Notes

Cloud-based Note takers

2025-03-11

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
ColorNote Notepad Notes (4.8@3,846,219) Ǥ 12 4 Encrypted Backup/Sync, data saved to SDCard; ColorDict integration; Task management; Phone & Tablet-optimized
WeNote: Notes Notepad Notebook (4.8@120,674) Ǥ 12 3 Vorstellung 2/2019
Notesnook Secure Private Notes (4.8@3,789) 18 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; encrypted online notepad
NotePal Material Design Notes (4.8@24) Ǥ 7 1 LastUpdate: 2019-03-15 Github
LaaNo: Link as a Note (4.8@8) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Nextcloud
My Notes - Notepad (4.6@40,773) Ǥ 20 1 Vorstellung 11/2017; Google Drive Sync
Microsoft OneNote: Save Notes (4.5@1,370,721) 31 3 Windows Live-ID required
Nebo: Note Taking for Students (4.5@17,127) 10 3 Intro 10/2019
Bundled Notes - List, Organize (4.5@1,532) Ǥ 14 1
Saber: Handwritten Notes (4.5@159) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; handwritten notes, locally or with your Nextcloud – across platforms!
SilentNotes (4.4@218) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; sync via Dropbox, FTP or WebDAV
Kolab Notes (4.4@44) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Post-it® (4.3@27,199) 9 2 Video Intro 8/2019
Google Keep - Notes and lists (4@1,657,603) Ǥ 22 1
FiiNote, note everything (4@15,447) Ǥ 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Review 9/2018; handwriting, typing, paint, voice, photo, video…
Turtl (4@634) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-15 Github; FOSS Evernote alternative
Notes by Firefox: A Secure Notepad App (4@2) 3 LastUpdate: 2021-01-10 Vorstellung 7/2018
MetaMoJi Note Lite (3.9@6,286) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-05-09 / MetaMoJi Note (3.2@1,447; ~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) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; OpenSource Notes & Todo
Simple Notepad : Notes, Todo (3.9@1,128) Ǥ 11 4
Tomdroid (3.9@808) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-01-16 Sync with UbuntuOne, snowboy, Tomboy Online; compatible with Tomboy (Linux)
Simplenote (3.7@17,599) 8 1 Github; Kurzvorstellung 4/2016; Vorstellung 3/2018; Tips & Tricks 10/2018; Review 11/2020 | 3/2022; supports Markdown
Dropbox Paper (3.6@12,178) Ǥ 11 3 LastUpdate: 2022-10-31 collaborative notes
Carnet (3.6@498) 18 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; syncs with ownCloud/Nextcloud; corresponding Nextcloud App, Linux AppImages/Snap Package available
Notejoy (3@133) Ǥ 11 1 LastUpdate: 2023-08-02 collaborative notes
GNotes - Note, Notepad & Memo (2.9@25,533) Ǥ 18 4 LastUpdate: 2022-02-16
Nextcloud Notes (2.9@808) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Evernote - Note Organizer (2.7@1,842,487) Ǥ 37 7
Mavinote (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-07-24 Github
Fleeting Notes (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ syncs with Obsidian
Leanote (0@0) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-16 Github; Evernote Alternative
WD Notes (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-12-07 Github; WebDAV sync
TriliumDroid (0@0) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; self-hostable
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

