Notability: App freezing and crashing issues
Users are experiencing significant frustration with the Notability app due to frequent freezing, scrolling issues, and crashes following a recent update. This has led some long-time users to consider switching to alternative note-taking solutions.
16 different people have complained about this since 08 Aug 2023, most recently on 08 Oct 2026.
- “I’m so frustrated with the app, I’ve been using it for like a decade and it’s now freezing lately, it doesn’t want to scroll smoothly, it gets stuck when I’m trying to take notes, considering switching to another bc…”
- “Notability: AI Notes & Planner — Update is horrible.”
- “I’ve been using this app for years and it’s been wonderful now I’m stuck because I pay for it and I can’t use the app for more than 30 seconds without it freezing up on me.”
16 people in 16 posts across 1 source · 0 in the last 30 days, 1 in the 30 before
The pain
shares of 16 peopleWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 16 people using Notability: AI Notes & Planner
- What goes wrong
- App freezes or crashes during use15 people · 94%
- Extreme lag and delay while writing or editing2 people · 13%
- Since
- 08 Aug 2023 → 08 Oct 2026
Is this a startup idea?
Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use — the fix belongs first to that provider.
- Complaints are about
- Notability: AI Notes & Planner
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 6% ask the provider for a feature
- What the numbers say
- Almost nobody is looking for a different product — people want this provider to fix it, not a new option.
The pain — what people say
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People are asking for
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“I’ve been using this app for years and it’s been wonderful now I’m stuck because I pay for it and I can’t use the app for more than 30 seconds without it freezing up on me.”
What people were doing
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- Complaint1594%
- Request16%
Sources
16 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
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Notability: AI Notes & Planner — Freezes every 2 mins I’m so frustrated with the app, I’ve been using it for like a decade and it’s now freezing lately, it doesn’t want to scroll smoothly, it gets stuck when I’m trying to take notes, considering switching to another bc it’s so infuriating. I think they are trying to…
Frustrated…new note now it just freezes the entire app and I can’t use anything. I’m incredibly frustrated
FrustratedNotability: AI Notes & Planner — Update is horrible Update is horrible, lagging, slow to do any task, crashing, have to force close and reopen between tasks
Strong complaintNotability: AI Notes & Planner — New update awful I’ve been using this app for years and it’s been wonderful now I’m stuck because I pay for it and I can’t use the app for more than 30 seconds without it freezing up on me.
Would payNotability: AI Notes & Planner — Worst update ever You have broken your app beyond use for no benefit. Nothing has been improved. Now incredibly laggy. Moving around large selections of text and image results in duplicated sections that ruin the entire note. Trying to undo only duplicates more. Opening, switching…
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Why did it move?
Score unchanged at 26.1 · 08 Nov 2026, 08:00 → 09:15 UTC
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Questions about this idea
- Is App freezing and crashing issues a startup idea?
- Not directly. These are complaints about a product or service people already use, and the fix belongs first to that provider. The page shows what is frustrating users and how badly — not an open market to start a company in.
- How many people have this problem?
- 16 different people described it independently, in 16 mentions, the earliest from 08 Aug 2023 and the most recent from 08 Oct 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Status: steady — no change the counts can show. 0 people raised it in the last 30 days and 1 in the 30 days before; the status compares its share of everything collected from the same source, so collecting more or less cannot create a trend.
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Notability freezing every couple of minutes has been a real headache for 15 people here, especially when trying to take notes or add new ones. It's tough when an app you've relied on for years suddenly becomes unusable after an update. If you switched to another note-taking app, did it handle large text and image selections any better?