Ideas for Amplenote

Long note titles should wrap in order to fit on the screen

2025-06-02T06:55:11Z

When using a Zettelkasten or similar note-taking method that focuses on atomic notes (i.e. one note should contain one piece of information), the note title essentially should capture a summary of what the note is about. This results into some rather long note titles. Currently in Amplenote the note title does not wrap to multiple lines, which means that longer note titles cannot be seen in their entirety. For example, this note title does not fit into the view even on fullscreen mode with a 13" laptop: "When it comes to organisations and management, assume that all problems are generic. The solution is in establishing principles, rules, or policies that help people deal with all occurrences of the same problem." Bonus request: in the notes list, make it optional to see full note titles. Right now they only have a limited number of characters and you can only see the first few words of a title.

Keep completed tasks for longer than 6 weeks

2025-05-28T02:51:48Z

This is an attempt to reopen the "Keep completed tasks for longer than 3 weeks" suggestion: https://amplenote.featureupvote.com/suggestions/161825/keep-completed-tasks-for-longer-than-3-weeks Just show all tasks completed ever. This is most annoying when viewing old jots. I do nearly all of my task completion in jots, and yet I can't view what tasks I completed in them unless I do a hack to create a new not based on an old version of the jot. wtf! I KNOW the data is there, since hidden completed tasks from old jots pollute my search results. Just display it at the bottom of the note. What's the problem here? Luckily, now that we can default to crossing-out tasks (and still have them be counted as completed), going forward this won't be QUITE as much of a an annoyance, but I still have years of old notes whose completed tasks I can't easily view. EXTREMELY frustrating.

Help Button on Main Page

2025-05-22T11:34:25Z

As a newer user, I frequently forget how to do routine operations. It would be helpful to have a help button near the "New Note" button at the top -- especially one that opens in a new tab or window.

Handwriting (i.e. with Apple Pencil) recognition in other langauges

2025-05-15T19:10:27Z

I.e. in the Danish language where we have the letters æ ø å I've tried another notetaking app that wasn't as good as yours, but their handwriting (with Apple Pencil) recognition was top-notch. They use this technology: https://www.myscript.com/ It'd be great if there was a "Convert selected handwriting to text" (using select tool, then "convert" button) and also an option with "Convert handwriting to text automatically when a word has been written". Thank you :-)

Extract to Note with a date stamp in the final note

2025-05-09T05:28:55Z

Hi, I heavily use Extract to Note from jots, it gives backlinks to jots (dates). When I have multiple extracts in the same note from multiple dates, I can see all backlinks in my note, however it becomes difficult to pinpoint which extract came on which date. Would be great that there could be a date stamp option toggle for extract to note feature. End state expected: if I am extracting to same note across multiple days, I should be able to see which portion I extracted on what date. This will supercharge my Jots and Extract usage.

Repeatable Tasks That Appear Unscheduled Each Week

2025-04-16T12:13:08Z

Repeatable tasks should have the option to appear unscheduled by default each week. These tasks would regenerate automatically on a set day (e.g. every Sunday) and show up in the task list or inbox without being assigned to a specific date or time. This allows users to manually schedule them during weekly planning—dragging each task into the days that make sense for that particular week. Once scheduled, the “hide until” logic would apply to that specific instance based on its assigned day or time, without affecting the rest of the repeat chain. For example, if I want to work out three times per week, I shouldn’t have to lock those workouts into the same days every time. I want them to appear every Sunday as unscheduled tasks, so I can decide when they fit best in that week. This would make weekly planning more flexible and efficient, especially for recurring routines that happen regularly but not rigidly.

Rename the standard tag "daily-jots"

2025-04-13T22:12:44Z

English is not my first language and i would like to change the name of this tag to feel more familiar with it.

Minimize shortcut for a long note open in Peekviewer

2025-04-12T11:11:05Z

Currently I need to scroll all the way to note title in peek viewer to minimize by clicking ^ manually, would be great to have some clickable or key board based shortcut to minimize the peek viewer note. Useful when using multiple notes in peek viewer which are considerably long in length.

Crossed out task should not cross out child bullets.

2025-04-10T07:14:33Z

Say i have a main task. And 5 bullet points indented under it. One of the 5 bullet points is a mini task. Crossing out the main task will cross out all the above. Leading to a block of text that is crossed out. This makes it very difficult to read later. Defeating the purpose of crossing the task in line. What should happen, only the main task is crossed out. But the children should not be. I can always cross them out separately later if I so wish. This is a much better default then having to undo something undesired. If task is completed instead of crossing out, the situation is weirder. The main task and child task will be hidden. But the bullet points will remain indented in thin air. A child with no parent. A better approach would be to leave the bullet points untouched, bullet points are not mini tasks, they are plain text context. Please don't conflate the 2. Overall we can definitely improve the defaults here.

