UpNote Alternatives & Competitors

Zero-knowledge encrypted notes, tasks, journals, files, and passwords in one app. Your keys never leave your device. One-time price, no subscription. Hosted in Switzerland.

Key PrivacyNotes features:

Privacy-focused Encryption Ephemeral notes Simple and lightweight

Try for free Open Source freemium $48.0 / One-off (Early adopter price)

A hierarchical note taking application, featuring rich text and syntax highlighting, storing data in a single xml or sqlite file.

Key CherryTree features:

Rich Text Formatting Hierarchical Note Structure Cross-Platform Support Syntax Highlighting

Notesnook is a simple and private note taking app that keeps your notes organized and synced on your phone, tablet and computer.

Key Notesnook features:

Notebooks & Tags Prioritise by Colors Rich Text Editor Tables & Lists

Open Source freemium $4.49 / Monthly (UI Themes & accents)

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.

Key Cryptee features:

Headquarters Clean UI Free Trial Easy to Set-up and use

Open Source freemium €3.0 / Monthly (10GB)

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.

Key Obsidian.md features:

Local-first Markdown Support Bidirectional Linking Customizability

Zim is a graphical text editor used to maintain a collection of wiki pages. Each page can contain links to other pages, simple formatting and images.

Key Zim Wiki features:

Offline Accessibility Simple Interface Rich Formatting Options Backlinking

Open Source

The simplest way to keep notes. Light, clean, and free. Simplenote is now available for iOS, Android, Mac, and the web.

Key Simplenote features:

Ease of Use Free of Cost Real-time Sync Multi-platform Support

Open Source

Trilium Notes is a hierarchical note taking application.

Key Trilium Notes features:

Hierarchical Note Organization Rich Text Editing Dynamic Note Linking Cross-Platform

Open Source

Bear.app is a note-taking and content writing app that helps you boost productivity with its intuitive tools.

Key Bear features:

User-Friendly Interface Markdown Support Cross-Device Synchronization Powerful Tagging System

Without needing to spend money on Evernote, Synology Note Station provides a desktop client to organize all your random notes in one place.

Key Synology Note Station features:

Seamless Synology Integration Offline Access Strong Security Features Collaboration Tools

Todoist is a to-do list that helps you get organized, at work and in life.

Key Todoist features:

Cross-Platform Availability Collaboration Features User-Friendly Interface Advanced Task Management

Bring your life's work together in one digital workspace. Evernote is the place to collect inspirational ideas, write meaningful words, and move your important projects forward.

Key Evernote features:

Cross-Platform Compatibility Organizational Tools Web Clipper Collaboration Features

Productivity app. Save information like a sticky notes.

Key Note Board features:

User-Friendly Interface Collaboration Features Multi-Device Access Customization Options

Joplin is a free, open source note taking and to-do application, which can handle a large number of notes organised into notebooks. The notes are searchable, tagged and modified either from the applications directly or from your own text editor. .

Key Joplin features:

Open Source Cross-Platform End-to-End Encryption Rich Text Support

Open Source free