# ordinary notes
> A private, offline notes app. Block editor, sidebar of pages, no sign-up.
Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.asmody.ordinarynotes](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.asmody.ordinarynotes)
## Overview
- **ID:** `com.asmody.ordinarynotes`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** asBible
- **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY
- **Downloads:** 5
- **Version:** 1.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-25
- **First published:** 2026-07-24
- **Publisher country:** IN
- **Size:** 2.35 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-26
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.asmody.ordinarynotes)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://asbible.com/privacy.html](https://asbible.com/privacy.html)
## Description
ordinary notes is a private, lightweight, fully-offline notes app for Android.
Built for people who don't want a notebook that phones home.
WHAT YOU GET
• Sidebar-first, Notion-style layout. Top-level pages, sub-pages, kebab menu
for add / rename / move-to-trash.
• Block-based editor: paragraph, heading 1/2/3, bulleted list, numbered list,
todo, quote, code block, divider.
• Type "/" to summon the slash menu and change block types without leaving
the keyboard.
• Emoji icons per page (100+ curated glyphs).
• Background auto-save. Type a sentence, and a moment later it's already
on disk. No "Save" button, no sync, no spinner.
• Full-text search across page titles and body content.
• Trash: 7-day soft delete with Restore and Delete-forever actions.
PRIVACY-FIRST BY DESIGN
No sign-up.
No account.
No cloud sync.
No analytics.
No crash reporting.
No remote config.
No network permission.
No third-party SDKs.
Everything you type lives only on this device, in the app's private
storage. If you uninstall ordinary notes, your notes go with it — zero
servers, zero leaks.
LIGHT + FAST
• Single-Activity Compose UI. No nav-graph bloat.
• Room/SQLite for indexing and search; kotlinx.serialization for blocks.
• Minimal dependencies. The release AAB is around 425 KB.
• minSdk 24 (Android 7.0); targetSdk 36.
WHO THIS IS FOR
• Writers, students, developers, and anyone who wants a scratchpad that
doesn't ship their thoughts to a marketing CDN.
• People who tried Notion / Obsidian and wanted just the editor and tree —
without the SaaS.
NO NETWORK NEEDED
The app declares no internet permission. You can verify this in
Settings → Apps → ordinary notes → Permissions.
PRIVACY POLICY
https://github.com/insightsip/android-apps-policy/blob/main/privacy-policy.txt
QUESTIONS / FEEDBACK
Open an issue on the project's GitHub repository.
## Rankings
- #3,035,035 — Overall
## Permissions and access
### Permissions
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.asmody.ordinarynotes.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.asmody.ordinarynotes)