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24 alternatives to Serenity Notes

End-to-end encrypted collaborative notes app

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Serenity Notes launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
YourNote▲92
Notes app that puts privacy first
2018 · yournote.app · its alternatives →
2
SNote▲112
End-to-end encrypted notes, docs, data & files
2023 · its alternatives →
3
Dash▲122
Private, encrypted OSS notes app
2025 · dashnote.io · its alternatives →
4
SafeNote 2.0▲102
Encrypt and send files and notes which self-destruct.
2019 · safenote.co · its alternatives →
5
Online NotesPad▲247
Free online notes taking app
2025 · onlinenotespad.com · its alternatives →
6
Justnote▲65
A privacy-focused note taking app
2022 · justnote.cc · its alternatives →
7
SideNotes▲311
A beautiful note taking app with superpowers. It shows and hides on the side of your monitor to manage your notes distraction-free. Keep your notes organised, personalised and always at your fingertips. Markdown, tasks, pictures, colors, folders included.
2025 · apptorium.com · its alternatives →
8
Standard Notes▲164
A simple and private notes app.
2017 · standardnotes.com · its alternatives →
9
Enclosed▲143
Send private and secure notes
2024 · enclosed.cc · its alternatives →
10
Burner Note▲222
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 →
11
Really Simple Notes▲69
Simple, plain-text notes with offline saving
2022 · its alternatives →
12
Material Notes▲169
Simple no hassle notes app in a beautiful material design
2017 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
13
I wrote a local-first notes app for Mac, with data longevity in mind▲128
Noteship is a note taking app for Mac that combines notes, todos, and reminders and is based on simple files and folders.
2021 · noteship.com · its alternatives →
14
NoteChain▲109
A beautiful note taking app running on Ethereum Blockchain
2018 · its alternatives →
15
PrivaNote▲59
Offline first, end-to-end encrypted notes
2021 · privanote.xyz · its alternatives →
16
Cryptware Notes▲60
A simple and minimalistic notepad app
2022 · cryptwareapps.firebaseapp.com · its alternatives →
17
Typelets Secure Encrypted Notes▲6
End-to-end encrypted notes that sync everywhere
Oct 2025 · app.typelets.com · its alternatives →
18
A note taking application that encrypts in the browser▲58
Encrypted note taking web application. Contribute to moyaproject/notes development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
19
Notary for iOS▲61
Just write it down
2023 · getnotary.app · its alternatives →
20
PrivateNote▲8
Send a note/file that will self-destruct after being read.
2018 · its alternatives →
21
SecureNotes▲7
Privacy that self-destructs.
2025 · its alternatives →
22
SealNotes▲14
Secure notepad with rich text & password encryption
2024 · sealnotes.com · its alternatives →
23
Note1.app▲5
Share sensitive information safely.
Dec 2025 · note1.app · its alternatives →
24
Note☰Block▲72
The shareable notetaking app that keeps your notes safe
2019 · its alternatives →

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