Standard Notes User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience62.9% of reviews
Neutral10.0% of reviews
Negative experience27.1% of reviews

~ Based on 428 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Standard Notes Safe?

Standard Notes appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Standard Notes is 94/100.

This assessment is based on 3,678 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

92.4% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.3% of ratings suggest some concerns
5.2% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 3,678 App Store ratings for Standard Notes.

Is Standard Notes Legit?

Standard Notes appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Standard Notes is 83/100.

Based on 83 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Can you share and co-edit in it?

I don’t know if you can. I wish it had it. And if it has it, I wish the user interface was more intuitive to where I could find it easily.

Standard Notes app

Great end to end encrypted notes great way to keep your notes and to see the time and date when you have a note for future references.

Very good vs Joplin

Because Gboard is completely unusable in joplin, now.

Exactly how a note taking app should be.

It gets out of my way and lets me take notes on a secure and simple environment. Everything feels like it has a purpose and meaning behind its inclusion. Doesn’t try and bait you with grandiose productivity claims. Simple and secure and just lets me take notes. That’s it and that’s all I need.

Great app but not after update - search no longer works

So glad I found this app. Secure and notes accessible on all devices. I cloud lost my notes in two devices.

Can't type/edit long notes / Inadvertent logouts

UPDATE: Removing another star. Keyboard still blocks editing. Since last updates, I'm now also logged out , inadvertently, way too often -- in the midst of trying to edit notes. This is becoming untenable. Update: The last update, again, broke the ability to scroll when composing/editing a note, making it impossible to see the part of the note covered by the keyboard. I’m now removing 2 stars, as this bug severely impacts functionality. PREVIOUSLY: Love this app! I recently subscribed in order to easily share end-to-end encrypted data between devices. Sharing works great, but until recently, it was difficult to compose/edit because the keyboard covered the bottom of the note on Apple devices and scrolling to bring it into view wasn't possible. (This limited utility, although it was still worth it to me for the amazing security in synching short notes.) Now, the problem has been FIXED, with a recent update!! I had also been unable to log in with my iPhone and had been limping along, only able to sync with my iPad and laptop. (That has been corrected now, too!!) THANK YOU, devs!
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Great app! Missing rich text though.

I’m really happy with this app. My one gripe is that you need to upgrade to get rich text formatting. Subscriptions to upgrade are a bit pricey for someone who only really has about five notes at a given time. I tend to make a lot of lists and checklists, so rich text or markdown would make a big difference.
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Terrible Price.

Will never pay for this and honestly am just astounded by the price.

$119 a year! For notes… let that sink in. Completely insane and out of touch pricing by the developer.

It’s NOTES. For a basic writing app that isn’t even flashy and could use quite a modern design update compared to other apps.

Best encrypted app for notes and syncing across devices is near instant.

I tried a lot of encrypted apps as I need to store client data securely and also often jump between mobile and desktop.

Standard notes is by far the most reliable.

The downside, depending on what you want is the free version is literally just for notes. But if that’s all you need then this is the go to.

But the paid version does come with file storage and really useful ways of adding tags to notes and also links.

For me, I store my customers shipping details and switch between pc and mobile a lot. And it syncs almost instantly.

But I can also attach additional information. For example, I can create a link connected to the post code, then have the tracking number attached.

I can then archive that days note. Then if ever I need to retrieve the tracking number I can search the postcode and it will find any notes including that info then I can quickly retrieve the tracking number for the customer. This is so handy.

I do use Proton for file storage too as it had a broader scope for use. But I have recently discovered that proton now own Standard Notes now and will likely at some point merge it into their system.

I really hope if they do, that they don’t change the way Standard Note functions as it’s great the way it is. And I also really hope they add the scan document into the options for SN.

Also SN is slightly faster at syncing between devices that proton so I really hope they don’t lose that if they merge.

But between Standard Notes and Proton drive, you have all you need and if/when they merge, I don’t think there is a single competitor in the space that will rival them.
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Hard to do text search

Seems secure but it’s hard to do a text search to find previous entries.

UI ist nicht gut

Die Übersichtlichkeit fehlt wenn man viele notes hat, das UI benötigt ein Update. Bei den geladenen Dateien fehlt eine direkte Information, der Name der Datei ist nur oben zu sehen.

A Bit Overpriced… 💰

The free version of the 'Standard Notes' app is relatively useless—it offers absolutely no formatting options. In order to utilise rich text formatting, the user must pay a prohibitively expensive yearly subscription fee.

Great app

Great app but I wish it has option to have folders and within the folders, have option to group notes into days, weeks, months and or years! Plus have time stamp too. Every time you start a notes, has time shows either on top or bottom or next to it with the day year etc…

consider supporting Simplified Chinese

Your interface already supports dozens of languages. Why not consider supporting Simplified Chinese?

Exceptional Encrypted Notes App

Standard Notes is the best app that I’ve used for note-taking - bar none.

It ticks all the boxes for me. It offers end to end encryption, local backups, offline mode, and a bunch more that I can’t say I’ve found in any other app I’ve tried.

If you’re looking for a secure and user-first notes app, this is the one I would absolutely recommend.
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Free version is cool

One of the best-made, most cross-platform compatible apps for secure info that exists in 2026–and it’s free. Yes I wrote this in my own words and it’s my own opinion.

Makes me want to get the paid version just to support them

Great!

Very useful!

Best encrypted app for notes and syncing across devices is near instant.

I tried a lot of encrypted apps as I need to store client data securely and also often jump between mobile and desktop.

Standard notes is by far the most reliable.

The downside, depending on what you want is the free version is literally just for notes. But if that’s all you need then this is the go to.

You can pay for the premium and get file storage and a host of other benefits. So it depends on what you need.

I use this app daily and I love it.

My only real criticism is I feel the premium version is a little overpriced for what you get.

Although they do have some great feature like tags that helps to organise and find notes. But there’s other apps that have a wider range of features for the same price.

I think they should drop their price by at least 20-25%.

But then again, I still paid it because they may be a little overpriced and not as feature rich.

But if all the apps I’ve used that are beyond question the most reliable. Syncing is instant, never lost any data. Never experienced a single bug. And I’ve been using it for a year now.

Hands down the most reliable and easy to use app.

But not for everyone depending on your needs.
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Secure (and fixed)!!

Update: The last update, again, broke the ability to scroll when composing/editing a note, making it impossible to see the part of the note covered by the keyboard. I’m now removing 2 stars, as this bug severely impacts functionality. Previously: Love this app! I recently subscribed in order to easily share end-to-end encrypted data between devices. Sharing works great, but until recently, it was difficult to compose/edit because the keyboard covered the bottom of the note on Apple devices and scrolling to bring it into view wasn't possible. (This limited utility, although it was still worth it to me for the amazing security in synching short notes.) Now, the problem has been FIXED, with a recent update!! I had also been unable to log in with my iPhone and had been limping along, only able to sync with my iPad and laptop. (That has been corrected now, too!!) THANK YOU, devs!
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Apple notes but not tied to apple

Much easier to keep in sync with non apple devices