Simplenote

3.8
17.9K reviews
1M+
Downloads
Content rating
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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Terms of Service: https://simplenote.com/terms/

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Visit simplenote.com to download Simplenote for your other devices.
Updated on
Oct 20, 2025

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

3.8
16.5K reviews
Rei Maslov
March 24, 2021
Would be fantastic if not for the catastrophic sync bugs. If it thinks there's a note version conflict (which is not always the case), it will refuse to sync, or even worse - try to sew one version from two, turning your text into mush. Until the bug is fixed, using this (lightweight, good-looking and free) app for serious work is suicide.
4 people found this review helpful
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Automattic, Inc
March 25, 2021
Thanks for your response. We appreciate it. Can you tell us the device you are using at mobile-support@automattic.com? We will try to evaluate the issue and get back to you.
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?
6 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.
1mprezz The Impossible
August 14, 2021
It's a nice clean-looking fast cross-platform app. It doesn't have folders but it uses hashtags which is quite convenient. The notes are like a simple text. The markdown option allows you to see your notes with headers and bold/italic font etc. It's good but not too convenient because you can't take notes down right in the markdown mode. Also original text note gets more trashy with lots of markdown symbols. This is probably the only downpoint of this app.
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What’s new

We’ve squashed some pesky bugs to make Simplenote smoother than ever! This update fixes crashes when opening Settings after upgrading to version 2.36 and issues affecting Android 16 users with the latest security patch and home screen widget. Update now for a more stable, reliable note-taking experience.