Standard Notes
Standard Notes is an encrypted note-taking app for writing, organizing, and syncing private notes, documents, and simple lists across devices.
What is Standard Notes?
Standard Notes is a productivity app for creating and organizing notes with end-to-end encryption. It helps people keep personal writing, work notes, checklists, reference material, and other text-based information in one place while syncing across devices. The macOS app is part of a cross-platform service that also works on the web and on mobile devices, making it useful for users who switch between a Mac, phone, and browser during the day. In addition to plain notes, users can work with richer document formats, tasks, and file attachments depending on the features they use. Offline access is supported, so you can still read and write your notes when you are not connected and sync changes later. Standard Notes is published by Standard Notes Ltd. and is primarily used by people who want a private, security-focused notes app for everyday personal or professional use.
Key features
- Write and organize encrypted notes across devices
- Sync notes between Mac, web, iPhone, and iPad
- Work offline and sync changes when you reconnect
- Create tasks, lists, and longer documents
- Store sensitive information such as journals, reference notes, and personal records
- Protect note access with a privacy-focused account and app locking options
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Standard Notes is legitimate note-taking software with a privacy-focused design. It is built to store information you consider sensitive, so the main practical consideration is the content you choose to keep in it and how well you protect your account credentials and device access. Network access and local data storage are normal for a syncing notes app, and offline copies of notes may remain on the Mac for normal use. If you share your computer, use a strong account password and any available device or app lock features to reduce the chance of someone opening your notes locally.
Recommendation: Keep Standard Notes if you use it for notes, documents, or private reference material. Remove it only if you no longer use the app and no longer need its local data on this Mac; doing so may also remove offline access to notes stored through the app until you sign in again elsewhere.
Common paths
/Applications/Standard Notes.app~/Applications/Standard Notes.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/org.standardnotes.standardnotes
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Standard Notes
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/org.standardnotes.standardnotes.plist
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