Notesnook is an open source private notes app and organizer. It is fully cross-platform. Download it on all your devices for free. Sync notes between your computer, tablet and mobile seamlessly.
With Notesnook, note taking is a simple and easy task. Just like opening a physical notebook and writing notes down.
A notes app to protects your privacy
With military grade encryption, no one can ever read your secret notes except you. We use XChaCha20-Poly1305 & Argon2 encryption algorithms that are stronger & safer than AES256, impenetrable & future-proof. A level of security and privacy that is rare in note taking apps.
Encrypted and private by default
You do not need to press any button or enable anything for encryption to work. Your privacy is our primary concern. By default all notes are encrypted and securely stored on our servers. We can't read or open your notes even if we want to.
Sync notes to all devices
Sync notes in a safe and secure way. All your notes are encrypted on your device and synced so no matter what device you use, you always have access to what you write and journal in notepad.
Locked notes with vault
Double encrypt your notes with vault. Locked notes require password on open and are encrypted at rest.
Notepad & Diary with lock
A private diary with lock. App lock let's you lock notes with fingerprint and even lock the app so no one has access except you. A truly personal, safe & private diary with password so you can journal and write secret notes.
To-do lists & Tasks
Get things done with to-do lists and tasks. Create to-do lists to get things done. Keep track of your daily progress in to-do lists and accomplish daily tasks.
Private journal and diary
Journal your life in our private diary. Add photos & videos to your journal. Record your daily emotions and activities in your diary. Keep online journal safe with password. Anything you write or express is secure with military strength encryption. Take your journal always.
Rich and powerful notes editor
Simple notes on notepad or writing a complex document. Our notes editor supports rich editing. It allows basic formatting and editing notes. Make to-do lists and bulleted lists. Add images and embed videos in notepad & add tables and links
Markdown editor
Use markdown in notes editor. Use all markdown shortcuts and write markdown notes. Add headings, links, lists & more with markdown shortcuts.
Notebooks
Organize notes with notebooks. Each notebook has topics. In topics you can add all your notes. Use notebooks for multiple purpose like office or school notes.
Color notes
Color notes easily with one tap. You can edit the name and rename colors according to the notes you keep.
Offline access
No internet connection is required to use our notes taking app. Add, edit and organize notes offline and sync notes in notepad when you have internet access.
App lock in notepad free
Built-in App Lock to lock the app with fingerprint so no one can open and peek into your private notes on your device.
Export notes from notepad
Export notes in formats such as PDF, HTML, Markdown and Plain Text. Share notes with anyone with standard size and formatting.
Publish and share notes with Monograph
Monographs allow you publish and share your notes. You can lock notes with password that you want to publish. With self destruct feature, a monograph is deleted when it is accessed once. Military grade encryption which is use to encrypt your data for syncing.
Backup notes data
• Create note backups
• Restore backups
• Encrypt all your backups optionally
• Automatic daily, weekly & monthly backups of your data and notes.
Dark mode
Our notes app has dark mode, useful when you are working at night taking notes.
Privacy Policy: https://notesnook.com/privacy
Terms of Service: https://notesnook.com/tos
Source Code: https://github.com/streetwriters/notesnook
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Notesnook Pro
$49.99
Notesnook Pro Yearly
$49.99
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User Rating
4.66 out of 5
238 ratings
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Great note taking app - takes privacy seriously
I’ve been an Evernote user for over a decade, but didn’t like how they were changing the app, and concerned about note privacy. I started looking about a year or so ago for another app and tried Notesnook.
It has a great text editor, and worked well between my phone, iPad, and Windows PC. After testing for a few months I decided to start migrating some of my Evernote notes to it and that went pretty well.
Ultimately I moved over 18,000 notes over and have cancelled my EN subscription.
The app syncs very quickly, has a clean and crisp UI. No lag at all. I wish the search was better, but I understand that search improvements are on the way. But even without that, it is a great app, and best of all, my data is fully encrypted.
Highly recommended.
Great alternative to Evernote
I’ve looked far and wide for an Evernote alternative that has a similar feel. Notesnook does the trick and I’m quite happy to be switching over.
Apple Watch companion app
there is a trending habit where people want to decrease their phone screen time and dependency on phone in general. it would be essential to have Notesnook apple watch app so when phone is not around, important favorited notes be accessible on the watch. Or better jot down an important idea when phone is not around. That would make life so much more efficient without needing the phone.
Locked notes?
Update after v3 bug fixes may29: the bug preventing me from opening locked notes has been fixed. Also, since v3 I have had next to zero sync problems while using NN on iOS android and windows. OG review: Locked notes will not open after successful biometric verification. I get taken back to main notes screen after trying to open locked notes. Unlocked not open just fine.
Features won’t work
New user. Fresh download. Over the course of three days I have made multiple attempts to verify my email address to sync data, and I never receive the confirmation link. I’ve also tried changing my email address, and I get a text message to verify the code, but there is nowhere on the app to enter it.
Tried them all
I've spend years using and trying different note taking apps, mostly stuck to the free ones since I couldn't justify paying for just taking notes... That is, until I found Notesnook, after using OneNote and Google keep for years. I finally wanted something more secure and open. I tried obsidian and others, and I didn’t find them as intuitive and user-friendly at the same time.
I highly recommend Notesnook because it is user-friendly yet has a lot of features considering it’s open source and is well maintained through the community. it is well worth the small fee a month to have peace of mind and reliability all in one package.
overall, five stars
Sidenote: if you are looking for notetaking with an Apple Pencil or a stylus, then I would look elsewhere like one note notability or even apple notes since the feature on Notesnook is not great at all, but if you are just looking for something to maintain notes, the Notesnook is by far the best.
My choice for an Evernote replacement
I’ve been searching for a while. I know Notesnook isn’t done (see their roadmap) but it’s close enough now that I can start using it daily. Definitely give it a try!
V3
Notesnook solid competitor against Apple Notes
the most feature-rich note-taking app I’ve used
big-brained notes.
only feature i would like to see added is drawings, but its a drop in the bucket of a sea of well designed features.
Wow v3
I wanted to say Wow and thank you for all the work that went into what is now version 3 of this app. The at rest encryption is a great addition, tabs and note linking were features I was hoping for and was delighted to see have been implemented. Thank you again for the time and work that went into this overhaul. If you haven’t read their blog post for all the changes you should.
