In the Trunk: Organizing with Awesome Note

Partners | 06 Aug 201006 Aug 10 | By David Pierce

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It’s happened. I’ve gotten to the point where if something isn’t on my phone, there’s no chance of me remembering it. If it’s not in my calendar, I won’t be there. If it’s not on my task list, there’s no chance of it getting done.

Evernote is always at my fingertips, helping me remember and access all my thoughts and information, and I was looking for a way to better integrate that with my task-oriented life. For example, I’m going grocery shopping next week (I know this, because it’s on my calendar)—what’s on the shopping list? Or, I’m going to a party on Friday—what’s their address, and what am I supposed to bring?

Awesome Note to the rescue. Awesome Note is an iPhone app in the Evernote Trunk that handles all those questions and more. It’s a note-taking, task-managing, calendar-handling app that syncs with Evernote, so all of your information is available whenever you need it.

Why this is cool

Awesome Note lets you take notes, organize them by folder and sync them to Evernote. Individual notes can also be exported from one app to another. For me, it’s the sync that is the most impressive. Awesome Note creates folders called “[aNote] YourFolderName” in your Evernote account, and any notes that you place into those folders are automatically synced between the two applications.

Awesome Note also integrates Evernote with your task list and calendar, giving you the option to create tasks and events and attach Evernote notes to them. One glance at your calendar or your task list, and you’ll know all the information you need to get going.

You can transfer notes to other Awesome Note users via Bluetooth, and you can email or text notes and tasks to anyone. It’s a great-looking, super-customizable app, as well. You can have it look like anything from a pad of paper to a chalkboard, all for your note taking pleasure.

Get Things Done in the Trunk

There are all kinds of productivity applications available in the Evernote Trunk, from apps like Awesome Note to tools like Nozbe and Reqall. Each one hooks into your Evernote account in useful ways. Explore the Trunk to find your favorite.

Evernote for Developers

If you’re interested in developing an application that run on the Evernote platform, make sure to check out the Evernote Developer page.

http://palaisprofessionalorganizer.com Jennifer Palais

Has anyone used Requall and Awesome Notes…? How do they compare? I am just getting going with Requall and now seeing Awesome Notes I’m having app envy.
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  I use both which is probably overkill. But I like the way ReQall allows me to email stuff to my account. I can then put things on my Google andiCal. ReQall also has a voice memo function which I rarely use. When you click on something in ReQall, it will find related stuff in your Evernote account. As long as apps link to Evernote, I’m a happy camper.
http://www.comparebookings.com Armand

Great work, evernote is now my one stop shop. Thanks for keeping it up guys.
http://autumn-photography.tumblr.com serena

I really like how Evernote is partnering up with so many different apps.

The new features on Awesome note would be a great addition to the Evernote app.

However, perhaps this partnership with Awesome Note should be marked as being in “Beta testing”?

It is a big disappointment to see how To Do lists on Awesome Note (which people have to pay for) cannot be sync’ed onto Evernote, or vice versa. I have a databse of GTD-based checklists on my Evernote, but they all just transfers as text in Awesome Note. When I try to change it into a task on Awesome Note, the tasks are rendered as just text in Evernote.

Furthermore, when first sync’ing Evernote to Awesome note, Awesome note actually made a _copy_ of each note in my Evernote account, put it into it’s own [aNote] folder and re-sync’ed the whole lot back into my Evernote account. I’m sure any of you with a large Evernote database would wince when thinking about how much that took out of my monthly upload limit.
Perhaps it should be written somewhere that before linking your Awesome Note with your Evernote, you should rename all the folders you want to sync with a “[aNote]” in front of it?

And lastly, are tags.
As Evernote does not support sub-folders, tags are indispensable to organising your notes. But when they don’t sync over to Awesome note, and notes created in Awesome notes won’t have any tags, it makes the whole exercise a futile one.

This reminds me of a similiar issue with Egretlist, where it wasn’t possible for task with embedded notes/pictures/audio to be edited in Evernote. (This was eventually fixed in an Egretlist update, but by then I have removed the app)

I know Evernote has no control over Awesome Note, or other third party apps. But perhaps there should be some kind of checklist of compatible features that potential partners must fulfill before signing up?

I love Evernote, I really do; it is where I keep everything and anything. I was completely psych’ed to hear that they’ve partnered/linked up with Awesome Note.
But when in the end the only thing that sync through is pure text (no formatting btw, all my dot points are gone, which makes the whole document into one big jumble of words) and pictures (which are useless when the text makes no sense), it makes me wonder whether some of these partnerships are a bit rushed.
- Thomas
  
  Do you have any idea if the proper syncronizing ( including todo´s shown in awesomenotes calender) will work with the combination google sync./awesome note?
  I wanted to use ipad and iphone. Ipad for Input and sync on Iphone including all assignments, todo´s etc. ?
  Actually i wanted to avoid google but …?
  
  Did you receive any results concerning the checklist of functions /Ever-awesome Notes?
  Does it work with the folders renaming? [aNote]?
  
  Please give a reply if you have any news concerning this Problem.
  
  Thank you very much.
http://www.multimedia-software-apple.blogspot.com/ stonee

This is a useful app. Yesterday, I want to record some telephone numbers of many landlords and references of the apartments, but it’s boring that did it with my iphone 4 without app like “Awesome Note”, while what I need is a pen and pad. I’ve got so many free stuffs and paid apps in ifunia iphone column for my iphone 4, upset, excepting this.
oblin

I got the sync problem!
Can someone tell me why awesome notes keeping verified my account info. even thought I’m pretty sure it’s correct?
Michael G

Agree with others who have said the lack of formatting makes the sync less of a true sync.
Daniel

While my notes from Awesome notes to Ever notes transfers I am unable to transfer my notes from Ever Notes to Awesome Noteshow do i sync my notes from Evernotes to aewsome notes.
- Thomas
  
  the same with me.
  i was overglad to find a mixture of evernote and awesomenotes.
  Unfortunately i cannot use the calendar and the todo´s after syncronizing from ipad to iphone.
  i use the pad for all my assignments, notes , ideas etc.
  and i want to sync to the phone- all notes are there but no due/to do dates. does this syncronizing work with google sync ?
  I wanted to avoid google and thought i discovered a clever way with evernote and awesomenote. I purchased both fullversions (Iphone/Ipad) for no proper function…
Mizuki

I really like this app!

But, I couldn’t synchronize the todo list’s due day when I sync my iPhone and iPad through evernote and Bluetooth.
Are there any way to sync the due day through bluetooth or evernote?
se7enshots

I like this app and i believe it has a huge potential. I actually bought the app as well to use with my iPhone. The thing is, the calendar. I do hope A.Notes can sync with the iPhone Calendar.
Suzy

AwesomeNote lets you put in a due date for notes, but I don’t see how this due date and calendar show up in Evernote. Can anyone help me?

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