So catch is being discontinued.. I need a legit solid comparable application, keep sometimes doesn't save photos.
Any personal experiences with evernote or spring pad?
I mainly use it to save photos I find on fb or Internet.
Thanks!
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I am in a similar dilemma.
I don't like evernote, mainly because they are way too expensive (about 5$ a month is unreasonable in my opinion).
Evernote does not have a true offline option in the free version!
Here are the features that a good note app/service should have (catch notes had all these options):
Web interface and backup/synch (dropbox and web storage services do not count)
Offline editing and full access
Search everything (preferably as you type)
Categories/tags
Password options (preferred)
Reasonable export options is a must so you are not locked in to the app.
No monthly fees for above service (onetime fee only, or atleast a more reasonable month fee than 5$/month)
I looked briefly at the following apps/services and those are the issues I found which do not match my needs:
ColorNote: no web interface
MobisleNotes: web interface without search, no import/export option
Inkpad/notepad: no import/export option on web interface
Note Everything: no sync or export function
I figured I use catch regardless, and just use it for its internal storage options just sucks there aren't any real comparable services.
Catch stores data on android/data/com.threenbananas
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Catch stores data on android/data/com.threenbananas
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i have 3000+ notes and im looking at simplenote as a host, syncing with NValt on desktop, and there are a few android clients.
evernote is very reliable but too heavy. also i dont like that everything must have a title, and i you have to pay to store everything local. most of my notes are short and plaintext anyway.
however im having a lot of trouble importing them to simplenote. they have a tool but its super finicky and inconsistent. i think it will be easier to hack the notes into a client db, and then sync them up to simplenote. however this too is proving difficult because i want to keep the create and modify dates intact as well as the tags.
please let me know if anyone finds a soln.
in the meantime, id like to find the datafile on my phone. at the directory above i have hidden files turned on, but still see only media in ./media and one zero byte file in ./cache. where is the text data?
No luck yet
gnormal said:
i have 3000+ notes and im looking at simplenote as a host, syncing with NValt on desktop, and there are a few android clients.
evernote is very reliable but too heavy. also i dont like that everything must have a title, and i you have to pay to store everything local. most of my notes are short and plaintext anyway.
however im having a lot of trouble importing them to simplenote. they have a tool but its super finicky and inconsistent. i think it will be easier to hack the notes into a client db, and then sync them up to simplenote. however this too is proving difficult because i want to keep the create and modify dates intact as well as the tags.
please let me know if anyone finds a soln.
in the meantime, id like to find the datafile on my phone. at the directory above i have hidden files turned on, but still see only media in ./media and one zero byte file in ./cache. where is the text data?
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It appears the support pages are still up, abet slow at loading
Code:
http : / / support . catch . com/customer/portal/articles/1020076-i-can-t-see-my-notes-in-global-search-on-android
I can't see my notes in Global Search on Android
Last Updated: Apr 16, 2013 12:25PM PDT
We have made a decision to not allow for a Global Search based on security reasons. With the option to set a passcode on your notes, we feel that Global Search would navigate around this and violate the notes security.
For example: If you have a passcode set on your notes, yet we allowed for Global Search, any term you search for may return a result, thereby indicating that the searched for text is part of a note's content.
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Im currently looking for a way around this as im trying to use dropbox (storage) and dropsync (to sync particular folders)
If this fails it appears ill have to learn how to create apps and create my own with the Catch API
Failing that decompiling and rebuilding it to my specs is prob the final method
lets hope it doesent come to that
As you can see I haven't been converted to the dark side of other apps yet
Me too. I'm still using catch but locally.
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Did anyone actually get an email regarding this shutdown? I had a bunch of notes stored in AK notepad which are basically lost forever, and I don't have any emails from catch.com notifying me of the termination - I'm just finding out today.
Maybe they ended up in my spam :/
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I am new to my Evo View, but not to Android (Nexus 1, Viewsonic gtablet, Nook Color-rooted-CM 7.1).
My main interest in this tablet was to see if finally I can retire my paper notebook. There have been lots of good discussions about which handwriting/stylus app is best for various purposes, but (AFAIK) nothing about a secure note organization system. I want to have control over the repository/backup of my notes.
I use GDocs and Evernote all the time; most of my notes are ideally available everywhere, but there are some things I don't want synced to GDocs, Evernote, etc.
