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SOHO Notes for Mac

Premier digital note-taking application.

$39.99
In English
Version 9.3.7
2.6
Based on 60 user rates

SOHO Notes overview

Note: SOHO Notes is no longer under development, and it is no longer available for sale. The developer has created a new app, Notelife, as their premier note-taking application.

SOHO Notes is the premier digital note-taking application for Mac. Use it to capture, organize, and share all of your personal and workgroup information. It can store rich text, PDF's, images, files, movies, audio, bookmarks, and Web archives. Synchronize notes between multiple computers, iPod's, and Palm handhelds.

Single And Multi-User Capable - SOHO Notes is as equally suitable for the sole proprietor with a single computer as the small business with a few dozen networked computers. This all new note manager is based on a commercial database engine for high-performance and reliability.

Its client/server design makes SOHO Notes ideal for anything that needs to be shared such as meeting notes, confidential company documents, employee handbooks, approved company artwork and logos, product plans, marketing campaign documents, etc. Sharing notes is easy with its manageable user access privileges.

What’s new in version 9.3.7

Version 9.3.7:
  • Required version for migration of data to Notelife

SOHO Notes for Mac

$39.99
In English
Version 9.3.7
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2.6

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cl-lagache
cl-lagache
Jun 7 2018
9.3.7
0.0
Jun 7 2018
0.0
Version: 9.3.7
The recent version 9.3.7 is running on High Sierra ! But translate the DATABASE is difficult
Nick-Collingridge
Nick-Collingridge
Dec 1 2017
9.3.7
4.5
Dec 1 2017
4.5
Version: 9.3.7
Does anyone know whether this version works OK with High Sierra? This is the only reason I haven't updated yet to High Sierra, as I don't want to risk losing access to my SOHO Notes database and I haven't had time yet to migrate the data (a VERY slow process) across to my selected alternative, Yojimbo. Note that Yojimbo does not replace all of SOHO Notes functionality, but it is the closest equivalent I have found so far, and it is, at least, rock-solid and supported.
jedijiver
jedijiver
Jul 12 2017
9.3.6
0.0
Jul 12 2017
0.0
Version: 9.3.6
SOHO Notes is now Notelife.

I've been a user of SOHO Notes since version 1.0. It has been an indispensable tool, integral to my daily work flow for years and years.

I'm a private IT consultant with 500+ clients. SOHO Notes holds all the private accounts, logins, passwords, alarm codes, gate codes, etc, etc, etc for all my clients. 99% of the data belongs to other people, not me. I’m just the custodian of the data. No way is it my right to cloud sync data of this nature, so having local syncing is a must.

Several years ago Chronos finally released an iOS companion app called NoteLife (iPhone) and NoteLife HD (iPad). Finally SOHO Notes in my pocket. Fantastic!

Anyhow, Chronos recently killed SOHO Notes. I had been checking the site weekly for months hoping that the serious bugs introduced with macOS Sierra’s release would be addressed in an update. Finally when I made my check on June 13th, I was greeted with a new updated home page heralding the “Coming Soon” release of “A premium note manager for the rest of us” - NoteLife. There was a button to buy a special 18 month subscription for $20.00. I clicked the button, made the purchase and received an eMail with my License Key and Download Link. I was surprised that there was a download link for a product listed as “Coming Soon”. I thought great, they’re giving the early birds an early version, but no. Clicking on the download link brought me right back to the main product page. There was no language stating anything about when I might get the product I had just paid for. Annoyed already!

I opened a trouble ticket on Chronos’s support portal. To date I have received no reply. When I login to the portal my ticket is still listed as “being processed” a month later. So much for customer service.

I kept checking the site everyday for a download. Several days after I purchased, the site had been updated again, but this time the button to purchase had been removed. Finally last Friday the download link appeared - excited to FINALLY see what I had paid for a month ago.

Beyond disappointed! Where to begin?

They took an amazingly functional app with a long legacy of innovation and unique features and replaced it with a slash and burn, hatchet job of an app, renaming it NoteLife. They removed virtually all of SOHO's rich feature set and whittled it down to minimalist kids app. On top of it, they moved to a subscription based model which I would have totally been behind had the product been a modernized version of it formal glory, instead of useless regurgitation of Apple's own useless Notes app and the sea of other mediocre “Notes” apps on offer at the App Store. The subscription was described as a necessary change in their business model to ensure continued development. I understand that, but they have years of future development ahead of them to get the app anywhere close to what SOHO Notes was.

NoteLife migrates your SOHO 9.3.7 database into it’s new database, but what a half assed effort that is. Like I said, I have over 500 clients. All this data was nested in an organized hierarchy of folders in SOHO Notes. The migration did not retain the nested hierarchy. Instead, it imported each folder to the top level. I had to spend over 2 hours going back and forth between SOHO Notes and NoteLife moving folders around to rebuild the hierarchy. Really? What a joke.

NoteLife does not have note types. All the notes are rich text (rtf) files. SOHO Notes had many different types of notes. My data consisted of many different notes types. All my form notes were converted to rich text loosing all of the usefulness of the Form type. All my PDFs, of which I have hundreds, became attachments to rtf files, represented in NoteLife as a thumbnail. The interface still sports the familiar three column arrangement with the big preview pane on the right. However, since PDF’s have been relegated to an attachmnet, when you select a PDF note the big preview pane is blank, only displaying a tiny thumbnail of page 1 of a PDF. To view the PDF you have to click on the thumbnail which opens a large black window in the middle of your screen displaying the PDF within it. There are no tools of any kind for zooming, navigation, or any other familiar and expected interaction modes.

But, worst of all, you can only sort your notes by Modify or Create date. Thats it. No alphabetical option. Unbelievable. I guess the developer skipped “Sorting 101”.

