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Cryptee is a safety and privacy focused, encrypted and cross-platform personal data storage service. You can write personal documents, notes, journals, store photos and all sorts of other files.

Notion
Evernote
OneNote
Joplin
Standard Notes
UpNote
Google Keep
Notes, kanban board and reminders in one app. Encrypted sync, Windows app that works offline without an account, free plan with no time limit.

Which is more popular?
Based on our record, Cryptee seems to be more popular. It has been mentioned 79 times since March 2021.
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| Company | Startup from Estonia · 2018 | Startup from Vietnam · 1 - 9 employees · 2025 |
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In their own words, as submitted to SaaSHub.


Cryptee is a safety and privacy focused, encrypted and cross-platform personal data storage service. You can write personal documents, notes, journals, store photos and all sorts of other files. It works on all your devices and provides a zero-knowledge place to keep all your sensitive digital...
TaskNote keeps notes, a kanban board and reminders in one app built for one person rather than a team. Notes. A rich-text editor with headings, checklists, tables, columns, images and highlights. Notes are saved as Markdown, so they open anywhere. Full-text search, a command palette (Ctrl+K),...
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An editorial look at what each product does well and who it suits.


Overall verdict
Why this product is good
Recommended for
Individuals or organizations that require secure storage and privacy for their documents and photos, particularly those concerned about data tracking, surveillance, or needing a privacy-first cloud service alternative.
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As answered by people managing Cryptee and TaskNote.
TaskNote's answer:
Notes, a kanban board and reminders live in one app, and the whole thing is built for one person rather than a team workspace. The Windows app keeps everything in a local file and runs with no account at all; the web version syncs with end-to-end encryption, so the server only ever holds ciphertext. Any note can become a task or be attached to a card, and notes are saved as Markdown, so nothing is locked in.
TaskNote's answer:
Windows app: Go with Wails, a React and TypeScript front end, SQLite for local storage. Web: Next.js, React, Supabase (Postgres) with AES-GCM encryption in the browser. Chrome extension for web clipping.
TaskNote's answer:
Notion and ClickUp are built for teams and sold by the seat; TaskNote has no seats, no databases to design and no empty workspace to set up: it opens straight into an editor. Evernote and OneNote keep notes readable on their servers; TaskNote encrypts them on your device. Joplin and Standard Notes are private too, but do not have a kanban board and reminders built in. The free plan has no time limit, and the Windows app is a one-time purchase instead of a subscription.
TaskNote's answer:
Individuals who keep their own notes and tasks and care where the data lives: freelancers, writers, students, developers, and people leaving Notion or Evernote for something simpler and encrypted. Mostly Windows users, with the web version for the phone and other devices.
TaskNote's answer:
It started as a personal tool: one place for notes and the tasks that come out of them, without an account and without a team plan for a team of one. The Windows app came first, built to keep everything in a local file and work offline. The web version followed with client-side encryption, because syncing should not mean handing the notes to a server in the clear. It has been in active development since 2025, with a public changelog and a feedback channel inside the app.
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Cryptee allows you to create, upload, preview, edit and save your formatted text, PDF files, to-do lists, math equations, photos, and code in 22 different languages. You can import files from other apps, organize all...
Cryptee isn’t the only privacy-minded documents app. Turtl is a private platform built with a similar mission. It is currently free to use and, like Cryptee, it does not store user passwords or information and is...
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Recommendations tracked on public social media and blogs since March 2021.


> The only major hurdle to this is Apple continuing to treat web apps as second class citizens on iOS If you add a site to iOS' homescreen it automatically becomes a PWA. The best example I found of a site fully leveraging this feature... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
Well, then - if self hosting is not your thing - something like crypt.ee might be your thing? Clearly a different pricing model, data is fully encrypted, open source, across platforms. Source: almost 3 years ago
Https://crypt.ee now. I used to mostly use local markdown editors like Ulysses and Zettlr. Source: about 3 years ago
Tracking TaskNote since Sep 2026.
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