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Notifications help keep track of everything from upcoming flights to group chats to delivery updates.

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We check out the notification area on our phones all day long. We also write reminder notes for upcoming events, shopping and to-do lists. Wouldn’t it be great to combine notes and notifications so you can stay on top of things? There’s an Android app that does just that.

Take note of the Notepin app

Your phone’s notepad is a handy tool that eliminates the need to carry around a pen and paper. But as you write more notes, keeping track of them is more complicated. You can label your notes with a date, but you’ll need to constantly check on them to ensure you don’t miss anything.

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Notepin is an Android app that lets you pin notes to your phone’s notification area. Most of us constantly check notifications — as we get emails, texts and other alerts. You might as well make that area of your phone more useful.

With the Notepin app, you can pin a reminder to your notifications to wish someone a happy birthday. You can add a shopping list for tomorrow’s trip to the hardware store or get a reminder for an upcoming work meeting, along with the notes you prepared.

Unlike regular reminders or standard notifications, these notes won’t just disappear if you dismiss them. You’ll see that reminder whenever you visit your phone’s notification area until you delete it from the app. Here’s an example of what it would look like:

Once you have Notepin installed, tap the plus + icon to add a new note and include a title and description. You can pin a note to your notification bar, which prevents you from accidentally swiping it away.

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