Mobile app · Office & notes

ciphernotes

Client-side encrypted notes that sync across devices.

Completely free
Android
Open source

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by F-Droid
License: AGPL-3.0 — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by F-Droid
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by F-Droid
Account required: not documented
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by F-Droid
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: No
Platforms: AndroidEstablished by Android: F-Droid
Publisher: Raphael Nußbaumer BSc
Latest version: 3.6 (30 June 2026)
Latest activity: 30 June 2026
Source code: github.com/rapnuss/cipher-notes

Overview

ciphernotes is a note-taking mobile app, available on Android.

Features described in its F-Droid listing and on its official website: data encryption, sync across devices, end-to-end encryption and offline use.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information

“Client-side encrypted notes that sync across devices.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“A end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Google Keep.” — official website, 10 November 2026
“Client-side encrypted notes that sync across devices.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“A end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Google Keep.” — official website, 10 November 2026
“Works completely offline.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“Organize with labels.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“Keyboard shortcuts, open notes with cmd+k or ctrl+k.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
“You can self-host the project using Docker Compose.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of ciphernotes is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (AGPL-3.0) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
No advertising
Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 5 November 2026
Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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