Supernote Partner

This app syncs seamlessly with the Supernote tablets once you’ve set that up, and it’s very convenient. Transferring files, new note templates, books, or anything else to the device is very easy. It is useful to be able to view documents from the device locally, but you can’t do much more than that in the partner app, at least for notes.

I wish the macOS version had options to hide the dock icon when the window isn’t shown, since it does put an icon in the menu bar. A few UI elements feel a little too much like they’ve been ported from the iPad app, but overall this works pretty seamlessly across Apple devices.

So first things first, the app is still pretty strange to navigate, and the functionality is quite limited. However, the potential is too great to not dedicate some app rotation space. I really hope Supernote puts some time into developing this as that would make it the most useful note tool that I have. Here’s the good: 1) When the app successfully syncs its really nice to access your notes/content on mobile 2) I have been able to successfully upload a few images to the notebook 3) The conversion from handwriting to editable text is incredible The main parts that I was really excited about, but are still lacking: 1) the actual sync features are spotty, but every now and then it cooperates and mirrors both systems files 2) Uploading to the notebook is quite limited in terms of file type and general functionality. 3) A lot of the typical features on similar set ups are missing. For example, it won’t allow you to bring assets into a drawing or note. You also cannot draw on top of an imported file (except for PDFs allegedly). Definitely in the underdeveloped category as of June 2024, but has the potential to be so incredibly useful. Looking forward to future updates!

I rather love my Supernote device and the iOS app is OK. Hopefully they will get around to improving it. Its basic functionality is good — being able to sync with the Supernote device and being able to view your notes on iOS. But there are some functions that just cause the app to spin its wheels and nothing happens. There is really only one major thing missing for me: navigation in notebooks with lots of pages of material. On the Supernote, this is done well but on the app, you have to swipe through each page manually. This is fine for shorter notebooks, but a number of mine are long.