Alternatives

Products that do what Notes: private & encrypted does

Notes with checklists, photos, voice, locations and more.

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   Dash▲122

   Private, encrypted OSS notes app

   2025

2. 2
   Serenity Notes▲151

   End-to-end encrypted collaborative notes app

   2021

3. 3
   SafeNote 2.0▲102

   Encrypt and send files and notes which self-destruct.

   2019

4. 4
   YourNote▲92

   Notes app that puts privacy first

   2018

5. 5
   Burner Note▲222

   Zero knowledge self destructing notes

   Jan 2026

6. 6
   PrivaKeeper▲71

   Private & Encrypted Files, Notes, Passwords, 2FAs app

   2020

7. 7
   Enclosed▲143

   Send private and secure notes

   2024

8. 8
   CipherScribe: Offline Notes

   Secure offline-first encrypted notes for total privacy. 🔐

   Apr 2026 · play.google.com

9. 9
   Cactus Diary▲109

   Diary app with AES encryption

   2023

10. 10AO
    An open source note-taking app that respects your privacy▲53

    2013 · janusnotes.com

11. 11
    SNote▲112

    End-to-end encrypted notes, docs, data & files

    2023

12. 12
    Burner Note▲126

    Send self destructing notes free, encrypted, open source

    2021

13. 13
    MySecureNote▲80

    Save some text and pictures to a public pin-protected URL

    2022

14. 14
    Cipherly▲15

    Encrypt, disguise and hide messages — 100% offline

    Jul 2026 · github.com

15. 15PE
    PNotes – Encrypted notes, photos and to-do lists▲5

    2019 · pnotes.online

16. 16
    Notta Desktop - Privacy Mode▲54

    Offline AI meeting notes with unlimited transcription

    Jul 2026 · notta.ai

17. 17PO
    PrivaNote – offline first, end-to-end encrypted notes▲10

    2021 · privanote.xyz

18. 18
    SecretNote▲3

    Self-destructing encrypted messages, files & screenshots

    Jul 2026 · secretnote.eu

19. 19OS
    Open Sourcing Notesnook – an end to end encrypted private notes app▲10

    2022 · github.com

20. 20
    Scrib▲2

    Offline notes app. No tracking. No cloud. No ads. Just notes

    Feb 2026

21. 21DO
    DailyNote – one-note-per-day app with local-first encryption▲5

    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

22. 22
    Snoq▲6

    Offline, AES-256 encrypted notes for Windows

    26d ago · snoq.io

23. 23SS
    Safenote – Secure notes, made simple with bcrypt▲5

    2016 · github.com

24. 24
    Compliance Locker▲3

    Seal sensitive docs before they leave the browser

    26d ago · compliancelocker.app

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