! Please create an option to erase like a normal eraser instead of a stroke eraser! It's very frustrating when I'm trying to draw images for my school notes• Please make a shape recognition tool similar to OneNote or Good Notes 4! It's very hard to make good looking figuresin your app.° Highlighter! When you highlight in Notability, the highlight decreases the boldness of the pen color underneath.Please change this so that the pen maintains the same color when highlighted.° Please add more lined paper templates or let users add their own in. I'm a little tired of adding my own pdfs over and over again.",• Really easy to convert handwriting into text!,5,TRUE,efficiency,text,43,47,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,88697bd1-9b7a-48e1-adf2-8d3240a09cb8,ed4a5b13-bafa-47e8-911d-de8c405888ee,Word- office 365 for IOS,"SonnypleaseWorks great. It syncs with Word on my Mac immediately. I’m an Apple person and Pages, my first preference, will also sync with OneDrive. However, I think Word, Photos and all the rest of the Office 365 family syncs with OneDrive faster. Also, you get 1 TB of storage for free. I have files in OneDrive since 2014. Just create a Microsoft account. No commitment and no in app purchases. FREE. You can use OneDrive as your Time Machine. This is absolutely free. Apple gives you only 5 GB of iCloud for free. Once setup, there were no problems. I hope Apple is listening. 1 TB of cloud storage through OneDrive for free. Write in word on your iPhone, then continue the same file on your Mac. WORD is fantastic though I always loved PAGES. Microsoft has an excellent deal. Most colleges require it and give it for free through their IT department. For personal use, you can use Word and all the rest on 6 devices. If you want, there is sharing and so much more. Suddenly, I am preferring Word.",It syncs with Word on my Mac immediately.,5,TRUE,compatibility,sync,4,8,positive
productivity,things-3,bb410d14-4a6f-4955-b67e-a1e6a25be003,ed9e45d0-dad5-4dee-a0ae-405d4960f9de,"It’s excellent, but too expensive for multiple devices","First of all, the ux is probably the best on the market (I’ve used at least 6-10 task tracking apps). The motion design, ease of use, synchronization across devices, little details etc....all good. That said, you shouldn’t have to pay for both iPad and iPhone versions. That’s breaking an existing model that we’ve all come to rightfully expect. Just one price people. Not two. I get having to pay more for the Mac version, but iOS devices should mean you pay only once. Otherwise, it’s pretty well thought out and executed.",Just one price people.,5,TRUE,general,price,10,15,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,2fda240b-eba5-4573-81c1-9c3f25455453,eda77a9b-3559-4bf4-aab5-39d0e5926f8b,Does What I Need,"I really only use the app at a basic level, but it does everything I require. I like the interface, and it gives me satisfaction to look at all my trees.The one thing I wish was different is that the art style for the trees be more cohesive. As it is, it’s sort of a hodgepodge of different themes and styles. I’ve ended up only using the default evergreen because I want my forest to look well planned. Since this is a matter of opinion and I’m sure that some people like the variety, I still rate Forest five stars.","I like the interface, and it gives me satisfaction to look at all my trees.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,interface,12,21,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,f6a8767c-55f7-4bc7-b89e-8c0d80f9f321,ee93244b-d5b9-4848-a8d5-6de05131d63a,You finally managed to break it. Wow. Congrats!,"The list of broken features, both in iOS and Mac version, is a long one. You people think that by rounding the buttons and changing the way things look, you are allowed to break everything? 1) camera is faster in iOS than it used to be, but caveat!, it takes garbage pictures. 2) impossible to force a synch and much slower to do so by itself now 3) can’t edit certain shared folders now. And on and on. 4) not able to upload pictures from Apple photos into Evernote anymore. Either this is fixed very soon, or this is the last year I pay for a subscription. Next time you feel like changing the way things look, but you don’t have anything interesting to add or improve in terms of functionality, just don’t do anything.",2) impossible to force a synch and much slower to do so by itself now 3) can’t edit certain shared folders now.,1,TRUE,efficiency,sync,26,30,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,74805c9b-83bd-4e3f-b068-680fd091a241,eeb2de11-b192-4377-b622-4655fae687b3,Very convenient,"You can have all your email accounts in one app. I have my business and personal emails there.I can sort them all and create as many sub folders as I need.I wish I could create a calendar event directly from the email, like another option that allows me to do it. If that can be done it would be perfect.","I wish I could create a calendar event directly from the email, like another option that allows me to do it.",4,TRUE,compatibility,calendar,25,33,negative
productivity,things-3,93e2809f-d9a4-4a98-bab9-552bc3a45eba,eeb3510d-2c73-433b-8005-accb2a832754,Really good app,"Every app has some things that aren’t perfect. I used Things about 4 yrs ago, went away for awhile but now I’m back with Things 3. It’s a really great app that has great performance and syncing through the cloud to other devices is very fast. Has most everything I need in a to-do app. Highly recommended",It’s a really great app that has great performance and syncing through the cloud to other devices is very fast.,5,TRUE,usability,sync,56,60,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,efaffbdb-02f4-4eb0-9283-d671d43c7189,eee35667-f835-4562-8039-b8d266d8c9d9,This is NOT free. False advertising!,"What is the purpose of allowing people to download this app “free” but preventing them from even being able to type in a document. I get a message telling me I can edit and save with an Office 365 subscription. I have never needed all the advanced features because i just use the app once a month or so for personal notes and to print things that are too complex printing from the internet without all the advertisements and webpage junk too. Like a simple recipe. I’ll copy the text and insert a picture of it. That is all I do with this and have used it for free for years, but suddenly i can’t even create a new plain document because I have to pay for a subscription??? These tactics are why I no longer use most of Microsoft products or operating systems anymore. We even got rid of paying for Xbox because of their intrusion and unrealistic pricing. Nice job Microsoft. Your efforts to make people pay are backfiring. I “might” have considered paying sometime in the future if I needed the more advanced features, out of loyalty for how helpful it had been so far. That’s what I do with other apps. Not this one. Never again.",I’ll copy the text and insert a picture of it.,1,TRUE,general,text,15,19,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,efaffbdb-02f4-4eb0-9283-d671d43c7189,eee35667-f835-4562-8039-b8d266d8c9d9,This is NOT free. False advertising!,"What is the purpose of allowing people to download this app “free” but preventing them from even being able to type in a document. I get a message telling me I can edit and save with an Office 365 subscription. I have never needed all the advanced features because i just use the app once a month or so for personal notes and to print things that are too complex printing from the internet without all the advertisements and webpage junk too. Like a simple recipe. I’ll copy the text and insert a picture of it. That is all I do with this and have used it for free for years, but suddenly i can’t even create a new plain document because I have to pay for a subscription??? These tactics are why I no longer use most of Microsoft products or operating systems anymore. We even got rid of paying for Xbox because of their intrusion and unrealistic pricing. Nice job Microsoft. Your efforts to make people pay are backfiring. I “might” have considered paying sometime in the future if I needed the more advanced features, out of loyalty for how helpful it had been so far. That’s what I do with other apps. Not this one. Never again.",I’ll copy the text and insert a picture of it.,1,TRUE,usability,picture,33,40,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,06976561-4380-4543-95e1-fd1e04b607da,eeef3a67-73b7-4cb1-ad55-0f80e726c3ec,Great!,"I wish you could change what color tracked changes made, but that's a minor nitpick. Making something as necessary for professional life like MS word is a bold move, and this app is pretty dang useful if all you want to do is write essays or something.","I wish you could change what color tracked changes made, but that's a minor nitpick.",5,TRUE,general,color,30,35,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e7df0c3b-8f0b-4f45-b0fb-a1ec252f8c7e,ef12525c-469c-4654-935e-b5e5822d8278,Font size issue.,"Got this app after friends recommended it and I’m loving it. I’m more organized and productive already. Love the notebook layout and the cross platform from Windows to iPhone.But there’s an issue that reallllly bothers me. Font sizes aren’t consistent across the app on Windows 10 and the iPhone app.I ran a test to see what font sizes corresponds to small, medium, and large. Small on iPhone is 10 on Windows app.Medium is 14. Large is 18.Except something written in “small” on an iPhone, when viewed on a PC and compared to something written in 10 on the Windows app, the text originally written on Windows is larger than the text written on iPhone, despite them both being “10”. If I highlight the text from the iPhone and then select 10 again, it will grow ever so slightly to match the PC font size of 10.The opposite happens if I write something in 10 on PC and then view it on an iPhone and compare it to something written in “small.” What is written in “small” is larger than what was written in 10 on the PC.This is really frustrating because it results in inconsistencies throughout your notes.I know you guys care about organization, design, and consistency. So please fix this issue.Other than that, the app is great, would be 5 stars, but this is really frustrating. You can’t have an app meant for organization have something as basic as font size be inconsistent like this.Thanks for reading this feedback.",You can’t have an app meant for organization have something as basic as font size be inconsistent like this.,4,TRUE,usability,font size,73,82,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,03016314-842b-4d67-8e67-0a936a4fd006,f01b8f1c-19f8-410d-89bb-a1ed19a0c044,Video and Picture-Sending Issue,"Every time i want to email videos and pictures, it only lets me email 4 photos at a time, and short videos. Im just hoping that in the next update, we can send as much pictures and videos as we want.","Every time i want to email videos and pictures, it only lets me email 4 photos at a time, and short videos.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,picture,39,46,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,1f2e231e-a721-4e3d-aa63-9e0f2eb54bb9,f19af21e-83d2-496d-8747-eefb2d2725bd,Not fully functional,"You can’t use this app without a subscription to office 365, but then it only gives you the functionality of Pages. You can’t edit paragraph styles or save templates. So you pay for the service and get the abilities of a free app. So might as well just use pages. There is one really frustrating thing from pages that made me try this out though. Outlining. Pages doesn’t recognize what you’ve done before like Microsoft. - at least in the ipad apps. So if you need to go past 1. , A., a. You’re stuck. The ruler and tabs in Pages are also garbage, so if you need to do a quick professional outline, get this for a day. But if Ipad is your sole computer - just use something else. Major corporations like Microsoft and Adobe switching to subscription only payment systems is bad for consumers. They have an industry standard hold on the market and therefore can do whatever they want. Luckily smaller companies are popping up - also Apple’s free products, but the lack of customizability is terrible on the iPad in general. Still feels like monopoly to me.",Major corporations like Microsoft and Adobe switching to subscription only payment systems is bad for consumers.,2,TRUE,cost,subscription,58,70,negative
