Looking for Notes App for Android & Linux

I am trying to slowly de-Google-ify myself by moving to open source apps, I wanna ditch google notes and evernote. I tried obsidian, standard notes, and joplin, I liked using obsidian on PC and standard notes looks nice on android but obsidian you need to pay to have sync and standard notes doesn’t do markdown unless you pay (are plugins only on PC???). Joplin has most features I need but I don’t like how it looks/feels on android (haven’t tried in PC yet)

Basically what I want the most in a notes app is offline with sync capability for phone and PC, would be nice to make folders for notes like notepads on evernote, and md is a big plus but I can live without it. I would love if I could use something like proton drive for cloud sync and wouldn’t mind paying for obsidian if it was cheaper cuz $8 per month is too much for my minimum pay and I didnt see any cheaper plans.

EDIT: If no one has any better suggestions, I am thinking of trying to setup obsidian with syncthing.

RatzChatsubo,

So I use the evil Google notes app. Is there a better alternative?

0x1C3B00DA,
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I use TiddlyWiki via TiddlyPWA. It’s an offline-capable PWA with builtin sync and encryption. It doesn’t have folders but it does have nestable tags. I don’t think it supports markdown out of the box, but I’m positive you can find a plugin to use markdown. Plugins are crazy easy to install in TiddlyWiki; you just drag and drop the plugin into your wiki window and confirm the installation.

library_napper,
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Zim

wuphysics87,

IMO, FOSS doesn’t do well with cross platform note taking and task tracking. I find it best to have two separate, but complimentary, workflows for mobile and desktop note taking.

My mobile notes are things like door combinations or pill counts/dosages/spellings, or travel info for longer/complex trips. Things I need at hand and that I can check quickly. I just use the default android app. Or very often just a piece of paper.

I use org roam with git for my computers. These are mostly code snippets, articles, journaling, etc. Things that are involved to the point I would rather wait for a keyboard than work on them with a phone. Same is true for writing on a desk rather than a pad.

I do have a few ways to go between devices:

  • I can read my computer notes on gitlab if needed
  • I use Signal Note to Self to keep or send one offs and images. (SUPER handy!)
  • Firefox syncs tabs

Probably a few others, but I don’t take pictures of my computer screen because I’m not an animal.

My workflows are pretty orthogonal, so this works well for me. Your mileage may vary.

boggedgibbon75,

I have been using the notes feature within Vivaldi and have really liked it. Theres also Appflowy.

Clubbing4198,

Trilium

delightfuldude, (edited )
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I highly recommend:

  • Web: Nextcloud + Nextcloud Notes App + Qownnotes Sync App
  • Desktop: Qownnotes and/or vim (or any texteditor of choice)
  • Mobile: Nextcloud Notes

Main advantage of this software stack over other solutions like joplin is the handling of the notes. Everthing is stored in a simple folder structure in plain markdown text files (*.md). This means if anything breaks, you are always able to read and edit with any text editor on any system! I switched away from joplin because it stores the notes in a database and notes file names are a cryptic string, so if you are not able to load joplin it’s very hard to find anything.

OscarRobin,

UpNote is the best non-FOSS option

Kushia,
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Joplin with any of the dozen or so sync services it supports out of the box.

Sticker,

I’ve tried a lot of different note app. The best seamless solution I’ve found is Nextcloud + a simple notepad with the ability to autosave text to a txt file.

For example, suitable note-taking apps: Markor, Denkzettel, Lesser pad.

These applications have auto-save and auto-export to txt file. You can also select the Nextcloud folder to upload your notes to the cloud server.

danie10,
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I actually use Obsidian on my Linux desktop, synced with Syncthing to my Android phone, iPad, home server, etc (have version control also active to keep older copies of notes). Mainly because the volume of notes I do is on the desktop, and I need them for reference everywhere. But I’m not sure Obsidian is best as a phone app (bit busy), but you could test it with a simple UI.

Xirup,
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I like Notesnook, although it’s a bit expensive.

kambusha,

Logseq is worth looking into as well. You’d have the same sync conundrum as Obsidian, and can solve it the same way too.

ali,

I was about to suggest obsidian+syncthing when I saw your edit. I’m using the same combo on multiple devices and it’s working flawlessly.

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