Notes

Cloud-based Note takers

2023-01-19

NotePost (5@1) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-09-18 self-hostable sync; Markdown support; also available for Linux and Windows
NotePal - Material Design Note (4.8@21) Ǥ 7 1 LastUpdate: 2019-03-15 Github
ColorNote Notepad Notes (4.7@3,574,360) Ǥ 9 2 Encrypted Backup/Sync, data saved to SDCard; ColorDict integration; Task management; Phone & Tablet-optimized
WeNote: Notes Notebook Notepad (4.7@87,094) Ǥ 13 3 Vorstellung 2/2019
Nextcloud Notes (4.7@461) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
My Notes - Notepad (4.6@35,873) Ǥ 19 1 Vorstellung 11/2017; Google Drive Sync
Microsoft OneNote: Save Notes (4.5@1,036,152) 29 3 Windows Live-ID required
Bundled Notes - Lists, To-do (4.5@1,132) Ǥ 12 2
SilentNotes (4.5@140) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; sync via Dropbox, FTP or WebDAV
Kolab Notes (4.4@42) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-10-23
LaaNo: Link as a Note (4.4@8) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Nextcloud
Evernote - Note Organizer (4.3@1,765,667) Ǥ 35 8
Post-it® (4.3@17,857) 9 1 Video Intro 8/2019
Notesnook - Private notes app (4.3@1,272) Ǥ 27 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; encrypted online notepad
Nebo: Notes & PDF Annotations (4.2@5,109; ~EUR 10.00) 11 2 Intro 10/2019
Tomdroid notes (4.1@816) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-01-16 Sync with UbuntuOne, snowboy, Tomboy Online; compatible with Tomboy (Linux)
Turtl (4.1@615) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-15 Github; FOSS Evernote alternative
FiiNote, note everything (4@15,262) Ǥ 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Review 9/2018; handwriting, typing, paint, voice, photo, video…
Notes by Firefox: A Secure Notepad App (4@2) 3 LastUpdate: 2021-01-10 Vorstellung 7/2018
Google Keep - Notes and Lists (3.9@1,455,116) Ǥ 22 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Dropbox Paper (3.9@11,804) Ǥ 11 3 collaborative notes
MetaMoJi Note Lite (3.9@6,271) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-05-09 / MetaMoJi Note (3.6@1,439; ~EUR 7.50) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-10-31 10+ Product Videos
NoNonsense Notes (3.9@1,677) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; OpenSource Notes & Todo
Simplenote (3.8@16,567) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Kurzvorstellung 4/2016; Vorstellung 3/2018; Tips & Tricks 10/2018; Review 11/2020 | 3/2022; supports Markdown
Carnet - Notes app (3.6@427) 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-07-07 Github; syncs with ownCloud/Nextcloud; corresponding Nextcloud App, Linux AppImages/Snap Package available
GNotes - Note, Notepad & Memo (3@25,588) Ǥ 18 4
Notejoy (3@68) Ǥ 15 1 LastUpdate: 2021-06-18 collaborative notes
Saber: Handwritten Notes (0@0) 11 Github; handwritten notes, locally or with your Nextcloud – across platforms!
Mavinote (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Leanote (0@0) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-16 Github; Evernote Alternative
WD Notes (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; WebDAV sync
Paperwork (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-05-26 Github; note taking a la Evernote; self-hosted alternative

