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Android notes app with markdown support (jlai.lu)
submitted 1 month ago by Ostrogoth@jlai.lu to c/foss@beehaw.org
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Hello all,

I'm looking for an alternative to my current notes app notally. It's a great app but I am only able to make to-do lists or plain text notes, and I can't combine both (like plain text with check boxes sometimes). I would like to automate some notes too so I think app with markdown support will allow me to do both.

What I'm looking for :

  • FOSS
  • Markdown support
  • Good looking with tiling view
  • SIMPLE, I already have Joplin for work purpose but it's too heavy, I want an app that opens instantly like google notes or apple notes (or notally lol).

Do you have some recommendations ?

Thanks a lot

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[–] solrize@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I like Markor. https://f-droid.org/packages/net.gsantner.markor/

[–] Ostrogoth@jlai.lu 2 points 1 month ago

Thanks for your suggestion, it looks great but no tiling view and I don't find it good looking...

[–] bobslaede@feddit.dk 4 points 1 month ago

Simple Notes Sync is pretty good

[–] heliotrope@retrofed.com 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Markor is, by far, the best.

They did start accepting AI-generated contributions a while ago, but the latest release (2.16.1) is still clean.

In addition to Markdown docs and to-dos, it also supports Org-Mode, AsciiDoc, ZimWiki, todo.txt, and (of course) plaintext.

However, it does not have a tiled view.

[–] haverholm@kbin.earth 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Isn't tiling just the OS split screen? You'll excuse the dumb question, I barely use multitasking features as it is.

[–] heliotrope@retrofed.com 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I thought OP meant being able to see notes arranged in a grid with text previews (á la Google Keep), rather than the usual filename list.

If it's multitasking tiling, then Markor does do that, as it supports multiple windows.

[–] Ostrogoth@jlai.lu 2 points 1 month ago

This is what I mean, I find this view more modern ! Thanks for your suggestion.

[–] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Quillpad meets all your requirements. It's a great notes app

[–] Ostrogoth@jlai.lu 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Seems perfect, I'll have a look thanks !

EDIT : not so perfect, I can't check boxes in md files combining plain text and tasks lists ! wtf

[–] RmDebArc_5@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I personally use Easy Notes

[–] Ostrogoth@jlai.lu 1 points 1 month ago

This is the only one that allow me to check boxes in lists after creating combined notes ! Thanks !

[–] guillem@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

For me the golden standard for "simple" are Fossify and SecUSo. You can find all their apps on F-Droid.

I haven't tried their specific apps for notes, so I'm not sure about the bullet points 2 and 3 but maybe they are worth a try.

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Markor makes you pick a title before you can type and the quick notes feature doesn't quite ameliorate the issue for me so I specifically went looking for the same and found one called Markleaf on F Droid that does what I want. It has a nice tagging feature.

[–] Ostrogoth@jlai.lu 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It looks perfect but I don't find how to make tiling/grid view ? I enable it in settings but nothing happened.

[–] araneae@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm a dunce who doesn't read OP and just wants to be part of the conversation, here is my dunce hat

That's not a feature I've personally used, sorry!

[–] somegeek@programming.dev 1 points 1 month ago

Markor is pretty neat.

[–] kittenroar@beehaw.org 1 points 1 month ago

Obsidian supports markdown, but it isn't foss -- but it doesn't lock you in either

[–] TheKaul@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does Joplin really take a long time to start up compared to the rest? I just got it downloaded and synced with my server yesterday and so far it opens up almost instantly every time.

[–] Ostrogoth@jlai.lu 3 points 1 month ago

I mean, it takes only 3 seconds to open lol but it feels like it's not designed to take notes on-the-go like groceries lists.

[–] benjirenji@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

I use Logseq for this, but it's probably a bit heavy for you. I sync it via git with other devices.