Self-Hosted Encrypted Notes

IvarLabs

About this app

SE Notes — Encrypted Notes, Your Way

Take notes without giving up your privacy. SE Notes keeps your data encrypted with AES-256 — one of the strongest encryption standards available — so only you can read what you write.

Why SE Notes?
Most note apps store your data on their servers. With SE Notes, you decide where your data lives. Sync privately to your own Google Drive — no third-party servers, no subscriptions, no compromise.

Features:

🔒 PIN-protected Private Notes — a dedicated vault, locked behind a 6-digit PIN and PBKDF2 key derivation

📴 Offline-first — your notes live on your device; nothing is sent anywhere unless you explicitly back up

☑️ Checklists — turn any note into a task list, check items off, and set reminders for the whole list or individual items

🔔 Reminders & notifications — set one-time or recurring reminders (daily, weekly, monthly) for any note or checklist item, right on your device

📁 Folders & organization — group notes, sort and group by date, quick search

🎙️ Voice input — dictate notes hands-free

📷 Camera OCR — capture text from photos straight into a note

📝 Scratch Pad — a quick, no-commitment space for fleeting thoughts

☁️ Google Drive backup — sync encrypted backups to your own Google Drive, entirely under your control

🎨 Multiple themes — from Light and Dark to OLED Black, Sepia, Ocean Depth, Synthwave, Cotton Candy, and more

Your privacy, guaranteed.
Your notes stay yours. No one else has access — not even us. Data syncs only to your personal Google Drive account, where only you hold the keys.

Ratings and reviews

This is a great app for OCR and text recognition. Hold your camera up, reads a whole page in seconds. It fits in well with the encrypted notepad. It has a cool record audio feature, then transcribes the text, making it hands free. Lots of other little cookies for free. Great app, rated well.

Finally, a note app that doesn't collect data or force you into a cloud subscription! The local encryption gives total peace of mind, and the option to sync via your own Google Drive is genius. Features like checklists, recurring reminders, and Scratch Pad make it highly functional for daily use. Clean, ad-free, and incredibly secure.

No-frills secure notes and to-do saver. I like that I didn't have to jump through hoops to get it working. Easy backup to Google Drive.

What’s new

• Initial release of Offline Encrypted Notes!
• Protect your personal notes with secure AES-256 local encryption.
• Scan text directly from images using the built-in Camera OCR scanner.
• Create, search, customize note colors, and organize your thoughts completely offline.
• Securely backup and restore your notes locally or via Google Drive.