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Posted by Sarah
Jun 29, 2021 at 08:53 PM
Bill,
This is a great story. I think it’s hugely important to be so technologically adaptable, and I have so much respect for it. I think that’s why it took me so long to finally throw in the towel. I wanted to believe I’d eventually adapt. I guess we all have limitations.
Everything you mentioned in your comparison is absolutely true.
All of my phones have been used heavily, but were well cared for. Still, iPhones always needed battery cases, which are very heavy, ugly and after a while, hurt my wrist. They have no stylus, or anywhere to put one. They’re shamefully expensive, and do have dreary displays in comparison to Samsung. My Android is lightweight, easier to hold (not as wide), the display is beautiful and bright. Sounds is loud and clear. Escaping the iPhone design has been a joy, and that’s not even counting the speed.
The two notes apps that have performed the best so far are I think are Notion and UpNote. For journaling, Diarium has the most sharing features, Diaro is the best looking. But neither compared to Day One and probably only because I’ve used it so much for so long. I think UpNote has done an outstanding job designing their interface for Android, especially in comparison to most Android apps. Dynalist also looks good & works very well. Many of them do but I can’t even find half my photos on this phone to take advantage of these great aops. Muscle memory wins this round, I suppose.
I will most certainly not miss the Play Store or the 80’s style pop up ads in apps, it seems like vandalizing a developer’s work.
Anyway, nice take on the differences.
Sarah
Posted by Stephen Zeoli
Jun 29, 2021 at 11:01 PM
Thanks for the information, Sarah!
Sarah wrote:
Steve,
>
>I never had a need to bring to my PC, but since Evernote appears to be
>the only way to get them off of my iPhone, they are everywhere Evernote
>is.
>
>I’m waiting for DoogiePIM v3 to be released in a few days, and if the
>documents section is a little more developed than before, I’ll move them
>from Evernote & be busy linking for quite some time.
>
>The apps I mentioned have suited me for years. Having no business or
>group sharing needs, no content creation to be shared as of yet and no
>task sharing keeps me on the shallow side of the software pool, for
>sure, much easier to stay with the same apps.
>
>Stephen Zeoli wrote:
>My first smart phone was an Android. I hated it. I could never get the
>>feel of it. When I got my first iPhone, I felt completely at home with
>>it. Although I must admit I still haven’t settled on my app set as you
>>have.
>>
>>Curious: How do you integrate Awesome Note with your computer… or do
>>you?
>>
>>Steve
Posted by MadaboutDana
Jun 30, 2021 at 07:59 AM
Thanks, Sarah – no particular virtue on my part, just an ongoing curiosity about all the technology that’s not in my immediate sphere of reference; but sometimes (often unexpectedly, as in this case) this can cause a major paradigm shift!
Thanks also for the info on Android apps – still a very new area for me. But I’ve discovered quite a lot of good ones (as well as a huge amount of dross).
On the notetaking front, UpNote is especially good, but Dynalist and Workflowy are pretty good, too, as is Evernote. Because there are so many good macOS exporters for Apple Notes, I’ve exported most of my confidential notes to UpNote (sadly, it doesn’t automatically import images, but hey – Joplin does, on the other hand, although I don’t like Joplin’s UX as much). Neither Joplin nor UpNote rely on iCloud (nor do Dynalist or Workflowy), which is very convenient.
For e-mail, Outlook is nice, rather to my surprise; I’ve also played with Spark, which seems pretty capable (although I find it much too fussy); the Microsoft universe appears to be quite capable of transferring contacts everywhere, even if you’re not using Google as the underlying platform (okay, okay, so you could argue they’re all as bad as each other!).
As far as task management is concerned, you might want to look at TickTick, which is very cross-platform (Chinese, too, but it works very well and is regularly updated – more powerful than most other task management apps IMHO). And, of course, Todoist, which is steadily improving (although still doesn’t provide enough space for notes, unlike TickTick). I’ve been a bit disappointed by Microsoft To-Do, which is supposed to pick up flagged e-mails from Outlook but in my case… doesn’t.
Besides Notion – which is, I agree, nice on Android – the other online notetaking app that works well is Nuclino. And I’ve got a couple of other favourites on the phone, like Simplenote and Microsoft’s new all-in-one “Office” app. More than enough for a simple smartphone!
Posted by Alexander Deliyannis
Jun 30, 2021 at 11:56 AM
Do you mean that
(a) iCloud is very convenient, or
(b) the fact that they don’t rely on iCloud is very convenient?
I’ve never used iCloud, so I’ve no idea of its convenience (or not)
Thanks!
MadaboutDana wrote:
>Neither Joplin
>nor UpNote rely on iCloud (nor do Dynalist or Workflowy), which is very
>convenient.
Posted by satis
Jun 30, 2021 at 12:56 PM
iCloud is extremely convenient; it’s the main way I share files.
Some developers don’t use iCloud because (a) their apps are cross-platform and need to be usable on non-Apple platforms, (b) some filetypes don’t sync well under iCloud, and/or (c) developers feel that offering their own sync solution is a value-add that helps substantiate their subscription rate.
For Joplin it’s (a) because the\y work on Windows, Linux, macOS, Android and iOS, not sure the reason that Mac/iOS UpNote uses a proprietary cloud.
I own UpNote but I’d still prefer full control of my files. (And with the improvements Apple’s made to Notes, currently in beta for upcoming OS revisions, I might migrate back to it.)