The promised and currently advertised on Chronos’s website iOS app is still a no show on the App Store, so I have no info on it. Given what I have seen from the desktop version, which historically has richer feature sets than iOS counterparts, I can only expect an even poorer offering.

I will be demanding my money back if I can ever get ahold of anyone at Chronos. If not, I’ll be disputing the charge. I’ll get my money back one way or another. NoteLife is useless for my needs. I was expecting to move forward in a modernized version of an app I have used for a ages, not take a trip back a decade.

Stay away from this piece O’ crap. Don’t waist your time. Research and look for an alternative, you’ll be happier. I am going to move over to NoteBooks at notebooksapp dot com. The local sync feature is of paramount importance to me and this app offers wifi local sync and ticks most of the boxes for my other needs.
maright1
maright1
Nov 21 2016
9.3.6
5.0
Nov 21 2016
5.0
Version: 9.3.6
GOOD NEWS! SOHO Notes has made a special update for macOS Sierra only, 9.3.7. Seems to be OK. Hope that SOHO will re-commit to SOHO Notes and NoteLife and keep them up to date. Have tried many alternatives, none are as full featured and easy to use and as versatile as SOHO Notes and NoteLife.
anonymous-dingo-568
anonymous-dingo-568
Nov 13 2016
9.3.6
0.5
Nov 13 2016
0.5
Version: 9.3.6
SoHO notes is no longer being supported. It would be best to find another resource .
maright1
maright1
Nov 21 2016
5.0
Nov 21 2016
5.0
Version: null
anonymous-dingo-568
anonymous-dingo-568
Nov 13 2016
0.5
Nov 13 2016
0.5
Version: null
mdley
mdley
Oct 28 2016
0.5
Oct 28 2016
0.5
Version: null
Guest
Guest
Oct 20 2015
0.5
Oct 20 2015
0.5
Version: null
Sonnendeck
Sonnendeck
Oct 13 2015
1.0
Oct 13 2015
1.0
Version: null
rxkibler
rxkibler
Jul 3 2015
3.5
Jul 3 2015
3.5
Version: null
burkanov
burkanov
Oct 20 2012
2.5
Oct 20 2012
2.5
Version: null
Bigboysdad
Bigboysdad
Mar 23 2012
3.5
Mar 23 2012
3.5
Version: null
THECompound
THECompound
Jan 3 2012
3.5
Jan 3 2012
3.5
Version: null
Nick-Collingridge
Nick-Collingridge
Dec 15 2011
4.5
Dec 15 2011
4.5
Version: null
Ricardo-griffith-2008
Dec 5 2011
3.5
Version: null
Nardrat
Nardrat
Dec 4 2011
4.0
Dec 4 2011
4.0
Version: null
Ccstephe
Ccstephe
Nov 29 2011
0.5
Nov 29 2011
0.5
Version: null
Networx
Networx
Nov 3 2011
1.5
Nov 3 2011
1.5
Version: null
Andy49
Andy49
Oct 17 2011
0.5
Oct 17 2011
0.5
Version: null
D'arc-Tangent
D'arc-Tangent
Jul 15 2011
0.5
Jul 15 2011
0.5
Version: null
Surfspirit
Surfspirit
Jul 7 2011
4.0
Jul 7 2011
4.0
Version: null
JamesHarrisPhoto
JamesHarrisPhoto
Apr 22 2011
5.0
Apr 22 2011
5.0
Version: null
deputat
deputat
Mar 15 2011
3.0
Mar 15 2011
3.0
Version: null
Hafdis
Hafdis
Mar 13 2011
0.5
Mar 13 2011
0.5
Version: null
anonymous-swordtail-5389
Feb 21 2011
4.0
Version: null
Znoborg
Znoborg
Feb 16 2011
4.5
Feb 16 2011
4.5
Version: null
Izdale
Izdale
Feb 13 2011
4.0
Feb 13 2011
4.0
Version: null
Lord-Lightning
Lord-Lightning
Feb 4 2011
0.5
Feb 4 2011
0.5
Version: null
Sheagirl
Sheagirl
Oct 20 2010
4.0
Oct 20 2010
4.0
Version: null
Ctshop
Ctshop
Oct 7 2010
5.0
Oct 7 2010
5.0
Version: null
Lux
Lux
Aug 30 2010
1.0
Aug 30 2010
1.0
Version: null
Cvb
Cvb
Apr 12 2010
5.0
Apr 12 2010
5.0
Version: null
No-One
No-One
Apr 9 2010
3.0
Apr 9 2010
3.0
Version: null
Mark97
Mark97
Jan 22 2010
4.0
Jan 22 2010
4.0
Version: null
Igregor
Igregor
Dec 15 2009
1.0
Dec 15 2009
1.0
Version: null
Velgor242
Velgor242
Dec 5 2009
4.0
Dec 5 2009
4.0
Version: null
anonymous-heron-1581
anonymous-heron-1581
Nov 14 2009
1.0
Nov 14 2009
1.0
Version: null
zx
zx
Nov 11 2009
1.0
Nov 11 2009
1.0
Version: null
Dehartzell
Dehartzell
Oct 14 2009
3.0
Oct 14 2009
3.0
Version: null
Igreg
Igreg
Oct 7 2009
3.0
Oct 7 2009
3.0
Version: null
Slarkin
Slarkin
Oct 1 2009
1.0
Oct 1 2009
1.0
Version: null
StevenW
StevenW
Sep 27 2009
1.0
Sep 27 2009
1.0
Version: null
Lee123
Lee123
Sep 25 2009
4.0
Sep 25 2009
4.0
Version: null
Just-A-User
Just-A-User
Jun 3 2009
4.0
Jun 3 2009
4.0
Version: null