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I will pay $100 a year for an iOS-like Notes replacement, de-Appled with these criteria: 1. Secure - E2E encrypted on cloud storage, vendor cannot read it 2.
by istingray 5y ago
I will pay $100 a year for an iOS-like Notes replacement, de-Appled with these criteria:
1. Secure - E2E encrypted on cloud storage, vendor cannot read it
2. Accessible - standalone native app on desktop and mobile on all platforms (Linux, Windows, Mac/iOS, Android)
3. Simple - love how Apple doesn't even make you "title" notes, it just takes the first line
4. Shareable - with others with editing privs eg a grocery list for family
5. Paid - that way I know it's sustainable and not some data scam
6. Plain - Base version has no ability to publish to a blog or any junk like that.
7. Open source
I just subscribed to Standard Notes:https://standardnotes.com/ https://standardnotes.com/
Standard Notes has #1, #2, #5, and#7. But UI is more cluttered than iOS. And not shareable with editing privs.
- mithusingh32 5y agoHave you looked into Joplin?
- istingray 5y agoI appreciate the suggestion. I checked it out at the same time as Standard Notes. It seems to break the Simple + Plain criteria. For example on the main nav, pressing "+" prompts to either New Note or New To Do. And all the references to "notebooks". Too much for me.
- mithusingh32 5y agoThat's fair. The syncing is bit janky if you're careful. But having a self-hosted option is what attracted me. I don't trust anyone with my data anymore.
- istingray 5y agoApparently you can self host Standard Notes -- From Standard Notes: Standard Notes is free and open-source software, which means self-hosting both ends (the app and server) is both totally possible and very easy." https://standardnotes.com/help/47/can-i-self-host-standard-notes https://standardnotes.com/help/47/can-i-self-host-standard-n...
- jtsiskin 5y agoI just ignore the To Do feature, and have everything in one notebook. This makes it pretty similar to apple notes
- istingray 5y agoHave you tried Standard Notes? Less stuff to ignore. Still not ideal but much cleaner. And holler if you find something that is even better!
- xx__yy 5y agoJoplin seems like a good SimpleNote alternative. And I'm really after the end-to-end encryption
- laurent123456 5y agoJoplin supports E2EE.
- fattybob 5y agoYou should look seriously at FSNotes, it’s got all your needs met I believe (have fun with standard notes- I found them very disappointing)
- fattybob 5y agoI have Joplin also, and yes it’s good, and it syncs well these days (not so in past I found) and there’s no good reason I have not be using it full time, but I’m not, something there niggles me in use, maybe it’s just a shade slower, hard to define, but moving from ios to OS X works great for me In FSNotes so I’ll probably be sticking with it for a while, I stuck on notational velocity for a long time and have only moved for the ability to add photos easily (improvement in Joplin only) and apply some security levels applicable on individual record levels