Simple Notes Sync

Offline notes & checklists, self-hosted sync. Under 5 MB, no ads, no tracking.

AppID:	dev.dettmer.simplenotes
Author:	Inventory69
License:	AGPL-3.0-only
Donation:	Webpage
InRepoSince:	2025-12-26
LastRepoUpdate:	2026-07-25
LastAppUpdate:	2026-07-25
LastVersion:	2.13.1
Categories:	Writing
APK source:	Github
Google Play:	Check if it's there

Simple Notes Sync is a calm, private home for your notes and checklists. Everything lives on your device. When you want it everywhere, it syncs to your own server - no account, no cloud, no tracking. Ever.

It stays out of your way: the whole app is under 5 MB, starts instantly, and works fully offline.

ORGANIZE * Text notes and checklists with tap-to-check and drag & drop * Colored folders to sort everything your way * Pin important notes to the top * Grid or list view, 1-5 columns * Sort by title, date, or type

YOUR SERVER, YOUR RULES * Sync with any WebDAV server (Nextcloud, ownCloud, and more) * Use it across phone, tablet, and desktop * Decide when it syncs: on save, on open, on Wi-Fi, periodically, or on boot * Wi-Fi-only sync, VPN support, parallel transfers, self-signed SSL * Live sync progress, smart conflict resolution, server-deletion detection

COMING FROM ANOTHER APP? * Import your Google Keep archive (notes, checklists, labels) * Import and export Markdown for Obsidian, VS Code, Typora * Encrypted local backup & restore

SHARE & EXPORT * Share notes as text or PDF * Export to your calendar

BEAUTIFUL & LIGHT * Modern Material 3 interface built with Jetpack Compose * 7 color schemes including AMOLED black and Dynamic Color * Home-screen widgets: quick note and interactive checklist * Battery-friendly background sync

PRIVATE BY DESIGN * No account, no ads, no tracking libraries * Your data never touches our servers - because we don't have any * Open source (AGPL-3.0) and under 5 MB, on a modern, well-tested Kotlin codebase

Source code: https://github.com/inventory69/simple-notes-sync

WhatsNew:

🧭 v2.13.1 - Finding the Way Back

• Fix: the arrow in a widget note opens the notes list
• Fix: back from a widget note leaves the app again
• Fix: archive and delete missing from the editor menu
• Fix: "Show note icon" now applies to the list widget
• All settings screens share one card layout
• Updated translations: ZH-Hans

Thanks to @lincomax for the three reports and @heretic43 for keeping Chinese at 100%!

Hint: This app is available in both, F-Droid Main and IzzyOnDroid repos.

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While you can download the APKs here directly, you should preferably use an F-Droid client so the app stays up-to-date on your device. Some clients have this repo enabled by default, e.g. Neo Store, Droid-ify, or, of course, the IzzyOnDroid client by Sunil. With others (like the official client) you'll have to add this repo manually (see the hint on top of the package list for how to do that).

Packages

Version 2.13.1 (2026-07-25)

Android Versions:

Target: 16.0
MinVer: 7.0
ABIs: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

App Configuration & Special Access

Permissions:

Malware-Check:Passed

25 Libraries detected:

Libraries:

Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
Jetpack Compose (Development Framework)
a framework to define UIs programmatically with composable functions that describe its shape and data dependencies.
Constraint Layout Library (Utility)
library to reduce the number of nested views needed.
Coordinatorlayout (UI Component)
AndroidX library to position top-level application widgets, such as AppBarLayout and FloatingActionButton.
Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
DataStore (Development Aid)
stores data asynchronously, consistently, and transactionally, overcoming some of the drawbacks of SharedPreferences.
Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
AndroidX Fragment (UI Component)
AndroidX library to encapsulate part of the user interface or behavior into reusable components.
Glance (UI Component)
AndroidX library to build layouts for remote surfaces using a Jetpack Compose-style API.
Androidx Graphics (Utility)
leverages graphics facilities across multiple Android platform releases.
Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
ProfileInstaller (Utility)
AndroidX library that enables libraries to prepopulate ahead of time compilation traces to be read by ART.
Room (Utility)
a persistence library that provides an abstraction layer over SQLite to allow for more robust database access while harnessing the full power of SQLite.
Recyclerview (Utility)
display large sets of data in your UI while minimizing memory usage.
Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
Jetpack WindowManager Library (Utility)
enables application developers to support new device form factors and multi-window environments. The library provides a common API surface for API versions 14 and later. Especially provides additional functionality on foldable devices.
WorkManager (Utility)
an API that makes it easy to schedule deferrable, asynchronous tasks that must be run reliably .
Google Material Design (Utility)
library to help with material design guidelines.
Tink (Utility)
a multi-language, cross-platform library that provides cryptographic APIs that are secure, easy to use correctly, and hard(er) to misuse.
Google Gson (Utility)
A Java serialization/deserialization library to convert Java Objects into JSON and back.
OkHttp (Utility)
OkHttp is an HTTP+HTTP/2 client for Android and Java applications.
sardine-android (Utility)
a WebDAV library for Android.
Simple (Utility)
high performance XML serialization and configuration framework for Java.

