Joplin is a secure, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. The notes are searchable, can be copied, tagged and modified. The Android application supports markdown rendering.
The note can be securely synchronised using Joplin Cloud so that your notes are available on all your devices. It also lets you publish notes, and collaborate on notebooks with your friends, family or colleagues. Synchronisation is secured using end-to-end encryption (E2EE).
Besides Joplin Cloud, the notes can be synchronised with your other services, such as Dropbox, OneDrive, Nextcloud, S3 or WebDAV. Joplin is also available for Windows, macOS and Linux and all can synchronise with each others so your notes can be available on your mobile phone, computer, tablet, etc. Please see the official website for the list of available applications: https://joplinapp.org/
The desktop applications can be used to import notes from Evenote via .enex files, including the formatted content (which is converted to markdown), resources (images, attachments, etc.) and complete metadata (geolocation, updated time, created time, etc.). These imported notes can then be synchronised with the Android app.
Getting support: To get support please use the forum at https://discourse.joplinapp.org/
Latest updates
What's new in version 3.2.7
Changelog available at https://joplinapp.org/help/about/changelog/android/
How to install Joplin APK on Android phone or tablet?
Download Joplin 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 (net.cozic.joplin-v3.2.7-ApkClean.apk)
Tap Install when prompted, the APK file you downloaded will be installed on your device.
A: Just like Windows (PC) systems use an .exe file for installing software, Android does the same. An APK file is the file format used for installing software on the Android operating system.
Q: If I install an APK from this website, will I be able to update the app from the Play Store?
A: Yes, absolutely. The Play Store installs APKs it downloads from Google's servers, and sideloading from a site like ApkClean.net goes through a very similar process, except you're the one performing the downloading and initiating the installation (sideloading). As soon as the Play Store finds a version of the app newer than the one you've sideloaded, it will commence an update.
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5 ★It has its quirks but has a very active community of coders contributing to the project. Don't make a mistake and utilize OneNote or EverNote and then be rammed to the side when they change the platform and you nice neat organized notes are broken. Google Keep is good option for everyday I don't care if Google knows about my info for sports but for anything like company data or anything in general you plan to grow out into an actual note taking app, this is the one.
1 ★When the app shows only one character per second while typing, and then somehow loses characters in the buffer, outputting only gibberish after 10 seconds of waiting... it's time to uninstall. I really want to like and use this app, but when the basic functionality isn't there...I guess I'm still looking for a good cross-platform, open source, Evernote replacement.
5 ★After upgrading from Android 8.1.0 to an Android 10 system I experienced an unacceptable degradation in usability of the Evernote app so I went looking for alternatives. Of the many alternatives I've examined, Joplin is the most promising. I'm using a free 8GB Nextcloud account I got from nd.nl.tab.digital as a webdav server, and this enables me to use Joplin on multiple systems. Importing from Evernote was relatively painless. And best of all, its open source.
3 ★Great for privacy; it's FOSS, you self-host notes and you control the data. But the mobile app is far too feature poor and lag-prone. WYSIWYG not implemented. Automatic bullets in lists not supported. No live previews of markdowns. Mobile is an afterthought. Great for minimalistic, no frills, notes, but that's it. Use desktop app for a better experience.
5 ★This app is promising in open source space....overall it's working fine.
4 ★Great app for keeping markdown notes! Syncs and works across all my devices. Only pain point I've experienced is on Android, after writing longer notes, the editor/cursor starts lagging immensely. Exiting and entering the editor again seems to resolve for a little while..
4 ★Amazing service for free, but this app needs some work. It is often laggy, could use a swipe on the left side to get to the sidebar instead of reaching for the hamburger menu. When you first tap to place the cursor in edit mode, the cursor gets placed at the bottom. I wish it went where I tapped because I don't always want to start typing at the bottom.
4 ★I give the Windows desktop version a 5, but for Android, I have to take off a star because it doesn't support straight-up wysiwyg editing. I'm a techie but I don't like to think in markup mode when I'm adding/editing household to-do's, for example. On the big plus side, being able to sync to-do's between my desktop and my Android device, with end-to-end encryption, is just an amazing thing, especially that it's open-source and free.
4 ★Love this app! Only one thing that bugs me: Why is that on the phone app, attached video files are showing blank previews/thumbnails? It works flawlessly in the desktop app and I'd love to see the same for the mobile app as well. Is there anything one can do to fix this? Or are there plans to make this happen natively in future versions?
4 ★I really don't understand the logic behind the Android client still not supporting create/move subnotebook a couple of years after it was added to the desktop client, after the GitHub issue was closed and locked, so it's impossible to comment there. This keeps the Android client crippled and is a show stopper for me: I can't use it at all without this feature. It's a pity because overall this is a great program.
2 ★This is a useful and interesting app on the desktop but the syncing to Android is a nightmare. If you are coming from Evernote, and have a substantial collection of notes, be prepared to lose hours on the first sync. Joplin on android only syncs in the foreground and only while the phone is awake. So the first thing to do is to get hold of an app like screenon which will keep the phone awake while the first long sync gets under way. Then resign yourself to not being able to use the phone for anything else for the next few hours. I'm writing this four hours after starting a sync of 10,000 notes through dropbox, and with at least an hour to go. Webdav and onedrive are reportedly even slower. There is a dedicated Joplin sync server under development but for the moment you need to be comfortable with docker and github to get it working. Once the first sync is done, subsequent ones seem to happen at reasonable speeds, because only changed files are moved. But the only practical way I can see to transfer a substantial collection of notes to the phone is to let the sync process run overnight. Apart from that, this is an impressive app on the desktop, where it imported 10,000 notes from Evernote in less than half an hour. The use of Markdown makes for much smaller, lighter files, and , if you're used to it, pretty much faff-free editing. There is an impressive ecosystem of plugins to extend its functionality and helpful online community. It has an excellent webclipper for desktop use. If you don't already have a large investment in other note taking systems it's well worth looking at Joplin. But this is a review of the Android app, and the syncing failures really drag it down.
3 ★I really want to like it, but the Android app feels like an afterthought, and it's not very polished. I'm coming over from Standard Notes because Joplin offers a lot more functionality like bullet points, checklists, media, etc. but the Android app doesn't offer a ribbon bar with the option to use these features. Instead, you must memorize the text formatting such as **this** for bold text or *this* for italicized text, which seems very old-fashioned. Sliding in from the left doesn't pull out the sidebar like you would expect which is something you must do regularly, as the sync button is in this sidebar. Instead, you must press the button at the top left which gets annoying if you have a large phone because it's a two-handed process. The status bar is a dark gray color with black text (a bit hard to read, especially outdoors) instead of just conforming to the selected theme, and the sync button wouldn't give me the prompt to connect to the Dropbox until I uninstalled and reinstalled to set the app back up (there is no option to open the prompt yourself as far as I'm aware). The overall app design doesn't really follow the material design language either, but it does get the job done. In comparison to Standard Notes, Joplin's multi-device syncing is very slow. It will automatically sync no sooner than every 5 minutes unless you manually hit the sync button, which is fine if you like to use one device at a time, but I'm so used to the instantaneous syncing in Standard Notes where I can paste a link using my phone and see it on my computer within a couple of seconds that I just don't think Joplin is a worthy replacement. It would not hurt to try Joplin, especially because it's completely free and open-source, but it's hard to recommend because there are so many better options like OneNote or Evernote that most people would enjoy more.