Notes

Cloud-based Note takers

2021-01-14

NotePost (5@1) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ self-hostable sync; Markdown support; also available for Linux and Windows
ColorNote Notepad Notes (4.8@3,148,924) Ǥ 8 2 Encrypted Backup/Sync, data saved to SDCard; ColorDict integration; Task management; Phone & Tablet-optimized
WeNote - Color Notes, To-do, Reminders & Calendar (4.8@49,182) Ǥ 13 3 Vorstellung 2/2019
NotePal - Material Design Notepad (4.7@19) Ǥ 7 1 LastUpdate: 2019-03-15 Github
My Notes - Notepad (4.6@26,344) Ǥ 14 1 Vorstellung 11/2017; Google Drive Sync
Nextcloud Notes (4.5@335; ~EUR 3.00) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
SilentNotes (4.5@42) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; sync via Dropbox, FTP or WebDAV
Google Keep - Notes and Lists (4.4@1,125,864) Ǥ 21 1 Review 9/2015
Drivenotes (4.4@46) 15 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-04-01
LaaNo: Link as a Note (4.4@8) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Nextcloud
Microsoft OneNote: Save Ideas and Organize Notes (4.3@835,077) 28 2 Windows Live-ID required
FiiNote, note everything (4.3@14,424) Ǥ 14 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Short Review 1/2015; Video Review 9/2018; handwriting, typing, paint, voice, photo, video…
Dropbox Paper (4.3@10,332) Ǥ 10 3 collaborative notes
Bundled Notes - Notes, Lists, To-do, Reminders (4.3@230) Ǥ 9 1
BrightNotes - Easy Notetaking! (4.3@102) Ǥ 3 2 LastUpdate: 2014-12-05
Simplenote (4.2@14,493) 4 1 Kurzvorstellung 4/2016; Github; supports Markdown
Nebo: Note-Taking & Annotation (4.2@1,859; ~EUR 10.00) Ǥ 12 2 Intro 10/2019
Kolab Notes (4.2@40) 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Evernote - Notes Organizer & Daily Planner (4.1@1,580,281) Ǥ 33 7
MobisleNotes - Notepad (4.1@13,430) Ǥ 10 2
Tomdroid notes (4.1@816) 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@534) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; FOSS Evernote alternative
Carnet - Notes app (4.1@286) 17 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; syncs with ownCloud/Nextcloud; corresponding Nextcloud App, Linux AppImages/Snap Package available
Notes by Firefox: A Secure Notepad App (4@2) 4 Vorstellung 7/2018
NoNonsense Notes (3.9@1,677) 10 3 LastUpdate: 2016-11-24 Github; OpenSource Notes & Todo
MetaMoJi Note Lite (3.8@5,059) Ǥ 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-05-09 / MetaMoJi Note (3.2@1,391; ~EUR 7.50) Ǥ 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-10-31 Vorstellung 3/2014; 10+ Product Videos
Post-it® (3.8@1,620) Ǥ 10 3 Video Intro 8/2019
MortNotes (3.8@56) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2014-11-01 WebDAV (e.g. ownCloud)
GNotes - Note, Notepad & Memo (3.5@25,121) Ǥ 18 5
Notejoy (3.4@43) Ǥ 13 2 collaborative notes
me.time (My Little Memory Box) (2.8@13,490) Ǥ 13 8 Kurzvorstellung 10/2014; cloud support can be disabled if you prefer
Leanote (0@0) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-16 Github; Evernote Alternative
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

2021-01-15

Neuronizer Notes (5@12) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-04-01 Github; notes and tasks
My Notes - Take notes anywhere (5@3) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
EteSync Notes - End-to-end Encrypted Notes (4.8@11) 11 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; self-hosted (or provided by EteSync) counterpart
NoteBuddy (4.7@3) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; encrypted notes
Orgzly: Notes & To-Do Lists (4.6@1,904) 8 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; Notes & scheduled tasks
Simple Notes Pro: To-do list organizer and planner (4.6@1,395; ~EUR 0.75) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
MobiNotes (4.6@365) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-04-13
Natural Notes (4.5@5,450) Ǥ 7 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / Natural Notes + (4.1@234; ~EUR 2.75) Ǥ 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Phone+Tablet optimized
FairNote - Encrypted Notes & Lists (4.5@905) Ǥ 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ with labels & categories
Notally | Minimalist Notes (4.5@197) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Notes (Privacy Friendly) (4.5@97) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-15 Github
Note Crypt Donate / Pro (4.5@58) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; AES 128 bit encrypted notes
Notes (4.4@15,855) Ǥ 20 3 Phone & Tablet optimized;
TypeNote Notepad (4.4@1,024) 7 2 LastUpdate: 2018-12-03
Note Everything (4.3@57,728) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-01-31 / Note Everything Pro Add-On (3.4@4,879; ~EUR 3.50) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-04-28
4.Do - To Do List & Task Manager (4.3@980) Ǥ 11 3
Scarlet Notes (4.3@616) Ǥ 11 1 Github
Denkzettel for .txt-notes (4.3@286) 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
OI Notepad (4.2@4,408) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-03-03 Github
SealNote Secure Encrypted Note (4.2@3,086) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-04-13 Github; Video Intro 4/2017
hovernote (4.2@1,321) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-15
FiiWrite (4.1@11,583) 12 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ lite version of FiiNote
QuickNote Notepad Notes (4.1@4,417) Ǥ 6 3 LastUpdate: 2014-06-21
Omni Notes (4.1@3,690) Ǥ 17 3 Test 2/2014; Pushbullet Support
Notes 2L (4.1@86) Ǥ 8 6
Notepad (4@83,520) Ǥ 12 4
Classic Notes Lite - Notepad (4@58,081) 10 1 / Classic Notes Pro - Notepad (4.2@656; ~EUR 2.00) 10 1 LastUpdate: 2018-12-13
Handrite Note Notepad Lite (4@33,990) Ǥ 13 3 LastUpdate: 2015-12-22
LectureNotes (Trial Version) (4@2,785) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ / LectureNotes (4.5@9,339; ~EUR 6.00) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Review 11/2017; Handwriting, best with (S-)Pen
SimpleNotes (4@208) Ǥ 6 4 LastUpdate: 2016-03-06
NoteMngr - Manage your notes (3.9@151) Ǥ 9 4
Notepad - Secure Notes & Lists (3.7@746) Ǥ 9 4 LastUpdate: 2015-12-04 Kurzvorstellung 3/2015; Notizen, Reminder, ToDo, and more
Tree Note ,Hierarchy Notepad (3.7@177) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-12-16 hierarchical notes
PotatoNotes (3.6@74) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
SkinnyNote Notepad Lite (3.4@79) 9 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-02-07
uNote (0@0) 2 LastUpdate: 2018-11-29 GitLab; minimalist notes app
Notely (0@0) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Another notes app (0@0) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Notes (0@0) 1 LastUpdate: 2019-05-19 Github
noteapp (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
EasyNotes (0@0) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github; sync between Android, iOS and Windows
Note Room (0@0) 3 2 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
Nottz App (0@0) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

