This week we look at Australian developer Syncode's app for wirelessly syncing your notes, and a very stylish expense tracking app called Bills.
Synotes
Just a few weeks after the release of their copy-and-paste manager app, the folks at Syncode are at it again with an efficient note syncing app. To put it simply,
Synotes can wirelessly sync - the vital function that the iPhone's inbuilt
Notes app lacks. It adds a couple of extra features that would otherwise be welcome additions to Apple's app too. There are quite a few similarities between the
Synotes and
Syncopy apps, the largest being the way that your notes and clippings are synced - but while
Syncopy requires an extra app for your Mac to manage clippings,
Synotes includes access to a MobileMe-style web interface to deliver notes to your Mac. It's practically perfect for accessing your notes from anywhere, since you can view them on any computer with an internet connection at any time. I'll stick to reviewing the app itself, but if you decide to purchase
Synotes, make sure you check out the web interface
here.
Since it's a note-taking app for the iPhone, it's already presumed that
Synotes will feel much the same as Apple's aforementioned
Notes app.
Notes is one of the most used apps on my iPhone, which is what makes
Synotes' contrasting interface so refreshing. Notes are typed against a bare white background in clear white text. Better yet, the font you use to create them
isn't Marker Felt - which, for me, lost it's novelty as a note-taking font very quickly. Once completed or saved for later use,
Synotes automatically pushes it up onto their server in a matter of one or two seconds. An important note for the uninitiated: the golden ?S rule taught to new Word/Pages users also applies to
Synotes on the iPhone - save regularly if a long note is being written or work will be lost.
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