Our customers made these suggestions for improving Amplenote. Suggestions for improving Amplenote.
Calendar mode color coding of tasks
Moderator edit: updated title to match a request for "color coding of tasks".
I do not separate between web and ios
- 24 hours format
- color coding for tasks ...
Add geo-location based reminder for Todo list tasks on mobile
Under consideration
mobile
Amplecap: Simplified Article Clip
I would like to be able to clip a simplified article like Evernote. This may be an issue of nuance as I am aware of the excerpts and full page clip but when I used ...
Task View Today Shortcut
I would like a new shortcut added that shows only tasks with a due date of "Today/Overdue". While being able to see what needs to be done across the week is nice, ...
Allow !move command to take note sections as destinations
For !move tasks, or extract to another note, it would be nice to use the # notation to select a heading to move it to, in a similar way to when you're inserting [[ ...
Allow aliases / automatic text substitution
It would be helpful to be able to prescribe aliases for phrases that I type regularly. For example, if I regularly write "AN" for "Amplenote", I should be able to set ...
Not planned
editor
Lightweight checkbox that isn't a task
If I want to make any kind of checkbox in a note, I am required to use a Task, which ends up in the global Task view. For ephemeral tasks, this may not make sense, as ...
Not planned
3rd-Party/Community Plugins with Obsidian-style manager (aka extensions/addons/add-ons)
I've read through a lot of the suggestions here and there are lots of things that look like they would be awesome but have a user base so limited that it would be a ...
Development underway
integrations
Apple Watch app
App for the Apple Watch showing calendar, task list and option for verbal note taking
Quick Tasks on Desktop
It'd be great to have this feature on all platforms.
Development underway
tasks
Keyboard shortcut for extract to note
One of my most frequent functions is extracting text to another note. It'd be really helpful to have a keyboard shortcut for this to avoid switching to mouse.
Planned
Display a timeline alongside each task showing due date
The calendar icon when clicked could show a slideout timeline (see example image mockup screenshot) A bonus would be to make it interactive - so moving the slider ...
Under consideration
tasks
Functionality to reorder tag shortcuts
For example if I'm in task view and I want to reorder my tag favorites, right now I have to unfavorite them and then favorite them in the right order. I would like to ...
Need alphanumeric sorting in both directions
Currently the notes list can only be sorted by:
Last changed
Last changed by me
Last opened
Date created
There needs to be more:
Title alphanumeric ascending ...
Under consideration
searching
Keyboard shortcuts / hotkeys to switch between the Jots, Notes and Tasks modes
Originally mentioned by Shu, with people on Reddit suggesting it as well.
As a reasonably convenient mouse-free workaround, typing "jots", "notes" or "tasks" in ...
Under consideration
hotkeys
Allow to set several reminders for a single task
Currently, a task can have one reminder. It could be relevant to be able to set up more than one. Use cases are many, but here is a simple example: have a reminder a ...
Support for markdown headings up to H6
Currently only H1 to H3 headings are supported. This feature would enable further compatibility during markdown import.
Under consideration
editor
Record time working on tasks
When working on a task, it would be useful to tell the system when we start and stop.
Then, reports could be created in a semi-automatic way, by specifying the day, ...
Allow underline of text
Allow people to underline text in a note. That's essential to most writing styles. Though I love so many things about AmpleNote, the inability to underline text ...
Indent with tab
Indent when pressing tab or shit-tab should work whenever your cursor is at beginning or the end.
Not planned
editor
Consolidated Calendar View of All Domains
It would be nice to have toggles for the domains in the Calendar just like calendar toggles in Google Calendar. It's kinda hard to schedule tasks referencing ...
Add VIM keybindings for navigation
Add vim style keyboard shortcuts. Similar to the roam-toolkit project: https://github.com/roam-unofficial/roam-toolkit
Under consideration
hotkeys
Support renaming tag shortcuts/saved searches
Per the suggestion in https://www.amplenote.com/help/bespoke_kanban_board, I've created a saved that removes any tasks that I keep in my Kanban board but this makes ...
Show tags while linking via double brackets
While linking to notes with identical names it would be very helpful to have further identification to where this note might belong: perhaps showing tags while ...
Under consideration
searching
Allow multilingual tag text for non-English support (ex: emoji, Spanish, Korean)
I can only use english in tag names. I can't us korean for them. It will be good for me to use Korean, my mother tongue in tags. If you want to make your app for the ...
