r/Reddit11
YHacker News9
◈Bluesky6
@Mastodon6
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Quill
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net sentiment
-9%
14 positive
1 neutral
17 negative
volume & sentiment over time
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what people keep raising
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- pricing 5
- documentation 3
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r/ Reddit 6d ▲ 99 positive performanceQuill made me actually enjoy taking notes again. Fast, beautiful, no bloat. Best purchase this year. Quill made me actually enjoy taking notes again. Fast, beautiful, no bloat. Best purchase this year.view source ↗
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r/ Reddit 1w ▲ 57 negative pricingQuill is fine but overhyped. The search is good, the sync is bad, the price is worse. Quill is fine but overhyped. The search is good, the sync is bad, the price is worse.view source ↗
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@ Mastodon 1w ▲ 26 positive performanceQuill's writing experience is genuinely delightful. Typography and speed are top notch. Quill's writing experience is genuinely delightful. Typography and speed are top notch.view source ↗
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◈ Bluesky 1w ▲ 41 negativeQuill crashed and corrupted a note. Backups saved me but this shouldn't happen in a notes app. Quill crashed and corrupted a note. Backups saved me but this shouldn't happen in a notes app.view source ↗
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Y Hacker News 1w ▲ 18 negative sync / lostQuill's onboarding is confusing and the documentation doesn't cover sync setup at all. Quill's onboarding is confusing and the documentation doesn't cover sync setup at all.view source ↗
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◈ Bluesky 1w ▲ 45 negative pricingQuill pricing went up again. Loved it at launch, but $12/mo is too much for me now. Quill pricing went up again. Loved it at launch, but $12/mo is too much for me now.view source ↗
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Y Hacker News 1w ▲ 33 negative performanceQuill is fast but the lack of mobile sync reliability makes it a non-starter for my workflow. Quill is fast but the lack of mobile sync reliability makes it a non-starter for my workflow.view source ↗
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r/ Reddit 1w ▲ 130 positive performanceTwo years on Quill. Still the fastest, still local-first, still love it. The plugin ecosystem grew a lot. Two years on Quill. Still the fastest, still local-first, still love it. The plugin ecosystem grew a lot.view source ↗
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@ Mastodon 1w ▲ 51 positiveQuill's plugin API is surprisingly good. Wrote a custom exporter in an afternoon. Quill's plugin API is surprisingly good. Wrote a custom exporter in an afternoon.view source ↗
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@ Mastodon 1w ▲ 15 negative performanceQuill keeps crashing on my old laptop. Performance is rough on low-end hardware. Quill keeps crashing on my old laptop. Performance is rough on low-end hardware.view source ↗
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◈ Bluesky 1w ▲ 70 positiveQuill's search is instant and the UI is gorgeous. Worth trying if you take a lot of notes. Quill's search is instant and the UI is gorgeous. Worth trying if you take a lot of notes.view source ↗
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r/ Reddit 1w ▲ 210 negative open-sourceWish Quill were open source. Great app but I don't trust a closed notes app with my second brain. Wish Quill were open source. Great app but I don't trust a closed notes app with my second brain.view source ↗
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◈ Bluesky 1w ▲ 38 negative sync / lostThe Quill sync bug bit me again. Lost edits after switching devices. Be careful. The Quill sync bug bit me again. Lost edits after switching devices. Be careful.view source ↗
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◈ Bluesky 1w ▲ 22 negative documentationQuill's docs are seriously lacking. Spent an hour figuring out how templates work. Quill's docs are seriously lacking. Spent an hour figuring out how templates work.view source ↗
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r/ Reddit 1w ▲ 19 neutral documentationHonestly Quill is just okay. Does the job but nothing groundbreaking. The docs are thin. Honestly Quill is just okay. Does the job but nothing groundbreaking. The docs are thin.view source ↗
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r/ Reddit 1w ▲ 44 negative documentationWe rolled Quill out to the whole team. Setup was painful and the docs are missing half the features. We rolled Quill out to the whole team. Setup was painful and the docs are missing half the features.view source ↗
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@ Mastodon 1w ▲ 47 negative open-sourceQuill is closed source and that's a dealbreaker for me. Looking for an open alternative. Quill is closed source and that's a dealbreaker for me. Looking for an open alternative.view source ↗
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@ Mastodon 1w ▲ 28 negative pricingThe pricing model killed it for me. $12/mo for notes I could keep in plain markdown? No thanks. The pricing model killed it for me. $12/mo for notes I could keep in plain markdown? No thanks.view source ↗
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r/ Reddit 1w ▲ 174 positiveLove that Quill is local-first and doesn't phone home. No telemetry, no account required to start. Love that Quill is local-first and doesn't phone home. No telemetry, no account required to start.view source ↗
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r/ Reddit 1w ▲ 61 negative performanceQuill crashed three times today on a large vault. Performance falls apart past 10k notes. Quill crashed three times today on a large vault. Performance falls apart past 10k notes.view source ↗
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r/ Reddit 1w ▲ 203 negative pricingQuill pricing is too high$12/mo is ridiculous when Obsidian is free. The app is nice but not that nice. $12/mo is ridiculous when Obsidian is free. The app is nice but not that nice.view source ↗
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r/ Reddit 1w ▲ 88 positiveQuill's keyboard shortcuts are fantastic. Feels like it was built by people who actually take notes. Quill's keyboard shortcuts are fantastic. Feels like it was built by people who actually take notes.view source ↗
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◈ Bluesky 2w ▲ 64 positive performanceQuill is the best note app I've tried this year. Fast, clean, local-first. Highly recommend. Quill is the best note app I've tried this year. Fast, clean, local-first. Highly recommend.view source ↗
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Y Hacker News 2w ▲ 95 positive performanceQuill is the first notes app where search is actually fast. Sub-100ms across my whole vault. Quill is the first notes app where search is actually fast. Sub-100ms across my whole vault.view source ↗
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@ Mastodon 2w ▲ 32 positive performanceQuill has become my daily driver for writing. The distraction-free mode is beautiful and fast. Quill has become my daily driver for writing. The distraction-free mode is beautiful and fast.view source ↗