Notes (Privacy Friendly)
Notes (Privacy Friendly) is a free, open-source notes app for Android. (SECUSO) Notes App with minimal permissions and without advertising. It has 127 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
github.com/SecUSo/privacy-friendly-notes (opens in a new tab)
- Android
- Kotlin
- Notes & to-do
- Actively maintained
About Notes (Privacy Friendly)
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 "RECORDAUDIO" (Category "Mikrofon") is required to record audio notes.
Privacy and F-Droid
F-Droid builds Notes (Privacy Friendly) 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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What is Notes (Privacy Friendly)?
Notes (Privacy Friendly) is a free, open-source notes app for Android. (SECUSO) Notes App with minimal permissions and without advertising. It has 127 GitHub stars and is released under the GPL-3.0-or-later license, and you can install it from F-Droid.
Is Notes (Privacy Friendly) free and open source?
Yes. Notes (Privacy Friendly)'s source code is public on GitHub under the GPL-3.0-or-later 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 Notes (Privacy Friendly)?
You can install Notes (Privacy Friendly) from F-Droid (package org.secuso.privacyfriendlynotes); the links are on this page. Its GitHub repository also publishes releases (latest: v2.2.2).
Is Notes (Privacy Friendly) still maintained?
The repository's most recent commit was on Jul 28, 2026. Its F-Droid listing was last updated on Jun 18, 2026. appsgit only lists apps whose repository had a commit in the last six months.