Based on our analysis, Standard Notes is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
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Standard Notes
A · 87/100Bitwarden
B+ · 79/100What they collect
Standard Notes
Positive (90)
Bitwarden
Mixed (76)
Who they share it with
Standard Notes
Positive (84)
Bitwarden
Mixed (73)
What you can do
Standard Notes
Mixed (72)
Bitwarden
Mixed (77)
What they promise
Standard Notes
Positive (82)
Bitwarden
Mixed (78)
| Category | Standard Notes | Bitwarden |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | A · 87/100 | B+ · 79/100 |
| What they collect | Positive (90) | Mixed (76) |
| Who they share it with | Positive (84) | Mixed (73) |
| What you can do | Mixed (72) | Mixed (77) |
| What they promise | Positive (82) | Mixed (78) |
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 →Bitwarden is an open source password manager that encrypts your vault on-device so it cannot read your passwords — but it uses Google Analytics on both the website and service, is a US company subject to FTC jurisdiction and government requests, collects meaningful amounts of administrative data for marketing and product improvement, and uses legitimate interest as a legal basis for several secondary data uses.
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