productivity,notability,2d637665-5119-4901-9fcb-1430e1501b4c,f1a374b9-5a2f-4a3e-ad9b-84cfa27354ec,The perfect app for school/work!,"After my first semester as a freshman, I struggled with a heavy back pack. Having to carry many notebooks, binders, planners, and books was so exhausting. So i ended up buying an iPad and Notability literally saved me! I now have ALL of my notes and all of my assignments on the app. Notability also syncs to the cloud so you have everything with you even if you don’t have the device you took the notes on. You’re able to download your assignments and send them to the app to write on. My classes that provided fill in notes or had things on their website that was our responsibility to bring to class was now on my notability app. The ability to search key words from your handwritten notes is amazing. The ability to record lectures and play them back and watching yourself write it in realtime was very helpful when it comes to reviewing class material. Everything is so organized since you can create multiple color coded folders for anything you could think of.The only reason I shorted it a star is because I wish Notability had different writing tools. My notes are clean and neat but i wish the pen had a pencil option just to give another satisfying “real paper” look. I would also love to see a choice in the shape of the highlighter that would give a more squared off ends rather than the circle one it currently has.",Everything is so organized since you can create multiple color coded folders for anything you could think of.,4,TRUE,usability,color,58,63,positive
productivity,notability,c6e35de5-ba65-4979-945f-4737fffa20b2,f1a8b8b4-e3b2-41f8-b31a-fceea90b7ec3,"Good, could use a few improvements.","I love the recording ability. Some areas for improvement:1. Night mode for white background of power points without disturbing animations, or their colors, or recording. Black font turns white in black background.2. When uploading power point to a subject from somewhere like Canvas, notability should have the class name plus folder or file before the user exits to go to notability. Saves further editing.3. When playing back a recording, for PowerPoint, the playback will follow you physically going forward through slides with arrows pointing in the direction you’re going and goes in sequence to how you move on to the next slide or when you write instead of manually trying to figure out where you’re at while listening to the recording. I have to note take chronologically to counter this effect and it’s cumbersome.4. Darker highlighter with neon color like Microsoft word.5. Ability to recover deleted items within 30 days like Apple’s “Notes”.6. Being able to cut, copy, or crop a power point slide and paste it where you want it.7. When adding notes by pen in a power point that already had a recording, notability should ask if you want to add it to the recording’s animation mark before moving on to the next slide.8. Being able to cut added drawings or notes and customizing their color for better memory stimulation or organization. Like color coding.There’s one more thing, but I forgot.......","Night mode for white background of power points without disturbing animations, or their colors, or recording.",4,TRUE,usability,recording,100,109,positive
productivity,notability,c6e35de5-ba65-4979-945f-4737fffa20b2,f1a8b8b4-e3b2-41f8-b31a-fceea90b7ec3,"Good, could use a few improvements.","I love the recording ability. Some areas for improvement:1. Night mode for white background of power points without disturbing animations, or their colors, or recording. Black font turns white in black background.2. When uploading power point to a subject from somewhere like Canvas, notability should have the class name plus folder or file before the user exits to go to notability. Saves further editing.3. When playing back a recording, for PowerPoint, the playback will follow you physically going forward through slides with arrows pointing in the direction you’re going and goes in sequence to how you move on to the next slide or when you write instead of manually trying to figure out where you’re at while listening to the recording. I have to note take chronologically to counter this effect and it’s cumbersome.4. Darker highlighter with neon color like Microsoft word.5. Ability to recover deleted items within 30 days like Apple’s “Notes”.6. Being able to cut, copy, or crop a power point slide and paste it where you want it.7. When adding notes by pen in a power point that already had a recording, notability should ask if you want to add it to the recording’s animation mark before moving on to the next slide.8. Being able to cut added drawings or notes and customizing their color for better memory stimulation or organization. Like color coding.There’s one more thing, but I forgot.......","Night mode for white background of power points without disturbing animations, or their colors, or recording.",4,TRUE,general,night mode,22,32,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3d1b94ca-dde1-4a10-8584-dbf0ea447fcf,f1d9b0af-5a11-4424-86a6-47d3be940bcf,Every update / redesign makes things worse,"I have been a paying subscriber for more than 10 years. Every couple of years, they completely re-design the app, and keep adding useless features. E.g. reminders - who needs that in a note taking app ?Latest redesign is bug riddled and crashes constantly. App start takes much longer than it used to. I’m close to giving up on Evernote.——————Downgraded my review to 1 StarApp is so buggy on my iPhone, it’s basically useless. It crashes constantly, and repeatedly. One of the main reasons I got a paid account was to use offline notebooks. Well, that functionality is mostly broken. Downloads are so slow, and only take place while the app is open. Since I had to delete my app and re-install, all my notebooks have to download again. It syncs at a speed of maybe 5-10 notes per minute. But as soon as your device shuts the screen off, it stops syncing. THERE IS NO BACKGROUND SYNC. So you need to keep you device unlocked for hours to sync everything, if it doesn’t crash. It’s so crappy and ridiculous.——————Latest update still doesn’t fix iOS issues. App still crashes constantly, notes don’t pull up. It’s been completely useless for many weeks now.","But as soon as your device shuts the screen off, it stops syncing.",1,TRUE,reliability,sync,59,63,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,e56c6f9f-1d43-47fc-a2e7-4021f0cdb59c,f20fa9f3-a6d3-4362-9d64-636dc78bf855,Best note app I’ve ever used,"I love this app, especially the table function. I love to make lists and tables in my genealogy and game playing pastimes. I find it easy and logical in its functionality and always reliable. There is a quirk when using the checkoff box that is irritating. It changes the numbers to run in sequence. I found this out when I was trying to use it for my prescriptions and it kept changing the numbers. But that’s minor compared to the many other, easy ways I utilize this app. I highly recommend it.",I find it easy and logical in its functionality and always reliable.,5,TRUE,reliability,functionality,35,48,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,a6d54563-ab64-4ee9-a481-71f9448e486a,f24593df-86ea-43e7-a88a-8c60e4faaca7,"Easy, motivating, effective","I downloaded the app for work productivity, but it’s made me hyper-aware of how often I actually pick up my phone. For any task, just having the reminder that my phone is not currently available to me is extremely helpful. I’m realizing that I waste a ton of time that stems from, say, just looking at a text that could wait until later. Moral: don’t think this app isn’t useful because you’re not at a desk all day. It has countless uses. I agree with what other users have said about gamification being a good motivator, and the user interface is very appealing. Creating and naming tags produces helpful data. For instance, if you’re concerned about work-life balance, you can see a colorful pie chart with a few simple clicks. One thing: I’m fine with how the trees become more “expensive” as time passes. However, it can take a long, long time to gain sufficient coins after awhile. I’m not asking for instant and easy gratification, because that’s contrary to the spirit of the app. I think adding more achievement bonuses (that don’t depend on having friends that use the app or on leaderboard performance) would be great. Unlocking achievements is also rewarding and something to strive for, so I’d love to see more!","For any task, just having the reminder that my phone is not currently available to me is extremely helpful.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,reminder,31,39,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,0b8185c0-82af-4f4f-9f63-65f4db098321,f26d9851-f6b8-4ef5-b8a6-4e304256911c,Needs more,"Still waiting to be able to customize the left and right swipe. Would love to archive AND delete emails not just have 1 option for both swipes. UPDATED, THANK U FOR ADDING THIS FEATURE FINALLY!!! I have 5 email accounts and they all sorta forward to my main email. I often accidentally reply from my personal because my business emails forward to my personal acct. i would LOVEE to be able to reply from my personal email and just change the FROM to my biz one or hey maybe it can do it automatically!!!I also have a bunch of unread emails i cant even find. Is there a way to filter unread emails in the inbox?? When i search “unread” clearly it doesn't work i just wanna see all the unread emails so i can turn off that annoying badge. I scrolled as far as i can and it doesnt let me scroll any further so i guess theyre super old and i cant even find them. Come on google!!If I missed this option someone please let me know!",Is there a way to filter unread emails in the inbox??,4,TRUE,general,unread email,26,38,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,ab453490-388e-40b7-b96f-259eac33f276,f2de0f38-db7d-4e55-9301-b01caf92d605,Review of Microsoft word,"Well I use Microsoft word at work, the mobile version is vastly inferior. If it were free, I probably couldn’t complain. But, if you want to get the capability of redlining documents and other important work-related actions, you have to purchase the subscription. This is where the trouble begins. Microsoft support is terrible. Several times a year the program won’t work and tells me I need a subscription. I’ve spent hours on the phone with Microsoft since I first purchased this program. There’s some sort of company disconnect between their accounting department and mobile services. This needs to be fixed.Regarding the applications performance, at best it’s OK. It tends to be slow, saving a document while you were working on it is not as straightforward as it should be, and if you want to dictate, you better proofread twice.  Many of the desired editing features are not available in this mobile application. Formatting is next to impossible and many many other features are not available. While I don’t think you can expect 100% duplication, iPad cost more than most PCs, have ample memory, and should be capable of handling all of the commands necessary to do a competent job of preparing a word document. And you should not have to have an external keyboard with your iPad to perform the tasks. Bottom line, The program is livable, but not particularly likable.",Several times a year the program won’t work and tells me I need a subscription.,3,TRUE,efficiency,subscription,67,79,negative
