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Love this app and I’ve really enjoyed using it with my long distance boyfriend but the latest update has been really annoying. I always keep the little widget of notes that he sends me on my home screen but when we are both busy or just spending time on the phone talking we miss the streak cut offs. Then the app makes the missed streak the point of the whole thing more than just wanting to send pictures and notes back and forth. It’s kind of obnoxious honestly. Like the app is always peeking in nagging at us to make sure we’re using it as much as it wants. My boyfriend especially gets fed up with it and already deleted the app once for a few weeks. He was already experiencing some stress and anxiety and the constant notifications and failed streak alerts didn’t help. He eventually reinstalled it and wanted to test out the subscription but for just sending doodles and photos back and forth it’s EXPENSIVE. I mean $4 a WEEK?? Like…are we paying postage?? Before I went to look I thought it would be like $2 or $3 a MONTH max. That seems so clearly ridiculous to me. Anyways, cute app, love getting little notes and doodles from my man, really enjoy getting creative with what I want to send him but honestly (and I think all of us users agree) it’s started to become obnoxious and when it comes to subscription options- greedy. Hope these things are updated in the future. I’d probably take a subscription along with other users if it wasn’t $16 a month. Let’s see a few changes. :)

I have been using this app for about a month now and have loved it, even with all its initial limitations. This new update has changed my user experience for the worse. I am unable to go back and draw over my pictures after a couples strokes of the draw tool because the tool dash completely disappears! I can no longer zoom in when I’m drawing over a photo which makes it even more unpleasant to use. I also had a complaint about the app pre-update. Keeping the streak by tapping the app everyday is fine with me, but if I have already sent a new drawing that day, why should I get another notification warning me that my streak is about to end? If the notification was a standard reminder which acknowledged my new drawing, I would have no problem, however this is not the case. I have lost really sweet drawings because I didn’t open the app within an hour of it telling me to do so. Am I supposed to be a slave to the app or am I supposed to be enjoying the experience?? Don’t worry I am not going to just forget about the app just because it doesn’t threaten me at any random point in time during the day; if the user experience was better, I would be excited to open it up and draw. Unfortunately for long distance couples who already have a lot to deal with, this just makes it harder. I hope you can respond with something or make some changes sooner rather than later.

My fiancée and I were really feeling the long distance and we wanted to find something that would help soften some of the distance. NoteIt was the perfect answer. We send cute notes every day or so and it’s like a little surprise on your phone when it pops up. We made romantic notes, missing you notes, funny notes, etc. They have updated the app really well recently and I’ve been loving it more. The drawing tools are limited, but also allow for a lot of creative freedom. There’s a ruler for straight lines, a highlighter, a crayon, and a marker tool, which already provides so much to do. I initially didn’t like that there wasn’t a fill tool to like fill an enclosed shape or the whole screen, but I’ve come to enjoy painting every inch of the canvas. It feels like I’m putting in a little effort into the note, even when I put something together quickly. The app means so much to me and her. I’ve been downloading and keeping all the notes. I think we’ll probably keep using it after we get married too. Keep up the great work!