Notes

Cloud-based Note takers

2022-05-24

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
WeNote: Notes Notebook Notepad (4.8@68,078) Ǥ 13 3 Vorstellung 2/2019
NotePal - Material Design Notepad (4.8@21) Ǥ 7 1 LastUpdate: 2019-03-15 Github
ColorNote Notepad Notes (4.7@3,457,372) Ǥ 9 2 Encrypted Backup/Sync, data saved to SDCard; ColorDict integration; Task management; Phone & Tablet-optimized
Nextcloud Notes (4.7@427; ~EUR 3.00) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Bundled Notes - Lists, To-do (4.6@959) Ǥ 12 2
My Notes - Notepad (4.5@33,132) Ǥ 15 1 Vorstellung 11/2017; Google Drive Sync
SilentNotes (4.4@106) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; sync via Dropbox, FTP or WebDAV
Kolab Notes (4.4@41) 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
Post-it® (4.3@15,219) 9 1 Video Intro 8/2019
Tomdroid notes (4.1@817) 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@596) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-15 Github; FOSS Evernote alternative
Simplenote (4@15,966) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Kurzvorstellung 4/2016; Vorstellung 3/2018; Tips & Tricks 10/2018; supports Markdown
FiiNote, note everything (4@15,071) Ǥ 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Short Review 1/2015; Video Review 9/2018; handwriting, typing, paint, voice, photo, video…
Dropbox Paper (4@11,458) Ǥ 10 3 collaborative notes
Nebo: Notes & PDF Annotations (4@4,023; ~EUR 10.00) Ǥ 12 3 Intro 10/2019
Notes by Firefox: A Secure Notepad App (4@2) 3 Vorstellung 7/2018
MetaMoJi Note Lite (3.9@6,156) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-05-09 / MetaMoJi Note (3.6@1,431; ~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) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-11-24 Github; OpenSource Notes & Todo
Evernote - Note Organizer (3.8@1,700,347) Ǥ 34 8
Microsoft OneNote: Save Ideas and Organize Notes (3.7@922,558) 28 2 Windows Live-ID required
Google Keep - Notes and Lists (3.6@12) Ǥ 22 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Review 9/2015
Carnet - Notes app (3.5@399) 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; syncs with ownCloud/Nextcloud; corresponding Nextcloud App, Linux AppImages/Snap Package available
GNotes - Note, Notepad & Memo (3@25,485) Ǥ 18 4
Notejoy (3@68) Ǥ 14 1 collaborative notes
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

2022-05-24

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) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
sNotz: Notes & Checklists (4.9@32) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
My Notes - Take notes anywhere (4.9@20) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-29 Github
Simple Notes Pro: List planner (4.8@2,476; ~EUR 1.00) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Orgzly: Notes & To-Do Lists (4.8@2,118) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Intro 5/2021; Notes & scheduled tasks
MobiNotes (4.8@369) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Notally | Minimalist Notes (4.7@601) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
NoteBuddy (4.7@3) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-03-03 Github; encrypted notes
Notes (4.6@20,513) Ǥ 24 5 Phone & Tablet optimized;
Lesser Pad (4.6@60) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
EteSync Notes - End-to-end Encrypted Notes (4.6@18) 11 1 Github; self-hosted (or provided by EteSync) counterpart
Notes (PFA) (4.5@106) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Noto | Minimal Notes App (4.5@73) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
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@1,169) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ with labels & categories
Note Delight (4.4@5) 3 2 Github
Natural Notes (4.3@5,702) 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
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@1,387) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-15
SimpleNotes (4.3@209) Ǥ 6 4 LastUpdate: 2016-03-06
Scarlet Notes FD (4.2@665) Ǥ 10 1 LastUpdate: 2020-02-24 Github
4.Do - To Do List & Task Manager (4.1@1,413) Ǥ 11 3 LastUpdate: 2020-04-28
Denkzettel for .txt-notes (4.1@299) 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
Notes 2L (4.1@86) Ǥ 8 6 LastUpdate: 2020-01-04
QuickNote Notepad Notes (4@4,448) Ǥ 6 3 LastUpdate: 2014-06-21
OI Notepad (4@4,442) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 Github
Omni Notes (4@3,780) Ǥ 17 3 Pushbullet Support
Unofficial Sticky Notes (4@1) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
LectureNotes (Trial Version) (3.9@2,897) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / LectureNotes (4.6@9,572; ~EUR 6.00) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Review 11/2017; Handwriting, best with (S-)Pen
Notepad (3.8@88,170) Ǥ 13 2
Notepad - Secure Notes & Lists (3.7@746) Ǥ 9 4 LastUpdate: 2015-12-04 Kurzvorstellung 3/2015; Notizen, Reminder, ToDo, and more
FiiWrite (3.6@11,792) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ lite version of FiiNote
TypeNote Notepad (3.5@1,042) 7 2 LastUpdate: 2018-12-03
Classic Notes Lite - Notepad (3.4@58,073) 10 1 LastUpdate: 2019-11-21 / Classic Notes Pro - Notepad (3.4@666; ~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@123) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
uNote (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-11-29 GitLab; minimalist notes app
Notely (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Notes (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
NoteKeeper (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Notes (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; notes with links, images, text, reminders and more
Tizeno (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-06-11 Github
Notedge (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
My Brain (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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
Sticky Notepad - Daily Notes (0@0) Ǥ 8 4
Linwood Butterfly (0@0) 3 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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Single Line Notes
QuickMemo+ (Notepad) (0@0) Ǥ 8 4
Astian Notas (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Daily Note (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

