# Color Notes

> Color Notes is a simple App that will Simplify your life. Color Notes is Free!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/note.colornote](https://chrome-stats.com/d/note.colornote)

## Overview

- **ID:** `note.colornote`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Ironjaw Studios Private Limited
- **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY
- **Downloads:** 138,474
- **Rating:** 3.51 / 5 (528 ratings)
- **Version:** 21
- **Last updated:** 2026-01-16
- **First published:** 2018-06-18
- **Publisher country:** IN
- **Size:** 14 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-14
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=note.colornote)
- **Website:** [http://www.ironjawstudios.com](http://www.ironjawstudios.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.ironjawstudios.com/privacy-policy/](https://www.ironjawstudios.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

Color Notes is a free and lightweight note taking Chrome extension designed to simplify your daily life. Quickly jot down notes or create detailed lists with an intuitive color-coded system that makes organizing your thoughts easy and visual.

Featuring cloud backup, synchronization across devices, and powerful task reminders, Color Notes ensures that your important information is always accessible and secure. You can share notes via SMS, email, or social media directly from the app. Whether it's managing to-do lists, shopping lists, or longer documents, Color Notes helps improve productivity by keeping everything neatly organized and easily retrievable.

## Rankings

- #190,135 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS`
- `android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM`
- `android.permission.USE_CREDENTIALS`
- `android.permission.VIBRATE`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `note.colornote.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users generally appreciate Color Notes for its simplicity, clean design, checklist management, and Google Drive backup support. However, multiple reviews highlight issues with unreliable backup and restore functions causing data loss, bugs affecting typing behavior, lack of auto-save leading to lost notes, and intrusive ads. Several users also expressed desire for media attachment features and widgets to enhance usability.

### Pros

- Easy to use and navigate with a clean interface
- Supports backup and restore using Google Drive account
- Allows creating and managing checklists
- Offers color coding options for notes
- Small grid view is appreciated by users

### Cons

- Backup and restore functionality is unreliable or fails often
- App has bugs causing text to jump while typing
- Notes are not saved automatically; users must manually save before exiting
- Frequent ads disrupt user experience
- Lack of media support (no option to add pictures to notes)

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