Looks interesting. I had to dig around a bit to understand the difference between free vs paid, something which really shouldn't be hard to find - how can you expect people to sign up without knowing this?
I have been using flomo for almost 500 days and have wrote down 400+ memo logs.
So far, I love the following parts:
* Smooth input and variants of input interface, you can use iOS share, shortcuts, Mac app, browser plugins from the community.
* Basic styling but not as much as Markdown. Enough for simple requirements.
* I have collected a lot logs memos from reading book, just grab the phone and put the notes in, make some hashtag.
* Also using the review method, not quite sure if there is a spaced repetition method baked in, but quite surprising to see some old memo popped up
* The content from flomo101 is really nice, showing methods about organizing notes and hashtags, most importantly it tells me how to think using those memos that I collected.
Sorry I just noticed your question when I'm browsing through my comments.
I haven't used note-taking apps extensively, I use Google Docs to write things done (not exactly 'note-taking') most of the time. What I've noticed is that I frequently need to link to other docs when I'm only mentioning a high-level overview in my current doc. Some examples: * When I'm writing a design doc, I need to reference docs that record the severity and symptoms of the problems that I'm solving with my design, docs in the past that tried solving the same problems, etc. * When I'm writing an overview for other readers or just for personal organization, it goes without saying that I'll make references to existing docs.
Digest/Reminder: I think it'll be a killer feature of any card/snippet-based note-taking app! Too often, brief notes are jot down and left to rot. Some notes are intended for that - I wrote it down just to get it out of my immediate working memory, not that I intend to do it in the near future. But for some notes, I do actually want to be reminded to organize (i.e., create a personal and internal structure over) them, esp. for reading notes. WeChat isn't frequently used outside of Asia(?), but a thoughtful and automated digest sent through email or phone notification could achieve something similar.
> Productivity experts provide only ideas on "how to write better productivity articles", not your real work/life environment. So these suggestions are not necessarily in line with your real world.
> There is a "golf" course, but no "golf club" course. Cue is just a tool. What you really need to learn is how to play golf skillfully. You should not sacrifice the cost. Tiger Woods uses a pair of worn-out second-hand clubs, which is also beyond the reach of ordinary people.
> So I don't care about the tools, but about the methodology behind using them. But most companies only have tool training and no process training. Similarly, many people are lost in looking for new tools instead of building their own workflow framework.
> Focus on the method first, not the tool itself. When you have a way, the trade-offs of tools will be clear.
Overall my critique is that the landing page/site posted here is very separate from the pages describing features. It’s only because another commenter mentioned “pro pricing” that I noticed you offer sync to Notion! For me, Sync to Notion takes this from a “won’t consider” to a “may sign up”. You should merge landing page and the “help” content into a single easily navigable website.
This kind of personal note taking tool is very niche - power features matter here; there are a ton of simple note takers. If you deliberately avoid having the features/complexity of Bear, Notion, Roam, you still need to differentiate from Notational Velocity or Zim. Lean into how being a SaaS can benefit the user. Sync is a great example.
Thank you for your sharing! So detailed! You have pointed a must-consider problem. We are also thinking about how to keep simple but useful meanwhile; and also about what our advantages are. Seems the landing page is a big issue. I will mark it.
I am a 1-year flomo user. I jot down with it almost every week.
simple and neat, and burdenless. You don't have any pressure to note your reflection, cache quotes, and flash ideas.
- the interface is smooth, easy to type on a smartphone
- the tagging system functions more than " Tag Adding", it also categorize my ideas automatically
- the " Random Walk “ feature is my favorite, it reminds me that my mind has been so activated some the other day
This looks nice! A bit of feedback—the landing page is sort of vague, but the Features page does a great job of explaining what Flomo is and what makes it different. Consider elevating some of that content to the main page so people don’t bounce right off the landing page thinking “oh another note taking app.”
Looks nice at a first glance! Any chance that one day there will be a light native, application for the various PC platforms (Linux/Windows/Mac) that doesn't require users to use their browser? (btw Firefox doesn't even support PWAs)
This idea is great! And if it goes right, it can have lots of users! Many note-taking tools are too difficult or too bad-design (you have to admit that design is also an advantage!). flomo is right in both design and the usage. Thank you and go ahead!
Great execution of the app!
When signing up on Android, the mail sent with the notification code is in (presumably) Mandarin and not the locale used in the signup screen.
Anyway, I found it eventually: https://help.flomo.app/about-pro/flomo-pro