Meta vs Standard Notes
Based on our analysis, Standard Notes is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Meta | Standard Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | F · 22/100 | A · 87/100 |
| What they collect | Concern (12) | Positive (90) |
| Who they share it with | Concern (18) | Positive (84) |
| What you can do | Concern (30) | Mixed (72) |
| What they promise | Mixed (38) | Positive (82) |
In plain English — Meta
Meta collects almost everything about you across Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Threads, shares it with advertisers, and keeps it indefinitely — including your AI chat conversations which now fuel ad targeting.
View full analysis →In plain English — Standard Notes
Standard Notes is an end-to-end encrypted note-taking app that genuinely cannot read your notes; analytics are self-hosted via Plausible with no IP retention, apps collect zero usage data or location, and the subprocessor list is short and transparent — the main weaknesses are US jurisdiction and AWS hosting, the absence of published security audit reports, a thin policy that lacks GDPR rights language, and email marketing enabled by default.
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