Show HN: Joonote – A note-taking app on your lock screen and notification panel
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4 hours ago
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I finally built this app after many years of being sick of unlocking my phone every goddamn time I need to take or view my notes. It particularly sucks when I'm doing my grocery and going down the list.

I started building last year June. This is a native app written in Kotlin. And since I'm a 100% Web dev guy, I gotta say this wouldn't have been possible without this AI to assist me. So this isn't "vibe-coded". I simply used the chat interface in Gemini website, manually copy paste codes to build and integrate every single thing in the app! I used gemini to build it just because I was piggybacking on my last company's enterprise subscription. I personally didn't subscribe to any AI (and still don't cuz the free quota seems enough for me :)

So I certainly have learnt alot about Android development, architecture patterns, Kotlin syntax, and obeying Google's whims. Can't say I love it all, but for the sake of this app, I will :)

Anyway, I finally have the app I wish existed, and I'm using it everyday. It not only does the main thing I needed it to do, but there's also all this stuff:

- Make your notes private if you don't want to show them on lock screen. - Create check/to-do lists. - Set one time or recurring reminders. - Full-text search your notes in the app. - Speech-to-text. - Organize your notes with custom or color labels. - Pin the app as a widget on your home screen. - You can auto backup and restore your notes on new install or Android device. - Works offline. - And no funny business happening in the background https://joonote.com/privacy

It's 30-day trial, then a one-time $9.99 to go Pro forever.

I would love you all to check it out, FWIW.

Ok thanks!

comrade1234
14 minutes ago
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I don't think you should name it that...
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__turbobrew__
52 minutes ago
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That is a poor choice of naming. Sounds like JewNote.
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--_--
45 minutes ago
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I was going to say that too. Perhaps it came from a non-native English speaker. Please change it.

I like the idea, if it's actually safe and you can't use this to get into your phone through some tricky means like a buffer overrun.

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rjtavares
6 minutes ago
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As a non native speaker, it never crossed my mind and I was quite confused at the first comments...
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politelemon
30 minutes ago
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Great demo video as well, I appreciated that it didn't waste time. I'll echo the comments here though, the name doesn't sit well with some audiences.
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ashwinnair99
48 minutes ago
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Simple idea, right surface. Lock screen is the most underused real estate on a phone. Curious how you handle the note limit before it gets cluttered.
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analognoise
55 minutes ago
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First they controlled Hollywood.

Then they controlled all of Politics.

Then they controlled when we went to war.

Now you want them to control your notes???

/s but “Joo” is filterspeak for “Jews”. Sounds antisemitic as fuck.

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mireofthedeep
21 minutes ago
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Joo is also Finnish for "yes" or "yep", name sounds like "yes-note".
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Vaslo
15 minutes ago
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You are totally right but the name may still be an unfortunate choice for native English speakers
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