INKredible: The best note taking app

Vasishtha · Jun 5, 2014

Ever since I've switched to Android I've always wondered if there was an app that could offer the same writing experience the iPad apps had. Papyrus was one of them, however with this screen resolution I don't enjoy it anymore.
And then I spotted this gem.
INKredible has by far the best note taking experience this tablet can offer.
~~The devs have just begun porting their ios app (notes plus) to Android, therefore there're not a lot of features baked into the app yet.~~
The app has matured pretty well over the past 1.5 years, as expected

~~So be sure to show your support too the devs, as it may help in speeding up this process~~
Download the app, make some in app purchases and make this app even greater :good:

Link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.viettran.INKredible&hl=nl

I'd like to know your note taking experience with this app and how it compares to other note taking apps.
If you know an equally good(or better) one be sure to tell us aswell.

Comparable app(s):

-FiiNote (mentioned by crypta: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=61466857&postcount=14)

turn-offs

slow rendering

the only pen worthwhile is the pencil pen (under paint mode) but it's not resizeable)

-S Note

Key features that have been successfully added since I posted this thread:
-Touch with finger to erase (s-pen only mode)
-Enable shape detection
-Page zoom lock (helps with accidental zooms while writing)
-PDF import support (can't be imported in an exiting notebook; in app purchase)
-Folder management
-Black paper background
-Misc. performance improvements
-(last edited 25-03-2016)

Wish list:
-Optimize the scrolling/zooming animations under Samsung ROMs, they are really jagged and jarring.
-An intuitive way to compare pages of the same/different notebook(s). Maybe a split-screen within the app.
-The ability to import pdf's within an existing notebook.
-Writing near the left and right edges triggers the app's gestures, make it ignore these gestures when using the s-pen.
-The 'Touch with finger to erase (s-pen only mode)' feature requires a tap to activate, this feels inefficient and unnecessary.
-(last edited 25-03-2016)

sam2c · Jun 6, 2014

I just tried it. Its got very nice hand writing rendering, better than Papyrus and LectureNotes and on par with S-Notes. Very clean intetface. S-pen button works too (you hear that Papyrus!!!) But I dont like how you can't disable finger writing all together like Papyrus. No text input or means to cut and paste from within your notes AFAIK.

I havent been able to find any kind import functionality either which pretty much ruins it for me.

Its a great start though. I hope they continue to improve it.

dkb218 · Jun 6, 2014

Here ya go

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.viettran.INKredible

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Vasishtha · Jun 6, 2014

sam2c said:
I just tried it. Its got very nice hand writing rendering, better than Papyrus and LectureNotes and on par with S-Notes. Very clean intetface. S-pen button works too (you hear that Papyrus!!!) But I dont like how you can't disable finger writing all together like Papyrus. No text input or means to cut and paste from within your notes AFAIK.

I havent been able to find any kind import functionality either which pretty much ruins it for me.

Its a great start though. I hope they continue to improve it.

Features wise its very minimalistic (I think they're trying to perfect the writing xp first), however that won't be the case for long.
I didn't realise that the spen button had a function within inkcredible , did you disable the default button action via the GMD s-pen app?

I don't really agree with it being an par with snotes, its more like the other way around.
Snotes has a decent note taking experience, if you compare it with a blackboard writing style then its without opactity variances but with thickness variances (also there are no thickness drops if you set the stroke thickness to 10 or 11). Plus ,in my opninion, INKredible feels and appears more natural.

The moment we get some more features I'll be uninstalling snotes and papyrus

-V

sam2c · Jun 6, 2014

Vasishtha said:
Features wise its very minimalistic (I think they're trying to perfect the writing xp first), however that won't be the case for long.
I didn't realise that the spen button had a function within inkcredible , did you disable the default button action via the GMD s-pen app?

I don't really agree with it being an par with snotes, its more like the other way around.
Snotes has a decent note taking experience, if you compare it with a blackboard writing style then its without opactity variances but with thickness variances (also there are no thickness drops if you set the stroke thickness to 10 or 11). Plus ,in my opninion, INKredible feels and appears more natural.

The moment we get some more features I'll be uninstalling snotes and papyrus

-V

I just disabled air commands. If I press the stylus button while hovering, it switches back and fours between eraser and pen. Very nice feature. I don't understand why Papyrus devs are so adament about Samsung being at fault for their lack of s-pen button support. Both Lecturenotes and now Inkredible support it now, even without GMD!

Vasishtha · Jun 6, 2014

sam2c said:
I just disabled air commands. If I press the stylus button while hovering, it switches back and fours between eraser and pen. Very nice feature. I don't understand why Papyrus devs are so adament about Samsung being at fault for their lack of s-pen button support. Both Lecturenotes and now Inkredible support it now, even without GMD!

Oh I'll check that out, thanks for the tip!
With inkredible its also possible to draw a circle around a portion of text and drag and drop it to somewhere else or do some other action too the selected portion .

sam2c · Jun 7, 2014

Vasishtha said:
Oh I'll check that out, thanks for the tip!
With inkredible its also possible to draw a circle around a portion of text and drag and drop it to somewhere else or do some other action too the selected portion .

