vox looks great! actually kind of reminds me of the look that elementaryOS goes for with the subtle drop shadows and the softer coloring. or maybe older macOS.
at the same time, vox doesn't really look like a lot of other QT apps (whereas a lot of modern GTK apps tend to have very similar designs).
notes seems like a great app. ux seems great from the demo reels. but it doesn't look quite as nice to me. the drop shadows (on click and drag) seem off. many things are very flat and wireframe looking. the icons look "cheap" (trashcan and slider/config particularly). i am unsure on how you choose between full black and dark grey in your design system but it feels a bit inconsistent.
all that said, i think the animations look great. very smooth.
I don’t think the apps are ugly at all but the kerning of the first letter of the headers feels very off on the website. Maybe it’s intentional but I find it distracting and inappropriate for a note taking app. (latest iOS, Firefox, iPhone 17)
You might want to add the `playsinline` attribute to the videos on get-notes.com. Each video opened in fullscreen for me after the previous was closed and I had to dismiss them all before reading the website (iOS)
https://www.get-vox.com/
https://www.get-notes.com/