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24 alternatives to Standard Notes

Notes app focused on longevity, portability, and privacy.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Standard Notes launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Standard Notes▲164

   A simple and private notes app.

   2017 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Better Notes▲359

   Simple notes app that ties notes together with #hashtags

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Memo▲128

   Simple and elegant notes app on your Mac

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Notebook▲251

   The beautifully simple note-taking app

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Quick Notes 2.0▲84

   Quick note taking app

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   OneNote for Mac▲84

   All your notes, on all your devices

   2014 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Notepin▲353

   Extremely simple note-taking

   2017 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   UpNote▲161

   The most pleasant app for writing and organizing notes

   2020 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   UINotebook▲183

   A notebook for creatives and engineers

   2017 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    NotePlan for iOS▲88

    Calendar + Markdown + Notes

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Box Notes▲196

    A note-taking app built for teams

    2017 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Quick Notes▲67

    Quick notes with widget

    2015 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Commonplace Book App▲78

    Digitally record quotes and book notes

    2017 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Memo▲115

    Simple timelines for your notes

    2021 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    PeekNote▲176

    Lightweight always-on-top notes for devs & multitaskers

    2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Notes▲103

    Streamlined notes: quick & organized

    2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Uppernote▲73

    Take notes and keep track of your plans

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Outlinely for iPhone & iPad▲140

    An elegant app for organizing notes and thoughts

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Paperwork▲144

    An open source Evernote alternative

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Productivity Page▲96

    A notes app that doesn't require a PhD

    2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    SwipeNote▲67

    Rediscover your ideas

    Dec 2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    NotePlan▲77

    Markdown + calendar + notes

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    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 →

24. 24
    Stack▲120

    A beautiful and smart key-value based writing app

    2017 · its alternatives →

Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →