Noto | Minimal Note-Taking App

Ali Albaali

About this app

Ad-free
We all hate ads. Well, Noto doesn't have any, and it never will. Enjoy the full experience without any ads and free of cost.

Open source
Noto is an open-source application. You can view its source code on GitHub at anytime using this link https://www.github.com/alialbaali/Noto

Privacy
All your notes and folders are stored locally on your device, and they will never leave it.

Minimal and modern design
With its modern and simplistic design, Noto makes it easier to navigate and look things up.

Folders
Use folders to group different types of notes. Customize each folder with various names and colors, so you can easily find them and organize your notes.

Folders vault
Want to keep some stuff private? You can add as many folders as you want to the vault and lock them with passcode, fingerprint, or facial recognition.

Labels
Each folder has its own set of labels, and you can use them to filter your notes in the anyway you want. Including, inclusive or exclusive filtering.

Pinned folders & notes
You can pin folders & notes to stay at the top, without the need to search for it.

Folders & Notes archive
Done with a folder or a note but you don't want to delete them? Just archive it. There is folders archive. In addition to, each folder has its own archive where you can keep your notes just in case you need them at a later time.

Duplicate/Copy/Move notes
Noto supports duplicating, moving, and copying notes across different folders.

Auto save
You don't need to worry about saving your notes constantly. Noto automatically saves your notes immediately while you're typing.

Notes word-count
Noto keeps track of the number of written words in each note.

Light/Dark/Black/System themes
Do you want to check your notes at night? No problem! Noto supports auto dark mode by default. You can also keep Noto’s theme always light, dark, or black depending on your needs.

List and grid layout modes
You can customize folders’ and notes’ layouts to list or grid, depending on what you prefer.

Undo/Redo with history view
Have you ever typed something but accidentally deleted it? You can easily undo that, or if you wish, you can view the history and jump to any previous version you like. On top of that, Noto supports swiping left or right to undo/redo for faster usage.

Reminders
You can attach reminders for your notes, and you will get notified about them in time.

Reading Mode
Don't want to get distracted? Noto features Reading Mode, where you can read your notes without any interruptions.

Custom sorting and grouping
You can sort folders or notes alphabetically, by creation date, or manually, group notes by label, or by creation date.

All notes/Recent notes
Don't remember which folder had the note? With all notes view, you can quickly search for it. Or, if you have checked it recently, it would be in your recent notes view.

Remembering scroll position
Noto can remember your scrolling position for each note and folder.

Supported languages
Noto is available in these languages: English, Turkish, Arabic, Indonesian, Czech, German, Italian, Spanish, and French.

Folders and notes widgets
With widgets support, you can easily perform many actions directly from your home screen.

Export folders and notes
Do you want to back up your data? Noto provides an easy way to export your folders and notes.

Ratings and reviews

I liked the libraries and the ability to color code each one. Haven't had a chance to play with the new features yet, so the rating may go up, but the previous design and look was much nicer to look at. Not to mention that when I opened the app after updating, all I saw was a page that said General and invited me to add a note--but the notes I'd already added were nowhere in sight! They're still there, but I had to call up the menu to find that out--not cool, guys!

One of the handy and well structured notebooks... BUT... yes there is a but that would like to see fixed soon please. Add the option for users to select whether they want to delete notes without confirmations. Confirmations when forced, are very annoying in any software, either office, multimedia or games software.

Really promising, but I don't think it's going to have any further updates, so I don't think it's worth using if you plan on adding images, drawings, have 30k+ words per note, or any serious note taking that has a lot of words in general. The organization, folders, and backups are really useful, though. But it just promising, that's it. At this point, it's kinda disappointing it's not being worked on further. But still, I recommend it if you only plan on using words, and few of them at that.

What's new

- Bug fixes and design improvements.