Notes

Cloud-based Note takers

2019-08-16

NotePost (5@1) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ self-hostable sync; Markdown support; also available for Linux and Windows
NotePal - Material Design Notepad (4.9@16) Ǥ 7 Github
WeNote - Color Notes, To-do, Reminders & Calendar (4.8@19,508) Ǥ 12 Vorstellung 2/2019
ColorNote Notepad Notes (4.6@2,726,278) 6 Video Review 4/2012; Vorstellung 4/2012; Encrypted Backup/Sync, data saved to SDCard; ColorDict integration; Task management; Phone & Tablet-optimized
My Notes - Notepad (4.6@17,354) Ǥ 14 Vorstellung 11/2017; Google Drive Sync
Evernote (4.5@1,514,927) Ǥ 29 Evernote 4 Linux (Heise) 12/2012; Video Review 12/2012; Review 3/2013
Google Keep - Notes and Lists (4.4@818,492) Ǥ 18 Vorstellung 3/2013; Testbericht 3/2013; Review 9/2015
Microsoft OneNote: Save Ideas and Organize Notes (4.4@638,125) 26 Intro 2/2012; Testbericht 8/2012; Review 4/2013; Windows Live-ID required
Simplenote (4.4@12,208) 4 Kurzvorstellung 4/2016; Github; supports Markdown
NoNonsense Notes (4.4@1,800) 10 LastUpdate: 2016-11-24 Github; Vorstellung 2/2013; Test 2/2013; Intro 4/2013 | 7/2013; OpenSource Notes & Todo
Drivenotes (4.4@46) 15 LastUpdate: 2014-04-01
GNotes - Note, Notepad & Memo (4.3@24,231) Ǥ 18 XDA 7/2012
MobisleNotes - Notepad (4.3@13,412) Ǥ 11
BrightNotes - Easy Notetaking! (4.3@102) Ǥ 3 LastUpdate: 2014-12-05
Carnet - Notes app (4.2@98) 15 Github; syncs with ownCloud/Nextcloud; corresponding Nextcloud App, Linux AppImages/Snap Package available
Kolab Notes (4.2@37) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
LaaNo: Link as a Note (4.2@4) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; Nextcloud
me.time (My Little Memory Box) (4.1@13,579) Ǥ 13 Intro 2/2013; Review 6/2013; Kurzvorstellung 10/2014; cloud support can be disabled if you prefer
MetaMoJi Note Lite (4@3,991) Ǥ 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / MetaMoJi Note (4@1,249; ~EUR 7.00) Ǥ 9 Review 5/2013 | 8/2013; Testbericht 1/2014 | 1/2014; Vorstellung 3/2014; 10+ Product Videos
Turtl (4@449) 3 Github; FOSS Evernote alternative
Nextcloud Notes (4@182; ~EUR 3.00) 3 Github
Tomdroid notes (3.9@800) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-01-16 Sync with UbuntuOne, snowboy, Tomboy Online; compatible with Tomboy (Linux); see AndroidUser 8/2012
MortNotes (3.8@56) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-11-01 WebDAV (e.g. ownCloud)
Leanote (0@0) 9 Github; Evernote Alternative
Notes by Firefox: A Secure Notepad App (0@0) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Vorstellung 7/2018
Paperwork (0@0) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-05-26 Github; note taking a la Evernote; self-hosted alternative Further Readings:
Evernote vs. Google Keep (4/2013)

Note takers without Cloud

2019-08-16

Smart Notes - Material, Clean & Simple UI (5@23) Ǥ 7 Github
Neuronizer Notes (5@11) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github; notes and tasks
My Notes - Take notes anywhere (5@3) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
Orgzly: Notes & To-Do Lists (4.7@1,543) 8 Github; Notes & scheduled tasks
NoteBuddy (4.7@3) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-19 Github; encrypted notes
FairNote: Encrypted Notes & Lists (4.6@515) Ǥ 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ with labels & categories
Note Crypt Donate / Pro (4.6@51; ~EUR 1.00) 2 Github; AES 128 bit encrypted notes
SealNote Secure Encrypted Note (4.5@2,921) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-04-13 Github; Video Intro 4/2017
hovernote (4.5@1,252) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Review 6/2012; Kurzvorstellung 4/2013
MobiNotes (4.5@358) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Simple Notes Pro (4.5@286; ~EUR 1.00) 2 Github
Notes (Privacy Friendly) (4.5@76) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-15 Github
Note Everything (4.4@57,445) 7 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-01-31 / Note Everything Pro Add-On (3.9@4,606; ~EUR 3.50) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-04-28 Test 11/2012; Video Review 3/2012 (20+min); Review 12/2013
Omni Notes (4.4@3,463) Ǥ 17 Video Intro 11/2013; Intro 1/2014; Vorstellung 1/2014; Test 2/2014; Pushbullet Support
Scarlet Notes (4.4@499) Ǥ 10 Github
Denkzettel for .txt-notes (4.4@269) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-11 Vorstellung 9/2018; Kurztest 6/2019; saves .txt files, so you can sync notes with your cloud accounts
FiiWrite (4.3@11,349) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Kurzvorstellung 3/2012
4.Do - To Do List & Task Manager (4.3@403) Ǥ 14
Notepad (4.2@81,471) Ǥ 10 LastUpdate: 2016-10-17
Notes (4.2@14,700) Ǥ 17 Phone & Tablet optimized;
Natural Notes (4.2@4,915) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-08-01 / Natural Notes + (4.2@202; ~EUR 2.75) Ǥ 3 LastUpdate: 2015-11-03 Phone+Tablet optimized
OI Notepad (4.2@4,370) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 Github
TypeNote Notepad (4.2@982) 7 LastUpdate: 2017-11-22
QuickNote Notepad Notes (4.1@4,414) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2014-06-21
LectureNotes (Trial Version) (4.1@2,440) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / LectureNotes (4.7@8,338; ~EUR 6.00) 2 Video Review 5/2013 (20+min); Review 9/2013; Handwriting, best with (S-)Pen
Notepad - Secure Notes & Lists (4.1@744) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2015-12-04 Kurzvorstellung 3/2015; Notizen, Reminder, ToDo, and more
SimpleNotes (4.1@204) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2016-03-06
NoteMngr - Manage your notes (4.1@152) Ǥ 9
Notes 2L (4.1@86) Ǥ 8
Handrite Note Notepad Lite (4@33,990) Ǥ 13 LastUpdate: 2015-12-22 Video Demo 2/2012; Testbericht 4/2013; Review 4/2013
Classic Notes Lite - Notepad (3.9@58,069) 10 / Classic Notes Pro - Notepad (4.3@649; ~EUR 2.00) 10 Review 4/2012
Tree Note ,Hierarchy Notepad (3.7@177) 3 LastUpdate: 2017-12-16 hierarchical notes
SkinnyNote Notepad Lite (3.4@79) 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-02-07 Kurzvorstellung 4/2013;
uNote (0@0) 2 GitLab; minimalist notes app
SNotepad (0@0) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ 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

