Fast notepad application for Android. Quick notepad
For devices running Android OS. Oddly enough, applications that are so simple at first glance not only differ from each other, but also have a number of functions that would be the envy of full-fledged ones.
Here is a list of them in alphabetical order:
It would be logical to divide this nine into three categories, in each of which we will identify its leader. So, the first one will be devoted to multifunctional notebooks, that is, allowing you to work with notes, as they say, in full force. It will include ColorNote, Notes (Jacob Ras), Notepad (PowerAPP) and Notes (Yuli).
The second category includes simple notepads for simple tasks, that is, lightweight programs whose main task is to help the user quickly and easily make notes in a notebook. These are Fastnote, Just Notes (Moregas) and Noties.
The third will include those solutions that you can pay attention to, but nothing more, that is, unfinished applications that could possibly grow into very good ones. You shouldn’t forget about them, just as you shouldn’t give up. In the end, I myself am just a user (only an inquisitive one), which means I can make mistakes, so we’ll call the last category “Hoping for the best.” It will include Notepad (khronos) and “Notepad” by Dmitry Korotkov. So let's get started.
Multifunctional notepads
Simple does not mean primitive, as the notebooks discussed below convincingly prove. In some cases, they are even superior to organizers, because they can encrypt the recording, which, you see, sometimes helps a lot. But such applications have an unforgivable large appetite in terms of RAM, as well as the complexity of configuration and management.
The notepad should be able to quickly create a record, edit it if necessary, send it to the right person and supplement it with a clear example. In this case, everything should be done literally on the fly. Well, let's try to find such an application.
Of course, ColorNote is one of the best notepads for quick notes. There is synchronization with Google, reminders, lists and simple entries, the ability to send notes via messages and backup.
There was also restriction of access using a master password and online synchronization. Add to this absolute stability, low RAM consumption and a free license.
It’s quite difficult to find fault with this “comrade”. RAM consumption is normal - only 38 MB. At the same time, the application does not go anywhere, does not impose any obligations and does not ask you to buy anything. The only thing ColorNote insists on is a master password, but such a requirement is by no means superfluous.
Now about the main thing - how quickly the application can create a note. And there are no complaints here, just as there is nothing superfluous in the settings, which are presented briefly and to the point. You can get used to the program in about five minutes.
With a flick of the wrist, 1.5 MB of the distribution turns into 8 MB of occupied disk space and more than 100 MB of RAM consumption. Yes, the advantages are obvious - you have a full range of multimedia notes, a customizable interface and text notes a la Reader. However, the program did not live up to our hopes.
A notepad should be light and unnoticeable in the system, but how often do we use photo notes? Or do we speak a note into a voice recorder? Yes, there are professions that need this like air, but for most users such an application, sorry, will be garbage.
For everyone else who has flagship devices with two or more gigabytes of RAM, as well as four or eight-core processors, of course, you can play around. For example, PowerAPP would be very useful at MWC 2015 or another similar event, especially since it is free and uses the entire multimedia potential of the device to work.
The first thing worth noting is that the program does not have “lists”, stickers, a widget, or the ability to insert pictures or draw. There is also no synchronization with Google Calendar.
However, this is not an organizer, but a notepad that is easy to use, pleasing to the eye and easy to set up. In addition, there is password protection, synchronization and backup, but what else do you need?
No, of course, ColorNote is much more diverse, but it is closer to an organizer than a simple notepad, and Fastnote is significantly inferior to the solution of the Jacob Ras studio. Everything would be fine if not for one “but”. The program's resource consumption is enormous for such an undertaking. 60 MB of RAM is not a pity, but it is decreasing.
Otherwise, we are pleased with the very convenient two-window mode with the ability to preview, the ability to auto-replace words, as well as a text or numeric password that can be assigned to the application.
If we discard the poor design, crooked translation, and “no” settings, then Yuli, if not Yuli, can be called a fairly convenient and functional notepad that is worth paying attention to.
In light of recent events, you become paranoid, so autoloading and working with SMS is still superfluous for such a program, which is designed to take quick notes.
RAM consumption is normal. One of the features worth noting is the ability to put a password on a note, that is, on a note, and not on the notepad as a whole. For those who forget, there is a “reminder”: after half an hour, an hour, two hours, which you can also set yourself. The reminder is scheduled for a specific year, month, week, day, hour and minute. If not "single tap to change title and content", there would be nothing to complain about.
In addition, you can add an image from the gallery, as well as set an entry in the widget, which, by the way, is also present, albeit clumsy. Moreover, each such entry has its own PIN code. Maybe you shouldn’t pay attention to translation if your hands are free for work?