Paste Tables

2025-04-03T12:47:59Z

When pasting tables created in AN into other documents, such as Excel, the formatting and spacing between rows and columns adds space or cells, making it difficult to paste and forth, or requiring manual cleanup. Please make the table format compatible with other rich editing or document platforms (Excel, Word, etc.)

Are there any plans to sync with iCal?

2025-04-02T18:43:09Z

I'd rather not have to move to Google calendar in order to use Amplenote, but I might if there are no plans for this addition. Thank you!

Manually Assigning Colors to Events/Tasks on the calendar

2025-04-02T06:42:08Z

My main organizational schema has my tasks on a single note and I want to get the benefit of being able to color co-ordinate my notes while being able to keep them on a single note for organizational purposes. Since you can only change colors using tags and those tags are note wide that's difficult. Maybe at least having the ability to tag based on subsections?

Improve mail to note for existing documents

2025-03-31T13:04:19Z

Whenever a note is sent to an existing document, the email note is converted to a task. But Amplenote is sitting in between note taking and todos, given that position a user would like to use the app in both ways notes & todos. When sending an email there should be a way to differentiate if the note needs to be captured as a note vs task instead of task by default.

Filter parent tags in Tasks Mode (right now it is active in Notes mode)

2025-03-30T06:18:04Z

It would be nice to filter in Tasks Mode by a tag and excluding its subtags. I am using in:parent,^parent/ to get the parent but no descendants for Notes mode, it works fine. However, it does not work in Tasks Mode. If I select the parent tag from the left panel, it shows all tasks for subtags too and I cannot edit it by manually typing ^parent/ like I do in Notes mode. Similar approach to do the same in Calendar Mode will also be helpful unless any workarounds.

Rule based tags

2025-03-27T21:10:31Z

It would be great to have the ability to create rules which auto tag notes. E.g: based on the title

Provide ability to add a sub tag to an existing tag

2025-03-26T17:47:43Z

In the current version I can only add a new tag using the three dots menu in the TAGS sidebar item. Adding a new sub tag to an existing tag difficult because I need to enter the full text of the existing tag hierarchy to the 'Create a new tag' dialog box before entering the new sub tag. I can copy and paste the existing tag text, but it is rather inconvenient. It would be great if you could add a 'Create new sub tag' menu item to the tag menu for every tag. This would make it mush easier to build out a deeper tag structure.

Sync with Moleskin Notes

2025-03-25T04:43:09Z

For those of us who rely on a hybrid approach, I'd love to see an integration with the moleskin smart writing set. Having the moleskin notes sync directly to amplenote would be a nice upgrade over synching to google drive to trigger an email-to-note in amplenote. They have an integration which appears to deliver a seamless sync of hand-written notes into evernote, but no public-facing API that I can find.

RSS feed for amplenote blog

2025-03-24T23:52:09Z

Amplenote blog (https://www.amplenote.com/blog) is great to keep with updates, but it doesn't support RSS feeds, so it's hard to subscribe to it.

New compact widget

2025-03-24T21:29:01Z

Can you make a new widget for Android similliar to "Blink - Quick Memo + Widget" (https://apps.apple.com/pl/app/blink-quick-memo-widget/id1182856129) from iOS? It should have font and line height options to make it even more compact. There should be also super fast metod of adding new tasks.

Note reference within Rich Footnotes

2025-03-23T15:56:04Z

Hi, I usually write my thoughts related to some workflows in footnotes and want to use note references within the text Description area of footnotes. This helps me when backlinks are not a priority or when I just want to provide additional context in a description of a footnote by referring to some other note (or notes). Currently I am manually copy pasting note links in footnotes after pressing Ctr+K within a footnote when needed. Would be simpler to replicate the note reference feature in footnotes (I understand it won't backlink which is not a priority within the footnote)

Import from Ticktick

2025-03-18T17:29:23Z

Way to view task Score for a given calender day

2025-03-14T19:40:01Z

I like having a quantifiable score for how many tasks I have assigned to a day or completed in a given day

An option to sound Alarm for reminders.

2025-03-11T12:29:24Z

It would be nice to have an alarm sound on me if there's something that needed to be done, especially when notifications just won't cut it. This is true especially if they are quiet and don't sound in my computer, and even if they did, they are just too subtle that it blends in to the noise of my computer. Not to mention that I kinda needed an annoying nag to remind me to do something.

Automatically generate a Tag-based Table of Contents in a single master note

2025-03-10T11:03:31Z

I use tags to organize my notes in Amplenote, and I would like a way to automatically generate a Table of Contents (ToC) that would list all my notes based on their tags. Specifically, I'm looking for a feature that would: - Automatically gather all my notes - Group them by tags - Create links to these notes in a single "master note" - Update automatically when I add or modify notes Thank you for your help.

