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Google Keep - Notes and lists

Google · Productivity · 4.6★ (28,986 ratings)

Is Google Keep - Notes and lists free? Actually Free.

Pricing: Notes, lists, reminders, collaboration, transcription, organization, and cross-device syncing are available free with no app-native paid tier or purchase.

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Google Keep is a free notes-and-lists app with syncing, reminders, labels, photos, and collaboration. Its core note-taking tools are available without a paid tier, so the main catch is reliability rather than monetization.

Pros
  • Users praise its simple notes, checklists, labels, and backgrounds.
  • Cross-device syncing makes notes easy to reuse on phone, tablet, and computer.
  • Long-time users describe it as an essential daily tool.
Cons
  • Several recent reviews report crashes or failure to open after updates.
  • Some users report keyboard and connection glitches while typing.
  • iOS users still request feature parity such as better note widgets.
What's free vs. paid

Notes, lists, reminders, collaboration, transcription, organization, and cross-device syncing are available free with no app-native paid tier or purchase.

Free
  • Notes and checklists
  • Reminders
  • Voice and image notes
  • Cross-device sync
App Store description

• Capture, edit, share, and collaborate on your notes on any device, anywhere. • Add notes, lists, photos, and audio to Keep. • Organize your notes with labels and colors. • Set and forget. Get reminded about a note at the right time or place. • Record a voice memo and have it automatically transcribed. • Grab the text from an image to help you quickly find that note again through search. WHEN AND WHERE YOU NEED IT Need to remember to pick up some groceries? Set a location-based reminder to pull up your grocery list right when you get to the store. Need to finish a to-do? Set a time-based reminder to make sure you never miss a thing. SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS Next time you go to the store, share your shopping list on Keep and watch as items get checked off in real time. No need for text messages back and forth. Get things done together, faster. FIND WHAT YOU NEED, FAST Quickly filter and search for notes by color and other attributes like lists with the label “To-dos”, audio notes with reminders or just see shared notes. Find what you're looking for even faster, and let Keep do the remembering for you. ALWAYS WITHIN REACH Keep works on your phone, tablet and computer. Everything you add to Keep syncs across your devices so your important stuff is always with you. Try Google Keep on the web at http://keep.google.com and find it in the Chrome Web Store at http://g.co/keepinchrome.

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