productivity,things-3,bb410d14-4a6f-4955-b67e-a1e6a25be003,f2ee38be-9ab5-47ea-a870-3a1fb854c422,"It’s excellent, but too expensive for multiple devices","First of all, the ux is probably the best on the market (I’ve used at least 6-10 task tracking apps). The motion design, ease of use, synchronization across devices, little details etc....all good. That said, you shouldn’t have to pay for both iPad and iPhone versions. That’s breaking an existing model that we’ve all come to rightfully expect. Just one price people. Not two. I get having to pay more for the Mac version, but iOS devices should mean you pay only once. Otherwise, it’s pretty well thought out and executed.","The motion design, ease of use, synchronization across devices, little details etc....all good.",5,TRUE,reliability,motion,5,11,positive
productivity,things-3,bb410d14-4a6f-4955-b67e-a1e6a25be003,f2ee38be-9ab5-47ea-a870-3a1fb854c422,"It’s excellent, but too expensive for multiple devices","First of all, the ux is probably the best on the market (I’ve used at least 6-10 task tracking apps). The motion design, ease of use, synchronization across devices, little details etc....all good. That said, you shouldn’t have to pay for both iPad and iPhone versions. That’s breaking an existing model that we’ve all come to rightfully expect. Just one price people. Not two. I get having to pay more for the Mac version, but iOS devices should mean you pay only once. Otherwise, it’s pretty well thought out and executed.","The motion design, ease of use, synchronization across devices, little details etc....all good.",5,TRUE,general,sync,33,37,positive
productivity,notability,58078c59-0ff7-4ad5-a68c-8b328361f809,f30a1da7-fc70-4e6f-bd70-8902eef77670,Reliable need more pen options please!,I sound crazy for this but my fiancé and I are both pursuing medical careers currently in school and we both purchase the iPad and pencil for this APP. It is a godsend for recording and taking notes when professors talk to fast especially veterans suffering from TBI. Lately updates were made and I am happy that they added the custom color changes for the pen and recently added automatic shapes! Great for Orgo btw. Only thing now missing is a couple different selection of pens.  please please please please give us an option on pen styles. Our handwriting isn’t great especially in a hurry (We don’t have time to convert everything we write in text)and with trying other note taking apps (just cause) I can see the pen type makes a huge difference. We come back to Notability for the reliability and recording as we write but please update just 2 or 3 different types of pen styles instead of the round and not round that is offered. Then you have created the perfect college/school/professional note taking app there is for sure!,Lately updates were made and I am happy that they added the custom color changes for the pen and recently added automatic shapes!,3,TRUE,efficiency,color,68,73,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,5a84eca0-2aa9-4517-a3b6-2ee7594c51d0,f30bb775-253e-4bd5-a05a-1758dc8933c3,Not for me,"I feel like this is a concentration tracking app more than a productivity app. You plant a tree for every task you wish to concentrate on and if you break your focus (leave the app) the tree will wither. The problem here is that I need to concentrate on work, to work I need to use my phone. This app allows you to create a white list of apps that are required for your task, however this feature is not available in IOS devices. This renders the app to be nothing more than a tea timer and a graph depicting how many times you set the tea timer. You are allowed to create your own tags, but you can’t assign a task to your session until after the session is over, this means that if you read a book 7 days in a row you plant 7 trees instead of continue to water the same tree to keep it alive. I only bought this to be a visualization of my consistency with the various aspects of my life, but the app doesn’t work this way. I don’t see why this app isn’t free with ads considering that one of its most important features does not work on iPhones.",This renders the app to be nothing more than a tea timer and a graph depicting how many times you set the tea timer.,3,TRUE,general,graph,64,69,negative
productivity,notability,9a44b7e5-4b97-442a-85b1-1d4956d96160,f3168fce-1687-471a-b0cd-60fa05ebfaf9,Love it! Perfect for school!,"The only criticism I have is that I wish they had more long press perfect shapes other than straight lines, squares, triangles, and circles. I’d appreciate even a curved line for when I’m graphing. Other than that it’s been absolutely amazing. I never spend money on apps but this has been a dream with school notes. It keeps all my notes in one place, looking perfect and  organized. Instead of flipping through pages to find a specific note, I just look it up in the search bar and it recognizes my hand writing! And best of all I can record my lectures in case I need to remember something specific that I didn’t write down! And it syncs the recording to whatever you’re working so it’s easy to find a specific snippet of a 3 hour lecture. I’ve tried goodnote and one note and I still prefer notability. I even have it on my computer so it syncs all my notes.*TIP* You can type with this app but I highly recommend hand writing your notes as it’s proven to be more useful at learning and retaining material!","The only criticism I have is that I wish they had more long press perfect shapes other than straight lines, squares, triangles, and circles.",5,TRUE,usability,straight line,93,106,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,506230e3-cc98-4233-be40-89e52d53990c,f38bbe27-868c-4b5c-aa98-8ee0251252e7,Same word. Same problem,"A lot of people use word because its very standard. But I run into the same problem when I use it. Every update there’s a problem with the format. Everything that I had on page 2, is now partly on page 1. And what I had on part 3, is partly on page 2, and so forth, throughout all 200+pages of my document.  Try to call for support and reach someone who barely speaks English. I tell them what happens, and they say “so is it because you changed something in your document”? Yes, when I closed my document yesterday, it was formatted correctly. Then after I updated the app today, and opened it up and it was wrong, it must have been when I did it in the middle of the night.I will be switching to Apples pages. Thanks for the people who work really hard to make this work, it really is a great effort for the most part. But it’s just not fun doing this when the issue happens on my MacBook and my iPad. What’s the point of setting something up to be exactly how you want it, if a simple update changes everything? It’s nonsense.","Then after I updated the app today, and opened it up and it was wrong, it must have been when I did it in the middle of the night.",1,TRUE,efficiency,update,14,20,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,7871aff6-e4ee-4270-a675-f40afb9879bc,f3a8a33a-248c-4e76-8de6-ffee5bdadb6b,Seamless on iPad,"Does everything I need it to do, even on an iPad. I like the new features and layout of the app. Has a new computer feel.",I like the new features and layout of the app.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,layout,29,35,positive
productivity,things-3,36c67207-6b23-4d68-bbac-323c5fa41e89,f3dc4849-b4ac-45f0-ae5d-21eca104c8d2,Actually Incredible.,"Look, I don’t write a lot of reviews. I’m an app designer myself and not easily impressed. But I have to gush about Things. It’s the most polished software I’ve ever used. It’s limited, but it’s perfect. When you look closely, you realize that the features they left out were intentionally omitted. There are no bells and whistles because bells and whistles don’t help you get things done. Things does.Spend the money, get this app. And then never worry about finding another todo app — or forgetting what you have to do — again.",I’m an app designer myself and not easily impressed.,5,TRUE,general,design,12,18,positive
productivity,notability,dd0989c8-63e0-49ec-bb52-7f42e5930094,f3f56d75-6948-4a06-bddd-982fe2e70e6c,A great note taking app for school but the Bugs are becoming annoying,"This app could probably be the best note taking app for students just because of the recording feature. The tools up top are fine but they are missing so much compared to GoodNotes. Most of the size for the Pen are useless. After the 4th or 5th size the strokes become way too big for any practical purpose. Same thing with the highlighter except it the opposite. The varying sizes for the erasers is great though because I can basically erase pixels or entire sentences if needed. The cut and paste tool will not select small strokes or words for whatever reason, so sometimes I’m forced to erase and redraw or write. Other than that its works great. Seriously the only tool carrying this app is the Recording feature, GoodNotes has them beat in every other department. (I never mentioned the lack of templates). If GoodNotes has that feature I would go back to GoodNotes immediately, but they don’t so I stay with Notability. Now the bugs are getting annoying. I cant go a 1 minute without my lines not drawing or the app freezing or the zoom in feature freezing the app. Also the random shapes I get when writing sometimes that I cant delete with the back button and for some reason can only be removed by the eraser. Idk maybe these bugs will eventually send me back to GoodNotes and lectures will have to be recorded the hard way.",This app could probably be the best note taking app for students just because of the recording feature.,3,TRUE,usability,recording,86,95,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,27f753c0-bf52-4728-b5bf-d62114b6cb6b,f4225dd8-e090-46b6-8252-861a390ecbf5,Actually improved!,"So far, so good. After the uninstall-restart iPhone- reinstall, no more app crashing issues. Also, happy to report dark mode finally works with this app! Thank you thank you Google!Previous reviews: ~Last update caused the app to constantly close within seconds of launching. Had to delete and reinstall- that appears to have resolved that issue. Hoping my notification preferences stay intact. Still no dark mode. ~I am seriously tempted to get rid of this app. I keep getting signed out of my accounts randomly, notifications get switched from “None” to “Primary”...and it does not work with iOS dark mode, nor does it have an option to set the app to Dark Mode. As a migraineur, this is literally a pain.",Still