Based on our analysis, Standard Notes is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
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Standard Notes
A · 87/1001Password
B · 74/100What they collect
Standard Notes
Positive (90)
1Password
Mixed (78)
Who they share it with
Standard Notes
Positive (84)
1Password
Mixed (65)
What you can do
Standard Notes
Mixed (72)
1Password
Mixed (73)
What they promise
Standard Notes
Positive (82)
1Password
Mixed (76)
| Category | Standard Notes | 1Password |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | A · 87/100 | B · 74/100 |
| What they collect | Positive (90) | Mixed (78) |
| Who they share it with | Positive (84) | Mixed (65) |
| What you can do | Mixed (72) | Mixed (73) |
| What they promise | Positive (82) | Mixed (76) |
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.
View full analysis →1Password can never read your saved passwords — they're end-to-end encrypted and even 1Password holds no keys — but outside the vault, the company collects substantial usage and diagnostic data, shares information with advertising partners in ways that may legally count as a data sale, and applies vague retention language to everything that isn't your vault content.
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