Terms of Service

Last updated: October 24, 2026

These terms apply to your use of Localnote on Android and the web. By installing or using the app you agree to them. If you do not agree, please do not use the app.

1. The app

Localnote is a free note-taking app that stores your notes, and the files you attach to them, on your device. It offers optional features such as import, export and Google Drive backup. We may add, change or remove features at any time.

Localnote is available on Android from Google Play and on the web at localnote.io.

2. Your notes and attachments

You own everything you write in the app and every file you attach. We claim no rights over your content and never receive it.

You are responsible for what you store, for having the right to store and copy the files you attach, and for making sure your use of the app follows the laws that apply to you.

Attachments are stored as copies inside the app and are not encrypted by it (see the Privacy Policy). They use your device's storage; large files such as videos can take up a lot of space.

3. Backups and data loss

Your notes and attachments live on your device. They can be lost if the device is lost, damaged or reset, if the app's data is cleared, if the app is uninstalled, or if the device's secure storage is reset. On the web, clearing your browser data removes them, and the browser may also remove stored files when your device runs low on space.

An attachment is deleted automatically once no note, note in Trash or saved version of a note uses it.

Keeping backups is your responsibility. We recommend turning on Google Drive backup or exporting your notes regularly. We cannot recover notes for you, because we never have a copy.

4. Google Drive backup

Google Drive backup is optional and uses your own Google account. Your use of Google Drive is also governed by Google's Terms of Service (https://policies.google.com/terms), and backups — including your attachments — count towards your Google storage quota.

Backups, including automatic ones, upload your attachments over whatever internet connection the device is using, which may include mobile data and the costs that come with it.

Backup and restore depend on Google's services and your internet connection. We do not guarantee they will always be available or succeed. Restoring with "Replace" deletes the notes currently in the app before restoring the backup.

With "Sync automatically" on, changes are exchanged with Drive when you open and leave the app. If the same note was changed on two devices, the most recent version is kept and the other is saved in that note's History. A device that has not synced for more than 90 days may bring back notes deleted elsewhere, and a sync that is interrupted (for example by closing a browser tab or losing connection) completes the next time the app is opened.

How your data is handled is described in the Privacy Policy.

5. Acceptable use

Do not use the app to break the law, or try to reverse engineer, disrupt or misuse the app or the Google services it connects to, except where the law expressly allows it.

6. Links and third-party services

Notes can contain links to websites we do not control. Opening a link takes you outside the app, and we are not responsible for the content or practices of those websites or of other third-party services.

Opening an attachment hands the file to another app on your device (or your browser). We are not responsible for how that app handles it, nor for the contents of files you attach — only open files you trust.

7. No warranty

The app is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We do not promise that it will be error-free, uninterrupted or that your data will never be lost.

8. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the developer is not liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, or for any loss of data, notes or profits, arising from your use of, or inability to use, the app. Some places do not allow these limits, so they may not fully apply to you; nothing here limits rights you have under consumer protection law.

9. Ending use

You can stop using the app at any time by uninstalling it. To also remove your Google Drive backup, follow the steps in the Privacy Policy.

10. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. Changes ship with a new app version, are shown in the app and on this page, and update the "Last updated" date above. Continuing to use the app after a change means you accept the updated terms.

11. Contact

Questions about this document can be sent through the contact details on the Localnote Google Play listing.