First, a short comment on the title of the guide. You can replace the definition of “note manager” with the more capacious “organizer.” But typically, note management apps don't include an address book or planner, so the topic of organizers should be covered separately.
Programs for managing notes (simply notebooks) are not much more complicated than the task managers discussed earlier in terms of their functionality. In this case, the most interesting aspects of the review are:
- Synchronization and backup
- Editor functionality: supported data types, working with text
- Organizing notes and working with lists: tags and other organizing methods, searching and sorting
- Additional options: security, display settings, etc.
Guide participants:
- Simplenote
- m>notes
- ColorNote
- GNotes
- Google Keep
- Evernote
- Springpad
- Note Everything
- WizNote
- OneNote
Simplenote
Simplenote is a simple, free note manager available everywhere: iOS, Mac, Android and Kindle.
The application interface is extremely minimalistic. A list of notes is displayed on the main screen; tags can be used for organizing, which are subsequently accessible from the side column. Search is also available. The note contains only text; there are no formatting tools.
The main problem with Simplenote is immediately apparent, and it is related to language support. The fact is that the font size of the Cyrillic alphabet is noticeably different from the Latin alphabet. Accordingly, reading text with different styles is not very pleasant. The second significant problem is that Russian-language text is not included in the search.
There are few additional options - setting an access password and setting up the display of notes (sorting/as headings).
Summary. Thus, the Simplenote app lives up to its name. Very simple functionality, no additional features (for example, no insertion of images, audio, etc.). Suitable for creating and synchronizing purely text notes - with the caveat that support for the Cyrillic alphabet is incomplete.
m>notes
The m>notes app is only available for the Android platform. Despite the lack of synchronization and sharing, notes can be stored in Dropbox. However, when integrating with any cloud service on a mobile device, you can implement such a scheme yourself.
m> notes suggests organizing notes into notepads. On the one hand, some users prefer this simple storage option. But in the end, you can only have one notebook per note, while tags give you more freedom. Secondly, the free version of m> notes is limited to only two notebooks.
The application contains a simple editor with the ability to add images. Among the visual shortcomings, the weak font should be noted; you need to either get used to it, or change it by purchasing the full version of the program.
Managing notes is quite convenient: quick dragging and dropping in the list, searching through the text of notes. Tags are available in the form of icons - this is not an analogue of tags, but a kind of symbolic system for designating selected elements. The standard set includes 28 icons.
Integration with Dropbox was mentioned. Based on the capabilities of this service, this involves storing different versions of notes and backing up. In addition to online reservation, it is possible to save notes to the phone's memory.
Summary. m> notes is a nice bright interface, quite convenient organization of notes and navigation, integration with Dropbox. There is no sorting or tagging, so it can be inconvenient if you have a large number of entries.
ColorNote
The idea behind ColorNote is to create colorful reminder notes. Essentially the same text notes that can be assigned to a specific date. The application can be used as a notebook and a “reminder” at the same time.
First, about the notes editor. Only text is available for their compilation. The peculiarity is that as you type, you can refer to contacts from the phone book, other ColorNote notes, and wiki terms. In addition to working with text, you can enter lists - a clear analogy with todo managers. Also, given the reminders feature in ColorNote, this connection becomes even more tangible.
However, the most noteworthy aspect of this app is its convenient organization of notes. Sorting is carried out both by date and in alphabetical order, by color and other parameters. By the way, speaking of color, this is a really intuitive record keeping system. On both tablets and smartphones, it's easy to adapt the display for quick on-screen searches.
Additional operations include sending a note to the archive or to the trash, from where it can be easily restored. It is possible to set a password, online synchronization with AES encryption and offline backup to an SD card.
Summary. ColorNote offers fun organization for notes and reminders. In total - good functionality, there are no complaints about the program. Support for multiple platforms would be welcome, but for now the app is only available for Android.
GNotes
GNotes syncs notes using Gmail. The application is available on mobile devices running Android.
First of all, I was pleased with the notes editor in GNotes. It involves quickly inserting the date, time, contacts from the address book, and compiling “checklists” of shopping lists. In addition to text, the content of a note can be video, sound, images, and handwritten input is available. Notes include features such as setting reminders, locking, and password protection.
Managing the list is quite convenient: search and sorting are available for these purposes. You can switch the display of notes: in the form of a list or thumbnails. There is a separate Folder List section for managing folders. Here, for example, you can hide from display in the sidebar. The GNotes widget is easy to pin to your home screen.
Once you go into the settings, you can see some additional options. Synchronization is also available here - both through a service account and via email, both manual and automatic. Notes are encrypted when backing up.
