Google Keep - Notes and Lists

Google LLC

About this app

Quickly capture what’s on your mind and get a reminder later at the right place or time. Speak a voice memo on the go and have it automatically transcribed. Grab a photo of a poster, receipt or document and easily organize or find it later in search. Google Keep makes it easy to capture a thought or list for yourself, and share it with friends and family.

Capture what’s on your mind
• Add notes, lists and photos to Google Keep. Pressed for time? Record a voice memo and Keep will transcribe it so you can find it later.
Share ideas with friends and family
• Easily plan that surprise party by sharing your Keep notes with others and collaborating on them in real time.
Find what you need, fast
• Color and add labels to code notes to quickly organize and get on with your life. If you need to find something you saved, a simple search will turn it up.
Always within reach
• Keep works on your phone, tablet, computer and Android wearables. Everything you add syncs across all of your devices so your thoughts are always with you.
The right note at the right time
• Need to remember to pick up some groceries? Set a location-based reminder to pull up your grocery list right when you get to the store.
Available everywhere
• Try Google Keep on the web at http://keep.google.com and find it in the Chrome Web Store at http://g.co/keepinchrome.

Permissions Notice
Camera: This is used to attach images to notes in Keep.
Contacts: This is used to share notes to contacts.
Microphone: This is used to attach audio to notes.
Location: This is used to set and fire location-based reminders.
Storage: This is used to add attachments from storage to their notes.

Ratings and reviews

Keep was a great basic app for note taking, until the last update. The new forced split screen in Landscape mode is both distracting and difficult to navigate for people who have a large quantity of notes. There's tons of basic features that Keep doesn't have; I can't understand why they decided to make this their focus. The decision to not make it an optional settinng already has me looking for alternatives.

I like it, howeve, I don't see a lock note option. And since the last update my notes open in two screens. The note I open on the right and all the other notes on the left. I do not get full screen. I can't find a setting to change this. It works because my screen is large enough on my Chromebook. On my phone it opens whole screen, for now. I like the way Keep works across multiple devices.

I use this app every single day. I keep track of everything I need to do and I'm able to capture thoughts effortlessly. Best part is I can find notes via search when something's on the tip of my tongue, but I can't quite recall. Improvements I'd like: I need more flexibility with timers. I'd like to repeat a reminder on hourly or even minute time frames. I'd like to set my default reminder settings as well since "Later today 6pm" will never be a choice I make. I'll be eating dinner then.

What's new

* Bug fixes and performance improvements