Great tip! Didn't know i can do that.

ziotom2 · Jun 7, 2014

big potential. some delay in rendering. no possibility to maintain colors and transparency switching between different tools. could be a very interesting tool

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KOTYAR · Mar 12, 2015

It's great app - but it kinda doesn't recognice S Pen button for me

Could it be because I'm using Android Lollipop?

Vasishtha · Apr 7, 2015

KOTYAR said:
It's great app - but it kinda doesn't recognice S Pen button for me

Could it be because I'm using Android Lollipop?

Yes, it has something to do with the samsung spen SDK not being present in cm12...though I could be wrong.
Checkout https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samsung.android.sdk.spen30 .
It may have been updated for android 5.0. But the last time I checked it was for kitkat only.

{Diemex} · Apr 23, 2015

Spen SDK is not required to recognise spent button presses. This functionality is built into android since android 4.0.

motfis · Apr 27, 2015

KOTYAR said:
It's great app - but it kinda doesn't recognice S Pen button for me

Could it be because I'm using Android Lollipop?

I have note 3 (official lollipop) and note 2014 (kitkat). the spen button switch is not working on inkredible on the note 3.
It is possible because of lollipop.

copncop · Jun 10, 2015

Dear friends!

I'm really appreciate for your supporting and help our small app's recognized by many more potential users. We've been working hard to make the app more useful and add features to make it works as your main note-taker app, Just hope that day coming soon.
Anyway new version is just waiting the translations and will land on the Play store in a few days.
What’s new in 1.6
- Support "Insert Image" feature
- Apply new S Pen SDK -> solve issue with Lollipop on Samsung device
- Introduce “App Settings”
- Improve selection gesture
- Many bugs fixed & improvements
- Allow rotating, grouping, lock/unlock aspect ratio, ... objects 
- Allow zoom out to minimum 90%

Thank you again for your supporting

crypta · Jun 21, 2015

Looked at it briefly and sorry to say this, but e.g. FIINotes is far superior - at least from the productive point of View.

Vasishtha · Jul 10, 2015

crypta said:
Looked at it briefly and sorry to say this, but e.g. FIINotes is far superior - at least from the productive point of View.

There's no denying it from that point of view, I've tried using it today and I can safely say that the writing experience is a dissapointment.
The mode I tried for hadwriting is called paintmode. The second brush was the most promising, however I couldn't set the thickness of it. And I don't like that standard faded thickness.
Also INKredible pens have more smoothening applied to them.

For me its pointless arguing about features until the writing experience of both apps is at an acceptable level; I didn't switch over from paper only to have a bad writing experience on a glass surface.
Compared to paper, digital writing is 'infinitely' more productive(featured). So why pick an app over another app just because it has more features (if the latter has a better writing experience).
infinite+10(features) is still infinite

Vasishtha · Jul 10, 2015

copncop said:
I'm really appreciate for your supporting and help our small app's recognized by many more potential users. We've been working hard to make the app more useful and add features to make it works as your main note-taker app, Just hope that day coming soon.
Anyway new version is just waiting the translations and will land on the Play store in a few days.
What’s new in 1.6
- Support "Insert Image" feature
- Apply new S Pen SDK -> solve issue with Lollipop on Samsung device
- Introduce “App Settings”
- Improve selection gesture
- Many bugs fixed & improvements
- Allow rotating, grouping, lock/unlock aspect ratio, ... objects 
- Allow zoom out to minimum 90%

Thank you again for your supporting

Thank you for letting us know

Do you know when we'll be getting the import pdf feature?

crypta · Jul 10, 2015

And thats the point. The writing experience is like on glas ...on every glas surface

. I dont care the looks, I need work done and Information saved.

Vasishtha · Jul 11, 2015

crypta said:
And thats the point. The writing experience is like on glas ...on every glas surface . I dont care the looks, I need work done and Information saved.

Well I enjoy wrting on glass more then on paper nowadays, I found myself writing in a more neater way because I always correct sloppy writing due to my OCD.
So now I write more neater because of that. Also I now enjoy the low friction of glass more then the friction of paper...strangely
If I'm making smooth handwriting motions, I don't want to see jankey/jittery graphics on my glass, it just hurts my brain. That hurting trows all the features out of the window.

copncop · Jul 17, 2015

Vasishtha said:
Thank you for letting us know
Do you know when we'll be getting the import pdf feature?

I don't know exactly the time, but we're working hard to make the app more better and add new features soon

---------- Post added at 09:20 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:15 AM ----------

crypta said:
And thats the point. The writing experience is like on glas ...on every glas surface . I dont care the looks, I need work done and Information saved.

I know our weakness is about limit features, and we will continue develop missing feature to make the app more productive

Zionator · Oct 29, 2015

My script makes some dope spen apps as well.
They have a calculator, spen keypad and notepad which all are dope as anything.
I have to say that Google handwriting keypad is by far the best ever made it even out matches Samsung and my script keypads.

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