# Standard Notes

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/standard-notes/

5 people recommended Standard Notes in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 12 months, in 4 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for encrypted note sync across desktop and mobile that captures reliably. Main caveat: development has slowed to bug fixes only.

Summary written by Claude from 8 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Syncs across desktop and mobile (2 comments in the sample): "Works well on all paltforms, desktop and mobile. The sync works also great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47196159)) "Standard Notes for sync'd notetaking" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49848298))

## Other note-taking apps people recommend

- [Obsidian](https://hackerapproved.com/p/obsidian/): 306 recommend, 104 mixed, 114 criticize
- [Org mode](https://hackerapproved.com/p/org-mode/): 133 recommend, 30 mixed, 29 criticize
- [Notion](https://hackerapproved.com/p/notion/): 43 recommend, 37 mixed, 96 criticize
- [Logseq](https://hackerapproved.com/p/logseq/): 30 recommend, 19 mixed, 23 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://standardnotes.com/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Standard Notes", https://hackerapproved.com/p/standard-notes/ (5 recommend, 1 mixed, 3 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.