# Plainva

> Open-source, Markdown notes straight from your own cloud.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.plainva.app](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.plainva.app)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.plainva.app`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Plainva
- **Category:** BUSINESS
- **Downloads:** 24
- **Version:** 0.8.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-03
- **First published:** 2026-08-25
- **Publisher country:** DE
- **Size:** 23 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.plainva.app)
- **Website:** [https://plainva.com](https://plainva.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://plainva.com/privacy/](https://plainva.com/privacy/)

## Description

Plainva is an open-source, local-first editor for plain Markdown notes — the notes stay yours.<br><br>Your notes are ordinary .md files in a folder you control. Open an existing Markdown vault (Obsidian-compatible, including .base databases) straight from your own cloud storage — Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, WebDAV/Nextcloud or S3 — and sync freely between desktop and mobile. No subscription, no lock-in.<br><br>• Plain Markdown — every note is a readable .md file you own, forever<br>• Your own cloud — sync over storage you already have; nothing runs through our servers<br>• Free sync — desktop ↔ mobile, at no extra cost<br>• Fast editor — live preview, wiki-links, backlinks, slash commands, tables, callouts<br>• Databases (.base) — turn folders of notes into tables, boards, calendars and more<br>• Knowledge graph — see how your notes connect<br>• Privacy-first — no account required, no tracking, no ads<br>• Open source (AGPL), available in 10 languages<br><br>Plainva also runs on Windows, macOS and Linux — the same vault, everywhere, over your own cloud.<br><br>Website: https://plainva.com<br>Source: https://github.com/plainva/plainva

## Rankings

- #2,528,666 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.CAMERA`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM`
- `android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.CHECK_LICENSE`
- `com.plainva.app.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.plainva.app)