Reviews of BlackNote: Dark Notes, Notepad

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List of user reviews and ratings for BlackNote: Dark Notes, Notepad

Total ratings

4.58 (Rating count: 144,965)

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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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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 3.30

All time rating average: 4.58

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17% (61)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-08-20	Jo*****	used to love but I have to watch an ad to view my notes?? my job requires me to pull up my notes fast and I don't have time to watch an ad before I quickly need to write something down
used to love but I have to watch an ad to view my notes?? my job requires me to pull up my notes fast and I don't have time to watch an ad before I quickly need to write something down
2026-08-19	Do*****	Why does a note app use so much data??
Why does a note app use so much data??
2026-08-17	Ya*****	Is there a way to make the words bold, I don't have that option, I use a Google pixel 9a
Is there a way to make the words bold, I don't have that option, I use a Google pixel 9a
2026-08-15	No*****	Pretty decent note app. My only complaint is that to remove ads is a subscription instead of a one time payment. DO NOT USE this if you don't have an Ad blocker on either your phone or WiFi!!!
Pretty decent note app. My only complaint is that to remove ads is a subscription instead of a one time payment. DO NOT USE this if you don't have an Ad blocker on either your phone or WiFi!!!
2026-08-14	Ve*****	wonderful 😘
wonderful 😘
2026-08-14	Si*****	very good, has a lock, no ads?
very good, has a lock, no ads?
2026-08-13	No*****	Offline, no adds, a clean simple design what more can i ask for.
Offline, no adds, a clean simple design what more can i ask for.
2026-08-13	Ir*****	The App Is So Good
The App Is So Good
2026-08-11	An*****	it's gets me out from feeling confused
it's gets me out from feeling confused
2026-08-11	Jo*****	worked fine for weeks. today I open it and a LOUD truck ad starts playing and there's an ad overlay on all my notes. garbage move tbh.
worked fine for weeks. today I open it and a LOUD truck ad starts playing and there's an ad overlay on all my notes. garbage move tbh.