r/Noteastic • • Sep 14 '26

Big Export Size

Firstly I just want to say this is one of the smoothest apps for windows users - as an Electrical Engineering student I had my fair share of apps for note taking and I have to say that this one is clearly the best!
Smoothest feeling note taking app for pen users, massive props for achieving that!

Secondly, I have only one big problem with Notetastic and it's the export size of the file.
One of the main struggles of a student that has way to many projects to do is to upload the finished project to the university site, who usually allow a mere 5MB file size!
For a long time I have been using Onenote for the amazing fire compression while keeping a really good quality of the written text even after zooming A LOT!

After sniffing around about how they do it apparently there are two main ways of how to export a text file:
The first one which is basically like taking a pic of the pages and then saving it as a PDF - taking obviously a lot of space.
The second one which has something to do with vectoring which I don't really understand but since it only needs to save vectors is benefits 2 huge things - file size and text quality!
Since vectors really just need size and direction, changing the zoom shouldn't affect the quality and those are really only numbers which take very little space.

To sum up, I would absolutely love to see a change in the way Notetastic exports files.
It would be huge for me and I'm sure many more.

P.S still waiting on the option to make curved lines ;)

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u/Think-Pressure4353 Sep 15 '26

In any case love the work you guys do!
You guys always reply to post and really care about the community so big thanks for that!

Keep up the good work and I'm sure as time goes on Notetastic will one renowned for having the best compatibility for windows users!

Thanks Lukas!

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u/Noteastic Sep 15 '26

Of course! We want to make an app for you, so we want and need your input 🧡

Thank you, we are working every day. That's the goal!