FairNote - Encrypted Notes

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About this app

Take fast, private notes that stay on your device. FairNote is a notepad, checklist and to-do list app with optional AES-256 encryption for your most sensitive notes. No ads, no sign-up, no cloud required.

FairNote is built for quick ideas, to-do lists and personal journals, combining speed, simplicity and privacy in one app.

Private by design:
• Encrypted notes: Lock individual notes with your own password and leave the rest quick and readable. Content is encrypted; titles stay readable so you can still scan your list.
• Encrypted images: Images in a locked note stay encrypted with the note. Free for one image note; unlimited with Pro.
• Offline first: Read and write notes without an internet connection.
• No ads: No sign-up needed, and no FairNote account.

Fast note-taking:
• Text notes and checklist notes
• Undo/redo, search and replace, Markdown preview
• Add notes from notifications, widgets, or by sharing from other apps
• Automatic or manual save

Stay organized:
• Pin notes to the top of the list so frequently used notes are always in reach
• Labels, colors, filters and home screen shortcuts
• List or grid view; sort by date, color or title
• Archive notes and keep the list clean
• Batch encrypt, decrypt, delete or export multiple notes
• Import and export notes individually or in batches

Reminders:
• One-time reminders, even for pinned notes
• Recurring daily or weekly reminders (Pro)

Backup & restore:
• Back up and restore with Google Drive, Dropbox, WebDAV, Yandex Disk, or local storage

Pro features:
• Biometric encryption: encrypt and decrypt notes with your fingerprint instead of typing your password (Android 6.0+)
• App lock: protect FairNote with your device PIN, pattern or biometrics
• One-tap encryption: encrypt or decrypt your entire note collection at once
• Unlimited image attachments: add images to as many notes as you like, encrypted inside locked notes
• Recurring reminders: automatic daily or weekly alerts

Languages: Available in 20+ languages

⚠️ Important: Always remember your encryption password. Even with biometrics, forgetting it may mean losing access to your encrypted notes.

Start taking fast, private notes today.
Private notes, to-do lists, journal & reminders. Offline, AES-256. No account.
Updated on
1 Nov 2026

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
  • No data shared with third parties
    Learn more about how developers declare sharing
  • This app may collect these data types
    Photos and videos, App activity and App info and performance
  • Data is encrypted in transit
  • You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

1.6K reviews
Mazhar Shaikh
29 August 2026
hey can you add fingerprint feature in your next update to lock unlock encrypted notes?? that would be great ,manually typing password tends to risk in wrong password and there is no way to unlock notes either, thankyou
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FairNote
12 February 2017
Encrypted notes wont be recoverable if you forget the password. Thanks for review
Craig Harwood
15 October 2026
Have been using for years. Was updating my gardening note and somehow without my noticing deleted everything but one period(.). Now I cannot get it back so all that information is lost. great.
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FairNote
15 October 2026
Sorry that happened. FairNote doesn't delete anything on its own. If this was caused by an unintentional edit, you can use the undo/redo options at the top of the editor to revert individual edits. There's also a discard-edit option under the three-dot menu, which will restore the note to its initial state. Thanks for your review.
Tee
26 August 2026
Love the simplicity and type of encryption used with this app. I actually have a question. To upgrade to Pro, is it a one time flat fee of $4.99 or $4.99 every month?
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FairNote
27 August 2026
It’s a one‑time fee at the moment. Thanks for your review.

What's new

- Added an option to pin specific notes to the top of the note list
- Fixed the note list widget not loading when handling a large number of notes
- Updated for Android 17 compatibility
- Updated translations