Google Keep - Notes and lists

Quick notes, lists, and reminders

Google Keep - Notes and lists is a lightweight productivity app for capturing ideas, making checklists, saving photos, and setting reminders. It suits anyone who wants a simple place for grocery lists, short to-dos, meeting notes, or thoughts that need to be recorded before they are forgotten. The card-based layout keeps separate notes visible without requiring a complex filing system.

Ways to capture information

You can create notes with typed text, handwriting, images, or voice recordings. Voice input can be transcribed, which is useful when typing is inconvenient. Checklists support everyday tasks, while colour choices and labels help separate household jobs, work notes, recipes, and other subjects. Search makes older notes easier to retrieve as the collection grows.

Sharing and access across devices

Notes and lists can be shared with other people for collaborative editing, making the app practical for shared shopping lists or simple household planning. Reminders can be linked to a time or location, so a note can prompt you when it is relevant. Google Keep syncs with your Google account and is available across supported phones, tablets, the web, and Wear OS devices.

Who it is for

Keep is a good fit for users who value speed and low setup over detailed document formatting or project-management features. It works especially well for short, practical information that needs to stay available across devices. Users already relying on Google services may find the account-based syncing convenient, while people needing long-form documents, advanced formatting, or deep task dependencies may need a more specialised tool.

Developed by Google LLC, the app has a 4.69 rating from more than 2.2 million reviews and has recorded 1,000,000,000+ installs.