Material Notes offers a privacy-first, offline note-taking experience with a clean Material Design. It stores notes locally, avoiding internet access, while supporting multiple note types, tagging, and easy export options. With 1,000+ total downloads and 140 in the last 30 days, it shows steady adoption in the productivity space.
Pros & Cons
Offline-first design with no internet permissions
Rich note formats including markdown and checklists
Robust organization: search, sort, grid/list views, pin/archive, and bin recovery
Flexible export and sharing options (JSON and Markdown)
No built-in cloud sync by default (data stays local)
Not ranked in top app lists
About Material Notes
Material Notes is a productivity app developed by Maël Chiotti.
Download Statistics
Material Notes has been downloaded 3.9 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 140 times.
User Ratings
Material Notes is rated 4.73 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 71 ratings.
App Information
Material Notes is FREE to download. The APK download size is 20.80 MB. The latest version available is 2.2.2. The last update was on July 14, 2026.
Technical Requirements
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play April 2024.
Description
Material Notes is a text-based note-taking application, aimed at simplicity. It embraces Material Design. It stores the notes locally and doesn't have any internet permissions, so you are the only one that can access the notes.
Take notes
Write text notes (title and content)
Choose between plain text, markdown, rich text or checklist notes
Use the quick action from your home screen to quickly add a note
Organize
Search though your notes
Sort your notes by date or title, in ascending or descending order
Display your notes in a list or a grid view
Pin and archive your notes
Recover your deleted notes from the bin
Categorize
Categorize your notes with tags
Distinguish your tags with their color
Pin and hide your tags
Share & backup
Share text from other applications to add it directly to a note
Share your notes as text
Export your notes as JSON, manually or automatically, and import them back
Export your notes as Markdown
Protect
Never worry about how your data is handled: it cannot leave your device as the application doesn't have any internet permissions
Lock the application, a specific notes, or all notes with a specific tag
Encrypt your JSON exports
Customize
Choose your language
Choose your theme (light, dark or black)
Choose if you want your theme to be dynamic (use colors from your background)
Choose which notes types you want enabled
Recent changes: FIXED - Rich text note not saving when switching to read-only mode
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Beautiful and simple note-taking app with many settings and options. Keep up the good work!
★★★★★Gökdeniz Küçükali· Apr 6, 2024
Widget support to pin a single note on home screen would be nice (like in notally). A widget like this is usable to remind yourself stuff when you use your phone. Quick note widget would also be nice. You can also add grid as viewing option (like in quill pad).
★★★★★RN Rocky· Jun 5, 2026
This was the goat 😃 I have many reason for this review, but I want to tell you two of first that doesn't a feature but great because this notes taking app doesn't require internet connection you can check the permission list the app can't spy on you in the second thing I just love it the backup and restore feature. Developer please don't discontinue this amazing app ❤️
★★★★☆Syed Arshaan· Sep 17, 2025
It's a very simple minimal and beautiful app but I think adding the new material 3 expressive animations and design lang would make it more perfect and better.
★★☆☆☆Chris Taylor· Dec 5, 2025
Nicer looking than v1.6.3. But, in this latest version, there is no way to paste text! I'll stick with v1.6.3 for now. Uninstalled.
Google Play Rankings for Material Notes
This app is not ranked
Technologies used by Material Notes
3 permissions
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Trust & Safety: Privacy-focused design: notes stored locally with no internet permissions. Supports biometric/fingerprint access and per-note/app-level locks; JSON exports can be encrypted for safe backups. The app utilizes a dynamic receiver permission (not exposed) as part of its internal handling.
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