Notability: Notes & documents: No manual sync and data becomes completely unusable
Notes and documents fail to synchronize reliably across different devices and platforms, resulting in data loss, inaccessible files, and forced reliance on cumbersome manual workarounds. Furthermore, users experience frustrating limitations and glitches with built-in sync features, such as restrictive usage caps and an inability to revert to stable backup systems.
7 different people have complained about this since 23 Apr 2021, most recently on 31 Oct 2026. 1 of them in the last 30 days.
- “I repeat, if you have a large quantity of important notes, don’t get this app unless you keep ICloud Sync off and manually email everything you want saved to yourself, because this app makes your notes inaccessible by…”
- “Evernote: AI Notes & Notebook — Terrible sync function.”
- “And now, I cannot revert back to Apple iCloud sync and backup.”
7 people in 7 posts across 1 source · 1 in the last 30 days, 1 in the 30 before
The pain
shares of 7 peopleWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 7 people using Notability: AI Notes & Planner and Evernote: AI Notes & Notebook
- Since
- 23 Apr 2021 → 31 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 and Evernote: AI Notes & Notebook
- Looking for something else
- 0% want an alternative · 29% 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
“It would have been very nice if my notes could sync between my iPad and my Windows laptop, as that is a feature that Goodnotes 5 (and possibly 6 but idk firsthand) lacks.”
What people were doing
Every post behind this page, by what its author was doing — and when each one was written
- Complaint571%
- Request229%
Sources
7 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
Raw public posts behind this opportunity — click through to the original. 1 post was held back as off-topic; all 7 still count toward the score.
…no less, that simply needs access to my notes and can’t get to them. I repeat, if you have a large quantity of important notes, don’t get this app unless you keep ICloud Sync off and manually email everything you want saved to yourself, because this app makes your notes inaccessible by keeping them in a state of…
Manual workEvernote: AI Notes & Notebook — Terrible sync function I question my paid subscription to Evernote when a company can’t build a functional app. This app will not download offline notebooks, they are always stuck and I’m caught without offline access. This is ridiculous. The whole point of this software is to have…
…ld not also use Apple iCloud sync and backup. This is a deal breaker. And now, I cannot revert back to Apple iCloud sync and backup. WHY? Please allow me to do both or at least allow me to go back to using my Apple iCloud storage and backup that I also pay for. This is a sleight of hand that is disingenuous and not…
…t asked me to create an account and connect to the cloud for backup. Now the app is completely unusable despite the sync completing. It constantly freezes and becomes unresponsive.
…conflict! I am having multiple conflicts a day as it’s not syncing. Even if I’m using a different device hours after, the previous change won’t have synced and there is NO MANUAL SYNC. I’ve only just upgraded, and am considering cancelling.
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Why did it move?
Score unchanged at 49.2 · 05 Nov 2026, 00:00 → 01:15 UTC
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Questions about this idea
- Is Notes & documents: No manual sync and data becomes completely unusable 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 23 Apr 2021 and the most recent from 31 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. 1 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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