Inkflow Plus Visual Notebook

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1. ★★★★★data, history or progress disappears

   Its not as I think. Eraser didnt work Background can’t change Palm rejection didnt work Oh its so bad

2. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   annoying. stop asking me to rate this app ok

3. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Write a Review. This feedback prompt is the worst.

4. ★★★★★crashes, freezes and errors

   Somewhat buggy. I really liked the minimalist interface. However, the app seems to be a bit buggy. When I reopen after closing, it is always zoomed in. Also, the “draw with pencil only” icon disappears. To fix, I have to kill the app and reopen.

5. ★★★★★cross-device sync is unreliable

   This is 2016! Right?? Where is the synching?. No synching from my Mini to my Pro... C'mon Qrayon, get with the times. Lack of synching is a deal breaker for any productivity app that is serious about competing with serious developers. Bottom line: no synching = no good. I bought both CardFlow+ and InkFlow+ assuming (I know, my mistake) any really professional app would have synching. WRONG! Or, maybe I was wrong in my assumption that these productivity apps were "professional".

6. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

   Fred Saez. DO NOT UP GRADE! It's the same as the free app. They took my money.

7. ★★★★★a needed feature is missing

   Don't upgrade. I just purchased the upgrade for free inkflow but it does not allow me to pin the palette nor sweep right or left to access more colors. There is no change in the pencil point selection, either. So far, the only thing different is that to edit a book title, you can tap and hold the book instead of the title below it. Should have bought a good steak.

8. ★★★★★crashes, freezes and errors

   broken :(. Stuck on update, is unresponsive. I can't even delete the thing, it's pretty much useless at this point.

9. ★★★★★desktop is the workshop, phone is the display case

   Disappointed. I bought this ap to take notes and photos for several tradeshows I was attending in China. The ap kept crashing, closing down and sending me to my home screen - even after just uploading a few pics. Very disappointed as this was going to be my way of documenting everything I was interested in at the tradeshows. I would like my money back.

10. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Expensive, underwhelming, overbilled. Ink port doesn't work as well as they claim it does...the video they show is a seamless transition, my experience is not that crisp. Exported to jpeg and got good file, but exporting to PDF ruined the image I had spent writing out by hand for the past hour...defeats the purpose of the app if export function is weak. Hs potential, but not up to par with other qrayon products

11. ★★★★★privacy and excessive permissions

    Privacy and UX/UI concerns. The data collected on users and the lack of encryption limit the creative freedom by giving everything you make away to big tech without explicit consent. Technical issues include the inability to get a clear overview of the pages for organizational purposes. Importing is also highly limited. There’s no layers or transparent markers among other basic drawing tools. So almost no difference to the notebook flow app. UI lacks user friendly labels so to remember basic function you have to lookup the online manual.

12. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    There is a hugely irritating bug. Anytime I touch the screen, the canvas is shifted up or down. In other words, the canvas has two positions, with or without a space that can only be described as an empty second toolbar. The canvas shifts up, hiding this space, or down, bringing it back. No matter what other conditions exist, every touch of the canvas toggles it between these two states. Basically one of the most irritating things imaginable.

13. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Deleting pages. The last couple of days my pages are randomly being deleted. Really disappointing, especially considering this is the paid version.

14. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Not Saving so lose entire pages. I have had every time I’ve used this an issue where it hasn’t saved an entire page I’ve worked on for an hour and completed. When I change pages and come back it’s empty or if I close the app and open it it’s empty. It’s frustrating

15. ★★★★★negative experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Love hate relationship. Pros: Simple and easy to use - inkflow algorithm is the only reason I use this app because it makes everything so realistic Cons: Unintuitive to navigate between pages on ipad (no ability to flip through pages by swiping) no ability to create a table of contents - no active development, what you see is what you get for the rest of time

16. ★★★★★mixed experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Stuck on “0”. I’ve used the app before But can you fix the pen controls please

17. ★★★★★mixed experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    I like the concept but…. I like the idea of the app but a few things: - importing pictures of paper notes in InkFlow format are very grainy/pixelated/very low quality. - over multiple devices, the app loses connection to the Apple stylus and will not write or work at all in the the app. I think the idea is great but the inconsistencies are very frustrating. Just my thoughts. I would like to see improvement like these. Lisa H.

18. ★★★★★data, history or progress disappears

    Freezes while saving, lost work. I love it other than the fact that it glitches out 30% of the time I go to save it so I just save often which gets annoying. If you could fix that, it would be 5 stars.

19. ★★★★★mixed experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Pages not saving. I got this app to start journaling and recording different notes. My first entry was 8 pages - I was pumped to keep using the app and thought it was going to be a game changer! - and then I tried to go back to the dock to create a new book and lost half of my pages! Is this going to happen every single time I try to create an entry???

