Note Box (Minimalistic Notes)v2.1

Released December 24, 2021Major

iOS

The latest major update introduced significant friction despite adding requested features like dark mode and markdown support. Users report a 0.51 star decline in average ratings, primarily driven by critical data access failures. The release currently carries a negative impact due to these stability concerns.

What changed

PlatformAdded support for iOS 13
UXAdded Dark Mode support
MonetizationIntroduced NoteBox Premium subscription
New featureAdded markdown-enabled rich text editing
UXAdded ability to change app themes

Reception

38/ 100 impact scoreNegative

What worked

UX
Users express positive sentiment toward the new color-coded organization and aesthetic note system.

What didn't

Platform
backfired
The update introduced critical data access failures that prevent users from opening existing notes.

Marlvel takeaways

Prioritize a hotfix to resolve the data access failures reported by users immediately.
Investigate the correlation between the new iOS compatibility layer and the reported note retrieval errors.
Monitor the post-update rating delta of -0.51 closely as the sample size increases beyond the current eight reviews.

Original release notes

Support for iOS 13 and Dark Mode. For our power users, we've also added NoteBox Premium, a subscription to help you stay more organized. Notebox Premium is launching with rich markdown-enabled rich text editing and the ability to change themes (three themes to start, more to come!).