Add visual clue on synced external calendar for completed and dismissed tasks

2025-03-04T11:46:57Z

Currently, completed tasks in the Amplenote calendar don't get any treatment in the external calendars. If a task is completed or dismissed in Amplenote, it will stay the same in the external calendars. It would be a good addition to change the external event whenever a task is completed or dismissed in Amplenote. My specific suggestion is: - If a task is completed in the Amplenote calendar, the same task in the external calendar should have a "✅" emoji added in front of it, optionally, it could also have a strikethrough formatting - If a task is dismissed in the Amplenote calendar, the same task in the external calendar should have a "❌" emoji added in front of it, optionally, it could also have a strikethrough formatting, or change the emoji to "❎". - If a task is completed from Notes/Jots/Tasks mode and it has a start date, also apply the features above.

Support adjustable left-handside sidebar width (on mobile)

2025-03-04T08:41:35Z

I use the Amplenote app on a book-style foldable. Currently, the side-bar on the left takes up ca. 45% of the screen's width, which is way too much, there is a lot of wasted space. The only other option I have, is to completely hide it, which I don't want. I would like to suggest for the split to be freely adjustable by the user being able to move the vertical 'separator line' on the horizontal axis. Thank you in advance for your votes and consideration

Seamless calendar time blocking (mobile device)

2025-02-27T21:31:51Z

I want to be able to schedule tasks on the mobile app using time blocks (amplenote events) as my guide. Problem is, on the mobile app, there is no space on the mobile calendar to: tap and easily select a time and add a new task because the event would overlap and be in the way. For example: *Event: Exercise (7 am - 8 am) -- Time Block * Task: Total Body Essentials (7 am - 8 am) Sometimes tasks have not already been created in a note and you want to create it via the calendar and use the time block as a guide Suggestion: zoom mobile calendar out a bit OR make the width of events narrower, just like in desktop, to provide a little space on the side.

Make it easier to copy links to clipboard

2025-02-25T23:24:40Z

It would be great if there was a way to copy a link from a note to the clipboard short of having to select the entire link and then cmd or ctrl-V. Maybe a “Copy Link” option on the Edit Details box? Something like the attached image.

Mirror Bullet items in the same way we can mirror tasks

2025-02-25T15:07:54Z

The task mirroring function has been a really great feature, I'd like to be able to see that in the bulleted items as well. I use start dates in bullets to make them events on my calendar and in my jots and notes because they aren't really tasks to complete, they are just events and reminders.

'Compact view' on mobile

2025-02-13T15:56:36Z

It would be amazing if the 'compact view' of the note list could be implemented on the Android app! Thanks

Recurring Task Indicator

2025-02-12T17:26:37Z

Create a clear symbol with the hide eyeball, calendar, and star on the task that indicates a task is recurring. For example, Todoist has arrows in a circle and when you hover it shows the scheduled recurrence. Right now I have to open the dropdown to check on the status of recurrence or make sure I don't accidentally check off a task that hasn't been re-scheduled.

Wildcard characters for searching

2025-02-12T04:05:21Z

Support use of wildcard characters for searching. For example, *123 would return notes with AB123. Or *123* would find AB123CD.

Control inline viewing of PDFs for better UX & performance

2025-02-10T11:49:51Z

A feature upvote gave us the ability to view PDFs inline... now the issue is that all PDFs in a note try to render simultaneous - the result is not good particularly when multiple large PDFs are present. We simply need better controls here that can manage if, how and where PDFs are rendered: 1. the conditions when PDFs should be rendered in the note: on request, only if on-screen, render in line if < x Mb, render all inline 2. the location where the PDFs are rendered; PDF's should have an option not to open inline but e.g. in bottom tab window (Hidden Complete Backlinks *Attachments*) or in "peek viewer" window on right as options. In summary the default should be a new bottom tab window called "Attachments", Peek Viewer, Inline, New Window. Please see also https://amplenote.featureupvote.com/suggestions/128011/viewopen-pdfs-inline-within-note-no-separate-download that gave us inline viewing, I will backlink from there to here...

Multi-select tasks for reschedule/hide in calendar task list

2025-02-10T05:42:34Z

Want to be able to select multiple tasks from calendar view and reschedule/hide them in bulk. Would also be nice to have in other areas, but mainly I would want this in calendar view from the task list.

Improved date/time selection

2025-02-05T13:15:13Z

Right now setting the date is an irritating experience if you don't use "typical" (predefined) event dates: early morning, afternoon etc. Home Assistant for example just shows a calendar, where we can specify the date and time (without additional clicking on both date and time to just type custom value; it's visible by default) *and* has predefined dates on the side. IMHO that's much more user-friendly if you don't use typical event dates - few less clicks every time I need to schedule tasks, it really would improve UX for people like me - extensively using calendar. In the attachment I've submitted how it looks in Home Assistant, which - in my opinion - is perfectly balanced.

