I too would also like the ability for a more compact view.
I don't appreciate the visible sorting indicators, meaning when sorting by title it takes up much extra space to show which letter of the alphabet you are on, a line below that, the date the note was last updated, then the title of the note. That seems like a great misuse of the limited screen space available on mobile devices. There should be more control over what is & isn't displayed. I have everything unchecked in "view options" & when sorting by title, for example, it shows:
B
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Today
Buy Something
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C
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Yesterday
Clean House
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To me it seems that there should be on option in the view options to get rid of the alpha indicators (i.e. "B", "C"), the horizontal lines, & the date that the note was modified. Which would for example look like this:
Buy Something
Clean House