PrivacyNotes
Obsidian.md
Standard Notes
Apple Notes
Simplenote
Google Keep
Notion
Google Keep Notes
HideFaces
BlurMe
BlurFace
Surfshark
Blur It
BlurFace.pro
Redactable
ObscuraCam
PrivacyNotes is a zero-knowledge encrypted workspace that brings your notes, tasks, journals, files, and passwords into one app, so you stop juggling four separate subscriptions.
Everything is encrypted on your device with XChaCha20-Poly1305 before it ever syncs. Your keys are derived from a recovery phrase that never touches our servers, so we cannot read your content, your filenames, or anything else. This is real zero-knowledge, not a marketing label.
Five pillars, one encrypted app:
Built for privacy, not surveillance:
Pricing that respects you:
Works on web, macOS, and soon iOS, Android, Windows and Linux with a responsive mobile layout. Import from Apple Notes, Standard Notes, Google Keep, Obsidian, and markdown in a few clicks.
HideFaces.com โ AI-Powered Privacy Redaction Tool
HideFaces.com is a browser-based privacy redaction platform that uses advanced AI to automatically detect and hide sensitive information in images. It enables individuals and businesses to share photos safely without exposing personally identifiable information. All processing happens locally in the browser, ensuring strong privacy and no external uploads.
Core Features
HideFaces delivers fast and accurate image anonymization while preserving visual quality. It intelligently identifies sensitive elements and applies secure redaction with minimal manual effort.
License Plate Blurring
Automatically detects vehicle license plates, even in complex scenes.
Supports blur, pixelation, or solid masking.
Includes batch processing for multiple images.
Removes EXIF metadata such as GPS and device data.
Ideal for car listings, online marketplaces, and social media sharing.
Text Redaction with OCR
Uses OCR to detect visible text in images.
Automatically masks sensitive details like names, numbers, and addresses.
Reduces manual work and the risk of missed information.
Well suited for screenshots, scanned documents, and images containing confidential or regulated data.
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Honestly? We have no idea, and that is the entire point. Signup is anonymous (a recovery phrase or Google, no email or personal details), the app ships zero analytics and zero trackers, and zero-knowledge encryption means we cannot see who you are or what you store. We could not name a single customer if we tried. A privacy product that tracked its users closely enough to brag about them would be missing the plot.
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PrivacyNotes is the only zero-knowledge encrypted workspace that keeps notes, tasks, journals, files, and a password vault behind one set of on-device keys. Most privacy apps do one of those well and rent it to you monthly. We do all five, encrypt everything with XChaCha20-Poly1305 before it leaves your device, and charge once instead of forever. The encryption core is open core, published so the claims can be verified rather than trusted.
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Three reasons:
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Privacy-conscious individuals and independent professionals who handle information they would not want a vendor reading: lawyers, journalists, healthcare and mental-health practitioners, developers, security specialists, researchers, and founders. It also fits anyone who simply wants one private home for their notes, tasks, journaling, and wellness tracking instead of spreading them across surveillance-funded apps.
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PrivacyNotes started from a simple frustration: staying organized meant scattering your life across half a dozen apps, most of which could read everything you typed and billed you monthly for the privilege. We wanted one place for notes, tasks, journals, files, and passwords, encrypted so thoroughly that the people running the servers could not read a word of it, and paid for once rather than forever. So we built the encryption first, made the keys live only on your device, and published the crypto as open core so the promise could be checked, not just believed. Everything else grew from one rule: your data is yours, and no one else's to mine.
This app checks every box for me. Clean interface, no learning curve, local-first encryption, and secure sync across all of my devices.
The biggest surprise is how many apps it replaced. Instead of juggling separate apps for notes, habits, mood, activities, and important dates, everything lives in one place now. It's made staying organized a lot simpler.
Paying once and knowing I won't lose access to my workflow because I canceled yet another subscription is incredibly refreshing. That peace of mind is worth a lot to me.
The best thing about this: No subscription model, it's a one-time fee for a lifetime license. But you can start for free with the generous freemium model. I only needed to upgrade to pro because I wanted to use the app on my phone, laptop and desktop. Highly recommended! Btw, it's a perfect markdown editor as well, not sure why they don't emphasize this more.
Obsidian.md - A second brain, for you, forever. Obsidian is a powerful knowledge base that works on top of a local folder of plain text Markdown files.
BlurMe - Blur faces, people, and private content in images and videos instantly using AI.
Standard Notes - A safe place for your notes, thoughts, and life's work
BlurFace - Free browser-based privacy tools to blur faces, hide sensitive text, cover license plates, and remove photo metadata. No account and no image-processing upload.
Apple Notes - Apple Notes functions as a service for making short text notes.
Surfshark - Surfshark is an award-winning, secure VPN that encrypts your online data to help you stay private & protected every day, hassle-free.