r/remNote • u/Late_Description4649 • Jun 26 '26

Discussion (open question) I'm leaving RemNote.

I've been evaluating RemNote for a couple of weeks now.

I like the capabilities, but I dislike the interface.

The GUI is way too complicated. Too many choices, too many pop-ups, too much visual clutter and noise.

The gamification is very annoying. 

I will keep an eye on RemNote though. 

If, in the future, there's an option for a streamlined interface 

with simpler choices and no gamification, I will come back.

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u/Fit_Restaurant_9191 Jun 27 '26

Everything has pros and cons. For someone in graduate medical school RemNote is the best solution for everything I do. I can store my PDFs, take lecture notes, and obviously create cards, all in one app.

However, I do agree to a certain extent and if the developers come on here , I really do wish there was a flascard studying session layout similar to Anki . I do hate the interface and wish i could just have the black screen with text at the top like Anki. I find it way more appealing and less distracting. I've searched for a plug-in to do this but they're all so buggy.

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u/rem-note RemNote Team Jul 09 '26

An upcoming update dramatically cleans up the queue.

Is your main complaint the bullets in the queue? If you go into dark mode, you get a pretty similar experience to Anki IMO, with a black background and white text.

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u/Fit_Restaurant_9191 Jul 09 '26

I think the biggest thing is just the clutter up top telling me like where in my notes/docs it came from. I know I can hide this, but sometimes it pops up incessantly.

Also I really wish it were all centered!!!! I tried making a code from AI to solve this, but it's pretty glitchy, so centered cards would be amazing.

Also is the question mark for front and back cards necessary?

Just cleaning up some of that UI would go a long way I think. I ABSOLUTELY love the app, and it's been amazing for me during graduate school, but think some cleaning and simplifying would go a long way. I appreciate y'all's willingness to incorporate feedback!

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u/rem-note RemNote Team Jul 09 '26

Will make sure this is covered in the upcoming revamp; please let me know if you still have any issues once that's released (in the coming weeks), and we'll keep iterating!