you will note yourself (soon) dull in Google Keep

Just a moment of silence please: the summer holidays are almost over, which means that the schools are opening again and we have to get ready to fill up our notepads. Of course, that doesn’t have to be physical blocks; it is also allowed in an app. Which note-taking app is the Androidworld reader’s favorite? You can read it in the AW Poll result.

Ready, start: make a note

Writing down an entire lecture can put a lot of strain on your wrists. In addition, physical notepads are very easy to lose, which of course always happens right before you have an exam. Fortunately, digital notepads cannot be lost and are just as handy – an additional advantage is that digital paper does not cause back problems. In addition, you can keep taking notes indefinitely and organize them more easily than is possible with notes made on paper.

Digital notepads are also interactive, meaning you can create to-do lists and tick tasks to complete them. Some note-taking apps even let you collaborate with others; this can be useful, for example, if you have one shopping list for a family, or if you divide the cleaning of the student house in a digital to-do list.

Wide choice of apps

Note-taking apps like Google Keep, Microsoft OneNote and Samsung’s Notes app are relatively basic. In the apps, you can take notes and sync them to the cloud. If you want encrypted notes – so that you can hide sensitive information in them – then you are better served with SilentNotes. You also have apps like Notion that allow you to create a knowledge base and link notes to each other. This can be useful, for example, if you want to link to in-depth notes from an overview screen.

If you are going to use a note-taking app, don’t forget to check whether notes are stored digitally. OnePlus, for example, provides a note-taking app that only stores notes locally. If your device is damaged for whatever reason, you will lose all notes from, for example, a lecture.

AW Poll, what do you think

Choosing a note-taking app seems (sometimes) just as difficult as choosing a study. The range is huge and trying out all the note-taking apps would be an immense task. For the Androidworld reader, one app is already head and shoulders above the rest: Google Keep received 53.2 percent of the votes of the readers who cast their vote. With only 12.7 percent of the vote, we find Microsoft’s OneNote in second place. The fact that Google Keep has such an advantage is probably due to the ease with which the app can be used. No complicated settings: just write, record or draw and you’re done.

The once popular Evernote still takes about 6.2 percent of the vote, finishing in fourth place, just behind Samsung Notes. That app is used by 8.3 percent of the readers who took part in our poll.

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