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Re: Note pad

From Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com>
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android
Subject Re: Note pad
Date 2021-01-01 16:19 +0000
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On Fri, 1 Jan 2021 09:50:06 -0600, philo wrote:

> My phone came with "Notes"
> Full name is Super Simple Notes

Hi philo,

Happy New Year!

Thanks for being purposefully helpful for the OP where I also have an
interest myself in finding the best notepad-like apps for Android.

The classic problem of many Android apps having the same name, and even
worse, the same name for the icon, shows up in spades for notepad apps.

Searching on the Google Play scraper Aurora Store for "Simple Notes" with
the default filter of (a) free, (b) ad free, (c) GSF free, and as always
(d) Google free, I find:
o Simple Notes To-do list <com.simplemobiletools.notes>
o Simple Notepad <org.mightyfrog.android.simplenotepad

If I allow GSF based apps, this adds
o Simplenote <com.automattic.simplenote> [sic]
o Simple Notes <com.simpleappsdevelopment.notes>

If I allow ads, more come to the fore:
o Simple Notes <com.angkorworld.memo>
o Simple Notes Widget <ru.igarin.notes>
o Super Simple Notes <com.bitwize10.supersimplenotes>
o Simple Notes <net.softandroid.simplenotes2>
o Simple Notes Offline Notepad <com.notes.keepnotes>
etc.

> About as simple and straight forward as you can get

Out of _that_ list, the _simplest_, I would think, is:
o Simple Notes, by Simple Mobile Tools
<https://www.simplemobiletools.com/notes/>
<https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Notes>
 
> I also love Quick Memo

You bring up a good point that a "search" for a good note taking tool has a
lot of basic keywords, such as "memo" and "notes" and "editor" and "text" 
and "list", etc.

Also note that there are multiple "Quick Memo" apps on Google Play where,
as I said above, this is one case where almost all the apps have almost the
same name, and even worse, almost the same icon name once installed.

> Though it can be used simply as a text note pad,
> one can also draw with your finger.
> I like doodling in my spare time
> Even a few friends think I'm creating art.

Running the obligatory Google Play search via the Aurora Store set to the
default filters of (a) free, (b) ad free, (c) GSF free, and as always
(d) Google free, I find only two apps on Google Play of a similar name:
o quickmemo+ <com.becool.notepad>
o Quick Memo <com.trisnjolly.quickmemo>

Loosening the Google Play filters to allow crapware comes up with more:
o Quick Memo <com.jsoh.drawmemo>
o Quick Memo <jp.co.doublecircle.memo.quick>
o Quick Memo ColorNote <com.socialnmobile.dictapps.notepad...>
o Quick Memo Notes <com.abhi.newmemo>
etc.

As I said prior, I hope to run a comprehensive Android note-taking app
review, to choose the best, where the best will almost always (if not
always) be FOSS software which is (a) free, (b) ad free, (c) most likely
GSF free, and (d) almost certainly Google free.

But that's for a later date, so I take special interest in what the OP ends
up choosing for his best freeware simple note taking app.
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Note pad Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2021-01-01 13:34 +0000
  Re: Note pad "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-01 14:40 +0100
    Re: Note pad  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-01 15:52 +0000
    Re: Note pad Davidm <davidm_uk-notme@hotmail.com> - 2021-01-01 16:11 +0000
      Re: Note pad Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-01 16:37 +0000
        Re: Note pad "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-01 20:55 +0100
          Re: Note pad  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-01 20:43 +0000
            Re: Note pad "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-01 22:33 +0100
              Re: Note pad Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-02 04:46 +0000
                Re: Note pad "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-02 13:36 +0100
                Re: Note pad AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2021-01-02 08:40 -0700
                Re: Note pad Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-02 18:49 +0000
                Re: Note pad "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-02 20:38 +0100
                Re: Note pad Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-03 20:12 +0000
                Re: Note pad "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-02 20:36 +0100
                Re: Note pad Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-02 17:09 +0000
                Re: Note pad "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-02 21:01 +0100
                Re: Note pad AJL <noemail@none.com> - 2021-01-02 14:36 -0700
                Re: Note pad "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-02 22:55 +0100
                Re: Note pad  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-03 20:12 +0000
                Re: Note pad "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2021-01-03 22:54 +0100
                Re: Note pad Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-04 00:21 +0000
  Re: Note pad philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2021-01-01 09:50 -0600
    Re: Note pad Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-01 16:19 +0000
      Re: Note pad philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2021-01-01 10:56 -0600
        Re: Note pad  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-01 17:32 +0000
          Re: Note pad philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2021-01-01 11:49 -0600
            Re: Note pad Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-01 19:32 +0000
              Re: Note pad philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2021-01-01 17:44 -0600
                Re: Note pad  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-02 00:17 +0000
                Re: Note pad philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2021-01-01 18:36 -0600
                Re: Note pad Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-02 04:53 +0000
                Re: Note pad philo@novabbs.i2p (philo) - 2021-01-02 01:47 +0000
                Re: Note pad Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-02 05:06 +0000
                Re: Note pad philo@novabbs.i2p (philo) - 2021-01-02 05:34 +0000
                Re: Note pad Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-02 17:09 +0000
                Re: Note pad philo@novabbs.i2p (philo) - 2021-01-02 19:12 +0000
                Re: Note pad Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-03 20:12 +0000
                Re: Note pad philo@novabbs.i2p (philo) - 2021-01-03 02:49 +0000
                Re: Note pad Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-03 21:55 +0000
                Re: Note pad philo <philo@privacy.net> - 2021-01-03 17:44 -0600
                Re: Note pad  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-04 01:05 +0000
                Re: Note pad Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-04 01:49 +0000
    Re: Note pad Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-04 02:19 +0000
  Re: Note pad VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2021-01-01 10:12 -0600
    Re: Note pad  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-01 16:33 +0000
  Re:Note pad Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@gmailCAPITALS.com.INVALID> - 2021-01-02 14:43 +0100
    Re: Note pad  Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-02 18:44 +0000
      Re: Note pad Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@gmailCAPITALS.com.INVALID> - 2021-01-03 10:29 +0100
        Re: Note pad Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@gmailCAPITALS.com.INVALID> - 2021-01-03 11:05 +0100
        Re: Note pad Arlen   Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-03 21:55 +0000
          Re: Note pad Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@gmailCAPITALS.com.INVALID> - 2021-01-05 21:37 +0100
            Re: Note pad  Arlen Holder <arlen_holder@newmachines.com> - 2021-01-05 23:58 +0000
              Re: Note pad Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@gmailCAPITALS.com.INVALID> - 2021-01-07 18:03 +0100
  Re: Note pad Dieter Britz <dieterhansbritz@gmail.com> - 2021-01-02 14:18 +0000

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