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Notesnook
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Notesnook
Open-source end-to-end encrypted notes app.
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Best for
Best for privacy-conscious individuals who want a real E2E-encrypted notes app.
At a glance
- Pricing
- freemiumfrom $4.49/mo
- Setup time
- 10 minutes
- Learning curve
- easy
- Last verified
- 5/25/2026
What we love
- ✓Truly E2E encrypted
- ✓Affordable Pro tier
- ✓Active OSS development
Where it falls short
- −Smaller ecosystem than Notion/Evernote
- −No collaboration features
- −Search limited offline
Pricing
✓ Pricing verified Jun 21, 20262 tiers
Free
$0
per month
- ✓Unlimited devices
- ✓E2E
Pro
$4.49
per month
- ✓Attachments
- ✓Vault
- ✓Themes
Overview
Notesnook is a privacy-first open-source notes app — end-to-end encryption, cross-platform sync, offline-first, and rich-text + markdown. Strong alternative to Evernote for security-minded users.
Key features
- ●End-to-end encryption
- ●Cross-platform sync
- ●Offline-first
- ●Markdown + rich text
- ●Open-source clients
Best use cases
Privacy-first personal notes
Replace Evernote with an end-to-end encrypted notes app you can trust.
Journal + private writing
Keep a private journal that your cloud provider can't read.
Integrations
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