Apps
Notes (Privacy Friendly)
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Privacy Friendly Notes allows you to take and manage notes on Android devices. It belongs to the Privacy Friendly Apps group developed by the research group SECUSO at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. More information can be found an secuso.org/pfa The following four types of notes are available: 1. Simple text notes 2. Checklist notes 3. Audio notes 4. Sketchnotes Furthermore, the notes can be grouped into categories, reminders can be assigned to notes and the notes can be exported to the device storage. How does Privacy Friendly Notes from other similar apps? 1. Minimal Permissions The permission "RECORD_AUDIO" (Category "Mikrofon") is required to record audio notes. In case this permission is not granted by the user (in Android versions higher than 6) it will not be possible to record audio notes. "WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" (Category "Speicher") is used to export notes to the device storage. In case this permission is not granted by the user (in Android versions higher than 6) it will not be possible to export notes. Beside the permissions above the permission “RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED” (Category “Normal/non-critical”) is required to reschedule notifications after a reboot. This permission cannot be modified by the user. For comparison: The Top Ten of similar apps from the Google Play Store require an average of 11,7 permissions (in December 2016). These are for instance the location permission or the permissions to access, modify or delete storage. 2. No advertisement Moreover, Privacy Friendly Notes distinguishes from many other applications in the way that it completely relinquishes advertisements. Advertisement might track a user's actions. It could also shorten battery life or use mobile data. You can reach us via Bluesky - @secusoresearch.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/secusoresearch.bsky.social Mastodon - @SECUSO_Research@bawü.social https://xn--baw-joa.social/@SECUSO_Research/ Job opening - https://secuso.aifb.kit.edu/english/Job_Offers.php
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Noteshop
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Noteshop is a versatile and privacy-focused application for managing your notes, shopping lists, and recipes in one place. It is designed to be simple, efficient, and completely under your control. Features: * Notes: Create and manage simple or detailed notes. * Shopping Lists: An intelligent shopping list system with features like item entry, reordering, and a default item catalog. * Recipes: Store and organize your favorite recipes. * Privacy & Security: Your data belongs to you. Noteshop offers robust security features and the ability to lock individual items with a password, PIN, or pattern. * Synchronization: Keep your data synchronized across devices (web app and local file synchronization). * Themes: Customize the look of the app with different color themes. * Open Source: Noteshop is 100% free and open source. No ads, no tracking.
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Notesnook - Private notes app
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Notesnook is a life changing notes app. With privacy at it's core, all your notes are end-to-end encrypted by default. Keep notes and save ideas with freedom. Unlike other privacy focused productivity apps, our online notepad app has great note taking features while being 100% private. A notes app with no spying or tracking Great and simple note taking experience. Be focused and productive by boosting your workflow. Keep tasks, ideas & lists in one place. • Zero trackers or ads • 100% cross platform notes app • Encryption and privacy friendly note taking Take notes on any device Access your notes from anywhere. Keep your notes app on any device. Make notes, outlines & task lists. Your private digital notepad makes your workflow productive & organized. Monographs: Encrypted note sharing Sharing notes is easier than ever with our online notes app. You can lock important notes with password before sharing as a public link with anyone. Todo lists and tasks Manage your day-to-day tasks and stay organized. Use Notesnook to make todo lists, shopping lists, outlines and record notes. Share lists with your friends, family or colleagues. Make lists for any purpose. • Shopping list • Task management • Take notes • Make lists for ideas and tasks Rich note taking experience Write notes with full control. Keep notes simple or add images, tables, embeds, lists and even embeds and files. Take notes with math and chemistry formulas. Personalise your note taking by configuring the toolbar. • Images, embeds & videos • Make notes with file attachments • Tables, task lists & outline lists • Full Math and Chemistry Formula support. • Full markdown editor - Most markdown shortcuts are supported • Code blocks with support for all programming languages • Written Notes history • Powerful search in notes Notepad with offline support Write notes offline. Jot down your ideas anytime even without internet. Sync your written notes when you open the notepad online instantly. Organize notes with Notebooks Create multiple notebooks in our notepad. Organize & make notes and task lists in topics. Create shortcuts for Notebooks to access them quickly. Color notes and add tags Make your Notesnook colorful. Color notes and add tags to quickly find similar or related ideas in one place. Color notes also appear in side menu so they are easy to access. Protect notes with privacy lock Lock your online notepad with privacy lock. No one can open the notes app even if your phone is left unlocked. Take notes with complete privacy. You can also lock notes with password. Say yes to private note taking A good notes app is one that doesn't spy on you. It's as simple as, "No one should be able to read my notes, even the possibility that someone can open my online notepad is scary". Open source notes app (August 2022) Any privacy respecting service should be open source. Notesnook is no different. We are soon going fully open source and are working on open sourcing all our notes app clients. Export your notes anytime Export your data from our online notepad as PDF, HTML, markdown or plain text. We have a zero lock-in policy. You can take your data anywhere, anytime. Say yes to privacy Choose privacy today for your notes and never look back. Notesnook is here. The online notepad that protects you and your data. Stay safe and take notes with freedom. Source Code: https://github.com/streetwriters/notesnook
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Notey
APK
Store plain-text or formatted notes, send them via e-mail and see on the OSM map where they were edited.
