Notes

Cloud-based Note takers

2020-01-07

NotePost (5@1) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ self-hostable sync; Markdown support; also available for Linux and Windows
ColorNote Notepad Notes (4.8@2,846,157) Ǥ 8 Encrypted Backup/Sync, data saved to SDCard; ColorDict integration; Task management; Phone & Tablet-optimized
WeNote - Color Notes, To-do, Reminders & Calendar (4.8@26,529) Ǥ 12 Vorstellung 2/2019
NotePal - Material Design Notepad (4.7@19) Ǥ 7 Github
My Notes - Notepad (4.6@19,256) Ǥ 14 Vorstellung 11/2017; Google Drive Sync
Google Keep - Notes and Lists (4.5@872,868) Ǥ 19 Vorstellung 3/2013; Testbericht 3/2013; Review 9/2015
Microsoft OneNote: Save Ideas and Organize Notes (4.5@690,705) 26 Review 4/2013; Windows Live-ID required
LaaNo: Link as a Note (4.5@6) 10 Github; Nextcloud
FiiNote, note everything (4.4@13,502) Ǥ 13 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Short Review 1/2015; Video Review 9/2018; handwriting, typing, paint, voice, photo, video…
Dropbox Paper (4.4@8,727) Ǥ 9 collaborative notes
Drivenotes (4.4@46) 15 LastUpdate: 2014-04-01
Simplenote (4.3@12,819) 3 Kurzvorstellung 4/2016; Github; supports Markdown
Carnet - Notes app (4.3@154) 15 Github; syncs with ownCloud/Nextcloud; corresponding Nextcloud App, Linux AppImages/Snap Package available
BrightNotes - Easy Notetaking! (4.3@102) Ǥ 3 LastUpdate: 2014-12-05
Evernote - Take Notes and Organize your Life (4.2@1,538,664) Ǥ 28 Review 3/2013
Tomdroid notes (4.2@803) 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-01-16 Sync with UbuntuOne, snowboy, Tomboy Online; compatible with Tomboy (Linux)
Nextcloud Notes (4.2@212; ~EUR 3.00) 3 Github
Kolab Notes (4.2@38) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
MobisleNotes - Notepad (4.1@13,430) Ǥ 10
MetaMoJi Note Lite (4@4,083) Ǥ 8 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / MetaMoJi Note (3.6@1,284; ~EUR 7.50) Ǥ 9 Review 5/2013 | 8/2013; Testbericht 1/2014 | 1/2014; Vorstellung 3/2014; 10+ Product Videos
Turtl (4@480) 3 Github; FOSS Evernote alternative
GNotes - Note, Notepad & Memo (3.9@24,529) Ǥ 18
NoNonsense Notes (3.9@1,677) 10 LastUpdate: 2016-11-24 Github; Vorstellung 2/2013; Test 2/2013; Intro 4/2013 | 7/2013; OpenSource Notes & Todo
MyScript Nebo (3.8@883; ~EUR 10.00) Ǥ 12 Intro 10/2019
MortNotes (3.8@56) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-11-01 WebDAV (e.g. ownCloud)
Post-it® (3.7@703) Ǥ 11 Video Intro 8/2019
me.time (My Little Memory Box) (2.8@13,558) Ǥ 13 Intro 2/2013; Review 6/2013; Kurzvorstellung 10/2014; cloud support can be disabled if you prefer
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

2020-01-07

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 Github
NoteBuddy (4.7@3) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-07-19 Github; encrypted notes
Orgzly: Notes & To-Do Lists (4.6@1,657) 8 Github; Notes & scheduled tasks
TypeNote Notepad (4.6@992) 7 LastUpdate: 2017-11-22
FairNote - Encrypted Notes & Lists (4.6@585) Ǥ 9 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ with labels & categories
Simple Notes Pro: To-do list organizer and planner (4.6@544; ~EUR 1.00) 2 Github
MobiNotes (4.6@358) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Notes (4.5@15,015) Ǥ 17 Phone & Tablet optimized;
Notes (Privacy Friendly) (4.5@77) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-15 Github
Note Crypt Donate / Pro (4.5@55) 2 Github; AES 128 bit encrypted notes
Natural Notes (4.4@5,047) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-08-01 / Natural Notes + (3.9@212; ~EUR 2.75) Ǥ 3 LastUpdate: 2015-11-03 Phone+Tablet optimized
Note Everything (4.3@57,728) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-01-31 / Note Everything Pro Add-On (3.6@4,676; ~EUR 3.50) 6 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-04-28 Review 12/2013
SealNote Secure Encrypted Note (4.3@2,978) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-04-13 Github; Video Intro 4/2017
LectureNotes (Trial Version) (4.3@2,536) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ / LectureNotes (4.4@8,750; ~EUR 6.00) 2 Video Review 5/2013 (20+min); Review 9/2013 | 11/2017; Handwriting, best with (S-)Pen
Denkzettel for .txt-notes (4.3@274) 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 (4.2@11,403) 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ lite version of FiiNote
Scarlet Notes (4.2@533) Ǥ 10 Github
4.Do - To Do List & Task Manager (4.2@511) Ǥ 16
QuickNote Notepad Notes (4.1@4,415) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2014-06-21
hovernote (4.1@1,274) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-15 Kurzvorstellung 4/2013
SimpleNotes (4.1@205) Ǥ 6 LastUpdate: 2016-03-06
Notes 2L (4.1@86) Ǥ 8
Notepad (4@81,990) 8 LastUpdate: 2016-10-17
Classic Notes Lite - Notepad (4@58,182) 10 / Classic Notes Pro - Notepad (4.2@651; ~EUR 2.00) 10
Handrite Note Notepad Lite (4@33,990) Ǥ 13 LastUpdate: 2015-12-22 Testbericht 4/2013; Review 4/2013
Omni Notes (4@3,542) Ǥ 17 Video Intro 11/2013; Intro 1/2014; Vorstellung 1/2014; Test 2/2014; Pushbullet Support
NoteMngr - Manage your notes (3.9@151) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2018-05-30
OI Notepad (3.7@4,383) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 Github
Notepad - Secure Notes & Lists (3.7@745) Ǥ 9 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
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

