Notes (PFA) Apk

Notes (PFA) Apk

Latest version 2.0.3
16 Dec 2024

Older Versions

Apk Infos

Version2.0.3
Rating4.4/5, based on 159 votes
Size‎6.2 MB
Requires AndroidAndroid 5.0+ (Lollipop)
Author's NotesCreate and manage notes

About Notes (PFA) APK

Notes (PFA) APK Download for Android
Notes (PFA) APK Download for Android

Description

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 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. More information can be found an secuso.org/pfa

The following four types of notes are available:
1. Simple text notes
2. Checklist notes
3. Audio notes
4. Sketchnotes

Furthermore, 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 Permissions
The 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 advertisement
Moreover, Privacy Friendly Password Generator distinguishes from many other weather applications in the way that it completely relinquishes advertisements. Advertisement might track a user's actions. It could also shorten battery life or use mobile data.

You can reach us via
Twitter - @SECUSOResearch (https://twitter.com/secusoresearch)
Mastodon - @SECUSO_Research@bawü.social (https://xn--baw-joa.social/@SECUSO_Research/)
Job opening - https://secuso.aifb.kit.edu/english/Job_Offers_1557.php

Latest updates

What's new in version 2.0.3

Added wished options to modify the appearance and behaviour.
Fixed small bugs.

How to install Notes (PFA) APK on Android phone or tablet?

Download Notes (PFA) APK file from ApkClean, then follow these steps:

Update Phone Settings

  • Go to your phone Settings page
  • Tap Security or Applications (varies with device)
  • Check the Unknown Sources box
  • Confirm with OK

Go to Downloads

  • Open Downloads on your device by going to My Files or Files
  • Tap the APK file you downloaded (org.secuso.privacyfriendlynotes-v2.0.3-ApkClean.apk)
  • Tap Install when prompted, the APK file you downloaded will be installed on your device.

Older Versions

2.0.3 (22)6.2 MB

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User's Reivew

5 ★This app is great. I can have confidence that it isn't spying on me and I can easily take notes. I would like to have the option to export my notes database and import my notes database. This would allow me to manually backup my notes for later. Update: they keep making improvements! Great app.
5 ★This is the best app for notes. Only if you can make widgets where you can see and edit daily notes and to do list. Thanks for good work.
5 ★A simple, superb user-friendly app with the required features. Request: Adding SHARING to THIS from other apps will be highly useful.
5 ★Good keep up 🆙 👍 😅
5 ★Easy to use, does what says on the box, small footprint (small matter on today's phones but shows good coding skills) and most importantly not intrusive like many other similar apps in Store: doesn't require permissions beyond what needed to do its job.
1 ★With the latest updates you have destroyed the usability of this simple app. Until now the notes have been displayed in the order they were created. Now they are displayed without any logic, in a quite random order, wich is not even alphabetic... Such a same!
5 ★Fast fix, thank you! And thank you for your work and time to make an open source app! <3
1 ★Updated today and now will not open!
3 ★Used to be a neat, user-friendly app. The latest update was not good, however. It introduced a menu for text formatting (bold, italics) and a kind of memo which informs the user to which category the note belongs. As a result, when you start to write and the keyboard is on, you can see just one-two lines of your note (the remaining area of the screen is occupied by the menus and keyboard). Not very useful when you want to edit your note, not just read it.
5 ★Clean, easy to use, no required permissions, can allow storage permission if you want to save locally but not required.