no dark mode.,4,TRUE,general,dark mode,10,19,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,5303f3e4-2749-4ec9-8ba8-1ffe884dd935,f43a34f3-09d1-4f4a-b1ca-ef74f617aeec,Computer vs mobile vs tablet,"Hello, I’d like word in computer, you create a document, and you print it, I mean the basic. On mobile..nope. It’s like paint but blue themed. I mean there can be a lot of improvements and fixes. Also the app crashed my tablet like 3 times before even finishing the download. Ok other then that, I honestly didn’t like it. For a document it’s good you got the basics. But it isn’t enough like... ok maybe on my phone it might be bad and all that but i mean meh. But on the tablet (seeing the pictures in the App Store) it’s good I mean the same for computer but a little bit laggy and bugs and crashes. There can be a LOOT of différents if you could just work on it better.Ok. As an app. I can say meh. Not bad. Just less settings in the mob and tabs. But other then that crashes. Fix these and make the layout better :) also the app takes a lot to download and a lot to start it up. Make this a generator instead of a non deleting paper for like ever. Thanks for reading","Hello, I’d like word in computer, you create a document, and you print it, I mean the basic.",4,TRUE,efficiency,document,48,56,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,eb0ebd28-aaed-41d8-b63c-77c537b4c46a,f48f301f-e136-4a9c-8755-507a009ccbd5,Elephant graveyard of digital content,"I am not an active user of Evernote. I am a paying customer, but I have been looking for an exit strategy for a while. Because it was difficult to export content from Evernote in a simple, satisfactory way, it had become my elephant graveyard of digital content.This new version will accelerate leaving Evernote behind for good. First impressions were not good. When a new note is selected, the screen flashes, usually twice, like graphics terminals from long ago. This is especially obvious in dark mode. Rendering is slow, with embedded images appearing after text even on a current-model iPad Pro. Web clipping is inferior to almost every other app, and done off-device. You can’t export without Internet, which is really stupid.I think there’s a good chance that this will be a watershed moment for Evernote the company, and not in a good way.",This is especially obvious in dark mode.,1,TRUE,reliability,dark mode,31,40,positive
productivity,notability,e3320e05-0da5-4eae-9980-d84a702d32d2,f4a10fcd-dcd1-4fa8-8b40-fdde8b913323,Syncing big files is very poor,"I wanted to love Notability. It’s unique recording feature is perfect for lecture notes, and so I decided to give it a full month test, switching from another very well known note taking app and using Notability exclusively. The result, now that the month’s experiment has concluded, is that I’m switching back to the other app. Leaving aside all the countless comparisons and contrasts between these two apps, the deal breaker for me was that Notability’s syncing between iPhone, iPad, and Mac is awful. Any imported big file would only sync to one device, never appearing on all three. PDF imports were the worst—I would check literally DAYS later for a given pdf file to appear on ALL of my devices, only to have it stuck on the one device I originally imported it from. The only way to finally get some files to sync was to delete the Notability app and reinstall it, and even then it was only successful some of the time. As you might imagine, that workaround was beyond disappointing—it was incredibly inconvenient and completely untenable.Don’t get me wrong: Notability is still a very worthwhile purchase. There’s a lot to like about the features and its ease of use, and I’ll definitely be keeping it as my backup. And I’ll still use it whenever I need to combine note taking with recordings. But until the developers fix syncing, there’s no way that I could ever rely on this as my go-to app for notes or creative projects.","Any imported big file would only sync to one device, never appearing on all three.",5,TRUE,general,sync,34,38,positive
productivity,things-3,aed274c7-63e8-40cc-a779-85087ce3cc82,f4a9c39a-a946-4a02-8474-2ab81fb1e27c,So close to 5 star.,"Things is a well thought out and designed product. It is intuitive and very user friendly. I was excited at first because I thought that when they said “sharing” it meant that there would be a way to share a to-do list with another user, not just the text of the to-dos. Not having true collaborative abilities for projects makes it difficult to coordinate the progress of things. If my wife and I had the ability to have separate accounts but share certain lists/projects within the app itself, Things would be 6/5 stars.Please just add true collaborative abilities. I’m tired of trying to replace Things.",Things is a well thought out and designed product.,4,TRUE,general,design,34,40,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,f8924e09-cf94-4d53-84c3-8cde24e0b479,f52cc432-05cd-4616-880d-9b30d7626161,Notifications badge stuck????,I really like this much better than the stock email app. So nice to only get notified of important mail and not all the junk! Just a small glitch with the notifications badge not clearing with the last update. Please fix.,Just a small glitch with the notifications badge not clearing with the last update.,5,TRUE,general,last update,72,83,negative
productivity,things-3,8dfbf973-12d6-4715-b4df-193ac974f348,f55a3051-1a88-411f-bafa-b346522720d8,I don't get the hype,"I bought this app because of the stellar reviews and because I am a fanatical list maker. Ultimately I'm disappointed I will not be buying the Mac version. First, it uses a proprietary sync method rather than iCloud. I'm not confident about the safety of my data. Second, you cannot add calendar events in the app like you can in fantastical. Third, the widget is useless compared to that of fantastical. Forth, although I like the option of lists inside of lists inside of lists, it's easy to get lost in the all white interface. Fifth, I feel the screen real estate is wasteful. Look at all that white space. The app has great potential and fixes several things I dislike about fantastical but also introduces more things I dislike than it fixes.",Look at all that white space.,3,TRUE,general,space,24,29,negative
productivity,things-3,b30afbc7-42dd-4047-981d-83699ee81f87,f5e9ba5a-7e2d-42ab-8335-ea3c6b86e8b4,Improving on the To-Do experience,"Things 3 is just like any other to-do list app out there, with settings reminders and importance, settings things aside for later or today. However, all the little features it adds to get those settings for the reminders and the way it presents everything are what make it stand apart from the rest. It also has powerful gesture controls and Siri shortcuts. Would definitely recommend to a friend even though I know they’ll say “you paid $10 for an app?!?”","Things 3 is just like any other to-do list app out there, with settings reminders and importance, settings things aside for later or today.",5,TRUE,usability,list,39,43,positive
productivity,notability,b96c9c2e-10d8-4b2c-a517-6aef18888fa9,f5eb5c7c-0247-4f1f-960b-232bdb2c209a,Unsolved Problems,"I purchased this program for school notes and have really started to regret the purchase. First problem - When I go back and add information to my notes, anything that I have previously highlighted is no longer highlighted because the highlighter stays in place in the note but the notes move.  This causes me to have to go back and re-highlight everything or not add to the note. Second problem - MANY times, when I try to crop or adjust photos I add, the program kicks me back to the top of the page several times. I end up having to close the program and go back into it. Sometimes this helps, sometimes it doesn’t.Third problem - The photos/screen shots that are added into the notes do not move with the area they are placed in the notes. If I add notes, I have to go back and move every single screenshot / photo.Fourth problem - Customer Service is horrible. I have tried to contact the company. It took them over 3 months to respond to one concern with no resolution to my concern but instead they told me they have exciting audio recording improvements on the way. Other concerns have gone with no response whatsoever.Is there a way to get a refund on this program? I am guessing if I asked, I wouldn’t get a response anyways.",Third problem - The photos/screen shots that are added into the notes do not move with the area they are placed in the notes.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,photo,21,26,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,f5b98fda-993d-486f-99f7-8f8446971a0b,f607e07d-1f54-4582-8ad9-5793e1185a03,Scale,"Love the idea of this App.  And truth be told, I really like the App as well.  My big issue is the text doesn’t scale right.  My visual acuity is limited and the normal text is too small for me to see.  When I write a document on my phone I have to set the font size around 72 to read it.  It would be nice if the normal (12 point) font would actually show up on screen as 12 point instead of 0.5 point.  I know I can zoom the page to make text bigger, but then I have to scroll back and forth which is difficult for me to read.  I want the text to readjust to fit the boundaries of the screen.",My visual acuity is limited and the normal text is too small for me to see.,4,TRUE,compatibility,text,44,48,negative
productivity,notability,c6884911-b69f-44aa-a707-b014e57780b6,f6153f3b-b081-4ea3-9635-11dd7631459f,"Was already wonderful sketch app, now even better","Wow, what an update!The ability to partially erase and “style” (ie change the line color) my shapes makes this an even more wonderful app for drawing and sketching...I have used and loved Notability for years—While I have the full suite of Adobe apps for composition and drawing, I usually end up going to Notability for ease of use and the ability to have many pages of sketches in one document (vs having to export each image individually with the Adobe apps.) Being able to generate perfect shapes and then easily modify them with the partial eraser is going to be such a time saver! To be able  quickly create and then rotate and resize a perfect ellipse is amazing! The addition of dot paper is another wonderful feature—I can use it to build sketches and then turn off the dots when I’m finished.Even though there is only a PDF export option, I work around this by taking screen shots of my images and then finishing them up in Adobe. Also, if you have Acrobat pro, you can use “edit file” in tools to work with your text and images.A big, huge thanks to the developers for putting so much thought and heart into this release. I’m your customer for life.(My only feature request for “someday” would be the ability center/justify all the text within a text box...)",(My only feature request for “someday” would be the ability center/justify all the text within a text box...),5,TRUE,usability,text box,98,106,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,3970bba7-991b-4c15-b4af-31c0c0ffe500,f630ae4b-5afb-4710-8442-7fd57f613dbc,Dark mode is missing from the Settings!,I love GMail and pretty much all Google products in general but the dark mode release delay makes me sad.  When I open the app it’s the same feeling you get when someone turns on bright lights right after you wake up.,I love GMail and pretty much all Google products in general but the dark mode release delay makes me sad.,5,TRUE,general,dark mode,69,78,positive