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Nothing K
APK
Nothing K is a digital vault for storing your passwords using symmetric cryptography, specifically the AES algorithm with a 256-bit key size and GCM operating mode. As extras, you can review the log history and generate passwords with a proprietary generator.
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NotiFilter
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NotiFilter listens to all device notifications and quietly manages those that match your filters.Features:Filters: Use regex to precisely target annoying notifications from each app.Actions: Choose what to do with the filtered notifications - dismiss, tap, delay, batch, debounce, mute, alert, disable DND, remove stale or replace.Schedule: Choose when filters run (e.g. only during work hours)History: Recently dismissed notifications are stored locally, for reference and retrieval.Widget: Configure filters to send notifications to a home screen widget.Export/Import: Backup or transfer your filters as JSON files.Private: Fully offline; your data never leaves your device.Lightweight: Runs in the background with minimal battery and memory usage.
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NotiNotes
APK
NotiNotes is a Notes app for your notification panel. A simple Notes app for Android which only lives in your QS and notification panel. You can hide notifications on the lock screen for more privacy, use swwipe actions and more.
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Notie
APK
Notie is a note-taking app which complies with Material You specifications. It supports Markdown and comes with an integrated Markdown viewer as well as Markdown highlighting support in the editor.
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Notification Cron
APK
Notification Cron is a straightforward tool to schedule recurring notifications on your phone without adding calendar entries.
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Notification Dictionary
APK
An app to access meaning of selected word as a notification. It works across all apps that support text selection. The apps shows the meaning as a notification for quick reference. Clicking on the notification user can see all the meanings for the given word. The user can also search for meaning of other words. * Easy access from all apps that have text selection. * Enabled for offline usage. * Supports English, French and German. * Click to copy meaning to clipboard. * Long press to share meanings with others. * Wide variety of meanings from Wikitionary. * Open source and MIT License.
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Notification Plus
APK
Delivers recurring notifications via the phone's vibrator or notification ringtone. This is especially useful for phones which lack a notification LED, such as the Nexus S, and at least two of the Galaxy S variants.
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Notification Vault
APK
Notification Vault is a resilient, open-source notification logger designed for high security and 100% offline privacy. It seamlessly intercepts, records, and categorizes your device's notifications using a robust local database, guaranteeing that your personal data never leaves your device. Key Features: - Complete Privacy: Operates entirely offline with zero internet permissions. - Biometric Lock: Enterprise-grade security enforcing fingerprint or face unlock before the app can be accessed. - Search & Filter: Instantly locate past notifications with powerful text search and package-based filtering. - Dynamic Theming: Supports multiple color schemes (Grey, Blue, Green, Orange, Purple) and a bespoke Pitch Black AMOLED mode. - Material 3 Design: Clean, modern interface with beautiful animations and a pristine user onboarding experience.
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Notification notes
APK
Notification notes provides a dismissible, editable, disableable and reordable list. Show notes as notifications, remove notes by swiping left. Edit notes by swiping right.
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NotificationLog
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NotificationLog logs the system notifications locally and allows to view, export and delete all of them or all of one App. It uses the notification access and the list of the installed Apps for this. At older Android versions which do not have the notification access permission, an accessibility service is used instead.
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Notifications Recovery
APK
Review your most important notifications with Notifications Recovery. Notifications are saved on your device and you can search to find a particular one. Furthermore, Notifications Recovery reports the notifications it thinks have been deleted from the device.✅ Save Notifications – Automatically stores notifications received on your Android device.🔍 Search Notifications – Easily find past notifications using keywords.📂 Organized History – View notifications grouped by apps for better readability.🕒 Detailed Log – See timestamps, app names, and notification content.📊 Graphs – See some notifications' stats from graph.🔔 See Deleted Notifications – See notifications that were accidentally or automatically deleted.🌓 Dark Mode – Enjoy a sleek UI with dark mode support.🔒 Secure Access – Enable password or fingerprint authentication to access the app.
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Notifications for FB
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Small Android app for getting notified (friends, messages, groups and notifications) while being privacy-friendly. It doesn't require the Facebook Platform to be turned on. It should be low on the battery usage. AntiFeatures: * NonFreeNet: You are required to log in to Facebook. Source code: https://github.com/gsurrel/FacebookNotifications Issue tracker: https://github.com/gsurrel/FacebookNotifications/issues Changelog and release notes: https://github.com/gsurrel/FacebookNotifications#changelog License: MIT Author: gsurrel - https://gregoire.surrel.org/
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Notifications for Facebook
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Small Android app for getting notified (friends, messages and notifications) while being privacy-friendly. It doesn't require the Facebook Platform to be turned on. It should be low on the battery usage. AntiFeatures: * NonFreeNet: You are required to log in to Facebook.
