Evernote: Buggy mobile app functionality
Users are experiencing significant frustration due to persistent bugs and instability in mobile apps, which hinder essential functionalities like saving notes and accessing features. Despite the introduction of unwanted AI features, long-standing issues remain unresolved, prompting users to consider switching to alternative platforms.
7 different people have complained about this since 06 Jun 2024, most recently on 28 Sept 2026.
- “This instability / un-usability is painful and I’m thinking of moving to another platform.”
- “They keep shoehorning more half-baked AI functionality in that no-one asked for, whilst not fixing long term bugs - for instance rendering of offline notes is blocked by a slow/missing connection - which is just the…”
- “This has been an essential app for 9 years for all my paperwork, but the current iOS app is so buggy it crashes every minute.”
7 people in 7 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain moderate, competition moderate
The pain
shares of 7 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 7 people using Evernote: AI Notes & Notebook
- What goes wrong
- Missing feature29% of posts
- How bad
- 71% of posts are complaints · pain score moderate (43/100)
- Since
- 06 Jun 2024 → 28 Sept 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
- Evernote: AI Notes & Notebook
- Looking for something else
- 14% want an alternative · 14% 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
Their asks, who is writing, and the posts themselves
People are asking for
In their own words — asks pulled from the evidence, most-repeated first
“They keep shoehorning more half-baked AI functionality in that no-one asked for, whilst not fixing long term bugs - for instance rendering of offline notes is blocked by a slow/missing connection…”
“Additions to notes don’t save properly and are missing when I go back into the app”
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint571%
- Looking for an alternative114%
- Request114%
Sources
7 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original
…plain text changes) means the app crashes within a sentence of text. This instability / un-usability is painful and I’m thinking of moving to another platform. FWIW I’ve been a premium paying customer for many many years
Strong complaint…e AI stuff in that no-one asked for whilst not fixing long term bugs They keep shoehorning more half-baked AI functionality in that no-one asked for, whilst not fixing long term bugs - for instance rendering of offline notes is blocked by a slow/missing connection - which is just the situation you need reliable…
Looking for a toolMissing feature…dit/type something in italics, in the iOS app, it crashes repeatedly. It is frustrating beyond belief. I think they are trying to make the app doto too many things it was great when it was just a really good note taking app.
FrustratedEvernote: AI Notes & Notebook — Disappointing new app This has been an essential app for 9 years for all my paperwork, but the current iOS app is so buggy it crashes every minute. Took me ten attempts to file a bug report from the app. It’s essentially unuseable right - needs sorting out or off to OneNote I’ll have to…
…te: AI Notes & Notebook — Buggy Has got very buggy in the last week. Additions to notes don’t save properly and are missing when I go back into the app
Missing feature
Market and score
Products already there, how the score moved, and what it is made of
Opportunity history
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Why did it move?
Score unchanged at 38.4 · 11 Oct 2026, 17:00 → 18:15 UTC
How the score was measured39 measured values behind the seven sub-scores · each shows the value, then the points it earned out of 100Show ↓Hide ↑
Questions about this idea
- Is Buggy mobile app functionality 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?
- 7 different people described it independently, in 7 mentions, the earliest from 06 Jun 2024 and the most recent from 28 Sept 2026. The quotes, with dates and links to the originals, are in the Evidence section.
- Is this problem getting worse?
- Current status: stable — mentioned at a steady rate. Momentum is 49/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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