# BlackNote: Dark Notes, Notepad

> Stylish dark notepad for notes, lists, and thoughts. Works great offline.

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/notepad.note.notas.notes.notizen](https://chrome-stats.com/d/notepad.note.notas.notes.notizen)

## Overview

- **ID:** `notepad.note.notas.notes.notizen`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Notas Notepad
- **Category:** PRODUCTIVITY
- **Downloads:** 10,564,250
- **Rating:** 4.58 / 5 (144,965 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.4.5
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-08
- **First published:** 2018-08-05
- **Publisher country:** KR
- **Size:** 14 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-09
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=notepad.note.notas.notes.notizen)
- **Website:** [https://notasnotepad.blogspot.com](https://notasnotepad.blogspot.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://coconutapps.wordpress.com/2026/05/15/privacy-policy-for-blacknote/](https://coconutapps.wordpress.com/2026/05/15/privacy-policy-for-blacknote/)

## Description

BlackNote is a sleek and powerful dark notepad designed for effortless note-taking, list-making, and daily journaling. Featuring a true dark mode interface that's easy on the eyes and optimized for AMOLED screens, BlackNote provides a focused and minimal distraction writing experience. Users can quickly jot down ideas, manage to-do lists, and check off tasks with a streamlined, intuitive layout.

The extension works completely offline by storing notes locally, ensuring your data is accessible anytime without internet connectivity. Its lightweight design ensures fast performance with minimal storage use, making it ideal for anyone seeking a stylish, responsive dark theme notepad for daily productivity.

## Rankings

- #13,370 — Overall
- #6 — note
- #15 — notebook
- #19 — writer's block
- #30 — writing

## 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.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`
- `com.samsung.android.providers.context.permission.WRITE_USE_APP_FEATURE_SURVEY`
- `notepad.note.notas.notes.notizen.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`

## Review summary

Users praise BlackNote for its simple, clean UI and ease of use, making it suitable for quick notes and grocery lists. However, reviews consistently flag intrusive advertising (bottom banners and full-screen ads) as a major annoyance. Performance concerns appear with large notes, including typing lag and occasional freezes, and there have been reliability issues around backups/restores and crashes after updates. Some users also miss features like a widget and basic formatting options, and a few readability issues (readability due to zoomed-in UI). Overall, it’s a handy lightweight note-taker but hampered by ads and stability/feature gaps.

### Pros

- Simple, clean UI and ease of use
- Useful for quick notes and lists (grocery lists)
- Generally reliable basic notepad with straightforward features
- Overall positive and appreciated by long-time users

### Cons

- Intrusive, excessive ads including bottom banner and full-screen ads
- Typing performance issues and lag with large notes; freezing or unresponsiveness
- Crashes and reliability problems around backups/restores and after updates
- Missing widget support and lack of formatting options; readability issues due to zoomed-in UI

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/notepad.note.notas.notes.notizen)