Alternatives

Products that do what Standard Notes does

A simple and private notes app.

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Better Notes▲359
Simple notes app that ties notes together with #hashtags
2016
2
Notebook▲251
The beautifully simple note-taking app
2016
3
Memo▲128
Simple and elegant notes app on your Mac
2017
4
QuickNote.io▲145
📝 Minimalist, 🙈 anonymous and 🆓 free note taking app
2018
5
UpNote▲161
The most pleasant app for writing and organizing notes
2020
6
MinkNote▲157
Private macOS notes built on plain Markdown files
Jul 2026
7
PeekNote▲176
Lightweight always-on-top notes for devs & multitaskers
2025
8
Notepin▲353
Extremely simple note-taking
2017
9
Quick Notes 2.0▲84
Quick note taking app
2017
10
NotePlan 3▲264
Native (Mac & iOS) note-taking based on local Markdown files
2020
11
Notes▲103
Streamlined notes: quick & organized
2024
12
SideNotes 1.3▲259
Quick Notes on Screen Side
2021
13
YourNote▲92
Notes app that puts privacy first
2018
14
Box Notes▲196
A note-taking app built for teams
2017
15
Quick Note▲149
Colorful sticky notes for Mac
2024
16
Material Notes▲169
Simple no hassle notes app in a beautiful material design
2017
17
Serenity Notes▲151
End-to-end encrypted collaborative notes app
2021
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Ghostnote – Contextual notes and todo app▲301
2015 · ghostnoteapp.com
19
Dumbnote▲141
Offline-first Markdown note app. No lock-in. Just write.
2025
20
Minimal▲166
A meditation inspired writing app for effective notes
2021
21
Nimble Notes▲107
The anti-Evernote. Fast, dead-simple note-taking.
2019
22
Paperwork▲144
An open source Evernote alternative
2015
23
SideNotes for iPhone and iPad▲110
Your quick notes with you
2022
24
Notea▲288
Free self-hosted open source note taking app, like Notion
2021

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