Install Memlow on your Android phone

Install from Google Play

1. On your phone, open Memlow on Google Play, or search for Memlow in the Play Store.
2. Tap Install.
3. Open Memlow.

Google Play keeps it up to date, like your other apps.

The welcome screen

The first time Memlow opens, it says Your notes stay yours. From there you can:

• Tap Continue with Google, Create account or Sign in with email to use a free Memlow account. It keeps your Google Drive backups connected on every device where you sign in, including memlow.com, and it's needed for sharing.
• Tap Continue without an account and go straight to your notes.
• Tap Restore from a backup if you already have notes from another phone or from the web.
• Change the language with the button in the top corner. Memlow starts in your phone's language when it has it, and English otherwise.

In the European Economic Area, the UK and other places where the law asks for it, Google's consent form for ads may appear once. See Ads in the Android app, and your choices.

Then you're on Home. The bar along the bottom holds Notes, Tasks, Sheets, + for a new note, Folders, Account and Settings.

What Memlow asks for, and why

Memlow doesn't ask for anything on the welcome screen. Each permission comes up the first time you use the feature that needs it:

After you save your first reminder, Memlow shows a sheet called Make sure this reminder rings, with a button for each phone setting. Each button opens the right place, so you can turn it on there. If a reminder still comes late, see Reminders don't ring, or ring late.

Memlow doesn't ask for the camera or your files:

• Take photo hands over to your phone's camera app, and the photo comes back to the note.
• Choose from gallery uses Android's photo picker, which only shares the photos you pick.

It uses the internet for Google Drive backup, your account, sharing and ads. Writing never needs a connection.

Bring in the notes you already have

From another Android phone, or from Memlow on the web:

1. On the welcome screen, tap Restore from a backup. Later, it's in Settings, then Restore from a backup.
2. Choose Google Drive for backups Memlow made in your Drive, or Backup file for a .memlow file on the phone.
3. Pick the backup and enter its backup password.

Moving everything from an old phone has its own guide: Move your notes to a new phone. To keep the phone and a computer in step, see Same notes on your phone and computer.

Questions and answers