# Wear Notes - Notes & To-Do

> Wear Notes greatly simplify the process of sending any text to your wearable.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.tompod.wearnotes](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.tompod.wearnotes)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.tompod.wearnotes`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** TomPod Apps
- **Category:** TOOLS
- **Downloads:** 27,302
- **Rating:** 3.20 / 5 (249 ratings)
- **Version:** 0.7.1
- **Last updated:** 2022-02-07
- **First published:** 2014-09-11
- **Publisher country:** SE
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tompod.wearnotes)
- **Website:** [http://tompod.com](http://tompod.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://tompod.com/privacy-policy-terms-and-conditions-of-use/](https://tompod.com/privacy-policy-terms-and-conditions-of-use/)

## Description

Wear Notes simplifies sending text to your wearable device, transforming your shopping lists, recipes, and reminders into convenient notifications or cards on your wrist. Compatible with Android Wear and Pebble, it enhances hands-free productivity by providing quick access to notes without needing your phone.

Key features include image text recognition via your device camera, voice input, multi-device cloud support, and color-coded note organization. Users can share any text from Android's built-in system directly to Wear Notes and archive old notes. The app ensures privacy by processing text recognition locally on your device. It is free to use and continuously improving, making daily tasks more accessible and organized.

## Rankings

- #384,157 — Overall

## Review summary

Users find Wear Notes to be a simple, beautiful, and highly useful app that works well across various smartwatches, enabling quick access to notes and reminders. However, multiple users report drawbacks including lack of support for certain devices (like Galaxy Watch 4, LG G Watch), inability to add notes directly from the watch, notifications not allowing full note viewing or storing, and occasional app crashes. Enhancement requests include more customization on the watch interface and options to reply or interact with notes from the watch itself.

### Pros

- Works well on various smartwatches like Sony Smartwatch 3, Galaxy Gear Live, and Moto 360 Sport.
- Simple and easy to use with a neat concept for quick note access and reminders.
- Provides high utility and usefulness compared to other Wear apps.
- Efficient note transfer speed between phone and watch.
- Allows quick viewing of notes on smartwatch.

### Cons

- Lack of support for newer watches such as Galaxy Watch 4 and some issues installing on older devices like LG G Watch with Android 6.
- Cannot add notes directly from the wear device; limited input options from watch.
- Notes often appear only as notifications and cannot be stored or viewed fully on the watch.
- App crashes and reboots the watch on some devices after simple interactions like swiping.
- Limited customization such as inability to change note headings or keep notes displayed when display enters power-saving mode.

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