Per-client default tags

2025-02-04T15:25:23Z

I use Amplenote on my work PC to capture work stuff and on mobile / private PC to capture private stuff. Every time I use other device I need to change favourite tag ("filled star" icon) to have everything tagged by default with correct tag. Would be awesome if we could set per-client favourite/default tag, so that such use cases are less error-prone/easier for people.

Freeze Headings in Tables

2025-02-03T17:51:02Z

It would be great to be able to freeze headings in tables, so the heading would remain visible when scrolling down the table. Similar to the Freeze Top Row and Freeze First Column options in Excel. Thanks!

Tasks in Peek viewer (same as the Calendar view)

2025-01-28T10:22:31Z

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 tasks are located. However, this is possible in the Calendar view, for scheduling tasks. It seems logical to have this feature in the peek viewer for viewing Notes as well. Basically it seems logical to be able to view any combination of Jots/Notes/Tasks/Calendar in the peek viewer, at the same time as having opened any of the Jots/Notes/Tasks/Calendar sections. Is that not the core aspect of the peek viewer? Being able to peek into the most important stuff for a better overview?

Apple lock screen widget/shortcut

2025-01-25T20:28:54Z

Now that the default flashlight and camera launcher can be changed I would like to be able to add a note or jot or todo from here!

Main note

2025-01-25T06:59:46Z

When I open the application it shows me a specific note

Allow attaching text (.txt) files to notes

2025-01-24T20:52:10Z

At this time the "Attach a File" function does not allow attaching plain text files. A workaround is to convert the files to .csv. However, a simpler approach would be to allow attachment of .txt files directly.

Task Dependencies should work with recurring tasks

2025-01-24T16:12:54Z

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 tasks in my workflow. Task Dependencies should work with recurring tasks. For instance, I have a task for playing guitar and then in a separate note I have a specific task and notes for my practice routine. These have a recurring schedule, but I would like to set up a goal dependency between them, but if I do it will break once they recur. It will only reference the previous instance and not update for each recurring instance. Task dependencies should work for all tasks.

Undoing recurring tasks should restore task to note like regular tasks

2025-01-24T15:59:18Z

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 disappears. This feels unintuitive. If I undo any task it should restore to the note. If it is a recurring task, it should delete/remove the scheduled recurred task and restore the current task to the note. Then when you check it again (dismiss or complete) it schedules the next recurring task as expected. Basically, regardless of whether the task is recurring it should undo and restore to the note. If you ever accidentally complete a recurring task you have to manually copy the task back to restore it and this can be a hassle that shouldn't be necessary. Recurring tasks should function more intuitively and like regular tasks.

Bi-direction update of links & backlinks on name changes

2025-01-22T15:05:48Z

Currently you can [[ or @ link to reference other notes but if the target note changes its name is not reflected back. The change request would mean that all entries that are referenced would by bi-directionally updated if the name changes.

Receive Notifications when a plugin is published

2025-01-21T18:29:27Z

It would be good if we could subscribe to receive an email notification every time a new plugin is published.

Filter out tag in tasks list

2025-01-18T18:02:57Z

We can do a filter for tags in the tasks list, but we cant seem to do the inverse, which is to show tasks that DON'T have the tag selected. I'm looking at options for checklists and this seems like a simple option that has been missed.

Move past events to "Completed" tab in Notes

2025-01-17T22:09:31Z

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 all my tasks, and over time, the note gets quickly filled with events from the past. It would be good if an event could automatically move down to the "Completed" tab in the note once the end time of the event has passed.

Desktop App for Linux

2025-01-16T22:30:24Z

Add a desktop App for Linux

Task Controls in the UI

2025-01-16T17:54:55Z

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 way more usable.

Easy suggestion for learning Amplenote

2025-01-14T18:43:09Z

I just had an idea for people who want to learn Amplenote. (Firstly every link inside the following link could be turned into a video on the Amplenote YouTube channel) anyhow here is my idea: Learn Amplenote with Tasks! This plugin idea helps you master Amplenote by turning its help section articles (all current and future) into daily/weekly to-do tasks. How: 1. Turn Help Section Links into Tasks: The plugin finds links in the Amplenote help section https://www.amplenote.com/help - and creates tasks for each one. 2. Learn at Your Pace: You choose how many tasks to create daily or weekly, making learning manageable. 3. Easy Completion: Simply open the linked article, read it, learn, and mark the to-do task done! This way, you explore Amplenote features one step at a time, building your knowledge. Features with examples: 1. Number of to-do tasks: 1 2. Reoccurring: daily 3. Subject: Organize Everything (or set to random) 4. Repetition: all links / subject / when all done once