Notepad - simple notes

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4.5
79.8K reviews
10M+
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Notepad is a small and fast notetaking app for making notes, memos, or just any plain text content. Features:
* simple interface that most of the users find easy to use
* no limits on note's length or number of notes (of course there's a limit to phone's storage)
* creating and editing text notes
* importing notes from txt files, saving notes as txt files
* sharing notes with other apps (e.g. sending a note by email)
* notes widget allowing to quickly create or edit notes, working like post it notes (stick a memo to home screen)
* backup function for saving and loading notes from a backup file (zip file)
* app password lock
* color themes (including dark theme)
* note categories
* automatic note saving
* undo/redo changes in notes
* lines in background, numbered lines in a note
* technical support
* search function that can quickly find text in notes
* unlock app with biometrics (e.g. fingerprint or face recognition)

It may be obvious, but notes in the app can be used in many ways. For example as a to do list to increase productivity. A sort of digital planner to store shopping list or to organize the day. Notes can be put on the home screen as reminders. Each task could be stored in a seperate note or one big todo note could be used.

** Important **
Please remember to make a backup copy of notes before formatting a phone or buying a new phone. Since the 1.7.0 version the app will also use phone's device copy, if it's turned on in the device's and the app's settings.

* Why do I advise to not install the app on an SD card?
I follow the official advice to block installing on an SD card apps that use widgets. This app uses widgets, which are like icons for the notes, and can be placed on a phone's home screen (for example).

If you have any additional questions, just contact me by email: notepad.free@outlook.com .

Thank you.
Arek
Updated on
Jun 20, 2025

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Location, Personal info and 3 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 3 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

4.5
74.2K reviews
J R Clough
December 9, 2024
I really like this app to help me keep track of appointments, grocery lists, etc. I can make notes, write story ideas, and write drafts of personal notes that I need to think through before sending. A checklist has now been added so that I can check off items as completed. Thank you so much for adding that very helpful feature as requested. I give this app five stars. It is a very useful tool that has now been tweaked to do everything I need to keep track of all the necessary to remember things.
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atomczak
September 9, 2021
Hi. I will add a checklist feature in one of the next updates. It should be very helpful when creating lists for tasks or groceries. Thank you for rating the app.
William Tinklepaugh (Bill)
June 9, 2025
It's "BUGGIE" most of the time you can't get most of the editing features and editing settings to work! It gets very frustrating when simple things like "backup copies" will not load because the App can't read the backup copies and or the saved filename extensions are not recognized. You'll spend 2 to 3 times trying to work with "features settings" that in the end don't/won't work. Only download this App if you have a very high tolerance for the frustration of trying to work with it. Good luck
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atomczak
June 9, 2025
Hi. What you wrote is not common. You can check other reviews. My guess is that you made a backup copy file on the "Backup" screen, but you tried loading it by using the "Import from *txt* files" option. What other (editing) settings did you mean? Please email me at notepad.free@outlook.com. I'm sure that I'll be able to help. Best regards, Arek.
Clint Early
May 26, 2025
This app is really great. I've been using some other notepad app which sucked (Notepad News). It's the closest thing ot a REAL notepad programme I've found (and by REAL, I mean smth line Notepad++ for PC). This doesn't affect the rating at all, but if you'd add Dropbox to the cloud options, it'd be just that much more awesome. There's a way to get it to my Dropbox, so it's not urgent or anything, it'd just be the icing on an already delicious cake.
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What’s new

Update 1.38.0:
+ improved handling of abrupt device shutdown
+ option to remember cursor position
Please email me at notepad.free@outlook.com in case of any issues/questions regarding the app.