Another Giveaway – 100K Celebration
WINNERS:
Below are the winners for this giveaway. Sorry for the delay; there are so many good ones that makes it so hard to pick out the winners. Forgive me if you didn’t win, next time then (Notes Plus just passed 200K milestones – will do something very soon).For the winners, just email me with your shipping address to claim the prize. I’ll pay the shipping cost, of course.
… the winner of the Grand Prize is:
(claimed)
… and the winners of the 20 Appreciation Prizes are:
- Claimed
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To all my beloved users,
Today Notes Plus celebrates 100K download milestones – yeah!!!. Besides having a sale this weekend for prospective users, who heard good things about Notes Plus but couldn’t afford it, I want to give something back to my current users, who have been giving me valuable feedbacks and suggestions (feature requests) since day one of Notes Plus. There have been thousands of users who personally contacted me and left comments on this site. I wanted to give a physical gift to each of you but I can’t so I’m organizing a little contest, just like the last Give Away.
I’ll be having the same Piel Frama Luxury iPad Cinema Case for the grand prize. I still think that it’s a luxury item that you would think twice before buying for yourself (I don’t even have one for myself); that’s why it should be a gift. Please feel free to recommend another luxury item if you feel differently. I just thought since it worked last time, I should keep it this time (I still keep my wife around after all these years 
).
Piel Frama Luxury iPad Cinema Case
Different from last time, I’ll be having 20 Boxwave styli for 20 appreciation prizes. These are top of the line Boxwave styli, the Capacitive iPad Styra. You can use them as a normal pen or as an iPad stylus; available in black or white; pick a color of your choice if you win. They are wonderful, trust me.
BoxWave Capacitive iPad Styra Stylus
And here is the contest: I was inspired by this very simple review of Notes Plus in the App Store recently:
I’ve been inspired by lots of things but this very simple review told me that I really should do something about it.
Why don’t you think of a very short (single words preferable) and sweet review and put them in the Apple’s App Store by March 15, 2011 and I will select the 21 winners out of those reviews. Simple enough, right?
Again, I couldn’t say this often enough, thank you guys (and gals) for considering Notes Plus. You all gave me a something that I could never imagine possible: freedom to do what I love.
Your truly,
Viet Tran
Feb 17, 2011
UPDATE:
This just came in and I really appreciate the creativity. I’ve never thought this could be fun, just like poetry.
And these really look like poems (I don’t understand much about poem 
):
UK:
USA:
This just came in from UK, very creative:
Another one from New Zealand – love the creativity:
I will post the list of all contenders later.
Jan 15, 2012 @ 06:02:24
I have had your program for quite awhile however have not used it for a few months. To my surprise the interface changed drastically. I must admit I was hoping to just jump back to my legal note taking but not so. I am up for the challenge. I was hoping with the the update there would be a way to hyperlink to websites. I did to notice that capability. Is this something that is being looked at?
Jan 15, 2012 @ 12:29:53
Hi Kim,
Sorry there’s no hyperlink feature as of now. Be sure to see our FAQ regarding v3: http://notesplusapp.com/version/version-3/.
Regards,
Toan
Jan 15, 2012 @ 03:41:05
How do I get each note to reflect the date I wrote it? All dates on all notes change to the current date.
Jan 15, 2012 @ 04:41:26
Hi Rob,
Did these notes convert from v2? There’s a bug about date creation on v3.0 due to a glitch in our conversion tool. If you still keep a backup copy (NotesPlusPlus.sqlite), you can restore to correct date once v3.0.1 is available in App Store (plan to submit next Monday).
Sorry for this trouble.
-Duy
Jan 12, 2012 @ 07:07:19
Love this App so far. There is one thing I can’t work out at the moment. How do I rename pages. At the moment all the pages are named ‘Untitled”. How do I edit that?
Jan 12, 2012 @ 07:10:08
Sorry, just worked it out…didn’t see that edit button below.
Jan 09, 2012 @ 18:36:52
Which languages are/will-be available for handwriting recognition? Thx..
Jan 12, 2012 @ 07:03:54
Hi Pedro,
Please refer to this list http://www.visionobjects.com/en/myscript/language-offering/description for available languages supported by MyScript SDK. We’re adding more languages from that list for Notes Plus.
Thanks,
-Duy
Jan 08, 2012 @ 18:02:26
What happened to the export to drop box? This was one of the items i relied on….
Jan 10, 2012 @ 12:23:08
We pulled Dropbox back the last minute because of some stability issues. We will put it back in in version 3.0.1 which will be just a couple week away. This time Dropbox will be automatic full sync (2 ways).
Thanks,
Viet
Jan 07, 2012 @ 23:09:19
I love all of the additions for v3 but I cannot make the in app purchase. I can pull up the option to purchase (that first window that appears after selecting the convert to text option) but when I select the button to buy, nothing happens! This (with the search capabilities) was one of the things I was most excited about. Please help.
