Abandoning Simplenote: Simple, But Difficult

Abandoning Simplenote: Simple, But Difficult

I’m no longer 100% confident that something I write will stay there. I’m writing between three devices (two Macs using nvALT and an iPhone using Simplenote), occasionally four if you count my occasional iPad usage. You can’t force sync the app, so occasionally I accidentally overwrite data in one version (this is a particularly large issue in NYC where service is not always the best). Since there is no way to force sync on Simplenote for iOS and no way to confirm the latest sync times, I often don’t even realize the problem until it is too late.

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Mike Johnston • a year ago

Hi Michael, this is Mike from Simperium, makers of Simplenote. One source of problems that we've identified is 3rd-party apps. They're all still using our old sync API, which isn't as robust. We're starting to make a transition. This will take time though as we work with each developer.
Simplenote should be able to handle 800 notes (we test with 1000+). We'd appreciate working with you to figure out your edge cases: support@simplenoteapp.com

ape85 Mike Johnston • 4 months ago

Eight months after your comment, I'm still having issues with only 47 notes. Mostly duplication of text that I've added via the crashy Simplenote iPhone app, but I did discover that one note was entirely deleted! No need for support though, I'm going to try moving to Dropbox.

gyurisc • 11 months ago

Same here! I also lost notes when nvAlt synchronized with SimpleNote. Thanks to Dropbox I was able to get back my lost notes.

 

Shimshon Stu Siegel • 6 months ago

I finally gave up Simplenote last month. It was becoming a serious nightmare. It's great that they reached out to you 6 months ago-- sad sad sad that nothing has changed...
At the moment, the simplest, cleanest system i've found on iOS is Drafts for dropping notes into Dropbox, and Plain Text for retrieving and editing notes. On iOS I am creating notes much more than anything else, so Drafts is a fantastic tool to just open the app, type a note, drop it and leave-- no wait time, no syncing in the background while you're trying to write...
i like Plain Text because everything else, including Notesy, is too bulky. I just want NOTES. Nothing else-- Plain Text is just that- Plain.
thought i'd share!
Stu

Joe Cotellese • 7 months ago

The most recent SimpleNote issues finally forced me to make the switch. In a nutshell, all of my notes were duplicated 5 times within simplenote and there was no easy way to clean it up. Luckily had a backup with Dropbox.
Now, I'm using PlainText on iOS and nvALT on Mac.