Definitely. I guess many others will be. Although I don’t actively use an apple device currently except for a macbook (whose display got broken, so I use it via an external display only, that too very rarely), I like this idea very much. While I was using an iphone, I had used quine app (it’s a paid app) - so I am not averse to making a financial contribution to the development of TW. I am from India. Currently I pay for video streaming apps like netflix, amazon prime and hotstar(similar to netflix). Prime and hotstar cost around 1500 indian rupees annually, netflix is costlier starting at 199 rupees monthly. So I will be ok with an yearly charge of around 2000 to 3000 rupees for an app of tiddlywiki, if some of the points which I mention below are present in the app. Also it will be easier to pay for the app in local currency since its via apple app store. Occasionally I have purchased paid apps from the apple and android stores using one time payment.
I do have a ipad in my family which I an use to do the beta testing.
From my point of view, if this app is primarily for apple ecosystem, it should mainly target the iphone (and may be even ipad) users. Because where TW lacks currently is in its usage in mobile devices. In this age, major part of our time in a single day will be spent on our phones. So if we find something which needs to be added to our wiki while using mobile phone, its currently not possible in an easy way. What I do currently is to share such links or articles to private whatsapp group or using self messages in whatsapp. In case of tweets, I bookmark them while using phone and clip them when I am on desktop. This is actually extra work. If the new TW app can access the share option of ios, these things can be done easily.
Previously while I was using remnote, I had tried to use ios shortcuts to send text, images and media files to the remnote app. So using ios shortcut can be very useful for this app.
Another important aspect is quick entry of data while we are using mobile phone (I am thinking of using it in my budget and todo wiki). Once entry is over, it should be possible to save and sync the changes quickly without any data loss.
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In my notes wiki, there are plenty of images which are saved in a subdirectory of the wiki folder. These images are displayed in the wiki by using the relative path. Will this work with the proposed new app also ?
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How will markdown tiddlers be saved in the files app - will it be saved as
.md
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Will be there an option to sync the files to onedrive if possible. (because I may want to access the files in my windows and android devices)
UI of tiddlywiki in mobile devices will need some changes along with the release of this app to attract more users.
May be time has come for the arrival of Xememex
and another product hunt release