Offline notes app: write without internet

Nothing to loadNotes are stored on your phone or in your browser, so they open at once, signal or not.
Everything worksWriting, search, checklists, lock and reminders all work without internet.
Installs like an appInstall app.memlow.com on your computer or phone, and it opens in its own window.
Backs up laterOnly Drive backup needs internet, and it waits until you're back online.

How it works

Three steps, then it's yours

Open it onceAfter the first visit, Memlow works with no connection at all.
Install itAdd it to your computer or phone like an app, from the browser's menu.
Write anywhereNotes save on the device. Backups catch up when you're back online.

In Memlow

Writing, search, reminders and lock all work offline.

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Offline isn't a mode, it's the default

Plenty of notes apps keep the real copy on a server and show you a version of it, so when the connection drops you get a spinner. Memlow works the other way round. Your notes live on your device, and the internet is only used for the optional Google Drive backup (and, in the Android app, for ads, which simply don't show when you're offline).

So there's no page to wait for, no warning that you've lost connection, and no note lost because a save didn't reach a server. That matters more than it sounds. Patchy mobile data, a long flight, a waiting room with no signal, the back room of a shop: these are often exactly the moments you need a list or want to jot something down.

What works without internet

Writing and editing, with headings, checklists, tables, photos and voice recordings
Search through every word of every note, in any language
Folders, tags, pins, archive and Trash
Themes, colours and papers
PIN lock, and fingerprint unlock on Android
Reminders and the Tasks view
Exporting to Markdown, text or PDF, and saving backup files

Even smart reminder suggestions work offline, because they're simple rules on your device rather than a service somewhere. The one exception is voice typing, which uses your device's or browser's speech service and may need a connection. Voice recordings work offline.

Memlow on the web, offline too

app.memlow.com keeps working offline after your first visit. Install it for the full app feel: in Chrome or Edge, use the install button in the address bar; on an iPhone or iPad, tap Share and then Add to Home Screen in Safari. Memlow then opens in its own window, starts faster and works without internet.

On the web, notes are kept in the browser's storage on that device. Turn on Protect storage in Settings to ask the browser not to clear Memlow's data when space runs low. If you've linked Google Drive, changes you make offline simply wait, and go up in the next backup once Memlow is online and connected to your Drive again.

The Android app is fully offline

The Android app needs no connection at all for your notes. Reminders ring on time with the app closed, widgets show today's tasks and a note of your choice on the home screen, and Share to Memlow drops text or photos from other apps straight into a note. It's an offline notes app you can count on for the commute, the flight or a weekend away.

Back up when you're back

Working offline is only half of it: a note that lives on one device should still be safe. When you're online, Google Drive backup saves an encrypted copy to your own Drive. On Android you can keep backups to Wi-Fi, so a week of notes written on the road goes up once you're home, without using mobile data. Rather stay offline entirely? Save a password-protected backup file to a computer or USB stick now and then.

Privacy, in plain words

Your notes stay yours.

No adjectives, just how it works. Memlow has no server that stores notes, so there is nothing of yours for us to read, sell or lose.

Read the privacy policy

Where notes live: On your device: the phone's storage, or your browser's own storage on the web.
Accounts: A Memlow account never holds your notes. It keeps only your name, email and how you sign in.
Backups: Optional, in your own Google Drive or a file, encrypted on your device with your password (AES-256-GCM) before they leave it.
Who can read them: Only you. Not Google, not us. That also means we can't recover a lost backup password.
Visits and AI: The website counts visits without cookies or IDs, and the notes app sends nothing. No AI reads your notes. The Android app shows a few ads, which never see your notes.