productivity,notability,f46c8f5c-6663-4137-a4f2-e8a36801ea42,f67ba237-6603-4604-a61d-afcac7bb04d0,"Good app for note taking, but missing many essential features","I often get very frustrated using notability. I think that’s a good way to summarize things. I am a college student who likes to take notes using both the keyboard and my Apple Pencil. Notability seems to hate this. For some crazy reason, the notability text can never align itself with the notability grid. As a result, you get paragraphs of text that doesn’t follow the line / grid that you have chosen for the page. Text often create their own grids, at varying line heights, which makes the entire document very ugly. The sync is also on and off between my devices. I’ve had instances where I sat in lecture waiting for a page to sync from my mac to my iPad, but it never does. One time I waited 2 days before the pdf finally mysteriously appeared. There’s never a time where I can hit refresh and know for sure that all my notes are synced up.","I’ve had instances where I sat in lecture waiting for a page to sync from my mac to my iPad, but it never does.",1,TRUE,efficiency,page,57,61,negative
productivity,notability,f46c8f5c-6663-4137-a4f2-e8a36801ea42,f67ba237-6603-4604-a61d-afcac7bb04d0,"Good app for note taking, but missing many essential features","I often get very frustrated using notability. I think that’s a good way to summarize things. I am a college student who likes to take notes using both the keyboard and my Apple Pencil. Notability seems to hate this. For some crazy reason, the notability text can never align itself with the notability grid. As a result, you get paragraphs of text that doesn’t follow the line / grid that you have chosen for the page. Text often create their own grids, at varying line heights, which makes the entire document very ugly. The sync is also on and off between my devices. I’ve had instances where I sat in lecture waiting for a page to sync from my mac to my iPad, but it never does. One time I waited 2 days before the pdf finally mysteriously appeared. There’s never a time where I can hit refresh and know for sure that all my notes are synced up.","I’ve had instances where I sat in lecture waiting for a page to sync from my mac to my iPad, but it never does.",1,TRUE,general,sync,65,69,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,5042e725-6a98-45bb-a471-ba04e5708848,f70fb46b-360c-48da-a8b0-127552abfe70,great for productivity!,"At first I was hesitant to download the app because I didn't want to spend money, but honestly these few dollars you spend are so worth it. I used it to study through finals because I always checked my phone and I also use it before bed so I won't look at my phone right before sleeping. The different types of trees are awesome and being able to earn coins to plant a real tree feels really nice too. :)","At first I was hesitant to download the app because I didn't want to spend money, but honestly these few dollars you spend are so worth it.",5,TRUE,cost,money,76,81,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,03dc37fb-5030-44be-ac5e-4a0b258f1f8a,f74cd322-ca56-4a3d-be96-801702821b3b,Needs UI Enhancements,"For starters, please move the quick actions to the bottom of the screen. More and more of us are using iPhone Pro Max models and it makes reaching all the way up to the top of the screen to delete/mark as unread/ etc more more of a hassle to do compared to if the actions were near the bottom.Secondly, the “dark mode” seems to have an awkwardly subtle green/blue tint to it. It looks very uncomfortable and not true dark grey/grey. Thirdly, can the font color of the email lists be slightly whiter? It’s, again, awkward to have to really focus on text because the color different from the dark background to the slightly-less dark body text color isn’t contrasted enough. Lastly, please give us the option to choose the in-app browser OR forward us to safari directly. I understand the in-app browser is convenient but so is having those links open and stay in your tab history without having to take the extra step to “open in safari”Hope someone at Google reads this.","Secondly, the “dark mode” seems to have an awkwardly subtle green/blue tint to it.",2,TRUE,reliability,dark mode,16,25,negative
productivity,things-3,241ef3b7-7501-49eb-904f-11afedbf3e81,f79789b6-b2ae-4f2c-ae82-b8ff65bb1ba2,Nice todo/checklist app,"This is a pretty basic todo or checklist style app that does what it does really well.  It got an Apple design award I suspect for its slick interface and uses Apple’s latest and greatest features like drag and drop which is helpful in doing things in less steps and makes using the app more intuitive.  But it’s not that powerful.  So, it’s a bit more form over substance. It’s not really a task manager like Omnifocus that can handle custom views and lots of nested and sub tasks, etc.  Omnifocus is a bit more substance over form. So, I use Omnifocus for work to manage hundreds of pending projects and tasks and Things 3 for my personal small checklists.","So, I use Omnifocus for work to manage hundreds of pending projects and tasks and Things 3 for my personal small checklists.",4,TRUE,general,list,119,123,positive
productivity,things-3,1e6b6a73-fa70-47c9-a5c4-902c4b9f681c,f7f2fa3f-59a9-4fde-93d4-117207e45dce,Brilliant!,"I have to admit, it was a huge bummer when Wunderlist announced they would soon cease to exist. I spent a lot of time looking for alternatives, couldn’t really find one I liked — until I decided to give the newly updated Things a try. Now I can’t imagine going back! It is clean, useful and elegant. Just what a list app should be. Also easy and fun to use. Bonus points for how smoothly all my Wunderlist data transferred over. Also, props to their tech support for responding with the exact steps I needed to sync old data with new.","Also, props to their tech support for responding with the exact steps I needed to sync old data with new.",5,TRUE,usability,sync,83,87,positive
productivity,microsoft-word,48d537bc-43c9-43a6-99b2-205c1c22707d,f81e6258-e174-4eea-bad0-f18cfd6628df,"Lost all my work, no auto save!","I read the marketing “create with confidence” tagline and like a fool believed it.  After installing Word for iPad, I used it to make important edits to a document or an international project charter, putting in nearly 2 hours of changes trying to meet a deadline. I thought the iPad version and cloud storage would help me do that. In the end, it caused me to lose all my work and miss the deadline.  When I opened the document it reverted to the original unedited version, discarding every change I had made!  I showed up on a Skype conference with people on two continents waiting for my delivery and had to explain that I lost all my work. They couldn’t believe it, nor could I!  How do I cancel this stinking Office 365 subscription and get a refund?  I will never ever use it again. Maybe fine for grade school students, but not for professionals whose career and reputation depend upon it.",How do I cancel this stinking Office 365 subscription and get a refund?,1,TRUE,cost,subscription,42,54,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,783a08cb-edd0-4210-a30c-0028248f8ed5,f8bb3266-3ca1-4c5f-a1e7-c029ed2255c2,Review as requested by app.,"TOP LINE: Meh, so far. It looks pretty. It’s stable. It’s cheap. Poor user support and tutorial. Limited use compared to other “Pomodoro” type apps.  Buy if curious. Skip if you’re happy with your system.PRO: the app (1) looks pretty and (2) is stable within the current version of iOS (12.x.x). (3) Reasonable one-time price for most features.CON: (1) very weak tutorial. Much seems to be figure out as you go. (2) Poor user accessible support. Ex: App Settings -> FAQs -> blank page with spinning circle. Waited for a full minute. Still spinning. (3.) Arbitrary request for review instead of, “How are we doing?”  I’ve seen other apps, in their tutorial, mention they’d really appreciate a review but they don’t interrupt your workflow.NEUTRAL: I wish Apple didn’t restrict putting specific apps on the Whitelist. That would have been a great boon if possible. That said, I’d imagine the developers are more frustrated about that than I am.So that’s my review as requested.Hopefully, I’ll learn how to get more out of this app and will update my review at that point.",NEUTRAL: I wish Apple didn’t restrict putting specific apps on the Whitelist.,3,TRUE,security,list,73,77,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,6cbaaaea-6b08-4b8a-9eff-8e740d5c171c,f8c33771-9182-4833-a7b6-6e67e161e71d,7/1/18 - Buggy version! Ugh,"This update contains a super annoying bug which simply put, does not switch a message over to “read” after opening. Ever since downloading, the app keeps tallying new “unread” messages. I’ve tried reinstalling, opening and closing the app, restarting the device, nothing will reset aside from going to desktop and opening the messages again. In addition to this bug, there is another! The app will not allow messages to be moved from “primary” folder to “social” or “promotion” even after several attempts, reinstalling the app, restarting the devise, etc.Hope all is well at Google and they have the resources and money to fix this?! For now it’s more productive to switch to using gmail on my browser and avoid these issues entirely! 🤓",Hope all is well at Google and they have the resources and money to fix this?!,1,TRUE,cost,money,60,65,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,8dc269aa-ba68-4c08-bdd7-8a82ef6d3b17,f8d57406-2dfa-45ff-830f-ffe470ae7389,Revolutionized my leadership,"John Maxwell says that you should read, write, and file EVERYDAY. This unquestionably is the app which allows you to do just that. And best of all, it's free! Add copied text right into a new note. All your data is available on any device that you have Evernote installed. Move seamlessly between iPhone and multiple computers which are instantly synced. Just plain AWESOME!!As a pastor, this is an invaluable tool allowing me to keep a daily prayer journal, sermon ideas, prayer requests, and note taking all in the same  program!!!As an adult with ADHD, Evernote is a place I can offload my brain, and get all those random thoughts, things I’m supposed to remember, and stuff I don’t want to forget, a place to land and be organized. It also provides for me a stable platform to GTD (Get Things Done) using available GTD templates which greatly aid in my focus and organization. I cannot write anything negative for Evernote. So I won't even try!  Get it!",Add copied text right into a new note.,5,TRUE,efficiency,text,12,16,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,3368a8c3-9dcd-459a-86d3-3ccc3c6b845c,f935c194-df9a-4c7a-98b7-fa29252742ee,Evernote,"Okay so I’ve had Evernote for a while now and I’ve loved writing everything I need to on it, but there’s no option to contact customer service without paying for the upgrades, which I think is ridiculous. I’ll admit I stupidly put in the wrong email while making my account... but you’d think they’d have a confirmation before accepting your account. Then I lost my password and can’t change it since the emails wrong. Annoyingly you can’t change the email with out the password so what am I supposed to do to get the information on the account I’ve used for three years? Though I’ll say my brains didn’t help the situation... customer service should be an option and there should be other ways around my problem and other people’s when they run into a dire pickle. The app itself I really like but settings and login plus the customer service I feel could make some improvements.",The app itself I really like but settings and login plus the customer service I feel could make some improvements.