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Looking for an app for note-taking with the following features:

  • No ads ever
  • No nudges to upgrade, subscribe, unlock premium features, or any bullshit like that.
  • No recurring fee (ok paying up-front for the app)
  • Clean, simple interface

That's it. I don't need multimedia, multi-device syncing, cloud storage. I just need a place to write down ideas and grocery lists.

Recommendations?

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

There is Google Keep.

But if you want to degoogle, well I'm reading the thread. I've heard of Joplin (spelling?).

[–] NightOwl@lemmy.one 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like quillpad from f-droid as my Google keep alternative. Pretty identical to keep aside from the online syncing.

[–] clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

I see quillpad has Nextcloud syncing. This is a good start. And I think it's possible to sync using Syncthing too.

[–] rarely@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Obsidian

  • text files stored in markdown on your device
  • no premium service to unlock features. You can buy sync and publishing if you want to, but there are no nags to purchase them.
  • you can roll your own sync solution you wanted to. Its just text files. Same goes with publishing.
  • community plugins if you want to extend it
  • desktop clients and ios clients
  • free forever
[–] iasad12@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not open-source though sadly 😔

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[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Markor. It's as simple as it gets, but can scale up if you decide to later

[–] jcrabapple@artemis.camp 1 points 1 year ago

Definitely this. Great app.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Markor.

Then I also add my notes / docs folder to syncthing, and have it on every device.

[–] static09@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Notepad++ if you just need to type something up.

Trilium Notes, Logseq, or Obsidian.md if you're looking for something more advanced.

Self-host something like bookstack, docuwiki, mediawiki, or wikijs for something more.... permanent? I wouldn't really use these to jot something down real quick but I do put a lot of finalized? notes in a wikijs docker image I host.

[–] mr_MADAFAKA@lemmy.fmhy.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

SimpleNote

This is what I use across all my devices

https://simplenote.com/

[–] JoeClu@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[–] guangming@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've been using Notally for a while and I think it checks all your boxes.

[–] HerbalGamer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Very much agreed.

[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to use Keep Notes by Google. Did the job pretty well but obviously there should be better FOSS & privacy-respecting apps: NoNonesense Notes!

[–] jacktherippah@lemdro.id 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you liked Google Keep, you might want to check out Quillpad

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[–] masterofn001@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago

https://www.f-droid.org/en/packages/com.simplemobiletools.notes.pro/

This and others by simple are exactly that.

Notes. Gallery.Dialer. keyboard. Clock.

No ads. Absolutely zero unnecessary permissions. No telemetry or sneaky internet connections.

[–] boatswain@infosec.pub 6 points 1 year ago

Obsidian.md. It runs on markdown files, so even if you decide you don't like Obsidian, you've still got all the files. It's super easy to sync with SyncThing or probably Google Drive or whatever. It's free, and the are a ton of plugins for it. Peri sure there's a Lemmy community for it around, too.

[–] Ogygus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

.txt file + syncthing

For true rebels: pen and paper

[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I found Obsidian good, and Markor the best, on Android.

[–] ItsYourBoyHalo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

One option is Notally on F-droid and on the Google Play Store. It's FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) and it has all of the features you mentioned. I use it as my everyday note taking app and I have zero complaints so far.

There's Safe Notes on F-Droid as well, which is pretty much identical to Notally feature-wise, but your notes are encrypted (locally).

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Quillpad is like an open source Google Keep and you can use Nextcloud to sync it all.

Ideally, I'd want a way to import my Google Keep lists into it then I could bin Keep for good.

[–] eager_eagle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do I need Nextcloud to synchronize? I like the interface but I don't really want to use Nextcloud.

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 2 points 1 year ago

At the moment, it is Nextcloud but I believe the plan is to give more options.

[–] grayman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Color Note

It meets every item on your list.

[–] Horsey@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Notion has been pretty great so far; I recently moved there from Evernote. Only downside (for me) is that it's based on electron.

[–] Midnitte@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Also no offline mode which can be frustrating.

[–] saturnarc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I've always used ColorNote. It does have several advanced features but they're all optional. It's been updated for 5 years now and basically hasn't changed. Still free, no ads, easy to use. A rare exception on the Play Store. Whole app only 4Mb.

[–] conrad82@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[–] trimmerfrost@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Element for Matrix. I know weird, but that's how I like it

[–] azura@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Do you send messages to yourself? Is this a thing you can do? I never tried. That would be pretty cool

[–] trimmerfrost@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Something like that. I created a new space with just me, with encrypted rooms for each topic. Random Thoughts, Books, Movies I Like, etc

[–] azura@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I think you've inspired me. I'm gonna try this.

[–] AlmightySnoo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I used to do this a long time ago when I was still on Facebook. I'd write notes with visibility set to myself only.

[–] maudefi@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Quillnote + Signal's "note to self"

You can find Quillnote in both Droid and Google's Play Store.

[–] krondo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Obsidian is kewl cloud sync aint free though.

[–] oxhead@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If you don't mind self hosting, there is a community plugin for live sync backed to CouchDB.

[–] AaAaaaAaAA@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

I just save my obsidian workspace in Dropbox/google drive/etc and that does the job for me

[–] Deftdrummer@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Google keep works fine for me.

[–] JoeClu@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[–] Laticauda@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

ColourNote has been the best one I've found.

[–] inso@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Carnet on f droid.

[–] SimonSaysStuff@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used Joplin then Obsidian for a long time but recently moved to zettlr on my PC. I use Quillpad on my phone. Both definitely worth a look IMO.

I switched to Nextcloud Notes from Joplin. Along with my own personal "Google Drive", Notes is great

[–] sma3in@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Obsidian.... forever

[–] dwgill@ttrpg.network 1 points 1 year ago

I'm a big fan of a small app called UpNote. It's clean and simple with a few power features you can use if you really dig into it. It largely has the same baseline set of features as Obsidian, but it supports syncing across devices out of the box and has a one-time purchase of a lifetime membership.

[–] eco_game@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

I use Another Notes App. It's super basic but that's exactly what I need.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago
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