Notability: Unreliable cross-device note synchronization
Notes abruptly fail to sync properly across devices such as the Mac, iPad, and iPhone. Users face compounding frustration due to unhelpful support experiences, including ineffective iCloud referrals, automated AI responses, and lengthy wait times to resolve the issues.
6 different people have complained about this since 12 Jan 2025, most recently on 02 Oct 2026.
- “The help option is useless because it refers you to iCloud.”
- “Notability: AI Notes & Planner — Increasingly frustrating.”
- “Very frustrating as the notes do not sync between my Mac and iPad.”
6 people in 6 posts across 1 source · 0 in the last 30 days, 2 in the 30 before
The pain
shares of 6 peopleWhat goes wrong, and for whom
- Who
- 6 people using Notability: AI Notes & Planner
- What goes wrong
- Notes do not sync across devices6 people · 100%
- Since
- 12 Jan 2025 → 02 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 · 0% 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
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- Complaint6100%
Sources
6 signals · 1 sources
Evidence
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…o one device, it does not show up on the other device and vice versa. The help option is useless because it refers you to iCloud. So now i have to pay Apple for additional iCloud and Notability? I just subscribed to the Pro Version hoping to utilize all of the features, but I feel like I was taken advantage of. What a…
Strong complaintDoesn't workNotability: AI Notes & Planner — Increasingly frustrating App is getting more and more buggy while useless AI features get pushed. The syncing flatly does not work across all devices. It’s infuriating to want to switch between tablet and computer while working and there’s no way to get the information to actually…
FrustratedDoesn't workNotability: AI Notes & Planner — Notes won’t sync Very frustrating as the notes do not sync between my Mac and iPad. Used to be fine but recently this issues has come through without resolve. I have plenty of space and iCloud syncing is turned on in both devices. I think I’ll be using other note taking apps
FrustratedNotability: AI Notes & Planner — Bad communication Notes no longer will sync form iPad to iPhone, used for years but all of a sudden it’s not working correctly and all you get is AI responses, very frustrating, now have to wait 3 to 5 business days to try and sort it out. Not good for a paid service that my business…
FrustratedNotability: AI Notes & Planner — Horrible Sync The iCloud sync has gone from bad to worse. Extremely slow and unstable, very hard to rely on it if you want to have notes synced between your macbook and iPad. Please fix this.
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Score unchanged at 19.6 · 05 Nov 2026, 01:00 → 02:15 UTC
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Questions about this idea
- Is Unreliable cross-device note synchronization 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 12 Jan 2025 and the most recent from 02 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 2 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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