Comparison

Standard Notes vs Noble Notes

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

Noble Notes

Capture thoughts, ideas, and important information with a versatile note-taking application. Organize notes by category for easy retrieval and access across devices. Ideal for personal use, business, or creative projects.

Highlights
  • Categorized notes
  • Reminders
  • Idea capture
  • Business notes
  • Personal notes
  • Speech notes
Features
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Reminders - notes for later Ideas - notes for now Notes - notes for anything Business - notes for success Personal - notes for you Inventions - notes for impact Speeches - notes for everyone SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION A monthly purchase of $0.99 USD will be applied to your iTunes account. Subscriptions will automatically renew unless canceled within 24-hours before the end of the current period. You can cancel anytime with your iTunes account settings. For more information, see https://www.sceneapp.us/pages/privacy-policy and https://sceneapp.us/pages/terms-and-conditions

Screenshots

Standard Notes4 screens
Noble Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Standard Notes at free with in-app purchases against Noble Notes's subscription. Standard Notes also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 16 months) and ratings volume (3.8K vs 3). Noble Notes's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 64%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). On price, ads, 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 Noble Notes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Noble Notes holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Standard Notes has 3.8K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Standard Notes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Noble Notes's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Standard Notes ships an update every 5 weeks, Noble Notes every 16 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Standard Notes versus Noble Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStandard NotesNoble Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3.8K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 16 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.114.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB72 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStandard Notes Ltd.1LM Enterprises

Customer experience

Standard Notes

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

Noble Notes

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Noble Notes

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

Noble Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Premium$0.991 Month

Questions

Is Standard Notes free?
Standard Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Noble Notes free?
Noble Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Standard Notes or Noble Notes?
Noble Notes is rated higher. Standard Notes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while Noble Notes averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Standard Notes or Noble Notes have ads?
Neither Standard Notes nor Noble Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Standard Notes or Noble Notes?
Standard Notes ships an update every 5 weeks, and Noble Notes every 16 months. Most recently, Standard Notes was updated on October 12, 2026 and Noble Notes on September 29, 2026.

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