A notes app

Notes, lists and sketches that stay on your phone.

Write a note, tick off a list, draw a quick sketch or add a photo. Nota keeps all of it on your device, with no account and no server.

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Launching soon. Nota is free, with no ads, no in-app purchases and no subscription.

  • Free
  • No ads
  • No account
  • Works offline
  • iPhone, iPad, Android
A Nota note titled Kitchen shelf with a hand-drawn sketch of a shelf
A Nota note titled Weekend in Lisbon with headings, a checklist and a bulleted list
What goes in a note

Text, lists, drawings and photos

A note can hold any mix of them, and there are a few ways to keep notes organised and find them again.

Rich text

Headings, bold, italic, underline and strikethrough, lists, quotes, code blocks, links and dividers.

Checklists

Tick items off as you go. A count shows how many are done.

Sketches

Draw inside a note with a pen, pencil, highlighter and eraser. Pick a colour and stroke width, and undo or redo.

Photos

Add a photo from your library, or take one with the camera.

Folders and tags

Sort notes into folders, label them with coloured tags, and pin the ones you need to the top.

Search

Search across all your notes, and filter by type, tags and date.

Reminders

Set a reminder on any note and get a notification at the time you pick.

Locked notes

Keep a note behind Face ID, your fingerprint or the device passcode.

Inside the app

See it before you download it

Real screens from Nota. Swipe to see them all.

The Nota home screen: a list of notes grouped under Pinned, Today and Yesterday, with a checklist count and a sketch thumbnail on some cards

Home

Notes grouped by day, with pinned notes at the top.

A note titled Weekend in Lisbon with a reminder chip, two tags, headings, a checklist and a bulleted list

A note

Headings, a checklist and a list in one note, with its tags and reminder shown under the title.

A note titled Kitchen shelf with a line of text and a hand-drawn sketch of a shelf below it

Sketch in a note

A drawing sits in the note next to the text it belongs to.

The sketch screen showing a drawing of a shelf, with pen, pencil, highlight and eraser tools, a colour button and a stroke width slider

Sketch tools

Pen, pencil, highlighter and eraser, with a width slider and undo and redo.

A checklist note titled Groceries on a green background with three of six items ticked

Checklist

A shopping list on a green note background, half ticked off.

The Folders tab with Archive and Trash shortcuts, tag chips and four folders named Work, Home, Travel and Reading

Folders

Folders, tags, Archive and Trash on one tab.

Search results for the word lemon showing two notes, with Type, Tags and Date filters above them

Search

Type a word to find it in any note, then narrow by type, tags or date.

The reminder sheet over a note, with quick choices for this evening, tomorrow morning and next week, and a date and time

Reminder

Pick a quick time or set your own date and time.

The Settings screen with Light, Dark and System themes, a row of accent colours, and Backup and restore, Export all notes, Archive and Trash

Settings

Theme, accent colour, backup and export.

The Nota home screen in the dark theme

Dark theme

The same home screen with the dark theme on.

The details

Your notes are yours to keep and move

Because your notes exist only on your device, Nota gives you ways to recover them, back them up and take them elsewhere.

Version history

When you edit a note, its previous text is kept. Open the history to read an earlier version or restore it.

Archive and trash

Archive notes you are done with. Deleted notes stay in the trash for 30 days before they are removed.

Backup and restore

Save everything to a single file, keep it wherever you like, and restore from it on this device or another one.

Share and export

Share a note as text, PDF or Markdown. Export all your notes as a ZIP of Markdown files.

Themes and colours

Light and dark themes with 12 accent colours, and a background colour for any note.

iPad and tablets

Layouts made for larger screens on iPad and Android tablets.

Private by default

No account. No server. No tracking.

Nota has no sign-up, no analytics and no advertising. Your notes are stored only on your device, and Playpal Apps receives nothing. There is no sync between devices; to move your notes, make a backup file and restore it. Read the privacy policy.

Coming soon

Nota is on its way to the App Store and Google Play. This page will carry the links the day it goes live.

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