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xnotes

Handwriting notes and sketching app with stylus support.

  • Completely free
  • Android
  • Open source

Overview

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

Features described in its F-Droid listing: annotation and highlighting, brushes and pen tablets.

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
  • “xnotes is a handwriting notebook for Android, built for the stylus.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Take notes, sketch and annotate PDFs with ink that feels like a pen on paper.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Ink that feels like a pen: pressure-sensitive and low latency, with pens and highlighters.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Real PDF export: sharp vector output with selectable text, links and bookmarks.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Markdown: write in markdown and it formats as you type.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Endless themes: any accent colour, eight styles for each, dual tone and Material You.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Split view: two notes side by side.” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

xnotes is completely free: it is open source software, and every feature is available without paying or subscribing.

Its licence (MIT) is a permissive open source licence: use, modification and redistribution are allowed, including in commercial projects.

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) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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