We kept track of the rankings of Android Note-Taking Apps over the past two months, and it is interesting to see how little changes. With the exception of the rise of 3banana and the fall of Evernote, very little has changed. Note that the graph shows the ranking within the Productivity category of the Android Market. Ranking does not correspond with actual number of users, because the higher ranked apps tend to have many more users than the lesser ranked apps, and the relationship is not linear. AK Notepad remains the top ranked notes app on Android and one of the highest ranked Android apps overall.
Top 15 Android Note-taking Apps: Rankings for December 2009 – January 2010
New E-readers Offer Note-Taking Tools
Samsung has announced a new line of e-readers with the ability to write directly on the screens. Will a built-in note-taking tool bring e-readers to the the next level or productivity?
Also coming is a new line of e-readers, in both a 6-inch and 10-inch model. The company’s E6 and E101 readers are also designed to be used for note taking as well, with the ability to write directly on the screen.
via Ultra-slim TV, new e-reader (with note-taking tools) from Samsung
iPhone Note-Taking Apps Ranked
Here is the latest ranking of the top iPhone Notes applications together with their standing within the Productivity Category in the iTunes App Store, as of January 19, 2010.
There has been quite a bit of turnover since our last iPhone productivity ranking in early December 2009.
Top Paid iPhone Apps in the Notes & Tasks Category
| Rank | App Name | Developer | Price | Type |
| 1 | 2Do: A Stunning To Do List | Guided Ways Technologies | $4.99 | Tasks |
| 4 | Awesome Note (+Todo) | BRID | $3.99 | Notes |
| 7 | Grocery Gadget | Flixoft Inc | $4.99 | Lists |
| 20 | Things | Cultured Code | $9.99 | Tasks |
| 23 | Todo | Appigo | $9.99 | Tasks |
| 25 | Shopper | MidCentury Software | $0.99 | Lists |
| 26 | Bento | FileMaker Inc | $4.99 | Tasks |
| 27 | Toodledo – To Do List | Toodledo | $1.99 | Tasks |
| 30 | Groceries – Shoppng List | Sophiestication Software | $1.99 | Lists |
| 32 | NotifyMe | PoweryBase | $1.99 | Reminders |
| 33 | Pastebot | Tapbots | $2.99 | Clips |
| 38 | Notebooks | Alfons Schmid | $5.99 | Notes |
| 45 | Secret Diary | Pavel Trafimuk | $0.99 | Notes |
| 46 | Groceries Grocery List | Ontonmi LLC | $0.99 | Lists |
| 48 | ClipPrinter and transfer | EuroSmartz | $4.99 | Clips |
| 52 | Instapaper Pro | Marco Arment | $4.99 | Clips |
| 54 | NoteMaster | Kabuki Vision | $3.99 | Notes |
| 55 | OmniFocus | The Omni Group | $19.99 | Tasks |
| 57 | Organizer | Aesthology | $7.99 | Tasks |
| 59 | My Desk | Metabrain Corp | $2.99 | Lists |
| 65 | iSilo | DC & Co | $9.99 | Clips |
| 66 | List Master | List Logic Software | $4.99 | Lists |
| 72 | HanDBase | DDH Software | $9.99 | Lists |
| 76 | Daily Tracker | CVZ Productions | $3.99 | Notes |
| 84 | GeeTasks | Memengo | $2.99 | Tasks |
| 86 | iMExchange | RERLSoft | $7.99 | Tasks |
| 87 | Touch Goal | Green Onion Software | $3.99 | Goals |
| 91 | The Habit Factor | Equilibrium Enterprises | $3.99 | Goals |
| 97 | iThoughts | CMS | $7.99 | Mindmap |
| 100 | Notebook | Appigo | $4.99 | Notes |
Top Free iPhone Apps in the Notes & Tasks Category
| Rank | App Name | Developer | Price | Type |
| 9 | 2Do Lite | Guided Ways Technologies | Free | Tasks |
| 20 | Awesome Note Lite (+Todo) | BRID | Free | Notes |
| 25 | Evernote | Evernote | Free | Notes |
| 28 | Grocery Gadget Lite | Flixoft | Free | Lists |
| 30 | Simplenote | Codality | Free | Notes |
| 32 | To Do’s | AustinBull Software | Free | Tasks |
| 41 | Errands (ToDo List) | Yocotoville | Free | Tasks |
| 43 | SimpleGoals | Komorian | Free | Goals |
| 50 | Home&Work Lite | Manumatix | Free | Tasks |
| 52 | Daily Tracker Lite | CVZ Productions | Free | Goals |
| 54 | To Do’s List | Daniel Niemeyer | Free | Tasks |
| 55 | Write Now LITE | JetWare | Free | Notes |
| 71 | Intuition: Mom’s Assistant | IconApps Inc | Free | Tasks |
| 74 | IOrganiZ Me | flandoldi | Free | Tasks |
| 75 | Todo Lite | Appigo | Free | Tasks |
| 79 | To Do | Erica Sadun | Free | Tasks |
| 80 | Remember The Milk | Remember The Milk | Free | Tasks |
| 82 | Note Taker Lite | Software Garden | Free | Notes |
| 84 | Lists Free | MobilityWare | Free | Lists |
| 87 | Organizer Lite | Aesthology Inc | Free | Tasks |
| 88 | NoteMaster Lite | Kabuki Vision | Free | Notes |
| 96 | NotifyMe Free | PoweryBase | Free | Tasks |
| 100 | reQall | Qtech Inc | Free | Notes |
Note that we are only looking for apps listed among the top 100 in the the Productivity section. We looked at both the top Free and top Paid apps.