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Notify Lite
APK
This application will display a popup window for missed calls, text messages, calendar events and emails via https://f-droid.org/packages/com.fsck.k9. It is extremely customizable with many options to suit your needs and style. Extra themes are available as apks from the website. Anti-feature: Addons. The app has some limitations and the user is prompted to install the fully-featured proprietary version. Status: Newer versions have been published by the author but without source code.
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Noto
APK
Noto is a simple note-taking app that lets you organize your notes into libraries with different colors and icons. You can create and manage your notes easily, Auto Save, Archive Notes and more.Noto comes with minimal design, list and grid layout modes, dark mode – and no ads.
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Noty - Notes in Notification
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Never forget a task again. Noty keeps your notes exactly where you look dozens of times a day — your notification shade. Write a note, and it instantly appears as a persistent notification in your status bar. It stays there until you're done with it. No need to open any app, set a reminder, or remember to check a list. KEY FEATURES 📌 Persistent Notifications Every note you create appears as a notification that stays in your status bar. Your notes are always one swipe away. 🔄 Survives Everything Notes are restored automatically after a phone restart. The app runs a lightweight background service to keep your notifications alive even after you close the app. ✏️ Add, Edit, Delete — Instantly Create notes with a title and optional description. Edit or delete any note with a tap. A confirmation step prevents accidental deletions. 📌 Pin or Unpin Anytime Choose which notes appear as notifications. Pin a note and it shows up in your status bar, locked in place until you remove it. Unpin it and it quietly moves back to the app — no notification, no clutter. Switch between pinned and unpinned at any time, directly from the notification or from the app. ⚡ Quick Settings Tile Add a "Quick Note" tile to your Quick Settings panel. Tap it to open the add-note screen without unlocking your phone or navigating to the app. 🎨 Material You Design Noty uses Material 3 with dynamic color — on Android 12 and above, the app automatically matches your wallpaper's color palette. Light, Dark, and System themes are all supported and persist across sessions. 🔍 Search Your Notes Quickly filter your notes by title or description with the built-in search bar. 🔒 100% Private Noty is entirely local. No accounts, no cloud, no network access. Your notes never leave your device. PERMISSIONS EXPLAINED • Notifications — required to show your notes as persistent notifications • Run at Startup — used to restore your notes after your phone restarts • Foreground Service — allows Noty to keep notifications active in the background No ads. No in-app purchases. No data collection.
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NouTube
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YouTube and YouTube Music in a single app. No ads, plays in the background. Manage watchlist, music library without loginManage watch history without loginDownload videoRSS feed reader for YouTube channelsHide shortsLive chatPlay original audioCustomize with CSS How it works Wrap https://m.youtube.com and https://music.youtube.com in Android webviewInject code to block adsHook playback controls and support playing in background Desktop version Desktop version shares the same code base with mobile version. Download Linux/macOS/Windows version from NouTube-Desktop.
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Nounours and friends
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This cute teddy bear is a fun friend for children of all ages. Move him around by moving his head, paws, tummy, and ears. Spin him around. Shake the phone. Nounours does some funny animations (disco, flying, jumping). Record and share his moves. Includes themes of Nounours in different settings, as well as a theme of Bugdroid. Includes a live wallpaper.
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Nouto
APK
Nouto is a simple and elegant notes app built in Kotlin with Material 3 Expressive Design. It focuses heavily on user experience — fluid transitions, intuitive gestures, and a clean interface that stays out of your way.Key features:Material 3 Expressive design: Sleek and modern UI with dynamic color support and smooth transitionsDynamic color: Picks up your wallpaper's color scheme on Android 12+ via Material YouPredictive back gestures: Full support for Android 14+ predictive back navigationOffline-first: Everything is stored locally — no account required, no network callsTrash: Recover accidentally deleted notes before they're permanently removed
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Nov Open Reader
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Nov Open Reader is a small application to read data from NFC insulin pens from Novo Nordisk : NovoPen 6 and NovoPen Echo Plus. Put the pen on the NFC reader of your phone to start retrieving its data, which will be simply displayed as a list. By default, doses within a one minute delay will be grouped as one, and first purging dose (2 units or less) will be hidden. Click on a grouped dose to display the details. Long click on the details to delete doses. Source code available at https://github.com/lcacheux/nov-open-reader This application is not developed or endorsed by Novo Nordisk. This application is intended for informational purposes only and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding the use of insulin pens, diabete or any other medical condition.
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Nova Launcher (Beta)
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The premier custom launcher for Android, providing you with powerful features that you will soon realize you can't live without.
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