Smart Writing Tool - 7notes HD Premium

I've not found a note taking app that can recognize and convert my sloppy scrawl into text better than 7Notes.

UPDATE November 26. The update has arrived and the app is working again. I am so glad to be able to continue using this versatile app. UPDATE November '14. I love this app, but it does not work on iOS 8. It is a shame, because it is a wonderful product. I hope that the developers repair it. This app is has a learning curve, but it is worth the effort. There are a lot of surprise features that end up being really helpful. I own several handwriting-recognition apps, and I think that the Mazec, the one utilized in this app, is the most successful. I really have very little difficulty with handwriting recognition, either with this app or with Note Anytime, which also uses Mazec. What is cool about this app is that notes can be added in little units on a single page. Some of the units can be photos or web clips, some can be handwritten items, and some can be typed or recognized items. The different units (typed or handwriting that has been converted) can also be formatted by font, size, style (bold, etc.) and alignment. A different color for font, background, and border can also be chosen for each unit. One can then email the units or copy them into other apps. (More sophisticated forms of export are also available, but they apply to whole notes, rather than the units). I use the units for to-dos or notes on the fly. When I am out and about and want to enter data into my iPad, it is cumbersome to use either a virtual keyboard or an external one. Of course, one can use a regular handwriting app for such notes, but then one has to type the note later if one wants to incorporate it into another app (such as Calendar, Contacts, or Reminders). Another way of using this app is to enter all your notes for a single day on a single page (each note in its own unit). You then have a grid containing everything you have done, written, thought about, or jotted down on that one day. Then you can decide what you want to keep and what you want to discard, and you enter what you want to keep into any other app that you want. With this app, you can write a note into one of the little units and then convert it into text later. You can then copy the entire unite and paste it into your calendar as an event, or into your contacts or reminders. This is really helpful and is big time saver. There are still some parts of this app that I have not yet figured out. The system for organizing files involves both tags and cabinets, which operate somewhat differently than folders do. I have still not found a way to utilize the cabinets feature to full advantage, but I have found one aspect to it that I like a lot: the same file can appear in more than one cabinet, which is more or less like having the same file in two different folders. By making a change in a single file, that change shows in all the appearances of the file in all the cabinets. I would like to give the creators of this app a lot of credit. It is quite ingenious and (after one goes through the learning experience) easy to use.

I am going to ask for my money back! It says you can send it to your Dropbox but the option to do that is not there and what is EVERNOTE at $7.99. WOW what a lie!!!!

This was a great app until iOS 8. Now, the handwriting recognition does not function, the app flickers on and off. It's useless, now.

This app needs an urgent update. It became unusable since the introduction of iOS8.