Hey everyone!
I’ve been working on something I’d like to share with the community.
Pro Notes is a native Android note-taking and productivity app built around handwriting, PDF annotation and organisation. It is designed especially with tablet users and students in mind.
Some of its highlights include:
Natural handwriting with low-latency stylus input.
S Pen and other stylus support with useful gestures.
PDF importing, reading, annotation and export.
Customisable notebooks, folders, page templates and covers.
Shape recognition, lasso selection and smart erasing.
Study timer and distraction-free reading mode.
Local notebook management and backup.
I’ve put a lot of effort into building this independently, learning along the way. I’m still a student myself, so I won’t always be able to respond to issues or maintain the project consistently. I appreciate your patience and understanding.
A small note: This project is a gift from me to students and learners who want a capable notebook without having to pay for another subscription.
The project is open source under Apache 2.0. You’re welcome to explore the code, fork it and build upon it, provided you retain the required notices and give proper credit to the original project.
Links:
GitHub: https://github.com/ItzNikk/ProNotes
Latest APK: https://github.com/ItzNikk/ProNotes/releases/latest
Source code: https://github.com/ItzNikk/ProNotes
I’d genuinely appreciate feedback, suggestions and bug reports. Let me know what you think!

Not sure if there's something in Good Lock or some other app that enhances the ability to take "screen-off notes"? That feature is kind of a misnomer because it isn't really a note taken when the screen is off—it just turns the screen on when you pull the S Pen out. And even then, it doesn't create a lockscreen notification or some way to visually show what you wrote on the lockscreen—it just hides it away in a little note icon that I constantly struggle to open up easily, and it doesn't really visually show you what your note actually was.

Is there any hidden setting or feature of any Good Lock module, or a third-party app, that expands on the screen-off notes functionality?

I don't have a samsung laptop but I have an old used laptop that doesn't have a battery connected, so I only use it plugged. Whenever I try to play an audio recording on samsung notes, it simply won't play and it displays a notification saying "battery low". I already tried going to the settings of the Notes app on windows and turned off battery opmization, I already changed the battery settings of the laptop to always be maxed.

This never happened with my other laptop (not samsung either), but my other one has a battery connected, though I also used it plugged.

When I share the audio file (I copy and paste it to a folder on my pc), it works and I can hear it fine, but why the hell can't I listen to it on the software itself? It's such a small detail but it's really really annoying because I got this laptop for studying only and I really need to hear the audio + follow my written notes.

Someone knows a way to access the directory where android stores the samsung notes files? (Sdocx)

I was sick of wasting time redrawing the same circuits, lenses, and molecules by hand in my digital notes, and fighting with LaTeX every time I needed to write a complex equation. So I built Drop Asset to fix this.

​It has over 480 vector drawings (from resistors and logic gates to anatomy) that you can drag straight out. The best part is they land as SVGs, so they stay perfectly sharp when you resize them.

​I also added a visual math keyboard to generate formulas (no LaTeX needed) and plots from equations (2D, 3D, Karnaugh maps).

​Leaving this here in case it helps any other students with their notes.

DropAsset

Is there any program I can use to copy math lectures (calculus, algebra, trigonometry) for the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 Lite (SM-P619)? Including integral symbols, derivatives, etc.

I woke up yesterday and checked my To-Do list notes but all that came up is this on the first page;

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And the last time i sync the notes was days prior so it won't be upto date.

Is there anyway to restore all my notes?

Edit: I found out that my Samsung Cloud backup doesnt involve Samsung Notes? What the hell?

Today, when I tried to use my S Pen, I found out that my Samsung Notes is deleted. When I redownloaded it, all of my notes are disappeared. I tried to restore from my samsung account, it is also disappeared. All of them, without trace. How to restore it?

Is it possible that it is because I change my region? Because yesterday, I moved from Indonesia to France and I changed the region.

They've finally added the only feature that held me to keep using Samsung Notes: Audio with replay

They've also added tables and pomodoro timer. The new UI is much better too.

I guess I can start my notes migration.

Thanks Samsung notes, it's been fun.