Short notes in the notification area

2022-05-18

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 2.50) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Notification Notes (4.6@558) 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 Kurzvorstellung 9/2015; Github
KeepIn (4.6@20) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-05-23
Collateral - Notes, Lists & Reminder Notifications (4.5@1,826) Ǥ 14 3 LastUpdate: 2019-02-21 Kurzvorstellung 5/2016
Notification Agenda (4.4@1,642) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2018-09-26
Pinnit - Create & pin notifications (4.4@379) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Notable Plus (4.4@293; ~EUR 1.25) 2 LastUpdate: 2017-06-03 Github
Notable: Quick Notes&Reminder (4.3@4,817) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-05-20
notin - notes in notification (4.3@3,952) Ǥ 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-12-06
Note In Notification (4.2@293) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
PinNote - Note in Notification (4.2@5) 2 2 LastUpdate: 2018-02-22
ek note - notes in notification (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 notification (3.6@3,411) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-11-14 Vorstellung 5/2015; XDA
Renotify Notification Maker (3.5@2,389) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-04-12 / Renotify Pro (4.5@414; ~EUR 1.50) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-03-23 Intro 5/2016
Noti Notes - Notes in notification (3.5@55) 3 2 LastUpdate: 2018-03-13
Notification(Statusbar) Memo (3.5@53) 1 1 LastUpdate: 2017-09-04
Notification notes (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

Various note-taking apps

2022-05-23

Simple Notes: To-do list memo (4.7@6,682) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
TAG Notepad (4.6@9) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-06-19 Github
Idea Note - Floating Note, Voice Note, Study Note (4.5@7,069) Ǥ 17 9 Video Intro 12/2018
Wear Notes - Notes & To-Do (4.5@246) 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 (4.3@174) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-01-03 Github
Squid - Take Notes & Markup PDFs (4.1@62,678) Ǥ 10 2 hand-written notes
Floating Stickies (4.1@13,600) Ǥ 12 2 LastUpdate: 2019-05-26
Standard Notes (4.1@2,774) 8 2 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
Notepad notes, memo, checklist (3.9@429,782) Ǥ 14 10 incl. hand writing, drawing, voice notes
Material Notes (3.8@1,003) 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
HandWrite Pro Note & Draw (3.4@4,764) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ hand-written notes
AnTreNotes (3.4@63) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
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:

7 Best Evernote alternatives for taking notes on Android and iOS (12/2020)
Top 5 der beliebtesten Memo-Apps Android & iOS (1/2020 - 5/2021)
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)
Notiz-Apps: Das Smartphone als Gedankenstütze (7/2014 - 7/2015)
Top best Android App For Handwritten Notes (4/2014 - 4/2019)
Best Android Apps for Note Taking (3/2014 - 5/2015)
Note-taking application that can sync between Windows, Ubuntu and Android (2/2014 - 11/2015)
The Best Note Taking Apps for Android (5/2013 - 2/2021)
Gegen die Vergesslichkeit: Alternative To-Do-Apps (4/2013 - 5/2020)

2022-05-25

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Notes

Cloud-based Note takers

Note takers without Cloud

Short notes in the notification area

Various note-taking apps