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“A great addition to your iPhone.”

“You should check this out.”

“No reason not to grab it.”

“Performs beautifully.”

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“If you are a heavy note taker on the iPhone, you should check this out.”
—Wired

“...it might be my favorite App Store app period.”
—John Gruber, Daring Fireball

“Simplenote came away as the best in class.”
—SmokingApples.com

“Top 10 Back-To-School iPhone Apps”
—Silicon Alley Insider and CNN

  • Extras

    Developers are extending Simplenote in ways you might find useful. Here's a list of publicly available extras. If you experience problems with these, please contact their owners!

  • Desktop Apps

    • Notes for Windows
      Notes is designed to focus on organizing plain text notes that are saved automatically. By Simple Software.
    • ResophNotes
      A Simplenote client for Windows, by C.Y. Yen. Can import notes from text files and Microsoft Outlook.
    • DashNote
      Easily access your Simplenote account from your Mac OS X dashboard. By Resen, Corp.
    • Notational Velocity
      An attempt to loosen the mental blockages to recording information and to scrape away the tartar of convention that handicaps its retrieval. The solution is by nature nonconformist. Native app for Mac OS X, maintained by Zachary Schneirov.
    • Nottingham
      A Mac OS X notes app in the spirit of Notational Velocity, by Tyler Hall. Supports importing of notes from Evernote and text files.
    • JustNotes
      A native, Mac OS X notes app, by Matthias Hochgatterer. Designed from the ground up to synchronize with Simplenote. Can import notes from Evernote and text files.
    • Tinderbox
      A personal content assistant for Mac OS X that helps you visualize, analyze, and share your notes.

  • Mobile Apps

    • mNote
      A fast notepad for Android allowing for offline local note editing, management, and searching.
    • AndroNoter
      A basic Simplenote client for Android. Free, no ads.
    • SolidNote
      A note taking application for Android phones that syncs with Simplenote.

  • Web Services

    • Simple Backup
      A backup and export solution, by Alex Payne. Supports plain text, CSV, JSON, XML, YAML, and Evernote archive formats.

  • Extensions, Scripts, and Plugins

    • Simplenote Google Chrome Extension
      A browser extension for Google Chrome, written by Jan Andersson.
    • Simplenote Yojimbo Sync (SNYS)
      An app that synchronizes notes between the Yojimbo text editor and Simplenote.
    • Emacs Package
      An Emacs package that allows you to use Simplenote from within Emacs, by Konstantinos Efstathiou.
    • SimplenoteSync
      A Perl script for syncing with local text files, by Fletcher Penney. Read the instructions carefully. Compatible with any software that can access text files.
    • Simply Noted
      A plugin for the Habari blogging platform, by Morgante Pell.

  • Misc.