Glean Notes 4+

No Apple Pencil support/other mobile features

Honestly, Glean, especially on desktop, is a very useful app that has helped me exponentially with note taking, and as an ADHD student, I’m particularly grateful; however, the mobile app definitely needs work. For starters, though I was initially excited to use Glean on my iPad, since it’s easier to carry than my laptop, I was very sad when my Apple Pencil didn’t work in Glean’s note box, which frankly defeats the point of even having it on iPad. It’s also somewhat more difficult to use Glean interactively on iPad, with the inability to view slides conveniently, or import/find images conveniently. Glean does allow you to import a picture you take into your notes, which is a great feature for mobile; however, the mobile version frankly needs more features like that, that make using Glean on mobile easier and more worthwhile. I think Glean mobile could be so awesome, but there are some key things that just aren’t there right now.

App crashing

Hello! I love this app and have been using it for my accommodations since 2021. Recently the app has been crashing on me a lot. I always make sure im on the latest update. If I add too many things too fast it will crash. This includes the regular notes, important notes, taking photos, and posting the slides. This is frustrating because I have to be able to add stuff quickly while im in class. If it crashes I then have to go back into the app and resume the recording so it will end up having a gap. I am not sure if it’s an issue with my phone or if it’s the app. I genuinely love glean it has helped me so much with school. Hopefully this can be solved in one way or another.

Developer Response ,

I'm sorry that you're having problems with Glean. Please can you email me at support@glean.co and I can try to help. Thanks David.

Great note taking tool for college students

I often have trouble keeping up with the pace of my professors lectures or the ideas, topics, and evidences brought up and discussed in small discussion. Glean has been great for lectures, when it comes to taking notes with many features on individual slides while also letting me record everything that occurs. These recordings always produce great transcriptions regardless of where I am sitting. These recordings always software is also great at distinguishing different voices when it comes to divining up text for discussions. One great feature to see glean add would be to add a plug in with a AI/LLM like Perplexity or ChatGPT to offer greater details while taking notes and adding to the quick outline. The current software creates a basic summary, but lacks key details.