Grove for Android
Grove for Android is a free, open-source notes app for Android. A native Org-mode notes app for Android. Your notes stay plain .org files. It has 110 GitHub stars and is released under the Apache-2.0 license, and you can install it from F-Droid and Google Play.
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About Grove for Android
Grove is a native Android Org-mode note-taking app, built as a first-class mobile companion for Emacs org-mode users. Grove edits plain .org files in a folder you choose. There is no account, no proprietary database, and no export step: the files on disk are your notes, byte-for-byte, and they sync to your other machines with whatever tool you already trust (Syncthing is the recommended pairing). If you stop using Grove tomorrow, your notes are exactly where they always were. Features: * File-first: .org files in a synced folder are the sole source of truth. Grove's internal database is only a rebuildable search index.
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Grove for Android from its published source code and flags anti-features such as ads, tracking or reliance on non-free services.
No anti-features flagged on the latest F-Droid build.
Screenshots
Screenshots from the app's F-Droid listing.
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Is Grove for Android free and open source?
Yes. Grove for Android's source code is public on GitHub under the Apache-2.0 license, which is OSI-approved or FSF-free. F-Droid, which builds it from source, flags no anti-features such as ads or tracking on its latest build.
How do I install Grove for Android?
You can install Grove for Android from F-Droid (package com.rrajath.grove) and from Google Play; the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v1.11.0).
Is Grove for Android still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Oct 28, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Oct 18, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.