# Samsung Notes alternatives for Android

As of 19 Oct 2026, 8 Android apps can take over from Samsung Notes. Typed notes and lists can stay. Start with Notesnook.

## What you keep

| Feature | Samsung Notes | Notesnook | NotallyX | Saber | Easy Notes |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Checklists | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | ✓ |
| Handwriting | ✓ | — | — | ✓ | — |
| Sync across devices | Samsung account | Encrypted | — | Optional | — |
| Lock or vault | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Works without an account | Samsung account | Optional | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |

## Apps

- [Notesnook](https://getunstock.com/apps/notesnook) — Encrypted notes that sync across your devices
- [Easy Notes](https://getunstock.com/apps/easy-notes) — A Markdown notes app with a locked vault
- [Fossify Notes](https://getunstock.com/apps/fossify-notes) — Quick notes and checklists with a widget
- [NotallyX](https://getunstock.com/apps/notallyx) — Colour cards, checklists, reminders and widgets, no account
- [Obsidian](https://getunstock.com/apps/obsidian) — Linked Markdown notes in a local vault
- [Quillpad](https://getunstock.com/apps/quillpad) — Markdown notes that sync with Nextcloud Notes
- [Saber](https://getunstock.com/apps/saber) — A handwriting notebook for phone and tablet
- [Simplenote](https://getunstock.com/apps/simplenote) — Plain notes that sync to every device

[Switching, in three steps.](https://getunstock.com/guides/change-your-default-apps)