Is NotePad safe?

A simple and intuitive notepad based on the app bundled with Palm Pilot. Entirely offline, requiring few permissions to run. Permission to use external storage is only needed to back up or restore your notes on Marshmallow (Android 6) and older. The following permissions are added by WorkManager, a Google library used to run the export, import, and password re-encryption operations in the backgro…

Developer: Trevin Beattie
Category: Note
First release: 19 Jul 2026
License: Not documented

02 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.xmission.trevin.android.notes

Latest APK SHA-256d4f8a97e84b394ec132eb3027e2a61584b3cd0b86326dc071823847654385fbd

Signing certificate9D:97:E5:16:81:57:C0:77:D8:AE:D5:02:A1:27:86:8D:69:B9:D1:88:8B:71:1B:C8:14:A3:C7:36:A5:C9:D6:FA

MIN ANDROID21TARGET37ARCHITECTURE

03 / History

Project timeline

19 Jul 2026

Package observed in source index

Metadata and versions observed from the fdroid repository index.

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

1.7.319 Jul 202621+→

05 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions7 declared · 2 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessREAD_EXTERNAL_STORAGEWRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

Declared permissions

android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED android.permission.WAKE_LOCK android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE com.xmission.trevin.android.notes.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

06 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