Android NotesHub Super fast, local first, supports Markdown, audio recordings, inline images, linking of notes, Kanban, Excalidraw, and GitHub sync.
Android Superlist A good looking to-do app with support for notes, inline images, and collaboration features with a generous free plan or $10/mo for Pro plan.
Android MemoriNotes A very basic offline note taking app which is fast, supports reminders, search, and labels but not much else.
Diary Journalistic A fast micro journal app that is easy to use, intuitive, and very well thought out but no markdown support or image attachments.
Markdown One Jotter Fast, good looking and a lot of functionality including linking of notes, Markdown support, calendar view, inline audio recording, images, sketching, and themes
Android Loopscribe Fairly basic note-taking app and service that supports text formatting, 3 heading levels, and different text colors, fonts, and sizes but it does not support Markdown input on Android nor is it local-first or fast.
Android RetroNote Free, and fast, supports Markdown, multi-level tags, Google fonts, linking of notes, and a graph view, and it's completely Web-based so there's no app to install
Android Milanote A companion app to their Web service and at that it's good, has a clean user interface and it's fast. The free plan is too limited, the app doesn't stand on its own and it's too expensive.
Android PureWriter Very fast, supports Markdown for input and output, also exports to text, PDF or image, and supports backups to WebDAV, OneDrive, Google Cloud, or Alibaba Cloud Disk.
Android Evernote Nice design, Markdown for input, inline tasks, templates, attachments, PDF viewer, audio recording, sketches, offline access to notes, and an endless amount of features. Not cheap and has a lot of baggage.
Android myReach Definitely worth checking out, a ton of functionality, great support, apps for different platforms, and a useful AI tool to summarize your notes or help you write, but no Markdown input.
Android Nuclino Nuclino is really fast, beautifully designed, supports Markdown for input and output, has amazing version history, tables, an API, and has oodles of integrations. Great for teams.
Android Notion Fast and supports AI to help with your writing. Use Markdown for input, link notes together, create sub-pages, amazing tables, add checklists, drag and drop sections, and attach photos and files.
Markdown Coda Well designed from a UI perspective and has WYSIWYG editing using Markdown syntax but a significantly limited companion to their Web app.
Android ImapNotes3 ImapNotes3 is open-source, free, fast, with no ads, and supports WYSIWYG editing including tables and checklists, exporting to HTML, collapsable sections, tags, and 19 font colours.
Android Microsoft Loop Easy to use, componentized content, calendar widget, comments and reactions on bullets, user mentions, a command menu, hyperlink previews, change tracking, and super-simple inline tables.
Android TagSpaces Add descriptions and colours to files and folders, geo-tag and bookmark files, save searches, Kanban, photo gallery, and Map view of files.
Android Notewise Fast, local storage, cheap drawing, hand-writing note app with amazing PDF annotation and high-quality PDF exports.
Android FairNote Supports Markdown, encryption, 13 languages, note colours, tags, and backup and restore to Google Drive, Yandex, Dropbox, WebDAV, or local. Free version is great and pro is only CAD 3.38.
Android Walling Aesthetically pleasing, fast, cross-platform, reasonably priced with inline images, highlighting, checklists, hyperlink previews, and a calendar view.
Android Notedex Notedex uses a cue card metaphor for the interface. You can put text, images, and draw on cards, flip them around and put content on the back. It's fun to play with but needs a facelift.
Android Diaro Fast, and supports drawings, geo-location on notes, tags, text-to-speech (read aloud), calendar view, map view, templates, 17 fonts, "on this day" flashback, and 35+ languages.
Android TickTick Fast and supports Markdown, templates, tags on notes, themes, saving as an image, lots of integrations, and tasks - no kidding!
Android Nimbus Supports Markdown, linking of notes, versioning of notes, great table of contents, lots of online help, inline drawings and images, sharing a public link to a note, notifications, and filtering.
Android Inkdrop Github-flavoured Markdown, status per note, end-to-end encryption, revision history, and over 100 plugins! This is amazing for an app costing only USD 4.99 a month