2025-03-11

MobiNotes (5@373) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
EteSync Notes - End-to-end Enc (5@24) 11 1 LastUpdate: 2021-03-14 Github; self-hosted (or provided by EteSync) counterpart
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) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
My Notes - Take notes anywhere (4.9@22) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-29 Github
Orgzly: Notes & To-Do Lists (4.7@2,336) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-11-09 Github; Intro 5/2021; Notes & scheduled tasks
Linwood Butterfly (4.7@24) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
NoteKeeper (4.7@18) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-12-18
NoteBuddy (4.7@3) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-03-03 Github; encrypted notes
BlackNote Notepad Notes (4.6@134,960) Ǥ 7 1
Notes (4.6@25,940) Ǥ 22 4 Phone & Tablet optimized;
Notally - Minimalist Notes (4.6@1,396) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Moe Memos (4.6@149) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; sync with your own server
Lesser Pad (4.6@60) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-08-07
Natural Notes (4.5@5,759) Ǥ 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-05-06 Phone+Tablet optimized
Simple Notes Pro (4.5@4,986; ~EUR 1.00) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Noto | Minimal Note-Taking App (4.5@615) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Note Crypt Pro (4.5@61) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-11-17 Github; AES 128 bit encrypted notes
Simple Material Notes (4.5@25) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-11-24 Github
QuickNote Notepad Notes (4.4@4,414) Ǥ 7 1
Note Delight (4.4@5) 3 2 Github
Notepad (4.3@88,967) Ǥ 13 2 LastUpdate: 2021-04-22
Write Now - Notepad (4.3@11,346) Ǥ 12 2 incl. voice notes
OI Notepad (4.3@4,405) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 Github
4.Do: Task & To Do List (4.3@3,430) Ǥ 14 7
hovernote (4.3@1,402) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-15
Notes (PFA) (4.3@159) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
FairNote - Fast Notepad Notes (4.2@1,459) Ǥ 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ with labels & categories
Scarlet Notes (4.2@665) Ǥ 10 1 LastUpdate: 2020-02-24 Github
Denkzettel for .txt-notes (4.1@306) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-11 Vorstellung 9/2018; Kurztest 6/2019; saves .txt files, so you can sync notes with your cloud accounts
Omni Notes (4@3,906) Ǥ 16 2 Pushbullet Support
sNotz: Notes & Checklists (4@63) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Unofficial Sticky Notes (4@1) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-02-03 Github
BlueNote - Notepad, Notes (3.9@600) 6 1
Safe Notes - Encrypted Notepad (3.9@242) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-05-05 Github
Memori Note -Notes to remember (3.9@41) 10 1
Notes - Offline color notes (3.8@833) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Notepad (3.7@739) Ǥ 9 4 LastUpdate: 2015-12-04 Kurzvorstellung 3/2015; Notizen, Reminder, ToDo, and more
Classic Notes Lite - Notepad (3.5@57,683) 10 1 LastUpdate: 2019-11-21 / Classic Notes Pro - Notepad (3.4@667; ~EUR 2.00) 10 1 LastUpdate: 2018-12-13
Notify (3.5@13) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
TypeNote Notepad (3.4@1,054) 6 1 LastUpdate: 2018-12-03
SkinnyNote Notepad Lite (3.4@79) 8 2
FiiWrite (3.3@11,759) 13 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-07-31 lite version of FiiNote
Notes (3@133) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-07-15 Github
traced it (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
uNote | microNote (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; minimalist notes app
Ara Note (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-03-09 Github
Notie (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Notes (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-07-19 Github
Write On: Simple Notepad (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
FeelsApp (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; notes with emotions / emotional notes
JustNotes (0@0) Ǥ 20 1 Github
Nabu (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-11-14 Github
Easy Notes (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Note Companion (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; equations, LaTeX and more
Logseq (0@0) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Material Notes (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
D Note (0@0) 1 1 LastUpdate: 2022-12-03 Github
My Brain (0@0) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Tasks, Notes, Events and more
Play NotePad (0@0) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; note-taking app with multimedia and organizational features
Swift Notes (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Page (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
NotallyX - Quick Notes/Tasks (0@0) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Print(Notes) (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
EasyNotes (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; sync between Android, iOS and Windows
Sticky Notepad - Daily Notes (0@0) Ǥ 8 4 LastUpdate: 2022-01-08
Open Note: Markdown Notepad (0@0) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; support for Markdown, Mermaid, Media & more
ImapNotes3 (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; edit, view – and sync your notes with your (own) IMAP server/account
Linwood Butterfly Nightly (0@0) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; paint & write
notes (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Paper (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-03-18 Github
Ghi chú (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
kardi notes | privacy matters (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Silinote (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-12-27 Github; Single Line Notes
Omni Notes (0@0) Ǥ 21 1 Github
Ionic Notes (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-10-05 Github
Fossify Notes (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; To do list widget with a notebook organizer, checklist, simple shopping list
OrgNote (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Org Roam

Short notes in the notification area

2025-03-11

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.

NotiNotes - Notification Notes (5@118) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
p!n (5@6; ~EUR 1.50) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-09-05 Github
Notification Notes (4.7@607) 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
Collateral - Create Notifications (4.5@1,818) Ǥ 14 3 LastUpdate: 2019-02-21 Kurzvorstellung 5/2016
Pinnit (4.5@460) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Notable Plus (4.5@290; ~EUR 1.25) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-03 Github
Note In Notification (4.4@301) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-03-04
Notable: Quick Reminder (4.3@4,788) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-05-20
notin - notes in notification (4.3@4,146) Ǥ 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-12-06
Notification Agenda (4.2@1,636) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2018-09-26
Renotify Notification Maker (4@2,375) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-04-12 Intro 5/2016
Remember (4@7) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-31 Github
Noti Notes - Notes in notifica (3.4@208) 3 2 LastUpdate: 2018-03-13
QuickMDCapture (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Notification notes (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2022-08-18 Github

Various note-taking apps

2025-03-11

Notepad notes, memo, checklist (4.6@609,213) Ǥ 16 6 incl. hand writing, drawing, voice notes
Idea Note-Floating Voice Note (4.6@12,585) Ǥ 18 7 Video Intro 12/2018
Wear Notes - Notes & To-Do (4.5@250) Ǥ 11 1 LastUpdate: 2022-03-29 push notes to your Pebble/Wear gadget
Notah - Note taking app (Beta) (4.5@88) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-20
TAG Notepad (4.4@10) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-06-19 Github
Standard Notes (4.2@5,412) 16 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Review 10/2018 | 12/2018
Floating Stickies (4.1@13,570) Ǥ 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-05-26
Squid: Take Notes, Markup PDFs (4@68,736) Ǥ 11 2 hand-written notes
Lock Screen Notes (4@265) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2023-01-04 Github
WikiAndPad (4@59) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-02-28 Desktop versions for Linux/Mac/Windows; OpenSource
Material Notes (3.8@998) 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
Drawable 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@5,164) Ǥ 9 1 hand-written notes
AnTreNotes (3.4@63) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Simple Notes (3.1@10,418) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
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
Ruslin - Notes (0@0) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; can sync with (your own) Joplin server
StyncyNotes (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ GitLab; Sticky Notes compatible with Linux Mint „Sticky“

Further Readings:

The 9 Best Simple Note-Taking Apps for Android (7/2023)
Die 5 besten Memo-Apps für dein Handy (7/2022 - 11/2022)
7 Best Evernote alternatives for taking notes on Android and iOS (12/2020)
Top 5 der beliebtesten Memo-Apps Android & iOS (1/2020 - 11/2022)
The 11 Best Notes Apps for Android (12/2019 - 2/2023)
The 5 Best Note-Taking Apps for Android (11/2019)
What Is the Best Free Note-Taking App for Android? (9/2019 - 2/2023)
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)

2025-03-18

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Notes

Cloud-based Note takers

Note takers without Cloud

Short notes in the notification area

Various note-taking apps