Simplenote is a

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application with

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support. In addition to being accessible via most

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s, cross-platform apps are available on Android, Linux, Windows, iOS, and macOS. Simplenote has an externally accessible

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, allowing other clients to be written:

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Dashboard widget DashNote; nvPY, a cross-platform Simplenote client; amongst others. In addition, the macOS program

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and the

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utility ResophNotes can also sync with Simplenote.

History

Simplenote was originally developed by Simperium in 2008. Simplenote Premium was introduced on November 23, 2009. It removed ads and added extra features such as syncing Simplenote with

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Automattic Automattic Inc. is an American global distributed company which was founded in August 2005 and is most notable for WordPress.com (a freemium blogging service), as well as its contributions to WordPress (an open source blogging software). The co ...

acquired Simperium and Simplenote on January 24, 2013. In September, Automattic released an Android version and later relaunched Simplenote, which suspended the premium service and removed ads for all users. In May 2016, an official client for Linux for Simplenote was released. Automattic open sourced code for its Android, Electron, iOS, and macOS Simplenote apps in August 2016, making all its client apps open source.

Reception

The application was reviewed by ''

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'', reviewed in the book ''Lifehacker: The Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, and Better'', and covered in the book ''The Business of iPhone and iPad App Development''.

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