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,customer service,62,78,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5f76eacb-e479-4007-b94e-1139d36a740b,f94afcbf-1335-4a14-9b1b-c8b460a19caa,No dark mode available for iPhone XS below only iPhone 12,My wife has the iPhone 11 and her gmail has the dark mode.  We taught it must be something on google servers that does it by user but we checked her iPad and the dark mode option is not there.  Both devices running the latest iOS.  In my iPhone running the same app version and iOS version; i do not have the dark mode option.  Reinstalled the app reset it yet still the option is not there.  Looked at a friend who is using an iPhoneX and also running the same version of app and iOS and it too does not have the dark mode option.  Seems dark mode is only available for users that have an iPhone 11. Not sure why this is the case.,In my iPhone running the same app version and iOS version; i do not have the dark mode option.,3,TRUE,efficiency,dark mode,78,87,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,02ccb045-ed59-40f2-819c-2ddb6322dd17,f9767537-d737-477c-9edb-be43e59e3dce,Love my lil trees!,"So cute, and helps me organize my time, I love that you can create tags. My tags are based on my college classes so it’s cool to see how much time I spend on each class. It’s also really effective to use the pomodoro technique for studying. I used to use my regular clock app but this has a portion dedicated to ‘break time’ and focused time, and they stay set to the time I used on the man before, unlike the clock app, where you have to keep switching the time. Idk, I highly recommend though!!",My tags are based on my college classes so it’s cool to see how much time I spend on each class.,5,TRUE,general,tag,4,7,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,e167984a-81ce-4083-8b5b-b6c45883737f,fa3187da-5a28-4446-b028-c4cb7d144eda,Notification issues,"Overall great app. Easily 5 stars if it worked the way it’s designed. Biggest issue is that soooo many times, it shows a badge for 1 unread email even if there isn’t one. To get rid of that, I have to close the app completely, relaunch it, then refresh. This happens most of the time and sometimes that doesn’t even fix it and I’m left with the badge for hours or days. I keep my inbox at zero and I don’t want to turn off badges because then I forget to check my email. This has been a consistent problem throughout a couple updates and I can’t believe it hasn’t been fixed. Long story short, I’m looking for a new app because this drives me nuts.",Easily 5 stars if it worked the way it’s designed.,3,TRUE,usability,design,42,48,positive
productivity,notability,e8e2f10d-1f8e-4fda-b60d-4640037dce68,fa329f40-f912-4484-8892-01fcad1a6d61,Poor organization,"This app is good at rendering handwriting and I really like the color schemes (yellow on black, red on black). However, everything else is a disappointment: - not being able to test the product before purchase is a massive nuisance from the outset- dividers and subjects are neither intuitive nor sufficient for elaborate organization. For example, I cannot archive notes that I do not need on a regular basis. I can delete notes or keep them in my face. I cannot use the same name for a subject under two dividers. For example, I cannot have a 'General' subject under two different divisions. So I cannot have a catch-all for different teams or topics. Way too simplistic. - the reason I'm now writing this negative review and switching to a different note system is because ALL MY SUBJECTS AND DIVIDERS DISAPPEARED for no reason!!!! I invested a lot of effort trying to organize my written notes and now I need to do it all over again in a different system. For all the things people find annoying about Microsoft, my stuff never disappears randomly. Updated to 1 star since I can't even export it backup my files to PDF anymore. Took me forever to get all my content out! Massive waste of time and money!",I cannot use the same name for a subject under two dividers.,1,TRUE,usability,divider,52,59,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,efaffbdb-02f4-4eb0-9283-d671d43c7189,fa64ec03-f1f7-4d2d-b0e9-f1fd60cbc6f4,This is NOT free. False advertising!,"What is the purpose of allowing people to download this app “free” but preventing them from even being able to type in a document. I get a message telling me I can edit and save with an Office 365 subscription. I have never needed all the advanced features because i just use the app once a month or so for personal notes and to print things that are too complex printing from the internet without all the advertisements and webpage junk too. Like a simple recipe. I’ll copy the text and insert a picture of it. That is all I do with this and have used it for free for years, but suddenly i can’t even create a new plain document because I have to pay for a subscription??? These tactics are why I no longer use most of Microsoft products or operating systems anymore. We even got rid of paying for Xbox because of their intrusion and unrealistic pricing. Nice job Microsoft. Your efforts to make people pay are backfiring. I “might” have considered paying sometime in the future if I needed the more advanced features, out of loyalty for how helpful it had been so far. That’s what I do with other apps. Not this one. Never again.",What is the purpose of allowing people to download this app “free” but preventing them from even being able to type in a document.,1,TRUE,cost,document,122,130,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,91784f6e-4f28-4861-829c-66efee67c220,fb255c3d-10fe-4ef6-8dfd-e7f55f043f90,Great!!,"I've been using google and gmail for as long as I can remember! So Gmail app just makes sense to have plus it's fast and convenient vs going online or a web browser. Haven't had any issues, and looks very appealing and organized with their design, thank you! It's a must have!","Haven't had any issues, and looks very appealing and organized with their design, thank you!",5,TRUE,general,design,75,81,positive
productivity,notability,d69880dd-7a23-4934-80f2-64e5bfef50ce,fbd9f68d-f02e-4a7d-ad05-9fe43a301c85,Not sure what the hype is all about..,"So, here’s the thing. There are a lot of note taking apps on the market. I feel like if you want a quality one, maybe you need to pay for it. So, I purchased this one and Good Notes. I’ve used Evernote and Microsoft OneNote as well. Nothing sets this apart from competitors besides the price. And please beware: that price for the iOS app does not include the desktop app. That’s a separate charge. You can’t access it through a browser either. That’s a huge negative in my opinion. Additionally, sometimes this app will crash (like during iOS updates) and you’ll lose your subjects and dividers. So, there’s a way to get your subjects back, but you’re out of luck with your dividers. What does this mean? It means that all of the classes you’ve set up for multiple semesters will be wiped out. Whatever was organized under is able to be obtained, but you have to go back through and sort all of it. Do you know what an incredibly awful and tedious task that is? When you contact their customer service, they’re basically just like “Oh, sorryyyyy yeah we don’t care.” If you’re still reading this, oh hey. One last final note: don’t waste your money. I’ve tried them all and think Microsoft OneNote is really the way to go. It’s free, you get cloud storage, the app on the computer is free, and you get full functionality of program. Recent updates means it does EXACTLY what notability does.",And please beware: that price for the iOS app does not include the desktop app.,2,TRUE,cost,price,25,30,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,73de328a-d98d-4dc7-a1ac-9080323a5d56,fcb34e6a-9498-4410-a791-19e48747fa58,Badge Icons in Dire Need of Help,"Normally, I love this app. Great for managing emails and much more pleasant to deal with than the standard Mail app for Apple. Easy account management as well. Would have given 5 stars for the app usage itself but...Please, PLEASE fix the badge icons. Ever since iOS11, I can never get the red bubble to disappear, no matter how hard I’ve tried. I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled, forced closed and opened, nothing works. My account is cleared of emails, in inbox, drafts, spam, even trash, so I know it’s not a stray email sitting in the depths of hell to torment me. I’ve given up, turning off badges altogether, but I’ve begun to miss incoming emails and it’s taking a toll on my email responsiveness. Please, for the love of god, address this issue! Sympathize with us crazies who cannot function properly with badge notifications left unattended.","Please, PLEASE fix the badge icons.",3,TRUE,general,badge icon,24,34,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,4bc8fbaa-19d1-4ccc-ad94-b9c0845affd3,fcb56efc-7d7d-4f5e-8396-2d382f1b0dff,Good for gmail on the go,"I love gmail in a laptop/desktop browser , and the mobile app captures most of the functionality I like from there. A few things get left out, like ability to create new labels, but all the advanced search and applying existing labels work. Smooth user experience.","I love gmail in a laptop/desktop browser , and the mobile app captures most of the functionality I like from there.",5,TRUE,usability,functionality,84,97,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,f01614e0-b81f-4a88-bdb4-fe6f7b80f387,fd329990-094b-4987-8659-dcb618cc6a81,Great- Could be better,"This app is amazing. Really gives me motivation to follow through with my to do list. I pair this app with their other one, Sleeptown. I love that one too so far. And a to-do list app by someone else “To Do Adventure”There’s only a few trees you can start out with... And the rest you have to save up coins for which is great incentive but it also takes a ton more saving than I would expect. It’s because you can also buy coins, which I wouldn’t expect from an app you already are paying for upfront. I thought the in-app purchases would be donations going towards planting irl trees. So that’s disappointing. The forest also resets everyday so your trees disappear, instead of building one huge forest over time, which is saddening. But the incentive still works because I don’t want the tree to wilt and I at least want to build up a nice little for the day.",Really gives me motivation to follow through with my to do list.,4,TRUE,effectiveness,list,60,64,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,bc3b873c-12b7-4ee4-82bc-c1b229f9f83a,fd380f4a-b456-402e-94c0-d5e09f180934,Terrible Update,"I’m a long-time Evernote user, and I use the app across multiple devices. I rely on it to organize notes and recipes, and also to track bookmarked articles that I want to reference later. The most recent iOS update has made the app completely unusable. Every action is painfully slow. It crashes often. And then when I finally get a note open (like a recipe, for example), if I switch between Evernote and another app, then Evernote completely restarts and I lose my place and have to search for the note again. This happens even if I switch apps for less then a minute. On top of that, I use Evernote primarily to bookmark webpages, not to clip them. When I open up a note, it’s unclear how to force the app to take me to the original webpage. Sometimes if I tap the note to edit it, Evernote launches its embedded browser (which is ridiculously slow). But other times when I tap the note, it goes into editing mode and there aren’t any options to navigate to the original webpage. I use Evernote to reference recipes several times a week, and I had to stop using my phone for that task. Instead, I search for the recipe using Google on my laptop because it’s faster. Obviously that totally defeats the purpose of having an app on my phone. I’ve never written an App Store review before, but I’m so disappointed in this update that I felt compelled to post something. Evernote is a great product, but this is a terrible app.","But other times when I tap the note, it goes into editing mode and there aren’t any options to navigate to the original webpage.",2,TRUE,usability,page,124,128,negative
