Our customers made these suggestions for improving Amplenote. Suggestions for improving Amplenote.
Ability to pin notes in the notes list
There should be an ability to pin notes to the top of a notes list (not as shortcuts to the sidebar).
This avoids visual clogging on the sidebar, and lets you can ...
Add option to disable auto-archive for notes assigned with specific tags
There may be some use cases where auto-archiving is undesirable (e.g. using Amplenote as a repo of evergreen notes), and the current process to prevent notes from ...
Support Opening amplenote.com URL in Mobile App Rather Than Browser
When I open my synced Google calendar on my phone and click a task created from AmpleNote, there is a link in the description to the note that the task lives in. When ...
"Tasks Done" page with global task score graph (completed task stats)
In the tasks area, I'd like a "done" page with all the ticked-off item grouped by day so I can see how much I did each day + a global task score graph to analyse dips ...
Allow editing text and tasks that are backlinked from the Backlinks tab
Currently, when a task is backlinked, it is not clickable/editable. It would be good if one could both complete and edit a task as part of a Note's backlink.
Kanban view
It would be great if you could check your tasks in Kanban view based on their statuses. Every status could be a column in the Kanban view. You could change the tasks ...
24 hour selection
It would be nice to have in settings slider/check if you want 12/24 hour. And showing Monday as week start.
Lucian's edit: configurable week start votes can go at ...
Allow shortcuts to be reorganized
Please allow the shortcuts of both the notes and tasks to be reorganized in different orders by dragging and dropping on the sidebar. In order to have a task manager ...
Add a task with a due date without requiring a specific due time.
I would like to be able to add a task with a due date without having to add a specific due time. Perhaps you could add a “none” option to the due time drop down list.
Embed YouTube videos inline
Now that we have inline video support, we should consider ways to allow YouTube videos to play directly inside the note body?
Make attachments availalbe offline (on mobile)
Note is available offline with all the files contained in the note, i.e. pictures and pdfs. I travel a lot and before I go on a trip I mark certain notes or notebooks ...
change default header color for all three levels
It's very confusing for me to recognize the header level just by the text size and the marked button on the ribbon.
I would love to know if I can change the headers ...
Bullet Threading
This feature would visually connect bullets with lines to show the relationships between parent and child bullets, making it easier to follow the structure of nested ...
Multiple Windows on Desktop App (Mac)
The new desktop app works great and is faster than the web app, but it suffers from (what for me) is a critical limitation - one can only edit one note at a time ...
Whiteboard / Canvas
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Whiteboards can be utilized in the workflow.
It helps to visually distinguish the status of ...
Email-to-note should include attachments
Support for importing email attachments when using email-to-note
Preserve task hierarchy in Tasks view
Currently task hierarchy is not preserved in the Tasks view, that is tasks are not visually indented under their parent task.
I think this would make a good voting ...
Task Controls in the UI
Typing an ! with a command is tedious, especially on mobile.
Adding UI Task Controls for the rest of the commands, especially "Move" or "Mirror" would make the app ...
Planned
Drag & Drop Tasks on mobile
If you have different blocks or sections of tasks within the same note, there’s no way to move a task between them. You can copy & paste the text but then lose all ...
Add calDAV capability to integrate with calendars
Expand calendar integration beyond google and microsoft.
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.
Due date for tasks (separate from start date)
When Start Date is useful:
- Scheduling a task on the calendar
When Due Date is useful:
- Calculating task score
- Automatically assigning urgent (if task is ...
Visual indicator that a task is a repeating task
I create many repeating tasks. It would be useful to have a visual indicator that a task is a repeating task, so a user doesn't have to open the task details to ...
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 ...
Customize shortcuts
In some keyboard locales, the app shortcuts override other useful combinations (e.g.:"[" seems to be used to change views, meaning I can't use it to create a task or ...
Drawing / Handwriting for Android
Ability to draw/hand write notes for Android tablets and devices. Not everyone is in the Apple ecosystem and has an iPad, so bringing this feature to Android I feel ...
Global Default for "Keep Completed tasks inline"
I love that I can turn on “Keep Completed tasks inline” for an individual note. Is there an option to set that as the default? For me, hiding completed tasks is the ...
Self-hosted Amplenote
Let's make amplenote self-hostable so that we can install and use amplenote in corporate datacenters (look at atlassian as an example).
Undoing recurring tasks should restore task to note like regular tasks
Currently, if you undo or uncheck a recurring task it won't restore to the note and instead it will just create the next scheduled task and the task you undo ...
Move past events to "Completed" tab in Notes
I've started using Events, and they're great. However when an event has passed, it remains in the main section of the note it was created in. I use the same note for ...
Paste Markdown
It would be really nice to be able to paste Markdown text into a note so that it remains its formatting.
For example if I paste "[Amplenote](https://amplenote.com)" ...
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
Slash commands (in the note content)
This would make the app feel a lot smoother!
Similar to Canva docs (which feels amazing to use), you could just insert anything (titles, quotes, tables etc...) just ...
Planned
Zapier integration
Zapier integration to create a task (action) and do something when a task is created or completed (triggers)
Allow custom reminders, or reminders longer than 1 day
I would like to be able to set reminders for a week in advance or possibly longer, especially for really important tasks.
Support for markdown headings up to H6
Currently only H1 to H3 headings are supported. This feature would enable further compatibility during markdown import.
Add VIM keybindings for navigation
Add vim style keyboard shortcuts. Similar to the roam-toolkit project: https://github.com/roam-unofficial/roam-toolkit
Folders for Pinned Notes and Shortcuts
The usefulness of pinned notes would be greatly improved by allowing users to organize these pinned notes into folders. The only way of kind of doing this now is to ...
Add support for editable transclusions
I would like to include part of one note in another, preferable editable in both places. Roam does block level and Obsidian does header level, but I would like some ...
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 ...
Pdf annotation
Moderator note:
- Highlight paragraphs
- Add notes to highlights
Expanded Drawing canvas on iPad
At the risk of sounding ungrateful - because the drawing canvas is a game changer for my workflows (I like to hand write meeting notes, put them into a note as an ...
Task Dependencies should work with recurring tasks
Currently, recurring tasks do not work properly with task Dependencies. I was excited for this update, but I haven't been able to use it since I mainly use recurring ...
Add A subscription package for $1 External Calendar Sync
Amplenote, a feature-rich note-taking software, currently offers a $5.84/month subscription that includes various functionalities. However, some users may only ...
Tasks in Peek viewer (same as the Calendar view)
When viewing the Notes section there is no option for viewing Tasks (all tasks) in the peek viewer - we have to compromise by viewing a note where (hopefully) all ...
Calendar in the peek viewer (drag & drop Tasks from a Note to a Peak View the Calendar)
Why would it be good?
* This keeps you in the Note Editor. I'm sorry but, the Calendar's side-panel doesn't come close to Amplenote's amazing, robust note editor. ...
Add support for RTL language
Right to left writing)
Support note aliases
I make a note for the Federal Bureau of Investigation. If I want that to find more references for that note, currently it will only search for instances of that EXACT ...
Shortcut to delete/archive note
Can we get a keyboard shortcut to delete and/or archive a note? I'm thinking specifically of after doing a big import, but it could also be handy to declutter any ...