Comparison

In Your Note 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

In Your Note

This simple note-taking application allows users to create and view all their memos at a glance. It offers features like collapsing lengthy notes, text alignment, and dark mode support for a streamlined experience.

Highlights
  • Create new notes easily
  • Collapse/expand lengthy notes
  • Left, right, and center text alignment
  • Dark Mode support
Features
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In Your Note is the simple note app that shows all of your short and lengthy memos in one easy glance. Features: • Create a new note with a tap of a button. • Quickly collapse or expand each of your lengthy notes. • Tap to open links right inside your notes. • Pin the notes you want to keep on top. • Drafts keep your unfinished thoughts safe until you come back. • Align your text to the left, right, or center. • Quick actions on each note for share, copy, and more. • Supports Dark Mode. • Polished for iOS 26. Go ad-free anytime from Settings with a Premium subscription. In Your Note Premium is an auto-renewable subscription. It unlocks an ad-free experience, iCloud sync across iPhone, iPad and Mac, and beautiful accent themes. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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

In Your Note4 screens
Standard Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Standard Notes at 4.7 against In Your Note's 4.2. Standard Notes also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (3.8K vs 12). In Your Note's advantage is review sentiment (91% vs 64%) and iOS requirement (13.0 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. In Your Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase 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 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Standard Notes has 3.8K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 91% of In Your Note's written reviews are positive against 64% of Standard Notes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

In Your Note ships an update every 4 months, Standard Notes every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
In Your Note versus Standard Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterIn Your NoteStandard Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (12 ratings)4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.9% of reviews — better64.1% of reviews
Number of ratings123.8K — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStephen JangStandard Notes Ltd.

Customer experience

In Your Note

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

Standard Notes

All ratings3,751 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.2%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews594 reviews
Positive64.1%
Neutral10.4%
Negative25.4%

Bugs and requests

In Your Note

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

1 purchases

In Your Note

One-time1
  • Ad Free$0.99
1 purchases

Standard Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Professional Plan7 Days trial$119.991 Year

Questions

Is In Your Note free?
In Your Note 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, In Your Note or Standard Notes?
Standard Notes is rated higher. In Your Note averages 4.2 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Standard Notes averages 4.7 from 3.8K ratings.
Do In Your Note or Standard Notes have ads?
In Your Note shows ads; Standard Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, In Your Note or Standard Notes?
In Your Note ships an update every 4 months, and Standard Notes every 5 weeks. Most recently, In Your Note was updated on October 1, 2026 and Standard Notes on October 16, 2026.

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