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Version 2.12.1 (2026-07-17)

Android Versions:

Target: 16.0
MinVer: 7.0
ABIs: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

App Configuration & Special Access

Permissions:

Malware-Check:Passed

25 Libraries detected:

Libraries:

Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
Jetpack Compose (Development Framework)
a framework to define UIs programmatically with composable functions that describe its shape and data dependencies.
Constraint Layout Library (Utility)
library to reduce the number of nested views needed.
Coordinatorlayout (UI Component)
AndroidX library to position top-level application widgets, such as AppBarLayout and FloatingActionButton.
Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
DataStore (Development Aid)
stores data asynchronously, consistently, and transactionally, overcoming some of the drawbacks of SharedPreferences.
Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
AndroidX Fragment (UI Component)
AndroidX library to encapsulate part of the user interface or behavior into reusable components.
Glance (UI Component)
AndroidX library to build layouts for remote surfaces using a Jetpack Compose-style API.
Androidx Graphics (Utility)
leverages graphics facilities across multiple Android platform releases.
Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
ProfileInstaller (Utility)
AndroidX library that enables libraries to prepopulate ahead of time compilation traces to be read by ART.
Room (Utility)
a persistence library that provides an abstraction layer over SQLite to allow for more robust database access while harnessing the full power of SQLite.
Recyclerview (Utility)
display large sets of data in your UI while minimizing memory usage.
Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
Jetpack WindowManager Library (Utility)
enables application developers to support new device form factors and multi-window environments. The library provides a common API surface for API versions 14 and later. Especially provides additional functionality on foldable devices.
WorkManager (Utility)
an API that makes it easy to schedule deferrable, asynchronous tasks that must be run reliably .
Google Material Design (Utility)
library to help with material design guidelines.
Tink (Utility)
a multi-language, cross-platform library that provides cryptographic APIs that are secure, easy to use correctly, and hard(er) to misuse.
Google Gson (Utility)
A Java serialization/deserialization library to convert Java Objects into JSON and back.
OkHttp (Utility)
OkHttp is an HTTP+HTTP/2 client for Android and Java applications.
sardine-android (Utility)
a WebDAV library for Android.
Simple (Utility)
high performance XML serialization and configuration framework for Java.

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Version 2.12.0 (2026-07-15)

Android Versions:

Target: 16.0
MinVer: 7.0
ABIs: arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64

App Configuration & Special Access

Permissions:

Malware-Check:Passed

25 Libraries detected:

Libraries:

Android Support v4 (Development Framework)
The Android Support Library is not actually a single library, but rather a collection of libraries that can roughly be divided into two groups: compatibility and component libraries. For details, please see Understanding the Android Support Library.
AppCompat (Utility)
support newer Android features on older Android versions.
Jetpack Compose (Development Framework)
a framework to define UIs programmatically with composable functions that describe its shape and data dependencies.
Constraint Layout Library (Utility)
library to reduce the number of nested views needed.
Coordinatorlayout (UI Component)
AndroidX library to position top-level application widgets, such as AppBarLayout and FloatingActionButton.
Androidx Core (Utility)
a static library that you can add to your Android application in order to use APIs that are either not available for older platform versions or utility APIs that aren't a part of the framework APIs.
DataStore (Development Aid)
stores data asynchronously, consistently, and transactionally, overcoming some of the drawbacks of SharedPreferences.
Android Emoji2 Compat (UI Component)
core library to enable emoji compatibility in Kitkat and newer devices to avoid the empty emoji characters.
AndroidX Fragment (UI Component)
AndroidX library to encapsulate part of the user interface or behavior into reusable components.
Glance (UI Component)
AndroidX library to build layouts for remote surfaces using a Jetpack Compose-style API.
Androidx Graphics (Utility)
leverages graphics facilities across multiple Android platform releases.
Lifecycle (Utility)
perform actions in response to a change in the lifecycle status of another component, such as activities and fragments.
ProfileInstaller (Utility)
AndroidX library that enables libraries to prepopulate ahead of time compilation traces to be read by ART.
Room (Utility)
a persistence library that provides an abstraction layer over SQLite to allow for more robust database access while harnessing the full power of SQLite.
Recyclerview (Utility)
display large sets of data in your UI while minimizing memory usage.
Startup (Utility)
AndroidX library to implement a straightforward, performant way to initialize components at app startup.
Android Jetpack VersionedParcelable (Utility)
Provides a stable but relatively compact binary serialization format that can be passed across processes or persisted safely.
Jetpack WindowManager Library (Utility)
enables application developers to support new device form factors and multi-window environments. The library provides a common API surface for API versions 14 and later. Especially provides additional functionality on foldable devices.
WorkManager (Utility)
an API that makes it easy to schedule deferrable, asynchronous tasks that must be run reliably .
Google Material Design (Utility)
library to help with material design guidelines.
Tink (Utility)
a multi-language, cross-platform library that provides cryptographic APIs that are secure, easy to use correctly, and hard(er) to misuse.
Google Gson (Utility)
A Java serialization/deserialization library to convert Java Objects into JSON and back.
OkHttp (Utility)
OkHttp is an HTTP+HTTP/2 client for Android and Java applications.
sardine-android (Utility)
a WebDAV library for Android.
Simple (Utility)
high performance XML serialization and configuration framework for Java.

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