Note taking; we’ve all done it. Evolving from scribbling chalk on the insides of caverns, to putting pen to paper and now, placing sausage-like thumbs to touch screen. For some of us that means using a plethora of apps to keep a track of things. But rather than use your camera app to take a picture of an important document, write a small message to yourself on a notepad app and then set an alarm so that you wake up early enough to go deliver those documents to the embassy, why don’t you use one app that does it all? I give you Google Keep.
Google Keep, in case you haven’t figured it out, is a note taking application developed by Google available on both iOS and Android as well as a web application.
Keep’s interface is simple, letting you display your notes either in a list or in blocks. You can instantly start typing away at the bottom of the screen to start writing a quick note, without having to create one before hand. While typing away you can add a title to the note, change the colour of the note, add a label to it, add an image to the note either by taking one or choosing one from your gallery. One of the best features though is the fact that you can share your note with other people who use Google Keeps, making it appear in their Google Keep app as well. Perfect for splitting up the grocery list when you go to HyperPanda.
Another great thing about that Keep that makes it blend synonymously with your grocery shopping is the fact that you can also create checklists, or you can change an already written note into checklist at the press of a button; every new line in the note will be listed as a new point in the created checklist. In addition to checklists, you can also create reminders, or attach a reminder to a checklist/note. These reminders can either be set to a time or they can be location based, making sure you don’t forget to feed the cat as soon as you come in the vicinity of your home.
If you’re one of the people who insist on recording themselves saying something instead of writing it down, Google Keep can let you record yourself saying something and then have that audio be converted to text as well as saving the audio file within the note itself. It’s the sort of feature Stanley Tucci would have used in The Core.
One more fantastic feature about Google Keep is that it syncs to your Google account letting you view your notes from any device, so long as you sign in before hand, enabling you to edit and review your notes through your laptop when in bed or on a tablet in the metro.
You can get Google Keep from the Google PlayStore here and from the Apple AppStore here, or you can visit it through any browser from here.
