Comments on: No Network? No Problem. Offline Notes on iPhone and iPod.

By: Rohit Jain

Rohit Jain — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 01:10:58 +0000

I tried Evernote more than a year ago. I found its inability to work in offline mode (when not connected to Internet) too restrictive and went back to basic note taking ability in my WinMo phone. Evernote is a very well done application, so I know device-server synch is not a technical challenge for your team. So what is it?

By: Me

Me — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:13:44 +0000

So, after reading a lot about Evernote, I decided to start using it on my PC and Windows Mobile phone. I installed the clients, then realized that there is no offline mode for Windows Mobile…..HUH?! I refuse to pay $30+ for a data plan, so if I’m not near wi-fi, it’s useless. Too bad – looks like a great program.

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 15:01:22 +0000

There is a way to get round this for all off us the meantime. Awsome notes – an iphone app has a download / upload link to all Evernote notes .

It is actually AWESOME and solves all the problems you are describing with ease. It has a trial app as well to try before buying.

It really IS what Evernote should be on the iphone client!

By: John

John — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 04:36:16 +0000

The notes designated as “favorites” appear to be readable offline, but I cannot edit them if they were originated from a PC vis the Evernote web page. But if I am online, then editing works. Worse, if your iPhone Evernote gets logged out and then loses internet access, Evernote will not allow you to get past the login page to get to your notes. You need to wait until you can get online again. Not a user friendly tool that I can depend on to be there when I need it.

By: steve

steve — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:33:29 +0000

same deal. evernote: android: FAIL. we all wish we had wireless and EVDO EVERYWHERE, but if that were true, then this would be perfect. but we end up in places where there isn’t internet. and these notes won’t load. Evernote. *sigh. sad. i bet their own employees quit using their app a long time ago or else someone would have said something.

By: John

John — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:20:09 +0000

Really disappointed that I cannot create, edit, and search notes offline with the iphone app. I need this as I travel and am often not online (airplane mode, data roaming too expensive, or even no service). This is a great app rendered useless by this limitation. All notes need to be favorites all the time!

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:33:55 +0000

I would be ready to go premium if I could view all of my notes offline on my iPhone. This lack of feature in inexcusable on a device as powerful as the iPhone 3GS. Cannot edit the notes while offline, fine no problem, but let us be able to at least view them all! Please. Not everyone needs a data plan, wi-fi is just fine.

P.S. – Evernote in Windows is fantastic!

By: Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:35:15 +0000

Even as implemented, there seem to be some bugs. I just tagged a note as favorite, closed evernote, turned on airplane mode, opened evernote, opened the “favorite” note.

The title is there, the blue star is filled in, but the content is not visible. I was just looking at the note, so it must have been cached. (Even the little thumbnail shows the content)

I’m trying to use the notes for an upcoming trip to Japan, so syncing won’t be easy if there is a problem with them.

It’s a bummer as I love Evernote in many other ways, but I’d rather have plain text notes that sync reliably.

By: Axel

Axel — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:20:54 +0000

It took so long to transfer all my notes from another App to Evernote… and now I can’t work with them offline!?!

By: Jaime

Jaime — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:17:34 +0000

I have a premium account in Evernote and sadly realize that I can’t search my notes offline on my iPhone. There is no excuse for an app like that. Or Evernote evolves soon to include offline search or I have to move to another platform and lose the money I invest in a premium account.