Note Apps

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Obsidian for Android review - 2025

A refreshed review of the amazing Obsidian note-taking app for Android and updates on me for the past year.

Android

NotesHub

Super fast, local first, supports Markdown, audio recordings, inline images, linking of notes, Kanban, Excalidraw, and GitHub sync.

Android

Superlist

A good looking to-do app with support for notes, inline images, and collaboration features with a generous free plan or $10/mo for Pro plan.

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MemoriNotes

A very basic offline note taking app which is fast, supports reminders, search, and labels but not much else.

Diary

Journalistic

A fast micro journal app that is easy to use, intuitive, and very well thought out but no markdown support or image attachments.

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One Jotter

Fast, good looking and a lot of functionality including linking of notes, Markdown support, calendar view, inline audio recording, images, sketching, and themes

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SilverBullet

An open-source, fast, WYSIWYG, and free Progressive Web App (PWA) that supports Markdown, templates, queries, and cross-device synchronization. Incredible!

Android

Loopscribe

Fairly basic note-taking app and service that supports text formatting, 3 heading levels, and different text colors, fonts, and sizes but it does not support Markdown input on Android nor is it local-first or fast.

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Ruslin

Fairly basic open-source app that is local first, fast, and supports Markdown including tables, folders, and 4 themes. A key feature is synchronization with Joplin Cloud.

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RetroNote

Free, and fast, supports Markdown, multi-level tags, Google fonts, linking of notes, and a graph view, and it's completely Web-based so there's no app to install

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Milanote

A companion app to their Web service and at that it's good, has a clean user interface and it's fast. The free plan is too limited, the app doesn't stand on its own and it's too expensive.

Android

PureWriter

Very fast, supports Markdown for input and output, also exports to text, PDF or image, and supports backups to WebDAV, OneDrive, Google Cloud, or Alibaba Cloud Disk.

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Paper

If you subscribe to Dropbox and need a quick and clean note-taking app with Markdown support, then Paper could be for you.

Android

Evernote

Nice design, Markdown for input, inline tasks, templates, attachments, PDF viewer, audio recording, sketches, offline access to notes, and an endless amount of features. Not cheap and has a lot of baggage.

Android

myReach

Definitely worth checking out, a ton of functionality, great support, apps for different platforms, and a useful AI tool to summarize your notes or help you write, but no Markdown input.

Android

Nuclino

Nuclino is really fast, beautifully designed, supports Markdown for input and output, has amazing version history, tables, an API, and has oodles of integrations. Great for teams.

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Notion

Fast and supports AI to help with your writing. Use Markdown for input, link notes together, create sub-pages, amazing tables, add checklists, drag and drop sections, and attach photos and files.

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Coda

Well designed from a UI perspective and has WYSIWYG editing using Markdown syntax but a significantly limited companion to their Web app.

Android

ImapNotes3

ImapNotes3 is open-source, free, fast, with no ads, and supports WYSIWYG editing including tables and checklists, exporting to HTML, collapsable sections, tags, and 19 font colours.

Android

Microsoft Loop

Easy to use, componentized content, calendar widget, comments and reactions on bullets, user mentions, a command menu, hyperlink previews, change tracking, and super-simple inline tables.

Android

TagSpaces

Add descriptions and colours to files and folders, geo-tag and bookmark files, save searches, Kanban, photo gallery, and Map view of files.

Android

Notewise

Fast, local storage, cheap drawing, hand-writing note app with amazing PDF annotation and high-quality PDF exports.

Android

FairNote

Supports Markdown, encryption, 13 languages, note colours, tags, and backup and restore to Google Drive, Yandex, Dropbox, WebDAV, or local. Free version is great and pro is only CAD 3.38.

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Walling

Aesthetically pleasing, fast, cross-platform, reasonably priced with inline images, highlighting, checklists, hyperlink previews, and a calendar view.

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Notedex

Notedex uses a cue card metaphor for the interface. You can put text, images, and draw on cards, flip them around and put content on the back. It's fun to play with but needs a facelift.