Notes
Cloud-based Note takers
2021-03-31
- NotePost (5@1) 1
self-hostable sync; Markdown support; also available for Linux and Windows
- ColorNote Notepad Notes (4.8@3,203,636) Ǥ 8
2
Encrypted Backup/Sync, data saved to SDCard; ColorDict integration; Task management; Phone & Tablet-optimized
- WeNote - Color Notes, To-do, Reminders & Calendar (4.8@52,772) Ǥ 13
2
Vorstellung 2/2019
- NotePal - Material Design Notepad (4.8@20) Ǥ 7
1
LastUpdate: 2019-03-15 Github
- My Notes - Notepad (4.6@28,349) Ǥ 14
1
Vorstellung 11/2017; Google Drive Sync
- SilentNotes (4.6@49) 2
Github; sync via Dropbox, FTP or WebDAV
- Nextcloud Notes (4.5@355; ~EUR 3.00) 6
Github
- Nebo: Note-Taking & Annotation (4.4@2,249; ~EUR 10.00) Ǥ 12
2
Intro 10/2019
- Bundled Notes - Notes, Lists, To-do, Reminders (4.4@414) Ǥ 9
2
- Drivenotes (4.4@46) 15 1 LastUpdate: 2014-04-01
- LaaNo: Link as a Note (4.4@8) 10
Github; Nextcloud
- Google Keep - Notes and Lists (4.3@1,170,887) Ǥ 21
1
Review 9/2015
- Microsoft OneNote: Save Ideas and Organize Notes (4.3@854,114) 28
2 Windows Live-ID required
- FiiNote, note everything (4.3@14,561) Ǥ 14
Short Review 1/2015; Video Review 9/2018; handwriting, typing, paint, voice, photo, video…
- BrightNotes - Easy Notetaking! (4.3@102) Ǥ 3 2
LastUpdate: 2014-12-05
- Simplenote (4.2@14,870) 7
1
Kurzvorstellung 4/2016; Github; supports Markdown
- Dropbox Paper (4.2@10,587) Ǥ 10
3
collaborative notes
- Kolab Notes (4.2@41) 10
- MobisleNotes - Notepad (4.1@13,430) Ǥ 10 2
- Post-it® (4.1@1,823) 9
3
Video Intro 8/2019
- Tomdroid notes (4.1@813) 5
LastUpdate: 2014-01-16 Sync with UbuntuOne, snowboy, Tomboy Online; compatible with Tomboy (Linux)
- Turtl (4.1@551) 3
Github; FOSS Evernote alternative
- Carnet - Notes app (4.1@309) 17
Github; syncs with ownCloud/Nextcloud; corresponding Nextcloud App, Linux AppImages/Snap Package available
- Notes by Firefox: A Secure Notepad App (4@2) 3
Vorstellung 7/2018
- MetaMoJi Note Lite (3.9@5,354) Ǥ 8
LastUpdate: 2019-05-09 / MetaMoJi Note (3.1@1,396; ~EUR 7.50) Ǥ 9
LastUpdate: 2018-10-31 Vorstellung 3/2014; 10+ Product Videos
- NoNonsense Notes (3.9@1,677) Ǥ 15
LastUpdate: 2016-11-24 Github; OpenSource Notes & Todo
- MortNotes (3.8@56) 4
LastUpdate: 2014-11-01 WebDAV (e.g. ownCloud)
- GNotes - Note, Notepad & Memo (3.5@25,203) Ǥ 18
5
- Notejoy (3.5@53) Ǥ 13
2
collaborative notes
- Evernote - Notes Organizer & Daily Planner (3.4@33,026) Ǥ 33
7
- me.time (My Little Memory Box) (2.8@13,470) Ǥ 13
8
Kurzvorstellung 10/2014; cloud support can be disabled if you prefer
- Leanote (0@0) 9
LastUpdate: 2019-01-16 Github; Evernote Alternative
- Paperwork (0@0) 5
LastUpdate: 2017-05-26 Github; note taking a la Evernote; self-hosted alternative
Note takers without Cloud
2021-04-01
- Neuronizer Notes (5@12) 3
LastUpdate: 2019-04-01 Github; notes and tasks
- My Notes - Take notes anywhere (4.9@20) 0
Github
- NoteBuddy (4.7@3) 2
Github; encrypted notes
- Notes (4.6@17,105) Ǥ 20
4
Phone & Tablet optimized;
- Orgzly: Notes & To-Do Lists (4.6@1,955) 8