productivity,notability,9411e7f1-9426-478b-b0dd-884bb5756013,fd9908b2-e818-4b26-84a3-7d1b91edc703,"Freezing, losing recordings","Overall, I have had a good experience with the app. The ability to record audio, and to have it match up with the notes taken is wonderful. But this also leads to my major frustration with the app. I use a 2018 iPad Pro 12.9”... with definitely enough “horse power” to usually avoid situations of freezing and app issues. Occasionally while taking notes on a PDF and recording audio during crucial lectures, the app will freeze and crash. Upon reopening the app, it will state that it is recovering the audio file... but never actually recovers it. The audio is lost. The ability to match up audio with handwritten notes is the best feature of the app, but if it can’t do this reliably, I will be forced to utilize other options. This has occurred even when Notability is the only app open. Does this happen every time? No. But the fact that this has occurred multiple times since my purchasing the app 6 months ago is too many times.",The audio is lost.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,audio,5,10,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,cab66a25-2132-42d9-8122-44204e2a7f4b,fda3b292-b290-4a52-89b2-3951bd689c59,About halfway there,"I use this app everyday and for the most part - it works if you’re doing basic documents. However, when working with bullets and numbering, sometimes it chokes if a custom spacing/tabbing has been setup using the desktop version of Word.If you create a graph such as a hierarchy in the desktop version, it will display in the iOS version but it cannot be modified - not even on the iPad Pro - which is what I use. It should cache your last document you worked on locally so that you don’t have to reload it when you return. This is important for iOS because of how you have to app switch. The funny thing is that before loading the app, I was able to access the more full featured web version of Word in Safari on iOS and it worked for the most part. Which led me to believe that there is still a lot of potential for the iOS version.For tables, there should be a button on the table to add more columns or rows - Apple’s Pages does that really well and saves the extra touches and strokes.A touch interface is just different than a mouse interface. I think if the product manager was forced to use the iOS version for a month they might make some changes to add features in a way that makes sense for a true touch environment even if it’s slightly different than the desktop version. More and more people are making a touch interface their primary device which means that fewer compromises will need to be made.",It should cache your last document you worked on locally so that you don’t have to reload it when you return.,4,TRUE,general,document,27,35,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,fe967bbe-a08a-4dda-abf7-3733369fe4fa,fe1cdba8-5801-431e-bb83-628359bf2ecf,Love😍😍😍😍😍😍,"I love Gmail!! It helps me get all my school work done. Google docs helps me share papers with other classmates to edit papers. There are so many pieces the google that amaze me every time I use any of the Google Apps. Almost everyone that I know that uses Google loves it! Honestly, no complaints! Keep up the good work Google",Google docs helps me share papers with other classmates to edit papers.,5,TRUE,effectiveness,paper,28,33,positive
productivity,forest-stay-focused,9ba59fc6-acd4-488b-9662-26135ce971ba,fe60eacf-33e2-4d25-8487-eacb3a7f0a59,Help toward a good habit!!,"I needed this! Growing the trees (and having the fun of “buying varieties” with coins earned) has been a great way for me to stop using apps/my phone too much. I like how it allows phone calls and Siri texting, for times you NEED to communicate. The best part is that it actually “makes me” want to set aside my phone and do a task, errand, “to-do” that I have on my list, without getting distracted by the phone. Worth the $1.99. But if the company wanted to give it to me for free, I’d be happy to accept 😉😂!","I like how it allows phone calls and Siri texting, for times you NEED to communicate.",5,TRUE,effectiveness,text,43,47,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,befe3edc-40c8-4049-b837-b6c8f13dbcf9,fe99b748-b943-412b-92e4-deaf7fcad3ca,Works well - forwarding broken,"Overall the app is well designed and helpful. I had to search around a bit to remove the new Google Meet link, as I just want to use it for email. Forwarding emails though is problematic, and often email forwards of complicated emails (like business deals or emails with graphics) do not forward correctly and are practically unviewable by the recipient. The Apple mail app seems to do better in this one area.",Overall the app is well designed and helpful.,4,TRUE,general,design,25,31,negative
productivity,notability,14b72288-52bf-4c0c-af6f-cdd0d861137e,ff06905f-2793-4f26-af17-90043eeb1084,Great but....,"I love this app. I am a college student that used this for the whole year of school and it was absolutely wonderful! Thank you for finally giving us the partial eraser and the ability to draw shapes. One thing I wish this app has is give us a choice of continual scroll down to a new page or swipe left/right to get a new page. It’s really hard at times to see when I’m at a bottom of a page as it’s “continual” and when I need to print something out, it’s cut and goes to the next page when I didn’t even know about it. If I had the choice of swiping for pages, it’ll be easier for me to know if I should start a paragraph/equation on that same page or go to a new page. Other than that, I really like Notability. Believe it or not, I have GoodNotes and Notability and I still prefer notability over GoodNotes. I guess it’s all about preference. All that to say, Ginger Labs, please think about including different page display options in future updates.","All that to say, Ginger Labs, please think about including different page display options in future updates.",5,TRUE,usability,update,101,107,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,7cd3f4bf-d38c-44f2-b8df-ba831ed270e2,ff26e94f-816a-4883-97a1-ebf87d94b501,Not that great,"I used to use gmail for all of my emails in one place and it used to be simply amazing. I had all of my work, personal, business, and shopping emails in one place that were on different platforms. Unfortunately, I have to find another platform because for a while now, I don’t get pdf or pictures in my emails that aren’t gmail. It’s kind of sad that after many years of using it, and as something I’m used to, comfortable with, and utilized multiple times daily, I have to say goodbye. At first I just thought it would get fixed, but it’s been almost 6 months now that I can’t get my pdf through gmail, and as it is crucial to my work, I need to move on.","Unfortunately, I have to find another platform because for a while now, I don’t get pdf or pictures in my emails that aren’t gmail.",2,TRUE,usability,picture,92,99,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,defe9db7-274a-4e78-8e4e-21d523858e0f,ff6edd78-7f63-4c4e-a1b3-688a78af03db,Photo access needs help.,I like the gmail app for iPhone for the most part. I especially like I can click on a link in any email and it will open in the chrome app. However my need for email is photo centric and the extremely limited access to photos is terribly. I am unable to send a short video at all. In addition I have thousands of photos on my phone so they are classified in different folders in my phone. The only pictures I can access are the ones by date. So if I was looking for something that was taken 9 months ago I would have to scroll back though all the photos since then. That’s just plain stupid. It’s even worse when I have to tell a client this app won’t let me access the photo so I’ll change emails and send to you. Not worth the hassle.,So if I was looking for something that was taken 9 months ago I would have to scroll back though all the photos since then.,2,TRUE,usability,photo,106,111,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,a3413455-998d-417d-b772-3ac440772892,ffa234ba-8ea8-4946-8d37-3516cf658fc8,App not stable and errors,And also dark mode. Where is that? There is no theme menu like so many others have said. Gmail also has stability issues for a single account. I get a strange black box with an exclamation point in it that says ERROR! Repeatedly. Then it goes away. The frustrating part is I never know when it will show up. Wifi here in Taipei Taiwan is very good. No problems with it or mobile data. I have a suggestion about dark mode. Just do a release with the theme in it or that explicitly names it in the relnotes. I don’t want to go back to the mail app. I just want what google said it would give for some time now. I also would like the ERROR! to go away.,I have a suggestion about dark mode.,3,TRUE,usability,dark mode,27,36,positive
productivity,notability,a72bb439-2120-4819-9975-7bfcfa2d1d56,ffc0c581-dd63-4be7-a709-aca4f207eeeb,the worst customer support,"I love this app, it is definitely the best for note taking on a tablet out there. However, I had a performance issue last year and I tried to contact support and no one ever got back to me. I’ve had similar issues and didn’t bother reaching out because I knew it would be futile. In my opinion, a product can be mediocre, but if it has great customer service, that sets it apart. Notability is the opposite. The product is great (in theory), but whenever there are issues, there is no support. This app is constantly glitching, between the handwriting jumping around the page randomly, not allowing me to close out of the right side menu that allows you to search in the document, or the most annoying bug where a note scrolls to the bottom of a page and will not let you go back to the top until you close out of the app. Currently, I am having an issue where I have two notes open at once (one is a pdf of my textbook, and one is the notes I am taking from it), and there are numerous problems, including those I just mentioned, as well as tools not working as I am trying to go back and forth writing on both documents. This is the best notetaking app I’ve tried, but the constant bugs are extremely frustrating when this is the main mode I use to read textbooks, take notes, and get homework done.","I love this app, it is definitely the best for note taking on a tablet out there.",3,TRUE,general,note taking,48,59,positive
