wikidPad - wikidPad is an application for storing thoughts, ideas, todo lists, contacts, or anything else that user can think of to write down.
Evernote - Bring your life's work together in one digital workspace. Evernote is the place to collect inspirational ideas, write meaningful words, and move your important projects forward.
Simplenote - The simplest way to keep notes. Light, clean, and free. Simplenote is now available for iOS, Android, Mac, and the web.
Joplin - Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. The notes are searchable, tagged and modified either from the applications directly or from your own text editor.
Google Keep - Capture notes, share them with others, and access them from your computer, phone or tablet. Free with a Google account.
Standard Notes - A safe place for your notes, thoughts, and life's work