Productivity · 112 apps
Encrypted notes apps: Privacy Labels Compared
Notes apps quietly collect some of your most personal writing. 'Encrypted' can mean encrypted in transit, at rest on the server, or end-to-end — only the last keeps the developer out. Checked November 2026.
- Declare tracking
- 23%
- Linked, no tracking
- 17%
- Collect nothing
- 41%
- No label details
- 7
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112 of 112 apps · sorted A–Z
| Developer | Tracking | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| a Notepad | Jia Qing Song | Not linked | None | 2 |
| all-in Notes | Till Knorr | Not disclosed | — | — |
| all-in Notes Lite | Till Knorr | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Amplenote | Alloy.dev, Inc. | Linked | None | 4 |
| Anytype | Any Association | Not linked | None | 3 |
| AxCrypt | AxCrypt AB | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Bear Markdown Notes & Journal | Shiny Frog Ltd. | Not linked | None | 1 |
| Better Keep | FOXBIZ SOFTWARE PRIVATE LIMITED | Linked | None | 5 |
| BluLines | RIEU Limited | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data | 4 |
| BundleNote | Shibapp LLC | Tracks you | Location, Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics | 4 |
| CalcPlus | Wildcatter LLC | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Cheetah Note | Seokhyeon Nam | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Color Notes With Lock & To Do | Zipo Apps Ltd. | Tracks you | Purchases, Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics | 4 |
| Copi Note | Kenji Minoshima | Tracks you | Location, Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics | 6 |
| Crypto Notes | 帅 邵 | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Dash Notes | Filmshape Ltd | Linked | None | 2 |
| DoMemo | Hangzhou Quanduan Technology Co., Ltd. | Not linked | None | 1 |
| EasyNotes | Gulooloo Tech Co., Limited | Tracks you | Usage Data | 2 |
| eM Client | eM Client s.r.o. | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| F·NOTES | Nathan Fast | Linked | None | 3 |
| Fading Notes｜FADE | Sota Iguchi | Not linked | None | 2 |
| Feenote | 惠明 劳 | Tracks you | Identifiers | 3 |
| FlowNote | Elias Khalifeh | Linked | None | 4 |
| Glassnote | Calcium Lab LLC | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| HiNoter | AISION PTE. LTD. | Tracks you | Identifiers | 3 |
| Humm | Mind Meat Machine, LLC | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data | 2 |
| hYYa Encrypted Notes | Hassaan Abdeen | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| In Folders | 40 BYTE YAZILIM BILISIM REKLAM E-TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI | Not linked | None | 1 |
| Isy.AI | Akhil Arunkumar | Linked | None | 4 |
| Joplin | Laurent Cozic | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Lock Notes Passcode Protect | JulyApps Ltd | Not linked | None | 2 |
| Lock Notes Private Journal | LYKOV STUDIO LTD | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Lock Notes Pro | JulyApps Ltd | Not linked | None | 2 |
| Lockbook | Lockbook LLC | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Lockit Secure Password Manager | Lockit Solutions Inc. | Linked | None | 6 |
| LockWhisper | Nevv Atlantis LLC | Linked | None | 3 |
| Logger Notes | Nathan Borror | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Memo Notepad | Adylitica, Inc. | Not linked | None | 3 |
| Microsoft OneNote | Microsoft Corporation | Linked | None | 7 |
| Minimal | Timeless LLC | Linked | None | 3 |
| MiNote | VEYSEL OZDEMIR | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| MIX SafeNote Keeper | TouchRemix Limited | Tracks you | Identifiers | 3 |
| My Notes | Rishik Dev | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| MyNotes | Heyou Co., Ltd. | Linked | None | 2 |
| n+otes | RIEU Limited | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data | 3 |
| NeatNotes | Fusion Engineering | Not linked | None | 1 |
| NembaNotes | Nembala LLC | Not linked | None | 3 |
| Nested Folder Notes | Tobias Schiek | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Nimbus Note | Nimbus Web, Inc | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Note Book App | Primus Okorie | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Note To Self Mail | Mathias Lipowski | Not linked | None | 1 |
| Note X | 受杰 柯 | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics | 3 |
| Note! | RIEU Limited | Tracks you | Identifiers | 1 |
| Notebook AI Notes | Zoho Corporation | Linked | None | 6 |
| Notebook Cute notes | 玉坤 林 | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics | 3 |
| Notebox | Guap Inc. | Not linked | None | 2 |
| NoteCrypt Encrypted Notes | App Nursery Pty Ltd | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| NoteLocker | Brian Onachilla | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Notepad Notes and Notes Widget | LAN CHEN | Tracks you | Purchases, Identifiers, Usage Data, Other Data | 5 |
| Notepad: notes, checklist | siarhei yatsuk | Tracks you | Usage Data | 1 |
| Notes Lock Password Note | Salman Ashraf | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Notes Pro | Yalintech | Tracks you | Location | 3 |
| NotesApp | Code Origin Private Limited | Tracks you | Identifiers | 3 |
| Noteshelf | Fluid Touch Pte. Ltd. | Tracks you | Usage Data | 5 |
| Notesnook | Streetwriters Private Limited | Not linked | None | 2 |