Short notes in the notification area

2021-01-10

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.

PinNote - Note in Notification (4.7@3) 2 2 LastUpdate: 2018-02-22
MicroPinner (4.6@139) 1 LastUpdate: 2018-07-15 Kurzvorstellung 9/2015; Github
KeepIn (4.6@20) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-05-23
Notification Agenda (4.5@1,633) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2018-09-26
Pinnit - Create & pin notifications (4.5@279) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
ملاحظات على إلإشعارات‎ (4.5@10) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-03-17
Notable Plus (4.4@293; ~EUR 1.25) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-06-03 Github
Noti Notes - Notes in notification (4.4@30) 3 2 LastUpdate: 2018-03-13
Renotify Notification Maker (4.3@2,379) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-04-12 / Renotify Pro (4.3@407; ~EUR 1.50) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-03-23 Intro 5/2016
Collateral - Notes, Lists & Reminder Notifications (4.3@1,818) Ǥ 14 3 LastUpdate: 2019-02-21 Kurzvorstellung 5/2016
Notification Notes (4.3@469) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-01-16 Github
Notification memo - reminders inside notifications (4.3@28) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2019-02-02
Notable: Quick Notes&Reminder (4.2@4,825) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Note In Notification (4.2@288) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Notification(Statusbar) Memo (4.2@49) 1 1 LastUpdate: 2017-09-04
Up Note - notes in notification (4.1@31) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2017-09-13
notin - notes in notification (4@3,200) Ǥ 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-12-06
Notey - Notification Reminder (4@208) 4 1 LastUpdate: 2016-05-17
Remember (4@7) $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-12-31 Github
Quick Notes Reminder in notification (3.8@3,401) Ǥ 5 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Vorstellung 5/2015; XDA
ek note - notes in notification (3.8@8) 1 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-06-18
Recordatorios en Notificaciones Pro (0@0; ~EUR 0.50) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github

Various note-taking apps

2021-01-13

SwiftNote (4.8@6) Ǥ 9 4 LastUpdate: 2018-03-24
TAG Notepad (4.6@9) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-06-19 Github
Keep My Notes - Notepad, Memo and Checklist (4.5@329,784) Ǥ 12 10 incl. hand writing, drawing, voice notes
Simple Notes: To-do list organizer, planner widget (4.5@3,984) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Notah - Note taking app (Beta) (4.5@90) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2016-09-20
Idea Note - Floating Note, Voice Note, Study Note (4.4@4,243) Ǥ 17 9 Video Intro 12/2018
Squid - Take Notes & Markup PDFs (4.3@54,828) Ǥ 11 3 Video Review 2/2014; Review 3/2014; hand-written notes
Standard Notes (4.3@1,863) 5 2 Github; Review 10/2018 | 12/2018
Wear Notes - 📋 Notes & To-Do (4@244) Ǥ 10 3 LastUpdate: 2018-08-21 push notes to your Pebble/Wear gadget
WikiAndPad alpha/beta (4@56) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2013-02-28 Desktop versions for Linux/Mac/Windows; OpenSource
Floating Stickies (3.9@13,551) Ǥ 12 2 LastUpdate: 2019-05-26
Lock Screen Notes (3.8@151) 3 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Floating Notes (Lite) (3.6@867) 4 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-03-07 Kurzvorstellung 11/2016
CrocodileNote (3.6@15) 2 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2015-03-13 Github; AES-256 encrypted notes
HandWrite Pro Note & Draw (3.5@4,223) Ǥ 7 3 hand-written notes
AnTreNotes (3.5@63) 6 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$
Drawable Notepad (3.5@49) 0 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ Github
Material Notes (3.1@1,005) Ǥ 10 $Contains no trackers known to us \o/$ LastUpdate: 2018-03-15
ImapNotes2 (2.9@80) 8 LastUpdate: 2017-01-03 Github; simple notes app that can sync with your own IMAP server
Organizador (0@0) 5 1 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)
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)
The Best Note Taking Apps for Android (5/2013 - 2/2019)
Gegen die Vergesslichkeit: Die 5 besten Notiz-Apps (4/2013 - 9/2018)

2021-01-16

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Notes

Cloud-based Note takers

Note takers without Cloud

Short notes in the notification area

Various note-taking apps