Signal vs Standard Notes
Both score similarly on privacy — see the category breakdown below for nuances.
BACK →| Category | Signal | Standard Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | A · 87/100 | A · 87/100 |
| What they collect | Positive (88) | Positive (90) |
| Who they share it with | Positive (88) | Positive (84) |
| What you can do | Mixed (78) | Mixed (72) |
| What they promise | Positive (86) | Positive (82) |
Signal is a nonprofit that genuinely cannot read your messages or listen to your calls — the encryption is architectural, not a promise — but it requires a real phone number to register, is subject to US law, and its privacy policy is conspicuously sparse: it hasn't been substantively updated since 2018 and lacks the specific retention periods, GDPR rights, or DPO contact that more thorough policies provide.
View full analysis →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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