There is Google Keep.
But if you want to degoogle, well I'm reading the thread. I've heard of Joplin (spelling?).
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There is Google Keep.
But if you want to degoogle, well I'm reading the thread. I've heard of Joplin (spelling?).
I like quillpad from f-droid as my Google keep alternative. Pretty identical to keep aside from the online syncing.
I see quillpad has Nextcloud syncing. This is a good start. And I think it's possible to sync using Syncthing too.
Obsidian
Markor. It's as simple as it gets, but can scale up if you decide to later
Definitely this. Great app.
Markor.
Then I also add my notes / docs folder to syncthing, and have it on every device.
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.
I've been using Notally for a while and I think it checks all your boxes.
Very much agreed.
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!
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.
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.
.txt file + syncthing
For true rebels: pen and paper
I found Obsidian good, and Markor the best, on Android.
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).
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.
Do I need Nextcloud to synchronize? I like the interface but I don't really want to use Nextcloud.
At the moment, it is Nextcloud but I believe the plan is to give more options.
Color Note
It meets every item on your list.
Notion has been pretty great so far; I recently moved there from Evernote. Only downside (for me) is that it's based on electron.
Also no offline mode which can be frustrating.
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.
Apps:
Self-hosted:
Kvaesitso launcher also has built in note widget that can be linked to same local file as in an app. https://github.com/MM2-0/Kvaesitso
Element for Matrix. I know weird, but that's how I like it
Do you send messages to yourself? Is this a thing you can do? I never tried. That would be pretty cool
Something like that. I created a new space with just me, with encrypted rooms for each topic. Random Thoughts, Books, Movies I Like, etc
I think you've inspired me. I'm gonna try this.
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.
Quillnote + Signal's "note to self"
You can find Quillnote in both Droid and Google's Play Store.
Obsidian is kewl cloud sync aint free though.
If you don't mind self hosting, there is a community plugin for live sync backed to CouchDB.
I just save my obsidian workspace in Dropbox/google drive/etc and that does the job for me
Google keep works fine for me.
ColourNote has been the best one I've found.
Carnet on f droid.
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
Obsidian.... forever
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.
According to this article, and others I've seen pen and paper is still best.