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Notally | Minimalist Notes

A simple and elegant open source notes app
New in version 5.9
You can now record audio notes in Notally

Updated Dutch and German translations
When navigating to the Search page, the keyboard comes up automatically now
Notally is a minimalistic note taking app with a beautiful material design and powerful features.

Organization

Create lists to stay on track
Pin notes to always keep them at the top
Color and label your notes for quick organisation
Archive notes to keep them around, but out of your way
Complement your notes with pictures (JPG, PNG, WEBP)
Create rich text notes with support for bold, italics, mono space and strike-through
Add clickable links to notes with support for phone numbers, email addresses and web urls

Export notes in the following formats

• PDF
• TXT
• JSON
• HTML

Convenience

• Dark mode
• Completely free
• Adjustable text size
• Auto save and backup
• APK size of 1.4 MB (1.8 MB uncompressed)
• Add notes and lists to your home screen with widgets

Privacy

There are no ads, trackers or analytics of any kind. All your notes are stored completely on and never leave your device.

Permissions

• show notifications, run foreground service

Used to display a notification if deleting images or importing backups takes time

• prevent phone from sleeping, run at startup

Used by the auto backup feature to ensure backups keep happening even if your phone is restarted

Note

Due to a bug on Xiaomi's part, some MiUI devices might not be able to access the text formatting options.

https://github.com/OmGodse/Notally

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Versions

Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

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  • Version 5.9 (54) suggested Added on Jun 12, 2024

    This version requires Android 5.0 or newer.

    It is built by F-Droid and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • run at startup
      Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
    • record audio
      This app can record audio using the microphone while the app is in use.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • com.omgodse.notally.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 1.9 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 5.8 (53) - Added on Mar 13, 2024

    This version requires Android 5.0 or newer.

    It is built by F-Droid and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • run at startup
      Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.
    • com.omgodse.notally.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

    Download APK 1.9 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log

  • Version 5.7 (52) - Added on Jan 22, 2024

    This version requires Android 5.0 or newer.

    It is built by F-Droid and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.

    Permissions
    • run foreground service
      Allows the app to make use of foreground services.
    • show notifications
      Allows the app to show notifications
    • run at startup
      Allows the app to have itself started as soon as the system has finished booting. This can make it take longer to start the phone and allow the app to slow down the overall phone by always running.
    • prevent phone from sleeping
      Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.

    Download APK 1.8 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log