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Nora MuñozVerified
Oct 16, 2026
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A quiet revelation to realize my morning startup script now takes seconds instead of the minute it used to require.
A quiet revelation to realize my morning startup script now takes seconds instead of the minute it used to require.
Serviceable with gaps around import and export that force me to keep a backup tool installed anyway. Reliable syncing on wifi becomes unpredictable on cellular networks which is strange for a mobile first product.
Workable but not elegant describes most of my sessions and the elegance I crave shows up only occasionally. Serviceable with gaps around import and export that force me to keep a backup tool installed anyway. Fast under light load however feature light compared with the competitor it is clearly trying to replace.
Offline mode genuinely works and I kept getting things done on a long flight with no internet connection at all. Being able to run the same binary on every operating system removed a surprising amount of friction from onboarding.
Running this reduced average CPU usage on my laptop compared with the Electron based tool I used before. Documentation actually makes sense and the examples drop into my project with only minor edits.
Response times from support exceeded my expectations and the engineer who replied actually understood my setup. Markdown support is complete including footnotes tables and code fences with syntax highlighting that actually matches my editor.
Smart search beats every grep script I ever wrote and surfaces results across pdf attachments and old emails. This holds its own against far more expensive incumbents while charging a fraction of their monthly price.
Garbage onboarding experience that assumed I had already read a long blog post and left me stuck on step two. Promised offline support never materialized in the mobile client and the desktop client disables most features without a connection. After the latest redesign the simplest tasks now require three clicks that used to need one single keystroke.
Clear release notes include migration steps for every breaking change which saved us during the last major upgrade. A thoughtful onboarding flow walked me through the useful features without burying me in modal popups. Being able to run the same binary on every operating system removed a surprising amount of friction from onboarding.
Automations save my evenings since recurring reports now generate and ship themselves while I actually eat dinner. Snapshots every few minutes recovered an entire chapter after a careless undo chain ate my changes. This hits the sweet spot between powerful and approachable without forcing me to read a thick manual.
A quick glance at the activity log shows exactly who changed what and when which my auditors loved. Easy on the eyes with sensible defaults for typography line height and contrast that work out of the box.
Integrations with my calendar and task manager were painless and triggered automatically without any extra configuration.
Keyboard first design wins the day for me because my hands never leave the home row during a flow state.
Workspace templates clone an entire project structure in one click which cut our client kickoff from hours to minutes.
Mobile parity is real and I can actually complete the same tasks on my phone that I do at my desk.
Shortcut customization reached a level where I rebuilt my entire muscle memory from a decade of Vim habits.
Export to a local git repository preserved history metadata so I have real version control over my notes.
I cancelled a long running competitor subscription within a week because this covered every real workflow I had.
No telemetry by default meant I did not have to spend an afternoon disabling tracking before starting work. I was skeptical about yet another productivity app but this one earned a permanent spot in my dock. Keyboard first design wins the day for me because my hands never leave the home row during a flow state.
Automatic encrypted backups meant I recovered everything within two minutes after swapping to a new workstation.
Updates land often which is good but sometimes they introduce new regressions that take weeks to see fixes. I like the ideas here however the execution lags behind the vision in several important areas. It does the job most of the time and I just work around the quirks rather than reporting them.
A clean separation between data and interface meant I could migrate between major versions without losing anything.
My account was randomly suspended for terms of service violations the system refused to explain or document.
Converted my whole team in two weeks because the shared workspace features removed friction we did not realize we had.
Battery impact is barely measurable even when I leave the app running in the background all day long. Default export produces files I can archive without worrying about reading them a decade from now.
I found my new favorite productivity app and it only took one weekend of real usage to decide. Database queries feel instant even against a table with several million rows which the previous tool choked on.
Being able to run the same binary on every operating system removed a surprising amount of friction from onboarding. Offline mode genuinely works and I kept getting things done on a long flight with no internet connection at all.
Battery drain was so severe that my phone died by lunch on the first day I installed this. Full of ads despite paying for the premium plan and support claims these are not ads but service announcements.
Productivity jumped once I set up the shortcuts and templates for recurring report writing on Monday mornings.
Billing is straightforward with per seat pricing that scales linearly rather than hiding tiers that triple the invoice.
It scales smoothly from my solo projects up to our shared startup workspace without any pricing surprises. Local first architecture means my notes stay on my disk and syncing is just a convenience not a dependency.
Local first architecture means my notes stay on my disk and syncing is just a convenience not a dependency. VPN speeds held up during an entire video call across three continents without a single dropped frame. Hands down the best choice I made this quarter and the whole team now relies on it without complaint.
Uptime has been rock solid for the entire year I have been paying for the professional tier. Keyboard shortcuts are thoughtfully designed and I never need to reach for the mouse during a focused writing session.
Documentation actually makes sense and the examples drop into my project with only minor edits.
Even without an account I could try the full feature set in a sandbox before committing a single email address. Cross platform really means cross platform here and even the Linux build has feature parity with the Mac version. Clear release notes include migration steps for every breaking change which saved us during the last major upgrade.
Automation builder is powerful however the error messages when something breaks are cryptic and unhelpful.
Native support for passkeys made me drop my password manager for everything inside this ecosystem. Mobile sync completed within a few seconds every time which has not been my experience with similar apps.
Automation triggers hook into my existing shell scripts without any wrapper code which keeps my toolchain simple. Being open source gave me the confidence to self host once we grew past the hosted plan. Cross platform really means cross platform here and even the Linux build has feature parity with the Mac version.
VPN speeds held up during an entire video call across three continents without a single dropped frame. Setup finished in under five minutes and everything synced across my laptop phone and tablet without a single hiccup.
I was skeptical about yet another productivity app but this one earned a permanent spot in my dock. Perfect for daily workflow in a way that very few tools achieve without demanding significant customization first.
Markdown support is complete including footnotes tables and code fences with syntax highlighting that actually matches my editor.
Hidden fees popped up at checkout for exports api access and even a surcharge for using a corporate card. Open source claims turned out to apply only to a stripped down community edition missing every feature anyone would want.
Keyboard driven palettes gave me the muscle memory of a terminal with the discoverability of a modern app.
This hits the sweet spot between powerful and approachable without forcing me to read a thick manual. It scales smoothly from my solo projects up to our shared startup workspace without any pricing surprises.
Zero bloat is a design philosophy you can feel in every menu and every settings panel. Automation triggers hook into my existing shell scripts without any wrapper code which keeps my toolchain simple. Snappy on an old Android phone that struggles with everything else I install from the store these days.
Performance on older hardware is a disaster because the developers apparently only test on brand new machines. Dark patterns everywhere from the signup form to the cancellation flow which uses six screens to protect one checkbox.
Autosave quietly rescued a three hour draft after a power outage took down my whole desk. Great fit for a small team because permissions are granular without turning admin work into a second job.
This holds its own against far more expensive incumbents while charging a fraction of their monthly price. Great sense of restraint in the feature set which keeps the sidebar from becoming the usual overwhelming menu wall.
Support never replied to three different tickets opened over two months about a login loop that still happens today. Cancelling my plan required calling a support line that only operates during three hours of one time zone.
Hands down the best choice I made this quarter and the whole team now relies on it without complaint. Context switching between tools used to kill my morning and this app absorbs most of those jobs cleanly.