Not impressed or blown away...

I have read review after review of Alternote and though, great, a nice simple Evernote client with Markdown support. Well, “yes” and “no” to that.
Yes, it has a nice interface and looks great; but it’s Markdown support and implementation is not great, it’s spotty and inconsistent at best. It implements it without allowing you to have (seemingly) the ability to toggle it on/off and that would be nice.
The choice of fonts is poor, some aren’t even common for Mac OS X and the default size is huge. It doesn’t display nicely or sync with my IOS devices and so, looks poor on my iPad Mini 2 or iPhone 5s; I don’t have these issues with the Evernote client. The sidebar background changing ability is a nice “gimmick”; as is the night mode and such.
I have used it for about an hour over two installations, I tried it for 10 minutes first time and then removed it, having tinkered and found it lacklustre; I then decided to see if there was better documentation at the Alternote website and no, just nice imagery and “review” comments. Sorry, that doesn’t fly as a well crafted tool.
So it is being removed and I may try it again; but if I want to really work with Markdown, it’s back to Byword on the Mac and then importing that into Evernote. This is not (for me) a revelation, nor a good client for Evernote; the Evernote client is better and simpler in the end.
For the cost, it was a cheap experience and sorry; but comes across as such, cheap. Well, I got what I apparently paid for, I hope you, the reader, have better luck, I will stick with what works for me, the Evernote client for Mac and iOS devices and for Markdown, Byword for Mac, iOS and Editorial for iOS.

BlackMacX about Alternote the Note-taking App, v1.0.2