Github; Notes & scheduled tasks
- MobiNotes (4.6@365) 4
LastUpdate: 2019-04-13
- Natural Notes (4.5@5,486) Ǥ 7
/ Natural Notes + (4.1@234; ~EUR 2.75) Ǥ 4
Phone+Tablet optimized
- 4.Do - To Do List & Task Manager (4.5@1,074) Ǥ 11
3
- TypeNote Notepad (4.5@1,029) 7
2
LastUpdate: 2018-12-03
- Notally | Minimalist Notes (4.5@269) 0
Github
- Notes (Privacy Friendly) (4.5@98) 7
Github
- Note Crypt Donate / Pro (4.5@57) 2
Github; AES 128 bit encrypted notes
- FairNote - Encrypted Notes & Lists (4.4@962) Ǥ 10
1
with labels & categories
- Scarlet Notes (4.4@633) Ǥ 11
1
Github
- EteSync Notes - End-to-end Encrypted Notes (4.4@14) 11
Github; self-hosted (or provided by EteSync) counterpart
- Note Room (4.4@5) 3
2
Github
- Note Everything (4.3@57,728) 6
LastUpdate: 2017-01-31 / Note Everything Pro Add-On (3.4@4,913; ~EUR 3.50) 6
LastUpdate: 2016-04-28
- OI Notepad (4.2@4,410) 2
LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 Github
- Omni Notes (4.2@3,712) Ǥ 17
3
Test 2/2014; Pushbullet Support
- SealNote Secure Encrypted Note (4.2@3,113) 2
LastUpdate: 2017-04-13 Github; Video Intro 4/2017
- Simple Notes Pro: To-do list organizer and planner (4.2@1,574; ~EUR 1.00) 3
Github
- hovernote (4.2@1,334) 4
LastUpdate: 2018-06-15
- Denkzettel for .txt-notes (4.2@288) 2
LastUpdate: 2016-09-11 Vorstellung 9/2018; Kurztest 6/2019; saves
.txt
files, so you can sync notes with your cloud accounts - FiiWrite (4.1@11,619) 12
lite version of FiiNote
- QuickNote Notepad Notes (4.1@4,423) Ǥ 6
3
LastUpdate: 2014-06-21
- Notes 2L (4.1@86) Ǥ 8
6
- Notepad (4@84,515) Ǥ 13
4
- Classic Notes Lite - Notepad (4@58,074) 10
1
/ Classic Notes Pro - Notepad (4.2@658; ~EUR 2.00) 10
1
LastUpdate: 2018-12-13
- Handrite Note Notepad Lite (4@33,990) Ǥ 13 3
LastUpdate: 2015-12-22
- SimpleNotes (4@209) Ǥ 6
4
LastUpdate: 2016-03-06
- LectureNotes (Trial Version) (3.9@2,810) 2
/ LectureNotes (4.5@9,393; ~EUR 6.00) 2
Review 11/2017; Handwriting, best with (S-)Pen
- NoteMngr - Manage your notes (3.9@151) Ǥ 9
4
- Notepad - Secure Notes & Lists (3.7@745) Ǥ 9
4
LastUpdate: 2015-12-04 Kurzvorstellung 3/2015; Notizen, Reminder, ToDo, and more
- Tree Note ,Hierarchy Notepad (3.7@177) 3
LastUpdate: 2017-12-16 hierarchical notes
- PotatoNotes (3.6@80) 6
Github
- SkinnyNote Notepad Lite (3.4@79) 9
LastUpdate: 2017-02-07
- uNote (0@0) 2
LastUpdate: 2018-11-29 GitLab; minimalist notes app
- Notely (0@0) 4
Github
- Tizeno (0@0) 3
Github
- Another notes app (0@0) 0
Github
- Notes (0@0) 1
LastUpdate: 2019-05-19 Github
- noteapp (0@0) 3
Github
- EasyNotes (0@0) 3
Github; sync between Android, iOS and Windows
- SNotepad (0@0) 2
LastUpdate: 2017-04-04 Github; saves your notes to files on SD card, so you can easily backup/sync them
- Silinote (0@0) 0
Github; Single Line Notes
- Nottz App (0@0)
Github
Short notes in the notification area
2021-03-28
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 Notificaciones Pro (5@6; ~EUR 0.50) 2
Github
- 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
