Standard Notes vs Mullvad VPN
Based on our analysis, Mullvad VPN is the more privacy-respecting choice overall.
BACK →| Category | Standard Notes | Mullvad VPN |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | A · 87/100 | A · 93/100 |
| What they collect | Positive (90) | Positive (95) |
| Who they share it with | Positive (84) | Positive (92) |
| What you can do | Mixed (72) | Positive (85) |
| What they promise | Positive (82) | Positive (90) |
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 →Mullvad collects almost nothing — no account names, no activity logs, no IP retention — and the policy is short because there's genuinely very little to say; what little data does get processed (payments, support emails) has hard, specific deletion windows and never leaves the EU.
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