20. ★★★★★mixed experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Can’t sync between devices!. You’ll get 5 stars if you show me how to sync iPad and iPhone. Other than that I love this app.

21. ★★★★★mixed experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Keeps crashing. This app keeps crashing on me and I lose all of my information! I don’t have the option of linking this to the cloud so that I don’t lose this information. Please fix this, I use this app all the time!

22. ★★★★★desktop is the workshop, phone is the display case

    Lovingly made but missing features for the price charged.. Having used the free version of the app I decided to upgrade to the Plus version. The features of paid version are good and the developers have clearly made a valiant effort in delivering an easy to use note taking & sketching app, but I am confused as to why some essential functionality and UI features have been missed out. Here are two examples: 1) Exporting files (native/PDF/JPG) to cloud storage is not possible. You need to connect to iTunes or to email the files to yourself in order to back them up or to share across devices (iPad, iPhone and iPad Pro in my case) 2) Deleting an inserted image requires you to use the select tool and then tap to reveal a contextual menu TK delete instead of just tapping on the image once to reveal the menu or an even simpler solution of adding a delete button to the image toolbar that allows you to add a border, change to B&W or convert to ink. I would have gladly given it 5* if these two features were available, but until then it seems kind of rushed hence the lower rating. Hopefully the devs will follow up with comments left by customers and my rating can improve together with the app.

23. ★★★★★a needed feature is missing

    Wish it Connected to Wacom Stylus. This app would be close to perfect if it connected to my Stylus.

24. ★★★★★mixed experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Inkflow. Good, but bother too much insisting to RATE

25. ★★★★★a needed feature is missing

    Use it to learn figure drawing. It's very intuitive. At this stage, I need more line art than shading. They used to have a swift email support but no longer. It needs a way to bring back default colors easily.

26. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Had to pay twice??. I tried purchasing the upgrade in-app. The button went away after I went through the payment screens, but it didn't upgrade it. Now, I've had to find it in the app store, and it doesn't recognize I've purchased it, so now I have to buy it again? Nice racket you have there...

27. ★★★★★mixed experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    One HUGE Problem. It claims to be a universal app, but it doesn't synch. I have several iOS devices (iPhone 6s, iPad Air and IPad Mini. If I take a note on Inkflow in one device, it's a big downer if it doesn't appear on the other devices. So I just hang on hoping that the developers get the message one day. Meanwhile, I use other apps.

28. ★★★★★mixed experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Please Fix The Eraser. I HATE THE ERASER, you can't control how thick or thin it erases. Also very expensive for the few options given. I will update/change the rating if they fix it or I find any other pros/cons. Overall okay app.

29. ★★★★★mixed experience without a specific reason· unspecific

    Good, but needs dropbox sync between devices. This is a nice app; the inkport feature sets it apart from many other apps. Unfortunately, if you have it on two devices there is no automatic way to sync them. Also, there's no easy way to get notes from your ipad as pdfs on your laptop.

30. ★★★★★subscription and paid restrictions

    Inkflow Plus: Overall... Pros and cons!. This is a great tool like it states for outlines and brainstorming ideas for upcoming projects from a business/student aspect; it also is great for getting creative with your thoughts and ideas for no particular reason. Copy and pasting options are great for moving only selected images/wording to other pages. When your done with an image or writing and need to decrease the size touching the screen once will give you the option of "selecting all" which makes resizing/rotating as simple as ever. Writing is easy and legible as well. if writing often a stylus may be desired. HOWEVER; I use it for cartooning and for more from an artistic point of view for a business and find some strokes a bit finicky. When doing a continuous swipe back and forth it will reset itself, glitch if you will, and you'll be finding yourself attempting to fill in the image multiple times, regardless of the speed your moving at. Brush choices are simple but decent and the color pallet is vast. SUGGESTIONS: 1. A fill option (even if it was a basic fill and not precise) it would be amazing for sketches and presenting your ideas. The glitchy effects of swiping back and forth while having to redo this multiple times before executing the desired results makes for a flustering session. 2. Color pallet save ability. The color pallet is grand, and although it does give you the option to click on the color number/letter sequence at the bottom and your able to type in the desired colors code if you remember what that was, an option to save custom colors would be superb and is almost a necessity with a pallet so customizable! 3. Options to makes shapes easier. For examples when doing projects, a simple vin diagram is essential when comparing, a tool to make presentable diagrams (a square and circle for decent charts would do it.) a simple tap the screen and drag for desired size/shape ability would make this a app worth the $7.99. With paying more for this app than others on the market having these suggestions available to the consumer would give Inkflow Plus 5 stars. Our fingers will be crossed in upcoming updates.