Standard Notes
Shares rank 28 of 33 note-taking apps by recommenders
Recommended for encrypted note sync across desktop and mobile that captures reliably. Main caveat: development has slowed to bug fixes only.
Recommended for encrypted note sync across desktop and mobile that captures reliably. Main caveat: development has slowed to bug fixes only.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 67%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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Why people recommend it
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Syncs across desktop and mobile
“Works well on all paltforms, desktop and mobile. The sync works also great.”
Comment from 28 Feb 2026 in “Customer Update on Simplenote” “Standard Notes for sync'd notetaking”
Comment from 25 Sep 2026 in “F-Droid 2.0”
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See all 33 note-taking apps, rankedWhat people said
8 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Standard Notes for sync'd notetaking”
“which is online but encrypted”
“It's almost 30 seconds now and becoming an issue, especially with Android's aggressive memory freeing.”
“which is good for reliable capture at all places for me right now”
“development has slowed to bug fixes only. I would be wary to migrate to Standard Notes.”
“has been around for years, was not vibe coded, is not an AI app”
“The illustrations on the home page are some of the most hideous slop I've ever seen.”
“Works well on all paltforms, desktop and mobile. The sync works also great.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.