As I’ve posted several times over the years, I have had my frustrations with iCloud syncing but curiously, only with Apple Notes. All other apps sync flawlessly.
I had a scare the other day. For some reason, 86 notes neatly saved in sub-folders mysteriously appeared in the main Notes folder. I had to move each one to the correct folder manually. That is frustrating, a waste of time, and scary. I’d move to a different note-taking app, but I can’t find one with the complete feature set of AN, as well integrated and without a subscription, and available with equal features across devices. Accordingly, for now, I’m sticking with AN.
My solace is that I discovered that I could import my Apple Notes directly to DT, bypassing the need to use the Exporter app. So I created a DT archive database exclusively for this purpose. I import to the archive each month. Besides my external backups, this relieves my concern about losing my notes.