Tips for getting into the iOS version

Holy cow … I was just about to post the same kind of message.
I am VERY experienced at adopting and using new tool like this …
I downloaded the ios / mobile version, and … ugh …
I was scratching my head. What happened to all the hype and great things I was reading about.
Geesh … forget about the complicated stuff (like importing from other platforms - fuggettaboutit) … Just navigating this is like massaging a steel beam.
I created a note ,… then a notebook. I see them in the list - but I want to move the note into the notebook. I had to spend an hour searching the help forums and watch a video just to move.
Then the complicated stuff:
I setup, initially, to synch with Dropbox. But then when I saw how clunky that was - and how much of a nightmare working with a book with 10 chapters and 10 sections would be using the dropbox synch- I now wanted to just instead have all the notes local. What 2 semester university course would I have to enroll in, in order to perform this feature.
Man oh Man. I’ve written in Evernote, Notion, Word and so on … but all the while, I’ve felt like I was a slacker of a writer because I didn’t use Scrivener.
What am I missing?? Yeah I understand if I spend 8 hours reading through the forums and watching videos … but - wow - that’s asking a lot.
Please - someone talk me off the ledge!

The iOS version, which I use every day, is pales in significance to the macOS (or Windows) version. Consider it a companion to the real version for portable use. It is terrific, but has a small subset of capability.

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Start with the Tutorial. We created it for a reason, and all of our other support materials assume that you’ve used it to familiarize yourself with the basics.

All your notes are local, always. Synching them to Dropbox creates a second copy on the Dropbox server.
(But please read this article, about a Dropbox setting that frequently trips people up: Errors Opening Projects Stored on Dropbox / Cloud Syncing / Knowledge Base - Literature and Latte Support)

Once Dropbox is configured, it’s pretty seamless. 10 Chapters is relatively small as Scrivener projects go. Full information about setting up synchronization can be found here:
https://scrivener.tenderapp.com/help/kb/ios/dropbox-syncing-with-ios

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The dropbox setup was easy - it’s just that, while using Scrivener - the dropbox “presence” is clunky and annoying, and if I am offline (like writing on a plane) - I am not sure what I might lose, so I wanted to CHANGE the setup from dropbox to local …

Again, your work is always stored locally. If you work offline, just resync to the server once you reconnect, and before opening the project on any other devices.

To move a project out of Dropbox (in iOS Scrivener), drag it out of the “Dropbox” section of the project list, and into the On This Device section.

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The getting started videos are actually not that good - particularly if you are watching the ios “getting started” … sorry. It’s easy to watch them when you already know what you’re doing, otherwise, well, II did not find them too helpful.