Note takers without Cloud

2023-01-19

Neuronizer Notes (5@12) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-04-01 Github; notes and tasks
Another notes app (5@10) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
sNotz: Notes & Checklists (4.9@32) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
My Notes - Take notes anywhere (4.9@20) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-29 Github
Orgzly: Notes & To-Do Lists (4.8@2,211) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Intro 5/2021; Notes & scheduled tasks
Simple Notes Pro (4.7@2,993; ~EUR 1.00) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
MobiNotes (4.7@371) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
NoteBuddy (4.7@3) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-03-03 Github; encrypted notes
Notes (4.6@22,266) Ǥ 24 4 Phone & Tablet optimized;
Notally | Minimalist Notes (4.6@768) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Lesser Pad (4.6@60) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-03-19
EteSync Notes - End-to-end Enc (4.6@18) 11 1 LastUpdate: 2021-03-14 Github; self-hosted (or provided by EteSync) counterpart
Linwood Butterfly (4.6@8) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Natural Notes (4.5@5,753) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-05-06 / Natural Notes + (4.2@239; ~EUR 2.75) Ǥ 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-04-27 Phone+Tablet optimized
Note Crypt Donate / Pro (4.5@61) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-11-17 Github; AES 128 bit encrypted notes
FairNote - Encrypted Notes (4.4@1,241) Ǥ 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ with labels & categories
Noto | Minimal Note-Taking App (4.4@307) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Note Delight (4.4@5) 3 2 Github
SealNote (4.3@3,157) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-04-13 Github; Video Intro 4/2017
hovernote (4.3@1,410) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-15
Notes (PFA) (4.3@128) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Scarlet FDroid (4.2@665) Ǥ 10 1 LastUpdate: 2020-02-24 Github
Denkzettel for .txt-notes (4.2@303) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-11 Vorstellung 9/2018; Kurztest 6/2019; saves .txt files, so you can sync notes with your cloud accounts
4.Do - To Do List & Task Manag (4.1@1,636) Ǥ 12 3 LastUpdate: 2020-04-28
Notepad (4@89,138) Ǥ 13 2 LastUpdate: 2021-04-22
QuickNote Notepad Notes (4@4,451) Ǥ 6 3 LastUpdate: 2014-06-21
OI Notepad (4@4,445) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 Github
Omni Notes (4@3,810) Ǥ 17 3 Pushbullet Support
SimpleNotes (4@209) Ǥ 6 4 LastUpdate: 2016-03-06
Unofficial Sticky Notes (4@1) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-02-03 Github
LectureNotes (Trial Version) (3.9@2,921) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / LectureNotes (4.7@9,646; ~EUR 6.00) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Review 11/2017; Handwriting, best with (S-)Pen
Notepad - Secure Notes & Lists (3.7@747) Ǥ 9 4 LastUpdate: 2015-12-04 Kurzvorstellung 3/2015; Notizen, Reminder, ToDo, and more
FiiWrite (3.6@11,807) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ lite version of FiiNote
TypeNote Notepad (3.5@1,049) 7 2 LastUpdate: 2018-12-03
Classic Notes Lite - Notepad (3.4@58,035) 10 1 LastUpdate: 2019-11-21 / Classic Notes Pro - Notepad (3.3@664; ~EUR 2.00) 10 1 LastUpdate: 2018-12-13
SkinnyNote Notepad Lite (3.4@79) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-02-07
Leaflet (3@126) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-07-15 Github
uNote (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-11-29 GitLab; minimalist notes app
Notely (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-01-18 Github
Notes (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
NoteKeeper (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
JetNote (0@0) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Notes (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; notes with links, images, text, reminders and more
KeepIt (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Tizeno (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-06-11 Github
Nabu (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Notedge (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Logseq (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
D Note (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
My Brain (0@0) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Tasks, Notes, Events and more
Notes (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-05-19 Github
noteapp (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-08-25 Github
EasyNotes (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; sync between Android, iOS and Windows
Simple Material Notes (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Sticky Notepad - Daily Notes (0@0) Ǥ 8 4
Safe Notes - Encrypted Notepad (0@0) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
ImapNotes3 (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; edit, view – and sync your notes with your (own) IMAP server/account
Butterfly Nightly (0@0) 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; paint & write
Ghi chú (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
SNotepad (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-04-04 Github; saves your notes to files on SD card, so you can easily backup/sync them
Silinote (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-12-27 Github; Single Line Notes
Omni Notes (0@0) Ǥ 16 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Ionic Notes (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Moe Memos (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; sync with your own server
Astian Notas (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
OpenToday - planner & organizer (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; text notes with lists, grouping and more
Daily Note (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

Short notes in the notification area

2023-01-25

Quickly note down a name, or setup a shopping reminder – „notification notes“ are an ideal solution for temporary things you don't want to lose track of, but can erase once done.

