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24 alternatives to LS Note

Make quick edits in plain text or take temporary notes

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1. 1
   Really Simple Notes▲69

   Simple, plain-text notes with offline saving

   2022 · its alternatives →

2. 2ME
   Minimalist editor that lives in browser, stores everything in the URL▲468

   I wanted to see how far I could go building a notes app using only what modern browsers already provide – no frameworks, no storage APIs, no build step. What it does: Single HTML file, no deps, 111 loc Notes live in the URL hash (shareable links!) Auto-compressed with CompressionStream Plain-text editor (contenteditable) History support Page title from first # heading Respects light/dark mode No storage, cookies, or tracking The entire app is the page source. https://textarea.my/

   Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Online NotesPad▲247

   Free online notes taking app

   2025 · its alternatives →

4. 4TN
   Temporary Note – Convenient way to use a browser tab as a notepad▲45

   2023 · temporarynote.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Notey▲71

   Make quick notes within Google Chrome

   2020 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Dumbnote▲141

   Offline-first Markdown note app. No lock-in. Just write.

   2025 · dumbnote.app · its alternatives →

7. 7
   QuickNotes▲6

   This is a minimalist, powerful local note-taking tool.

   Jul 2026 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Quick Notes▲13

   Simple & fast note-taking

   2025 · qnotes.cc · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Quick Noter▲9

   Quick notes, instantly. No distractions, just thoughts

   2025 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Browser Note (Chrome Extension)▲97

    Effortless note-taking in your browser

    2023 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Note-taking OS▲129

    Note taking made easy and powerful like never before

    2022 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Quick Notes▲70

    Maintain organized notes on every new tab 📝

    2019 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    QuickNote.io▲145

    📝 Minimalist, 🙈 anonymous and 🆓 free note taking app

    2018 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    FSNotes▲101

    File system notes manager

    2018 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    TabNote 2.0▲84

    Simple yet powerful note-taking app for Chrome

    2019 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Simple Note▲84

    Simplest Note app from your web browser.

    2020 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Note It▲59

    A feature packed note-taking extension with OCR support

    2022 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Quick Notes – Simple Note▲1

    Fast, lightweight note-taking right in your browser

    Nov 2025 · its alternatives →

19. 19NM
    Note, my simple command-line note taking app▲81

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Side Note▲2

    Instant Note Taking on the Browser

    2023 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Notepad▲77

    Simple app to take notes.

    2022 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    scatteredNote▲82

    Simple UI to grab content and take note easily

    2023 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Cryptware Notes▲60

    A simple and minimalistic notepad app

    2022 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Temporary Note▲6

    Online notepad for temporary notes

    2023 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →