Standard Notes
A secure note-taking application that keeps your data private through end-to-end encryption
- Also known as
- standard-notes
Available worldwide
What is Standard Notes?
Standard Notes is a note-taking platform where all your data is encrypted end-to-end, meaning only you can access your notes and files. It automatically syncs your encrypted content across your web browser, mobile, and desktop applications, with optional publishing features available.
Standard Notes pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
Free tier available; paid plans start at $90/year (Productivity) or $120/year (Professional) with annual billing.
Standard
FreeCore note-taking with unlimited device sync
- End-to-end encryption
- Unlimited device sync on web, desktop, and mobile
- Plain text notes
- Offline access
- Organize notes into tags
- Password protect individual notes
- Full data export in encrypted or plaintext format
- Two-factor authentication
- Daily encrypted email backups
- Community support
Productivity
Enhanced editing with folders, web saving, and note history
- Everything in Standard
- Use as 2FA authenticator for other services
- Organize notes into folders
- Web Clipper to save web pages as notes
- 1-year note revision history
- Account sign-in email notifications
- Dedicated support
- 14-day 100% refund period
Professional
Complete feature set including encrypted file storage and multi-account sharing
- storage
- 100GB
- Everything in Productivity
- 100GB encrypted cloud storage for photos, videos, and documents
- Subscription sharing with up to 5 accounts
- No limit on file size (tested up to 2GB)
- Offline file access
- Backup account files to computer
- Moments - automatic daily photo capture
- Maximum note revision history
- Hardware security key support
- 90-day 100% refund period
What Standard Notes does
The capabilities that matter for note taking, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Deployment model
- Cloud saas
- Offline mode editing without internet
- -
- Browser extension web page clipping
- -
- OCR optical character recognition scanning
- -
- Stylus handwriting and sketching support
- -
- Audio recording and dictation
- -
- End to end encryption e2ee
- ✓
- PDF document annotation
- -
- Nested folders and tagging hierarchy
- -
- Siri google assistant voice memo sync
- -
- SOC2 type ii
- -
- ISO 27001
- -
- Pricing model
- Freemium
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- iOS
- Web
- Linux
- Android
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
- Hybrid
- Self-hosted
Integrations (3)
Independently observed- Web Clipper
- Authenticator (2FA)
- Listed (blogging/publishing)
Standard Notes FAQ
Common questions about Standard Notes, answered from independent, dated evidence.
What is Standard Notes?
A note-taking and file storage application with end-to-end encryption that keeps all your notes private and synced across multiple devices. It is indexed under Note Taking.
Source: https://standardnotes.com
Is Standard Notes free?
Standard Notes offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $90 per year. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.
Source: https://standardnotes.com/plans
What platforms does Standard Notes support?
Standard Notes supports the web, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.
Source: https://standardnotes.com
Can Standard Notes be self-hosted?
Yes. Standard Notes can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.
Source: https://standardnotes.com
What does Standard Notes integrate with?
We have confirmed 3 integrations for Standard Notes, including Web Clipper, Authenticator (2FA) and Listed (blogging/publishing). This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.
Source: https://standardnotes.com/plans
What security certifications does Standard Notes have?
We have independently confirmed GDPR for Standard Notes. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Standard Notes not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.
Where is Standard Notes available?
Standard Notes is available worldwide. The vendor is headquartered in the United States.
Source: https://standardnotes.com/plans
Standard Notes alternatives
Other note taking we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- SimplenoteA straightforward note-taking application with automatic synchronization across all deviceslow · 28%
- NotabilityDigital note-taking app with document annotation, audio recording, and AI-powered study featureslow · 39%
- NotesnookAn open-source, privacy-focused note-taking app with end-to-end encryption across unlimited deviceslow · 39%
- GoodnotesAnnotate PDFs and take handwritten notes with natural pen input, searchable content, and cross-device syncmedium · 72%
- Joplinlow · 38%
- Zoho NotebookA comprehensive note-taking application that helps you capture, organize, and access information across all your devices.medium · 54%
Compare Standard Notes
Side by side against other note taking, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The vioscaleAI score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Standard Notes, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price level | 80 | 0.05 | 4.2 | ✓ |
| Pricing transparency | 45 | 0.08 | 3.8 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 29 | 0.04 | 1.1 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 17 | 0.05 | 0.8 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.06 | 0.0 | - |
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Content
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Faq | 7 items | mediumsource · 2026-09-10 · 64% |
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | Pricing model: freemium · Deployment model: cloud_saas · End to end encryption e2ee: Yes | mediumsource · 2026-09-28 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 3 | mediumsource · 2026-08-19 · 60% |
Market
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Availability | HqCountry: US · PrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: … | highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75% |
Pricing
Security
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Gdpr | Yes | highsource · 2026-08-19 · 75% |
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