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Inbox app

This is a simple Android app for taking inbox notes. Main goals are speed and simplicity. All taken notes are saved as local files, which then can be synced/sent however you want.

Idea of this app is that inbox should be taken quickly, while later, for example on computer, with comfortable setup (and real full-fledged text editor), we can process them all, sort, categorize and so on.

Installation

You can download latest .apk build from releases page (choose by your processor architecture, or try each one if don't know yours).

Minimal supported Android version: 5.0

Features

  • take text notes
  • record voice notes
  • shortcut button in quick settings, allowing you to quickly take notes when you reading books or surfing web, without distracting main activity
  • taken notes saved in plain text files (or per file, for voice records) allowing you to use sync tool of your choice
    • P.S. path to saved notes: ~/txts/phone_inbox/
    • P.P.S. as voice records are just audio files, you might need some solution for speech recognition, for quicker analysing incoming inbox
  • keyboard automatically pops up on app open

FAQ

Q: I want to edit previous saved note!

Don't! Just add another one, describing what you wanted to edit in previous one.

Why so? Because it's much more hussle to edit something on phone.

Q: I want multiline note!

Don't! Taking inbox notes should be as much faster and easier as possible, but when you wanting to write multiline note, you're already trying to structure note. Just leave it for future when you'll be on computer or in any better text editor.

Background

Previously I was using ticktick for inbox notes, but from time to time it was taking few seconds just for start (when app was unloaded from cache by system) and it was killing me. Also I wanted feature for voice recording, but ticktick's voice record uses google speech recognition service, which works only with internet connection.