Comparison

Standard Notes vs Deckly

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

Deckly

Features
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Plan your entire day in under a minute. Then go live it. Most planners make you work for them. Deckly works for you. In less than 60 seconds you set up your day's routines, tasks and projects, turning everyday actions into streaks you won't want to break. • One-minute planning. Build your full day in seconds, not hours. Open the app, set your plan, get on with your life. • Routines that build habits. Add the things you do daily or weekly. Pick a name, a frequency, a color, done. Deckly keeps the rhythm so you don't have to remember. • Tasks that get done. Capture short-term to-dos with target dates and check them off without the friction. • Projects, broken down. Turn bigger goals into clear stages and watch them move forward, step by step. • Streaks that keep you going. A clean activity heatmap shows every day you showed up. Watch your consistency grow and feel the pull to keep it alive. • Reminders that nudge, not nag. Gentle notifications keep your routines on track. • Works offline, syncs everywhere. Plan on the subway, in a tunnel, anywhere. Your data syncs across devices the moment you're back online. Consistency has never felt this effortless. Whether you're building better habits, staying on top of work, or finally finishing that project, Deckly turns intention into action, one day at a time. Download Deckly and plan your best day in under a minute. Terms of Use (EULA): https://deckly.cards/terms Privacy Policy: https://deckly.cards/privacy

Screenshots

Standard Notes4 screens
Deckly4 screens

Verdict

The call

Standard Notes and Deckly are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 Deckly sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Standard Notes ships an update every 5 weeks, Deckly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Standard Notes versus Deckly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStandard NotesDeckly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStandard Notes Ltd.TAHA C BASKIN

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

Deckly

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Standard Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Professional Plan7 Days trial$119.991 Year
2 purchases

Deckly

Subscriptions2
  • Deckly Aylık Abonelik7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Deckly Yıllık7 Days trial$34.991 Year

Questions

Is Standard Notes free?
Standard Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Deckly free?
Deckly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Standard Notes or Deckly have ads?
Neither Standard Notes nor Deckly shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Standard Notes or Deckly?
Standard Notes ships an update every 5 weeks, and Deckly every 2 months. Most recently, Standard Notes was updated on October 26, 2026 and Deckly on October 24, 2026.

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