Jan 09, 2012 @ 13:36:52
Hi Erin,
Could you please try to logout of your iTunes account on your iPad and purchase it while logging out? Some people said that this would make it works. For more detail, please refer to the FAQ entry in the top of this page: http://notesplusapp.com/versions/version-3
Sorry for all the troubles.
Viet
Jan 07, 2012 @ 01:56:20
First of all: Great job done!
I just purchased the MyScript Add-In… and had to notify that the German language is – other than being done by the MyScript App – not supported. Will there be an update bringing this feature?
Johannes
Dec 24, 2011 @ 14:06:06
Excellent work and customer support guys. I cant wait for v3 to arrive.
Just wonder if you will add more online backup providers to the list, i.e. icloud and sugarsync? I personally feel that sugarsync is more userfriendly than dropbox, and hope to see it come to notes plus.
Thanks.
Dec 25, 2011 @ 07:53:08
Hi Tung,
We’re focusing on Dropbox but we’re open to other backup services if there’s a demand. We’ll try our best to accommodate everyone’s needs.
Kind regards,
Toan
Dec 06, 2011 @ 03:13:46
Hi there!
I loving Notes Plus but i missing something. I will like to have my notes linked to my records In time like an app called SoundNotes do.
Regards,
Fabiano
Dec 06, 2011 @ 05:02:59
Hi Fabiano,
That is planned to be in a future update. You’ll be able to tap on a portion of text and play some audio associated with it.
Kind regards,
Toan
Nov 14, 2011 @ 19:55:54
Dear Sir,
I just updated the app and it now freezes and has problems opening after a freeze. The app seems to freeze after a few minutes of writing, when it freezes it erases the last few things I have written. Could you please advise.
Nov 15, 2011 @ 07:39:36
Hi Kurt,
Please empty the trash and exit all other unused apps from the background. This should help speed up the app a little bit and prevent crashes. To get back missing text, try this tip from another user: circle the entire screen to select everything and move it around a little bit. Then, press the Undo button until everything is back in place.
Kind regards,
Toan
Nov 04, 2011 @ 05:31:52
Dear Sir/Madam,
I bought NotesPlus few months ago and I use it to take my business notes. Since I have updated my iPad operating system IOS 5, nothing is working. I cannot take notes and The whole screen has become unstable.
Is there any solution to my problem? This is rely disappointing me!
Guy-Guy
Cell: +27716882028
Nov 04, 2011 @ 05:55:59
Hi Guy-Guy,
Does the app crash every time you open Notes Plus? There is a known issue on iOS5 that keep iPad constantly crashing when jumping through pages. We submitted another update v2.3.6 to App Store yesterday to fix these crashes. All we have to do is waiting for Apple to approve our submission (which could take a few days).
Sorry for this trouble.
-Duy
Oct 29, 2011 @ 09:45:16
Firstly congratulations on a great app. I did a fair bit of research on what app to get for writing notes on the iPad. This app won out over Note Shelf. The predominant reason (apart from the great reviews of course) was that this also offered the ability to type notes as well. I did like the look of the shelf, to display saved notes on your competitors app. I will use this app to write or type notes during meetings internally and externally. The recording ability could be useful too. One thing that could be improved that would help a lot of people ie. older or less tech savvy, is to improve or simplify the navigation. I honestly had no clue what to do after I read your quick start guide. I don’t believe it is clear how to 1. Write a New note or 2. How to Save your note. I think to create a New note, I counted about 4 or 5 steps or taps you have to take before you get to this. In the navigation I see you can get rid of the recording button. I think there should be an option on the home page for a New note button and a Save note button. These are two basic commands that are crucial to users and to me they are not very obvious. All applications whether it be Word with new document or Outlook with new email, have these buttons easily accessible. Directors and business people could be a big market for you and they recommended Note Shelf to me, perhaps for the simplicity reason. I think your formation of buttons at the top could be improved to. Why the Undo button on the far right after the settings icon? Surely your basic note editing functions such as new note/pen width/colour/erase/undo/save should be together then more of your navigate folder buttons and settings elsewhere.
Anyway, this is just a bit of hopefully constructive criticism as I think this is a great app that I will use a lot and I am keen to see the odd improvement in future releases – keep up the excellent work!
Oct 29, 2011 @ 11:41:21
Thanks James for taking your time to write such constructive feedbacks! That definitely helps us to improve Notes Plus.
Let me go through your suggestions one by one :
1) We’ve received several questions from our users that they don’t know what to do after going through the Quick Start Guide (actually, we briefly show how to create a new book at the first page, probably we should bold this info with detailed steps so everyone can get familiar with the app immediately). Needless to say, once version 3 arrives with a revamped UI. We’ll revise the Quick Start page and anyone can just play with it without any training.
