Pad & Quill Notes

I hope the owners of this app along with the app makers are going over reviews from people using their product. I was looking for a good journal. Something to keep all my ideas in one place while I get rid of the physical papers and all the different projects I have. I came across this app through what seems to be an old 2012 article boasting this product. I came to the Apple Store to look for it and it seems it is left to nothing. The black and white format is bland and definitely not like the picture I saw in the article with wood grain background and books stacked upon each other to indicate the varying portfolio of ideas. Instead you side swipe for the various journals created. I am disappointed to say the least. I had been looking for something similar to the older version. Unfortunately, that is not what I found. I found a bland app which seems downgraded by its makers. I'm sorry to whatever brought you to the decision of revamping the app to it's present day form. Please bring back the old format with wood grain. Black journals with its title on the left and a black background.

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I used the last iteration of the Pad & Quill app and was sad when that one was no longer updated. When I heard that a new version was coming along I was excited, as I loved the options for fonts and covers that were available. When the new version came out I immediately downloaded it and was happy with the usability and features. I even went in for the in-app purchase of more fonts and the ability to add photos. For a while I was a happy camper. Then problems started. One day, I could no longer type in landscape mode, the page freezing every time I tried to type. Next, the save feature ceased to function, causing me to lose my work. Then even when I typed in portrait mode the screen would freeze when I tried to save my work. I had to close out of the app every single time I typed something new and hope my work wouldn't be erased. I contacted customer support (through their website written in another language) with specifics but never received an answer. This app is a huge disappointment, and I recommend that you stay away. There are too many other good writing apps out there to waste time on one that is not properly maintained and gives no customer support.

I've tried a lot of journaling/notebook apps and this is easily the best of them for me. It's straightforward, got a good layout (especially the menu for font and whatnot on each page), and it's beautifully designed. I'll definitely be buying the rest of the covers and fonts. The only complaint I have is that when you touch the page you're brought right down to the bottom instead of where you touched and brought to the top when you close the keyboard so it kind of jumps around when you're on a longer page. But kudos! This is a great app. Well done.

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This app needs a free trial period to be added to it. There’s no way to preview all the features and I’m not sure how well it suits my needs without it. I’ve been looking for a journaling app with covers that I could customize and that I could add images to. What I noticed in the limited version is it doesn’t have a way to change the text or the colors of the text, the page color and style can’t be changed either. Has some bugs the quill at the bottom of the page has options but when pressed nothing happens it’s blank. You can’t add pictures until you pay for the app so I’m not sure what options you have or how well it handles placing them on the pages. No voice recording option and no tags.

I have just started using this app, after trying several journal and writing apps. So far, I like it very much. It is a nice, simple notebook app. Multiple notebooks, with as many pages as you like. With the upgrade, you get a selection of covers, three different typefaces, and the ability to add a photo to each entry. As a long-time journal-keeper in search of the perfect journal app, I find this one hits the sweet spot in terms of UI, flexibility, simplicity, and visual appeal. Please keep up the good work!