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24 alternatives to Ichinichi

One note per day. End-to-end encrypted. No signup required.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

  1. 1IO

    Look, every journaling app out there wants you to organize things into folders and tags and templates. I just wanted to write something down every day. So I built this. One note per day. That's the whole deal. - Can't edit yesterday. What's done is done. Keeps you from fussing over old entries instead of writing today's. - Year view with dots showing which days you actually wrote. It's a streak chart. Works better than it should. - No signup required. Opens right up, stores everything locally in your browser. Optional cloud sync if you want it - E2E encrypted with AES-GCM, zero-knowledge,…

    Mar 2026 · its alternatives →

  2. 2

    I wanted to see how far I could go building a notes app using only what modern browsers already provide – no frameworks, no storage APIs, no build step. What it does: Single HTML file, no deps, 111 loc Notes live in the URL hash (shareable links!) Auto-compressed with CompressionStream Plain-text editor (contenteditable) History support Page title from first # heading Respects light/dark mode No storage, cookies, or tracking The entire app is the page source. https://textarea.my/

    Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

  3. 3

    End-to-end encrypted collaborative notes app

    2021 · its alternatives →

  4. 4

    In 2021 after getting thoroughly sick of Privnote, i built "Burner Note". Even though i didn't promote it in anyway other than a post here and a post on reddit, it ended up getting about 7000(ish) unique users per month. I kinda let it die about 18 months ago but i've resurrected it with some big upgrades. Most botable the app is now truly end to end encrypted (previously was just server side), and I've added dark mode as well as a few other bells and whistles. Feedback welcomed.

    Jan 2026 · burnernote.com · its alternatives →

  5. 5
    Once▲179

    Keep a journal like a real life book.

    2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

  6. 6DO

    Hi HN and Happy New Year! I built DailyNote, a minimalist daily notes app: one note per day, a year-at-a-glance calendar, and local-first storage. The interesting bit is the encryption + sync model: - Notes are always encrypted locally before syncing to Supabase. - A dedicated data key (DEK) encrypts notes; your password only wraps that DEK (KEK). - So when you change your password, it just re-wraps the DEK — no re-encryption of note data. I built the whole project in one day using Claude + Codex with a spec‑driven approach (tight PRD → implementation). It’s React/TypeScript, IndexedDB…

    Jan 2026 · its alternatives →

  7. 72B

    2018 · jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj.github.io · its alternatives →

  8. 8
    Faden▲62

    Discover a new way to manage your day

    2021 · its alternatives →

  9. 9

    Notes app that puts privacy first

    2018 · yournote.app · its alternatives →

  10. 10BS

    Blankslate.io is a free browser-based note-taking app. Write markdown notes, save them, share links, export to PDF, or optionally export to Google Docs.

    2015 · blankslate.io · its alternatives →

  11. 11
    Paper▲111

    🚀 An offline note taking app with "networkless" sharing

    2019 · paperapp.vercel.app · its alternatives →

  12. 12NA

    Express yourself with freedom — no spying, no tracking, only private notes. Unlike Evernote and other note apps, your data is yours alone.

    2021 · notesnook.com · its alternatives →

  13. 13

    Decryption key derived from master password never leaves the browser. It's just a text editor so far, but a we have a few features planned: retrospective tooling, sentiment analysis, journaling modules, guidance and information inline, better habit formation & rewards UI.

    2023 · jumblejournal.org · its alternatives →

  14. 14MM
  15. 15

    The shareable notetaking app that keeps your notes safe

    2019 · its alternatives →

  16. 16

    Simple, plain-text notes with offline saving

    2022 · its alternatives →

  17. 17

    Easy, private, secure note taking.

    2018 · its alternatives →

  18. 18

    A private writing page that opens instantly, works offline, and saves on your device. No account, no cloud by default. Open a blank page and begin.

    Jan 2026 · minimalistnotes.com · its alternatives →

  19. 19FD

    Hey Everyone, been working on a note-taking app called janta (Just Another Note Taking App) the past few months. You can try it out at app.janta.dev (you will be redirected to app.janta.dev/canvas/temporary, which is the locally-stored whiteboard you can access) I felt limited with OneNote, Excalidraw, and other infinite-canvas style apps, so I built an alternative. You have access to code-editors, Desmos graphs, and rich text editors (SlateJS). This is because the canvas is designed in a way that allows web components to exist on the same layer as pen-strokes, so you can annotate…

    2025 · app.janta.dev · its alternatives →

  20. 20

    I spent ten years trying to write a novel. Every time I sat down, I'd write a sentence, decide it wasn't good enough, and rewrite it. The problem wasn't discipline — it was that I could always see what I'd written and go back to change it. I tried other approaches. Apps that delete your words when you stop typing — they fight fear with fear. That just made me panic. I wanted the opposite: not punishment, but permission. "Tomoshibi" is Japanese for a small light in the dark — just enough to see what's in front of you. You write on a dark screen. Older lines fade, but not when you hit return.…

    Feb 2026 · tomoshibi.in-hakumei.com · its alternatives →

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  22. 22

    I have a short term memory and i have no passion to writing but i want to learn to write something, so i need my note as my second brain, but i need not only note app, i want to freely to write something from my mind, and set some to-do list, so i decide to create one web application that fit to my requirement. And here is my final product that you can try and maybe give me some feedback. This is a free application. Access https://paperly.id for detail

    2025 · paperly.id · its alternatives →

  23. 23BT

    It's blowing my mind that I could build an app from scratch in 3 hours and deploy it with the click of a button - without writing a single line of code myself CacheNotes is a browser-based note-taking app that saves your notes, threads, and AI conversations securely in your browser's local storage 100% free. No login required. You get, - simple, minimal note taking app in your browser - no login required - you can connect your claude api key for the ai integration - visualise notes and twitter threads Check it out! Would love some feedback :)

    2024 · cachenotes.kanishkdan.com · its alternatives →

  24. 24

    A fully open source & end-to-end encrypted note taking alternative to Evernote. - streetwriters/notesnook

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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