I got a DM from API Brew. It reminds me of Firebase (Remember? it is not the current Google acquired bloated mobile platform, but only the realtime database and looks promising for me...).
Good luck for the API Brew team.
The best notebooks I have found that meet both constraints of being cheap but good quality so as to not become frustrating are Muji's notebooks. They have several options in size and also styles between blank, lined, and graph lined and looseleaf or notebooks. They even have these tiny passport sized notebooks that I am trying to get into the habit of keeping with me to write down whatever I need in the moment. The paper quality is actually excellent, and their pens are all I use now as well.
Why are they killing the app?
Cutting the maintenance cost I guess.