Reviews of Notepad+ Text Editor

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List of user reviews and ratings for Notepad+ Text Editor

Total ratings

1.77 (Rating count: 423)

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Review summary

Reviews largely complain about intrusive ads and reliability problems like crashes and failed saves, which can lead to lost work. File I/O issues (reading JSON, editing TXT, opening saved files) are common, as are OS-specific problems such as post-update behavior and SD-card permissions. A minority praise the app’s simplicity and usefulness for quick notes.

Pros

Useful for quick notes and text editing.
Generally described as an excellent/great/notepad-style app by multiple reviewers.
Simple and straightforward to use for note taking.
Perceived as a capable basic text editor for quick updates and notes.

Cons

Intrusive ads and difficulty removing them; some reviewers report deceptive ad practices.
Crashes and data loss when saving or navigating files.
File handling limitations: cannot reliably read/write certain formats (e.g., JSON, TXT) and may fail to save or open files.
OS/device compatibility issues and permission prompts (e.g., SD-card access, Moto updates).

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 2.80

All time rating average: 1.77

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55% (22)

Date	Author	Comment
2025-06-07	Ge*****	Cannot remove ads. Very annoying.
Cannot remove ads. Very annoying.
2025-05-15	Fe*****	Very sad it can't open in the browser file saved
Very sad it can't open in the browser file saved
2023-11-30	el*****	Excellent app
Excellent app
2023-11-20	Pa*****	Great without greatness. Distractive Adverts within Note.
Great without greatness. Distractive Adverts within Note.
2023-07-29	Le*****	Great App I have being using it and I have no problem with it
Great App I have being using it and I have no problem with it
2023-07-26	De*****	Terrible. Kept crashing when I reached the bottom when I was browsing files. Everything I typed was gone. (Updt2: 🤣😂 what? Something so simple also cannot fix? 😂🤣 )
Terrible. Kept crashing when I reached the bottom when I was browsing files. Everything I typed was gone. (Updt2: 🤣😂 what? Something so simple also cannot fix? 😂🤣 )
2023-06-15	Da*****	Nice
Nice
2023-01-26	No*****	Cant read json
Cant read json
2022-09-30	Ab*****	Awesome !!!
Awesome !!!
2021-12-18	Ro*****	Good
Good