Notes
Standard Notes privacy rating
End-to-end encrypted notes app for web, desktop and mobile, with open source clients and server. Paid plans add editors, file storage and more; the server can be self-hosted.
Summary
Standard Notes scores 90 out of 100 (grade A) on the notes criteria. It meets 3 of 4 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry and no ads or data sales. It partly meets independent audit. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act.
Score 90 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Yes
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The privacy policy rules out third-party tracking and uses self-hosted analytics. Exodus finds no trackers in the Android app.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by paid subscriptions. Notes are end-to-end encrypted and not sold.
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Partial
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
Cure53 and Trail of Bits have published full reports, but the most recent covers the server backend and is older than three years.