| Notesy | Joseph Ranft | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Notewise | ZIIKR Pte. Ltd. | Linked | None | 6 |
| Notex | 40 BYTE YAZILIM BILISIM REKLAM E-TICARET LIMITED SIRKETI | Not linked | None | 1 |
| Notexy | Eren KORKMAZ | Not linked | None | 1 |
| Notezilla | Gautam Jain | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Nuvix | 琦 刘 | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| OpenNotes | BuilderPro LLC | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Password Manager-Encrypt data | 益 李 | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Plain Note | Monelyze Inc. | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| PlainNotes Offline | Shanghai Duizhi Data Technology Co., Ltd | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| PrivacyNotes | Lifetime Labs LLC | Linked | None | 4 |
| Private Notes and Secret Diary | Tigran Mkhitaryan | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Q Notes | 朝 朱 | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| QR Notes | Athanasios Bountioukos - Spinaris | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| QRNotes | Khorshed Alam | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Rune Secure Notes | Rory Standley | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Safenotes | Polymath Company Limited | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Safety Note | Yew Chen Chung | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Safety Note+ Pro | Yew Chen Chung | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| SCRIBZEE | HAMELIN SAS | Linked | None | 6 |
| Secret Lock Vault With Cloud | Janki Panchani | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Secret Notes Private Notepad | Andreas Grauf | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Secure Notepad | Dmytro Vynokurov | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Secure Notepad Pro | Dmytro Vynokurov | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Secure Notes Secret & Lock | PixelPort LLC | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data | 3 |
| Secure X | Texode Technologies LLC | Tracks you | Usage Data | 2 |
| Shortnotes | Logicwind Technologies LLP | Tracks you | Contact Info | 4 |
| Shortnotes — Quick Reference | Ilya Gorodnyanskiy | Not linked | None | 2 |
| Simple Notepad | Daikuzono Takuma | Tracks you | Location, Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics | 4 |
| Simple Notes | Sadah Software Solutions, LLC | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Simple Notes, Notepad & Lists | Kodeo Labs Ab | Not linked | None | 1 |
| Simple Text Notes | Futural UG (Haftungsbeschraenkt) | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Simplenote | Automattic, Inc. | Linked | None | 5 |
| SiYuan | Yunnan Liandi Technology Co., Ltd. | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| SNote | INCOG, LLC | Linked | None | 2 |
| Solid Notes | Solid Apps SRL | Not linked | None | 3 |
| Standard Notes | Standard Notes Ltd. | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Sticky Notes Widget. Stickies | KK FAMILY SOFTWARE LLC | Not linked | None | 1 |
| The Vault | BestApps BV | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Thinkspan | Thinkspan LLC | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| UpNote | UpNote Pte. Ltd. | Linked | None | 1 |
| WeNotes | 传胜 贾 | Tracks you | Identifiers | 1 |
| whynote | Mehmet AKIN | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Write 2 Lite | Daniel Widjaja | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Xave | XPAL.com Corporation | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| ZyNotes | Md Imran Ansari | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| 국민 메모장 솜노트 - SomNote | QuantumBit . INC | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics | 8 |
Most common data types
- Usage Data41%
- Diagnostics40%
- Identifiers36%
- Contact Info24%
- User Content14%
- Purchases10%
- Location9%
- Other Data3%
How to read this list
Productivity apps tend to collect the work you do in them — documents, notes and files — so User Content is common. The question is whether it syncs to the developer's servers and how it is protected there.
Find which kind of encryption the developer documents, and whether a lost password means lost notes.
Exposure follows the label's own structure: an app that declares any tracking is shown as “Tracks you”, even if it collects little else. Open any app for every data type explained and the iPhone settings that limit it.
FAQ
How many encrypted notes apps track you?
23% of the 105 with an App Store privacy label declare data used to track you. 7 more have not provided label details.
Which encrypted notes apps collect no data?
Standard Notes, Secure Notepad, NoteCrypt Encrypted Notes, Secure Notepad Pro, NoteLocker, Joplin and others have a “Data Not Collected” label. Filter the table above by “Collects nothing” to see them all.
What data do they collect most?
Usage Data (41%), Diagnostics (40%), Identifiers (36%).
Are these rankings or recommendations?
No. The table reproduces each developer's App Store privacy label. We do not test apps, and fewer data types is not automatically better: some features need data to work.
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Facts on this page come from Apple App Store privacy labels, as reported by the developer. Checked November 2026. How we collect data · Report a correction