Standard Notes

Name: Standard Notes
Rating: 4.559322 (7963 reviews)
Author: Standard Notes

By: Standard Notes

Encrypted notes app

Features & Capabilities

Standard Notes is a private and secure note-taking app designed to keep your information safe and accessible across your devices. With end-to-end encryption using industry-leading XChaCha-20, only you can read your notes—even the developers cannot access your content.

The app supports multiple platforms including Android, Windows, iOS, Linux, and Web, syncing your notes seamlessly and securely. Features include offline access, unlimited notes, tagging, passcode and fingerprint protection, and the ability to organize, pin, lock, and recover notes. Standard Notes is fully open-source, emphasizing transparency and long-term reliability. Optional Enhanced plans offer productivity tools like Markdown editors, themes, and automatic encrypted backups to cloud services. Whether you're managing personal notes, tasks, passwords, or journals, Standard Notes provides a simple, lasting, and encrypted solution for your note-taking needs.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App Privacy & Security

By:

Standard Notes

Downloads:

488,035 2.12K

Rating:

4.56

(7,963) 41 new ratings

Version:

3.201.31 Last updated: 2026-06-08

Version code:

3005220

Creation date:

2017-10-13

Publisher country:

Permissions:

android.permission.CAMERA Very high risk
android.permission.ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICY Moderate risk
com.fingerprints.service.ACCESS_FINGERPRINT_MANAGER Moderate risk
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE Low risk
android.permission.INTERNET Low risk
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS Low risk
android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED Low risk
android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM Low risk
android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC Low risk
android.permission.USE_FINGERPRINT Low risk

Size:

53.94MB

Email:

he*****@standardnotes.com

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Google Play Store

Data ingested on:

2026-07-09

Compare stats and ranking:

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# 99,068 ▼ 94

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Developed by:

Standard Notes

Google Play Store

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.standardnotes

Email:

he*****@standardnotes.com

Website:

https://standardnotes.com

User Reviews

Users appreciate Standard Notes for its strong security, privacy, and seamless syncing across devices, praising its simple and effective note-taking functionality and supportive customer service. However, common complaints focus on poor mobile text editing experience, frequent crashes, problematic import processes, paywalls on previously free features, and ineffective Android sharing options. The app is well-regarded for encryption and basic note management, but users find usability and stability issues that diminish the experience, especially on mobile platforms.

Pros

Strong encryption and privacy with end-to-end encryption and zero-knowledge architecture.
Cross-platform syncing works well allowing notes to be accessed on multiple devices seamlessly.
Simple, clean, and reliable note-taking experience, especially appreciated for journaling and basic note keeping.
Responsive and helpful customer support team in resolving issues.
The paid extended features add valuable functionality such as SuperNotes and encrypted backups.

Cons

Text selection and editing on mobile is frustrating and often difficult to use accurately.
The app frequently crashes or becomes unresponsive, causing loss of progress and user frustration.
Some key features like note history are paywalled, leading to concerns about subscription cost and feature gating.
Importing from apps like Google Keep is problematic with errors, duplicates, and missing media.
Android share functionality is broken or non-functional, limiting ease of attaching content to notes.

Recent reviews

Note app will now let you download or upload files and can only create one Note.

Jo*****, 2026-06-30

I have used nearly every note taking app there is. some have a couple features I want, but it doesn't check every box. I want to be able to self-host, support syncing on multiple devices, E2EE on my data, & have a modern interface. SN has it all. the only thing I disagree with is the price. they have to make money I know, I don't mind paying. but for self-host, I don't think it should be a subscription. but this review is for the actual app, performance, & usability. on that it deserves 5 stars.

St*****, 2026-06-29

Decent enough notes app, but most of the interesting and innovative features are hidden behind paid-upgrade tease buttons — and the paid tier is expensive. I do like the option to use both tags and folders, but overall it has a long way to go to catch up with Google Keep or Samsung Notes.