Pendo Note

I use this app everyday to help prioritize and juggle all the many aspects of my hectic life. I love the way that the calendar is also right there to see upcoming appointments and obligations. The best part for me, is that even at the end of the day, if I'm looking at a living room strewn with toys and laundry that didn't get folded, I don't feel like a failure, because Pendo allowed me to remember to call the insurance company, pay the bills, etc. without getting distracted by the obvious. My method is to make several to do lists each day, a must, should, and wish list, plus other lists that pertain only to my family. Musts are musts, they have to get done. Shoulds are things you should try to do, but it's unlikely you will get to all of them. Wishes are just that, wishes. Fun things that you like to do, but don't often allow yourself to indulge in. This amazing app helps me stay focused and I love it! :)

Pendo is simple to use and easy to organize and sync with my calendar. I’m not much for journals so can’t comment on that feature except to remind people it exists. Things I don’t like: the tiny font and color for dates in the main screen for the calendar, though simple in appearance which is good, the light gray in the tabs is really hard to see well on even a iPhone plus. Sure, I am getting older but I have my eyes checked every year and I don’t need bifocals to read yet! I’d use pendo more on my phone if I could control the tab color to help with contrast and change most default fonts and their color between day and night mode. Glad the option is there with notes, etc. But overall despite the truly elegant design, to me the fonts and tabs I can’t tweak ultimately cause eye strain and rather quickly. I’m not saying everyone of a certain age will have this issue. But It would keep from squinting if I could make the calendar font at least a different color for improved contrast and clarity and of course the tabs are great unicolored but if I could make the gray darker in day mode and a completely different yet unobtrusive color in night mode I could actually see them with ease.

I, personally, use the app as a journal/baby book for my daughter. I enter in events with photos, stats like weight/height, funny little things she says, etc. It really does make a great little timeline of her life, plus it continually back-up itself, so I don't accidentally lose anything. I love that you can categorize everything with tags and search for one type like all events or if I just want to see her growth pattern. Another huge plus is editing a journal entry doesn't change the entry date like some note apps. I can see how it would be great for an everyday/everything use also. It would be neat to see Pendo come out with a feature where you could create multiple journals.

I'm a big fan of the ease of use and utility of Ryder Carroll's "Bullet Journal" system, but it has some big hurdles for me. I don't usually have my notebook with me (it isn't pocket-friendly), and my hand-written notes aren't easily searchable. Pendo has, for me, the same sort of ease of use (quickly get down a variety of input: notes, journal entries, to-dos), I always have it with me (iPhone), and searching can be accomplished easily by drilling down through entry type, tags, or the very specific and accurate "search" function. Everything is synced up via iCloud, and backups are saved via email. I can still use my fancy notebook for doodly ideas and such, but important content goes into Pendo now.

Just now got the app an playing with it for a few min I'm loving it more and more the style the sleek organize ; so far very comfortable to use an let's me organize my thoughts in a clear an easy to follow system ; by being able to organize this way will give such an advantage for ideas to grow, organizing everything to personal thoughts to grocery list, to helping me remember appointments birthdays Aaahhh!!! So great; not getting confused on what's what by everything being together but making sense ; the more i use it the more i like it!! If only i could give more than 5 stars!!! Thank you so amazing!!!