Notion's Mobile App Lacks Basic Text Selection and Column-Resize Support
Notion users report that fundamental mobile interactions, like selecting text to copy/paste and navigating between pages, are unnecessarily difficult, and that basic desktop features such as column resizing are missing entirely on mobile. The gap has persisted long enough that some users are considering switching to competing note apps with better mobile parity.
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surfaced semanticallyNotion Mobile App Is Difficult to Use Due to Keyboard and Scroll Issues
Notion on mobile suffers from the keyboard obscuring content being edited, pages becoming unscrollable, and inability to perform basic actions like line breaks. Drag-and-drop content reordering is nearly impossible on touch screens. Despite being powerful on desktop, the mobile experience is a persistent structural gap.
Notion Android Text Selection Broken for Large Content Blocks
Selecting large chunks of text in the Notion Android app is nearly impossible, reducing the mobile experience to read-only. The desktop app works well, creating a significant parity gap for users who switch between devices. Heavy Notion users who need to edit or reorganize content on mobile cannot do so reliably.
Notion Mobile Formatting and Performance Frustrations
Notion mobile has significant friction: slow formatting, inability to paste with source formatting, poor content rearranging, and AI features locked behind paywall.
Notion Mobile App Usability Frustrations
Users find Notion mobile app nearly unusable with formatting issues forcing them back to desktop. No specific bugs identified.
Notion Becomes Progressively Slower on High-End Phones After Updates
Each Notion update introduces additional lag on high-end Android hardware. Table row/column selection is broken and email addresses gain erroneous mailto prefixes. Multiple regressions in basic features are driving users back to Google Docs.
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