Notepad - simple notes

Contains ads
4.5
83.2K reviews
10M+
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Content rating
PEGI 3
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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: [email protected] .

Thank you.
Arek
Updated on
2 Oct 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

4.6
77.5K reviews
Violet Blye
19 June 2025
I use Notepad Free ALL the time because it is easy to access and use with minimum bells and whistles to distract me. It's a notepad. That's what I was looking for. I make lists and check them off. Would love the Check-mark to be part of the primary keyboard. Recommended for people who use to-do lists for everything. UPDATE: still use it all the time! Thanks for the check-mark!
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atomczak
21 July 2021
Hi Violet. I will improve the app and add a checklist feature, in one of the future updates. It should make creating and tracking progress of lists easier. Thank you for the review and for using the app.
Alan Hirsch
31 March 2024
Simple and intuitive, easily exportable into other formats and can print. The names of all the notes appear on the opening page. The perfect notebook for me, as a list fiend. Shopping, to do, books to read, movies to watch etc. Now there are ads, but they are unobtrusive. The ads don't bother me, but they can be hidden for a while. I didn't mention that it has spell check and intuitive word completion.
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atomczak
8 August 2023
Hi Alan. I'm sorry for the ads. Without revenue from ads I wouldn't be able to work on the app. I tried to make them as least distracting as possible. I added the "Turn off ads" screen too. It can be used to temporarily disable ads, even for months ahead, for free. Please email me at [email protected] in case of any questions. Thank you.
Austin Carroll
6 October 2024
If you want a simple no nonsense notes app that does exactly what it says on the tin, this is the one for you. You can write all your things down in regular text, bold, italic etc, change font size, colour etc. You can also change the background colour of notes and categorise them to keep everything organised. Best of all it is free and there are no ads. You don't get bothered to pay money for anything extra, which seems like a rarity these days. Thank you for this app
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What's new

Update 1.42.0:
+ note categories and colors included in backup copies
+ fixed note categories list issues
Please email me at [email protected] in case of any issues/questions regarding the app.