Comparison

Standard Notes vs My eNotes

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

Head to head
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/

About

My eNotes

Features
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My eNotes application organize and search for vital Notes/To Do List records added in the application. It can be reviewed and revised for better and fast operability. My eNotes is the simple option of keeping important notes. Keeping notes, memos, shopping list, messages and to-do-list became very simple with this notepad application. There is no need to carry the notepad physically. Never lose your notes again, whatever added in the application it can be retained in future for review and revise. Notes/To Do List is organised in different colors. Features of My eNotes Application There are many key features of eNotes which is very useful to use it. The main features include the user can prepare the eNotes of very essential work which normally done in notepad. This application stores the Notes and To Do Lists digitally which on requirement can be viewed, edited and deleted. Another feature includes the To Do List option in which listing can be done of all pending works to be completed and also can be viewed once it has been completed. In Home option all the Notes and To Do Lists can be viewed. Tags has been mentioned in all My Notes and To Do Lists. So, that My Notes/To Do List can be searched by the tag name and title. Theme color of the application can also be changed as per the colors mentioned in the select theme list. In Settings the user can access the below mentioned functionalities: • Theme Color: Theme color of the application can be changed. • Date Format: Format of the date can be changed mentioned in the list. • Feedback: Feedback relevant to the experience of the application can be send to any person through email. • Backup & Restore: Backup of all the Notes and To Do Lists can be take which is available in dashboard and also restore all My Notes and To Do List. You can also rate the application according to the usability of the application. User can also share the information of the eNotes application to the other peoples via different sharable apps installed in device.

Screenshots

Standard Notes4 screens
My eNotes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Standard Notes at none against My eNotes's shown. On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Standard Notes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $119.99 per year and My eNotes sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Standard Notes ships an update every 5 weeks, My eNotes every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Standard Notes versus My eNotes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStandard NotesMy eNotes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.114.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStandard Notes Ltd.NEXUSLINK SERVICES INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

Bugs and 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

My eNotes

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Standard Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Professional Plan7 Days trial$119.991 Year
1 purchases

My eNotes

One-time1
  • Premium Upgrade$0.99

Questions

Is Standard Notes free?
Standard Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is My eNotes free?
My eNotes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Standard Notes or My eNotes have ads?
My eNotes shows ads; Standard Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, Standard Notes or My eNotes?
Standard Notes ships an update every 5 weeks, and My eNotes every 4 weeks. Most recently, Standard Notes was updated on October 24, 2026 and My eNotes on October 19, 2026.

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