MacLife - UK (2019-12)

Image rights: Momenta BV.

Agenda for iOS

takes Notes,

Calendar and

Reminders, and

makes them even better. Like

its desktop sibling it enables

you to organize your notes into

categories and projects; to

assign them to dates in the

past, present, or future; and to

see what’s coming up on your

agenda. And like the desktop

Agenda 8

Get organized the easy way

Free (IAPs) From Momenta BV, agenda.com

Made for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch Needs iOS 11.0 or later

In addition to iOS 13’s Dark Mode there’s

also a special black mode for iPhones.

AGENDA 8

Easy to learn

Great app integration

Scanning and scribbling

A strictly solo affair

GREAT

version, almost all of its key

features are free. The premium

version beefs up the Calendar

and Reminders integration,

adds more export options, and

gives you some more

customization options.

This eighth incarnation of

the iOS app boasts three key

new features: drawing tools,

document scanning, and Dark

Mode support — with an

additional black theme for

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three brings you the same

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Apple’s Notes app, enabling

you to add illustrations and

handwritten notes to your

typed text. Apple’s tools were

clearly designed for Apple

Pencil: while you can also use

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the results won’t be as good.

The iOS document scanner

works very well, enabling you

to capture and save documents

directly into a note. The image

quality is exceptionally good,

especially on more recent

iPhones, with even very small

print captured clearly. It

doesn’t do OCR, however, and

the iOS scanner doesn’t

currently operate if you’re

using your app in Split View.

It’s best suited for little things

like business cards or receipts.

The app syncs reliably with

its desktop companion via

iCloud or Dropbox, and its

share sheet enables you to

export in formatted text, PDF,

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format. Subscribers also get an

option to export in Markdown.

Its tagging, markup, and

organization features mean it’s

great for power users, and the

ability to scribble or scan

directly into a note is great for

grabbing ideas or images on

the move. Its lack of

collaboration features mean

it isn’t designed for team

environments, but it’s

excellent for individuals.

THE BOTTOM LINE. An

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powerful new features.

CARRIE MARSHALL

Agenda’s tools

now include iOS’s

document

scanner.

58 DEC 2019 maclife.com