CourseNotes App Reviews

I ordered this app for making notes at various work sites. Its not what I wanted. I wasted my money. There needs to be a way to test some of these apps

This app is promising because it offers a great interface for organizing notes by course, etc. It looks nice and the developers seem to be keeping up to date with the latest hardware support. Unfortunately, this app has so many small bugs that its very frustrating to use. I have been struggling to use it for all my classes and despite the promising functionality, it isnt ready to store anything critical. So far Ive had it crash multiple times from changing formatting - for example, making a bullet list and then trying to add a return mid-line in a bullet point crashes the app and deletes your entire note. I guess Im just lucky it didnt delete ALL my notes. Please fix the formatting glitches guys!

I love the UI of this app, its got a great layout and overall design. It is, however, unfortunately very buggy in both its Mac and iOS forms. Trying to edit text after its been typed can often crash the app on iOS and editing text on the Mac app often makes glitches the app and forces the user to restart it to resume normal functionality. Additionally, the method of syncing for these apps isnt very helpful, especially now that it works across all of my apple devices. Give us iCloud syncing and this app will earn four stars. The whole idea of syncing anything with an Apple device at this point is so that its done without even thinking about it with iCloud. Fix the bugs AND give us iCloud functionality and youll have a five-star app, here!

Drawing is essential in notes. professors draw all the time. cant do it in here the box is too small. You should be able to draw right onto the page.

Im working on my second masters and I have to say, that if you enjoy having your notes erased after writing them out, buy this app. Other faults - Mailing notes to yourself gives a blank page, so good luck sharing with peers - No select all function, and the interface is so clumsy that you cant select by hand - No ability to undo an erasure of text when the clumsy interface covers your notes with an image. Hours wasted! Thanks CourseNotes! I am uninstalling this app time now. Get something else!

Just very bad. Bullets dont work correctly. Slow, animations are not smooth. Not worth it at all, even at free. Major bugs!

The Good: This app does a good job to help organize my notes from different classes. Not only does it separate classes, but it also organizes the notes for recency, and you can rename the note sessions for quick access to a specific note that you need to refer to. The MacApp sync is good. Works like a charm; just open up on both devices and click the iPad icon and its all synced up. The Bad: When you are making bullet-style entries, the program does some very annoying things. For instance when you delete a bullet it doesnt just delete the bullet, it moves the whole line up to join the previous bullet and is very difficult to get it to how you want it. Acts like a Microsoft program when using bullets (if you know what I mean). Also when your writing goes off screen (like when you fill up a note page) sometimes it adjusts for it, and sometimes it doesnt. This gets old quick when in lecture and the blabbering prof is actually saying something important. Overall Im not happy with this app. The formatting issues should be the most important update for the developers and seems like it would be easy to fix. Dear developers, BULLET LISTS SHOULD WORK!!! Everyone else, DO NOT BUY THIS APP until the reviews for formatting are good.

This is a great app, there is mo lag in typing, which I have experienced in other apps. I just wish that it had auto correct, but other than that, this is awesome!

Dont buy it, dont use it, stay away from it!!! This app erases notes that were typed in it on regular bases!!!

Ive been using Coursenote for over two years and Im not sure why Ive hung in there this long. I guess Im addicted to potential. The Coursenotes UI is decent and I like being able to create "note sessions" under "subjects," but the positives pretty much stop there. First, user support consists of a skeletal FAQ and a Facebook page. While the developer has generally been responsive when Ive emailed, the lack of a forum for users to be able to troubleshoot with one another is really outdated. Second, the lack of cloud syncing is really behind the time and a hindrance to using the app across a number of devices. Once I finally got the sync to work after a number of un/installs, it turns out that iPad syncing overrides notes on your other devices. All my updated notes on my desktop were gone! Luckily, I had them also on my laptop, but that leads to flaw number three... Third, the backup is to HTML, which means opening a backup just brings up a poxy webpage! I guess you can cut & paste your notes back into Coursenotes, but as Sweet Brown says, "I aint got time for dat!" Fourth, theres no way to import a backup into Coursenotes. At least if one could do this, cloud syncing wouldnt be as much of an issue, but still necessary. Fifth, the ability to attach a pdf or jpg is a joke. It only displays the first page or one page. Whats the point? I dont know if the developers listen to feedback or are just busy working on another app, but lets be clear: at this stage in the app game, people are starting to recognize app developers by their reputation. If you put out unsupported crap, dont think people just wont notice when you release you next app. Ill be using Evernote from now on. Its not as pretty, but its functionality covers all these bases.

Using it at Assemblies and Conventions while listening to speakers. My note taking with this app on the iPad is much better than in the past with pen and paper. (I have terrible hand writing) Loving this app.

I have used this note taking app for my college classes the last two semesters but the longer I use it the more frustrating it gets. The app is constantly crashing while I am taking notes and when I reopen the app I find that I lost everything I just typed up. The interface is kind of annoying too. When you get to the bottom of the page it does not show what you are typing so it can be difficult to take notes at that point.

The format for Coursenotes aids in organization based upon subject and date. The ability to insert pictures into the notes is helpful. I wish that notes were not limited in length and that the outline function was simpler. Id still recommend this app because it keeps notes organized.

bought this app.. thought it would be good, but it was not. refund please.

I love this app I have a notebook for every period! Thanks!

This app would be wonderful if you could see note titles directly. Instead they are organized by date and you have to go inside the date to find the notes. This makes the app almost useless unless you have a photographic memory. Please fix this! Let us access notes directly.

Thanks Upgrade is so useful thanks

App continually crashes on my iPad 2 running 7.0.1, causing me to lose my notes I have been taking all class. Unacceptable.

This app now crashes all the time on my ipad2 I keep losing all my notes I want my money back.

This would be a great app if it didnt continually crash. Im running it on an iPad 2, ios 7.0.4, and it crashes at least 3 times a class, and loses any notes Ive taken since the last save. I now save more often, but when you save your notes, they close, so you have to reopen them, which makes you lose track of whats being said in class. As much as I like the app when it works, its not worth it to me to lose my notes all the time.