Use Your Handwriting GOLD app for iPhone and iPad

4.8 ( 4928 ratings )

Utilities Productivity
Developer: Gee Whiz Stuff

19.99 USD

Current version: 10.1, last update: 8 years ago
First release : 01 Jan 2010
App size: 30.03 Mb

Use Your Handwriting® (UYH®) lets you finger write quick notes, lists and messages on your iPhone or iPad. Its unique handwriting engine simulates the physics of a fountain pen to produce smooth and fulfilling drawing strokes. Your handwriting will flow beautifully and come out looking elegant with natural variations in darkness and thickness.

The beauty of UYH is accompanied by a powerful set of features: multi-level lists, quick alarms, sync across devices, visualize notes online, calendar and hands-on tutorial for every feature. Use it to take notes, for shopping lists, todo lists, for brainstorming, as a calendar, or as a replacement for sticky notes.

This GOLD version is ad free and includes a lifetime subscription to our sync service, MyUYH.

NEW! View any list on your Apple Watch.

UNIQUE FEATURES

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BEAUTIFUL CALLIGRAPHIC WRITING STYLES

No matter what your 4th grade teacher told you, you have beautiful handwriting. What you couldn’t do with a pen, you can do with UYH. Choose between five different writing styles and your calligraphy will be amazing everyone in no time.

LEAN AND MEAN CALENDAR

Plan your weekly schedule in UYH by annotating days with your handwritten notes. Its quick but also powerful. Use it to jot down a quick todo and see it in Notification Center, or to take down elaborate categorized logs. Calendar notes scheduled for today appear in the UYH app on your Apple Watch!

QUICK HANDWRITTEN ALARMS

Need a reminder? Scribble a note, press and hold it and pick a time. You will be alerted in time even if the app is not active, or your device is asleep. The alert will even show on your Apple Watch!

TAKE NOTES OF ANY LENGTH

With UYH, there’s no limit to expressing yourself. Write as much as you want and UYH will effectively organize your note onto the screen.

EMAIL/FACEBOOK/TWITTER YOUR ARTISTIC NOTES

Why? Because handwritten messages to friends mean so much more! Plus, we bring you for the first time on the iPhone special multicolor lists to bring out the artist in you. Create your own colorful greetings for any occasion and email them to that special someone, or cut and paste them in other apps, such as MMS.

MAKE POWERFUL LIST HIERARCHIES

So you think eight lists are not enough? In UYH, any item in a list can become its own sublist, so there’s no limit to how many lists and notes you can create.

HARNESS THE CLOUD - SYNC AND MORE

You can sync notes across any number of devices via www.myuyh.com. You can even publish your notes as web pages and view them online. The website lets you view your notes in several formats suitable for brainstorming and mind mapping.

AND MORE...

* Hassle-free writing - To create a new item, simply press +, start writing, and hit Done - its as simple as that.

* A Quick Start Tutorial allows you to learn UYH basic functions by actually using them

* See high priority todo items BLINK, like Neon Lights

* Dim low-priority todo items

* Toggle easily between lists with 2-finger swipes

* Customize the title of each list with a name or a doodle

* Icon badge to show the number of current items

Pros and cons of Use Your Handwriting GOLD app for iPhone and iPad

Use Your Handwriting GOLD app good for

I use it everyday for quick notes, jotting down phone numbers Etc. much quicker than typing a note.

This is one of the best apps on my phone. Every grocery list my wife gives me goes on here. So quick and easy to use for any quick list.

Brilliant App. Ideal for scribbling quick notes - quicker than typing. But i wasnt happy with the latest update- it combined a number of categories i had and made a mess of my data.

After using UYH for a day, I deleted all other lists apps. This is the one i like the best.

This app keeps all my thoughts and ideas in one place, easy to input and recall when needed. Absolutely necessary and brilliant!

Solid app. Easy to use. Lists in lists is great. I really like writing instead of touching the tiny keyboard. Colours of ink are bright. Ability to flash. Definitely would recommend and have.

Some bad moments

Doesnt synch properly 2/3 rds of the time which makes it useless and all those having purchased the paid version should simply request a refund. And the desktop version is simply embarassing. I create mobile apps for a living so dont take this for some rant. Eric PS... Shame on Apple for letting this kind of CrApp through to the public.

I rarely write reviews, but I find myself compelled to make an exception in this case. For several years, UYH has been my favourite note-taking app. Following the most recent update, I attempted to wait & see whether I would get accustomed to the newest version. Unfortunately, I cannot stomach it: it’s dreadful! The previously excellent range of writing colours has been severely cut down, erasing/editing while writing apparently disappeared, the gestures have changed, the app is draggy, glitches abound, & the tutorial is *unbelievably annoying*. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen an app so thoroughly butchered by an update. At least bring back the colours & erasing features — updates should increase an app’s usability, not undermine it.

So... after purchasing both versions of this app, not only does it trash ALL THE NOTES EVER ENTERED INTO IT via updates, but it now insists that I must *BUY* an account with them just to use the app. UYH... you can GFY. Edit-- You get a star for making me laugh with the $12 regular price.

Glad this was free today instead of $11.99. I just dont see why anyone would use this. Who wants to write on the screen when you can type. Maybe Im missing something but I just see no use for this app.

One of the things I loved about this app was the many shades of beautiful colors. Now there are only a few colors. This is one of the reasons why I ordered the app. Please return this feature or at least make it an option for further purchase.

NOTE ON LATEST UPDATE: Have tried to install update for days but it just hangs and wont complete or allow me to delete & reinstall leaving the app in unusable limbo. Will return 5-star rating when this is fixed. Other than the problem noted above which may not be a widespread issue, my previous review is: Excellent way to manage quick lists. Fast, fun & the sync feature is great so you can update from iPad or iPhone. As a long time list-maker, this is the closest thing to jotting down your thoughts, to do list or whatever with the added benefits of being able to reorder, save common lists & sync between devices. As an another benefit, it looks nice too :-) with a stylus on my iPad, my handwriting has not looked this good in years. I have had no problems with the app on iPhone 4, 5, 6 or iPad 2 mentioned in some other reviews.

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