Android Notepad by Braden Farmer A really fast, free, no-frills and open-source text/Markdown note-taking app.
Android Bublup: everyone likes bubbles! Bublup is fun to use, has a nice design, and has lots of options to share with friends and family. The free version gives quite a bit of functionality and for USD 2.99 a month, you can increase your storage
Android Drafting This app is incredible, launches really fast and you can start typing right away. It is local first, low-cost, supports Markdown and has a custom toolbar.
Android D Notes A great note-taking app with an incredible amount of functionality for free. A CAD 4.89 upgrade gets you cloud sync via Google Drive and more.
Android Material Notes An ad-free and basic note-taking app for quickly capturing text notes with a clean UI and a no-frills, super-fast user interface.
Newsletter The 12 note-taking apps of Christmas A little reflection this time of year and a teaser about an app I've been consulting on!
Android OneNote OneNote is fast, has many features, works on every platform, and synchronizes notes across all devices, for free. Export to PDF, work offline, format text, and link notes.
Android Noto Noto is a minimal, free, open-source, and fast note-taking app but it does not have any Markdown support. The UI is clean and it uses a nice font which cannot be changed.
Diary Diary by Bill Farmer Diary is another great open-source app by retiree Bill Farmer. It has a ton of functionality including Markdown support, advanced features like tables and text highlighting, and best of all it's fast and free!
Android Writeily Open-source, local-first Markdown note-taking app that is no longer being maintained unfortunately.
Android Notes by Bill Farmer and 1K subs! Notes is a fast, local-first, free, open-source note-taking app that supports Markdown!
Android Mind Notes Mind Notes is a #fail but could be one of the best note-taking apps if they fixed the bugs, implemented autocorrect, and removed annoying upgrade dialogs
Android MarkNote MarkNote is a local-first, open-source, Markdown app with a ton of functionality and all for free. You can back up and restore your files, synchronize them with OneDrive, and export them to PDF, HTML, or an image.
Android Leaf Note A great, fast, cheap, local-first, and customizable Android app that supports Markdown and sync via WebDAV.
Back in 15 minutes I'm going to skip working on the app review and break my 59-week trend of sending one out each Saturday. It's been an odd past 5 weeks starting with losing my job of 10 years in mid-Sep. I've been busy closing off with the company, visiting my 4 sisters, networking,
Android Epsilon Notes Epsilon Notes is incredible, landing at the top of all of the apps that I've reviewed. It's well worth CAD 6.49, supports Markdown, and SD card access, local text files, and AES encryption
Android Note to Self A completely free, local first, ad-free, and fast note-taking app using chat-style messaging to yourself.
Android Graphite Graphite combines a Journal with note-taking and uses buckets to store files, supports images, hyperlinks, book notes, and movie notes.
Android Logseq Logseq is an open-source, local-first, block-based, outliner and task manager. It's fairly structured and notes and tasks are stored in a "graph". Notes can be linked together, you can record audio attachments, and include inline images which are all really nice features.
Android Wondr Note Wondr Note is perfect for a student, an event planner, a garage sale goer, a parent with kids into sports or crafts, or a small business owner.
Android jtx Board jtx Board is an Open-Source, standards-based app with calendar integration, Markdown-based notes, and tasks.
Newsletter My note taking adventures Sep 10 2022 💡Edit: This post was originally titled "Is the 54th note app the best one?" and sent as part of my weekly newsletter with the review of jtx Board. I've split that post into two so the app review has it's own page. Thanks again to note-app whisperer Sahil, a university
Newsletter Stone's note-taking week in review #4 Welcome 7 new subscribers, Samsung Gallery tips, my home screen, subscribed to JotterPad, amazed by a $30 tablet, and 53rd app review: Clipto
Newsletter Stone's note-taking week in review #3 I explain my `no love` for Apple, tell my payphone story, reflect on using one or multiple Obsidian vaults, and deliver my 52nd note-taking app review: GNotes!
Stone's note-taking week in review #2 Finished my 51st note-taking app review, welcomed 8 new subscribers, sinned by going analog, and summarized Dan Allasso's new book: a good week!