productivity,notability,79ae1b42-5163-4359-a6af-dccc1dc5337f,2590a096-7fcd-4b82-81f9-f69957a1e3f4,I love this app but...,"I use this for note taking for my College classes. Very simple and easy to use. Like being able to make custom colors for pen.   But when I use the thicker pen option, after writing my apple pen, chunks of the writing just disappears... I contacted support with my issue, pictures and all, and I got no response. It’s been two months, and the issue persists. PLEASE fix this. If I am not able to read my writing because whole letters/chunks of letters randomly disappear AFTER the full writing was just there, this app is completely useless, because I do not have time to trace over countless pages of notes.UPDATE: After recent update, found out this app only gets worse and worse!!! Now icloud syncing takes over 30 minutes to load documents. it’s not my wifi, trust me. Every app / icloud itself works perfectly fine otherwise on its own. My favorite (and first) incident of this happening was when I started a timed test (open note). Went to go open my notes and they didn’t load!! the entirety of a 60 minute test!! so thanks for that C- grade. At this point, all of the issues with this app are NOT worth dealing with. Will be buying a new app that actually works.",Like being able to make custom colors for pen.,1,TRUE,usability,color,32,37,positive
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,d2a17e64-e854-44d8-bd8c-45f0fb92c8a8,cb5ec549-a789-43dd-b11e-a8202df8d0b6,Latest update renders product close to useless,"Updated 10/03. Got the latest update today. Still loads slooow. I think it created more multiple copies of notes but it’s hard to tell. Need to spend some time on the Windows Desktop version, the one that hasn’t been “upgraded” yet, to see if I can fix this mess. I’ve been an Evernote user since 2014. This last update to the iPad version is awful. I wish I never downloaded it. Everything about it is sloooooow. You need to tap a note at least three times before it even attempts to load it, and the notebook is local even. When it does decide to load, twiddle you’re thumbs for a bit because.....slooooooowWhen you use the nearly useless web thing, won’t call it clipper that works well, it tells you next time you sync. Guess what it never seems to do with those pages?  Oh, and if it does......sloooooooow Try sending it pictures.  They note shows up from the email but the pictures. Its nearly to the point where I may have to use either Apple Notes or, god forbid, One Note. Can you re-release the old version as an upgrade to whatever you want to call this?","Oh, and if it does......sloooooooow, try sending it pictures.",1,TRUE,efficiency,picture,53,60,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,2df1796c-cdd8-406a-ae3b-12b0c4f7e306,ca7e56f4-d2b2-45c0-a9d8-c7ef6a24d0a4,So good for Studying!!,"I was really unproductive when it came to studying with my phone around. But once my friend introduced me to forest everything changed! I love studying with my friends now because we can all plant trees together creating a super cool diverse forest. Plus I don’t just use it for studying, I also use it when I’m hanging out with others or just feel like I need a break from my phone. And there are so many trees and little bushes to choose from that I never get bored!",I love studying with my friends now because we can all plant trees together creating a super cool diverse forest.,5,TRUE,general,forest,14,20,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,ed57ab6e-b5dc-4acc-bd98-d262aeb8a574,06c46581-6704-47a0-baa0-3343522c2f49,BRING BACK INBOX!!!!!!!!!!,"For the love of god BRING BACK INBOX!!! The gmail app is horrendous. Inbox was literally perfect, gmail is a terrible and at most times barely functional email app that makes even apples stock mail app that’s been plagued with problems from the start of iOS 13. BRING BACK THE LAST VERSION OF INBOX!!!When composing an email or viewing an email, the send, attachment and delete buttons really need to be moved to the bottom of the screen for ease of use. Phone screens are too big these days to be including the most important and frequently interacted items at the top of the screen.Super glitchy / jittery when scrolling. Unacceptable!In conversation view the previous messages show up above and below your original message it’s so confusing and clustered looking. Who designed this?!?!?!Give the option to remove contact photos. It’s a waste of space in an application such as emailIn emails that have package tracking info on the email preview screen give a preview of where the package/shipping status and scheduled delivery date.",Who designed this?!?!?!,1,TRUE,usability,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,forest-stay-focused,af1f12d3-7f3f-4d7d-b049-6940d3883591,3a6ee5b9-67c2-4ad1-a07f-49e9d6b1d3c0,LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS APP,"This app is worth every penny and more!! My girlfriend and I plant trees all the time and it honestly helps us appreciate the time we spend together so much more! Not only do I get to spend more quality time with her, but I’m also able to get work done when I need to. I just pop on an hour long tree, turn on Do Not Disturb, and get to doing homework. I highly recommend getting this app if you’re looking to get more work done and cherish the present!",My girlfriend and I plant trees all the time and it honestly helps us appreciate the time we spend together so much more!,5,TRUE,effectiveness,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive
productivity,things-3,109d98b0-220d-4b0c-a988-7fc428c02432,98237522-7ecb-4f90-81b3-ad40df1cdb71,Clearly Overated,"I’m new to the To Do and Planning Apps.I paid $10 because the app is #2 in the productivity category.The app is simple. Maybe too simple. I don’t understand why there is NO calendar view, this is a big miss. Also no sync option with iCloud or I missed something. You can’t assign a task to someone. No dashboard to indicate how many tasks are remaining and the percentage completed. Last point, the App icon is outdated and ugly compared to omnifocus or To-Do or any other planning apps. I see room for improvement.",No dashboard to indicate how many tasks are remaining and the percentage completed.,2,TRUE,effectiveness,dashboard,4,13,negative
productivity,notability,d57efaad-d040-4f23-94b8-7e2f9e21af90,e9d27da0-82ad-4b24-884e-0cab9bec6083,Absolutely Unacceptable Deletion of Notes,"I am a PhD student, and I take a lot of notes. For the third time since starting to use this app, an entire DAY of notes I’ve taken have been deleted after the app crashed. That’s over 9 hours of watching lecture videos, pausing, writing out explanations, drawing diagrams, and making notes of things to refer back to.It BAFFLES me how the app developers could both let this app be so glitchy that it crashes this often (what the hell is so wild about an application that stores pen squiggles) and, KNOWING how much it crashes, they don’t have ANY mechanism to save work other than doing a NIGHTLY backup to some external drive?? I am coming up on exams next week and don’t have time to repeat 9 hours of notes. I can’t believe I paid money for this.",I can’t believe I paid money for this.,1,TRUE,cost,money,24,29,negative
productivity,microsoft-word,d9b9fce5-25de-4183-858d-f1d407c72878,a5b4a89a-905f-4de0-abad-8bf8ff8e4ce2,Not usable for business,"I’ d got a subscription to Office360 or whatever it is. And I am signed in on my Ipad Pro 10.5” ipad. Still, whenever I open and edit a document, Word says, “oops, can’t save it” and I need to “sign in” or “Subscribe”.All of that is false. My subscription is paid up. I am signed in on the ipad. If there is a fix, no one has been able to find it.  Office360 works fine on my laptop and desk top. It is supposed to be the “mobileL work solution. I have found the mobile app for ipad just awful. It looks like it works,  but using or saving the work does Not work, therefore, garbage. Do not waste your money.",Do not waste your money.,1,TRUE,cost,money,19,24,negative
productivity,notability,a4522416-e107-4130-b0fd-24ab9d6645da,3e091152-a524-4868-ab27-eea4ee8364c6,Perfect but missing ability to create folders,"This app lets you add pages to PDF, add PDFs to existing notes, add photos, annotate stuff, make geometric shapes, highlight and so much more. The only big problem is the lack of the ability to create subfolders. You can only create subjects and dividers which is just horrible. Also a note or subfolder can’t be named the same. So my notes have to hang long names which is super annoying. And I just want to be able to group my notes like I want and create as many subfolders as my heart desires. I just don’t understand why they don’t have this functionality. Dont think it’d be too hard to execute. Shame really because it takes away from what is otherwise a perfect app!",You can only create subjects and dividers which is just horrible.,3,TRUE,effectiveness,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,5512d29b-8449-4ea1-bbf3-3eafcdd23656,30dbbde5-f759-4e97-9db3-f78fd6e420d2,"Overall, nice email app...","Overall, the functionality is nice. I like the layout and aesthetics. I was surprised at how far I had to dig for the simple task of adding or editing a (sub-)folder. Additionally, a plus side to the app is the ability to add multiple (non-)Google inboxes and have one app for all email. Love this feature. I did become quite annoyed when the app started incorrectly reporting the number of unread or outstanding emails with the badge icon. I had to verify on my laptop that I had either no emails in my inbox or all emails were read. I did this on my Gmail emails, Outlook email, and iCloud email. I keep my inboxes clean and I expect my apps to correctly report this too. I don't have time to be digging for a hidden unread email.",I like the layout and aesthetics.,3,TRUE,usability,layout,12,18,positive
productivity,gmail-email-by-google,9c9a4a21-a2e9-4008-a239-fae70e04b199,b0a61711-3ec5-417b-9034-bd6dc556a22c,I don't like the update...yet (I hope),"I just don't like the update... Ease of use is no more!Why can't we have the option to choose which version we like best? We are the user, keep it user friendly. We should be able to choose the options we find most useful to us, the user.Thanks for listening... Just to this review. Please stop listening all the time. My conversations that takes place within earshot of my phone are truly not meant for you Google...",Please stop listening all the time.,4,TRUE,security,N/A,N/A,N/A,negative
productivity,evernote-notes-organizer,a3073ce8-9026-4d45-81d7-3e172b36f3d9,dcd9e34e-8a58-4b0e-b83d-a1896863ff7f,*USED* to be a great app...,"I’ve been a user for 5+ years, and I loved this app.  I used it for everything from shopping lists to subscription information to the chores my kids are supposed to do. And it *was* a really awesome app. ...and then, they added paid subscriptions; and those of us who opted not to pay for features we don’t value were effectively abandoned. Half my notes won’t load anymore, and the only “customer service” option you have is the user forum.  Literally every single instruction on their help pages tell you to create a support ticket; but the chat feature is conveniently never available, and the email feature is only available to paid accounts.  Extremely disappointed in the “screw you” attitude that Evernote seems to have adopted.",I used it for everything from shopping lists to subscription information to the chores my kids are supposed to do.,1,TRUE,effectiveness,N/A,N/A,N/A,positive