The mobile (Android) experience with Notion was waaay too slow for me to effectively use it during my workday. I wanted to love it because of its capabilities, but I just don't sit down at my home desk everyday, so responsive mobile experience is an absolute must.
I stopped using it within the past 4 months using a OnePlus 5. It seemed no matter what I did, the app had to completely reload if it stayed in the background for more than a couple of minutes.
During these instances, I could have opened Google Keep, made the note I needed, and been back at the home screen before Notion would even let me type.
I do really want to love it. Maybe I'll have to give it another try just as my home planner, then just stick to Keep for quick thoughts during the day, and be more intentional about importing those quick notes into Notion at the end of the day.
Versatile software engineer with a background in .NET consulting and CMS development. Working on regaining my embedded development skills to get more involved with IoT opportunities.
I was the same way. I am huge on knowledge management, have probably tried every program out there. I thought Notion was going to be my savior, but it seemed like most features were 80% of what I wanted and I wasn't going to get that last 20%. They've been talking about releasing the API for at least a year, and I have repeatedly told them if they added a plugin system or open-sourced it I would spend a substantial amount of time working on it.
I use Bear on OS X for note-taking now. It does notes very well. I like asciidoctor syntax too, but the editing environments leave something to be desired. I like ClickUp for project management, and it has a limited free tier. It runs circles around Notion for PM.
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Notion is awesome
The mobile (Android) experience with Notion was waaay too slow for me to effectively use it during my workday. I wanted to love it because of its capabilities, but I just don't sit down at my home desk everyday, so responsive mobile experience is an absolute must.
I'm not sure when you tried it but it works nice and fast on my OnePlus 5T with Android
I stopped using it within the past 4 months using a OnePlus 5. It seemed no matter what I did, the app had to completely reload if it stayed in the background for more than a couple of minutes.
During these instances, I could have opened Google Keep, made the note I needed, and been back at the home screen before Notion would even let me type.
that's too bad, I haven't seem to run into these friction points. I use it on my phone as a workout tracker, todo-list, hour log, recipe book, etc.
I do really want to love it. Maybe I'll have to give it another try just as my home planner, then just stick to Keep for quick thoughts during the day, and be more intentional about importing those quick notes into Notion at the end of the day.
I was the same way. I am huge on knowledge management, have probably tried every program out there. I thought Notion was going to be my savior, but it seemed like most features were 80% of what I wanted and I wasn't going to get that last 20%. They've been talking about releasing the API for at least a year, and I have repeatedly told them if they added a plugin system or open-sourced it I would spend a substantial amount of time working on it.
I use Bear on OS X for note-taking now. It does notes very well. I like asciidoctor syntax too, but the editing environments leave something to be desired. I like ClickUp for project management, and it has a limited free tier. It runs circles around Notion for PM.