Notes

Cloud-based Note takers

2020-06-25

NotePost (5@1) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ self-hostable sync; Markdown support; also available for Linux and Windows
ColorNote Notepad Notes (4.8@2,988,989) Ǥ 8 1 Encrypted Backup/Sync, data saved to SDCard; ColorDict integration; Task management; Phone & Tablet-optimized
WeNote - Color Notes, To-do, Reminders & Calendar (4.8@36,504) Ǥ 12 2 Vorstellung 2/2019
NotePal - Material Design Notepad (4.7@18) Ǥ 7 1 Github
My Notes - Notepad (4.5@22,031) Ǥ 14 3 Vorstellung 11/2017; Google Drive Sync
Google Keep - Notes and Lists (4.4@992,441) Ǥ 21 1 Review 9/2015
Microsoft OneNote: Save Ideas and Organize Notes (4.4@763,882) 26 1 Windows Live-ID required
Nextcloud Notes (4.4@269; ~EUR 3.00) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Drivenotes (4.4@46) 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-04-01
LaaNo: Link as a Note (4.4@7) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Nextcloud
FiiNote, note everything (4.3@14,001) Ǥ 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Short Review 1/2015; Video Review 9/2018; handwriting, typing, paint, voice, photo, video…
Dropbox Paper (4.3@9,552) Ǥ 9 2 collaborative notes
BrightNotes - Easy Notetaking! (4.3@102) Ǥ 3 2 LastUpdate: 2014-12-05
Evernote - Notes Organizer & Daily Planner (4.2@1,561,072) Ǥ 28 4
Tomdroid notes (4.2@810) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-01-16 Sync with UbuntuOne, snowboy, Tomboy Online; compatible with Tomboy (Linux)
Carnet - Notes app (4.2@232) 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; syncs with ownCloud/Nextcloud; corresponding Nextcloud App, Linux AppImages/Snap Package available
Kolab Notes (4.2@38) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Simplenote (4.1@13,669) 3 1 Kurzvorstellung 4/2016; Github; supports Markdown
MobisleNotes - Notepad (4.1@13,430) Ǥ 10 2
Turtl (4@509) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; FOSS Evernote alternative
MetaMoJi Note Lite (3.9@4,405) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-10-31 / MetaMoJi Note (3.4@1,333; ~EUR 7.50) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-10-31 Review 8/2013; Testbericht 1/2014 | 1/2014; Vorstellung 3/2014; 10+ Product Videos
NoNonsense Notes (3.9@1,677) 10 3 LastUpdate: 2016-11-24 Github; Intro 7/2013; OpenSource Notes & Todo
Post-it® (3.9@1,235) Ǥ 11 1 Video Intro 8/2019
Nebo - Take better notes (3.9@1,205; ~EUR 10.00) Ǥ 12 3 Intro 10/2019
MortNotes (3.8@56) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-11-01 WebDAV (e.g. ownCloud)
GNotes - Note, Notepad & Memo (3.6@24,869) Ǥ 18 5
me.time (My Little Memory Box) (2.8@13,517) Ǥ 13 8 Kurzvorstellung 10/2014; cloud support can be disabled if you prefer
Leanote (0@0) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Evernote Alternative
Bundled Notes - lists, writing, to-do, reminders. (0@0) Ǥ 9 1
Notes by Firefox: A Secure Notepad App (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 7/2018
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

