Notes (Privacy Friendly)
by SECUSO Research Group
🗂️ Lifestyle
Version 1.0.2
📅 Updated January 27, 2021
Create and manage notes
Features Notes (Privacy Friendly)
Privacy Friendly Notes allows you to take and manage notes on Android devices.
It belongs to the Privacy Friendly Apps group developed by the research group SECUSO at Technische Universität Darmstadt.
More information can be found an secuso.org/pfaThe following four types of notes are available:1.
Simple text notes2.
Checklist notes3.
Audio notes4.
SketchnotesFurthermore, the notes can be grouped into categories, reminders can be assigned to notes and the notes can be exported to the device storage.
How does Privacy Friendly Notes from other similar apps?1.
Minimal PermissionsThe permission "RECORD_AUDIO" (Category "Mikrofon") is required to record audio notes.
In case this permission is not granted by the user (in Android versions higher than 6) it will not be possible to record audio notes."WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE" (Category "Speicher") is used to export notes to the device storage.
In case this permission is not granted by the user (in Android versions higher than 6) it will not be possible to export notes.Beside the permissions above the permission “RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED” (Category “Normal/non-critical”) is required to reschedule notifications after a reboot.
This permission cannot be modified by the user.For comparison: The Top Ten of similar apps from the Google Play Store , die im Google Play Store requires an average of 11,7 permissions (in December 2016).
These are for instance the location permission or the permissions to access, modify or delete storage.2.
No advertisementMoreover, Privacy Friendly Password Generator distinguishes from many other weather applications in the way that it completely relinquishes advertisements.
Advertisement might track a users actions.
It could also shorten battery life or use mobile data.Added new icon and integration to backup application
Music Features
Enjoy high-quality music streaming and playback features.
Gaming Features
Enjoy immersive gaming experience with various game modes.
Weather Features
Get accurate weather forecasts and real-time updates.
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What Our Users Say
Don't just take our word for it. Here's what our users have to say about our Android app.
"Clean, easy to use, no required permissions, can allow storage permission if you want to save locally but not required."
Nimr R
"Would you please add a simple capability to delete individual items from a checklist? The delete button instead deletes the entire list! Counter-intuitive. I'm sure others have accidentally deleted entire list this way too. Thanks for working for pro-privacy apps! Much appreciated."
Neu Rome
"I really appreciate apps that are made with the users privacy in mind and this one is no different in that aspect. It is as fancy as anyone would really need without having unnecessary features that clog the interface and it doesn't pointlessly try to do more than an app like this should do. All of this makes this app great. The problem however is that some of its features just dont work. You can't sort manually, and the option for alphabetical order is bugged. It really needs more basic polish."
Kaleb Schafer
"all in one lists without invading my privacy. great job!"
Sam Sung
"EDIT 2019/05/20: Accidently hit "delete" button on a list. The list is gone :( I still think its at least 4 star because of the privacy centered philosophy; buy please do a "undo" button or a "are you sure" prompt Love the privacy oriented philosophy, and that it's simple to use. Only reason why not 5 stars is that I would have liked to see: 1) ability to edit checklist items and 2) ability to change the order of the checklist items."
Remy Bernard
"Good app. Wish this app had a dark theme and more font control."
Juan R.
"Please add Encryption too !!!"
A Google user
"An import function for texts would be nice..."
A Google user
"Has potential.Please add repeating reminders password lock etc"
A Google user
"Could you please remove the uneccessary permission: "Run at startup". And thank you for not using:"Prevent phone from sleep"."
A Google user
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