Our customers made these suggestions for improving Amplenote. Suggestions for improving Amplenote.
Keep formatting from emails
When I forward an email to amplenote please keep the formatting.
Under consideration
mail-to-note
Clickable days in Calendar month view
Under consideration
calendar
Search for headings globally using double round brackets "(("
Currently we can link to a heading in the "[[" linking menu by searching for a note and typing "#". It would be useful if we could search for existing headings when ...
Under consideration
Downloadable Local Desktop App
The current Chrome app takes forever to load on data on my MacBook.
Even if it is set as a Chrome app it seems to still try to load the website.
Would be nice if ...
Not 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
Provide Keyboard Shortcuts for non-US layouts or customizable shortcuts
Non-US layouts often don't have keys that are used in common shortcuts such as "/" or "[". Adding alternatives for these users would help with workflows and reach in ...
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 ...
Make it easy to submit feedback
Slack has a feature where I can type "/feedback" and send them any thoughts I have or issues I'm experiencing. I'd like to do the same for Amplenote so I can easily ...
Under consideration
community
Expose triggers for task completion in IFTT
Daily jots act as an 'inbox' to the funnel. Reviewing the jot to organise new information into notes is the next stage of the funnel.
Part of that new information ...
Hide empty jots / notes
I often have jots without anything in them, essentially taking up a lot of space and making it cumbersome to get to the ones that do have content. Some sort of toggle ...
Not planned
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
Allow resizable/adjustable left hand columns width in Notes View
Some note titles are long or begin with similar words. It would be appreciated if I could make the center list column wider (or wrap text) dynamically so I can see ...
Under consideration
ui
Horizontal Line + Collapsible Sections + Sub-Notes
Two really useful formatting features I would like to see are (1) a horizontal line/divider (helps to break up longer documents visually), and (2) the ability to ...
Not planned
On export, append tags with a hashtag
Currently when notes are exported, the tags are in the YAML frontmatter but do not have a hashtag, which is frequently used by other editors to locate tags. That ...
Under consideration
importing
Shortcuts need to be modifiable on their own
The shortcut list under notes can not be parsed down if a project is complete and the tasks page is now gone. For example I had a project page that now is completed. ...
Create Tasks Using Zapier
Would be great to be able to create Tasks via Zapier so that you can create them from other tools like Slack, Reminders etc.
Under consideration
integrations
Remove indentation limit for bullet point lists
Currently, there is a limit of five levels of indentation. There's no need for different icons per level. Just use the classic bullet point, remove the limitation, ...
Under consideration
editor
Self hosting or cloud for files
I think 10 gb limit is too little to have a meaningful knowledge database. What if one wants to store snapshots of work and important information. I think Amplenote ...
Not planned
When Making a New Note, The Title Should be the Focus
Currently, it is the body, and you need to press shift+tab to change the title from Untitled to something else.
Not planned
Create Hyperlink Automatically on Paste
Adding the ability to add a link when you have text selected and you paste anything that starts with http:// or https://. This would simplify creating a link by a ...
Under consideration
editor
Delete empty notes after some amount of time
I have a bunch of old notes in my account that I created but never filled, so they have no note body and their title is still "Untitled note". It might be nice to ...
Not planned
notes
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.
Quick entry of shortcuts on mobile
Would love to see a menu within the editor on mobile devices that allows for quick entry of shortcuts like {now} or [[=
Some of these characters are several taps ...
Option to change time for quick to-do in mobile app
My job often requires that I jot down next task to follow up with a customer, call and such. But sadly setting the start time on mobile does not allow me to set the ...
Planned
Searching Date using DD-MM-YYYY or DD/MM/YYYY
I would like to go back to dates quickly using the search function and quick open functionality.
It would be great if both formats would be implemented: ...
Include "parent" bullet info in Backlink tab to provide context
In the backlink tab for each page, include the top level bullets leading to that reference for context. For example:
- Had appointment with Dr. X (this is what I ...
Under consideration
note-linking
Copy button on code block
Add a copy button on the code block to easily copy the entire code.
Under consideration
editor
Searchable footnotes (in browser search)
I love that footnote text is searchable within Amplenote but when publishing or embedding the note, the text is no longer searchable within the browser search.
I ...
Under consideration
editor
Ability to lock / unlock app with password or Face ID
Because of privacy concerns, I would really like the ability to lock the app using a password or Face ID. I know that the iPhones already have the phone lock, but ...
Serendipity to get personal quotes or resurface ideas
Hi, I was a heavy user of Roam's serendipity JS extension to get daily inspirational quotes from my own blocks. I also had a neat little Roam Block that would ...
Folder or Nested notes support
Tags require more effort. Hierarchical organization simple and effortless.
For example, I have different projects and I should create a projects tag and after ...
Not planned
Multi-tag selection on mobile
Under consideration
mobile
Hide Empty Notes
I add a lot of reference links to my notes, with the result that when I return to the note list after a writing session, I see an explosion of new notes (sometimes ...
Development underway
searching
Tag shortcuts in Notes mode
I am swarmed by tags.
Others may be too as well.
I want to see tags that are important to me on the top of the list as a shortcut, so I dont have to look for it ...
Under consideration
tagging
Ability to force OCR (for web pasted images)
Some images just don't get OCRed for some reason, even though reuploading the exact same file OCRs it instantly.
Under consideration
attachments
A keyboard shortcut or keyboard+ mouse-click for task context
A keyboard shortcut (e.g. Alt-J) or mouse-key combination (Shift-left mouse click) that allows you to jump straight to the note in which a task is embedded. If note ...
Planned
hotkeys
Assigning people to tasks
It would be great to collaborate better in Amplenote.
Add compact calendar view
With my screen resolution I'm only able to fit around 6 hours of calendar time into a single view.
I'd love the ability to adjust the compactness of the calendar ...
Add auto scheduling for task
I would like to have auto scheduling option like Skedpal and Reclaim.ai
Add week number to calendar in week at a glance and month at a glance view
Useful to put the week number in the calendar when in week at a glance and month at a glance view for activities that take multiple weeks.
Amount of space a Note summary takes up
The notes summary takes up 9 lines on the screen so you only see 3 or 4 notes. As a result you are doing a lot of scrolling up and down.
If you had 1 line for the ...
Under consideration
ui
Show completed tasks on the calendar view
It would be helpful to have an option to show completed tasks on the calendar view to be able to look back and see all the items in process/scheduled/completed at a ...
Development underway
calendar
Daily mail with overdue tasks that are not completed
An email and/or notification option for mobile app where I get served a list of either all tasks that are overdue. Or another option is to serve the list of tasks ...
Under consideration
tasks
Assign tags based on Notebook from Evernote import
Many people use notebooks as their organisation structure in Evernote rather than tags. Given that Amplenote has heirarchical tags as the default organiser, could we ...
Under consideration
importing
Allow notes to show up in native OS search
It would be helpful to be able to search for Amplenote notes via Spotlight search on iOS.
Under consideration
mobile
View Shortcuts/Global shortcut bar
Shortcuts at the moment are only local to the view you're in, e.g. a tag within Notes, a search within Tasks. But in my workflow I want to switch betwee 'today's ...
Allow for Internet Calendars
I think it would be nice to allow other types of internet calendars (such as public calendars/holiday calendars/.ics, etc.) to show up on the calendar (other than ...
Aligning text to the top of the table's cell
I tend to put sentences in tables' cell, and the vertical alignment is always in the middle. I would love to have an option for vertical alignment as well (top, ...