Write Now - Notepad
Write Now is the easiest and fastest way to take notes without leaving your current app. To jot a note simply drag your finger from the hotspot to the center of the screen and let go!
The NowPad lets you take notes on top of any opened app and runs quietly in the background when not in use.
Write Now features three different types of notes: text, checklist, and voice; and with more to come, Write Now will be your one-stop note app!
Make accessing your notes even easier by pinning them to your notification bar or adding a home-screen widget.
Secure your notes by setting a password and Write Now will automatically encrypt your note based on your unique password.
★ FEATURES ★
- Take notes without leaving your current app
- Three types of notes: text, checklist, and voice
- Organize your notes in easy-to-use folders
- Pin notes to your notification bar
- Create home-screen widgets
- Lock and encrypt notes with a password
- Easy sharing and exporting features
- Runs in the background quietly without draining battery or processing power
★ USES ★You can takes while you're...
- taking a call.
- reading an article.
- checking your email.
- browsing the Internet.
- playing a game.
- looking up directions.
- watching a video.
- taking a picture.
- listening to music.
- doing anything!
More information at http://www.aerodroid.com/apps/write_now.php
NOTICE: We have recently discovered an issue with Write Now that affects some Android 6.0+ that may cause Write Now to crash upon opening. If you are running an Android 6.0+ device, please ensure that you grant ALL permissions to Write Now in your Settings. To do this, open your phone's Settings app, go to "App Manager" (or "Applications"), tap on the menu button (may look like three dots in toolbar), choose "Configure apps", choose "Draw over other apps", then ensure that "Write Now" is listed and has the "Yes" permission enabled. These instructions may differ from device to device. If you need further assistance or experiencing other difficulties, please contact us.
Category : Productivity
Reviews (29)
Easy to use and if I need to make a note I can make it the only thing is if you have to re-download the app you lose all your notes they should link it with your goggle or could so you can keep notes you want to save
Nice, does exactly what it says. Just wondering if there is some way to add a picture or some type of display? The picture or display would be a very valuable thing to have although I know you're trying to keep this basic, but the term "basic" changes as needs change. Also it would really be nice if when we pushed the edit key, for the entire memo or checklist to not shift all the way to the bottom. I seldom need to add, I almost always need to change something Midstream which is now lost and has to be searched for over again... Oh, a search mechanism would be perfect. Something where you type in a word and it finds it in the listing. However, despite these, it's a great app, a bit quirky if you are adding things via voice to text, as it will sometimes close inadvertently on my LG v20, but a good app that I am going to keep
Since the upgrade this app has become disappointing, I have been using this app for a number of years because to me it was easy to understand had a good menu which was easy to access and use. it was a good note taking app and was also easy to transfer your notes to your sd card. Now the files are complicated to transfer and the subfolders are pasted together to open on my sd card, it is confusing and annoying. It was fine before the upgrade so I will be looking for something else.
A simple, easy to use notepad. But please could you fix the sorting function. I would like to be able to sort by last modified so that notes that i have added to return to the top, however the option for this will only sort the notes in reverse order so that my most recent notes appear at the bottom of the list, which isn't very useful.
Overall a useful tool, very flexible for text notes and checklists. There are two drawbacks to the program, first is that it's not shareable with another user such as shopping checklists and it was time consuming to rebuild all my checklists when upgrading my phone. I backed up all the data but it converted my checklists to text and I had to recreate them from the text notes. If there's a easier method I didn't find it in the documentation.
I can appreciate the need for a complete overhaul of this app, but I happen to be among the few who really cherished the homeliness of the older interface. I wish the devs can include an option to switch to the 'handwriting' font that once made the app so unique. Otherwise, excellent job.
The best app. I have used it for years for bible study and it's awesome from one handset to another without losing my lessons.
The app is good. It helps me to remember things. I chart things on it also, to ne saved. Weather I write on in all the time does not mean I dont use it.
Aside from crashing after writing longform notes, there is a bug that causes you to have to go through the initial tutorial again and, while it hasn't happened to me yet, there are reports from other people I have recommended the app to who have had their notes erased after they accidentally changed their entered name. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY THIS IS HAPPENING...
Fine, but a warning for anyone. This app doesn't allow you to export the way it used to. On an old phone it updated and i had to one by one send each file by email to myself. It was extremely time comsuming and sadly my old phone broke before i could get it all out. Its my fault for not doing it faster, but i want to warn anyone getting the app.
