Nominate NoteMaster for “Most Useful App”!

The 2009 Best App Ever awards are coming up, showcasing the best apps available in the app store.  Since I happen to very much believe that NoteMaster is indeed one of the best apps ever, we’re asking our loyal customers and fans to nominate us in the category “Most Useful App”.  All you need to do is CLICK HERE!

Productivity Apps Get No Respect

In the world of iPhone apps, there are three categories of apps that get most of the buzz: (1) games, (2) social-media-twitter-facebook-enabled-whatever-whatever, and (3) cool little apps that do one little cool thing and do it well.  Of course I don’t begrudge any of these types of apps the coverage they get—most of it is well-deserved.  But I think the time has come to recognize the less-glamorous apps—the productivity apps that we use every day and couldn’t live without. While note-taking apps might not be as buzzword-ish as most, they definitely deserve recognition for their unique capabilities and for providing solid functionality that everyone needs.  And lets face it, without the note-taking apps of the world, we’d all be stuck with Apple’s built-in Notes app…and that would definitely not be good.  :)

(Interesting note:  The “Best App Ever” awards have 55 categories…about half of them are game-related…and only about 6 or so would be appropriate for any sort of serious productivity app.)

Why NoteMaster Is The Best Choice

OK, so obviously there are a lot of “notes” type apps in the app store…why is NoteMaster the best choice.  The answer is simple:  NoteMaster has a unique set of features that hit the sweet spot for mobile note-taking.  Let’s take a look:

• Notes and images, together at last. That’s NoteMaster’s marketing tag line, and it hits at the heart of one of NoteMaster’s premier features.  NoteMaster lets you easily create stunning-looking notes by inserting images right in the note…not as a clumsy “attachment” to the note, not by having to create an “image”-type note, but by simply inserting the image right in the text.  And you can do it easily with a single tap.
• Section headers. Most note-taking apps have a lot of features for keeping your notes organized, and of course NoteMaster does too.  But what about keeping your ideas organized inside the note?  Bold section headers let you easily organize a note into logical sections, making your notes much clearer to read.  Best of all, its easy to add a header…just a single tap!
• Google Docs syncing. Most note apps has some ability to transfer your notes to/from your computer or an online service.  NoteMaster has the ability to sync its notes with Google Docs, and unlike other notes apps, only NoteMaster lets you do “true syncing”—just a single tap and NoteMaster syncs everything that has changed in either NoteMaster or Google Docs.  No worrying about explicitly importing/exporting each individual note, which is a huge time-saver.  And or course the syncing preserves all the images and section headers in your notes.
• Easy to use. This sounds a bit obvious, but it really shouldn’t be.  Its easy to add features to apps, but its really difficult to do it in a way that is easy to use for the user.  NoteMaster was designed with the philosophy of “pick great features, make them easy to use, and implement them well.”  (See our demonstration movie, for an example of how easy it is to use).  So as we continue to add features to NoteMaster (which we definitely will continue to do), users won’t have to worry about the interface becoming overly-complicated or unwieldy.
• And all the rest. Of course, NoteMaster supports all the other features that have become expected in a notes app:  categories, password-protection, landscape mode, hyperlinks, sorting, full-text search, font selection, and e-mail.

Most Useful App?

All right, so NoteMaster certainly sounds useful, but is it really the Most Useful App?  Well, obviously that answer may be different for everybody, but for me the answer is a definite YES.  I personally use NoteMaster each and every day…and I’m not just talking about developing/testing…I’m talking about real day-to-day personal use.  It is truly the case that if I had to choose ONE 3rd-party app to keep on my iPhone, NoteMaster would be my choice.  If the app store disappeared tomorrow, I would still continue to use and develop NoteMaster for my own personal use.  So for me, the answer is yes, NoteMaster is my Most Useful App.  If you agree, we’d love to receive  a nomination from you as well.

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