Q Branch is out with a big update to Vesper, the alternative note-taking app for iOS.
Vesper 2.005 adds landscape support to the app for iPhone so you can now browse, manage, and create notes outside of portrait orientation.
The 2.005 update also includes Vesper for iPad, the first time the note-taking app has been available with a version optimized for the tablet. Vesper for iPad features the same support for landscape use as the iPhone, and Q Branch’s syncing feature keeps notes between both apps up-to-date.
Vesper, which first launched in 2013 with the help of Apple blogger John Gruber and company, varies from Apple’s built-in Notes app on iOS as Vesper features a tagging system for sorting through notes, archiving old notes, and a syncing system that doesn’t rely on iCloud.
Vesper is available for $7.99 on the App Store. The update is available for free for existing users.
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OK, is it just me or is this app kind of a dud? There’s another Apple blog that I won’t name here that raves about this app, and every time I’d ask for specifics why, I’d never get a response so it was always pretty obvious they were shills and getting paid for those compliments.
Anyone here actually use this app in their daily workflow? Can you share why it works for you?
I agree Michael. You know what app works like this? Notes. It syncs and everything. And it’s free. While I wish developers charged MORE for their hard work, I’ve been hard pressed to spend $8 for an app that I’ve had on my devices (with Mac sync!) since day one.
Notes is also good enough for me too, especially as it has a Mac app, but this app does have one advantage over Notes: tags. You might say “tags are the same as folders”, but not true, because tags allow you to place a note into more than one ‘container’ at the same time. This is useful when you want to categorise a note into different projects, for example. (Having said that, you can sort-of use tags with Notes by using hashtags inside your notes).
Vesper is $7.99 in the US App store…
I noticed that as well… I was willing to pay $3 just to check it out, but not $8! And I’ve quite a few apps that I already use.
Thanks, price changed today and wasn’t updated elsewhere.
If it came out with iPad, iPhone AND Mac support day one then I would be all over it, but just NOW adding iPad support means Mac support will be added….2017? Simplenote does the same thing with iOS, Mac, Android and Windows support.
Nothing for or against Vesper here, but I agree with those above, Notes works just fine.
It’s especially useful now in ios8 as its so easy to forward a note to evernote or other services
I have the same question. I know it is made by Gruber and co, but I do not see why it is special. There are plenty of note taking apps that are either as good, or with more features. Notes syncs well acorss devices. Simplenote is also text based. If you want rich text, there is always OneNote, EverNote and more. If you want text based, DayOne is a journal app but also works as note taker.
The deliberate lack of iCloud support is inexcusable and the reason why I won’t buy it.
From my understanding, something as simple as a web version (or a PC version) would render iCloud sign in useless. So you create an account once, sign in once and it takes care of the rest.
I downloaded Vesper when it was $2.99 – I agree $8 is a lot. But for the other part, I think Vesper’s argument for itself is actually Apple’s argument for itself. You can buy a perfectly functional smartphone or laptop for a quarter of what you’d pay for an iPhone or Macbook, so why do people buy them? Simplicity of use and focus on beautiful design. Notes is butt ugly, not Apple-like at all. I think Gruber and co. are just taking advantage of that fact.