What I want is a way to easily organize handwritten notes that has this feature set:
1. Solid handwriting experience, mostly English words, an occasional graph or figure.
2. Text recognition system so I can search for keywords either from the tablet or from my computer.
3. Back-up system so that I don't loose everything if I loose my tablet, it breaks, etc.
4. Back-up system must be under my direct control. I am happy to store my notes on my personal computer(s), but don't want them out on the cloud.
5. USB sync to my computer is fine. Also syncing over the Internet is OK as long as it is SSL or comparable. I just don't want my notes easily exposed on a publicly available server which could be recovered with a cracked password.
Several years ago, when I was looking for something like this (not with a tablet, everything was PC), and I ended up using MS Onenote for my confidential notes, and Evernote for everything else. I have heard that Onenote is now out for Android, but it gets pretty poor reviews. That said, I haven't given it a fair try, so that is on my list.
Any other suggestions?
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I am new to my Evo View, but not to Android (Nexus 1, Viewsonic gtablet, Nook Color-rooted-CM 7.1).
My main interest in this tablet was to see if finally I can retire my paper notebook. There have been lots of good discussions about which handwriting/stylus app is best for various purposes, but (AFAIK) nothing about a secure note organization system. I want to have control over the repository/backup of my notes.
I use GDocs and Evernote all the time; most of my notes are ideally available everywhere, but there are some things I don't want synced to GDocs, Evernote, etc.
What I want is a way to easily organize handwritten notes that has this feature set:
1. Solid handwriting experience, mostly English words, an occasional graph or figure.
2. Text recognition system so I can search for keywords either from the tablet or from my computer.
3. Back-up system so that I don't loose everything if I loose my tablet, it breaks, etc.
4. Back-up system must be under my direct control. I am happy to store my notes on my personal computer(s), but don't want them out on the cloud.
5. USB sync to my computer is fine. Also syncing over the Internet is OK as long as it is SSL or comparable. I just don't want my notes easily exposed on a publicly available server which could be recovered with a cracked password.
Several years ago, when I was looking for something like this (not with a tablet, everything was PC), and I ended up using MS Onenote for my confidential notes, and Evernote for everything else. I have heard that Onenote is now out for Android, but it gets pretty poor reviews. That said, I haven't given it a fair try, so that is on my list.
Any other suggestions?
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Anybody have any suggestions?
Hope this is a good forum for this as I'm looking for Android advice, not really tied to any one phone. I'm looking for advice on AK Notepad and Catch Notes. I am brand new to Android (Nexus 4), coming from Windows Phone. I went to Windows Mobile/Phone years ago. At the time I was looking, simply to combine a PDA with a cell phone, so I would only have to carry one item instead of two. I liked/needed the Outlook - phone sync so that all my Outlook contacts, calendar, notes and to-do fully sync'd with my phone. Now, I've gone Android (although its only been a few days).
I originally was looking for something like what I had with Windows Phone, full sync'g with Outlook. But, I've read in post after post to embrace the Google philosophy and use Google Contacts and Calendar. I've done that and appreciate the ability to work from both the phone and any computer I want. This way I'm not actually tied to one computer. I stumbled upon GTD hooking up with Toodledo as a great way to handle tasks/to-do's. And, it's working well.
For notes, I started using Note Everything. It imports great from Outlook Notes. (After cleaning them up, I'm down to a little over 200 notes in about 15 categories. Hey, over 15 years of notes here.) I like the interface and the operation on the phone. But, backup is a little bit of problem. Especially with the N4, which does not have a SD card. And, while the source notes are in various forms on my computer, I'm not terribly worried if the phone crashes. I could always recreate where I'm at.
Only, I wish I could find a "simple" notes app which had cloud access. I could enter/edit from a full keyboard, and everything would be both stored on the cloud and easier to backup. Springpad might work; but it looks like you need IE9, and at work we're tied to IE8. Springpad appears to be out of the question. AK Notepad and/or Catch Notes looks like it might work. I am having trouble importing my notes into Catch, but I hope to work this out.
Any thoughts on these two? Pluses, minuses? I think, if I can do this, I'd start with AK because I only need text notes. If I get to where voice/photo notes might be needed, I think I can migrate to Catch Notes and my Catch cloud items move to Catch Notes. Is my thinking correct? If so, and assuming I can actually get my Outlook Notes into Catch, this might be a really good approach. (I do wish Catch's online documentation was a little more detailed. Right now,it looks like you have to read a boatload of FAQ's, one by one, to get an idea of how the system works; spaces instead of categories/folders, hashtags/labels as sort items, etc. And, Catch's email response seems weaker than other developers who view every user as a potential advocate for their software.)