2) As we want to make our UI simple for everyone, by default we hide a few buttons from the toolbar (these can be turned ON in App Settings, ie new note/delete page button). Our design is inspired by Apple’s way, if you’re interested in this topic, you can spend some time to explore our design concept here http://viettran.com/tech-talks/design-for-toddlers-ui-the-apple-way. We don’t put the Save button because the app itself will auto save your changes (i.e it saves when the app closes, locked, or interrupted by other events). We’ll consider the idea put a save button (maybe we will enable this option from App settings). I didn’t think the Undo button on the far right couldn’t be a wise decision before. Eventually, this is something our team might review and evaluate the usability of Notes Plus. You brought up an interesting point. I’m really appreciated this! We are sincerely concerned about what make you more productive with our app.
As a side note, I’m sure you can find some more useful information about our upcoming release at this page : http://notesplusapp.com/versions/version-3 . If you have suggestions on how to make the app better, we’re here to listen.
Thank you very much!
-Duy
Oct 22, 2011 @ 01:21:09
Just purchased the app yesterday. In working with it today it seems that after several minutes, it wants to freeze up. This is the latest 2.3.4 version and I’m running OS5. Are others having these freezing problems?
Oct 22, 2011 @ 04:01:41
Hi Brad,
Many others are having the same issues on iOS 5, and we’re working on them. Also, check that Dropbox is not logged in to while you’re working because it’s known to cause crashes (tap “Unlink from Dropbox”). Only log in to Dropbox when backing up data.
Kind regards,
Toan
Oct 19, 2011 @ 22:27:49
Well cured some issues, but still leaves gesture lines, which magic to all screens, strange line etc. on latest version . 2 .3.4 Can you suggest a fix, or another app.should the word quality assurance and testing be mentioned….. Getting bored with this now…
Oct 19, 2011 @ 11:57:14
App started off great but has slowed to a virtual crawl. I have synced my iPad with lastest os, minimized other programs from running in the background, to no avail.
Before I begin searching for replacement app, any suggestions?
Oct 19, 2011 @ 14:28:29
Hi Glenn,
We’re terribly sorry about the performance issues caused by the recent update. They are known and have been fixed in our latest update (v2.3.4) that we submitted to App Store on Oct 13. It’s taking for a while to wait for Apple’s approval process over. I hope this update will be available some time today.
Thank you for your understanding,
-Duy
Oct 14, 2011 @ 05:53:15
Great app,
I would really like to have the ability to copy / paste figures within the app, i.e. when I have created a rectangle and then click on it I get an option “copy”.
Great feature when doing simple flowcharts within your notes.
Thanks,
HaSSe
Oct 14, 2011 @ 06:11:28
Hi Matt,
Version 3 will have the ability to copy/paste figures and drawing objects within the app. You can find out more information about version 3 here http://notesplusapp.com/versions/version-3/
Please don’t hesitate to bring up any question while using Notes Plus.
Thanks,
-Duy
Oct 30, 2011 @ 08:43:09
I look forward veto Version 3 — will the new pen thicknesses include various calligraphy-pen thicknesses (similar to BugMe and UYH/Use Your Handwriting)? Please?
Oct 30, 2011 @ 09:13:34
Hi Kate,
Version 3 won’t likely add more pen options. We’ve had quite a lot of things on our plate now and we’ll consider adding gradual tidbits over time.
Kind regards,
Toan
P/S: Auto-correct might have gone wrong on your side
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Oct 12, 2011 @ 05:11:59
Do you have any plans to offer finer grained time access to the recordings? ie, other apps allow you to tap a word or drawing and have the audio playback at the timestamp when the word or drawing was originally created. This is like a LiveScribe pen…
Oct 12, 2011 @ 07:20:40
Hi Keith Wood,
Thank you for your suggestion about the feature finer grained time access to the recordings (we called it as audio syncing with text). This feature is already in our to-do list. However, we need to figure out a good way to implement. It has to be very careful since this might degrade the overall performance of the app because audio syncing means storing timestamp for each keystroke. We’ll try our best!
Thanks,
-Duy
Aug 20, 2011 @ 15:23:25
Help, please: I had typed some text onto a page, for use in a legal document recently.
Then, I closed my iPad’s cover.
Later, when I opened the cover, some “gray” area covered the text — however, most of the NEWLY TYPED text had disappeared.
I tried the “undo” feature, to no avail.
How can I retrieve the missing typing?
Thanks. — Virgil
Aug 20, 2011 @ 14:50:25
will you please add the “redo” button?
I accidentally push the “undo” button one to many times and cleared an important part.
Aug 20, 2011 @ 15:08:39
Touch an hold on the undo button, you will see the redo action sheet.
Viet
Aug 02, 2011 @ 23:06:20
Hi Viet,
Your application Notes Plus is great.
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Regards,
Tin
Jul 31, 2011 @ 17:36:34
Viet, I am looking for someone to develop an iPad game for me. I have a great idea. Do you know any great developers that may be interested? Contract work?
Thanks.
James A
Jul 30, 2011 @ 15:24:28
Viet: I am honored to be chose. I wish to claim my prize. Thank you. Thank you. My address is 1817 Tennyson Court, Greensboro, North Carolina