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
- 27%
- Linked, no tracking
- 6%
- Collect nothing
- 42%
- No label details
- 6
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| Developer | Tracking | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biometric Notes | Mohammad Masri | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| BlackNote Notepad Notes | ZTECH ASIA JOINT STOCK COMPANY | Linked | None | 1 |
| Color Notes | Matthew Hagens | Linked | None | 2 |
| CryptedNotes | KAAN OZHAN | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Daily Notes Planner 3 | 5th & 7th, LLC | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Dead Note | AR GENERATION sp z o o | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| EZ Private Notes | WL Online Marketing LLC | Not disclosed | — | — |
| ghostmemo | COLIN DIVELY | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Instant PGP | Igor Fedotov | Not linked | None | 3 |
| JotNotes | KANG-CHIH HSU | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Keeply | Matic Oblak | Not linked | None | 1 |
| LOCK MEMO Secure Notes | Daikuzono Takuma | Tracks you | Location, Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics | 4 |
| Lock Your Notes | One Wave AB | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Locked Notes° | Adam Cziko | Not linked | None | 4 |
| Lockly Vault | PIN GENIE LIMITED | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| MeiMe | Daichi Kato | Tracks you | Diagnostics | 1 |
| MinNote | 宁 朱 | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| My Notes Safe | 炜 桂 | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data | 3 |
| My Notes Safe Pro | 炜 桂 | Not linked | None | 2 |
| myNotes Secure Private Notepad | iDevver Apps Limited | Tracks you | Identifiers | 2 |
| Nano Notes | Vincent Tourraine | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Note Lock ~ Keep your secret | i-App Creation Co., Ltd. | Not linked | None | 2 |
| Note Lock~Lock your Tales Safe | i-App Creation Co., Ltd. | Not linked | None | 1 |
| NoteCrypt | Harshad Jadav | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Notes notepad | Orange dog d.o.o. | Tracks you | Identifiers | 5 |
| OziPad.io | OZINY JOINT STOCK COMPANY | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Paranoia Text Encryption Lite | Frantisek Dvorak | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Password Pad | Tan Thor Jen | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Private iNotes | 传胜 贾 | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Safe Notes Notebook | QUYEN NGUYEN | Tracks you | Usage Data | 2 |
| Safe Notes Privacy Protector | Marco Troncone | Tracks you | Location, Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics | 4 |
| Save Notes | Abhay Vala | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Secure Folder : Private Vault | Lakkad Dharmesh | Tracks you | Usage Data | 1 |
| Secure Notes Protect your notes) | Ahmet Selman Durak | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Sesame Notes | Pingtan Maque Information Technology Co., Ltd. | Not linked | None | 4 |
| Tiny Notes | Miroslav Otsedarski | Tracks you | Identifiers, Usage Data, Diagnostics | 3 |
| UltraLocked | Lab 1908 LLC | Collects nothing | None | 0 |
| Urgent Notes | Dirk Trescher | Not disclosed | — | — |
| Vaurec | App Forgeron LLC | Not linked | None | 3 |
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How to read this list
Utilities range from calculators to VPNs, so their labels vary more than any other category. A simple tool that collects identifiers and usage data for tracking is a sign of advertising SDKs.
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.