Notes App lagging after iOS 18 Update

Omg! My Notes are terrible!!! I have been entering copies of recipes and most of the “ copy” is off screen, it’s as if one page turned into two pages without the ability to “ View” all of it.

How can this be fixed?

I was hoping 18.1 would resolve but still no go. So slow typing in notes it’s crazy. No idea how such a simple app could be so disrupted. I have used for years and only with iOS 18 did this issue emerge. Frustrating.

This is the only way it fixed it for me! Deleted app and then reinstalled and added back all notes from the cloud. works really well now .... as before !! Thank you for the advice.

I also have the multiple blank notes problem and I am pretty sure it is because I tap the new note button multiple times because of the lag and being accustomed to seeing the note appear immediately.

if I just tap it once and wait….and wait…and wait…and wait some more l, I only get one new one

Had same issue (it was maddening) Just saw a fix in another post: Close/open the notes app 5-6 times…and tried it. FIXED! Thank goodness, use the notes feature a LOT. Many thanks to op Pomumm!

The notes app froze after lifting the Apple pencil while drawing. The same is happening with other apps like Freeform and Miro. It's happening very frequently while drawing (using 2nd generation Pencil).

I also started having notes lagging big time immediately after iOS 18.1 install (I went straight from 17.X).

I have a ton of notes, but I don’t think any are particularly large. I think nearly all of them are completely text, though some have one or two images.

this problem almost makes notes useless.

I have quit the app and reopened several times. I have not yet tried deleting and reinstalling.

I don't think the size of notes is crucial - it wasn't until now. Yes, some workaround attempts helped some people, but the problem, namely in the sync with the iCloud, remains. Gladly they appear to have fixed the same issue in MacOs -which gives hope that this will soon be fixed for iOS as well.

tried the restart app 5 times which worked on iphone 14. Same trick, then re-installing notes on ipad pro fixed issue there. Also back to normal on Macbook. I was sceptical this would work, but it has for me. Still, I suspect Apple knew and decided to let users figure it out rather than invest in more development to avoid issue altogether.

I have some long notes, but they have nothing to do with handwriting. The problem has only existed since iOS 18.0, so it will have to do with some of the new features added with it. I also suspect the possible new formatting options. However, the problem is gone as long as you are not connected to the Internet (Cloud). It therefore seems to be mainly to do with the synchronisation.

None of the possible workarounds mentioned in this topic helped me. Well 18.1 is out a couple of days now and I can report something has changed, but the issue is surely not fixed. Individual notes still open and close way too sluggish.

I deleted the Notes app. Then reinstalled and allowed all my notes (1002) to load. It didn’t work for me.

Am I right in understanding that if you create a note of 130,000 characters on an iPhone (iOS 18.1), then there are no lags when editing it?

iOS version 18.0.1 .

I tried a few things, and none of them worked. I tried background app refresh, and leaving notes open for 30 min to help with indexing. Notes was still broken. I was forced to delete and reinstall -- but that left me feeling really insecure.

The delete-and-reinstall fix did work, though it was unsettling. Here are helpful tips.

(1) first sync notes to your mac or ipad and make sure they are there.

(2) make sure "Iphone Folder" is turned off in Notes settings. If it's on, move those into your icloud folder

(3) Two folders are virtual , "All Icloud" and "notes". These just list all notes and all unsorted notes respectively. They will sync from iCloud when you reinstall.

I had a good experience, and didn't notice any of my 5000+ notes missing. Images seemed to sync. My notes DB on iphone reduced in size after the reinstall.

Recommendation: Backup to another machine and then do uninstall-then-reinstall to restore the notes.

Your message does hardly make a sense. If you have the sync of notes with the iCloud enabled (>settings, your name, iCloud, Notes<), the notes are regularly synced with the iCloud and therewith obviously are not lost if the app is reinstalled. However, you should bear in mind that the error has still not been fixed - so no change is to be expected from a new installation.

no bugs in ios18 then