Is there a good app for write rich-text notes?
Lacks Features: 31 apps already serve this, and 24 data points mined from real user reviews across 3 sources show where they fall short. Apps exist but miss features users keep asking for. Enter with the missing feature.
Data refreshed July 20, 2026 · scores recompute weekly as new reviews are mined, so re-check before you build.
What users complain about
The most common complaints behind apps that try to write rich-text notes, mined and clustered from real reviews:
| Complaint area | Type | Mentions | What a user said |
|---|---|---|---|
| image attachments in notes | missing-feature | 8 | schön wäre wenn Fotos angehängt werden könnten |
| too many steps to edit a note | ux | 2 | A veces hay que dar muchos pasos xa editar en la misma nota |
| rich-text formatting | missing-feature | 1 | i wish it could bold, colour, change font, underline etc |
| no rich formatting in task notes | missing-feature | 1 | rich formatting for the task notes area |
| AI rewriting note content | bug | 1 | the stupid AI feature must have rewritten all my notes |
| no rich text formatting | missing-feature | 1 | Make capability to text, bold, underline etc |
| no rich notes capability on tasks | missing-feature | 1 | Must have notes capability like the original tasks. With word document style capability |
| in-note text search | missing-feature | 1 | does not have the ability to search for the location of a word or letter in the text |
| richer text formatting (colors, fonts) | missing-feature | 1 | Colors, formatting and fonts, making text more appealing |
| not built for typed notes | missing-feature | 1 | Not built for typed notes. |
| not intuitive, hard to make/nest notes | ux | 1 | Having hard time getting notes made and nested |
| copied text carries hidden rich formatting | ux | 1 | copy and pasted FROM one note it has hidden rich text formatting and it breaks the copy/paste |
Apps that already serve this
| App | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notes | 4.8 | 614,456 | Free |
| Notes - Professional | 4.4 | 40 | $2.99 |
| Note list - Notes & Reminders | 4.6 | 8,365 | Free |
| SuperNote Notes Recorder+Photo | 4.9 | 4,461 | $19.99 |
| Notability: AI Notes & PDF app | 4.8 | 451,017 | Free |
| Notebooks: Write and Organize | 4.7 | 1,051 | $17.99 |
| FSNotes | 4.7 | 86 | $4.99 |
| Goodnotes: AI Notes, Docs, PDF | 4.7 | 435,813 | Free |
Should you build it?
Apps exist but miss features users keep asking for. Enter with the missing feature. Opportunity here scores 60 out of 100 — a function of demand, how crowded the field is, and how badly the existing apps perform. Use the live map to compare it against adjacent tasks.
Who has tried building this
| Project | Status | Stars | Stack |
|---|---|---|---|
| codingwithashu/My-Notepad | active | 3 | TypeScript |
Open-source projects that attempted this task — active ones show today's bar; abandoned ones are a signal to validate why earlier attempts died.
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