Standard Notes Alternatives

Standard Notes is described as 'An end-to-end encrypted note-taking by Proton. Offline access, unlimited sync across devices, tagging, passcode and biometric security, plus advanced premium privacy features' and is a leading Note-taking tool in the security & privacy category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Standard Notes for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Web-based, Windows, Android and Linux apps. The best Standard Notes alternative is Obsidian, which is free. Other great apps like Standard Notes are Joplin, Logseq, Anytype and Notion.

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Standard Notes alternatives are mainly Note-taking Tools, but if you're looking for Todo List Managers or Task Management Tools you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Standard Notes.
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  1. Heptabase icon
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    Heptabase is a visual note-taking tool that helps you make sense of your learning, research, and projects. It helps you get into the flow of thinking and brings together everything you need to do better research.

    106 Heptabase alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPad
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
     
  2. Notes (PFA) icon
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    Privacy Friendly Notes allows you to take and manage notes on Android devices. It belongs to the Privacy Friendly Apps group developed by the research group SECUSO at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. More information can be found an secuso.org/pfa

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • F-Droid
    • Android
     
  3. HelixNotes icon
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    HelixNotes is a local markdown note-taking app built with Rust, Tauri 2.0, and SvelteKit. Your notes are standard .md files on your filesystem - sync with whatever you want or nothing at all.

    77 HelixNotes alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
  4. OpenNotas icon
     6 likes

    OpenNotas is an open-source note-taking application, cross-platform based on PWA, focusing on security and device synchronization.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Prism Notes icon
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    Prism is for quick thoughts and links. It feels like texting, rather than writing in a document. Capture easily, organize with tags, develop ideas across threads, review to keep only what matters. Free — unlimited notes, AI tags, and sync.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  6. PeekNote icon
     5 likes

    PeekNote is a lightweight, always-on-top note app for macOS designed to quickly save, edit, and reuse text or code snippets.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  7. Notedrafts icon
     6 likes

    Notedrafts is a powerful note-taking app that lets you write, draw, and organize your thoughts across different types of documents. Whether you're marking up a PDF, writing on a large canvas, or taking notes in a long vertical layout, Notedrafts adapts to your workflow.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  8. Minimal - Writing & Notes is a writing app inspired by meditation. It includes features such as note lifetime, collaborative writing, note-to-website publishing, Todo integration, and cross-device syncing, with a focus on spacious and modern design.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • Apple Watch
    • Apple Messages
     
  9. Collectives is a Nextcloud App for activist and community projects to organize together. Come and gather in collectives to build shared knowledge.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Nextcloud
    • Self-Hosted
     
  10. Frontdoor icon
     9 likes

    Frontdoor is an AI bookmarking assistant that helps you save knowledge from anywhere on the internet, automatically tags and takes notes it for you, and intelligently resurfaces it based on what your currently reading on the web

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  11. notenote.cc icon
     7 likes

    Your own Instagram, encrypted.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
     
  12. Looksyk icon
     5 likes

    A simple personal knowledge platform with a focus on clean Markdown files, simple queries and a journal.

    Cost / License

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    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Google Chrome
    • Electron
    • Docker
    • Chromium
     
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