Comparison

Just Reminder vs Standard Notes

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Just Reminder

This app helps you remember and get notified about any event, either before or at the scheduled time. It also offers security features like Touch ID or passcode protection for private information and a diary.

Highlights
  • Unlimited event storage
  • Today's events widget
  • Upcoming events list
  • App passcode protection
  • Event search functionality
  • Customizable event colors and fonts
  • Recurring event notifications
  • Auto-delete events
Features
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Just reminder will help you to remember and notify you for any event before time and at the time. Just Reminder also support touch ID or passcode to store passwords, secrets, contacts or just keep your diary private. Just reminder is an easy way to relax your self from remembering anything. In addition to providing simple way of remind, it also offer awesome features like :- - No limit to store events - Widget for today's events - Get list of upcoming events - Passcodes for app to secure events - Easy to search event with name from list - Support different font style and font size - Support different colour for events to choose from - Get notification about event at time and before time - Set list of events with custom, date wise and name wise - Easy to setup call, message and pdf export for reminder - Get daily, weekly, biweekly, monthly and yearly notification about event - Support auto delete to delete event automatically after selected time period Now never forget about any important event, meetings and many other things, just get reminder from Just Reminder.

About

Standard Notes

Securely capture and sync your thoughts across all devices with end-to-end encryption. This app offers a simple, lasting place for all your notes, from personal thoughts to sensitive information, with robust privacy features.

Highlights
  • End-to-end encryption
  • Cross-device syncing
  • Offline access
  • Passcode and biometric lock
  • Tagging system
  • Open-source code
  • Optional productivity editors and themes
Features
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Standard Notes is a private and secure end-to-end encrypted notes app. It allows you to write and sync your notes across all your devices, including your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and web browser. Private means your notes are end-to-end encrypted, so only you can read your notes. Even we can't read the contents of your notes. Simple means it does one job and does it well. Standard Notes is a safe and lasting place for your life's work. Our focus is making it easy to write notes wherever you are and syncing them with encryption to all your devices. Our users love us for: • Personal Notes • Tasks & Todos • Passwords & Keys • Code & Technical Procedures • Private Journal • Meeting Notes • Cross-platform Scratchpad • Books, Recipes, & Movies • Health & Fitness Log Standard Notes comes free with: • Seamless sync across all your devices, with easy to use applications on iPhone, iPad, Mac, web browsers, and other platforms. • Offline access, so you can access your downloaded notes even without a connection. • No limit on number of devices. • No limit on number of notes. • Passcode lock protection, along with Touch ID and Face ID protection. • A tagging system to organize your notes (like #work, #ideas, #passwords, #crypto). • The ability to pin, lock, protect, and move notes to trash, which allows you to recover deleted notes until the trash is emptied. Standard Notes is completely open-source, which means when we say your notes are encrypted with industry-leading XChaCha-20 encryption, and that only you can read your notes, you don't have to take our word for it. Our code is open to the world to audit. We made Standard Notes simple because longevity is important to us. We want to make sure we're here, protecting your notes, for the next hundred years. You shouldn't have to find a new notes app every year. To sustain our development, we offer optional paid subscriptions which give you access to powerful tools like: • Productivity editors (like Markdown, Code, Spreadsheets) • Beautiful themes (like Midnight, Focus, Solarized Dark) • Powerful cloud tools including daily backups of your encrypted data delivered to your email inbox every day, or backed up to your cloud provider (like Dropbox and Google Drive). We're always happy to talk, whether it be a question, thought, or issue. Please feel free to email us any time at help@standardnotes.com. When you take the time to send us a message, we'll be sure to do the same. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Just Reminder4 screens
Standard Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Standard Notes at 64% against Just Reminder's 0%. Standard Notes also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.5) and ads (none vs shown). Just Reminder's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Just Reminder sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Standard Notes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $119.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Standard Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Standard Notes has 3.8K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Just Reminder's written reviews are positive against 64% of Standard Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Just Reminder ships an update every 3 months, Standard Notes every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Just Reminder versus Standard Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJust ReminderStandard Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (4 ratings)4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews64.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings43.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHiren MerjaStandard Notes Ltd.

Customer experience

Just Reminder

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Standard Notes

All ratings3,751 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.2%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews595 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral10.4%
Negative25.5%

Bugs and requests

Just Reminder

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Standard Notes

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes disappearing or getting deleted unexpectedly
  • Sync issues between devices
  • Keyboard and UI bugs on mobile
  • Compatibility problems with older iOS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for images and attachments
  • Implement a more robust search function
  • Introduce a dark mode option
  • Allow for better note organization (folders, nested tags)
  • Add undo/redo functionality

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Just Reminder

One-time3
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Unlimited Color$1.99
  • All in one pack$2.99
1 purchases

Standard Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Professional Plan7 Days trial$119.991 Year

Questions

Is Just Reminder free?
Just Reminder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Standard Notes free?
Standard Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Just Reminder or Standard Notes?
Standard Notes is rated higher. Just Reminder averages 2.5 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Standard Notes averages 4.7 from 3.8K ratings.
Do Just Reminder or Standard Notes have ads?
Just Reminder shows ads; Standard Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, Just Reminder or Standard Notes?
Just Reminder ships an update every 3 months, and Standard Notes every 5 weeks. Most recently, Just Reminder was updated on October 7, 2026 and Standard Notes on October 17, 2026.

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