2020-01-07

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 LastUpdate: 2018-02-22
New Pin (4.6@139) 1 Kurzvorstellung 9/2015; Github
KeepIn (4.6@20) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Notification Agenda (4.5@1,627) 4
Notable Plus (4.5@291; ~EUR 1.25) 2 LastUpdate: 2017-06-03 Github
Collateral - Notes, Lists & Reminder Notifications (4.4@1,789) Ǥ 14 Kurzvorstellung 5/2016
Notification Notes (4.4@338) 1 Github
ملاحظات على إلإشعارات‎ (4.4@9) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-03-17
Renotify Notification Maker (4.3@2,382) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-03-23 / Renotify Pro (4.4@399; ~EUR 1.50) 2 LastUpdate: 2016-03-23 Vorstellung 2/2013; Intro 5/2016
Notification memo - reminders inside notifications (4.3@28) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Noti Notes - Notes in notification (4.3@22) 3 LastUpdate: 2018-03-13
Notable: Quick Notes&Reminder (4.2@4,843) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-02 Review 4/2013
Note In Notification (4.2@267) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Notification(Statusbar) Memo (4.2@40) 1 LastUpdate: 2017-09-04
Notification Note (4.2@37) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-02-28
Up Note - notes in notification (4.2@32) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-09-13
Quick Notes Reminder in notification (4@3,361) Ǥ 5 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Vorstellung 5/2015; XDA
Notey - Notification Reminder (4@204) 4 LastUpdate: 2016-05-17
Remember - Simple Reminder (4@7) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-31 Github
notin - notes in notification (3.9@2,587) Ǥ 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
ek note - notes in notification (3.7@7) 1 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-18
Recordatorios en Notificaciones Pro (0@0; ~EUR 0.50) 2 Github

Various note-taking apps

2020-01-07

SwiftNote (4.8@6) Ǥ 9 LastUpdate: 2018-03-24
Keep My Notes - Notepad, Memo, Checklist (4.6@228,737) Ǥ 9 incl. hand writing, drawing, voice notes
Idea Note - Floating Note, Voice Note, Voice Memo (4.6@3,419) Ǥ 13 Video Intro 12/2018
Simple Notes: To-do list organizer and planner (4.6@2,241) 2 Github
TAG Notepad (4.6@9) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-06-19 Github
Notah - Note taking app (Beta) (4.5@90) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-20
Squid - Take Notes & Markup PDFs (4.4@45,367) Ǥ 12 Video Review 2/2014; Vorstellung 5/2013; Review 3/2014; hand-written notes
Standard Notes (4.1@1,153) 5 Github; Review 10/2018 | 12/2018
WikiAndPad alpha/beta (4.1@54) 2 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-01-31 Desktop versions for Linux/Mac/Windows; OpenSource
Wear Notes - 📋 Notes & To-Do (4@235) Ǥ 10 push notes to your Pebble/Wear gadget
Floating Stickies (3.9@13,534) Ǥ 12 Github; Intro 2/2013 (with video); Vorstellung 2/2013; Review 4/2013; Test 10/2013
HandWrite Pro Note & Draw (3.9@3,376) Ǥ 7 hand-written notes
Lock Screen Notes (3.9@109) 3 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ Github
Drawable Notepad (3.7@43) 0 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-04-23 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 $Contains no known trackers \o/$
Material Notes (3.3@1,012) Ǥ 10 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-02-12
Floating Notes (Lite) (3.3@749) 4 $Contains no known trackers \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-03-07 Kurzvorstellung 11/2016
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:

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 (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)

2020-01-18

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Notes

Cloud-based Note takers

Note takers without Cloud

Short notes in the notification area

Various note-taking apps