How to add notes to Notion fast, without opening the app
The fastest ways to add a note to Notion from your phone in 2026: Lock Screen widget, tags, offline queue, and what the official app can and cannot do.
Read →The fastest way to add notes to Notion
Open, type, saved. Instant Note writes straight into the Notion database you choose, with your tags, even without a connection. Lock Screen and Home Screen widgets skip the loading screens of the official app.
Instant note capture
The app opens on the text field. No workspace to load, no page to find. A note with tags takes a few seconds.
Widgets on iPhone and Android
Start a note from the Lock Screen or the Home Screen. Pro widgets carry your tags, so the note is already sorted when you open it.
Tags from your database
Select and multi-select properties from your Notion database appear as tags in the app. Pick them while you type; the row lands in the right place.
What people say about quick capture
I am really amazed by how lightweight yet really minimalistic,elegant and fastthis app is! This is a must-have for anyone doing Quick Capture for tasks/ideas in Notion!
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Awesome little app thatdoes exactly what it says
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The first app you should install if you use Notion. I use this quick capture app over 50 times every day. The best part - you can do this all from your locked screen as well!
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I have been using fast notion, but switched to this one because it has a simpler UI, is more beautiful, has no ads, and allows me to leave notes in the database for free
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FAQ
Questions about Instant Note
Instant Notion is an iOS app allowing you to quickly save notes to Notion. The official Notion app is not optimised for quick capture and takes time to open a specific database. With Instant Notion you can reduce the time it takes to save a note to seconds.
If you need a way of quickly saving a tagged note to Notion, you'll love Instant Notion. On top of it you'll be able to save notes offline, add your own tags from Notion and configure widgets (Lock Screen and Home Screen).
No, Instant Notion is a 3rd party app developed on top of Notion's official API.
Yes! Everyone can add a Lock Screen widget and Pro users can add Home Screen widgets.
We take your privacy extremely seriously - your notes stay on your phone and Notion, we do not access them. We use the official authorization and data access way provided by Notion.
Most of the features are free (configuring multiple databases, tagging notes, lock screen widget). A few features are available in the Pro tier: home screen widgets and the ability to create new tags without opening Notion.
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