Top Online Notetaking Apps
This is just about the most complete list of note-taking apps, primarily online notepads and list managers, and a few desktop clients. Did we miss something? Know for sure one of these sites is out of business? Please leave a comment.
Compete.com rankings are for the month of December 2009.
Top Android Notepads
Here are the top 30 Android note-taking apps as of January 18, 2010. We included notepads, lists and task managers, as well as voice recorders. The rank is with respect to all apps in the productivity category of the Android App Market.
| Rank | App Name | Developer |
| 2 | AK Notepad | Snaptic |
| 4 | Voice Recorder | Mamoru Tokashiki |
| 5 | ColorNote Notepad Notes | Social & Mobile Inc |
| 7 | Astrid Task/Todo List | we <3 astrid |
| 12 | Note Everything | SoftXPerience |
| 14 | OI Notepad | OpenIntents |
| 15 | To Do List | makeramen |
| 16 | Sticky Memo Widget Lite | BM Software |
| 19 | Evernote | Evernote |
| 20 | 3banana Notes | Snaptic |
| 22 | gTasks – beta | SSI |
| 25 | MobbisleNotes (Free) | MobisleApps |
| 31 | Note Pad – AndroNotes | MEDIAFILL LLC |
| 34 | Tag ToDo List | Teo |
| 36 | Note Me | Paramvir Bali |
| 37 | Notebook (free) | Darkgreener |
| 39 | Thinking Space | Charlie Chilton |
| 40 | Gdocs | WildArt |
| 41 | List Master | Code Fuzion |
| 43 | QuickList | Mike Cleron |
| 46 | Ultra Notes R. | yidongsoft |
| 48 | DroidRecord | Gonzo Consulting |
| 50 | To Do List | Libellen Tech |
| 53 | Mind Map Memo | takahicorp |
| 54 | Melon – Note Pad | Mike DG |
| 56 | VoiceMemo | JavaCodeLand.com |
| 61 | Gdocs Notepad With Sync | mobdev inc |
| 62 | Kote Lite – Notepad | Crayontech |
| 63 | Task List | Lorents Hildrum |
| 74 | AmbleLink Notepad Basic | AmbleLink |
Online Notepads – Compete.com Rankings
Top Note-Taking Apps on Android
Here are the top 20 Android note-taking apps as of January 3, 2010.
| Rank | App Name | Developer | Price | Type |
| 1 | AK Notepad | Snaptic | Free | Notes |
| 4 | Voice Recorder | Mamoru Tokashiki | Free | Voice |
| 5 | ColorNote Notepad Notes | Social & Mobile Inc | Free | Notes |
| 7 | Astrid Task/Todo List | we <3 astrid | Free | Tasks |
| 10 | Evernote | Evernote | Free | Notes |
| 12 | Note Everything | SoftXPerience | Free | Notes |
| 14 | OI Notepad | OpenIntents | Free | Notes |
| 15 | Sticky Memo Widget Lite | BM Software | Free | Stickies |
| 16 | To Do List | makeramen | Free | Tasks |
| 20 | gTasks – beta | SSI | Free | Tasks |
| 21 | 3banana Notes | Snaptic | Free | Notes |
| 25 | Note Pad – AndroNotes | MEDIAFILL LLC | Free | Notes |
| 31 | MobbisleNotes (Free) | MobisleApps | Free | Notes |
| 33 | Tag ToDo List | Teo | Free | Tasks |
| 34 | Note Me | Paramvir Bali | Free | Notes |
| 36 | Notebook (free) | Darkgreener | Free | Notes |
| 37 | Thinking Space | Charlie Chilton | Free | Mindmap |
| 40 | QuickList | Mike Cleron | Free | Tasks |
| 41 | Gdocs | WildArt | Free | Notes |
| 42 | Ultra Notes R. | yidongsoft | Free | Notes |