Update : Sort by last modified, why is the last modified at the bottom ? A few suggestions for improvement: 1. Date and time stamp should be smaller font size and vice versa for the first line title. 2. Make the first line as name of exported file. 3. Able to select / select all to export to SDcard. 4. Option to have the exported text file locked if the note(s) is locked or have the exported folder locked by option. 5. Option for GCloud / dropbox, etc sync back up ? Thanks .. appreciate it !
I don't normally write reviews, but this 04/2021 update is fantastic! After reading reviews about titles being dates/times all one has to do is touch the date/time title & type your own title there. Or if starting a new note choose "blank" and write your own title. Now, the only thing left to improve it would be the ability to apply attributes to the text, ie bold, underline, color, etc. I've used this on 3 or 4 phones since purchasing years ago & no glitches ever. Thanks Write Now team!
In 2022, the earlier excellent samsung memo app no longer exists. This is the best replacement I have found.
(Edited)It's a potentially great app, but I'm looking for some features. Adding automatic title from first word or sentence or first line is much better than date, exporting each note individually as a text file on device, rich read-only mode which we can tap on links, emails phone numbers... Merging some selected notes. Thanks
Great note taking app, use it all the time. Love the flexibility. Only one problem, tho, since upgrading my phone to Galaxy S20: when seeking to select text to highlite, copy, cut, move: whatever portion of text highlighted first CANNOT be adjusted to include / exclude aditional text. Please help. (I have the latest version.)
It's a very helpful app for me. Being a writer, I sometimes have ideas that I need to get down quickly and I can't always find my journal. I can speak and it records or I can type it. The different formats are also very convenient. Hope that helps you guys decide if you want it or not!
I'm really kind of blown away at how handy this app is... It's just about perfect, I use it everyday on multiple phones and tablets... I also just used and love the recordable audio-note ability...! Hopefully in the future it will be able to do speech-to-text...! Thanks so much for your app, Peeps...
I use this mostly for short notes or lists. I love the fact that I can use the microphone feature and just dictate it!! just 2 taps and I am ready to record or select. There is more to it than I use so you may like it even more than I do!!
Rated in the middle because I love the app but since the mew update theres only one widget size and when i tap on it i can no longer edit anything. Nothing happens. I tried tapping and holding as well but as you know that just gives the app info and "remove" options. 😐🤷♂️
Had a few problems with it texting notes, it didn't move the cursor so I used Google keyboard and it solved everything, all you have to do is click the ellipse on the gboard (that is the 3 dots in the menu setting) press the Google icon first. You then can move your keyboard around using the floating option. Problem solved.
Please put back the time and date title of the note. It is more useful than putting "untitled" as their title. Ive been using write now for 5 yrs now. So please put the old title scheme back. Thank you. BTW, the UI looks pretty good. Update: You guys are amazing, you take my review into consideration, this is the only app that is preventing me from switching to ios. Thank you guys.
UPDATES!! I LOVE THEM!! Love the app, suggestions, I would love to be able to connect others to my to do list. and Share more easily ( GREAT FIX!! 👉 I do hate that if I change phones I lose all my info). Love the convenience of opening up from anywhere in my phone.
Its a decent little app. It gets the job done of being able to make list, take notes etc. Id perfer a different look like white paper instead of yellow, or the ability to connect my notes to maybe reminders but i guess thats what google calendar is for.
Just started using this app and I really like it but I wish that I could sort my checklist entries in order of prority or similarity. For example, I created a "to do" checklist of my agenda for today but tasks come to mind randomly so I would like to sort similar tasks together but I can't seem to do that. There should be a way to sort checklist list items. Wasn't there a way to drag and sort entries in this app previously? Perhaps I'm thinking of a different app.
Ngl I much preferred the format prior to the update. It does run more smoothly now and has some added features that I appreciate but if it comes at the cost of changing the format, I'm very indifferent towards it.
Very helpful. I can note musicians, and authors. What I has been disappointing is whether. I get a new phone all my notes don't come with me. I loose the names and notes i made. I do like the check lists.
Over all this app works great for remienders or whatever. But the annoying part was that all the time it would say write now has stopped. When I was either in or out of the app. It gets very annoying.
I think it's a good app to have. It's convenient, reliable, easily accessible.. Paid version recommended. Check it out look it over kick the tires, it's a good deal.
This app is a gem! It is so simple and easy to use! I really like the hotspot feature, the folders and how you could immediately export files into a text file! Just a few suggestions: adding various themes (such as dark mode), adding more fonts, adjusting font size, adding a sketch/draw feature and an online sync feature would be incredible! I hope you'll take my suggestions in consideration!