Notes

Cloud-based Note takers

2022-09-23

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@78,683) Ǥ 13 3 Vorstellung 2/2019
NotePal - Material Design Note (4.8@21) Ǥ 7 1 LastUpdate: 2019-03-15 Github
ColorNote Notepad Notes (4.7@3,518,016) Ǥ 9 2 Encrypted Backup/Sync, data saved to SDCard; ColorDict integration; Task management; Phone & Tablet-optimized
Nextcloud Notes (4.7@439; ~EUR 3.00) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
My Notes - Notepad (4.5@34,703) Ǥ 16 1 Vorstellung 11/2017; Google Drive Sync
Bundled Notes - Lists, To-do (4.5@1,036) Ǥ 12 2
SilentNotes (4.5@117) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; sync via Dropbox, FTP or WebDAV
Kolab Notes (4.4@42) 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
Evernote - Note Organizer (4.3@1,731,866) Ǥ 33 8
Post-it® (4.3@16,668) 9 1 Video Intro 8/2019
Nebo: Notes & PDF Annotations (4.1@4,482; ~EUR 10.00) Ǥ 12 3 Intro 10/2019
Tomdroid notes (4.1@818) 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@607) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-10-15 Github; FOSS Evernote alternative
FiiNote, note everything (4@15,195) Ǥ 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Video Review 9/2018; handwriting, typing, paint, voice, photo, video…
Dropbox Paper (4@11,623) Ǥ 10 3 collaborative notes
Notesnook - Private notes app (4@990) Ǥ 23 1 Github; encrypted online notepad
Notes by Firefox: A Secure Notepad App (4@2) 3 LastUpdate: 2021-01-10 Vorstellung 7/2018
Google Keep - Notes and Lists (3.9@1,420,789) Ǥ 22 1
Microsoft OneNote: Save Notes (3.9@972,200) 28 2 Windows Live-ID required
Simplenote (3.9@16,314) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Kurzvorstellung 4/2016; Vorstellung 3/2018; Tips & Tricks 10/2018; Review 11/2020 | 3/2022; supports Markdown
MetaMoJi Note Lite (3.9@6,205) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-05-09 / MetaMoJi Note (3.6@1,434; ~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
Carnet - Notes app (3.5@408) 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@25,545) Ǥ 18 4
Notejoy (3@68) Ǥ 15 1 collaborative notes
Saber: Handwritten Notes (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; handwritten notes, locally or with your Nextcloud – across platforms!
Mavinote (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
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

2022-09-23

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 (4.8@2,754; ~EUR 1.00) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Orgzly: Notes & To-Do Lists (4.8@2,160) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Intro 5/2021; Notes & scheduled tasks
MobiNotes (4.7@370) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
NoteBuddy (4.7@3) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-03-03 Github; encrypted notes
Notes (4.6@21,413) Ǥ 24 4 Phone & Tablet optimized;
Notally | Minimalist Notes (4.6@706) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Lesser Pad (4.6@60) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-03-19
EteSync Notes - End-to-end Enc (4.6@18) 11 1 LastUpdate: 2021-03-14 Github; self-hosted (or provided by EteSync) counterpart
Linwood Butterfly (4.6@8) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Natural Notes (4.5@5,728) 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
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@1,198) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ with labels & categories
Noto | Minimal Note-Taking App (4.4@278) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Notes (PFA) (4.4@122) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Note Delight (4.4@5) 3 2 Github
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@1,393) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-15
SimpleNotes (4.3@209) Ǥ 6 4 LastUpdate: 2016-03-06
Scarlet FDroid (4.2@665) Ǥ 10 1 LastUpdate: 2020-02-24 Github
Denkzettel for .txt-notes (4.2@298) 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
4.Do - To Do List & Task Manag (4.1@1,534) Ǥ 11 3 LastUpdate: 2020-04-28
Omni Notes (4@3,790) Ǥ 17 3 Pushbullet Support
Unofficial Sticky Notes (4@1) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-02-03 Github
Notepad (3.9@88,768) Ǥ 13 2
QuickNote Notepad Notes (3.9@4,450) Ǥ 6 3 LastUpdate: 2014-06-21
LectureNotes (Trial Version) (3.9@2,906) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / LectureNotes (4.7@9,607; ~EUR 6.00) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Review 11/2017; Handwriting, best with (S-)Pen
OI Notepad (3.8@4,442) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 Github
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@11,804) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ lite version of FiiNote
TypeNote Notepad (3.5@1,050) 7 2 LastUpdate: 2018-12-03
Classic Notes Lite - Notepad (3.4@58,060) 10 1 LastUpdate: 2019-11-21 / Classic Notes Pro - Notepad (3.3@663; ~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@125) 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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-01-18 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
D Note (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
My Brain (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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) 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; paint & write
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 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-12-27 Github; Single Line Notes
Ionic Notes (0@0) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
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

2022-09-11

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.

Recordatorios en Notificacione (5@6; ~EUR 1.50) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Notification Notes (4.6@574) 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
KeepIn (4.6@20) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-05-23
Collateral - Notes, Lists & Re (4.5@1,825) Ǥ 14 3 LastUpdate: 2019-02-21 Kurzvorstellung 5/2016
Notification Agenda (4.4@1,644) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2018-09-26
Pinnit - Create & pin notifica (4.4@391) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Notable Plus (4.4@291; ~EUR 1.25) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-03 Github
Notable: Quick Notes&Reminder (4.3@4,814) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-05-20
notin - notes in notification (4.3@4,031) Ǥ 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-12-06
Note In Notification (4.2@293) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2021-03-04
PinNote - Note in Notification (4.2@5) 2 2 LastUpdate: 2018-02-22
ek note - notes in notificatio (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 notifi (3.6@3,409) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-11-14 XDA
Renotify Notification Maker (3.5@2,386) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-04-12 / Renotify Pro (4.5@413; ~EUR 1.50) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-03-23 Intro 5/2016
Noti Notes - Notes in notifica (3.5@55) 3 2 LastUpdate: 2018-03-13
Notification(Statusbar) Memo (3.5@53) 1 1 LastUpdate: 2017-09-04
NotiNotes (0@0) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Notification notes (0@0) 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

Various note-taking apps

2022-09-23

Simple Notes (4.6@7,175) 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, Voi (4.5@7,952) Ǥ 17 9 Video Intro 12/2018
Wear Notes - Notes & To-Do (4.5@249) 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@187) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2020-01-03 Github
Squid: Take Notes, Markup PDFs (4.2@63,767) Ǥ 10 2 hand-written notes
Notepad notes, memo, checklist (4.1@465,755) Ǥ 14 10 incl. hand writing, drawing, voice notes
Floating Stickies (4.1@13,607) Ǥ 12 2 LastUpdate: 2019-05-26
Standard Notes (4.1@2,930) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ 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
Material Notes (3.8@1,004) 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@4,820) 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:

Die 5 besten Memo-Apps für dein Handy (7/2022)
7 Best Evernote alternatives for taking notes on Android and iOS (12/2020)
Top 5 der beliebtesten Memo-Apps Android & iOS (1/2020 - 5/2022)
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)
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)

2022-09-25

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Notes

Cloud-based Note takers

Note takers without Cloud

Short notes in the notification area

Various note-taking apps