Notion does work offline, but not amazingly. The major issue with Notion offline comes when you haven’t preloaded the pages, in that case, you won’t be able to access them. Some updates made while offline don’t always get synchronized.
Notion should let its users backup to Cloud services of their choice in readable formats. It’s not rocket science, an app that works offline will behave the same way whether or not you’re connected to the internet. If I wanted to take notes in Apple Notes, for example, I can just open the app and start typing.
With Notion, when you close the app, you need an internet connection to get it started, which makes sense because it is a web-based app. It’s thus safe to conclude that Notion DOES NOT WORK OFFLINE. Of course, there might be workarounds for this, but those wouldn’t be necessary if it worked in the first place.
Is there a way to view notion notes offline?
I recommend you check out Obsidian notes which uses Markdown. You can atleast have notes offline and view it in a clean way. Wouldn’t a simple half-solution be to let Notion export – not to your hard-drive – but to Files within i, and os. Could even be text only, ignore attachments at first.
A frequent query we ran across in our research was “Is there a way to export notion notes to iOS?”.
I can dig in. you can atleast have notes offline and view it in a clean way. Wouldn’t a simple half-solution be to let Notion export – not to your hard-drive – but to Files within i, and os. Could even be text only, ignore attachments at first.
Almost everyone has at least one app that can open and read PDFs. However, in Notion, that option is only available for their most expensive subscriptions. This means your notes are trapped in the app unless you can appreciate Markdown, CVS and HTML formats. I exported my workspace from Notion, firstly as a Markdown and CVS.
Can you use an app offline?
It’s not rocket science, an app that works offline will behave the same way whether or not you’re connected to the internet. If I wanted to take notes in Apple Notes, for example, I can just open the app and start typing. I will probably realise I am not online when I want to access those notes on another device.