Paper Notebook Backup & Search Live

Name: Paper Notebook Backup & Search
Author: Jesse Hallett

Jesse Hallett1 app · 17 installsProductivityFreeIn-app purchases: $0.99 - $4.99 per itemapp.paperjournal

Back up your handwritten notes and journals with full text search.

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Total installs: 17
Installs / day: —
Rating: —★
Released: —
Last update: 15 Sept 2026
Countries: —

Install history

exact counter from Google Play

30dAll

Installs per day · last 90 days

Change timeline

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Country availability

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App manifest

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Permissions

11 in 5 groups

7 Sensitive1 Notable3 Routine

What this app can do with your phone

Use your camera to take photos and record videos
Record sound using your phone's microphone
Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storage
Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storage
Show its own windows or bubbles on top of other apps you are using

Photos/Media/FilesSensitive2

Access to photos, videos, music and other files stored on your device

Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

StorageSensitive2

Access to files, photos and media saved on your phone's storage

Read photos, videos, and other files saved in your phone's shared storageread the contents of your USB storage · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Add, change or delete photos, videos and other files in your phone's storagemodify or delete the contents of your USB storage · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

CameraSensitive1

Access to your camera to take photos and record video

Use your camera to take photos and record videostake pictures and videos · CAMERA

MicrophoneSensitive1

Access to your phone's microphone to record sound

Record sound using your phone's microphonerecord audio · RECORD_AUDIO

OtherSensitive5

Access to miscellaneous device features that don't fit other categories

Show its own windows or bubbles on top of other apps you are usingdraw over other apps · SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
Change volume and choose which speaker or headset plays soundchange your audio settings · MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS
Check whether you are online and whether you use Wi-Fi or mobile dataview network connections · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
Connect to the internet to load content and send datafull network access · INTERNET
Make your phone vibratecontrol vibration · VIBRATE

Sensitive = can reach personal data, location, camera/mic or act on your behalf. Notable = changes how your device behaves. Routine = normal for almost every app. Source: Google Play's permission list for all versions of this app.

Store listing

Full description

Paper Notebook Backup & Search is designed to support your handwritten journals, notes, letters - whatever you keep on paper. There’s nothing like the tactile experience of putting pen to paper. That does come with some trade-offs vs digital tools - until now! Paper Notebook scans your notebook pages to let you: - Search for any text in your notebook collection - Export PDFs with full text search and text selection - Securely back up copies of your notebooks (via your cloud file storage provider of choice) - Access information from your notebooks when you don't have them close to hand - Copy & paste information like phone numbers, meeting notes, tables, or anything you want to copy to a digital destination. Do you have pages that change over time? Paper Notebook automatically recognizes updated vs new pages by matching page numbers (even handwritten page numbers). It's a great time saver for bullet journals and personal planners! You control your data! Export your data to use it wherever you want. Your scanned pages are saved on your phone, and with any cloud backup services that you opt in to using - Paper Notebook does not store your data on its servers. Your data is *not* used for AI training. Made by a journaler, for journalers.

What's new

Paper Journal has been renamed to Paper Notebook I realized that the app is broadly useful to anyone with handwritten notes, journals, letters, etc. The media journals are written in are usually called "notebooks", but not all notebooks are journals. So I hope the new name is more inclusive. I still intend to support journaling use cases - especially Bullet Journals.

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