Comparison

Standard Notes vs NoeHub 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

NoeHub Notes

A straightforward note-taking application designed for local storage on your iPhone. It allows for the creation, editing, and deletion of notes without requiring an account or collecting user data. The latest update features an improved visual design and enhanced editing experience.

Highlights
  • Create notes
  • Edit notes
  • Delete notes
  • Local storage
  • No account required
  • No data collection
  • Improved UI
Features
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NoeHub Notes is a simple local-first note-taking app for iPhone. Features: • Create notes • Edit notes • Delete notes • Store notes locally on your device New in this version: • Improved visual design and user interface • Enhanced note editing experience No account required. No data collection.

Screenshots

Standard Notes4 screens
NoeHub Notes3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: NoeHub Notes at none against Standard Notes's 1. NoeHub Notes also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Standard Notes's advantage is ratings volume (3.8K vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence and ads 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. NoeHub Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NoeHub 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Standard Notes ships an update every 5 weeks, NoeHub Notes monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Standard Notes versus NoeHub Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStandard NotesNoeHub Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.8K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size90 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStandard Notes Ltd.Hangzhou Boshu Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Standard Notes

All ratings3,794 ratings
Positive92.5%
Neutral2.2%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews598 reviews
Positive63.9%
Neutral10.4%
Negative25.8%

NoeHub Notes

All ratings1 ratings
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

NoeHub 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
None

NoeHub Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Standard Notes free?
Standard Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NoeHub Notes free?
NoeHub Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Standard Notes or NoeHub Notes?
NoeHub Notes is rated higher. Standard Notes averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3.8K ratings, while NoeHub Notes averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Standard Notes or NoeHub Notes have ads?
Neither Standard Notes nor NoeHub Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Standard Notes or NoeHub Notes?
Standard Notes ships an update every 5 weeks, and NoeHub Notes monthly. Most recently, Standard Notes was updated on November 9, 2026 and NoeHub Notes on October 31, 2026.

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