Thanks for all advice.
So i got myself an OBD bluetooth scanner and the Torque app...bloody brilliant.
So much information!
anyway, i cant seem to get it to upload data logs to the web viewer?
i have my account created and setup correctly but nothing in the web viewer when i log in.
Does anyone use the app and have any ideas on how to get this to work?
Secondary i have e-mailed myself some data logs and cant get them to open properly?
I cant seem to get Track Recorder to work with Torque Sync software, it stucks at Searching for Torque
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So i got myself an OBD bluetooth scanner and the Torque app...bloody brilliant.
So much information!
anyway, i cant seem to get it to upload data logs to the web viewer?
i have my account created and setup correctly but nothing in the web viewer when i log in.
Does anyone use the app and have any ideas on how to get this to work?
Secondary i have e-mailed myself some data logs and cant get them to open properly?
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I imagine the particular posters have found answers to their problems seeing as this thread
dates from 2014 but I thought it might be worthwhile answering all the same as I ran in to the same niggles when I began using this app so if anyone searching these issues subsequently may find some worth from my reply.
First of all as a far as experience and knowledge is concerned. Firstly with cars;fixing,modifying, engine management tuning, obd2, diagnostics. Basically my auto knowledge is extremely wide and extensive from approx 35 years of obsession and getting stuck in an the deep end whereas my knowledge and experience of computers and smart phone tech is on much, much shakier ground
In fact, for those of my vintage. i.e late 30s,early 40s remember when we were kids. and programmable VCRs were the height of cutting edga technology. Well I'm like the way our parents and grand parents were then. i.e pretty much baffled by it and even following the instructions it was hit and miss whether you actually managed to record that film rhat was on at 4am lol.
So for the second issue brought up by the OP it doesn't matter whether you email yourself the log file or not (I found the few times i tried it that the file wouldn't attach and when it did the problem was the same anyway) you need Microsoft Office or any other type of office suite to view the files. On the pc i have Microsoft office but had to download an app to my phone to view. csv files. Again an office suite that not only displays. csv files but puts them into a spreadsheet format is required.
As for the first issue it's preferable in every way to view the site. on a pc because on the phone display the actual box to sign into is off screen and takes a little bit of zooming out and seaching to find, the same goes after you have signed in when another box appears with a list of the logs files recorded and the tab to choose it. This is where my lack of fundamental computer/web knowledge comes in. I can't tell you why it doesn't sit nicely inti an easily accessible mobile format but it doesn't. Once you've found the first sign in box/pop up it becomes simple, annoying but simple.
As for there being nothing after signing into the webview site successfully all I can assume is either you've no log files to view which you should have if it's all been set up correctly, including choosing which PIDs to send to logfile or the pop up/window where you click on your logfiles is right off screen and has to be looked for. Of course you don't get that problem if accessed using your desktop.
Hi All!
As it says in the title, can someone recommend a good note taking application that has a desktop application?
I've read a bit about the topic and Evernote comes to mind. However, it's not free. Thanks in advance.
Bumping this to the first page. :angel:
AFAIK, Evernote is free with additional features added in a premium subscription. If you are looking to something completely free and lightweight, try Google Keep, it provides web access and also Chrome extension.
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AFAIK, Evernote is free with additional features added in a premium subscription. If you are looking to something completely free and lightweight, try Google Keep, it provides web access and also Chrome extension.
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Yes, Evernote is indeed free up to a certain point but 60MB, even for full text notes, isn't sufficient.
I tried migrating my notes to Keep right now and I think this might actually work. I've read about it in the past but it didn't appeal to me because of the lack of an actual desktop client (I never used Chrome Apps before). Thanks for suggesting it!
Pros:
1. Very clean interface
2. Offline note taking and viewing in both the Chrome Application (More on this later) and the mobile client.
3. All features are free!
4. Sync seems to work flawlessly
Cons:
1.Chrome Application means I have to sign in to Chrome and disable all syncing except for Apps as I don't like syncing my data onto Google.