2019-08-10

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.

Notification Notes (4.7@271) 1 Github
KeepIn (4.7@19) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
PinNote - Note in Notification (4.7@3) 2
New Pin (4.6@139) 1 Kurzvorstellung 9/2015; Github
Notification memo - reminders inside notifications (4.5@26) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Collateral - Notes, Lists & Reminder Notifications (4.4@1,774) Ǥ 13 Kurzvorstellung 5/2016
Notable Plus (4.4@290; ~EUR 1.25) 2 LastUpdate: 2017-06-03 Github
Note In Notification (4.4@260) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Noti Notes - Notes in notification (4.4@19) 3
ملاحظات على إلإشعارات‎ (4.4@9) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Up Note - notes in notification (4.3@30) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-09-13
Notable: Quick Notes&Reminder (4.2@4,832) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-02 Review 4/2013
Quick Notes Reminder in notification (4.2@3,316) Ǥ 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Vorstellung 5/2015; XDA
Renotify Notification Maker (4.2@2,367) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-03-23 / Renotify Pro (4.5@396; ~EUR 1.50) 2 LastUpdate: 2016-03-23 Vorstellung 2/2013; Intro 5/2016
notin - notes in notification (4.2@2,308) Ǥ 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Notification Agenda (4.2@1,621) 4
Notey - Notification Reminder (4.2@201) 4 LastUpdate: 2016-05-17
Notification(Statusbar) Memo (4.2@37) 1 LastUpdate: 2017-09-04
Notification Note (4.2@36) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-02-28
Remember - Simple Reminder (4.2@6) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-31 Github
ek note - notes in notification (3.7@7) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
p!n (0@0) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github

Various note-taking apps

2019-08-16

SwiftNote (4.8@6) Ǥ 9
Idea Note - Floating Note, Voice Note, Voice Memo (4.6@3,006) Ǥ 15 Video Intro 12/2018
TAG Notepad (4.6@8) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-06-19 Github
Standard Notes (4.5@964) 4 Github
Notah - Note taking app (Beta) (4.5@90) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-20
Simple Notes (4.4@1,223) 2 Github
Squid - Take Notes & Markup PDFs (4.3@42,863) Ǥ 12 Video Review 10/2012 | 2/2014; Vorstellung 5/2013; Review 3/2014; hand-written notes
Material Notes (4.2@1,010) Ǥ 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Floating Stickies (4.1@13,527) Ǥ 12 Github; Intro 2/2013 (with video); Vorstellung 2/2013; Review 4/2013; Test 10/2013
Floating Notes (Lite) (4.1@719) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-03-07 Kurzvorstellung 11/2016
WikiAndPad alpha/beta (4.1@53) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-01-31 Desktop versions for Linux/Mac/Windows; OpenSource
HandWrite Pro Note & Draw (4@3,175) Ǥ 7 hand-written notes
Wear Notes - ???? Notes & To-Do (4@233) Ǥ 10 push notes to your Pebble/Wear gadget
Lock Screen Notes (4@86) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
Drawable Notepad (3.7@42) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
CrocodileNote (3.6@13) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-03-13 Github; AES-256 encrypted notes
AnTreNotes (3.4@62) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
ImapNotes2 (2.9@80) 8 LastUpdate: 2017-01-03 Github; simple notes app that can sync with your own IMAP server
Notepad (0@0) 4 LastUpdate: 2017-05-23 Github

Further Readings:

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 (Youtube 5/2013)
The Best Note Taking Apps for Android (5/2013 - 2/2019)
Gegen die Vergesslichkeit: Die 5 besten Notiz-Apps (4/2013 - 9/2018)

2019-08-16

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Notes

Cloud-based Note takers

Note takers without Cloud

Short notes in the notification area

Various note-taking apps