Google Keep
Google Keep is a free app for creating and sharing notes, lists, photos, drawings and audio.
What Google Keep is
Google Keep is a free app for creating and sharing notes, lists, photos, drawings and audio. Search notes and sort them with colors, labels, pins and filters; you can add reminders to track deadlines. Notes can be updated offline, with edits syncing after the device reconnects. Keep is available on the web, Android and iOS, and its Chrome extension saves URLs, text and images to Keep and syncs them across those platforms. Shared notes support real-time editing, including changes to text, lists, images, drawings and audio recordings. Note that deleting a shared note you own removes it for everyone. Keep allows up to 50 labels, and on shared notes, only the person who applied colors, labels or pins can see those choices. You can add notes from Google Workspace apps and export them to Google Docs; reminders can also appear in Google Tasks and Google Calendar. Listed integrations include Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Chat, Drive, Docs, Sheets and Slides. Google Keep is free; a Google Workspace Business Starter plan is also listed at $7 a month, billed per user per month with a one-year commitment.
Good
- Free plan for creating and sharing notes
- Offline edits sync after reconnection
- Shared notes support real-time collaboration
- Reminders can appear in Tasks and Calendar
- Chrome extension saves URLs, text and images
Watch out
- Deleting an owned shared note removes it for everyone
- Only the user sees their labels, colors and pins on shared notes
- Keep requires Google Drive to be enabled for Workspace
Who it suits
Keep suits people organizing personal lists, to-dos or brainstorming, as well as those who want to share notes with friends, family or colleagues. It can also suit Workspace users who want notes and reminders connected with Google apps.
Verdict
Google Keep combines flexible note formats, offline updates and real-time sharing at no cost. Be aware that deleting an owned shared note affects every collaborator, and shared-note organization settings are personal to whoever applied them.
Plans and prices
From Google Keep's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Google Keep | Free | Create and share notes, lists, photos, drawings and audio · Syncs across devices |
| Google Workspace Business Starter | $7 a month | Keep is available through Google Workspace · 30 GB pooled storage per user · per user per month with a one-year commitment |
| Google Workspace Business Starter | $8.40 a month | Keep is available through Google Workspace · 30 GB pooled storage per user · per user per month on the Flexible Plan |
The facts
Each one read from Google Keep's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Admin controls
- Workspace administrators can turn Keep on or off for an organization or selected groups, and Keep requires Google Drive to be enabled.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Collaboration
- People can share notes and collaborate on editing them in real time.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Extension
- Google's Chrome extension saves URLs, text and images to Keep and syncs them across web, Android and iOS.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Gmail,Google Calendar,Google Chat,Google Drive,Google Docs,Google Sheets,Google Slideschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Intended use
- Google presents Keep for personal organization such as shopping lists, to-dos and brainstorming, as well as sharing with friends, family and colleagues.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Label limit
- Keep allows up to 50 labels, and labels, colors and pins on shared notes are visible only to the user who set them.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Note sharing
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Offline
- Notes can be updated offline, and changes sync after the device reconnects.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Offline access
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Organization
- Users can search notes and organize them with colors, labels, pins and filters.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Keep lets people create and share notes, lists, photos, drawings and audio.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Real-time collaboration
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Reminder integration
- Keep reminders can also be viewed in Google Tasks and Google Calendar.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Reminders
- Users can add reminders to notes to keep track of deadlines.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- Google says its products are protected by its security infrastructure and that it uses HTTPS and Transport Layer Security to protect data in transit.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Sharing limit
- People with whom a note is shared can edit its text, lists, images, drawings and audio recordings; deleting an owned shared note deletes it for everyone.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Workspace integration
- Users can add notes from Google Workspace apps and export notes to Google Docs.checked 11 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- Browser support
- Keep supports the two most recent versions of Chrome and Firefox, plus Edge on Windows and Safari on Mac; other browsers may lack features.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- web,ios,android,chrome_extensionchecked 20 Sep 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Headquarters
- Mountain View, California, United Stateschecked 28 Sep 2026
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