Google Keep
Completely free Notes
Google's simple sticky-note app, built for fast capture.
Pricing model
Completely free with a Google account. No paid tier is mentioned in the article.
What the free plan gives you
- Unlimited notes, synced to all your devices
- Labels, colors, and pins
- Reminders, voice memos, and photos
Free-plan limitations
- There are no folders and no deep structure
- Formatting is basic
- Treat it as a capture tool, not a study system
- Needs internet to sync
Features
- Fast sticky-note capture
- Labels, colors, and pins
- Reminders, voice memos, and photos
- Sync to all your devices
Supported platforms
Not stated in the source article. The article only says notes sync to all your devices, and that it needs internet to sync.
Best use cases
- Students who want to capture a thought in seconds and find it later on any device
- Quick capture on the go
Pros
- Completely free with a Google account
- Unlimited notes, synced to all your devices
- Labels, colors, pins, reminders, voice memos, and photos
- Fastest capture of the five apps here
Cons
- No folders and no deep structure
- Basic formatting only
- Not a study system — a capture tool
- Needs internet to sync
Official website
Not given in the source article, so no link is listed here rather than guessing a URL.
Last verified: October 2026 (free tiers checked October 2026). If a limit here no longer matches the app's pricing page, the pricing page is right. Source: the approved article “Best Free Notes Apps for Students (Tested on the Free Version).”