2020-06-26

Neuronizer Notes (5@11) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; notes and tasks
My Notes - Take notes anywhere (5@3) 0 Github
Simple Notes Pro: To-do list organizer and planner (4.7@954; ~EUR 1.00) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Notally | Minimalist Notes (4.7@103) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
NoteBuddy (4.7@3) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; encrypted notes
Orgzly: Notes & To-Do Lists (4.6@1,808) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Notes & scheduled tasks
FairNote - Encrypted Notes & Lists (4.6@743) Ǥ 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ with labels & categories
MobiNotes (4.6@361) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Notes (4.5@15,460) Ǥ 20 3 Phone & Tablet optimized;
TypeNote Notepad (4.5@1,007) 7 2 LastUpdate: 2017-11-22
4.Do - To Do List & Task Manager (4.5@697) Ǥ 11 4
Notes (Privacy Friendly) (4.5@88) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-15 Github
Note Crypt Donate / Pro (4.5@58) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-11-12 Github; AES 128 bit encrypted notes
Natural Notes (4.4@5,267) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Natural Notes + (4@227; ~EUR 2.75) Ǥ 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Phone+Tablet optimized
Note Everything (4.3@57,728) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-01-31 / Note Everything Pro Add-On (3.1@4,778; ~EUR 3.50) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-04-28 Review 12/2013
FiiWrite (4.3@11,480) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ lite version of FiiNote
Denkzettel for .txt-notes (4.3@278) 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
SealNote Secure Encrypted Note (4.2@3,025) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-04-13 Github; Video Intro 4/2017
LectureNotes (Trial Version) (4.2@2,661) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / LectureNotes (4.4@9,081; ~EUR 6.00) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Review 9/2013 | 11/2017; Handwriting, best with (S-)Pen
hovernote (4.2@1,295) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-15
Scarlet Notes (4.2@578) Ǥ 11 1 Github
QuickNote Notepad Notes (4.1@4,414) Ǥ 6 3 LastUpdate: 2014-06-21
SimpleNotes (4.1@207) Ǥ 6 4 LastUpdate: 2016-03-06
Notes 2L (4.1@86) Ǥ 8 6
Notepad (4@82,769) Ǥ 12 4
Classic Notes Lite - Notepad (4@58,136) 10 2 LastUpdate: 2018-12-13 / Classic Notes Pro - Notepad (4.2@656; ~EUR 2.00) 10 1 LastUpdate: 2018-12-13
Handrite Note Notepad Lite (4@33,990) Ǥ 13 3 LastUpdate: 2015-12-22
Omni Notes (4@3,611) Ǥ 17 3 Video Intro 11/2013; Intro 1/2014; Vorstellung 1/2014; Test 2/2014; Pushbullet Support
NoteMngr - Manage your notes (3.9@152) Ǥ 9 4 LastUpdate: 2018-05-30
OI Notepad (3.8@4,399) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 Github
Notepad - Secure Notes & Lists (3.7@746) Ǥ 9 3 LastUpdate: 2015-12-04 Kurzvorstellung 3/2015; Notizen, Reminder, ToDo, and more
Tree Note ,Hierarchy Notepad (3.7@177) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-12-16 hierarchical notes
SkinnyNote Notepad Lite (3.4@79) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-02-07
uNote (0@0) 2 LastUpdate: 2018-11-29 GitLab; minimalist notes app
Notes (0@0) 1 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

Short notes in the notification area

2020-07-04

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.

PinNote - Note in Notification (4.7@3) 2 2 LastUpdate: 2018-02-22
MicroPinner (4.6@139) 1 LastUpdate: 2018-07-15 Kurzvorstellung 9/2015; Github
KeepIn (4.6@20) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Notification Agenda (4.5@1,631) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2018-09-26
Notification Notes (4.5@400) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
ملاحظات على إلإشعارات‎ (4.5@10) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-03-17
Collateral - Notes, Lists & Reminder Notifications (4.4@1,804) Ǥ 14 3 Kurzvorstellung 5/2016
Notable Plus (4.4@293; ~EUR 1.25) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-03 Github
Renotify Notification Maker (4.3@2,377) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-03-23 / Renotify Pro (4.3@405; ~EUR 1.50) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-03-23 Intro 5/2016
Notification memo - reminders inside notifications (4.3@28) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Noti Notes - Notes in notification (4.3@23) 3 2 LastUpdate: 2018-03-13
Notable: Quick Notes&Reminder (4.2@4,835) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-02
Note In Notification (4.2@276) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Notification(Statusbar) Memo (4.2@45) 1 1 LastUpdate: 2017-09-04
Notification Note (4.2@39) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-02-28
Up Note - notes in notification (4.2@32) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-09-13
notin - notes in notification (4@2,925) Ǥ 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-12-06
Notey - Notification Reminder (4@206) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2016-05-17
Remember - Simple Reminder (4@7) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-31 Github
Quick Notes Reminder in notification (3.8@3,384) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 5/2015; XDA
ek note - notes in notification (3.7@7) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-18
Recordatorios en Notificaciones Pro (0@0; ~EUR 0.50) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