2. Chrome Application is preventing me from maximizing notes as I edit them. I have wall-of-text type of notes and this really hurts my eyes. I suppose this can be remedied by changing my note taking habits.
3. I can't re-order my notes. They are shown in ascending order by date created?
All in all I think I can make this work. I just need to re-arrange my notes for this specific application. If anyone else has any input or can show me how to relieve myself of the OCD inducing annoyances I've found so far, please chime in
I haven't really used Google keep yet (already a long time user of evernote) but have you looked into one note by Microsoft? It has a free version. Lifehacker.com just did an in depth comparison of evernote and one note. Might be worth looking in to.
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Seconding the Microsoft OneNote suggestion. There's a free version for Windows now and AFAIK it also works with their Android app
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I haven't really used Google keep yet (already a long time user of evernote) but have you looked into one note by Microsoft? It has a free version. Lifehacker.com just did an in depth comparison of evernote and one note. Might be worth looking in to.
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Seconding the Microsoft OneNote suggestion. There's a free version for Windows now and AFAIK it also works with their Android app
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Yes, I recently saw that article. But this completely shut down the idea for me. Apparently, I'm only able to use this in the paid version:
Create notebooks on your PC. Create notebooks saved to your hard drive (offline) in addition to being saved to your OneDrive. Being able to work with notebooks offline as well as online is great for anyone with a spotty network connection or those who are always on the go.
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But, I'm not so sure I understand what it means. Basically, I need to be able to access my notes offline (I don't have a mobile data plan) and once online, be able to sync them again. Since you folks seem to have experience using it, can you tell me how it works?
Honestly, I was able to see the UI of OneNote and it seemed a lot more appealing to me.
I tried out one note briefly awhile ago and it should do what you want. The paragraph you quoted seems to say the same. The notes are saved offline and they sync with your one drive account.
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I tried out one note briefly awhile ago and it should do what you want. The paragraph you quoted seems to say the same. The notes are saved offline and they sync with your one drive account.
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The paragraph I quoted is specifically under the "What do I get in the premium version of this application" section. However, I guess it wouldn't hurt to try. I'll download it now and see how it functions. Will let you guys know. Thanks for the advice!:good:
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Cons:
1.Chrome Application means I have to sign in to Chrome and disable all syncing except for Apps as I don't like syncing my data onto Google.
2. Chrome Application is preventing me from maximizing notes as I edit them. I have wall-of-text type of notes and this really hurts my eyes. I suppose this can be remedied by changing my note taking habits.
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Might be a little late here, but still - Google Keep has web access from any browser, try keep.google.com. Cheers.
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Might be a little late here, but still - Google Keep has web access from any browser, try keep.google.com. Cheers.
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Accessing it from there has the same exact interface as the Keep Chrome Application. Thanks for the suggestion though
I still wasn't able to find the time to test out the free version of OneNote. Been a bit busy today. I suppose I could take a note that I should test OneNote in Google Keep which I'm currently using
I'll make a short review once I'm done doing just that.
Thanks for all the suggestions!
Edit - It seems I haven't found the time to review OneNote. In addition, Keep serves me very well. The only real caveat I have with it is the inability to reorder my notes.
Edit 2- It seems my brain is tired and after a week with no suggestions from other users, I've finally figured out how to move notes around.
One simply needs to click and drag the notes around. < How I didn't figure this one out seems baffling to me. I need to exercise my brain more :'(
For Mobile Devices with Android v4+
I myself have tried over 50 apps for backing up Bookmarks and yet to bump into a great or even a good one
that does what its intended to do without screwing up other things..
People right now are screaming for a great Bookmarks App that lets them sync to all their chrome browsers,
as well as be able to back up all their bookmarks into a nice small package file that they can have it auto upload to
a cloud storage of their choice such as for example Google Drive..
And in order for it to be deleted it would require the user to input their password for that file 3 times..
making sure thats the file the user wants to delete.
Bookmarks are extremely important to people. And the last thing they need is having their mobile devices break,
and not being able to have a backup to their bookmarks.
I lately as of 05-25-2016 have seen so many junk app's that claim something and does not do what they claim to do.
either the app is for very older Android OSs or Devices or, their services are broken because no one maintains it anymore.
or the app has not been updated since 2002.....
Google company really needs to create a really nice Bookmarks app because people right now are in need of it.
Someone please create a 2016 Bookmarks APP with great UI Design for mobile phone & devices.......