Simplenote

Automattic, Inc

About this app

Simplenote is an easy way to take notes, create to-do lists, capture ideas, and more. Open it, jot down some thoughts, and you're done. As your collection grows, stay organized with tags and pins, and find what you need with instant search. Since Simplenote will sync across your devices for free, your notes are with you at all times.

- A simple, note taking experience
- Sync everything across all your devices
- Collaborate and share
- Stay organized with tags
- Log in with your email or WordPress.com account

SYNC WITH CONFIDENCE
- Automatically sync seamlessly across any computer, phone or tablet.
- Back up and sync everything as you take notes, so you never lose your content.

COLLABORATE AND SHARE
- Collaborate and work together -- share ideas with a colleague, or write a grocery list with your roommate.
- Choose whether to publish your content to the web, and share a link with whoever you want.
- Publish directly to a WordPress site by connecting your WordPress.com account.
- Quickly and easily share with third-party apps.

ORGANIZE AND SEARCH
- Stay organized with tags, and use them for quick searching and sorting.
- Instantly find what you’re looking for with keyword highlighting.
- Use markdown to add formatting.
- Create to-do lists.
- Choose the sorting order of your notes and tags.
- Pin the notes that you use the most.
- Edit tags directly by renaming and reordering.
- Protect your content with a passcode lock.

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Terms of Service: https://simplenote.com/terms/

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Visit simplenote.com to download Simplenote for your other devices.

Ratings and reviews

I used to lose a few edits early on, but Simplnote has become a lot more reliable since I started using it in 2020. Now in 2024 I probably have a thousand or more notes in it. I use this for everything. It's not a perfect app; but whatever problems it has are compatible to 'the best' note apps; and these problems are often due to changes and limitations that Google imposes.

The app is great for its intended use, unfortunately I worry if it is compromised or broken somehow. Without me opening the app or having the app open in any way that I can discern, I often get notifications that the app is draining the battery heavily in the background. I filed a support ticket a while ago but received no follow up response. The issue still happens on a somewhat regular basis and makes me want to look for alternatives for my note taking needs.

This app is very quick and easy to use. I have a suggestion though. I would like the ability to put notes of a given year into a stash that wouldn't load unless I opened it. This would save processing time when searching for recent notes. You could always have the option to search all notes.

What's new

Under the hood improvements