LastUpdate: 2019-05-23
- Notification Agenda (4.5@1,632) 4
1 LastUpdate: 2018-09-26
- Pinnit - Create & pin notifications (4.5@311) 4
Github
- Notable Plus (4.4@293; ~EUR 1.25) 2
LastUpdate: 2017-06-03 Github
- Noti Notes - Notes in notification (4.4@33) 3
2
LastUpdate: 2018-03-13
- Renotify Notification Maker (4.3@2,377) 2
LastUpdate: 2016-04-12 / Renotify Pro (4.5@32; ~EUR 1.50) 2
LastUpdate: 2016-03-23 Intro 5/2016
- Collateral - Notes, Lists & Reminder Notifications (4.3@1,820) Ǥ 14
3
LastUpdate: 2019-02-21 Kurzvorstellung 5/2016
- Notification Notes (4.3@494) 1
LastUpdate: 2019-01-16 Github
- Notification memo - reminders inside notifications (4.3@28) 2
LastUpdate: 2019-02-02
- Notable: Quick Notes&Reminder (4.2@4,826) 2
- Note In Notification (4.2@290) 1
- Notification(Statusbar) Memo (4.2@50) 1
1 LastUpdate: 2017-09-04
- notin - notes in notification (4.1@3,328) Ǥ 3
LastUpdate: 2018-12-06
- Up Note - notes in notification (4.1@31)
LastUpdate: 2017-09-13
- Notey - Notification Reminder (4@209) 4
1
LastUpdate: 2016-05-17
- Remember (4@7)
LastUpdate: 2016-12-31 Github
- Quick Notes Reminder in notification (3.8@3,407) Ǥ 5
Vorstellung 5/2015; XDA
- ek note - notes in notification (3.8@8) 1
LastUpdate: 2018-06-18
Various note-taking apps
2021-03-30
- SwiftNote (4.8@6) Ǥ 8
4
LastUpdate: 2018-03-24
- TAG Notepad (4.6@9) 2
LastUpdate: 2015-06-19 Github
- Idea Note - Floating Note, Voice Note, Study Note (4.5@4,731) Ǥ 17
10
Video Intro 12/2018
- Simple Notes: To-do list organizer planner, widget (4.5@4,407) 2
Github
- Notah - Note taking app (Beta) (4.5@89) 2
LastUpdate: 2016-09-20
- Wear Notes - 📋 Notes & To-Do (4.5@15) Ǥ 10
3
push notes to your Pebble/Wear gadget
- Keep My Notes - Notepad, Memo and Checklist (4.4@351,795) Ǥ 12
10
incl. hand writing, drawing, voice notes
- Squid - Take Notes & Markup PDFs (4.3@56,643) Ǥ 11
3
Video Review 2/2014; Review 3/2014; hand-written notes
- Standard Notes (4.3@2,025) 5
2
Github; Review 10/2018 | 12/2018
- WikiAndPad alpha/beta (4@56) 2
LastUpdate: 2013-02-28 Desktop versions for Linux/Mac/Windows; OpenSource
- Floating Stickies (3.9@13,558) Ǥ 12
2
LastUpdate: 2019-05-26
- Floating Notes (Lite) (3.8@895) 4
LastUpdate: 2015-03-07 Kurzvorstellung 11/2016
- Lock Screen Notes (3.8@153) 3
Github
- CrocodileNote (3.6@16) 2
LastUpdate: 2015-03-13 Github; AES-256 encrypted notes
- HandWrite Pro Note & Draw (3.5@4,363) Ǥ 7
3
hand-written notes
- AnTreNotes (3.5@63) 6
- Drawable Notepad (3.5@49) 0
Github
- Material Notes (3.1@1,007) Ǥ 10
LastUpdate: 2018-03-15
- ImapNotes2 (2.9@80) 8
LastUpdate: 2017-01-03 Github; simple notes app that can sync with your own IMAP server
- Organizador (0@0) 5
1
Github
Further Readings:
- 7 Best Evernote alternatives for taking notes on Android and iOS (12/2020)
- 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)
- The Best Note Taking Apps for Android (5/2013 - 2/2019)
- Gegen die Vergesslichkeit: Die 5 besten Notiz-Apps (4/2013 - 9/2018)
2021-04-12