Essentially then, this feature is really just a table of contents for your note. So there is no revelation of the hierarchy of your note. In practice what you get is just a listing of your main headings. When editing a note, there is an “outline” button in the upper right (the four circles), which is supposed to reveal the structure of your note as an outline. This shortcoming isn’t really a complaint, but I am pointing out a “feature” that isn’t nearly as robust as it could be. I’d still like to see linking in SpringNotes, but I don’t think it is as crucial as it would be in other apps. It is clear that SpringNotes is made to create longer notes about a single subject. In an app like SpringNotes, it may be less important. Linking and backlinking is a useful and even necessary feature if you’re creating a lot of granular notes. ( Update: The developer has informed me that linking is on his radar, but that it is not yet on his todo list.) When I hear back, I’ll update this review. I have sent an inquiry to the developer to learn if there are plans to add this functionality. You can’t even embed links via regular markdown syntax. The missing feature that stands out the most-especially these days-is a lack of linking options. The app automatically saves periodic versions of your note, which you can roll back to if necessary. (In the first screen shot, you can see a group (software) and a folder (spring notes) in the library panel.) Several export optionsĮxport your notes as PDF, RTF, HTML, or JSON documents. SpringNotes supports nesting your folders. You need to drag a note onto a folder to move it without issue. But don’t try dragging a note onto a group name… the app quits. You can organize your notes with tags, and by folders that can be organized into related groups. (See the second screen shot for an example of a project heading with sub tasks.) Create Groups and Folders Essentially, this is really a task with sub-tasks, but it is handy and not common in markdown note managers. When you put a hard end to the paragraph, a circular progress symbol appears along with a disclosure triangle and the next line is indented with a check box. You can designate a subset of tasks in a note as a single project by starting the line with a plus sign. You can view all your notes that have uncompleted tasks throughout your library. Swipe left on a designated task to open the task meta-data panel, where you can assign priority, due dates and percent complete. SpringNotes has what in my experience is a unique method of assigning due dates and priorities to tasks within notes. This gives you the ability to set a due date, priority and percent completion for any of the uncompleted tasks in your note. Swiping left across any task opens the task details panel on the right. I am writing this review about the Mac version. The developer suggests the price will go up after the introductory period, but the price and when this might happen is not disclosed. (the $10 price I originally quoted is in Australian dollars), which gives you access to the app on your Mac, iPhone and iPad. It is closer to Outlinely, although–as an outliner–it is not yet as capable as Outlinely, though it has other features that Outlinely does not have.Īs I write this, the app costs $10 $6 U.S. But to be clear SpringNotes is not an outliner on the order of OmniOutliner. There is no question that you can build decent outlines within your notes.

The developer’s goal is to make SpringNotes an outliner. But SpringNotes does have some notable features that taken together make it worth considering, if you’re looking for a new note-taking app in your Apple universe. It has a fairly typical three-panel layout, with the editor in a large pane on the right, the notes list in the center pane and the library panel on the left. There is nothing earth-shatteringly new about the app. SpringNotes is a markdown-based note manager for Mac and iOS that was released last month. Update: I received some answers and feedback from the developer of SpringNotes, which I have noted below. SpringNotes is a new markdown note-taking app with some nice task management features.