6.18.0

New in 6.18.0

1. Read-only notes — Overflow Make read-only / Allow editing. Blocks typing, checklist checks, and counter buttons. Survives app restart.
2. Keyboard — Opening the keyboard on a long note scrolls the caret into view.
3. Paste — Formatted paste becomes plain text. Composing keyboards (AnySoftKeyboard and similar) still work.
4. Widgets — Settings → Customize widget colors updates every Notes widget, not only the first one.
5. Save icon / search — Saved text notes no longer show Save again after a swipe. In-note search no longer crashes after changing notes.
6. Android 16 — compileSdk and targetSdk 36. Toolbar sits below the status bar.
7. Notes / notebooks — Toolbar icon switches a two-column notes card grid and the notebooks grid. Notes is the default after install. Notebook cards show the count on the left and ::: on the right; ::: opens Rename / Pin / Lock / Delete. Lock a notebook with fingerprint, pattern, or PIN. Every notebook can be deleted. First install no longer creates a fake “General note”.
8. About licences — Third party licences now include Gson, Markwon, and Kotlinx Serialization.
9. Dark red theme — Default is dark page, contrasting cards, red toolbar and status bar.
10. Lock notes — Lock a text note, checklist, or counter with fingerprint, pattern, or PIN. The card hides the preview and shows a lock icon in the lower-right.
11. Encrypted exports — Export with a password (AES) or as plain text. Locks are stripped in the backup so another phone can restore.
12. Note cards — Title plus 4 preview lines; each source line stays on one row and ellipsizes. Long-press a card to reorder.

v6.17.8

New features ahead of upstream 6.17.0

• Notebooks: create, rename, delete, pin, reorder, and password-protect collections of notes.
• Search notes and notebooks from the notebooks screen.
• Pin individual notes.
• Recycle bin for deleted notes and notebooks.
• Markdown preview for text notes.
• Tags on notes, searchable from the notebooks screen.
• Home-screen notebook widget.
• Undo and redo for text, checklist, and counter edits.
• Uncheck all checklist items, collapse checked items, and sort each checklist independently. The add-item dialog stays open if you tap outside it.
• Delete the last remaining note.
• Counter notes with colored increment/decrement buttons.
• Move checklist items or whole notes between notebooks.
• Optional encrypted exports.
• No donation, rate, or “what's new” popups.