Inefficient note-taking after frustrating update
Users are experiencing significant frustration with the recent update to Notability, which has rendered the Apple Pencil unusable and disrupted efficient note-taking. The changes have led to a cumbersome user experience, with no option to disable the new features that many find annoying.
6 different people have complained about this since 26 Jun 2026, most recently on 26 Jun 2026.
“Notability: AI Notes & Planner — Frustrating update.”
“Now can’t take notes efficiently and have to manually switch to eraser feature with absolutely no setting anywhere to turn the useless feature off.”
“it’s not more convenient it’s actually quite annoying”
6 people in 6 posts across 1 source · demand low, pain low, competition moderate
The pain
shares of 6 quoted postsWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 6 people using Notability: AI Notes & Planner
- What goes wrong
- Manual work17% of posts
- How bad
- 83% of posts are complaints
- Since
- 26 Jun 2026 → 26 Jun 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 · 17% 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
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint583%
- Request117%
Sources
6 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
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Notability: AI Notes & Planner — Frustrating update Latest update introduced a significant change to Apple Pencil functionality with no way for the user to revert to the old system- press used to erase and now brings up a mini menu to switch between every tool… except the eraser. Very annoying and diminishes the user…
Frustrated…otes & Planner — New squeeze feature Why on earth would you do that. Now can’t take notes efficiently and have to manually switch to eraser feature with absolutely no setting anywhere to turn the useless feature off. That is the point of a toolbar at the top, you don’t need two of them. Please fix it.
Manual work…se the apple pencil update PLEASE or give a option to change it back. it’s not more convenient it’s actually quite annoying
Frustrated…which takes a long seconds. Who is the genius behind this redesign? This update makes Apple Pencil unusable. Just use your finger, save money, do not need to get Apple Pencil.
…have switch off the generic templates tab to my templates every time. Who in the world is making these ridiculous UX decisions? Unbelievable. Back to pen and paper for me, I guess.
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Why did it move?
Score 24.3 → 23.4 · 25 Sept 2026, 00:00 → 01:15 UTC
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Questions about this idea
- Is Inefficient note-taking after frustrating update 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?
- 6 different people described it independently, in 6 mentions, the earliest from 26 Jun 2026 and the most recent from 26 Jun 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 43/100, measured as how often it is mentioned recently compared with before.
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