Basic Notepad

Basic Notepad: Fast offline notes, checklists, folders, tags & markdown editor

Basic Notepad is a fast, private, and easy-to-use offline notepad for Android. Whether you want to write quick notes, create to-do lists, save ideas, or organize your daily tasks, Basic Notepad gives you a clean and distraction-free writing experience.

Your notes stay on your device. There is no account, no cloud sync, no ads, no tracking, and no internet permission. Everything is stored locally, giving you complete privacy and control.

Write Notes Your Way

Create simple text notes or interactive checklists and switch between them anytime without losing content. Basic Notepad includes a powerful editor with live markdown formatting, making it easy to write beautifully structured notes.

Features include:
• Create text notes and checklists
• Convert notes into checklists anytime
• Live Markdown formatting while typing
• Headings, bold, italic, quotes, code, lists and dividers
• Built-in formatting toolbar
• Clean preview mode for reading
• Undo and redo support
• Automatic saving
• Word count and reading time

Organize Everything

Keep your notes organized with folders, colors, tags, and pinning.

Organize with:
• Color-coded folders
• Inline #tags
• Pin important notes
• Archive notes without deleting
• Color labels for better organization
• Duplicate, move, share, and delete notes

Find Notes Instantly

Never lose an important note again.

Powerful search features:
• Full-text search
• Search titles, note content, and tags
• Search archived notes
• Instant results while typing
• Tag shortcuts for faster searching

Clean and Flexible Home Screen

Choose the layout that matches your workflow.

Customize your experience:
• Bento layout
• Grid layout
• List layout
• Multiple sorting options
• Multi-select for bulk actions
• Live note counts

Safe and Reliable

Basic Notepad helps protect your notes from accidental deletion.

Safety features:
• 30-day Bin
• Restore deleted notes
• Permanently delete anytime
• Undo for archive, delete, and bulk actions
• Optional delete confirmation