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 125 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)
Data as of from the GitHub API and the F-Droid index; description from the project's repository or F-Droid listing. Report an error
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.
Similar apps
More open-source notes and to-do apps
Markleaf
jeiel85/markleaf-android
Local-first Markdown notes with tags, search, and file export.
Active · last commit Oct 26, 2026
Notes & to-doAndroid
Todo List (PFA)
SecUSo/privacy-friendly-todo-list
(SECUSO) Create lists of tasks which can be individually managed.
Maintained · last commit Oct 16, 2026
Notes & to-doAndroid
Karui ToDo
ronynn/karui
130kB aesthetic offline todo list app with calendar, sync and widgets.
Active · last commit Oct 23, 2026
Notes & to-doAndroid
Grove for Android
rrajath/bloom
A native Org-mode notes app for Android. Your notes stay plain .org files.
Active · last commit Oct 28, 2026
Notes & to-doAndroid
Linwood Flow Nightly
LinwoodDev/Flow
Feature rich event, group and time management system.
Maintained · last commit Oct 27, 2026
Notes & to-doAndroid
Backtalk
kys0ff/Backtalk
Message yourself to stay organized.
Active · last commit Sep 17, 2026
Notes & to-doAndroid
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.