Notes vs MaterialFiles

Notes

A modern and beautiful Android 5.0+ app to write down notes! (by diego-velez)

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MaterialFiles

Material Design file manager for Android (by zhanghai)

Android android-application Material Design File Manager Kotlin kotlin-android

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Notes		MaterialFiles
	Project
1	Mentions	38
0	Stars	5,152
-	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	9.3
almost 2 years ago	Latest Commit	8 days ago
Kotlin	Language	Kotlin
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

Notes

Posts with mentions or reviews of Notes. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-05.

I'm interested to see your GitHub repositories
2 projects | /r/androiddev | 5 Dec 2021

Repo, this is my first app, feedback is appreciated.

MaterialFiles

Posts with mentions or reviews of MaterialFiles. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-14.

Show HN: Material Files – Material Design File Manager for Android
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Jan 2024

Only through davx apparently https://github.com/zhanghai/MaterialFiles/issues/191
Profiles sharing a directory?
1 project | /r/GrapheneOS | 9 Dec 2023

You could try installing Material files in both profiles. It's also on fdroid. Set up the ftp server, choose what folders you want to share, in one profile and then connect to it in the other profile.
Top 10 Android Apps in 2013 (not available on the Google Play Store)
13 projects | /r/androidapps | 5 Dec 2023

https://github.com/zhanghai/MaterialFiles Best file manager by far. Clean, open source, works on Android TV, Tablet and smartphone without any issue.
All my Open Source App Alternatives
28 projects | /r/opensource | 30 Jul 2023

File explorator→ Material Files ♥️

31 projects | /r/fdroid | 29 Mar 2023

File explorator→ Material Files ♥️
Using Pixel with a Mac
5 projects | /r/GooglePixel | 7 Jul 2023

I use Filezilla and Material Files to transfer large / multiple files via ftp. Otherwise Neardrop works great for quick file sharing.
What is your favorite app that doesn't have a good open source alternative?
11 projects | /r/fossdroid | 24 Jun 2023

I think you'd like Amaze and Material Files. They both don't have an option for webdav though.
Why Material Files (Play Store version) has the permission to check the advertisement ID?
1 project | /r/fossdroid | 8 May 2023

According to comments in this commit this permission is used for Google analytics.
[App] A Few cool (Material You) Apps
10 projects | /r/HowToMen | 1 May 2023

Material Files, the best file manager in my opinion, great material you implementation as well.
Recommendation for an open source file manager free of ads ?
3 projects | /r/androidapps | 14 Apr 2023

https://github.com/zhanghai/MaterialFiles Material Files. best looking file manager imho

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Notes and MaterialFiles you can also consider the following projects:

KeePassDX - Lightweight vault and password manager for Android, KeePassDX allows editing encrypted data in a single file in KeePass format and fill in the forms in a secure way.

AmazeFileManager - Material design file manager for Android

android-groceries-store - A Groceries Store app with basic order flow. 🍕 Help you learn modern Android development skills in real production environment. ❤️

tivi - Tivi is a TV show tracking Android app, which connects to trakt.tv

Simple-File-Manager - Easy app for managing your files without ads, respecting your privacy & security

Aliucord - A modification for the Discord Android App

Simple-Notes - A simple textfield for adding quick notes without ads.

MagiskOnWSA - Integrate Magisk root and Google Apps (OpenGApps) into WSA (Windows Subsystem for Android) [GET https://api.github.com/repos/LSPosed/MagiskOnWSA: 403 - Repository access blocked]

quillpad - Take beautiful markdown notes and stay organized with task lists. Fork of Quillnote

SpotiFlyer - Kotlin Multiplatform Music Downloader, Supports Spotify / Gaana / Youtube Music / Jio Saavn / SoundCloud.

Telegram-Monet - Create themes for telegram using material 3 colors