Under consideration
localization
More than 3 task domains
I'm unsure why there is a limit of three task domains, maybe there is a good idea behind that decision, but I would personally like one or two more.
Home/Dashboard page
I really feel that Amplenote lack the natural "starting point" to process things from. I think that an optional dashboard as a home page could be the natural next ...
Under consideration
All levels of Bulleted list should indent when you highlight all and tab.
The bulleted list doesn't move that I would expect it to. When I highlight multiple levels and try to indent all of them an additional level. It's only the lowest ...
Toggle setting to *Hide future jots until the day happens*
I can understand use cases for either setting, so a toggle would be great to *turn off* showing future jots in the jots view.
I'd like to prepare notes like ...
Font Size Adjustment
As simple as it sounds. The default text size can be a tad small at times, so it would be useful to have an option to adjust it in Settings.
Not planned
Outlook Integration
I would really love to see something where I click a button in outlook an it adds a task for me to complete in amplenote.
Not planned
tasks
Nested tasks should inherit their parent item/note affiliation
Having recently migrated from Roam, I was trying to find a way to compile notes and tasks from multiple project on daily jots, but have been frustrated that tasks are ...
Quick-open menu should let you create a new note if no match is found
Debatable where the option to create a new note should appear (maybe at the bottom of the list of results, or maybe it should always be the second option in the ...
Under consideration
Exchange calendar support
Since this app focus on productivity, many people have only one option at work for calendar and it's exchange calendar. It would be nice to add that type of calendar ...
Under consideration
calendar
More control over recurrance interval
Allow different intervals (every hour, every quarter, every year, every other Monday, the third Monday of the month, the last day of the month, etc) and allow ...
Under consideration
tasks
Add collaborative commenting features
When a note is shared, it would be helpful to have a full UI for commenting or suggesting changes, and have those changes be made clear to the original author. It ...
Under consideration
sharing
URL Link Previews
Amplenote's 'rich footnotes' feature along with the ability to embed pictures, videos, and notes is an amazing feature. Just one thing is missing -- rich media link ...
Under consideration
editor
multi-select and edit tasks in bulk
Use cases:
1. move a list of tasks up and down together within a note
2. move a list of tasks to another note
3. select a list of tasks and bulk edit their ...
Implement Web Shortcut for "Add a new task"
Please add a Web Shortcut that allows us to create a new task in Amplenote from the task bar. This will make it faster to get ideas into Amplenote. As described by ...
Under consideration
hotkeys
Right-click functionality
Would live to see right-click functionality so that I can quickly action notes or tasks via a right-click contextual menu.
An example use case here is deleting ...
Improve task completion behavior
Now it is possible to "cross out" a task. Great but, this is an incomplete solution for people coming from other tools such as Roam. To cross out a task now, you have ...
Simple calculations in tables
Simple calculations like summing a row or column would be helpful. Maybe also basic spreadsheet functions like =SUM(E1:E5)/5 etc.
Development underway
ISO date support
ISO dates (YYYY-MM-DD) have a lot of good properties, like being able to search for incrementally narrower chunks of time and being ordered properly. There should be ...
Mind Map View of Notes
It would be great our notes visually as mind maps. Single note pages themselves as mind maps and then connected concepts as mind maps of their own which link all ...
Not planned
Swipe actions for tasks (on mobile)
It would be great to be able to interact with tasks in the mobile app by swiping, rather than tapping the dropdown arrow, which is very clunky (particularly when ...
Under consideration
mobile
On-time Reminder
The ability to set a reminder at the exact start time of a task does not exist. If my task is set to start at 9AM this morning, I cannot get a reminder at 9AM. The ...
Allow me to forward a text message to Amplenote
It would be helpful to be able to forward a text as a todo item to Amplenote, so that I can respond later.
Under consideration
mobile
Add workspaces or areas
Hi,
I’m really enjoying Amplenote for work. I have a number of other roles in my life that I would like to use AN for. However, I need my notes to be kept separate ...
Not planned
Give overdue tasks a higher Task Score
I'm new to Amplenote and noticed a weird feature of the Task Score: I had a task that was due yesterday and I forgot to do it. Today, I was surprised to find it ...
Allow more than 5 suggested notes when linking a note to a task or another note
When using the "[[..." to link another note, only a maximum of 5 suggested notes appears. As the number of notes increases, and some of the note content will be ...