PrivacyNotes's answer

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.

PrivacyNotes's answer

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.

SimpleTradeLog's answer:

Desktop trading journal built exclusively for Interactive Brokers traders. Import statements in seconds, analyze your performance, and keep your data private on your own computer.

PrivacyNotes's answer

Three reasons:

• One app, not four subscriptions. Standard Notes, Day One, and Lunatask each rent you a slice (notes, journaling, tasks). PrivacyNotes covers all of them plus files and a vault, for a fair one-time fee.
• Real zero-knowledge. Your keys come from a recovery phrase that never touches our servers, so we cannot read your notes, your filenames, or your metadata. Some encrypted apps leave note or task metadata in the clear; we do not.
• Verifiable, not just trusted. The crypto and schema are open core and published for review, and there is no ad, tracker, or analytics anywhere in the app.

SimpleTradeLog's answer:

SimpleTradeLog is the privacy-first desktop trading journal built exclusively for Interactive Brokers traders who want a fast, affordable, and distraction-free way to improve their trading.

PrivacyNotes's answer

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.

SimpleTradeLog's answer:

Active Interactive Brokers traders who want a simple, privacy-first desktop trading journal to analyze and improve their trading without paying for an expensive cloud platform.

PrivacyNotes's answer

React, TypeScript, Vite and Tailwind CSS.

SimpleTradeLog's answer:

SimpleTradeLog is built with Electron, Angular, TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, and Prisma to deliver a fast, cross-platform desktop experience with local data storage and high performance.

PrivacyNotes's answer

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.

SimpleTradeLog's answer:

SimpleTradeLog started from a personal frustration. As an Interactive Brokers trader, I was using another trading journal and paying a significant subscription fee, only to discover that some of the information I actually needed—like trading fees and commissions—was locked behind an even more expensive premium plan.

That didn't make sense to me.

So instead of paying more, I decided to build the tool I wished existed: a simple, desktop trading journal designed specifically for Interactive Brokers traders. One that imports statements in seconds, accurately calculates net P&L including commissions and fees, keeps all trading data private on your own computer, and remains affordable without unnecessary complexity or expensive subscription tiers.

SimpleTradeLog is the trading journal I wanted to use myself—and now I'm sharing it with other IBKR traders who want a simpler, more transparent alternative.