KyPass vs Standard Notes
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
KyPass
Securely manage all your sensitive information, including usernames and passwords, in a single encrypted database. This app offers robust synchronization across multiple cloud services and devices, along with advanced features for password generation and entry management.
- KeePass database compatibility
- Multi-cloud synchronization
- Advanced password generator
- Entry history management
- Attachment support
- Touch ID/PIN protection
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KyPass is designed for users who demand the highest level of security for their personal data. It is fully compatible with the open-source KeePass Password Safe database format, allowing you to manage your credentials securely and efficiently across all your devices. Secure Sync and Backup Your encrypted database can be stored and synchronized using: • iCloud Drive • Dropbox • Google Drive • OneDrive (personal and business) • SFTP • Any WebDAV-compatible cloud service Powerful and Complete KyPass stores all your sensitive information — usernames, passwords, URLs, notes, and more — in a single, encrypted database. Entries are organized into groups, and the built-in search lets you find what you need instantly. Exclusive Features • Tree view navigation (ideal on iPad) • Full field reference support • Complete history management (view and maintain previous versions) • Recycle Bin support • Folder selection for Dropbox and WebDAV • Attachment support (read and write) And Also • Multi-cloud synchronization across all your devices • Safari and third-party browser integration • Advanced password generator with smart character rules • KDBX4 support • External keyboard compatibility • Local WebDAV browser for direct imports • Download database directly from a URL • Touch ID or PIN protection (securely stores the master key in iOS Keychain) • One-Time Password (OTP) support • Barcode sharing for entries • Detailed entry information including creation, modification, and expiry dates KyPass is powerful enough to replace your desktop password manager, yet simple enough to use anywhere. Discover the most complete and secure KeePass-compatible app for iPhone and iPad.
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.
- End-to-end encryption
- Cross-device syncing
- Offline access
- Passcode and biometric lock
- Tagging system
- Open-source code
- Optional productivity editors and themes
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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/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Standard Notes at Free against KyPass's $7.99. Standard Notes also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (64% vs 50%). KyPass's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#174 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Standard Notes is free to download; KyPass costs $7.99 up front. Standard Notes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $119.99 per year. KyPass asks for nothing beyond the download.
Standard Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Standard Notes has 3.8K ratings behind it against 386, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of KyPass's written reviews are positive against 64% of Standard Notes's.
KyPass ships an update every 6 weeks, Standard Notes every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | KyPass | Standard Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $7.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (386 ratings) | 4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 64.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 386 | 3.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #174 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 92 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Miguel Vanhove | Standard Notes Ltd. |
Customer experience
KyPass
Standard Notes
User reviews
KyPass
From 386 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Long time user
- 👍 Pretty good
- 🔒 Great app
- 👍 Perfect app
- 🚀 Brilliant App
Room to improve
- 🐛 Update is broken
- 🐛 OneDrive integration crashes app
- 🐛 cannot be pasted. The interface is not beautiful and there is a display error problem.
- 🐛 TOTP doesn't work
- 🐛 Face ID no longer working
Standard Notes
From 3.8K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Fast and reliable sync
- 🔒 Excellent privacy and security
- 👍 Simple and intuitive interface
- 📚 Great for organizing notes
- 💻 Cross-platform availability
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
- 🔑 Frustrating login/authentication issues
- 💰 Expensive premium subscription
- 📱 Limited features in free version
- 🖍️ Lack of formatting options
Bugs and requests
KyPass
Reported bugs
17 issues- Version 6.1 will not sync with iCloud.
- Local file no response while touch, but iCloud file works while touching. Moved local file to iCloud file, it didn't sync. Lost most of important passwords.
- New entries won't sync. I've added entries in the app and they don't show up in my kdbx files.
- Never allows me to link to OneDrive
- Unable to sync using SFTP. One drive works fine.
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- Won't synch, can't export to any of my cloud services (Google drive, Dropbox, ICloud), can't even save a copy to my iPad.
- iCloud sync stopped working
- Versione a pagamento inutilizzabile!!!
- Forced to upgrade
- Whenever hit the keyboard password shortcut and clear the autofilled URL in the search box, the keyboard never is shown so I can't search.
- Only Dropbox cloud sync works when on BPN
- WebDAV геНельзя добавить сервер
- Не активно окно с добавлением сервера. Покупал ради WebDAV. Выкинутые 530р
- Crashes upon launch & key file disappeared!
- try create webdav storage ... crashes straight away.
- Allows access without master password
- Constant crashes, forced to pay to upgrade every version
Requested features
4 requests- Add more languages!
- Please, Did you fix CVE-2023-32784?
- Dark mode option
- Advanced analytics dashboard
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
KyPass
No in-app purchases
Standard Notes
- Professional Plan7 Days trial$119.991 Year