Summary. GNotes provides a complete notes manager, with excellent editing tools and customizable synchronization. The only criticism is that the connection with Gmail is not very obvious; some initial instructions are needed for the user.
Google Keep
When creating a note, a title and text are specified; an audio recording from a microphone, an image or a snapshot from a camera can be added. Each note is assigned a color (see ColorNote), making it easier to find in the list. Irrelevant notes can be moved to the archive; there is a text search.
In general, I have mixed feelings about organizing Google Keep lists. The display of notes cannot be made more compact (although there are 2 display modes). This arrangement looks good on a tablet screen, but in the case of a small screen, the space is “eaten up”. And this is in the absence of sorting. There is no way to organize notes other than by color: there are no categories or tags.
Summary. A minimalistic service from Google, most suitable as a web service running on desktop platforms. In the mobile version, working with many notes is inconvenient; it lacks features such as sorting and organizing by tags/categories.
OneNote
OneNote for Android breaks records for downloads (1 000 000 - 5 000 000), but the average rating is quite low - 3.8. However, it is interesting to take a look at the app as part of the review.
OneNote successfully integrates with your Live account, making it convenient to use this product in the Office 365 cloud. The desktop, local version of OneNote also performed well as an organizer.
At first, the thought really arises that an application with a pleasant and familiar design should not disappoint at least at the level of basic capabilities. But, as it turned out, this is not the case. The main complaint is related to the organization of folders, or rather, the complete lack of it. OneNote doesn't have tags or categories. There is a default notebook, and only one. To create additional workbooks, you must undergo mandatory authentication with Office 365.
There is no sorting, no display modes: notes are displayed in a regular list consisting of headings. Perhaps the only quick access option is to create a note shortcut on the Start screen.
Using the OneNote visual editor, you can create notes using images, audio, and lists. It helps that there is a basic formatting panel (see also WizNote).
Summary. The OneNote application attracts with the ability to synchronize with the cloud, as well as integration with Microsoft Office products. Alas, at the moment OneNote has many weaknesses both in terms of functionality and convenience.
Evernote
The Evernote service deserves special attention, although the desktop version was already available on iXBT. Supported platforms include Mac OS, iOS, Chrome OS, Android, Windows, Windows Phone, BlackBerry and webOS. In all cases, the application has a completely Russian-language interface and an attractive design.
The note editor is notable not only for its formatting panel, but also for its convenient, neat insertion of various types of data (that is, the picture does not take up half the screen). Evernote allows you to create notebooks, tags, notes using audio, files, images, linked to GPS coordinates.
You can organize your notes using labels (tags). Convenient display, sorting (among other things, sorting by tags), search (in the premium version - also search by attachments). For quick access to recordings, you can create shortcuts that can be transferred to the home screen.
In addition to synchronization, you can use local notebooks. The only thing that won't please me about Evernote is the data limit in the free version - 60 MB per month. A premium subscription removes this limit.
Summary. Both in design and functionality, Evernote stands out from other participants. Excellent cross-platform support allows you to use Evernote on both desktop and mobile.
Springpad
In part, Springpad develops the idea with m> notes notebooks, but the toolkit of this application is noticeably wider. Springpad is less a notes manager and more of an organizer, with notification, scheduling, projects, and sharing features.
Regarding the functionality of the text editor. You can add text, a picture, or audio to any note (Quick Note). In addition to quick notes, you can add recipes, movie lists, and other information to Springpad. For these purposes, notebooks (Nootebooks) are used in conjunction with tags and categories. There are also templates, among them you can even find projects (Work Project). A work project contains sections such as notes, tasks, and files, and other users can be involved in it.
You can open access to contacts from your address book. Discussion is available in notes; this is what comments are for. In the properties of a note, it is easy to change privacy, theme, color and other parameters.
Summary. Springpad offers convenient organization of notes in notepads, a variety of formats, and a fairly convenient editor. The only noticeable omission, from the point of view of a Russian-speaking user, is the lack of localization.
Note Everything
Note Everything is an application for creating various types of notes, using text, handwriting, voice notes, barcodes, import from Google Docs.
Search is implemented both in all notes and in the text inside each of them. Folders and subfolders are provided to organize the collection. However, the organization of commands in Note Everything takes some getting used to, since to create a directory you need to go to the “Select Folder” menu and only then create it. In other applications, it takes a little less time to create a folder; here, hints help out.
The strength of Note Everything is its ability to import notes: from an SD card, from Outlook, from Note Pad and other applications. Export is not very clear, synchronization is not available, and there are practically no application settings.
