Quick Background: I’m game developer who use Anytype to manage dream game project with niche team currently using for the purpose of writing, capture ideas from, game mechanics, attributes, story, lore elements, animations, concepts arts, world locations and many more. I basically have the prefect echo system that I carefully made utilizing Anytype features from types, relations, lists, widgets, templates and others. I was using notion before for this project, but I reshaped the system and drop it in Anytype as soon the multiplayer feature dropped.
After I found out about Anytype, I was planning to use it as a PKM system and replace Notion with it. However, it was too early to make that switch since I was waiting for it to become more robust and to gain more of the missing features from Notion before moving such a significant amount of data, like journal logs, projects, tasks, and more.
Introduction
I am writing this post not for the sake of complaining but to provide logical criticism and express my point of view and I’m sorry if I hurt anyone unintentionally regarding what I would like to be focused on in the future. this’s not based solely on my opinion, but I believe for the benefit of the majority of users.
After seeing the first quarter of 2025 roadmap it turns out the team becoming focusing more for entrepreneur/social network instead for individuals, which’s no question ask, its big win to me as someone who working in project with team, I should be happy right! and why a Anytype should focus in individuals or one category of users right? The issue for me I don’t care less what the target segment unless it affects what the service focus on. in the beginning what I observed that the company was focusing on the individuals with no multiplayer features in the time and being local only. but in the Anytype town hall events it become introducing ideas about Anytype become like social network for communities, chat feature to be suitable for small businesses which’s the minority in the meantime or marketing tactics to gain more users or else (I don’t mind this If not taking resources or efforts from something more beneficial).
Basically, like MC team/discord, Notion and Reddit duct taped into one app. which’s I don’t mind but the issue become more apparent from here. Let me explain further. eventually each use of this it will be far beyond the competitor. since the chat feature will drop into the first quarter of 2025. I will not drop using what I use to chat with the team to replace it with early version of chat even if it’s unique, local and robust. like imagine the process to import and export chat logs nevertheless moving on. not like saying this feature will be useless of course not. but it will take time to adapt or finding use cases that I couldn’t using with other software’s like linking objects and etc.. not to mention small/big teams that don’t using everything in one app or the individuals that I don’t think will benefit them since I believe most of the people currently in this spot. like I don’t think small businesses will drop slack to adapt app in early stages.
my point these features yes, it’s amazing and I can see myself using it, but it’s to early to drop and better utilize the resources and effort for something else. After seeing the 2025Q1 roadmap I found out few things that will benefit me like Notification center and tags as an object, anything else is bonus.
What I hope will be priority 2025
Look I’m nobody to give my opinion to the direction of company to take with this size and knowledgeable people, so instead of giving my two cents opinion only I will mentions also feature requests that have major votes and emphasis my opinion for it.
What I would like to be focus in are 4 major elements before moving on. organized by priority
1. Account/Data security and privacy
2. Lists (Collection/sets) Improvements
3. UI/UX changes and enhancements
4. Editor experience
1. 
Account/Data security and privacy
There’s no denying that the protection of data is the most important part. Issues such as not being able to log back into your vault due to encryption key bugs, or an unstable local-only network, should not exist. Especially since Anytype does not serve just one function or purpose like a to-do or notes app. It functions, as people say, like an OS, a second brain, or a PKM. Losing data from it is like losing a piece of memory.
The Anytype website oddly markets the app as 'local-first,’ yet it defaults to using the Anytype network that linked to AWS cloud storage, without allowing users the choice to remain local-only or self-host out of the box. This seems misleading if the app’s purpose is to be away from cloud storage and I will quote from one of the articles in the site ‘However, by centralizing data storage on servers, cloud apps also take away ownership and agency from users.’
Also, I have many issues, like the log-in method. Anytype is good at making everything flexible with the freedom of choice, and I would like to create my own encryption key/password instead of depending on trusting random phrases. Unlike a phrase key, I can memorize my own password/verifications or at least add 2FA. Another point that I and someone else mentioned that defeats the point of encryption is below; I recommend giving it a read:
I think the current log-in method will not last for long. I wish I could use Anytype like Obsidian. If there’s an option to create a vault without encryption, it would be a good addition. And like I said before, I think encryption is one of the pillars that the program was built on, but it would not hurt to add another network type called ‘Editor’ or 'No encryption" mode or any name it doesn’t matter.
my post about it:
[IMPORTANT] The Security of my data and the many bugs interfere it
I have list of changes that I hope it be considered
- Account/vault switcher with independent network type
- Make the Local-only priority
- Easy Self-host and clear video guideline
- 2FA Two-factor authentication
- Recurring back-ups for the vault&space
- independent storage location for each vault like obsidian
- Consider changes for the log-in methods
- Indicator of devices I logged in with the account/vault
- No encryption vault type
2. 
Lists (Collection/sets) Improvements
The second most important thing is to have more and more improvements and features for lists. I will just link some pages and feature requests that I hope will be added.
Posts about Collection/sets:
What do you want to be added in Sets/Collections v2?
Every Missing Thing About Collections and Sets
Just few feature requests:
- Self-pointing placeholder filter in templates
- Apply Template to an Existing Object
- Calendar / Timeline View
- Automatic Bi-directional linking + Rollups
- Grouping in Sets
- Recurring Objects
- Ability to reorder tag / status options
- Advanced Filters / Queries
3. 
UI/UX changes and enhancements
Currently, the Anytype team is doing well with the latest releases to improve the user experience. I will not be concerned if there’s no impressive lineup of features in 2025, but I hope there will be more options in the settings, like an easy way to change and install themes like Obsidian, instead of depending on a CSS thread. Changing the font, accent color, and many more—I would just say take inspiration from how Obsidian offers customizations and utilities. I would say still there’s odd changes that I don’t like but I hope it will be improved
Few feature requests:
Add Tabs
Notifications and Reminders
Add options to change font size and style
Posts about UI/UX:
Slight grievances with the UX and UI
Feedback about UX and UI, the real reason for not using Anytype
Better UX improvements For the Click count
Improving Anytype UX: Redesigning Space, Account Interfaces and more
4. 
Editor experience
The least part I want to focus on, but I can assure you the community will have different opinions, is the writing experience. It looks good enough to me, but the only thing I want is timestamps, because it’s important to refer to each paragraph I write with a date and time, like Notion has.
Few posts:
Basic editor experience. Help needed!
Outro
Look, after I took a look at the first quarter of 2025 roadmap, I was disappointed by the strange choices that have been made. It clearly does not prioritize the core functions of the app. For example, I still cannot drag and drop objects in the calendar view. The undo function doesn’t work well in collections/sets, and there are obvious missing elements, like no indicator of the number of objects in the Kanban view per column, nor any cell to calculate the objects per average, sum, or other metrics.
So please, Anytype team, make the core functions of the app the priority since they’re what made this community possible. Shifting the direction to Communities/business owners by introducing a chat feature or something similar, even though it’s the only category that clearly not attracted to this service yet is not a good look.
I don’t mind branching to all kinds of users. but the app relatively still in early stages to adapt or branching for other category of users. like yes, I want shiny new features, but it will be like a toy for a lot of users because how the app operates right now. so, take of consideration make a survey for users to help out with 2025 roadmap. and thx.
but regardless its neat thing addresses the users concerns directly in a call