noty

Noty — Notes in Your Notification Shade

A simple, privacy-focused notes app for Android that keeps your notes exactly where you look dozens of times a day — your notification shade.

Features

• 📌 Persistent Notifications — Every note appears as a notification that stays in your status bar until you’re done with it
• 🔄 Survives Restarts — Notes are restored automatically after a phone restart
• ✏️ Add, Edit, Delete — Create notes with a title and optional description; edit or delete any note with a tap
• 📌 Pin or Unpin Anytime — Choose which notes appear as notifications; unpin a note and it moves back to the app without a notification
• ⚡ Quick Settings Tile — Add a “Quick Note” tile to your Quick Settings panel to open the add-note screen
• 🔍 Search — Filter notes by title or description
• 🎨 Material You — Material 3 with dynamic color on Android 12+; Light, Dark, and System themes
• 🔒 100% Private — No accounts, no cloud, no network access; your notes never leave your device

Screenshots

Download

F-Droid

GitHub Releases

Download the latest APK from the Releases page.

Requirements

• Android 8.0 (Oreo) or higher

Permissions

Noty requests only the permissions it needs:

• POST_NOTIFICATIONS — To show your notes as persistent notifications
• RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED — To restore notes after a phone restart
• FOREGROUND_SERVICE — To keep notifications active in the background

No internet permission. No location. No data collection.

Building from Source

Prerequisites

• Android Studio Meerkat (2024.3.1) or later
• JDK 17
• Android SDK API level 35

Build Steps

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/usamaiqb/noty.git
   cd noty
   

2. Open in Android Studio or build from the command line:

   ./gradlew assembleRelease
   

3. The APK will be in app/build/outputs/apk/release/

Privacy

Noty:

• ✅ Does NOT collect any personal data
• ✅ Does NOT require internet access
• ✅ Does NOT contain ads or tracking
• ✅ Does NOT share data with third parties
• ✅ All data is stored locally on your device

For full details, see the Privacy Policy.

Support

• Issues: GitHub Issues
• Discussions: GitHub Discussions

License

This project is licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 — see the LICENSE file for details.

Built With

• Kotlin — Modern programming language for Android
• Jetpack Compose — Declarative UI toolkit
• Room — Local database
• Material Design 3 — Modern design system
• Kotlin Coroutines — Asynchronous programming

Changelog

See CHANGELOG.md for version history and changes.

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