Comparison

Standard Notes vs TransLoop

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

TransLoop

Features
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"Is this translation really right?" Sending a message to an international colleague, replying to an English email from a client, wondering if you can just send that machine-translated text as-is — TransLoop is here for the moment you want to double-check a translation, right from your phone. ■ Simple to use 1. Enter the text you want to check 2. Tap "Translate & Check" 3. If the meaning has drifted, you'll see a yellow or red signal ■ How TransLoop works (translation self-check) Once a translation is produced, TransLoop looks only at that translation and translates it back in the opposite direction, then compares it with your original text to see if the meaning still matches. Because the back-translation is done without seeing the original, the check stays objective and free of assumptions. ■ Who it's for - Anyone who emails or chats with international colleagues day to day - Businesses handling visitors from abroad, or multilingual social posts and signage - Language learners who want to check their own English writing - Anyone who wants to make sure they've correctly understood a document from overseas ■ Your translations become a growing knowledge base Translations you've checked can be saved to My Dictionary. From then on, whenever a similar sentence comes up, TransLoop automatically looks up and reuses your saved wording in the translation. Words are always applied wherever they appear, and longer phrases are automatically suggested in similar contexts — so the more you use it, the more the results sound like you (or your workplace). No more retyping the same terms every time. ■ Supported languages Japanese to/from English, Chinese (Simplified), Korean, Vietnamese ■ Plans Free: up to 5 checks/day, 500 characters per check, 50 My Dictionary entries Premium: up to 100 checks/day, 2,000 characters per check, unlimited My Dictionary ■ Premium (auto-renewing subscription) New subscribers can start with a 7-day free trial (monthly or annual). - TransLoop Premium (Monthly) — auto-renewing subscription, billed every month - TransLoop Premium (Annual) — auto-renewing subscription, billed every year (equivalent to 2 months free versus paying monthly) Prices are shown in your local currency on the purchase screen before you buy, and will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase (or, with a free trial, when the trial ends). Unless canceled at least 24 hours before the free trial ends, the paid subscription starts automatically when the trial ends. The subscription automatically renews for the same term and price unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal in your device's Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://transloop.orangezely.com/privacy?lang=en Legal Notice (Japan Specified Commercial Transactions Act disclosure): https://transloop.orangezely.com/legal?lang=en * Translation and check results in this app are generated automatically by AI. Accuracy is not guaranteed. A "no meaning drift" result does not guarantee the absence of mistranslation. For uses with serious consequences — medical, legal, contractual, etc. — please always have a qualified professional review the content.

Screenshots

Standard Notes4 screens
TransLoop3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TransLoop at every 9 days against Standard Notes's every 5 weeks. 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 TransLoop 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, TransLoop every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Standard Notes versus TransLoop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStandard NotesTransLoop
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3.8K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings3.8K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStandard Notes Ltd.shintaro yamashita

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

TransLoop

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

TransLoop

Subscriptions2
  • TransLoopプレミアム7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • TransLoopプレミアム7 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is Standard Notes free?
Standard Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TransLoop free?
TransLoop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Standard Notes or TransLoop have ads?
Neither Standard Notes nor TransLoop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Standard Notes or TransLoop?
Standard Notes ships an update every 5 weeks, and TransLoop every 9 days. Most recently, Standard Notes was updated on October 14, 2026 and TransLoop on October 5, 2026.

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