Man, I really hope they keep that promise to keep Penultimate as its own product.
Anecdote time: one of my favorite apps in the pre-iOS5 days was Essay by developer Dirk Holtwick. It was a rich text-editing iPad app with a beautiful interface, Dropbox integration, and… rich text editing. I was very concerned when I noticed it disappeared from the App Store, and I tried unsuccessfully to contact the developer. Turns out he was contracted/acquired by Evernote to help bring rich text to Evernote on iOS. Evernote killed Essay (it doesn’t work under iOS 5, and obviously won’t ever get an update). I was really upset, but I tried to be levelheaded and decided to try Evernote and use it to replace Essay, but I find the Evernote iPad app to be inept and bad in nearly every way.
Last week, I finally had a reason to use a handwriting app on my iPad. Naturally, I got Penultimate, and I love it. Today’s news is heartbreaking. I’m sure it’s a great opportunity for Mr. Zotto, so “congratulations”, but it’s bad news to my ears. Sure, that’s probably just emotions talking…whatever. I still loathe Evernote. They kill and ruin good apps.
Maybe it’s time to get Note Shelf.