Various note-taking apps

2020-06-25

SwiftNote (4.8@6) Ǥ 9 4 LastUpdate: 2018-03-24
Simple Notes: To-do list organizer and planner (4.7@3,033) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Keep My Notes - Notepad, Memo and Checklist (4.6@270,585) Ǥ 11 10 incl. hand writing, drawing, voice notes
TAG Notepad (4.6@9) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-06-19 Github
Notah - Note taking app (Beta) (4.5@90) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-20
Idea Note - Floating Note, Voice Note, Voice Memo (4.4@3,863) Ǥ 17 7 Video Intro 12/2018
Squid - Take Notes & Markup PDFs (4.3@49,670) Ǥ 11 3 Video Review 2/2014; Review 3/2014; hand-written notes
Standard Notes (4.2@1,443) 5 1 Github; Review 10/2018 | 12/2018
Wear Notes - 📋 Notes & To-Do (4@239) Ǥ 10 3 LastUpdate: 2018-08-21 push notes to your Pebble/Wear gadget
WikiAndPad alpha/beta (4@58) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-02-28 Desktop versions for Linux/Mac/Windows; OpenSource
Floating Stickies (3.9@13,529) Ǥ 12 2 Test 10/2013
Lock Screen Notes (3.7@130) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
HandWrite Pro Note & Draw (3.6@3,761) Ǥ 7 3 hand-written notes
Floating Notes (Lite) (3.6@808) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-03-07 Kurzvorstellung 11/2016
AnTreNotes (3.5@63) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Drawable Notepad (3.5@47) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-04-23 Github
CrocodileNote (3.5@14) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-03-13 Github; AES-256 encrypted notes
Material Notes (3.2@1,008) Ǥ 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-02-12
ImapNotes2 (2.9@80) 8 LastUpdate: 2017-01-03 Github; simple notes app that can sync with your own IMAP server
Organizador (0@0) 4 1 Github

Further Readings:

Top 5 der beliebtesten Memo-Apps Android & iOS (1/2020)
The 5 Best Note-Taking Apps for Android (11/2019)
What Is the Best Free Note-Taking App for Android? (9/2019 - 12/2019)
Video: 10 best note taking apps (1/2019)
Notiz-Apps: Das Smartphone als Gedankenstütze (7/2014 - 7/2015)
Kostenlose Memo- und Notizen-Apps für Android (5/2014 - 9/2018)
Top best Android App For Handwritten Notes (4/2014 - 4/2019)
Best Android Apps for Note Taking (3/2014 - 5/2015)
Die 9 besten Handschriften- und Textnotizen-Apps (3/2014 - 9/2018)
Note-taking application that can sync between Windows, Ubuntu and Android (2/2014)
Top 15+ Notepad Apps for Android (2/2014)
Take note of these 10 Notepad Apps for your Android Device (12/2013)
Notizen Apps für Android - ein Vergleich (Youtube 8/2013)
The Best Note Taking Apps for Android (5/2013 - 2/2019)
Gegen die Vergesslichkeit: Die 5 besten Notiz-Apps (4/2013 - 9/2018)

2020-07-11

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Notes

Cloud-based Note takers

Note takers without Cloud

Short notes in the notification area

Various note-taking apps