Comparison

Standard Notes vs Duly

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

Duly

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Duly helps you stay on top of life admin: the recurring tasks that are easy to forget until they are overdue. Set a reminder once and Duly handles the rest, from pet medications and plant watering to bill due dates, registration renewals, and household chores. Private by design Your reminders live on your device and work fully offline. No account is required to use Duly, and we do not track you. Built for real life - Simple, reliable reminders for anything that repeats - A monthly overview so nothing sneaks up on you - Document scanning to capture details from paper - Category packs for pets, children, rentals, RVs, plants, finances, and boats Duly Premium Unlock all current and future packs, document scanning, and the monthly overview with a single one-time purchase. No subscription. Sharing (optional) Want to coordinate with a partner or housemate? An optional Sharing subscription keeps shared reminders in sync across people. We are a small studio that believes in honest pricing, no dark patterns, and respecting your privacy. Thanks for giving Duly a try.

Screenshots

Standard Notes4 screens
Duly4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Standard Notes at 3 against Duly's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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 Duly sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Standard Notes versus Duly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStandard NotesDuly
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStandard Notes Ltd.Crossing Cloud LLC

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

Duly

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Standard Notes

Subscriptions1
  • Professional Plan7 Days trial$119.991 Year
10 purchases

Duly

One-time10
  • Small Tip$0.99
  • Pet Pack$1.99
  • Child Pack$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Rental Pack$1.99
  • RV Pack$1.99
  • Plant Pack$1.99
  • Finance Pack$1.99
  • Boat Pack$1.99
  • Medium Tip$2.99
  • Large Tip$4.99

Questions

Is Standard Notes free?
Standard Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Duly free?
Duly is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Standard Notes or Duly have ads?
Neither Standard Notes nor Duly shows ads.

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