About Us

An app that adds friction between appointments gets my attention quickly. I’m Uma Marsh, the writer behind Notes After Use and a real estate agent who works from the car. I write for people who need an Android app to do a particular job, not become another project. My reviews compare the practical choices before I recommend where to spend your attention.

A shopping return, a family plan or weather alerts can each send you looking for a different app. I cover Android updates, everyday tools and guides, with particular attention to home, family, going out, shopping and work. I never cover apps for lending or investing money, dating apps or games of chance. Within that boundary, I follow the task rather than the hype.

An ad on this page helps fund the writing you came to read. Notes After Use is supported by advertising, and I run it independently of app developers. I write the judgments in my own voice rather than speaking for the companies behind the apps. A store button takes you to an official listing; my role is to help you decide whether to open it.

What you will find here

• A weekly issue that lists the Android apps we looked at, with a short verdict on each one.
• One page per app: what it does, what to check before you rely on it, the facts shown on its Google Play listing and a button that opens that official listing.
• Guides: step-by-step how-tos, tips, side-by-side comparisons and shortlists for one job at a time.
• Shelves that group the apps by what you use them for, from travel to work.

How we put a page together

Store facts on an app page, such as the developer, rating, installs and update date, come from the app's Google Play listing. The reviews and guides are the reviewer's own opinion. Updates often reach phones in stages, so the version you are offered may differ from the one we list for a few days; the listing has the final word.

Independence and funding

Notes After Use is not affiliated with Google or with any developer we write about. The site is paid for by the advertising shown on its pages; advertisers do not choose the apps we cover or influence what we say about them. We do not host app files, and nothing is installed from this site.

Write to the editors at editors@notesafteruse.com with questions, corrections or ideas for a future issue.