App info
- Installs
- 5+
- Category
- Productivity
- Content rating
- Everyone
- Version
- 1.0.03
- Released
- Sep 16, 2026
- Last updated
- 25 Sept 2026
- In-app purchases
- No
- Contains ads
- Yes
- Promo video
- No
- Requires Android
- 7.0
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What's newin version 1.0.03
First release — welcome to Private Notes App. • Rich text editor with headings, lists and checklists • Fingerprint or PIN app lock • Every note encrypted on your device with AES-256 • Encrypted backup to your own Google Drive • Voice notes with automatic transcription • Colour-coded folders, pins and archive • Instant search across notes and voice transcripts Thanks for trying it — tell us what to build next.
About this app
Private notes with app lock, encrypted Google Drive backup & voice notes.
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Private Notes App is a secure, offline-first notepad that encrypts every note on your device — and keeps an encrypted backup in your own Google Drive. No account to create, no company servers holding your words, no one but you with the key. Quick thoughts, daily journal entries, to-do checklists, meeting notes or voice memos — everything stays fast, organised and genuinely private. 🔒 PRIVACY BY DESIGN (ZERO-KNOWLEDGE ENCRYPTION) • AES-256-GCM encryption with Argon2id key derivation • Notes are encrypted on your phone before they ever leave it • We run no backend and hold no copy of your key — your notes cannot be read by us • Fingerprint and biometric app lock, with PIN fallback • Personal recovery key so you never lose access to your own data ☁️ ENCRYPTED GOOGLE DRIVE BACKUP & SYNC • Backup notes to your own private Google Drive app folder • Sign in once — notes restore automatically when you change phone • Only encrypted data is uploaded, so your notes stay unreadable in the cloud • Fully offline capable; changes sync the moment you are back online ✍️ A NOTEPAD THAT WRITES BEAUTIFULLY • Rich text editor — bold, italic, headings, bullet and numbered lists, quotes • Checklists and to-do lists with tap-to-tick items • Colour-coded notes and pin-to-top for what matters most • Clean, distraction-free writing screen built for one hand 🎙️ VOICE NOTES WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSCRIPTION • Record a voice memo when typing is too slow • Automatic transcription turns speech into text you can search • Play audio back inside the note, with the transcript beside it 🔍 SEARCH AND ORGANISE • Instant full-text search across titles, note text and voice transcripts • Colour-coded folders for work, personal, study and ideas • Pin, archive, trash and restore — nothing vanishes by accident 📅 REMEMBER WHAT YOU WROTE • Calendar view of your writing, day by day • "On this day" brings back notes from months and years ago • Continue where you left off, straight from the home screen PERFECT FOR • Daily journal, diary and gratitude writing • Shopping lists, to-do lists and reminders to self • Meeting notes, lecture notes and study revision • Private thoughts, ideas, recipes and travel plans • Students, writers, professionals and anyone who values privacy WHY CHOOSE PRIVATE NOTES APP Most free notepad apps keep your notes in plain text on someone else's server. This one does not. Your notes live encrypted on your device, your backup lives encrypted in your Drive, and the key stays with you from start to finish. That is what zero-knowledge means in practice. Lightweight, fast and ad-supported, with a one-tap Remove Ads upgrade whenever you want it. You can start writing immediately — signing in is only needed if you want cloud backup. Download Private Notes App and keep your thoughts yours.