# Notes - Notepad Free Note App — Simple Memo Pad & Taking Notes

> Simple Memo Pad & Taking Notes (iPhone/iPad app by ZHONGCHENG YANG.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/notes-notepad-free-note-app/id6794194978 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [ZHONGCHENG YANG](https://appshunter.io/developer/6794194980)
- Category: Productivity, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.0 · 19 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, Bangla, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Canadian French and 34 more
- Released: 2026-08-08
- Data updated: 2026-10-22

## What is Notes?

If you want a notes app that's “open and write, tidy as you go, never lose a word,” Mini Notes is built for you.

**Auto-save, so every quick note is safe**
Even if a call comes in, the app is interrupted, or your phone runs flat, anything you hadn't saved is brought back automatically. No hunting for a save button—just write.

**Flexible organization, your own knowledge base**
Manage things as “Notebook → Group → Note” with multi-level nesting for complex setups—or skip filing entirely and just jot things down.

**One-tap sharing, capture ideas on the spot**
When you spot a passage or link in Safari or another app, just tap Share and choose Mini Notes. It drops straight into your inbox—no copying back and forth.

**Effortless formatting, clear at a glance**
The rich-text editor gives you bold, strikethrough and a 12-color preset palette, and remembers the last color you used so you don't set it again. Titles inherit the body's formatting, keeping list previews clean and readable.

**Home Screen widget, no need to open the app**
Put your most recently edited notes on your Home Screen and see what you wrote today at a glance. Tap one to jump straight back into it.

**Recently Deleted, for when you delete by mistake**
Deleted notes stay in Recently Deleted for 30 days, so you can restore them anytime. Sure you don't need them? Clear them out in one tap.

**Text Size, so everything is easy to read**
Drag a slider in Settings to resize the text and icons throughout the app, without changing the setting for any other app.

**Markdown checklists for quick to-dos**
Type "# checklist" to turn the current line into a tappable checkbox. Press Return and the next line starts with a checkbox too. Tap to tick it off—tapped the wrong one? Just undo it.

We'll keep updating Mini Notes. If there's something you'd like improved, or a feature you'd love to see, please leave a review on the App Store or get in touch via Send Feedback in the app. Your support and encouragement keep us building a better product. Thank you!

## Is Notes safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Notes.

## Is Notes legit?

Notes - Notepad Free Note App has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Notes is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 2.4.2 — 2026-10-06

■ Side Menu
A new Menu button at the top left of the notes list opens a side drawer, taking you straight to Groups and Settings. Swipe to close it.

■ Smoother Interactions
Swipe a note or group and tap Group to move it to another group in a snap. Touch and hold to drag items into a new order — spots where they can't go are dimmed. Screen transitions feel smoother, too.

■ Recently Deleted
Deleted notes now stay in Recently Deleted for 30 days instead of 3, giving you much more time to restore them.

■ Word Count in the Title Bar
The word count in the title bar is clearer now: it shows the count for your selected text, or for the whole note when nothing is selected.

### 2.4.1 — 2026-09-28

This update adds four features:

■ Home Screen Widget
See your most recently edited notes right on your Home Screen. No need to open the app — and a tap takes you straight to that note.

■ Recently Deleted
Deleted something by mistake? Notes now go to Recently Deleted and stay there for 3 days, so you can restore them anytime, or clear them out yourself.

■ Text Size
One slider in Settings resizes the text and icons throughout the app, independently of your system setting.

■ Markdown Checklists
Type "# checklist" to turn the current line into a checkbox you can tap to tick off. Handy for shopping lists and to-dos.

We've also fixed a number of issues and improved stability.

### 2.3 — 2026-09-10

Fixed several issues and improved stability.

### 2.2 — 2026-09-07

Fixed several issues found in version 2.1 and improved stability.

### 2.1 — 2026-09-07

This update is about one thing: making what you write safer and easier to organize. It also brings a brand-new notebook/group system, richer formatting tools, a share extension, rating and feedback entry points, and expands language support to 50.

**Safer content — stop losing words**
- New draft auto-save: while you edit, the app keeps saving a local draft. Even if a call interrupts you, the system clears the app, it crashes, or your phone dies, everything unsaved comes back on reopen — down to the line your cursor was on.
- New notes are written locally the moment you create them, so you no longer depend on “remembering to save.”
- Fixed a bug where bold formatting occasionally “decayed” and vanished after repeated saving and reopening.
- Fixed occasional dropped characters during fast typing.
- Fixed undo history occasionally leaking into another note.
- Just opening a note to look at it no longer counts as “edited” and triggers an unnecessary sync.

**A brand-new notebook and group system**
- New “Notebooks”: create, rename and delete them; different notebooks stay fully separate.
- Groups now support multi-level nesting (up to 6 levels) — organize however you like.
- Notes and groups can both be reordered by dragging; you can move a whole group (with its subgroups) elsewhere in one go.
- New multi-select: pick several notes or groups at once to move or delete together, with a clearer confirmation before deleting.
- The group path now shows the hierarchy with “→”, and scrolls automatically when it gets long.

**Handier formatting tools**
- Rich text adds strikethrough.
- The font-color palette grows to 12 colors and remembers your last choice for one-tap reuse.
- Titles now show the body's bold and color, so formatting is obvious at a glance.

**New sharing and feedback channels**
- New share extension: tap Share in Safari and other apps, choose Mini Notes, and the link or text goes straight to your inbox and becomes a new note when you return.
- Settings adds “Rate us” and “Send feedback” entry points.
- New “Share with a friend” entry point.

**Language support grows from 30 to 50**
More complete translations, more accurate automatic language matching, and a manual language override in Settings.

**iPad experience improvements**
- New two-column layout: the note list on the left, the editor and history tabs on the right, so browsing and editing don't get in each other's way.
- External keyboard shortcuts for faster work.

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