Summary. On the one hand, Note Everything should highlight the functionality of the editor and the choice of formats provided. On the other hand, it would be nice to improve the organization of notes and improve ergonomics.
WizNote
The main difficulty that arises when getting to know WizNote is the language barrier: the description of the application on Google Play is in Chinese, the interface is in English. However, it should be noted right away that it is not difficult to get used to this order, especially since there are no problems with the Cyrillic alphabet (as in Simplenote): text search works, the letters do not “dance”.
WizNote's tools focus on notes. First of all, it is worth noting a friendly visual text editor, similar to OneNote. There is a formatting panel that can be easily collapsed. You can attach comments, audio, files, pictures to a note. Tags are used to organize records, search and sorting are available.
Although this application is positioned as a cloud application, the only relevant functions include synchronization with the wiz.cn service.
Summary. A good note manager, as evidenced by the relatively high rating on Google Play - 4.6 - with a small number of installations. If the developers add at least Russian localization, the popularity of the application will increase.
comparison table
| Application | Developer | Russian localization | Android version | Sorting | Search | Reminders | Sync/Backup | Format support |
| Simplenote | Automatic, Inc. | − | 4.0.3+ | + | +/− (Latin) | − | + | Text |
| m>notes | devmiles | + | 2.2+ | − | + | − | + | Text, image |
| ColorNote | Notes | + | depends on device | + | + | + | + | Text, lists |
| GNotes | Appest Inc. | + | 2.1+ | + | + | + | + | Text, video, audio, image, drawing |
| Google Keep | Google Inc. | + | 4.0+ | − | + | + | + | Text, images, audio |
| Evernote | Evernote | + | depends on device | + | + | + | + | Text, image, audio, file, etc. |
| Springpad | Springpad | − | depends on device | + | + | + | + | Text, image, audio |
| Note Everything | SoftXperience | + | 1.5+ | + | + | + (pro) | + | Text, barcode, audio, drawing |
| WizNote | Beijing Wozhi Co., Ltd. | − | 2.3.3+ | − | + | − | + | Text, Audio, Image, Drawing, File |
| OneNote | Microsoft | + | 4.0+ | − | + | − | + | Text, audio, image, list |
Quick notepad– a simple and functional application for recording necessary information in the form of notes. Perfect for instant recording so as not to forget or lose something important. The notepad is made in the most minimalist style, without unnecessary and unnecessary bells and whistles. Quick Notepad is also a notebook convenient for everyday use, which is designed specifically for quickly typing short messages for further use and necessary information. In terms of functionality and appearance, the project is very similar to a regular Windows notepad.
Among the extensive list of such applications, this notepad stands out for its ease of use, which is so popular among current users. The project was completely created to fulfill its main functions - to serve in the format of a practical and understandable notebook. In the project, all new markups will be stored in an unnamed directory, and they will be available when the application is turned on. When the user has accumulated a lot of notes, they can be catalogued, for example, you can create a section for the necessary links or for the most urgent notes. In the application options, you can customize the font size, the placement of the cursor in the notepad, manually select a place to reset notes, and you can also set a password that will be activated during the encryption operation on the flash card.
Main features of the Quick Notepad project:
- Intuitive and clear software interface - the notepad has no unnecessary details, and it is not overloaded with incomprehensible control settings.
- Fully adjustable appearance - you can change the size of the typed letters, the background and other available parameters.
- The program can create and save TXT files, which makes it possible to view and edit them directly on your smartphone.
- Miniature size and low energy consumption.
- The program is adjusted to any display resolution.
- Huge operating speed.
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In one of the articles we looked at the question of how to use your phone as a webcam.
Notepads for Android! It is this solution that today replaces paper notebooks, which remained forever in the twentieth century and today can be considered truly archaic. Many of us have a smartphone at hand. But can we say that we use this gadget 100%? Our research has shown that most users use only 50-65 percent of its full range of capabilities.
What is good about notepad for Android?
Our research has shown that modern smartphone users prefer:
- quickly and at any time make not only text notes, but also voice recordings. In both cases, a notepad for Android should contain a good widget that will eliminate long “digging” in the bowels of the device and ensure almost lightning-fast recording of the necessary note in memory.
- text and voice are great, but even more often in our daily practice we need to quickly save images and all kinds of photographs. When determining the range of ideal notepads for Android, we selected those versions of programs that allow this task;
- In third place is the ability to synchronize with laptops, netbooks, and desktop computers. Indeed, today many users prefer to duplicate important information that can be lost irretrievably along with their smartphone;
- and finally, almost every second user said that they would like to have a notepad for Android in Russian, which will help create a simple to-do list “for today.”
