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Best 10 Note Taking Apps
Remember everything from thoughts to pictures with the best note taking apps. Relieve your memory bank with these note taking apps and focus on what matters.
About Note Taking
Note taking is the act of documenting information often by summarizing and writing down something that is either spoken aloud or read. This creates a record that can be revisited at a later time.
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ColorNote Notepad Notes
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Easy Notes - Notepad, Notebook, Free Notes App
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Notepad Free
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Keep My Notes - Notepad, Memo and Checklist
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BlackNote Notepad Notes
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Google Keep - Notes and Lists
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Evernote - Notes Organizer & Daily Planner
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Smart Note - Notes, Notepad, Todo, Reminder, Free
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BasicNote - Notes, Notepad
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Notepad: free notes app (memo app for note taking)
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Evernote - Notes Organizer & Daily Planner
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Todoist: To-Do List, Tasks & Reminders
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Asana: Your work manager
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OfferUp: Buy. Sell. Letgo. Mobile marketplace
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Apple Music
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Cozi Family Organizer
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NordVPN – fast VPN app for privacy & security
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Trello: Organize anything with anyone, anywhere!
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Blinkist: Key Book Insights
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ColorNote Notepad Notes
Notes
Productivity
ColorNote® - Easy to use notepad for notes, shopping list, to-do list, calendar
100M+ DownloadsFree![Google Play]()
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Easy Notes - Notepad, Notebook, Free Notes App
QR Scanner & QR Code Generator & Radio & Notes
Productivity
Easy Notes - Notepad, Notebook, Free Notes App: Note taking app to keep notes
1M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Notepad Free
atomczak
Productivity
A simple small notepad allowing creating and editing text notes.
10M+ DownloadsFree![Google Play]()
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Keep My Notes - Notepad, Memo and Checklist
KiteTech
Productivity
Take notes at anytime and wherever you go using this free notepad app.
10M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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BlackNote Notepad Notes
Notas Notepad
Productivity
BlackNote is the black theme's notepad.
It's the simple notes app.1M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Evernote - Notes Organizer & Daily Planner
Evernote Corporation
Productivity
Notebook & Planner: Take notes, manage daily tasks and organize to-do lists.
100M+ Downloads -
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Smart Note - Notes, Notepad, Todo, Reminder, Free
Superior Mobile Apps
Productivity
Notepad with Reminder,Todo. Succinct and efficient notepad. Take notes quickly
100K+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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BasicNote - Notes, Notepad
Notas Notepad
Productivity
Basic Note is a simple notepad.
This app is a easy and fast notes app.1M+ DownloadsFree In-App Purchases![Google Play]()
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Notepad: free notes app (memo app for note taking)
Komorebi Inc.
Tools
Simple note organizer & memo pad. Write quick notes. Easy to save & keep notes!
1M+ DownloadsFree![Google Play]()
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Evernote - Notes Organizer & Daily Planner
Evernote Corporation
Productivity
Notebook & Planner: Take notes, manage daily tasks and organize to-do lists.
100M+ Downloads -
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Todoist: To-Do List, Tasks & Reminders
Doist
Productivity
“The best to-do list app right now” - The Verge. Tasks ✅ Reminders 🛎 Kanban 📝
10M+ Downloads -
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Asana: Your work manager
Asana, Inc.
Business
Organize. Plan. Get work done. #withAsana
1M+ Downloads -
431
OfferUp: Buy. Sell. Letgo. Mobile marketplace
OfferUp Inc.
Shopping
Letgo is now part of OfferUp! Shop local items, find deals or sell in seconds
50M+ Downloads -
570Free
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Cozi Family Organizer
Cozi Inc.
Productivity
The surprisingly simple way to organize the family. Shared calendar & lists.
1M+ Downloads -
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NordVPN – fast VPN app for privacy & security
Nord Security
Tools
Ready to download the VPN app and enjoy fast and secure internet in an instant?
10M+ Downloads -
683
Trello: Organize anything with anyone, anywhere!
Trello, Inc.
Productivity
Projects? Workflows? Team up!
10M+ Downloads -
686
Blinkist: Key Book Insights
Blinks Labs GmbH
Education
Learn Key Insights From Bestselling Nonfiction Titles & Podcasts
5M+ Downloads
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How We Choose The Best Apps
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Broad Search
Our unique algorithm scoured the App Store and Google Play Store by searching taking notes, memo app, note app and 16 other keywords. From there, we retrieved a total of 2,082 unique apps (971 Android apps and 1111 iOS apps) as potential candidates. -
Additional Review by Editorial Team
Finally, our editorial team checks all apps in our best 10 list one by one to make sure these apps are of the highest quality. -
Filter only high-quality apps
We then selected the highest quality apps from the 2,082 apps listed. We compared the number of stars, downloads, and reviews along with the velocity of these apps to create a list of the Best Note Taking Apps for both Android & iOS.
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