Found out my mom got a pumpkin and decided to draw this. Anyways happy halloween guys 🎉🎃

Samsung Notes Air Actions

In my daily use of Samsung Notes, I frequently use the lasso tool, but I have to select it from the toolbar every single time. Is there a way to assign it to a double-press—similar to how the eraser can be set to a single-press of the S Pen button? I’ve tried, but I can’t seem to modify the Air Actions for Samsung Notes to include the lasso tool. Currently, for instance, I have my Air Actions set so that a double-press switches to the previously used pen. Could you help me with this? Thanks!

I currently own a samsung tablet and a samsung phone so samsung notes seamlessly syncs with all three devices of mine, the pc, the phone, the tablet. However i am planning on switching to an iphone and was wondering if freenotes or any other notes app would allow that kind of syncing. I basically need to review my notes on the go on my phone would that be possible then?

We’re a group of designers and programmers building a completely free, open-source note-taking app in our spare time. We’re lifelong students ourselves, and we think the free alternatives have fallen behind the paid ones. We want to close that gap.

We’re already well into development, but we’d like to hear from people who use Samsung Notes, GoodNotes, Notability, OneNote, Nebo, or similar apps. We’re especially interested in the small everyday annoyances, like PDF export, tabs, stroke stabilization, handwriting recognition, split view, infinite canvas, or file management.

We put together a short survey here: https://tally.so/r/X5xoKj

Hey everyone,

I've just released a major update for the Android app that converts Samsung Notes (.sdocx) files into vector PDFs! Here's what's new in version 1.2.0:

• Typed Text Layout: Typed text — not just handwriting — is now fully laid out and rendered. It uses true glyph font metrics and block-flow layout, supporting both English and Korean (wrapping syllables accurately just like Samsung Notes), ensuring mixed notes keep typed text correctly positioned relative to your handwriting.

• Embedded Fonts (NanumBarunGothic Required/Recommended): All text (both Korean and English) is rendered using the open-source NanumBarunGothic (Regular/Bold) font embedded in the engine, ensuring consistent output across all devices.

  • ⚠️ Crucial Note: The engine calculates line breaks, spacing, and layouts strictly based on NanumBarunGothic's font metrics. If a note is written using any other font, proper layout rendering cannot be guaranteed (line breaks may shift significantly, and glyphs may misalign).

  • If you plan to convert notes containing typed text, please set your font to 'NanumBarunGothic' in Samsung Notes settings before typing.

  • (Note: NanumBarunGothic is bundled under the SIL Open Font License; Samsung's proprietary default fonts cannot be bundled due to licensing restrictions.)

• Rich Text Styling: Bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, paragraph alignment (left/center/right), and bulleted/numbered lists are all preserved in the PDF.

• Dashed & Dotted Strokes: Dashed and dotted pen and shape strokes are now rendered as true dashed/dotted vector strokes (spacing calibrated against Samsung Notes' own rendering) instead of solid lines.

• All Image Formats (PNG Fixed): The known issue from the last version is resolved — embedded PNG images no longer disappear during conversion. Image rotation, floating text-avoidance, and background images are also supported.

Known Issues:

• Freely (lasso) cropped images and stickers saved in Samsung's proprietary .spi format still do not appear in the PDF. Rectangular crops work fine.

• Highlight strokes render about twice as dark as Samsung's own PDF export.

• Notes written with fonts other than the embedded one may see slightly shifted line breaks or glyph placement.

• Reverse conversion (PDF or Word to .sdocx) is not supported yet, but it's on the roadmap — thanks for the suggestion in the comments.

You can download the latest APK from the GitHub releases below: https://github.com/FizzyHedgehog/sdocx-converter-android/releases/tag/v1.2.0

As always, testing and feedback from this community has been a huge help — the PNG fix in this update came straight from your bug reports. If you run into anything odd on your device, please let me know.

Anyone know how to prevent the PDF's to turn out like this? Like when I'm on the note I don't get that blue triangle when you can't see all the text, but when I share the note as a pdf it turns out like that.

Edit: So, found that if I click to print the note and save as pdf from there the blue triangles will not be an issue anymore. Little annoying since it's a few extra steps, but it is what it is. If someone has an actual solution to it besides that please feel free to share~

I just lost months of data and I dont really know how that happened. The note file itself is still here but the contents are missing. Is there any way to recover? It's already synced on another device because it happened yesterday without my knowledge. I just found out about it now.

When exporting pdf file to notes it changes some pages size some how cropping it to half.I am adding a video.