Notepad - simple notes

Contains ads
91.6K reviews
Content rating
PEGI 3
10M+
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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
A simple small notepad app for making notes, memos, short or long text files
Updated on
Oct 29, 2026

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

85.4K reviews
Baz Tew
June 11, 2026
Used this for a long time and comes in handy to make notes that can be imported and exported to PC as text files. One gripe though which is why it's only 4* is that you can't organise the notes into folders for easier storage, categories is a good idea but I'd personally prefer folders to store items in. Add that option and it'll be a 5* review from me 😀
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Beri “Beribee” Bee
July 7, 2026
Notepad is an excellent tool. Especially when writing in small text fields. Writing long blogs, essays, or responses on a mobile is made fun. NotePad allows one to store and recover work with ease. So, write it first on Notepad, then cut and paste to other apps, job done. Avoid accidentally sending unfinished pieces and work vanishing when the text field closes. Which never happens with Notepad. Yes, a very handy tool indeed.
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atomczak
July 24, 2021
Hi. Thanks to the auto saving feature in the app it's quite useful when switching between apps. I don't think that it's obvious, so I just want to add that the "Save" button in the app doesn't even have to be pressed when editing a note. Thank you for the review. 🙂
Alan Hirsch
March 31, 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
August 8, 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 notepad.free@outlook.com in case of any questions. Thank you.

What’s new

Update 1.45.1:
+ Android 16 update
+ Checklist improvements
Please email me at notepad.free@outlook.com in case of any issues/questions regarding the app.