Better note taking app - Note Taker vs Phat Pad?

[maflynn]

Here are my requirements...
- needs to allow creation of folders or categories directly in the app
- need to have the ability to send the notes out in an email or export directly to a word or PDF file. I can't use an external synching service due to the sensitive nature of the data
- needs to have a built-in search function
- needs to have drawing functionality
- tagging would be a bonus
- audio recording would be a bonus

Notes + is probably the app that matches your needs the best. I think you may be hard pressed to see any app that has any search function. The issue is that all note taking apps that don't use the keyboard transform the drawn text into an image, either in pdf or jpg form. That being the case its not really searchable

 

[stuartmeyers]

The issue is that all note taking apps that don't use the keyboard transform the drawn text into an image, either in pdf or jpg form. That being the case its not really searchable

I did notice that in a PDF exported from Notes Plus when using a combination of text and drawing you can select the text, so it doesn't seem to export everything as an image.

 

[GroundLoop]

Notes + is probably the app that matches your needs the best. I think you may be hard pressed to see any app that has any search function. The issue is that all note taking apps that don't use the keyboard transform the drawn text into an image, either in pdf or jpg form. That being the case its not really searchable

Thanks for the advice. I picked Notes + up tonight and it is pretty good so far. But, I do wish that it had the search functionality like Awesome Note. I can see it getting difficult to find information after building a collection of notes. I'll continue trying this out with my zaggmate to see if it'll work out for me.

GL

 

[techknock]

I like to use Awesome Note or Evernote.

 

[EmmEff]

I just bought Note Taker HD and right off the hop, I don't like it. The non-standard UI controls throw me off, for example.

I guess time will tell, but I'm thinking based on the screenshots of Phat Pad, I should've bought it.

 

[RichyB]

I still haven't found an app that makes my writing look the same as it does on paper. Penultimate is close and note taker hd is a million miles away. Noteshelf is quite good but I find the loading times between each of the note books to be tedious. The help sheets for notes plus suggest neat and tidy writing but when I try the page looks terrible and the functions for deleting etc are getting on my nerves.

 

[EmmEff]

The more I use Note Taker, the more I dislike it. It really isn't a great app. It's a poor drawing/sketching app and I cannot see how to add text (which a drawing app allows).

 

[ScottNWDW]

I just got Noteshelf, and I am really liking it so far.

 

[maflynn]

I just got Noteshelf, and I am really liking it so far.

So far I think that noteshelf has the most going for it, but I've been using and liking evernote because what I enter is in text format, where I can easily add it to any other document.

While noteshelf and the like can be quicker especially with a stylus, I find evernote provides better flexibility and power.

 

[RichyB]

Yeah note shelf enables very neat note taking, probably the best one so far.

 

[macjacky11]

try Upad

 

[Sparky9292]

try Upad

uPad has a massive speed improvement over the other stylus apps...

Note Taker HD is too laggy.