Standard Notes
Encrypted note app with automatic syncing across multiple devices
- Also known as
- standard-notes
Available worldwide
What is Standard Notes?
A note-taking service that encrypts your data on your device and synchronizes it across all your platforms. Includes a free tier with basic features and paid plans that add encrypted file storage, account sharing, and enhanced note editing capabilities.
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
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- iOS
- macOS
- Web
- Linux
- Android
- Windows
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (3)
Independently observed- Web Clipper
- Authenticator (2FA)
- Listed (blogging/publishing)
Standard Notes alternatives
Other note taking we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- Notesnooklow · 26%
- NotabilityA digital note-taking app with handwriting, audio transcription, and AI-powered study toolslow · 26%
- GoodnotesAI-enhanced note-taking app for professionals and students who capture, organize, and collaborate on handwritten notes across multiple devicesmedium · 61%
- Joplinlow · 27%
- SimplenoteA minimalist cross-platform note-taking app that syncs automatically across all deviceslow · 18%
- Zoho NotebookA cloud-based note-taking application with offline access, cross-device synchronization, and privacy-focused featureslow · 42%
Compare Standard Notes
Side by side against other note taking, attribute by attribute, with a source on every value.
The Vioscale 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pricing transparency | 100 | 0.08 | 8.4 | ✓ |
| Price level | 25 | 0.05 | 1.3 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 17 | 0.04 | 0.7 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
| Capabilities | 0 | 0.05 | 0.0 | - |
| Security posture | 5 | 0.07 | 0.0 | - |
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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
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% |