Based on the above requirements, we are ready to present the next selection of notepads for Android for your consideration!
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Springpad
One of the important advantages of a beautiful notepad with a distinctly “spring” name is the ability to synchronize with the personal Internet service springpadit.com.
This allows you not only to add, but also to edit entries while on the site. The program gives us the opportunity to create basic types of notes. Including text and audio, as well as those containing images. Many users emphasize the ease of use of themed notepads for Android. Springpad also has the ability to tag certain entries.
However, there are other disadvantages of the Springpad notepad for Android. We are talking about incidents that users who create photo notes encounter. Unfortunately, practice shows that in this case part of the photograph ends up being “cropped off”. Another notepad for Android in Russian (“Note Everything”) allows you to solve the problem by displaying the photo in full screen mode. Unfortunately, this is not possible with Springpad.
Note Everything
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These notepads for Android are used today by those who would like to not only create voice recordings, but also “scribble” text on a smartphone or quickly create simple lists. “Note Everything” is the “art” of making drawings with your finger on the screen! Alas, there is no ability to synchronize with one of the external services, which many Springpad users loved!
However, this notepad for Android in Russian boasts a paid version that costs only a few dollars. In addition to saving images, it allows you to create notes from QR codes. Would you like to transfer documents from Google Docs? “Note Everything” is at your service! Those who would like to take increased security measures to save information will certainly appreciate the ability to create automatic backups, which is provided by the paid version of the program.
Catch Notes
Many people choose the notepad for Android Catch Notes as a “storage” for notes taken, plans formed, ideas put into practice, contacts, audio recordings and photo archives.
You can use this notepad using different devices - iPad, computer browser, iPhone and, of course, Android. All the data – which is important! – are automatically copied to the device memory. This means that if you have lost access to the network, the entire range of information will nevertheless be available to you at any time. In addition to the standard set of sections called “My Ideas”, it is possible to create your own areas. But the free version allows you to add no more than five. There is everything you need for tag lovers. Despite the fact that “Catch” cannot recognize text from photos, many users find its advantage is that it is somehow simpler and more convenient than...
Evernote
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This unique notepad for Android was created specifically for those who would like to use the capabilities of programs of this kind to the maximum extent. Evernote users can save planned travel routes, scanned documents, site plans, city maps, and reservation confirmations in a notebook.
Any photos and files will always be available not only to you, but also to your friends and family, as well as work colleagues to whom you want to provide access. There is also a significant minus! The ability to connect to the Internet is a prerequisite for access to the free program. The issue, of course, can be resolved by purchasing the paid version. But not every rational user will agree to this. The program, however, easily recognizes texts from graphic files and photographs, and also provides the ability to collect information into thematic notebooks.
The circle of the best options is outlined! The choice is yours!
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Notepad (Notes) for android download
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If you urgently need to write something down, but only have your phone at hand, a convenient Notepad (Notes) will come to the rescue. This free application is designed specifically for Android gadgets. It resembles Colornote, but has a number of its own features.
This program cannot yet boast the same army of users as colornote. But there are more and more connoisseurs of this good free notepad for phones and tablets. Join them!
Features of Notepad (Notes)
- Ability to create entries in directories and subdirectories. The structure, like in Windows, makes it much easier to find the notes you need and makes it faster.
- Adding images. Notes in the application are saved as text files. You can add pictures from the gallery and files with the extensions doc, xls and others.
- Data backup. The user can configure automatic backup of files if changes are made to them
- Multi-level folders with records. There can be an unlimited number of subfolders in which notes are stored. Entries in them can be hidden if necessary
- Different encodings for text files. The user's diary is written in txt format, the encoding of which you can choose yourself.
- Possibility of adding pictures. In addition to quickly creating records, you can add images and files of any formats, including doc and xls, to the folder.
- Backup. It is possible to configure automatic backup of notes. Synchronization with the cloud is not provided
Usability and design Notepad (Notes)
The application has a simple Russified interface and convenient operation. Color themes and note fonts can be customized.
The application interface is written in Russian, so it will be easy to understand your personal settings. The decoration is simple and good. The user has the opportunity to choose the color of the theme, notes and files, and remove post titles.
Paid content
On this page you can download my notes notepad for Android for free. The installation file (apk) is distributed freely on all resources, starting with Google Play. The application does not contain advertising, Pro version or content for sale.
Downloading notepad (notes) for Android for free on our website is very simple: downloading the apk file begins after clicking on the appropriate button. The program is completely devoid of advertising, there is no paid version, there is not even a donation button.
