Simplenote

18.3K reviews
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Rated for 3+
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Rated for 3+
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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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Take notes, create to-do lists, capture ideas, and more.
Updated on
Jun 22, 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • This app may share these data types with third parties
    App info and performance
  • This app may collect these data types
    Personal info and App activity
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

16.8K reviews
Car SalesIt
January 20, 2025
Don't want to see the full address of an internal link when accessing one note from another - I just want to see an underlined hyperlink name. Also, clicking on the internal link has no effect in itself, it can only be accessed by clicking on the text icon on the toolbar. In my case, clicking on the text icon momentarily opens the referenced note with a blue background, but it immediately closes, depositing me back to the list of notes. Something's going wrong. Also,why no spell check in Linux?
10 people found this review helpful
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Automattic, Inc
January 23, 2025
If you haven't done so, can you please reach out for support at https://simplenote.com/help/. If possible, please include some screenshots or a screen recording so we can better understand your problem. We're here to help! Thank you.
Alif Akhmizan
May 20, 2020
As I'm going away from using any Google based app, this is the most relevant alternative to Keep Notes. However by reflecting the app name itself, the features given was too barebone. You can only save plain notes, without any support of media attachments. The checklist is just a typed bracket [.] instead of checkbox. The only bug that I have encountered is my note will become blank when I accidentally clicked on Enter button. I have to return and reopened the same note to make it visible back.
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Automattic, Inc
May 20, 2020
A checklist item can be added by tapping the "Toggle Checklist" action in the app bar or typing "- [ ]" for unchecked and "- [x]" for checked item. Both methods will display a checkbox. Tapping the Enter/Return key will create a new line and not exit editing the note. Email us at support@simplenoteapp.com if you're seeing different behavior.
C B
August 20, 2026
this app is the worst. I used it for a long period of time, but if I accidentally deletes my notes, there’s no 'undo' option, and I’ve already told the developer to add 'undo' feature, along with a way to clear notes with one click, but devs don’t seem to care. anyway, I uninstalled simplenote and now I'm using a better note app now.
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Automattic, Inc
August 19, 2026
Thanks for the feedback! Simplenote doesn’t currently have a one-tap option to clear an entire note. We appreciate the suggestion and will pass it along to the team. For accidental changes, you can also use Note History to restore an earlier version of a note.

What’s new

We've improved note editing reliability by fixing an issue that could cause an error when working with very large notes, making it easier to capture and update your content without interruption.