SideNotes - Thoughts & Tasks for PC and Mac

Software Reviews and Criticism

• By verotheelf

  Exactly What I Needed Except...

  This app is amazing! As a scatterbrain if I don't immediately write down important thoughts/reminders…goodbye forever. I relied on the notes app for years, curating an assortment of snippets with no context, organization, or urgency, often left to be rediscovered and decrypted months later during spring cleaning attempts. Even pinned notes became quickly outdated, just not convenient enough to view or quickly organize in the moment. Sidenotes finally offered what I was missing, quick access with an easily organizable format. On the the formatting, I mainly like the limited options as it frees the mind from spending too much time playing around with the settings. But my big annoyance is the lack of a keyboard trigger only option. I don't like clutter so the choice between a visible bar that can also open up accidentally and another icon on my menu bar is a big pet peeve. I prefer to trigger it from a hotkey, but find there's no option to do so as I have with some of my other apps. Otherwise nothing but praise here!

  
  
• By Stubear

  Excellent concept but missing a couple things

  I love the concept behind this app and I'm getting used to having it aroudn. However, there are a couple things I'd like to see added that would make it more useful. First, and foremost, would be syncing across devices. iCloud sync is built into PC so why not use it? I don't want to have to copy/pasta my notes from one device to another using Microsoft Notes. If I did thia, why use SideNotes at all? I get it. Everyone loves markdown. Or do they? I know it's trendy, or was for a while, but RTF has been aroudn for a hell of a lot longer and will still be around for a hell of a lot longer. I'd love to see an option that lets me use RTF for writing and formatting my notes. Last, but certainly not least, the color coding is helpful, but honestly colorful stickynotes are only helpful because the paper is the color, not just a small stripe along the edge. Let's see an option where the note itself is color color coded. We shouldn't have to parse a tiny 2-3px stripe to determine how we might have possibly meant to organize the note.

  
  
• By BuffalonianJohn

  Great and Handy App for Notes

  Amazing software that works as expected. A very well thought out app with great programing to back it up! Perfect for keeping important information at your fingertips. It is also very easy to share information with others from it. This app also has dual monitor support. I am using it in the beta of Catalina. The little handle you click to open it appears on the monitor you are working on. Another very cool feature is that you can pin the panel (right click on the tab you click to open the app). I leave it open my second monitor while using my main monitor. It stays out of the way unless you need it. Much handier interface than a menubar app in my opinion. It is also a handy way to keep a snippets library. I am looking forward to learning all this has to offer.

  
  
• By Uncleschnell

  almost perfect - just one little thing needed

  I use this app on a daily basis. Really amazing note app that doesn't get in your way and at the same top stays pinned on top when you want it to. Perfect for researching or reviewing when you want to jot notes as you're reading or researching documents. Here is my wishlist for improvement: I really don't want the app to open whenever I drag a document to the right end of the screen. I wish there were an option to turn off this document dragging behavior. I could simply CMD-V into a note if I really wanted to do this. I really would like line spacing to be single spaced, or leading to be reduced, or customizable. Right now the leading/spacing takes up too much space

  
  
• By faith0704

  Amazingly convenient! Just wish...

  Love the convenience and easy of this app! Truly the most easy to use and convenient app for busy people this ideas and tasks coming from every direction a mile a minute. I just wish there were partner apps for the iphone or ipad, no access on those devices definitely inhibits my use.

  
  

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