Recordatorios en Notificacione (5@6; ~EUR 1.50) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Notification Notes (4.6@592) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-16 Github
MicroPinner (4.6@139) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-07-15 Github
KeepIn (4.6@20) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-05-23
Collateral - Notes, Lists & Re (4.5@1,825) Ǥ 14 3 LastUpdate: 2019-02-21 Kurzvorstellung 5/2016
Pinnit - Create & pin notifica (4.5@407) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Notable Plus (4.4@293; ~EUR 1.25) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-03 Github
Notable: Quick Notes&Reminder (4.3@4,809) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-05-20
Notification Agenda (4.3@1,643) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2018-09-26
notin - notes in notification (4.2@4,070) Ǥ 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-12-06
Note In Notification (4.2@293) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-03-04
PinNote - Note in Notification (4.2@5) 2 2 LastUpdate: 2018-02-22
ek note - notes in notificatio (4@8) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-18
Remember (4@7) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-31 Github
Quick Notes Reminder in notifi (3.6@3,410) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-11-14 XDA
Renotify Notification Maker (3.5@2,384) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-04-12 / Renotify Pro (4.4@414; ~EUR 1.50) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-03-23 Intro 5/2016
Notification(Statusbar) Memo (3.5@53) 1 1 LastUpdate: 2017-09-04
Noti Notes - Notes in notifica (3.4@191) 3 2 LastUpdate: 2018-03-13
NotiNotes (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Notification notes (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

Various note-taking apps

2023-01-19

TAG Notepad (4.6@9) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-06-19 Github
Idea Note-Floating Voice Note (4.5@8,679) Ǥ 17 7 Video Intro 12/2018
Simple Notes (4.5@7,704) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Wear Notes - Notes & To-Do (4.5@249) Ǥ 11 1 push notes to your Pebble/Wear gadget
Notah - Note taking app (Beta) (4.5@89) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-20
Lock Screen Notes (4.4@206) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Notepad notes, memo, checklist (4.2@494,665) Ǥ 15 10 incl. hand writing, drawing, voice notes
Squid: Take Notes, Markup PDFs (4.1@64,868) Ǥ 10 3 hand-written notes
Floating Stickies (4.1@13,607) Ǥ 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-05-26
Standard Notes (4@3,095) 8 3 Github; Review 10/2018 | 12/2018
WikiAndPad alpha/beta (4@58) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-02-28 Desktop versions for Linux/Mac/Windows; OpenSource
Material Notes (3.8@1,005) Ǥ 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-03-15
Floating Notes (Lite) (3.7@998) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-03-07 Kurzvorstellung 11/2016
Notepad (3.5@50) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-07-18 Github
CrocodileNote (3.5@16) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-03-13 Github; AES-256 encrypted notes
AnTreNotes (3.4@63) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
HandWrite Pro Note & Draw (3.3@4,893) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ hand-written notes
ImapNotes2 (2.9@80) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-01-03 Github; simple notes app that can sync with your own IMAP server
Organizador (0@0) 5 1 LastUpdate: 2020-05-28 Github

Further Readings:

Die 5 besten Memo-Apps für dein Handy (7/2022)
7 Best Evernote alternatives for taking notes on Android and iOS (12/2020)
Top 5 der beliebtesten Memo-Apps Android & iOS (1/2020 - 5/2022)
The 5 Best Note-Taking Apps for Android (11/2019)
What Is the Best Free Note-Taking App for Android? (9/2019 - 6/2021)
Video: 10 best note taking apps (1/2019)
Top best Android App For Handwritten Notes (4/2014 - 4/2022)
The Best Note Taking Apps for Android (5/2013 - 6/2022)
Gegen die Vergesslichkeit: Alternative To-Do-Apps (4/2013 - 5/2020)

2023-01-25

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Notes

Cloud-based Note takers

Note takers without Cloud

Short notes in the notification area

Various note-taking apps